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
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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.
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Columbia, S. C.
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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.
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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. ,
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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.