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tumorous Department.
Childish Plants.
The one special charge which Mrs.
Locke gave her husband on (he eve of
her departure for a fortnight's \isit
to a friend was her fern?her beautiful.
wide-spreading fern. "Don't forget
It while I'm away visiting, will
you, Henry?" she pleaded: and Mr.
Ijocke answered that the fern should
he forever on his mind till she returned.
Therefore, when on the evening of
her arrival she noticed with a start
that the fern was not in its accustomed
place, she turned reproachful eyes
on her husband.
"Now. my dear, let me tell you,"
said Mr. Locke, glibly, "if ever a man
kept his word. I did. That?er?that
fern was on my mind night and day.
I scarcely ever forgot it. I watered it
?oh, I must have watered it four or
five times the first two days. I wanted
to be sure it had enough.
Ka tfotAr Kotron tn run nut
i urn iiic- ?? ui&i uvoun w ? ....
of the saucer, so I left It alone?entirely
untouched, my dear, for the
next three or four days, just as you
would treat a person who had overeaten.
"Then when it began to look a trifle
dry I watered it again, very faithfully;
but it began to look curious,
very curious. So I just took it round
to the florist, and he said he'd better
look after it for a week or so.
"He told me that both Jennings and
Wilkinson had brought their wives'
ferns to him the day before?same
kind as yours. He says ferns are
something like children?they miss
the person they are used to my dear."
"I think very likely they do." said
his wife, dryly.?Youth's Companion.
A Genu's at Excises.?"While 1
was stage managing a piece some time
ago," said a theatrical magnate, "one
of my show girls showed an independence
of spirit which was superb. She
was always late for rehearsal. Her
excuses were great. All her friends
and relations had a series of maladies
which were remarkable in their number
and diversity. She nursed them all
until they naturally gave up the ghost.
About an hour was enough to bury
most of them. Then she caught on to
mechanical devices. Street cars were
invariably late?just as late as she
was, in fact. Then in turn came certain
inconveniences in hotels. The
elevator was continually sticking until
finally came the denouement. It was
in Philadelphia. The siren did not
appear until nearly two hours after the
proper time. I looked at her and
waited. The excuse came glibly.
* "Oh,' she panted, 'I'm so sorry, but
they are repairing the stairs at the
hotel, and I could not get down until
they brought a ladder!"
"I recognized genius in that girl."?
Chicago Record-Herald.
How the Cook Did It.?He had a
number of guests to dinner, and he
was doing the carving. He had deftly
taken two slices off the joint, and he
was turning off a third when the blade
struck a skewer, made a sliding mo
tion and came out at the top, with the
result that the proposed slice looked
liked a dead leaf curled up by the sun's
rays.
He could not say intense things in
the presense of his guests, so he froze
his wife with a glance, dug the skewer
out viciously, made a grim Joke concerning
the indigestibility of roasted
wood and ordered little Willie, who
had made several attempts to speak, to
keep silent or leave the table.
His evident temper led to an embarrassing
silence, and Willie saw an
opening that he could not resist.
"Cook burned her nose orful!" he
announced.
"Too bad," said the mother, glad of
any excuse for conversation. "How
did she do it?"
"Why," answered Willie very apropos,
"trying to pull them skewers out
with her teeth!"?London Scraps.
Backing Into the Winter.?At an
Atlantic City hotel there is an old
Southern negro employed as head
waiter. One afternoon last summer a
number of guests were remarking
how cool it was for the season, and
one of them turned to the old servitor,
who chanced to be standing nearby,
and said:
"Well, John, how do you account
for its being so cool?"
The colored man thought for a
moment and answered gravely:
"Well, sah. dere had been so many
oh dese here earfquakes and volcanoes
eruptin' dat de earf had done shook
off its axis and's revolvin' the odder
way. It am com in* winter instead of
summer."?Philadelphia Ledger.
an Unapproachable Horse.?An
Erie young man called to take
his sweetheart out driving the other
day, but when the stunningly attired
young lady caught sight of the turnout
the young man had hired for the
occasion she feigned a headache and
refused to accompany him.
"Why Violet." asked the astonished
mother, "why didn't you go with
him ?"
"Well, mamma." was the indignant
reply. "I consider that a very foolish
question on your part. How could I
go when the horse he was driving
didn't match a single thing 1 had to
wear?"?Kansas City Journal.
T-T-Two ok a k-k-klxp.?a tall
man. impatiently pacing the platform
of the Anderson station, accosted a
red-haired boy of about twelve.
"t>-a-say," he said, "d-d-do y-you
know ha-ha how late this train is?"
The boy grinned but made no reply.
The man stuttered out something
about red-headed kids in general and
passed into the station.
A stranger, overhearing the onesided
conversation, asked the boy
why he hadn't answered the big man.
"D-d-d'ye wanter see me g-g-get
me fa-face punched?" stammered
the boy. "D-d-dat big g-g-guy'd tink
I was mo-mo-mocking him.
She Was Particularly Ot r.?An
acquaintance called on some ladies in
an Alabama town who had at the
time been much wearied by an apparently
endless succession of callers.
The door was opened by Augustus
Butts, the faithful old butler.
"Are the ladies in?" asked the caller.
"No, ma'am' they'se all out." .
"I am so sorry that I missed them,"
continued the visitor, handing her
cards. "I particularly wished t<> see
Mrs. Jones."
"Yes. ma'am, thank yo", ma'am,"
responded Augustus. "They'se all
out, ma'am, and Mrs. Jones is particularly
out. ma'am."
ittisrrUanroua ihadiitfl.
WITH NEIGHBORING EXCHANGES.
News and Comment Gleaned From
Within and About the Country.
LANCASTER.
News, April IS : Mr. Ernest Sowcll.
son nf the late Cilam Sowell, and Miss
Lizzie Knight, daughter of Mr. William
Knight, were married Sunday
afternoon, by Magistrate W. I\ ('askey
at his residence Mr. W. T.
Robertson and Miss Eliza Humphreys,
daughter of Mr. S. W. Humphreys, of
the mill community, were married
Sunday night, at the Second Baptist
parsonage, by the pastor, the Rev. T.
A. Dabney Mrs. J. E. Blaekmon
underwent a surgical operation
at the Rook Hill hospital Friday night
and is now getting along nicely. Her
husband and Dr. Laney were present
at the operation, returning Saturday
morning. Mr. Black mon also went
over to Rook Hill again Sunday afternoon,
coming back home Monday
morning Miss Janie Alice Massey,
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. E.
Massey, of Rock Hill, is to be married
on the 28th instant to Mr. Eugene H.
Dewstoe, of Charlotte Mr. Harry
R. Elliott of Alexandria, Virginia,
brother-in-law of Mrs. Chas. T. Connors,
of this place, and of ('apt. R. E.
Tompkins, of Kershaw, died Monday
in a hospital in Philadelphia, where
he had been under treatment for
sometime for paralysis. He had many
friends and acquaintances m xjam.rioter,
where he occasionally visited.
CHESTER.
Lantern, April 14: Mr. B. B. Wright
of Cornwall, died Saturday evening
from the effects of paralysis, with
which he was attacked several months
ago. The remains were buried at
Bethlehem on Sabbath Mr.*
Judson F. Collins, aged about f?t>
years, died at o'clock Sabbath, Apr.
12, 1908, at his home near Feden's
bridge, after a week's illness with
pneumonia. The burial was in the
cemetery at Union A. R. P. church at
noon yesterday, after funeral services
in the church, conducted by Rev. C.
G. Brown Miss Lucile McNinch,
daughter of Mr. I. J. McNinch, of this
city, and Mr. H. A. Rensford, of Birmingham.
Ala., were married Thursday
evening, Apr. 9, 1908, at the home
of her uncle, Mr, W. W. Graham, In
Columbia. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. Mr. Brunson, pastor
of Main street Methodist church
Mr. T. M. Whisonant left yesterday
on a business trip to Lenoir and Hickory,
X. C., to be gone several days.
Mrs. Whisonant accompanied him to
Yorkvillfe to spend the day with Mr.
W. B. Wylie's family At the
meeting or waiKer-uaston camp yesterday
it was resolved that at the burial
of a veteran the grave shall be filled*
by veterans or sons of veterans.
Messrs. J. W. Reed, J. Wesley Wilks
and S. J. Rewis were elected delegates
to the reunion at Birmingham, with
Messrs. W. B. Robinson and Jno. O.
Darby alternates The county
Farmers' Union meeting yesterday
was well attended. There was earnest
discussion of a resolution to reduce
the cotton acreage, which was adopted,
including more attention to supply
crops. The prevailing sentiment was
in favor of holding cotton for better
prices. A plan was set on foot for a
great public meeting in the summer,
and Messrs. J. G. L. White, T. J. Cunningham
and J. R. Reid were appointed
a committee to make arrangements
and secure distinguished speakers
for the occasion.
GASTON.
Gastonia Gazette, April 14: Reports
from reliable sources are to the effect
that the Republican county convention
at Dallas last Saturday was a
pretty warm one and came near resulting
in a fisticuff between two leading
lights in the ranks of the party.
We learn from parties wno were 111
Dallas on that day that the lie was
passed between Chairman J. A. Smith
and Peter Marshall Rhyne, erstwhile
postmaster of Dallas. Just what was
the cause of the incipient riot is not
known positively though it is reported
that Rhyne accused Smith of being
a Democrat, which the chairman resented.
In response to an epithet
hurled at him by his opponent, Rhyne
it is said, made for Smith and had
him about collared when some of the
delegates intervened and the catastrophe
was thus averted In answer
to many inquiries and for the information
of those who have not
made inquiry in regard to free city
delivery of mails in Gastonia, we
learn, at the postoftiee that so far as
the business of the postoffice is concerned
Gastonia has been entitled to
free delivery since March 31, 1907.
Free delivery will doubtless be established
as soon as the necessary preparations
can be made by the city in
the way of repairing the streets and
sidewalks and numbering the houses.
According to postoffice reports published
in The Gazette recently the receipts
of the Gastonia postoffice for
the year ending March 31st exceeded
by more than $2,000 the amount required
to entitle us to free delivery.
Mr. R. 13. Rabington has been
mentioned as a suitable man to go as
one of the delegates front this congressional
district to the national
Democratic convention at Denver,
Col., on July 7th. When asked by a
reporter if he would go if elected, Mr.
Rabington said he was like the nigger
was about the watermelon, "he
wouldn't run fum it." A business
man 01 m*'>?inzcu aumi) auu unc
who keeps in close touch with the
trend of things, political as well as
otherwise, he would, as a delegate to
this great convention, represent his
district well and The (Jazette would
be pleased to see him elected by the
district convention which meets soon.
They couldn't do better than to name
him Saturday afternoon at 2
o'clock a llag-raising was conducted
by the Junior Order 1'nited American
Mechanics at Belmont in the graded
school building. The tlag and the Bible
were presented to the school by
Rev. B. F. Hoke on behalf of the order.
The principal number ol the
programme was an address by Mr. /.
P. Smith of Raleigh, editor of the official
organ of the order. Music for the
occasion was furnished by the McAdenville
band. There were about
125 Juniors in attendance from Gastonia.
Spencer Mountain, MeAdenville
and other points and these
marched in regular order from the
hall to the school building where the
exercises were conducted. The exercises
were also attended by a splendid
audience of people from Belmont
and nearby places.
* ' Many householders dislike to burn
organic refuse because of the offensiveness
of the process. This can be
overcome entirely by first drying such
matter in the ashpit beneath the tire.
RED DAVE GETS HIS REVENGE.
A Trip to Chicago With a Sequel at
Rawlins.
"Hack yonder in the summer of 'S7,"
said a Gold field mining man who used
t<> he a Wyoming cattleman, "I decided
to send Red Dave Mason, my
assistant foreman I owned the Bar'
" ' i--.il* - 1 l>.i?..1lna
I i>m III. 11111 ;i uny mu <> ik,i ?
at that time?down to Chicago for
canned stuff, gear for the hands, and
some furniture and fixings that my
wife wanted. I picked out Rod Dave
for the trip because T knew that I
could figure on his staying sober until
he had bought the goods and attended
to the shipping anyhow. The
hoys called him Red Dave because the
fine-grained hide of his face was pretty
nigh the color of an auction flag.
As for the rest of him. he was 6 foot
3, and if he'd wanted to he could
have taken a rambunctious steer by
the horns and have broken his neck
with a couple of twists of his arms.
He had a long, yallery moustache and
a pair of angel child blue eyes, and
he could clip off the lobe of one of
your ears at a hundred yards with a
hard pulling 45.
"I gave him my list and my wife's
list of things he was to buy in Chicago.
and he went. He had discarded
his chaps and wore a pair of newstore
pants neatly tucked in his boots,
with some other articles of raiment.
He had his gun belt and a pair of guns
on when he started, and I mentioned
that to him.
" 'Better keep your guns under cover
while you're in Chicago,' I said to
him. 'They're a heap on law and order
down there, or think they are,
and you don't want to get mixed up
with any of the junipers. When you
get there just stuff your belt into
your grip and stick your guns into
your hind pockets, and then you won't
be taking any chances. There are
some features of tenderfoot iuw that
we've all got to duck.'
"Red Dave looked a little surprised
at this?die hadn't been east since
leaving there in his early boyhood?
but he nodded his acquiescence, and
off he started.
"Now, when he got back, Dave never
said a word to me about it. But
the next time I went to Chicago?it
was only a few months after Dave's
trip?I heard about the dose Dave's
guns had got him into that time.
"He had followed my instructions,
at that, with regard to the way he'd
better pack his guns around Chicago.
That is, he'd stowed his belt in his
grip and stuffed his guns in his rear
pockets where they were covered up
by his sack coat. On the day before
he was to return to the ranch he was
strolling around Chicago taking a
look at the sights and with only a
drink or so in him, when a team of
horses hitched to a wagon fell down
on the street, and Dave jumped in and
did most of the work of extricating
the horses from their harness. In doing
this of course he had to lean over,
and a couple of Smart Aleck Chicago
cops got their eyes on Dave's guns,
which were thereby exposed. They
slipped up behind him as he bent over
the fallen horses and each of them
grabbed one of his guns. Dave, I
heard, was standing up straight and
facing them in about an eighth of a
second. But they had him covered
with his own guns.
" 'What fur kind of a bean bag
game is this yere?' Dave asked the
two cops, looking from one to the other
of them. 'I reckon you might as
well put them tools down. I hain't
makin" no war medicine. But what'
kind of monte air you people a-aeaiin'.
anyhow?'
"The two cops told Dave that he
was under arrest for carrying concealed
weapons, against the city ordinance
in such cases made and provided.
This line of talk was dead new to
Dave, but when they told him that
he'd have to go along with them he
fell into step agreeably enough.
" 'How long,' he asked them,
scratching his head over the problem,
'do you all reckon I'm plumb due to
g t hobbled f'r this yere?what d'ye
call it?totin' weepons?'
"The cops replied that the end of
it would be up to the magistrate, but
that the regularly assessed figure for
the offence was $100 a weapon, or
six months in jail. Which caused him
to scratch his head some more.
"The police justice before whom
they took Dave was a fiery little
Scotch-Irishman noted in Chicago at
that time as a terror even to minor
offenders and just a plain scourge to
people who had committed any offence
worth while. He started to
urn uave up us soon us xie xicuxu nit
charge against him.
" 'Now, what have you got to say
for yourself, you unconscionable ruffian?'
he demanded of the astonished
Dave.
" 'Well,' replied Dave, after he'd got
a chance to pull himself together, 'I
am a maverick proper down this yere
way, but I hain't been doin' no rust1
in', stampedin', or cuttin' out, and
this yere game has got me so plumb
loco that I can't remember the name
of my oultit. This yere pair o' doughboys,'
nodding in the direction of the
two cops, 'cut my trail this mornin'
and they gits t' ridin' herd a hull lot
on me because they says?
" 'That you had these two border
ruffian's pistols exposed in plain view
on your person, you murderous, marauding
cow whacker!' interrupted
the peppery little magistrate in a
shout. 'I tell you what, all of you
howling, 13i 11y be damned desperadoes
from the ranges want to understand
that when you get into civilization
you've got to act civilized. Chicago
isn't any Dead Man's fJulch or Pizen
Creek, d'ye mind that? You can't
come a-whooping into this town like
a Navajo on a mescal drunk, carrying
your implements of murder and carnage
on you. d'ye hear that, you steer
punching bully?'
"Dave grinned at this, I heard. The
sight of the little sawed off magistrate
pounding the air and with his hair
sticking up straight hit Dave where
the risibles were stowed and he had
to grin right in the magistrate's face.
And this didn't help him any.
" Oh, you think it's funny, do you.
you leering bandit!' the rasp voiced
little magistrate yelled at him, standing
up in his place in his wrath. You
regard it as a grinning business to
come blustering into this peaceful
community with your instruments of
crime clutched in both your hands,
ready for use, do you?'
" Well." Dave started to reply
cheerfully. 1 sure wa'n't a-cookin'
no battle dope when these yere blue
boys rounded me up and '
" "That'll du for you!' howled the
magistrate. 'The charge against you
is carrying concealed weapons, ami
you want to look to it that an additional
charge of contempt of court is
not preferred against you, you sagebrush
assassin! The penalty for car
rying concealed weapons is $100 or
six months in the workhouse at hard,
grinding labor. But you, you bulldozing
scalawag of a plainsman, which
means murderer, are adjudged guilty
of carrying two concealed weapons,
and therefore f assess you $200, or a
year in the workhouse, at the aforesaid
hard, grinding labor. Xow her.
you swaggering bushwhacker!'
"'I hain't no hetter'n a gopher
when it conies to powwowin',' Dave
started to say, 'but it sure looks a hull
lot to me like you people back this-away
are a heap big at hamstringin'
strangers that?'
" 'You are adjudged guilty of contempt
of court and lined an additional
$25!' cut in the angry little magistrate,
whereupon Dave concluded that
conversation was too expensive in the
state of Illinois. He pulled out his
private wad, peeled off $225 and handed
the money over to the clerk of the
court, and the bailiff nodded to him
that he could vamp.
" 'Seein',' said Dave then, 'as how
I've done coughed up proper for this
yere little game of I spy, now do I git
them guns back?
" 'To run amuck with them through
the peaceful streets of Chicago, ruthlessly
slaughtering women and little
children?' snarled the magistrate at
him. 'You get nothing, you slaying
coyote of the prairie, except the hotfoot
out of this law abiding city as
fast as you can go?and if you over
come before me again under any circumstances
whatsoever I'll build a
fire under you, you. bull prodding
bully?remember that!'
"Dave, as I say, didn't mention a
word of it to me when he returned to
the ranch. But for a long time after
his return I noticed that he tugged a
good deal at liis long, yallery moustache
and looked sort of preoccupied,
and I fell to wondering if he'd met a
girl or something like that, until 1
found out what had happened to him
in Chicago the next time I visited Chicago
myself.
"Just a year later after the roundup
and branding I told the hands that
they might as well get the midsummer
drunk off their minds just as soon
as possible, and they hiked for Rawlins.
I had some business in Rawlins
myself a couple of days later, and so
I drove over there, starting before
daylight, so's to get there by noon. I
found the boys lying around pretty
promiscuous, enjoying their liquor aplenty
and blinking in the sun.
"At the station I heard that the
trestle a few miles west was down,
? v.of- Va j tho nv#>rlfinrt west
bound train, due in Rawlins at 4
o'clock, would have to wait there till
the trestle was repaired. I decided to
stay over in Rawlins until the arrival
of the train from the east, to have a
look at the passengers. All of my
hands, including Dave?who didn't
appear to have much of the alfalfa
fluid under his belt, as he was probably
saving himself for his regular
toot in Cheyenne?were at the station
of course when No. 4 from the east
came in.
"I was sizing the passengers up as
they stepped down from the cars, the
usual pampered, don't come-a-nigh
me looking crowd of easterners taking
a palace car view of the west, when my
attention was attracted by a queer expression
on Red Dave's face. Red was
eyeing an individual who was in the
act of stepping from the train. This
individual was a runt of a man with
a bristly sandy gray moustache, pop
eyes and a scowling countenance. He
wore a plaid business suit, spats, a
fore and aft cap, and had tenderfoot
tourist stamped all over him. A number
of the male passengers started to
shooting at marks in a lot across from
the station with their silver mounted
toy guns, and this runt of a man
started in to boss the whole thing. He
had one of the toy shooters in his hand
and he begun to do the directing as to
the order in which the passengers
should do their shooting at the marks.
Dave, not observing that I was eyeing
him?and I am bound to add that he
wouldn't have cared a hoot if he had
?strolled slowly over to the group and
walking up softly behind the little
man with the spats and the fore and
aft cap gave him a clout in the small
of the back with his open hand that
sent the little man spinning ten feet.
" 'Howdy!' said Dave amiably.
"The runt of a Chicago magistrate
turned about fiercely when he regained
his balance and glared at Red
Dave, whom he instantly recognized,
as I could see. Then, mumbling ferociously,
he began hastily to reload
his empty little silver mounted sixshooter,
while Dave, with his hands
on his hips, stood grinning at him.
" 'What you all ealc'Iatin' to do with
that thing?' he inquired, in a good natured
tone, nodding at the runt magistral's
toy pop. The magistrate muttered
some inarticulate reply and'went
on loading the harmless little thing.
" 'Because,' Dave went on, 'if you
all was to shoot me with that thing
and I was to find it out, I'd sure git
cross enough to hand you a right
peart slap on the elbow?I sure
would '
"Then of a sudden Dave's manner
changed. In two jumps he reached
the little Chicago magistrate who had
I given him such a hard deal and with
one twist he had the little gun out of
the magistrate's hands and stuck into
his own belt. With the other hand he
took a good clutch on the collar of
the squirming magistrate.
" 'Podner,' Dave said to him, in a
judicial tone, 'are you all aware o' the
fact that you're vi'latin' the law o' this
neck o' the brush a hull lot in comin*
out yere and tryin' to git away with
a scandalous, scoohoopilous and sapparageous
gun play 1 Ike this yere,
hey?"
" 'Now, see here,' spluttered the
magistrate, wriggling around. '1 want
you to leggo of?'
" 'Yep,' I ted Dave went on, 'this
yere's a tranquil, law abidin', (Jodfearin'
section o' sage brush, sure
enoueh. and we don't stand f'r no
hmvlin'. whoopin", hi you skookum
hop toads o* yestern outlaws a-racin'
out yore and scarin' us a'most over
the Big Divide with these yere gun
fannin' stunts, th' penalty f'r the same
hein' sev'ral things,' whereupon Dave
suddenly lifted the magistrate clear
of the ground and threw him over his
broad shoulders .as if he'd been a
sack of salt.
"By this time all of the hands had
gathered around Dave, and the other
passengers who had formed part of
the group, taking alarm, had slipped
away to the train.
" "Hombreys,' Dave addressed the
hands, 'this yere's the lawdisher what
shredded me f'r them 22i? bucks last'
year f'r just walkin' arouif an' breathin'
down yonder in Chicago," and then
the hands gave a howl of joy and Dave
started to tote the magistrate to the
watering trough at the far end of the
station.
"Me? I kept out of it. It was none
of my funeral. And I knew that Dave
had a grouch to satisfy. So Dave
soused the howling, spluttering Chicago
terror to evil-doers in the water- "
ing trough half a dozen times. Then
he picked him out of the trough, lifted
him clear of the ground as if he'd
been an old saddle, carried him around I
(o the front of the station in full view I
of all the passengers of the held up t
train, and with a swing deposited him c
on the tar and gravel roof of the low 1
built station. , i
" 'To dry you nut some, hombrey,' t
Dave explained to the magistrate. 'We 1
sure do have to light like blazes to <
keep sinful, sereechin', slaughterin' f
sons o' guns o' outlaws and brigands t
like you all from just rompin' in yere i
and depopultin' th' country?we sure (
do. The very idee o' your flashin' f
that death dealin' weepon o' carnage i
and destruction on a peaceable inof- i
fensive citizen o' this yere drowsy, 3
dreamy hamlet?the idee!' and then 1
Dave suddenly reached up and grabbed
the still dripping magistrate and j
held him out at arm's length by the j
slack of his trousers?a most undigni- t
fled posture for a magistrate, and one 1
that pulled a roar from the watching (
passengers on the train. 3
" 'And what's more than that,' went <
on Red David solemnly, 'when you 3
all adepts at assassination and arson j
and sech like come a-lopin' out in this 1
yere direction, with murder in y'r giz- t
zards. there's on'y one way o' hand- 1
lln' you all and makin' you law abid- t
in' and that's dancing you up a-plen- '
ty,' and Dave suddenly turned the t
magistrate loose and yanked his guns i
out. 'Dance!' he roared. 'This yere 1
camp hain't had no plump proper <
hornpipe for a coyote's age?shake <
'em lively?now you all's a'tolln'? 3
some faster there, hombrey!' and 1
Dave planted a couple of balls close ,
to the magistrate's flying feet. Then
all of the hands pulled their puns and
helped to dance the plzen hard magistrate.
When Ills jaw began to droop
and the veins started to swell out
purplishly on his forehead they quit,
and Dave lifted the panting and perspiring
magistrate on to the top of one
of the sleeping cars of the train.
" 'You all needn't bother to come
down none.' Dave said to him. 'Up
yonder is as good a place t' bunk as
any,' and then lie pulled the magistrate's
little silver mounted pistol out
of his pocket and gazed at it retlectively.
'As f'r this yere implement o'
death, there's a-going t' be a round-up
o* lightnin' bugs and katydids 'round
these parts presently, and this yere'll
come in handy,' and he stuffed the toyback
in his pocket. Then came word
that the trestle had been repaired and
that the train could start, and Dave
reached up and pulled the magistrate
from the roof of the sleeping car and
tucked him into the car through one
of the open windows.
" 'Which I am plumb bound to remark,'
remarked Dave to the boys as
the train pulled out, 'that If you waits
long enough you're sure bound to git
hunk."?New York Sun.
"DIDOES.
Does the Word Come to Us From the
Relict of Sychaeus.
The phrase "kick up dldos"?for the
plural is formed either with or without
the "e"?Is allowable. It occurs, for
example, says the Boston Transcript,
in Quiller Couch's "Delectable Duchy,"
but the more common form is "to cut."
or "to cut up didos." The word Is a
dictionary one. Doctor Murray says
that It is "United States slang;." he
defines it as a prank, a caper, a disturbance,
row, shindy; he quotes, as
the earliest use In English literature, .
this sentence from "Sam Slick in England"
(1843-44); "Them Italian singers
recitin' their jabber * * * and
cuttin' didoes at a private concert."
He says that the origin of the word Is |
uncertain.
But Hallburton used the term In
"The Clockmaker" in 1835, and Prof.
Joseph Wright in his "English Dialect
Dictionary" says that the term is '
known in Ireland, Kent, Isle of Wight, j
Cornwall, and also in the United <
States. Hnliburton used it with ref- I
eronce to a Nova Scotian: "I met a 1
man this mornin' from Halifax, a real 1
conceited lookin' criter * * * all shines i
and didoes." Professor Wright gives <
as the first definition; a disturbance,
(
noise, fuss, as in the speech heard on (
the Isle of Wight: "He kicked up a
middlen dido about it;" then, plural?
tricks, antics, eccentric feats? as in
Kent: "Dreckly ye be backturned, i
there he be, a-cutting all manner o'
didoes;' and lastly a plaything; al- ]
so used as a tenn to denote articles j
which do not give satisfaction to the 1
owner, as trimming on a dress or bon- '
net.
Yet the learned Professor Wright <
does not venture to explain the deri- j
vation of the word, he does not sug- J
gest a possible derivation. Did the i
term come from the fuss made by i
Queen Dido after the pious Aneas left
her? An obsolete word "dido"?a
thrice told tale may have been origi- (
nally "a tale of Dido." Tait in his i
"Quaternions" speaks of a Didonian '
curve, with reference to the story of |
Dido, who bargained for as much land
as could be covered with a hide, and
then cut the ldde into a long and narrow
strip. Why not say gliby that "to
cut up didos" is to cut up as Dido did?
Let us honor the name of that noble
dane in every way.
How Perfume Is Made.
When, last night, if you are a lady,
you sprinkled a few drops of perfume
over your waist or in your hair, did
you think of whence that delicately
scented liquid came? asks a writer in
the Washington I). C., Pathfinder. Or,
if you happen to be a man, did you,
as you entered the house of some fair
hostess, think of the labor that had
to be expended to produce that faint,
delicate odor that stole upon you so
entrancingly? Some of the world's
most famous perfume comes from
the town of (Jrasse, which lies in the I
southeastern corner of France, near I
where the "titleless sea" sparkles in |
tlie sunlight. For about six months
of the year the whole country that
lies around ("Jrasse is one great garden
of dowers, where a large part of
the population finds employment in
the perfumery industry, in cultivating
the (lowers, gathering them or in
separating the perfume from the
blossoms.
In some cases the extract is acquired
by the simple process of distillation.
hut if the delicate odor that
you smelled was that of violet, jasmine
or kindred blossoms, a more difficult
operation than mere distilling
was gone through with. The petals
stripped from these (lowers are placed
in shallow frays that have glass
bottoms which are heavily coated
over with grease, and they remain
here until the grease extracts all the
odor that was in the flower. The
grease is then subjected to strong alcoholic
treatment, the alcohol solution
taking to itself every vestige of
the odor, and then the product is
ready for the lady's use.
SYRIA IN NEW YORK.
The Cafes Become Sanguinary Battlegrounds.
In the search for "local color" in
Mew York, says Anne O'Hagan in the
Mow Broadway Magazine, you may
hread the narrow streets of the low>r
west side toward a Syrian eating
louse. You pass shops, small and
inrrow, in which windows are crowdid
with laces and kimonos of gorgeous
uie, scarfs, shawls and what nof.there
)ut of a dusty interior is the soft
jleam of Damascus brass; there is the
urquoise flash of the rough Turkish
inamel ware. Small, dark grave men
ye you over the brilliant litter of the a
ihowcases. In spite of the elevated ]
oaring behind you and the mast- (
Merced sky of New York before you, c
rou have a delicious feeling that you e
ire treading an old-world bazaar. i
But in the restaurant your joy de- i
jarts. It Is not that it has been <
Americanized, but that is just the i
rouble here!' The back room is guilt- t
ess of adornment; it is dusky and a
iingy. The syrupy coffee is not to
four palate; the sweet cakes are
cloying; the stews, savory enough to
four nostrils, you taste gingerly. The
?lace has not been "fixed up" for you
ind your like, and you begin to plcure
yourself eating in an American
*estaurant of the same order. That
hought effectually stops your hunger.
The groups of quiet, dark men at the
ables do nothing to excite you. They
ire dressed as American merchants
vould be dressed. Their manners are
even less noisy than those of your
compatriots. Sighing, you declare to
fourself that there is no romance any- (
kvhere, no "color" anywhere. 1
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No Yorkville Citizen Can Afford
to Ignore.
DANGER SIGNAL No. 1 comes from
the kindey secretions. They will warn
you when the kidneys are sick. Well
kidneys excrete a clear, amber fluid.
Sick kidneys send out a thin, pale and
foamy, or a thick, red. ill-smelling
urine, full of sediment and irregular of
passage.
DANGER SIGNAL NO. 2 comes from
the back. Back pains, dull and heavy,
r>r sharp and acute, tell you of sick
kidneys and warn you of the coming
>f dropsy, diabetes and Bright's disease.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure sick
kidneys and cure them permanently.
Here's Yorkville proof:
Mr. R. J. Mackorell living: on Main
St., Yorkville, S .C., says: "For over a
year I suffered from attacks of backache
and pains through the region of
my kidneys. The secretions were , not
always natural in appearance, and I
decided to try a reliable kidney remedy,
thinking that my trouble arose
from these organs. Since I began using
Doan's Kidney Pills which I procured
at the York Drug Store, I am
feeling a great deal better. The pains
have disappeared, and I have been free
from that dull miserable feeling. I do
not hesitate to recommend Doan's Kidney
Pills as a reliable remedy."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo.
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States.
Remember the name?Doan's?and
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LOST $5,
There appeared on the stree
most pitiful sight. It was a man :
object of charity. For forty-five y<
living and could have easily saved
ten dollars per month. Xmv he is
during his earning period, only put
sum of $3.00 a month, compoiindct
had at this time $5,000 in CASH?a
ahled him to live the balance of hi?
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UXABLE TO EARX YOUR OWX
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And then in stride half a dozen poicemen.
There is sudden life in the
,roups. There is uproar, clatter, the
flitter of dark eyes, the flash of steel,
hairs overturned, tables upset. Two
nen are handcuffed and led out, folowed
by a clamorous mob. Fright ned,
you ask the meaning of it all.
V reporter attendant upon the police
ells it to you. You learn of feuds,
onspiracies, subterranean plots, bafling
murders done. You have had
mur glimpse of the old world, you
tave touched the borders of the emuirpled
east!
Sunlight and Germs.
In a research to determine accuritely
the effect of sunlight on germs,
3r. R. Weisner, a German bacteriol>gist,
has made some important dis overies.
He has found that the dis>ase
germs and harmless parasites of
nen and animals are weakened or
tilled on exposure to sunlight, while
>pen air bacteria are little affected;
ilso that disease germs do not lose
heir virulence until their dead bodies
ire entirely destroyed. Ultra red rays
ike the ultra' violet, have especially
)o\verful germicidal effect. The acion
of sunlight is in direct propor:ion
to Its intensity, varies with the
season and time of day, and is lessened
~>y moisture and cold but at midday
Juring half of the year it seems to be
sufficient to destroy most bacteria in
wo or three hours. Pneumonia bronchitis
and "colds" in general are
probably diminished in summer by
:he greater power of sunlight. Diffused
in houses, the sun's rays are enormously
reduced in intensity, and they
ose all disinfective power.
trT Neither in France nor in Austria
ire children ever permitted to be received
into work-houses. They are
boarded out with peasant families.
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FOR SALE
23 1-2 acres, one dwelling, 4 rooms,
all necessary out buildings; 15 acres
in cultivation; land lies level. About
i?ne mile from Bethany High School.
Home of Ralph Adams.
One tract, 50 acres?One 7-room
dwelling, weather-boarded and ceiled,
first-class condition, good barn, shedded
ail around, ami all necessary outbuildings;
land lies well, good wire pasture;
running water; about 15 acres of woodland.
One mile, of Bethany High I
School, tin It. K L). No. 4, Clover. The
home of F. C. Horton. I
319 acres?known as the John B.
Plexico land; about 2 miles of Bethany
High School, 6 miles of Clover. One
two-story dwelling; one good new
barn; 2 tenant houses, 3-horse farm
Open, Jlieiliy III nonu, gumc .-??,? V....
ber; 200 acres or more In woodland.
I.an?l lies well. Will se'l 100 acres of
woodland lying on the road from Bethany
to Meek Faulkner's, being a part
of this place. A most excellent place
for a home.
One Tract?50 acres of land?belonging
to Jno. M. Thomasson, adjoining
his home place, joining residence
of J. D. Smith, S. L. Pursley and facing
King's Mountain road; 40 acres in
cultivation?12 acres good creek bottom.
A beautiful place for a home.
99$ acres, lands of J. R. Ferguson, 5}
miles Yorkville, 4 miles Clover, 1J miles
from Filbert. Adjoins lands J. M.
Stroup. A. J. Parrott; 1 five-room oottage.
new barn, nice young orchard.
195 Acres, W. II. Sparrow Place?2
miles Bethel church; 2 good dwellings;
65 acres fine bottom; 4 horse
farm. Look at this.
78 A< res, adjoining lands of J. R.
Faires, Jno. Smith; 2 horse farm open,
i mile New Zion church, Ramah; 4
miles Bethany; For whole Tract,
$1,200.
123 Acres?Bone Campbell home
place; '1 mile of good school, 2 miles
to Bethel church; adjoins W. T. Nichols;
1 7-room dwelling; necessary outbuildings;
2 tenant houses. Price $23
per Acre.
83J Acres, Bullock's Creek, 5 mile
Hoodtown; 1 3-room dwelling; 2 tenant
houses; 6 acres woods; 2 horse
farm open?J. H. Bank head. Price
$15 per Acre.
333 Acres, 3 miles west McConnellsvlUe;
1 4-room dwelling; good orchard;
barn; all necessary outbuildings;
3 horse farm open; 46 acres
good bottom land; 100 acres In pasture;
50 acres In another pasture; 3
tenant houses; A Great Bargain?
Price $4,000. G. W. Foster place?
se'e him.
One House and Lot In Filbert, 3
room dwelling; good young orchard;
good garden; I*rlce $175.
151 Acres, 2 horse farm open; 75
acres In heavy timber; adjoins James
Feemster; 1 good dwelling; 1 good
tenant house; 4 miles south of Yorkville?Miller
Place.
t have disDosed of the three small
farms recently advertised for. I have
two orders for small farms?If you
wish to sell, come to see me and list
your land with me.
J. C. WILBORX, Real Estate.
n
Lots on Main Street and On the Outskirts.
I am offering the most desirable Main
street building lots In Yorkville.
Five of them fronting Main street,
live more adjoining them In the rear.
Lots on the street 26 feet fror.t and 165
feet deep. Lots In rear same size.
Prices and terms on application.
Also about forty low priced lots In
Westerleigfc. Best values in real estate
to be had In York county.
Also a splendid little farm of thirtyfive
acres just without the corporate
limits. Handsome site for cottage or
bungnlo. This Is a bargain.
LAUKA K. fAKia^.
Organized, Developed and Conducted
Along Conservative and Progressive
Business Methods,
The
BANK OF CLOVER
A Prosperous Bunk in a Prosperous
Neighborhood, invites your patronage.
We have found that we can make a
satisfactory profit without taking
any "long chances."
If you are not a customer of ours, this
is an Invitation to you to become one.
BANK OF CLOVER
CLOVER. S. C.
WHEN IN THE
MARKET
For a Buggy or Surrey and not too
BUSY to save money on these, call
and allow us to ahow you our line. For
a limited time, In order to help build
up this branch of our business, we are
dividing our legitimate profit with the
purchaser.
We consider our customers our best
advertisement, but they are too busy
and have something else to do besides
this, so we take this additional means
of reaching the buyer.
Have bought largely In anticipation
of a good year's business, and if prices
and terms are any inducement, we are
going to move them.
If you will allow us to show you our
line and name prices and terms and
you wisely conclude you can get better
inducements, we will guarantee you a
bargain. We sell nothing but what
has the guarantee of the makers as
well as our own.
Agents for the Keystone Riding Cultivator.
If you want the best see the '
Keystone.
As usual we are offering Planters,
Distributors and other Farm Implements
very cheap.
W. I. WITHERSPOON CO.
It' It Is Broken
I Can Repair It
If your Watch, Clock or Jewelry is
out of repair or broken, I can put either
or all in good shape again and will
be pleased to do the work for you.
See Speck For
Watches and Clocks,
Gold, Gold Filled and Silver Jewelry, I
Sterling and Plated Silverware,
All kinds of China and Crockery,
Lamps of all kinds,
Spectacles and Eye-Glasses,
Fountain Pens and other things.
T. W. SPECK, The Jeweler.
NOTICE.
ALL persons having claims against
the estate of G. L. McNEEL, deceased,
are hereby notified to present
sarfie to me, properly authenticated,
and those indebted to the estate of said
deceased, will make payment to me.
S. M. McNEEL,
Executor.
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PHONE your orders to the ROSE
MARKET when you want the
best MEATS.
Good Beef Cattle wanted at all
times?Will pay top of the market.
WALTER ROSE.