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tumorous frpartmrnt. He, Too, Had Erred. , t'apt. Hruguiere of the army transport Sherman likes a good story, and although some of the best he tells are on himself he tells them just the same. Here is his latest confession: The Sherman was at sea, homeward bound, last Thanksgiving Day. Some of the officers had chipped in and bought a turkey from the commissary and prepared to celebrate the occasion with a feast more elaborate and seasonable than that provided by Uncle Sam. The turkey was stolen over night. It was learned a few days later that a certain fireman had entertained his watch at a turkey supper in the forecastle, and in due course of events the fireman was brought before Capt. Brugiere. "How about that turkey?" demanded the skipper in his most judicial manner. "May I see ye alone, sir? I don't like to talk before these people," replied the fireman. The others withdrew. The fireman carefully closed the door and in a hoarse whisper addressed his commanding officer. "Cap Bruguiere," he said, "d'ye remember when ye was quartermaster on the San Juan?" "I do," replied the captain. "D'ye remember that we was shipmates then?that I was the donkeyman?" "I do. What's that got to do with this?" "Xothin," sir, but I just wanted to ask ye where did ye get them chickens I used to roast for you?" "You go to thunder!" was what ('apt. Bruguiere said; it'was all he could soy. But he bought the soldiers another turkey.?San Francisco Call. a Very Patient.?a doctor, now eminent, was at one time, serving as interne in one of the Philadelphia hospitals as well as holding his own with a coterie of rather gay friends. On a certain morning the physician awoke to find that he had sadly overslept. Sleepily donning his attire he hastened to the hospital and soon a stalwart young Irishman claimed his attention. "Well, my man, what seems to be your trouble this morning?" inquired the doctor, concealing a yawn and taking the patient by the hand to examine his pulse. "Faith, sor, it's all in me breathin,' doctor. I can't git me breath at all, at all." "The pulse is normal, Pat, but let me examine the lung action a moment," replied the doctor, kneeling beside the cot and laying his head on I the Irishman's chest. "Now let me hear you talk," he continued, closing his eyes and listening attentively for sounds of pulmonary congestion. A moment of silence. "What will I be sayin,' doctor," finally asked the patient. "Oh, say anything. Count. Count one. two. three and up, that way,", murmured the physician drowsily. "Wan, two, three, fure, five, six." When the young doctor, with a start, opened his eyes, Pat was continuing weakly. "Tin hundred an* sixty-nine, ten hundred an' sivinty, tin hundred an* siventy-wan." . . .? Success. A Ci.ose Shavk.?Two Irishmen, friends, had a discussion as to the skill of each in his respective line of work. Pat was a hodcarrier and very proud of his ability. He could carry a hod of inortar or bricks to the top of the highest building without placing his hands upon the ladder. "Now," said Mike, "could yez carry me in yer hod to the top of yonder ten-story building without puttin' yer hands on th' ladder?" "Sure, I could," said Pat. "I'll bet ve five dollars ye can't," replied Mike. "It's a go." said Pat. And so the money was put up. and. with Mike loaded in the hod. Pat started on his perilous journey. When about half way up Pat's foot slipped and he nearly fell. He regained his balance, however, and completed the trip without having placed his hands on the ladder. Depositing Mike on the roof. Pat said, "There ye are: I've won the bet!" "That's what ye have," said Mike; "but I thought I had ye when ye struck the fifth tture." Hk Workkd For It.?Some years ago there lived in Arkansas a man named Reynolds who owned a narrow gauge railroad from Malvern Junction to Hot Springs. It was partly due to the fact that he had put by a neat little fortune, and partly to his habit of wearing an enormous diamond shirtstud that he had won the nickname of "Diamond Joe." It was Diamond Joe's boast that no one had ever stolen a ride on his little twenty-five mile road: and. not content with telling this to his friends, he offered a reward of $100 and a suit of clothes to the man who could doit. One clear moonlight night a man came into his office, dripping from head t< foot. "Is this Mr. Reynolds?" he asked. "Yes," replied the owner of the narrow gauge, involuntarily glancing out to see if it was raining. "Well, I've come for that suit of clothes and the $100. I've beat my way on your road. Mr. Reynolds, in the boiler tank of the engine; it was hard work keepin' my head above water, but I did it?and?here I am!" I IIK I wo m.ir.n.i.iiiir..-'. ,,, f%?-? . some sad cases." said the attendant at the lunatic asylum to the visitor, and opened the door of the first cell. Inside was a man sitting: on a stool gazing vacantly at the wall. "Sad story." said the attendant: "he was in love with a Kill, but she married another man. and he lost his reason from grief." They stole out softly, closing the door behind them, and proceeded to the next inmate. This cell was thickly padded, and the man within was stark, staring mad. "Who is this?" inquired the visitor. "This." repeated the attendant? "this is the other man."?Tit-Hits. AN r.NCEKTAIN PlCOPOSITIOX.?CyrUS Toxvnsend Krady. the author and clergyman, told at a dinner in Toledo a story about charity. "A millionaire," said l)r. Brady, "lay dying. He had lived a life of which, as he now looked back on it. he felt none too proud. To the minister at his bedside he muttered weakly. " 'If 1 leave a hundred thousand dollars or so to the church will my salvation be assured?' "The minister answered cautiously: " "I wouldn't like to be positive, but it's well worth trying.'"?Washington .Star. iUisrrUanrous Sradinj) WITH NEIGHBORING EXCHANGES. News and Comment Gleaned From Within and About the County. LANCASTER. News. May 20: Mrs. Barton, wife of Mr. Thomas Barton of the Jones Cross Road section, had the misfortune to neet with a bad accident last Saturday. While walking along, at home, she slipped and fell, breaking the right arm at the wrist. The broken limb was set by Dr. O. W. Poovey Mr. A. M. L. Hollman. a successful farmer of the Creek section, had a big rat killing on his premises yesterday morning. As many as ninety rodents were slaughtered in his barn, with stick and clubs. After the battle was over the dead rats were weusucu, the pile tipping the scales at about twenty pounds Mr. W. A. Bowles, who for twenty-one years was foreman in the office of the Chester Reporter, died Saturday, of apoplexy, at the home of his brother in Atlanta. Ga., where he had gone on a visit The county roads surveying party, having completed the survey of the road from Lancaster to the North Carolina line, known as the Charlotte road, is now surveying public highways in the Heath Springs section. CHESTER. Lantern, May 19: Mrs. W. M. Kennedy and son, returned Friday afternoon from a few days' visit to Dr. Kennedy's relatives in Yorkville Mrs. Fannie McLane Mobley and Mr. Archie I. Duncan were married Thursday evening. May 14th, at the home of the bride on Elizabeth street. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. S. Snyder. Only a few friends were present to witness the ceremony.... Mrs. Cynthia Coleman of Ridgewa.v, came down from Rock Hill Saturday and went to Pleasant Grove to visit her sister. Mrs. Mary M. Wylie. She returned to town yesterday morning, and after spending the day with relatives, left for her home in the afternoon. Her sister, Mrs. J. N. Steele, accompanied her from Rock Hill and returned yesterday morning Miss Mina Lindsay and Mr. J. D. Taylor were married Sabbath, May 17th. at the home of the bride's mother. Mrs. Alice Lindsay, near Leeds. The ceremony was performed by Rev. E. D. Wells. Miss Lindsay has been spending several months in the city sewing for Mrs. T. S. Lowry. Mr. Taylor is superintendent of the street force. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor have rooms in the house occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Haze Wilks on the corner of Epworth and Reedy streets, which is owned by Mr. Taylor Mr. James Black of Fort Lawn, died Friday and the remains were buried at Fort I-awn Saturday, funeral service by Rev. J. H. Yarborough. His age has been reported from 64 to near 70. His wife, who was Miss Jane Walker, died a good while ago. They had .no children but raised three girls who are married. Mr. Black went to the war in the Pickens Guard but afterward joined some other command. GASTON. Gastonia Gazette, May 19: Dr. J. C. Galloway returned yesterday morning from Clover, where he preached Sunday morning at Bethany Associate Reformed Presbyterian church. Sunday night he preached the commencement sermon for the Bethany High school, of which Prof. Neal Ransom is principal. The sesion now closing has been one of the most successful in the history of the school.... Mr. George Russell died at his home four miles south of Gastonia. Sunday after an illness of some months, aged about 60 years. Beside his widow and several children, Mr. Russell is survived by one brother. Mr. Dick Russell of Yorkville, and two sisters, Mrs. R. E. Montgomery of Yorkville, and Mi*s. Powell of Forest City. The funeral and burial took place yesterday afternoon at Olney Presbyterian church, of which the deceased was a member, the services being conducted by Rev. G. A. Sparrow, the pastor Mrs. Ethel Leeper. wife of Mr. J. A. Leeper of Belmont, died at the Presbvterian hospital in Charlotte Sunday, having been taken there for treatment only two weeks ago. The deceased lady was the daughter of the late Mr. Mangum Stowe of Belmont, and is survived by her husband, by her mother, Mrs. Laura Stowe, and two sisters. Misses Gertrude and Bertha Stowe. She had been married only eleven months and her death at the early age of 22 years came as a severe shock to her immediate family as well as to her large number of friends and acquaintances. BROW-BEATING EMPLOYERS. Create an Atmosphere In Which Good Work Is Impossible. There are certain plants and trees which kill the chances of every other growing thing in their neighborhood. Th?*y so poison the soil and the air that everything about them is stunted, starved, blighted. Some employers so poison their environment that even the most capable employes cannot prosper under them, says a writer in Success Magazine. Their atmosphere is so suffocating, so depressing, that those about them feel restrained, repressed, suppressed. They cannot act naturally in their presence or do themselves justice. They feel nervous and ill at ease. 1 have known of employes who worked for years in such an atmosphere without getting ahead. They thought |i? was lack of ability that kept them clown, but when they changed their positions and got into a congenial environment they advanced rapidly. They expanded like tropical plants which had been stunted for a time in an arctic climate, but which flourished when tak-| in back t<> their native soil. J Many employers seem to have a perfect nonius for dampening the enthusiasm and spontaneity of their employes, who shrivel and shrink every time they come near them. It is impossible to be at one's best in their presence. They destroy individuality, hope and courage. They make it very hard for their employes to take an interest in their welfare, because they belittle them, scold them and take the heart out of them all the time. I have seen stenographers, clerks and other employes in business houses scolded and hounded, criticised and nagged until they completely lost hope and courage and became mere automatons. They had been bullied and browbeaten so long that they had lost confidence in themselves and with it their ambition. They had come to take it for granted that they were the stupid, dull, careless, ignoramuses they had been pictured by a cross, crabbed employer. who had used them as kicking posts, objects on which to vent his spleen. Iancolntonshire has the biggest British farm. Over two thousand acres are under plow. The second largest is near Coldstream. FIGHT FOR PURE FOOD. It Has Almost Put an End to Adulteration Once So Common. Adulteration of food products by American manufacturers whose business extends beyond the shadows of their factory walls has almost gone out of existence. "Xo profit" in adulteration is the explanation. Even the most persistently dishonest manufacturers are learning about the lack of profit. Cause of this moral regeneration? Food and drugs act of June 3ft, 1906 ?called the pure food law in popular speech?the poor food law by those who have worried their heads with questions as to how the act shall be administered. Xo one has yet gone to jail on account of a violation of the law. Robert X. Harper, president of the Washington board of trade, president of a national bank and all-around respectable citizen of the nation's capital, would have gone behind the bars had President Roosevelt been able to persuade Police Judge Ivory G. Kimball that that is the best place for him. Not a Brain Food. Harper was found guilty by a jury <>f bis neers of concocting a pre para tion and selling it as a cure for headache and a brain food. He called it "curforhedake" and a "brainfude," hoping by this crude imitation of Rnoseveltlan spelling to evade that provision of the pure food law which forbids the use of brands or labels that are false or misleading. The falsity lies in the invitation to the prospective purchaser to believe that he is buying a cure for headache which at the same time is a brain food. As a matter of fact, the buyer was getting an acetanilld preparation that eased the ache by putting a brake on the heart. Mr. Harper, having manufactured the stuff in the District of Columbia, was fined $r>00 for the offense. Having sold it in the District of Columbia, he was fined $200 for that. Had he made it in Maryland and sent it into the District of Columbia to be sold he would have been fined only $200. That is because the Federal government has no power to punish a man for making "dope" within the territorial limits of a sovereign state. Its jurisdiction attaches itself only after the stuff crosses a boundary into another state. Doctoring Coffee. That there is no profit in adulterating articles of food may be inferred from the fact that 84 large burlap bags of coffee, worth probably $1600, were burned by the government officials who had seized it because no one would claim it. They found it in a freight warehouse at Nashville. Tenn. Each grain had been coated with lead chroniate, which is probably better known as chrome yellow. Each berry looked good to the eve Before the enactment of the pure food law it would have sold well on the market because of its beautiful looks. But the owner or owners, when they learned that the government inspectors had possession of it, knew that they would have to pay more in fines for their attempt to hide the defects than the whole consignment was worth. So all the men in Nashville who sell coffee solemnly declared that they knew nothing about its ownership. A few weeks ago 40,000 gallons of wine were seized in New Orleans bej cause the liquid had been adulterated and misbranded. The man who made 1 !* ? ? l.. f u?v Kk- hnnHc nnH 11 mien u|f iai?r* v.^ M..M ed the government to give it back to him so that he could put an honest brand on the containers. The government put him under a heavy bond conditioned upon the faithful performance of the agreement, and let him take it back. Glucose In Syrup. Another New Orleans, seizure was 30 barrels of syrup branded "open kettle." The government chemists found that instead of being of the highest quality cane syrup, the liquid contained a considerable percentage of corn syrup, or, as it is probably better known, glucose. That stuff was also taken back by the now saddened manufacturer. who shed tears as he branded the barrels truthfully and figured the amount of his loss on that little transaction. And good old Tama Jim Wilson, Secretarfy of agriculture, is the man to whom theoretical credit is due for j this wonderful ehapge that has come about in less than one year after the law was put into full effect. As secrejtary of the department of agriculture, the primary responsibility is upon him. Associated with him. by the terms of the statute, are secretaries Cortelyou and Straus. But the real credit for the great change?that is. the credit for the work accomplished?belongs to the members of the board of food and drug inspection, composed of Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, whose name is sufficient to tell who he is: Dr. Frederick L. Dunlap, associate chemist of the department of agriculture, and George Patrick McCabe. solicitor for that part of the executive branch of the government. They are the ones who thrash out the hard questions concerning the construction to be placed upon the law and decide the chemical questions that come along every day. A Supervisory Board. When the very knottiest questions of chemistry come along President Roosevelt has a board of five most eminent chemists, under the presidency of Doctor Remsen, of Johns Hopkins. to tell him whether Wiley and Dunlap have come to a coieot conclu !" mottop r?/?w 11 n MW|| III | C.>|iri I l\? l?n nauviv . ..w ? s... (U*r discussion. That Kemsen board is now working on the <iuestion whether benzoate of soda, the preservative found in nearly all condimental substances and in all pie fillings, is a deleterious substance, even in the small quantity of one-tenth of one per cent. That board is also searching for an answer as to how much sulphur dioxide may be used on dried fruit without being injurious to health and unduly increasing the weight of the fruit, to the pecuniary detriment of the consumer. The Wiley-Dunlap-Mev ..be board has already decided those questions in a way that has made the fruit and vegetable packers furious. It has held both to be deleterious substances within the meaning of the law, and, therefore, on the index prohibitum of the act. not to be used at all. Inasmuch as Doctor Taylor, the California member of the board, has gone to Europe and will be gone for nearly a year in studying the question, a final decision on it is far in the future. Law's Wide Scope. Very few persons understand the wide scope of the pure fond law or the way in which the national government has twisted itself about to procure purity in food products and hon esty in their labeling and branding. Everything used by man or beast as a food or as a medicine comes under the terms of the law. Condition powders for stock, hay for the family horse and seed for the canary, not to mention catnip for tabby, are as much within the purview of the food and drug inspection board as Scotch whiskey. sausages from Vienna or dill pickles from Germany. Weeds From Canada. Secretary Wilson has intimated a move to prevent the further importation of wheat screenings from Canada because they contain the seeds of weeds and therefore the food product is adulterated within the meaning of the law. The screenings. Doctor Galloway, chief of the bureau of plant industry, found to contain 7 per cent of light grains of wheat. The rest is composed of various kinds of weed seeds. The screenings are coarsely ground in this country and made into food for animals. That brings the whole matter within the jurisdiction of the department. The grinding is not fine enough to destroy the weed seeds, and digestion does not always destroy them. .Secretary Wilson estimated that the weed seeds would cause greater damage to the farms of the country in one year than the total amount of money spent in the establishment and maintenance of the department of which he Is head. So the ban is on Canadian wheat screenings, of which 7000 tons, it is asserted, have been sent to this country' from the province of Ontario. The screenings may not, under British law, be sold in any part of the British empire. That being the case, they may not be lawfully brought into this country, no matter for what purpose they are intended to be used. The pure seed law of Britain and her colonies forbids the sale of screenings. Official Succotash. The shipment from one state to another of food products containing deleterious substances is positively forbidden. The other part of the law simply forbids the shipment of goods that are labeled or branded in a false, deceptive or misleading manner. The board, for instance, decided that the only article permitted to pass in interstate commerce bearing the word succotash without any qualification whatever is a combination of green sweet corn and green beans. If corn or beans that have been dried and then softened with water are used the fact that the product has been made in that way must be set forth on the label in such a way that the buyer can tell what he is getting. Another thing that Wiley, Dunlap and McCabe decided is that the addition of sugar to corn that is not natnrnllv sweet must be told on the label, under pain of a fine for false, misleading or deceptive labeling. KING EDWARD'S DIPLOMACY. Said to Have Influenced the Fate of Norway. Two aneedotes of King Edward, which go to show that his majesty" is a strict constitutionalist In his own country, but is less strict when another country is concerned, are given by the Wiener Allgemeine Zeitung on high authority, says the Vienna correspondent of a London paper. The first is that some years ago. when Mr. Chamberlain, was at the Colonial office, tire king asked him to send him some papers relating to a colonial question, in which his majesty took a special interest. Mr. Chamberlain is said to have refused, declaring if his majesty had no confidence in his minister he might dismiss him. but that as long as the minister enjoyed the confidence of the king and parliament it was inconsistent with the constitution for anybody to interfere with details of administration. After a moment's reconsideration the king replied. "You are perfectly right." The second story would show that it is owing to King Edward's influence that Norway, after the separation, did not become a republic. Bjoernsterne Bjoernson, the great writer and Radical politician, who played a most influential part in that event, was convinced it is said, by an autograph letter from King Edward that a monarchy would be a greater advantage to Norway, particularly if King Haakon, whose wife is an English princess, should ascend the throne. King Edward is represented to have pointed out that England was ready to secure for Norway, after her separation from Sweden, the same international position as was secured for Sweden and Norway by the treaty of 1855, by which England and France had guarranteed the territorial independence of the two countries. The king, it is said, added that he could much more easily attain this if Norway, instead of declaring a republic, elected Haakon king. His majesty's arguments had so convincing an effect on Bjoernson that he dropped the idea of a republic. Thus the Allgemeine Zeitutig concludes it is owing to a letter of King Edward that Norway is not a republic. TREE'S RESTING TIME. The Evergreen In Winter?Tropical Plants In Dry Season. "What we call evergreens," says a gentleman formerly connected with the park department of St. Louis, according to the Globe-Democrat, "are not really green during the winter, nor are they really alive, but are dormant. "Every plant must have its period of rest at some time in the year; anil in our northern latitudes the winter is, of course, the most appropriate season. The evergreens generally retain the greater part of their foliage during the winter, but a close examination shows that it dries to such an extent as to Do reany aeau, aim u miRr i>un m ?. falls off when the plants begin their spring growth. The drying Is not peculiar to the foliage. The branches and stein become as dry as the foliage, and being almost entirely devoid of moisture are little damaged by the winter's cold. "In some parts of the tropics, however. as in the highlands of southern Mexico and Central America, the summer is the resting time of the trees. The intense heat of the sun dries up the earth, the trees drop their leaves, the woody portions become as dry as our evergreens in winter, and the tree takes its rest until the autumn rains begin. "Of course this rule does not apply to a large number of tropical plants which grow in moist jungles or swampy places. They have accustomed themselves to their conditions, but even they still retain the resting habit, and at some time of the year relax in their growing and become as near dormant for a time as circumstances will permit." tv'A leading tailor says that many young married women come to him to learn how to pack their husband's clothes. THE COLLEGE GOWN. History of Costume Worn By Students at Commencements. In all ages and among all peoples says the New York Herald, distinctions in dress indicated distinctions in social standing, age or occupation. As early as 1600 B. C. the Egyptian's rank could be easily told by his dress. The same was true of the Assyrian, the Greek, the Roman. Among the Israelites peculiar classes were always carefully indicated by their dress. A Roman after retiring from office was allowed to retain a purple stripe on nis tunic, to indicate nis uelonging to the senatorial rank. Doubtless at first in the Christian church worshipper and priest alike wore special gowns upon special occasions of joy or sadness, but during the middle ages the priesthood elaborated ceremonial dress for their own use, copying it as nearly as their available data would permit from the ceremonial of the old temple at Jerusalem. For everyday use the various monastic orders adopled a distinctive dress, the different orders being indicated by slight differences in color, cut or material. In the Middle Ages. The universities of the middle ages grew out of the gatherings of students around a celebrated preacher. As they were generally candidates for priestly orders, they naturally adopted some distinctive dress that would ally them with their teacher. When the universities became organized schools the professors or doctors or bachelors of divinity and the graduates of the faculties of arts and law above the bachelor degree wore over their regular dress flowing gowns with capes and hoods. Very high rank was indicated by a special cap. In the lfteenth century distinction was made between the master's and the bachelor's gown, the latter being shorter. Soon a system was evolved by which the various higher degrees were indicated. But this system was far from uniform among the universities. Oxford has not changed its form for more than two hundred years. Here ecclesiastical and civil robes are markedly different. Cambridge is similar in its general system to Oxford, but at Cambridge each college has some distinctive mark which appears on the gown. The ordinary academic dress of today consists of cap, gown and hood. In the United States the system has been so unified that a very definite code has been established. In 1894 an intercollegiate college with Seth Low as chairman and Colonel McCook, of Princeton; Mr. Palmer, of Yale, and Chancellor MacCracken, of New York university, as members of the com mission. They made a careful study of academic costume in till the universities of Europe and out of the chaos which they found in the European universities they evolved an orderly system, which has been adopted by all the greater universities and colleges in the land. There are three types of gowns with varying cuts of hoods to repreI sent doctor, master and bachelor degrees. The doctor's gown is full, round, open sleeves, is faced with velvet and has three bars of velvet on the sleeve, square at the bottom, falling below the knees. The arm enters through a slit near the elbow. The bachelor's gown has long pointed sleeves. Doctor's and master's gowns should be of silk, bachelor's of worsted stuff. The doctor's cap sometimes has a gilt tassel, while the others have a silk tassel. Follow British Custom. Thus far the United States follows British custom, but the lack of uniformity in hoods and the application of color to them made us adopt -a system of our own, very carefully elaborated. The three grades of hood vary in cut as much as do the three grades of gowns. They are made of the stuff of the gown', but are generally lined with the colors of the institution granting the degree. They are trimmed with the color that stands for the department from which the degree emanates, this trimming being generally of velvet. Arts and letters are represented by white trimming, which is copied from the white fur found on the Oxford and Cambridge bachelor of arts hood. Theology and Divinity are always indicated by scarlet, the tra 1 -< oton/llnff immnai L'tiiur ui mr luui^u, omuu . (for zeal. Law Is indicated by purple, the color of king's courts, or possibly this is a retention of the old purple stripe on the senatorial tunic. Green stands for medicine, originally signifying the green of the herbs. The pink of music was copied from the pink brocade of the Oxford gown of its doctor of music. Philosophy is blue the color of truth and wisdom. The yellow of science indicates the wealth that science has brought us. The introduction of many new departments has led to the adoption of distinctions for them. Pharmacy is ( indicated by the russet band, dentistry | by the lilac, forestry by russet brown, and so on through an elaborate system. The colors of the institutions shown in the hood are arranged on : the old principles of the colors on a shield. Academic costume on the one side is a pleasant survival of an old custom, but it also had a deeper significance. In the universe of letters only intellect told. Tiik Pkick or cotton*.?Practically every cotton mill man in the country is earnestly hoping that the price of cotton will go up?even those who are I out of cotton. That would seem to be a queer situation, but it is a perfectly natural one. The mill men realize that the price of cotton goods will not go up until the price of raw cotton goes up. The mills have on hand great quantities of unsold goods, most of which were manufactured from high priced cotton. The price of cotton has fallen, and so has the price of goods. There would be no money in manufacturing goods even at the present price of cotton, so the mill managers are waiting and hoping for cotton to go up. The mill men are on the bull side of the market today. For years the farmers have argued I that the mills ought to combine with them and keep up the price of cotton. for mutual self-interest. At last the day they have been longing for has arrived. 4 nuct tu-A nr rliri'P AIIU >>1111111 UIV |/|%.7V V ?? w ..... days the price of cotton has taken an upward turn. Let us all devoutly hope that it will keep on going up.?Anderson Dally Mail. X#' In the capital of Honduras all the houses in the poorer quarter are made of mahogany, which costs less than pine there. BLOCKADED Every Ho'usehold in Yorkville Should Know How to Resist It. The back aches because the kidneys are blockaded. Help the kidneys with their work. The back will ache no more. Lots of proof that Loan's Kidney Pills do this. \ft?a \f T? ftu'on I {finer rvn Q flrPAn St., Rock Hill, S. C., says: "I had been subjected to spells of backache for several months and I was also miserable from dull, dizzy headaches. There was an almost constant pain across the small of my back, and at times there was a soreness across my kidney regions. I used different remedies, but until I began using Doan's Kidney Pills I received no relief. Since using them, however, I have felt much better and stronger, have but little pain through my back and am steadily improving. I always take pleasure in recommending Doan's Kidney Pills to other sufferers." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's?and take no other. J. C. WILBORKT FOR SALE 108 acres?1 mile from Smyrna station: beautiful 7-room cottage, and all necessary outbuildings; 2 room tenant house; 2-horse farm open;?plenty wood; 20 acres good bottom land. J. E. Castles. ^50 acres?2 miles from Pineville; 5 miles north Fort Mill; 1 dwelling 11 rooms, an elegant home; good barn; 4 tenant houses; 157 acres in high state cultivation, balance In forest timber? a great deal of saw timber; 40 acres good bottom land; 150 acres elegant pasture land; lies well; good 4-acre orchard. Near Flint Hill church. Also 210 acres?5-room dwelling, with all necessary outbuildings; 26 acres good bottom; splendid pastures; 1 mile from Flint Hill church. Both of above being property of S. P. Blankenship. Very reasonable. 23 1 -2 acres, one dwelling, 4 rooms, all necessary out buildings; 15 acres in cultivation; land lies level. About one mile from Bethany High School. Home of Ralph Adams. One tract, 50 acres?One 7-room dwelling, weather-boarded and celled. first-class condition, good barn, shedded all around, and all necessary outbuildings; land lies well, good wire pasture; running water; about 15 acres of woodland. One mile of Bethany High School, on R. F. D. No. 4, Clover. The home of F. C. Horton. 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 bam; 2 tenant houses, 3-horse farm open, plenty of wood; some saw timber; 200 acres or more in woodland. Land lies well. Will sell 100 acres of woodland lying on the road from Bethany to Meek FaulknePs, being a part of this place. A most excellent place for a home. One Tract?50 acres of land?belonging to Jno. M. Thomasson, adjoin- .' ing 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. 99J acres, lands of J. R. Ferguson, 6i miles Yorkvllle, 4 miles Clover, 1| miles from Filbert. Adjoins lands J. M. Stroup, A. J. Parrott; 1 five-room cottage, new barn, nice young orchard. 195 Acres, W. H. Sparrow Place?2 miles Bethel church; 2 good dwell- i ings; 65 acres fine bottom; 4 horse farm. Look at this. 78 Acres, adjoining lands of J. R. Faires, Jno. Smith; 2 horse farm open, J 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. 834 Acres, Bullock's Creek, } mile Hoodtown; 1 3-room dwelling; 2 tenant houses; C acres woods; 2 horse farm open?J. H. Bankhead. Price $15 per Acre. 333 Acres, 3 miles west McConnellsvllle; 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? see him. One House and Lot in Filbert, 3 room dwelling; good young orchard; good garden; Price $175. 151 Acres, 2 horse farm open; 75 acres in heavy timber; adjoins James T^onmafor' 1 H WPl llnfl" 1 trOOfJ tenant house; 4 miles south of Yorkville?Miller Place. I have disposed 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. WILBORN. Real Estate. CLOTHES CLEANING. XAM pro-pared to clean gentlemen's clothes and ladles' skirts in a thoroughly satisfactory manner, at reasonable prices. Work may be sent direct to my home or left at W. E. Ferguson's store. Mrs. R. B. McCLAIN. 31. t 5t 1^" Send the Enquirer your orders for Commercial Printing if you want the I best work. National Bank F Means a Great Deal to of Working Capital, Su THE NATIONAL U1 HILL ranks among the State. Our Books are examine iners, under the superv the Currency, At Least Audit Company Annual rity than that For Your Saving THRIFT is a simple 1 deal. It is the foundati Contentment. Save Money and Put it Send for some of our J> 2W* We Pay 4 Per Cent Inte The NATIONAL (ABSOLUTEI ROCK MILL, S< 4* i* ir 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* ! YOUR < "2* T | SAVE Ik ! DRESS GOOD * ?_. J. 12 1-2 Cents WHITE LINONETI ^ 10 Cents WHITE LINONETTE? 4* 10 Cents BLACK and WHITE LI ejfe 15 Cents COLORED LINONETI j, 16 2-3 Cents 40-Inch WHITE LII 4* 15 cents 40-Inch WHITE UNO* 4? 12 Cents 40-Inch WHITE LINO jL 12 1-2 Cents LONSDALE CAMBl Y 5 Cents UNBLEACHED SHEET] 4s 6 1-2 Cents UNBLEACHED SHI 8 1-3 Cents UNBLEACHED Silt t Ladies' Belts. 4* JUST RECEIVED A LARG 4? LARS, TIES and BELTS?Latest I Extraordinary 4? W Don't Forget?That we are 4* gains In our SHOE DEPARTME t Solid Gold 4* SPECIAL?Any one buying 4s partment, as much as $20.00 w ^ given FREE a Solid (.'old Ring. 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