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f/ ' *' 'A ' Y? v vSS||p "' MANY VARIETIES OF PEDANT Man of Letters by No Means the Only wn? in i nis oorciy MTTllCtea Old World. A man who has been brought up among books, und is able to talk of nothing else, is a very indifferent companion, and what we call a pedant. But we should enlarge the title and give it to every one that does not know how to think out of his profession and particular way of life. What is a greater pedant than a mere man of the town? Bar him the playhouse, a catalogue of the reigning beauties, and you strike him dumb. The military pedant always talks of a cainp and in storming towns, making lodgments and fighting battles from one end of the year to the other. Everything he speaks smells of gunpowder; if you take away his artillery from him, he has not a word to say for himself. The law pedant is perpetually putting casses, repeating the transactions of Westminster hall, wrangling with you upon the most indifferent circumstances of life, and not To be i J: i - -i vwnvnuvii ??i inu iiiMttncr cm h piace, or of the most trivial point in conversation, but by dint, of argument. The state pedant is wrapped up in news and lost, in polities. If you mention either of the sovereigns of Europe he ta'ks very notably, but if you go out of the gazette you drop him. In short, a mere courtier, a mere soldier, a mere scholar, a mere anything, is an insipid, pedantic character, and equally ridiculous.? London Mail. UNKIND ASPERSION He?I've tried to put you out of my mind, but it seems impossible. She?That would leave it vacant. 1IMII AH T4I C "Uncle, toll mo about Ali Babn and the forly thieves." "I do not remember that story. But T will, if you liko, tflI you about my Eurojiean trip ?md the forty liotelkeepera."? Louisville CourierJournal. STARTING A NEW SHOOT. Geraniums and begonias?tie a piece of sponge on the leaf sear where would you like the branch to be. Keep the sponge moistened and the new shoot will soon start.? Badies' Home Journal. GOOD ARGUMENT. "Oh, I can't promise to be your wife," she said. "Why, you are old enough to be my father." "Yes, hut why should vou care? None of-your women friends would believe it." HEADY WORK. Sunday School Teacher?Yes, Johnny, Absalom was caught by his hair. Tommy?Same way ma finds when I've been in swimming.?New York Sun. KIND THOUGHT. WI wonder why the Ohantccler effects didn't last." "I suppose it might have Iwen heMuse the old hens took to thein." I REALLY QUITE COMMON. "There are no bald-headed angels." "Evidently you are not familiar with tbe theatrical business." THE REASON. Ufi/lAUf twViA k- . rr i\n?*? vr i iii 11 im 11/ iro o fashionable has no savoir fa ire." "Then it tnnst be because it ain't in style this season." THE CLIMAX. J "So they arc going to try to.educate a monkey to be like a man." *ff tbey do, that ought to be the Itpe-x of (heir lahor." r. j M M i7j- as r;-/j > - > DEATH WITH DUE FORMALITY^ Execution of Criminals In 8lam la Attended With a Great Degree of Ceremonial. ^ An execution in Siam is an extraordinary business, according to h r'firrncnnn<lonf nf o miulionl 1 ..V Vfl Cfr IIIVMIUII JU1II il ii in Paris, who was a witness. The doomed man, awakened at dawn, was led in chains to the temple, where candles were lit around him. He was exhorted to think of nothing, to disassociate his mind from mundane affairs, and was given the host meal of his life, the menu being carefully chosen according to the social status of the criminal. There were two executioners. One was hidden in some brushwood, while the other, dressed in vivid red, conducted the criminal to the place of sacrifice, bidding him to be seated on banana leaves, "in order to he entirely separated from earth." The condemned man was then put. into position, awaiting the ax. Earth was put in his ears. For two hours or more nothing happened. Siamese law demands that the criminal shall how his head voluntarily to the ax. This he does finally from sheer exhaustion, and immediately headsman No. 2 rushes from his hiding place and does the rest. The executioners are then sprayed witl holy water and otherwise purifiet from contact with the victim's soul MUST TRAVEL BY WIRELESS Physicians Unable to Account for* Rapid Manner in Wplch News Circulates in a Hospital. "A vory efficient system of wireless telegraphy exists in every hospital," said the nurse. "Apparently all patients have the knack of transmitting messages, otherwise the newsl of serious cases would not travel sol quickly and accurately from ward toB ward. It is contrary to the rules foi? hospital attendants to retail gossip? and most of them observe strict sc? crecy, yet notwithstanding that pre? caution there is never an interesting? ease in the building whose historyB is not known and discussed in the! remotest corner. I "Last week a boy sutTering from ;? peculiar kind of throat trouble wafl brought, into a first floor ward. ThH doctors were very much interested irfl the case, yet they took special pninfl never to mention it in the hearing ofl another patient. But for all tlu? good their caution did they might a? well have lectured on the case infl every ward, for when the boy diedfl men and women all about the hoapi-B tal said to the nurses: 'So the poorB hoy died, did he? 1 suppose therel wasn't much hope for him from the! start.' 1 "Ilow did the news travel?'* I EASY RIDER. 1 "I stand for the uplift of theB masses!" said the orator. 9 "Yes." replied Farmer Corntos-J .... ./hit ?ii it- uic ii 11 ii 11 ih goin on it seems to me yon alius want* to ho on top o' the heap.''?Wash-? ington Star. 9 MUSIC AMD FOOD. 2 ??? % 19 "Von don't care for music?" ask? cd tho cafe proprietor. fl "Yes," replied Mr. OrowcheiB "Rut 1 don't loo! for it here anil more than 1 would expect to find B buffet lunch at a symphony coiJB ACCOUNTED FOR. 9 "I know a man who started a business ten years ago and it ir> sti^9 in its initial stage." "What kind of a business can "That, of making letter pins ai^H badges." fifl ITS LACK. 9 "Money, after all, means nothing! but trouble." B "Still, it is the only kind oB trouble which it is hard to borrow.'? NATURALLY. "Trow do they l>egin with an ariation race?" iiuw, jrou ninny r wny, of course, with a flying start." 8ECOND CHOICE. "Jane, take the poodle out for an airing." "The dust ia very had, mum.? "Then, take the baby." HER DEFINITION. Mrs. Lily?Ia your husband a baseball fan? Mtm. Sour?Nawl He's & baseball fool f' 1 - THAT L MARY HAD A LITTLE LAN ITS FLEECE WAS WHITI AND EVERYWHERE THAI THE LAMB WAS SURE T IT FOLLOWED HER TO SC. AND CAUGHT AN AWFl AND MARY RUBRED ON G GOWAN'S- GOOD AS GOI WHAT MAKES THE LAMB THE EAGER CHILDREN BECAUSE GOWAN'S CURfr i 111\ icjAi.nrjK nr< nr^i'L GOWAN'S, King of Externals, cur mothers should always keep a bottle i druggists sell it. 25c, 50c and $l.00. GOWAN MEDICAL ^ '"'V/ Frost Proof Cabbage Plants. Are Now Ready. Send 75c for 500 Send $1.25 for 1,000 Send $3 25 for 3.000 Send $5.00 for 5,000 Cultivation suggestions free. Agents wanted. WAKEFIELD FARMS, / U I * ? Q unariotte, jn. U. TAX RETURNS FOR 1913. Office of the County Auditor of York County, S. C. Yorkville, S. C., Nov. 29, 1912. As required by statute, my books wiii be opened at my office in Yorkville on WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1913, I and kept open until FEBRUARY 20, 1913, lor the purpose of listing for taxation all PERSONAL and REAL l'ropertv held in Yc rk county on January 1, i 1913. Ad returns must be made in regular form and it is preferable that they be made by the property owner in person , to me or my assistant, direct, on nianks provided lor the purpose. The returns must he duly sworn to either before me or my assistant, or seme other officer quahhed to administer an oath. All items of Realty, whether farms or town lots, must be listed separately. Returns made on proper blanks, and sworn to before an officer qualified to administer an oath and forwarded to |tne by registered mail before February '20, 1913, will he accept* d. All taxpayers are particularly requested to inform themselves as to the number of their respective school (lis- , tricts, and where they have property in more than one school district, thev will please make separate returns indicating the location of each piece of property. The school districts in which there are special levies are as follows: Nos. 22, 23 and 27, in Bethel township; Nos. 6, 13, 14, 29, 33, 43 and 51 in Bethesda township; Nos. 9, 20. 38. 40 and 14 in Uroad River township; Nos. 9, 15, ; 10, 38, 40 and 48 in Hullock's Creek township; Nos. 12, 45, 46 and 52 in Catawba township; Nos. 7, 12, 32, 35, 36 Mid 43, in Ebenezer township; Nos. 16, 28 and 39, in Fort Mill township; Nos. 2, 21, 22, 37, 41, 44 and 49 in Kind's Mountain township; Nos. 11, 20, 11, 33, 35, 42, ||3, 47, 48 and 49 in York township. ^ For trie pur0Be of facilitating the taking of retqrns, and for the greater convenience ol taxpayers, I will be at the following places on the dates | named* At Fort Mill, on Wednesday, Thurs- . day and Friday, January 22, 23 and 24. At McConnellsville Monday, Ju; . 27. tAt Oguun, on Tuesday, January 28. At Coates's Tavern (Roddey's), on Wednesday January 29. At Rock Hill, from Thursday, Januirv 30, to Wednesday, February 5. At Yorkville, from Thursday, Februiry 6, until Thursday, February 20. All males between the ages of twenty-one and sixty years, except Confedjtate soldieis over the age of rifty /ears, are liable to a poll tax of $1.00, ind all persons so liable are especially requested to give the numbers of their respective school districts in making their returns. It will be a matter of much nccommow* ^ ^uv.uu ww 111w ii u? muiiy taxpayers as possible will meet me at the respective appointments mentioned above, so as to avoid the rush at Yorkville during the closing days. BKOADUS M. LOVE, County Auditor. Si, A Happy New Year. The Crescent Cafe desires to extend New Year's Greetings to its patrons j and thank them for their patronage during the old year and solicits their patronage for the coming year. You will find everything nice and clean and the best that this market affords. No drinking of intoxicating liquors will be allowed on the premises. Give the Crescent Cafe a trial, and if you are pleased tell others; if not, tell me. THE CRESCENT CAFE, C. A. Jones, Prop'r - Fort Mill, S. C. ITTLE LAMB. I IB, ? S AS SNOW1 MARY WENT, O GO. HOOL ONE DAY JL COLD lOWAN'S,D. LOVE GOWAN'S SO CRIED? :i) THE COLD. YOU KNOW, -IED. es Croup, Colds, Pneumonia, and all n the home for immediate use. All . CO., Concord, N. C. - . , **>: V:~ - ;';>V 11 1 'I 'J ? nH ? I am now showing a car load of the best Tennesse Mules ever brought to Fort Mill. The load consists of 22 mare mules, ranging in age from four to six years. I am anxious for every farmer in this township who-is in need of a mule or mules to ccme and see this lot at once, as they are the cheapest mules that have been in Fort Mill thi3 year or will be the next. Every mule I sell is guaranteed to be as represented. Come to Mills & Young's stable, Fort Mill, S. C., and see me. % VfirV t.TMllv VAiir?n - - J --??J J w -? ? SAM MUSGRAVE. . . . + . + . + .?.<?. ^ . . o . + .<>. + . + .? . # ?.* **$>*$>*? ? I Pay Your Bills j ; By Check. How many people can tell at the end of the year t how much money they have made, how much they * ? have paid out and to whom? \ If you have an account with this bank and pay your Z + bills and accounts by a check on us, it is an easy mat- % ter to keep these things straight. ' The cancelled checks which are returned to you Z 1 nnr>Vi mnn + V> ? ? w ?^viivu xuxujLuii uu accurate record of all trans- X actions and are also receipts which cannot be dispnted. t > :zzr 4 l THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK, I 1 4 ^ (Under supervision of the U. S. Government.) ? *4 4 44 44S44444444 ?4?4{4i4'4: 4- 4 4- 4 4 4 4 4 * 4?>4? 4 4 4 4-ft-4-?444<*44 : NEW YEAR-19131 4 t 4 ... | + We come at the beginning of this New Year with 7 many thanks to the people for their patronage. it ^ Your help we assure you has been appreciated. ^ ? Now we are better acquainted with you and the ?> business, and we mean to make this year profitable t ^ to both you and ourselves. ? Our new rooms are full of all kinds of the best Furniture and more coming every day. 4 ^ Call and see us. ^ ; Harris Furniture Company, $ ^ "First pn the Square." t f W. F. HARRIS HERBERT HARRIS JESSE HARRIS T i I FOR THAT TIGHT COUGH When that cough of yours tightens up, the membranes be come irritated and trouble you every time you take a breath, it's time you were using Nyal's Cherry Cough Syrup If neglected, the cough will surely rasp and tear the ntembranes of the throat and affect the bronchial tubes and lungs as well? A Cough in every instance paves the way to further trouble Nyal's Cherry Cough Syrup soothes and heals the irritated ^ membranes, removes the tickling sensation, allays inflammation and prevents further infection. The first dose affords a grateful relief. i wo i>izes?zoc and 50c. Parks Drug Comp'y, Agency for Nyal's Family Remedies.