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tumorous department. No Wondor Sho Fainted.?The smoke curled out of the windows In thick, black clouds. Flames shot up and It was evident that the building was doomed. But the firemen were on hand promptly, had worked rapidly and all the men, women and children in the house were safely out. ^ S J nrnman I'll ohflH 1111 Buuuemy a. JUU115 nvu?u, . to a fireman, her hair hanging down and her eyes wide with terror. "Save it!" she cried. "Oh! save it, for it is not mine!" Without a word the fireman mounted the ladder amid the cheers of the people. "How old is it?" inquired a sympathetic woman in the crowd. "Only six months?and O, the man Is coming back without it!" "Madam, I could not find the child," he said as the frightened woman met him at the foot of the ladder. "Child? Why I did not say anything about a child; it was a little dog that I'm taking care of for a friend!" And then she fainted. Canny Grocer.?The canny grocer sized up his customer: She had ordered six strictly fresh He took down the paper bag: and, going to the basket picked them out Twisting the top of the bag together he handed it to the woman, who paid him and went away. The canny grocer smiled. He had given the woman seven eggs when she ordered but six. . He knew that when she reached home and found that she had seven instead of six eggs she would be so delighted with the supposition that she had overreached him that she would entirely disregard the fact that six of the eggs were storage and one was dubious! For the grooer understood human nature. And he was canny.?Plain Dealer. Too Much to Swallow.?Virginia, at five, was devoted to Bible stories. She knew about Joseph, and grandmother was preparing her for the Exodus. "You see Jacob, whose other name was Israel, went down to Egypt with his children and his grandchildren, and they married and had children, and they kept on increasing until.there were hundreds and hundreds of th-jm. And they were all called the 'children of Israel.'" At this point Virginia interrupted politely: "Grandmother, if you say this is true I will believe it; but very few people have hundreds of children."?Ex. Tt?A r?M nrnnioQ Tf wkwwni X T?V Viu v* vmvw had been sitting In a cafe on Cortlandt street one Saturday afternoon for several hours, and were pretty much the worse for their lengthy tetea-tete. "What Is your nationality, anyway, Jim?" asked one. "Well, I'll tell you, Bob. My father came from Glasgow, so I'm half Scotch ?" "And the other half seltzer, I guess," put In his companion.?Exchange. A Fins Distinction for tho Family.? He had had bad luck fishing, and on his way home he entered the butcher shop and said to the dealer: "Just stand over there and throw me five of the biggest of those trout!" "Throw 'em? What for?" asked the dealer in amazement "So I can tell the family I caught 'em. I may be a poor fisherman, but I'm no liar.?Ladies' Home Journal. Might as Well and Save Trouble.? The wealthy old lady was very ill and sent for her lawyer to make her will. "I wish to explain to you," she said weakly, "about disposing of my property." The lawyer was sympathetic. "There there, don't worry about it," he st^id soothingly; "just leave it to me." "Oh, well," said the old lady resignedly, "I suppose I might as well. You'll get it anyway."?Ladies' Home Journal. Not the Substantial Kind.?The Pullman porter stood before the traveling man in expectant attitude. "Well, George," said the traveler, "can I give you anything?" "Whatever your generosity permits, tKa rvrvrtor on , ationcicu inv pvt tv* "Well, boys," replied the traveler, turning to his companions and winking, "let's give the porter three cheers."?Ladies' Home Journal. It Was the Dog's Own Fault.?A farmer, while loading hay in his field, was attacked by his neighbor's bulldog. The man defended himself with the pitchfork and sent the dog yelping home. The neighbor rebuked him and asked why he didn't use the blunt end of the fork first. "I would have," replied the farmer, "if your dog had come at me blunt end first."?Ladies' Home Journal. Protecting Himself.?"You admit then," inquired the magistrate severely, "that you stole the pig?" "I has to, boss," said the prisoner. "Very well," returned the magistrate, with decision; "there has been a lot of pig-stealing going on around here lately and I am going to make an example of you, or none of us will be safe." His Explanation.?A Scotchman visiting in America stood gazing at a fine statue of George Washington, when an American approached. "That was a great and good man, Sandy," said the American, "a lie never passed his lips." "Weel," said the Scot, "I praysume he talked through his nose like the rest of ye."?Exchange. It Didn't Matter to Him.?"Oh, thank you," said a lady to a laborer who gave her his seat in a crowded car; "thank you very much." "That's all right, mum,"* was the cheerful rejoinder. As the lady seated herself he added: "Some men niverget up unless a woman's young an' pretty, but you see, mum, it makes no difference to me." It Probably Was.?One of the big railroad lines has a regular form for reporting accidents to animals on its line. Recently a cow was killed and the track foreman drew up the report. In answer to the question, "Disposition of carcass?" he wrote: "Kind and gentle."?Exchange. Doubtful Consolation.?"Mary," complained the husband, "why do you suppose it is that people all say I have such a large head?" "I don't know, I'm sure, John," said his wife consolingly; "but never mind, there's nothing in it."?Ladies' Home Journal. piscftlaiiccnis #raditi<i. SOUTHERN RURAL LIFE. Subject as Seen by Official of Department of Commerce and Labor. Dr. John Lee Coulter, special agent for agriculture of the bureau of the census of the department of commerce and labor of the United States, In a speech to the students of the University of South Carolina recently, defines the rural problem of the south as being the shifting tenant system. While admitting problems social, political and religious, Dr. Coulter said that he would try to point out an even more fundamental problem than these, and not only to point it out, but to suggest a remedy. The south, says Dr. Coulter, is more largely rural than any other section of the United States, the section having about one-half of the country population of the nation. While the per centage of agricultural people has not greatly increased, the number of farms has, there being four times as many as in 1860. Coming of Smaller Farms. With the breaking up of the big plantations into smaller farms the south has only increased its problems and not its peasant ownership of land. It has brought the farmers closer together; but the farms are at present occupied largely by tenants. This is the most vital of all southern farm problems, and lies at the foundation of all others. The tenant is not interested in the farm he operates. The relationship between a tenant and the farm which he rents is like that of the parent and an adopted child. If he is a man who naturally does his best' with anything that comes under his care, the farm will be carefully husbanded; but If he does not care for anything not his own. the farm suffers, The re suit of the tenant system is poor farming, exhausted soils, small crops, poor roads, decaying bridges, unpalnted homes and unkept yards. Tenants Move. Nearly half of the southern tenants, according to government statistics, move every year. They rob the soil of one farm and look for better in another. This is at the root of the rural [ school and church problem, for the tenant who moves yearly is not interested in school or church. No system of grading the children in the rural schools teems to be practicable and no family that expects to stay but one year in a place can be expected to support the institutions of the community or to be greatly Interested In Its own environment Rural Credits. There are many who think that the solution of the rural life problem of the south is to find a system of rural credits. One might say that co-operative stores, warehouses, creameries, canning factories, marketing societies, Breeding associations ana me lme are the salvation of the rural south. Such institutions have been the blessing of the European farmer, and without cooperation,, the rural south seems hopeless. But in a large part of the rural south one might as well try to move the earth as to advocate co-operation, because the great mass of farm operators are shifting tenants. With such a class of tenants co-operation is largely not practicable, and, if carried out at all, must be done in a way that will take this shifting into account. Thorn in the Side. The shifting tenant then must be the thorn in the side of business and professional men, as well as the rural teacher, preacher and landlord. He carries disease and discontent from place to place. Therefore the real problem of the rural south is not alone the tenant, but the shifting tenant. In Mississippi 66.1 per cent of the farms are operated by tenants, in Georgia, 65.6; in soutn Carolina, 63; in Oklahoma, 54.8; in Alabama, 60.2; in Louisiana, 66.67; in Texas, 52.6; in Arkansas, 50 per cent North Carolina ranks next and Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia have over one-fourth of all their farms occupied by tenants. It is not merely enough to point out the problem, some remedy should be suggested to correct the evil. This is given from experiences in other countries and in other sections of the United States, and from the speaker's knowledge of human nature. ideal Land Tenure. An ideal form of land tenure, said Dr. Coulter, would be that of independent peasant proprietorship. Generally speaking the small farm is not as efficient a unit as the large farm, due to the inability of the small farmer to rvrAvlHn tmnrnvo/1 monhlnorv anH and to apply the most scientific methods of dairying, canning fruit, etc. With ownership present, however, the small farm is defensible because of it. Groups of small farmers living close together are attached to their farms, and the life of the community, because they own the land. They can therefore hope to apply better methods through community ownership of more expensive equipment, stock and manufacturing utilities. The ideal farm is the small farm operated by its owner. Instinct of Ownership. The instinct of ownership is not so strong in the native born farmer as in foreign born, the per centage being 66 per cent against 81 per cent. In New England 90 per cent of the native born farmers own their land, while 52 per cent of those who farm in the west, south and central states own theirs. Only 26.2 per cent of the negroes own the land farmed hy tnem. European farmers Instinctively want to own land. This feeling is absent in this country to a large extent, but the reason for its absence is fast passing away. In the last century land was of little value and comparatively free. "Squatting" on a piece of land was about all that was necessary to become a landowner. It was too easy to get, or anybody could have* it. The time has now come when free land is very scarce. Land -alues are rising because a majority of the people live in the cities and demand food. The desirability of land ownership must be taught, also the necessity of it. Arguments in favor of it must be worked cut in the simplest and easiest way to the minds of the farmers. Negro in South. The second obstacle is *he negro, and the high per centage of ttnarv is due to the colored farmer. The negro is a substitute for the hired labor system of the north, and it might be that if he had been kept as hired labor that he could as easily acquire ownership of land, while being taught better methods. However, no proof exists of th's. There are many, probably, who do not want the negro to own land, and some who would not sell land to him. These classes need not interfere with his ownership. Millions of acres are available for negroes and whites, men of all kinds and races. In the struggle for existence social and religous principles must take a back seat. Long Leases. Since it is impossible to solve the problem of rural economics of the south in a year or a decade, the next best thing would be the long time, or continuous, leases. In this way the farm operator will become interested in me tarni; win uumvaie it ueiter, necp up the fertility, Improve the buildings, become interested in the country road and will take an interest in the country church and lodgeroom. He may even become a member of local clubs organized for economic purposes, may own stock in bank, creamery, warehouse or other co-operative utility. In this manner he becomes a part of the community. After farming the same land for several years the tenant is more apt to want it, and having saved money by not moving, will have money for a part of the purchase price. Hired Labor System. The speaker contended that hlr-jd labor is preferable to a shifting tenant system; better for the landlord, better for the tenant, and better for society as a whole. The landlord could then supervise the work more than at present, could Introduce better methods and take better care of his land. The landowners would thus get more income, while at the same time the tenants would in this way learn better methods of farming, and could, through frugality and foresight, become owners more quickly than through tenacy that ife ever shifting. To the world as a whole would be guaranteed larger and more systematic production. Farm labor would be better educated and the country freed from the shifting and changing which is now prevalent To the serious student of rural conditions the question of the shifting tenant is the foremost problem of the rural south, If he wishes to go Into it in detail, Dr. Coulter promises to send him such data, copies of leases and contracts covering the sale of lands, as he may need in his Investigation and attempted solution of the problem. THE PUBLIC PRINTER. A Billion Documents are Published Every Year by the Government. Between the various branches of the United States government and the country stands an Intermediary which works ceaselessly, it is ready at an times, day and night, to send forth the words of the government to the multitude, to give them proof of what la being done at Washington or at other points where some Federal office throbs like the pulae of a gigantic monster. That intermediary is the government printing office, which every year sends out almost a billion documents, ranging from single sheet announcements to thousand-page books, all dealing with the government and Its work. Each branch of the government has more or less printed matter, from merely an annual report up to the output of the department of agriculture, which annually sends out hundreds of thousands of leaflets and books on a multitude of subjects. And these are all printed at the government printing office, where aproxlmately 4,000 persons constitute this well-regulated machine. Aside from printing the Congressional Record, the bills, resolutions and otner congressional material, tnecmei work of this office is the production of department publications. This phase of the work, Is In fact, the one most apparent, as it is only In the wee sma' hours of the morning that the Congressional Record Is printed. Only by figures can the real magnitude of the work of this office be fully grasped. For Instance, during 1911, 12,419,416 square "inches of work were produced In the foundry, while the number of forms sent to press was 171,410. There were 91,533,833 signatures gathered by machine; and 76,496,216 signatures were folded; 23,409,410 copies were wlre-stltched; 26,206,667 sheets of paper were ruled; 83,075,988 signatures were stitched: 1,900,421 tablets wers made; 19,265,490 cards and sheets were punched and drilled, and 2,014,514 cases were made. As to the production of books, etc., the figures are even greater in some instances. There were 56,393,550 letter neaas, noieneaas ana envelopes prinieu in 1911; while the number of these articles embossed reached 10,564,554; 804,107,525 blanks, notices, schedules and cards were printed; 10,121 blank books with patent backs, and 105,939 without the patent backs. Of the publications there were 6.674,579 of these smaller than octavo, while of the octavo publications there were 44,764,501; 1,601,115 of the royal octavo and 3,679,156 quarto publications. The miscellaneous publications amounted to 1,748,367. Another insight into the real magnitude of the office can be obtained from a glance at an itemized account of the various important things used in the production of department work. The paper used each year costs about 3287,000, while the airiount reaches thous ands of tons. The leather represents about $20,090, with the gold leaf costing a similar amount and the cloth used in binding about $18,000. Then there is the item of glue and paste. This is of such importance that a room with special machinery is set aside for its preparation. The number of barrels of flour used in a year is about 175, while 50,000 pounds of animal glue are necessary. Each time a batch of paste is made an entire barrel of flour is used, which, when finished makes five large buckets of paste, weighing 196 pounds each. Eighty pounds of glue are made up each time. As for the other items: 100,000 pounds of pig iron; 10,000 pounds of tin and the same amount of tinfoil, 25,000 pounds of copper battery plates, 15,000 pounds of cast iron filings. 25.000 skins for leather bindings, 3,000 rolls of book cloth, each roll containing thirty-eight yards; 800,000 pounds of binder's board and 150,000 pounds of straw board, 30,000 yards of buckram, and 125,000 yards of cotton. The list of items might be stretched out almost indefinitely, inasmuch as there are some 10,000 in all, each necessary to some process in the production of books and publications, and each of which must be kept track of, in order that the supply may not run out. Besides that nearly 4,000 employees, a pay roll amounting to more than $4.400,000 or about $14,000 a day; hundreds of machines to be kept in running order, and last but by no means least, copy coming in incessantly, all of which must be turned Into neatly printed, correctly bound books?that is what the government printing office stands for, and what is being dt ne there all the time by the glare of sunlight and under the rays of artificial light.?Washington Star. DIGGING FOR A METEOR. One Worth BHIions of Dollars Believed to be in Arizona. Several years ago a syndicate of mining men began sinking a shaft in Arizona to reach the largest diamond in the world, believed to be no less than half a mile thick. This shaft is now 1,600 feet deep. Three or four hundred feet more, it is expected, will reveal ine great: prize. The scene of this most wonderful mining operation is Meteor Mountain, Ariz. The mountain is such in name, only, as it is little more than a butte, rising 200 or 300 feet above the desert, about ten miles from Canyon Diabolo station, on the Sante Fe railroad. Viewed from a distance Meteor Mountain looks little different from the countless other buttes that rear their heads above the southwestern desert. But as*soon as one begins to climb its sides, strewn with meteoric fragments, he realizes that he is on the threshold of one of the world's greatest scientific mysteries. From the top of the "mountain" one gazes into a bowl-like depression in the earth 600 feet deep and a mile across. It is in appearance like a volcanic crater. Scientists agree that this crater marks the place where a giant meteorite, as large as the circumference of the bowl would Indicate, struck the earth in ages past, perhaps a million of years ago, and buried itself deep into the bowels of the earth?Just how deep it is the purpose of the mining syndicate to find out. When this giant mass struck the earth there was no butte there: the butte was created when the meteorite struck, its tremendpus weight displac ing strata of rock, sending huge clouds of dust Into the air and forming the "mountain" as It exists today. After the meteorite sank into the earth the sand and dust settled into the depression. The drift of ages sifted over the edges of the huge bowl and assisted In the work of covering the meteorite. But the most remarkable thing about this meteorite, apart from Its prodigious size, is the fact that In all probability it consists of one huge diamond! This is inferred from the fact that numerous large fragments of the meteorite found in the crater, and which are unusually heavy, were found, upon investigation, to contain, besides meteoric iron, large, hard black diamonds of great value. Even if the meteor itself consists only of black diamonds its value would be quite Inconceivable, for a good black diamond, though worthless as a gem, is worth even more than a white one for mechanical purposes. It is quite probable, however, that the bulk of the meteor consists of white diamond, in which event there would not be enough money in the world to pay for it at the current price of the precious stone. The largest diamonds in the world Including the Koh-i-noor, the Culllnan, the Great Mogul of Russia, the Orloff, the Great Premier diamond, the Tiffany diamond, the Etolie Polaire, and a doz- , en others of the same standard, worth in the aggregate hundreds of millions of dollars, might all be placed together 1 in an ordinary derby hat and not reach the top. This meteoric diamond, scientists believe, must be at least half a mile thick! Food to Avoid.?Digestibility Is often confused with another very different thing, namely, the agreeing or disagreeing of food with the person who eats it. During the process of digestion and nflflimllntinn the fond, as we have seen. undergoes many chemical changes, some of them in the Intestines, some in the liver, muscles and other organs. In these changes chemical compounds may be formed which are in one way or another unpleasant and injurious, especially if they are not broken down (as normally they are) before they have opportunity thus to act Some of the compounds produced from the food in the body may be actually poisonous. Different persons are differently constituted with respect to the chemical changes which their food undergoes and the effect produced, so that it may be literally true that "one man's meat Is another man's poison." Milk is for most people a very wholesome, digestible and nutritious food, but there are persons who are made ill by drinking it, and they should avoid milk. The writer knowB a boy who is mnria uprlonslv 111 bv eatinar eras. A small piece of sweet cake In which eggs have been used will cause him serious trouble. The sickness Is nature's evidence that eggs are for him an unfit article of food. Some persons have to avoid strawberries. Indeed cases in which the most wholesome kinds of food are hurtful to individual persons, are, unfortunately, numerous. Every man must learn from his own experience what food agrees with him and what does not. How much harm is done by the injurious compounds sometimes formed from ordinary wholesome foods is seldom realized. Physiological chemistry is revealing the fact that these compounds may affect even the brains and nerves, and that some forms of Insanity are caus-1 (T\ /r\ sri rr_ A /r. /T*.> /* > A /T^ A / 'X^'Ft^ TVT'ATWTwf '/T1 1 There Is Not I I 2 INT THIS COUNTRY WHl I 1 A BANK ACCOUNT A . A It Is to your Interest to conduc i on safe methods, the same as A conducts his. Your business Is just as cs r as Is that of the successful bus A amount of money you have, o: f This Bank Is conducted at "SAFETY" In view, and Its off A an(1 confer with any of the pi 1 Being strong believers in the ' A your account with this bank T much pleasure and profit. I I Loan and Sa 4S. M. McNEEL, President AA. .r-.?-r.A,riJ-r>A A. t~r? A /r* A i^ff^ TV T*j' I k' T V I V 'J1 ?^'V V T 'i'T i'l U1T V I pi/ r ' A * ^ 5 REBUILT TY i THE MAIN DIFFERENCE j TYPEWRITERS THAT W i TYPEWRITERS THAT TH PRICE?YOU SIMPLY SAI J THIRD TO HALF AND MC j IF YOU NEED A TYPEWR 1 A MACHINE THAT WILL ( i FACTION COME AND SEE MACHINE THAT YOU PR1 2 L. M. GRIS ed by products formed by the abnormal transformations of food and body material. Knowledge Must Be His Guide.?As the Spanish proverb says, "He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies must carry the wealth of the Indies with him." So It Is In traveling: A man must carry knowledge with him If he would bring home knowledge.?Samuel Johnson. tsr Men may be born modest, but women have to acquire all they get. NOT AN ISOLATED CASE Many Similar Cases in Yorkvilla and Vicinity. This Yorkvllle man's story given here is not an Isolated case by any means; week after week, year after year, our neighbors are telling similar good news. W. H. Herndon, merchant, Main St, Yorkvllle, S. C., says: "I was subject" to attacks of backache and I was also troubled by Irregular passages of the kidney secretions. Doan's Kidney Pills which I got at the York Drug Store, restored me to good health. I can recommend this remedy highly." For sale by all dealeis. Price, 50 cents. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's?and tane no omer. CITY MEAT MARKET When you want Choice STEAKS or ROASTS come to the City Market We make a specialty of the Best HomeRaised Stall Fed Beeves and also sell the Choicest Western Meats. JUST ARRIVED? A shipment of BONELESS BOILED HAMS. CURED HAMS and BREAKFAST BACON. We sell these by the Pound, the Whole Ham or Whole Piece of Bacon, and all of it is of the best quality. We will buy all the Good, Fresh Butter we can sell, and all the Eggs we can get. Try us when you want either Butter or Eggs. CATTLE AND CALVES? At all times we will buy all the FAT CATTLE and all the VEAL CALVES we can get. See us when you have any to sell. THE CITY MEAT MARKET C. F. Sherer, Prop. STATE AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL FAIR COLUMBIA, S. C. OCTOBER 28 TO NOVEMBER 1, 1912 GREATLY REDUCED RATES VIA SOUTHERN RAILWAY Tickets Will Be Sold October 26th to October 31, and for Trains Scheduled to Arrive at Columbia Before Noon November 1st.?Final Limit November 3rd, 1912. EXCELLENT TRAIN SERVICE AND ACCOMMODATIONS In addition to regular trains, Special Trains will be operated October 30th and 31st, on the following schedule: Lv. Pinevllle 5.45 a.m. 33.20 Lv. Fort Mill 6.58 a.m. 33.50 Lv. Rock Hill 6.15 a.m. 33.15 Lv. Ogden 6.28 a.m Lv. Smith 6.35 a.m Lv. Lewis 6.41 a.m Lv. Chester 6.55 a.m. 32.65 Ar. Columbia, (U. Sta.) ..9.30a.m. Returning leave Columbia 6.20 p. m. Rates from South Carolina points include one admission to Fair Ground. MANY NEW ATTRACTIONS? ?EXCELLENT EXHIBITS Buffalo Bill Wild West Circus, Wednesday, October 80th. W. H. Caffejf. D. P. A. Charleston, S. C. A. H. Acker, T. P. A., Augusta, Ga. S. H. McLean, D. P. A., Columbia, S. C. E. H. Coapman, V. P. and Gen. Mgr. S. H. Hardwlck, Pass. Traffic Mgr. H. F. Cary, General Pass. Agent. W. E. McGee, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt., Columbia, S. C. INTEREST There are more kinds of Interest than the kind you pay for money when you borrow from a bank. There la a PERSONAL INTER EST, the kind that tne orncers 01 THIS BANK feel In Its customers ?an Interest which prompts us to do whatever we possibly ean to encourage and to aid those who give us their patronage. Bank of Hickory Grove Hickory Grove, S. C. W Send your orders for the Better kind of Job Printing, to The Enquirer, tJ/TW IA1 ^ w w w X 'TwTw7 VT : A Farmer. I I D SHOULD NOT HAVE + I f t your business of farming, a New York millionaire I trefully looked after In this Bank S* Iness man. regardless of the r expect to have. i all times with the one Idea, 5 leers are ever ready to advise T itrons on financial matters. T 'Square Deal" we believe that ^ rould prove to be a source of vings Bank 1 J. P. McMURRAY. Cashier . r.,T- -. t..r. ,T->.ftA,r..y r 1 vyTVT i' I 'i I VT'i' l TV tv PEWRITRS J BETWEEN THE REBUILT X E SELL, AND THE NEW * E AGENT SELLS, IS THE C ,*E THE DIFFERENCE?A # RE. X ITER AND WANT TO BUY I JIVE YOU ENTIRE SATIS* C ! US FOR THE MAKE OF ? EFER. T'S SONS. I FOR SALE 195 Acres?Joins Webb Moore, W. R. Carroll and J. Cameron. A large 2-story, 7-room house; about 30 acres under cultivation; at least 4,000 cords of wood on this place; about 30 acres in bottom land; 1 tenant house. One mile of Philadelphia station. Price, $20.00 an Acre. 200 Acres?On the Plnckney Ferry road, joining lands of J. W. Goforth and W. L. Williams. A large 2-story 6-room house; 1 tenant house; 3horse farm In cultivation. This is one of the cheapest farms In the surrounding community. It is within 1 mile of the incorporate limits of Yorkville, on entirely level road. The price will sur ' prise you. inis iarm is ior saie ana we expect to sell It before January 1st. If you want some property close In. come and talk with me about It. 871 Acres.?Joins A. M. McCarter and Mack McGlll. One mile from Bethany High School. 4 miles from Clover public highway. 1 good 5room house and barn and 1 good 4room house and barn. A fine productive farm. 60 acres In cultivation, balance In timber. Will sell as a whole or separate the two settlements. The price of this land Is right, we wish to make a sale at once. Look It over and give us some offers. Property of W. C. Paris. 100 Acres?6 miles from Smyrna; Joins Bob Blggers and John Boyd tract. Price, $1,600.00. 60J Acres?Joins Douglass land near Bethany; 25 acres in cultivation; 1 4room cottage, new; 1 tenant house wl'h 3 rooms It. Price, $2,100.00. 57 Acres?Heavy timber land, Join~0 tt?a r* o a i r 111ft 1CL11UO Ul JCjU out 119, r. O. iULVACC, iw acres clear land, 42 acres in timber, second growth pine and some fine original pine. Price, $1,200.00. 209 Acres.?F. L. Lynn, Robinson place. Large eight room house, big barn, cribs, two tenant houses, three rooms each. Fine pasture?<0 or 50 acres; three wells, two springs. Five miles from Sharon. Ten miles from Torkville. Five horse farm open. For a quinck purchase $12?0 an acre. This is a fine place for a home, and a big proposition for rent Forty-One Acres?Of land, one mile from Filbert Property of G. R. Alexander. A fine proposition. 130 Acres?5 miles west of the city of Rock Hill. Joining farms of A E. Willis, John Mcllwaine and W. L. Plexico. This is one of the best producing farms per acre in Ebeneser ' township; good pasture, nog wire; 3 nurse iarm open; dwelling has 5 rooms; good tenant house with 3 rooms. Property of John* son Cameron. For prices apply to J. C Wilborn, Yorkvllle. S. C. J. C. WILBORN. Geo. W. Knox J. L. Stacy, President Ssc. and Mgr. CLOVER REAL ESTATE CO. CLOVER. 8. C. FOR SALE 1. Mrs. J. A. Hedgepeth's House and Lot in Clover. A Big Bargain at $2,100.00. 2. Extra large Lot on King's ML SL; 5 houses; an excellent renting proposition?91 to 10 per cent on investment. 4.' Several nice Lots near Clover academy?$225 to $275 each, according to situation. 5. 44 Acres, 1 mile Clover; 7-room house; barn, well, etc. $42.50 Acre. 10. 301 a., 4 miles west of Yorkvllle: about 100 young fruit trees. $17.50 per Acre. 11. 100 a., near Battle Ground; lot of good saw timber. $8.00 per Acre. 12. 6 lots on New Brooklyn St, $75 Each. All the time you want on these. 13. 6 lots fronting Faires St 65 Each. 11-3 a. fine pasture, close in. $150.00. 17. 1 6-room Cottage (New), H. E. Moore residence?$1,500.00. 18. 220 Acres?Good, sandy land farm, the W. E. Adams home tract $42.50 per Acre. Good terms on this. 19. R. J. Love home tracts, 245 acres. Plenty of saw timber, fine bottom land; 7-room dwelling and all necessary out-butldings. $30.00 Acre. 20. 40 Acres?Of the J. W. Lawrence tract, south of Allison creek. 21. 50 Acres?Partly within corporate limits of Clover; a part of the T. F. Jackson-Glass tract CLOVER REAL ESTATE CO STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of York. OOUBT OF COMMON PLEAS M. B. Spencer, Individually, and as Administrator of the Estate of W. C. Spencer, Deceased, Plaintiff, against M. J. Spencer, J. L. Spencer, R. S. L. Spencer, and W. I. Witherspoon Trustee, and other Heirs-at-Law, if any, of W. C. Spencer, Deceased, Names Unknown, 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 hied 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 Yorkville, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail 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. Dated October 7th, A. D? 1912. J. S. BRICE, Plaintiff's Attorney. NOTICE. To the Absent Defendants, M. J. Spencer, J. L. Spencer, and R. S. L. Spencer, and other Heirs-at-Law, if any, of W. C. Spencer, Deceased, names unknown: Please take notice that the Summons, of which the foregoing is a cony, together with the Complaint in this action, was filed in the office of J. A. Tate. Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for York County, South Carolina, at Yorkville, S. C., on the 7th day I of October, 1912. Yorkville, S. C., October 7th, A. D., 1912. J. S. BRICE. Plaintiff's Attorney. 81 t 6t 91 TAX NOTICE?1912 Office of the* County Treasurer of York County. Yorkville, S. C.. Sept. 13, 1912. NOTICE is hereby given that the TAX BOOKS for York county will be opened on TUESDAY, the 1BTH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1912, and remain open until the 31ST DAY OF DECEMrer. 1912. for the collection of STATE, COUNTY, SCHOOL AND LOCAL TAXES for the fiscal year 1912, without penalty; after which day ONE PER CENT penalty will be added to all payments made In the month of JANUARY, 1913, and TWO PER CENT penalty for all payments made in the month of FEBRUARY, 1913. and SEVEN PER CENT penalty will be added to all payments made from the 1ST DAY OF MARCH to the 15TH DAY OF MARCH. 1913, and after this date all unpaid taxes will go into executions and all unpaid Single Polls will be turned over to the several Magistrates for prosecution in accordance with law. For the convenience of taxpayers, I will attend the following places on the days named: At Coates's Tavern, from 8 o'clock a. m., Wednesday, October 30th, to 8 o'clock p. m. At Fort Mill, Friday and Saturday, November 1st and 2d. At Rock Hill from Monday, November 4th to Saturday, November 9th. And at Yorkville from Monday, November 11th, until Tuesday the 31st day of December, 1912, after which date the penalties will attach as stated above. Note.?The Tax Books are made up by Townships, and parties writing about taxes will always expedite matters if they will mention the Township or Townships In which their property or properties are located. HARRY E. NEIL, Treasurer of York County. , 74 f 4t W All kinds of Typewriter Ribbons j at The Enquirer office. , ELECTION NOTICES NOTICE OF ELECTION Stat* of South Carolina?County of York. NOTICE is hereby given that the General Election for Presidential and Vice-Presidential Electors and Representatives in Congress will be held at the voting precincts fixed by law in the County of York on TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 6. 1912, said day being Tuesday following the first Monrinv nil nmnrrlhnH hv tho Stntn Cnnitl. tution. The qualifications for suffrage are as follows: Residence in State for two years, in the County one year, in the polling precinct in which the elector offers to vote, four months, and the payment six months before any election of any poll tax then due and payable. Provided, That ministers in charge of an organized church and teachers of public schools shall be entitled to vote after six months' residence in the State, otherwise qualified. Registration.?Paynfent of all taxes, including poll tax, assessed and collectible during the previous year. The production of a certificate or the receipt of the officer authorized to collect such taxes shall be conclusive proof of the payment thereof. Before the hour fixed for opening the polls Managers and Clerks must take and subscribe to the Constitutional oath. The Chairman of the Board of Managers can administer the oath to the other Managers and to the Clerk; a Notary Public must administer the oath to Chairman. The Managers elect tVi aIi* an/1 Plonlr kucii v^uaii luau miu vivi n. Polls at each voting place must be opened at 7 o'clock a. m., and closed at 4 o'clock p. m., except in the City of Charleston, where they shall be opened at 7 a. m., and closed at 6 p. m. The Managers have the power to fill a vacancy; and if none of the Managers attend, the citizens can appoint, from among the qualified voters, the Managers, who, after being sworn, can conduct the election. At the close of the election, the Managers and Clerk must proceed publicly to open the ballot boxes and count the ballots therein, and continue without adjournment until the same is completed, and make a statement of the result for each office and sign the same. Within three days thereafter, the Chairman of the Board, or some one designated by the Board, must deliver to the Commissioners of Election the poll list, the boxes containing the ballots and written statements of the result of the election. MANAGERS OF ELECTION. The following Managers of Election have been appointed to hold the election at the various precincts in the said County: Aragon Mills?John Howe, Thos. Devinnov Qom CoHlar Bethany?T. E. McMackin, O. R. McCarter, Felix Qulnn. Bethel?T. C. Barnett W. W. Stanton, E. N. Miller. Blalrsville?S. L. Blair, H. J. Sherer, J. A. Steele. Bullock's Creek?H. D. Cranford, W. B. Good, J. E. McAUlley. Coates's Tavern?Jno. Sparks, J. F. Philips, J. M. Stroud. Clover?J. F. Currence, T. P. Clinton, D. B. Parrish. Ebenezer?J. H. Matthews, Hope Adams, J. Ed Barnett. Forest Hill?J. D. B. Currence, F. G. Cook, J. Ed Harper. Fort Mill?N. J. Klmbrell, J. H. Patterson, B. F. Bennett Hickory Grove?J. K. Allison, J. W. Castles, Thomas A. McGlll. McConnellsvllle?Robert F. Lee, J. A. Harshaw, Mason Latham. Newport?T. W. Jackson, Frank Glenn, John Funk. Ogden?W. M. Newsdm, J. M. Hughes, Frank Strait. Piedmont?E. C. Falls, J. H. Hogue, M. R. Falls. Rock Hill?Jesse Moore, R. H. Cannon, J. Sidney Sturgls. Sharon?M. B. Love, W. G. Hayes, J. M. Sims. Smyrna?J. N. Qulnn, W. W. Whitesides, J. M. Hardin. Tirzah?E. P. Hope, J. B. Barron, W. M. Campbell. Yorkvllle?N. J. N. Bowen, C. H. Sandifer, E. Meek Dickson. The Managers at each precinct named above are requested to delegate one of their number to secure the boxes and blanks for the election by applying to R. S. Withers, Clerk of Board, at Yorkvllle on Saturday, November 2nd, 1912. J. S. GLASSCOCK. W. L. HILL, I. J. CAMPBELL, Commissioners of Federal Election For York County, 8. C. NOTICE OF ELECTION state or soutn Carolina?county or York. NOTICE Is hereby given that the General Election for State and County Officers will be held at the voting precincts prescribed by law In said County, on TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 5, 1912. said day being Tuesday following the first Monday In November, as prescribed by the State Constitution. The qualification for suffrage: Managers of election shall require of every elector offering to vote at any election, before allowing him to vote, the production of his registration certificate and proof of the payment of all taxes, including poll tax, assessed against him and collectible during the previous year. The production of a certificate or of the receipt of the officer authorized to collect sucn taxes shall be conclusive proof of the payment thereof. There shall be separate and distinct ballots at this election for the following officers, towit: (1) Governor and "Lieutenant Governor; (2) Other State Officers; (3) Circuit Solicitor; (4) State Senator; (5) Members of House of Representatives; (6) County Officers. On which shall be the name or names of the person or persons voted for as such officers, respectively, and the office for which they are voted. There shall be separate boxes In which said ballots are to be deposited and -each ballot box shall be labeled in plain Roman letters with the office or officers voted for. Whenever a vote Is to be taken on any special question or questions a box shall be provided, properly labeled for that purpose, and the ballots therefor on such question or questions shall be deposited therein. Before the hour fixed for opening the polls Managers and Clerks must take and subscribe the Constitutional oath. The Chairman of the Board of Managers can administer the oath to the other members and to the Clerk; a Notary Public must administer the oath to the Chairman. The Managers elect their Chairman and Clerk. Polls at each voting place must be opened at 7 o'clock a. m., and c'.osed at 4 o'clock p. m., except in the City of Charleston, where they shall be opened at 7 a. m. and closed at 6 p. m. The Managers have the power to fill a vacancy, and if none of the Managers attend, the citizens can appoint from among the qualified voters, the Managers, who, after being sworn, can conduct the election. At the close of the election, the Managers and Clerk must proceed publicly to open the ballot boxes and count the ballots therein, and continue without adjournment until the same is comnlpted. and make a statement of the result for each office and sign the same. Within three days thereafter, the Chairman of the Board, or some one designated by the Board, must deliver to the Commissioners of Election the poll list, the boxes containing the ballots and written statemnts of the results of the election. At the said election separate boxes will be provided at which qualified electors will vote upon the adoption or rejection of an amendment to the State Constitution, as provided in the following Joint Resolutions: No. 582. A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend Section 7, Article VIII of the Constitution, Relating to Municipal Bonded Indebtedness, by Adding a Proviso Thereto as to the Town of Bishopville. Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, That the following amendment to Section 7, Article VIII of the Constitution of the * State of South Carolina, be agreed to: Add at the end thereof the following words: "Provided, further, That the limitations imposed by this section and by Section 5 < of Article X of this Constitution, sb?U 1 not apply to the bonded Indebtedness incurred by the town of Bishopville, in the county of Lee, when the proceeds of said bonds are applied exclusively to aid in the building and purchase of rights of way of the South Carolina Western Railway, or other railroad or railroads, under such restrictions and limitations as the General Assembly may prescribe, and where the question of incurring such lndebtednes is submitted to the qualified electors of said municipality, as provided in the Constitution, upon the question of bonded Indebtedness." Section 2. That the question of adopting this amendment shall be submitted at the next general election for Representatives to the electors as follows: Those in favor of the amendment will deposit a ballot with the following words plainly written or printed thereon: "Constitutional amendment to Section 7. Article VIII of th? Constitution, relating to municipal bonded Indebtedness, as proposed by a Joint Resolution entitled 'A Joint Resolution to amend Section 7, Article VIII of the Constitution, relating to municipal boilded Indebtedness, by adding a proviso thereto as to the town of BlshopvUle'?Yes." Those opposed to said amendment shall cast a ballot with the following words plainly written or printed thereon: "Constitutional amendment to Section 7, Article Vin, of the Constitution, relating to municipal bonded indebtness, as proposed by a Joint Resolution entitled 'A Joint Resolution to amend Section 7, Article VIII, of the Constitution, relating to municipal bonded indebtedness, by adding a proviso thereto as to the town of BlshopvUle'?No." No. 683. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an Amendment to Article X of the Constitution by Adding Thereto Section 14a, to Empower the Cities of Charleston and Beaufort to Assess Abutting Property for Permanent ImnrAWamAn*? Section 1. Be K resolved by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, That the following amendment to Article X of the State Constitution, to be known as Section 14a of said Article X, be agreed to by twothlrdii of the members elected to each house, and entered on the Journals respectively, with yeas and nays taken thereon, and be submitted to the qualified electors of the. State at the next general election thereafter for Representatives, towlt: Add the following section to Article X of the Constitution, to be sind be known as Section 14a: Section 14a The General Assembly may authorize the corporate authorities of the cities of Charleston and Beaufort to levy an assessment upon abutting property for the purpose ?f paying for permanent Improvements ^ on streets and sidewalks Immediately abutting such property: Provided, That said Improvements be ordered only upon the written consent of twothirds of the owners of the property abutting upon the street, sidewalk, or part or either, proposed to be Improved, and upon condition that said corporate authorities shall pay at least one-half of the costs of such Improvements. Sec. 2. That those electors, at the said election, voting in favor of the said amendment shall deposit a ballot with the following words plainly written or printed thereon: "Amendment to Article X of the State Constitution, by adding Section 14a, empowering the cities of Charleston and Beaufort to assess abutting property for permanent improvements?Yes." And those voting against the said amendment shall deposit a ballot with the following words written or printed thereon: "Amendment to Article X of the State Constitution, by adding Section 14a, empowering the cities of Charleston and Beaufort to assess abutting property for permanent improvementsNo." No. 584. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an Amendment to Article X of the Constitution, by Adding Thereto 8ection 16, to Empower the Towns of Gaffney and Woodruff and Cities of Chester and Georgetown to Assess Abutting Property for Permanent Improvement Section 1. Be it resolved by the Gen ?? wi uio ouiic vi OUUUI Carolina, That the following amendment to the Constitution, Article X, to be known as Section 15 of said article, be agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each house, and entered on the Journals respectively, with yeas and nays taken thereon, and be submitted to the qualified electors of the State at the next general election thereafter for Representatives, towit: Add the following section to Article X of the Constitution, to be and be known as Section 15: Section 15. The General Assembly may authorize the corporate authorities of the towns of Gaffney and Woodruff and the cities of Chester and of Georgetown to levy an assessment upon abutting property for the purpose of paying for permanent improvements on streets and sidewalks, or streets or sidewalks, immediately abutting such property: Provided, That said improvements be ordered only upon the written consent of a majority of the owners of the property abutting upon the streets or sidewalks, or part of either proposed to be Improved, and upon the condition that the corporate authorities shall pay at least one-half of the costs of such improvements. Bsc. 2. That the electors voting at such general election in favor of the proposed amendment shall deposit a "ballot with the following words plainly written or printed thereon: "Amendment to Article X of the Constitution, by adding Section 16, empowering the towns of Gaffney and Woodruff and the cities of Chester and Georgetown to assess abutting property for permanent improvement?Yes." And those voting against said proposed amendment shall deposit a ballot with the following words plainly written or printed thereon: "Section 16, empowering the towns of Gaftney and Woodruff and the cities of Chester and Georgetown to assess abutting proper ty for permanent Improvements?No. Sec. 3. The Managers of Election shall canvass said vote and certify the result as now provided by law, and shall provide a separate box for said ballots. ."At said election the Qualified electors shall also vote upon the question of Issuing bonds not exceeding one million (31,000,000,) dollars to carry out plans to relieve the congested condition of the State Hospital for the Insane, as provided by Joint Resolution No. 578, Acts and Joint Resolutions of 1912. MANAGERS OF ELECTION. The following Managers of Election have been appointed to hold the election at the various precincts in the said County: A: agon Mills?L. D. Pitts, P. B. Par cs, Alva Fennell. Bethany?E. W. Pursley, J. A. Ratteree, J. J. Howe. Bethel?R. M. Barnett, I. H. Campbell, Joe C. Smith. Blairsville?J. C. Blair, Richard Sadler, J. R. Duncan. Bullock's Creek?Reger Bankhead, S. R. McAlilley, R. L. Vinson. Clover?W. B. Moore, F. H. Jackson. S. J. Matthews. Coates's Tavern?W. J. Cornwell, Dr. Hill. W. W. White. Ebenezer?Fred Black, R. L. Goff, Fred Spears. Forest Hill?S. S. Glenn, E. C. Bigger; W. G. Campbell. Fort Mill?W. R. Bradford, W. P. Epps, A. A. Bradford, Sr. Hickory Grove?B. F. Scoggins, J. W. H. Good, Lum Moorhead. NewDOrt?J. A. McFadden. T. M. Oates, J. K. Hope. McConnellsvllle?E. M. Russell, C. E. Williamson. J. B. Mlekle. Ogden?I. 8. Kidd, W. H. Dunlap, A. L. Neely. Piedmont?R. M. Wallace, Charley Dickson, J. W. Wallace. Rock Hill?Paul Workman, Sam Carothers, Thos. H. Simril. Sharon?R. E. Gwin, B. M. Whitesides, J. C. Hope. Smyrna?Bill Whisonant, Ellie Darwin, John McDaniel. Tirzah?R. R. Allison, J. M. Campbell. Fred Smith. Yorkvlile?W. B. Keller, J. L. Moss, R. L. Wllkerson. The Managers at each precinct named above are requested to delegate one of their number to secure boxes and blanks for the election by applying to Jos. E. Hart, Clerk of Board, at Yorkvlile oh Saturday, November 2nd, 1912. J. BROWN NEIL, J. C. KIRKPATRICK, W. B. BYERS, Commissioners of Stats and County Elections for York County, 8. C.