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tumorous department. Elijah and the Ravens. North Carolina probably never produced an abler preacher than Dr. Francis L. Hawkes, who once was pastor of Grace Episcopal church, New York. Short, thick set, swarthy, black eyed and black haired, he was a striking personage. He was not only a great pulpit orator, but considered the best reader in the New York episcopacy. His rather luxurious family deterred him from accepting a bishopric, which would have otherwise been tendered. One day a delegation from a Buffola church waited upon him and invited him to accept a pastorate in that city. "Well, gentlemen, other things being satisfactory, the question of acceptance narrows down to a business matter," said Dr. Hawkes. "What salary do you offer?" "Dr. Hawkes," said the spokesman, "we recognize that you have a high * reputation and are willing to be liberal. Our recent pastor received $2,500, but on account of your standing *ve have decided to offer you $3,500." "My good man," cried the doctor, "do you know what salary I am receiving here?" "No, sir." "I get $15,000 and this parsonage, and, as I have an expensive family, I do not see my way clear to accept your offer." The spokesman looked rather sheepish, but made another essay. "If we had known that, sir, we would undoubtedly have looked elsewhere, but you should remember that the work of the Lord must be done, and, as for providing for your family, you know the story of Elijah and the ravens." "Now, my friends." responded the clergyman quizzically. "I have made the Bible my study ever since I was twenty-eight. I have read It through carefully and prayerfully over 100 limes. i reriiemuei me ia?cu incident perfectly, but nowhere can I find any reference to the Lord's providing for young Hawkes." Hints From ths Nursery. An anxious mother determined to ring up the day nursery to ask for some advice as to her child. The following conversation ensued: "I called for the nursery. Is this the nursery?" "Yes. ma'am." "I am so worried about my little Rose." "Vat seems to be der madder?" "Oh, not so much, perhaps, but just a little general llstlessness and lack fo life." "Aln'd growing rlghd, eh?" "No, sir." "Veil, I vlll dell you vat to do. You dake der scissors and cut off aboud two inches from der limbs und"? "Wha-a-at?" "I say, dake der scissors und cut off aboud two Inches from her limbs, und den turn der garten hose on it for aboud four hours in der morning"? "Wha-a-at?" and the receiver Vibrated at hpr tone. "Turn der garten hose on for aboud four hours in der morning, und den pile a lot of plack dirt around und shprlnkel mlt insgt powter all ofer der top"? "Slr-r-r!" "Shprinkel mit insgt powter all ofer der top. You know usually it is noddings put pugs dot"? "Howe dare you, sir? What do you mean by such language to me!" "Noddlngs but pugs usually causes der troubles, und den you vant to vash der rose wit a liquid preparation I haf for sale here"? "Who in the world are you, anyway?" "Gottfried Gluber, der florist." "O-o-oh!" rather weakly. Good-bye." ?Judge. P. O. Person's Prf.tty Way.?The discourtesy of some postofflce lady clerks in London is proverbial. Occasionally, however, the fair creature receives a Roland for an Oliver. " An irascible stock broker entered a certain city office exactly at the hour of closing, and, approaching the money-order desk, politely requested the presiding genius to issue him an order of 48s. "Too late!" said the damsel, curtly, pointing with an ink-stained finger to the clock. The indignant broker stormer, raved; and finally challenged the correctness of the timepiece. Tho imperturbable lady smiled. The following afternoon, two minutes before the closing hour, the merchant again presented himself, and calmly asked: "Am I too late?" "Only just in time!" replied the damsel, crossly. "Thank you. Now, miss, I must trouble you to issue me forty-eight orders for Is. each." "F-f-forty-eight!" gasped the hor. ror-stricken woman?her tea had just nnnl<>A/1 nrk/1 tm'QC? cton/llnO' n n Q f Q K1P ai 1 1> CU| tuiu t? an .Tiuuuuif, v??. u. imw.v behind the screen?"surely you are joking?" An Apropos Qi otation.?A young woman of the official set In Washington at a public function found herself bored by the attentions of a fresh young man. the son of a senator. Soon after his introduction he proceeded to regale her with a story of some adventure in which he had figured as hero. "Did you really do that?" she asked, not knowing what else to say. "I done it!" was the proud response, And he began forthwith another lengthy narrative, more startling even than the first. The young woman again politely expressed her surprise. "Yes," said the hero, "that's what I done!" A third story followed, with another "I done it!" whereupon the girl remarked: "Do you know, you remind me so strong or Banquo's ghost in the play." "Why?" "Don't you remember the Macbeth said to the ghost: "Thou canst not say I /llrl ! " T Innlnnntt'u candidate and L?\w.?The late Albert Pell, a conservative member of parliament, who devoted his life to the betterment of agriculture, the prevention of cattle disease and the administration of the poor law, was a man of ready wit. It is stated in a recently published volume of reminiscences of Mr. Pell that during an election he was asked if he was not the member who had made the law which commanded poor men to support their parents. "No," he rapped out: "that is an older law. It was written by God Almighty on two tables of stone and brought down by Moses from Mount Sinai; and as far as I can make out. Thomas, it is the stone and not the law that has got into your heart."? Youth's Companion. ittiscctlanrous ^fatlinq. THE PESTIFEROUS RAT. Man at Last Begins to Recognize Most Dangerous Enemy. Unless an international Pied Piper of Hainlin can be found to lead all the rats into the sea, the entire human race may become their victim. The high authority of a noted French scientist. Dr. A. Calmette of Paris, backs this assertion. The Increasing number of rats, the marvelous hard'hood with which they survive long journeys, their pernicious and perilous tendency to carry disease are all given as reasons for the uni versal warrare now piannea on roaeius. It will not be with the dulcet strains of a piper that the rodents will be lured to their doom as on another occasion noted in history. Science is practical, and believes that poison properly administered is a good deal more efficacious than music to piper out a pest. The offering of bounties on rat tails, the adoption of methods to keep them from traveling from point to point on ships and railroad cars, and the employment of professional rat killers all over the world, are some of the methods by which the pests will be wiped out. It is now becoming nothing uncommon for cities to inaugurate rat killing campaigns as a means of putting Ian end to plagues. The case of Port of Spain is an excellent instance. Plague broke out and extended in spite of efforts to check it. Then experts fell on the idea that rats were carrying the Infection from place to place. Rat killing on a wholesale scale was ordered, and in a couple of weeks the work bore such excellent fruit that no new cases were reported. It is to be distinctly understood that not all rats are harmful. Every country has certain species which do not damage, but in many cases have a certain utility. The rat that makes the trouble is the migratory one, otherwise known a. UnA as tne sewer rai, which uu evolved by clllvillzation, and follows man wherever he may go. Rats of the harmless breed have been known ever since history began to take a record of things, but the dangerous sewer rat is a distinctly modern evolution, whose history cannot be traced back for more than three centuries. That 300 years of activity is a record of terrible misdeeds, and the amount of property destroyed by the sewer rat in that time and the number of lives taken through the spreading of disease has probably made the rat a far more terrible destroyer than all the warfare of the same period. It is as a native of Persia and East India that the migratory rat first gets a place in history's pages, and It Is not until the eighteenth century that he makes his debut in Europe. The rat got a good start in Europe and throve immensely for a time, but then came a widespread famine. To a large degree that rat had been responsible for the wasting of the food sources, for he had in his greed devoured the crops of the field, and his foulness had spread disease among the cattle. Having spoiled one favorite haunt, the rat began to spread all over the world. The famous crossing of the Volga In 1727 is an incident thoroughly authenticated * Millions of the rats swam over the river into Europe. Twenty-three years later they made their appearance in Prussia, and three years later the French kingdom was made the unwelcome host of the rodents. Even ut the early stage Paris was aroused to the dangers of the rat invasion and met the newcomers with a determined warfare. Within a week more than 16,000 rats were slain, but still they kept coming in countless numbers. The United States was long exempt from the visitations of the sewer rat, which seems to withhold his visits till crnu'n tr? tho slzo that there will be ample shelter and abundant food. It was about the time that the United States had ended the Civil war of 1861-65 that the rat decided to become an American citizen. He had to make a long: trip across the ocean, but that presented no problem, for the rodent is as skillful in the water as on land. The docking of ships at the wharf is a favorite time for him to embark, but even if a ship lays out at anchor a quarter of a mile it is by no means safe from taking.on unwelcome passengers. In such cases Mr. Rat takes advantage of his skill as a swimmer, makes his way out to the boat, climbs swiftly up the anchor chains, and gets into the hold, the operation being performed so swiftly under cover of night that not often are sailors able to catch the intruder. Along the coast and in various seaports the rat made his apearance in the United States in 1865. It took five years to get out as far west as Missouri. In ten years he had made his way to the coast, and hundreds of thousands ot nis Kind unauuuieuiy mei death In the San Francisco earthquake and fire. m Now the rat has completed his dominion of the North American continent, and stretches over it all the way from Panama to the permanent ice belt. The outlying islands of the new world have been a favorite working place for the rodent, and there they have wrought almost incredible devastation. In the West Indies, in the Azores and in the Cape Verde islands hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of coffee, banana, sugar and orange plantations I are-falling a victim to the rapacity of the rat. One island is Instanced that was once completely covered with rich grass, which kept in good condition all the year around three thousand cattle. Although the island is half a mile from the mainland the day came when the rats picked it out as a suitable place for pitching their tents. By swimming they reached the island and took possession. That was fifteen years ago. Today there is not a blade of grass left on the island. A ' * - .... ?J A pair or raDDiis couiu nui nuu uumi.->nment on what was once an ideal stretch of grazing land. The whole Island has been so absolutely honeycombed by the rats that today it cannot be reclaimed by cultivation. There it lays in the ocean, useless, an eyesore, a sample of what man's foe, the rat, can achieve in the way of destruction. The nit will eat anything. On one of the Channel islands it was known that an army of rats had their home. Curiosity was aroused as to what they lived on, for the island had been stripped clear of even a blade of grass. A scientist made an examination and dug out the holes of a number of rats. To his amazement he found in them crabs?live crabs! They had not come of their own will, for each crustacean had legs cut off. Investigation showed that the wily rats were in the habit of doing their crabbing at low tide. To make sure that the crab would do no harm, he was swiftly deprived of his claws. Then dragged to the hole of the rat, the crab was a food supply to be drawn on whenever needed. The damage that rats do to the cargoes of ships and in warehouses has been estimated at tens of millions of dollars. Rat insurance has become a necessity of business since that rodent got a hold in this country. Rats scratching matches and starting them into flame, rats moving around greasy waste rags and causing spontaneous combustion is the explanation of many a mysterious flre. There is hardly anything that a rat will not eat from meat and poultry to bark of young trees. Ducks, chickens and other small fowl fall a victim to the rat, being killed by a grip on the throat by the sharp teeth of the ugly rodent. Attacks on children and old persons are often reported, the rat seeming to know by instinct where it can most safely make an attack. Cities all over the world have learned the terrible lesson of how rats can carry plagues, and when it is considered that within two years a single ordinary pair of rats will multiply to 1,536 rats, it will be seen how many of these disease carriers are constantly being loosed on the world. The situation has indeed resolved itself into a matter of destroying the rat or being destroyed by him.?Rochester Democrat. PEOPLE THE "MUTTS." One of the Reform Papers of San Francisco on Ruef's Release. As showing the feeling in regard to the graft situation In San Francisco the following, written by J. S. Dunnigan in the Bulletin of that city, is instructive: Ruef has balled himself out of Jail. Part of his plunder is pledged for his appearance in court when he comes to trial for one of his threescore felonies. Some day, if he is crowded too close to the jute mill, he may spit In the face of San Francisco and scoot away till time destroys the evidence which should convict him. He could easily?but not willingly ?sacrifice three-quarters of a million dollars to evade a convict's stripes and still have, it is estimated, probably $2,000,000 In safe deposit vaults or in the safekeeping of his relatives. Analysis of the bonds upon which the looter of this city has procured his liberty shows tljat he is his own surety. And when the final signatures were being affixed to the bonds in Judge Murasky's court he grinned and remarked sotto voice: "I am giving the whole bond." Ruef's sister and father were accepted as sureties for $690,000; the Aetna Indemnity company put up $100,noo cash for which the company holds coin and collateral, undoubtedly Ruef's and his codefendant crooks; and a mortage for $100,000 on the Ruef property at Kearny and Montgomery avenue secures one of the bondsmen who guaranteed that amount for Ruef's appearance. The total bail collectable, should Ruef run away, Is $780,000. The records show that Ruef himself has put up $790,000 and he or his close friends have insured the bond given by the surety company. While the law requires two sureties on each bond, which compelled the grafter to produce $1,560,000, yet the default would amount to just half that amount. And Ruef's own signature as surety is on all of tho bonds on which his father and sister qualified. His signature was required to make doubly sure that the state would have a claim to the Ruef real estate if foreclosure proceedings are begun some time in the future. Today Ruef is free to travel about the city. His insolent and braggart demeanor may now be witnessed in public places, other than in the hobbled courts of justice. He is at liberty to defame and vilify judges and honest officials in places where his kind foregather to admire him for the loot he has cached and the innate brazenness with which he defies decency. He may go and come at will, visit his lawyer friends who manipulate jury boxes and higher courts for Herrln and Calhoun: there is nothing to prevent frequent conferences between himself and Sam Leake, who, by the way, sat in court just before the order of release for the grafter was signed. And Abe is now able to plot and conspire 10 destroy evidence; buuviji perjury, bribe jurors and resume his rat-like gnawing at the pillars of government. His vanity is untouched; disgrace does not puncture his shell so long as he has his illimitable gall and his ducats. His nerve will, no doubt, take him to fashionable theatres and restaurants. He will not, as Schmitz did, dine with Jail birds 011 Barbary coast. He is too dangerous to the higher ups; they will have to entertain him and acknowledge him in public places. Laws are for criminals. Justice is chloroformed. The people are the Mutts. Overdoing Exercise. It is quite difficult to Impress upon women the good of exercise; but it is equally difficult to compel them not to overdo it. Give a woman a pair of dumbbells and tell her to take a gentle exercise l'-- ? -?-* <?ntoo mfamr mnnn In op o n H iui live iiimuico c? ci j uiuiiiuig, U4iu she will swing them with violence several times a day until her arms ache from exhaustion. at all hours, without moderation or ant days, and she will play it for hours, at all hours, without moderations or judgment. It Is the same with every form of exercise suggested. It seems the nature of women to overdo it through ignorance. They do not know Its value enough to comprehend its danger. rn 1. ?. . . ? l> !?. lr If ? I '? t I., I>t ! x iitry iiiiuiv it a 11111v is g"uu inuir u better. They weary themselves out. deplete their heart action, give themselves acute indigestion, all because they will not do in moderation the thing that would make them well and strong. Doctors and physical culturists say they have to fight this tendency in women more than any other one thing when they are upbuilding their blood and tissues. The wife in Abyssinia always owns the house and contents. BREAD FROM AIR. The Modern Miracle of Inventiva Science. "A prodigal world is beginning to discover that it can not Indefinitely continue to despoil the stores of nature without taking thought for the morrow," writes Mr. L. G. Chiozza Money, M. P., in the London News. "Forest, mine and prairie have been ravaged until in respect of many different commodities world scarcity has made itself felt at a very early period in the age of machinery. Fifty years of wanton waste are beginning to tell; fifty years more would mean world famine. "Of the problems of reparation which have arisen, none is more important than the nitrogen problem. Without nitrogen flesh cannot be formed; without nitrogen man is impossible. With the preservation and rapid multiplication of men the call for nitrogenous foods has led to the rapid exhaustion of soils and manure beds. The soils of the old world demand payment in nitrogen before they yield a crop. America has got rid of the available nitrogen In great tracts of her lately virgin soil. The world's guano beds are practically exhausted. The nitrate deposits will be In the same condition within the lifetime of many now living. This while the world's mouths to be fed are always Increasing in number. "Fortunately for mankind, science Is proving equal to the occasion. The dally loaf, endangered by the arts of business, Is to be preserved for us by the arts of the labaratory. "Several scientific processes claim our attention in this connection. First let us note that Prof. Ostwald and Dr. Brauer, two of the brilliant chemists whom Germany produces so prolificacy, have made it possible to pro duce nitric acid from the ammoniacal liquor of gas and coke works. It is impossible here to detail the technical process, but it consists essentially in the decomposition of ammonia vapor by platinum. It is a beautiful method, which depends upon the exposure of the ammonia to the platinum for 1 -f?00th part of a second of time. If the exposure were longer than th's unfixed nitrogen would be created, and, of course, lost. The ammonia vapor has to pass like a gale of wind, so that decomposition goes far enough to produce nitric acid and not free nitrogen. The area of the decomposer used Is but that of a teacup, but it produces 200 pounds of nitric acid in a day. The production of nitric acid from ammonia has been known as a classroom experiment for sixty-years, but the Ostwald-Brauer process is economical, and gives cheap nitric acid. "Not thus alone is the scientist proving himself master of the situation. Even more fascinating are the methods employed for utilizing the nitro- J gen of the air. "Air is a mechanical mixture of oxygen and nitrogen, 23 pounds of the former and 77 pounds of the latter making 100 pounds of air. We have, then, but to manure the soil with air and the thing is done. The farmer can do it quite easily?after the scien tist has shown him the way. tserore the scientist finds out the way, however, your practical man will make certain caustic references to 'dreamers,' 'faddists' and 'cranks' If you talk of turning air into quartern loaves. "In Norway, at this moment, with the aid of French and German capital, the power of greqt waterfalls is being used to produce nitrogenous manure from air at prices low enough for commerce. "The process used In Norway Is that of Birkland and Eyde, which employs the electric furnace. The air is led into the furnace and submitted to an electric disk fiame with a diameter of about 70 inches. Sweeping this terrific flame on both sides, the air is momentarily heated to a point at which the nitrogen is oxidized. Immediately the gas coming from the furnace is cooled down to avoid loss of nitrogen, and led over limestone sprinkled with water, with the result that calcium nitrate, or lime saltpeter, is obtained. It is a scientific triumph which looks prosaic enough when the stuff leaves the factory in wooden barrels. "In another direction, also, science is operating in order to utilize the boundless stores of atmospheric nitrogen, 75,000,000 tons of which are suspended over every acre of land. "About twenty years ago Hellereigel showed that leguminous plants (known from ancient times to fertilize the soil In which they grow, and always therefore grown in rotation before corn) obtain their nitrogen from the air, and that bacteria, living in nodules or tubercles on the roots of the plants, are the media by which the nitrogen Is obtained. "This line of Investigation was continued until a culture of the root organism was obtained by Beyerinck, and named the bacillus radlcicola. Prof. Xobbe of Germany failed in an endeavor to prepare the infective culture on a large scale, but in 1901 the United States department of agriculture took up the work, and by 1903-04 the state department was sending out tens of thousands of packages of prepared microbes, at first dried on cotton wool, but now issued in liquid form. In 1905 the reports showed that 74 per cent of the trials were successful. "In the same year our own board of agriculture took up the matter. They got samples from America and Germany, distributed them, and as a result reported that the matter was ?tiii in nn 'evnprimental staae.' And there, unfortunately, they dropped it. Fortunately Prof. Bottomley, the botanical professor of King's college, London, has continued the work which our board of agriculture did so badly and laid down so quickly. During 1906 and 1907 u thousand packages were distributed here for testing purposes, and so far most of the results have been successful. "It should be clearly understood that the bacteria! culture is not a manure. What It does Is to add to the soil organisms which breed and multiply on the roots of a leguminous crop and enable it to grow In a soil which contains little or no nitrogen. After the leguminous crop, of course, the succeeding crops benefit. After the doctored clover the wheat flourishes. The poorer the soil the more marked the effect. With the aid of the culture peas have been grown luxuriantly even in cinders. "The scientist appeals to the government to take up the tools of sci?.nr>?. Tin* nnlted States agricultural department is distributing bacterial culture free, and cannot cope with the demands for it. Our own department, after tinkering with a few imported and in some cases, dead cultures is doing nothing. It is little money that is needed, but poverty is the excuse pleaded, I understand, by the department. Prof. Bottomley tells us that waste land can be reclaimed and made fertile for sixpence an acre, and as he puts it, 'can we afford to neglect such possibilities of national wealth?'" FREE! To every customer making purchases amounting to a total of $15 during the next sixty days, we will give FREE a set of China Ware of Seven Pieces. With every purchase we give a Coupon and when your purchases total $15, CASH, we give you Free the nice 7 j piece set of China ware. Come and see the China ware. Furnishings Our store is full to overflowing: with desirable House Furnishlngrs, including: Bed Room Suites, Parlor Suites, Wood and Iron Beds, Dining Tables, Hall and Parlor Tables, Dining Chairs, Rockers, Lounges, Couches, Hall Racks, Side Boards, Carpets, Mattings, Art Squares, Rugs and the hundreds of other things necessary for comfortable housekeeping. You will find our qualities Just right and our prices low for the qualities, and remember, we will give you a SQUARE DEAL always. See us. YORK FURNITURE CO. YORKVILLE BUGGY CO. CULTIVATORS Now is the time to look out for Corn and Cotton CULTIVATORS. We have all kinds, both Riding and Walking Cultivators, that will save you lots of labor in the proper cultivation of your crops. Call and see them. Yorkville Buggy Co. ...BLUE ROCK... Mineral Springs (Calcic, Sodic, and Lithic Bicarbonated Saline Water.) A recent analysis of the water of this Mineral Spring by Dr. Boyden Nims, Ph. G. of Columbia, S. C.. shows it to be equal to the best Mineral Water used by the American people today. This water has been given away for more than sixty days since the present owners came into possession and has been thoroughly tested by the public, and pronounced superior to any in the State. Now on sale at the STAR DRUG STORE. To any one not yet having tried this water, we will furnish the same free upon application, until a thorough test has been given it. BLUE ROCK MINERAL SPRINGS CO., D. L. Shieder, R. E. Heath and Mar* ion B. Jennings, Proprietors. W We will show the analysis of this water to any one, any where, at any time. No secret about it. We are not afraid to show it. NOTICE TO ROAD OVERSEERS. | All Sections Must Be Put in i-irstClass Condition at Once. ALL of the Road Overseers of York County are hereby called upon to call out the HANDS ON THEIR RESPECTIVE SECTIONS and put the Roads In First-Class condition at once. All able-bodied male citizens between the ages of Eighteen and Fifty Years and not specifically exempted by law, are liable to road duty, and must work FIVE DAYS of 10 hours, or 50 hours. The road should be well ditched on the sides and the loose earth pulled to the centre; all holes should be filled In as permanent a manner as is practicable with the facilities at hand. THOMAS W. BOYD, Supervisor of York County. Hazel Grist, Clerk of Baord. I 62 t 3t W Good Printing? See The Enquirer. 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 desimhlp nnd nroner to Dlace an endur ing 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, see. and Treat. I lUIITIi 1114,Mil I King's fin ?o " ' The Finest Lithia fpr those whp arg s< plenty of Amuseme: are out for pleasure The Hotel accommc and the cooking can o State. For rates and other W. O. JOK Manager I GET YOUR CERTIFICATE. * Office Board of Supervisor* of Registration of York County. Yorkvllle, S. C., July 6, 1908. THE County Board of Supervisors of Registration Is in session in Yorkville for the purpose of Registering all voters who may be duly qualified to receive new certificates or to have old certificates renewed. All certificates issued previous to July 1, 1908, became null and void on that date. We keep the books open In YORKVILLE until SEPTEMBER 1. After September 1, we are required to give ONE DAY IN EACH TOWNSHIP. Every voter should register without delay. Office hours from 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. R. M. WALLACE, Chairman, A. M. BLACK. R. T. BEAMGUARD, Supervisors of Registration for York county. 54 t 8t J. C. WILBORN FOR 8ALE 600 acres, 5 miles Rock Hill; level land, good residence, 12-horse farm, made 210 bales of cotton, 2,000 bushels of corn. High state of cultivation. Price $15,000.00. 75 acres?Fort Mill township, 3} miles of Pinevllle, 20 acres of creek and branch bottom; plenty of wood?$1,600. 59 acres?5J miles from Yorkvllle, new 6-room cottage?The WhiteHolmes place. J. Ed Carson?One tract of land, 8 miles south Yorkvllle; 1J miles Guthriesville; good school, J mile Bethesda church?108 acres, 60 acres in cultivation, 48 acres in woodland, no waste land, 1 well, 1 tenant house, 1 dwelling house, 4-room8, 1 barn, 3 stalls. Land is absolutely level. A beautiful farm. W. H. Alexander?911 acres, 3 milee from Yorkvllle. S. L. Brown?1 3-room house and lot, Filbert. A. J. Boheler?Jason Thompson home tract?125 acres in cultivation, 35 acres in bottom lahd, not subject to overflow, 1 7-room dwelling, painted and in fine condition, 4 tenant houses?$16 per acre. 108 acres?J. E. Castles land. 450 acres?Home of S. P. Blankenship, Flint Hill; also 210 acres, land S. P. Blankenship. 102 acres?$11.60?Butler Black. 60 acres?R. W. Bailes, Bell land. 163?W. J. Gordon land. One 4-room dwelling, 1 acre lot; also 2 large lots on West Madison St.?Mrs. W. S. Peters. The Shubert place; 32 acres; Joins the corporate limits?$850. The Maria Co wen place; Joins David Clark?$200. 99J acres; J. R. Ferguson place? Filbert. 78 acres, J mile New Zlon>?$1,200. 6 acres^ a nice home;_ E. B. Mend em hall, McConneii9viue; 7 rooms?91,zw. 127 acres; lower Steel Creek township, N. C.; $15 per acre. 151 acres; Dr. White, Miller Place; 4 miles of Yorkville. 235 acres; 5 miles of Rock Hill; rents for 9 bales of cotton?$4,700. 202 acres; Sam Youngblood place; $50 per acre. The Old Presbyterian church property In Hickory Grove; 1} acres?$500. 517 acres; 50 acres of fine bottom land; 250 acres in woods; 2 story, 8room dwelling; 9-horse farm in cultivation; 6 good tenant houses; close to railroad. This is a grand bargain? $16 per acre. W. M. Whitesides place. 220 acres, one mile of Piedmont Springs; 7-room dwelling; 7,000 cords of wood; 10 acres cf fine bottoms? $20 per acre. A. C. White place. David Russell place; l2i acres near corporate limits. 125 Acres?a beautiful 5-room cottage; good new barn?8 stalls; double crib. Everything in good shape; 4 tenant houses; larid lies well; plenty of wood; Bethel township, 6 miles of Clover. At a bargain?J. M. Barnett. I wish my friends to know that I can spit their land or buy land for them better than they can. I am prepared to handle any proposition. Now is the time to make your trades. You trade now. and make your payments in the fall or the first of the year. J. C. WILBORN, Real Estate. |ro)[essional Cards. A. Y. CART WRIGHT, SURGEON DENTIST, YORKVILLE, S. C. jtES&t OFFICE HOURS: 9 am. to ipm.;ipm, tojpir Office upstairs In the Moore buildine over I. W. Johnson's store. DR. M. 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. HART, ATTORNEY AT LAW YORKVILLE, S. C. 2 Lav/ Range. 'Phone Office No. 58 O. E. Finley. Marion B. Jennings. FIN LEY & JENNINGS, YORKVILLE, S. C. Office in Wilson Building, opposite Court House. Telephont No. 126. MIA MM, iek, S, C. Wqter pn Earth jeklng health, and nts for those who >dations are Good, 't be beaten in the particulars, Address 1NSQN, I iotel, EEK, S. C. I ANNOUNCEMENTS. FOR THE STATE SENATE. DR. J. H. SAYE of Sharon, is hereby proposed as a worthy candidate to represent York county in the STATE SENATE, subject, of course, to the action of the Democratic party in the primary election. MANY FRIENDS. 39 f te. WE are authorized to announce Hon W. H. STEWART as a candidate for STATE SENATE, subject to the rules of the approaching primary. 41 f te FOR REPRESENTATIVE. HON S. H. EPPS of Fort Mill township, is hereby announced as a candidate for re-election to the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES subject to the action of the Democratic party in the primary election. 50 t te Recognizing his faithful, earnest and conscientious service during the past two years, friends of the Hon. J. s. glasscock, propose him for re-nomination as a candidate for the house of representatives. subject to the action or tne Democratic party In the primary election. 48 t te WE are authorized to announce JOHN PORTER HOLLIS as a candidate for the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. REV. W. E. HURT Is hereby announced as a candidate for the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES subject to the action of the Democratic party In the primary election. THEREBY announce myself as a candidate for the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, subject to the rules governing the primary election. SAMUEL L. JOHNSTON. 50 t te WE are authorized to announce O. L. SANDERS of McConnellsvllle. as a candidate for the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, subject to the action of the Democratic party In the primary election. 61 f te WE are authorized to announce J. C. WILBORN of Yorkvllle as a candidate for the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. subject to the action of the Democratic party In the primary election. 61 f te WE are authorized to announce W. B. WILSON, Jr., as a candidate for the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, subject to the action of the Democratic party In the primary election. 48 t te FOR CLERK OF THE COURT. I HEREBY announce myself as a candidate for nomination for the office of CLEKK UK THE UUUKI ior York county, subject to the choice of the Democratic party In the primary election. JOHN R. LOGAN. 37 t te. I HEREBY announce myself as a candidate for re-election to the office of CLERK OF COURT, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. J. A. TATE. 46 t te FOR SUPERVISOR. I HEREBY announce myself for reelection to the office of County SUPERVISOR, subject to the action of the Democratic voters in the primary. THOS. W. BOYD. 49 f te. I WISH to announce to my friends and the Democratic voters of York county that I am a candidate for the office of SUPERVISOR, and should I be the successful candidate the office shall receive my entire attention, and I shall discharge my duties as directed bv the law. Respectfully, W. G. DUNCAN. 39 f te I HEREBY announce myself as a candidate for the office of County SUPERVISOR, subject to the rules of the approaching Democratic primary election. CLEM GORDON. 49 f te AT the earnest solicitation of my friends, I hereby announce myself a candidate for SUPERVISOR of York county, subject to the action of the Democratic party in the primary. If elected I pledge myself to give the office as much of my time as may be necessary to 'discharge the duties of said office. C. C. HUGHES. 36. t te. I HEREBY announce myself as a candidate for SUPERVISOR of York county, subject to the rules of ?-? i T mlnU yv tne approacnmg primary. i nun thank my frlend9 for their support of two years ago, and will appreciate their continued support together with the support of the voters of York county. A. J. PARROTT. 46 t te. AT the earnest request of many friends, I hereby announce myself as a candidate for SUPERVISOR of York county, subject to the action of the Democratic party in the primary election. If elected, I promise to give the duties of the office, including supervision of roads and bridges, all the attention that the same may require. GEO. L. SUGGS. 37 t te. FOR AUDITOR. WE are authorized to announce W. P. CROOK of Cata.wba township as a candidate for AUDITOR, subject to the recommendation of the Democratic voters in the primary election. 67 f te I HEREBY announce myself as a candidate for recommendation for re-appointment as COUNTY AUDITOR, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary and promising to abide ! by the result of the primary election. 11 thank my friends for their past support, and will appreciate their continued support, together with the support of the voters of York county, and shall endeavor in the future, as in the past, to conscientiously discharge the duties of the office. JOHN J. HUNTER. 44 t te_ WE are authorized to announce BROADUS M. LOVE of Smyrna, as a candidate for the Democratic recommendation for appointment as AUDITOR of York county, subject to the choice of the voters in the primary election. 39 f te WE are authorized to announce W. B. WILLH.MS as a candidate for AUDITOR of York county, subject to the recommendation of the Democratic voters in the primary election. 49 f te. FUK SHERIFF. T HEREBY announce myself as a A candidate for re-election to the office of SHERIFF of York county, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. HUGH G. BROWN. 48 t te WE are requested to announce the name of S. S. PLEXICO of Rock Hill, as a candidate for SHERIFF of York county, subject to the action of the Democratic party in the approaching primary election. 35 f te FOR TREASURER. I HEREBY announce myself as a candidate for a recommendation by the Democratic voters, for re-appointment to the office of county TREASURER of York county. H. A. D. NEELY. 49 f te FOR SUPT. EDUCATION. 1 RESPECTFULLY announce myself as a candidate for re-election as SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION of York county, subject to the endorsement of the Democratic voters In the primary. ! T. E. MCMACKIN. j 50 t te i 'announcements. COUNTY COMMISSIONER. WE are authorized to announce W. A. AYCOCK, of Bethesda township as a candidate for appointment as COUNTY COMMISSIONER, subject to the recommendation of the Demo- . eratic voters in the primary election. 58 t te. MILUS S. CARROLL Is hereby announced as a candidate for appointment as COUNTY COMMISSIONER, subject to the recommendation of the Democratic voters In the ! primary election. 165 t te 1*7 E arp authorized to announce J. W C. KIRKPATRICK as a candidate for re-appointment as COUNTY COMMISSIONER, subject to the recommendation of the Democratic voters In the approaching primary. 53 f et WE are authorized to announce J. A. C. LOVE of King's Mountain township, as a candidate for County Commissioner, subject to the action of the Democratic party in the primary election. WE are authorized to announce L. J. LUMPKIN as a candidate for reappointment as COUNTY COMMISSIONER, subject to the recommendation of the Democratic party in the primary election. 58 t te. BR. WALKER of Bethel town ship is respectfuiy announced as a candidate for appointment as COUNTY COMMISSIONER, subject to the recommendation of the Democratic party in the primary election. 59 f te FOR CORONER. I RESPECTFULLY announce myself for re-election as CORONER of York county, subject to the choice of the Democratic voters in the primary. L. W. LOUTHIAN. 54 t te WE are authorized to announce tne name of JOHN L. McGARITY aa a candidate for the office of CORONER of York county, subject to the will of the Democratic voters In the primary election. 60 t te FOR MAGISTRATE? YORK TOWNSHIP. WE are authorized to announce Mr. R. l. deLOACH of Yorkville for MAGISTRATE for York township, subject to the recommendations of the Democratic voters In the primary election. 60 t te BULLOCK'S CREEK. JL. DUNCAN is hereby announced as a candidate for MAGISTRATE for Bullock's Creek township, subject to the recommendation of the Demo-, cratic voters in the primary. 69 f te T HEREBY announce myself aa a a. candidate ror recommendation tor reappointment as magistrate for York township, subject to the choice of the Democratic voters. J. C. COMER. 51 f te MAGISTRATE?BROAD RIVER. < I AM a candidate for re-appointment as MAGISTRATE for Broad River township, subject to the recommendation of the Democratic voters in the approaching primary. R. L. A. SMITH. 55 t te Friends of Joseph m. whitesides hereby announce him as a candidate for magistrate for Broad River township, subject to the recommendation of the Democratic vo- A ters in the primary. V 55 t te ^ MAGISTRATE?BETHESDA. I SUBJECT to the recommendation of the Democratic voters In the primary, I hereby announce myself as a candidate for re-appointment as MAGistrate for Bethesda township. Respectfully, W. R. CONRAD. 56 t te MAGISTRATE?BETHEL. WE are authorized to announce J. D. BOYD as a candidate for reappointment as MAGISTRATE for Bethel township, subject to the recommendation of the Democratic voters In the primary. 62 t 3t? WE are authorized to announce W. t M. BIGGER as a candidate for MAGISTRATE for Bethel township, subject to the recommendation of the Democratic voters in the primary election. 60 t te HE. JOHNSON Is hereby noml nated as a candidate for appointment as Magistrate for Bethel township, subject to the recommendation of the Democratic voters In the primary election. a 56 t te SUBJECT to the recommendation M of the Democratic voters In the primary election, I hereby announce M myself a candidate for appointment as MAGISTRATE for Bethel township. E. N. PETERSON. CO fn UO b WW . MAGISTRATE?KINO'S MOUNTAIN. WE are authorized to announce A. J. 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