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iiumorous Jlcpartmrnt. Strange Introductions. It Is not only dishonorable to open a letter Intended for another, even when one supposes his own affairs to form the subject matter, but it's a process likely to damage the reader's peace of mind, says Tit-Bits. A wealthy tradesman, who had been drinking the water of Bath, took a fancy to try those of Bristol. Armed with a letter of introduction from his Bath physician to a professional brother at Bristol, the old gentleman set off on his journey. On the way he said to himself. "I wonder what Dr. Blank has advised the Bristol physician in regard to my case?" and. giving way to curiosity. he opened the letter and read: "Bear Doctor: The bearer is a fat Wiltshire clothier: make the most of him. Yours, professionally, J. Blank." Clutterbuck. the historian, tells the following anecdote of his uncle, who was a physician. One of his patients, a nervous old lady, took it into her head to try the Bath waters. "The very thing." said the doctor: "and I know an excellent physician there to whom I will give you a letter of introduction." On the way this patient was also overcome with curiosity. "The doctor has treated me for a long time," she said to her friend, "but he has never told me just what my case is. I have a mind to look in this letter, and see if he describes it there." Opening the epistle she read: "Dear Sir: Keep the old woman three weeks and send her back." It is only just to the medical profession to add a copy of a letter sent by the great Dr. John Hunter, by means of a poor man. to an eminent physician: "Dear Brother: The bearer needs your advice. He has no money and you have plenty; so you are well met. Yours, John Hunter." A Jury In Doubt.?We are justly proud of our Jury system, but the twelve "good men and true" are not always the wisest of mankind. At a recent session a prisoner was indicted for pocket picking, and to most peo ple in court the clearest possible case was made out by the prosecution. "Have you anything you would like to tell the jury before they retire?" said the Judge. "W?11 nil T wanter sav is. I hODes as 'ow they'll give me the benefit of the doubt," replied the prisoner, despondently. The jury considered their verdict; they were no little time over it. "Can I assist you in any way, gentlemen ?" said the judge, at last becoming impatient. "We are almost agreed, me lud," said the foreman, "but we can't quite understand what the doubt is the prisoner wishes us to give him the benefit of."?Tit-Bits. Not Abashed.?"When I was young," said a lawyer, "my best client was a wealthy old lady noted for saying caustic things about her acqyaintances. One morning, when I was staying at her house, she vilified one of her neighbors, named Stamford, without stint. "By way of changing the subject I proposed to read to her from a volume of lectures I had happened to bring with me. She assented. I started at random and when too late discovered that I was in the middle of a lecture on the government of the tongue. "I was afraid she would think I had selected it to admonish her, yet I dared not stop for fear of seeming to make riffonaa mriro nnint<?rl sn Oil I read to the end, pretty sure that my reading would cost me a client worth two hundred a year to me. But when I ended she said: " 'Thank you, Mr. . It Is an excellent lecture and would fit my neighbor Stamford to a T.'" ? A Promise Given*.?Representative Longworth, at a dinner party during the Republican convention in Chicago, talked about honest politics. "Honest politics alone pay in the end," said he. "Your dishonest politician comes out like Lurgan of Cincinnati. "Lurgan of Cincinnati was canvassing for votes. He dropped in at a grocer's. " 'Good morning,' he said. 'I may count on your support, I hope?' " 'Why, no, Mr. Lurgan,' said the grocer. Tve promised my support to j your rival.' "Lurgan laughed easily. "'Ah! but in politics,' said he, 'promising and performing are two different matters.' " 'In that case,' said the grocer heartily, 'I shall be most happy to give you my promise. Mr. Lurgan.'"?Washington Star. What System.?A German canvass-) er took the fifty-story elevator of a western wholesale house in New York and walked into the office, where one of the proprietors was busy at his desk. The canvasser was told that the house needed nothing in his line, but he persisted in opening his sample bag and making himself the cause of much distress, until finally the enraged proprietor kicked him down the first flight of stairs. An employee, observing the mode of descent, repeated the dose with like effect, and it was dittoed till the unfortunate German found him self on the curbstoned highway. Shaking himself, he looked back over the course of events and ejaculated, "Veil, dot ish a great establishment. I don't know deir particular line of peesness, but. my! Vat system, vat system!"? Tit-Bits. Divine Inspiration.?Effie, the little daughter of a clergyman, pranced into her father's study one evening while the reverened gentleman was preparing a lengthy sermon for the following Sunday. She looked curiously at the manuscript for a moment and then turned to her father. "Papa," she began, seriously, "does God tell you what to write?" "Certainly, dearie," replied the clergyman. "Then why do you scratch so much of it out?" asked Effle.?Philadelphia Ledger. Confident ok the Future.?Mary, 5-years-old, and Stella, who was about the same age, were talking about their future dreams. , "When I grow up." said Mary, "I'm going to be a school teacher." "Well, I'm going to be a mother with four children." said Stella. "Well, when they come to my school I'm going to whip them, whip them, whip them!" "You mean thing!" said Stella, as the tears came into her eyes. "What have my poor children ever done to you?"?Delineator. ittisccUanrouo Starting. WITH NEIGHBORING EXCHANGES. News and Comment Gleaned From Within and About the County. LANCASTER. News, September 19: The L,. & C. is now running its trains direct through to Chester over its own line, making the first trip yesterday since the washing away of its trestles by the flood. A new schedule will go into effect on the 25th instant. The morning train will leave here at 6.45 and return at 11.40. The afternoon train will leave at 4 and return at 8 Capers Cauthen. convicted before Mayor Hughes of selling liquor and sentenced to pay a fine of $50 or serve 30 days on the chaingang, has paid his fine and says he is still in the "hide business." A called meeting of the First presbytery of the A. R. P. church was held in Charlotte yesterday, one of the objects of which was to dissolve the pastoral relation between the Rev. O. W. Carmichael and the Lancaster and Shiloh churches The members of the Farmers' Union seem to be guarding well the secret of the minimum price of the cotton as fixed by the Union. Twelve cents is thought to be tl\e limit, but no one outside the Union really knows what the figures are. At any rate, very little cotton is being sold, from which it may be inferred that the farmers are start ling loyally by their organization, whatever the price may be. One of the largest cotton buyers in the south, who resides in another state, was heard to remark the other day that he expected to set cotton go to 7| cents if the farmers do | not keep it off the market or at least sell it slowly and conservatively. Anythink like a rush of the staple on the market, in his opinion, would send the price tumbling downward. The situation therefore is up to the farmers. If they act in concert they will no doubt realize much better prices than those now being offered; but if on the other hand, any considerable number of them throw their crops on the market, there's no telling where the price will go. r. HESTER Lantern, September 18: Miss Daisy Brown of Rock Hill, who has been spending some time with relatives near Great Falls and in this city, went home Tuesday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Pope and children of Rock Hill, came down Wednesday morning and went ten miles in the country to visit Mrs. Pope's father, Mr. E. C. Starnes. The meeting of the stockholders of the C. & N.-W. Ry company was held at the office of Col. J. H. Marion, I attorney, yesterday. The business was chiefly routine, but the report of General Manager Nichols, showing the increased cost of operating, during the past year and the damage sustained on account of the late floods was of much interest. The old board of directors was elected and Mr. W. A. Barber was continued as president and Judge J. J. McLure as secretary Miss Rose Lyle died at 5 o'clock yesterday morn IIIJJ, IHUf I II, ttl iiic iiv/nic: \JL avi niece. Mrs. J. D. Glass at Edgmoor. She has been ill for several months from the effects of a fall from a piazza, in which her thigh was broken or dislocated, and her suffering has been great. She was 80 years old and is survived by an aged brother, Mr. John Lyle, and a sister, Mrs. M. M. Walker. The funeral service was to be at the j home this morning at 10 o'clock, conducted by Rev. R. A. Lummus, and the burial will be in the cemetery at Edgmoor Mr. Austin Grant, son of Mr. T. N. Grant, who operates a cotton gin on Mr. M. J. Wallace's place on the Peden's Bridge road, was severely injured while working about the gin a few days ago. His left arm was broken and his hand severely cut, but it is hoped . that there will not be much permanent injury. He was in town yesterday Mr. W. Holmes Hardin requests us to announce that the annual horse show will be held between the dates of October 15th and 22nd. The exact date has not been decided upon at present, but it Is very likely that it will be in time for next Tues Utl> S l??utr. 1UI. Iiaiuiii oajo an m terestlng programme has been arranged and requests everybody that owns stock to prepare for the show, and help make it the greatest and best ever held. We believe that the primary system should be retain* but with some change in the rules. Most of the objections come from good people who feel that honest candidates and their friends are placed at a disadvantage by the lax rules which favor the dishonest candidate and his heelers. No man should be permitted .to vote in the primary who is not entitled to vote in the general election. Chester county has demanded this for years and the best people of the state demand it, but in some way every motion to change the rules in this particular is defeated, which is not creditable to those whose influence is dominant. The restriction is so manifestly in the interest of an honest primary that we cannot see how any patriotic citizen can object to it. We know nothing about the facts alleged by Mr. Starling, supervisor of Richland county, who was defeated for re-election by a close vote, but the rules permit such abuse as those of which he complains, as follows: So long as the present rules governing the primary system obtain I will never offer again for any office. I made the charge that citizens of Kershaw and of Lexington counties voted in the primary this year. I have proof to back up these charges, but when I investigated the matter thoroughly, I found out that these persons violated no law and had a right, under the rules governing the primary, to vote in this county. If a person comes in this county five days before a primary election he has the right to vote: just so he gets his name ??n ?hp eluh roll the reouired five davs before the election. Sixteen men, who live in Kershaw county, came to this county on August 20. five days before the first primary, were given employment by a voter at Fairmont, who is my political enemy, were enrolled as members of Fairmont Democratic club and voted. Some 30 or 40 Lexington county people moved to Columbia about five days before the first primary and were regularly enrolled and voted at the Ward 5 precinct. Under the present rules they had a right to do that, but I claim that it is not just and right. A primary under such conditions is a farce and unless the rules are changed in this particular I shall never offer for any political office in the state or county again. GASTON. Gastonia Gazette, September 19: The city school faculty was completed this week by the election of two more new teachers for the Central school and one for the colored school. Miss Mary M. Meggett of Charleston. S. C., was elected to teach the third grade and Miss Kunice Bryan of Rich Square, N. C., sections of the fifth and sixth grades in the Central school. Bessie Hall of Dallas, was elected to a position on the faculty of the colored school Mr. J. R. Connell and family will leave next week for Keita, Oklahoma, where they will reside in the future. Gastonla regrets very much to lose this excellent family, but their many friends here and over the county wish for them success and happiness in their new home. Mr. M. H. Shuford has purchased Mr. Connell's property. corner Oakland street and Third avenue Chief of Police Wiley Carroll, who returned Wednesday from a two weeks' trip north with a party of North Carolinians, including a number of Gastonians, had an experience with pickpockets at Jersey City. While going through the gates to get on the train several thugs In the crowd started a "rough house," and during the excitement one of them ran his hand in the chiefs pocket and abstracted his pocketbook which contained about $25. A lady In the party, however, saw the trick and called Mr. Carroll's attention to it. He saw the man, who got away temporarily, and notified the police. Several men were arrested and the next day Mr. Carroll picked out from the crowd the men who had robbed him and got his money back, together with his expenses in returning from New York to Jersey City. TYRANT OR LIBERATOR? Do Venezuelans Smart Under Castro'a Leadership, or Sanction It? "To look at Castro," says George W. Crichfleld, in Everybody's, "one would regard him as the last man in the world to occupy the centre of the international stage. In stature he is short. In personal appearance there is little or nothing to suggest the type of man he really is. He left the Andean province that was his home with scarcely the rudiments of an education. He has never been outside of the limits of Venezuela, except on one trip to Curacao. a little Dutch island off the Venezuelan coast. To him Caracas was a wonderful revelation, and the change from his mountain hut to the seat of power in the 'Yellow House' was one well calculated to make him dizzy. The hordes of camp followers, flatterers and sycophants that greet every upstart military chief whose star seems to be In the ascendant soon turned ms head. "As he had absolutely no knowledge of the world, his diplomatic dealings with foreign governments assumed much the same tone that he would use with his mule drivers. He believed, and still believes, that his band of macheteros could whip the United States and all civilization." Contrast with this what Colvin B. Brown has to say in describing "Castro the Liberator:" "The president of Venezuela has always been supreme ruler, and Castro is no exception. He realizes that the prosperity of his country depends on peace as the very first and most important requisite, and when the Matos rebellion broke out he threw himself into the fight like a demon, destroying the rebellion root and branch. Since then there have been no revolutions, for political agitators and would be presidents have learned to fear the man. The people of Venezuela are masters at intrigue and diplomacy, and Castro realizes that there are hundreds of men within the country and other hundreds on the islands of Curacao and Trinadad who are constantly plotting for his overthrow. He also understands that only punishment by death will serve as a warning for such as these. "Castro Is the strongest man in South America today. His defiance of foreign powers has made his name a household word throughout the south ern continent. War with the United States would probably mean a coalition with Venezuela of several of her sister republics; for there is a general feeling that the United States has designs?though more or less uncertain and undefined?upon these republics." PELT OF THE RARE BLACK FOX. Only About Five Are Brought Down Each Year From the Far North. In the estimation of trapers of the Canadian Northland, as well as in the eyes of the nobility of Russia, there is only one king of beasts?the higflhly prized black fox. On an average five perfect pelts of this rare fur bearer are brought down from the northland each year, and in rare years as many as ten or twelve, though each year thousands of men make a living trapping and the yearly catch of fox skins amounts to over 100,000 from Canada alone. In no way except in color does the black fox differ from the red fox, whose pelt sells for about $2, or from the gray fox, whose winter coat is valued at from $150 to $400; but when _ 1 ~ kin ever a iiuiuer van sccuic a. uitv^rw iua and removes its skin without marring the fur he is sure of receiving from $800 to $1,500 for his trophy. Not only is every black fox pelt bought as soon as taken but a dozen Russian noblemen have paid agents travelling in North America all through the winter seeking out remote hillside farms and abandoned logging camps where it is possible that a shy and elusive black fox may have been seen. Within the last twenty years a number of wealthy men who have fenced game preserves have spent vast sums of money in buying young foxes alive and turning them loose within private enclosures. By and by it may be that some skilled or fortunate breeder will produce a black pup or perhaps a pair of black foxes may be captured alive and from these a new breed of black foxes will arise and cause a great panic among the men who hunt for black foxes. He who can wrest the secret of breeding black foxes from nature is assured of riches past counting and can command the worshipful homage of the Russian nobility and aristocracy, who seem willing to sacrifice untold wealth for the pleasure of wearing overcoats made from the pelts of American black foxes.?Edmonton correspondence Toronto Globe. Bkyan'r Goon Chances.?The election in the state of Maine came off Monday, and of course, was carried by the Republicans, but at the same time the Democrats made pains, which is encouraging to the managers of the national Democratic campaign. A reduced majority in Vermont and Maine means there is a leaning towards Bryan and Kern in the east. Besides this encouraging news, Herman Ridder, the famous editor of the New York Staats Zeitung, the most prominent German newspaper in America, has returned from a tour of the west, and he says Bryan has that section alive, and almost certain. Washington, the two Dakota* and Nebraska are assured, 'vith an even chance in Iowa, on account of factional divisions in the Republican ranks, Ohio, and Illinois. If what Editor Ridder thinks is correct. Bryan will be the next president of the United States?Manning Times. SECURITY ON THE FARM. There Is Great Need For an Efficient System of Rural Police. Bishop Warren A. Candler In Atlanta Journal: It Is of the utmost Importance that Georgia encourage her people to live in the country and cultivate their farms. When the drift cityward is strong all the interests of the state, from highest to lowest, suffer. Material interests suffer, for when the tides of population set toward :he town the tendency is to draw away from the farms the most intelligent classes and leave in the rural districts the least capable people who stay behind because they cannot get away. This damages the very soil and deteriorates agriculture. liui rugner tilings man sous ana crops suffer. The country school Is damaged. The number of pupils being reduced, the reward of the teacher Is proportionately diminished, and the best teachers cannot be had. The country church also suffers. And that means the ministry Is depleted; for city churches produce few preachers, and when the churches of the rural districts are not prosperous religion suffers in both town and country. Whatever may or may not be true of other countries, it is a fact in the United States that the rural churches are the strongholds of Christianity. For these and other reasons it is important to encourage the people to live in the country, and it is a good omen for the future that conditions in the rural regions of the south have greatly improved during the last ten years. While the movement cityward has not been wholly arrested, it is not nearly so strong as it was some years ago. Rural schools have improved, and are still improving. Rural free delivery of mails has also done much for the improvement of country life. Papers and books are circulated as never before. The schools tend to create a thirst for reading, and rural free delivery does much to satisfy that thirst. The country people >-ead more and know more than ever before in the history of our southern section. The politicians will do well to note this fact. Fooling the people is a much more difficult thing than formerly, and every year it will become more difficult. The long distance telephone also is penetrating the country. While I was at a campmeetlng some weeks ago I heard an Intelligent and prosperous young farmer telephoning from his tent to his county town. That meant much. He Is In touch with the great outside world without having to live in It. He is in- speaking distance with 11. and yet escapes much of Its contaminating influence. But there is one more thing needed to make rural life in Georgia and the south inviting. Rural police for the safety of the women and children is needed. It would cost something to provide such protection, but it would be worth far more than it would cost. If men felt that their families would be absolutely safe while they were away from their homes toiling in the fields, many would engage In agriculture who do not now seek that noble vocation. In both Cuba and Mexico rural guards are scattered throughout the rural districts, and, despite their faults, they are a great safeguard to homes of the country people. Two or three mounted officers In each militia district would be an unspeakable comfort to our country people. The very fact that there were such officers about would prevent much disorder. They would forestall far more crime than they would be called on to punish. Vicious tramps and brutal negroes would be held in wholesome fear. Illicit sale of intoxicants would be rendered too unsafe to be profitable, and that hateful menace to the safety of women and children in the country would be effectually put away. Now one of the most diabolical results of liquor selling1 falls on the people in the country, because they are without adequate protection by officers of the law. Until some such defense of the rural home is provided much that has been done to make country life attractive will go for nought. Good roads, good schools, rural free delivery of malls, and the long distance telephone have done much; but without the added advantage of security to the home they will fall short of making agriculture as inviting as it should be and as it would be if men felt their wives and children were perfectly safe while they were absent in the fields. Moreover the convict questions would be less perplexing if we had rural police. Crime would be diminished and criminals would not be so abundant. Incurably criminal men would not be inclined to tarry in a state where they would be so easily overtaken and arrested in their misdeeds. If we had mounted officers moving daily throughout the rural districts we would not need so many wardens and whipping bosses to run our penal system. The increase in land-values consequent upon increased security in rural life would go far towards providing the taxes required to pay for rural police. If then our country people would adopt more generally the plan of village farming, we would have almost ideal conditions. Our farmers live too far from each other. It is better to go two miles to one's work than to live two miles from one's neighbor. In no other country in the world is farming life so isolated as it is in the south. Neither in Europe nor Asia is such the case. Farmers live in villages and hamlets in those lands, and they are thus of mutual protection and pleasure to each other. If our farmers lived thus grouped in the south they would have better schools, better churches and better farms. Coming in daily contact with each other would quicken their minds and improve their methods. A mind which lives alone becomes morbid and torpid. It does not bear fruit as does a mind in touch with another. A lonely stalk of corn in a cotton field makes more cob than corn, and a lonely mind is equally sterile. King Solomon, who has the reputation of having been the wisest man who ever lived, said: "Iron sharpeneth iron, and so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend." But men can not sharpen each other unless they rub together daily. Our country people are not dullards. hut they need attrition one with another to brighten their minds and ?iuicken their faculties. If they lived in fnrm villages they could easily have winter courses of lectures, and many other such entertainments that would enliven and enrich their social life. Of course in such villages the church and the school house would be the centers around which the life of the community would be organized, and tills would be a distinct advantage. A community held together by mental activities and moralities would live under the most elevating conditions. Such social centers, secured by the sure and strong defense of the officers of the law, would draw men and women away from the congested urban centers by ai almost irresistible attraction. Farming, wisely and diligently pursued, is not an unprofitable business. I know ignorant negroes who as tenant farmers make more money each year than many young white men who are engaged as clerks in stores. Very many men in Georgia are rapidly accumu luting property on their farms. The recent panic hurt the farmer less than it did any other man. He was very little affected by it. His investments were not in inflated and uncertain securities, but in the steady values of his native soil. His lands have steadily appreciated in value for many years past, and they will rise still higher. Their increase in value would be mightily accelerated if adequate protection were thrown around his home. If our lawmakers would frame a statute providing for rural police, bound by bonds and moved by the sternest penalties to the faithful discharge of their duties, a vast advance in agriculture would speedily follow. The products of the soil would be multiplied by so much as the peace of the community would be preserved. It ought never to be forgotten that the peace and prosperity of the rural sections of the south have much to do with the welfare of the whole country. The cotton crop of the south goes far to keep the balance of trade in favor of the United States, and thus it breaks the force of panics and averts the perils of llnancial depressions. Our northern neighbors may lecture our people, as If virtue were a growth na tive only to the states north of Mason and Dixon's line; but if the cotton crop of the south failed to come, they would find themselves In very great straits. New England, as Old England, could not live six months if shut up to the products of its own soil. "The lazy Southerner," so called by his self-complacent northern neighbor, has much to do with making life tolerable in the land of codfish and dried apples. The truth is that this much criticised southerner is about the only Puritan now left in America, and he needs good protection in his rural home that the nation may have a good crop of young Puritans to save the republic in some hour of stress and danger. Rural police and village farming would make his habitation the most blessed in the world. His climate is not enervating, as some ignorantly suppose. He lives between those parallels within which have been produced the greatest men of the world. Messrs. David, Isaiah, Paul, Demosthenes, Homer, Plato, Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, Virgil, Dante, Cicero, Napoleon, George Washington, Madison, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson were all southern men. They were not specimens of enervation, but samples of the highest sort of energy. The southern climate is not enerxating; .It is inspiring. But the rural home in the souta during this period of transition needs better protection. Let us see that it has It?at least in Georgia. INDIA'S VAST HOARD OF GOLD. $1,500,000,000, Besides Silver and Jewels, Hidden. Sir Ernest Cable writes to the Times in reference to the report of the Indian Railway Finance committee. "We are satisfied" said the report, "that no definite limit could be assigned at the present time to tl\e amount that could be remuneratively devoted to the development and expansion of the Indian railway system." The committee then suggests that the state expenditure on railways should be increased from ?10,000,000 a year to ?12,500,000, which Sir Ernest Cable calls "a trifling advance in relation to the needs." Sir Ernest proceeds to express his surprise at the fact that the committee does not seem to have taken any acount of India itself as a possible investor. The Indian capitalist is shy and "the failure of the British government to enlist the financial confidence of the people of India, is, as a promin ent financial journal remarked the other day. one of the weakest parts of the British administration." But the vast possibilities of the Indian as an investor, if only he could be tempted to bring out his rupees, are shown by figures quoted by Sir Ernest Cable. Indian hoards are estimated by the highest authorities at the huge figure of $1,500,000,000, which Is being increased every year by the addition of $55,000,000. These figures apply only to gold hoards. If silver and precious stones were added they would be considerably higher. Of course such figures are and must be conjectural. The whole subject is surrounded with the mystery that enhances all stories of hidden wealth. One curious fact was told to the Indian currency committee by Lord Rothschild. Gold sent from London to India is always In the form of smooth bars. These bars never leave India again. Gold bars do come from India, but they are always the rough bars that reach India from China. How Birds Soar. Experiments recently carried out in France have already set aeronauts to working on an entirely new line of thought in connection with the problem of flight. Interest has been diverted from compact engines of exceptional power to the question of general construction and wind resistance. Many aeronauts believe that the- successful flying machines of the near future will not require a highpower engine. The whole question has been thoroughly discussed before the French Academy of Science. It was shown by actual experiment that a heavy object with no motor of its own can not only be sustained by the wind, but can even advance against the wind. The experiment had been inspired by long observation of soaring birds. The experiments of M. Mawitz Deprez, which undoubtedly will make an epoch in the history of mechanical flight, are extremely simple. He used a light carriage like that of a child's toy, the wheels of which rest on an inclined plane. This carriage supports a tiny rectangle, several inches amir re Left to itself, affected by gravity, it naturally roils down the inclined plane. When a current of air set up by an electric fan, blowing in the same direction as that in which the car is moving, but so inclined as to strike the underside of the tin rectangle is started, the car ceases to roll down. The phenomenon, as explained by AT. Depress, is merely a demonstration of the old and well-established principle of the doctrines of forces. The air current striking a plane surface obliquely exerts on the latter a pressure perpendicular to the surface. This explains at last the mechanical principle of how a bird flies both with and against the strongest winds. | Do It NOW If there are any small Jobs of Carpenter work to do about your house, such as hanging doors or blinds, mending. floors, putting in stairs or shelves, putting on a new roof, etc., let us have your order now, while the weather is warm. We will attend to your job nromntlv Remember, that we sell Paints, Lead, Putty, Oils, etc., and are wholesale and retail dealers in Lime and Cement. If you are going to Build?see us. J. J. KELLER & CO. THE LUCKY CDRVE FOUNTAIN PEN IS GOOD?it Is so good that It is used by thousands of professional and business men all over the world in preference to all others. One secret of the celebrated Lucky Curve Pen (made by Parker) is that yoa can get a Pen that will exactly fit your hand?size, point, flexibility and all. Come and see me about a Parker Lucky Curve ?I have them in all sizes at all prices and can please YOU. I also sell the Waterman Ideal Pen if you prefer that. T. W. SPECK, THE JEWELER. Bring me your Watches, Clocks and Jewelry for Repair. TAX NOTICE?1908. Office of County Treasurer. Yorkville, S. C.f Sept. 15, 1908. \TfiTTCE is hfire.bv tfiven that the J^l TAX BOOKS for York county will be opened on the 15TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1908, and remain open until the 31ST DAY OF DECEMBER, 1908, for the collection of STATE, COUNTY, SCHOOL AND LOCAL TAXES for the fiscal year 1908, without penalty; after which day ONE PER CENT penalty will be added to all payments made in the month of JANUARY, 1909, and TWO PER CENT penalty for all payments made in the month of FEBRUARY, 1909, and SEVEN PER CENT penalty will be added on all payments made from the 1ST DAY OF MARCH, to the 15TH DAY OF MARCH, 1909, and after this date all unpaid taxes go Into executions and all unpaid Single Polls will be turned over to the several Magistrates for prosecution In accordance with law. For the convenience of taxpayers, I will attend at the following places on the days named: At Yorkvllle, Thursday, October 15, to Tuesday, October 20th. At Smyrna, Wednesday, October 21st. At Hickory Grove, Thursday and Friday, October 22nd and 23rd. At Sharon, Saturday, October 24th. At McConnellsville, Monday, October 26th. At Tirzah, Tuesday, October 27th. At Clover, Wednesday and Thursday, October 28th and 29th. At Yorkvllle from Friday, October 30th, to Tuesday, November 3rd. At Coates's Tavern, from 12 o'clock, Wednesday, November 4th, until 12 m., Thursday, November 5th. At Fort Mill, Friday and Saturday, November 6th and 7th. At Rock Hill from Monday, November 9th, to Saturday, November 14th. And at Yorkvllle from Monday, November 16th, until the 31st day of December, 1908, after which day the penalties will attach as stated above. H. A. D. NEELY, County Treasurer. 74 t 4t EXECUTOR'S SALE OF REALTY. A. C. Stroup Property to be 8old at Public Auction. ON salesday In October next, immediately after the regular official sales, I will sell, before the Court House door at Jorkville, at public auction, to the highest bidder, the realty, belonging to the estate of the late A. C. STROUP, deceased, as fallows A tract of 384 acres, bounded by the state line on the north, by L. J. Crawford on the east, on the south by Bob Jackson and J. M. Stroup, and on the west by the Dicky old place and Andy McCarter. This tract has been cut into four smaller tracts, and these will be sold separately as follows. Tract No. 1, containing 100 acres. Tract xvo. z, containing- <8 acres. Tract No. 3, containing 83 acres. Also one lot on York street In the town of Clover, containing one acre. I reserve the right to dispose of this property at private sale before the date named. For terms, description or further Information, apply to me at Clover. W. B. STROUP, Executor. 62 t td. 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 and 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 Treat. Legal Blanks and Forms oonnmupvT TO R1R POnVn AT aooviiituu^ i AW . ^ ... THE ENQUIRER OFFICE. The following Blanks In approved forms, on good paper stock, may be had at The Enquirer Office: Chattel Mortgage Lien and Mortgage on Crop Promisory Note Mortgage of Real Estate Title to Real Estate Subpoena Writs Subpoena Tickets. Prices on any of the above In quanity upon application. L. M. GRIST S SONS. 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It has the style, Walk-Over Shoes the best for mei $4.00 and $5.00?We also ha In the highest grade?$4.00 and J HOSIERY?A pencil couldn* I |i Is too big and too varied and ln< for Men, Women and Children? and Fancy Patterns. SHOE POLISH?Two In one?won't soil the fingers. | TELL US YO We will supply them, If It's to v Store?We can supply your wants mlngs, Notions, Blankets, Shoes, Ii A few Winter Suits and Extra them quick. An Inspection of our Goods a we have The Goods, the Qualitlr You Money. TRY US. The Strauss frofessional (Cards. A. Y. CART WRIGHT, SURGEON DENTIST, YORKVILLE, S. C. OFFICE HOURS: gam. to t pm,; a p m. to 5 pir Office upstairs In the Moore building over I. W. Johnson's store. DR. ill. W. WHITE, DENTIST YORKVILLE, S. C. Opposite Postoffice, - Yorkville, 3. 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. 2 Law Range. 'Phone Office No. 511 D. E. Finley. Marion B. Jennings. FINLFY & JENNINGS, YORKVILLE, S. C. Office in Wilton Building, opposite Court House. Telephont No. 126. ililil COLLEGE J f OF SOUTH CAROLINA. * f Clinton, 8. C. f f New Buildings. f ^ Good Faculty. ^ f Ten courses leading to B. A. ^ ^ Degree. ^ ^ * For Catalogue, write the Prea- f A ident, A i Rev. ROBERT ADAMS, D. D., A v-%. FOB RENT. Dickson house, Kin^s Meuntaln street, next Garrison. c. e. spencer. 35 f.t . tf Funds, | ^ rporations having a large re- J idle or funds awaiting invest>ry must consider first of all A han THE NATIONAL UN- J HILL with its enormous Re- 1 its rigid Government super- * id able directorate and man- j lit of this bank form an ex- I isfactory method of investing ily negotiable, being transfer- X 1 interest at the rate of 4 per y are issued to mature to suit ^ s. 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Shoes for men, in Patent Leath- | le had at the price?$3.00 a Pair, j I jst $3.50 Shoes made for men? the quality, and the fit that make n?$3.50 a Pair. ve the Walk-Over Shoe for men j 15.00 a Pair. t describe our Hosiery stock?it :ludes to many kinds of Hosiery Prices, 10c and Upward?Plain I -sponge auacnea?ior iauiea use UR WANTS. /ear and Is sold In a Dry Goods whether it be Dress Goods, Trim[ats. Caps. Clothing, etc., etc. Pants at Reduced Prices to move ' .nd Prices will convince you that s and the Prices that will Save ;-Smith Co ! [_!_ Magazine Clubbing Offered. The Charleston News and Courier is offering upon extraordinarily liberal terms several clubs of high-grade monthly magazines. They are positively the greatest money-saving clubbing offers ever put out by any newspaper in South Carolina, and are naturally attracting attention all over the state. All propositions are open for a short time only to new and old subscribers. 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