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?+ +?>: < AA ??+ *?? AA ??* *?? I THE HARD | LIFE OF THE ? mtfPSER 4 4 ?** *** ??* +*? **+ *** A large proportion of the furs which the world's people wear for garments still comes from North America. A V?.rv oroot r? V? o rt crctG uhioh hflVP occurred on that continent, especially within the last fifty years,,by the settling of what wcs formerly a wilderness. The value of the yearly furhunt on sea and land throughout the world is about ?5,000,000. Of this amount Canada and Alaska contribute nearly one fifth, not because of the large number of skins secured by the hunters, but because so many of them are rare and valuable, for we must remember that the seals taken in the waters off North America alone represent a very large sum each year. The history of the Hudson Bay company might be called a history of the American fur industry: because, since it was formed back in the seventeenth century, this corporation has had its agents and hunters scattered over an enormous territory. Over a century ago it had no less than 160 trading posts and "factories"?the term factories meaning stations in charge of its factors or buyers. It not only obtained furs from most of that part of Canada which is north and west of the Great Lakes, but many thousand pelts were received from the Pacific Northwest?that portion of the United States comprising the states of Oregon. Washington and Nevada?at that time almost unknown to the white man. In those days Winnipeg was the head center of the Hudson's Bay company, the log fort which it constructed being the foundation of the present city. Long since the fort became a ruin, and is now a landmark surrounded by a public park, a modern and prosaic brick building containing the company's stores, warehouses and officials taking its place. No longer is this the head center, for civilization has crowded the fur-hunter and trader further north, until Winnipeg is only one of the minor stations of the crcat onrnoration. Seven hundred miles to the northwest of It is Edmonton, the largest market for the "raw" furs in the New World, the capital of Alberta, and the most northern point on the North American continent to be reached by a continuous line of railroads. It is located on the Saskatchewan river at the terminus of a branch of the Canadian Pacific, which leaves the main line at Calgary. Practically its only rival in the whole northwest is Prince Albert, in Saskatchewan. Picturesque, yet modern, and an outpost of empire. Edmonton In the old days was an important settlement in that section, the extreme northwestern market In the fur country. It was founded a century or so ago by the old Northwestern Fur company, for a brief time a competitor of the Hudson's Bay company. Edmonton has now developed into a city of 12,000 people, and extending for many miles around it are the homes of the farmers; but, as already stated, it is the greatest fur market, and to it comes the bulk of the skins obtained in North America by the Hudson's Bay company and other of the great fur corporations. The industry is now divided into branches. But few of the skins are secured by the buyers direct from the hunters and trappers, most of them being obtained through the fur traders who yearly make expeditions into the wilderness, and obtain a "load," often for a supply of provisions and clothing, and perhaps no money whatever changes hands. In the spring, when the ice and snow commence to thaw, the agents of the big concerns, the free traders and the few trappers who have cared to bring their furs as far sis Edmonton or Prinop Alhert hp gin to move back to the north country. The objective point of many of the traders is Ft. Resolution, a post on Great Slave lake, nearly 1,000 miles north of Edmonton, as the trail leads, and something like 400 miles south of the Arctic circle. Ft. Chippewayan, on Lake Athabasca, is another important post, also on the edge of the fur country; and there are a number of posts in the interior and along the Mackenzie river, which flow from Great Slave lake into the Arctic Sea. The most northerly post is Ft. Mcpherson, on the Peel river, 2,000 miles north of Edmonton, and approximately 150 miles above the Arctic circle. Each company of traders takes a large supply of provisions and goods for a barter, in addition to its own stock of food, guns. &c., and the journey in covering the 1,000 miles to Ft. Resolution, or the greater distance to the more remote posts, is one of great difficulty and hardship. The first ninety miles out of Edmonton is overland to Athabasca Landing, on the Athabasca river, where flatboats and canoes are taken; the trip to the fur country begins in earnest. The route lies down stream all the way, since the Athabasca flows north into Athabasca lake, which is connected with Great Slave lake by the Great Slave river. Rut there are many rapids to be avoided by means of long portages, so that even this part of the journey is not easy. The traders come back to Edmonton more heavily laden than when they went away. The pelts obtained by barter direct from the trappers or collected from distant posts are packed in bales weighing about 100 pounds each, and loaded on the canoes and flatboats. Then the fight against the current all the way back to Athabasca Landing is commenced. Tow lines are attached to the bigger and heavier of the boats, and they are pulled upstream by men who walk along the banks "tracking." as it is called. When the portages are reached the boats must be unloaded and the cargoes and the boats carried past the rapids. Going down, it is possible to send the goods by land and "shoot" the rapids in the empty boat sometimes. Going up it is unload, carry and reload from end to end. Rut if the men who do this part of the work have a hard task, the lot of the trapper is infinitely harder. He must pursue the sources of his livelihood with the utmost cunning, varying his methods, from lodging a bullet in the vitals of a bear or other large animal in such a way as will not injure the pelt to setting the subtlest oi Mlilirs IUI KUIII mu,i IMH-? uic little ermine, only the jet-black tail of which is visible as it whisks across the blinding snow. The ermine is very shy. and it must be specially dealt with in order to avoid injury to its delicate skin. Even the smallest of the steel traps are too heavy for the best specimens which the trapper must catch in snakes of tender boughs or in some such way. Sometimes he puts a little grease on his hunting knife and lays it across the succession of dots and dashes in the snow which show that an ermine has passed that way. Along comes the little white form on its erratic course again. The grease appeals to it. and it begins to lick the blade of the knife: but. alas! ^ that piece of steel is icy cold, and the wr tiny red tongue is instantly frozen to it so tightly as to render futile all the frantic struggling. The knife is too heavy for the little animal to carry away, and in his own good time the trapper comes and finishes his work. A ??* *?? AA ??* *?? AA ??4 ! 1 Getting Fur for the i Market Is a I Strenuous Occupation * I ??+ +?? ??+ +?? ??* I If he manages to take a silver fox. the trapper is in great luck, for the pelt of a prime specimen of that animal is worth ?300 to a man who buys it down at Edmonton, and the very best will bring the buyer as much as ?500. But the trapper gets few silver foxes, and for these he receives a price much smaller than the figure at which the white trader will eventually make his sale. The animal of which the trapper will probably capture most is the lynx. One firm of traders brought 8.000 lynx into Edmonton last summer. and these formed only a part of the total receipts. Others which are taken in large numbers are beavers, bears, otters, wolverines, minks, martens. musk-rats, musk-oxen, fishers, weasels and white, red. black and cross fox. Tens of thousands are trapped during the course of a season. The hunter or trapper must carry traps and supplies into the remotest regions, where even lumbermen are unknown. He builds a low, white sled, holding 300 pounds, and loads this with pork, flour, underclothing and steel traps. And when the ice on streams and lakes will bear his weight he starts into the wilderness, there to lead a hermit's life for seven months. Arrived at a point many miles from the nearest habitation, the trapper tries to find two parallel streams running near each other. Here he pitches his home camp, setting traps along both rivers. The work of taking game from the traps is varied by catching fish, snaring rabbits and capturing muskrats for bait and food. Now and then the hunter may kill a wandering bear?an event which may lead to a big store of wild honey in a hollow tree. In this utter solitude lives the adventurer, perhaps forgetting the day of the week or the month of the year. He fixes the date for breaking up camp and turning back to civilization by the condition of the fur on the animals he takes or by the effects of sunlight on the snow. Now and then he will shoot a deer, or even moose, for the sake of the raw-hide, meat and fat, which latter keeps his traps from rusting. A file serves him instead of a grindstone to keep axes and knives keen, and he washes his own clothes through a hole in the ice, drying them by an open fire. The dazzling glare of February often brings snow blindness, and a month or two later the fast-thinning fur on his prey shows that further work Is unprofitable. He then secrets his traps in hollnw readv for the next season. packs his load of pelts on the wide sled, and trudges off through the forest to the nearest post or settlement. On arriving, the trapper sells his furs. When the trading season is over the trappers go back to their winter hunting grounds, which they do not leave from October till June. Here they may have a shack or hut built of logs which will enable them to withstand the rigorous weather, but the location must be near the homes of the animals, where they can frequently examine the score or more of traps and nets which are set for their capture. The extreme cold weather largely enables them to keep the skins "cached" or stored out of doors until tfte late spring, when they prepare for their journey southward to meet the traders. The furs may be packed on ponies, on sledges or in boats or other water craft, for where waterways are available these are used in making the journey. As the traders now advance farther into the wilderness, the hunters and trappers are saved many a week formerly needed in making their way to the nearest factory. Many curious instances of the manner in which the honesty of the Indians manifests itself are cited in the north country. One of the tales told is of a native who, desiring food and tobacco and blankets, broke into the store of a remote trading post which had been locked and abandoned for a few weeks while the white man in charge transacted business elsewhere. The Indian supplied his needs, but he left pelts in payment for what he took, and months later he came back to ascertain if he had left enough. Except in the matter of price, the traders fni.i,. Tt-itr, tv?t> tnrlians. and ordi UCCll Kill 1,1 n .VI. ^..v ? narily nothing but good feeling exists between the two classes. One Indian found a post closed when he went to it to dispose of his skins. Being unwilling to wait, he forcibly entered and left his pack, but nothing with it to indicate his identity. Then he retired. fastening the door as best he could, and not until a year later did he return. When he walked into the post he told his story the price of the skins was handed over to him without question. The accounts of the white man had been carefully kept, and he was certain that no claim but a just one would be made.?Chamber's Journal. TRYING ANIMALS AS CRIMINALS, Dumb Beasts Brought Into Court and Given the Death Penalty. The St. James Gazette, in a recent issue, relates that a woman living In Etampes. near Paris, was counting her money as she walked (along the street and dropped a note I of 4 0 pounds. The bill fluttered tc the ground and was picked up by a goatherd who was yiassing with a herd of she-goats. As the goatherd was about to hand the bill to its owner, a goat grabbed it and immediately ate it. The woman accused the goatherd of having purposely fed her money tc the animal, and called an otlieer. The man and goat were arrested and taker before a magistrate. To prove his honesty, the goatherd offered to sacrifice the goat. The animal was killed and the banknote was recovered somewhat damaged but with the number intact so that the woman was < nabled to exchange it. The goatherd then demanded that the woman pay fur the gout, which she refused to do. The case is still in the courts, This is not the first time that an animal has been hailed to the bar of justice in France. Herbert Spencer, in his Descriptive Sociology, quotes r>n Rnvs as relating several instances of the prosecution of animals foi crimes of one sort or another. II is stated that a cow* was executed with all due ceremony, after conviction for a capital offense, in 1546 Insects which ravaged a village were tried before an ecclesiastical tribunal in due form in 1587. Counsel was granted them and several months passed in the usual memoirs, pleadings and delays. They were finally condemned. Berriat Saint-ITix enumerated more than eighty cases of sentences ol death or excommunication pronounc* ed against animals, ranging from ar ass to a grasshopper, between 112C and 1741. A sow which had killed and eaten a child was tried, mutilated and executed in 1356. after having been dressed in a man's clothes The executioner received his usua pay for his execution. During tin same century three swine and a ply were condemned to be burned, felled or buried, for having eaten a you in shepherd. The rest of the herd wert condemned as accomplices and theii sentences were only remitted upoi appeal to the Ifuke of Burgundy whose pardon was granted with al the forms of chancery. That tic ancients ascribed n asonin; powers t > animals we know because we are told in the Bible that the serpent was comb mned to "go upon hi: belly" because he tempted Eve. In the middle ages this belief was very general. The ancient Irish an reported to have had such a veneration for wolves, tnat they chose then as godfathers for their children whih in other countries wolves were regarded is "lyeanthropes" or witches who had taken that form. In Italy f 1 cats were often suspected of being > disguised witches. One story has ) come down to us of a hunter who cut off the paw of a wolf and retained , it as a trophy, but upon opening his ) bag he discovered it to be the hand of t his wife. r' 1thn f otioh II Seems annual nibiKuiuis lw?, ???? , superstitions could have been prevalent when the thoroughly modern J Montaigne was engaged in writing, ; but such was the case. The Domonomaine des Sorclers of Bodin apj peared in 1581, while the first great ( skeptical work in the French language was published by Montaigne in 15S8. Of this work, which dealt ' with the superstition of witchcraft generally, Lecky said: "It would scarcely be possible to conceive a more striking contrast, than his treatment of its presents to the works of Bodin and of Wier." It was about this time. also, that Ayrault protested against the condemnation and punish! ment of animals, an the ground that where there was no understanding, there could be no crime. The veneration of animals has always been common in the east. The Indians have their sacred elephants and the Hindus believe that the souls of men enter into the bodies of beasts and even of insects. A man who resided in Constantinople was bitten by a vicious dog a few years ago and when he applied to the authorities to have the animal killed, he was informed that the law did not countenance the killing of dogs, but that the beast would be banished to a neighboring Island if he would pay the expenses of transporting it. Many visitors to Constantinople, including Mark Twain, have commented upon the plague of the dogs in that ;ity, and it has only been within the oast few weeks that the progressive lenient in Turkey has succeeded In driving the curs from the capital. The Egyptians had deities who took the form of men and women with the heads of animals and birds. There was Kneph, the ram-headed: Thoth, the ibis-hcaded: Pashi, the catheaded; Bast, the lion-headed; md Hathor. the cow-headed, Ra. Khons and Horus were ail hawk-headed. Set had the body of an ass. tne tan of a Hon, and tne ears and muzzle ?>f of a jackall. The soul of the goo Osiris was supposed to Inhabit tne body of the sacred bull Apis, and after the death of the bull, the body of his successor. The St. Jantes Gazette does not state whether the lady of Etampes thought the an-mal was trained r whether she helJ it morally responsible for the theft: but it is evident that, whatever her feelings may have been as to the animal, she blai.MO the man. And we must admit, in the lanctiage ox' the sporting writers, that she certainly "get his goat." SYNOD OF ATLANTIC. Negro Presbyterians Hold Annual Meeting In Chester. Reported for Yorkville Enquirer. Synod of Atlantic met Wednesday night, October 26, with the Carmel church, Chester, and was opened with a sermon by the Rev. A. A. Jones of MeConnellsville, from the text, Song of Solomon vi, 10: "Christ's Admiration for His Church," was the subject from which he delivered a very excellent sermon. After the sermon, synod was called to order by the Rev. A. A. Jones, Dr. E. C. Green, the remndoratnr helnc absent, and was constituted with prayer. The roll call showed a large attendance of delegates. The time having come for election of a moderator, Rev. M. J. Seabrook, D. D., rose and in a very pleasing speech, nominated the Rev. A. A. Jones of Fairfield presbytery. There being no other nominations, the Rev. A. A. Jones was declared the unanimous choice of the body. It was the sentiment of the entire synod that the Rev. Jones was more than deserving of this mark of honor. He has been a faithful servant of God and showed his interest by his regular attendance upon meetings of synod. He has been present at every meeting of synod for some twenty-five years. Revs. J. W. Manoney and George E. Caesar were elected temporary clerks. During the meeting several prominent ministers were introduced and invited to sit as corresponding members. The business sessions were held from 9.30 a. m. to 12.30, and from 2.30 to 5 p. m. An interesting feature of these sessions were the reports of standing committees which were freely discussed. The prevailing thoughts and sen timents pointed to increased interest in the church at large, financially and spiritually. An eloquent address of welcome 011 behalf of the city of Chester was de1 livered by the Hon. A. L. Gaston, who was introduced by Rev. T. H. Ay res. Rev. J. T. Wright in a polished speech . respond on behalf of the synod. Rev. Robert Watson of the synod of I Ohio, general assembly's representative of the executive commission, addressed the synod Thursday afternoon at 2.30. The address was practical and i inspiring. Rev. W. J. Darby of the synod of Indiana, general assembly's , representative of the board of educai tion, addressed the synod. This was . one of the most eloquent addresses ever heard on the floor of the synod. Thursday night at 7.30, synod met in t the chapel of Brainerd Institute to car, r.v out the programme arranged for the popular meeting. Some excellent adI dresses were made by Revs. J. W. Hol, ley and G. T. Dillard on the "Layman's , Movement." Rev. H. L. McCrorey, D. , P.. president of Riddle University, , Charlotte, N. C., spoke on 'Christian Education," and the Rev. R. P. Wyche, D. D., spoke on his "Travels Abroad." Friday night, the women of the Syn' odieal Missionary Society held their 1 meeting in the chapel of Brainerd In, stitute. The programme consisting of I addresses, papers, etc., was interesting and instructive. Mrs. Allison, presidi ed. Synod closed its business session i Saturday evening and adjourned to | meet with Zion church, Charleston, . October, 1911. I J. W. Manoney, Tern. Clerk. Note.?The synod of Atlantic is com* ' posed of the following presbyteries: . Atlantic, Fairfield, Hodge, McCleland i and Knox. Fairfield presbytery has thirty-three ministers, seven candidates, fifty-two churches, two vacant , churches. Whole number of communi' cants, 4.473. Sunday school member* ship, 3,002. Ministers in Atlantic syn[ od, ninety-six. Whole number of eomI municants in synod, 9,900. The Sense of Humor.?A man has a ; sense of humor or he has not. If he * has not be cannot acquire it: if he has j it by birthright he cannot lose it with r the passing of years. The only change ; as life goes on in one who has this inr born sense is that different things ap' peal to it from those that excited j amusement in youth, but in this it is like other mental faculties. As judg; no-nt mellows and ripens, so the power of discovering those things that excite < smiles becomes more discriminating. Humor is not a physical attribute to * fade as the body loses its youthful * elasticity, but purely mental. Men ! who possess it in goodly measure have * been known to smile on their death' beds over the very cotnedv of life.?In. dianapolis Star. AMERICA'S RICHEST FARMER. Rise of David Rankin From Poverty to Wealth. From extreme poverty to the biggest and richest farmer in the world Is the story of David Rankin, whose lifework closed the other day on his great Missouri farm. The story of this plain, unassuming man's rise from grinding want to the ownership of the largest cultivated farm in the world and millions in profits, is one of the great romances of this country, and an inspiration to every barefoot boy dreaming his dreams in the furrows as he follows the plow. The editor of the Weekly Georgian feels that no more powerful sermon on industry, application and possibilities of farming life in America could be offered than the simple telling of David Rankin's history. It is not to be presumed that every man nas tne genius for organization and achieving that he possessed, but nevertheless his rise shows that tremendous opportunities lie at the hands of every farmer boy and youth in the land. Here is the plain story of his life: He began his career in 1846 with half a yoke of oxen?one bull. On the 25,64 0 broad acres he leaves 250 men are employed. He planted 19,000 acres to corn a year, yielding about 1,000,000 bushels. One thousand horses and mules are required to do the work of this vast farm, and Mr. Rankin bought 250 carloads of feeding cattle at a time, his freight bills running as high as $25,000 for one shipment. In one field he had 6,000 acres of corn, the largest corn field in the world. He gave $200,000 to Tarkio college and regarded it as one of the best investments he ever made. In speaking of this he was wont to dwell on the importance of an education, saying he needed more than he had himself, and wished to make it easy for boys and girls of the present time to acquire learning. This millionarie farmer raised more corn each year than the nine states of Utah, Oregon. Washington, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Rhode Island, Wyoming and Nevada combined. He did not sell his corn, but fed It to cattle and hogs, holding that the latter were nearly all profit. "Thou shalt not sell corn," was one of his maxims. He did not pay much attention to nitrogen, phosphates or . potash in the soils, holding that his land was inexhaustibly fertile, but he favored agricultural schools and the "new farming." He was worth about $4,uou,uuu. Mr. Rankin was born on a Sullivan county (Indiana) farm in 1825. Through farming since he was big enough, first for his father and later for himself, he became familiar with the great changes that came in the agricultural methods and the manner of rural life in three-quarters of a century. His first home was a log cabin sixteen feet square. In that home the cooking was done In an open fireplace, most of the simple fare being cooked in a kettle, set on the logs, which had to be watched lest it tip over. The bread was cooked in a Dutch oven, with coals over it and coals under it. When young David was nine years old the family moved from Indiana to Illinois, locating in Warren county. The only schools they had in those days were little subscription schools held in log houses, with windows of greased paper. The principal studies were reading, writing and arithmetic, and the embryo millionaire had little opportunity to acquire these. At the age of eleven years he quit school and went to work. The boy was needed to help support the family. Money was so scarce that the common people could afford shoes only in cold weather. Mr. Rankin recalls that he went barefooted every summer until he was 28 years old. But it was the simple life, and, if it had many disadvantages, Mr. Rankin believed it gave people stronger constitutions than the strenuous life of today. Prosperous young farmers of today, whose greatest worry is that the bank may fail, will note by the prices prevalent in Mr. Rankin's boyhood that there were other causes of worry then. In 1840, to pay a store debt for his father, he hauled dressed hogs to the town of Oquawka, 111., on the Mississippi river, and sold tne meat for $1 to $1.25 a hundred. Live hogs are now worth about $9 a hundred pounds. And it was harder to raise hogs in those days. The corn they were fattened on was cultivated with a single shovel plow and the ground plowed with a wooden moldboard plow. This wooden moldboard had to be cleaned with a paddle about every twenty rods, and an acre a day was good work for a man and a yoke of oxen. Good plowing is one of the essentials of farming and the plowing with the old-fashioned wooden plow was not thorough; the wonder is that they raised as much as they did. There was also a good deal of hoeing of crops in those days, and one of the old-fashioned hoes weighed as much as four or live of the modern steel hoes. Those were days of hardships entirely unknown to the farmer of today?the farmer with a bath tub in his house and an automobile in his electric lighted garage. To get their tlour the Rankin family sent their wheat to a mill operated by horses, hitched to a sweep, and each patron had to furnish the power to grind his grist. At one time young Rankin made seven trips to the mill, a week apart, before his grist could be attended to, going fourteen miles each trip with a yoke of oxen. In the meantime the family lived on potatoes and bread made from wheat ground in a coffee mill or corn pounded out in a mortar. In 1864 Mr. Rankin attained his majority, and he had to decide what he should do?and then do it?and right there he came near to making a vital mistake. His boyhood and youth had been years of hard labor and deprivation, and he had often sighed to be rid of it all. In his eyes a clerkship in a country store meant a life of ease and aifluence, so he decided to become a clerk. But nobody would hire him. The storekeepers didn't seem to have much faith in his ability to measure out sugar and coffee and molasses. So it was back to the farm for young Rankin, and it is scarcely necessary to say he never regretted his choice, even if it was forced upon him. Mr. Rankin, beginning his career with one bull as assets, purchased another to complete the yoke, paying $8 in work for the animal. A new plow point cost $6, and he had to go in debt for that and couldn't get it until he found a friend to go his security. In 1847 Mr. Rankin drove a bunch of cattle to Chicago, across the prairie so they could feed as they traveled. There were no regular packing houses in those days, except in the winter. They were all closed in the summer, as there was no such thing as cold storage and refrigerating plants. In 1848 Mr. Rankin, ever on the alert for improved machinery, bought one of the earliest types of reapers. It wasn't to be compared with the modern self-binder, but it was a great improvement over the cradle. It cost $125 and cut a five-foot swath. Three men were required to operate it. Mr. Rankin was married in 1850, and he paid his last $4 to the preacher. Hut he had SO acres of land at that time and a few head of cattle. They had to trade tor everything to eat and wear. It was in 1S65 that Mr. Itankin first began to make big money. He bought cattle in Chicago at $1.25 a hundred pounds, took thein to Paxton, fed them corn, fattened them and sold them in New York at $6.50 a hundred. Then he embarked in the broom corn business. having purchased a large area of land, and he cleaned up $200,000 in tiiis venture, which people said would break him. It goes without saying that a man of Mr. Rankin's varied interests was a busy man. but it is said of him that "he found time to help make life better and brighter." He assisted the poor and made fortunes for at least twenty men who had served him in different capacities. He contributed in many ways to the upbuilding of his town and county. He was a man of simple tastes and in appearance was the typical farmer, more than six feet of height, but plain of dress and unassuming of manner. In brief, David Rankin seems to have been a fine specimen of the "gentleman of the old school." r GET SUB! 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All persons who have not been on our list subsequent to January 1, 1910, will be regarded as new subscribers, and Clubmakers may send them the paper from the time their names are' entered until January 1, 1912 for the price of a year's subscription?$1.75. OTHER PREMIUMS. Besides the Buggy, Wagon and Sewing Machine premiums, which are to go as full and complete rewards 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, from three names up. FOR THREE NAMES.?A year's subscription to the Progressive Farmer, the best agricultural weekly in the South. FOR FOUR NAMES.?A Stylographic 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 "Bannatyne" Stem Winding Watch, a gold pointed Fountain Pen or a Four-Bladed Pocket Knife. FOR SIX NAMES.?An "Eclipse" Stem Winding Watch, Hamilton Model 15. 22-calibre Rifle, a year's subscription to the Christian Herald, Saturday Evening Post, a 22-String Zithern or any one of the new popular $1.50 V^.r/vR, ?>U* CIO. FOR FIGIIT NAMES.?An Ingersoll "Triumph" Watch, Daisy Repeating Air Rifle?works like a Winchester?a fine Razor or a Pocket Knife, a Rapid Writer Fountain Pen?plain case; or a Hopf Model Violin or an S-inch Hanjo. FOR TEX NAM. JS.?One year's subscription to THE ENQUIRER, a No. 2 Hamilton, 22-Cal. Rifle?model 11; any one of the $1.75 or $2.00 publications one vear. or a Gold Mounted Fountain Pen, a good Banjo. Guitar or Violin. EOIt TWKXTY X.AMKS.?Crack-Shot Stevens Rifle, a 10-oz. canvas Hunting Coat, a Xo. 1 Ejector Single-Barrel Breech-Loading Shot Gun, or any one of the $4.00 Magazines for one year. I'OU THIRTY NAMES.?Either of the following: A Single-Barrel Haminerless Shot Gun. a fine Toilet or Washstand Set, or a Hopkins & Allen, Jr.. 22-Cal. Rllle. I'OK FORTY NAMES.-?A fine Mandolin, Guitar or Banjo, a New York Standard Open Face Watch, a W. Richards Double-Barrel Breech-Loading Shot Gun. ANYTHING DESIRED.?We will arrange to furnish any special article desired by a Clubmaker for a given number of names on application at this office. ...L. M. GRIST'S S Yorkville, So SCRIBERS i nirinrn UUUlbn *?*+ A ?*?t?+A *$+A ***A ?*+A *$+A *?+A *$+A *fc* Work and Good Pay. M>A ***A *?+A *&+A ft$*A H*+A *?*A *?*A ?t$+A *?+A ??*A [op, Rubber Tire l buggy-:rgest Club N for the Second Largest Club mIachik 161 3rent Competitors ?**?*?* A +#*<?+ A *? ??+ A ?*? A ?*? A ttUSA A ?* ifter the Buggy and Wagon have been awarded, the Sewing Machines fl >e awarded in the remaining townships to the Clubmakers making the fl ?t and second largest clubs, and the awards will be made regardless of H umber of names in the two leading clubs. That Is if the Buggy or Wagon fl to one township Clubmaker for a hundred names, more or less, and the M d largest Clubmaker in that township has only two names, he or she B )e entitled to a Sewing Machine. In each township where neither the B y nor Wagon shall be awarded, there will be awards of two Sewing B ines made to the Clubmakers having the largest and second largest clubs. mm PREMIUMS. B ill of our readers know what the Rock Hill Buggy is. They have been fl ng throughout this section for years, and they have never been known fl II to give satisfaction. The buggy we are offering has been purchased fl Messrs. Carroll Rros., of Yorkville, the Local Agents, and Is subject to fl ! the guarantees of the Rock Hill Buggy Company. fl 'he Wagon is of the well known and time tested Piedmont make, and may H be seen at the store of Messrs. Carroll Bros. It has 3-inch skein and fl h tires and Is guaranteed for a year as to material and workmanship. fl s. Carroll Bros, stand by the guarantee. The price 367.50. B 'he best grade Sewing Machine offered, has high arm, drop head, hand B five drawers and is ball bearing. The retail price ranges as high as fl 0 and it seldom sells for less. B The second grade Sewing Machine is almost as good. It Is also of the fl head description, has five drawers and is practically the same as the B with the exception that it is not fitted w<th ball bearings. fl TERMS AND CONDITIONS THE CONTEST BEOIXS NOW and will come to a close on SATURDAY, MARCH 18, at 6 o'clock p. m., sharp. Each Clubmaker will be held individually responsible for the payment of 1 u- u~ Whoro It la H0alrpH tO the amount ciue on an names reiurneu uy mm ui hu. .? ? -?? ? stop a subscription before the close of the Club contest, the Clubmaker may do so by paying the amount due at the time of such stoppage. Where a subscription has been paid in full, it cannot be discontinued. The Clubmaker, however, may, If he sees proper, transfer the unfulfilled portion of the subscription to another subscriber, provided the person to whom the transfer is to be ma 3 was not a subscriber at the time the original name'was entered on our books. Xo name will bo counted in competition for a premium until the subscription price has 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 v.Jll be given to the one who pays for the name FIRST; but where both pay, we shall not attempt to decide the matter except by crediting the name for ono 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 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 Wherever They Can. It is not necessary that all the names shall go to the same address. The fact that a name was returned on a certain 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 ?1 rtraf* Mppistprnd Letter. Exnress or Postofflce Money Order. In sending the names, Always give correct names or initials, and present |M>stofHcc 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. In case of a tie for either the Buggy or Township Sewing Machine Premiums, TWO WEEKS will be allowed for the working off of the tie. After the close of the contest on SATURDAY, MARCH 18, ut 6 p. m., the price of u year's subscription will be $2.00, unless New Clubs are formed. iONS, Publishers... uth Carolina