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tumorous IJepartmfut Had Seen Enough.?As E. J. Bowes, the theatrical manager, tells the tale, a simple garbed man walked into one of the hadnsomest and most ornate of Broadway cafes and called for a drink of straight rye. Having drunk, he counted out three nickles upon the bar and prepared to depart. "Hold on, please." said the gentle * manly attendant; "the price is 25 centa" "What talk have you?" demanded the patron. "Why, I can get the same brand of licker anywhere on Tenth avenue for 15." "Probably so," explained the barkeeper, "but you see we do not charge for the whisky alone. We have to charge for all these decorations?for the hangings at the windows, and the furnishings, and the pictures on the walla That picture younder cost $10,000. That's why we have to ask you a quarter for a drink, see?" "1 see," said the man, staring about him, and out he went. The next day he returned. He entered slowly, holding one hand across his eyes. He felt his way to the bar and again laid down 15 centa "I ain't lookin'," he stated truthfully. "Gimme some rye."?Saturday Evening Poet. Eligible.?A burly man, the picture of perfect health and strength, walked into the office of a prominent accident insurance company the other day and wanted to be insured. "Are you engaged in any hazardous business?" asked the secretary. "Not in the least," replied the applicant. "Does your business make it necessary for you to be without sleep at night?" "No, sir." "Would your business ever require you to be where there were excited crowds?for instance, at a riot or a Are?" "Never, sir." "Is your business such as to render you liable to injury from carriages or runaway horses?" "Oh, no, sir!" "Does your business throw you in contact with criminal cases?" "Good gracious! No sir." "I think you are eligible. What is your business?" "I am a policeman." That Brought Him.?"Behind first" in a certain ball game played at Pittsburgh in the late fall there was one selfish man who would not sit down and insolently ignored the pleas and demands from hundreds behind him, says the Springfield Republican. Standing full six feet, the fellow paid not a heed to cries of "Sit down! Sit down! Down in front!" A few missiles were thrown at him with no effect and the crowd implored him again to be seated, as not another person in that part was on his feet at the time. Another big fellow three rows back boasted: "Watch me bring that boob down." Awaiting the angry chatter of others to subside, he made a megapnone 01 nis uig nanus, anu yelled: "Hey, fellow, if you don't care to sit down, will you please pin back your ears as we're coming: to a tunnel." The fellow turned, promptly sat down and the crowd cheered. Trouble Enough.?The Rev. Alfred Noon, patriarch of the Sons of Temperance, was talking: in Boston about the war. "Russia gave up her vodka," he said, "and Prance gave up her absinthe, but when they began to talk about England giving up her beer?and English beer is as strong as vodka and absinthe mixed together?the English people in their indignation wrecked the government, and a coalation had to be formed. " 'Beer uber allies,' say the English. They remind me or tne sieveaore wnu looked upset. " 'You look upset, George,' said a friend. 'What's the matter with you?' '"Matter enough!' the stevedoor growled. 'The baby's Just went and set himself afire, and blamed if the old woman didn't put him out with my growler of beer! And me dead broke, too!'" Thou Faithful Servant,?Felix G. Goerlich, teller of the Franklin bank, has a new maid. Goerlich says his last one missed her calling. She should have Joined the army, she obeys orders so well. This is how it all happened: Goerlich had been indisposed and his doctor advised him to rest up for a couple of days. He left some medicine to quiet his nerves to be taken every four hours. He took some of the medicine at 4 o'clock and luckily soon afterward he fell into a quiet sleep. Imagine what Goerlich said when, at 8 o'clock, the negro maid entered the room and shaking him, said: "Wake up here, Mr. Goerlich. Wake up. It's 8 o'clock. You wake up and take dem sleeping powders."? St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Positive Proof.?Circuit Judge G. B. Arnold likes a good story and tells one well. Here is his latest: "The wife of one of the judge's friends had a jewel of a cook and apprehension began to be evident in the family when a husky young man became a regular caller. "The woman of the house decided the matter was serious enough to warrant investigation and approached the cook on the subject. " 'Annie,' she said, 'I notice that young man around here rather frequently." " 'Yes. mum,'' was the diffident reply. " 'Do you think his intentions are serious?' " 'I think so, mum. He's already began to complain of my cooking.'" His Excellency, the Cook.?In a French-Canadian village there is one hotel and it is the headquarters of the .ommunity life, says the London Chronicle. On the first night of the trip the guide came to us after supper. "You come from New York, hey?" "Yes." "You know Adolphe Desjardins?" "No." "You not know Adolphe Desjar Dins?" "No." "Mon die, you must know him! He is the cook in the hotel!" Sure Signs.?"Did you ever notice any signs of insanity about the patient?" "Well, when he got a legacy from his uncle, he paid off the mortgage on his house instead of buying an automobile." TOLD BY LOCAL EXCHANGES (Continued from Page One.) Columbia. S. C. They will be at home after next Wednesday at the groom's home in Bethel. The groom is a prominent young farmer of Bethel and has a large number of friends in Gastonia who will be interested in knowing of his marriage Mr. W. R. Turner and family, who have been living at Rosebud. Ark., for the past year or two, returned this week to Gaston county and will make their home here. Sheriff W. N. Davis killed a hog Wednesday which weighed 498 pounds. In the parlance of porkdom this would be classed as "some hog." Mr. W. G. Boshamer has sold the City Grocery to Mr. F. W. Brawley, and has accepted a position as traveling salesman with F. D. Barkley & Co., the firm for whom he was traveling before he went into the retail business. Lancaster News, Dec. 10: Mrs. Sallie Morris, wife of Mr. W. T. Morris, died Tuesday morning at 8.30 o'clock, after suffering a stroke of paralysis a week before. Mrs. Morris was a daughter of the late Samuel Neal. She was about 61 years of age. For many years she had been a member of the Camp Creek Baptist church, which she served faithfully. The remains were laid to rest in Camp Creek church yard Wednesday at noon, after funeral services conducted by her pastor, Rev. K. W. Hogan, assisted by Rev. B. F. Carson. Mrs. Morris is survived by her husband and five children Senator D. R. Williams has been in Columbia this week on legislative business. Senator Williams is chairman of the joint senate and house committee on education and is visiting the University of South Carolina and other state institutions on a tour of inspection Holiday Trades Day brought many people to Lancaster today and attracted a crowd to the courthouse, where a meeting had been called to organize a permanent county fair association. Governor Manning was one of the speakers today, this being his first appearance here since the camp&ign of 1914. GENERAL NEWS NOTES Items of Interest Gathered from All Around the World. Fire destroyed 600 bales of cotton on a New York pier FYiday. The cotton had been consigned to Archangel, Rus j si a. A new York grocer advertises, "storage" eggs at "11 for 25 cents," and "absolutely fresh eggs" at 51 cents a dozen. Three hundred physicians of New York state are to be prosecuted for failure to comply with the vital statistics laws of that state. Abraham Gruber, one of the most prominent lawyers of New York city, and a Republican leader, died Friday, aged 54 years. President Yuan Shi Kai has been elected to be emperor of China by the council of state. No time has been set for the coronation. Vice president and Mrs. Thos. R. Marshall returned to Washington yesterday. Mrs. Marshall has recovered from a recent operation. Representative Stevens of California, has introduced a bill in congress to appropriate $100,000,000 for a public highway across the United States. Hon. Oscar S. Strauss has been appointed chairman of the public service commission of New York, by GoverI nor Whitman, vice Edward E. McCall, removed. Mrs. E. Harper was killed, and her j husband and three others were perhaps fatally injured near Brunswick, Ga, FYiday, when their automobile turned cfrer. Two grain elevators, containing 500,000 bushels of wheat, destined for England, were destroyed by fire at Erie, Pa. FYiday. Incendiarism is suspected. A Mexican scientist has discovered a method of making X-ray photographs without the use of radium, crookes, tubes or other expensive apparatus. Henry Bookman, a negro, was electrocuted in the state penitentiary at McAleester, Okla, Friday, ror muraer. Bookman was the first man to be legally electrocuted in that state. A dispatch from Berne, Switzerland, says that advices from German cities tell of serious riots that have occurred, following demands by the people for peace. Colorado's state-wide prohibition law goes into effect on December 31 at 12 o'clock, midnight. There are nearly $3,500,000 worth of liquors in the state that must be disposed of before that date. During the month of November, there were 2,190 cases of typhus in Mexico City, with 404 deatha There were 655 the first week of December, with 128 deaths. Conditions are reported as improving. Governor David J. Walsh of Massachusetts, has been offered a salary of $15,000 a week to act as principal in a "peace" drama, by a moving picture film concern. The governor hasn't accepted the offer. The one millionth Ford automobile was completed at the Ford works at Detroit, Mich., Friday. The plant is now employing 21,600 men and women and turning out 1,850 cars daily. During this year 71 persons have been killed in automobile accidents in Philadelphia. There were 45 killed by trolley cars and 71 by steam rail roaus uunng uic same inrnvm. James M. Smith, one of the biggest land owners and cotton farmers of Georgia, died at his home at Smithsonia, Saturday. He was 70 years old and his wealth is estimated at $4,000,000. Lieutenant Colonel Chas. S. Bromwell, head of the army engineer corps at Honolulu, committed suicide Friday by shooting himself. Colonel Bromwell was chief military aide to President Roosevelt, while the latter occupied the White House. President Wilson, in delivering an address before the chamber of commerce of Cleveland, Ohio, last Friday, said, amid great applause, that he believed that when the present war is over the people of the world will demand guarantees that peace shall remain. THE GILA MONSTER Horrible Reptile that Makes the Blood Creep. In the hot valleys of the Gila river and its tributaries in Arizona is found a repulsive and evil looking reptile, for which a more appropriate name could not be conceived than monster. Looking at it casually it easily might be mistaken for a large lizard, with its fat blunt tail, taking up half of its length of eighteen inches, and its four legs on which it moves awkwardly from place to place; but on closer inspection. the peculiar rattlesnake markings; the vicious snake-like head, with its powerful jaws, from which a J black forked tongue is shot out for two inches, with lightning rapidity, and the green sinister eyes suggest, at least a dangerous reptile which sh< be given a wide berth. first acquaintance with the mni. ?r was in a military camp on the Gila river, where a fine specimen was caught and tied to a bush near my tent. The more closely I examined the reptile the more dreadful it seemed. At bedtime I went out to visit the captive, to make sure it was securely fastened, but found it had slipped its cord and escaped. In various camps, for some years previous, on the Mexican border, I had become accustomed to rattlesnakes, centipedes, trantulas and scorpions? on one occasion at night, on the lower Rio Grande, being compelled to move camp on account of a colony of rattlesnakes which loudly objected to our presence?but never before had I experienced the same uncomfortable, creepy feeling I did on this night, when I thought at any moment the monster might crawl into my tent. There has been much discussion as to whether or not the Gila monster is a venomous reptile. Specimens have been sent to the Smithsonian, where it was said they had no glands for secreting venom and were harmless; but a different idea prevails and reasonably so, in the southwest. However, it is not aggressive; it is sluggish and not easily aroused; but when it does use its fangs with their bulldoer erriD. it is always with deadly effect. Mexicans In that part of the country in a spirit of bravado, when fortified by several drinks of mescal, are fond of taking: a Gila monster in one hand and thrusting the other against its nose, and strange to say, then generally escape, but not always. There are two authentic cases which occurred in my vicinity when too close contact with the reptile met with disaster. An American saloon-keeper in Fairbanks, Arizona, kept two large specimens in a barrel as curiosities. One day a Mexican came into the saloon and taking one of them out with his hand, began to show off his usual bravado performance, when he was instantly seized by a finger which could be released only by cutting off the reptile's head. The Mexican at once showed signs of distress and died from the effects of the bite In less than thirty minutes. Another case was that of an American ranchman, who started out one morning .on horseback to ride to Tuscon, fifty miles west of his ranch. When he had gone about half the distance, seeing a large Gila monster crossing the road, he dismounted, and after beating it with a club until, as he supposed, it was dead, he tied it to the saddle straps behind him. After going several miles he felt behind to see that his trophy was still there, when the reptile's vice-like Jaws closed on his thumb. Finding it impossible, without assistance, to pull his thumb away from the reptile's grip, the ranchman went at top speed to a railroad station about a mile off his road, wnere, to get reuer, it was nece??ujy to cut off the monster's head. Fortunately a train was passing at the time which took the man at once to the hospital in Tucson, where, after being at the point of death for several days, he was detained for two months until he was finally cured. The Gila monster's sluggishness almost amounts to lethargy, and ordinarily. if it were not for his fiendish, unwinking eyes it would seem to be asleep. At old Fort McDowell, thirty miles north of Phoenix, a happy family consisting of three Gila monsters, a dozen field mice and a small prairie snake, were confined in an iron cage. The monsters, apparently petrified, always remained stretched out In the middle of the cage. The field mice, which were very lively, were continually scampering over them, sometimes sitting on their backs. The little snake, also very active, was Incessantly gliding among the other members of the family. Perfect harmony existed until one morning when an old gopher, with long prominent teeth, was put in the cage. The mice immediately ran and hid m tneir notes. une snane prepared for attack and assaulted the newcomer, when a hard fight began which ending with the snake's strangling and swallowing the gopher. During this long drawn out affair, which lasted over half an hour, the Gila monsters remained as unconcerned as if they were made of stone. There is reason to suppose there was a wiser purpose in the creation of all things?the useful and the apparently useless; the harmless and the dangerous?but it is hard to understand what part in life the Gila monster was intended to take. Fortunately, however In the section where it was common it is now rarely found; since with all other objectionable creatures it is fast disappearing when brought in contact with civilization.? Col. Chas. A. P. Hatfield in Our Dumb Animals. GREEK TRADERS FLOURISH Since Coming of the Alllee to the Port of 8aloniki. With the coming of the relief armies landed by the Allies for the succor of the hard-pressed Servians, the tradesmen of the Greek port Saloniki, say the reports from the near east have flourished as seldom before, and Dunmeh, Jew and Greek are said to have found this stage of the world war a special windfall for themselves. Wealth is very unevenly distributed in this little port, where Greek. Jew and Bulgar have been held to poverty through years of Turkish administration. There is, however, one very rich clique in Saloniki, which is described in the following war primer recently issued by the National Geographic society: "First among Saloniki's citizens of wealth, who are now enjoying the opportunity of purveying in wholesale quantities to French and British soldiers, are the Dunmeh's a sect, or rather a community peculiar to the city. They are Jews, who, the stranger is told, have been converted to Mohammedanism. Just how successful their conversion really was no one knows, but there is an interesting legend which embodies the traditions of their establishment. The story is that some centuries ago a certain Jew of Saloniki, Sabatai Sevi. by name, became con vinced that he was the Savior prophesied for his race. He declared himself to his people in Saloniki as their long-awaited redeemer, and soon won a strong and enthusiastic following. The Turkish sultan, unwilling that redeemers should flourish under the crescent, or that dangerous fanatic power the more should develop under his sway, had Sabatai Servi arrested and brought before him at Constantinople. The story of the reformer found no favor at the palace, and he was given the alternative of death or conversion to Mohammedanism with his entire flock. The legend concludes that he and his, chose the Koran in preference to death. This formal conversion to Mohammedanism has been the greatest commercial asset of the Dunmehs through many generations of successful trade at Saloniki. With all the business keepness of the Jew, they combined the privileges of the ruling Ottoman and were thus among the most able traders within the Ottoman empire. It has been said that they professed Mohammedanism merely for safety, and that they have continued their religion in secret. In any case, they ?? *? twit fannl Inc nlthnitf'Vt )iroilPrVl the years of Turkish rule of Saloniki they were accepted by the ruling race as co-religionists. The richest people in Saloniki, they have jealously guarded whatever their secrets may be, and, in Turkish garb, they have gone their way through centuries quietly and industriously amassing fortunes. They have not married outside their own sect, nor sought beyond their fold for other forms of social relationships. Their community keeps to itself, with its education, its own social life, and Its own success. For many years, these people throve by sub-letting rights to gather tithes for the government at Constantinople. Today, with their advantages of wealth they form a most exclusive cast of Saloniki contractors and merchants. SHALL I GO TO LAW? t The Wrong Answer is 8ure to Bring You 8orrow and Expense. L J. L. Sherard in Farm and Fireside. a In a southern state there lived two s farmers, who, for convenience, shall s be termed A and B. Their farms adjoined, being divided along a por- a tion of the line of a creek. It became t advisable, for the better protection of s the bottom lands, to straighten the c zigzag course of the stream at one point by cutting a short ditch. This \ was done by mutual agreement and i the boundary line re-established sat-11 isfactorily to both parties. Later on i A died, and his small farm came into r possession of C. e For some reason C became dis- 41 satisfied over the line and, after having: made an investigation of the matter, concluded that B had encroached a little upon him at the bend of the 1 old creek bed, and thereupon he began an action in court to oust B from the disputed strip of land and to re- ^ cover damages for alleged trespass. The Church Suffered from the 8uit. t A long, tedious and acrimonious f suit followed in the courts, though the ? land in dispute was only a thirtieth c of an acre and at a maximum valu- c atlon was worth just about one dol- * lar! ( The case was fought by able at- 4 torneys on both sides, twice went to ' the supreme court on technical points ? of law, and at last, from sheer weari- v ness of the contending parties, was I compromised out of court some three ? yeaJ-s after the suit was started. I In the final agreement, made inde- c pendently of a court decision, be it j remembered, each party assumed the B payjnent of his own costs and reached t a mutual understanding as to the dis- J position of the small strip of land. s The heavy expense of litigation wore the case to shreds before the courts could shake off more technical issues ] that caused prolonged delay and de- ; cide it on its merits. 8 The total costs, Including attorney's e fees, amounted to about fifteen hun- ^ dred dollars. I Both parties to the action came out of it almost bankrupt, and with a j breach of friendship that no earthly ^ power could heal. Previous to the t bringing of this case in a court of j law, attempt was made to settle it by t arbitration. ] It was most unfortunately lugged t Into the community church, where a } sharp division arose over the claims j and merits of the respective parties, s and for a long time the petty enrol- i ties provoked by partisan discussion and opinion enveloped the humble house of worship like a black and threatening cloud from the bottle of some fabled genius. Even if You W'nr "Lswin'* is Costly. . This was an extreme case, it is true. But the legal annals of every state ^ can match it in some form or degree. Had the parties to this action only i been willing to meet each other In a J spirit of genuine friendship, with a t sincere mutual desire to determine ? the ownership of the little strip of t earth on terms of neighborly interest, 1 the dispute could have been settled in t ten minutes. As it was, they failed to ] get together, and an expensive lawsuit c was the result. J After it was all over, both parties t were doubtless "satisfied" to the ex- J treme limit of "lawln'." * What a frightful waste?on one side of the human ledger one dollar's worth of land, on the other fifteen y hundred dollars in costs besides the more valuable loss of friendship and the disruption of a community! The office of a lawyer is to see that Justice is done and to discourage, not 4 encourage, litigations. Sometimes the ( lawyer is too much Inclined to yield I to his client's wishes and brings a 1 case in court that ought never to have j passed beyond the power of the par- r ties themselves to settle. * But, after all, the blame for foolish t and unwise cases in court rests not i so much upon the lawyer as it does I on the client, who, hot-headed and ( bent on getting satisfaction at any s price, plunges headlong into a legal i fight without for a moment reckoning a the cost. J Conditions on the farm give rise to i many possible sources of dispute be- r tween neighbor and neighbor. It may be a trespassing cow that lays the ^ foundation for a heated complaint, or the antics of a vicious bull, or the ? prowllngs of a worthless hound, or a flood that in an hour changes the channel of a tiny stream. Finally it Becomes a Mania. The chain of trouble-breeding incidents that might occur at any time Is almost endless. If friction over alleged wrongs happens to arise, the first wrong step Is to try to arbitrate the matter; the second, and usually the limit in human folly, is to go to law about It. The desire to win under modem conditions of life, is about as keenly developed as the instinctive law of selfpreservation. When a normal man goes into a fight, . he bends every ounce of brawn and employes every resource of wit and strategy to come out ahead of his . antagonist. Just here lies the danger of falling a victim to the lawsuit mania. The sensible thing for the levelheaded man to do when trouble ap- < pears is to go to his neighbor and meet him upon terms of mutual in- ' terest. Right-minded neighbors can, and will, settle their grievances out of court by means of a friendly compromise. FOREIGN DEVILS j The Answer a Chinese Official Gave a British Consul. In his book, "Home Life in China," " Isaac Taylor Headland gives an account of the Chinese superstitions regarding the foreigner, one of which has f resulted in their calling him kueitzu, or "devil." A very amusing story, says he, is told of a red haired, red i whiskered, blue eyed British consul at Canton who was, as are most of the British officials, of an investigative disposition and was anxious to know why it was that the Chinese call us of the west "foreign devils." Now, be it understood that the Chinese idea of a demon is that he is a red haired, red bearded, blue eyed being who quails at nothing that comes in his way. One day when a Chinese official was calling on the consul the latter asked him: "Why is it that the Chinese call us devils?" "The official at first hesitated, but, being pressed, he finally said, "I do not care to tell you." "But I should take it as a great favor If you would tell me. I am very anxious to know." "I cannot tell you," said the official. "Why not?" asked the consul. I "Because you would be angry if I old you." "By no means. I would not be so inreasonable as to ask you a question ind then be offended because you anrwered It. On the other hand. I ihould be greatly obliged to you." Being thus pressed until he was unible to refuse, the official finally eyed he consul from head to foot and said ilowly and reluctantly, 'Well, it is be:ause you look like devils." This natural superstition t>f the peo>le was taken hold of by the Boxers n 1900 and circulated still more widey by all kinds of placards, both in >rose and verse. I have one before ne in verse, a part of which, translatd, reads as follows: The devils are not human beings like you. If you doubt what I say You may see any day rhat the eyes of the devils in color are blue." ? A nation-wide movement to make he country church not only the reigious, but also the social and agriculural center for the farmer through a ederation of churches in rural comnunities, was launched at Columbus, )hio, last Wednesday, at the opening if the conference of the commission in church and country life under the tuspicies of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America. Speakers advocated the laying aside of 'petty sectarian differences" in the ormation of such a federation and igreed that rural churches are too lumerous, that country preachers are inderpaid and that their energies are livided among too many charges. The eonvention opened with addresses by lov. F. B. Willis of Ohio, and Glfford 1nchot, chairman of the committee lommission. Dr. Washington Gladden, ?f Columbus, regarded by many as the ather of the movement to bring ibout interdenominational co-operalon was one of the speakers. Sessions vill continue until FViday night, when 'resident Wilson is expected to make in address. Woman's Kindness Rewarded.?A egacy of $50,000 has Just come to Urs. John Warham of Golcar, Yorkihire, says an Associated Press letter, is a sequel to her kindness to a vounded Australian soldier, Robert dcClure. McClure, who was a ranchman from *Jew South Wales, was seriously vounded during the Turks' attempt to :ross the Suez canal. He was sent to England and lodged at a hospital not ar from Mrs. Warham's home. Mrs. Warham, whose husband is serving in he army, paid frequent visits to the lospital and did several small services 'or the wounded McClure, who died ibout a month after reaching England. le made Mrs. Warham his sole heir. SMOAK-BROWN CO. HORSES. MULES. VEHICLES. WAT NEW BUGGY That You intend to buy this fall? iVhy not take a look at the TYSON & TONES before you decide on the kind, fhe TYSON & JONES Buggies have >een sold on this market for years, ind they have always measured right ip to the Highest Standard of Qualty for the price. They look well and vear well in use. They are built of >est materials and we sell them at the ^owest Prices possible for a Buggy >f like grade. YES, we believe you vill find it to YOUR interest to see US >efore You buy a Buggy. You'll like he good points of the TYSON & rONES if you'll look it over. We'll be rlad to show YOU. Come around. SMOAK-BROWN COMPANY Warehoused Cotton As Security. The idea is prevalent that our farmsrs, to secure the Best Price for their Totton, muet market it gradually. The farmers and the Public Generally dUST KNOW that their Banks CAN >na WILL HELP THEM. The more knowledge of this fact, it is suggested, nay be effective in sustaining the >rice of cotton. To obtain special consideration in he Interest Rate, it is required that ^oar.s be based upon NSURED. WAREHOUSED COTTON. Along this line. The BANK OF CLOVER will consider as favorable ecurity Receipts issued by the Bowing Green and Filbert Warehouses, ind offer our services to ANY OF )UR CUSTOMERS who may need iny assistance in this manner of marketing this cotton crop. Hie Bank of Clover il. L. Smith, Pres. J. A. Page, Cash. CLOVER, S. C. professional awards. DR. WM. M. KENNEDY ? DENTAL SURGEON ? Jfflce On Second Floor of the Wylle Building?Opposite Postofficc. Telephone?Office, 99; Residence 166. JAMES B. SHIRLEY DENTAL SURGEON First National Bank Building YORKVILLE, S. C. W Office Hours: 8.30 A. M., to 6.30 P. M. 3 f ly D. D . COOK DENTAL SURGEON Clover - - - S. C. Office in the Smith Building. Office Hours: ?.30 a. in. to 12.30 p. m.; 1.30 to 5 p. m. 93 w ly A Good Time U The writer for one of the li in 'making a forecast of the rutin "The industrial companies are believed to lie generally reducing indebtedness, incref and fortifying themselves ng on. It will be well for wa; enjoying hieh wages and go visions. There is a big, swifl try can safely rely ui>on liavi ed prosperity before it," In other words do not waste its are good and money plenty, posit in this STRONG BANK. A LIBERAL INTEREST 0! FIRST NATI YORI It. C. ALLEIN, Cashier. "You Had Better B (ipuMlii' V' 7 I What Splendid Light i the RAYO Gives! ITS glow is so soft and bright that you cm read all evening a without tiring your J eyes. The J ReyO ; Lamp is the most popular kerosene lamp ever made. ?because it gives a clear, powerful, mellow light ?because it is easy to clean and light t ?because it is durable, r good looking and 8 economical ( c Use Aladdin Security t Oil or Diamond White 1 Oil /o obtain best results I t in Oil Stoves, Lamps and 1 Heaters. 1 The Rayo is only one S of our many products f that bring comfort and economy to the farm. Matchless Liquid Gloss Standard Hand Separator Oil Parowax \ Eureka Harness Oil Mica Axle Grease If your dealer does not s carry these, write to i our nearest station. ( STANDARD OIL COMPANY i (NewJeraey) t BALTIMORE Washington, D. C. Charlotte, N. C. Norfolk, Va. Charleston, W. Va. t Richmond, Va. Charlaaton, S. C. 1 I I r LIFE ! IT CAN BE A 8UCCE88 OR A FAIL- a URE. WHICH WILL IT BE WITH YOU? 11 111111 F Look at the men who are successful t In the eyes of the world. Ninety-nine ' out of every hundred started a Bank Account when they were young?and I A. !A STUCK IS IX. m 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. Haven't you a dollar? That's all It takes 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 Be?Success or Fsilure? IT8 UP TO YOU. Bank of Hickory Grove IIICKOHY GROVE. S. O. CLOSING O REMEMBER that on JANUARY 1ST we go out of the GROCERY line, and in order to reduce stock to the lowest limit by that date we are offering Staple and Fancy Groceries at LOW PRICES. See Us. FARM HARDWARE? In the meantime if you need anything in Farm Hardware?Wagons, Plows, Plow Stocks, Trace Chains,' Collars, Collar Pads, Pitchforks,; Shovels, Rakes, etc., we want you to i see us before buying. Have a variety of Sizes of Shots and varying powder loads. Winchester Loaded Shells are recognized the, world over as the most dependable o Loaded Shells. See us before buying. R. E. HEATH COMPANY. ) be Conservative irgest institutions of this country, re, has this to say which are making large profits pursuing a conservative policy, using sinking funds and reserves, ainst a reversal of times later re earners and others who are od prices to make similar prot river to cross before this coming a long period of uninterrupt and spend recklessly because profSet aside some, and place It on deC TIME MONEY. ONAL BANK I. S. C. O. E. WILKINS, President, e Safe Than Sorry" MUSHES ind COMBS We are showing an elegant line of 1AIR BRUSHES and COMBS. This .saortment includes all qualities of 1AIR BRUSHES from the very low triced kind on upward to the VERY JEST BRUSHES made. We'll be leased to have you look them over. \>()TH BRUSHES? Don't forget that YOU ought to lave a Tooth Brush If you haven't ne already. Keep the teeth clean ind you will have better health. See is for Brushes, and also for all kinds >f Teeth and Mouth Washes, includng nothing but the BEST made. YORK DRUG STORE Dorsett's Cafe AND LUNCH COUNTER IS NOW OPEN AND READY TO SERVE ALL KINDS OF GOOD THINGS TO EAT AT ALL HOURS We wish to announce that we have ecured the services of Mr. Gaines dahafTey, a restaurant man formerly vlth the famous "Gem Restaurant" in Charlotte, who will have charge of >ur CAFE and LUNCH COUNTER. Ve can serve anything that is good 0 eat ROYAL PRESSING'CLUB. We invite you to Join our PRES8NG CLUB. Five Suits Cleaned and Pressed Each Month for $1.00. When rou want your Clothes Cleaned and 3ressed RIGHT, send them to the HOYAL PRESSING CLUB. R. D. DORSETT, Prop. SHINGLES THIS WEEK WE received a carload of HEART CYPRE8S SHINGLES? 4x18 Inches?They are so good lookng that even a boy would not object leriously to being paddled with one of hem. IF YOU NEED SHINGLES and vant a SHINGLE that will be on your oof for years to come, buy and put on 1 HEART CYPRESS?they last alnost indefinitely?they're the best you an buy in Wood Shingles?almost as rood as the very beet iron. We can Inerest you with the price. See us. .UMBER, ETC. When you want LUMBER?Rough >r DRESSED, or LUMBER PRODUCTS, See US before YOU BUY. BUILDERS' HARDWARE? Need any? We can furnish you anyhing from a Nail to the finest Door Lyrics and Metal Trimmings. See us or what You want. Frices just rignt. JNO. R. LOGAN REAL ESTATE AGENCY FOR SALE Store House and Lot?In Sharon; ot 90x200 feet; double store room, 15x80 feet, fully equipped with shelving and counters, ready for occupan:y, and in good condition. Known as Shannon & Hope store. A real bartain for quick buyer. 149 Acre Farm?11-2 miles from Sharon, known as the Stanhope Love dace. There is a good 7-room house, rood well of water, 2 tenant houses, 2 rood barns for horses and cattle, 2 rood pastures for hogs and cattle. Fine and with lot of good forest timber. 3ulldlngs alone worth price asked for he place. King's Mountain Street Lot?60 eet front and about 260 feet back, >etween lota of J. A. Tate and H. E. ferguson. Bargain for quick sale. Farm of 185 Acres?With good six oom dwelling house and three four oom Tenant houses, well of water, and yell watered with springs and branchis; good orchard and pasture. Locatid on Howell's Ferry road, 4 miles vest of Yorkvllle, adjoining lands of J. r Feemster and E. N. Stevenson. Will ell all or part W. A. Queen?Sixty acres of good ^arming land, with 3-room house hereon, within less than one mlfe rom corporate limits of town. C. F. SHERER. Real Esuue. i r FROM AO OV1 WE GET LETTERS LIKE TI Gentlemen:? Enclosed you will And a tw please send me one of your cats I have just begun using Lui best I ever used. Can't praise special pleasure in recommendlni You I R SAVE THE COUPONS out of you E beautiful and useful presents. Be I THE REILY-TA1 H NEW ORL iiTtirfii nrrmiiBiaaM 1< MOLASJ ^down tiM (Md bUl aw Wj& RED S ^PHorseandMou |^ij$mjjl It's something the horses an appetite?starts the saliva Far superior to an all grain W(/h mules a treat, and at the same Wrn Our RED SHIRT (first grade) WM contains Corn, Oats, Ground All Wk and pure cane molasses, and ana 'ffl Protein 10%; Fat 3%; Fibi ? PIEDMONT HORSE I MULE MOUSSE <sV 12%; Carbohydrates 65%. ^ SWAMP FOX HORSE & MULE MOLASSES FEi | PERFECTION HORSE & MULE FEED <g?] $ Protein 12%; Fat 3%; Fibre 13%; Carbofa i grain and ground Alfalfa MeaL i RED SHIRT ] First Grade: A balanced ration contair ^ keeps them in good condition. Increases tl i at a reduced cost of feeding. Contains | i Ground Alfalfa, Pure Cane Molasses and i*ri . < ' > rhnH vHretrs 00%. s; nut* A*-/ep " , | HrDHflNT DAIRY FEED ???'<??& I RET SHIRT HOC FEED ^ yf manufacture also RED SHIRT Scratc I| SEVEN-EGGS A WEEK" HEN MASH <j Rice, Cottonseed Meal, Cow Peas. Me ^v\ Protein 18%; Fat 4%; Fibre 12%; < Aa ahown on the ba*s in our ad-nearl; products, even to the baca and twin for OaU, Corn, Wheat, Alfalfa We abo carry foil J AND ? Dur fcc^ * "l*0* $?7 /?">. / u on aclentlfle princ ?/ fO; \ / I \\ yreateat nouriahr 1 Vtf \ ,4 \\ coat. Let us al || jl cut your feed t L )) Molony & CHARLES SERVICE-That's It It is a well known fact that when it comes to Fire Insurance, there is no ^ difference in the rate charged per 1100 by all the reputable companies, I but it is a fact that the rate charged by agents who are not on the Job?the kind who are writing Insurance prin- j clpally for the commission?could J often be reduced materially if certain changes were made and the agent who knows, and is not in the business solely for commissions, will, at least advise his clients how a rate can be reduced. Service of this kind is and has always been my specialty, and I have saved hundreds of dollars for my "" *?A ? n ?- ? ? 4 V ama In a# fhO enema. ouuio ui nmu, u< *?v?. w majority, havo appreciated it, but some have not, but I will continue tho policy because it is right. I do not ask for business on any other ground than value received. One of the most serious handicaps of the business is that ( after a minimum rate has been secured and policies issued correctly, the novice can issue a policy just as well as the expert, and some lnsurees will give him business from various motives. MUTUAL BENEFIT IN8URANCE jflfl What has been said of Fire Insurance above does not apply to Life Insuranee. No agent can give you as flH much for your money in Life Insurance as I can in a Mutual Benefit Policy and I can prove this claim to your satisfaction if you will ask to be shown. Wise people look before they leap. 8AM M. QRI8T TAX NOTICE-1915 Office of the County Treaeurer of York County. Tork, S. C., Sept. If, ltlf. NOTICE is hereby given that the TAX BOOKS for Tork county will be opened on FRIDAY, the 16TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1915, and remain open until the S1ST DAT OF DECEMBER, 1915, for the collection of STATER COUNTY, SCHOOL and LOCAL ^ TAXES, for the fiscal year 1916, with- . out penalty; after which day ONE PER vSr CENT penalty will be added to all pay- J ments made in the month of JANUART, 1916, and TWO PER CENT pen- ~ alty for &11 payments made in the month of FEBRUARY, 1911, and M SEVEN PER CENT penalty will be added to all payments made from the sH 1ST DAY OF MARCH, 1911 to the 15TH DAY OF MARCH, 1911, and af- ^ ter 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: And at yorkville, frdm Monday, November 22d, until Friday, the Slst day of December, 1915, 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, REAL ESTATE ^ LOOK! Now Isn't This a Nice Seleotion? ^ The J. K. Hope Place: 70 acres, near Tirzah, on Rock Hill and Clay Hill and Yorkville and Fort Mill roads. 5-room dwelling; large barn; S tenant m houses and other buildings; S 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: 111 acres; 8-room dwelling; I-room tenant house; large barn; crib, etc. Plenty of wood. Adjoins W. R Carroll and other*. Now 1* your time to see me. Two Tract*?One <3 acre* and the other 30 acre*?about < mile* from Yorkville on McConnellsvllle-Chester road. First tract has 4-room dwelling; barn, crib and cotton house. Other tract has one tenant house. Shush 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 4 ER the SOUTH 1 ns one? 1 . L Shelbyville. Tenn., November 7th, 1916. o cent stamp for which you will Jogs for Premiums. :ianne Coffee and can aay 'tis the It enough. Will take j It to all my friends, rs very truly, Mrs. W. 8. McCONNELL, , P. D. No. 9, Shelbyvllle, Tenn. j ir LUZIANNE Cans, and get these i gin saving them TODAT. J ifLOR COMPANY I EANS, LA. ? M i ErJMBH m fMdlas i'SJ.' Sa. m.i iHIRT I :Molasses?^S d mules like?gives them an 1flj|||S| running and aids digestion. Horse and Mule Molasses Feed Alfa, made appetizing with salt lyzes aa luuuna. re 11%', Carbohydrates #7% =?? S lvlm Second Grade ? Analyses: P?* ?t 3 tLLU Uis ?V4%: Fat 1*%: Fibre |S? v I) (3rd Grade) TUiwuItim: Protein 9%i * _ Fat 2% ; Fibre 13%; Carbohydrates 53%. ^ Mixed) We manufacture also a dry mixed (ne : ^ as) Bone aad Male Feed, which analyses: ydratee 67%. This ie composed of straight DAIRY FEED ting Molasses. Cattle are very fend of H ? is flow and enriches the quality of the milk ; rround Corn, C. 8. Meal, Wheat Middling, : Salt. Analyses: Protein 16%; Fat 3%{ | Analyses: Protein 13%; Fat tWfc J Fibre I Irates 66%. f of Wrestles Tankage, Groond Corn, Rice ? fattening. Keeps the hogs in good condition, tip* M h Feed and RED SHIRT Baby Chick Feed. M ?f Ground. Corn, Ground at*. Ground Wheat. Barley. Malae. at Meal and Linaeed Meal. Analyala: Carbohydratea 41%. r all of oar feed la otade from Carolina A ie. We are, therefore. In the Market i*g=5 1 Hay and any other kind of Hay toek of GRAIN, HAY ^ rn above are mixed ^ iplea to farnlah the // vg ^ aent at the loweat // . \ lewn you how to II \f v illla darn. Write If I ^^^gJLa rlcea, Ac. 11 II Carter ^Co. \^sSlM