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tumorous Ilrpartmcnt. Unquestionably.?The pop-eyed darky on the witness stand had been content during his examination in chief to answer Yes or No to all questions, but a controversy now arose between his lawyer and the lawyer for the other side. Wide-eared, he listened while they hurled jawbreaking words and impressive-sounding Latin phrases back and forth between them, says the Saturday Evening Post. The opposing counsel turned on him suuuriuj . "Gabe," he demanded, "you have followed carefully this intricate discussion touching on the various aspects of medical jurisprudence involved in the issue we have here before us for ad:udication; and in view of that I no'v desire to know whether you do or do not find that your evidence still coincides with the theory advanced by my learned brother?" The witness cast a triumphant side glance at his own attorney. Then he puffed out his lips and his chest. "Most doubtless!" he answered. A Horrified Mother.?A Louisville woman who is somewhat of a crank on hygiene and who brings up her small daughter according to the latest methods, took the child on a day train to a nearby little town. The mother sighed as she glanced at the dusty velvet seat and cloudy windowa The youngster, however, folded her manicured fingers in her white pique lap and apparently tried to absorb as little dirt as possible. Looking up from her magazine the immaculate parent was horrified to find the small daughter's jaws working violently. "What have you in your mouth?" she demanded at once. "Gum," said the child. "Where did you get it?" gasped the mother. The child pointed to a clean, round spot on tne grimy winauwsm. "There," she said.?Louisville Times. Dispelled All Doubt.?Speaking of the unsophisticated the other night, Congressman Robert L. Henry of Texas related how a young wife went to a butcher shop to buy a turkey. The price named for the bird, the congressman said, was 26 cents a pound, whereat the young wife hesitated. "Isn't 26 cents rather high?" she timidly queried. "If I remember rightly, the price across the way is 23 centa" "With the feet on, I suppose," was the quick response of the butcher. "No," hesitatingly returned the customer, "I think the feet were cut ofT." v "That's just what I thought!" was the confident declaration of the butcher, as he began to wrap up the bird. "When we sell a turkey, madam, we sellfeet and all!"?Philadelphia Telegraph. Art in Cleveland.?We went up to the Caxton building the other day to call on an artistic <riend. Perhaps we have expressed ourselves badly: we do not refer to a person who makes an art out of friendship, but to one who by his painting gains friends. Anyhow, we called on this fellow, and found him doing a war dance about his studio. "What on earth has happened?" we asked. "I've sold that painting!" he cried. "Pine!" said we, "what are you going to paint next?" "The town." And he did.?Cleveland Plain Dealer. A Good Riddance.?Little Willie had been permitted to enter the sick room to view the small stranger who had arrived a few days before. He looked the little one over with the disapproval natural to a deposed monarch. The nurse brought the baby's bath tub and filled it with water. Then she started unwinding the baby's outer shell, preparatory to bathing, while Willie stood by watching the procedure with interest. Suddenly the light of understanding illumined his face and he rushed to the door. "Hey, Sis!" he shrilled down the stairs, "come on up, quick; they're going to drown it." How He Knows.?A traveling sales agent visiting a large factory made a bet with the. manager that lie could pick out all the married men among the employes. Accordingly he stationed himself at the door as they came back from dinner and mentioned all those whom he believed to be married and in almost every case he was right. "How do you do it?" asked the manager. in amazement." "Oh, it's quite simple," said the traveler, "quite simple. The married men all wipe their feet on the mat. The single 'men don't."?St. Louis Dispatch. Sufficient Excuse.?At the battle of the Modder river an officer observed Pat taking shelter from the enemy's fire. After the engagement the officer, thinking to take Pat down a peg, said: "Well, Pat, how did you feel during the engagement?" "Feel?" said Pal. "I felt as if every hair on my head was a band of music, and they were all playing, Home, Sweet Home.' "?Houston Chronicle. Outclassed.?"My dear" said the proud father, "I cannot understand your objection to young Mr. Prudely as a suitor for your hand. I am sure that he is a model young man." "There is no question about his being a model." replied the bewitching beauty, "but father, dear, the trouble is that he is a 1912 model."?Buffalo Commercial. Father Was Willing.?Her father ? "Young man, 1 must ask your object in coming here so often." Young man?"I love your daughter sir. She is adorable, a queen." Her Father?"Then 1 take it your object is to become her subject. Very well, she's yours."?Boston Transcript. His Finish.?She?It seems strange that you did not remember my face, and yet you remember my name. He (awkwardly)?Well you know, you have an attractive sort of name.? Yonkers Statesman. He Knew Her.?Miss Hobbs?I saw your wife yesterday. Mr. Boobs?Did you? What did sh? have to say. Miss Hobbs?Oh! Nothing. Mr. Boobs?That wasn't my wife. Great Zeal.?Angry HousekeeperWhy don't you stop? The fire is all out. Captain of Village IP-se company I allow it is hut there's three winders not broke yet.? Boston Transcript. JBiscftlancous iSfadittj). STORY OF POINSETTA Beautiful Flower Brought to America by Joel R. Poinsett. Joel R Poinsett, frequently mentioned in the article which follows, spent considerable time in Greenville. The Poinsett Spring, on the old Greenville-Hendersonvllle road was marked as a memorial to him. The Poinsett club was named in his honor. It was he who designed the old Record Building, of this city. ruinseiua, vniiioun mmci comes to us at the tide of Yule, to deck the house and set its glow of good fel-1 lowshlp upon the hearth. It came to us from Mexico, long a land of strife, but its name is from that of an American statesman and warrior, and in the sharp, short struggle at Vera Cruz it was rechristened in the blood of a kinsman of Joel Roberts Poinsett, George Poinsett, of the United States marines. The army under General Funston after its long occupation following the Tampico incident returns to the United States. The earth is still filled with war and the rumors of war, and fleets and armies battle by land and sea. The shriek of shrapnel has taken the place of the Christmas carol and the snow rests upon field and wold where only the dead remain. It is fitting that now the poinsettia lifts its starred flower and reveals its tropical beauty in the bleak lands in the north. It grows in garden and in greenhouse throughout the United States and at this season its petals are Imitated in paper to serve as decorations at Christmas. The legends tell that centuries ago the blood red flower was borne by those who went as human sacrifices to the altars of the Aztecs. And yet as one goes back over the ages there comes to the mind the visions of the Druids in the forests of England gathering the mistletoe and the holly with sickles of gold to adorn the feasts to heathen deities at which their fellowmen were victims of mystic rites. And may it not be that the red flower of war, the polnsettla, may find its way into the symbolism of a gentler age? This is a world of change and the seed of strife may bring forth fruits of p^ace. Flower Once Wat Carried by Victims of Aztec Sacrifice. How strangely the ways of the sage and the warrior were blended in the personality of Joel Roberts Poinsett, who gave so much to the service oi his country and yet of whom his country remembers comparatively so little! The killing of his kinsman, a young marine, in the attack on Vera Cruz recalled for a time that the name of Poinsett had figured in American annals generations ago, but soon the suggestion passed away and there are few even now who could off-hand recall the part which the distinguished publicist played in the development of our national ideals. Joel Roberts Poinsett was an American of the highest type, who, in spite of many obstacles, served his country with an ardor which came of unswerving devotion to the cause of liberty. His descent was from the valiant defenders of Rochelle, the Hugunots. In his blood was the bravery of that same French race which today is fighting to drive the invader from its soil. He was born in 1779 in Charleston, S. C., and after an eventful life he came to the end of his days in the state of his nativity. Southern in his sympathies, he came at an early age In contact with the more practical life of the north, for he received his education in Timothy Dwight's school at Greenfield, Conn. Mr. Poinsett afterward studied at universities in England. His inclination from the first, although he was frail in body, was toward the profession of arms. Eugene Brieux, the distinguished writer who recently brought to this country the greetings of the French academy, spoke only last month of tyrants. great and small, and first he placed in the category the well meaning parent who forces his children into occupations for which they areunsuited because forsooth the father has made up his mind that the son must be merchant or lawyer or physician, just as the idea occurs to the mind of paternal authority. And so of one of the great military chieftains of the world if matters had worked out differently! In another age the blood red flower might have adorned a coat of arms and been the emblem of a race of warriors. It came to pass then that Joel Roberts Poinsett devoted himself to the law until his health gave way and he was sent on a tour of the world by his father. He traveled extensively in Europe and Asia, visiting many lands and people who were not then in the beaten tracks of travel. It was in these years of pilgrimage he obtained that wide knowledge of men and affairs so useful to him in later years. His linguistic accomplishments?for he learned to speak numerous languages and dialects with fluency?made him welcome not only in the courts of Europe but in the remote parts of Asia. He became the friend and adviser of Tartars he mingled with the Cossacks of the Don, he was received in the courts of Cipango and Cathay. An unofficial ambassador, he brought to many a land the knowledge of the United States and was received as a typica. American citizen. On account of his wide learning and varied accomplishments he became a welcome guest at the Russian court in Petrograd. anu there is to be found in his reminiscences a delightful account of a dinner at which he was the guest of the Tsar. The Emperor of Russia offered him n nnmmissinn in the armv in which he was contemplating making, changes of organization and personnel. The turn of affairs at home and the illness of his father compelled his return to the United States. After the estate of the elder Poinsett had been settled he applied to President Madison for military employment and was about to become quartermaster general of the army when the secretary of war interferred. Mr. Poinsett was then intrusted with the delicate diplomatic mission of finding out what was the state of the South American republics, which a century ago were engaged in their struggle for independence against the might of Spain. Although he was there as an ambas3ador, Mr. Poinsett was none the less obliged to be a man of action. He was in Chili when tht Spanish representatives in Peru believing that hostilities had broken out between the United States and Spain seized several merchant vessels of tli's country. A force then marched into Chilian territory and at Talcahuano captured several other American era ft Here was the opportunity for the born soldier who hitherto had been prevented by whims of destiny from *1* 1 U?~ Kowi TKn nout luuuwi I if; ma iiaiuiai uciu. xnv republic of Chili placed under the command of Poinsett a large force of men. who attacked the Spaniards, and recaptured all the vessels. He was in Valparaiso in 1S14 toward the close of the War of 1812 between the I'nited States and Great Britain, when the American man of war Essex came to that region after a remarkable career as a commerce destroyer in the Pacifiic to be destroyed by the superior strength of the Phoebe and the Cherub. Mr. Poinsett wished to return home but he was regarded as a dangerous character by the British. They refused to permit him to be sent back on the Essex. Jr.. on which some American officers were being returned to New York on parole. He therefore made the adventurous crossing of the Andes and landed in this country too late to offer his services for war, peace having been declared. Civic affairs engaged his attention for many years to come. He was elected to the I'nited States house of representatives from his native South Carolina, and became interested in public highways and other extensive schemes for internal improvement. Mr. Poinsett went in 1822 on an important special mission to Mexico during the rule of Iturbide and afterward went there as the minister from the United States. During one of the revolutionary outbreaks which for so many years have been a feature of the life of the republic to the south, certain prominent Mexican families took refuge in his house. He placed on the front of the building an American flag and, standing on the balcony, defied the mob to harm him or the building, which was then under the protection of the flag. Officials Accused Him of Introducing Freemasonry. He became Involved in a controversy with certain of the authorities inl ** 1 ? U ~ Vilm *\f infrnHim. I iviexiuu wnu atvuaru ? ?>w vmmv ing Freemasonry into the country. As a matter of fact, he had been asked by certain Freemasons in Mexico to send to the Grand Lodge in the state of New York for charters for their lodges and this he did. On his return to the , United States Mr. Poinsett wrote a vigorous pamphlet in defense of his action. An intense federalist in his sympathies, he gave loyal adherence to the national government when his own South Carolina was the hotbed of nullification agitation. He became the leader of the Union party there. It is said that he secretly developed a powerful military organization which was ready on short notice to defend the 1 cause of the Union. General Jackson then president of the United States, j gave him authority to get arms and ammunition from the government arsenal and the tradition is that he even t had a commission of colonel in the regular army. The following administration saw him secretary of war of the United < States. His influence in that office i abides to this day. Mr. Poinsett brought about a radical reorganization of the artillery arm of the service and 1 gave especial attention to the develop- < ment of field batteries. His recommen- ] dation to congress in 1840 that all , states of the Union have their militia reorganized under federal supervision was far in advance of his time. There < are many things in the National guard organization of the present day, however, which were largely due to the { recommendations of Mr. Poinsett. nis lusi puunv vuiw ****** wvvii. n.ivw | when he closed his portfolio of war. The rest of his life, which was given so much to action and still more to great schemes which were always on the verge of action, was spent in studious retirement at Statesbure. where he died on September 12, 1851. He took interest still in public affairs and was one of the most earnest opponents of the war with Mexico. His garden in the south gave him much pleasure and there it was that he cultivated the beautiful red flower he brought from Mexico and to which his fellow botanists gave the name of Poinsettia pulcherrima. The popularity of this flower for decorations at this season of the year has been steadily growing and at the present time there are few who think of its Mexican origin, and regard it as a plant indigenous to this country. To the scholar, the antiquarian and the scientist the name of Poinsett means much, for he was one of the founders of the National Museum at Washington and gave to it a most valuable collection. His discourse on the "Promotion of Science." delivered on the first anniversary of the opening, in 1841. Is a document which is quoted to this day. Mr. Poinsett was also the founder of an academy of fine arts at Charleston, which existed for several years. There are in existence many of his unpublished papers besides his "Notes on Mexico," which have an important bearing on our national life. Columbia University, of this city, conferred upon him the degree of doctor of laws. And from the career of the publicist and the statesman we go to the all too short one of a grand-nephew George Poinsett, of the United States marines, over whose body at the Brooklyn Navy Yard only a few months ago the president of the United States spoke words of eulogy. Thus it is that fine American traditions, intelligent zeal in the performance of duty and devotion to the cause of country are all expressed in the petals of poinsettia blood red flower of courage.?John W. Harrington in New York Herald. SALISBURY PLAIN Where Great Britain Trains Her Soldiers. Never since Salisbury Plain was taken over by the war office, who changed its old coach roads into long grass tracks upon which the mile?tnnou will ?tnnd stunidlv adrift, savs and chum a Canadian private witn < whom you dine if you want to, or i drive about in your motorcar. The 1 Hritish Tommy stares in amazement l at these topsy-turvy practices. He I cannot understand why a Canadian i private does not call his superior of- 1 fict r "Sir," or how he could want to l be in his society any longer than is absolutely necessary. At Tidworth, tens of thousands of i troops of all arms are collected. No- < body could possibly like Tidworth. It is the creation of the war office?of the war office of some dozen years ago. They might have made it beautiful?they might have made it like anything but what it is like. It is very healthy, spacious, splendidly sanitary, and as ugly as a jerry-built street in a London suburb. Xot even i the oldest inhabitant?he must have been there for at least six months to qualliy lor mis pusiuuil?Miunn ma way about the place. You walk up a road which runs on for close on two miles. It has no name that you can discover. Parallel with it is another i road of exactly the same description i with exactly the same type of buildings, and you can walk across four or live of these parallel roads until with a feeling of relief, you come out upon the unspoilt spaces of the open plain. Here at this new town, with its war office hall-mark, is stationed what is at present one of the most interesting units in the Hritish army. They call | it the Reserve Regiment of Cavalry. because it is used to fill up the gap in the cavalry at the front. We whi have seen British mounted soldier at parades and manoeuvres have n< idea of the change that has alread; come over the training of the cavalr; in the space of four months. Cavalry has been employed in th early days of the war as we like t read of it being employed?as th eyes of the army, as the force whicl carries all before it in a magniflcen charge. But these days are appar ently over. The cavalry trooper ha now to be something of everything What the Royal Marines are to th navy, he is to the army. It is tru he has not yet been called upon t hnnrilo nrtlllerv. but nerhaDs he ma' even be expected to do this befor peace is signed. He has certainly b do everything else at present. For a whole day I watched th< training of the officers and men, an< the scope of their duties left upoi me an impression of amazement T< begin with, the raw recruit has firs to be taught to ride a horse. For thi purpose he is mounted on a rocking horse?the ordinary rocking horse o our nursery days. It may not be i very dignified situation in which t( find a grown-up man, but it is sail to be one of the best methods o teaching him to ride. After he has mastered the rockini horse, he is promoted to a more fler dummy, consisting of a wooden moiin that swings backwards and forward on pivots. When he has acquired hi seat on this steed he is at last allow ed to mount a real horse. Then hi begins to imbibe the first elements o horsecraft. His other training, of course, goe on simultaneously. Though he rise at five and is sometimes out all nigh r\r? monnauurao tmonfv.fniir Vl Oil ra an hardly sufficient for what he has t< do. He has first to be taught to han die a sword on foot before he can bi trusted with that weapon on horse back. When he is considered suffi ciently proficient, dressed in a whiti padded coat with his own and hi horse's head covered with a mask, h< sngages in "mounted combat" with t fellow trooper under the eyes of th< sergeant instructor. He has to mak< himself efficient in all the science o swordsmanship?how to carry hii point at the charge; how to whee luickly so as to take his enemy in th< rear; and how, above all things, t< ivoid the natural instinct that even nan possesses, of wishing to strik< ather than to thrust. On the Downs, where he exercises i row of dummy figures are set up He has to charge past those at th< ?allop, carrying his sword so that th< nomentum of his horse and himself together with the thrust, buries th? weapon up to its hilt. Though he ma; lot be called upon to use a lance, h< las to learn the elements of the lanc< nanuel?to understand what he car ind what he cannot do with tha' weapon. He has to be taught hov :o defend himself with the sword igainst the lance. In addition, h< nust know how to take a jump, anc tie is made to do this over and ovei igain, either in the riding school 01 )n the plain until he can sit his ani nal like a rod with his sword drawn His purely cavalry training may b< said to end with the learning ol scouting work, for the cavalry is stil n spite of the demands that are mad< jpon it, the eyes of the army. Tc nake him efficient in this art, th< irooper is kept out of his bed nighi a London letter, has so great an army been collected together within Its confines. From the valley of the Wylye northwards the plain resounds with the tramp of men, the clatter of horses, the roar of artillery, the sharp crash of rifle fire and the almost ceaseless whirr of .the aeroplane. How many men are gathered there nobody knows, or, if anybody knows, the censor would not permit him to say. It is one vast training ground where recruits from every part of the empire and from every part of the United Kingdom are being moulded into that particular type of soldier who will be most serviceable in the muddy fields of Flanders. You can walk across the plain in a day?unless you happen to be turned back?and see every type of arm that the British army possesses. There are territorials here, divisions of Kitchener's armies, reserve cavalry units, sections of flying corps, artillery companies, Canadians, New Zealanders and, 1 10 complete irif usi, a itr\> uuuuicu German prisoners. The colonials are in the middle of ' the plain. They are a wonderful lot of men?a source of endless amaze- . ment to the ordinary British Tommies encamped in their neighborhood. 1 They have brought with them an idea ] of discipline quite foreign to British ' military notions. The camaderie be- ' tween officers and men is so com- < plete that the stranger finds it diffl- < cult to distinguish the officer from the 1 man. You may be a Canadian major, I but this does not prevent you from 1 having as your most intimate friend 1 ifter night to learn how to take ? ine across country in the dark or t( riake observations without being de> tected. There is a Joke at Tidwortf imong the officers and men that th< rawest recruit can soon learn to pic* his way across the plain by the short ?st and safest route, but that no on< an reaching the town has been able t< find his way back to barracks without inquiring. The ubiquitous trooper has now tc learn his work as a foot soldier sc that he can play his part in th? trenches when it is impossible for hin to be led on horseback. He is train ?d, too, in the use of the revolver ant the rifle?the ordinary infantry rifle? ind he is exercised in bayonet drill? for the cavalry are now to earn bayonets, it is said. Also, most im portant of all, he must know how t< handle a spade and trench digging in which he has exercised almost dal ly. This is, perhaps, tne most ardu ous and most unpopular task he ii mailed upon to tackle. When at last these units from th< Reserve Regiment of Cavalry react the front they ought to be the Ad miral Crichtons of the British army. SPY COUNTED HIS DOOM German Betrayed Himself by Pronun ciation of French Ordinals. The story of how a German spj braved and met death, as told by ? French officer, is published by th< Journal de Geneve. When von Kluck's army was neai Paris, a large number of artlllen pieces were collected in the north oi the capital to resist the attack. Earlj one morning the French colonel ii command was shaving, when the sen try entered his room saying an officei who had forgotten the pass-word hat pushed him aside and entered the ar tillery park. The "officer" declaret he would return soon and said not tc iisturb the commandant. After dis missing the sentry, the colonel, wht had already his suspicions, hastily finished his toilet and walked out t< the grounds where there were abou a hundred guns of all caliber. Then he met the stranger and asked him hi! regiment. "You see by my uniform (whicl was new) I belong to the milltar: staff and I am attached to the head ciuarters in Paris," he replied. "Well, let us count the pieces," th< Frenchman said. "Un, deux, trois?" the spy started "Xo. no," said the French colonel "let us say it 'first, second, third.'" The French officer had a purpose It is a well known fact that some times a German, however well edu rated, has difficulty in pronouncing it French the words "vingtneuvieme' (twenty-ninth) without revealing hii nationality. The two vs with the "t" between them prove a stumblim block. When the staff captain pro nounced the words the colonel drev a revolver and ordered the sentry t< arrest him. "Send these things home to my pa rents," said the spy to the colonel "I will," said the latter. "Good-bye." both said. A few hours later the Ger man was shot. iA Without stopping his train an en gin per can move a lever In his cab nni open a recently invented switch t enable him to enter a siding, th switch automatically closing when th last car has passed over it. s HISTORIC SALOONS DOOMED 9 "Bucket of Blood" Typical Name for Arizona Thirst Parlor. 0 Many a famous old Arizona saloon y will pass out of existence today, acy cording to a letter from Phoenix. Tough-handed miners and vaqueros 8 are complaining that Arizona is not 3 what it used to be. Prohibition will e mean the closing of resorts that for 11 many years have been their clubs. 1 Easterners who suppose the names given to saloons in popular western 8 fiction were wholly invented by " Brooklyn nickel a-liners should stroll e through a few Arizona mining camps. ^ TKtirt? an> Vi ran Hnol/ot u t\f ninn/1 in 0 full blast in Arizona today. One is at y Jerome, one at Clifton and one at e Pearce. The best known is at Pearce. 0 It is owned by Joe Bignon, who is arranging to turn it into a moving e picture house on the first of January. 1 Its new name will be the Orpheum. In n the early days there was a saloon at 0 the Fortuna mine, in Yuma county, named Three Buckets of Blood. 1 The Hoof and Horn is in the dive s district of Prescott, but is known from . one end of Arizona to the other bef cause of many stirring events that have taken place within its walls, a Only three or four years ago Dick o Bennett, a wealthy cattleman, rode his j pony in at the front door, fired a few bullets into the glassware and ordered " everybody to line up at the bar and drink with him. Some one behind a g whisky barrel "plugged" Bennett before the first drink was served. Today ' there is a silver dollar, cut into the t shape of a star, on the floor where g Bennett fell. a The "Stope" of the Yavapai Club, Prescott's* most fashionable social or' ganization, is underground, and is line ed with rough pine logs. Everything f is as primitive and frontierlike as possible in appearance, but nowhere in the west is a more perfect drink 3 mixed. Sir Gilbert Parker and other s notables who have been entertained t there have carried the fame of the "Stope" to the ends of the earth. e In the early days Prescott was the o capital of Arizona, and the Sazarac _ saloon was the real capitol. No one ever thought of looking for a territo8 rial officer in the official capitol, on - Curley street, before going through . the Sazarac. TVia nnlv turn nntoH Phnoniv a'l Innnq that survived into modern times are 8 closed already. For years the old s Palace was the mecca of all the spori tively inclined in Central Arizona. A man who is today one of the leading reformers in the state dealt faro i there, and history says he was a f good dealer. Tens of thousands of dollars changed hands nightly. Only two or three months ago the Q. T. was 1 closed. Phoenix has a Bank Exchange, ! famed for imported beer, sausages > and traditions. Globe's most noted saloon is the f Gold Coin, owned by "Cuck" Rogers i a Richard Canfleld of the southwest. Just across the street is the Silver Dollar. ' Morenci is not "dry." but all liquor Is sold at wholesale by the Shannon i Copper company. Fifteen years ago ? Morenci was swept by a terrible fire. The company then decided to lease no ' more ground for saloons. After the e fire all the saloonists went over a hill y and founded Newton. Today Newton , claims the distinction of beir~ the ' wickedest place in the world. It is i made up entirely of dives and saloons i with not even a grocery store, t Tombsotne boasts the Pony and "Went's Place." The latter is owned '* by Allen Wentworth. for many years , the mayor of Tombstone, and reputed ? to be the first white man initiated , into the Chinese Masonic order. Flaestaff has the old Vail and also p George Black's place, the roof and r walls of which are perforated with 100 . bullet holes. Some bold soul named one Flagstaff bar the X 10 U 8. * ItlGIIT ON THE JOB? i We are still on the Job?Ready, always ready to do business in horse or J mule flesh with you. If you want to > buy a HORSE or a MULE, you will . find that we can Just about meet your requirements. If you have something that you want to trade, it is dollars > to doughnuts that we can get togeth> er?Come and see us if you want to i do business in our line. i JAMES BROS. J YORKVILLE. 8. O. ; Regarding the Monument The Monument is the sole product of man which is expected to exist, without change or repair, for all s time?beyond the memory that we cherish in our hearts, which is only as long as the span of life. It may s help to form a record, but it is erecti ed as a tribute of love to those who . have passed "to that bourne from whence no traveler ever returns." As such, let it be a thing of beauty, not dark and somber, but bright and cheerful; not typifying earthly sorrow, but symbolizing undying love. And as architecture is brought to us " from the past by the tombs of the ancients, so let us pass on to those in our steps, some worthy expression of our conception of beauty. ; PALMETTO MONUMENT CO. JOS. G. SASSI. Prop. r Phone 211 YorkvlIIe. S. C. ' r ' jjJ?IHIIIIIIllllHllllll!HHHIIjlll;TTTTnTTTTTTTTT!TTTnTTTTTnTTTTnTTTTTfTTTnTTI I ^ I TheRayoRes [ I * | VHE bright, yet soft lig P X rests your eyes as sun HI is injurious to them. Scieni | I of an oil lamp ? and the i 0 ; I Kayo || ? the best oil lamp made. f H| Ask your dealer to sho 3 S glare, no flicker. Easy to I STANDARD 01 I I WMhoutoo.D.C (NEW JE 1 ?S?I v- BALTO d| B 0' n e! Bllillllllillilillllllllllllllll!!llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll^ DIRECTORY OF YORK COUNTY A DIRECTORY of the White Men of York county of voting age, together with the postofflce address and occupation of each, may be had at the Bank of Clover, the Bank of Hickory Grove, the First National Bank of Sharon, the People's National Bank of Rock Hill, or from The Enquirer Office at 25 cents a copy. This directory contains more than 4,000 names, and is of especial service and value for commercial purposes. Published by i_. rvi. unioi o ouno. THE CITY MARKET THE CITY MARKET IS THE PLACE TO GET THE BEST OF EVERY* THIXG. We sell the Best Stall Fed Beef. We sell the Best All Pork and Mixed Sausage. We sell the Best Pork. We sell the Best Steak. We sell the Best Cheese to be had. We sell the Best Ham to be had? cured or green?at Wholesale and Retall?by the Pound or by the Slice. We sell the Best Fresh Oysters, put up in Quart or Pint Tins. Until further notice we are selling EGGS at 30 CTTS. a Dozen, CASH. If you want any particular delicacy from a fine Beef or Hog, let us know. C. F. SHERER, Proprietor. LIFE IT CAN BE A SUCCESS OR A FAILURE. WHICH WILL IT BE WITH YOU? ?? ?????? Look at the men who are successful In the eyes of the world. Ninety-nine out of every hundred started a Bank Account when they were young?and stuck to it And now, look at the failures. Very few of them have a Bank account now. Not speaking of when they were young. Perhaps you think you have not enough money to start an account. navtrii i >uu a uuuai ; mai o an n w?n?? at THIS BANK. Just try it for a year or six months. If you do not wish to continue it you have lost nothing by the trial. Which Will It Ba?Success or Failure? IT'8 UP TO YOU. Bank of Hickory Grove HICKORY GROVE. 8. C. REAL ESTATE LOOK! Now Isn't This a Nice Selection? The J. K. Hope Place: 70 acres, near Tirzah, on Rock Hill and Clay Hill and Yorkvllle and Fort Mill roads. 5-room dwelling; large barn; 2 tenant houses and other buildings; 2 wells? one at house and other at barn. Adjoins T. M. Oates, F. E. Smith and Mrs. Glenn. This is something nice. See ME QUICK. The E. T. Carson Place: 185 acres; 8-room dwelling; 3-room tenant house; large barn; crib, etc. Plenty of wood. Adjoins W. R. Carroll and others. Now is your time to see me. Two Tracts?One 63 acres and the bther 60 acres?about 6 miles from Yorkville on McConnellsville-Chester road. First tract has 4-room dwelling; barn, crib and cotton house. Other tract has one tenant house. Each tract watered by spring and branch. Plenty of timber. Good, strong land, and the price is right. Better see me. Town Property: My offerings here are very attractive. Can suit you either in a dwelling or a beautiful lot in almost any part of Town on which to erect one. Let me show you. Geo. W. Williams REAL ESTATE BROKER. WT A man is Judged by the clothes he wears?Likewise he is judged by his Business Stationery?Use The Enquirer kind?It will pass judgment. TAX NOTICE?1914 Office of the County Treasurer of York County. Yorkville, S. C., Sept. 14, 1914. NOTICE is hereby given that the TAX BOOKS for York county will a vr 4.1 icmtl be openea on inunsuAi, uie iuui DAY OF OCTOBER, 1914, and remain open until the 31ST DAY OF DECEMBER, 1914, for the collection of STATE, COUNTY, SCHOOL AND LOCAL TAXES, for the fiscal year 1914, without penalty; after which day ONE PER CENT penalty will be added to all payments made in the month of JANUARY, 1915, and TWO PER CENT penalty for all payments made in the month of FEBRUARY, 1915, and SEVEN PER CENT penalty will be added to all payments made from the 1ST DAY OF MARCH to the 15TH DAY OF MARCH, 1915, 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 Yorkville from Monday, November 16th, until Thursday, the 31st day of December, 1913, 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. ?> 1 ^ J ts Your Eyes I ;ht of the RAYO Lamp I j cly as a harsh white glare J j Lists recommend the light J j LAMP I w you the Rayo. No 1 light and care for. j j [L COMPANY 1 RSEY) Charlotte, N. C. ] ffAvnr QlAfUftOCL W. Vl^ I J (ORE aSSEtac. Club Contest?1915 j Liberal Pay For Pleasant, Easy Work. GET SUBSCRIBERS FOR THE ENQUIRER * * Nine Competitive Premiums and Smaller Prizes Without Limit, Guaranteeing Full Compensa-a* IT* IT* IIT 1 auon ror j&very worKer. IDENTIFIED AS IT HAS BEEN WITH THE SOCIAL, INDUSTRIAL EDUCATIONAL RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL LIFE OF THE PEO- a PLE OF YORK AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES FOR THE PAST ^ FIFTY-NINE YEARS, WE DEEM IT UNNECESSARY TO OFFER ANY WORDS OF INTRODUCTION OR PROMISE FOR THE YORK- V YILLE ENQUIRER, AND CONSIDERING THE LONG. PLEASANT AND SATISFACTORY RELATIONS THAT HAVE EXISTED BETWEEN THE BUSINESS OFFICE AND SO MANY GOOD FRIENDS WHO HAVE AL- flflH WAYS ASSISTED SO ENERGETICALLY AND INTELLIGENTLY IN THE WORK OF RENEWING OLD SUBSCRIPTIONS AND GETTING NEW SUBSCRIBERS ON THE LIST, IT WOULD BE A WASTE OF TIME AND SPACE 1 TO GO INTO DETAILED EXPLANATION OF METHODS THAT HAVE BEEN FOLLOWED FOR SO MANY YEARS WITHOUT ANY MATERIAL CHANGE. OUR ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION-TAKING CAMPAIGN IS NOW ON And we respectfully invite the co-operation not only of ALL FORMER CLUBMAKERS, but as many NEW ONES as may feel inclined to join in the work. OUR PREMIUM OFFERS, ALWAYS GENEROUS Are no less so this year, and it will be noted that the compensation promised for the smaller Clubmakers, is especially attractive. A Club consists of TWO or more names, whether Old or New, returned from one or more mall addresses by a single Clubmaker, and the obligation of the Clubmaker in so far as this competition is concerned, ends when all the names he or she is able to return have been duly paid for. The price of a single subscription to THE ENQUIRER, by the year, is S2.C0, and for six months, $1.00. In clubs of two or more, returned and paid for before the expiration of this contest, the price is $1.75 for a Year; no reduction for the six months. THE COMPETITIVE PREMIUMS ? . u The following NINE PREMIUMS will he awarded to tne uiuDmaaers re- ^ turning and paying for the Largest, Second Largest, Third Largest, etc.. num- / her of names, in the order set forth below: ** FIRST PREMIUM?A One Hundred Dollar CARPENTER CABINET ORGAN, held by Prof. R. J. Herndon of Yorkville, to be the BEST Cabinet Organ In the world for the money, and always selling at the price named. This Organ has Walnut Case, Polished Paneled Ends and Front, (Removable | Front Panels over pedals), Fancy Sawed Trusses, Moulded Key Slip, Carved ^ Desk Covering Key Pocket, French Plate Beveled Mirror, 14x14 inches, Carpet Pedals, etc. It Is Fully Guaranteed to be without a superior In the $100.00 class. SECOND PREMIUM?Handsome 3-Plece Suit of Full Quartered. Golden Oak Furniture. The Dresser has a double top, 21x42 inches, cast pulls and plate glass 28x34 inches. The Bed Is 78 inches high and ornamented with beautifully polished 4-inch roll. The Washstand has handsomely shaped top, 18x34 inches, and plate glass 14x24 inches. The price is $75, and it may be seen on exhibition at the store of the Carroll Furniture Co. THIRD PREMIUM?-Baker HAMMERLESS GUN, 12 or 16 gauge, made cither of Krupp steel or three-blade Damascus; a hard shooter, and superior all round gun. The ordinary retail price Is $40.00 FOURTH PREMIUM?Four drawer, Drop Head, Ball-Bearing SEWING MACHINE, excellent value at $30.00, or a 130-plece DINNER SET of excellent quality, worth $30.00. FIFTH PREMIUM?One 112-piece DINNER SET. best American make, same as above, worth $25.00. SIXTH PREMIUM?No. 2, American Feather-weight, 12 or 16 gauge SHOT GUN, worth $18.00. SEVENTH PREMIUM?Good. Strong Set of SINGLE HARNESS, on sale at Carroll Bros.' for $16.00. EIGHTH PREMIUM?No. 0 American 12 gauge SHOT GUN, worth $13. NINTH PREMIUM?Forty-two piece DINNER SET, American made and of Best Quality, worth $10.00. TOWNSHIP PREMIUMS To the Clubmaker in each of the Nine Townships returning and paying for a LARGER NUMBER OF NAMES than any other Clubmaker In his or her jg respective Township, and not receiving one of the above premiums, we will give One 42-piece DINNER SET. OTHER PREMIUMS J In addition to the foregoing offers on a competitive basis, we are also pleased to make the following offers for a fixed number of names: FOR TWO SUBSCRIBERS?A pair of Fancy Gold Handled Shears, worth 50 cents. FOR THREE NAMES?Three-piece Sewing Set?8-inch Shears 4} inch Buttonhole Scissors, and 4} Embroidery Scissors, worth $1.25. FOR FOUR NAMES?A Stylographic Fountain Pen, worth $1.50; a handsome Three-bladed Pocket Knife with name and address on handle, worth $1.50, or one year's subscription to the Progressive Farmer. "nn T7*rtf T7* x- ? MCtJ Vltnhon Wn i fa Set wnrtVi 19 no nr a CJnlH r UU r i v iin.iuuu x* ? c->/ivvv Ah*%v?vi? mv?, .. v. T?,VW( w. _ Pointed Fountain Pen, or a Four-bladed Pocket Knife, with name and address on handle. FOR SIX NAMES?Eclipse Stem-winding Watch, Hamilton Model No. 27 22-callbre Rifle. FOR EIGHT NAMES?An Ingersol Junior Watch, Daisy Repeating Air Rifle, Rapid Writer Fountain Pen, Hopf Model Violin, or an 8-inch Banjo. FOR NINE NAMES?One year's subscription to THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER. FOR TEN NAMES?A Thirty-one Piece Dinner Set that retails as high as $6.00, a Stevens-Maynard 22-calibre Rifle, a Gold Mounted Fountain Pen, a good Banjo, Guitar or Violin. FOR EIGHTEEN NAMES?Two 31-piece Dinner Sets, same as given for ten names, samples to be seen at THE ENQUIRER Otflce. FOR TWENTY NAMES?A 42-plece Dinner Set that retails at $10; CrackShot Stevens Rifle, a. 10-oz. Canvas Hunting Coat, or a No. 1 Ejector Single- w Barrel Breech Loading Shot Gun. FOR THIRTY NAMES?Either of the Following: A Single-Barrel Hammerless Shot Gun, a fine Toilet or Washstand Set, or a Hopkins & Allen, Jr.. 22-calibre Rifle. FOR FORTY NAMES?A fine Mandolin, Guitar or Banjo, a New York * Standard Open-Face Watch, a Double-Barrel Breech-Loading Shot Gun. FOR FORTY-FIVE NAMES?One 112-piece Dinner Set, best American quality. FOR FIFTY NAMES?No. 2 12-gauge Feather-weight Shot Gun, worth $17.00. FOR SIXTY NAMES?One 130-piece Dinner Set, of best American make. Terms and Conditions THE CONTEST BEGINS NOW aand will come to a close on SATURDAY, .MARCH 13TH, at 6.00 P. M., SHARP. Each Clubmaker will be held individually responsible for the payment of the amount due on all names returned by him or her. Where it is desired to discontinue a subscription before the close of the contest, the Clubmaker may do so by paying the amount due at the time of such discontinuance. When a subscription has been paid in full, it cannot be discontinued. The Clubmaker ^ however may, if he sees proper, transfer the unfulfilled portion of the subscrip- , tion to another subscriber, provided the person to whom the transfer is to be f made was not a subscriber at the time the original name was entered on our books. No nume will be counted in competition for a premium until the subscription price has been paid, nor will any premium be delivered until the Club maker has either paid or made satisraciory sememem ivr an mc naiiica un tut? ? Club. 1 In case of contention by two or more Clubmakers over the right to a name, preference will be given to the one who pays for the name FIRST; but where both pay, we shall not attempt to decide the matter except by crediting the name for one year for each such payment. After a name has been entered on our books, no transfer Will be permitted. This is positive and emphatic and where Clubmakers attempt to make such transfers, they must concede bur right to take such steps as may seem necessary to protect the fairness of this provision. The Clubmaker who returns names n^ist pay for them. Clubmakers who try to return and pay for names already regularly returned by others will be called down, especially if there is evidence of an understanding between the Clubmakers. This is not for the protection of the publishers; but as a guarantee of the fairness of the competition. Any and all Clubmakers will have the right to Get Subscribers Wherever They Can. It is not necessary that all the names shall go to the same postoffice. The fact that a name was returned on a certain club last year does not give that Clubmaker a right to return it this year. All subscriptions moist be forwarded to us at the expense of those sending them, and we will be responsible for the safe transmission or money only wnen it is sent by Draft, Registered Letter, Express or Postofflee Money Order. In sending the names, Always give correct names or initials, and present postohiee address, and if possible say whether the subscribers are NOW taking the paper. Careful observance of this will be the means of avoiding much trouble and confusion. In case of a tie for either of the competitive premiums, TWO WEEKS will be allowed for the working off of the tie. A After the close of the contest on SATURDAY, MARCH IS, 1915, at 6 p. m. the price of a year's subscription will be $2.00, unless New Clubs are formed. W L. M. GRISTS' SONS, Publishers. YORKVILLE ? SOUTH CAROLINA