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^amorous Department. Elopement Spoiled. (Time, midnight. Place, the shady side of Mr. Rillos' house. ladder against side of house. Ardent youth half way up ladder. Palpitating maiden leaning out of upper window, conversing in agitated whispers with ardent youth. Motor in charge of discreet driver at convenient distance 'round the corner. Moon disappearing behind friendly cloud. Coast clear, landscape wrapped in repose. House similarly wrapped.) Bessie Billus?"Sh. Arthur! Not so loud! Is everything ready?" Arthur Chugwater (burning with loverlike zeal, but unable to keep his teeth from chattering?"Everything is b-b-b-b-ready, dearest! B-b-b-b-come, Bessie! It's a ch-ch-ch-chilly, and?" "Oh, Arthur, I'm afraid.'* "Afraid, d-d-darling:? Even if you fall I'll catch you." "Sir! I don't mean I'm afraid of falling:, Arthur, but suppose papa should?" "Isn't b-b-b-papa asleep by this time?" "Yes, I'm sure he's asleep, but suppose he should wake up?" "Is he g-g-g-in the habit of waking up at unseemly hours of the night?" "Oh. dear no! But I'm so?" (Impatiently.) "So am I f-f-f-dearest, and it's getting colder every minute." (Leaning a little farther out.) "Are you sure Arthur, you love me as well as ever?" (Impetuously.) "Love you. Bessie? Why?b-b-b-great Scot! I?" (Uneasily.) "But suppose?hark!" "What is it?" "I fancied I heard something!" "It's only the motor. Hurry, dearest. The train leaves In half an hour, and it will take us nearly twenty minutes to?" "But. Arthur. I'm afraid it isn't right." "Bessie, look here?" "It will break papa's heart! I know it will! You'll always be good to me, will you, Arthur?" "Be-ch-ch-good to you? So help me " "Sh-h! Arthur!" "Hurry, Bessie, for the love of?" (Venturing out on the ladder.) "Well, Arthur. I'm coming. But remember?" (Assisting her down the ladder.) "Oh. yes, I'll remember! Careful, now! Steady! There! We're down." (Clutching his arm wildly.) "Oh, dear! I feel as if I must go back! Where?where did you say the motor was? It will break papa's heart and mamma will faint. I know she will!" (Recklessly.) "Let her faint! Come darling, b-b-b-it's only a short walk and the chauffeur is waiting." (Wildly.) "Must I go? Must I break the heart of an indulgent father and blight the life of a tender mother? Must I leave this cherished home, where I have always been " "Come, darling." "Where I have always been " Papa Billus (thrusting his head out of the upper window and speaking in a cold hard, business-like voice): "Don't forget your trunk. Bessie."?New York Telegraph. A Case "Bounced Through." Mr. Sergeant Wilkins once defended a breach of promise case for a singularly ugly little man. which case he told the defendant, after reading his brief, must be "bounced" through. And the sergeant did bounce it through. "Gentlemen of the jury," he said, at the close of a most eloquent speech, "you've heard the evidence for the plaintiff: and, gentleman of the jury, you have admired that most bewitching lady, the plaintiff herself. Gentlemen. do you believe that this enchanting. this fascinating, this captivating, this accomplished lady would for one moment favor the advances or listen, with anything save scorn and indignation, to the amorous protestations of the wretched and repulsive homunculus, the deformed and degraded defendant?" His client looked up from the well of the court, and piteously murmured: "Mr. Sergeant Wilkins! Oh, Mr. Ser geant Wilkins!" "Silence, sir!" replied the sergeant in a wrathful undertone. "Gentlemen," he continued, bringing his fist heavily down on the desk before him, "do you think that this lovely lady, this fair and smiling creature, would ever have permitted an offer of marriage to be made to her by this miserable atom of humanity, this stunted creature, who would have to stand on a sheet of notepaper to look over twopence?" Instant verdict for defendant.?TitRits. A Mercenary Boy. "When I was a boy," said the man who insisted that men were more mercenary than women. "I had a little friend named Willie. Willie appeared one day with a fine apple. "Til give you this apple.' he said to a little girl, 'for twenty kisses.' "The little girl was amazed. That was not at all like Willie. Nevertheless she consented. "'Shut your eyes." said Willie. 'Sit down here and shut your eyes. And, mind you. if you open them the bargain is off.' "The little girl obeyed, and slowly, very slowly, the kisses began to fall upon her lips. One. two. three, four (a long pause.) five, six (another long pause), seven (pause), eight, nine, ten (intolerable pause. "'Oh. Willie, hurry." " 'I'm not Willie.' "The little girl opened her eyes in astonishment and drew back her pretty mouth from the advancing lips of a stiange boy, a very common, shabbt sort of hoy. whom she had never seen before. "'Why, where's Willie?' she cried. "'He's down the street.' was thereply. 'sellin' yer kisses for two apples aniece. Better shut yer eyes again. The next three boys is terrible ugly.'" ? St. Louis Republic. Relegated to the Bossies.?Your regular "professional" tramp has a sharp tongue and is not slow to use it when occasion arises. A farmer's wife had curtly refused the usual request for a night's lodging from a gentleman of this fraternity. "Well, then. ma'am," said the tramp, "would you mind if I slept in that big meadow there behind your barn ?" "No." said the woman, in a magnanimous tone, "you may sleep there if you like." "One thing more, rna'arn." said the tramp." before I say good-night. Will you please have me called at 4 sharp? 1 want to catch the cattle train to market."?San Francisco Fhronicle. Jftistrllanmis grading. WITH NEIGHBORING EXCHANGES. News and Comment Gleaned From Within and About the County. CHESTER. Lantern, May 2?: At the convention uf the Building and I>?an associations in Columbia Monday to organize the South Carolina Building and Loan League. Mr. B. M. Spratt. Sr., the veteran secretary and treasurer of the Spratt Building and Loan association of this city, was elected second vice president. The other officers are R. W. Shand, Columbia, president; Wm. Goldsmith. Greenville, tirst vice president: John T. Melton, Columbia, secretary and treasurer Miss Virginia Neville of Clinton, spent Wednesday night with Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Aiken on her way to Rock Hill to attend commencement Mrs. Sarah Scoggins of Hickory Grove, came down Tuesday to visit Mrs. B. E. Wright in this city and relatives and friends in the neighborhood of Richburg Mrs. S. H. Hemphill returned yesterday from a visit to relatives at Fort Mill. Miss Mary McCollum died yesterday, May 28th, at her home at Leeds. The funeral service and burial will be at Calvary church today. Miss McCullum was 87 years old and was the last of a family of three girls and one bov The following students came down from Linwood college on the C. & N.-W, Tuesday afternoon: Misses Margie Millen, Rodman; Emma and Julia Anderson, Lando; Hattie Boyd Grant, Armenia: Rubie Barron and Hattie Bradford. Chester. Misses Mary Neely, Florrie Betts and Dorothy Robinson, Richburg: Leize Thomas and Jean Hieklin, Edgmoor, and Janle Williams and May Glasscock of Rock Hill, came Wednesday afternoon Mrs. Nannie Rodde.v, aged 30 years, wife of Mr. John F. Rodde.v. died suddenly Tuesday. May 26, at 1 o'clock, at her home on the Kell place, near Catholic Presbyterian church. After dinner was over Mrs. Roddey was sitting reading to her little son when suddenly she fell from her chair. Mr. Roddey, who was in the yard, ran in and picked her up and she only breathed twice after he laid her in bed. It is probable that rheumatism of the heart was the cause of her death. The burial was in the grave yard at Old Purity, after funeral services conducted by Rev. C. G. Brown Mr. W. S. Brown, formerly of this county, later of Rock Hill and now living in Lancaster, was found unconscious in his room in a hotel in Columbia last Friday morning. from the effects of escaping gas. It was supposed by some that he turned on the gas with suicidal intent, but he denies this, and his explanation appears very reasonable. The hotel has both gas and electric fixtures, and when he went to turn off the electric light he found two buttons on the wall, near together. Starting to turn one of them, it had no effect on the light, and he turned the other. The first belonged to the gas fixtures and the gas was partly turned on. The odor of the gas escaping through the partly open transom led to his rescue ir- time to save his life. GASTON. Gastonia Gazette, May 29: Miss MariAi.innai, r\f Vnrkvillc is snend lint" wc.imrej v.* * ? , ing some days in Gastonia as the guest of Mr. J. D. Lindsay's family A valuable horse belonging to Mr. John C. Moore of Gastonia, died in a livery stable at Charlotte last night after being driven to that place from Gastonia by Mr. Moore yesterday afternoon. The owner was offered $350 for the animal in Charlotte yesterday With a $65,000 appropriation for a court house, free city mail delivery in sight, bitulithic pavements and concrete sidewalks, a $15,000 addition to the graded school building and other improvements in comtemplation, Gastonia is going to give some other towns in the state some hustling to do to keep up with her The piscatorial artists are getting busy. Mr. Henderson Long, Price Rankin and several others spent a day and night at Wright's ferry this week hauling in members of the finny tribe. Dallas, it is said, sent a party of merry fishermen to Tuckaseege yesterday and still others are planning to try their luck. This is one recreation politics and prohibition do not seem to affect....At the home of the bride's parents in York county Wednesday afternoon at 6.30 o'clock. Miss Jessie Stewart was married to Mr. John D. McLean, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. B. McLean of Gastonia, and a well-to-do young farmer of the South Point section. Rev. W. B. Arrowood. pastor of Bethel church, performed the ceremony in the presence of a few friends and relatives of the contracting parties. The wedding was somewhat of a surprise to the many friends of these young people, no announcement of it having been made until last Sunday. Among these who attended from Gastonia were Mr. and Mrs. J. D. B. McLean. Both of these young people have a large number of friends who are congratulating them on the hApoy event. A Fowl That Won a Battle. A singular story is told of a gallant cock whose moral influence at a critical moment during the battle of St. Vincent helped to save a British manof-war from the hands of the enemy. The fowl in question formed part of the live stock of the Marlborough, a vessel which had suffered so severely that her captain was considering the advisability of striking his flag. The ship was entirely dismasted, while the chief officers had been carried below severely wounded, and the crew, without anybody to cheer them up. were beginning to grow sullen under the heavy tire of the enemy, to which they were hardly able to respond. At this emergency a shot struck the coop in '? ** - 1 'Pho WfllCn uie I"\n IS w rj'f ruiiiiucu. ? ??v only surviving: occupant, u cock, finding: himself at liberty, fluttered up and perched himself on the stump of tlie mainmast and surveyed the scene of carnage around him. Then, flapping his wings in defiance, he began to crow vociferously. He was answered by three hearty and exhilarating cheers from the crew, who till had a good laugh and. with spirits thus renewed, continued the action with a vigor that lasted until a turn in the battle rescued them from their tight position.? l>>ndon Chronicle. X Instruction on the construction and operation of the turbine engine has been added to the course of the Stuyvesant High school, in New York city. A turbine engine has been installed and is shown in operation beside an engine of the reciprocating type. The turbine is doing duty in generalizing electricity, as well as serving for demonstration purposes. ENGLAND'S CABINET How It Is Formed?Prime Minister's Office Carries No Salary. The recent accession of Mr. H. H. Asquith to the premiership renders it of considerable interest to examine the precise manner in which a cabinet Is formed. In practice, when a premier resigns, either on behalf of a government that can no longer carry on through an adverse majority in the house of commons, or retires personally from any cause, as is the case in the present instance, every office in the government becomes technically vacant. As a matter of fact, however, this is not the case. Every cabinet minister holds office directly under the crown, and there is nothing in the constitution of this country that can compel any cabinet minister to relinquish his seals of office save the revocation by the king in person of the warrant under which he was originally appointed. It is usual, however, when the prime minister retires for the remainder of the ministry to place themselves unreservedly at the disposal of whoever is selected to succeed him. and this is what took place in the present instance, when each of the remaining cabinet ministers handed to Mr. Asquith a letter intimating that they left themselves entirely in his hands. When this is done, it is for the .premier-elect then to decide whether the political situation is such as to justify him in taking over the administration of the government, or whether it would be more desirable for him to decline office and to take the opinion of the country by means of a general election. In the present instance, of course, there was no question of Mr. Asqnith being unable to command a majority in the house of commons, and therefore be immediately set about the reconstitution of the ministry without any unnecessary loss of time. The selection of his fellow members of the cabinet is a matter for the prime minister alone, and there was no necessity whatever for Mr. Asquith, if he had been so minded, to retain one of those ministers who formed the cabinet of his predecessor in office, though of course, as a general rule, the new premier consults with the remainder of those ministers who formed the "inner council" in the cabinet of his predecessor. This small committee of the cabinet is a growth of comparatively recent years, and is usually composed of the premier and his live principal secretaries of state?the chancellor of the exchequer, and the foreign, colonial, naval, and military ministers. The constitution of this committee, however, varies slightly from time to time, and is never quite the same in any two ministers. It is this "inner council" that is responsible for the whole of the legislative and administrative programme of the government, though, of course, the sanction and approval of the remainder of the cabinet is obtained before any government bills are presented to parliament, or any important fiscal or other changes in our national administration are introduced. 1A- ...U~ ??,/*?_ 11 IS lilt) retiring premier v? nv? ?nu?cates to the sovereign for whom he shall send and request to form a government in his place. Strictly speaking, the king could send for any one of his subjects he pleased, whether he be a member of parliament or not, and entrust to him the task of forming a cabinet; but, needless to say, this is a course that has never been taken, since its adoption would mean a very serious conflict between the throne and parliament. This practice of the prime minister naming his successor is one that is always followed, whether the government is anxious to resign office entirely or it is onl> *'~e premier who is relinquishing his position. Supposing, for example, the government had been defeated in the house of commons on, say, the education bill or the Budget, and it was clearly apparent that it no longer enjoyed the confidence of the country or the house of commons, Sir Henry CampbellBannerman, instead of naming Mr. Asquith to the king as his successor in office, would have suggested Mr. Balfour, as the official leader of the opposition, in his place, and Mr. Balfour would have been sent for by the king and asked to take over the task of forming a ministry. It would then have been quite open for him to have declined to take office until a dissolution of parliament had been ordered and he had been able to see whether he could command a working majority in the house of commons or not. Had he taken this course, the king would have sent for Sir Henry Campbell-Ban nerinan once more, and would have called upon the Liberal party to retain office until after the general election had taken place ana u naa become known which party had the majority in the house of commons. If the -conservatives had won the day, the king- would have sent for Mr. Balfour again and asked him either to resume the reins of office or to indicate some other member of his party who would. Though holding the chief position under the crown and ranking as first minister of the empire, the premier stands behind the archbishop of Canterbury, the lord high chancellor, and the archbishop of York in that strict table of precedency under which our great ceremonials of state are organized. and it is only within the past couple of years or so that any special precedence has been granted to the prime minister at all. This was demonstrated at the coronation of King Edward, when the late Marquess of Salisbury, then prime minister, was found by the authorities to have no special place in the royal procession assigned to him, and the difficulty was surmounted by appointing him to carry the great sword of state immediately in front of the king. Stranger still, the office of prime minister is the only one in the government that carries with it no salary, and under these circumstances there is no necessity, therefore, for one who succeeds to this office to seek reelection to parliament, since it is not "an office of profit under the crown." It is always usual, however, for the premier to hold some other appointment as well, for which, of course, he receives the customary salary of a first-class member of the cabinet of .C5.00ft a year. If he be a commoner this office is usually that of first lord of the treasury. or, if lie he in the house of lords. Lord Privy Seal. The late Lord Salisbury. however, for many years doubled the office of prime minister with that of secretary of state for foreign affairs. As a rule the premier selects some office where the duties are very light and he is, therefore, left ample time to deal with his arduous j work of directing the policy of the government and safeguarding the interests of the empire. Each of the present members of the cabinet handed over his seals of office to the king and received them back from him at the privy council which his majesty held at Buckingham palace an hour after his return to London from his recent holiday trip to Bla rritz.?Tit-Bits. TRIAL ' ETY' JURY. Ten Reasons For Abolition of Trial by Jury In Criminal Cases. Convinced by thirty-five years' experience at the bar that juries are slowly losing respect for state courts as well as for law and are becoming more and more aggressive in placing their own interpretation on the law and attending less and less to the rulings of the court and his charge defining the law of the case, Mr. Hal W. Greer in the American Law Review for March-April sums up his objections to the jury system in criminal cases thus: First. They do not apply the exact definition of crimes given in the court's charge because they do not understand them nor in truth do they care to understand them. They believe their own ideas are supreme and that they have the right to be governed by the same. Second. They read into the law their own emotions, sympathies and feelings, giving it their own interpretation "putting themselves in the place of the defendant," a position never contemplated by the law or good morals. Third. Sometimes juries are corrupted through fear, or worse motives, Into returning verdicts in 'defiance of law. Fourth. Prejudice figures largely in verdicts. A tramp or pauper is denied the "benefit of the doubt," but a well to-do citizen has it stretched to most unreasonable lengths in his favor. Fifth. The method of selecting the juries is childish and puerile, enabling one who has been "influenced" to answer all questions satisfactorily, and operating against the conscientious talesman who admits he has formed an opinion. The latter, the writer says, should no more be objectionable therefor than the trial judge himself. Sixth. The whole effort of defendant's counsel is to keep conscientious men out of the box, whose feelings, or sentiments cannot be appealed to. Seventh. The law recognizes the fact that a jury can be improperly Influenced, in that it locks up juries in felony cases. Eighth. Counsel for defendant make statements and arguments(?) appealing to the passions and prejudices of the jurors, to violate directly their oaths and acquit the defendant, which they would not dare to make to the trial by judge. Ninth. As the law is an exact science intended to prevent crime by fairly, justly, and reasonable punishing those guilty of infraction, there can be no reason for a jury on the theory that it will be more merciful than judges learned in the law, and capable of deliberate and judicious analysis and application of facts. Tenth. The strongest reason against the system is that instead of every offense being accurately defined and punished, juries are continually adding to the definitions and destroying the certainty of punishment. If it were known to be a fact that every crime would be punished according to its definition, there can be no doubt of the salutary effect. It is the uncertainty of the jury verdict that breeds criminal desire and anarchy. In civil cases, says he, juries are taken to avoid the law. "Personal injury" suits afford the most striking illustration. Juries pay no attention to the law, the assumption of risk, or the contributory negligence of the plaintiff, but decide the case plainly on a mistaken sympathy against the defendant. The fact that the plaintiff is poor and the defendant is rich is sufficient, and the jurors relieve their consciences by assuring one another that a higher court will correct their mistake?if any. Appellate courts complacently hold themselves "bound by the facts thus found by the jury," and the law goes on changing from system to doubt, and from doubt to hopeless confusion and conscienceless anarchy. A BILL IN CONGRESS. The Method by Which a Measure Is Transformed Into Law. On a day set for the consideration of the bill the house goes Into committee of the whole. A chairman appointed by the speaker presides. The bill is read by sections and clauses after general debate has closed, and any member may offer amendments. All voting in committee is by rising. The yeas and nays are not taken. When the bill has been gone through and all amendments have been voted upon, the committee rises and the chairman reports the bill back to the house, with the amendments. The house then votes upon them either singly or in gross and by yeas and nays if they are ordered to be taken. The bill is then ordered to be engrossed?that is, written out in a fair hand and just as it is after being amended?and to be read a third time. As it is usually already engr ossed it is at once read the third time? by title, as before?and passed. The clerk takes the bill to the senate. by which body it is referred to the finance committee. In due time the committee, if it sees fit, and not otherwise, reports the bill back to the senate, with propositions to amend. In the senate the bill is considered "as in committee of the whole," the amendments of the finance committee and other volunteer amendments are accepted or rejected, they are again voted upon when the bill is reported to the senate from the committee of the whole, and the bill is passed. As the two houses are not agreed upon the bill, a committee of confer ence, usuaiiy cuiisisuiig m mrw members of each branch of congress, is appointed. The committee, when it has come to an agreement, reports to each house, and the acceptance of the report is the final stage of the bill in its passage. The measure is now "enrolled"? that is, it is printed in large, open type upon a parchment?and is taken lirst to the house, where it is signed by the speaker; then to the senate, where the vice president signs it, and finally to the president, and makes the bill a law. Congress is notified that the bil has been approved, and the original copy of the act is deposited in the department of state.?Edwin Tarrisse in Harper's Weekly. Piety does not demand a grim face. I GOOD ROADS CATECHISM. Pertinent Questions and Answers Arranged by a Newberry Man. Who made the roads (in Newberry county)? Man. What did man make the roads out of? lie made them out of nothing. What has he done since the time he made them out of nothing? lie has made them into nothing. Are the roads very wicked? Wicked is not exactly the word, but they certainly are very, very bad. If they got much worse, where will they go? They will go to the devil. If you should follow them, where would you go? ! ! ! (For further information see first part of Dante's Inferno H?; Canto 24.) What are buzzards? They are scavengers. Why were they made with wings? So that they might fly from one place of business to another without having to suffer the tortures and discomforts of traveling the public roads of this county in the discharge of their duties. If a road overseer is a land owner, where do you invariably find good side c.itches? Along that section of the road adjacent to his lands. Why do you find the good side ditches there? Because the overseer is working for self-interest?he wants to keep the water off his lands. If all the land owners along a given road could be overseers at the same time, what would we have? We would either have good side ditches all the way or we would have a big scrap every time they tried to work the road. If you should meet a mad dog along the road what would you do? Take a dive Immediately if not sooner. If the water was deep enough. When you came up, what would you do? I would risk my nose and mouth above the surface long enough to inquire what he was mad about. If he should look steadfastly at the ground around him and turn around and fall down and roll over a few times, what would you understand from his behavior? That he was trying to tell me that he was mad because the roads were not kept in a condition to make travel easy and comfortable. If this is the scientific and psychoWhat Stove ? for Summer? I Nothing adds to kitchen convenience in summer weather like a New Perfection Wick l| Blue Flame Oil Cook-Stove. jj Anything that any stove cao JJ do the "New Perfection" will * do, and do it better. Bakes, roasts, boils, toasts; heats the wash ----- ? 1 /4ieeinntina irons, anu uucs n wmiuui uu^i^auug to your discomfort. The NEW PERI Wick Blue Flame ( actually keeps the kitchen cool?ac for you while doing the family cooki: range, its heat is directed to one p kettle. Made in three size with your dealer, write ou: Aj, f~ to tired eyes?a pe ySfc jjjy lamp. Brass, nickel I J able than other lamp If not with your d> J-T est agency. JT=*\ STANDARD Oil ^minri (Ineorpoi YORKVILLE MONUMENT WORKS. Remember the Dead Every grave In York county should be appropriately marked with a Tombstone or Monument. To do this is not only a mark of respect and esteem to one's departed relatives, but it is desirable ard proper to place an enduring record in stone over all graves. If you have loved ones who have passed to the great beyond and are considering the idea of a suitable marker for their graves, we will appreciate a call from you that we may have an opportunity of showing you designs of Head Stones and Monuments and quoting you prices. YORKVILLE MONUMENT WORKS. W. B. Wylie, Sec. and Treas. GLENN & ALLISON. Bill lit MB We have one second-hand Wheat and Oat Binder for sale cheap. It is in good repair. We are headquarters for Mowing Machines Rakes and Binder Twine. BOOMS, HI Our line of Buggies, Wagons and Harness is complete, and we will take pleasure in quoting you prices on any of the above articles. GLENN & ALLISON I^tisssiter ?St Huntley ? l,i very >r en? WE are located at the Kimball stand, rear of J. Q. Wray's and respectfully request the people of the town of Yorkvllle and country surrounding to give us an opportunity to make a reputation for prompt, efficient and reliable service. Good horses and good vehicles. LASSITER & HUNTLEY. for rent. DICKSON HOUSE, King's Mountain street, next Garrison. C. E. SPENCER. 35 f.t . tf W Good Printing? See The Enquirer logical explanation why there are so many dogs at this time? Yes! What does the present system of road-working remind you of? Of the fellow who is trying to g?*t something for nothing. Does the honest man ever get something for nothing? No! If we ever have good roads how will we get them? By paying for them like honest men. To whom does the court house helong? To the public. Who keeps it up? The public. To whom does the jail belong? To the public. Who keeps it up? The public. To whom does the county home helong? To the public. Who keeps it up? The public. To whom does the public schools belong? To the public. Who keeps them up? The public. To whom d? t'ie public roads belong? To the public. Who keeps them up? The farmers and county niggers. If a man should be found arguing that he should not be taxed to keep up the public roads because he derives no benefit from them, what would you recomm'end? That he be sent to Jail and* occupy one of the cells, so that he might get the benefit of the tax he pays to keep up thut Institution. Do the public roads benefit everybody? Yes, either directly or indirectly. Who then should he required to keep them up? Everybody, including corporations as well as individuals.?Thos. E. Wicker in Newberry Observer. Ct'T Too Soox.?On his way to the police court a prisoner who was charged with felony became confidential to the officer escorting him. and remarked: "There is one thing I am sorry for." "What is that?" asked his captor, expecting to hear a confession. ''I had my hair cut last night," said the prisoner in a dejected tone. "I might have saved that quarter, but that's just my luck."?Bellman. It' Professional piety is satisfied with the salary. i water and the sad I its heat through the room rccnoN I Ml Cook-Stove I tually makes it comfortable I ag, because, unlike the coal m oint only?right under the B is, fully warranted. If not JV r nearest agency. U LAMP2*' f light that is very grateful rfect student or family plated, hence more durealer, write our near. COMPANY M rated) mUK Professional Cards. A. Y. CART WRIGHT, SURGEON DENTIST, YORKVILLE, S. C. 4C5&fe OFFICE HOURS: gam. to ipra.jipm.tojpn* Office upstairs in the Moore build ing over I. W. Johnson's store. DR. IN. W. WHITE, * DENTIST YORKVILLE, S. C. Opposite Postoffice, - - Yorkville, S. C. JOHN R. HART ATTORNEY AT LAW No. 3 Law Range YORKVILLE, S. C. J. S. BRICE, ATTORNEY AT LAW Office Opposite Court House. Prompt attention to all legal business of whatever nature. GEO. W. S. HAKT, ATTORNEY AT LAW YORKVILLE. S. C. I 2 Law Range. 'Phone Office No. 58 D. E. Finley. Marion B. Jennings. FINLFY & JENNINGS, YORKVILLE, S. C. Office in Wilson Building, opposite Court House. Telephont No. 126. oi fV6vr\*unu vpvviMii Beginning Monday, June 1st, 1908, this line will operate between Chester, S. C\, and Mortimer. N. C., Special Week-End trains, leaving Chester, Saturday evening at 4.45 p. m., arriving at Lenoir 9.45 p. m., Mortimer 11.10 p. in.; returning, leave Mortimer Monday morning 7 a. m., Lenoir 8.20 a. m.. arriving at Chester 1.20 p. m. This will give the traveling public and the business man especially, an opportunity to spend two night and one day in the mountains without losing any time from his business; as they can leave home after business hours Saturday evening and return early Monday morning. E. F. Reid, 0. P. A. Which Is The <r* Real V Agatha The closing chapter of Edith Mason's clever story will solve the i * # _ mysiery ior you* Wl f?\\ //,>[ AGATHA SIXTH. Six of the cleverest artists of the country have illustrated the cleverest story of the year The Real Agatha We will print the story, and we know every reader will enjoy it from end to end. Do not miss the opening installment AGATHA SECOND. It's a Clever Story The EDITH ? HUNTINGTON Rpfll" "" Agatha We Will Print It yjw AGATHA FOURTH. An exceedingly original and clever story, written in a fresh and gossipy style, which is as charming as it is refreshing. Soon to appear in the Enquirer. It pays to use the Best Quality of Stationery the other fellow judges you by the quality of your printed matter. J. C. "WHLBOJRlXr FOR SALE ? 127 acres near King's Mountain Battleground?land lies comparatively level. Price %7 per acre. Read my list. Come to see me. I have lots of Farms not advertised. 108 acres?1 mile from Smyrna sta tlon; beautiful 7-room cottage, anu all necessary outbuildings; 2 room ten- % ant house; 2-horse farm open;?plenty wood; 20 acres good bottom land. J. K. Castles. 450 acres?2 miles from Plnevllle; 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; 25 acres good bottom; splendid pastures; 1 mile from Flint Hill church. Both of above being property of S. P. Blankenshlp. Very reasonable. 231-2 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 outbuild- ^ Ings; 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 mllee of Bethany High School, 6 miles of Clover. One two-story dwelling; one good new barn; 2 tenant houses, 3-horse farm open, plenty of wood; some saw timber; 200 acres or more In woodland. 1 Land lies well. Will sell 100 acres of woodland lying on the road from Bethany to Meek Faulkner's, being a part of this pluce. A most excellent place for a home. One Tract?50 acres of land?be- -v longing to Jno. M. Thomasson, adjoin- * W 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. 99 j acres, lands of J. R. Ferguson, 6ft miles Yorkville, 4 miles Clover, 1ft 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 dwellings; 65 acres fine bottom; 4 horse farm. Look at tills. 78 Acres, adjoining lands of J. R. Faires, Jno. Smith; 2 horse farm open, i mile New Zlon 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, ft mile Hoodtown; 1 3-room dwelling; 2 tenant houses; 6 acres woods; 2 horse farm open?J. H. Bankhead. Price w $15 per Acre. 333 Acres, 3 miles west McConnellsvllle; 1 4-room dwelling; good orchard; barn; all necessary outbuild ings; 3 horse rarm open; 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 placesee him. One House and Lot in Filbert, 3 room dwelling; good young orchard; gQod garden; Price $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. J. C. WILBORN. Real Estate. * Veteran Special?Special Train Columbia, S. C., to Birmingham, Ala., Via Southern Railway. I Arrangements have been made with Major General Thus. W. Carwile, Commanding South Carolina Division, United Confederate Veterans for a special train, Columbia to Birmingham for the accommodation of the Confederate veterans and their friends who desire to attend the Annual Reunion at Birmingham, June 9th-llth, 1908. This train which will be known as the "Veterans Special" consisting of ^ baggage car, high class coaches and Pullman sleeping car, will leave Columbia 1.45 p. m., Monday, June 8th, going via Newberry, Greenwood, Greenville, picking up veterans and their friends enroute. The Abbeville delegation will Join the special at Hodges and special cars from Anderson will be attached to the special at Belton. This arrangement will enable veterans from Orangeburg, Sumter and points in the eastern part of the state, also from Camden, Chester, to arrive in Columbia on noon trains In time to leave on the special at 1.45 p. m. From Rock Hill, Yorkville, Blacks burg, Union and Spartanburg, veterans can leave on regular trains arriving Greenville 8.55 p. ra., connect- i ing with the "Veterans Special" which m will leave Greenville 9.00 p. m., due at J" Birmingham the following morning, Tuesday, June 9th in time for break' fast, so that veterans can get located before the opening session of the first day. The "Veterans Special" will have on ^ board leaving Columbia, Major General Carwile and members of his staff; Miss Elizabeth Norwood of Abbeville, and Miss Bonham of Anderson, state sponsors, will join the special enroute and accompany the veterans to Birmingham, and it is especially desired by General Carwile that as many of the veterans as can possibly arrange to do so join the special at Columbia or the most convenient point enroute. Those who contemplate joining the special at Columbia will please com- ^ municate with B. H. Todd, Passenger < 9 and Ticket Agent, Southern Railway, Columbia, S. .C., and those who expect to Join at Greenville, communicate with T. P. P. Carson, Passenger and Ticket Agent, Greenville, S. C., stating whether accommodations will be desired in day coaches or Pullman sleeping cars, *1 and how many there will be in the party, etc. Tickets will be sold at very low rates from all points, June 6th, 7th and 8th, limited June 20th, 1908. Round trip rates from principal stations as follows: Abbeville $6.40; Anderson $6.40; Blacksburg $8.05; Camden $9.20; Ches- 1 ter $8.15; Columbia $8.55; Greenville 6.85; Greenwood $6.70; Lancaster $8.75; Newberry $7?70; Orangeburg $8.70; Prosperity $7.85; Rock Hill $8.55; Spartanburg $7.45; Sumter ^ A $9.40. * ? Pullman berth rate Columbia to Birmingham $2.50. If two people occupy same berth, the rate can be divided accordingly. .See that your tickets read via Southern Railway to Birmingham and re- 1 turn. For further detailed information, apply to Southern Railway Ticket Agents, or address J. C. Lusk, Division Passenger Agent, .Charleston, S. C. The Only Chance Why not trade at the poor man's store? It is the only one in town run to serve the working man? open from 4 a. m., until 8 p. m., and ^ run by a man that will accommodate and thank you for your trade. While I don't keep everything, I keep a very nice line of stuff all the time, and thank every one for their trade as every little helps. It is no use to tell you about my Mar- ? ket, as every one knows I keep the ? BEST MEATS the country affords. There ain't a man, woman or child in town but what likes to trade with Old George?He treats 'em right. Say, if you want to be happy in this world, marry an old maid, buy Beef at Sherer's Market, and drink Cracker-Jack Coffee?that's all. I work so hard, but never have a cent, Takes all I get to pay the niggers and the rent; Say, if I can't get a start in a year or # two, I will get a Job as clerk, that's what I'll do. Yours to serve, OLD GEORGE. The Butcher. ^ W The Enquirer office is especially prepared to print Lawyers' Briefs and Arguments.