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tumorous department. Out of Sight. Phlletus M. Heifer has established a college among the.prisoners at Auburn. X. Y.t the faculty being composed of convicts who are graduates of Oxford, Harvard. Yale and other great universities. Discussing his odd college scheme recently, Mr. Heifer said: "But anything is good for convicts that interests, cheers and encourages them. Discourage them, scorn them, and you rouse the latent evil in them even as it was roused the other day in a frail and beautiful New York type writer girl. "This refined creature worked for a rather cranky old broker. The broker found a good deal of unjust fault with her, but she was gentle and patient, and put up with him in silence. "One morning, however, he turned up in a quite insupportable humor. "'Look at my desk!' he roared. "All in disorder! All in confusion! AH*? " 'But, sir,' the young girl interrupted mildly, 'you have often told me never to touch your desk.' " 'Well, I don't want you to disturb my papers,' he admitted. And then his eyes caught a sheet of postage stamps. 'But look at these stamps. I don't want them here,' he shouted. ':fihe took up the stamps. " Where shall I put them, sir?' she said. " 'Ah,' he snarled, 'put 'em anywhere ?anywhere out of sight.' "She flushed. "'Very well, sir,' she said icily; and, giving the stamps a quick lick with her pretty tongue, she struck the big sheet on his bald head and departed to look for another Job."?Washington Star. A Possible SraariTunoN.?A sultan bade his Grand Vizier prepare a list of all the fools in the kingdom and to bring it to him as soon as it was fin ished. Well, in due course the vizier brought his list of fools to the palace, and lo! at the head of the list appeared the sultan himself. Liking audacity and dash, the sultan smiled and said: "Why, O vizier, is my name at the head of your list of fools?" "Sun of the universe," the vizier answered promptly, "did you not but last week commission two entire strangers ?Franks they represented themselves ?to purchase six motor cars for you and did these two strangers not depart with 100,000 sequins from the royal treasury?" "Yes," said the sultan. "What of it?" "They will never return," said the vizier, "and, therefore, on my list"? "But suppose they do return?" the ruler asked. "Then, sire," answered the Grand Vizier, "I will erase your name and place theirs in its place."?Washington Star. A Precautionary Request.?Attorney Grant Carpenter accepted an invitation to a Christmas dinner in Oakland, the hostess being a lady with two grown daughters. When the guests had assembled at the table and were unfolding napkins the hostess surprised Carpenter with an unexpected request that he say grace. There was a painful silence of a few moments, while the attorney did diligent thinking in an effort to recall some long forgo'tten prayer of his childhood days. The only one that came to him was that beginning, "Now I lay me down to sleep." However, his lawyer's wit came to his rescue and he was enabled to mumble something that sounded like a pious invocation. After the dinner Carpenter asked one of the daughters of the hostess whether it was customary in that household for eruests to lead in prayer at table. "Oh, no," she replied. "Mamma is an atheist; but she was afraid you might be religious."?San Francisco Call. I*xvalued Advice.?Surgeon General Rixey was talking about his recent statement concerning the harm that cigarettes do sailors. "Let them defend the cigarette as they please," he said; "whenever I hear these defences I think of the sick horse and the turpentine. "Tom met Bill on the road one day. " 'Bill, I want a word with you,' he said. " 'Be quick, then,' said Bill. 'I'm in a hurry.' " 'What did you give your sick horse the other day?' " 'A pint of turpentine.' "Tom hurried home and poured a pint or turpentine down tne tnroai 01 his own ailing nag, which at once grew worse, and in an hour was dead. "Then Tom, disgusted with Rill's veterinary ability, sought him out. "Why, Bill,' he said, "I gave my horse a pint of turpentine and it killed him.' " "So it did mine,' said Bill."?Washington Star. As I.mpknktkain.k pi.ack.?When Secretary Cortelyou left the department of commerce and labor to assume direction of the postofflce department he took with him a very dignilied and gentlemanly old darky messenger. A day or two after Mr. Cortelyou's assumption of his new dignities the old messenger was dozing in his chair just outside the anteroom of the postmaster general when another messenger approached him. saying: "There's a gentleman in the room across the hall who wants to see Mr. Cortelyou." "He can't see him." was the linn reply. "Put lie says he must see him." persisted the second messenger. "I don't know nothin' about dat." returned the old chap; "but I do know dat nobody kin see Mr. Cortelyou. He's just gone to his sanctum sanitarium." ?Lippincott's. Savbl> Walkino.?Some years ago there lived in Perth. Scotland, a man of convivial habits, well known by his Christian name, Jamie. One dark night an acquaintance found Jamie lying at the foot of an outside stair. "Is that you, Jamie?" asked the acquaintance in a voice of the greatest astonishment. "Aye, it's me," replied Jamie in a tone of complete resignation. "Have you fa'en doon the stair?" was the next question. "Aye, I fell doon. but I was comin' doon, whether or no." t' "All the little boys and girls who want to go to heaven," said the Sunday school superintendent, "will please rise." All rose but Simeon Snorter. "And doesn't this little boy want to go to heaven?" "X-not yit."?Judge's Library. iUisccUiuicous jSriulini). ; IN COUNTIES ADJOINING. r t News and Comment Clipped From ' Neighboring Counties. CHESTER. j Lantern, January 17: Dr. R. L. Wy- j lie of Clover, is visiting his mother, , Mrs, Mary Miller, and other relatives, j ....Roads are reported as in bad con- j dltion. That condition has even invad- ( ed the corporate limits of this muniei- f pality, at least on Columbia street, the j surface of which was disturbed at the , beginning of the winter by the laying r of sewer and water pipes. It is report- ( ed that there is a section of Pinckney } street also, along about the residence ( of Mr. Hugh White, which is a little j givey and uneven Mrs. Eleanora , Ferguson Wix, wife of Mr. W. R. Wix, i died at her home in the northern part f of the city, near the crossing, Tuesday t evening after a brief illness. The fu- , neral services were conducted yester- j day afternoon by Rev. D. M. McLeod , and the remains laid to rest in Ever- t green cemetery. *Mrs. Wix was the ( daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Fergu- j son, both deceased, was born and reared in the Wylie's Mill section. In addition to her husband and an infant a few days old. she leaves one sister, Mrs. R. C. McFadden of Lewisville, ' and three brothers, Messrs. W. J., H. J. and J. A. Ferguson Mrs. Caroline Hardin, widow of the late William Har- \ din, died at the home of her son, Mr. 1 W. N. Hardin at Lowryville early yes i terday morning at an advanced age. 1 The funeral service were conducted at 1 Capers' Chapel yesterday afternoon by J Rev. A. E. Holler. Mrs. Hardin, who 1 was a Miss Pratt, was born on the old 1 Pratt place a few miles from the city. ' She leaves two sons, Messrs. W. N. and 1 S. B. Hardin, and a daughter, Mrs. E. i L. Pressley. 1 LANCASTER. 1 News, Jan. 18: A. B. Ferguson went < over to York Wednesday, to look after his farming interests in that county 1 Col. A. R. Banks went to Fort Mill yes- 1 terday to attend the funeral of his kins- j man, Mr. T. Banks Belk Mrs. Han- j nah Adams, widow of Joseph Adams, who died the other day at her home 1 near Waxhaw, N. C., was in her 92nd , year. She had been married over 70 t years, and had been a member of the 1 Methodist church 76 years Mrs. j Whltaker, an officer, with the rank of ( captain of the Salvation Army post in < Columbia, accompanied by a fair co- 1 worker, spent Wednesday in Lancaster, j soliciting contributions for the praise- i worthy work in which they are engag- < ed A little daughter, about 4-years- '' old, of Mr. B. L. Parker of the Dwlght < section, met with a painful accident < one evening this week. Her clothes < caught on fire and before the flames , could be extinguished by other mem- l bers of the family she was severely bumed on her leg, body and face J Mr. Oscar W. Clark, the well known { and popular young commercial travel- t er, whose home is at Heath Springs, is desDeratelv ill at a hospital in Co- ! lunibia, where he was operated on for appendicitis Wednesday. A telegram received from Columbia here yesterday by his brother-in-law, Chief of Police W. B. Cauthen, stated that but little hope was entertained of Mr. Clark's recovery... .In the recent fire at Ninety-Six, the Rev. A. J. Cauthen, who has many relatives and friends in this county, lost a store room valued at $3,000, on which he had insurance to the amount of $2,000... .Mr. Samuel Harper and his charming bride, who were married during the recent holidays, are now keeping house. They occupy one of the cottages on Main street's southern extension More warrants have been taken out against the five men in Jail here suspected of being safecrackers. It will be recalled that when recently brought to I^ancaster from Van Wyck, where they were captured, they were lodged in jail on technical charges, four for carrying concealed weapons and the fifth for vagrancy. The next 1 * * 1 ~ Tr?or\A/?_ aay on me arrival ui ru?iumtc hh>fwtors Gregory and Haverstadt, warrants ' were sworn out before United States s Commissioner Paul Moore, charging | the suspects with robbing the postof- J fices at Pelzer and Seneca, in this state, ( some time last year. On Thursday of ] this week. Inspectors J. W. Bulla and < Hal B. Mosby, who came here to see j the men, had warrants issued for them ] by Commissioner Moore on the charge ] of robbing the postoffice at Dunn in J North Carolina, on the 28th of last De- , cember. The valise and one of the revolvers taken from the prisoners, it is claimed, have been identified by the inspectors as stolen property, the pistol I from a party in Norfolk, Va. The weapon, it is said, was identified by-its number. i GASTON. Gastonia Gazette, January 17: Mr. < John Whitesides of Sharon, S. C., has been visiting relatives here and near < Dallas the past few days The ' stockholders of the First National Bank s held their regular annual meeting in 1 the offices of the bank last Tuesday af- ' ternoon at 2 o'clock All of the officers 1 and directors were re-elected for another year and other usual routine bus- I incss was transacted. .The regular div- s Ideiul of 4 per cent was paid January I first, making a total of S per cent paid ' in dividends to the stockholders for the i year 1907 Following up its policy I of retrenchment put into force at other 1 points along its line since the reduction ' by the last legislature of the passen- 1 ger fare to 2\ cents, the Southern rail- i way yesterday reduced its force here by < five men, cutting off the ticket agent, i the baggage man, the chief clerk, the < freight warehouse clerk and one other < clerk. The order was given by the > trainmaster, who came out from Char- < lotte. It is understood that the telegraph operators will he required to sell tickets and cheek baggage and it is rumored that they will refuse to do this. Depot Agent M. Nolen could not be seen yesterday by the reporter, he having gone to Greenville, S. C., to enter a protest against the action of the division superintendent. This action on the part of the Southern came as a complete surprise, all the more so because of the immense amount of business handled here. It is the general belief that the force as it now stands will be entirely inadequate to handle the business in either the freight or passenger depots. Just how the Southern expects to take care of the business here with the reduced force is a puzzling question to the "looker on in Venice." The outcome of this action will be watched with interest by the I public There was something of a i sensation Wednesday night when it be- < came known that warrants had been s issued for the arrest of Mr. J. L. Wil- i Hams, proprietor of the Williams Drug t company, and Mr. L. H. Stowe, a clerk ti in this store, the charges being for sell- 5 ing whisky unlawfully. One warrant a was for the two jointly and charged $ hem with retailing: liquor. Another vas for Williams alone charging him vith "falling to keep certain liquor descriptions on file and to submit them o the inspection of the mayor or chief if police." The young men were summined before Mayor Armstrong Thurslay afternoon for trial and waived eximination. Stowe was bound to court n the sum of $200 and Williams in wo bonds of $200 each. They gave Kind. According to a custom recently naugurnted the police department calls very Monday at each of the three drug stores which have licenses to sell whisty and get the prescription filled for vhisky during the previous week, rhese are recorded in detail on the rec rd books at police headquarters. As shown by the list printed in Tuesday's jazette the Williams Drug company ast week filled fifteen prescriptions for vhisky. When the arrests were made Wednesday, the police authorities examined the files of this drug, store ind found that from Monday morning ill Wednesday afternoon thirty-four .descriptions had been filled, only four >f which were legal, the other thirty >eing ??n prescription blanks on which he physician's signature was merely dinted. HORSE WHISPERERS. Wen Who Can Control the Most Vicious Animal By Voice. The horse whisperer might be an jnknown quantity in England and Ireand today, but there are not a few nen who exercise a wonderful control ivith their voices aver horses which when the dominating influence is absent are apt to literally kick over the races. In the thoroughbred stables of England and Ireland today fhere are lot a few stablemen and jockeys who juceeed in holding in check the vice n horses which in demonstrative nanner show that they cannot tolerate he presence of the grooms or atteniants. Nimrod claimed for Count Duval a power and influence of the human /oice over the brute creation, but that power was backed up by a lecture to he horse with "his clinched fist in his 'ace." But the horse whisperer of today ivoids all gesticulation and trusts en:irely to a combination of sounds or words. There is no bullying done, and he whisperer can face a mad horse with his hands behind his back and ipparently at the mercy of the beast :hat has to come under, the charm. 3ne means of keeping remount horses lulet in stations during the South African war was that employed by the yeomen, who sat in a ring of head to Pead horses singing as loudly as possl3le and riveting the ears and attention :>t the otnerwise sprawling ana nungry inimals. One of the first whisperers to acluire absolute control over fractious jquines was Con Sullivan, who migrated in his youth from Kilmallick, ivhere he could trace his genealogy :hrough a long line of snafflers, and aecame almost exclusively employed :>y Lord Doneraile. The whisper of his man made an indelible impression tpon any horse, bringing the pupil to i degree of docility unattainable in he ordinary course of discipline. The race horse King Pepin a famous acer, vicious and reputed to have tilled two grooms at the Curragh, once :ame under his charge. He was wantid to win a race at Mallow, but when 'addling time came it found him in >ne of his unmanageable moods. He eared, plunged and Hung fore and ift until he completely cowed groom ind jockey. It was at this crisis that some one recommended that he should >e "whispered." As it was the only ihance left of taming him in time for he start, his owner gladly availed limself of it, though warned that lorses were sometimes thrown into a Hate of stupor by the process. Sullivan was soon found, and he was lelighted at the opportunity of "fwhusperin' before so much 'quolity' from ill parts." "Show us the wild haste," ic said, "and we'll soon tache him nnnnArs" When he got within the circle?and i wide one it was?in which King Peain was playing his antics he walked jp to him, approaching the horse from jehind. He mumbled some words as le walked which, though not quite naudible, were as unintelligible as a sermon in the unknown tongue, but hey had a most magical effect on the lorse, for he stood stock still. Sullivan then patted him on the neck, while ne whispered a word or two in his ear, thereupon King Pepin went on his cnees and incontinently lay down. The whisperer then stretched himself on him at full length, took out a [rouch containing pipe and tobacco, lint and steel, struck a light and blew i cloud as he lounged on the stomach if this high mettled colt with as much composure as if he were seated in a bench in his favorite taproom. \fter two or three puffs he got up, leckoned the nag to his legs, saddled lim and walked off to the starting [)ost, the horse following and fawning jpon him like a dog. He won the race n a canter.?London Live Stock Jourlal. OUR HANDS. How They Are Differentiated By the Things We Do. Though the human hand seems to be i fairly uniform structure, it really diows a differentiation as wide as that >f the features of the face. It is a well-known fact that the character of an individual can in a measure be read in his features, and a dmilar connection with character can ie found in the form of the hand. The land, however, has a closer connection kvith actual occupation. Whereas the influence of vocation on :he traits (apart from a natural disposition for a certain craft that may lead to its adoption) is due mainly to a particular turn of mind connected with md produced by that vocation, the influence exerted on the shape of the tiand is mainly of a physical nature, rhe continual repetition of the same cind of manual work results in a permanent alteration of the skin and musdes of the hand, as well as a transfor nation of the bones (atrophy or thickening of certain parts), displacement >f the joints, etc., for in repeating1 a fiven manipulation over and over igain, the palm and the balls of the thumb and little linger are called upon ontinually to perform the same action, ending to a permanent strain on and .vear and tear of given parts of the land. The most obvious alterations due to occupation are observed in the case of leavy manual laborers, who have oarse and clumsy hands with short, thick and callous lingers, the balls of lie thumb and the little finger being specially developed, and the skin beng horny and covered with fissures. While these properties generally are snecialllv striking in the right hand, t is sometimes even more interesting o study tlie left hand of individuals, is for instance in the case of a smith, vho by continually using this hand to iei'/.e the heavy tongs, develops very narked balls and projecting broadened inger tips. The thumb of his left hand n fact is used continually in pressing m the tongs, and so becomes especially strong. The right hand shows the narks of its continual use in handling he heavy hammer, while the lingers issume a shortened, clumsy shape, similar facts, though to a less degree, .re stated in the case of locksmiths.? Scientific American. LONDON PICKPOCKETS. ( . 1 Tricky or Brutal and Vicious, Accord- , ing to Their Class. I "Gun mob" Is simply English thieves' slang for a pickpocket and his \ gang of confederates?"gentlemen" who reap an annual harvest of anything they can lay their hands upon In a crowd. Summer time, when race courses, athletic grounds and seaside places are crowded. Is the pickpocket's favorite and most profitable season. and when an event occurs like a royal garden party at Windsor the light fingered gentry positively chuckle. Twenty plain clothes detectives attended the last garden party to pro motaf.ttf'a rrn acto tVi a ict'l IIir? majcaij o &uc^vo aiuui mv tricks of the pick pockets, but the latter left Windsor richer by hundreds of pounds in spite of Scotland Yard and carried away with them the gold hunter watches of several of the titled guests. At one time the modern detective was apt to despise the pickpocket somewhat, characterizing him as a low and not particularly clever thief. His ingenuity, daring and coolness today, however, "compel our admiration," to quote one of the cleverest detectives, "and we feel pleased when we lay one of them by the heels." The British pickpocket's tricks are many and various, and he is adding to their number every day. The false arm game is one of the cleverest and is calculated to deceive a detective, even although he may have his eyes on the operator. A coat is thrown loosely over a false arm, which Is held naturally. Apparently both of the pickpocket's hands are in view, while in reality the skillful lingers of one hand are going through the pockets of ihe man beside him. The use of the pocketless overcoat, or the cape coat, which makes an entire cover for the hands, is an old dodge, which nevertheless is still popular with the pickpocket. He often prefers, however, to use a novel invention known as the sash method. The sash consists of a piece of black silk or alpaca two yards long and threequarters wide. It is folded the same as a neck scarf and crossed centrally beneath the coat and vest, both ends being brought under the arms and placed in the hip pockets of trousers. ( When ready for action the "tool," as J the man is called who actually picks the pocket, places his hands behind the folds of this device, and it enables him to conceal his purpose as he "fronts" a man to rob him of his watch or money if the latter is in his trousers pocket. A "tool," however, has other means of covering his hands without resorting to the aid of coat or sash. A newspaper or theatre programme is often used. Beware of looking over a stranger's shoulder to glance at a newspaper or programme?a little action we are often guilty of when it is only- necessitates a turn of the head. You may be risking nothing, but, on the other hand, you may be seated or standing by the side of a professional pickpocket, who has only to hold the paper at a certain angle while you are engrossed in some item to cover his movements as he relieves you of your valuables. The black silk handkerchief and hat are employed in the same manner as the paper, only the former is sometimes used in the "sling method" to carry a supposedly crippled arm. The manner in which that arm would rest against your face, as if raised to avoid some one striking it, while the other hand took your scarfpin and watch would excite compassion from the victim himself. The pickpocket's most dastardly trick?but one, be it noted, which is only used by the man who is too clumsy to perform that sleight of hand upon which the clever thief prides himself?is that of blinding the victim with pepper blown through a pipe. The bowl of the latter is filled with a false bottom and second tube, the cavity below the false bottom being filled with cayenne pepper, while tobacco Is placed above it. Approaching a gentleman In an ill lighted street, the thief asks for a light for his pipe, and while the victim feels for his'matches he is suddenly blinded by a discharge of cayenne pepper, which the scoundrel blows through the hole in the bottom of the pipe into his eyes. Maddened with the terrible pain, the victim presses his hands to his eyes, and the robber snatches his watch and chain and decamps, to repeat his exploit on some other unsuspecting pedestrian. It is not very often, however, that the pickpocket works alone, although women who belong to the light fingered fraternity?and who, by the way, are often more successful than men? usually prefer to do so. Men thieves like to work in "mobs," for the simple reason that they can transfer the"boodle" from one to the other in a crowd. Consequently if recognized by a detective and arrested on suspicion there is nothing in their possession on which they can be convicted. Besides, confederates?or "stalls," as they are called in the vernacular of the "profession"?are necessary to do that little bit of hustling which makes the "tool's" task so much easier and lessens the risk of detection. Many are doubtless aware that tram termini in busy thoroughfares are places where the pickpocket is always looking for plunder, and a "mob" of four will often work together in such a crowd. A prosperous looking victim 1" o rwl oc lio !ittcmntu to board the car the four quickly surround him, with the "artist" behind. The confederate in front uses every subterfuge to block the progress of the victim until the coup has been brought off, and while the men on eacli side hem him in and distract his attention with their hustling, the man behind helps himself from his pockets. It is a trick which rarely fails with cool, expert thieves, although amateurs at the game are often caught through lack of nerve and quickness. The "stall" or confederate will not allow any one who has been chosen for a victim to change his position until a peculiar cluck tells him the trick has been accomplished or unless there has been an alarm from an outside source. When more than one "stall" is used the other men devote part of their attention to watching any of the passengers who may be inclined to suspect mischief, and with their boot toe in close proximity to that of the "tool" they can convey a danger signal without fear of attracting the least attention. When such a signal reaches the "tool" he will desist in his attempt at plunder, and, though he has never turned his head to see who prevented larceny, he will completely lull the suspicions of the same individual by his manner thereafter. Generally speaking, the profits of pickpocketing are not worth the risk. Dccasloraily thieves make a good haul, as in the ease of the king's garJen par:y already alluded to, but often great risk is run to secure a man's poeketbook, for instance, only fo find that it is simply tilled with cards and memoranda. Hard cash is what the pickpocket likes to secure. For jewelry he can only get about one-half of what it is worth from the fence, while for watches he rarely gets more than onefourth. Consequently the professional pickpocket must be industrious to earn a livelihood.?St. Louis GlobeDemocrat. HOW HER LIFE WAS SAVED WHEN niTTPN BV A I A RRF SNAKE. How few people there are who are not afraid of snakes. Not long ago a harmless little garter snake fell on the 1 wheel of an automobile which was be- J ing driven by a woman. The woman ( promptly fainted and the car, left to J its own resources, ran Into a stone wall g and caused a serious accident. The bite of a poisonous snake needs prompt attention. Mrs. K. M. Fishel, Route No. 1, Box 40, Diilsburg, Pa., tells how she saved her life when bit- ^ ten by a large snake. "On August 29, 1906, I was bitten on the hand twice by a large copperhead snake. Being .a distance from any medical aid, as a last resort I used Sloan's Liniment, and to my astonishment found It killed all pain and was the means of saving my life. I am the mother of four children and am never without your Liniment." WM. H. BROWN & BRO'S. W POCAHONTAS Perfume I Selling with great success. For sale by the { STAR DRUG STORE. i I I / Plant Wood's II ! / Garden Seeds \| ' FOR SUPERIOR VEGETABLES St FLOWERS. Our business, both in Garden and Farm Seeds, is one of the largest in this country, a result due to the fact that S Quality is always our first consideration, q We are headquarters for ) Grass and Clover Seeds, Seed Oats, Seed Potatoes, Cow ( Peas, Soja Beans and ? other Farm Seeds. l Wood's Descriptive Catalogue Is the best and most practical of seed catalogues. An up-to date and re\ cognized authority on all Garden / \ and Farm crops. Catalogue mailed / free on request. Write for It. II , \ T. W. WOOD & SONS, / ; J)I SEEDSMEW, - Richmond, h II J f I 25 X OFF Men's, Boys'. Children's CLOTHING 10 PER Ct 25 PER ( MEN'S CLOTHIN( $20.00 Suits now $15.00. $18.00 Suits now $13.50. $16.00 Suits now $12. $15.00 Suits now ! $12.00 Suits n( $10.00 Suits $8.oo J $6.< 25 PER ( YOUTHS' AND BOYS' $6.00 Suits now $4.50. $5.00 Suits now $3.75. $4.00 Suits now $3 $3.00 Suits nov $2.00 Suits 20 PER LADIES', MISSES' Ah $4.50 Shoes now $3.60. $4-00 Shoes now $3.20. $3.50 Shoes now $2 $3.00 Shoes no\ $2.00 Shoe: $1.50 SI $I.C 21) PER ( MEN'S AND $5.50 Shoes now $4.40. $5.00 Shoes now $4.oc $4.00 Shoes now $3.50 Shoes 1101 $3.00 Shoe: $2.50 S .$2. 1 York THE B E S T C t?. v PIVOT GANG, PIVOT WHEELS, SPRI] tVith ordinary sized man in seat the macl s up to where it should be when machine ake out in adjusting Fenders. We hai Machines in less than 60 days. Conic an 3ee CARROLL B STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of York. In tlie Court of Common I'leaa. VI. E. Johnson, Plaintiff, against J. C. ^ Chambers, Mary Ann Allison, John B. Erwin, W. E. Erwin, Mary C. Withers, George J. Steele, Porter Good, J. Holbrook Good, Fannie Garrlgues, Annie , Fletcher, Sue Herring, Martha Gilliland, Robert Meek, Cornelia Hll- Y erinan, other children, if any, of R Eliza Meek, deceased, (names un- R known), Katie Beasley, Virginia H Collins, Eunia or Annie Chamber- P lain, other children of John Smith, deceased, if any, (.lames unknown), and other next of kin of Carolina s' Kennedy, deceased, if any, (names a unknown, Defendants.?Summons for " Relief?(Complaint Filed). a To the Defendants above named: YOU are hereby summoned and re- J? quired to answer the Complaint . n this action, which has this day , aeen tiled in the office of the Clerk of w :he Court of Common Pleas for the d said county, and to serve a copy of four answer to the said Complaint on ^ :he subscriber at his office in York- f( tdlle, South Carolina, within twenty d Jays after the service hereof; exclu- ^ sive of the day of such service; and if j fou fail to answer the Complaint e, .vlthin the time aforesaid, the plain- ^ :iff in this action will apply to the jourt for the relief demanded in the ^ Complaint. C( Dated Yorkville, S. C., December 24, t] A. D., 1907. n J. S. BRICE, Plaintiff's Attorney. a NOTICE t< To the Absent Defendants, Porter Good, John B. Erwin, Fannie Garrlgues, Annie Fletchex*, Sue Herring, ri Martha Gilliland, Robert Meek, Cornelia Hllerman, Katie Beasley, t] Virginia Collins, and Eunia or An- e nie Chamberlain: y Please take notice that the Sum- a nons in this action, of which the fore- r< foing is a copy, together with the r< Complaint herein, were filed in the of- tl Ice of J. A. Tate. Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for County and State n iforesaid, at Yorkville, S. C., Decern- a jer 24th, A. D., 1907. IP J. S. BRICE, si Plaintiff's Attorney. d 103-8 t 8t CLOTHES CLEANING. [AM prepared to clean gentlemen's _ clothes and ladles' skirts in a thor. rnghly satisfactory manner, at realonable prices. Work may be sent di- r ect to rny home or left at W. E. Ferguson's store. 1 Mrs. R. B. McCLAIN. HI CONTINl 11 m h t , i>m ii You Will & J If You B :NT OFF ON (TENT OFF I j AND OVERCOATS, oo. $11.25. )w $9.00. now $7.50. Suits now $6.00. do Suits now $4.50. CENT OFF CLOTHING, OVERCOATS. .00. v $2.75. ; now $1.50. CENT OFF ID CHILDREN'S SHOES .80. v $2.40. s now $1.60. hoes now $1.20. )0 Shoes now 80 Cents. CENT OFF BOYS' SHOES >. J.20. kV $2.80. 5 now $2.40. Shoes now $2.00. .00 Shoes now $1.60. $1.50 Shoes now $1.20. ville B. & CULTIVATOR ] i I i VG THIP AND BALAXCK FRAMK. j (line is on h balance when the tongue i is in operation. Also has no bolts to re taken 42 Signed Orders for these (1 let us show you tills .Machine. BOTHERS i i TAX RETURNS FOR 1908, I ifllce of the County Auditor of York County, South Carolina. YorkviUe, S. C., Nov. 29, 1907. \S required by statute my books will be opened at my office in orkville on WEDNESDAY, JANU- , :Y 1. 1908, and kept open until FEBlUARY 20, 1908, for the purpose of sting for taxation all TAXABLE ROPERTY held in York County on anuary 1, 1908. Returns made on proper blanks, and ivorn to before an officer qualified to dmlnlster an oath and forwarded to le by registered mail before Febru- < ry 20, 1908, will be accepted. ' All taxpayers are particularly reuested to inform themselves as to the umber of their respective school dis-icts, and where they have property 1 more than one school district, they 'ill please make separate returns inicating the location of each piece of j roperty. The school districts in hich there are special levies are as allows: Nos. 13, 29 and 33 in Bethesa; Nos. 9, 20 and 40 in Broad River; [os. 9 and 20 in Bullock s Cree^.; No. 2 in Catawba; Nos. 7 and 12 in Ebenzer; Nos. 26, 28 and 39 in Fort Mill; fos. 11, 20, 33 and 35 in York. 1 For the purpose of facilitating the iking of returns, and for the greater onvenience of tax payers, I will be at lie following places on the dates amed: At Fort Mill, Wednesday, Thursday nd Friday, January 22, 23, 24. At Rock Hill, Monday, January 27, > Saturday, February 1. At Piedmont, Tuesday, February 4. At Yorkville from Wednesday, Feb uary 5 to Thursday, February zu. All rhales between the ages of twenf-one and sixty years, except Confed- ' rate soldiers over the age of fifty ears, are liable to a poll tax of $1, nd all persons so liable are especially Equested to give the numbers of their ( Espectlvc school districts in making leir returns. It will be a matter of much accomlodation to me if as many taxpayers s possible will meet me at the resectlve appointments, mentioned above o as to avoid the rush at Yorkville urlng the closing days. JOHN J. HUNTER, ; County Auditor. Yorkville, S. C., Nov. 29, 1907. 96 f 4t W Pink, Gray, Yellow. BufT and Hue Blotting Paper at 5c Sheet, 3 for Oc. Size 19x34 inches. The Enquirer Office. issn JED TO iT, '08. , ave Money f uy Here L NOTIONS, H 10 Per Cent Ofi $1.50 per yard, now $1.35. $1.25 per yard, now $1.13. $1.00 per yard, now 90 85c. per yard, now ) 75c per yard, n< 50c. per ya 10 Per C ALL UNDEF $1.00 Shirt or Drawers, now 90c 50c. Shirt or Drawers, now 4 Cut Prices MEN'S DRESS OR $1.25 Shirt, now two for $2.25. $1.00 Shirt, now two for I 50c. Shirt, now two a cp Ssliirf nr 25 Per C on all ladies', misses', $20.00 Coats now $15.00. $18.00 Coats now $13.50. $16.00 Coats now $12.00. $15.00 Coats now $11.2 $12.00 Coats, now $ $10.00 Coats, no $8.00 Coats $6.00 Cc $5.00 $^ milline 25,15 and 10 pe EVERYTHING IN JE1 VERY LOWES swt above prices are 1 n. Comp Illllk FIHIW GO. , FURNITURE, STOVES, Undertaking Supplies PAINTS, OILS, Etc. SEWING = MACHINES NOW Is a good time to prepare for ,four spring sewing, and you might be''?> with huvlnsr a new. light running, nodern Sawing Machine?One that vill meet every requirement?give you l>erfect satisfaction. We have the machine that will please you. It is the WILL C. FREE [t surpasses any machine on the market. It is light running, sews faster and does its work easier than any machine on the market. It is handsome!y finished, fitted to elegant cabinets, md equipped with a full set of the latest attachments. Let us put one In your house for a trial, and you will ^ not let us take It out. We also sell the NEW HOME and / several other makes. Get our terms / and prices before you buy. We sell Leather Belts for Machines. Oil for Machines. Needles for nil Sewing Machines. . We also furnish all kinds of Repairs and Attachments for Sewing Machines. We are also headquarters for everything in Furniture and House Furnishings, and it is to your interest to see us before buying anything in our line. YORK FURNITURE CO. W Terms to Suit Every One. j f* Wanted.?Your orders for all kinds of printed matter. Best work at fairest prices. professional Cards. 5 A. Y. CART WRIGHT, SURGEON DENTIST, YORKVILLE, S. C. OFFICE HOURS: 9am. to 1 pm,; 1 p m, to 5 pir Office upstairs In the Moore build* ing over I. W. Johnson's store. DR. IN. W. WHITE, 1 DENTIST Opposite Postoffice, Yorkville, 8. C. JOHN R. HART. ATTORNEY AT LAW No. 3 Law Ran^e fl Yorkville. S. C. J. 8. BRICE, ATTORNEY AT LAW . j Office Opposite Court House. Prompt attention to all legal business of whatever nature. GEO. W. 8. HART, ATTORNEY AT LAW YORKVILLE, 8. C. 2 Law Range. 'Phone Office No. 58 0. E. Finley. Marion B. Jennings. FINLEY & JENNINGS, ^ YORKVILLE, S. cS Office in Wilson Building, apposite Court House. Telephone No. 126. ? ? / 4 25% . OFF V 11 Men's and Boys' *' IVERCOATS ATS, ETC. ' Dress Goods ^ Cents. r6 Cents. dw 68 Cents. ird, now 45 Cents. ent Off {WEAR or 2 for $1.75. 5 or 2 for 85 Cents. On All * I TOP SHIRTS. $i.75. for 85 Cents. >vv two for 75 Cents. ent Off CHILDREN'S COATS. * '5* 9.00. w $7.50. now $6.00 >ats now $4.50. I * Coats now $3.70. ^.oo Coats now $3.00. $3.00 Coats now $2.75. :ry ? r cent off WELRY AT THE T PRICES , ?or spot cash any. j .