Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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tumorous JlcpartmcnfHis Little Game. A man who used to be in politics and was a constant borrower found himself in need of a new hat. But he couldn't Any anybody who would lend him a cent. Finally he went to an acquaintance and said: "I want to borrow JT>0 for five minutes." "You can have it If you will put up a couple of Angers for security." "Nix, now; I've got a scheme. You lend me the Afty and you needn't let me get out of your sight. If you do It I'll stake you to a new hat." Mystified but curious, the acquaintance agreed to this and the two repaired to a prominent hat store. "Wait a minute," said the adventurer, and left his backer doing sentry duty on the sidewalk. Picking out the most important looking personage in the store the politician went up to him and said: "I am So-and-so of the district. I have come to pay for two hats for which I have given orders on you to two of my constituents. With that he flashed a $50 bill. There was a scurrying around, a search of books and a reply that no such orders had been presented. "Just look out for them, will you?" said the district leader, waving the big bill, which was hypnotic in its way. for the clerk bowed low and said yes. Half an hour later two orders were presented and two hats left the store. ?Chicago Evening Post. Could Not Dismiss Thorn.?It is said that once when Reginald De Koven was touring the country he found himself in the town of Dayton on Sunday. They told Mr. De Koven that an Episcopal church in the neighborhood had a superb organ. Accordingly, he went to that church, ascended the organ loft and sat beside the organist during the morning's service. "You seem to know something about music," >said the organist in a condescending way. "I'll let you dismiss the congregation, if you like." "Why, yes," said Mr. De Koven, "I would like that very much." Accordingly, at the end of the recessional. he exchanged places with the organist and began to play Mendelssohn's "Spring Song." He played beautifully. The Dayton people, enthralled by the wonderful music, refused to depart. They sat in rapt enjoyment, and after the "Spring Song" was finished Mr. De Koven began something of Chopin. Suddenly a heavy hand was laid on his shoulder, and he was pushed off the music stool. "You can't dismiss a congregation," said the organist impatiently; "watch and see how soon I'll get them out."? New Orleans Picayune. The Meanest Man.?Two strangers met at one of the small tables in a dining car. They found a common bond in the effort to secure something to eat, and by the time the coffee came they were on friendly terms. "I wonder If you will do me a favor?" said the first one, as he paid his bill. The other man seemed receptive, and the first one continued: "Have you a lower berth for tonight?" The man across the table nodded. "Well, I am traveling with my mother, who is rather well along in life, and I am anxious to make her comfortable. Would you be willing to give her your berth?" "I should be delighted," responded the stranger. They went back to the sleeper, where the accommodating man was presented to the other's mother, a white-haired old lady with a charming face. The Good Samaritan had exchanged his lower berth for the upper, belonging to the old lady, and was radiating with a sense of kindness. It led him to remark affably to the other man, "But where are you going to sleep?" "Oh, that's all right," was the answer, "that's my lower berth over there."?Mack's National Monthly. All Doing the Same.?"What is he so angry at you for?" "1 haven't the slightest idea. We met on the street and we were talking Just as friendly as could be when all of a sudden he flared up and tried to lick me." "And what were you talking about?" "Oh, just ordinary small talk. I remember he said, "I always kiss my wife three or four times every day.'" "And what did you say?" "I said, 'I know at least a dozen men who do the same,' and then he had a fit."?Houston Post. What Becomes of the Old Parchments??Old parchments of all descriptions always fetch good prices. Dealers have invented a process for removing the ink, and eventually the cleaned parchments in many cases come back as "fine French kid gloves." The clippings remaining when the gloves are made are not wasted. Mixed with vellum and bits of leather they are boiled down for "size." The coarse shavings, with odds and ends of seal and other skins, are utilized for filling cheap tennis balls.?Scientific American. "Forewarned Is Four Armed."?One of the best repartees ever credited to a habitual maker of happy phrases was that made by the beloved "Autocrat of the Breakfast Table" on a certain social occasion. Going to dine with a Boston neighbor, Dr. Holmes was met by her with an apology: "I could not get another man. We are four women, and you will have to take us all in." "Forewarned is four armed," he said, with a bow?Youth's Companion. Taking Risks.?The city editor was looking over the new reporter's manuscript. "I notice," he said, "you use the phrase, puzzled to death.' I should like to have you tell me how a man can be puzzled to death." "VCull hu miirhr lif. 'riiiHled with bullets.' " answered the new reporter. That nearly eost him his juh, but his youth?and its good record, up tc that time saved him.?Chicago Tribune. Daisy Pie.?Dining one day with a friend and being pressed to take some rhubarb oie. Lamb declined because it was physic. "That may be," said his host, "but it is pleasant and innocent." "So is a daisy," rejoined l^amb, "but I don't therefore like daisy pie." "Daisy pie! Who ever heard of daisy pies?" said some one at the table. "My authority is Shakespeare,' I*aiub replied. "He expressly mentions daisies pied." The phrase occurs in the song at the end of "Love's Labor's Lost."?"Side Lights on Charles Lamb." Jarm ami Jiws'dr. How to Grow Alfalfa. There are possibilities with alfalfa in South Carolina. Many farmers have been making plantings In the last three or four years, and some have obtained satisfactory results. Many who have made failures have done so because they have not known how to plant the crop properly. It Is not yet fully determined whether alfalfa will be an economic success In this state, but In view of the importation of hay and the wonderful results that have been obtained in western states, it Is well worth a trial by any careful farmer. A. G. Smith, scientific assistant of the United States department of agriculture, has been doing work with alfalfa, and where his directions for planting have been carefully followed, good results have uniformly been obtained. Any one desiring specinc uiret-uuna for planting alfalfa can obtain them by writing him at Columbia. The following report by S. H. Crum of Orangeburg is interesting In that it describes his difficulties the first year and tells how by understanding the crop a little better he was able to obtain good results with the second: "I have one-half acre planted In alfalfa. In October, 1909, I had corn and peas on this plot of land, which Is a sandy gray loam, one-half of which has soft yellow clay subsoil, the other half pipeclay. It is what is called here low sand, but well drained. I broke this land with a twohorse plow in October, 1909. and turned a good crop of cowpea vines along with five two-horse loads 01 stable trash manure. I then broadcasted 1,000 pounds of strong builders' lime after having first slaked It with water. I also applied 500 pounds of sixteen per cent phosphoric acid and 300 pounds of muriate of potash, all of which I dish-harrowed In by going several times over the patch, first one way and then the other. I also purchased 200 pounds of alfalfa inoculated soil from the North Carolina experimental station and broadcasted that on a damp day. and harrowed five or six times with a smoothing or section tooth harrow. I then sowed nneen pourna 01 aiiaifa seed and covered it i>y dragging the bushy tops of a small tree over it several times and in all directions. "In due time the seed came up to a beautiful stand and grew nicely for a while, when it began to turn a reddish yellow, and did not seem to thrive except in small places. However. 'it stood the winter very well, and In the spring commenced to grow faster and reached a height of about eight Inches when I mowed it about May 1. 1910. On account of the extremely wet weather. I did not pretend to cure it. but let it dry on the ground as mowed to decay. It did not turn out but a very small quantity of hay the first cutting. After that the weather was very wet and rainy nearly all the time, and the crab grass grew faster than the alfalfa so it soon had the appearance of a crab grass hay. I cut the hay, which was also lost on account of too much rain. "This made my first experience with alfalfa a failure, but I determined to try again, and in August. 1910, I broadcasted ten more twohorse loads of stable manure on the same plot of land and turned under with a two-horse plow, followed by a two-horse subsoil plow, breaking the land about eighteen inches deep. Then I harrowed in 1,200 pounds more lime, and 1,000 pounds of 8-4-4 ' ??*W - fertilizer wmi a ui.tv iianun. i ncu I Used a tooth harrow several times more until I got It as smooth as a garden. I intended to plant seeds in September, but was unable to get the seed in before October IB. when I disk-harrowed again and also used the tooth harrow until I made the first two inches of soil very firm. In my opinion it was a perfect seed bed. Then I broadcasted by hand twenty pounds of seed and covered as before with a drag-brush. This also came up beautifully and grew fine until the frost came in January. "This spring, during March and April. It grew off beautifully without having any red or yellow appearance as it did last year, but kept perfectly green until April 15, when I cut It and cured 720 pounds of dry hay from the half acre. About one week after mowing the patch was green again and grew fine until May 20. when I cut it again and secured 790 pounds of dry hay. After the second cutting the drought came on, and it did not grow any more, but did not die. although I thought it would. We got a good rain on June 1, 1911. which started it off. It is now growing fine, about six inches high. Just as green all over as can be. and not a sprig of grass or weeds can be found. It is simply such a thick stand that nothing else will, or can grow. The half that has yellow clay subsoil grows much faster and taller than the other half which is pipeclay subsoil. 1 have concluded that to succeed with alfalfa requires a very rich and perfect seed bed, well limed. and above all well inoculated, thickly seeded and mowed every time it blooms. Am happy to say that my little half acre is a complete success J so far. It has cost me about $75. It is my intention to plant more, and I think I know how now. and have lots of inoculated soil to put on my next planting."?Columbia State. , Advantages of Silage. To produce milk at low cost pas, turage or its equivalent is necessary. To take the place of pasturage two methods of getting green food can be , resorted to. The first being to grow such crops as rye, wheat, oats, sorghum and corn, and cut these at the proper time and feed to the cow. The t second method is to put up green . food in such a manner that it will keen areen the entire vear and be ready to feed at any season. To keep ' green food all the year it is necesI sary to keep it air tight. The most , convenient form in which to do this Is by use of the silo. The silo may be of brick, concrete, or wood--which* i ever is most convenient to the builder. How to build atid what to use will be explained in detail if application is made to the Dairy Division of ' Clemson college. The requirements for any silo being that when filled it will be air tight and have great enough depth so that the pressure of the silage will drive out all the air. i The material, such as corn and sorg. hum of which most of the silage is made, must be put into the silo green. If at all dry. water must be added, for unless it stays damp in the silo ii will spoil. Two advantages of the silo is that it gives a supply of green food the entire year and enables the farmer to put up a large amount of food in a very small space. The cost of the silo wili average about $1 to per ton ' capacity. The cost of putting the corn i or sorghum into the silo, counting all cost of growing, will vary front to $4 per ton No dairyman can afford to be without a silo. Prof. J. M. Burgess ittiscclliumtus Jiradinfl. MORMON CHURCH AND SUGAR. Jeseph Smith Gives Significant Testimony Before Committee. The Mormon church is in the sugar business for the benefit of its people; it sought Henry O. Hevemeyer's help to extend its sugar enterprises, not because he was Havemeyer, but because his money would be for the benefit of the Mormon people; it regarded Havemeyer not as an industrial pirate but rather as a benefactor and In combining with him in the beet sugar business the heads of the Mormon church believe that no law of the United States was violated. This In substance was the declara tion to tne nouse conimmw iuai * un>day of Joseph P. Smith, president of the Mormon church and president of the Utah-Idaho Sugar company. He was supported in his testimony by Bishop Charles Nibley, business manager of the Mormon church, who also testified. "Have you any official connection with the Utah-Idaho Sugar Refining company?" asked Chairman Hardwick. "I am president of the company," Mr. Smith replied. "Do you own any stock?" "Yes, sir; I own about 5,000 shares individually." "Do you own any stock in a representative capacity?" "Yes, I hold 49,815 shares for the church. The title is held In the name of Joseph F. Smith, trustee." "Does the Utah-Idaho company pay dividends?" "Yes, 7 per cent." "Did the church ever go Into partnership with Henry O. Havemeyer?" "The church never did, but the stockholders did. We were striving to build up the beet sugar business in Utah under very great difficulties. We were anxious to obtain capital." "How was the deal with Havemeyer approved?" "The matter was presented to the board of directors and they agreed to sell half the stock." "At that time did the church take legal advice as to whether the combination with Mr. Havemeyer was lawful or unlawful?" "The church did not, but the company consulted its attorneys, I think, as to the legality of the deal. I am not sure of that." "It has appeared' to this committee that Mr. Havemeyer entered upon a conquest of the sugar industry of the United States," said Mr. Madison. "Did It occur to you that Mr. Havemeyer was entering upon a consolidation of the sugar business of the country and that you were one of the pawns in the game?" "No, it never occurred to me," President Smith answered. Mr. Smith told of the opportunities the sugar business gave the people of Utah for earning money and testified that the Mormon tithe of 10 per cent of the earnings, in prosperous years amounted to $1,250,000 and $1,500,000. He thought this consolidation was one of the greatest of blessings to the people of Utah and Idaho. WHEN HIS SHIP GOES DOWN. A Tragedy For Which the Sea Captain Pays the Utmost Penalty. Doctors' mistakes, many of them at any rate, are burled In the ground, says a writer in Munsey's. Those ",n'l" Kw 1 q ufvoru or*? nnlri for hv thpir clients. But the mistakes made by sea captains, no matter what they may cost others, are In the end settled by the captains themselves. The long roll of suicides tells the story. There is never a voyage without Us sudden emergency, demanding presence of mind, cool judgment and skill. Let these qualities fail the master mariner in his time of need and no matter what might have been the strain on body and brain his professional career is at an end. There was Capt. Frederick Watkins, who commanded the City of Paris when the old Inman liner came staggering to port with the Atlantic waves swashing about her holds and surging against her bulkheads, the result of a fog shrouded Impact with an iceberg. The liner was thronged with passengers, the unforeseen danger came near sending her and her thousand souls to the bottom, but the energy, resourcefulness and skill of her commander brought her safe to port, a deed to be long remembered. it was remembered up to a few years ago, when a slight miscalculation on the part of Capt. Watkins sent his vessel upon the Manacle rocks on the Cornish coast. Now yoy may search all of the obscure places of the earth and you may not locate him. There was the Prinzes Victoria Lulse of the Hamburg-American Line, which drove hard upon the coral beach at Port Royal in the island of Jamaica. The vessel was thronged with tourists making a jaunt to the West Indies. Fortunately the sea was calm and there was no difficulty In getting pasengers ashore. When the last had been safely landed the captain went to his stateroom and put a bullet through his brain. The pitiable part of it all was that he had no need to. It was not the brain he shattered that was at fault, but the Kingston earthquake, which had destroyed the lighthouse. Grop mg tor mis same ngni-nouse a icw days later came another vessel of the same line, the Prinz Waldemar. Her wreck lies a few hundred feet distant from that of her consort, mute testimony to the skill of the navigators. Had the lighthouse been there they would have found the passage; failing it they found destruction. There will be many to recall the tragedy of the Oder, a N'orth German Lloyd steamer, which was on her way to her home port In Bremen when she struck 011 the island of Socotra at the entrance to the Red Sea. It was with extreme difficulty that the passengers were rescued. After all had been got ashore Capt. Pfelffer shot himself. The ship was lost. t*apt. Griffith of the Mohegan stood on the bridge of his fast sinking ship until the waters engulfed him. Deloncle of the French liner Bourgoyne. sunk in mid-Atlantic by collsiion with the British steamship Cromartyshire. was last seen on the bridge, with hand on whistle cord, as his vessel took the long dive. Von Goessel of the Kibe went down with his ship, standing with folded arms upon the bridge as the vessel slowly sank. In the disaster to the steamship Republic no blame was attached to ('apt. Inman Sealb.v, her commander. Yet he was dropped from the service, and now. at the age of Sft. is studying admirultv ul thp I T?1 i V'*- ?'?i t V (if Michigan. All his sea career hud been with the White Star Une and for sixteen years he had commanded its vessels. There was one case in which a captain lost his ship because of too great deference to the wishes of his passengers. The vessel was the Norse King. At the time of her undoing she was making u cruise among the Ionian Islands, carrying 250 tourists. The ship was keeping a course about seven miles off the picturesque coast of V.ante, when a deputation of passengers came to ("apt. Wright and urged him to stand closer inshore that they might better see the region which Pyroii had immortalized. Me obligingly complied. A few hours later the Norse King was hard aground on a jutting reef. The pas sengers were got safely ashore, where they promptly held an indignation meeting and signed a paper denouncing the captain, who had wrecked his ship and his reputation in an effort to oblige them. The vessel became a total loss and the master's certificate was suspended. Of different stuff was a captain of a coastwise craft which a few summers ago carried a large number of excursionists out from Halifax. On the return trip a dense fog suddenly hid the coast. With all the thoughtleasness of inexperience a party of the excurionists gathered forward of the pilot house and sought to enliven the rather dismal homeward Journey by singing hymns. They had hardly begun before the captain appeared. "You people stop that noise," he commanded, "and go aft. and do It now!" They went. When the vessel was safe alongside her pier, one of the party, a woman, sought the captain and began berating him for boorlshness. "My brother is one of the owners of this line," she said, "and when I tell him of your discourteous conduct he will have you dismissed." "When you tell your brother of my conduct." the captain grimly replied, "you might add that when I ordered i you and your party away from the nllnt h mien T Vi o/I nAtViinc t a O'li Mn m a but the sound of the whistling buoys, and that If I had allowed your sing- 1 ing to drown that sound the chances ( are that you would not have had any , opportunity of making complaint!" One Inexcusable case of the loss of ' a vessel was the spectacular strand- > ing of the big China of the Penlnsu- , lar and Oriental Service, which was ' run ashore on an Island in the Red ' Sea In 1897. Among the numerous passengers was Lady Brassey. It was her birthday and there was a special dinner in honor of the occasion. The vessel was the commodore's ship, and her captain was the commodore of the line. I^ady Brassey sat at the right hand of the captain. As was subsequently shown In the Inquiry he was so engrossed in his fair neighbor's conversation that he paid no attention to three notes which were sent to him from the bridge. The notes warned the captain that the vessel was rapidly nearlng a certain point and that the course should be altered. Conceiving that he had done all that was required of him the officer of the watch did nothing more, and before the dinner was over the vessel struck. That ended the captain's sea career. It also ended any further chance of mishap through the co- < versation of captains with passengers t as the line issued an order tnat in ruture the commanders of its vessels would not be allowed to come Into social intercourse with voyagers. The same rule now obtains with all the big liners In the trans-atlantlc service. In the old days it was the captain's custom to make the personal acquaintance of his cabin passen- ' gers, to be at table at every meal, ? with the most distinguished of the voyagers at his side. People who knew individual captains would wait weeks for an opportunity of sailing on their ships. But in these days of record voyages the average passenger cares no more about the captain than he does about the cook. He akes the first steamer that suits his convenience and seldom knows the name of the commander. < Tf the captain makes the round of the promenade deck once a dav It is nhout as much as Is expected of him. ' He seldom goes near the smoking j room. He has his meals served In his ^nhln and is rarely seen in the dining saloon. In rough weather he stands ' his place unon the bridge for long hours, day and night. THE FASHION OF THE BRACELET An Ornament of Great Antiquity?Its Many Forms and Uses. Perhaps the finest pair of bracelets ^ In existence were those In the regalia * of the Mogul Emperors of India. They 1 were set with diamonds of unrivaled ' beauty and of fabulous worth. In ' mediaeval times before the advent of Benvenuto Cellini, bracelets were j simple both in form and design, and were of little, if any artistic value. But the graceful elegance of the trinkets made by Cellini, and their exquisite workmanship, changed this forever. The goldsmiths of the east were better at this kind of work than those of the west, says the London Globe, although of course Italy produced some splendid Jewel workers in the persons of Ghlbertl and Arditi. Taste In jewelry changes almost as much as taste in dress, but-of late years it ' appears that there Is a decided liking | for barbaric ornament, and In many \ cases It is marvellously becoming, hut in all matters of personal adornment, a very great deal depends upon the wearer. It is rather amusing to read in a book written some fifty years ago that it was considered "fast" for a woman "to wear horseshoes In any form whatsoever." A somewhat favorite arrangement with the jewellers of the time was that of a set of small horseshoes worked on the outside of a band of plain gold, to be worn In the form of a bracelet. The writer decries it thus: "Of all hideous and unmean- J ing symbols, horseshoes are the worst. J They argue, even on quiet girls, a cer- j tain predilection for imitating their fast sisters; whereas, such an attach- J ment to the turf as they seem to Im- ( ply is only appropriate to grass j widows." It would be hard to find a relic of J barbarism which has descended to us ^ in a form less changed than the j bracelet. One of the earliest records of these trinkets is the Biblical passage, which gives a list of the orna- J ments which Abraham's servant, Elle- j zer, gave Rebekah as presents from ( Isaac. In it two bracelets are men- . tioned among other things. In these very ancient times It was the custom for men as well as women to wear bracelets and there is in the museum at Leyden a bracelet an inch and a half wide, made of pure gold < and bearing the name of Thothmes III., who lived near 1,300 years ago. For many years it was thought overeffeminate in Rome for women to ] wear bracelets, and yet they were first used among the Romans as a reward' for valor on the field of battle, t'urius Dantatus received no fewer than 160 armlets, which he certainly could not wear all at once as a single armlet was frequently too heavy to be carried on the arm with comfort. When William the Conqueror came to England he found many of the ' Angles wearing bracelets, and in the " Saxon Chronicle Edgar is spoken of as "the bestower of bracelets," a cus- | torn taken of course from the Ro- | mans. When the Danes made peace ( with Alfred they swore fidelity upon < a holy bracelet. i The Scandinavian antiques of the j bronze period have many bracelets J among them. Some were spiral and j a foot or more in length, long enough i to cover the whole forearm and in the | sagas these are very often mentioned, t A very curious bracelet was employ- | ed for divination purposes in Iceland. 1 When there was anything of importance to be divined, it was placed upon the altar and the blood of the victim sprinkled over it. In some parts of the east women of high caste wear huge bracelets, the object being to prove their noble birth by making them unable to do work of ] any kind. Savage races delight in all kinds of weird ornament, but it must ] be a high price to pay for beauty to j wear two large bracelets attached to i the ears?for one cannot call them earrings?and another through the j cartilage of the nose. But most fre- | ouentl.v they wear a mass of hoops on f their arms and legs, and are fairly ( content with that. I Before lunatics were confined to < asylums, and when they were allowed ^ to wander at large over the country- ] side, they wore an armlet for distinction. A bracelet was once used to per form the marriage ceremony, no other article approximating a ring being handy. It so happened that the 3 bracelet was the gift of the bride- , groom to his bride. J A LITTLE DIP INTO SPACE. Distance* From Earth to Stars That Make Even Imagination Gasp. One of the greatest sources of the fascination of the starry heavens Is the measurelessness of their abysses. The ocean of space is so pellucid that we seem to see Its spangled bottom, but trigonometry is powerless to reach It. Here and there only some projecting reef throws a star gemmed point within touch of the astronomer's sounding line. Such a spire, situated at a depth hitherto unfathomed, has caught and arrested the spectroscope plummet flung Into the abyss by the astronomer Phnrlpo Nnrrlmnnn who has In vented a new method of celestial soundings. The glittering star crag that he has hit is charted by astronomers under the name of Delta Librae and the length of the mathematical line which now hangs between It and the earth makes the imagination itself gasp. It is two quadrillions of miles! It is only step by step that one can comprehend a number like that. Two quadrillions of twenty dollar gold pieces would make ! 00,000 necklaces each long enough to embrace the earth and the moon hi a double loop. An express train tra\ellng 100 miles per hour and never stopping would require more than 2,280,000,000 years lo go two quadrillions of miles. A projectile flying 3,000 feet per second or in round numbers 50,000 miles per iay, would require about 110,000,000 years to reach Delta Librae. Light, the swiftest thing known?the swiftest thing that can possibly exist, if we may trust recent calculations based on the phenomenon of radio-activity, and that can make the round of the ivhole earth more than seven times in i second?takes 355 years to come to as from that star. Yet Delta Librae lies In shallow water. n im a gem cam up uii a suuai and all around It the mighty deeps of the ether descend to profundities unthinkable. At ten times, a hundred times, perhaps a thousand times Its depth, glitter the star sands of the Milky way. To our telescopes they appear to lie on the very bottom, drifted Into heaps and curves by mysterious currents, but it cannot be the real bottom even there. Beyond yawn abysses so black with excess of depth that the stars themselves, great suns that they are, fade to Invisibility.? Sarrett P. Servlss In New York American. FOURTH NATION A Fo the President and Board of Dlrectoi Or the National Union Bank and tl Rock Hill. S. C. Gentlemen:? We have examined the condl rhe First Trust and Savings Bank, as and submit the following: The NATI0NA1 (ABSOLUT! nnru uiv.l. ASSETS. Loans and Discounts . 930,081.90 Overdrafts 550.36 U. S. Bond 225,000.00 Other Bonds 70,400.00 Redemption Fund 10,00000 Cash Reserved: tn Bank $151,898.88 [n Vault 49,527.76 201,426.64 $1,437,458.90 The FIRST TRUST OF ROCK ASSETS. Loans and Discounts $224,921.08 Overdrafts 28 Stocks and Bonds 21,915.00 Due from Banks 121,096.14 $367,932.50 We Hereby Certify that the fore, forth the financial condition of the abo\ The First Trust and Savings Bank of F 26th, 1911. < ) THE . ( Seal ) ( ******) Attest: A. F. DaFrentz. Asst. Sec. *?+A *?*A X&+A ?t$+A *$+< | Combined Resources .. ^ T^arkAoi f c VUlllUlllVU vpuuik J . . . . . . 4 | We have examined the loa: 4 and The First Trust & Savir | June 7th. 1911, and consider t 4 !?* ?*? T *?*? ? 1 SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. State of South Carolina?County of York. In tlie Court of Common Plea*. [. B. McKnight, Plaintiff, against Irene McKnight, M. Florence McFadden, J. C. Worthey, John T. McKnight, J. Ross Strait, Mary McConnell, Nettie McKnight, Charles McKnight, J. H. Holloman, Pink Dorsey, other heirsat-law, if any, of W. E. McKnight, names unknown, and J. T. Burris, Defendants.?Summons for Relief.? (Complaint Filed.) ro the Defendants Above Named. NOU are hereby Summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, which has this day been filed in the office of the Clerk of the Ifourt of Common Pleas for the said bounty, and to serve a copy of your inswer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his office in Yorkvllle, South Carolina, within twenty days ifter the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fall to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff In this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. J. S. BRICE, Plaintiffs Attorney. Dated June 21st, A. D. 1911. NOTICE. To the absent defendants Irene Mcknight, M. Florence McFadden, John T. McKnight. J. Ross Strait, Charles VteKnight, J. H. Holloman, Pink Dor*ey, and other heirs-at-law, if any, of (V. E. McKnight, names unknown: ? Please take notice that the Summons n the above entitled action, of which ;he foregoing is a copy, together with ;he Complaint herein, was filed in the )fflce of J. A. Tate, Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for the County and State aforesaid, at his office at York,'llle, S. C., on the 21st day of June A. 0. 1911. J. S. BRICE, Plaintiffs Attorney. Yorkville, S. C., June 21st, 1911. 50 f 6t 19" Rebuilt Typewriters at The Enquirer office. Guaranteed. Strange ;4s It May Appear Notwithstanding the fact that it has been thoroughly demonstrated by grueling investigations and otherwise during the past few years "that all life insurance companies are not about the same," still there are individuals here and there who still pretend to believe that "they are about the same." It is not my purpose to try to argue with that class, for the reason that life is too short. I have no fault to find with the Individual who for any reason, prefers to carry his Insurance In a company that cannot point to a clean record from every standpoint covering its entire existence for a period of 50 years or more, and does not guarantee as much, aside from its record, as does the Mutual Benefit, because of the fact that he pays the freight and 4 4 /V /tk/NAHA V. In + nas me i igiii iu tuuuoc iiio iuuic, There is no reason to doubt the fact that any man who will make an Intelligent and impartial investigation of the Mutual Benefit's contracts, Its record, etc., cannot be induced to accept a policy In any other company. There is really a big difference in companies, even among the best, and as you, of course, really want to buy the best, you will do well to let me show you what the Mutual Benefit will do for you. SAM M. GRIST, Special Agent. FLY SCREENS THAT FIT If i'/Mi n ra crnln or In houn Plv QnrOAtlO on your doors and windows don't you think that it will be wise to have Screen Windows and Doors made for your windows and doors, so that they will just exactly fit? A fly can come through very small cracks and unless your screens fit you might Just as well not have them. OUR FLY 8CREEN8 FIT. Let us measure your Doors and Windows and make your Screens. They'll flt, and they'll last longer than the other kind and the cost is nearly as small. Phone us to measure your Windows and Doors. J. J. KELLER & COMPANY MONEY TO LOAN. ON first Mortgage on Real Estate. Terms easy. THOS. P. McDOW, Attorney. 99 t.f tf L BANK BUILDING Atlanta, Ga., June 7, 1911. ps, ?e First Trust and Savings Bank. Itlon of The National Union Bank and at the close of business. May 26, 1911, , UNION BANK !I,Y SAFR) ..... s. c. LIABILITIES: Capital $ 200,000.00 Surplus and Profits (net). 84,892.23 Circulation 196,400.00 Bills Payable and Rediscounts 114,000.00 Deposits 842,166.67 $1,437,468.90 & SAVINGS BANK HILL, S. C. LIABILITIES: Capital Stock $ 50,000.00 Surplus and Profits (net).. 19,989.89 Deposits 297,942.61 $367,932.50 going Statement, In our opinion, sets re namea 'rne ivaiionai union otuin auu look Hill, at the close of business, May AMERICAN AUDIT COMPANY. Per. C. B. Bldwell, Resident Vice President. Approved: F. W. LaFrentz, President. k *$+ *$+ R?+A *?*A R&+A R6 $1,805,391 40 | 1,140.109 21 | | 11s of the National Union Bank ? igs Bank up to and including ^ hem perfectly good. J. M. CHERRY, | J. H. MILLER, Examining Committee. ^ f *?*?* T *9* YORKVILLE MONUMENT WORKS (THE OLD RELIABLE.) IRON FENCING We handle STEWART'S IRON FENCING for cemeteries and front yards, and can also furnish you a nice Vase or Settee for your lawn or an Ornamental Hitching Post or Tree Guard. The cost Is not so great and they last a life time. Send us word to come and show you designs. No wire fencing handled. We have the largest stock of MARBLE In the Carolinas. YORKVILLE MONUMENT WORKS. John E. Carroll, Pres. Ilie Difference Between a good and a poor preparation in business method is Just the difference between system and carelessness, I let ween success and failure. Deposit your money with us and do your business in a systematic manner. The Bank of Clover, OIjOVBR, B. O. IT IS NEVEF TO LEARN; BANK ACC< HAVING MONEY OF V borrow more money when you your own. Make OUR Ban LOAN AND WW Safety Boxes for Rent3EE THE Piedmont Marble And ?^ Granite Company YORKVILLE, 8. C. For High Grade MONUMENTS In Granite and Marbla. Plain and Finely Carved TOMBSTONES sold at reasonable prices. Get our prices before you buy. Piedmont Marble & Granite Go, Louis Roth, Pros. A Trsas. F. Happorfioid, Mansgor. road tax now due THE attention of all concerned Is called to the fact that the Commutation Road Tax of Three Dollars is now due and payable on or before JULY 1, 1911, after which date no Commutation Tax moneys can be accepted under the law. Persons falling to pay the $3 Commutation Tax on or before July 1, will be liable to Five Day's service on the road. H. E. NEIL, Treasurer of York County. 46 f 4t tor rrhtT" TWO New Houses, 4 and 5 rooms each, corner of Jefferson and Church streets. Apply to 39 t.f tf J. R. KILLIAN. J. C. WILBOR1 LIST YOUR PROPERTY WITH ME IP YOU WANT TO SELL? ? FOR SALE ? 33 3-4 Acres?One and one-half mile of Yorkvllle, near Pinckney road, .good 3-room house; all necessary outbuildings; will rent for 1,200 lbs. cotton. Property of R. E. Steele. Prica $1,050. The Spencer Lots are now for sale, and I have plat of same In my office. We are prepared to give liberal terms. Also to build residences for you. Buy quick before they are all sold. 91 Acres?More or less; the J. J. Thomas place near Dave Clark; 1 good residence, 7-rooms; 1 tenant house, 3rooms; 60 acres in cultivation; a splendid home near school, church, etc. $3,200. 3i miles of Yorkvllle. Two lots of the Herndon property on West Madison St., Joining Herndon lots. $100 Each. 12S Acres?Two miles of Bethany; joining W. B. Stroup and others; 30 acres in cultivation, 96 acres in timber. Price $2,350. 1191-2 Acres?A 4-room house, 11 miles of Bethany High school at $30 per acre. 203 Acres?Three miles of Clover, near St. Paul's church, a 2-story, 9room house; 100 acres in cultivation; 3 good tenant houses. A very fine farm. Joins J. C. Lilly. 419 Acres?Three miles Hickory Grove; the J. Yancy Whitesides place; good strong land; large dwelling, etc. Price $12.50 per acre. For sale the Rose Hotel; large brick building, half block from public square, almost opposite the court house. To build this hotel would cost much money. It is now on the market. We desire to sell for division among the legatees. 325 Acres?Wylie Hafner home place, a nine-room dwelling, four ten ant houses, 3-rooms each. Will also put in 3 good mules. Price 34,000. Easily rent for ten bales of cotton; 6 miles of Sharon. 111 Acres?On King's Mountain public highway; good sand road; 8 miles from Yorkville; land lies level; nice 6-room dwelling, 2 stories; 1 mile from Bethany High school; a nice 4-room tenant house; good barn. Place is level and in a high state of cultivation Price $50 per acre. Price and location cannot be beat in York county. Property of J. A. Ratteree. One Roller Mill, Gins and Corn Mill, 2 Engines and boilers, 6 acres of land on Clark's Fork, 3j miles of King's Creek station. Price $3,500. 2021-2 Acres?Of land in Ebenezer township, about 3 miles from Ebenezer; a 6-room dwelling and 3 tenant houses; 7 miles of Rock Hill; a part of the Dinsmore Farris land. One lot?Woodland Park, city of - TTiti r- r\? ? n /? ifilA/l KOCK *1111, 0UX130. rnvB ^-rw 150 Acres?Two miles from Yorkvllle on the Sharen road; property of J. Q. Wray; rents for 9 bales of cotton easily; one dwelling, 2 good tenant houses. Land is strong and productive. The beautiful home of W. J. P. Wylie, 2 miles from McConnellsville. A nice 1-story cottage, 6 rooms; a good 2-story barn, 3 good tenant houses. 108 acres, land red subsoil, strong land. 991-2 Acres?Six miles of Yorkvilie, 1 dwelling, 7-rooms; J mile of school, J mile from Beersheba church. Price 11,875. 75 Acre#?Of the John M. Thomas son hoaiestead; a nice location; gooa, strong land. Pries $50 an acrs. 951 -2 Acres?The home of J. P. Barnes, Delphos; 1 nice 4-room dwelling and 2 good tenant houses; close to school and church; a good neighborhood. Joins J. B. Scott and J. F. Carson. 240 Acres?Property of F. N. Lynn; joining Robt. Moore, J. J. Sherrer; It is rolling, but is good, strong land; has a 5-horse farm open on it; 1 dwelling house, 8-rooms; big bam, crlba etc. Pries $13 par acrs. LY PUT that I lONEY IN r the BANK ITl KrvV WW rwuuw HAVE IT NOW TOO LATE START A 5UNT NOW 'OUR OWN enables you to i want it to start a business of k YOUR Bank. lVINGS bank. -$a.oo and $3.00 Per Year. Professional dfards. J. HARRY FOSTER ATTORNEY AT LAW, Yorkville, 8outh Carolina. If Office In McNeel Building. Dr. B. G. BLACK Surgaon Dantiat. OfBce second floor of the New McNeel building. At Clover Tuesday and Friday of each week. Geo. W. 8. Hart. Jos. E. Hart. HART & HART ATTORNEYS AT LAW Yorkvilla 8. C. No. 1, Law Range. 'Phone (Office) 68. 7ohn r. hart ATTORNEY AT LAW No. t law Range YORKVILLE. 8. C. j. s. BRICE, attorney at law Office Oppoaite Court House. Prompt attention to all legal business of whatever nature. NEW BATH BOOM Everybody invited to enjoy a luxury a first-class bath-room? Just try It once and you'll come again and tell your frlenda Price 28 oents. A first-class, up-to-date City Barber 8hop. L. o. baber, Prop. *4?REAL ESTATE. The beautiful residence and cottage, home of Sam'l McCall in Clover, on King's Mountain street; 6-rooms, house is nicely painted, nice hedge and shade; barn and stable; everything cuuipitue, guuu wcii wmer. rnov $1,400. 91 Aores?Parka Parlab place, property of J. F. Smith, a nice new cottage, a aplendid location for country store. Nice land at New Zion cross road. 128 Acre*?At New Zion. Property of J. F. Smith; new houae, good barn, out buildings, etc. Cheap. Write for prlcea. 100 Acres?One mile from Filbert, S miles Clover on York and Clover road. Joining lands of J. M. Stroup and othera Property of J. A. Tate. Price $22 per aore. Rents for 3,200 lba. cotton; 3-horse farm open. 61 Aorea?14 miles Tirzah, on Rock Hill road; land lies level; 60 acres in cultivation; joins J. L. Moss, Bob Ward and Southern R. R.. Price $40 per aore. J. C. Wallace. 310 Acree?Near state line, land lies rolling, about 40 acres In cultivation, balance in wood; a nice 6-room cottage; newly painted and rodded; a fine bargain; $16 per acre. John Wells place. Mrs Matte's beautiful residence In Yorkville; everything Is In first-class condition, with twelve good rooms; sewerage and water In the dwelling. Lot 198 feet front, 843 feet deep, with a lane entering the premises from Madison street 40 Aores?At Quthrlesvllle depot, facing C. ft N.-W. R. R. Prioe $60 an sere. 206 Acree?Two and one-half miles Lockhart mills; 1 3-room house; 20 acres In cultivation, 176 acres In wood ?most pine. Jno. Ned Thomson place. 201 Acrew?In Bbenezer township; 1 dwelling 1| story high, 6 rooms; also tenant house 6 rooms 14 story high. Price $11 per sere. Property of M. B. Msssey. One 4-room house and 39 acres of land at Filbert facing King's Mountain highway and Joining King's Mountain Chapel. 69 Aores?Bounded by the lands of D. M. Parrott J. J. McCarter, J. B. Wood and J. C. Lilly; the property of J. C. Wood. Will put a six-room tenant house on the place. Will sell for ($37) thirty-seven dollars an acre. The residence and store room combined In the town of Yorkville of Oeo. Sherer. It Is three lots from the court house. It has a large store room, easily renta ror jzo, anotner room renu ior |6. About two acrea of land; 8 nice rooma in the reaidence. Price $4,000. 150 Acrea?Near Clay Hill; 1 dwelling; all necessary outbuildings?part of the A. A. Barron place?$10.00 an acre. 136 Aoree?Including the Balrd & Hudson place near Concord church; 3 good houses; 60 acres in cultivation? $15.00 an acre. Property of M. B. Massey. 115 Acres?1 dwelling, and two tenant houses; 90 acres under cultivation. 20 acres In timber; 2} miles of Smyrna. Price, $15.00 per acre. T. B Nichols. 95 Acrea?Mrs. J. Frank Wallace place, 2 dwellings on it; 8 miles of Yorkville on public highway, near New Zlon church. Price $1,425. 285 Acres?Joins Wm. Blggers, Meek Faulkner, Jim McQllI; 6-horse farm; 1 house, 6-rooms, 76 acres under cultivation; 186 acres In timber. Some saw timber; near to Bnon church; 2| miles Smyrna; 4 tenant houses, 36 acres of bottom land. Price $15.00 per acre. A. J. Boheler property. Miss Dolly Miller reaidence?a bargain. 50 Acres?Joins A. J. Boheler, Westmoreland and Ed Whltesldes corners -?' at London siding; 1 house. 1 story, 3rooma, 20 acres under cultivation, plenty of firewood; orchard, good spring, | mile of Canaan church, 1 mile of Smyrna station, good barn Pries $16.00 per aore. J. C. WILBORN.