tumorous department.
In the Fog.
Hudson Maxim, at the British Schools
club's recent banquet at Delmonico's,
referred to the fogs of London.
"In one of the worst London fogs."
said the inventor, "an old friend of
mine tried to find his way from Trafalgar
Square to the Savoy, where he had
an engagement to dine.
"The sulphurous air made the eyes
smart and the head ache, and it brougnt
on terrific fits of coughing. You could
not. literally, see your hand before your
face. There was a continual crashing
in of windows; bells jangled, vehicles
and foot passengers collided, shrieks
i' and oaths arose,
y "Threading his way in the midst of
a' Sfrand.
f this pandemonium, uhvuku v.?^
as he supposed, from Landseer's lions
to the waiting- dinner at the Savoy,
my old friend, to his great bewilderment
soon found himself descending a broad
stairway. He put his hand to the
balustrade, l'es, a broad and stately
stairway, with a rail of carved stone.
Amazing!
"Suddenly In his descent my friend
collided with some one ascending the
stairway.
"'Hullo!' he said.
"'Hullo!' a gruff male voice replied.
" 'Can you tell me,' said my friend,
'where I am going?'
" 'Certainly,' said the other. 'If you
keep straight on you will walk into the
Thames, for I've just come out of it.' "
?Detroit Free Press.
A Remarkable Nobleman.
The American father of the heiress
greeted the count who was a suitor for
her hand with dignified frigidity.
"Sare." said the count, "your daughter
has done me ze honnaire of consenting
to be my wife. I am called to complete
ze negotiations."
"All right." wearily said the father;
"How much of a cash settlement d. you
expect?"
"Nossing, sare."
"What! How much will I have to
pay for your poker debts?"
"Nossing. sare. I do not gamble."
"How much will I have to put up to
settle breach of promise cases brought
by chorus girls?"
"Nossing, sare. I do not flirt."
"How much will I have to pay to rebuild
your castle?"
"Nossing, sare. It is in fine repair."
"But there must be some expense for
me. Out with It!"
"No. sare; nossing. I simply love
your daughter and she loves me, and we
wish to be married. Is not zat enough?
Is it not enough to ask you to give me
your daughter wlzzout your expecting
to?"
"Come to my arms!" exclaimed the
American father, and tried to fall upon
the neck of the delighted count.
But he awoke on the floor, having
tumbled from the bed as a finish to his
amazing dream.?Judge.
Why Was It.?a party of northerners
was touring Virginia, some years
ago, and as the crowded train was
crawling through Stafford county near
Fredericksburg, an old and wizened
woman, with a basket bigger than herself.
came aboard and edged with difficulty
into the vacant place beside one of
the men, says Harper's Weekly. Altera
while her seat mate decided that it
could be no harm to draw her out a little
for the benefit of the rest of the
party.
"This is very poor land that you have
around here, madam." he began.
"Mighty pore." she assented humbly.
"I never did see such worthless soil."
"No, suh," with an air of deep dejection.
"Don't you ever sow any crops at
all ?" he kept on
The ancient dame did not lift her
head.
"Naw, suh," she drawled. "This
hyer land around hyer was sowed "bout
three foot deep with Yankees, 'long
'bout forty years ago. and we ain't
been able to raise nary crap since."
Courtship In Ireland.?An Irish
boy marries when he has a rid house
and an Irish girl Just when she pleases.
Sonnet.mes she so pleases while yet her
years are few; at other times she is
content to wait upon wisdom. In the
latter case, of course, she makes a
wise choice, but in the former almost
always a lucky one. for luck is the
guardian angel of the Irish.
"You're too young to marry yet.
Mary," the mother said when Mary
pleaded that she should grant Laurence
O'Mahony a particular boon.
"If you only have patience, mother,
I'll cure meself of that fault," was
Mary's reply.
"And she's never been used to work.
Laurence," the mother said to the
suitor dlscouragingly.
"If you only have patience, ma'am."
was Laurence's reply to this, "I'll cure
her of that fault." And he did too.?
Seumas MacManus in Llppincott's.
One Reason.?There may be two
reasons for a thing, both equally true,
and it may be the height of folly to attribute
the effect to both. A gentleman
to whom art was a strange thing
asked a friend, to whom the ways of
its votaries were more familiar.
"Why does Conneray stand off and
half-shut his eyes when he looks at
the picture he is painting? I was in
his studio the other day. and he made
me do it, too." .
"That's simply explained," replied
the other. "Did you ever try to look
at them near to, with your eyes wide
open? Well, don't; you can't stand
It."?Youth's Companion.
The Way ok like.?Two ladies were
sitting in close conversation in a hotel
parlor. One said to the other, "Are
you married?" The second answered,
"nn " Tho. seemid then asked the first
if she had been mure fortunate, and
she said no, she too was on the single
list, and added, "strange two such estimable
women as ourselves should
have been overlooked in the great matrimonial
market!" The second then
pointed out a lady who had been widowed
four times, two of her husbands
having been cremated. "That woman,"
she said, "is plain and uninteresting,
and yet she has them to burn."?Harper's
Weekly.
No l"RE.?"Anything I can show you,
sir?"
"Yes: I want to get some kind of toy
for my 3-year-old boy. Have you anything
that's indestructible? Something
he can't break the first time lie plays
with it?"
"I think so. We have some toy flatirons."
"Have they got handles on "em?"
"Of course."
"Well, they won't last him five minutes.
Show me something else."?Chicago
Tribune.
ittioccllanmts grading.
WITH NEIGHBORING EXCHANGES.
News and Comment Gleaned From
Within and About the County.
CHESTER.
Lantern, January 5: Dr. and Mrs. W.
M. Kennedy and Rev. C. E. McDonald
attended the golden wedding of Dr.
Kennedy's parents in Yorkvllle on Friday.
.. .Married on Friday afternoon, at
the Baptist parsonage. Miss Leila
Yongue of this city, and Mr. S. M.
Graves of Sharon. York county. Rev. J.
S. Snyder officiating Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. McDanlel. Misses Florence and
Susie Caldwell. Mr. A. G. Brice and
Mr. J. K. Henry went to Yorkville this
morning to attend the funeral of Mrs.
Fannie B. McCaw....The store of Mr.
J. B. Daniel & Co., at Great Falls was
destroyed by fire early yesterday morn
ing. The building and the stock of
goods. valued at $3,800. were totally destroyed.
There was $3,000 Insurance.
Mr. Daniel was called over the phone
this morning and pave the reporter for
the Lantern the above Information.
Mr. Daniel said that the origin of the
fire is unknown. He said that Mr.
Gibson, who usually siept in the store,
was not there on either Saturday or
Sunday nights and hence there is no
one who can give any account of the
origin cf the fire The Chester County
Medical association met yesterday.
The annual election of officers resulted
as follows: President. Dr. J. G.
Johnston; vice president. Dr. D. A.
Coleman, of Blackstock: secretary and
treasurer. Dr. \Y. B. Cox; censors. Drs.
C. B. McKeown of Fort Lawn. H. E.
McConnell of Chester, and R. L. Douglas
of Rodman. The committee appointed
to secure a speaker for a public
meeting on tuberculosis reported that
they had so far failed to get one. The
committee was continued. The association
was entertained at dinner at the
Mitchell hotel by the retiring president.
Dr. W. DeK. Wylie of Rlchburg
The industrious and wide awake citizens
of Rock Hill and vicinity are getting
a move on them on the question
of good roads. They are now getting
ready to macadamize the road from
Rock Hill towards Chester and down
the Edgmoor road. A citizen of Rock
Hill in talking to us the other day about
the matter said that it was their intention
to build the road on into the
Landsford section of this county and
in this effort they are meeting with
the heavy co-operation of the people
along the way. It has often been a
wonder to us why Chester shouldn't
macadamize the road leading into the
eastern section of the county. That is
one of the best sections of Chester
county and the trade from that section
would be worth much to the town.
Why shouldn't the merchants and the
I people of that section get together and
! with the co-operation of the county officials
build the road? Why not start
and macadamize the road first to LanI
do and then all in that section? Are
we going to let Rock Hill take the trade
from us, for if they have the good
roads they will certainly get the trade?
Why can't the road be built?
LANCASTER.
News, January 6: Mr. J. C. Chambers
of Sharon. York county, spent from
Saturday until Monday afternoon here
with his sister, Mrs. R. E. Allison
Dr. and Mrs. G. W. Poovey have issued
invitations to the coming marriage of
their cousin, Miss Ethel Van Landingham
of Camden, daughter of the late
S. C. Van Landingham, and Mr. Mumpford
F. Ritchie, a prominent young
merchant of Concord, X. C. The ceremony
will be performed at the home
here of Dr. and Mrs. Poovey, Wednesday
afternoon, January 20th, at 2
o'clock Those of our citizens who
may be disposed to criticise the administration
of justice In this county ought
to study the figures in the extract from
Solicitor Henry report, which shows
that of the four counties in this judicial
circuit?Chester, Fairfield, Lancaster
and York?there were not only fewer
criminal cases tried last year in Lancaster
than in either of the other counties,
but that the percentage of convictions
was higher. In other words, less
crime was committed in this county in
1908 than in either York, Chester or
Fairfield, and that the Lancaster juries
convicted more frequently than did
those of the other counties. It Is true
that, according to Mr. Henry's report,
there were no convictions in homicide
cases in Lancaster, but it is also a fact
that there were a fewer number of such
cases in this county than in any other
in the circuit except Fairfield, which
had one less than Lancaster On
last Thursday afternoon, December
31st, at half after two o'clock, the
home of Mrs. Ellen Walkup, near Waxhaw,
X. C., was the scene of a very
pretty wedding, when her daughter.
Miss Bernice, was united in marriage
with Mr. Robert Clarence Ratchford.
The parlor was beautifully decorated
with evergreens and pot plants. At
the appointed hour the wedding march,
which was played by Miss Mary Ellen
Walkup of Waxhaw, announced the approach
of the bridal party. First came
Mr. S. L. Steele of Yorkville, followed
by Miss Alice Ratchford. Next came
the best man, Mr. Ed F. Ratchford of
Carlisle, S. C., followed by the maid
of honor. Miss Alma Cunningham of
Waxhaw. Then came the bride and
groom, who took their stand under a
festoon of evergreens, and Rev. W. W.
Ratchford. the father of the groom, pronounced
the words that made them man
and wife. After the ceremony the bridal
party returned to the sitting room,
where the bride and groom received
the congratulations of their friends.
The bride was handsomely attired in a
dark blue tailor made suit. ImmediateI
ly after the ceremony and congratulations
the bridal party and relatives left
for the home of the groom, where an
elegant reception was tendered them.
The guests were received by Mrs. C. L.
Kennedy and Miss Rosa Ratchford and
ushered into the parlor, which was very
tastefully decorated, the color scheme
being white and green. At 3.30 o'clock
the guests repaired to the dining room,
where a sumptuous dinner was served
by Mrs. C. I... Kennedy and Misses
Bertha, Jessie and Mary Katchford.
The decorations in the dining room
were red and green. Above the bride's
table was suspended a large bell from
which hung a number of small bells,
with streamers of red from these to
the corners of the table. The table was
decorated with cut flowers and fruits.
The souvenirs were little bags of rice
tied with red ribbon. The bride and
groom received many handsome and
useful presents consisting of silver cutglass.
china and bills?among these
twenty dollars in gold, the gift of the
best man. The visitors in attendance
were: Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Kennedy of
Sharon, S. C.; Miss Annie and Messrs.
Ladelle and Hillard Stover of Heath
Springs. S. C.: Mr. R. F. Bankhead, Mr.
T. B. Ratchford and Master Earl
Ratchford of Sharon, S. C.: Misses
Rosa and Mary Ratchford of Carlisle,
S. C.; Mr. H. W. Boyce and Mr. B. K.
Lancy of Mineral Springs, N. C.: Mr.
and Mrs. T. B. Hawfield of Fort Mill.
JUST PLAIN LIES.
Poeple Who Tell Whoppers Just Because
They Can't Help It.
Drawing the long bow is confined
to no people or class, says Army and
Navy Life. The army is no exception,
and the yarns of some of its raconteurs
lose nothing of their entertaining
qualities because their authenticity
might reasonably be doubted.
Years ago there was one particular
cavalry officer who was endowed with
qualities rivaling those of Munchausen.
Though he was not old, those
who kept account of the time he had
consumed in his various experiences
could not escape the conviction that
he had been actively engaged in man's
pursuits for over a century at least.
His yarns were unique. For instance:
At one time he was in Scandinavia
with his father who, according to the
story, was head forester for the king.
Part of his duties was to select and
send to the royal shipyards especially
fine ship timbers. One monarch of
the forest had long challenged his admiration.
But year after year he felt
obliged regretfully to pass it by for
want of transportation facilities. At
last he could resist no longer. The
king must have this pride of the forest.
After carefully preparing a bed
to prevent its breaking in the fall, the
splendid tree was felled. As an agent
of the monarch he requisitioned oxen
to haul it. So heavy was the log that
when the great number of oxen required
to move it were yoked up they
strung out for miles. The long and
tedious Journey began, and in crossing
some of the valleys it frequently
occurred that the leading teams would
be on one hill top and the log on another,
while miles of oxen were suspended
in midair, like a great centipede
with legs dangling, hundreds of
feet above the ground beneath them.
Again, he was in Cape Colony with
his father, who this time was an agent
of the British government and in
charge of the great government warehouses.
Increasing needs made additional
warehouses necessary. All
building materials had to be brought
from England. It took a year to get
them. At last the long delayed material
arrived, and following the custom
of the time and place, everything
in readiness, all the men in the vicinity
were invited to the "raising."
When, lo and behold! through some
blunder one of the principal timbers
had been cut 18 inches too short. Unless
remedied, it meant a delay of another
year. "My father," said he,
"thought a moment and then ordered
one end of the timber chained fast;
to the other end he hitched a pair of
strong African oxen and began to pull
and, by the Lord Harry, before he
could stop them they stretched that
timber 22 inches!"
Again: He was in Glasgow, this
time on his own account and at the
head of a great shipyard. The place
was infested with rats. So destructive
were the rodents that they gnawed
great holes In the hulls of new vessels
and felled their masts. How to
get rid of them was the question.
Many attempts had been made, followed
by as many failures. In the
midst of the distress appeared a vagabond,
who claimed to have discovered
a means of banishing rats. But
little attention was paid to his claims.
He was persistent and confident. Finally
he was permitted to make a
trial. All openings to the yard but
one were tightly closed. The tramp
entered and sprinkled throughout the
premises a mysterious white powder,
his secret, tasteless and odorless. Then
he emerged to await results. Long
and impatiently he, with the shipyard
officials and the assembled and
curious crowd, waited and watched
until ready to proclaim another failure.
Wait a moment? A squeal!
Another instant a great rodent hoary
with age came out. No one molested
him. Off he moved, followed by another
and another?faster and faster.
For four days and nights incessantly
the rats poured out and marched
away In single file. Whither they
went no one knew. At last the long
procession ceased. A moment more,
a little scratching then emerged two
young rats with a straw in their
mouths leading an old blind rat between
them. Never again was a rat
seen In the yard. The tramp vanished
and with him his secret.
But back to the tall timber; it seemed
to inspire him:
.Standing in the midst of some magnificent
pines in the Wind river country
reminded him of being in southern
Russia with his father, who had
become a trusted and highly esteemed
forester in the employ of the czar.
There had just been felled a superb
walnut. From it a log over a hundred
feet in length without a knot or
twig had just been cut. So perfect
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was the tree that the log was the |
same diameter at the top that It was
at the. bottom. But his father was
deeply chagrined that in felling It, a
sliver was sprung out at the base of
the trunk. He thought to break it
out, but so straight was the grain that
the sliver ran on and on clear to the
top and there it lay, perfectly square
and exactly four Inches on each side
through Its entire length.
He was a Ximrod, too. Shortly after
joining the army he was hunting
In Indian Territory; his army carbine
was his weapon. Wild turkeys were
the game. But none could he sight.
Discouraged and disgusted he mounted
his horse, fired all his ammunition
away to amuse himseir by snooting
larks on the wing, as he rode along
toward camp. Just as the sun was
sinking a rustling caused him to look
back, and following, not 500 yards in
the rear, was a huge gobbler followed
by a dozen or more hens all apparently
mocking him in his helplessness.
0 for a cartridge! A hasty search
of belt, box and pockets! Only a single
blank cartridge. But an Idea.
"I'll try shooting my ramrod." In-,
stantly the act followed the thought,
and, said he: "Quickly but carefully
1 aimed at the gobbler's throat, and
will you believe it, I strung 11 birds
on that ramrod and took them into
camp!"
At one time he was stationed at a
small, isolated post In Wyoming. Said
he: "There was little to do and I
was in command and I slept late. I
never care for early breakfast. My
quarters stood alone. My bedroom
was on the ground floor In an 'L\
Just out the window on one side ran
a beautiful brook, clear and cold.
Quite as near on the other side was
one of nature's curiosities?a boiling
spring. How the two existed so close
one to another will ever be a mystery
to me. 'But I took advantage of
the situation. I kept in my room my
fish rods and flies. For breakfast it
was my custom to cast out into the
brook and pull In a trout; without removing
it from the hook, toss it out
the other window, boil it in the spring
and then sprinkle it with salt and
pepper, which I kept on my dressing
table, and eat it. Ah!" (smacking his
lips), "that was living!"
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Office of the County Auditor of York
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Yorkville, S. C., Dec. 1. 1908.
AS required by statute my books
will be opened at my office in
iurkville on FRIDAY, JANUARY 1,
1909, and kept open until FEBRUARY
20, 1909, for the purpose of listing for
taxation all TAXABLE PROPERTY
held in York County on January 1, 1909.
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sworn to before an officer qualified to
administer an oatn ana rorwaraea to
me by registered mail before February
20. 1009, will be accepted.
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to inform themselves as to the
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there are special levies are as follows:
No. 23 in Bethel; Nos. 29 and 33 in
Bethesda; Nos. 9, 20 and 40 in Broad
River; Nos. 9 and 20 in Bullock's Creek;
No. 12 in Catawba; Nos. 7 and 12 in
Ebenezer; Nos. 26, 28 and 39 in Fort
Mill; Nos. 11, 20, 33 and 35 in York.
For the purpose of facilitating the
taking of returns, and for the greater
convenience of tax payers, I will be at
the following places on the dates
named:
At Point?(Harper's)?Saturday, January
9.
At Smyrna. Monday, January 11.
At Hickory Grove, Tuesday and
Wednesday, January 12 and 13.
At Sharon, Thursday and Friday,
January 14 and lo.
At Bullock's Creek, Saturday, January
16.
At Tirzah, Monday, January 18.
At Newport, Tuesday, January 19.
At Fort Mill, Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday, January 20, 21 and 22.
At McConnellsvilie, Monday, January
25.
At Ogden, Tuesday, January 26.
At Coates's Tavern?(Roddey's)?
Wednesday, January 27.
At Rock Hill, Thursday and Friday,
January 28 and 29, and from Tuesday,
February 2 to Friday, February 5.
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and all persons so liable are especially
requested to give the numbers of their
respective school districts in making
their returns.
It will be a matter of much accommodation
to me if as many taxpayers
as possible will meet me at the res ective
appointments, mentioned above
so as to avoid the rush at Yorkville
during the closing days.
My office in Yorkville will be open
every week day from January 1, to
February 20, inclusive, and returns
may be made there at any time.
JOHN J. HUNTER,
County Auditor.
Yorkville, S. C., Dec. 1, 1908.
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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 YORKVTLLE 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 com- ^
pletely or more impartially in this respect. It seeks to promote the material
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 Gos- *
pels. 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, include
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 Retail
at $95.
THE SECOND PREMIUM.
The prize for the SECOND LARGEST CLUB returned in the contest
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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
Muchine, 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 last a
lifetime.
SECOND TOWNSHIP PREMIUM. ^
To the Clubmaker returning the SECOND LARGEST CLUB of any Clubmaker
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 vj
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, there will be no Sewing ^
Machine premium for that township. In case the Buggies go to TWO different
townships, then the Clubmaker in each of those townships making the
Second Largest Club, will receive One of the Forty Dollar Sewing Machines.
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 .
description, and the Retail Price of one is $95.00, while the Retail Price A
of the otiier is $70.00. These Buggies carried off all the premiums at the last A
Georgia State Fair, and it Is conceded by disinterested dealers and users every- ^A
where 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 mam- H
moth factory of the company in Rock Hill, or in the warerooms of different
dealers in this section, Messrs. Carroll Bros., of Yorkville; 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. ^
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
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
not been taking it since the 15th day of last July?and may 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 compiete 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
new 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-Biaded Pocket T
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
Zlthern or any one of the new popular $1.50 Novels.
FOR EIGHT NAMES.?An Ingersoil "Triumph" Watch, Daisy Repeat- ^
ing Air Rifle?works like a Winchester?a line Razor or a Pocket Knife, a 7
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 good 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
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 sub- """"J
script ion lias been paid in full, it cannot lie discontinued. The Clubmaker, W
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 1|
the name for one year for each such payment.
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 J
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 all Clubmakers will have the right to Get Subscribers WhereverThey
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 club last year does not 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 postolliee
address, and If possible say whether the subscribers are NOW taking
the paper. Careful observance of this will be the means of avoiding much
trouble and confusion. M
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. ' J
After the close of the contest on SATURDAY, MARCH 20, at 6 p. m., ^
the price of a year's subscription will be $2.00, unless New Clubs are formed. H
L. M. Grists Sons, Publishers
YORKVILLE, S. C.