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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-20

Let me give You pointer, said Nj.
f. Gregg, a popular conductor on the
Missouri Pacific railroad. do you
know that Chamberlain Collie, Cholera
and DiarrhGa Remedy cures you when
you have the stomach ache? Well, II
does. " And after giving this bit of adj
vice, the jolly conductor passed on down
the aisle 1t is fact that thousands of
railroad and travelling men never take ii
trip without bottle of this Remedy,
which is the best cure for bowel disord-
ers in the world. % and GO cent bot
ties for sale by Bivins 81 Rhodes.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-20
The Sun

may shine brightly and Che birds may
sing their sweetest songs but if your
stomach is not right there is no happi-
ness for you. Keep bottle of DR.. Cald-
wells Syrup Pepsin in the house and use
il according to directions and the sun
and birds will not shine and sing in vain.
Constipation and indigestion cured
Trial size Zoe GO doses and i'll SOC and
81 90 bottles OF b. :. Webb
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-20
SCHWABENFEST
EXCURSION TO GRAND RAPIDS
SUNDAY. AUG. %.

SUNDAY, AUG. 30
Annual picnic of the German Socie-
ties of Grand Rapids and Western
Michigan on above date in Schoenfeld's
Grove, Reeds Lake. Old Country games
lots of fun, plenty to eat and drink,
music by the band and singing society.
Don't miss it. The ID. q. r. q w Ry.
will run special train excursion, leav-
ing Alma at S 10 IA. m, and arriving at
Grand Rapids about noon. Leave re-
turning at 200 p. m. Round trip rate
$100
GEO. Deb ANEN. G. 7. \.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-20
IL Is STRANGE

that some people who say they never
read patent medicine advertisements
Will be found Juggling home every now
and then bottle of some favorite rem
edy of theirs We don't bother you
with much reading but just ask you to
try a Toe trial bottle of DR.. Cald we'll 5
Syrup Pepsin for constipation, indiges-
tion and stomach troubles. soc and
81 90 sizes. At b. 5. Webb's.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-20
TRY Graln-O! Try Graln-O!

Ask your grocer today TO show you a
package of GRAIN-O, the new food
drink that takes the place of coffee
The children may drink it without in
jury as well as the adult. All who try
it, like it GRAIN-O has that rich seal
brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made
from pure grains, and the most delicate
stomach receives it without distress. "a
the price of coffee. l5c and 25cts. per
package. Sold by all grocers.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-20
Everybody SAYS So.

Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most won
derful medical discovery OF the age peas
ant and refreshing TO the taste, act gently
and positively on kidneys, liver and bowels,
cleansing the entire system, dispcl colds,
cure headache, fever, habitual constipation
and biiousness Please buy and try box
OF &. G.. G. to-day; 10, p. ~ cents. Sold and
guaranteed 10 cure by all druggists.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-20
There is a Class of People

Who are injured by the use of coffee.
Recently there has been placed in all
the grocery stores "a new preparation
called GRAIN-O, made of pure grains,
that takes the place of coffee. The most
delicate stomach receives it without dis
tress, and but few can tell II from coffee.
1t does not cost over "A rs much. Child
rem may drink it with great benefit.
10 and 25c per package. Try 1t.
Ask for GRAIN-O.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-20

Overwork, either physical or mental.
will produce weakness and loss of ener-
gy. Too many business or family cares,
overwork III the harvest field, an excess
of woman work and worry, will pro-
duoe months of misery. To proven
this the exhausted system should be re-
inforced Immediately. DR.. j. II. Nc
Leans strengthening Cordial and Blood
Purifier is an appropriate remedy.
Price soc and Sl.00 a bottle. For sale by
b 5. Webb.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-20
,,opraAGE sALE.-Oefault having been

MORTGAGE SALE:-- Default having been
wi made in the conditions of "A Mortgage ex.
ecuted by George D. Ronk and Martha konk 10
Sarah A. Abbot dated January 20, 1892, and re-
corded in the office OF the Register Of Deeds
Tor Gratiot county, in Michigan, on January
u, 1892 In Liber % OF Mortgages. on page $40;
on which Mortgage there IL claimed 10 be- due,
at the date OF this notice. Four Hundred and
TWENTY mine Dollars and thirty cents. besides
AN Attorney fec OF Fifteen Dollars stipulated
In said Mortgage u be paid should any proceed
ings be taken 10 foreclOse said Mortgage, and
no suit or proceeding at law or IN eq ity having
been instituted 10 recover any part OF the debt
secured by tud Mortgage; tn reiOre. by
virtue of the power Of sale In IA Mortgage
contained and of the statute in such case
made aud provided Notice II hereby given
thut on October % 1897, at one O'Clock In the
afternoon. at the north front door of the Court
House Tor GratiOt county in Michigan. la the
village of Ithaca in said county, there Will be
sold at public Vendue to the highest bidder the
prcmis, desct ibed in said Mortgage, VIZ: The
east malt II inc west half OF the south
quarter OF section three. In Township Twelve
North. OF Range Two West, in Michigan.
Dated July 20 1897.
$50 SARAH 4. ABBOT,
MOrtgagcc
Perrlns Il Baldwin, Attorneys for Aortgagee.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-20
$8ClGuelaRd 10 AaCkinaC and Return
81 Toledo 10 NaCGinaC and Return
Sc Detroit 10 NaCkinaC and Return

The above special tourist rates will be
put into effect June goth, via DETROIT
& CLEVELAND STEAM NAVIGA-
TON co. ) new mammoth steel pas
senger steamers. The round-trip from
Cleveland, including meals and berths,
costs $40, from Toledo Sl4, from Detroit
Sl1.50. Send two cents for illustrated
pamphlet Address,
a. a. SCHANTz, CT. p. a.
Detroit, Mich.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-20
TELEGRAPHY.
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your life Away.

To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netic full OF life, nerve and ygor, take No-To-
Bac, the wOnder-worlSer, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, zoe or III. Cure guaran-
teed Booklet and sample free. Add -ess
Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or New York
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-20

Educate Your Bowels with Cascgrets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever
Zoe 25c. II G. {. G. fail, druggists refund money
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-08-20

Educate Your Bowels with Cascarets.
Candy Cathartc. cure constipat ION forever
Toe 25c. II c. G. G. fail, druggists refund money
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-01-13
LYNCHING OF COOPER.

At first thought, probably nine out OF
ten will fully endorse the lynching o
Simon Cooper in Sumter county the
other day; but upon a careful consid'
Grafton of the dangerous tendencies there
developed, we think not a few will be
inclined to the belief that, after all, il
would have been better to have allowed
the law to take its course.
To get at the tendencies referred to,
let us review the situation. Cooper is
in a strong house that is provided with
loopholes, and he is armed with a long
range Winchester rifle which he knows
well how to use. The storming party,
consisting of 100 men, comes within, say
200 yards, slightly out of point blank
range, and there halt in comparative
safety. 4 majority of the crowd is afraid
to go any nearer. At length, some 10 or
20 men, realizing that they can accom-
plish nothing at such long range, conr-
ageously risk their lives and advance
across an open space until they can reach
IA shelter within 80 yards of the Negroes $
stronghold.
Now it is these fifteen or twenty men
who do the work which brings the des-
perate Negro to terms, and they promise
him that if he will give up, he will not
be killed. Having confidence in their
integrity, no doubt OH account of the fine
courage they had just displayed, the Ne
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-01-13
BLACKSBURG BUDGET.
Prevalence of Grip-Death of Miss Annie
Moore-Social and Personal.

Prevalence of Grip-Death of Miss Annie
Moore-Social and Personal.
Correspondence Of the Yorkville ENQUIRER.
BLACKsBURG, January 12.-Together
with other localities and sections, ours is
suffering from the visitation of la grippe.
The malady is not of very severe type
so far, and no deaths or very severe cases
have occurred among its victims that l
have heard of. 1t begins with symptoms
of very bad cold in some instances, in
others it is ushered in with chill, high
fever, and severe headache with pains III
the lungs, and in all the characteristic
symptoms are weakness and nervous ir-
ritatiOn.
Miss Annie Moore, The eldest daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Farmer Moore, formerly
residents of our section, died at Seneca
on Wednesday last, 9th instant, and was
buried in Mount Paran church yard on
Friday. She was about "a years old, and
was a most excellent young woman.
She possessed an amiable, lovable dispo-
sition, ana exhibited those characteris-
tics which mark the life of Il sincere
Christian. Her taking Oft at SO early an
age is a source of great grief to her nu-
merous friends and relatives but their
loss is her eternal gain.
On Wednesday, at the Merchants ho-
tel, in this place. by Rev. j. L. l.. Wine
cotf, Mr.. G. H. Fries and Miss Mitte b.
Poole, both of Salisbury, n. G., were
united in the bonds Of matrimony. No
cards.
A birthday party was given at Mr.. ]. w.
Rhymes by the Young Peoples Mission
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-01-13
FEES AND SALARIES.

| During the late campaign, the reporter
heard a great deal Of rather loose talk
about the incomes of the various York
county offices, and in connection with
the formation of the proposed new coun-
ty Of Cherokee, this talk has been repeat
ed. In order to set the whole matter
straight, the question has been investiga-
ted by the reporter, and the following
may be depended upon as reliable:
County Supervisor salary of this
official is fixed by statute at $500 per
annum.
County Superintendent of Education
The statute allows salary of $500 per
annum, and 800 each year for necessary
expenses. 1t also provides for office rent,
furniture, stationery, etc.
County Treasurer-The statute provides
for commissions until they amount to
81, 900, and compensation stops at that fig
ure. The commissions go up to the linn
it; but out of this sum, the treasurer
must pay clerk hire, postage, fuel bills
and other expenses.
County Auditor-The salary is fixed by
statute at 81, 200 per annum. In addition,
there are certain perquisites including a
fee of 25 cents on each transfer of real es-
tate. These perquisites run from $3.50 to
$500 per annum, and some years the total
income of the office amounts to 1850.
Sheriff-This officer is paid altogether
in fees, the larger portion of which come
from dieting of prisoners. The office
used to be worth from s2,500 to $1,000 a
year, but during the last 10 years, the in
come has been considerably reduced.
The chaingang system has been severe
blow to the dieting business, and at pres
ent the total net income ranges anywhere
from 500 to 81, 900 year. This includes
fees derived from the United States gov
ernment.
Supervisor of Registration-The board
consists of three members, each of whom
receive salary of Sl25 per annum.
Coroner-The fees of this office depend
entirely upon the number Of unnatural
deaths which may occur, and they are
divided up with magistrates, who have
the authority to act as coroner when it is
not convenient to summon that official.
During his incunbency of eight years,
Coroner Pursley did not receive an aver
age of SIS year from the office.
Judge of Probate-The income Of this
Office is dependent upon fees. The great
esL income that has ever been received by
the present incumbent was $3.50. Last
year the income amounted to scarcely
more than $500. That the office is run in
Il thoroughly business-like manner and
on business principles, there is no ques-
ton.
Clerk of the Court-Income altogether
from fees. There is a general impression
that these fees run from $500 to $1,000 a
year. Such thing would be easily pos
sible if there was sufficient business; but
the office does not pan out that way in
practice. The income runs from 81 800 to
81, 800 year; seldom going above the
latter amount; but sometimes falling be- |
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-01-13
,ro surrenders and is promptly disarmed

gro surrenders and is promptly disarmed.
Then the next xtdevelopment. There be-
ing no longer any danger, the mongrel
crowd which remained behind, while
brave men were risking their lives, came
rushing on the scene. They Immediately
begin, SO to speak, to kick man who is
down, and when the now helpless, but
still defiant Negro replies, somebody
shoots him in the back-mark the place
in the back, and the mob begins to howl
for his blood.
We are not acquainted with all the de-
tails in the case; but we are prepared to
say that that shot in the back was not
fired by Mr.. Stansill, or any one of the
fifteen or twenty men who went across
that open space at the risk of their lives
We are prepared also to say that not one
of the men who thus exposed themselves,
and afterward promised the Negro that
he would not be killed if he should sur
render, had anything to do with the hang
ing which occurred little later, and not
one OF them could have found the least
pleasure in firing shot into the Negroes
body after he was dead. The men who
did all this work, we are more than will
ling to.wager, came from the crowd which
stood back out of the range of that dreaded
Winchester, until after the Negro was
captured and their precious carcasses
were out of danger.
And it is this that makes mob law so
Objectionable. Really, brave men may
always be trusted to act in accordance
with the dictates of their better instincts
but not so with towards. All they need
is opportunity, and with opportunity and
safety to themselves, they quickly de-
velop the ferocity of a brute. Unable or
unwilling to distinguish between right
and wrong, they are not the proper per-
sons to be trusted with the administration
of Justice in any form for, granted even
the least license i'm one case, where it ap-
pears to be justiiable, they are inclined
to be too apt to take license in another
case where there is no apparent justitica-
ton. In other words, this class of people
would join a mob bent on evening up a
private grudge, as readily as they would
proceed upon an expedition to avenge a
public wrong.
If the Negro Cooper had been shot to
death in the house, or killed in his at
tempt to escape, or fairly taken by force
and then hanged, or even burned, in our
Judgment, under the circumstances, it
would have been all right; but after he
surrendered on promise that he would
not be killed, notwithstanding the fact
that he was fiend incarnate, it would
have been much more creditable to all
concerned had he been taken to Jail and
duly tried, convicted and executed by
law.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-01-13
THE MISSING WORD.

On the fourth page of this issue, will be
found an announcement of more than Or
dinary interest to our readers. 1t eX-
plains how The YoRKvILLE ENQUIRER
and THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION and
guess in The Constitutions "missing
word" contest, may be had, all for $3.50.
Everybody in this section knows what
THE ENQUIRER is, and that its price in
clubs is Sl.75 per annum. The Constitu-
ton is one of the best metropolitan week
lies in the world that is made up from a
daily, and its price is $l.O0 year. By
taking both papers together, the subscri-
ber may get them for $3.50, thus saving
25 cents on the transaction, and, i'll addi-
ton, have guess for big sum of cash.
The guessing proposition will no doubt
he fully understood from the advertise
ment; but perhaps it will not be out of
place to try to make it clearer. Here is
the sentence: Supply and demand are
as intimately '---' as cause and
effect" This sentence is taken from
recent magazine article by a wellknown
writer on economic subjects. The object
of the guessers will be to supply in place
of the blank, the word that was used by
the writer. This word may be 'asso-
ciated," "connected," related" etc. ;
but whether one of these or some other.
is for the guesser to arrive at himself, and
if he does it correctly, he is to receive 10
per cent. Of the subscription receipts of
The Weekly Constitution for the months
of January and February. The Consti-
tuition guarantees that this 10 per cent.
will not be less than $500, and shows from
past records that it may be as much as
5000. If there is more than one sue
cessful guess, the prize is to be divided
equally among those who get the right
word. The missing word for December
was guessed by only single individual,
and he received for his prize over 81 900.
In order that this offer, made so late in
the season may create no confusion, we
have decided that clubmakers be allowed
to return names for The Constitution and
THE ENQUIRER to this office at the price
mentioned above, and that the names for
THE ENQUIRER may be counted in the
competition the same as others returned
without The Constitution. In each case,
however, the names must be accompanied
with the cash at the time they are given
in to us. Subscribers who have already
given in their names for THE ENQUIRER
may have The Constitution and guess at
the missing word, by sending in Sl.OO.
The guess should accompany the money,
and we will see that both are duly for
warded to The Constitution.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-01-13
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mrs. Pink Kennedy of Sharon visited
Mrs. S. A. Carroll this week.
MIR. j. E. Carroll and family visited
relatives and friends in and near York
Vile this week.
Mr.. Reg. NJ. Grist for the past six
years of THE ENQUIRER force, has ac'
cepted a position on The News of Co
lumbia.
Judge Witherspoon left for Orangeburg
last Saturday, to be on hand at the open
ing of court there on Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. w. r. Carroll arrived in
Yorkvile last Sunday afternoon and are
now visiting relatives of Mr.. Carroll in
Bullock's Creek township.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-01-13
THE SURVEY COMPLETED.

Mr.. William Caldwell of Kings Creek,
was in Yorkville last Saturday in the
interest of the movement of a number
of Cherokee township people, himself
included, to be left in York county upon
the formation Of the new county of
Cherokee.
One of the objects of his visit was to
get legal advice as to the proper course to
pursue, and another object was to confer
with Representatives deLoach and With
erspoon, with regard to the pushing OF
the claims Of his section in the general
assembly. 1t was also Mr.. Caldwell's
desire to confer with Senator Love and
Representatives Armstrong and Epps
but as a personal conference was imprac-
ticable, these gentlemen will be commu-
nicated with by mail.
The survey of the section which
desires to remain in York county, has
been completed by Civil Engineer G. l..
Kingsley of Blacksburg, and Mr.. Cald-
well showed the reporter plat of it. In
stead of IA square miles, off of Cherokee,
Mr.. Caldwell. and other petitioners will
ask for only 9.6S square miles. The line
begins at a point where Nails branch
empties into Kings creek, and runs N.
81 W., 6,37O feet to pine corner thence N.
43 E., $3.50 feet to stone thence N. 57i F.,
81 500 feet to stone on line between Cher
okee and Kings Mountain townships
thence following present boundary OF
Cherokee township to point of beginning.
The territory includes all the citizens
mentioned in THE ENQUIRER of last
Wednesday, and in the whole % square
miles, Mr.. Caldwell knows positively one
man who desires to be in the proposed
new county. This is Mr.. Harold Gibson,
and it is possible that there may be one or
two others, but no more. So considerate
were the people who desire to remain in
York, that they tried to run the line so as
to leave Mr.. Gibson in Cherokee; but
found it impracticable to do so.
AS the result Of his conference with the
lawyers, Mr.. Caldwell found that opin-
ions as to the proper course to pursue
differed widely. This is because the
statute on the subject does not cover the
vised him to wait until after the county
of Cherokee is formed and to then hold
an election on the question of coming
back. Others, however, advised that at
present Cherokee county is but a name
without legal recognition, and until the
general assembly Incorporates it and
fixes its boundaries, etc., it will not be
anything else. Therefore, the proper
thing is to petition the general assembly
at once, in order that that body may
define the lines of Cherokee county in
accordance with the Kingsley survey.
Mr.. Caldwell was especially impressed
with the last mentioned suggestion, and
determined to proceed in accordance with
it. If it shall develop that the general
assembly has not the power to act in the
matter, and this does not seem at all
reasonable, then there will be no diff
Guilty about the adoption of the other
alternative-the holding of an election.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-01-13

INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

H. c. Strauss-Continues to announce
low prices on winter clothing, especial
ly overcoats, wraps, ladies' balmoral
skirts, ladies' jackets, and Hermsdorf
black hose.
Louis Roth-Lets you know that from
him you can get horseradish, chow
chow, California apricots at Is cents q
can or two for 25 cents, sour kraut and
large fat mackerel at 16 cents.
Z. B. Craighead, President-Givesn notice
of the time of the opening of Clemson
college, and furnishes other desirable
information for those who wish to send
their sons to the institution.
T. NJ. Dobson d Co.-Publish list OF
low prices which they claim will freeze
out high competition.
j. NJ. Starr & Co.-Tell of the length of
time the senior member Of the firm has
been in business in Yorkville, what he
has tried to do, what he has done, what
they propose to do, and what they
want in the in the future.
w. B. Moore & Co.-Tell you about the
stock of farming fixtures they have on
hand that are necessary for farmers to
have for operations in the spring.
Their Mr.. Moore is now in the markets
making purchases. They have large
stock of crockery and glassware, and in
hardware, they claim to lead.
| Glenn IL AlliSOn-Stlll have lou Oh
horses and mules on hand and expect
ing another shipment at an early date.
They have just received lot of buggles
and are expecting shipment of harness
to arrive in few days. They want
| 10000 bundles of fodder.
Grist Cousins-Can sell you an improved
coffee mill for 35 cents which they claim
to be a first-class article. They have
sold out their stock of turn plows,, but
more have been ordered. They. have
plow moulds, corned and chipped can.
ned beef, a barrel of picked pig fee,
and are selling 20 pounds Of standard
granulated sugar for 81.
f. A. Gosman, Machinist-Will furnish
plans and specifications for plumbing
and steam fitting and will do various
kinds of repair work.
p. w. Love, Chief of Police-Wants 70
find the owner of a brindle hetfer cali
that he has taken up.
Geo. w. S. Hart. Observation-Disclosures
statement showing the condition of the
Loan and Savings bank of 4orkville al
the close Of business on December 81
| 1886.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-01-13

Since the outbreak of the bubonlt
plague in India, the population OF Bonn
bay has been reduced one-half The
death rate is said to be something like
200 out of each 1000 Of the population
every week. The bubonic plague, now
prevalent in India, is one of the most
dreadful scourges that is ever afflicted
on mankind. The disease makes its ap-
pearance in the groins of its victims and
develops in the form Of the most aggra-
waited inflammation. 1t frequently causes
death within few hours after the first
symptoms begin to appear, and is very
contagious. Just what the course of the
disease is is not definitely known, but it
is notable fact that it makes its appear
ance in given locality only after the
constitutions of the inhabitants have
been undermined by famine and star
vation. After it once gets headway, it is
no respector of persons; but in the very
nature of the case, Of course, the poorer
class are the greatest sufferers.