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tumorous grpartracnt.
The Limit of Laziness.?Dr. Charles
A. Eaton of the Madison Avenue Baptist
church said in the course of a brilliant
after-dinner speech in Cleveland.
"Laziness is responsible for to? much
of the misery we see about us. It is all
very well to blame alcohol for this
misery, to blame oppression and Injustice,
but to what heights might we
not all have climbed but for our laziness?"
He paused and smiled. I
"We are too much like the supernumerary
In the drama," he went on,
"who had to enter from the right and
say, 'My lord, the carriage waits.'
" 'Look here, super,' said the stage
manager one night, 'I want you to come
on from the left Instead of the right j
after this, and I want you to transpose
your speech. Make It run hereafter.
'The carriage waits, my lord.'
"The super pressed his hand to his
? brow.
'"More study! More study!' he
groaned."?Cleveland Leader.
Curing a Doctor.?An eminent physician
of London, who was remarkable
for continuing his visits to his rich
patients after he had turned their disorders
out of doors, attended a lady of
some celebrity in the world of wit for
three months after her recovery and
regularly stayed with her until, in the
English manner, he received his dismissing
fee of 5 guineas. Weary of his
expensive calls and concluding that to
lessen the fee would be to lose the visitor,
she ventured to give him 4 guineas
at the conclusion of his next call. He
looked anxiously in his hand, then on
the carpet and stood for some time in
evident embarrassment.
"Have you lost anything?" inquired
the lady.
"Why, madam, I thought I had drop.
ped a guinea."
"It is only a mistake in the person,
sir" rejoined the fair patient. "It is I
who have dropped the guinea."
The doctor, of course, dropped his
visits.
What He Called to 8ay.?"Mr. President,"
said the caller at the White
House, "I do not wish to boast, but I
* * ?- ? fViot T
thought you migni use iu uiv?
was the original"
"Really, you must excuse me, my
dear sir. I have a pressing engagement."
"Ah, I am very sorry. I merely called
to say that I am the first man that
ever"?
"I am sorry, sir, but really I must
beg that you wili excuse me."
"Certainly, Mr. President, certainly,
v I merely wished to say that I am the
first golfer that ever made a 276-yard'
drive with a niblick."
"Oh, I thought you were going to tell
me you were the first man that ever
supported me for the presidency. Sit
down! sit down! By the way, can't
you have lunch here and go out and
have a game with me this afternoon?"
?Chicago Record-Herald.
wnly a Secondary Matter.?"Yes,"
said the affable theatrical manager,
"our next production Is to be something
really wonderful In the way of comic
opera."
"Got something new?" asked the Interviewer.
"Yes, Indeed. I have engaged Drlllam
Daily, the famous stage manager,
to devi^ the evolutions and groupings
of the chorus. I have retained Cuttan
Fltten, the celebrated costumer, to plan
and prepare the garments worn by the
principals and the chorus, and I have
engaged Redden Taller, the renowned
scenic artist, to execute the stage settings.
Can you beat that?"
"But who are to write the music and
the libretto?"
"Pooh!. Haven't had time to think
about that yet."
1/ CI An EVicrlluh
UlUri * rxriuvY ms ? )) ?"-o>
woman who not long ago moved to
Kansas City, Kan., met a friend on the
street the other day, says the Times,
and startled her by asking:
"Do you know where I can find a
joint?"
"A Joint?" gasped the friend. "What
on earth do you want to find a Joint
for?"
"Why. Just a natural craving. I've
been looking all over town for one."
"Goodness!" exclaimed the other, who
belonged to the W. C. T. U. Then, to
be sure the Englishwoman was not
joking, she asked:
"Do you mean a liquor joint?"
"Never heard of such a thing," was
the reply. "I mean a Joint of mutton,
of course."
A Philosopher.?Some time ago there
was a flood in western Pennsylvania.
An old fellow who had lost nearly everything
he possessed was sitting on
the roof of the house as it floated along
when a boat approached.
' tieuo, jonn.
"Hello, Dave."
"Are your fowls all washed away,
John?"
"Yes, but the ducks can swim," replied
the old man.
"Apple trees gone?"
"Well, they said the crop would be
a failure, anyhow."
"I see the flood's away above your
window."
"That's all right, Dave. Them winders
needed washin', anyhow."
The Court Painters.?"A movement
was on foot for the alliance of King
Charles of Wurttemburg and the Grand
Duchess Olga of Russia," said an artist.
"An emissary of the Russian court
came to the young king, laid certain
proposals before him and submitted a
portrait in oils of the royal lady. King
Charles, after a close scrutiny, said:
" 'This portrait flatters over-much.
The eyes are too large and brilliant, the
VioIr. ahnmlunt the onmnlpvinn ton
flowerlike and the neck and arms too
beautiful altogether.'
" "But, your ma. ?sty,' said the astonished
Russian, 'you do not know
the grand duchess.'
" 'No,' said the king, 'but I know
court painters.'"
The Generous Lawyer.?A Boston
lawyer tells this story on another lawyer
named Ames, who was retained as
counsel for a man who stepped in a
hole in the street and broke his leg,
says Lippincott's. Suit was brought
against the city in the sum of one
thousand dollars, and Ames won the
case. The city appealed to the supreme
court, but here also the verdict was in
favor of Ames' client.
After settling up the claim, Ames
handed his client a silver dollar.
"What is this for?" asked the man.
"That is what is left after taking
out my fee, the cost of appeal, and
other expenses.
The man regarded the dollar a moment,
then looked at Ames.
"What is the matter with this?" he
asked. "Is it bad?"
gftisrcllanrouji grading.
TO HANDLE COTTON CROP.
Farmers' Union Has Agreed Upon a
Plan.
Columbia State, Saturday.
The county presidents of the Farmers'
Union of the state of South Carollno
met yesterday morning-, passed
resolutions indorsing the warehousing
plan for handling and marketing cotton,
passed a number of general resolutions
and adjourned.
The executive committee met at 10
o'clock and remained In executive session
until 11 a. m., when it was announced
that the meeting would be
open, to hear addresses from Gov. M.
F. Ansel and others.
This meeting was called to order by
the state president, Mr. B. Harris, who
introduced Mr. R. Beverly Herbert, vice
president of the Chamber of Commerce
of this city, who welcomed the visitors.
Gov. Ansel, who was then introduced,
seconded the welcome extended by the
preceding speaker, but said a formal
welcome was hardly In place, because
I It was too much like welcoming a man
to his own house. He said the farmer
is the bone and sinew of the country,
and that he ought to be considered one
of them, because he sold a little cotton
himself He complimented the farmers
on the great work in which they are
engaged, and urged the necessity of
good roads. Said he felt an interest in
every public measure and enterprise
undertaken in this great state, and
while he was the governor of the people,
he was deeply sensible that he was
the servant of the people.
Mr. T. B. Stackhouse, president of
the State Bankers' association and of
the Standard Warehouse company, was
next Introduced. By way of introduction
he said he could not make a
speech and that knowing this, the committee
had given him a wide latitude
by assigning to him everything included
in the book from Genesis to Revelation
for his text. Then he plunged
into a practical talk on cotton and cotton
marketing. He said it is a big
subject. The gist of his argument in
presenting the matter was that it
would be impracticable for the farmers
to carry out the programme as outlined
In the State, for the reason that there
is not sufficient money in the state or
in the southern states available to
handle the crop and hold it while making
another crop.
A Practical Address.
To market the cotton crop of the
south requires that the bankers who
locally supply the cash must go to the
north and east for the money to do It
with. It Is a fact, he said, that the
financiers will not supply that money
as long as the cotton remains in warehouses
owned by the corporations that
issue the certificates of storage. He
said that there must be an absolute
divorcement of interest in the property
when the cotton passes out of the hands
of the producer or the owner of It and
into the hands of the warehouseman.
This is the security that the moneyed
men demand.
When the cotton is sold the certiflna
to must bp ir Dossession of some one
not interested in the warehouse in
which it has been stored. He said that
such a proceeding would be like a
banker loaning money to a man and
then telling him he might keep the
evidences of the loan in his own possession.
In a 'ocal way, in comparatively small
transactions, he said, where the parties
are known to the banks and ihe
banks have the money in their possession
to do business, there is no trouble
on this score; but when it comes to
gclnc away from home to the money
centres in the north and east for cash
to do this kind cf business it becomes
a different sort of proposition. Those
men demand the security, and they
must know the security is there and
that it can not be removed. Warehouse
receipts given by men who own
the cotton which is stored In their own
warehouses are not considered security
by men who have no respect for
anything but abstract business.
Mr. Stackhouse stated that the capacity
of all the warehouses in the
state, exclusive of the mill warehouses.
Is about 140,000 bales. He said if the
Farmers' Union would undertake to
carry out their project of amalgamating
the warehouses and conducting
the business, they must prepare to take
care of 275,000 bales in this state. He
did not think it was possible to take
care of the crop and handle it through
small warehouses, scattered over a
large area. The cost of their maintenance
is too great, and would eat up
the profits on the product. He said
large warehouses would have to be
built at the railroad centres. He recommended
that the farmers co-operate
with the companies owning warehouses
outside of those owned by the Unions.
He emphasized the statement that
eastern moneyed men are dubious even
about warehouses not owned by the
interests they control, even when their
own men are in charge of them.
The speaker also called attention to
the fact that the cost of bonding men
in charge of the business would be so
enormous as 10 ue proiuuuive. i nc
banks in this state have more confidence
in the standard warehouse management
than in any other system of
warehouses in the south. Further, he
said that no warehouse costing less
than $10,000 can be made to pay.
The talk was considerably more at
length but these were the essential
features of it. It was listened to attentively,
and the speaker was often
interrupted by questions from those
present.
Mr. F. H. Hyatt.
Mr. F. H. Hyatt was the next speaker.
His talk was epigrammatic, but
flowed with the fluency of the practiced
speaker. His was an entirely different
method of expression from that of Mr.
Stackhouse, but it meant the same
thing. He got applause, and the things
he said sank deep into the minds of
the farmers who heard him. He emuhasized
the bigness of the cotton
proposition, and predicating his argument
upon the fact that but two men
out of every hundred make a success
financially in life, he said that the
chances were very long against the
Union succeeding along the lines indicated
in the plan proposed.
It takes $80,000,000 to handle a year's
crop, and this money in silver would
fill a train of cars 40 miles long. To
handle this business is the thing the
Union is about to undertake, and with
its inexperience, what chances would
it have of success? He advised diversification
of crops. He said the farmers
of the south annually lose $12,000,000
to $15,000,000 by damage to their
cotton because they do not take care of
It. They leave It out in the weather
and it deteriorates in quality and de
creased in value. His talk ably seconded
that of Mr. Stackhouse.
At the conclusion of these speeches 1
the meeting adjourned for a few minutes
while the visitors were excused,
and then went into executive session
to deliberate upon the course to be '
adopted with reference to the plan pro- 1
posed by President Barrett Thursday 1
night.
The action of the Union farmers Is
indicated by the resolutions passed after
due deliberation and discussion of 1
the pros and cons during the remainder 1
of the meeting yesterday. That action 1
was the formal indorsement of the
warehouse plan proposed by President
C. S. Barrett of the National Farmers'
Union, and its adoption by the Union 1
farmers of the state of South Carolina
as far as the authority of this body I
extends.
Official Action Taken.
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This plan is ior me orguniKuiiuu mm
incorporation of a Union consolidated !
warehouse company, subscriptions to
the capital stock of which may be paid
in cash, or In real and personal proper- 1
ty, or in the assets of similar or other I
cotton warehouse companies at their 1
reasonable value and also the right to <
pay for such assets of similar or other
cotton warehouse companies Incorpor- i
ated or unincorporated, by issuing to 1
such other or similar warehouse com- I
panies its common or other stock in <
exchange for their assets, including I
warehouse buildings, franchises, good <
will, etc., upon such fair terms of pur- i
chase of exchange as may be agreed
upon by its board of directors of said I
Union consolidated warehouse com- I
pany, and said similar or other ware- l
house companies, or their stockhold- 1
ers or owners; with the right, by said i
sale or exchange of its said stock, to
completely buy, merge and own such i
other or similar warehouse companies, 1
? * ~ oxxii Hu etfiok fnr a 3
or lu cAciiaiigc v?? ov? ? ......
part of the capital stock, or other 1
holdings or assets of other or similar i
warehouse companies, incorporated or
unincorporated. . i
The business of this corporation of ,
farmers will be to buy, build, own, lease i
and operate warehouses for the storing ]
of cotton throughout the southern i
states; to engage in the business of i
storing and warehousing cotton and ]
other farm products for hire, to issue l
negotiable or non-negotiable warehouse I
receipts or cotton certificates, as need- ]
ed, upon cotton or other farm products <
stored In any of the warehouses own- i
er or controlled by the corporation, and
to provide for securing and guarantee- !
inv hv nledirine all or any part of its ]
physical or other assets, or by obtain- <
Ing other guarantees, at the discretion i
of Its board of directors; to buy and <
sell cotton and other products for It- i
self, or as agent or trustee for Its 1
stockholders, or other persons or cor- ]
poratlons, upon commission. <
To aid its members or stockholders
In borrowing money upon their cotton I
or other products when safely stored j
in the warehouses of either of them, ]
of said corporation, upon its guaranteed <
receipts; also to borrow money upon its
own initiative for the purpose of lending
same to its stockholders upon their
cotton, or other farm products, as /
pledge or collateral, and to mortgage
or pledge Its own assets to also further
secure such loans, for the purpose
among other things, of enabling such
stockholders to hold their cotton, etc., ,
in their efforts to secure fair and better
prices therefor. ,
No one may be a stockholder In this ,
corporation who is not a member of the ,
Farmers' Educational and Co-operative ,
ITnlr?n of America.
A warehouse company, the ownership
of whose stock Is exclusively held
by members of said Farmers' Educational
and Co-operative Union-of America,
may buy and own shares of stock
In the corporation In Its own behalf,
but may not dispose of or sell the same
to any one not a member of said Farmers'
Educational and Co-operative
Union of America without first offering
same to this corporation and allowing
ic 90 days within which to cancel said
stock on Its own books and pay par
value therefor.
Jn case of the death of a stockholder,
then his executor or administrator
must first offer for sale the stock to
the board of directors of this corporation.
The meeting adopted resolutions that
Commissioner Watson and a committee
from the Union wait on the president
of the United States to get him
to send abroad an agent to get Information
from the manufacturers there.
Live Stock Man Wanted. I
The State Farmers' Union has in- ^
dorsed the request of commissioner
Watson asking for a government man
to be located here to look after the
live stock industry of the state. The
Union realizing the good that has been
done here by the state agent of farm
demonstration work and that much
good could be accomplished by having
a man here to do the live stock work
adopted the following resolution:
"Resolved, That the Farmers' Union
of South Carolina hereby Indorses the
request of the state department of
agriculture of the secretary of agriculture
of the United States, bureau of
animal industry, to detail one or more
field experts from the bureau, to be
stationed in the state for the purpose
of advising, directing and assisting
those engaged in or about to engage in
live stock raising, particularly in the
raising of beef cattle."
The Clemson summer schools for instruction
of farmers was indorsed.
Also resolutions thanking Prof. J. N.
Harper, Commissioner Watson, Congressman
Lever and others for protecting
the interests of the farmers in the
Payne tariff bill fertilizer proposition.
Also indorsing the L. A. Greene cotton
grader, a machine said to be
smarter than the cotton buyers.
And this resolution:
"Resolved, That this body wishes to .
again put on record its full appreciation
of the value of the United States
farm demonstration work In South
Carolina and the excellent results being
obtained by this work under the
direction of the state agent, Prof. Ira
Williams, in his policy of close co-operation
with the state authorities and
this organization, and that Dr. Knapp
be and is hereby requested to Increase
the scope and extent of this work in
South Carolina as rapidly as possible.
Long, Long Thoughts.?The following
golf story has been associated with
the name of Cscar Asche. He began
a round rather badly, but at length got
in it ifitiiy t'lt'un mhii. i ui 11111& Ilir> '
caddie, a dour Scotch youth, he said: ?
"Now, then, I'm not the worst player
you've carried for, am I?" There was i
no reply. Later on, a long putt was i
successfully holed, and Mr. Asche cried ?
again: "What did I tell you? I'm not (
the worst player you've carried for, am i
I?" There was a long pauze. Then r
the caddie replied: "Man, I'm just 1
thlnkin'!"?M. A. P. t
RAW DRUQ8.
Castor Oil Comet as Pretty Little
Brown and Black Bean.
Upon going Into a pharmacy and
looking over the mysterious Jars and
bottles and boxes that line the shelves
did you ever wonder where on earth
all of the drugs came from and how
they appeared before they were ground
up and made Into oils or dried or pulverized
or crystallized Into queer
Bhaped lumps? Each jar and box
Beems to hide some secret which you
Immediately become curious to solve.
How many different lands do they represent?
And, after they leave the Jars
that hold them now, what are they
made Into?
Who, for example, would connect a
great pile of dry, thin twigs, neatly tied
11 nnn,nnnMl1lnO
II11U small uuiiuirs, mui nai sapai ma.
These twigs are the creeping roots and
rootlets of a prickly shrub that grows
In Jamaica, and they are worth from
10 to 50 cents a pound.
Somewhat similar in appearance ta
Ipecacuanha, which also comes to us
In dry twigs, which are part of the
trailing root of a plant found in the
damp forests of Brazil.
These roots receive no preparation
save drying before they are shipped off
to the United States. They are packed
In large sacks, and the workmen who
apen the bales must beware of breathing
the pungent, irritating dust given
off, which is productive of unpleasant
results if incautiously Inhaled.
Castor oil, too, is hard to recognize
In the pretty little brown bean, spotted
with black and with polished skins,
that arrive in bags from India. They
look far too attractive to suggest the
much hated dose of our early days.
Aloes, the base of many nauseous
medicines, may be seen in its crude
form as a solid mass resembling brown
sealing wax, joacked in heavy wooden
boxes, from which it is chipped out in
Flakes with a chisel and hammer.
It is of different qualities and prices,
according to whether it comes from
Arabia, Socotra or the West Indies, and
may bring any sum from $4 to $45 per
hundredweight. Aloes is the Juice ol
the big fleshy leaves of the plant ol
that name. This Juice is pressed or evaporated
from the leaves and poured into
chests or kegs in a semifluid state,
hardening presently into a solid block.
Not infrequently it is inclosed in the
dry skins of monkeys and in this
jtmnsre form brought to market.
One of the most interesting: of drugs
Is opium, both on acount of its awful
potency and by reason of its great
yalue. A case of opium, about 225
pounds, is worth $400 roughly. The
;aes is of rough deal lined with tin
md contains a number of soft, dark
lumps, like large handfuls of dough
packed very closely together in a
luantlty of dry, chaffy seeds.
The opium which reaches America
is of two qualities, one for medicine,
md other for smoking, and comes from
Persia and Asia Minor, China and InJla.?St.
Louis Republic.
HATCHED OUT HAWKS' EGGS.
\ Citizen, Country Born, Recalls an
Experiment of His Youth.
"Just for the mischief of the thing
md to see how she would act," said a
:ltizen up state born, "I being then a
way back urchin of inquiring mind, I
jet a pet bantam duck of mine to
latching out a couple of hawk eggs.
Whether the experiment was a success
n its results depends somewhat on
:he way ycu look at It.
"I purloined the eggs from the
lawk's nest in an old dead tree back In
:he Bald Hill woods when the old hawks
were off their Job temporarily; but I
was intercepted by them before I got
roo Thpv HowaH and
clutched at me the fiercest kind, but I
jot away with the eggs.
"I lost a yellow corduroy cap I was
wearing at the time, though, for It was
tnocked off my head or was snatched
>ff by one of the hawks?I don't know
which?and the old birds were making
t so warm for me that I didn't dare
Jtop long enough to recover the cap,
jut journeyed out of those woods and
lome with the eggs as fast as my legs
svould let me.
"I hadn't thought of setting the eggs
jnder the duck, but she was making a
jreat fuss to set on something or other
and so I let her ease her longing with
:he stolen hawk eggs. She went right
it the Job, and I got the old gun and
went back to rescue my yellow cordu"oy
cap, which I was very fond of. The
lawks were nowhere to be seen when
[ got to the spot neither was the cap.
[ supposed the hawks, having no other
way to revenge themselves, had carried
the cap away with them. I came
lome feeling sore.
"The duck hatched eggs out all right,
put the sight of the big-headed, bigeyed,
big hook-billed, fierce looking
pair of cutters she had brought Into the
world gave her such a scare that she
waddled away as fast as her short
egs would carry her, muttering all
jorts of agitated duck talk. Only once
lid she come back for a look at that
lueer result of her incubation.
"She approached the nest slowly and
cautiously. At the sign of her coming
30th hawKHngs?tnere were oniy iwu?
threw their big beaks open. They
ivere expecting something to eat.
"The duck turned and fled. She
lever stopped until she got to the duck
pond, clear across the road. She
plunged Into the pond, swam a few
Jtrokes and dived out of sight. I don't
<now whether she thought those bristIng
critters were hard on her trail or
lot, but she didn't come to the surface
mtll she was half way across the pond.
There she rested and looked back. Although
she saw she was safe she never
ventured closer to those hawklings
igaln than the edge of the pond.
"The experiment was a howling success
so far as the fun of it was concerned
anyhow, but I had the hawks on
my hands. I could have killed 'em of
course, and that's what I would have
lone, but I thought maybe It would be
ilce to have a couple of live hawks In
captivity and I concluded I would raise
them.
"One of them died very young. The
ether one thrived and grew to be a flne
specimen of a hen hawk under my
care, and I used to go out and look at
tilm In the big cage I kept him In, fastened
to a post In the back yard, and
feel proud.
"One day along In July there came
jp a gale that tore the hawk cage from
ts fastenings on the post and my hawk
escaped. He flew to the dead limb of
i tall tree down back of the barn.
"He sat there looking so lonesome
inH sorrv that I scorned a suggestion
ny folks made about taking the gun
md making a sure enough good hawk
)f him by killing him and went and
Igged his cage up again and put some
ilce chopped beef In It, believing that
le would return to his old home. I
lldn't know hawks.
"He sat there so long and quiet that
I was on the point of going: out and
climbing the tree and helping him back (
home when out of the pond waddled my
pet bantam duck. She sauntered toward
the barnyard.
"E saw my haw!: straighten up.
Then there was swoop a squawk, a 1
short struggle and away sailed the 1
hawk with my duck in his claws and
he disappeared in the Bald Hill woods. 1
I was very fond of that duck, as I had 1
been of my yellow corduroy cap, and so
her loss was another blow to me. 1
"About that time glaring big bills be- 1
gan to appear on the barns and wa- i
1 gon sheds announcing that the circus 1
was coming to town, and as father
told me I could go to town and see the 1
' circus come in on show day and more- I
' over could go to the show itself in the I
afternoon I began to feel better.
"Show day came and I went to town ]
1 to see the show come in and with two
shillings In my pocket to go to see it 1
pciiuim.
1 "By and by in the crowd of others
who were waiting: at the edge of town 1
' to see the show come In what should |
rise in full view of me, but my beloved <
and mourned yellow corduroy cap! It i
crowned the woolly head of Black Dan i
Sykes's boy Joe, who lived in the 1
squatters' settlement over back of Bald
Hill. Forgetful of all else I made a t
grab for that cap and got It. Black ]
Dan's boy Joe made a grab for me and I
got me. I
"I never knew Just how It happened, i
but when my cousin Sam Fletcher got ?
me away from Joe both eyes were going
shut and they soon went entirely i
shut and wouldn't come open. And it 1
was a day or so before they did come
all the way open and then the show l
had come in, performed and gone miles 1
and miles away.
"That's about the way that experi- 1
ment of mine with hawk eggs and <
ducks panned out. Whether it was a i
success or not depends somewhat on 1
the*way you look at It, as I said be- i
1 fore." I
I _
> Destroying'Tradition.?An Iconoclast, ^
> In the person of Dr. Eduard Engel, In
a lecture recently delivered before the (
members of a literary society In Hamburg,
on "The Legend of Charlotte von j
Stein," tore to pieces all the illusion
which clustered around her name. He
i i
t showed by old letters and other docu1
i
ments that the woman to whom Goethe
, had written 1,600 letters which portrayed
the Innermost thoughts of his mind '
and heart despised all that was noble.
She called all literary people "fools,"
and made sport of them. When Schil- ^
ler died she congratulated his family,
saying that It was better to live alone
than to be compelled to abide In the (
neighborhood of "unnatural company."
The lecturer ended the discourse by say- (
Ing that Goethe's letters to Charlotte
will now be read "with feelings of sympathy
for the unselfish love and ad- '
nlratlnn tr\T- tho nltfl'a hminHlpilfl llTl- '
agination which formed a goddess out j
of this nothing."
m . I
<tv "Give me two seats, center orches- '
tra, fifth row, for October 20, 1912."
"Are you crazy?" 1
"Very likely; but 1 thought I might
get ahead of your speculators on the '
sidewalk."?Puck. 1
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Loans and Discounts:
^ Time Loans
J Demand Loans
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Stocks and Bonds:
^ U. S. Bonds to Secure Ci
^ tion
J Other Bonds
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Cfl Overdrafts, secured and unse
0Q Due from Banks and Bankei
^ Cash and Cash Items
^ 5 Per Cent. Redemption Ft
(Total
FIRST
IAS?
Loans and Discounts:
Time Loans
Demand 'Loans
Stocks and Bonds
I Due from Banks and Bankt
THE AMERICA
&Q P. W. IiAFREN
TILEO. COCHEU, Jr., C. P
Vice President and Se<
<3 NEW YORK: 100 E
33rd St. a
^ To the President and DIrecto
. Gentlemen: We hai
^ as shown by the accompanyi
j That we have verlfle
Capital Stock, Bills Payable
inai yuur maua aic
HThat you carry depc
of Rock Hill.
That since our last t
and have made net profits ol
J That you carry Insu
/-s That officers and mei
That our accountant
& You are to be comr
PQ the conscientious work of em
^ Approved: Theo. Cocheu, Jr
^ Attest: A. B. Lafrentz, For
I Mr. W. J. RODDEY, Pr
We, the undersig
tional Union Bank and T1
of all the loans of these tv
Banks hold a very fine cla
WHY A MAN MARRIE8.
Some of the Many Reasons He Has
For Tempting Fate.
Why does a man marry?
For many different reasons; but first,
last and all the time?because he wants
to.
I have little faith in the piteous tales
that are told describing man as a victim
led to the altar.
He may marry because he wants a
flrl'8 love, or her money, or because he
wants a wife; but you can always be
fnlghtlly sure that he wants something.
He Is no sacrificed lamb.
Sometimes a man makes desperate
love to a girl when he has no serious
Intentions. If such a man gets caught
In his own net it serves him right.
The average man marries for the simple
reason that he has fallen In love.
That it is love alone which prompts
his wooing is fully proven by some of
the ill-mated married couples we see.
If an earnest young fellow falls in
love with an empty-headed doll of a
girl, nothing on earth can persuade him
if the foolishness of his choice. He
must marry her and find out from personal
experience that she Is not the
wife for him.
There is no sadder sight in the world
than that of two mlsmated young people
starting out on life's Journey together.
The man might be a splendid
fellow if married to some woman who
understood him and knew how to bring
/ui xiao i/coi quaimco, |
The woman might be a splendid woman
If married to some man who
brought out the best side of her nature.
Apart they might amount to something;
together they are a miserable
Failure.
Such 'domestic tragedies are usually
the result of. brief acquaintance and
:ourtshlp. When a man Is about to
marry he should look for a mate as
(veil as a wife. Congeniality Is the
Foundation of a happy marriage. Life
Is not all courtship and honeymoon,
you know, young people.
The stern realities of life must be
Faced and accepted.
If you can walk down the years of
time as stanch, true companions as well
is married sweethearts, then you are
Indeed well mated.
A stalwart, athletic Adonis may
make a very captivating suitor, but find
3ut if his heart and brain are as well
developed as his body before you give
rour heart into his keeping, little malJen.
Don't take the most important step
)f your life with your pretty eyes
ollnded by infatuation.
It makes no difference how handsome
i man is; what you have to think about
is how good he is.
And no matter why a man marries,
It is of the utmost importance that he
:hoose a girl who will be a wise and
food wife and mother. You may think
i certain girl plain, but wait until you
see her face transfigured and beautified
by love. Most of you marry for
love, but be sure that your love is well
placed, that the girl and yourself are
thoroughly suited to each other.
Be very sure that you can not live
without her before you ask her to share
pour life. Bear in mind that a man
s either made or marred by his mar*iage.?Philadelphia
Bulletin.
TELY SAFE ??I
Which
IS Spell
Nationai
ROCK HILL, SOI
Statement of Condition Mt
sets. n
$679,578 51
? 90,520 96
$770,099 47
rcula
$200,000 00
123,500 oo
323?5?o oo
:cured 746 26
s 111,842 43
46,296 36
ind... 8,500 00
$1,260,984 52
TRUST AN]
ROCK HILL, SO
Statement of Condition Ms
1ETS.
$132,181 37
98,781 12
$230,962 49
. . . . . 1X)U4^ WW
TS . . 92,059 93
$334.647 42
N AUDIT C0MPA1V
TZ, C. P. A., President. ,
. A., A. F. LAFRE: TZ,
sretary. 'Aeasurer.
Iroadway;
ind Bth Ave., (Waldorf-Asto ia).
>rs of The National Union Eank and 1
re made an examination of the above
ng statements of condition, and certlf
d the Loans and Discounts, Stocks and
and Re-discounts and ceruncaies ui i
well distributed among a large numb
sits from the United Stater Governme
ixamination, February 27th, 1907, you
' $53,374.60.
ranee against burglary, sufficiently lar
mbers of the clerical force are bonded,
s took charge, and commenced the ex
nended upon the safety of your lnsttti
ployees.
Respectfully submitted,
Vice President.
Secretary.
esident:
jned Committee, appointed by yo
le First Trust and Saving* Bank,
vo institutions, and find them, in o
ss of paper.
iaxmosav ? <
f We Will I
| Give $15.00 j
| In Gash for |
jtheThree Best!
? Advertisements t
ft $5.00 for the best Stieff A
? Piano advertisement.' 3
$5.00 for the best Shaw
k Piano advertisement. ?
J $5.00 for the best Stieff and 5
I Shaw Piano advertisement T
Z combined. Z
Mr. John Ross of the Char
d lotte Observer and Chroni- d
{ cle; Mr. Birch of the Char- ?
lotte News; Mr. Withers of
d the Columbia State; and Mr. d
$ J. F. Jacobs of the Religious ?
Syndicate, Clinton, S. C.f
L will act as judges. Contest d
u open until June 1st, 1909. 0
Open to everyone. Send
fa your ad. to fa
i m- . ? ## 2
!Chas. M. Stiett ?
Manufacturer of the
Artistic Stieff Shaw and ?
StiefF Selfplayer Pianos 1
SOUTHERN WAREROOM. ,
5 W. Trade St. 2
CHARLOTTE N. C. }
J C. H. WILMOTH, S
Manager. A
Mention this paper. <
Truman D. Turner Hugh O. Brown
TURNER * BROWN.
LIVERY AND FEED STABLES
Yorkville - - - 8. C.
We are here to give the public First
Class Service, and will be glad to show
our appreciation of any patronage
that may be tendered us.
TURNER A BROWN.
22 t 3m.
TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS.
ALL persons Indebted to the estate
of WALLACE RAMSEY, deceased,
are hereby notified to make payment
to the undersigned at once. Persons
having claims against said estate,
should present them duly authentic&texA
wUhin tVm Hmo hv lflW.
ELI AS RAMSEY. Admr.
Yorkvllle, S. C., April 20, 1909.
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WW Is your Printed matter a fair rapreMntative
of your buainaaa? See
The Enquirer for the Beet Job Printing.
?? ABSOLUTEL
PROGI
. Union ]
UTH CAROLINA
irch 18, 1909 (Condensed).
CAPITAL AND 1
Capital Stock
Surplus and Undivided Profits:
Surplus
Undivided Profits
Circulation
Deposits:
Individual, Etc
Due to Banks and Bankers ..
Bills Payable and Rediscounts.
Bonds Borrowed
Total
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D SAVINGS
UTH CAROLINA
irch 18, 1909 (Condensed.)
CAPITAL AND 1
Capital Stock
Surplus and Undivided Profits:
Surplus
Undivided Profits
Deposits
Bills Payable and Re-Discoun
ry 5!ii
FOURTH NATIONAl
[Tie First Trust and Savings Bank, Roc
named Institutions as at the close of
y to the following:
I Bonds, Accounts of Banks and Ban*
)eposlt, and have found them correct
ier of your depositors,
nt, the State of South Carolina, the C
have increased in deposits, >260,609
ge to cover the usual amount of cash
amlnation without the previous knowl
ution, due to the close personal sup
THE AMERICAN A
Per C. B. Bldwell,
Rock Hill, S. 1
ur Board of Directors to examin<
beg to report that we have made
ur opinion, safe and perfectly g<
Yours very truly,
J. M. CHEF
J. E. RODE
M MVS A13XI1
. professional fljards.
W. W. LEWIS A
ATTORNEY AT LAW
YORKVILLE . . - . & C.
Office Opposite the Court House on
west liberty Street. |
A. T. OABTWBIGHT
SURGBON DBNTIST
YORKVILLE, 8. C.
jflft OFFICE HOURS:
9 sm. tc ' pm.; 2 pnt. to 6 pm.
Office upstairs in the Mqpre buildin*
over L W. Johnson's store.
~JOHN R. HART
ATTORNEY AT LAW
-No. 8 law Range
YORKVILLE, 8. C.
J. 8. BRICE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Office Opposite Court Houm. ^
Prompt attention to all legal business
or whatever nature.
GEO. W. S. HART,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
YORKVILLE, 8. C.
2 Law Range. 'Phone Office No. 68
D. E. Finley. Marion B. Jennings.
FINLEY & JENNINGS,
YORKVILLE, 8. C.
Office in Wilson Building, .opposite
Court House. Telephont No. 128.
LODGE
EMBLEM *
CARDS
THB JOB PRINTING DEPART- J
MENT OF THB ENQUIRER OFFICE
IS PREPARED TO FURNISH
ON SHORT NOTICE EMBTiRM ADDRESS
CARDS FOR ALL LODGES
AND SOCIETIES.
The Cards are of food quality of
stock and the design or emblem of
the order is embossed in appropriate
colors and gold. Ihe Price for 100
Cards, Including Printing of Name
and Names and Numbers of Lodges, m
is $1.60. Mail Orders will receive
prompt attention.
We can furnish Emblem Cards for
the following Fraternal Orders:
Blue Lodge, F. and A. M.
Royal Arch Masons.
F. & A. m. and R. A. m. combined. |
Knights Templar.
Shrine and Shrine combinations*
K. T., R. A. M., and F. a A. m.
Woodmen of the World.
Order Railway Conductors.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
Firemen and Trainmen.
Jr. O. V. A. M.
If you are a member of a Secret
Order you should have Cards giving
your name and the lodges to which
you belong. Cards are especially desirable
when traveling, and make
good souvenirs of good times.
Address ^
L. M. GRIST'S SONS ~
JOB PRINTING DEPT.
YORKVUiLE g. O.
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cers, Cash, and Cash Items, Cj
as shown by your books. ,
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ounty of York and the City
61; in assets, 8617,400.17; F*
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on hand. ^
edge of your employees. ^ ^
ervision of its offlcers, and ^
UDIT COMPANY, "
Resident Vice President.
C., April aist, 1909.
; the Loans of The Na- I
a thorough examination
5od. As a whole, your I
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