^tumorous Jlrpavtmrnt. Checkmate. The clerk in the general store in one of the seaport villages of Connecticut was the checker champion. He couhl beat all the regulars who hung about, and there were some good players among them. One day a little weather-beaten man came in and watched the clerk clean up a villager six times handrunning. At the close of the sixth game the old man asked: "What is that there game you air playin*?" "Checkers," said the clerk. "Checkers. A game of skill and brains. Don't you know it?" The old man shook his head. "Come on." invited the clerk; "I'll show you. It's a great game. It's easy to learn:" and he winked at the hangers-on. The little man was willing. They sat down and the clerk explained the theory and won the first game so easily that everybody laughed. The clerk took the second game, but not so easily. "You're doin' fine." encouraged the clerk. "Try another." The clerk won this one. but just by a pinch. "Great!" he said to his opponent. "You will be quite a checker pluyer after a while, but I'll say to you that I hain't bin playin' my best game. Now I'll set 'em again, and I'll show you some real checker playin'. It's your move." The little man studied a minute, made an opening and then went systematically to work and beat the clerk in jigtime. The clerk insisted on another game and was defeated even more decisively. The little man put it all over him for seven more games. Then the clerk, no longer the -checker champion of the South Shore, said angrily: "I thought you said you didn't know this game." ^? /alio,. ronliprl the little man. "I bin whalin' outen this water for forty-two year, and whalin* up north, at that. Twenty-seven of them years I spent frozen fast to the ice. What do you suppose I did frozen up there all them twenty-seven years?"? Saturday Evening Post. The Boy Knew. Dr. J. M. Buckley, the well-known editor and divine, addressing a New York City Sunday school, related an < incident that greatly interested the i children. He told of meeting a ragged, hungry-looking little girl in the street on a wintry day, and when he i questioned her she recited a pitiful 1 tale of a sick mother and younger ( brothers and sisters without food. < After giving her a silver dollar the 1 good doctor followed at a safe distance j to see what she would do with the money. 1 "Now, children, what do you sup- 1 pose was the first thing she bought [ with that dollar?" said Dr. Buckley. . "Hands up!" < Up went the hands, and one child 1 after another ventured a guess, but , none proved correct. Finally a little I boy whose upraised hand alone re- ' malned was asked for his answer to j the question. i "A basket," he sang out. "Correct." said the doctor: "there's J a boy who thinks. Now. son. come , up here on the platform and tell us ' why you think it was a basket." < After considerable coaxing the boy reached the platform, but seemed unwilling to talk. "Go on," urged the i doctor. "I want these boys and girls j to learn to think, too." The boy still hesitated, and Dr. Buckley took from his pocket a silver I quarter. "I'll give you this." he said, "if you'll tell us what makes you think , the little girl bought a basket first." I "Be-be-cause," stammered the youngster, at last moved by the sight ; of the money. "I was over in Hoboken last Sunday and heard you tell the ' story there."?Harper's Magazine. Motherly Care. The judge of the juvenile court, ed searchingly from the discreet and leaning forward in his chair, lookvery ragged piccaninny before his desk to the ample and solicitous form of the culprit's mother. "Why do you send him to the railroad yards to pick up coal?" demanded his honor. "You know it is against the law to send your child where he will be in jeopardy of his life." "'Deed, jedge, I doesn't send 'im: I nebber has sent 'im. 'deed " "Doesn't he bring home the coal?" interrupted the judge, impatiently. "But. jedge. I whips 'im. jedge. ebery time he brings it. I whips de ""I* 'nncooHnn till he CaVll't Set, Meed, I does." The careful disciplinarian turned her broad, shiny countenance reproving upon her undisturbed offspring. but kept a conciliatory eye for the judge. "You burn the coal he brings, do you not?" persisted the judge. "Hums it?burns it?cose I burns it. W'y jedge. I has to git it out ol> de way." "Why don't you send him back with it?" His honor smiled insinuatingly as he rasped out the question. "Send 'im back, jedge!" exclaimed the woman, throwing up her hands in a gesture of astonishment. "Send 'im back! W'y. jedge. ain't yo' jest told me I didn't oughter send my chile to no such dange'some and jeopardous place?"?Youth's Companion. Jim's Diplomacy. Harry Laughliu. the billiard expert, says the Cleveland Header, told at an exhibition game in Toledo a billiard story. "Once, when I had my own parlor in Columbus." he said. "I was a good deal disturbed by the loss of chalk. Chalk disappeared at a tremendous rate, and I said to my helper : er. "Keep a better eye on the chalk. Jim. I'm no millionaire." "I know the gents wot pockets the chalk. Mr. Laughlin." Jim said; "but they're reg'lar customers. I guess von wouldn'a want to offend 'em. would you?" "Well. n?>." I said: "I wouldn't. You might give th?-m a gentle hint, though. I'se your diplomacy." "Jim. T found out later, used his diplomacy that night, lie walked up to one of my best patrons that had just pocketed a piece of chalk, and said: "You're in the milk business, ain't you. sir?" "Yes. Why?" the patron asked. "I thought so." said Jim. "from the amount of chalk you carry away. The boss likes enterprise, and he told me to tell you that if you wanted a bucket of water now and then you could have one and welcome." And She Knew.?A wise woman once said that there were three fellies of men which always amused her. The first was climbing trees to shake the fruit down, when, if they would wait long enough, the fruit would fall itself. The second was going to war to kill each other, when, if they only waited, they would die naturally, and the third was that they should run after women, when, if they did not do so. the women would be sure to run after them.? Atchison Globe. ittiscrtlanrous grading. FROM NEIGHBORING EXCHANGES News and Comment About Things In and Around the Country. Chester Lantern, August 19: The men in behind the movement for the Chester county fair, which opens for a inree uays mt-ei mi wiuun -..m, are busy arranging the details for the occasion. Tho fight for the retention of the (\ & X. \V.. necessitated a little delay in geiting together the details for the fair, but now that this work is about in shape the backers of the county fair are going to work with a vim and intend shortly to give out the list of premiums and publish the programme for the fair. Kvery day. farmers in all sections of the county are signifying their intention to put on exhibits of their farm products and the outlook is that the Chester county fair is going to beat all others in this part of the state. The Yorkville Enquirer and the Columbia Record are pulling The State's trade with Ellerbe in 1898 on that newspaper. In that year The State made an agreement with Ellerbe whereby the latter was to recommend local option in his annual message and then came out strongly for his re-election, he being in the second race with Featherstone, who was running as a prohibitionist. After the election Ellerbe broke his agreement with The State and recommended tne retention of the dispensary and for this was denounced as a liar by The State. The Columbia Record reprinted all these campaign editorials the other day and they make mighty interesting reading. This will tend to weaken the effect of the opposition of The State to the candidacy of Featherstone this year The Misses Pryor are delightfully entertaining a congenial party of young people at their lovely home on Saluda street. The guests who arrived yesterday are: Miss Sarah Rice of Union. Louise Epton of Spartanburg, Lettie Abell of Lowryville, Ruth Shuford of Gatfney, and Messrs. Stewart Abell of Lowryville. Cren Rradie of Clemson, Oscar and Joe Moore of McConnellsville. and Mr. Arthur Bethea of Auburn, Ala. Miss Edna Tinsley of Union and Mr. Arthur Tinsley of Whitestone, are expected tomorrow and Miss Marie Epton of Spartanburg, will join the jolly party Monday. Gaffney Ledger, August 19: Last Wednesday a stranger with hoary locks and unsprightly gait was to be seen upon our streets. He walked about and looked in a bewildering manner at the changes wrought by time, reminding one of the story of Rip Van Winkle. He was none uther than Mr. Lee Armstrong, who lived in the Gowdeysville section of this county (then Union) away back yonder in the '6U's. In 1871 Mr. Armstrong left this section for parts unknown because of his activities in Kukluxing and this was his first visit since then?nearly forty years ago. He was on his way to the reunion. There was no Gaffney then?nothing that :ould be called a town. There was a ?ross roads, and a few houses at Limestone and a store or two. Mr. Armstrong was impressed with the wonderful development which had taken place. He met many old acquaintances ?men who lived in this section at that time, but who have since moved to Gaffney and helped to build the town. Mr. Armstrong served in the war four years. There was four brothers, three beside himself, and all three were killed in battle Dr. Ferguson's Maxwell rum bout has been undergoing repairs at the Irene Garage for several days and during this time the doctor has had to drive a horse, rhe doctor has always used an auto and it is said that he had become so used to cranking that every time he Bets into the buggy he grabs the horse's tail and gives it a twist in order to fire the spark plug John Lipscomb, familiarly called Jack, lives 111 tne uoucner neignnornooa. Doe Sprouse is a tenant 011 his place. Wednesday afternoon the two engaged In a quarrel over the race for county supervisor. Finally Jack picked up a home-made ax handle and belabored Doc about the head and body, bruising him up considerably. Doc retreated to his house, secured his pistol, and, coming back walked up close to Jack and pulled the trigger. Fortunately for both the bullet went astray and the only evidence of the shot was powder marks 011 Jack's clothes. Lipscomb swore out a warrant for Sprouse and the latter was arrested and lodged in jail. When visited by a reporter for the Ledger yesterday he showed plainly the evidences of the beating he had received. Gastonia Gazette, August 19: It is all over but the shouting. All the towns bidding for the location of the Carolina & North-Western Railway's shops have sent in their offers and the same were opened by General Manager L. T. Nichols this morning. Hickory, Lincolnton, Chester and Gastonia are on the anxious seat awaiting the announcement of the decision of the officials of the road. It may be several weeks before their decision is rendered. In the meantime Gastonia is sitting steady in the boat, harboring a sure feeling that the shops will come to Gastonia. General Manager Nichols was in Gastonia yesterday and at the request of the committee having in charge the formulation of an offer met with them and a body of representative citizens in the Commercial Club rooms. He was plied with questions and gave out what information of a non-committal nature lie could. He stated that the propositions of the several towns would be opened today and that, so far as he was concerned, these propositions were final; in other words, there will be no chance to raise bids. He also stated that it would be necessary for the several sites to be surveyed before a decision could be made. When this has been done Mr. Nichols will lay the propositions before President W. A. Harber of New York, and recommend the location of the shops at some one of the four contesting points. As yet Gastonia does not know just what the other three towns have offered. Gastonia's offer includes, among other items, the following: A free site; exemption from taxes for five years; free water and lights for five years; cheap electric power; a cash bonus of several thousand dollars. In addition to the above Gastonia gives the road considerably more business than any other town 011 its line and has promise of larger developments in the future possibly than any other town on the road, From every standpoint it is believed that Gastonia is without doubt the place for the shops and our people feel confident that they will be located here Yesterday's King's Mountain Herald says that an application for a receivership for the Mascot Cotton Mill Co., of Hessemer City, was denied by Judge 11. F. Long in chambers proceedings in Charlotte Monday. The Hadische Company, of New York, contended that the Mascot company owed them $!?00 and was in immediate danger of insolvency. The company set up a counler-elnim and the receivership was denied The congregation of the Baptist church of Cherryville. in conference Tuesday night, elected Itev, I>. P. Putnam of Spring Hope, a former pastor to serve again as pastor, This church has been without a pastor since the early spring and are to l>e congratulated on electing Itev. Mr. Putnam to serve the church again. He is well and favorably known to these people and needs no introduction as to his elliciency and ability as a pastor and church worker On account of failing health Mr. K. F. Kankin has been forced to relinquish his duties as president and treasurer of the Ozark Mills and litis accordingly tendered his resignation to the board of directors. At a meeting of the board Wednesday his resignation wsis accepted and Mr. W. T. Kankin was chosen to succeed him. The retiring president will continue as a member of the board of directors. Mr. Kankin litis been in failing health for a long while and during recent weeks has been confined to his home, SHADOWS. The Superstition and Folklore of Shades. The mysterious counterpart of a human being which lengthens with i the clay and disappears with the sun, to reappear more faintly with the ris, ing of the moon, which we call a shadow, has always struck the imag' iuation of man. It has played a prominent part in primitive superstition and in later folklore. It has en| tered largely into the Imaginery of many races. "What shadows we are; what shadows we pursue," was the memorable exclamation of a dying , statesman. Shadows or shades was <>to??lf.3l tmmo or tieine for the : spirits of tin' departed which still remains in use. This idea is not con, fined to civilized races. Anions the Zulus the spirit is the shade. Bishop Gallaway, whose knowledge of Zulu beliefs and modes of thought was unrivalled. says that the Zulus connect . the bodily shade with the future disembodied spirit. They believe that the shadow cast by the body will ultimately become the "itongo," or spirit, when the body dies, and they say that the long shadow shortens "as a man approaches his end and contracts into a very little thing. When they see the shadow of a man thus contracting they know he will die. The long shadow goes away when a man is dead, and it is that which Is meant when it is said. 'The shadow has departed.' " There is, however, a short shadow which remains with the body and is buried with it. The long shadow becomes an ancestral spirit. Another Zulu idea is exemplified when a friend has gone out to fight and those who remain behind are anxious about him. They take his sleeping mat and stand it upright in the sun. If it throws a long shadow he is stiil living. If a short one or none at all he is dead. The mortality about the hour of noon must be very heavy! Identification of the shadow in any mysterious or spiritual way with the person whose body casts it naturally leads to respect for the strange second self. To tread on the shadow of a chief is an insult to the enter nimseir. In the institutes of Manu. the ancient Hindu lawgiver, the law runs: "Let him not intentionally pass over the shadow of sacred images, of a natural or spiritual father, of a king, of a Brahmin who keeps house or of any reverend personage, nor of a red haired or copper colored man, nor of one who his just performed a sacrifice." The red haired man is for once in excellent company. There are traces of the survival of these primitive ways of regarding a man's shadow in the English country feeling that it is unlucky to cross the path of a newly married man as he leaves the altar, and in another rural belief that it is unlucky to cross the path of horses ploughing when the sun is shining behind them. Association between shadows and mirrored representations of the human forms is obviously natural, so it is not surprising to find superstitions about the shadow mingled with widely scattered versions of the Narcissus legend. The story of the beautiful youth who became enamored .of his own image as he saw it represented in the water and languished thereafter till he died has its origin in the belief that trouble follows from beholding the watery image. "Do not look at your face in a river," says Pythagoras. "Let him not look at his own image in water; that is a settled rule," commands Manu, the Hindu lawgiver. The reason for the Jo f a ha fnnnd ill t hP bp |-l .MIIUIIUM. .... liefs of a man in a primitive state of civilization. The Melanesians of the Pacific, says a learned observer, say: "There is a stream in Saddle Island, or rather a pool in a stream, into which if any one looks he dies: the malignant spirit takes hold upon his life by means of his reflection in the water." Some such idea as this was probably the root of the Narcissus legend. The Zulus explain why it is ill > to look into the water of a pool by a story of a great beast in the water which can seize the shadow of a man, and when his shadow is gone a man no longer wishes to turn back, but desires to enter the pool. He goes in, dies and is eaten by the great beast which inhabits it. So says Bishop Callaway, "men are forbidden to lean over and look into a dark pool, it being feared that their shadow should be taken away." There are other ways in which a man may lose his shadow. There was a Temple of Jupiter in Arcadia which if entered by those who were forbidden to do so robbed them of their shadows. In the north of Scotland there are some quaint legends of folk who lost their usual attendant. In Sutherland they tell more than one story of a wizard named Donald-Duvnl McKay. Donald went to a school in Italy where the black art was taught by the devil, who sat in the professor's chair and at the end of each term claimed as his own the last scholar to depart. Breaking up at this academy was naturally a scramble, none wishing to be last. On one occasion Donald was really the last, but just as the devil was about to seize him the resourceful Donald pointed to his own shadow, which fell ' behind him. saying, "Take thou the hindmost!" Accordingly, his shadow was seized while he himself escaped, and after his return to Scotland he was never seen to have a shadow! A companion illustration of "de'il tak the hinmost," from Aberdeenshire, is a story of a witch helped laird watching his reapers whose shadow was seized by Satan and who was ever afT? litomlnrp Phnniis sn's famous tale of "Peter Schlemihl" is a well known example of the stories of the shadowless.?London Globe. SHIP CAPTAIN IS A CZAR. His Word Is Law Aboard His Vessel and None Dare Dispute It. Imagine a mayor, or a judge of a i circuit court, or a county sheriff, or a 1 town marshal of a village of 3,SftO population. stepping out into the street and on general and self-imposed authority picking up a citizen, ordering him to a cell and clapping irons on him for safe keeping. Wouldn't the bird of American lib1 erty set tip a scream? Wouldn't the | old and badly cracked liberty hell resonate in discord? And remember that i in this seizure of the American citizen ; no friend at hand could come forward and offer and impose the right of bond for his friend. You'd cry out something about Russia, wouldn't you? You'd say something about anarchy, , perhaps? Just at this season when so much of 1 American manhood and womanhood , ami childhood is going abroad it is well for all of them to think over this proposition. For niter one m tne great transatlantic passenger steamers leave the three-mile limit of Now York the i passenger is in foreign territory cm the high seas. Knglish. French, Herman ? whatever the llag at the masthead?the | shin is a section of its fatherland. . Moating in the high seas where only maritime laws regarding its transit in times of peace may hold check upon the czardom of the ship's commander on or off the bridge. No czar has more power within its i territory than has the captain of the < great Atlantic liner on the high seas. He is on an island of his country's ownership a Moating island, having a population of sun employes and looking alter the welfare and safety of perhaps 3.00(1 passengers, lie is practi: eally the administrative, executive and judicial single individual, such as exists , rarely on the map of present day civil izatioii. Aside from his authority over i mankind he may have $7,000,0110 of vessel under him. to say nothing of the international mails and millions in gold in transshipment. 1 Shall one wonder that the passenger of position and place in his particular 1 portion of the world's map seeks and appreciates a place "at the captain's table?" For. after till, the average ; world appreciates tin autocrat, fjive to this autocrat a man's framework, an appreciation of his powers, a dress that becomes his power and dignity and even American liberty cheers tit sight of him. "There's the captain," is a whispered bit of comment made a million time's a year in the beginning of the passages of great ocean steamships. And generally the captain looks the part. It is not so much his uniform, either. ordinarily the captain is not young. There is gray in his hair, mustache <>r beard. That young man in his twenties, no matter what his schooling for beginning the work, isn't called at a moment's notice to the captain's bridge. He must have his maximum of training for six or seven numbers before he is called to the foot of the ladder. On the British passenger vessels most of the beginners at navigating an ocean vessel of the tirst-class will have had a lieutenant's commission from the navy. It is from the royal navy reserves that the lowest officer's vacancy is tilled. Killing it, he has his chance to rise iii tbc niisitiiin iif cantum. With the growth of the world's shipping and its naval armaments, the "trails" of the Atlantic greyhounds have been charted?by the compass. But even with wireless service there may be little in the dark and fog and storm and spray to chart the tramp steamer?the occasional sailing vessel, a hundred days out of port in the antipodes and three weeks more between it and home?the iceberg floating silently with only a tenth of its ice cap projecting from the black water or out of the dense fog?the abandoned hulk, water-soaked and drifting derelict with winds and tides?these are some of the uncharted things that the captain of the giant passenger steamer must consider. His vessel has left no water trace behind it. There are no water trails ahead. And when he may have stood upon the bridge in storm for 24 to 3fi hours, sleepless, shall one wonder that the strain upon steel nerves Is written early in his face and hair? Midnight of July 3, when in a fog the White Star Baltic struck the German oil steamer Standard, the Baltic needed its captain and he was there. His ship carpenters were rushed t<> the how of the vessel and began the work of patching up the hole in the Baltic's steel sheating. Two hours the Hal tic rolled in a heavy swell and no answer came, 1.000 miles out from Fire Island, that in the wide wastes of fog and water was a vessel to come to the Baltic's aid. Suppose that in a stampede of the Baltic's crew its employes had rushed 11P to fill its boats? It was within the captain's power to have shot down the leader?to have brought about war to the knife, revolver and rille in the interests of his vessel and its passengers. Or had some passenger or passengers become panicstrickeu and against orders menaced the welfare of the majority on the ship, death would have been dealt with the same rigid d ;cipline which requires of the captain that he be the autocrat at his post. There are no forms of writs or warrants necessary. There is no court at which the passenger or the seaman may give bond. In that instant of sudden great emergency which arises the captain's word is more than written law; it is the unwritten common law of the high seas, in the spirit of which the vigilance committee of the wild west of the United States rose, lawlessly lawful. Today the captain of the great liner may step into the palatial cabin and command order. He may go into the smoking cabin and stop the game of cards at which the sharper is playing for his stakes. In case of refusal, that ancient land right of "no deprivation of liberty without due process of law" becomes a farce. The ce'.lroom or even the iron manacles of the captain's authority may be used upon the individual who has paid $.riOO or $1,000 for his suit of rooms and his passage. On the high seas the captain's ship becomes an autocratic democracy. The individual in the first cabin and at the captain's table must share with the immigrant, far below, those equities that are granted to each in his place. "Don't buck the captain," said an official in the offices of a great steamship line "He is all there is of authority. He is the supreme entity of his ship. He is dressed for it, but, more than that, he is trained to it. He is empowered to take life, if he must, and on land this is tin- most serious of all things in the statute books. "But as the old captain nears the shore you may see some of the dignity and iron poise begin to ooze. The harbor light and the floating buoy marking the channel are affecting him. "That day after his landing and getting into his street clothes?why, if you are acquainted with him, slap him on the back and you'll get a smile that is worth its shining on your face." "Commodore of the fleet" is one of the offices toward wnien me oiu sea captain looks, not enviously?not with disdain. It is a naval number in the passenger service which marks the age of retirement. In the Cunard service, for example, Captains John Pritchard and J. B. Watt have passed on to the position. Captain R. C. Warr is the present active man for the position. "Commodore of the lleet?" There is honor in the title. It does not descend to his children. He gives half his life to the gaining of it. And it means that his activities and powers are at an end.?Chicago Tribune. NEW PERFECTION Wick Blue Flame Oil Cook-Stove Meal for Summer cookjnit. Cutsfuel expense In two. Saees labor. Olves clean, quick results. "''hree slr.es Vnl'y warnum oro nntlinrl-zoil tn .innnnnnp O W L. SANDERS of McConnellsville ( as a candidate for re-election to the ^ HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, subject to the approval of the Demo- 1 cratic primary. ] THE friends of Dr. J. H. SAVE of 1 Sharon, recognizing his ability and J value to York county, hereby present his name as a candidate for the HOUSE I OF REPRESENTATIVES from York I county. o f WE are authorized to announce C. y W. WALLACE as a candidate v for the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. subject to the action of the a Democratic party in the approaching js primary election. t FOR COUNTY TREASURER. J WE are authorized to announce ROBERT L. OOFF of Rock Hill. f as a candidate for county TREASUR- r ER, subject to the recommendation of t the Democratic voters in the primary y election. WE are authorized to announce HARRY E. NEIL as a candidate for appointment as TREASURER for York county, subject to the recommendation of the Democratic voters in the primary' election. TY ECOONIZINO his sterling qualities flioj a nltlvan his onnncltv nnrl necu liar fitness for the duties to he performed. the friends of Mr. JOHN A. NEELY. hereby take the liberty of presenting his name to the consideration of the voters of York county for the position of COUNTY TREASURER, subject to the conditions of the > Democratic primaries. e FOR SUPERVISOR h WE are authorized to announce , THOS. W. BOYD as a candidate , for SUPERVISOR of York county. r subject to the choice of the Democratic voters In the primary election. REALIZING his faithfulness in the 2 performance of his official duties in the past, and believing that he will make an efficient county officer, we nominate JOHN F. GORDON, as a candidate for COUNTY SUPERVISOR, In the approaching primary elections. FRIENDS. I HEREBY announce myself as a candidate for nomination for reelection to the office of COUNTY SUPERVISOR, subject to the choice of the Democratic voters In the primaries. CLEM GORDON. FOR COUNTY AUDITOR. 1 I HEREBY announce myself as a T candidate for nomination for reappointment to the office of COUNTY \ AUDITOR, subject to the action of the Democratic voters in the primary ( election. JOHN J. HUNTER. WE are authorized to announce BROADUS M. LOVE of Smyrna, 1 as a candidate for the Democratic , recommendation for appointment as AUDITOR of York county, subject to ^ the choice of the voters in the primary election. j WE are authorized to announce T. E. MrMACKIN as a candidate for appointment as AUDITOR of York J county, subject to the recommendation of the Democratic voters in the pri mary election. WE are authorized to announce JOE M. TAYLOR of Ebenezer township, as a candidate for AUDITOR of York county, subject to the recommendation of the Democratic voters in the primary election. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER. WE are authorized to announce W. A. AYCOCK as a candidate for J reappointment to the office of COUN- r TY COMMISSIONER, subject to the y choice of the Democratic party in the t primary election. r WE are authorized to announce L. a J. LUMPKIN, as a candidate for t COUNTY COMMISSIONER, subject to , the recommendation of the Democratic a voters in the primary election. s C^t C. ORMAND of Bethel town- J X?ship, is hereby announced as a t candidate for COUNTY COMMIS- j. SIONER, subject to the recommenda- a tion of the Democratic party in the primary election. WE are authorized to announce JOSEPH \V. SMITH, as a candidate for COUNTY COMMISSIONER, subject to the recommendation of the Democratic voters in the primary election. FOR SUPT. OF EDUCATION WE are authorized to announce Mr. JOHN WARREN QUINN, formerly of Broad River, now of York township as a candidate for COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCA- *' TION, subject to the action of the 11 Democratic voters in the approaching a primary election. I IHERERY announce mvself as a f candidate for SUPERINTENDENT t OF EDUCATION for York county, t subject to the choice of the Democratic voters in the primary election. { MINOR R. BIDDERS ii FOR JUDGE OF PROBATE WK are authorized to announce I... 1 R. WILLIAMS as a candidate for nomination as J EDGE OF PROBATE of York county, subject to the action of the Democratic primaries. 45 t te FOR MAGISTRATE. Bullock's Creek Township. WE are authorized to announce J. L. DI'NCAN, as a candidate for MAGISTRATE for Bullock's Greek township, subject to the recommenda- * tion of the Democratic party in the primary election. Bethel Township. WE are authorized to announce J. I). Bo YD as a candidate for MAGISTRATE lor Bethel township, subject to the recommendation "I the S Democratic voters in the primary election. * WE are authorized to announce H. E. JOHNSON as a candidate for MAGISTRATE for Bethel township, subject to the recommendation of the Democratic voters in the primary dee- f tion. JL. THOMPSON is hereby an noiinced as a candidate for MAGISTRATE for Bethel township, subject to the recommendation of the Democratic voters in the primary election. * kNMOUNCEMENTS. ? Bethesda Township. L\7 E are authorized to announce D. V? P. CURRY, as a candidate for IAGISTRATE for Bethesda township, ubject to the recommendation of the oters in the Democratic primary. Magistrate?Broad River. f AM a candidate for reappointment L au MAGISTRATE in Broad River ownship, subject to the recommendaioii of the Democratic voters in the irimary election. Respectfully, R. L. A. SMITH. Magistrate?King's Mountain. \ J. QUINN is hereby announced . jl as a candidate for MAGISTRATE for King's Mountain township, uihject to the recommendation of the )emocratic voters in the primary dection. * York Township. WE. the friends of J. C. COMER, announce him as a candidate for Magistrate for York Township, subect to the action of the Democratic oters in the approaching primary lection. 117 E are authorized to announce R. VV L. he LOACH as a candidate for eappointment as MAGISTRATE for fork township, subject to the recomnendation of the Democratic voters in he primary election. WE are authorized to announce JOHN J. WALLACE as a candidate for MAGISTRATE for York ownship, subject to the recommendaion of the Democratic voters in the jrimary election. Safety of Both Principal and i Interest < s the chief consideration in making nvestmerts; promises of a high rate >f interest may look good from a proIt point of view; but you will want our interest and better still you will rant tho principal. ; You may want it the day it is due ind you may want it quick, something food In sight that will pay many more imes the larger interest. :i This is one of the many advantages if having your money In the savings lepartment of this bank or on one of lur "Certificates of Deposit." You ret the money the very moment you leed it:?four per cent interest and he same compounded four times a ear. The First National Bank, YORKVILLE. S. C. FOR A BIG CROP For a big crop of TURNIPS, buy our SEED here. Have all varieties larly, medium and late. Mix them list as you want. We are always care- 1 ul to buy the best Seeds that can be lad. ; Call on us for anything in Drugs or )rug Sundries you may need. We lave it. Ask to see one of our $1 Safety Raors?the greatest Razor of the age. Ill THE STAR DRUG STORE. := WHY itar HTY HIGH PRICED ^ 'OILET SOAPS for VHEN YOU CAN anu 3ET eryl :AIRY AND ^ mor VORY SOAPS rpaf kT 5 CENTS R V CAKE 'ROM J r. W. JOHNSON? Screen Doors nin( And Windows 3 fine, If your home Is not equipped with Blei Screen Doors and Windows, you are Inn nissing one of the real luxuries of A 'our life?a luxury of comparatively gart riding cost when you consider the A nany advantages of keeping the pesky A lies on the outside. Our Screen Doors L< ind windows are made to your order o fit your doors and windows; they are nade of good material and will outlast ny of the "make-em-by-the-million" ___ icreens you ever saw. Let us make 'ou an estimate on the cost of supplyng your house. The difference in " he cost will be greatly overbalanced >y the life of our Screens. Phone us ibout Fly Screens. _ J. J. KELLER & COMPANY Winter com Cover Crops " Every one knows the immense ad- ^ outage of legumes. As a pasture, a on ? over crop and a soil improver. We. inve in stock southern grown seed Rye nil expect to soon have Crimson and ted Clover seed. If Sunshine Rrand Horse and Poultry line, eed is the best on the market. Made mm the purest, cleanest grain, scienideally balanced and contains no grit. ns for Cotton Raskets. Cotton _ Sheets. Bagging and Tics, wire fur l>al11 tf oat anil wheat straw, hay, pea- j,j| ^ ines, etc. 4 Received a car of No. 1 Shingles, 4? roil Rooting. Paint for roofing. ? We buy old Rubber. Brass and Iron. * YORK SUPPLY CO. f ? k < ERSKINE COLLEGE * | las contributed some potent forces to ? the citizenship of York county ^ through the graduates located in the f county. g ERSKINE COLLEGE | ie Solicits the patronage of York coun- ty. Thorough instruction given in all departments. Two courses leading ? to the degree of A. B. If THE WYLIE HOME t ri/ as ((Tors an exceptional opportunity to ^ voung women readv for the FRESH* MAN CLASS. 5 K Write for illustrated catalogue to ^ J. S. MOFFATT, President. A If 54 f.t sept. 1. \ Great One Dollar 1 Children's $2.50 Quality Now Going 2.00 Quality Now Going 1.50 Quality Now Going 1.00 Quality Now Going Ladies' and Mi: $3.00 Quality Now Going 2.50 Quality Now Going 2.00 Quality Now Going 1.50 Quality Now Going Douglas Oxfords for $4.00 Quality Now Going 3.50 Quality Now Going 3.00 Quality Now Going 2.50 Quality Now Going Clothing for Men 20.00 Suits Now Going 15.00 Suits Now Going 12.00 Suits Now Going 10.00 Suits Now Going Boys' Suits, 8 to 11 yean Summer Underwear for I Silk Gloves?Both $i.2=; Gloves Now i.oo Gloves Now Woolen Dress G Er^roi NOW HAI $1.00 Per Yard Qualities-, .75 Cts. Per Yard Qual .50 Cts. Yard Qualities .25 Cts. Yard Qualitie: .10 Cts. Per Yard Qual YORKVILLE BANKING & Yorkville, Soi] iwls Plumbing Co. Wanted t once two or three Plumbing Jobs people who want High Grade, Sany Plumbing and Prompt Service. ra Oflvortlqarl a Onlinlp of weeKd aiTO two or three Jobs and we got them have completed the work and eviody Is happy. Te are now ready for two or three e jobs. Let us know when you are ly. AWLS PLUMBING COMPANY. I. M. BRIAN COMPANY Tlie Fancy Grocert* FRUIT JARS rhen you are ready to do your eanX, we have the Fruit Jars, Rubbers, you have never tried "Cook's le" Coffee, you should do so; It is We also have Victoria. Winner id, Virginia Pride, Ye Old Tabard Coffees. II brands of Cigars, Tobaccos, Ci?ttes and Snuff. II kinds of Glassware and Tinware II kinds of Shoe Polish, ats of Choice Fresh Candies. f. M. BRIAN COMPANY. LENN mid IC ccn at 10 CTS. Yard. White Wash Dress Goods?R< ?at 15 CTS. Yard. Figured Battistc and LawnCTS. Yard. Come quick for these as thei Chiviots?For work shirts and Yard. Good Sheeting, at 6 CTS. Yar Shirtwaists?1 only have a sma are well made, full cut from Per Cent Off. Good Calicoes?at 5 CTS. Yai Low Cut Shoes?Don't fail to out at 33 1-3 Per Cent Off. Shoes for Selection. Clothing?1 can please you i Money.. r+*a ?*** ?+** ?*** +** th acrifice! North Two. Oxfords. r at $1.25 r at. 1.00 r at .75 ? at? - ? - .50 sses' Oxfords. I at $1.50 I at 1.25 I at 1.00 I at? -75 Men and Young Men I at $2.00 ? at 1.75 I at? ? 1.50 * at... ? 1.25 and Young Men. at $10.00 at 7.50 at 6.00 at 5.00 5?HALF PRICE, tfpn?HALF PRICE. White and Black. 50 Cents Pair. 40 Cents Pair. { oods. Laces and deries .F PRICE. Now 50 Cts. Yard. ities, Now 37 1-2 Cts. Yard. , Now ?.25 Cts. "Yard. Now 12 1-2 Cts. Yard. ities, Now 5 Cts. Yard. MERCANTILE COMPANY ith Carolina. HAIR BRUSHES i Whew, but it is an elegant line of HAIR BRUSHES AND COMBS that we are now showing our customers. This big shipment has just arrived and includes Brushes and Combs in a wide variety of sizes, qualities and prices and we would be pleased to show them to you, whether you wish to purchase or not. Brushes from 10 Cts. to $4 Each. Combs at All Prices. YORK DRUG STORE. CERVICF ^ WILL TELL ^ The extent of a Bank's success is determined largely by the character of its service. The success of This BANK has been unprecedented, because it has lost no opportunity to make its depositors realize the advantages of Banking here. If high class Banking service appeals to you, call and talk the matter over with us at your earliest convenience. The Loan and Savings Bank YORKVILLE. 8. C. HT Safety Deposit Boxes For Rent. Glassware We are now showing a very large line of elegant Pressed Glassware in loo Tea Tumblers. Goblets and Saucers, Pitchers, etc. The line Includes the latest In styles and In a variety of sizes and at most attractive prices. i Won't you let us show you? T. W. SPECK, The Jeweler. * +** T+** ' YOU CAN. | ractive values in all kinds of hile to come and see what I ^ it I am making on seasonable a 12 1-2 and 15 cents quality, * its qualities?a Real Bargain, * sf ;gular 20 and 25 cents quality $ ?15 cents quality?at 8 1-3 * i f will not last long. S skirts?best quality?10 CTS. * d. | 11 number of these left. They s ^ first quality lawn?at 33 1-3 4 :d. ? see them. I am closing them 1 A large lot of Children's Low $ ( n a Suit atul will save you * J". Q. WRAY. $ +*? Y+** +**? Y+?* Y+$*