Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, December 01, 1908, Image 4

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iiumorouo ^DepartmentMore 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. ittisfrllanrouo ^catling. 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 ' "" * ..? j ..Aw.ttfA rt L-o.in r\f fnllv'i IUIiy O Itrei ctllu I cv|un c a 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 ? L 4uct nff thn ohnpo nf lUt'MIig Hi <X !.n?ui juoi vu iiiv oi.v.v 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. T_ ri? ...U!l? l,n.,,11jnrr ill lui'Min oiic u?j, mine iiunumife 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. Would Your Income Cease? Does your income depend on your being at your post and attending to the duties of your calling, occupation or profession or in other words were you to be so unfortunate as to receive an accidental injury that would disable you from one to 52 weeks, would your income continue ju^t the same as before or should you have a long siege of sickness, would your income cease during the time you were disabled? Is your time worth anything to yourself or family? If it is you should insure against accidents and sickness. Perhaps you know of friends or neighbors who have had accidents or been sick within the past twelve months. Count them up and see if there are not more who have lost from one or the other cause than from having property burned. Statistics say that there are about six accidents to one fire. I am prepared to insure you against loss on account of either accidents or sickness in the Aetna Life Insurance Company of Hartford, the largest, strongest and most liberal company writing this class of business in the world. If you are a merchant, a clerk in a dry goods, grocery or general merchandise store, a physician, lawyer, minister, banker, or school teacher, a policy that will pay your beneficiary $2,000 in case of death from any kind of accident, except on a railroad or any public conveyance, when it will pay $4,000, or $10 a week on account of disability from an accident or sickness, will cost you $24.00 a year. See me for further particulars. Don't wait until you have an accident or get sick. I can't help you then. SAM M. GRIST, All Kinds of Insurance. 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 4 V?ai?A?/1 on/1 ora nnriaMan iv/ iiic ft i vex i ucj wiiu auu ai V/ wuoiuciing 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 Treae. BUILDING MATERIAL We always carry in stock, ready for delivery and at the lowest prices all grades of Rough and Dressea Lumber, including Flooring, Ceiling, Moulding, Studding, Rafters, Sheeting, Shinglee, Laths, Framing, Frames, etc., and will make Doors, and Sash, and Frames, Mantels, etc., promptly on your order. See us for all kinds of Building Hardware, including Nails, Hinges, Screws, Locks, etc. See us for Lime, Cement and Brick. J. J. KELLER & CO. 9W Be sure to see us before buying any kind of Lumber. \:-LOj j? In opening up a Bank Acc ? before you really need anythii V you. Our Bank is always rea J crs, and is extremely liberal w I 10 us with any reasonable b * letting our customers have n ? mercial papers, and are cliar^ ? INTEREST. We stand ready at all tim X in every possible way we can I V r ? r_: 1 ? ? .... 9 11UIII a lliCliU luuit iu no, an ? your business will be strictl; not able to give you good ad\ | a advice. We are often able to X have at times saved some of us, large sums of money. \V C same service. We pay 4 per cent interc x Savings Accounts. X Make this Million Dollai j! The National X (ABSOLUTE ROCK HILL, i I 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. . 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. 74 t 4t I 1NS-: I ount, it is a good idea to know f lg what your Bank can do for ? dy to take care of its custom- ^ ith them whenever they come y usiness proposition. We are J loney on cotton, or any com- I jing them ONLY 6 Per Cent ^ es to aid you in your business y . Whenever you want advice t id you may rest assured that q y confidential, and if we are ? nee, we will not give you bad $ help you in many ways. VVe a our customers, who consulted y e may be able to do you the ? :st, compounded quarterly, on ? r Bank your Banking Home. ^ 5 I Union B:ink :LY SAFE) 5 South Carolina. ST-FOR SALE. 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. i 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 ! i YORKVILLE, S. C. 1 1 2 Law Range. 'Phono Office No. 58 I 1 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 * in?jnimninimi?mimmmu AM TTMT TMITPn WTTMRPR OF V/ 11 i ^ mi x x J. ,< iv x v xtx i-/ * - x v \y x SMALLER PRIZES. Rubber Tired, Quarter Leather Top, Rock Hill 4 Buggy For Largest Club. ^ i iwiw ihiiw it imhw wnrmmmmmmm Quarter Leather Top, Steel Tired, Rock Hill Buggy For Second Largest Club. immiw iwwuipwywpwwpwi?w 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.