Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, January 31, 1908, Image 4

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Sutuorous department. Colonel Clem's Commission. < Col. John Ii. Clem, assistant quartermaster general, the "Drummer Boy of I Shiloh," was among the officers who successfully passed Roosevelt's fifteenmile test of horsemanship at the Presidio last week. Col. Clem does not owe his equestrian skill to West Point instruction, of which so many officers boast, and the reason why he Is not a ( West Pointer is worth relating. In the 1 early part of Grant's first term Clem 1 obtained an audience with the president. 1 "Mr. President," lie opened trie interview, "I wish to ask you for an order 1 to admit me to West Point." "Why do you not take the examinations?" questioned Grant. "I did, but I failed to pass." 1 "That was unfortunate. How did it 1 happen ?" 1 "Why. you see, I was in the war while ; those other boys of mv age were in school." Clem was barely 18 then, and boyish looking even for his years. He had made his own way to the president, and had no political sponsors to back him. "What!" exclaimed the president, "you were in the war?" "Yes, I was in the war four years," and Clem related his experiences. Grant wrote something which he handed to the young applicant, saying: "Take tjiis to the secretary of war. I guess it will tlx you all right." Clem went back to the secretary of war, who had before received him so coldly as to discourage any one not endowed with unusual grit, and delivered his note. J The secretary read it and asked: ? Vi.'r. lo *> ? "UO you Know n I1UI iiiio . "Xo," replied Clem. "I suppose it an order to admit me to West Point." "Well, it isn't: it's an order to commission you second lieutenant in the regular army."?San Francisco Call. Called This Presence ok Mind.? Presence of mind was being discussed by a group of guests in the lobby of the Baltimore hotel the other day, says the San Francisco Call. Instances of great llres. where women rushed back for their canaries and forgot their diamonds, were given and tales were told of its cool display on battlefields and on board foundering ships at sea. Then the field extended to railroad wrecks. That reminded Leo Reinstein, chief clerk of the hotel, of a wreck he had been in on the Southern Pacific about three years ago. "By the way. John," he said, turning to one of the guests, "you were in that wreck, too, with your wife, weren't you? There were plenty of demonstrations of presence of mind there." "You bet there was," came the response. "Presence of mind netted me $5,000 damages." Reinstein was amazed. "But you weren't hurt," he said skeptically. "Neither was your wife." "I know it; that was where I showed my presence of mind," said the guest. "When I found neither of us was hurt I kicked my wife in the face, and the road paid the damages." One Bad Boy.?An iron hoop bounced through the rear railings of a suburban lady's house recently and played havoc with the kitchen window, says the Philadelphia Record. The lady waited, anger in her heart, and a fighting light in her eye, for the appearance of the hoop's owner. Presently he came. "Please, I've broken your window, ma'am," he said, "and 'ere's father to mend it." And sure enough, he was followed by a stolid-looking workman, who at once started work, while the small boy took his hoop and ran off. "That'll be half a dollar, ma'am," announced the glazier when the window was whole once more. "Half a dollar!" gasped the lady. "But your little boy broke it. The little fellow with the hoop, you know. You're his father, arn't you?" The stolid man shook his head. "Don't know him from Adam," he said. "He came around to my place and told me his mother wanted her window mended. You're his mother, ain't you?" And the lady shook her head also. Virtue In* New Money.?A well dressed young woman got on a Broadway car going north at Twenty-third street and handed the conductor a shiny new half dollar, says the New York Sun. "Ain't you got a nickel or a dime?" asked the conductor, but the young woman only held out her hand for her ?-hanRe. Reluctantly he handed her a Muarter and then he returned to the rear platform, where he proceeded to XJltf ill Hie lie\\ (join. nitnil I o<i i jsfied and took out his knife to cut at it. The young woman began to get embarrassed and when the conductor entered the car again she stopped him. "If you are not satisfied." said she, "take the fare out of this." and she handed him a $."> bill. Apparently much relieved the conductor gave her the new half dollar ind in change. A>. the next corner the young woman got off. A block up the street the conductor remembered that she had not returned to him the change he first gave her. "You'd better get familiar with new money." said a passenger. A Tainted Nickki,.?The superintendent of the Sunday school suggested that the children make up a Christmas basket for the poor and each child contribute five cents, earning it himself or herself. When the class was gathered together the children were called up before the superintendent to tell how they had earneo men* nicwei. w nen several 01 them had told, the superintendent asked. with his most benevrlent smile, "'Now, little Clara, tell us how you earned your money." In childish pride Clara announced: "Why, I made my nickel by carrying empty beer bottles down the cellar for papa."?Philadelphia Ledger. Samhi.ks ATTAcun-m.?Samuel Gompers, while attending the convention of the National Civic Federation in Chicago, got into an argument with a hanker. At the end of one of the banker, as- ! sertions, Mr. Gompers retorted gavly: < "Yes, it is possible to say a good 1 word for almost any state of things, 1 isn't it? I remember once in a very I untidy ehophouse in Syracuse hearing i a guest exclaim as he to.ik up a soiled i hill of fare: i " "I5y Jove, what an excellent idea? samples of the various dishes glued to * the menu.'"?Washington Star. itUscrllanrous iUiulimv WITH NEIGHBORING EXCHANGES News and Comment Gleaned Frorr Within and About the County. YORK. Rock Hill Herald, January 29: Mr Frost's bill exempting Charleston Columbia. Florence. Rock Hill ant Georgetown from the provision of tin code limiting the bonded indebtednos! of a city to 8 per cent of its assessec value and Mr. Saye's bill to prohibi the destruction of fox in York county passed second reading in the sen ate Saturday The Southen Power company has announced thai it wants 500 men to work on its electrical development plant at Rockj Creek. Orders for power are so abundant that the company tinds it imper ative to bring to completion this plan no oorlv os nnsslhlp. Miss Man Williams, one of Yorkville's fair mai dens, is visiting her sister, Mrs. W. W Miller on Park Avenue New! has just been received in the city o: the death of Mrs. T. A. Wilbur, wif< Mr, T. A. Wilbur, one of the mos prominent men of Charleston, ant mother of the wife of Mr. A. Eugem Hutchison, son of Mr. W. C. Hutchi son of this city. Mrs. Wilbur diet Sunday and the remains were interret at Charleston The contract foi the erection of the Wymojo Mill wa: let Monday to Contractor J. J. Kellei of this city. The mill is to be ereetet on the vacant lot to the rear of Win throp's campus. Surveyors went t? work surveying yesterday mornlni and work on the building will be start ed in the near future. LANCASTER. News, January 29: A peculiarly sa< death occurred this week at th< home here of Clerk of the Cour Joseph F. Gregory. At ten o'clocl Monday night his youngest laughter Hortense, the idol of the household breathed her last, after a few day'i painful illness. A pupil of the grade< school, she returned home from schoo last Tuesday afternoon, bright an< cheerful as was her wont, and appar ently in the enjoyment of her usua fair health, but during the night shi was taken suddenly ill, her ailmen developing in a day or two inti pneumonia, which proved fatal, a stated At the recent meeting ii Columbia of the State Farmers* Union Mr. W. P. Caskey, Lancaster's gigantii magistrate, was elected a state officer that of sergeant-at-arms. His nam' was no doubt inadvertently omitte< from the published list of the officers Mrs. Ruth Plyer, who was on' of the oldest persons In the county died lest Friday at the home of he kinsman. Mr. Ranee Plyler, in the Net Cut section. Had she lived until th' 7th of next month she would have beei 97 years old. She is survived by on' daughter, Mrs. Emiline McManus. Th' remains were buried at Bethel Satur day morning at 11 o'clock Mi David Knight, of Chesterfield county died in the Rock Hill hospital Sunda; afternoon. He was taken to the hos pital last week and operated on to appendicitis. His condition was s< critical when he reached the hospita that but little hope was entertained fo his recovery. The body was on boar< a Southern train that passed her Monday, being taken to Chesterfieli for burial. CHESTER. Lantern, January 28: Sentiment ii this county now seems to be strong ii favor of calling an election on the dis pensary question at as early a date a practicable, unless the legislatur takes some action that will make i unnecessary. Many persons who for merly favored the dispensary no^ say, in view of recent developments that liquor seems to corrupt ever; body that touches it, and they ar ready now to wipe it out as far a possible. Blind tigers might be active but that touches only a disreputabl class, and the business, when unde the ban, would not be so corrupting Mesdames W. L. Ferguson, W F. McCullough and C. C. Edwards re turned Friday evening from a visit b Mrs. R. H. Ferguson and other rela tives and friends at Wylie's Mill At the suggestion and request of Mi J. W. Dunovant, post-master, th schedule of the carriers of the six ru ral routes leading out from Chester has been changed so that the patron on these routes will have a bette opportunity to receive their mail fresl every morning from Charleston, Co lumbia and other points south. Th carriers on routes 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 wil now leave the post-office at 9:30 a. m instead of at 9 a. m. and return at 30 p. m., instead of 3:30. The carrie on route 6 will leave at 9:30 a. m. anc return at 3:30 p. m., instead of at o'clock Mr. Thomas Bailey, ; veteran aged 84 years, died at th home of his son, Mr. R. C. Bailey, nea Armenia, yesterday morning. The fun erai was 10 De ai Armenia 10-aay, con ducted by Rev. A. E. Holler. The de ceased is survived by six childrer two being dead Mr. E. X. Hahi was at Clover one day last week am while he was there Mr. M. L. Smith' house was found to be on fire. Mr Hahn, true to his second nature, wen to carrying out furniture. Clover ha no file fighting apparatus. Mr. Smith' house was burned up and some other caught but the fire was extinguished GASTON. Gastonia Gazette, January 28: M Manster. the man who is walkini from New York to San Francisco, lef yesterday morning to continue hi journey. He expected to make it t Spartanburg before night. Mr. F. E McClain started out to accompan; him as far as Spartanburg, but tlv pace was too hot for him, and h dropped out of the race at Hessemo city and returned to Gastonia on th noon train Miss Blizabeti of W'Mchin.rino It |? U'OC <1 Gastonia Saturday in the interest o the Florence Crittenden Industria Home at Charlotte. Miss Biggs ex pressed herself as highly pleased witl the generous way in which the peopli of Gastonia responded to her request: for contributions to this worthy en terprise Mr. Luther Baber, o Yorkville. was a Gastonia visitor yes terday. NATURE AND ADVERTISING. What Publicity Did For Mammotl Cave a Half Century Ago. What happens when advertising stops is well shown in an article recently printed in The Philistine, th< monthly publication that made Elberl Hubbard and his Roycroft printing shor 'anions. The writer takes up the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky as an example >f what publicity does for even a wonler of nature. I'p to about 1*70 the cave was well idvertised. As the Philistine remarks, i visit to it was considered a sort of finishing touch to one's education, and u person who could not talk Intelll gently about it had no standing in polite society. Records kept at the Mammoth Cave ( hotel from the time it was opened In 1X37 show that while the place was being advertised in various ways the number of visitors was many tlrros what it is now, when the publicity promoter knows it not. Tn 1844, for in1 stance, when the population was less ; than twenty millions, instead of the * eighty-odd millions of today, those who 1 came to see the natural curiosity numt bered on an average ninety-three a day. . They traveled hundreds and thousands . of miles?for many crossed the Atlani tic to behold it. Sixty-one years later 1 o.ik?(ivorairp wan Ipss than a t ?III li?'u?I..*- ? . dozen a day. r The public simply has been permit. ted to forget that Kentucky's Mam. moth Cave exists. The man who ownt ed it died in 1869, and his thirteen heirs, ; scattered all over the country, simply - devoted themselves to spending the in. come that they derived from the two i dollars a head admission fee. They f thought the financial stream would i keep on running without any expent diture on their part for advertising. 1 They have been disappointed, of course. i As soon as the advertising was aban doned the people became indifferent 1 about the cave, and finally it figured ! no longer as one of the great show r places of the world. s In the language of the Philistine, r caves are not necessary to human hap1 piness until some man by astute ad. vertlsing fills men and women with a > desire to see them, and when the adl vertising ceases the desire ceases also. Liberal advertising is essential to success. The story of the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky is only one of thouj sands that prove the truth of this. e And do not forget, also, that when ^ there is a let-up in business the man who advertises his wares more than . his competitor is going to get the orders and make money.?Paper Mill. s * 3 THE MEXICAN BORDER. 1 . 3 How Both Sides of the Line Are Watched and Guarded. e . If business or .recreation should take that lone- line which forms the boundary between the United States and Mexico, you may by chance meet a well mounted rider, armed with ' rifle and pistols, pacing observantly along some bypath or canyon. He is . one of the United States boundary ridg ers appointed by the treasury departj ment to patrol the border on the look( out for smugglers, cattle runners and g other persons whose presence on the , American side is generally undesirable. ^ For this position the man selected v must possess courage, judgment and ? no little physical endurance, for his e duties may call him forth at all hours e and seasons, and he may be responslble for a stretch of border land many miles in length. For example, between San Diego, on / the Pacific coast of California, and ^ Yuma, in Arizona, there is but one boundary rider to patrol a line of over 150 miles, and this is in part over a sparsely settled mountainous region j and partly through the waste of the Colorado desert. r , As opposite him. on the other side of the line, the Mexican government maln. tains from fifteen to twenty rurales for the same work, it is a good illustration of the trust reposed in a single American citizen by his government. It 1 is probable there is no other man in the 1 United States whom It would be harder to find at a given moment than the s boundary rider of the San Diego-Yuma e district. * He may be down on the Colorado desert, watching near some water holes v for a venturesome band of cattle run'' ners, or in some canyon of the moun^ tains on the lookout for a wagon load e of prohibited Immigrant Chinamen; s but, wherever he is, one may be fairly ' sure it is not where the transgressor of e the customs laws expect him to be. r That he must possess both judgment ;* and courage the following Incident, ' which took place during the career of the former boundary rider in this dis0 trict. will aptly illustrate: For some time a band of cattle run ners had been working successfully ' back and forth over the line in spite of e the boundary rider's vigilance. They seemed to he able to divine his move ments, so that while he was watching s a trail through the mountains they were rushing a hunch of cattle over the ^ desert. But at last he managed to surprise e the band and i1fle in hand, drove two ' of them into Campo. Then, however, arose the question as to the method of taking them down to j the coast. He hired a double seated ^ vehicle, the only one In the place. But at once another question pre1 sented itself. How was he to seat his 0 prisoners, for either they must be 1 placed together on the front or the back seat or separated, both seemingly a hazardous choice? He finally decided to separate them, ' and so, with one on the front seat with fi him and the other behind, he started for the coast. The two cattle runners managed to ' communicate with each other by signs and at a rough part of the road made the boundary rider, in turn, their priss oner. Needless to say, they then made the best, of their opportunity to escape over the border, but as they fell into the hands of the unsympathetic ruraies r they would have been better off if they ? had submitted to the law of their own t country. s This brings one of the somewhat dif0 ferent methods pursued by the MexiI. can government in guarding their side y of the border. From a cursory inspects tion of tlie line one might suppose that e the Mexican side is not guarded at all. r V'ou may cross the line ten times at' e different places and never set eyes on 1 a rurale, but it is well known that you i have done so nevertheless, and on the j eleventh excursion you are likely to find yourself surrounded by a picturi "sque group, who will carry you off to B jail if your explanation is not satisfacs tory. f As a rule, the ruraies patrol back - and forth in detachments at a distance of from ten to fifteen miles from the actual border. Many a headlong: dash for the American side has been made by perfectly law abiding' citizens, with i the rurales ;ft their heels, because they have been heedless in obtaining a perr mission to cross the border. True, an American citizen may cross - the border at will, as far as he himself t is concerned, but as he is almost cer? tain to carry some article liable to duty it is upon that charge that lie may be ' arrested.?Michael White in Youth's Companion. ' The railway companies of South Australia spend $ SO,000 a year in removing weeds from their lines. THE WORLD'S MATCHMAKING. g d The Demand to Be Supplied Is Three n Million Lucifers a Minute. ^ The civilized nations of the world n strike 3,000,000 matches every min- V j< ute of the twenty-four hours. Nearly t| one-half of these are ignited in this e: country. Americans use up the ennr- ^ mous total of 700,000.000,000 a year and have a larger match bill than any ? other nation In the world. Hundreds of factories over the l1 country are engaged in this industry. j( Some of the plants are very large, s< one on the Pacific coast covering 240 n acres, with 32 miles of railroad which supplies the match machines with 200,000 feet of sugar pine and yellow pine logs a day. w A statement of the number of cu- ^ tic feet of wood which actually is con- v verted into matches each year would e convey only an Inadequate idea of " the number of trees required for the e industry. For the manufacture of the v match the best giade of wood is nec- c essary. Sapwood, knotty or crossgrained timber will not do. This ^ makes it necessary to search the best ii forests and pick out the choice trees only, and nothing but the choice por- g tions of the choice trees go to the b match machines. It may be seen that tl the lumberman sweeps over a wide c area in search of suitable lumber to e feed into the match machines. o Seldom is the little splinter tipped n with sulphur, or some other substance r to be ignited by friction, given even tl scant mention In the consideration of s the depletion of the world's finest lj forests, yet the manufacturers of e these little fire sticks are as much b concerned over the timber supply J question as any other class of men en- a | brrrvgnwffyiiftfttSttc I A bsolutely ft | ^me S j^From Gra iSr the most hcalt /sy of fruits, comes Bf chief ingredier Iroyai 77l? pa?' TTTVTT^O C ATTTD A ?LI>ll^O OniUJlN THE STRAUSS-SM | BIG CLEARi OUR BIG CLEARANCE SALE J SATURDAY NIGHT, AND YO V BUYING WINTER GOODS 1IE OUR PRICES ARE MONEY K.I W ERS. CO HE BEFORE THE S V Win. Simpson's and American ] 5 CENTS A YARD. GE A 4-1 Brown Sheeting, 3 yds. to ] X A YARD?BUT YOU MUI 4-4 Fruit of the Loom Bloachinj A YARD?LIKE FINDINt A 4-4 Lonsdale Bleaching, SALE I X ?DON'T MISS A GOOD ' 4-4 12 1-2 Cts. Bleaching, Good ? CENTS A YARD?WON'T A 10 Cts. and 12 1-2 Cts. Outings W down) SALE PRICE, 8 1 f URGE YOU TO BUY Til 2 BE FORCED TO TAKE I 30 Cts. Pants Jeans, SALE PR L EVERYBODY SHOULD 1 Z 25 Cts. Pants Jeans, SALE PRE V WILL GO QUICK AT THI 15 Cents Pants Jeans?SALE PI t Amos ken g Apron Ginghams, SA1 X A YARD?GRASP IT QU vf 15 Cts. Heavy Cotton Flannel. I A YARD-?Warm Goods J A 20 PER CENT OFF Dress GoodX 35 PER CENT OFF Men's. Yout U coats. Raincoats and Pant 35 PER CENT OFF Men's and A Coats and Loggias, 25 TO 33 1-3 PER CENT OFF C Underwear. m 25 PER CENT OFF Men's and II A 10 TO 25 PER CENT OFF on S W 35 PER CENT OFF on Furs. ? 20 PER CENT OFF Blankets an " rtf riVA OO 4 ! DI.'P ni?VT ni.1!.1 1 A Mil J \ / t?l? l"l? A M'J * 4. V/?' A j Gloves. L 20 PER CENT OFF UMBREM f> 25 PER CENT DISCOUNT OFF V Eyes, Unlr Pins, Needles Hose Supporters, Cuff Ik ? t loner.v, Purses, Pocket Ik a Suspenders, Relts, Scott's ] ? 8TTHE ABOVE PRICES AH I The STRAUSS BEFORE VOU BUY A COOKING I HEATING STOVE, COME AND SEE DS ASSORTMENT OP IRE BEST GOODS I TV, IX SIZE AND IX I'll ICES. SEE U THE CARROLL F aged In an industry whose welfare epends on the use of forest products. It might be supposed that because latches are small the makers of them ould utilize scraps and leftovers, 'his is never the case; matches are ot by-products. The match machine ikes the finest timber and what it re?cts goes to the by-product end of le match business becomes the largst end, so far as hulk is concerned, miong the by-products turned out by be large Pacific Coast factory just mentioned are 1,000 doors and 800 ashes daily. As a matter of fact, it would be imossible to carry on the match busless at all at present prices If the tcscted lumber were not worked into imething else. The. room where the latches are made is frequently the mallest department of a match faoirv. The larger portions contain 'he iwmills. Matches are m mufactured in many rays and with numerous kinds of mahines, and for that reason a descripon of an operation in one factory ould not apply to another. Nearly very manufacturing company has lachinery made specially for its use. nd covered by patents, and it also mploys processes discovered or deised by its own chemists and mehanics, and kept secret to prevent Ivals from obtaining and profiting by hem. A single machine has been nown to turn out 177,926,400 matches l one day?boxed and labeled ready ar shipment. Some matches are shaved with the rain from sawed blocks, some are cut oth ways by saws. In some factories he blocks are boiled to make them ut easily. I3y some machines a boild or steamed log is revolved on its wn axis and a shaving?the thickess of a match?is cut round and ound and round. This shaving is at he same time cut into lengths and plit into match sticks. There Is hardt a limit to the varieties of methods niployed. Round matches are made y forcing them through dies. The apanese make paper matches, which re wood after all.?Kansas City Star. I BAKING^ L. powder! only baking powder /$jf de from Royal ifej ape Cream ASf \ Tartar j \ i little more than the injurious alum \ wphate of lime powders, but with I you are ture of pure, healthful food. | >W.WW,W^.W8^ 1DAY NIGHT ? ITH COMPANY'S JCE SALE j COMES TO AN END NEXT J U CAN SAVE MONEY BY J BE BEFORE THAT TIME. I VERS TO CAREFUL BUY- j ALE CLOSES. J Prints, SALE PRICE ONLY T BUSY. A lb., SALE PRICE, 6 2-3 CTS. ST HURRY TO GET IT. 7 ?, SALE PRICE, 10 1-2 CTS. G MONEY. h RICE, 10 1-2 CENTS YAIII) rniNG. J Quality, SALE PRICE, 10 L 1 LAST LONG. Jv (Amoskeag 1921 and Teazle- ? -3 CTS. YARD?WE WON'T J vc? vait lunv't vrrn to V KJ' 1 Vf *1 m. A* aw T AT THE PRICE. 7 ICE, 22 CENTS A YARD? J iVEAR NEW PANTS. A CE, 18 CENTS A YARD?IT V S PRICE. ? HCE, 12 CENTS A YARD. !l fiE PRICE ONLY 8 1-3 CTS. X ick. y SALE PRICE 12 1-2 CENTS it a Hot Price. J Trimmings. Findings, etc. lis' and Roys' Clothing, Over- y ts. ^ Roys' Covert Coats, Hunting k Men's and Roys' Shirts and A loys' Hats and Caps. Iioes and Rubbers. 3 (1 Comforts. y Hosiery, Handkerchiefs, and # (AS. X Corsets, Ruttons. Hooks and y i. Safety Pins, Shoo Laces, )lders, Combs, Brushes, Sta- A >oks. Handbags, Neckwear, Mutilers, Collars, Cuffs, etc. y IE FOR SPOT CASH f l-SMITH CO. $ h \ <ANGK. A COOK1XG STOVE OR A ABOUT IT. WE HAVE THE BEST \\I> CAN SATISFY YOU IX QUALS BEFORE YOU BUY. URNITURE . CO. VH Fish scrap is i balanced and can VqxxsMI THE WATIOWi A tiii1 rnuvr Tniiori mi; rrnsi miai COMBINED CAPI $190, DEPA BANKING: w,? SAVINGS: LOANS: w\: TRUST: DEPOS STATE OF SOim COUNT ANDOVER THREE THC 11 The NATIONS I(ABSOLl ROCK HILL, THE B E S : PIVOT GANG, PIVOT WHJSKL.S, With ordinary sized man in seat th< is up to where it should be when mi take out in adjusting Fenders. M Machines in less than 60 days. Co see CARROLI THOS. H. HARDIJN ?LAND SURVEYOR, LOWRYVILLF - - S. C. 5-29 f 3m f 0. p. HEATH, Pt. W. S. : 1 YORKVILLE B 2 INCO * J ? We Are 1 | Headquar GROCEB <4 IHARDW | FERTILI ? WE ARE HEADQUART1 3 (FRIES AM) FARM IMPLE) 2 WE FULLY APPRECIAT 4 AND HOPE YOU WILL FAV K OF YOUR TRADE DURING 3 WE ARE READY TO 1 ? ERS AND WILL GIVE YOU 3 CALL AND SEE US IIEF 2 ANOTHER YEAR. K WE HANDI.E CORN. O^ J GIVE REST PRICES TO Oi l $ YORKVILLE BANKIN < *T*T*Y*T*T*TAT*T*Y*r*r4T< IE OLD TIME FISH >r twenty-three yeai standard of the Sou used in every ton of Farmers* B< ifully mixed, insuring bigger yields w TRADE M f.i REGISTi See that this trade mark P. S. Rovster Norfolk, Vlrg IL DNION BANK i\ll SAVIMCS BM ITAL AND SURPLUS ,000,00 RTMENTS cept deposits subject to check-.' i 4 per cent interest compounded jrterly. ake commercial loans at 6 per it. II act as executor, administrator, ardian and bondsman. 0 ITORY FOR i CAROLINA Y OF YORK CITY OF ROCK HILL >USAND OTHER ACCOUNTS VL UNION BANK LITELY SAFE) South Carolina. r CULTIVATOR SPRING TRIP AND BALANCE FRAMJ s machine is on a balance when the tougi achlne is in operation. Also has no bolts Je have taken 42 Signed Orders for the me and let us show you this Machine. -i BROTHERS r WALL PAPEF MY NEW SAMPLES : ARE NOW II Samples and Remnants for sa cheap. * A. B. G A I N E S . NEIL, V. Ft. R. E. HEATH. Sec.-Tr. i. 4 M. COMPANY, KfUKA 1 &U. A*XA*?A*A*A*A**AKAKAKA*AKAKA I | f ters for ; IES, I ARE, I s m ZERS | 3RS FOR ALL KINDS OF GRO- 5 MENTS. 5 E YOUR TRADE FOR PAST YEAR S OR US WITH A LARGE PORTION ? THIS YEAR. M fAKE CONTRACTS ON FERTILIZ THE BEST PRICES OBTAINABLE. 5 'ORE MAKING ANY TRADES FOR \ g ^TS AND HAY BY THE CAR AND ? II CUSTOMERS. ? G AND MERCANTILE CO. ? i GUANOjP^i :>ne. Properly ith less acreage PL 1 nrr j.rv. | ?RED is on every bag. I Guano Co. I ;Inla. "MK PtIRNITlJRB CO. FURNITURE, STOVES, Undertaking- Supplies PAINTS, OILS, Etc. SEWING MACHINES NOW Is a good time to prepare for your spring sewing, and you might begin with buying a new, light running, modern Sewing Machine?One that will meet every requirement?give yon l>erfe<t satisfaction. We hawe the machine that will please you. it is the < WILL C. FREE It 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 iy finished, fitted to elegant cabinets, and equipped with a full set of the latest attachments. Let us put one In your house for a trial, arid you will not let us take it out We also sell the NEW HOME anil several other makes. Get our terms and prices before you buy. We sell Leather Belts for Macltine9. Oil for Machines. Needles for all Sewing Machines. We also furnish all kinds of Repairs and Attachments for Sewing Machines. We are also headquarters for every- I thing in Furniture and Hou9e Furnishings, and it is to your interest to see us before buying anything in our line. YORK FURNITURE CO. Wf Terms to Suit Every One. 4 START^ . 1B1NK ACCOUNT WITH US NOW WE WILL DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO SERVE YOU AND FURTHER YOUR INTERESTS. BANK OF HICKORY GROVE. .{ TAX RETURNS FOR 1908, Office of the County Auditor of York County, South Carolina. Yorkville, S. C., Nov. 29. 1907. AS required by statute my books will be opened at my office in Yorkville on WEDNESDAY, JANURY 1, 1908, and kept open until FEBRUARY 20, 1908, for the purpose of listing for taxation all TAXABLE PROPERTY held In York County on January 1, 1908. Returns made on proper blanks, and sworn to before an officer qualified to ie administer an oath and forwarded to to me by registered mail before Febru** ary 20, 1908, will be accepted. All taxpayers are particularly re? quested to inform themselves as to the number of their respective school dls* _ tricts, and where they have property in more than one school district, they j will please make separate returns in% dicating the location of each piece of property. The school districts In which there are special levies are as N, follows: Nos. 13, 29 and 33 in Bethes.da; Nos. 9, 20 and 40 In Broad River; le Nos. 9 and 20 in Bullock s Cre??v; No. 12 in Catawba; Nos. 7 and 12 in Ebenezer; Nos. 26, 28 and 39 in Fort Mill; Nos. 11, 20, 33 and 35 In York. 5? r or me purpose 01 lacuuaung me taking of returns, and for the greater convenience of tax payers, X will beat M the following places on the dates ^ ^ named: * At Rock HiU, Monday, January 37, J to Saturday, February 1. 2 At Piedmont, Tuesday, February 4. ? At Yorkville from Wednesday, Feb^ ruary 5 to Thursday, February 30. a All males between the ages of twen5 ty-one and sixty years, except Confed, erate soldiers over the age of fifty > years, are liable to a poll tax of 11, . and all persons so liable are especially ! requested to give the numbers of their ; respective school districts in making their returns. It will be a matter of much accommodation to me if as many taxpayers as possible will meet me at the respective appointments, mentioned above so as to avoid the rush at Yorkville during the closing days.. JOHN J. HUNTER. County Auditor. Yorkville, S. C.. Nov. 29, 1907. 96 f 4t AT THE BRATTON FARM. WE hc?< i number of Guernsey Cov a ant' H' '(era that we will sell. Pure cream at 25 cents a quart, at the farm at all times, or delivered on Tuesdays and Fridays. Pigs for Sale?$2.50 and $5 each. J. MEEK BURNS, Manager. Jan. 25 f.t tf CLOTHES CLEANING. XAM prepared to clean gentlemen's clothes and ladies' skirts In a thoroughly satisfactory manner, at reasonable prices. Work may be sent direct to my home or left at W. E. Ferguson's storeMrs. R. B. McCLAIN. < W* Woodmen of the World receipt books for monthly dues, at The Enf quirer office, 30c.