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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-09-21
PEAVTNE HAY WANTED.

TOR PEAVINE HAY, cured accord
Il ing to my instructions in THE EN-.
QUIRER of September IA, l will pay $40
per ton if delivered loose, or give a ton of
acid for ton of hay packed in regulation
bales weighing from 70 to $50 pounds
each. JOHN II. ASHE.
September IA W 1T
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-09-21
JELLY TUMBLERS,

LASSWARE, LAMP CHIMNEYS,
" Crockery in good variety, States,
School Crayons and Writing Inks. Re-
member when you want perfect fitting
suit of clothes to see me. / have mag
nifcent book of samples from LAMM u
CO., and l guarantee fit and perfect
satisfaction, and you will only consult
your own interest by inspecting these
goods. w. NJ. KENNEDY.
P. S.-Mowing Blades aud Snaths on
hands. Also Turnip Seed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-09-21
Sperial 9utites.

Communion Services Postponed.
The communion services appointed for
Hickory Grove have been postponed
until the second Sabbath Of October.
Preaching will be commenced on the
Thursday previous.
Up KNOX. Pastor
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-09-21
JAS. r. & JNO. r. HART,
ATTORNEYS.

DRACTICE in all the state courts
i within the Sixth circuit, and in the
courts of the United States.
They are also prepared to file petitions
in bankruptcy under the new bankrupt
act. Offices No. 8. Law Range.
Telephone Number SO.
July 20 w tt
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-09-21
MONEY TO LOAN

ON farming lands. Easy payments.
" No commissions charged. Borrow
er pays actual cost Of perfecting loan. In
terest per cent. For further informa-
ton, apply to JOHN b. PALMER q
son, Columbia, S. c., or
GEO. w. S. HART, Attorney,
Yorkville, S. G.
August 81 w II
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-09-21
Every Farmer

Who knows anything about harrows
knows that the Genuine Corbin is with
harrows-and ALL means EVERY
farmer who has none-are invited to
come and see the latest improved. Prices
reduced. GRIST COUSINS.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-09-21
OBITUARY.

D1ED-Of apoplexy, at his home, three
miles southwest of Yorkville, on Sunday,
September Is, 1898, ELI r. STEWART,
aged about 50 years.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-09-21
Oliver PlOWS.

We are still agents for the genuine
OLIVER PLOW, the kind for which Mr..
Giles Ormand says be would rather pay
the regular retail price than have any
turning plow he ever used or examined
given him free Of charge. He has been
using two divers for about Is years and
we will sell the same plow for less than
his cost
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-09-21
MONEY TO LEND

ON IMPROVED FARMS, in York
~ county, or Cherokee township ad-
Joining. Repayable in easy annual in
stallments. For further particulars apply
to C. E. SPENCER, Attorney at Law.
JnpoS If
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-09-21
LANDS FOR SALE.

THE CHAMBERS BROWN lands
l. cHome Place" and "Clinton Place'O
near Sharon, will he sold OH the FIRST
MONDAY IN NOVEMBER. The terms
of sale will appear in advertisement dur
ing October, or may be learned by appll-
cation to GEO. w. S. HART,
Yorkville, S. c.
September 7 W Am
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-09-21
GLENN & ALLISON.
BUCCIES.
REM E M B ER
PHOTOGRAPHY,

EOR PIOTOS-in any style and Of the
Il best tinish-please call at my Gal
lery, on Cleveland avenue. | also develop
and print Kodak Pictures. Orders for
Enlarged Pictures from any size Photo
taken, and satisfaction guaranteed.
S. w. WATSON, Yorkville, S. G.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-09-21
TWO FOR
A NICKLE.

WE have supply of Laundry Soap
w that we are satisfied will meet every
of those who want quantity
and quality combined. We sell TWO
II on. CAKES for FIVE CTS, and
cake Of it will do the same work as the
soap usually sold at cents cake.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-09-21
Fancy Crackers.

We are satisfied that we have stock of
fresh fancy Crackers that will please al
most anybody. Snowfiakes at Is cents a
pound.
POtted Ham at 5 cents.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-09-21
Fresh Cheese.

We will have in supply of q very
superior quality of Cheese this week and
he price will be Is cents pound.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-23
NEwBERRY HERALD AND NEWS, DECEMBER %, 1928
ill know us no moro forever.

| will know rs no moro forever.
| Having como upon tho stage OF nc
tion, wo have played our brief parts
and have made our exit.
What is tho record OF tho year?
What H. tho record OF our lives? WhiS
| urc we doing, dear reader, to help on
tho good work of tho Master Builder
| who has laid the plans for us? Will
yon. dear reader, be the better for tho
blessings which you have enjoyed in
this year of 0ur Lord, 1898? There Is
much work to be done. Another year
is fast approaching, bearing with it in
creased responsibilities and enlarged
opportunities. Have We decided to
take advantage Of them, or will we plod
on and on until we are called away rs
cumbercrs of the ground? 1t is with
sadness that | once more tell the read
crs of The Herald AMI News good bye.
This will bo our last letter for The
Hcruld and News until the New Year
shall have been ushercd in. The
Christmas festivities will have come
aud gone, aud trust that all Of us will
have kept them as becomes We day,
and turning our faces res0lutely to the
future, begin the New Year with re
ncwcd energy and purpose to do the
right, leaving the rest with Him who
! rules and ovcrrules all things.
"Lct us, then, be up and doing,
| With Il heart for any fate,
| Still achieving, still pursuing
| Learn to labor and to wait"
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-23
Beth Eden Items.

Miss Pearl GOodlcttc returned home
today from Grccnvillc, where she has
been spending several months, accom-
panied 10y Miss Carrie GoOdlcttc, of
Grccnvillc city. We are glad to have
Miss Pearl again with us.
Miss Eolcne Lee, of Union, is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Sligh.
Mr.. J, l.. Epps will move to Muybin-
ton soon. We regret TO loose him and
family. Mr.. Whitney will occupy the
house he leaves.
MIR. l.. A. Hawkins was in ST. Lnkc's
community last week and gave gram
ophonc entertainers, which WAS well
attended and enjoyed.
Christmas is almost here with all its
good things and pleasures of the hol:-
days for tho old and young. We hope,
Mr.. Editor, that you may enjoy full
share of the good things and live to
enjoy many more. But, alas, there is
so many that have had short crops and
low prices that their supplies are scant,
nevertheless they can celebrate the
birth of Christ with a. true heart aud
right spirit. May the readers of YOU,
valuable paper have Il merry Christmas
Is the sincere wish Of Lola.
December 81, 1898.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-23

We are very sorry indeed that our
esteemed contemporary. the Voice of
the People. could not appreciate Il
little pleasantly ana that il took sSri-
ously our little paragraph in reference
to mistake in ;hc makeup OF lis local
column. We meant no harm and II we
had had any iGca that il would
have so construed what We said. We
never would have said it. oar stat e
mcntS OF good will TO al mankind and
to the newspaper brethren in particu-
lar are sincere and we have no reason
even from Il selfish standpoint to wish
the Voice anything but the best sue
c 'ss. OF course everybody knows that
the Voice is Il very live news paper aud
especially so in its local field aud fur
thcr everybody ought to know that it
has more sense than to state seriously
that its local department has ''diod,"
and that was all that we said and We
meant it as II little plcasantry and had
no idea it would be taken seriously
even by the Voice itself.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-23
Y, ll.N Juuntlirc Cured.

Suffering humanity should br sup
piled with every means possible for its
relief. 1t is with pleasure we publish
the following: "This is to certify that
| was n terrible sufferer from yellow
Jaundice for over six months, aud was
treated Ivy some Of the best physicians
in our city and to nonvail. Dr.. Dtll,
our druggist, recommended Electric
Bitters; and after taking Two bottles, |
was entirely cured. | now take great
pleasure in recommending them to any
person suffering from this terrible
malady. | am gratefully yours.
M A. Hogarty, Lexington, Ky.
Sold by Robertson Il Glider and w. E'
Pelham Druggist.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-23
vlle a(HralA anti O&ws
f. II. AULL, EDITOR.
RO\YEJL,S DIRECTORY.

II there is Il publication on the face
OF the earth, which we regard as total
Iy unreliable, it is the American News
paper Directory, us printed by George
L. Rowell. We are at a loss to know
why any newspaper should seek to ad-
vertise i'm that book. Even # it were
reliable, why should country printers
throw their money away advertising
for business, which Rowell more than
any other man, may have lahorcd 20
injure. This newspaper doesn't take
medical ads and therefore has no oc-
casion to advertise in the Directory,
and even II we did. We do not care to
patrOniZc Il concern that cXcrts lis in-
huencc to bring the printing business
into public disfavOr Press and Ban
ner.
The Press and Banner is cmiucntly
correct in what it here says. The
Rowell Directory persists in print
ing the circulation of The Herald
and News Incorrectly in the face
OF the fact that we have given
them the correct figures and have asked
that they leave The Herald and News
out entirely if they would not give Us
correct circulation rating. Th"r"
should be some way in which the news
papers coulG be protected against such
injustice.
We never advertise in / csc dircc-
tories and do not cNpcct TO, Vut ii is
little provoking to have the circulation
of our paper mi>Quoted after We have
taken the trouble to furnish the correct
tiglrcS.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-23
Central Luther League

TO be held ut st. Philips church,
January Il, 1899.
Devotional exercises by the presi-
dent.
The Luther League rs fratcrnal
Observation-Disclosures. Edmund Shcaly,
II. p. Luther, Revs. G. S. Bcardcn and
w. X. Sigh.
Recitation by Miss Maggie Barre.
The mission of the Central Luther
League.-Miss Marie Bobh, Revs. j. j.
Long, j. b. Fox and S. II. Hallman.
Essay-Home Mission Field Miss
Lillian Luther.
Query box.
Committee.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-23

m"ch 'uh Il" store '"F All WHO may az
i"nd' Inc proceeds a,'rr H'hS inc
"ecr>s"I! 'AP'hsc9' VIII VIC WV '''e'' W
tween 'he 'o"' 9uh"a!-s'"oo'S VI inc
town.
ON Wednesday, nlght MISS Aiken Will
nave heF 'h"S''"'' anu '''oSe WHO nave
ATTENDED "er former eHhl"i'ionS kho"
"ha' Is III store 'or 'hcll' MI ''ese
cAc'clstS "hu cA"l"''i"hS Will oc SNch
IN the Prosperity Graded School build
ing. Ihr program OF 'hc m"s'cai Is
1"II' ana there Is least ior all VINO
lo'e music.
PROGRAM.
!. Nalsc Brilliantc-Mi.s Annie Belle
Wise.
>. Nocal-Swabian Maiden Miss
Naryic Russrli
3. - hanG>l Visions of Rcyt-MiSscs
Klrkpa,rfrk. Alo.rlnv and lSrdrnbauph.
Amelia Er,luwn-- Miss Rubv
Schnmpcyr.
: Il h,rd.l p,or1 G,lun-Nis.rs
Lillian Wise, I,olinr Wlcur and Lille
Nluv I,u...lI
i Moss Rose Polka Mis-. Annie
MAY Bvdcnbaush.
:. Mr,,arc Of the rlowcr--\ Miss Helen
Snhumpcr,.
3. Let Us Movr-Mi,s Grace Kirk
patrick.
.. CG hands,. Grand Galop dc Conccr,
Misses Wnhcrsuo,n. Wise and S,rw
art.
10. The Holly Polka Miss Isolinc
Wychc.
II. Rcvcrir-- Miss Lillian Wise.
-. La Madonna Miss Lena Alosclcv.
l3 Tablrau-Rork Of Ages.
IL. (6 hand5). Bcrtlc's : WaltH-MisScs
Ruby and Helen Schumpcrt, Master
Molfctt Kirkpatrick.
10. Goldtnrod March-MiSs lilli(
May ltusScll.
10. La Fountain n-Aliss Estcllc Stew
art.
Il, Come Back TO Erin-Miss Erin
kohn.
Is. Iarantcllc--Aliss Mag ie Russell
~. Bachelors ltcHcric-Miss Annie
Belle Wise.
20. La Harp Eolicnnc - Miss Jessie
Nj osclcy.
p. Nalsc Styricnnc Miss Sallic
Withcrspoon.
-. Is hands). Waltz in Il Flat
Misses Russell, Mosrlry. Wise unC
kohn.
%. Rrcitaton-Thc Shadow Of {
song Gertrude Simpson.
-. Drill.
-. Tablcau-S Scene |: In Sight o
Home. Scene >: Farewell to Home.
DON'T foruct. kind rrodrr. ,h,, ~,
are invited to attend the sold Enll;e
Meeting" ON Old Folks Dov in Gr,c,
church ON SunI,v. Drrrm>,rr o,,h
(Christmas dny) at 3 O'Clock. D. NJ
The papcr ON oId-,imc Sundov-srhool
will be bv Mrs, i. f.. WISE Como on,
| bring yonr HYMN book and h,.)n sin,
| those GOOD old-timc sours
Mr.. ID. IL. Wi.hcrspoon has pu,
chased a strrcopticou puuornmic ou,G
of the late Spanish war and gave n,
| exhibition here last Friday. IT, is vcr
! highly spoken OF bv those who SAW i,
He is now ON his rounds rivinr rvhili
tions.
MIR. r. S. Galloway, local edition =
the Associate Reformed prcsbytcrja,
was in town the past week, the one,
Of Rcv. y. G. Kirkpatrick. We ha
the pleasure Of his hearty hand shnk,
You know, MIR. Editor, there is a cc,
tain fcllow-fccling.
There will be Il Christmas tree y
Zion church on Monday, December 26,l
There will be an address or two, an
the distribution Of presents will u
eagerly looked for by the little folks.
Another one of the old land mnrk
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-23
Christmas Goods!

Christmas Goods!
We are receiving new
goods almost every
day, and offer them at
reasonably low prices.
Watches, Clocks,
JeWelry, Silver and
Silver-plated ware,
Spectacles, Eyeglasses
and Cut Glass and
Silver Novelties.
Dolls and Toys of
every description.
Come and examine
my stock.
EDuARD SCHoLTz,
The Jeweler,
Opposite Il. G, Williams.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-23
OUR PROSPERITY BUDGET
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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-28
FIVE YEARS IN PRISON.
Sentence of Capt. Duncan. Convict
ed of Grave Robbing

Capt. Louis C. Duncan, Twenty-second
Kansas Hospital Corps, was found guilty
of roobing and desecrating the grave of
Confederate officer by the court-martial
at Camp Meade, Afiddletown, Pa, yester-
day and was sentenced 10 serve five years
imprisonment in the United States mill
tary prison at Fort Columbus. N Y.
The Twenty-second Kansas Regiment is
attached to the Second Division, Second
Army Corps. and was stationed at Camp
Alger for several months.
The felony of which Capt Duncan is
accused occurred during the march of the
Second Division from Camp Alger to
Thoroughfare Gap, where the troops were
camped before moving to Middletown, Pa
The evidence showed that while passing
the Bull Run battlefield number of SOL
diers dropped out to examine the graves
of Confederate soldiers. Several days
| later one of these graves was discovered
open, with the bones of the occupant
scattered around. Evidence of filth were
also discovered.
An investigation was at once ordered,
with the result that Capt Duncan was
arrested and a court-martial ordered.
The court-martial met first at Thor
oughfare Gap and has been sitting on
the case for nearly two weeks. The court
was composed of the following officers:
Gen. Cole. Coils. c. w. Abbott, jr., E.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-28
DRANK ACID AND DIED.
Mrs Tyssoyvski's Strange Suicide Mt
White Sulphur Springs

Mrs. Mary Tyssowsk, wife Of Anthony
T. Tyssowski, of 1917 Vermont Avenue
northwest, committed suicide in her room
in the hotel al the Jordan White Sulphur
Springs fashionable summer resort,
about six miles from Winchester, Va.
Friday afternoon, by swallowing guam
tity of carbolic acid.
DR.. w. P. Mcclure, of Winchester, was
sent for, but before he arrived she had
expired Her remains were brought to
her home, in this city, yesterday after
noon.
Dependency, due to Illness, is sup
posed to have been the cause of her rash
act She was staying at the springs with
her husband and mother, and had be-
come very popular among the younger
people. Several days ago she was seized
with an attack of heart trouble, attended
by symptoms of typhoid fever, and she
suffered greatly.
DR.. Mcclure attended her and under his
treatment she was somewhat Improved.
Friday afternoon she requested her hus-
band, who was sitting by her bedside, to
go out on the porch and smoke. Mrs
Torbert had also left the room, and Mrs.
Tyssowski was entirely alone. A few min
utes after her husband went out Mrs
Torbert returned and found her daughter
sitting on the side of the bed, holding
small bottle in her hand.
She endeavored to evade questions and
slipped the bottle under a pillow Mrs.
Torbert noticed her discolored lips and
traces of the agony she was suffering in
her face, however, and quickly called Mr.
Tyssowski The bottle, which had con-
tanned carbolic acid, purchased in this
city, was found, and DR.. Mcclure was
sent for.
Mrs. Tyssowski lived only about fifteen
minutes. however, dying in great agony
before the physician arrived. 1t was an
nounced at the hotel at first that she
had died of typhoid fever, but later it
was said that she had taken the acid by
accident.
Mrs. Tyssowski was twenty-five years
of age, and was considered one of the
handsomest and most charming women at
the Springs. Two daughters, aged two
and four years respectively, survive her.
She was well known in Washington. Be
fore her marriage TO Mr.. Tyssowski, about
six years ago. she resided with her
mother on Stoughton Street. Arrange
ments for her funeral will be completed
today.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-28
THE ANSWER FILED.
Capital Traction Company Den
infringement Upon Patent RfEh'

Capital Traction Company Denies
infringement Upon Patent Rights
The Capital Traction Company in its
answer to the suit brought against 1t by
the Electrical Railway Equipment Com
pany, Of Virginia, for alleged violation
of patent rights claimed by the latter,
says it believes that letters patent were
issued to Frederick A. Anderson on No
vember 2, 1897, but whether or not they
were in due and legal form it has no
knowledge
1t denies, however, that the above
named Anderson was the true, original
and first inventor of the current col
lectors for railways" which is the cause
of the controersy, and also denies that
the alleged Improvement had not been
known or used in other countries
The Capital Traction Company also de-
mics that 1t has at any place or any time
infringed upon the letters patent of the
complaining company by making, selling,
or using the current collector for cleo
trio railroads. or that it has ever threat
ened to dc so. 1t further alleges that the
letters patent upon which this suit is based
are invalid and of no effect in law be-
cause the improvements described and
claimed in them and every material and
substantial part of them were, prior TO
the date of their alleged invention, COW
cred by patent rights granted to Others
both in this and other countries.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-28
THE STOCK MARKET.
Lower Prices Prevailed for the
Greater Part of the List.

Lower Prices Prevailed for the
Greater Part of the List.
New York, Aug. 27.-The transactions in
stocks this week have averaged over &c.,
0o0 shares day, and 1sS issues have been
dealt in. In bonds the dealings have been
over So, 500 coo par value a day, and the
number of issues that received attention
was 215
The trading today was on fairly large
scale, but profit-taking at the end of a
week and a vigorous attack upon prices
by portion of the professional element
resulted in lower prices for the greater
part of the list. Sugar Refining, which
other stock, closed 1-2 per cent lower
than yesterday.
Union Pacific was very nearly as act
ly points. A net decline of is per
cent in Peoples Gas was the only other
noteworthy net fuctuation.
The weekly bank statement showed
loss in lawful money, all of it in specie
account of payment for bonds of nearly
s., 700 900. The loans have been increased
materially, partly for the same reason.
and also incidental 10 the increasing
speculation in stocks. The net result
brings the surplus reserve down to about
twenty-one and a quarter million-a
change that may result in a somewhat
more active money market in the near
future. but an uncomfortable market IS
not probable IN view of the low rates
for sterling exchange and the certainty
of a heavy influx of speech from abroad
during the next few months.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-28


the damage lis mainly due to blistered
fronts, shattered glass, and injury by re-
moval of goods. and a flood of water.
Friends Do Damage.
c. L. Young, the tobacconist, was a
heavy loser. His friends undertook to
remove his stock to place of safety, but
much Of it was not found after the fire
was out. His loss is not covered by the
5000 Insurance he carries
The last store in the block is occupied
as store and residence by Mrs. H. Kali
ser, and the place looked last night as If
a Kansas cyclone had passed through it.
This was not due altogether to the fire,
but TO the earnest efforts of Mrs. Kaisers
friends to save her property. Lamps and
vases were thrown from the windows
into the back yard and the piano was
badly damaged from fall on the ground.
Chairs and bedding piled in the yard
caught fire from sparks and were extin-
guished with difficulty. Mrs. Kaiser car
ries 81 200 insurance.
Collection for Mrs. Frank
Yesterdays fire emphasizes the neces-
sity of fire department for Laurel. The
matter has been frequently agitated, but
interest on the part of the citizens.
A few moments after the death of Fire
man Frank collection was taken up and
sixty dollars was realized to help defray
the expenses of his burial. Frank was
twenty-seven years old and married. HIS
wife is now in a very delicate condition
at her home in Baltimore. She has no
children.
With the Baltimore firemen came Chief
md s-ire.( vi pr1aiS
and Short.
Mayor Phelps has called meeting OF
the citizens of Laurel for tomorrow night,
when the question of organizing a hre
department will be seriously considered.
Appropriate action will also be taken on
the desth OF Frank, and substantial
subscription will be raised for his wife
benefit. A vote of thanks will also be
rendered TO the Baltimore fire depart
ment for the valuable aid rendered.
An Historic Hotel
Milstead's hotel occupied a site which
had been used for that purpose for
hundred years or longer. There is no way
of ascertaining in what year the original
tavern on the site was built, but in 1916
Louis Barrett kept the old Half Way
House, the chimneys and part of the orig
inal timbers of which were preserved IN
Milstead's Hotel.
The building was of an ancient style of
architecture, two stories in height, with
yerandas in front Four lines of stages,
between Baltimore and Washington, Tav-
eled daily over the Washington pike. and
the Barrett tavern was just aaf way be-
tween the two cities. Three dollars was
the fare charged each way from the Half
Way House.
The nearest postoffice in those days
was Evansville, which John Pendleton
Kennedy, in his story of the battle of
Bladensburg calls "a village of one
house" With the advent of the railroad
the Half Way House continued to be kept
as a hotel.