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tumorous flrpartmnit. Economy.?"We women may not know some things, but we have some sense of business honor," said Mrs. Blithers. " "Do you mean to tell me that we have no sense of business honor In public life now?" demanded Blithers. "Well, my dear," said Mrs. Blithers, with a superior smile, "facts speak for themselves. Do you consider this business-like? This paper says that 7,000 bills were presented to congress in the first nine daily sessions. I believe th.'s paper Is reliable." "Perfectly." said Blithers; "but what of It? Suppose 20,000 bills wer$ presented In that time?" "What ofjt? What of it?" cried Mrs. Plithers. "You surprise me, % even If you are a man. Do you think ft buslness-Hk* to have that number of bills, all In nine days, too?" Blithers scratched his head In per plexlty. "How would you women stop It?"I he demanded. "How would we stop It?" said Mrs. i-11ther< scornfully. "Why. we would not have any bills at all. We'd pay cash as we went along." The Champion Mean Man.?Simeon I Ford has found the champion mean man; the little boy of his candidateI came to him one day and said: "I want to save up my money till 11 can buy a bicycle." said the child. "That's a good boy," replied the father, glowing with pride. "Your thrift and forethought are a credit to my training. How much have you now ?" "A quarter." said the child. "Canl I have a money box to put It In?" The father glanced around. "Yes," I he said, "yes, you can have that nice J big box hanging on the wall. It's very strong and It will hold a lot of mon-1 ey. Put your money In that slot, but only put In quarters." The wise child did as he was to'd. I and went off well pleased with him-1 self. The father, too, was pleased. I and he smiled benignly as he reached up and turned the handle of the gasl meter. Knowing that his wise little son I had paid for so many feet of gas, and with average luck would pay fori many more! Stung.?George Legare, represents- I tlve from South Carolina, had occasion a few months ago to spend thel night at the rude mountain cabin ofl a backwoods constituent. The head I of the household proudly brought In I a month-old girl baby to receive thel congressman's blessings. Legare. thinking of the twenty orl more miles that lay between them and civilization, remarked: "Must be hard to get a doctor upl here to take care of a little baby wHen It comes." "Oh. Mrs. Smlthson's all the doctor! we" ever have," fjrn man said. "She lives right back of that next mountain I yonder, less'n five miles away. Yes; I she takes care of all the babies In this part of the country." "She must make a good deal of money," commented Legare. "Hum. Well. I should say shel does, the mountaineer replied. "Shel stung me for a dollar and a half."?I Chattanooga Times. It Was His Own Ham.?This is al story brought by John McLaughlin I direct from Ireland: "A Dublin eccentric a short timel ago entered a purveyor's shop and bought a ham. Having paid for his purchase, he requested that it should V- 1 tha ohnn dnnr Sflvine UC I1UIIK UUIOIUV il(V HMVf/ v? that he would call back for it. The customer then paced up and down outside the shop 'till a police- ' man came in sight, and, Just as the man In blue caught his eye, he grab- , bed the ham and bolted. The, constable, however, soon collared the thief, as he thought, and haul- j ed him back to the shop. Having ex- , plained the nat- ? of the alleged crime to the shop assistant, he asked , the latter to charge the offender. ; "Put." ssaid the assistant. a? he . realized the Joke, "It's his own ham! . He was quite at liberty to take It In ' any circumstances he chose." A Better Man Than Hia Father.? Few ministers were better loved by , their Hock than Bishop Reese of Sa vannah. It Is told of him that when he was rector of a parish he saw one of his parishioners talking very emphatically to his son. Dr. Reese called out: "Hallo," Tom! What are you going to do with that boy of yours?" The old man advanced to the door ' and replied. "What am I going to do with hjm? Well, I will tell you, doctor. I am going to do with my son what you cannot do with yours." "Oh, Indeed!" said the doctor, "and , pray what Is that?" "Why. I am going to make a better man of him than his father." Tickled the Bishop.?"The late Bishop Mackay-Smith," said a Philadelphlan, "was the life of many a dinner party?a man as Jolly as he was good. "The bishop, at a dinner in RlttenOAitora nna r* i ffh t Vl'Q <J tlPRPrl h - asvuoxr oi{ uui v vatv ? mm ? ing an old fisherman he had met In Gloucester. "'Are you contented?' the bishop asked the old fellow. "And the fisherman, taking his pipe from his* mouth, piously replied: " 'I am contented through and through, sir, when I think of the glorious immorality to come.' "?Baltimore Sun. 1 Peculiar Coincidences.?There are some peculiar coincidences In history. For example: A friend one day remarked to Senator John Sharpe Williams how odd it was that a dove (Latin, colombe) should have been sent out to find the Old World, and Columbus (Colombe) ! should have found the New. "Yes," agreed the senator, "but more curious still Is the fact that one came from*Noah and the other from Genoa." | A Precaution.?"What's the idea of keeping your playing cards In the refrigerator?" "It's a little precaution the boys < agreed on." replied Three-Finger Sam. "Some pretty queer hands were played, so we keep changing the pack, and i if any stray cards get Into the deal I we can recognize them hy the temper- I ature." i Epigrammatic. ? Japanese saying: "You can't rivet a nail in a boiled po- i tato." < Men are often capable of greater 1 things than they perform. They are 1 sent Into the world with bills of cred- 1 it and seldom draw to their full ex- i tent. |< Jttiscfllanrmis grading. WITH NEIGHBORING EXCHANGES. Notes and Comments About Matters of Local Interest. Gastonia Gazette, February 2: Mr. S. Settlemyer had as his guests the first of the week his two brothers, Noah Settlemyer, of Yates Centre, Kan., and Monroe Settlemyer of Neosho Falls, Kan., and his sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Cicero Cllne, of Newton. Mr. Noah Settlemyer was accompanied by his wife. They cartie down from Newton Monday, and left Wednesday for Gaffney. S. C., to spend a few days with relatives. Next Wed til nesday tne Messrs ?exuemyer ? ?=turn to their homes In the west. This Is their first visit to their native state in forty-fiv? years. Chester Lantern, February 2: Married at the Baptist parsonage, on Wednesday, January 31st, Miss Nannie Hardin of this city, and Mr. Jason Pope of Wlnnsboro, Rev. J. S. Snyder officiating.... At a special meeting of the city council yesterday it was decided to take up the question of purchasing an automobile hose wagon and chemical fire engine combined, and telegrams were sent the American La France, Seagraveg and Pope companies, Inviting them to have representatives appear before the council at the next regular meeting Tuesday. Apparatus of the type under consideration would cost in the neighborhood of 15,500, and have a maximum speed of eighty miles per hour. The maintenance cost of this machine In active service has proved to be $2.82 per month in Atlanta, and $2.32 in Rome, Qa. Chester's present outfit costs about $35 per month. The city Is also considering, as an alternative, the purchase of "Are horses" from Anderson, S. C., which place is using the automobile apparatus. The best of the city's two horses died Tuesday night, and some Immediate action for fire protection is necessary. Lancaster News, February 2: County Supervisor M. C. Gardner had the misfortune to lose his dwelling and one outbuilding nearby, with all the contents, by fire about 2 o'clock Monday morning. This is a great loss to Mr. Gardner, as he had no Insurance on buildings or furniture. There were seven rooms In the main dwelling and three to the outbuilding. Mr. Gardner and his family had barely time to escape with their lives... .Married, Wednesday evening, January 31st, at 5 o'clock, Mr. William A. Love, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Love, and Miss Maggie Bell Neal, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James B. Neal... .Bethel Presbytery appointed the following commission to install Rev. Hugh Murchlson pastor the Lancaster Presbyterian church February 11: Rev. Alexander Martin, to preside, preach the sermon and propound the constitutional questions. Rev. J. T. Dendy to deliver the charge to the pastor and Prof. J. W. Thompson to charge the people Coroner King held an inquest over the body of Adeline Blackmon, a colored woman of the Pleasant Hill section, who died suddenly Tuesday night. The Jurv found that she came to her death from heart trouble. As the woman was an important witness In a shooting afTalr happening 41?- ??~ nras qppiiopH ouiiie iniir cl&v, u?pivivu ?? hy her death that she may have been foully dealt wltlv Chestsr Reporter, February 2: Mr. H. C. Rohr, proprietor of the Carolina Inn. was tried in mayor's court Tuesday afternoon for disorderly conduct, and was declared not guilty. Mr. Rohr and others who are Interested in the loading and unloading of baggage at the Southern passenger depot have been troubled for some time past by the railroad officials' insistence upon their rule of not allowing teams or vehicles to approach nearer the baggage room than the extreme southern edge of the passenger shed, in this way making it necessary to cart or carry the baggage a distance of several yards after it Is unloaded from the wagon, instead of being able to slide It right off at the baggage room. Mr. Rohr accompanied his truck Sunday afternoon, and instead of stopping as prescribed at the railroad at the southern end of the station, boldly steered his craft up to the door of the baggage room, thereby bringing the agent out upon him with more Insistence that the rules be compiled with. Mr. Rohr lost his temper then, and let fly the expressions which the city translated Into disorderly conduct, but which the Jury viewed as entirely called for and proper under the circumstances. The other part of the charge, that of Invading soil set aside by the Southern railway as not to be trespassed upon by any baggage truck or wagon, was dropped from the indictment, it being apparent that the city has no law to prevent baggage wagons from approaching the baggage room and unloading their cargo Ten mules and two horses were burned to death this morning In a fire which razed the barn and outbuildings at the Cathcart farm at Adger's, a short distance north of Wlnnsboro. The farm Is Rented by Mr. T. L. Carter, brother of Messrs. S. C. and J. Foster Carter of this city, and the loss falls on Messrs Carter and Cathcart jointly. In addition to the twelve head of stock the loss Includes two cribs of corn, the barn and stables, and possibly several other outbuildings. When the last report was received from the Are It was thought probable that several more outbuild Ings would be destroyed, but the dwelling would be saved. Very little Is known as to the cause of the fire, but there Is reason to believe that It was of Incendiary origin. The Cathcart place Is one of the most beautiful between Columbia and Charlotte, and Is always admired by passengers on the Southern railway. Fortunately, the splendid mansion was not seriously , df.maged by the conflagration, as has been learned subsequently. ONE LODE'S BIG OUTPUT. Day's Work Would Have Made Mark Twain a Millionaire. i "I can always have It to say that I , was absolutely and questionably worth , a million dollars once for ten days."? , Mark Twain In "Roughing It." ! Rich as were the mineral dlscove- , rles In California In 1849, In Australia In 1851, In South Africa In 1885 and ] In the Klondike In 1896, the most remarkable mine In the history of the \ world was that revealed by Patrick | McLaughlin and Peter O'Rlley dig- i King a water hole In a gulch of the ( Carson river valley of Nevada and la- i ter known as "the great Comstock i lode." They sought and found gold, i but In panning the yellow metal they | unearthed millions of tons" of silver i sre. From Mt. Davidson they took j specimens that assayed $300 In silver there came to their camp Henry Cornstock, who, .with matchless effrontery, charged them with trespassing upon his land, and talked them into conceding his claims. "It was a case of Aladdin's cave and $875 in gold to the ton. Then realized," said George L. Smith of Chicago, who has lately come home from an Inspection of mining properties at Tonopah and Goldfleld. "The Comstock lode was staked in 1859 and by 1862 forty-nine companies were digging holes In Mt. Davidson. One of these, bought from Its original owners for an old horse, a bottle of whisky, some blankets and $2,500 in cash, was four years after the purchase valued, at $7,600,000^. The Com SHUCK (iruptlUCB, liunnw, through a period of great gloom. It was at the time of the civil war, and capital to work them, rich as they were known td be, was so hard to secure that in the early seventies many persons at Virginia City believed them on the verge of bankruptcy. Then it was that John W. Mackay and John W. Fair appeared and bought one mine after another. They were Joined a little later by James C. Flood and William O'Brien of Ran Francisco, and the four purchased the Virginia Consolidated, into which half a dozen properties had been united, for $50,000. They expended $200,000 going deeper in a search which outsiders regarded as a wild goose chase, and the quartet admitted that they were on the brink of ruin. "It was In October, 187S, that they struck the bonanza ledge of silver. It was cut at a point 1,167 feet below the surface, again at the 1,200 foot level, and at 1,600 feet it was so rich that the fancy of the coolest brains ran wild. This marvelous silver saturated rock yielded $3,000,000 a month for three years. Mr. Mackay took out $6,000,000 in 1876 to make an exhibit at the Philadelphia centennal exposition. "There is still standing in Virginia City a building In which $125,000 worth of bullion was melted dally for more than 1,000 days, and from which was shipped In a single night for San Francisco $5,000,000. Up to 1899 the Consolidated Virginia had yielded $132,5000,000, more than half of which passed into the hands of Backay, Fair. Flood and O'Brien as profits. 'Today Virginia City is shorn of Its glory. The old mills, once humming with life, are silent, and machinery rusts In the rotting shaft houses. Patrick McLaughlin, after a life of continued misfortune and hard work, died in a hospital, a pauper; Peter O'Rlley fell and so maimed himself digging single-handed into a barren hillside of the Sierras that he was carried off to an asylum and perished there, and Henry Comstock. still faneying himself the owner of the entire Comstock lode and the cities roundabout, ended his inglorious career with a self-inflicted revolver shot and lies in a nameless grave in the wastes of Montana." Mark Twain was at Virginia City in 1863 and 1864, and in conjunuction with two friends struck a "blind lead" and was a potential millionaire. Asa result of an unfortunate misunderstanding all three partners absented themselves from the claims, each thinking that the other two would do the work necessary to keep the property In their possession. When, at the en<J of nine days, they became aware of their danger, two of them hurried back, to find that they were just -a few minutes too late, and that eager onlookers had used their rights to relocate and "Jump" the claims. "We would have been millionaires," said Twain, "if we had only worked with pick and spade one little day on our property, and so secured our ownership." It was at about the time of the Twain Incident that Nevada, anxious to give aid to civil war sufferers, started a plan which resulted In the raising of a great sum of money In an odd way. At Austin a sack of flour was put up at auction, the proceeds to go to the fund, and knocked down at $5,300. It was bid up to $6,587 at Gold Hill, and to $13,515 at Virginia City. Thence It was carried over the Sierras to San Francisco and finally added $150,000 to the war fund, a price which will no doubt be a record for a single sack of flour as long as the world stands.?Chicago News. JURY SYSTEM BAD. Expense and Delays in Securing Justice Should Be Abolished. The law of evidence should be re- 1 vised In order to eliminate rules which tend to delay and defeat Justice rather ' than aid its administration. A scientist making an Investigation would not hamper himself with technical rules nor with any limitations beyond , those Involved in a scientific effort to secure evidence relative to the subject 1 in hand, and he would give each part ' of the proof its due weight In the for- , matlon of his conclusions. It Is not i |K)Ssible in a court of law to follow ' entirely the broad and simple methods \ of scientific investigation, but It is pos- ' sible to come much closer to that 1 ideal than Is the practice of today, aside from the exeamlnatlons made by ( tVi? moaforo In hhohoorv n?V? I r?V? on. preach quite closely to the scientific method. Jury trials at law are hedged about with numerous limitations which often cause unnecessary waste of time and money In the trial of cases and not Infrequently produce a miscar- ^ riage of Justice. The very multiplicity of the rules of evidence opens the way for cunning lawyers to raise doubts and disputes and take appeals, to the ( great increase in the cost and difficulty of legal proceedings. In the Standard 1 Oil trial before Judge Landls, for example, the oil trust lawyers took 169 1 exceptions. In some of the famous murder eases hundreds of exceptions have been taken to the rules of the trial court. In this mass of exceptions taken in the course of long and complex trials the appellate court is apt ] to find some departure from the rules of law in respect to the admission or exclusion of evidence, on which a newtrial may be ordered, Justice delayed and, perhaps, finally thwarted. The rules of evidence should be so broadened and simplified that technical objections and masses of exceptions will become a practical impossibility. The jury system, though perhaps the best method that can be devised for keeping the fountains of Justice free from the bane of class prejudice and professional bias, is nevertheless far from satisfactory in its present form. A great improvement might remit from an educational qualification for Jury service. Certainly no man n-ho has not at least a high school edjcation or Its equivalent, as well as|t character above reproach, is fit to sit in Judgment on his fellow-men. The method of drawing Jurors might also be improved. Perhaps it might be a good plan to have the Judges draw up the lists for Jury service and then subject such lists to the grand Jury for approval. Provision should be made for the better treatment of witnesses, especially in criminal cases. It Is a gross Injustice that innocent persons should be subjected to imprisonment In ths common Jails simply because they happen to be important witnesses In future trials. The story called "The Silent Witness," McClure's for January, 1896, contains a vivid illustration of what may happen to a witness under our nresent law. A vounar man from the country was passing the door of a saloon in New York when a crowd of men came pouring out, surrounding two men who were fighting. As they reached the pavement one of these men drew a revolver and shot the other. The crowd scattered. The countryman, seeing the criminal about to escape, grasped and held him until the police arrived. They not only arrested the murderer but took the countryman into custody also as the only obtainable witness of the crime. He was put in jail and kept there in order to make sure of his appearance at the trial, and during the long months before the case came into court the disgrace and confinement so wore upon him that when at last the trial came on it was found that the witness had died in prison. This is an extreme case of course, but it forcibly illustrates the deep injustice of any system of laws which will permit the imprisonment of Innocent persons who may be wanted as witnesses In the state s behalf. If a witness cannot be trusted to appear when a case comes on for trial it might be right to shadow him with a detective in order to be sure that he stayB within reach of the court. If a witness falls to appear when ordered by the court to do so, it is proper then to subject him to imprisonment as punishment for contempt. But to deprive a witness of his liberty and to keep him for weeks and months together from attending to his business without any remuneration for his loss of time and liberty, or the ignominy of imprisonment, is clearly a crime committed in the name of the law. Reasonable redress should be insured by the law to persons falsely accused. In civil cases an action lies for damages for malicious prosecution, but In criminal cases the state may prosecute the wrong person, hold him in prison for months, or even years, destroy his income, ruin his business and cover his name with ignominy, and the man has no redress. This is an outrage of which no legal system should be guilty. Expense and delays in securing Justice should be abolished. Free and speedy justice should be insured to every citizen. Many, times the cost of litigation compels an injured party to endure wrong rather than incur the loss and Inconvenience involved in prosecution. Cases are on ' record where men have spent fortunes in trying to protect their rights in the couTts and, through numerous appeals and long delays and the excessive cost of legal proceedings have been compelled at last, through the exhaustion of their resources, to abandon the effort to protect their rights, losing in the legal battle both their fortunes and the rights they sought to protect. Such, for example, was the experience of the man who discovered the new process for refining oil. The oil trust people stole his invention and fought him through court after court until his means were all exhausted and he lost both property and invention. The man who invented the railroad spike, it is said, was worth $50,000. But the railroads used his invention wlthput acknowledgment. He prosecuted iluiin. They fought the suits through court I after court until his money was gone) and justice beyond his reach. Such a system makes the attainment of Justlce in many cases, a matter o#f combat lltttle better than the methods by which our barbarian ancestors settled their disputes; the difference being simply that they fought outdoors with their swords, while we fight in the courts with purses. If the state is to protect the rights of its citizens it must see to it that the administra- | tion of law Is made so swift and sure and costless to the plaintiff who has a well-grounded case that the resort I to the courts for legal redress may cease to be a greater evil than suffer- | Ing the injury which forms the subject of the complaint.?Frank Parsons in | his book, "Legal Doctrine and Social Progress," published by B. W. Heubsch. TWEED DEFIED BY HOFFMAN. Tammany Boss Could Not Frighten Governor Hoffman. As a questioning reporter, the writer had been received by Governor Hoffman, in the executive office of the old capitol, with that dignified courtesy that marked the governor's intercourse with any one, high or low. The question had been asked, and the answer given. The reporter rose, and was making his acknowledgments, when the green baize doors that separated the executive chamber from the outer office were swung violently open and "Boss" Tweed, with red face, flashing eyes and threatening manner, burst Into the room. The governor advanced to meet him with a heavy frown upon his face. "I hear that you're goln' to veto such and such a bill, Governor Hoffman?" shouted Tweed. "Such is my intention, Senator Tweed," replied the governor, very white of face. "Do you know I'm behind that bill?" raising his voice, threateningly. "I have been so Informed," was the answer. I "See here, you expect to have a sec- I ond term, don't you?" cried the enraged boss. I "Senator Tweed, I propose to be governor of the state of New York one term and to accept no dictation during it," replied the governor, looking straight Into the eyes of the frantic boss and standing up very straight, rweed ripped out an oath as he wheeled around and flung himself out of the room.?From Random Recollections of an Old Political Reporter, by Wm. C. Hudson. WHY WOMEN SUFFER Many Yorkvills Woman Are Learning the Cure. Women often suffer, not knowing the :ause. Backache, headache, dizziness, nervousness. Irregular urinary passages, weakness, languor? Each a seeming torture of Itself. Together tell of weakened kidneys. Strike at the root?get to the cause. Quickly give the help the kidneys need. No remedy endorsed like Doan's Kidney Pills. Recommended by thousands? Endorsed at home. Here's convincing proof from a Vorkvllle citizen. Mrs. W. Lu Wallace, E. California F?t.. Yorkvllle, S. C., says: "Doan's Kidney Pills have been used in my family, being obtained at the York Drug Store, and the results have been jo satisfactory that I can recommend :hem. A member of my family suf'ered from dizzy and nervous spells ind her back and head ached. Her ddneys did not do their work as they jhould and no doubt caused all the jufferlng. Doan's Kidney Pills gave mmediate relief in this case." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 :ent8. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, Mew York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's?and ake no other. The Supreme Te: Is Purity and Uni1 Wesson Sn Is adapted to every branch of cookir use the same as butter, only add a Uf butter or lard. In salads use the S? ^Wesson Snow strain, and fry ttlBssim """"I SNOWMMTt ? <n stand, wit sanitary cans < Si t?ts; No. 24 Bros StTtQS I CO DAT "PC1 n UP DMiflO U Farmers List* Mr. Ladd, Mr. R. T. Fewell, President Rock Hill Fertilizer Co. Rock Hill, S. C. Dear Sir: I want to tell you that I ai B and it is a great saving to get the kii I At one time I offered my crof 9 was late, and until we got rain in Ju | thought it too late to make even a 1 B have done so had I not used fertilize B ty-eight (68) bales on seventy-five (7 | (Signed) I Mr. I I best ? show I Let t B Yours to ] | ROCK HILL FER ROYSTERF HITS THt SPOT ? VS. The explanation is simp madewdh th every ingredient has to test of our own labor theresnolvtomirss"abi Fertilizers. Sold 3jr Reliable dealers E F.S.ROYSTER Gl!/ Sales Offices NorfolkVa. * TarboroNC. Ci Baltimore Md. Montgomery Ala. Sp Macon Ga. Columbus ( ?Tl st of an Edible Oil rersal Adaptability lowdrift Oil ig and salad making. In baking cake ttle salt In frying use the same as ime as the expensive imported oils. drift Oil is vegetable and absolutely pure. It L cooking value. Fry onions in Wesson Oil; rliirlcen in the sanrin nil!fbft rliirk??n will not , The Oil is odorless and cannot absorb odors. saper than Imported Oils, Richer at, but less expensive, than Butter; more wholesome than Lard. hout smoking, 150 degrees higher temperasr, 100 degrees higher temperature than lard, [racers in 25-cent, 40-cent and larger size only. If yours can't supply you, write us. as your nunc and address, and the name and addrsae oar grocer, and wo will tend poetpaid oar handsome cook book containing recipes for cooking and salad. uthern Cotton Oil Co. id Street New York, N. Y. Mh, New Orteens, Chlcaaro. San Fraadeco N 75 ACRES m to What J.timnbin Snvs h well pleased with your fertilizers, ^ id of goods your soil requires. > for my fertilizer bill. My cotton neit looked like starvation, and I half crop. I am sure I would not its that suited my soil. I made six5) acres. ours very truly, L. J. LUMPKIN Lumpkin it one of York County9t | farmert, and the above letter | t that he knows a good thing. g ii hear from you before buying. || please 8 TILIZER COMP'T | 'ERTILIZER PUFDV TIMEII I j mm w mm m m m m mm -mh le;theyare Tin I care and /1 I pass the is I atories; Ja I ; iutRqyster $ I J . j verywhere Mm 1 VNO CO J I 1 ; olumbia S.C. m- S i ariaiiburgSG ** 3a. ? ? i FOR SALE m 319 Acres?Join* R. B. Hartness, M. B. Love and others. 1 House, 1-story, 6 rooms; 6 tenant houses, all well finished; 1 5-room, 4 3-room; rood barn, double crib; hydraulic ram running water to house; 3 good pastures; 1(6 acres under cultivation; 160 In timber. Prioe upon application. Property of John T. Feemster. 20 Acre#?At Filbert. One-story house, 4 rooms; one-half red and other sandy. Price, $1,000.00. 35 Aoros?20 acres under cultivation, balance in timber; Joins El Price, Wm. Burns and R. N. McElwee. Price, v $350.00. i 14 Mcrww?uuiuo li. rciKUBvu, ritwin 1 Smith, J. W. Dobson. 1 house, 1-story, 6 rooms. Price, $1,300.00. 220 Acres?Near King's Mountain Battleground; 1 house, 1-itory, seven rooms, New; 25 acres under cultlva- 1 tlon, balance In timber; 6 miles from King's Creek. Good new barn, dressed lumber; 2 tenant houses, S rooms each. Price, $15.75 per Acre. 74 65-100 Acre#?Joins R. J. Davis, Sandy Watson and others. One-story, 5-room house; barn, cotton house and crib. Price, $1,312*0. 200 Acres?Fronting public road, 1story 4-room house; 4 horse farm open; 75 acres In timber; 2 miles from Roddey. Price, $3000 per Aore. 84-100 Acres?Residence of J. J. Smith, deceased, in Clover, on King's A Mountain street; 2 stories, 7 rooms; % A-ood house; barn; cow stable; good W garden; well for stock, near barn. 75 Acres?Level land. Si miles from 8haron: 1 house; 40 acres In cultivation. Prioe, $2000 per Aore. Walter O. Hayes. 300 Acres?3| miles from Sharon; a large S-story brick residence; goodwell and springs; 3 tenant houses; 2' cribs; rolling land; Very CHsap. 57 Acres?2 miles of Hickory drove; on public highway; fronting Southern railway. Price, $2000 an Acre. . 153 Acres Joins T. W. Jackson, L. 9 T. Wood and others; 1 2-story 9-room house; 1 tenant -house, 4 rooms; 6 miles of Newport. Prioe, $2100 Acre. A beautiful lot and residence of Mrs. Ada E. Faulconer. On East Liberty street, 100 feet front, about 400 feet deep; joins Rev. E. E. Gillespie and < Hon. Q. W. 8. Hart. Prioe on Appli? ^ cation. N -^1 180 Acres?24 acres bottom land; 1 1 dwelling house, 11-2 story, 5 rooms; fine barn; 1 tenant house. Prioe, $11 an Aore. J. C. WILBORN. Yorkville, S. C. omnaiKTi WE have a few to sell, and now la your chance to buy and start right with thoroughbred stock. Our herd of Guernseys Is headed by Dan of Oakwood, No. 15,>19, out of Golden Lad and the celebrated Ky. Beauty. Also a number of Grades for leas price. Our Berkshlres are full, and Registered Boar, Plnehurtt Col., took 1st prise ^ at Bute Fair, 1910, over all 1 and I year olds. We have all kinds and slses at moderate price. We want 20 or more customers for Milk and Cream. J. MEEK BURNS. TAX RETURNS FOB 1912 Office of the County Auditor of York County, 8outh Carolina. Yorkvllle. 8. C., December 1,1911. AS required by statute my books will be opened at my office in 4 yorkvllle on MONDAY, JANUARY 1, / 1912, and kept open until FEBRUARY ~ v. 20, 1912, for the purpose of listing for taxation all PERSONAL and REAL PROPERTY held In York county on January 1, 1912. All returns must be made In regular i form and It Is preferable that they be A made by the property owner In person to me or my assistant, direct, on y blanks provided for the purpose. The returns must be duly sworn to either before me or my assistant, or some other officer qualified to administer an oath. All items of realty, whether farms, A or town lots, must be listed separately. J Returns made on proper blanks, and sworn to before an officer qualified to ^ administer an oath and forwarded to |&j me by registered mail before February WP OA 1 Q1 9 txrfll ho a poontoH All taxpayers are particularly re* quested to inform themselves as .to the number of their respective school dls- f trlcts, and where they have property in more than one school district, they will please make separate returns Indicating the location of each piece of property. The school districts in which there are special levies are as follows: Nos. 22, 23 and and 27, in Bethel township; Nos. 8, It. 14, 2t, St andx 48 in Bethesda township; Noa 9, 20, \ a* 38, 40 and 44 In Broad River township; Noa 9, 15, 20, 88 and 48 in Bullock's Creek township; Noa 12, 46 ^ and 48 In Catawba, township, Noa?. 12, 32, 36, 38 and 43 In Ebeneser township; Nos. 28, 28 and 39. In Fort Mill township; Noa 2. 21. 22. 87. 41. 44 and 49 In King's Mountain town- W ship; Nos. 11. 20. 21. SI. 86. 42. 48. 47, 48 and 49 In York township. And at Yorkville from Thursday, February 1, until Tuesday, February 20. All males between the ages of twenty-one and sixty years, except Confederate soldiers over the age of fifty years, are liable to a poll tax of 81. and all persons so liable are especially requested to give the numbers of their respective school districts in making their returns. It will be a matter of much accommodation to me if as many taxpayers as possible will meet me at the respective appointments mentioned above, so as to avoid the rush at Yorkvll.'e during the closing days. _ BROADUS M. LOVE. County Auditor. 98 f STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. County of York. In the Court of Common Pleas. Adaline Ward, Ellsa Irving, Katie Fressly, William Wilson and Llla AK Wilson, Plaintiffs, against J. C. Wallace, Robert Tate, Isaac Tate, Brother Tate, the Heirs-at-Law If any of John Wilson, Deceased, names and residences unknown, and the Heirs- ^ g9g| at-Law if any of Elijah Davis, Deceased, names and residences unknown, Defendants?Amended Summons for Relief.?(Complaint F11-* ed). To the Defendants Above Named: YOU are hereby summoned and required to answer the Complaint In this action, which has this day been Hied In the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said A County, and to serve a copy of your \nswer to the said ComTplalnt on the subscriber at his office, In Yorkville. South Carolina, within twenty days af:er the service hereof, exclusive of the lay of such service; and If you fall to A inswer the Complaint within the time Lforesald. the Dlalntlfts in this action ft'lll apply to the Court for the relief lemanded In the Complaint. J. 8. BRICE. Plaintiffs' Attorney. Dated Decembr 6th, A. D.. 1911. NOTICE. [*o the Absent Defendant, Isaac Tate. Please take notice that the Amendtd Summons, of which the foregoing s a copy, together with the Amended Complaint in this action, were filed in he office of J. A. Tate, Clerk of Court >f Common Pleas for the County and State aforesaid, at York Court House n Yorkvllle, S. C.. on the 6th day of December. A. D., 1911. J. S. BRICE. 4 Plaintiffs' Attorney. NOTICE. | ro Isaac Tate: Please take notice that unless you ihall In the meantime procure the ap>olntment of a Guardian ad litem, the >lalntlflfs will after the twentieth day ifter the service of this Notice upon rou, exclusive of the day of such serIce, at ten o'clock In the forenoon, or is soon thereafter as counsel can be leard. apply to J. A. Tate, Clerk of his Court, for an Order appointing ome suitable person Guardian ad Item for you the said Isaac Tate, and \ ? nstructing said guardian when ap- > m jointed to appear and defend the ac- ?yjP ion in your behalf. J. S. BRICE. Plaintiffs' Attorney, forkvllle, S. C., December 6th, 1911. 6-17 t 6t W You are measured by the Stationtry you eend out. Uee The Enquirer Enquirer kind.