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Than a Hint.
"Fine day," observed a railway passenger
to his vis-a-vis.
"Yes."
"I say it's a fine day."
"And I agreed with you," answered
the other man. who was trying to read
a newspaper.
"Be a lot of trouble with the crops,
though, if the rainy weather comes
along."
"Yes."
"It's all right, though, I think. Whatever
happens is all right."
"Yes."
"I say. that was a good game of hilIS.*
loot r? iorVi t *
Yes."
'I don't know anything about billiards
myself, but I'm told It's a fine
game. I'd rather see good football.
Wouldn't you?"
"Yes."
"Do you believe in the suffragist
movement?"
Well"
"Do you think they are right in their
tactics?"
"Well"
"Perhaps your wife is in sympathy
with them?"
"Well"
"Anything new in the paper this
morning?"
"Yes. Man killed in a railway carriage."
"How?"
"He was talked to death."?Tit-Bits.
' a Reasonable Excuse.?"Bridget."
said Mrs. Subbubs, "breakfast is half
an hour late again."
"Yls, mim," returned Bridget, meekly.
"What excuse have you to offer?
You know I told you that Mr. Stubbubs
must catch that early train, and punctuality
at breakfast is absolutely necessary."
said the lady.
"Sure an' Oi overshelep' mesilf." said
Bridget.
"That is no excuse," said the mistress.
"I gave you an alarm clock only
yesterday."
"Oi know that, mim."
"Did you wind it up?"
"Oi did."
"And didn't it go off?"
"Sure an* it did that. It made a tarrible
n'ise."
"Then why didn't you get up?"
"Sure, mim." responded Bridget tearfully.
"it was that t'ing that's made
all the throuble. Oi niver shlep' a wink
all night waitin' for it to go off, an'
whin it did, Oi was that toired Oi
couldn't move."?Harper's Weekly.
Si rprisf For a speeder.?Montague
Roberts, the winner of the round-theworld
motor race, said of speeding at
a banquet in New York, according to
the New York Sun:
"A friend of mine was doing some
rather tall speeding one summer on a
road that had a tollgate every five
miles or so.
"My friend was in a great hurry.
He was trying, on a heavy wager, to
break a record. Hence it angered him.
when he came to a closed gate, to see
the tollkeeper continue reading his paper
and make no effort to let the car
through.
" 'Now, then, my man. hurry up and
open the gate," shouted my friend.
'Are you asleep there?'
"'You're No. 70004B. ain't ye?' said
the gatekeeper, without rising from
his chair.
" 'Yes, that's right. Hurry up.'
" 'Oh. there's lot of time,' said the
gatekeeper. 'You ain't due here yet
for 18 minutes, accordin' to what the
last gatekeeper has just telephoned
me.'"
A Poetical Epitaph.?The epitaph
collector displayed enthusiastically the
photograph of a severe and stately marble
tomb.
"A new epitaph," he said, "and one
of the best in my collection. It is the
epitaph of a body of Indians slain in
battle near Cooperstown. It was
composed by a clergyman. W. W. Lord,
and I consider it most poetical."
The epitaph upon the stately tomb
was as follows:
"White Man. Greeting! We, near
whose bones you stand, were Iroquois.
"The Wide Land which now is yours
was ours.
"Friendly hands have given back to
us enough for a tomb.?Philadelphia
Rulletln.
Where Was She??She was young
and beautiful and unused to the ways
of the world, says Lippincott's. She
had left Pittsburg on an early morning
train to visit a sci109i friend in New
York. It had been a tiresome journey,
and just before reaching Harrisburg
she had fallen esleep.
Waking up. she turned around to an
old gentleman in the seat behind her.
and said, "Will you please tell me if
we are on this side of Harrisburg or
on the other side.'
"We are on this side," he said. She
seemed satisfied at this answer, although
what she meant by her question
and he by his answer is perhaps
still a conjecture.
Tired of Waiting.?Any one who
has had to wait any considerable
length of time in a doctor's public room
until the man of medicine was ready
to receive him will appreciate an experience
of Congressman Francis W.
Cushman of Washington state. It is
said the congressman some time ago
had occasion to visit one of the noted
physicians at the national capital, and
was compelled for many weary minutes
to cool his heels in an ante-room.
Finally, his patience becoming exhausted,
he summoned an attendant, to
whom he said:
"Present my compliments to the doctor,
and tell him if I am not admitted
in five minutes I shall get well again."
The physician found it convenient to
Me Pnchmon u t ntlPP
Ready to Go.?An old Scotchman
who was threatened with blindness
consulted an oculist.
"Will you have a little stimulant?"
inquired the doctor.
The old Scotchman smacked his lips
in eager anticipation.
"Ou, aye, I'll tak' a drink o* anythin'
you have handy." was the quick rejoinder.
"Ah. that's the trouble!" exclaimed
the oculist. "You'll have to stop drinking
or you'll lose your eyesight."
The old chap pondered a moment.
"A' well, doctor, it doesna much matter:
I hae seen everything' that's worth
seein*. anyway."?Success Magazine.
a Bio Difference.?"Why did you
take this job? The other man offered
you $10 to start with, too."
"The other man offered me $10 wages'
to start with: this man offered me '$10
salary.' "?Catholic Standard.
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LAND OF CROSSBOW.
The Deadly Poison Arrows of the Lissoo
Sharpshooters.
On the wild frontier between China
and British Burma is a barbarous tribe
which has no civilized supervision.
George Forest, an English traveler,
thus describes the chief weapon of these
people: "If I had to suggest a title
for a book on the upper Salwin I should
call it "The Land of the Crossbow."
I which is the characteristic weapon of]
the country and the Lissoo tribe. Eveiy
Lissoo with any pretentions to chic
! possesses at least two of these weapons?one
for everyday use in hunting,
the other for war. The little children
| play with miniature crossbows. The
I men never leave their huts for any
purpose without their crossbows.
When they go to sleep the "nukung"
lis hung over their heads, and when
they die it is hung over their graves.
[The largest crossbows have a span of
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35 pounds to string them. The bow is
made of a species of wild mulberry* of
great roughness and flexibility. The'
stock, some 4 feet long in the war
bows, is usually of wild plum wood.
The string is of plaited hemp and the
trigger of bone. The arrow of 16 to
IS inches, is of split bamboo about four
times the thickness of an ordinary knitting
needle, hardened and pointed. The
actual point is bare for a quarter to
one-third of an inch, then for fully an
inch the arrow is stripped to half its
thickness and on this portion poison is
placed.
" The poison is invariably a decoction
pressed from the tubers of a species
of acoultum which grows on these
ranges at an altitude of 8,000 to 10,000
feet. The poison is mixed with resin
or some vegetable gum to the consistency
of putty and is then smeared on
the notched point. The 'feather' is supplied
by a strip of bamboo leaf folded
into a triangular form and tied in a
notch at the end of the arrow, with the
point of the angle outward. The reduction
in thickness of the arrow where
the poison is placed causes the point to
break off in the body of any one whom
it strikes, and, as each carries enough
poison to kill a cart horse, a wound is
invariably fatal. Free and immediate
incision is the usual remedy when
wounded on a limb or fleshy part of
the body, but at Chanska the uncle of
the Laoowo chief showed us a preparation
which resembled opium dross and
which he said was an effective antidote.
"With few exceptions the Lissoo
seemed to us to be arrant cowards, but
the crossbow and poisoned arrow are
certainly most diabolical weapons. An
arrow from a war bow will pierce a
deal board an inch thick at 70 or 80
yards. Some of the Esekon natives
were so expert that they could hit a
mark 4 inches in diameter repeatedly
at 60 or 80 yards. As not one goes anywhere
without his crossbow and his
bearskin quiver full of poisoned arrows
and every village is at feud with
every other village mutual suspicion is
inevitable. In open flght the Lissoo
are usually careful to keep at a respectable
distance from each other and
behind oxhide shields, which protect
the whole of the body. But if battle is
rare, murder and sudden death by ambush
in the jungle are common."
ANIMALS AT PLAY.
Something About the Sports of Seals
and Otters.
One day last summer as I lay lazily
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Lake Michigan a gull Hew quickly
through the blue above me, and following
his hasty Might there came three
blackbirds in hot pursuit. Apparently
in wild terror, the white bird Hed southward.
doubled on its tracks, dropped
through the heavy leaves of a linden
in a vain attempt to elude the three,
and dashed on again. I sat up to watch,
my sympathies all with the poor fugitive.
After long dodging back and
forth overhead, during which the blackbirds
tweaked more than one white
feather from the gulls tail, his broad
wings seemed to tire the tormentors
out. One by one they dropped from the
chase, until he was sailing southward
al<>ne and unmolested.
I breathed a sigh of relief, and was
about to lie down again, when the gull
apparently discovered for the first time
that he was no longer the object of
pursuit. He deliberately turned back,
sailing low over the tree in which the
last blackbird had retired to take his
breath he uttered a low call of defiance,
and the blackbird, springing up at the
sound, recommenced the chase. One
by one the gull picked up the rest of
his pursuers, and for half an hour longer
the play went on. At last all four
[of the birds alighted in the great linden
that grew close to the water's edge, and
j as I softly rowed past I saw them, the
gull sitting on one branch, his three
sooty playmates on another, and the
quartet to all appearance exchanging
thoroughly satisfied comments on the
game they had just finished.
That evening I watched the children
of the household at their game of tag,
and the little scene of the afternoon
was forcibly recalled. It is the most
primitive of all games, that of tag?
pursuer and pursued. Played in earn
est, it is the one game of all savage
nature?the game by which the tiger
secures its prey, the Indian his meat,
the cat its mouse, and the bird the insects
on which it lives. It is no wonder,
then, that the young of all animals
should rejoice in the game. I have sat
by the hour and watched the gray
squirrels chase each other in turn up
the tall pines and down them, leaping
across from bough to bough, flying, it
seemed, from one tree to its neighbor.
And the delight of kittens in chasing
each other is too familiar for comment.
Should a playmate of their own kind
be lacking they will make a spool the
representative of the mouse they are
to hunt in their mature years; or, lacking
even the spool, their own tails will
do, but they must chase something
Dogs are as fond of the game, as their
friends well realize, and I have seen
mice. too. playing about the floor in
much the same fashion as two kittens,
first one the pursuer, then the other.
Perhaps, since the mouse is not a hunter.
but one of the hunted, we may
consider that t.. v were "getting in
training" to elude the pursuer, not to
hunt their own meat.
Next to tag in popularity with the
animal kingdom is a sort of adaptation
of leapfrog. Fish are said to he particularly
fond of this game: certainly
they often seem to be chasing each other
in mere sport, and to he leaping, one
after the other, over some obstruction
they choose to use as a hurdle. In a
certain aquarium built out into the
water, the attendant avers, he one day
watched a school of young garfish
playing leapfrog over the back of a
turtle. One after the other they took
the leap, and returned to repent the
spent. At lust one of the lisli jumped
short and landed atop of the turtle,
and that astonished creature, thus
rudely wakened from its day dreams,
dived, scattering' the fish.
Tobogganing is another popular sport.
Seals have been seen sliding down
cakes of ice, rolling over each other,
taking headers and generally behaving
like a crowd of schoolboys out on a
vomp.
Otters have a variety of games. They
build their homes on the banks of
streams like the duckbill of New Zealand.
with one opening leading to the
water and one to the land for ventilation.
They, too, love to slide down
hills; and in winter they will select a
bank and pat it until it is smooth and
slippery. Then they will have a grand
romp. In summer they select a hill
near the water, free it from grass and
weeds, and make a nice mud slide with
the water below, into which they splash
with apparently the same enjoyment
that fills the bosom of the man who
"shoots the chutes" at our summer
parks. Audubon was the first to watch
this game. Concealed in the bushes,
he observed the construction of twenty-two
slides.
The higher up the scale we come the
greater the variety of games and the
more there seems to be an element of
real humor in them as distinct from the
mere physical delight of using the body.
An ape. for instance, is like a mischievous
boy. and many of us have watched
him push a bit of apple or bun through
the bars of his cage just within reach
of his neighbor and then withdraw it
.'or the mere delight of teasing. Stories
of the cleverness of monkeys are not
hard to believe: they look so like queer
little, weazened men that even speech
would not be incredible from them. But
when it comes to the tales told of the
Parasol ant of the West Indies one hesitates.
"These ants build cities as large in
proportion to their size as London is to
a single man," says a writer. "They
are divided into classes, or castes?
the farmers, the laborers, the soldiers,
etc., being quite distinct. The most
curious of all is the fact that these
ants also keep as pets several varieties
of insects, which they feed and protect.
and which aparently serve no
purpose save to give pleasure by their
playful gambols." In other words, they
are the pet kittens of these highly endowed
Parasol ants.?Kansas City
Star.
OLD POLITICAL PHRASES.
Some of Those Revived During Recent
Campaign.
The recent campaign brought about
a curious repetition of history in the
revival of two phrases which had a
very unpopular origin. One of these
is "My policy," and the other is
"Swinging round the circle." Both
phiases originated with President Andrew
Johnson in 1866. During the last
few weeks President Roosevelt has
several times referred to "My policy"
as represented by his administration,
and has expressed the hope that the
people would provide for the continuance
of his policies by the election of
Mr. Taft. Again, during the extended
speaking tours of Mr. Taft and Bryan,
the friends of both candidates have occasionally
referred to them as "swinging
round the circle."
The phi-ase "My policy" originated
with and was frequently used by Andrew
Johnson during his long and anct
cr trio with pnncrpQs nrpppHinc
his attempted impeachment. At that
critical period of the reconstruction of
the states there was a radical difference
of opinion between the majority
in congress and the president as to the
proper course to be pursued. They
locked horns and fought it out. and it
was an edifying fight. In August. 1866,
President Johnson started on a trip
west, his objective point being Chicago,
to attend the dedication of a monument
to Stephen A. Douglas. He was
accompanied by several members of
his cabinet and by General Grant, Admiral
Farragut and David A. Gooding
of Indiana, then United States marshal
of the District of Columbia. The itinerary
took in Philadelphia. New York.
Buffalo, Cleveland, Chicago, St. Louis,
Indianapolis and Louisville. During
the trip, Mr. Johnson made many
speeches, and in some of them used
the expression. "We are swinging
round the circle."
He was very unpopular with Republicans
at the time and the later phrase,
like "My policy." became a laughing
stock and byword. That both phrases
should be revived now and used respectfully,
without any taint of their
unpopular origin, may be classed
among the curiosities of politics.
Cactus Leather a New Product.
The recent discovery of a new product
called cactus leather, was an accident.
like a great many other useful
discoveries.
There are almost a thousand species
of cacti, a large number of which forest
the deserts of Arizona and some of
the states, and extend far into Mexico.
The saguaro cactus, or Cereus glganteus,
the largest growth of all.
which towers sometimes to a height
of 4.1 feet or more, heretofore has
never been utilized for any purpose,
except that the fruit is sometimes
eaten by the Indians.
In Mexico the maguey plant is
largely used in the manufacture of
pulque, mescal, tequilla and agua
miel, and the fibre for rope and matting.
From the pulp of the leaves
paper is made.
Tuna, the fruit of the opuntia, is
relished by many.
The ocotillo has served usefully in
the construction of houses, or shacks,
and fences for the Mexicans and Indians.
From the niggerhead cactus?echinocactus
wislizenii?cactus candy is
made by softening the fibre by boiling
and filling the pores with sugar.
Other species of cacti have limited
uses.
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a piece of the echinocactus wislizenii,
the writer noticed, after the moisture
was pressed from the fibre, the great
strength and pliability it possessed,
says Frederic C. Wright in the Technical
World Magazine. When dry,
however, it became brittle and chalklike.
Experiments, in an effort to obtain
strength and pliability in the fibre
when dry. led to success after
about a year of careful work.
Tt was discovered that the giant saguaro
was particularly adapted to the
manufacture of cactus leather and
leathery products.
The heart of the saguaro is peculiarly
formed, being a series of rods
or poles set in a circle, extending from
top to bottom of the cactus, and into
the earth in the form of roots. This
heart of the cactus also proved of
great value in the manufacture of
many fancy articles, such as baskets,
caneholders. boxes, picture frames,
veneers and for numerous other purposes
too varied to mention.
When used in this way sufficient of
the fibre is left adhering to the rods
to bind them together in the form
desired. After tanning and drying
this fibre makes a tough, leathery
joint, which binds the sticks together
in the most secure manner.
TURKS ARE HONEST.
A New Estimate of Their Character
by One Who Knows.
"The Turks are good, honest people,"
said Richard J. Wortham, of
Constantinople to a Washington Herald
reporter, "and sometimes I think
1 would rather have Turks as friends
than my own kin."
Mr. Wortham is a young American,
who is engaged in the tobacco business
in the sultan's domain, and is in
this country on a visit.
"How do I like Turkey? Fine; it's
a nice country to live in, and the people
are very nice. They have been
misrepresented by every European
nation for purely selfish reasons.
Their idea is simnlv to drive the Turk
out of Europe and grab his country.
They are trying to discredit him. and
that's the whole thing. The Turks?
I am talking now of the masses?are
honest, good, industrious people. The
Pashas and high officials are grafters
and try to get the last drop of blood
out of the lower classes.
"The new regime, under the Young
Turkish party, will make many reforms
in the empire, and if they are
given an opportunity they will succeed
in working out the salvation of the
country. The new parliament, which
was to have assembled on November
1, will convene December 1, because,
It is claimed, that word had not reached
the distant districts of the formation
of a parliament.
"Although there will be a small tobacco
crop, the quality of the weed
will be up to the standard. There has
been no rain for a long time, and the
consequence will be a poor crop.
"Yes, the Turks take an interest inthe
presidential campaign. They even
seem to think that there should be a
change in the administration; in other
words, that Bryan should be elected."
BIG TREES SAVED.
Their Destruction Would Be Considered
a Disgrace to California.
"While forest flres among the big
trees of California are to be regretted,"
said J. A. Gayton, of Santa Cruz,
Cal.. to a Washington Post reporter,
"I do not think there is danger, as
some press reports intimate of flames
threatening the extermination of
these Pharaohs of the forest. Fire
has destroyed great numbers of these
trees time and again?or, rather, has
burned among, but not always destroyed
them. In fact Are is rather
common among them. In the olden
times the Indians used to set them
on Are; in latter days the fires have
M cureless hnntprs. But
nature has guarded these great giants
with a remarkably thick bark which
protects them. The bark is sometimes
two feet thick.
"I would consider it a disgrace on
California if these wonderful trees
ever were allowed to become extinct.
I do not consider such a thing even
remotely possible. Before I left Santa
Cruz there was a fire in the vicinity
of the Big Basin grove, 7 miles
from us, but it was not especially
threatening. The Santa Cruz grove,
7 miles from us, has not been disturbed
for a long time. Of course, the
great trees are those in Mariposa
county, and, while there is a comparatively
small force of men to guard
these, I do not think a fire is likely
to be widespread.
"A queer result that often attends
fires among these trees is that they
burn inside leaving the tree hollow,
but otherwise comparatively strong.
Such fires smoulder for days at a
time. But in general the big fellows,
as I said before, are well protected
by nature, and I think that with the
care now given them by state and
government they will increase
in number and grow larger, so that
in a few hundred years there will be
some of those giants which are known
to have existed in this country in
times gone by.
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ROCK HILL, i
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J. C. V/ILBORI
110 Acres?Ebenezer township; 60
acres in cultivation; very fine land.
Rents for 2,200 lbs. cotton. .$1,650.00.
I wish especially to call attention to
any man and family wanting near
V/inthrop college, to 430 acres within
two miles of Rock Hill at a very low
price?-$25.00 per acre. This is the best
Bargain in the county. Spend a day
looking at this. I will cut this in
smaller tracts. Must sell before January
1st. See it, 5 minutes walk of
Ebenezer, 20 minutes drive to college
grounds.
165 Acres?In Clay Hill, one dwelling;
65 acres fine timber; 4J miles
Newport?$10 per Acre.
38 Acres?Adjoins lands Wm. Barnes,
13 acres timber, 3 acres fine bottoms.
A great Bargain?$350, terms to suit.
nesidence?One 6-room house of S.
F. Black; 35 acres in cultivation; joins
James Bigger?King's Mountain township.
Residence?The beautiful 8-room residence
of Miss Ida deLoach on Wright
avenue.
The Bigliam Place?Two miles
north of Sharon; 6 miles west of Yorkville;
113 acres of land; 65 acres under
cultivation; rents for 1,650 lbs.
Very Cheap.
Land of W. A. Darby?339$ acres, 5$
miles east of Chester, at Orr Station.
Has 8 good tenant houses; good 2-story
barn; 1 dwelling, 8-rooms; six
horse farm, open.
The home of T. C. Alexander?62$
acres, 3 miles of Smyrna Station, one
mile of New Zion church and school;
45 acres in cultivation, 4 acres good
branch bottom; one 5-room cottage;
new barn; all necessary outbuildings.
Ideal little home?CHEAP.
171 Acres?40 acres srood bottom
land; beautiful 2-story dwelling; new
barn, 2 stories and 12 stalls; 2 good
tenant houses- has a corn and wheat
mill; 60 saw gin and Boss press; 20horse
water power. New turbine wheel.
The property of J. J. Scogglns?very
cheap. Terms to suit.
117 Acres?Adjoins the land of D. M.
Hall, Lee Pursley and others; 12 acres
line corn bottom land; one 6-room
house; all necessary outbuildings; 60
acres in cultivation, some saw timber.
$20 per acre. Property of J. L. Templeton.
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341-2 Acres?20 acres in cultivation;
good 3-room house; new barn, 1 mile of
New Zion. Price $350.
Land of V. J. Erwin?100 acres on
Yorkville road; south side, Steel Creek
township, Mecklenburg county, N. C.;
10 acres cleared, balance .in pine and
oak timber. Price $15 per acre.
100 Acres?2J miles north of Piedmont
Springs; 3& miles northeast of
King's Creek station; 91 acres in timber.
1051-2 Acres?Land of J. P. Barnes;
4 milts southwest of Yorkville; 12
acres of wired pasture; will divide this
place and let line run on northwest corner
with the branch; has 1 dwelling,
2 tenant houses.
44 Acres?Some of the land perfectly
level, other parts rolling; one small
dwelling; one mile from Zlon church
and school; 20 acres cleared; good,
strong land; 10,000 feet of fine saw
timber; plenty of wood. It is the home
of G. N. Wilson; joins the land of
George McCarter, Andy Blggers and
others. Price, $1,000.
95 Acres?Absolutely level land; will
make a bale to the acre on any of it;
1 dwelling, 5 rooms; 3 tenant houses;
9 acres in pasture; 80 acres in cultivation,
any of which will produce a bale
to the acre; joins the lands of J. B.
Scott; 'i mile Delphos church and high
school. Land of H. R. Merritt.
60 Acres?Land of Walter McClain;
J mile of Filbert R. R. station and
YORKVILLE BUGGY (10
STEEL
Bluebird
TURN PLOWS
After three years of use, the ALL
STEEL BLUE BIRD TURNPLOW is
conceded by all users to be the best
turnolow ever sold in this town, we
have them and the price is right.
We have for sale a full-blooded Jersey
Milk Cow with young Calf.
Yorkville Buggy
TAX NOTICE?1908.
Office of County Treasurer.
Yorkville, S. C., Sept. IB, 1908.
NOTICE is hereby given that the
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:
And at Yorkville 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.
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id you may rest assured that q
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school; 1 mile of church; land lies
comparatively level; 4-room dwelling;
new barn with shed. Price, $1,800.
Property of H. C. Strauss?6 tenant
houses, located on an acre and 1-4 of
ground, near the old C. & N.-W. depot
?4 houses are new, 12 per cent Income.
A. C. White Place?220 acres, 3 miles
from King's Creek, 1 mile of Piedmont
Springs. Crawford Springs In the middle
of it. One new 7-room dwelling,
one tenant house; good barn, on both
places, and all necessary outbuildings.
85 acres in cultivation, 15 acres in rail
pasture. Saw timber enough to do the
place. Eight or ten thousand cords of
wood on public road; 10 acres of fine
bottom land, not subject to overflow.
(Fine spring, known as the Crawford
Spring.)
J. W. & M. A. McFarland. Part of
raui uranon iruci, xx<> avm, i-x um?
south of limits of Yorkville; 2 new
houses, 4-rooms to each. Barn and
other buildings; 2-horae farm, about
75 acres in timber, 30 acres in original
timber?oak, poplar, pine.
455 Acres in Bullock's Creek township.
Land of E. M. and Jas. E. Bankhead.
From 250 to 3CO acres in open
land; nearly 200 acres of bottoms?fine
corn land. Plenty of wood.
J. H. Neely Home?73 acres inside of
the incorporation of Clover; 6-room
house; barn shedded on 3 sides, stables;
2 branches, one tenant house; 50
acres in cultivation. At a bargain?for
quick sale.
38 Acres?Good 3-room dwelling;
good barn and cotton house; one mile
of the incorporate limits of Yorkville.
Adjoins C. M. Inman; land lsvel and
in high state of cultivation; a beau
tiful little nome. ???o per /lire.
109 Acres of Land?Six miles of
Yorkville; bounded by the YorkvilleRock
Hill road; on another side by
the Chester and Armstrong Ford road;
land lies level; i mile from high
school academy; joining lands of C.
M. Hughes; for quick sale; $2,500.
One tract 146 acres, 2 miles west of
Bethany High school and church. Joins
lands of Mrs. Pursley, J. Lee McGllI.
70 acres In open land, balance in woods,
2 streams, 2 houses?good; 4 stalls and
barn; fine orchard.
Robert Caldwell residence; most
beautiful street in Yorkville. Twostory,
8-room, newly painted; 15 acres
of land. On King's Mountain street.
At a bargain.
J. F. Youngblood?New residence,
5 rooms, electric lights, water, sewerage;
Lincoln street, Yorkville, S. C.
Miss Belle Crepen?Residence; 5rooms;
225 feet front, adjoins C. H.
Sandlfer and W. C. Latimer. For a
quick sale.
Land of J. Q. Howe?116$ acres; 7
miles of Rock Hill, & mile of Newport;
1 dwelling, 5-rooms, 2 stories; one new
tenant house; 50 acres in cultivation;
10 acres fine botton land in cultivation,
not subject to overflew. About 35
acres in wood.
W. H. Stewart land?430 acres; one
5-room cottage, a large barn?two stories,
60 by 30; also a large oow barn;
4 tenant houses; 50 acres in pasture;
200 acres In cultivation, at Ebenezer, J
mile from church. A nice place for a
home, and fine community, about 2|
miles from Winthrop. Price $25 per
Acre.
51 acres of land?the J. W. Sherrer
tract, 2i miles of court house; two
good houses, four rooms each, thirty
acres in cultivation, 8 acres in fine
bottom corn. This is a bargain, and
a profit yielder.
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.
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professional Cards.
A. Y. CART WRIGHT,
SURGEON DENTIST,
YORKVILLE, S. C.
ttOFFICE HOURS:
gam. to i pm.; a p m. to 5 pir
Office upstairs in the Moore building
over I. W. Johnson's store.
DR. M. W. WHITE,
DENTIST
YORKVILLE, S. COpposite
Postoffice, Yorkville, S. C.
JOHN R. HART
ATTORNEY AT LAW
No. 3 Law Range
YORKVILLE, S. C.
J. 8. BRICE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW ,
Office Opposite Court House. (
Prompt attention to all legal business
of whatever nature.
GEO. W. 8. HART.
ATTORNEY AT LAW !
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YORKVILLE, S. C. 1
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2 Law Range. 'Phono Office No. 58 I
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O. E. Finley. Marion B. Jennings.
FINLFY & JENNINGS,
YORKVILLE, S. C. '
Office in Wilson Building, opposite i
Court House. Telephont No. 126. 1
AT THE BRATTON FARM.
Separated Cream, Sweet Milk, But- t
termilk, Cream, Butter, Vegetables and
Fruits, delivered in Yorkvllle on Tues- ]
days and Fridays or at the farm at all
times. Postal card mailed In the af- ,
ternoon will receive attention next
morning. J.
MEEK BURNS, Manager.
Jan. 25 f.t tf .
W Good Printing? 3ee The Enquirer.
MAKE A CLUB
FOR THE ENQUIRER!
Eighteen Capital Premiums
Valued at $725 *
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Rubber Tired, Quarter Leather Top, Rock Hill 4
Buggy For Largest Club. ^
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Quarter Leather Top, Steel Tired, Rock Hill Buggy
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Forty and Thirty Dollar Sewing Machines for Largest and Second
Largest Clubs That Do Not Get Buggies in Each Township.
THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER IS THE MOST THOROUGHGOING
FAMILY NEWSPAPER IN SOUTH CAROLINA. It Is primarily a County
paper, and there Is not a paper In this state that fills its field more completely
or more Impartially In this respect. It seeks to promote the material A
and moral welfare of its readers, and in defending and developing all that is
best in their educational, political and social life. It is owned and controlled
absolutely by its publishers, who hold themselves responsible only to their
subscribers as a whole on a basis of the Ten Commandments and the four Gospels.
As the best recommendation of the integrity of its conduct, and of the
righteousness of its controlling motives it points back to a record of fifty-three
years of earnest endeavor, and the present support of MORE THAN TWO
THOUSAND PAID SUBSCRIBERS.
The premiums offered by the publishers of THE ENQUIRER for the
LARGEST CLUBS returned in the premium getting campaign of 1908-09, in- ]
elude Two Carolina Grade Rock Hill Buggies and Sixteen High Grade Sewing
Machines.
THE FIRST PREMIUM. (
The prize for the LARGEST CLUB of the contest will be a Quarter
Leather Top Rock Hill Buggy, equipped with Rubber Tires and valued at Re- x-.
tail at $95.
THE SECOND PREMIUM.
The prize for the SECOND LARGEST CLUB returned in the contest
will be a Quarter Leather Top Carolina Grade Roek Hill Buggy, with Steel
Tires, and valued at $70.
FIRST TOWNSHIP PREMIUM.
To the Clubmaker returning a larger club than any other Clubmaker residing
In the same township we will give One Five Drawer High Arm Sewing
Machine, which Retails at $40. The Machine has drop head, hand lift, and Is
ball bearing. It is equipped with ribbon pattern stand and ball bearing device
which the manufacturers claim is the best that has ever been used in connection
with a Sewing Machine. It is guaranteed for Ten Years and will las^a
lifetime.
SECOND TOWNSHIP PREMIUM.
To the Clubmaker returning the SECOND LARGEST CLUB of any Club- *
maker in the township in which he resides, we will give a No. 26 "New Model"
Five Drawer. Drop Head Sewing Machine. The furniture is of selected oak,
with' quarter-sawed lid, finished in dark golden oak with high polish. The retail
price is $30. and the Machine is guaranteed for Ten Years.
It is our purpose to give the Buggies to the Clubmakers returning the
LARGEST and SECOND LARGEST CLUBS. If both the Largest and Second
Largest Clubs are returned from the same township, mere win De no sewing
Machine premium for that township. In case the Buggies go to TWO differ- i
ent townships, then the Clubmaker In each of those townships making the
Second Largest Club, will receive One of the Forty Dollar Sowing Machines. I
The Buggies we are offering are of the Standard Carolina Grade made
by the ROCK HILL BUGGY COMPANY. They are of the quarter leather top J
description, and the Retail Price of one Is 995.00, while the Retail Price ^
of the other is $70.00. These Buggies carried off all the premiums at the last
Georgia State Fair, and It Is conceded by disinterested dealers and users everywhere
that there Is not a better Buggy to be had In the United States for the
price. There are hundreds of these Buggies running in this section and they
are giving general satisfaction. They may be seen on exhibition at the mammoth
factory of the company in Rock Hill, or in the warerooms of different \
dealers in this section, Messrs. Carroll Bros., of Yorkvtlle; W. F. Harris &
Sons, of Fort Hill; S. J. Kimball & Sons, Rock Hill.
The Sewing Machines are as good as are to be had at the prices quoted.
NEW SUBSCRIBERS.
As a special inducement and to make it easier for Clubmakers, we offer
to send THE ENQUIRER to NEW SUBSCRIBERS, subscribing before January
1, 1909, from the date they pay until January 1, 1910, for the price of a
year's subscription. Those who have not been on our lists since the 15th day
of last July will be considered as NEW subscribers.
CLUBMAKERS.
ALL PERSONS who desire to do so, whether they live in York county
or elsewhere, are cordially invited to act as Clubmakers. All will be entitled
to participate in the competition for the Buggies, and those who are unable
to get the largest clubs in their respective Townships, will be paid for their 4
work in other premiums, commensurate in value with the value of the work
performed or in cash, as they may prefer. Should it develop at the wlndup
that the Largest Club of the entire contest has been returned by a non-resident
of the county, he will receive a $95 Rubber Tired Top Buggy.
WHAT A CLUB IS
The price of a Single Subscription is $2 a year, or $1 for six months. In
Clubs the price is $ 1 for six months, or $1.75 for a year. A Club consists of
two or more names returned by the same Clubmaker. The names may be OLD
or NEW?that is, people who are now taking THE ENQUIRER, or who have
**?? tot/inv it ainrii tho isth riav of last Julv?and mav be sent in one.
two or more at a time, with or without the cash, to suit the convenience of
the Clubmaker, ^
OTHER PREMIUMS
Besides the Buggy and Sewing Machine premiums, which are to go as
full and complete reward to the Clubmakers making and paying for the largest
clubs in the county and the respective townships, we are offering SPECIAL
PREMIUMS for all smaller Clubs, including from four names up. \
FOR FOUR NAMES.?A Stylographlc Fountain Pen; a handsome ThreeBladed
Pocket Knife with name and address on handle; or one of the late
/iew Novels that retail for $1.00.
FOR FIVE NAMES.?A year's subscription to either of the following
Magazines: McClure's, Munsey, Argosy, Cosmopolitan, Saturday Evening
Post, or any other Dollar Magazine, or either of the following; A "Champion"
Stem Winding Watch, a gold pointed Fountain Pen or a Four-Bladed Pocket
Knife.
FOR SIX NAMES.?An "Eclipse" Stem Winding Watch, Hamilton Model
15, 22-calibre Rifle, a year's subscription to the Christian Herald, a 22String
Zithern or any one of the new popular $1.50 Novels.
FOR EIGHT NAMES.?An Ingersoll "Triumph" Watch, Daisy Repeating
Air Rifle?works like a Winchester?a fine Razor or a Pocket Knife, a
Rapid Writer Fountain Pen?plain case; or a Hopf Model Violin or an 8-inch
Banjo.
FOR TEN NAMES?One year's subscription to THE ENQUIRER, a No.
2 Hamilton 22-Cal. Rifle?model 11; any one of the $1.75 or $2 publications
one year, or a Gold Mounted Fountain Pen, a goed Banjo, Guitar or Violin.
FOR TWENTY NAMES.?Crack-Shot Stevens Rifle, a 10-oz. Canvas
Hunting Coat, a No. 1 Ejector Single-Barrel Breech-Loading Shot Gun, or I
any one of the $4 Magazines for one year. ^
FOR THIRTY NAMES.?Either of the following; A Single-Barrel Hammerless
Shot Gun, a fine Toilet or Washstand Set, or a Hopkins & Allen, Jr.,
22-Cal. Rifle.
FOR FORTY NAMES.?A fine Mandolin, Guitar or Banjo, a New York
Standard Open Face Watch, a W. Richards Double-Barrel Breech-Loading
Shot Gun.
ANYTHING DESIRED.?We will arrange to furnish any special article
desired by a Clubmaker for a given number of names on application at this
office.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
THE CONTEST BEGINS NOW and will come to a close on SATURDAY,
MARCH 20, at 6 o'clock p. in., sharp.
Each Clubmaker will be held individually responsible for the payment of
the amount due on all names returned by him or her. Where it is desired to
stop a subscription before the close of the Club contest, the Clubmaker may
do so by paying the amount due at the time of such stoppage. Where a subscription
has been paid in full, it cannot be discontinued. The Clubmaker,
however, may, if he sees proper, transfer the unfulfilled portion of the subscription
to another subscriber, provided the person to whom the transfer is
to be made was not a subscriber at the time the original name was entered on ,
our books.
No name will be counted in competition for a premium until the subscription
price lias been paid, nor will any premium be delivered until the
Clubmaker has either paid or made satisfactory settlement for all the names
on the Club.
In cases of contention by two or more Clubmakers over the right to a
name, preference will be given to the one who pays for the name FIRST; but
where both pay, we shall not attempt to decide the matter except by crediting
the name for one year for each such |>aymciu.
After a name has been entered on our books, no transfer will be permitted.
This is positive and emphatic, and where Clubmakers attempt to
make such transfers, they must concede our right to take such steps as may
seem necessary to protect the fairness of this provision. The Clubmaker who
returns names must pay for them. Clubmakers who try to return and pay for
names already regularly returned by others will be called down, especially
if there is evidence of an understanding between the Clubmakers. This Is
not for the protection of the publishers; but as a guarantee of the fairness
of the competition.
Any and ail Clubmakers will have the right to Get Subscribers Wherever
They Can. It is not necessary that all the names shall go to the same address.
The fact that a name was returned on a certain ciud last year uoes 1101 give
that Clubmaker a right to return it this year.
All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at the expense of those sending
them, and we will be responsible for the safe transmission of money only
when it Is sent by Draft, Registered Letter, Express or Postofflce Money Order.
In sending names, Always give correct name or Initials, and present postaflice
address, and if possible say whether the subscribers are NOW taking
the paper. Careful observance of this will be the means of avoiding much
:rouble and confusion.
In the case of a tie for either the Buggy or Township Sewing Machine
Premiums TWO WEEKS will be allowed for the working off of the tie.
After the close of the contest on SATURDAY, MARCH 20, at 6 p. in.,
:he price of a year's subscription will be $2.00, unless New Clubs are formed.
L. M. Grist s Sons, Publishers
YORKVILLE, S. C.