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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
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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
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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