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* BUSINESS OF How Big Boys an( Things, Every business and every affair of any kind must be managed in the right way to be a success. In almost all lines of business the management is the most important thirg. The good manager makes the business profitable and if the manager is the owner he some day becomes wealthy. With some, management of affairs comes as second nature. They seem to be born with the precious gift of handling things properly. They are persons who can see and act. With others, managing comes with more aimcuuy, they must learn it. Some persons are good workers under the direction of a good leader," but poor leaders themselves. They are at a loss as to what to do unless somebody who can lead is near to direct and plan. The art of good management, like other arts, is learned through study and practice. Experience makes perfect in this line as in other lines. If you have never had a chance to manage affairs you will find it difficult in the start. Perhaps you will make some mistakes and find somn difficult problems to solve and work out. But by and by, with experience and an open mind to see and learn, things will begin to come easier, and management will become easier and more effective. Learning to see what should be done is as important as doing the thing after it is seen and understood. The boy or girl, who early in life learns to keep his or her eyes open for seeing things and understanding them, is on the sure road to success. In the very nature of the case such a person can scarcely fail of making a very great success in life in almost any kind of work. Learning to see, then, is one of the first requirements or a manager s education. Many farmers and many persons go through life poor and dependent because they can not manage their affairs. An example may illustrate this point: Two boys completed the country school course a few years ago in the same class. Both in school were counted good, bright and wellmeaning boys. They marired and began farming on a small scale with meager capital and equipment. One of these young men is now rich, while the other is worth no more than when he began. The secret of the matter is that the one who has made money and climbed fast is a good observer, while the other is a poor observer. He simply can't see things about him that are to his interest to be seen. I was at the poor young man's farm the second year after he began farming. On going to the barn in the evening to milk the cows we could not find the cows. They were not in the barnyard. The young man hunted around a few minutes and found that they had broken through the fence and were in the corn field, gorging themselves with new corn and spoiling the crop. A rotten fence post in the fence was tfie cause of the cows breaking into the field and destroying the valuable crop. He should have seen tne aeieci ana repaireu u, out uc tumu not see, and he is poor and always will be poor for that reason. This young man, who is not progressing financially, calls himself and farming "unlucky," while he calls his friend who is growing rich, a very "lucky" man. It is unlucky, truly, to be shortsight. but there is no excuse for any sight, but there is no excuese for any young man or woman to start out in life half asleep and with not enough ambition and self-esteem to keep the eyes open. Many a good dollar is lost by not being able to see little things, which are easy to see by any one with eyes only half open. It is easier to learn to see things than to work hard to earn and repair; the one is really brain work, while the other is coarse hand work. Keeping the eyes open for little things means keeping the mind active. Mind work is more valuable than hand work, although the two must go together. Learning to manage means learning to use the mind. Right here I may say that the services of good farm managers are in great demand at present, and the demand will increase with time, as our country develops and industries are extended. There is a large opening in this field, while there is opportunity for all talented girls who may care to take up such work. The demand already for skillful young men to manage farms, ranches, orchards, dairies, creameries and numerous other similar institutions is greater than the supply. The salaries paid are also very good. It is needless to point out what nositions hovs can fill, but as an in stance of what girls may do, a young woman is the landscape gardner for one of the leading railroads of this country. She plans and plants all the lawns, shrubbery and tlower beds at and nearr railroad depots. She merely does the planning and manages the work, laborers being furnished to do all the actual excavation, digging, fertilizing and planting. Her skill as a planter and manager is what makes her valuable. In the common schools, high schools and agricultural colleges farm boys and girls acquire knowledge of various kinds for farm, orchard, live stock, poultry and garden work. But in the schools are practically no opportunities fur the learning of management except only in a general way, through observation. Planning and management are done by older heads, the boys and girls attending the schools only learning book lessons and assisting in the experimental work. Boys and girls from towns and cities securing an agricultural education have no chance to learn management through actual practice because their parents have no farms on which they can work during vacations. A few students are hired to work on or manage small farms or plants during their summer vacations. Young folks living on the farm have a good chance to learn the .art of farm management. They can accomplish it if they go about it in the right way, being ready to assist and having their eyes open for opportunities. This is as true for girls as it is for boys. On some farms there are girls, but no boys, and in such cases the girls can have the whole Held to themselves. There are many ways in which the big boys and girls of the farm can learn to become efficient managers. For instance, often either the father or mother, or both, must leave home for a day or more on business or for some other purpose. In many cases where there are big boys and girls in the fam [ THE FARM. 1 Girls May Help t Along. ily the father and mother will make trips and remain away from home for several days. If they are assured that the farm will be managed properly while they are away. Here is where the young folks have a chance to learn. For instance, when either the father or mother, or both, talk of leaving the farm for a few days the big boy or girl of the family, who i tinnVioo tr\ loom hnnr tho urnrlr nf mnn aging affairs would seem, can offer to take hold, run things and be responsible for everything during the absence of the parents. Encourage your parents to go visiting or make a business trip for a week and offer to take hold and run things yourself. They will be pleased if you make them feel that you are able to manage. In case of both a big boy and a big girl, both can offer to assist in the management, the boy looking after the live stock and field crops, while the girl can look after the house, the dairy and the poultry. Now, when you are given a chance to manage the farm or a part of it for a full day or longer, remembering how things have been done, what ought to be done each day and at different times of the day, and keeping things moving are the important things to think about and look after. Keeping the eyes open for details and little things will count for most. Feeding and watering all of the animals every night and morning may be the main work, while cultivating or harvesting special crops may be important in some cases. Doors and gates must be closed, wagons and implements sheltered, the dwelling and barn kept in good order, and every imnK Kivfn us jusi snure ui ttuenuoii and nothing slighted. Extra precaution should be taken to avoid fire, the injury of live stock, or the destruction of any property on the place. The good manager is one who can produce and at the same time avoid unnecessary loss. The good manager is able to save as well as make. The ability to save and stop wasteful leaks is one quality that makes a manager valuable. But while your father and mother are away for a few days you can show your ability further than merely keeping things together while they are gone. You can actually produce something. In the case of the boy, he can do some plowing, planting, harvesting, fence building or whatever needs to be done at the time on the place. If the ouy litKt-s Keni'rai kooq care 01 inings, and at the same time does something extra and perhaps original, his parents on returning can plainly see that he has ability along original lines, and they will place more confidence in him. If the girl, besides preparing the meals, keeping the house clean, feeding the chickens, and milking the cows does something new in the house or on the jgrounds about the house, her mother may know that she has native ability in management. The many things which either the big boy or the big girl can do of an original nature while the parents are away from home are easily planned and executed by one who is willing to take hold and make an attempt at doing something. Think of what either your father or mother has wanted done for a long time but could not find the time to do it. Attempt this work and try to do it even better than your father or mother could do it in the alloted time. You will enjoy the nuii\ iiiiiiiriisci.v 11 juur iietwi is ill 11, and it will become a means of starting you on the right road in learning the art of farm management, which also means ability in the management of other affairs. Working out your own plans without aid is good training. Big boys and girls of the farm have learned many things in school that might be turned to good account in the training for management. It would be impossible here to name all the different ways in which your special knowledge and experience could be used. A few only can be suggested. One way in which any big boy or girl on the farm can learn management, and at the same time perhaps materially assist their parents, is in the keeping of a set of farm account books. Some farmers keep careful accounts of all their business transactions, while others do not keep any kind of books. If on your farm account books are kept, you could offer your services to do the work. If no books are kept, you could offer to keep a set. In either case the experience would be valuable training and a means of applying your education in a very practical way. Keepintr furm nmmntc r?r o cof r\f fnrm books is very interesting, instructive and profitable work. The best farmers are now keeping accounts, and the future farm manager will be compelled to not only keep a full set of books of all business, and other transactions, but an account of each crop, each field, the live stock, dairy cows, poultry, and, in fact, everything of the farm that could not be definitely explained here. To those who have never studied bookkeeping or have never kept a set of farm books, I might say that a daybook and a ledger are all the books that you will need for simple accounting. In the daybook you will enter all sales and purchases for the different days of the year, making entries, with the date for each day transactions are made. A simple way to do this is to secure a daybook, with two ruled spaces for dollars and cents on the right hand of the page, with a ruled space for dates on the left. In making the daily entry, place sales or money coming in in the dollars and cents column to the extreme right hand of the page, and things purchased or money spent in the column to the immediate left of this on the right hand side of the page. The footing of each dollars and cents column at the right, then, will giv? the respective amounts or totals of money spent and the money taken in. The ledger is the book in which separate accounts are kept on separate pages. For instance, you may have an account with poultry and eggs. At the end of each week or month all accounts with the poultry are "posted" in the ledger and accordingly checked off in the daybook to show that the .accounts have been carried to the ledger. In this account, which is similar to all the accounts you will carry, you will credit the poultry with all eggs and birds sold, with dates and amounts, and you will debit them with feeds, houses, fixtures and the like. For example, when shells, chick feed, nails, netting, incubators and such things are purchased for the poultry business, they will be entered In the ledger in the debit column opposite the sales column. At the end of every week, month or year, by footing the debit and credit columns of the ledger under poultry you can tell just to the cent what your poultry has earned or lost for the farm. Of course, to make the account worth anything the hens must be charged for all expenses in repairing their houses and such things. Similar accounts can be kept with the hogs and cattle. When hogs are sold they will be credited with cash amount of the sale. In like manner they are to be charged at market price for every bushel of grain and bag of mill feeds eaten. The difference between the cash sale and the amount of feeds consumed will represent the net profits on the hogs handled. If you have had no experience in keeping an accurate set of books, the clerk in your town bank will readily show you how to make the entries and balances, which are simple for all the bookkeeping needed on the farm. You will acquire skill in this line with practice. Keeping accurate accounts with dairy cows is now becoming generally j popular as well as very useful on the general farm or in the special dairy. In keeping an account with every cow you will loarn just how much the cow is making over her feed. At every milking her milk is weighed and entered on a sheet, morning and evening, of course. Her milk is tested for butterfat to determine its value. At the end of every month her total milk yield is found by adding the column of her daily production. The total for the months of her lacteal period for the year will give her a total milk yield for the year. I thie it is pflsv to estimate her yearl.- earning from the local market value of cream or whole milk. She is charged with feeds in the stable, pasture, and with incidentals. The difference between the cost of her feed and care and the value of her milk will represent her earning. You will learn to like keeping accounts and records and the work will aid you much in learning the art of managing. AN ANCIENT GHOST STORY The Tragedy of the Florentine House of De' Medici. There is a story concerning one of the De' Medicis, a powerful Florentine family, which, if not true, at least accords well with medieval times. This man?I think he was Cosmo de' Medici, first duke of Tuscany?was as near satanic as it is possible for a man to be. One of his sons, while hunting, in a quarrel wounded his brother, and Cosmo killed the offending boy with his own sword. The duke's daughter fell in love, and her father, who claimed the right to dispose of her hand, slew her also. His wife did not long survive these tragedies, and Cosmo gave himself up to so fiendish a career for the rest of his natural life that he shocked even his contemporaries. The above statements are historical. The story is as follows: There stood in the environs of Florence during the seventeenth century, near the spot where Duke Cosmo killed his son, a villa which in his time had been a hunting lodge. It is well known that the dukes's conscience tortured him, and it is supposed that his profligate life after his wife's death was to drown its voice. The hunting lodge, where it was supposed he was staying when he killed his son, after his demise was for many years unoccupied. The story goes that in the duke's will that clause which referred to the lodge read, "The lodge where I sojourned when I found it necessary to maintain my authority as head of the house of De' Medici by punishing my son, I bequeath to the devil." Xo one could be found who was willing to buy the place under such a title, and for years after its owner passed away, so great was the horror of his memory that no one would rent it. At last, however, an Italian gentleman, Signor Cavalli, bought it for a song and converted it into a villa. He was a young man just married to a young and beautiful wife. One evening shortly before dinner ?it was during the gloaming, before candles were lighted?Signor Cavalli was in the library trying to read in the dusk. Signora was in her room, directly above, making her toilet. Suddenly the husband heard a thump directly over his head as of a body falling on the iloor. He ran upstairs, and there lay his wife inanimate before her dresser. He took her up, carried her to a lounge, placed her on it and sprinkled water on her face. Thus revived, she looked at him with an expression of horror. "What is it, carissima?" he asked. She closed her lids as if to shut out some horrid picture, then opened them and said: "The duke!" "What duke?" "Cosmo, Cosmo and the devil?one or both. The features were those I have seen of the first duke of Tuscany, but they were also those of the devil. They looked at me from the mirror." "Some one must have come upon you to frighten you." "That awful face did not belong to any human being. It was dead Cosmo turned Lucifer." The wife clung to her husband during the rest of the evening and passed the night * ith him in a chamber at the other end of the villa. The next morning she begged him to take her away from the place, and he was obliged to do so, though he returned the same afternoon. He clung to the idea that some one had purposely frightened his wife and for a motive. He knew that certain persons, Duke Cosmo's heirs, were interested in getting possession of the property, and he believed they were taking advantage of the clause in the will respecting it to frighten away any one who should buy it. hoping to secure it for a nominal price. Cava Hi slept on the night of his return in the room where his wife had been so terribly frightened. If any one could scare him out of the house he had bought he was welcome to do so. He was indignant at the outrage that had been practiced upon him and placed under his pillow a rapier and a pistol with which to take care of anyone attempting to disturb him. He went to sleep with his hand on the pistol. Nothing unusual occurred during the night. He slept in the room several nights and before going to sleep for the last of them resolved that on ihe morrow he would go to Florence and endeavor to persuade his wife to return with him. He was awakened at midnight by seeing a light shining through the bed curtains. Pulling : them aside he saw two young persons, a boy and a girl, each holding a candle, walking slowly across the room. In the boy's side was a gaping wound; in the girl's breast was another. Strangely enough Cavalli did not feel frightened, though he was appalled. But in another moment another figure appeared behind the two, which froze the very marrow in his bones. A man whom he recognized as the same one his wife had described as having been in her mirror, walked behind the two young persons. This little procession passed to the wall, apparently walking into it as persons walking down into water disappear beneath the surface. As soon as they had gone, Signor Cavalli sprang from his bed and, rushing from the room, went down the staircase into the library below, where he spent the remainder of the night piling wood on the embers he found on the hearth. In the morning ne it'ii iiit* piu.ue anu lejumeu 111a wne in Florence.?Exchange. WONDERFUL GULF STREAM Its Course Fixed and Its Variations Move With Precision. Ninety billion tons of water are carried hourly through the Straits of Florida by the Gulf Stream, according to Admiral John E. Pillsbury, U. S. N., in a communication to the National Geographic society. This stream, he says, is probably the grandest and most mighty of all terrestrial phenomena. "If this one single hour's flow of water could be evaporated the remaining salts would require many times more than all the ships in the world to carry it," says Admiral Pillsbury. "It is difficult for the mind to grasp the immensity of the great Acean river. When one is on board a vessel, floating upon its waters, one is not as much impressed at the power and grandeur of this wonder of nature as he is when he stands before a towerinir mountain an immpnso loehorf or a fall of water such as Niagara, but when one remembers that the mighty torrent, speeding on hour by hour and day by day in a volume equal to all the largest rivers of the world combined, carrying its beneficent heat to temper the climate of continents, one begins to realize that of all the forces of the physical world none can equal this one river of the ocean. "It is interesting to note in the history of the Gulf Stream how great its influence has been on the fortunes of the New World. Before the discovery of America, strange woods and fruits were frequently found on the shores of Europe. Some of these were seen by Columbus and to him were convincing evidence that stranpe lands were to the westward. These woods were carried by the Gulf Stream and by the prevailing winds from America, so that in part the stream is responsible for the discovery of the New World. Ponce de Leon, while searching for the Fountain of Youth, discovered this stream. He sailed southward along the coast of Florida, thus stemming the current. He says they found a current that, though the wind was good, they could not stem. It seermd that their vessels were going fifet through the water, but they were Being driven back in spite of the strong and favorable wind. One ship w&is 'soon carried away by the current and lost from sight, although it was a clear sky.' "The theories as to the cause of ocean currents have been many. In recent times the course of currents has been laid to rivers, and the Gulf Stream chiefly to the Mississippi. In actual fact, about 2,000 such rivers would be required. In the tropical regions there is a steady movement of the air from east to west, known as the trade winds. Winds blowing over the surface of the water induce a current in the latter due to friction. At first it is only the merest skim that moves, but gradually the motion is communicated from layer to layer until at last, if the wind is long continued, as in the trade wind region, the movement extends to lower depths, 300 or 400 feet, or perhaps more. These trade wind currents continue across the Caribbean until they reach the obstruction of the Honduras and Yucatan coasts, from which they escape into the Gulf of Mexico. "Another source of the Gulf Stream is the wave caused by the wind. Every ripple carries a certain amount of water in the direction toward which it is flowing, irrespective of the current caused by its friction, and when the waves become large, tons of water are hurled from the crest into the trough every time the wave breaks. In a large area like the Caribbean, having a comparatively constant wind blowing over its wnole surface, this action is practically a simultaneous movement of the surface waters to the westward. "There is every evidence that the Gulf Stream is governed absolutely by law in all its variations; its course through the ocean is without doubt fixed: its fluctuations are by days, months, seasons or by years, nut they do not vary materially one year from the other. So we may conclude that of all the physical forces on this earth that are subject to any variations at all, the great ocean currents are most immutable." Educating a Prince. The education of a prince is usually painful to the prince. His head is stuffed with knowledge that must or may be useful to a sovereign. The course of study prescribed for Napoleon III when a lad leaves the reader wondering that he did not turn out a dullard. The German princes of today are living proofs that mental vitality will rise superior to tutors' arts. King George must have ideas of his own on the subject of the education of an heir to the throne, for the Prince of Wales at Oxford is not distinguished either by his garb or by the treatment he receives from any other undergraduate. His grandfather, when an Oxford student, wore a special gown which placed him apart as one particularly to be honored. The Prince of Wales wears the plain ordinary academicals, calls for no honors and leads the life of the average good-natured Oxford man who is well off but not ostentatious of his wealth. His democracy permits him to take a share in all the sports and permits others to feel that he demands no deference. It is noted that In* hnu ?? mi ti 1 t ll A AV llpH PHOP.Q (if thp place, and has fallen as easy a victim to the Oxford tobacconists as if e were the son of a Northumberland squire. Altogether he deports himself as becomes a well-meaning lad who asks only a fair field and no favor.?Boston Transcript. I'C The wager, paid the musical Instrument workers of this country : amounts to about $30,000,000 annually. TALES OF OLD SANTE FE TRAIL , Remarkable Story of How Bill Cole Escaped From Death is Recalled. Few men came nearer death on the old Santa Fe Trail and lived to tell the story than William Cole, mail driver and plainsman in Kansas prior to the Civi! War. Cole owed his life to a lucky accident which he, at tirst, believed lost him his only chance to escape from a band of marauding Indians. Cole left Independence in October, 1859, as helper on the mail coach then operated between Independence and Santa Fe by Hall & Forter, frontier contractors. Michael Smith was in charge of the coach, with Lawrence Smith, his brother, as second helper. There were no passengers, on account of the outbreak of the Kiowa Indians a few weeks before. The trip from Independence to Cow Creek was made without incident. There the mail coach met a party of soldiers under Major Sedgwick. Indians had been reported on the trail ahead, so Major Sedgwick detailed 40 men to escort the mail to Pawnee Fork 55 miles distant, then considered the most dangerous part of the trail. No Indians were encountered, and the party had supper at Pawnee P^ork, thinking all danger was past. As was customary, the mail coach continued its journey as soon as supper was over. Short night drives were made each one of the twenty-one days consumed in transporting mall to New Mexico. The Smith brothers and Cole drove quickly away from the soldiers, singing snatches of songs heard on their last trip to civilization. At Jones's Point, two and a half miles from the soldier's camp, several Indians rode alongside the coach. "How! How!" they called. Cole answered them. Lawrence Smith, who was driving, became a little scared and lingered his rifle nervously. "They mean murder," he whispered to Cole. Cole made light of his fears, saying they were too close to the soldiers. "A cracker or two II satisfy them, he said. All travelers carried hardtack crackers then. Acting on his own suggestion Cole crawled to the rear boot of the coach and began opening a tin of crackers. While he was behind the curtain more Indians rode up and fir- i ed a shower of arrows at the two i Smiths. Michael was killed. Law- , rence began to shout. A rifle ball then j ended his life. Cole jumped from the boot back into , the coach at the first hostile sound. He grabbed a rifle and hastily fired. Then ] he picked up the whip and cracked it over the heads of the nine mules hitched to the coach. They started off at a gallop, the Indians following. For half an hour the race continued. It was nearly dark. Finally as Cole turned to shoot the mules swerved from the trail, struck a gully and threw Cole headlong. But what apparently meant death 1 on va/1 HIq lifo Wlfhnnl a'oannno ho 1 started running down the ravine and in the gathering darkness made his escape to the soldiers' camp. A scouting party went out immediately, finding only the scattered contents of the mail bags and the bodies of the two unfortunate drivers.?Kansas City Star. | Royal Mexican Ghost. The hot springs of Las Siervas, near Valle de Canizos, in a remote part of the state of Guerrero, Mexico, have been visited by few people from the outside world, says the Boston Transcript, but they are famous in the legends and history of the Indian tribes / of that part of the Republic. " According to the natives, the waters of the springs possess great medicinal ( properties. In ancient times the f springs were the favorite bathing re- ^ sort of the noble families of the Te- u paneca, Alcolhua and other tribes that c lived in that region. C On both sides of the chief spring ? there are huge rocks with hieroglyphics and the figures of women beauti- ^ fully carved. Judging from the robes ^ worn by the women, their stately ap- i pearance, and the jewels around their 1 necks, the figures must represent ? princesses or ladies of very high rank. ^ The spring is at the entrance to a grotto that has never been explored, t From the grotto a rumbling sound re- t sembling distant thunder is to be heard all the time. According to na tives, the rumble is caused by the ghost of King Excamina, who ruled 4 over that part of the country three or four centuries before the Spaniards discovered America. Kinp Excamina. the tradition says, was as bad as man could be. He murdered people merely for the pleasure of seeing them die and committed every crime. He had his palace constructed in another cave, which communicated with that of the spring by a tunnel. There Excamina, in company wjth some of his favorites, had orgies that lasted weeks and months. 80 CTS. A A GALLON V LET US MAKE YOUR ICE J CREAMS? fl a With a splendid equipment we are prepared to furnish a First-Class Quality of ICE CREAM, in any desired flavors, DELIVERED AT YOUR _ HOME, anywhere in Yorkville, at 80 CENTS A GALLON. We use nothing but the BEST ingredients and use every precaution to insure CLEANLINESS, and can supply your needs on SHORT NOTICE. LET US HAVE YOUR ORDERS. a THE KANDY KITCHEN JOHN DEMAS, Proprietor. c ii Builders' Hardware % o When you are ready to build anything, whether a shed, fence or residence, you will find that Hardware si of one sort or another is an impor- c tant item of the cost. We can help b you here. We buy in large quantities for our own building operations and carry practically everything coming under the classification of Builders' Hardware, including Nails, Screws, Hinges, Butts, Locks Valley Tin, Roofings, Window Weights, Sash Cords, Hasps, etc,, and besides carry - a full line of the Best Paints, Oils, Varnishes. Putty, Glass, etc., and are r, always glad to serve you and give you I the advantage of the Very Lowest Prices. See us for your Hardware , Needs. ^ LUMBER PRODUCTS? " h; Before buying anything in Lumber, in rough or dressed, see us. It will pay ni you. L>: J. J. KELLER & CO. s! FOR CHILLS TAKE "93" We Guarantee it to Do the Work. SHIEDER DRUG STORE D. Ij. SIIIEDKlt, Proprietor. Of Importance to the Farmer If you are a farmer we wish to Impress on you the many advantages as well as the convenience of doing business with this Bank. Right now, at the commencement of spring. Is a good time to put your business on a systematic basis. After you have once used the check plan of paying all bills you will realize the risk of the haphazard loose-money-in-the-pocket method you are now using. This bank will be pleased to furnish you with a bank book and checks when you make your first deposit. Bank of Hickory Grove HICKORY GROVE, S. C. Peters' Shoes IF YOU HAVE NEVER WORN A PAIR OF PETERS' OXFORDS, You cannot know how good, how comfortable, how stylish these Oxfords really are. We have been selling PETERS' Shoes for quite a while and they have never yet failed to give complete satisfaction to the wearer from every standpoint. Come in and let us show you why PETERS' OXFORDS are the Oxfords for you to buy. LADIES' OXFORDS? Our line of Ladies' Oxfords is very complete and includes the best styles and the best qualities in Ladies' footwear. We can suit you in Quality and Styles. GROCERIES? Just remember STROUP'S when you need Groceries?Heavy or Fancy. We have the goods and we have the prices, and we want to sell YOU. J. M. STROUP THE CITY MARKET WE always handle the best beef, iam, bacon, sausage, cheese and butler to be had, and keep things sanitary and clean even In the good old iummer time, regardless of the price af ice. PROMPT SERVICE Our motto is Personal attention, Prompt and Efficient Service. Call, send or telephone for what you want. BUTTER AND EGGS , We are always in the market for all the eggs there are, and all the good, ttlean, well handled butter we can use. C. F. SHERER, Proprietor. On the Charlotte Road You will find A. D. DORSETT'S 3ROCERY STORE. There you will ind an exceptionally good stock of "ancy and Heavy Groceries?Clean, ( ^resh, Well Selected and at rteasonible Prices. If you want anything in ?ur line, Phone us. Purchases of 25 ?ts. and over Delivered Free. 5RY GOODS, SHOES, ETC. In addition to Groceries, I also c^rry l pretty good line of Staple Dry Goods, Shoes, Notions, etc., and all of these roods are offered at most reasonable >rices. At least it is worth your while o visit DORSETT'S before you make >urchases of Staple Dry Goods, Shoes, Motions. Etc. 5VERALLS? I sell CARHARTT'S Overalls, and i hese are recognized everywhere as >eing the BEST Overalls made. They 1 :ost a little more?they are worth it. "ry a pair?you'll like them. A. D. DORSETT Miarlotte St. Yorkvllle. S. C. 1 ; Comfortable Bill km FURNITURE. . (OTHERS AND ilUI-CHAIRS re conducive to restful satisfaction? t specially the lovely and costly ones r ,-e are now offering at most tempting , rices. Summer Rockers and Armhairs in great variety for indoors or . or porch or piazza. We are showing ( full line of Household Furniture, f tugs and Carpets. Matting and Oil'loths, at attractive prices. York Furniture Company f BUGGIES ! You may or may not Intend to buy ' Buggy just at this time, but? We want you to remember us when ou are ready to buy. We may not arry the largest stock of any dealers 1 the world, but? We carry enough good Buggies to apply any reasonable demand, and we now that we can interest you not nly in Quality and Style, but? In Prices as well. We know coniderable about Buggies and Buggy onstruction. We do not know it all, ut? j. Know enough to give you the Most tuggy Value for Your Money. See us. CARROLL BROS. FILBERT PICNIC 11 II10 public is invited to the annual picnic to be held at Filbert a JULY .'11 ST. All the candidates >r governor have been invited and ave accepted, and all the senatorial mdidates except Governor Blease. ave indicated their acceptance of ivitations. Governor Blease may or lay not be present. Music by brass and. Public will please bring tl iskets. D. C. CLARK. ? ?. t. 2t. For Committee. .V1 SKIN DISEASES OBSTINATE But they can be cleared away by purifying the blood and building up the system with Mrs. Joe Person's Remedy. X, W. Winton, Ahoskia, N. C., had a child severely affected with skin disease. Doctors' medicines failed to do any good, but two bottles of the Remedy made a perfect cure. "I cannot say too much in praise of Mrs. Joe Person's Remedy." Mrs. Joe Person's Remedy is pronounced by many the best blood medicine In the world. By purifying the blood and renewing the health and strength of the body, it drives away rheumatism, indigestion, nervous dyspepsia. scrofula, eczema and other ills that come from bad blood. Your druggist should have it; if not, send us one dollar for large bottle. Remedy Sales Corporation, Charlotte, X. C. Mrs. Joe Person's Wash should be used in connection with the Remedy for the cure of sores and the relief of inflamed and congested surfaces. It is especially valuable for women, and should always be used for ulcerations. / Like 'Em Fat Phone 117, when you want the Best Meats in town?Choice Veal, cut special. Hamberger Steak at 15 cts lb. Always tender. NO BONE. We have Fresh Irish Potatoes and Cabbage all the time. Ee?*s and Butter never run out at SHERER'S. When you have a Fat Beef, a Calf or a Sheep to sell, let me know. I buy anything with hair or wool around It, if it is fat. When you have anything to sell, It pays to let the Old Man know; Why sell it to some one else When I can pay you more? OLD GEORGE THE BUTCHER. W Your orders for Commercial Stationery will receive prompt attention at The Enquirer office. Let us have your orders you want the Best. Fruit Jars When you are ready to begin your Canning and Preserving, remember us for your JARS. We have the popular MASON JARS in all sizes, and also have the ECONOMY (big mouth) JARS, and also have Extra TOPS, and RUBBERS for both styles of Jars. Let us supply you. You will find that our prices are Just right, and that the Glass Can is the best for saving Fruits and Vegetables. ? LAWN SPECIALS ? We are showing a beautiful line of FLOWERED LAWNS In beautiful and desirable patterns, worth 18 Cts.? Now 10 CTS. Yard We also have LAWNS, in White and Colors, in 5 CTS. and 10 CTS. qualities. These Lawns will help you to comfortable living these days. SEE US FOR GROCERIES. G. W. WHITESIDES & CO. SHARON, S. O. Wedding Presents JUNE, by common consent and also by custom, is unquestionably the one month of the year which can be designated th < "Wedding Month." In anticipation of these happy events I have received a choice line of CUT GLASS, CHINA and SILVER WARE, especially ailltoH fr.r or\ ft a tnf tho Tnnn l.rlHau I am especially proud of these additions to my stock,, because they indjida many pieces that arfe of the verymew^ est patterns and dainty to the last limit of daintiness and such as would please any bride. If your friends are going to marry this month (or later) remember to visit SPECK'S before you buy gifts for the bride. You'll find the suitable, the pretty gifts at this store and prices as modest as the brides. Also have a new line of extra pretty Jardiniers. T. W. SPECK, Jeweler iW Your orders for Commercial Stationery will receive prompt attention at The Enquirer office. Ijet us have your orders you want the Best. Choice Fresh Meats WE ARE DOING OUR VERY BEST TO GIVE THE PATRONS OF THE YORKVILLE MEAT MARKET THE VERY BEST MEATS AT REASONABLE PRICES. We want YOUR business, and to got it we know that we must give you the Market Service that YOU want. We are making every effort to do this. We are butchering the ver" best and fattest beeves that we can buy. After the meat is brought to the market it is put in our large refrigerator and kept thoroughly chilled until it Is put on the block for cutting. We have a thoroughly competent Butcher, and are using every precaution and care to furnish our customers Meats that are thoroughly SANITARY. Our prices are as low as we can make them and do business. FRESH FISH every Friday and Saturday. Ice Cold Drinks all the time. We sell Butter and Eggs, and also Buy Butter and Eggs. YORKVILEE MEAT MARKET. See Us For Groceries of Quality rRY A SACK OF PORCELAIN Flour ?Absolutely nothing better made out of wheat. If you drink Coffee, try Barrlngton Hall, a high grade, steel cut Coffee, of iniform size, with all chaff and impunities removed?-better coffee and nore cups to the pound?Try it. We also have other brands and can dease you in Coffees. See us for Japitol Household Tea. Baker's Chocdate and Breakfast Cocoa. SEE L'S FOR Blue Ribbon Extracts, Spices, Pure L^ard, Snowdrift. Flake White, Kintan's Reliable Hams, White Cap Pineipple. Peaches, Olives, Peanut Butter, :tc. Dlw\tin ')"? ? I'tlt* DnCt fl i*/w?4kV?li?4j I "Hilt I*'l IJV^i \IMA.l?IV3, SHERER & QUINN YOU CAN GET MOST ANYTHING YOU f WANT TO EAT AT THIS STORE a a SEE ME FOR? 1 i: CHEWING TOBACCO a v SMOKING TOBACCO CIGARS CHASE AND p SANBORN a COFFEE AND TEAS r I. W. JOHNSON THE COFFEE AND TEA STORE. ? 39" Your orders for Commercial Stalonery will receive prompt attention ~ t The Enquirer ollioe. Ix*t us have our orders you want the Rest. y ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER ^ 17^ HI ENDS of HENRY R. MERRITT ; of York Township, bog leave to announce him as a suitable man for appointment as COUNTY COMMISSIONER, subject to the recommendation of the Democratic voters in the primary election. 51. t. t.e. FOR HOUSE OF I REPRESENTATIVE? ^ WE are authorized to announce ' r; EMMET W. PURSLEY of V King's Mountain township as a candidate for the House of Representatives, subject to the choice of the Dem- ^ ocratic party in the approaching primary election. t. t.e. ' WE ore authorized to announce E. M. DICKSON of York Township, as a candidate for the House of Representatives, subject to the action of the Democratic party in the approaching primary election. 50. t. te ^ I HEREBY announce r yself a candidate for re-election to the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, subject to the action of the Democratic party in the approaching primary election. 52. t.e W. B. RIDDLE. t FOR COUNTY SUPERVISOR WE are authorized to announce H. J. ZINKER, of Bethesda township, as a candidate for County Supervisor, subject to the choice of the Democratic party in the primary election. 53 t te* t WE are authorized to announce F. ESS CLINTON as a candidate for COUNTY SUPERVISOR of York County, subject to the voters of the Democratic party. 50 t te. FOR TOWNSHIP SUPERVISOR BETHEL TOWNSHIP WE beg leave to announce R. S. A RIDDLE as a candidate for Bethel Township Supervisor, subject to the choice of the Democratic voters in the primary. 50. t. te. FRIENDS. V WE are authorized to announce E. N. MILLER us a candidate for re-appointment as SUPERVISOR NB OF ROADS for Bethel Township, subject to the recommendation of the Democratic voters in the primary election. A 52. t. t.e.* KING'S MOUNTAIN TOWNSHIP WE are authorized to announce R. M. ROBINSON of Clover, as a candidate for Supervisor of Roads in King's Mountain .Township, subject to the choice of the Democratic voters in the primary election. WE are authorized to announce W. H. HOWELL as a candidate for SUPERVISOR OF ROADS in King's Mountain Township, subject to the recommendation of a majority j| of the Democratic voters in the pumary election. FOR COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION WE are authorized to announce J. C. CORK as a candidate for A the office of COUNTY SUPERINTEN- ^ DENT OF EDUCATION of York County, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. 52. t t.e. FOR MAGISTRATE?YORE TOWNSHIP AFTER due consideration by the solicitations of friends, I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the W office of MAGISTRATE for York township, governed by the rules of the Democratic party. N. J. N. BO WEN. A A + TT I kC J *?l ' V4 Enameled Cooking ...WARE... ? RIGHT NOW YOU PROBABLY HAVE USE FOR A LITTLE MORE ENAMELED WARE IN YOUR KITCHEN?SUCH AS PANS, KETTLES, DISH PANS, A PRESERVING KETTLES, * PORRINGERS, ETC. LET US SUPPLY YOUR NEEDS. OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT. Yorkville Hardware Co. For Last * nppinuui/fi TO CHOPS * I HAVE IN STOCK A FIRST-CLASS TOP DRESSER AS GOOD AS NITRATE? AND MUCH LOWER. * IN PRICE. LOUIS ROTH * Kodaks WHEN YOU GO ON YOUR VACATION, BE SURE THAT YOU TAKE A KODAK WITH YOU? MAKE PICTURE RECORDS OF ^THE PLACES YOU GO AND THE NEW FRIENDS YOU ivi/trvr.?iuu bii JU i inti PICTURES IX LATER YEARS. GET YOUR KODAK HERE. REMEMBER. THAT WE CARRY A FULL LINE OF KODAK ^ SUPPLIES?FILMS. PAPER, T DEVELOPERS. ETC. IF WE HAVEN'T JUST WHAT YOU WANT?TELL US?WE LL GET IT FOR YOU. YORK DRUG STORE. Garden Plowing iTAULK MANURE?We can furnish Stable Manure for garden use in any quantity at any time. See us. In addition to our regular Livery nd Draying business, we are also at 11 times ready to do your GARDEN LOWING. As soon as your garden i dry enough to plow, let us know nd we will do your plowing foi you .ithout delay. Phone us. LIVERY If you want a turnout, single or m ouble, for pleasure or business drivrig, we can furnish what you want nd you will find our charges most easonable. DHAYIXG We are always ready to do all kinds f Light and Heavy Hauling, either in % own or country. Let us do yours. M. E. PLEXICO & SON Rebuilt Typewriters for sale at The our orders to The Enquirer Office.