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RECENT SALES. The corner lot of the Gordon Hotel property, Main and Hampton streets, Rock Hill, for A.S. Hand, to S. J. Kimball, Lot in Rock Hill, S. C., for the Land and Town-Site Co., to Mrs. R. B. Cunningham. 7-acre lot in Gastonia, N- C., for A. D. Davis to Poag, Wisonant & Groves; exchanged this with Perry Dower for his property in Clover and sold the latter to the Clover Cotton Mtg. Co. Lot in Rock Hill, S. C., to W. A. Graham for Dr. T. M. Du Bose, of Columbia, S C. Store house and lot at New House, N. C., to J. H. Davis for A. H. Davis, of Lattimore, N. C., through J. A- Anthony, agent at Shelby, N.C. One of the Gordon Hotel lots in Rock Hill, S. C., to J. H. Witherspoon for Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Ayer, Marion, Ala. Lot in Shelby, N- C., for Geo- W. DePriest to J. D. Lineberger, through J. A. Anthony, agent, all of Shelby, N. C. House and lot in Cherryville, N. C., to J. A. Stroup for J. L. Stroup, of Lattimore, N. C., through J. A- Anthony, agent at Shelby, N- C. The Shorthouse place, 54 acres, 3 miles south of Rock Hill, to W. B. Fewell for Mrs. Mary Fowler, of Knoxville, Penn. 26 acres adjoining the above tract to W- B. Fewell for \V. J. Rawlinson, all of Rock Hill,S-C. The timber on 1 300 acres in Berkley county for A. W. Leland, of McClellansville, S. C. V> • , , mm cmmim m V* mm Jr. \pj /■ W PR m sv. •JT RECENT SALES. 400 acres near Shelby, N. C., to R. R. Haynes for J. R. Dover, through our agent, J. A. Anthony, all of Shelby, N. ( . Vacant lot on Black street, Rock Hill, S. C , opposite Neely & Moore's stable, for Sam Fried- j heim to ]no- T. Roddey. Lot on Crawford Pike, Rock Hill, S. C., for |A. P'riedheiin & Bro., to Rev. /.. Belton, of Yorkville, S. C. Two houses and lots on Pine street, Rock Hill, for Catawba R( al Estate Co. to F. W. Culp, of Washington, D. C. Improved 4 lot near Highland Park Mills, Rock Hill, for W. |. Rcddey, trustee, toJ.D. Lock- | man. 0' No. 584 in Rutherford county, for M. C Blanton, through our agent, M. L. Edwards, at Rutherfordton, N. C. No. 585 in Rutherford county, for B. F. • . I Blanton, through our agent. M. L. Edwards at J. A. Anthony, Shelby, N.C. Jno. M. Houck, Marion, N.C. |Dr. D. T. Teal, Chesterfield, Rutherfordton, N. c. L. F. Groves, Gastonia, N.C. T. M. Whisonant, Rock Hill, j S. C. i 7 acres just outside of Shelby, N. c., S. C., Traveling Agent. j W. M. Smoak, Salleys, S. C. tor C. A. Morrison to J. J. Wilkins, through j . W. R. Hough, Camden, S.C.! Dobson & McCaskill, Ker- A# Anthon y' a f? eri L all of that place. Auctioneer, B.W. Getsinger, I shaw, S. C. Lot in Shelby, N. C., for Geo. W. DePriest Spartanburg, S. C ij. A.Hearon.Bishopville.S.C. J at p,^ e b ; ,hrough J ' A ' A, " ho '"’- a K el ' t - ICK HILL,S.C. troHi -fount OUR SOLICITING AGENTS. Harry E. Reid, Lincolnton, N. C. M. L. Edwards, Rutherford ton, N. C. When We Advertise Property It means we want to sell it, and if buyers are not willing to pay the price asked, they will facilitate business greatly by saying what they are will ing to pay without parleying a bout the least that will buy it. as properly can not be sold without offers and buyers. Getting transactions through to the satisfaction of all parties interested is our business and it doesn't concern us whether it is the most or the least, the • highest or the lowest price. We had much rather a buyer would make a low offer than to ask questions and make no offer at all. Until bids are made we have no means of knowing what a buyer is willing to pay for property. After bids are made we sub mit them to the owners. They often reconsider and authorise us to accept offers, but when nothing is said no trades can 1h* made. The most of the property we handle belongs to clients, and when they can’t get their price they are often willing to accept the buyer’s. Circumstances change no tions and values. Urojjerty and propo sitions are what we must have to keep business moving. We often sel' prop erty for less than it is worth, and oc casionally for moiv. It is our inter est and duty to do the t>est we can, buying or selling, for those who em ploy us. If parties want us to buy a piece of property cheap for them, they must select something not on our list and give us their limits and instruc tions. We are not here to take any advantage of those who employ us. Those who want to sell often ask more for their property than it will bring, while those who wish to buy usually try to get it for less than it can l>e bought. A few professors on the prin ciples of trading would help this coun try out very much. Even those who consider themselves professionals would be greatly benefited by some lessons. The trading class are the in dividuals who roll the business wheels in banks and all other business houses. Try your hand with some propositions and see if you can't help yourself and the country. When property changes hands it helps the community more or less, and incivases values from various reasons. The Wisest Farmers Are those who raise their own sup plies and some to sell, in addition to their principal money crop. High culture and diversity of crops is the safest. No food supplies mean poor stock, sorry farming and unprofitable results. Abundant food crops mean fat stock, plenty of home-made ferti lizers, less to buy and more to sell. Selling produces an income while buy ing requires an outlay. The former makes a strong bank account while the latter results in burdens of notes and interest. The farmers who advocate good roads, fine churches and schools, plenty of paint and whitewash, are wide-awake to the welfare of them selves and the country, while those who oppose labor or taxation for good roads and schools are blocking the wheels of progress. We must have light to see how to labor. We should also educate the citizens to give them light to improve characters and mor als. We must know to be able to ac complish. Wisdom, learning and character are the most useful capital man can own. We have the finest country in the land, with the brightest prospects we have ever had, because the farmers are learning how to till the soil for results and the climate and soil are adapted to a greater va riety of productions to perfection than most any other section. Then see the wave of prosperity and improvement that is sweeping the country. Farmers of influence and wisdom can accom- plish great good by setting good ex amples to their neighbors and encour aging them to improve in their meth ods. Farming that is well done is at tractive to the eye, makes the country and neighborhood appeal- up-to-date and prosperous. Let us have plenty to eat and to sell of a fine variety, carefully assorted andhandled. Plant seed of the best varieties and improve as we go. See the line cuttle that the farmers have fed around Rock Hill this season, and notice the improve ment to the soil where this is l*eing carried on. The most useful farmers are those who try to make their lands worth $100.00 an acre instead of $10.00. If the value of the farm is increased, the farmer is building bis own bank- account at home and there are plenty of people who will be looking for him to loan him money should he need it. But lie is most likely to have a sur plus to help his neighbor, it is very well to build up the towns, but the country should In- built up first, from the fact the country supports the town. Sending abroad for everything is a bad mistake. These high-priced mules could be raised at home for half the money and our traders could make as much money handling home-raised mules as they can by going west for them. Let Rock Hill go to shipping mules same as they are cattle. The independent farmers are the ones to help the country and make cotton 15c. Then merchants could contract with the farmers to raise their produce and keep the money at home, and deliver fresher supplies to their customers. The boughs that bear most bang lowest. Upright walking is sure walking. Virtue and happiness are mother and daughter. Wise men make more opportunities than they find. You never lose by doing a good act. Small faults indulged in are little thieves that let in great ones. PICTURES BEST OF ADVERTISEMENTS. If you Imvcoxtra nice property for Halt*, furnish a liaudsoint* cut to accompany tin- description. “SPLIT LUO” HKAIi MAULS GOOD ROADS Simple Contrivance Converts Boggy Holes Into Hard and Dry Speedwaya. Mattoon, 111. The “split log"drag. which is said by some persons to lx* the solution of the good roads problem in this section of Illinois, is now get ting a practical and thorough test. J. U. Ashbrook, a wealthy farmer, living northeast from here, has been 1 working at odd times with Ids split! log on a piece of road near bis home, ! and the results obtained demonstrate that this method is the practical.one for the building of good roads. The split log arrangement, which is a simple contrivance, is said to have been originated by a Missourian named King. When King first began dragging the roads his neighbors con cluded that lie was harmlessly insane, and offered no serious objection to bis amusing himself in this particular manner. A year served to show that he was right, and what was a bad stiff]) of road is now changed into one that could be trotted over at the worst season of the year. Mr. Ashbrook heard of perience and resolved to himself. Last summer he the worst piece of road in borhood. and right after every rain he went out and pulled his split log drag over it. The road is now in good condition: in fact, it is about the only strip of road in this section, with the exception of the paved streets in the cities, where a team can pull a load. By his experiment Mr. Ashbrook lias opened the eyes of tlve farmers in bis vicinity, and in the next year many will follow his example.. The public highways in Coles county are so bad in the winter that they very seriously handicap many lines of business. Richest is he that wants least. Homes in Rutherford County, N. C., For Sale. King’s ex- try it for picked out his neigh- Rutherfordton and Rutherford coun ty have many inducements to offer the HEALTH SEEKER AND THE MAN UFACTURER of Cotton. Lundier and Furniture. Some of the FINEST and MOST FERTILE LANDS in the State* of North Carolina are to be found in Rutherford countv. FOR HEALTH IT CANNOT BE SURPASSED in the South. The suf ferer from tuberculosis or any kind of lung or throat trouble cannot find a Ixffter place in the country than Ruth erfordton. This is due largely to its dry atmosphere and the protection which the town has, by reason of its geographical location, from the cold winds of the winter. Rutherford county has much fine water power which is still undeveloped and-the same is surrounded by fine timber of the original forest. Anyone desiringto buyorsell a farm, timber lands, water power or city property in Rutherford county can lx* suited promptly by applying to M. L. Edwards, Attorney at Law, Ruther fordton, N. who is our local agent for Rutherford county. Manufacturing Industry. No. A).'{4—Well equipped furniture factory with annual output of $fi5,000 to $75,000, situated in one of the livest towns in the south, noted for its health fulness, fine schools, churches and hos pitality. Material and labor a* cheap as in any other manufacturing town in tiie south, with lx*tter shipping facili ties and lower freight rates than many others. Most of the sales are mail orders: thus the expense of selling is very light. This is a good opportu nity for a profitable investment. Now running in full blast with orders ahead. Real estate included $10,000 Wanted —Valuable real-e.-date to sell, cori-ectly described, with business limits, in any locality. Wanted—Buyers for an\ property on our list, and propositions for property not on our list. W auled Kverybodx to know that we are expert buyers as well as sellers of real-estate when we have instruc tions and limits, from the fact we possess talent and experience. W anted—Live, honorable traders and workers with talent and fond ness for the business to help us push real-estate in various localities. Wanted—Everybody to know that we have no silver spoons or ladles to go in the mouths of idlers. Our motto is: "'Do the business before calling for the reward.” Wanted -The country to know that we have made our business what it is by persistent effort and driving. W anted All clients to lx* careful to refer applicants for their property to us and assist u* with information and not go in competition with their own interests, if they expect best re sults. W anted Everybody to know, real- estate brokerage is the wrong busi ness to embark in if they are afraid of work and spending money. Wanted To inform all owners of timlx*r that it i> constantly increas ing in demand and we would he pleased to have as much as possible on our list, with statements from experts as to quantity and quality and what it will cut. \\ anted—Everybody to assist us in building up real-estate \ alues. there by benefiting one and all. \\ anted One and till to know we are the individuals to do your buying, selling and exchanging of real-es tate if you will act your part well. Wanted—To inform everybody that our advertisements and blanks give all the information neces-. y as to our methods and facilities for hand ling property. Quiet conscience is quiet sleep. What We Know or Receive is Obtained From Others Therefore it is wisdom to read good literature for information on all topics, thereby profiting from the learning and experience of our fellow-man. It is wonderful the benefits to be derived by copying from good examples. We are only here for a short while at best, and it is wise to lead and practice the most useful life toward benefiting our country. It is the pleasure of this office to aid along the line of Real Estate. Therefore, kindly investigate the following offerings and let us know what size “SLICE” you desire us to cut for you. I h re.. s ■ j- T. M.Whisonant, of Rock Hill, S. C., Our Traveling Representative. South Carolina Property Abbeville Countv. CITY PROPERTY No. 504- Lot 104x120 feet, on Stand Pipe Street, Abbeville, half mile from depots $150 Aiken County. CITY PROPERTY No. 468 4-room house, on lot 138x 210, at Salleys, 600 population, school and churches, on Wagner street, level, good condition, barn, all fenced, smoke house, flower and vegetable gardens. Price $650 No. 568—4-room dwelling on lot OOx 115, Main street, Sally, K.C., 600 pop ulation, vineyard, splendid water, barn, all fenced, store house, smoke house, all in good repair, good shade, also two acres, a solid block sur rounded by 4 streets, in good location near the depot $1,500 FARMtt No. 1^370 acres. Gi miles Elleuton; church and school; 150 cultivated, 50 timber; 5-acre orchard, level, sandy soil, 7-room dwelling, 2 good barns, 100 acres pasture, 40 acres Bermuda grass, 4 settlements, 1 and 2 room ten ant houses, wells, brandies $3,000 No. 2—320 acres 1 mile Silverton, church and school, 60 cultivated, 2<>0 timber, sand and clay, diversified, 2 settlements, barn, plenty of water. Per acre $7.50 No. 3—120 acres 9 miles Ellenton, church and school, 80 cultivated, 40 timber, mostly level, clay pebbly soil, tenant house, barn and well, 40 acres meadow $8 acre No. 573—90 acres 2 1-2 miles Sally, S. (J., church and school, 60 cultivat ed, orchard, level, 3-room house, barn, good water supply $2,300 Bamberg County. CITY PROPERTY ' No. 4—14 acres in center of town Bamberg. All cleared and level. Car. b€ sold at from $100 to $300 per acre. Modern dwelling in good repair,with 8 large rooms. Good orchard and vine yard, 100 Pecan trees, one-third bear ing. Artesian well flowing 16 gallons K r minute of good pure water, 417 R deep. Water works in dwelling from artesian well. Swimming pool and fish pond. One acre in flowers and shrubbery. Good servant house and all necessary outbuildings. Also good conservatory and two summer houses, with beautiful vines growing on them. Healthy location. Town has about 2,000 inhabitants; ships about 10,000 bales of cotton per year. Only 45 miles from Aiken, the great health resort of South Carolina, and on the same rail road $7,800 trally located,corner Saluda and York streets, in Chester, on main line be tween the two depots; city water and well: the land is very valuable, to say nothing of the improvements: conven ient for commercial travelers; will sell or rent. Price to sell $3,500 No. 319 -Brick sale and livery stable in Chester, centrally located on Col umbia street; water works and electric lights, 4 box stalls, 28 open stalls, sheds full length of stable on each side: office, harness and grain rooms; lot 140x155: a well-established business. Price $6,000 No. 376 —5 lots in Chester: No. 2, 72x213: No. 4. 130x155: No. 6, 72x125; No. 8, 72x114; on Epworth street. Each $150 No. 671—Two lots on Academy and Pine streets, Chester; No. 1 fronts 147 feet on Academy street by 290 deep on Pine street: No. 2 fronts 122 on Pine street by 295 deep; both containing 1 8-10-acres, known as the McLure e railroad. Per acre $20 No. 391—414j acres 3 miles north of Fort Lawn: church and school, public road, 200 cultivated, 50 timber, sandy soil, orchard, rolling, 2-story 7-room dwelling, barn for 8 head, 100-acre wire pasture, 6 settlements, cotton house, crib, smoke house, 2 wells, 4 springs and branch. Income about 5400 pounds cotton. Will sell in two tracts: would exchange for a farm near Rock Hill. price No. 488—362 acres 4 miles Lawn, 3 miles Catawba Falls, and school in one-half mile, tivated. 200 timber, sandy, lied. Three settlements. Good bottoms; if cleared . $4,000 of Fort Church 140 cul- diversi- Small barn. 8 plows can plac .$.3,000 Beayfort couuty. No. 541—7-room dwelling on acre lot at Bluffton, S. C., on Calhoun, Church and Lady streets, level, well, barn, buggy and wagon sheds, store house, shade $1,000 Chester Couuty. CITY PROPERTY No. 23—2-story 15-room hotel, cen No. 635—Two 2-story brick stores fronting west on Main street, Chester, population 7,000. About 25 feet front each by 100 feet deep on lot about 200 feet deep to alley $9,000 No. 636-Several houses, 6 to 14 rooms, and one store on corner, lot about 225x468, on Gadsden and Wal nut streets, Chester, bringing a rent of about $85 jx-r month, electric lights, city water, barn, flower garden and otisn- improvements. Adjacent to the Southern Railway, passenger and freight depots, joining the Carolina & Northwestern shops and Springsiein Mill projx'rty. Good locationforman- ufacturing purposes, dwellings, or stores to rent. Long established gen eral merchandise business. This is the place to plant your capital for safe investment. Price $15,000. Will also sell stock of general mer chandise, amounting to about $4,000, at 75 cents on the dollar. FARMS No. 12 -600 acres at Lewis TurnOut. school and church, 400 cultivated, 150 in timber, black soil, level, 6-room dwelling, large barn, fine pasture. 4 settlements, 4 wells, 2 streams, near I lx* run. 2 branches and springs Price $7.D0acre No. 489 816 acres 9 miles of Chester, at Baton Rouge. Church and school. 300 cultivated, 200 timlxu*, sandy soil Good orchard, rolling, 7 room dwel ling, barn with 7 stalls and 200 acres pasture. Seven settlements. Other outbuildings, creek, well and spring. Wilkes place $10acre No. 518— 225 acres 3 miles of Lock harts. Church and school 1 to 4 miles. 150 cultivated, 100 timber, orchard, hilly and 6-room log dwelling, barn 4 stalls, pasture, crib, cotton house,well, branch and springs $800 No. 539—35 acres 11 miles of Ches ter, churches and school, .‘9)cultivated, 3 in woods, clay loam .soil, 3-acre or chard, rolling. 8-roorn dwelling, barn with 6 stalls, tenant house near dwell ing. poultry, wood and carriage houses, well and good spring, tele phone line, al) under fence, all in good repair $2,750 No. 543—673 acres, 5 miles Catawba Falls, Bascomville and Fort Lawn, churches and school 1 to 2 miles, 200 acres in cultivation, 225 acres timber, mulatto, black and sandy soil, small orchard, undulating and level, 50 acres waste laud, 6-room dwelling, 2 barns, 4 and 8 stalls, 100-acre pasture, 3 ten ant houses, 2 3-room houses, cotton houses and cribs. Country remark ably healthy, high elevation, 5 from the great electric power plar^I* Falls, Rocky and Catawba Dam Creeks; some good bottom land: wells and springs: $800 income. Price per acre $10 No. 548—100 to 125 acres 6| miles Chester, i mile Lewis. Church and school i to 1 mile, lies well, sandy and red soil, 2-room house, well and two springs, 2-horse farm open, plenty of wood, good pasture lan j, 2 good house sites $15 acre No. 632—48 acres at Fort Lawn, churches and school, 30 cultivated, sandy soil, orchard, 8-room dwelling, barn, other improvements, spring and well. Will sell house and 10 acres for $1,750 and 38 acres at $40 per acre. No. 633—955 acres 21 m Fort Lawn, church and school, 650 cultivated, 300 timber, grey soil, orchard, level and rolling, 6-room house, barn, 11 tenant houses, creek, etc. Per acre $15 No. 670—284 acres 6 miles of < 'orn- wells and Blaekstocks, church and school 2 miles, 100 cultivated, 25 tira- ber, sandy mulatto soil,3-acre orchard, the finest in the county; rolling, 6- room dwelling, barn, 100-acre pasture, 3 settlements, 9 miles south of Chester, 6 miles of it macadam road, creek, spring and good well $12 i>er acre Chesterfield County. CITY PROPERTY No. 605.—2-story brick store build ing N. side Main st., Chesterfield, S. C., together with stock of goods at 95 percent, oncost $1550 No. 006.—25 or 30 acres of the N. B. Hursey place fronting Main st., Ches terfield, 150 yards of Court House. Very desirable property. Will lx* cut into town lots. No. 607.-'-$2000 stock of gen^Tjdse. consisting of dry goods, J^fons, and shoes, Main st., Ch&&ri\eld, S. (’. P™** • • • . ..90c on the dollar No. 608. —brick store, 25x50, on Main st^f <chesterfield, S. C. Lot 30x90. K^t to be sold unless the afore- menti<.imxi stock of goods is sold.$1800 . 609.—Livery stable on lot 150x Main »t., Chesterfield, S. (., one lock from depot, 12 stalls and 2 small houses ... .$900 No. 643.—Store house 31x40 on Church st., Chsstsrfitld, S. C. Lot 30x75, new building ^r/X) No. 647.-32 store lots loo ft. back and different fronts at $1.50 per front foot. 6 dwelling lots 105x210 at $100 each. 11 lots 60x210 at $75 each. 11 lots 60x210 at *60 each: in town of Mt. Croghau, S. ('. No. 651.—10-room dwelling on lot 135x4.50, Green st., Cheraw, S. C., population 3000: well, barn, all under fence $3200 No. 652.—3-room house and office, and livery stable on lot 160x200, on 2nd street, Cheraw, K. C. Fine loca tion for store, one of the best sti*eets in town, near the square, well.. .$.3300 FARMS No. 342-2,500 to 4,000 acres in 15 different tracts of from 50 to 2,000 acres each. Unimproved, well water ed, sandy soil. Per acre... .$J.50to $4 No. 549—115 acres 2j miles Chester field C. H. Churches and school 24 miles, all in timber, pine and oak, sandv graveled soil, nearly level, small branches and one good spring Price ‘ *1 250 No. 604.—161 acres 3 miles of Ches terfield, church and school 1 mile, 100 cultivated, 40 timlxu*, red, sandv soil, orchard, rolling and level. 4 settle ments, barn, creek, wells and springs ' ‘.'J 12500 No. 631 - 109 acres 44 111 north Ches terfield, church and school 1 itr'Ji miles, 35 cultivated, 15 tiia}**,., mixed soil, rolling, 3-room hoi se, ham, 2 creeks and spriygr t J rice per acre. .$15 acr( . s 5 ]_2 IU (Jbester- nt *l>U school 1 mile, 40 cultivated, Indy soil, rolling, 4-room house, barn, tenant house, shop, well, springs and streams $11.5 0 acre No. 644.—71 acres 1 1-2 miles north of Chesterfield on Wadesboro road, church ind school 1-4 to 1-2 mile, 65 cultivated, , timber, clay and sandy soil, orchard, rolling and level, 4-room house, 3 barns, spring and branch. Price poo No. 64.>. 3<H)0 acres 5 miles of Ruby, S. ( . Church and school on place, R. R. through place, 200 cultivated, 27uO in woods, clay and sandy soil, little rolling. 2 story 8-room dwelling, barn, 200-acrs pasture, 6 .•.st.lemeun,