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tumorous Jlrpartmcnt. Vic* President Paid For the Booki ?The book agent approached respect fully the desk of James S. Shermai the vice president of the United State! saying: "This set of books is for you, fre of charge. There are a few celebrate men to whom we wish to give a set thus affording you pleasure and glvin the books valuable advertisemen Please sign this receipt." Mr. Sherman signed and smilet The books were handsome. Three months later another agen appeared, asking payment for th books. "But they were presented to me, objected the vice president. "In return for the receipt and prom ise to pay," explained the agen smoothly, producing the paper Sher man had signed. The vice president sighed, made ou his check for the required amount said something about being stung am urn a nhnnt to hnnri the check over. Ol second thought he drew It back an< wrote on It this endorsement: "This check Is in full payment for i set of books which are not worth i darn, but the money is cheerfully pah in acknowledgment of the smooth wa; in which a gentlemanly book agent pu It over your 'Uncle Jim.'"?Popula Magazine. The Brighter Side.?It was a beau tiful barometer. It glistened from It; splendid wooden case with a spick and-spannees that boasted of its new ness. Its rich framework clearly ad vertised the large price that had beei paid for it. Its owner was Justl: proud. But it possessed one drawback?1 wouldn't work. Ever since it had beei purchased it had remained at "Se Fair" whatever the weather had hap pened to be. And the weather hat happened to be particularly wet. At last its owner grew weary of iti external beauty and exasperated ovei its internal stupidity. One day, whei the rain was pouring extra hard, h< tore the weather indicator from th< wall and took It out into the road. "Now, then," he cried, shaking it am grily "can't you see its raining." For a moment the needle hesitated Then, as the raindrops began to din the glass, it made up its mind ant moved slowly round to "Very Dry."? Answers. Greeting the New President.?-William Bayard Hale tells the following story of La Follette: A visitor who had waited a long time to see the senator said, as he grasped his hand: "I only came to shake the hand ol the next president." "Thank you very much," replied Mr La Follette, in his best manner anc with his extra expansion smile "Thank you very much for your gooc wishes of me. But as I wish yoi well, too, I must advise you that i! you want to strike the right man, yoi had better shake hands with a few dozen other gentlemen." "Is it worth while to go to the othei end of Pennsylvania avenue, senator?' quizzed the visitor. "Well," replied the senator, "it's t very hot day, and that is a long trip But don't forget to go to Trenton New Jersey." A Horrible Example.?When th? Hon. Champ Clark last visited Geor otIa Ka moo mnnk QmuaOf) Kv tho QQ C & ia itc nao itiuvu aiwu jvu mv ^?v case of an aged colored man as se< forth by the negro's wife. It appears that Mr. Clark was walking along the main street of a town ir that state when he came upon an ole couple. The man was staggering, anc the woman was berating him soundly. "You are evidently of the oplnior that liquor Is not good for your husband." the representative ventured t< remark to the old negress. "Ain't good for him?" retorted th? old woman. "Of co'se it ain't goot for him. It ain't good for nobody Why. suh, old Joe heah he's 90 yean old, an' done drink liquor all his life Now look at him! Ef he had let da stuff alone he mighter been a hundret by dis time!" Sympathized With Him.?This is s story of the Harvard "Gold Coast.' Some students who had either a rea or imaginary grievance against a tax icab chauffeur boarded his cab am rode all evening and part of the morn ing, winding up in front of the halls They excused themselves to raise mon ey enough to pay the bill and nevei came back. The next day the taxical company was called up and the man ager asked: "Did you have some Har vard students use a cab all night?" "Yes." "Did the chauffeur wait for fou hours for them to come out and pa; him?" "Yes." "And you were never paid?" "No." "Well," concluded the voice, "isn' that too bad." and the receive was hung up?Boston Record. Too Dry.?"Uncle Joe" Cannon, at : dinner in Washington, said of an op ponent, according to an exchange: "His arguments are as dry as the ell mate of West Australia. I met a ma from West Australia, and he told m that water was so scarce there, nobod ever washed except when it rained. "He said that a West Australia would often, seeing clouds in the skj strip and cover himself with a thic layer of soap in preparation for th downpour and then, by Jove, the cloud would drift away, the sun would blaz forth in a blue sky again, and ther would be nothing for the poor felloi to do but scrape off the soap with knife, dress, and go back to wor again." The Home-Coming.?They say tha John Nicholas Beffel, the poet, wer away from home at a tender age an for a while wrote home glowing lei ters about his prospects. The lettei finally ceased. One cold evening whe the snow was uilina ud in the mai streets of Seneca. 111., the elder Bel fel sat down to supper and looke dolefully at the vacant chair. But bt neath his plate he found this note: "Dear Dad: Please meet me at th old bridge at midnight, and bring blanket or a suit of clothes. I have hat. John."?Success Magazine. Growing Cautious.?Chatty Lodgt (to landlord)?You seem to have see a good deal. What are you? Landlord?Well, sir, I was a Ho tamer, and I'd be there now if I'adn a-marrled. But you see. my wife wet a knife thrower in the same shov and she got to practising her turn o me. Well, thinks I. life ain't too Ion to run no risks, so 1 took on a sal job and become a steeplejack. ittiscrllaufous grading. i. WITH NEIGHBORING EXCHANGES. l. Notes and Comments About Matters 3, of Local Interest. Gaffney Ledger, July 18: The for? mal opening of the City Hospital will d take place on August 1st at which 1. time a very enjoyable programme will 8 be carried out. The plans of the dlL rectors for this opening are rather elaborate and it is safe to assert that I- all those in attendance at the opening will enjoy the day to the fullest exit tent. Dr. Frank Martin, a prominent e physician of Baltimore. Md.t will be present on that day and will hold a " clinic for the benefit of attending physicans. There will doubtless be quite - a large number of doctors in attend t ance ana me Doaru nas exienucu a - cordial Invitation to all doctors in this portion of the state and North t Carolina as well to be present and t, participate in the day. Work on the d programme is now going on and the a day will certainly be a most glorious i one The Cherokee Creamery In this city, owned and operated by the a people of the county, has shut down a and will be closed indefinitely. The d manager of the creamery when seen y by a Ledger reporter yesterday stated t that the shut down was caused by a r scarcity of milk and that he could not say just when operations would be resumed. One of the directors when - asked concerning the proposition s stated that a meeting of the stock holders and directors would be called - at some early date at which time it is - probable that the creamery will be ^ sold or leased The two baseball y games played Thursday and Friday between Cowpens and Gaffney were t the biggest farces ever seen on a base- i 1 ball diamond. Both games resulted t in favor of Cowpens although It is im possible to say just what the scores i were as the official scorer lost count early in the games.? .... What this a country needs most is men in office to r whom no finger of suspicion can be 1 pointed. As long as men of known i immoral tendencies, low In their con9 ception of the rights of others and highly prejudiced against those with whom they do not agree are placed in positions of honor and trust, Just so , . long will we be regarded as a set of < * ? .? on/1 oTuft toifpr.vt Water * ^ctiUUlcia uuu 0>M?? ? 1 seeks its level, and no nation, state or - municipality can be regarded' as better than the men whom they choose to govern. Gattonia Gazette, July 18: Some f time ago Mr. W. J. M. Finger, of Charlotte, sent to the Torrence-Morris f Co. for repairs a solid gold watch vali ued at about J150. The watch was duly fixed up and returned to its ' owner. It was an old watch and certain peculiarities about it were noted. This morning a watch was brought ' into the store by Mr. McArver, of Lowell, who said that it had been of' fered him by some boys for J5. It 1 was immediately recognized as Mr. ^ Finger's watch which had recently 1 been stolen from him. The local po' lice were put on the job and with the assistance of Mr. McArver, Claude and Will Hicks and Earl Crayton were arrested. One Luther Earnhardt, escaped, but will soon be ta1 ken. The boys are confined in the city hall awaiting the mayor's court ? tomorrow.!. .Next Sunday night the pastors of the Methodist, Associate Reformed Presbyterian, Presbyterian ' and Lutheran churches will hold a " joint service at the First Baptist 1 church at which the representatives * of these several denominations of the town will take occasion to express their appreciation of the labors here i of Rev. W. H. Reddish, who leaves I soon for his new field of labor at 1 VV'adesboro after a faithful service - here of seven and a half years as pastor of the First Baptist church. There 1 will be no services on that night at . any of these churches except the Baptist Mrs. Ella McLaughen, of Yorkville, S. C., was in town yesterday en route to Charlotte to spend some ? time with relatives The congrej gation of Tate's Chapel Methodist church, seven miles south of Besse* mer City, is preparing to observe the s twentieth anniversary of its organization by a series of services beginning ' next Sunday night, July 23rd, and to continue through the week. Just 1 twenty years ago the society was organized with seven members by Rev. C. M. Campbell, then pastor at Gastonia. The following is the schedule of 1 appointments: Sunday night, p reach* ing by Rev. Charlie Harmon, of Besj semer City; Monday- night by Rev. A. T. Lindsay, president of Linwood college; Tuesday night by Rev. Mark B. 1 Clegg. of King's Mountain; Wednes day night by Rev. J. A. Peeler, of , Gastonia; Thursday night, Friday night and Saturday at 11 a. m., by " Rev. S. B. Turrentine, D. D., of Shelr by At the home of the bride's a parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Craig on Willow street Sunday morning. Miss Cora Craig and Mr. Claude Porter " were married. Rev. J. J. Beach performing the ceremony. The bride is a young lady well-known for her personal charm and attainments. For some time she has been connected f with the Progress Publishing company. The groom is a son of Mr. J. R. Porter, foreman of the mechanical department of the Progress Co., and is himself employed as pressman In the same establishment. He is a young t man of sterling worth and rare business-qualities. The (ongratulations of their hosts of friends are being extended to them. a The Water Elephant. M. Le Petit, a French naturalist, who was sent by the Museum of Natural History In Paris to explore cer" tain regions of central Africa, has n made a report to that institution of e the existence of a new species of elephant. It has been surmised for some time that certain of the lake regions were n inhabited by enormous semi-aquatic r animals, and it was partly to settle .' this question that Ix- Petit penetrated the Congo, where, on the north bank ? of I^ake Leopold 11., he was at last s rewarded for his pains. He learned e from the natives that these mysterious animals, though seldom seen, left e tracks in the earth like those of no .v other quadruped, and that there was a a tradition that the lakes had first , been found by following this trail. Given this clue. Le Petit divided his company into bands of five individuals apiece and sent them to reconnoitre. They were rewarded on L* several occasions by seeing these cult rious creatures, once at a distance of tl GOO metres. The trunks and ears of these water elephants are said to be very short, but the neck is enormous8 ly out of proportion and measures 11 much more than that of the land ele n pnuiil. lilt* neigni is uui i\vu meirea. , They are exceedingly agile, and it is not easy to hunt them for several difd ferent reasons; for one thing, they seem to have a signal which suffices as a danger warning to their tribe; then they make for the water with e cat-like swiftness, and. once therein, a swim rapidly, nothing appearing on a the surface but the head and the tip of the trunk. They quickly become lost to view, and the observer from land would have to be unusually alert ' to take aim, even if he were quixotic enough to suppose that his ammunition would penetrate such tough hides. The prospect that the water-elephant will travel with our circuses in future is not promising.?Harper's Weekly. n 1 ' g W We are not very good unless we 'e are a good deal better than most folks ? think we are. REPUBLIC OF PORTUGAL. Once Powerful Absolute Monarchy, Now Experimenting With Self-Government. Portugal was once the leading maritime nation of the world. Today it is a ?.oy republic in swaddling clothes, and as fretful as babies usually are. Whether or not It will get through the perils of its second summer and begin a healthy growth is a question of more interest to Christendom than importance to Europe. While considering Portugal as it now is. it is interesting to glance at its past. Ethnologically the section of the Iberian peninsula that is now Portugal, and was once the greater part of Lusitania, is very ancient. The student of European races finds that the aboriginal cave dwellers of Portugal Hnnriahinir u'hon the first Aryans s overran Europe. But politically the r history of Portugal spans but a brief j nine centuries. t Portugal was subjugated by the Ro- a mans in th? time of Augustus, and in- ? vaded by the Alans and Visigoths In s the fifth century, when the Roman su- ' premacy was overthrown. Three cen- ' turies later it was overrun by Arabs ^ and Berbers, who held it for 400 r years before the Christian kingdoms I of Spain coalesced and drove the Mos- ' lems back to their former stamping f ground in North Africa. But during v these stirring times Portugal had no * national entity. It was not until the ^ last decade of the 11th century, when Alfonso VI of Castile gave Henry of Burgundy the hand of his daughter ? and rulershlp over such territory beyond the Tagus as he could capture from the Moors, that Portugal assum- 1 ed importance separate from Spain, d It began its career as an indepen- ^ dent country when Alfonso, son of the Burgundian prince and Theresa of Castle, arranged a tournament, in 1143, f between Portuguese knights and Spaniards to settle the question of his right to rule as a king in his own right. The Burgundian house showed 3 its mettle by holding the crown of a Portugal for more than four centuries 0 and developing the country as a mil- . itary power and a maritime nation. After a century of war with Mos- 6 lems, and brawls between the clergy c and the nobles when there was no battle with Moors to be fought, Portugal found itself on the high road to e __j 1*.. ni?u >??, nt h weaitn iuiu pruaperny. ovu w* Alfonso III, was the first statesman- n like ruler of Portugal. His predecessors had been warriors. Daniz encouraged agriculture, commerce, in- 0 dustry, the arts and education. He ti founaed a university at Lisbon, and t became known as the "Father of His Country." He was also affectionately f called "Farmer" Diniz, a distinction a unique among the titles of European kings. "Re lavrador?The Labor- c er?was also a popular title for him. c He earned it by various activities. He n avoided foreign wars, laid the founda- s tions for prosperity, and set an example as a home builder by marrying Donna Isabel, an Aragonese princess, (| canonized in later years for the purity p and unselfishness of her life. Agricultural schools were numerous in the reign of "Farmer" Diniz, Mod- _ el farms were tilled, and farmers were made members of the nobility because of their diligence as agriculturalist. This monarch was a conservationists. He reclaimed arid lands and planted a great pine forest. He built and beautified cities, reformed the courts, wrote pastoral poems and surrounded himself with writers who transformed a rude dialect into a flexible literary language. During the reigns of John the Great, John 11 and Emmanuel, covering a period of a hundred years beginning in the last quarter r* the 14 century, Portugal moved ' .. ward toward a position of preeminence among European nations. The treaty of Windsor, the genesis of which might be traced back to the teachings of "Farmer" Diniz, who advocated alliance with England, declared the kingdom of Portugal and the Island Empire bound by the closest bonds. Portuguese navigators, in cockleshell boats, felt their way down the west coast of Africa, to find their way to conquest in India and Ceylon, and the establishment of a Chinese station at Macao, opposite the island of Hong Kong. Peace with England and non-interference with Spain became the policy of the nation. Capture of Ceuta, a North African stronghold of the Moors, in 1415, was the beginning of the Portuguese conquests beyond the sea. A few years later King Edward of Portugal died of a broken heart because of the failure of an expedition that set out to take Tangiers. Prince Henry the Navigator collected about him all of the daring seamen ond brilliant scientists he could lind and spent forty years trying to solve the problem of sailing from Lisbon to the Indian ports, to make an all-sea route for trade then coming to Europe by land, through the Levant, or North Africa. He died without achieving his 1 object, but Vasco da Gama, who found J this all-water route, was imbued with his ideas. King John the Perfect was an ardent explorer who made the mistake of dismissing Christopher Columbus as a visionary because of his advocacy of sailing across the Atlantic instead of around Africa to iir.d India by water. ], But if he erred in his estimate of Co- ^ lumbus he did nothing more than the f majority of navigators, and while he tnrrie<1 ilnwn lh? i?re:itp.nt pxnlorer he surrounded himself with many others who were to become famous. Among th- m was Alfuso d'Albuquerque, who ; became the viceroy of the Indies. Al- t buquerque landed on th^ Malabar j const, conquered Goa and founded a ^ seat of Portuguese government on the y Indian peninsula. Ceylon, the "land y of Ophir," from which Hiram, king of g Tyre, brought "ivory, apes and peacocks" to Solomon, and which is be- \ lieved by some investigators to have been the Garden of Eden, fell into the hands of the Portuguese, together with the Sunda isles, the Isle of Orniuz and the Peninsula of Malacca. . When the shah of Persia sent to the prince of Ormuz for his customary tribute his ambassadors were presented with bullets and swords by Albuquerque and his hardy Portuguese, and i told that this was the coin in which J Portugal paid tribute. The kings of far away Siam and Pegu sought alliance with Portugal. The terror of Al- ( buquerque's name was such that long L after his death Indian rajahs prayed at his grave for protection from their j enemies. Lisbon became a brilliant capital j during the reign of King John 11. Men of importance in the various arts and t sciences and industries were attracted t to it and patronized by the court. When John was succeeded by Em- a manuel the fortunate the great heroic , period of Portuguese history began. s Fleets of ships, made by shipwrights ( brought from Denmark and England, plowed the most distant waters in search of new countries to conquer. The wealth of "Ormuz and of Ind" and the treasures of the new world poured into Portuguese coffers simultaneously. Hut the vaulting ambition of Emmanuel spelled trouble for the country. He dreamed of occupying the throne of Spain, and proposed to marry the infanta Isabella, daughter of Ferdinand of Aragon and yueen Isabella, of Castile, agreeing to expel the Moors and Jews from Portugal in order to inherit the kingdoms of Spain. The Moors had always dealt !. .ently with the Jews, recognizing their value us upuunuers 01 inuusny. i ue na.^ Kmmanuel proposed to banish constituted the industrial bone and sinew of his kingdom. The Jews and Moots were expelled, with great loss to the country, but Emmanuel's wife died, leaving an infant son who also died, a second marriage with the same intention left him without an heir, and a third with his own niece with similar aims was fruitless, so he died without becoming king of Spain. The record of discoveries by Portuguese adventurers at this period was dazzling. Vasco da Gama doubled tlie Cape of Good Hope and reached India by sea: Cabral discovered Brazil; Cort-Real discovered Labrador; Castella discovered the islands of St. Helena and Ascension; Amerigo Vespucci visited Paraguay; Couthino ex jlored Madagascar and Maurituls; ?opez occupied Sumatra; Serrao dis:overed the Moluccas; Coelho explored Cochin China; Andrade established i station at Canton and penetrated to he forbidden capital of the Chinese >mpire; Magellan navigated the straits >t Magellan and led the way to the Pacific ocean. A despotism subsisting on plunder, Portugal was doomed, but blazed In rlory. Agriculture, which "Farmer" Dlniz had so carefully nurtured, languished. Population did not increase, rhe inquisition was brought into play is an instrument of oppression. Lis3on nourished like the proverbial bay ree. The Portuguese crown was the vealthiest In Europe. Graft-sodden idministrations in far away posseslions divided their spoils with the nonarch, and the church and the nojility had a share. The world-old story of the crumbling of an empire is a result of luxury and corruption, ind failure to develop the country i-hile nlnnderine the colonies. was >eing told In a decline that was not mspected by those whose mlsmanagenent contributed to It. No country boasts a history more >ri!liant in adventure and conquest, >ut if Portugal, In her brief career as i great empire achieved much, she , Ireamed of more. Nothing less than , he conquest of Asia and the con /er- ' ion of the uncounted millions of the 'cradle of races" to the Christian re- i igion fired the imagination of the ad- | 'enturers. King Emmanuel bore the >roud title of "lord of the conquest, tavigation and commerce of Ethio>la, Persia and Arabia," but his coun- , rymen looked forward to the day vhen Portuguese kings would be em- 1 terors of the cast, and far away Japan vould send an annual tribute to LIs?on as the price of peace.?Frederick , f. Haskin. | i To Avoid Seasickness.?Many of our eaders have asked this department or a preventive of seasickness. Near- | y all of our readers flit from shore o shore of the oceans or the lakes 1 luring the summer, and most of them , iave tried lemons and mustard plas- .1 ers and smelling salts and blind 1 aith to no avail. Charles F. Healy j las devoted much time and thought 0 seasickness, its cause and cure, 1 nd has consulted authorities hither 1 nd yon. He has discovered a method , f avoiding seasickness which is said j 0 be infallible, and we are glad to 1 Ive it space for the good of all con- ' erned: 1 q hirers trpp nrpfprnhlv art 1 1m or a maple with low-hanging \ ranches. If this is not available, a llac or even a gooseberry bush will uffice. Lie full length in a hammock n the shady side, or, If the grass Is all, a hammock is unnecessary. Place he right hand under the back of the lead?be sure not to place It on the | orehead?and shift your position so i s to keep in the shade. Whenever ou feel an attack of seasickness 1 oming on while on shipboard ask the 1 aptain to let you off and find the ecessary Ingredients to fill this preemption." Clip this and paste it in your hat. rou may not be able to remember it i a an emergency.?Chicago Evening ost. 1 ??^??????ga .m NEW Ai INV1 Whatever your reasons for ope er the account be large or smal THE NATIONAL asks your consideration, assi safety for your funds, and the > The Officers of this bank ex sy warranted by their business They will be pleased to have a into correspondence with thos< count or to establish additiona The National ABSOLUTE Rock Hill, W. J. Roddey, Pres. FARM TOOLS Every progressive farmer who has earned by experience and observation, mows that the economical way to , arm is by using LABOR SAVING FARM TOOLS, Vnd is always ready to buy and use he tools that give economical results. Jefore you buy Farm Tools of any ;ind. come and see me. Let me show ou what I have In Farm Tools that ou can use to your advantage. I can upply the Farm Tools you need. Use Pittsburg Welded Steele Wire rencing?Best by Test. W. R. Carroll 777777777 Does Honesty Pay? For Fruits, Vegetables and Canned loods, don't forget Old George is the heapest place in town. White Salt Fish and Barrel Pickles n stock now. Fresh Meats daily?Beef, Veal, JurK ana sausage. n?u un nuiiuua>a. i Creamery Butter every Day; Counry Butter on Saturday. Eggs all the ime. Going into business is like getting l wife. Only one in twenty-five suc eeds. and he must be short on conicience, and have no feeling for his ellowman. To do as you wish to be done by Is the rule I've tried to follow, I've been in business twenty years, And today ain't worth a dollar. OL1) GEORGE THE BUTCHER. JUST RECEIVED WESSON COOKING OIL. SWIFTS* AND KINGAN S HAMS. E. X. SEAL FRUIT JARS. DIAMOND SALT. COFFEES. TEAS AND SPICES. [. W. JOHNSON BLUNT ANDREW JACKSON. "Old Hickory's" Caustic Advice to James Buchanan. Stories of Andrew Jackson are likely to be pointed and to have a practical application, as do the stories told of Franklin. In Mr. J. W. Forney's "Anecdotes of Public Men" there Is given a story as It was told by James Buchanan at his own table. Although It contained a reproof from the president to one who was to succeed him, it is said to have been a favorite story at that board. Shortly after Mr. Buchanan's re turn from Russia In 1834, to the court of which country he had been sent by Jackson in 1832, and immediately following his election to the senate he called upon "Old Hickory" with a fair English lady whom he desired to present to the head of the American nation. Leaving her In the reception room downstairs, he ascended to the president's private quarters, where he found General Jackson unshaved, un- I kempt, In his dressing gown, with his J slippered feet on the fender, before a blazing wood Are, smoking a corncob pipe of the old southern pattern. He stated his object, and General Jackson said that he would be very glad to meet the lady whom Mr. Buchanan desired to present. Mr. Buchanan was always careful of his personal appearance and in some respects was a sort of masculine Miss Fribbe, addicted to spotless cravats and huge collars, rather proud of a foot small for a man of his large stature and to the last of his life what the ladies would call "a very good figure." Having just returned from a visit to the fashionable circles of the continent after years of thorough intercourse with the etiquette of one of the atotolloot nnn rfu In TTnrnno ha u/flq somewhat shocked at the idea of the president meeting the eminent English lady in such a guise and ventured to ask if General Jackson did not intend to change his attire. Thereupon the old warrior rose, with his long pipe in his hand, and, deliberately knocking the ashes out of the bowl, said to his friend: "Buchanan, I want to give you a little piece of advice, which I hope you will remember. I knew a man once who made a fortune by attending to his own business. Tell the lady ' L will see her presently." The man who became president in J 1857 was fond of saying that this re- < mark of Andrew Jackson humiliated 1 him more than any other rebuke he , had ever received. | He walked downstairs to meet the , lady in his charge, and in a very j short time President Jackson entered ( the room, dressed in a full suit of ! black, cleanly shaved, with his stubborn white hair forced back from his \ forehead, and, advancing to the beau- ' tiful visitor, he greeted her with al- ; most kingly grace. ' As she left the White House she said to her escort. "Your republican < president Is the royal model of a gen tleman." CCOUNTS TED ning a Bank Account, wliethI, UNION BANK jring you in return, absolute rery b^st of banking service. tend to patrons every courte., balances and responsibility, personal interview, or enter i desiring to open a new ac1 banking relations TTn ion Rant. :ly safe - - S. C. Ira 6. Dunlap, Cashier. YORKVILLE MONDMEHT WORKS (THE OLD RELIABLE.) 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SWIFTS' PREMIUM HAMS. BONELESS HAMS. PICNIC HAMS. ALL KINDS OF SOFT DRINKS, PIEDMONT ALE. JELLIES AND PRESERVES, APPLE BUTTER, COOKING OIL. SWEET PICKLES. SOUR PICKLES, MACKEiREL, HERRING AND WHITE FISH, SNUFFS AND CIGARS. J. M. BRIAN COMPANY. When You Deposit A DOLLAR In this Bank you have bought a Dollar's worth of self-respect and still have the money left. Depositing money in this Institution at compound interest is the best Investment, the most profitable business, and the greatest, grandest, and surest speculation Known. First National Bank Of Sharon, S. C. THE BEST EVER We still have a car of the best StailFed Tennessee Steers that ever happened in this part of the country. All meats are well refrigerated before It Is cut. If you are not one of our customers, you are missing a treat in the way of good meats. THE CITY MARKET, C. F. SHERER, Prop. ??+ A +???* A +?*?* A +?*?* , I HAMMOCKS j $ We have about tweleve ? from the stock that we bough + don't want to carry them ov< x into Cash at a greatly redu ? class in quality and good v patterns are good, they are w jr of them is well worth the pric ? big reductions that you can <| best grades and enjoy its cor the balance of the summer, x what we have in Hammocks v will please you if you have a A Hammock. f If it is Hardware you \ \ The YORKVILLE atA?A*A?A*A*A*AftAXA*Ai s EXCURSION NIAGARA 5 A iA Wl' I I I I ; $w.io u u j-j 3 SEVEN DAYS OF PLEAS * The CAROLINA, CLINCH] ? will operate from Spartanbur] 3 Conducted Tour to j NIAGARA FALL ^ Spending one full day at Cin J Ohio, two days at Niagara F; 3 Canda. All expenses, includit ^ car, hotel and boat trip to Toi ^ Officials of the C., C. & O. F K pany the Excursion and see tl * Party limited. For further in or address, 2 THEO. DEHON, JR., I J C.f C. & O. Ry., J. C. WILBOR] LIST YOUR PROPERTY WITH HE IF YOU WANT TO SELL? ? FOR SALE ? 301 Acrea?The Moss place, 2i miles of Hickory Grove; 5 horse farm. Three or four horse farm can be oDened In addition. Three good houses, 5-rooms each; also one 2-room house?150 acres in woods; 30 acres in original pine and oak timber. Rents for 5,200 pounds of lint cotton. Price $25 an acre. I have some small farms within the incorporate limits of Yorkvllle; for instance 49 acres near the overhead bridge. The C. E. Spencer's Moore place adJoining the jail lot. If you want good high school, buy this land, don't wait. I have five different tracts close in to town. 66 Acres?More or less; Mrs. Laura E. Parish tract of land; mostly within the incorporate limits of Yorkville. This land will be sold cheap. I will divide it into three tracts. Beautiful home of D. E. Durant at Guthrlesvllle, S. C.; 140 acres fronting on the C. &. N.-W. railroad, and also the beautiful sand and clay road from Yorkville to Chester. One dwelling, 2-stories high, 8-rooms; 100 acres in cultivation, 40 acres in timber, fine orchard; one of the best barns in York county, 3 stories high 40x90. Barn i? worth $2,500. Has four tenant houses in fine repair. Land lies level and adJoins Guthrlesvllle academy. Will cut this place to suit purchaser if he should not want it all. Price $9,300. 33 3-4 Acres?One and one-half mile of Yorkville, near Pinckney road, good 3-room house; all necessary out' ulldings; will rent for 1,200 lbs. i vtton, Pmnurtv nf R R Steele. Price S1.050, 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; GO acres in cultivation; a splendid home near school, church, etc. $3,200. 3J miles of Yorkvllle. Two lots of the Herndon property or West Madison St., joining Herndon lots. $100 Each. 125 Acres?Two miles of Bethany; joining W. B. Stroup and others; 30 acres in cultivation, 95 acres In timber. Price $2,350. 1191-2 Acres?A 4-room house, 1J miles of Bethany High school at $30 per acre. 203 Acres?Three miles of Clover, near St. Paul's church, a 2-story, 9ruom 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 tenant houses, 3-rooms each. Will also put in 3 good mules. Price $4,000. 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 Yorkvllle; land lies level; nice 6-room dwelling, 2 stories; 1 mile from Bethany High school; a Jiice 4-room tenant house; good barn, mace is ievei 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. 202 1 -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 Rock Hill, 50x196. Price $400. 150 Acres?Two miles from Yorkville 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. 8EE THE Piedmont Marble ? And ? Granite Company YORKVILLE, 8. C. For High Grado MONUMENTS In Granita and Marbla. Plain and Finely Carved TOMBSTONES sold at reaaonable prlcea. Get our Drlces before you buy. Piedmont Marble & Granite Go, Louis Roth, Pros. ? Troao. F. Happerfield. Managor. 4 +???* A +?*? A +??? A ? * VT GREATLY ? REDUCED PRICES | or fifteen HAMMOCKS left * t for this summer's trade. We J ;r. Would rather turn them ? iced price. They are all first * alues at original prices. The * ell made, roomy and every one e. We now offer them at such ? easily afford to buy one of the * nforts on your lawn or porch $ Come and let us show you ? at Reduced Prices. The prices $ suspicion that you want a good- * vant, Come and see us about it. ^ HARDWARE CO. f ?*?? +?ne? ?*? ?? FALLS AND CANADA * rr 31 $49.75 j IURE AND SIGHTSEEING J FIELD & OHIO RAILWAY j I, S. C., July 31st, a Personally A u ,S AND CANADA J cinnati, one day at Cleveland, ^ alls, with side trip to Toronto, ^ lg Ticket, Sleeping and Dining ronto, for only A Q M g ^ Iv. will accom- J U 3 lat every feature is carried out. ^ iformation and booklet, call on m )ivision Passenger Agent, m Spartanburg, S. C. ? lA?tA*A*A*A*AHAXA*A>mU' NT-REAL ESTATE. 991-2 Acres?Six miles of Torkville, 1 dwelling, 7-rooms; J mile of school, i mile from Beersheba church. Pries $1,875. 75 Acrss?Of ths John M. Thomas nn hnaMtM^! m. nlM Inratlnn* rnno strong land. Price $60 an sore. 961-2 Acres?The home of J. P. i Barnes, Delphoa; 1 nice 4-room dwelling and 2 good tenant houses; close to school and church; a good neigh i borhood. 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 6-horae farm open on it; 1 dwelling house, 8-rooms; big barn, cribs etc. Prioe $13 per acre. 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 ' complete; good well water. Price | $1,400. 91 Aorea?Parks Parish place, property of J. F. Smith, a nice new cottage, ; a splendid location for country store. > Nice land at New Zion cross road. ? 128 Acres?At New Zion. Property t of J. F. Smith; new house, good barn. ( out buildings, etc. Cheap. Write for i prices. 100 Acres?One mile from Filbert, S : miles Clover on York and Clover road, i joining lands of J. M. Stroup and othi ers. Property of J. A. Tate. Prioe $22 per sore. Rents for 2,200 lbs. cot: ton; 3-horse farm open. ' 61 Acres?1J miles Tirzah, on Rock Hill road; land lies level; 60 acres in t cultivation; Joins J. L. Moss, Bob Ward I and Southern R. R.. Price $40 per acre. J. C. Wallace. 310 Acres?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; $15 per acre. John Wells place. Mrs Metis's beautiful residence in . Yorkville; everything is in first-class I condition, with twelve good rooms; sewerage and water in the dwelling, k Lot 198 feet front, 343 feet deep, with , a lane entering the premises from Madison street. 40 Acres?At Outhrlesville depot, i facing C. & N.-W. R. R. Price $50 an acre. 208 Acraa?Two and one-half milea , Lockhart mills; 1 3-room house; 28 acres In cultivation, 176 acres In wood ?most pine. Jno. Ned Thomson place. 201 Acrsa?'In Ebenezer township; 1 , dwelling li story high, 6 rooms; also tenant house 6 rooms li story high. Price $11 per acre. Property of M. B. ' Massey. One 4-room house and 34 acres of , land at Filbert, facing King's Mountain highway and joining King's Mountain Chapel. 69 Acres?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 Yorkvllle of Geo. Sherer. It is three lots from the court bouse. It has a large store room, easily rents for $20, another room rents for i $6. About two acres of land; 8 nice rooms in the residence. Pries $4,000. 150 Acres?Near Clay Hill; 1 dwelling; all necessary outbuildings?part of the A. A. Barron place?$10.00 an acre. 136 Acres?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; 2i miles of Smyrna. Price, $15.00 per acre. T. B. Nichols. 95 Acres?Mrs. J. Frank Wallace place, 2 dwellings on It; 8 miles of Vrtfi/t/lilu r?n on hi In hIffhwn v npflr Npu Zion church. Price $1,425. 285 Acree?Joins Wm. Biggers, Meek Faulkner, Jim McGill; 6-horse farm; 1 house, 6-rooms, 76 acres under cultivation; 185 acres in timber. Some saw timber; near to Enon church; 2| miles Smyrna; 4 tenant houses, 36 acres of bottom land. Price $15.00 per sere. A. J. Boheler property. ' Miss Dolly Miller residence?a bargain. 50 Acres?Joins A. J. Boheler, Westmoreland and Ed Whltesldea corners at London siding; 1 house, 1 story, 3rooms, 20 acres under cultivation, plenty of firewood; orchard, good spring, | mile of Canaan church, 1 mile of Smyrna station, good barn. Price $16.00 per aora. J. C. WILBORN. GLENN & ALLISON. MULES '< HORSES We have received this week another carload of MULES And HORSES for our trade, and we would be pleased to have all who are Interested choice animals come and see our latest shipment when In town next Monday, Salesday, or at any other time. This car of stock Includes the finest bunch of MARES that we have ever snippeu iu inia umriiei. Make our Stable a visit. GLENN & ALLISON SUMMONS FOB RELIEF. Stats of SOuth Carolina?County of York. In the Court of Common Plena. I. B. McKnight, Plaintiff, against Irene McKnight, M. Florence McFadden, J. C. Worthey, John T. McKnight, J. Rosa Strait, Mary McConnell, Nettle McKnight, Charles McKnight, J. H. Holloman, Pink Dorsey, other helrsat-law, if any, of W. E. McKnight, names unknown, and J. T. Burris, Defendants.?Summons for Relief.? (Complaint Filed.) To the Defendants Above Named. YOU are hereby Summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, which has this day been I filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his office in Yorkvllle, South Carolina, within twenty days after 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, Plaintiff's Attorney. Dated June 21st, A. D. 1911. NOTICE. To the absent defendants Irene McKnight, M. Florence McFadden. John T. McKnight, J. Ross Strait, Charles McKnight, J. H. Holloman, Pink Dorsey, and other helrs-at-law, if any, of W. E. McKnight, names unknown: ? Please take notice that the Summons in the above entitled action, of which the foregoing is a copy, togetner witn the Complaint herein, waa filed in the office of J. A. Tate, Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for the County and State aforesaid, at his office at Yorkvllle, S. C., on the 21st day of June A. D. 1911. J. S. BRICE, Plaintiff's Attorney. Yorkvllle, S. C.. June 21st, 1911. 60 f fit STATE OF SOUTH OABOUHA, County of York. IN THE PROBATE COURT. By L R. Williams, Esquire, Probate Judge of York County. WHEREAS M. B. SPENCER, has applied to me for Letters of Administration, on all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits of W. C. SPENCER, late of the county aforesaid deceased: These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear before me at our next Probate Court for the said county, to be holden at York Court House on the 29TH DAY OF JULY. 1911, to shew cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. Oiven under my hand and Seal, this 12th day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eleven, and in the 130th Jrear of American Independence. L R. WILLIAMS, Probate Judge of York County. 66 f 2t The rv*FF LWierence Between a good and a poor preparation in business method is Just the difference between system and carelessness, between success and failure. Deposit your money with us and do your business in a systematic manner. The Bank of Glover, oxiovxiii m. o. FLY SCREENS THAT FIT If you are going to have Fly Screens 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 migni jusi no well not have them. OUR FLY SCREENS FIT. Let us measure your Doors and Win- ^ dows and make your Screens. They'll fit, and they'll last longer than the I other kind and the cost Is nearly as small. Phone us to measure your Windows and Doors. J. J. KELLER & COMPANY Professional Guards. J. HARRY FOSTER ATTORNEY AT LAW, Yorkvills, South Carolina. MP Office In McNeel Building. Dr. B. G. BLACK Surgeon Dentist. A# ?I<A V>AAf UA. umto ocvuuu uuui v*. iuo iivn *?vNeel building. At Clover Tuesday and Friday of each week. Geo. W. S. Hart. Jos. E. Hart. HART & HART ATTORNEYS AT LAW Yorkvills 8. C. No. 1, Law Range. 'Phone (Office) 68, JOHN R. HART ATTORNEY AT LAW No. S Law Range YORKVILLE. 8. C. J. 8. BRICE, ATTORNEY AT LAW Office Opposite Court House. Prompt attention to all legal bust* nesa of whatever nature.