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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
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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."
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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
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"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'
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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
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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,
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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.
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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.
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MARY WENT,
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HOOL ONE DAY
JL COLD
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LOVE GOWAN'S SO
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:i) THE COLD. YOU KNOW,
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es Croup, Colds, Pneumonia, and all
n the home for immediate use. All
. CO., Concord, N. C.
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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. %
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SAM MUSGRAVE.
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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
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w ?^viivu xuxujLuii uu accurate record of all trans- X
actions and are also receipts which cannot be dispnted.
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+ 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
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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
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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.