davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-26
Aliseellanenus 8eaaing.
In COUNTIES ADJOINING.
of the News That Is Being Pub
lished by Exchanges,

Summary of the News That Is Being Pub
lished by Exchanges.
CHESTER-The Lantern, July 81 :
The Chester boys are proud of their
victory over Yorkville. Consequently
they talked great deal about it yes
terday. ..".''."Miss Bertha Stain is
spending a few days in Yorkville. ''''''
Mrs. H. G. Buchholz has opened a
night school, in the Stewart block, for
children employed in the Springstein
mills. The school is in session on
Tuesday and Friday nights. The
room is neatly arranged and draped in
red, white and blue. ''''.'''.M .Messrs. Bob
Latham, Julian Sloan, Harper Woods,
Frank Spratt and Sam Leard returned
Tuesday night from their trip to the
mountains of North Carolina. They
report fine time.
LANCASTER - Enterprise, July
%: The army worm, or boil worm,
is doing considerable damage to crops
north of town. They have made their
appearance in some of the gardens
also. .'...''""Mrs. A. M. Croxton, wife OF
Rev. A. NJ. Croxton, D. D., Of Mon
roe, N. c., died at Heath Springs Tues.
day evening at 4 o'clock of typhoid
fever. Her remains were taken to
Monroe Wednesday for interment.
Mrs. Croxton was on visit to Heath
Springs when taken sick, and her ILL.,
ness only lasted few days before she
was called to another home. She was
native of Mississippi, and was uni
versally loved by all who had the
pleasure of her acquaintance. She
was about 80 years of age. "".'''' Mr..
Claude w. Bailey, son of the late Da-
vid r. Bailey, died at his home in the
St. Luke section of this county OF ty-
phoid fever Wednesday at 10 o'clock.
His remains were inferred at st. Luke,
Thursday evening at 4 o'clock. he
was about 16 years of age, and an ex'
emplary young man and we'll liked by
all who knew him.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-26

r@ Once when John Van Buren, son
of President Van Buren, was making
a speech in behalf of his father, an old
Democrat rose in the audience and up
braided him as a bolter. Few men
were more effective on the stump or
quicker at repartee than John, and he
replied to the charge with an anecdote
something like this: "One day man
on horseback came up with a boy who
was contending with al overturned
load of hay. Instead of tossing the
hay back in the wagon, the boy was
energetically tossing it hither and
thither, regardless of where it landed.
The traveller halted and said: My
young friend, why do you work SO
furiously this hot weather? Why do
YOU not toss the hay back in the wagon
and be more deliberate in your la
bors?" The boy stopped, wiped the
streaming perspiration off his face on
his shirt sleeve, and, pointing to the
pile of hay on the roadside, exclaim,
ed: Stranger, dads under thar and
then he set about work more furiously
than ever"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-26
WATCH FOR THE OPENING.
FIRE INSURANCE.
The Oldest Agency;
The Strongest Agency;
Most Progressive Agency

THAT the companies composing my
l. agency are popular, strong, reliable
and trustworthy is fully attested by the
rapid and solid growth of my fire insur-
ance business. No one can appreciate
your business more no one can give it
better attention no one can give you
better protection no one can give you
lower rates. write all classes of proper
ty owned and occupied by trustworthy
and reliable owners. See my list of giants ::
THE LETNA, of Hartford, Connecticut.
THE CONTINENTAL, of New York.
THE DELAWARE, of Philadelphia.
THE MANCHESTER, of Manchester, Eng.
THE NORWICH UNION, Norwich, Eng.
THE NORTHERN, of London, Eng.
THE NIAGARA, of New York.
THE ORIENT, of Hartford. Connecticut.
THE PENNSYLVANIA, Of Philadelphia
THE PHENIX, of Brooklyn, New York.
THE ROYAL, Of Liverpool, England.
When you want the highest class OF
protection against loss by fire or cyclone,
see L. GEO. GRIST, Agent, at The En-
quirer office. His rates are as low as any
company who pays their losses.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-26
Humorous department.

FOUND HIS "FoRT."-It is not often
that persons with literary fever who
are bent on writing can be turned
from their purpose, no matter how
hopeless the outlook may be for them.
A magazine editor records case of
an ambitious aspirant for literary hon
ors who was induced to see the error
of his ways and engage in an occu-
patton better adapted to his natural
gifts. He sent an atrociously poor
story to the editor, and said in the let
ter accompanying it:
II desire to ingage in literatoor it
YOU think I have talent enough to
make it pay. Let me know your can
did opinion, for amt got no time to
fool away, an if literatoor amt my
fort 1 want to know, so 1 can ingage
in what is."
The editor wrote frankly to the
would-be author that "literatoor" was
not his "fort" and earnestly advised
him to engage" in something else.
Three months later this reply came
to the eQltOr:
81 thought I'd drop you few lines
to let you know that took your ad-
vice and let literatoor 60 to thunder.
So I have ingaged in the sawmill biz
ness and am making big money at it..
There amt no glory in it, but reckon
the returns are stiddier and bigger than
they are in literatoor; so I am much
obliged to you for heading me off in
the way you did, and if you should
ever come out this way, drop in and
see me and III treat you as best L
know how"
This is probably the only instance OF
"headed- off" writer who cheerfully
or gratefully, as we'll as wisely, ac,
cepted the decision of an editor and
profted by it.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-26

He OBLIGED THE JUDGE.-In one
of the New Orleans courts a Negro
was called as witness.
The judge, who was noted for his
austerity, held out the Book, and the
witness was sworn, being expected, OF
course, to kiss the Book. But the wit
ness was unused to criminal proceed
ings.
"Why don't you kiss?" demanded
the judge.
"Sar ?'
"Ain't you going to kiss? again
asked the judge.
"Sar?" repeated the astonished Ne
gro.
kiss, tell you," roared the judge
Eyes, sar! yes, sar!" exclaimed the
frightened Negro, whose long arms
were promptly thrown around the Iu,
dicial neck, and kiss was imprinted
upon the judges face instead OF the
Book.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-26

PHILOSOPHY OF THE HEATHEN.-
GAS | understand it," said the heath
en-, "you propose to civilize me-"
Exactly So"
"You mean to get me out of the
habits of idleness and teach me how
to work"
"That is the idea
"And then lead me to simplify my
methods and invent things to make
my work lighter"
eyes"
"And next 1 will become ambitious
to get rich, so that l will not have to
work at ALL"
every likely"
"Well, what's the use of taking
such a round about way of getting
lust where l started? / don't have to
work now."-Exchange.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-26

KIDDING LAND OF BUSHES
farmers are infested to greater or
less extent with bushes, which are ex-
haustive of fertility and patience, and
are unsightly. They are cut regularly
each spring, but continue to come up
and multiply. 1t is a fact not gen.
orally known that if they be grubbed
up during "dog days." or at the time
when they have about attained their
growth for the year, 80 per cent. OF
them will be etfectually killed and the
rest so enfeebled that they will do but
little harm the next season, and can be
easily killed at the second grubbing.
We adopted this plan years ago, with
the result that our fields are entirely
free of bushes, vines and briers, while
many farms around us are overrun
with them.-H. B. Mitchell.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-26
UNDERTAKINGS, SUPPLIES.
PIEDMONT SPRINGS.

TIME PIEDMONT SPRINGS opens
on JUNE lst. DR.. D. n. TEAL Will
have charge of hotel and furnish e GOOD Hl
hoard at $1,000 per month and Sl.W per
day transient. Those desiring to iurIiisn !, on
their own board can get rooms al sl:Vo
per week-rooms furnished except Pill
lows and sheets. Cooking accom,,,nna t1or ,ratsrs
tions furnished. Lythia ana 0ther MaIets' Z,
e. % For ANALYSIS OF water and other in
formation, address DR.. d. 7. TEAL'
Smyrna, S. G. c,,
EiyS Hacks will meet all trains at Smyrna
WHiSONANT Il TEAL, Propriet0rs.
May y OH.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-26
When You Want
Nice Clean
Job Printing

You should always 60 to THE
ENQUIRER office where such
printing is done. Excursion
Bills, Programmes, Dodgers, Cir
culars, Pamphlets, Law Briefs,
Letter Heads, Note Heads, Bill
Heads, Envelopes, and Cards Of
all kinds printed on short notice
and at very reasonable and legit-
mate prices.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-26

CHEAP LAMP SHADE.-Take pair
of dividers and large piece of old
pasteboard, and draw two half circles,
one a inches in diameter, the other
inside of first, 10 inches in diameter.
Cut out in half ring form. Bring the
ends together and paste slip Of thin
paper on each side to make smooth
lob. Take small wire and make it
fit Just inside of top and sew it fast,
and one piece Of wire across top like a
bucket bail to rest on top Of chimney.
Cover it with any suitable color OF
crepe paper. One can make a lamp
shade in a short time.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-26
The Mystery
of
Count LandrinOf
Will soon be began as a Serial
in THE ENQUIRER. Watch
EXPANSION, OR
SPREADING OUT. : :

THE kind of expansion most people
l. have been thinking of lately has had
reference to national affairs. In fact,
Uncle Sam, for humanity's sake, put his
foot upon the Spaniard's neck in Cuba
and demanded satisfaction. OF course all
the Spaniard wanted was just to be let
alone; but he had the Cuban down, at
least was trying to keep him down, and
Uncle Sam demanded that he let the Gu
ban up and get off the island without de-
lay. Well, of course that that was right;
but the fact is that Uncle Sans foot being
rather large, when it was put on Cuban
soil tramped upon that same Spaniard in
Porto Rico, and, very naturally, when the
Spaniard left Cuba he must leave Porto
Rico too. Now when Uncle Sam stepped
out with his left foot into the Atlantic, he
could not keep his balance without step
ping out correspondingly into the Pacific,
and being afraid that Hawaii would not
hold him up, he reached out little furth-
er toward the Eastern World and hap
pened to step upon the Philippines. There
he found that same Spaniard trying to do
these people the same way he had done
i'm Cuba. So Uncle Sam said to himself,
here's another place for humanitarian
work, so I'll send this trifiing Spaniard to
his mothers house and-and-and-.
Well, this is pretty rich country, and
believe I'll take this myself, and it will
be better for the people anyway. They
may kick up about it a little at first, be-
ing strangers to us but they will soon
learn to love us.
Well, I did not intend to 60 so much
into detail, as this is not the kind of e4-
pansion meant to talk about.
The Kind of Expansion
am particularly speaking of, is that
which comes after particularly
Good Dinner.
One feels so large. In a great hurry
hasn't time to take long breath-in fact
has hardly any breath at all-gasping and
groaning. Now this kind Of Expansion
is due to indigestion, from FERMENTA-
TIoN Of the food.
"Anti-Ferment" Cures
Expansion
OF this kind promptly. Assaults forts
and block houses, goes right to the seat
Of war-destroys the germ. Makes no
mistakes; no failures; reports no casual
ties.
It is equally powerful in Diarrhoea,
Dysentery, Collie, Cholera Morbus and
particularly i'm the Summer Complaints
of Teething Children.
ANTI-FERMENT is SOLD in almost
every drug store and country store in the
county. Ask for it. Manufactured only
by CLARENCE NJ. KUYKENDAL,
Yorkville, s. G.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-26
As Far AS Prices
ATLAsT! AT LAST! AT LAST!
Good Tidings For Lovers of Fiction
and Other Reading.

THE people Of this section have never
i had a newSdealer who could ana
would furnish you with the class of Liter
ture that I handle. 1t is with pleasure
that I can exclaim "At last, have what
An appreciative public wantsw handle
ali the Trade Magazines, the leading New
York Dailies and Books and Books and
BOOKS. One of the most popular books
of the day, "WHEN KNIGHTHOOD
WAS IN FLOWER" by EDWARD
CAsKoDAN, can be found in my supply.
Besides this have others. Prices vary.
Come and pick out what you want.
Very Respectfully.
OLIVER L. GRIST,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-26
w, H. HICKIIN,
Guthriesville, s. c.,

DREEDER OF HIGH CLASS JER-
ID SEY CATTLE. Service Bulls Ex-
cent. of blood of his sire. the great Exile
of St. Lambert, No. 1867, sire Of " cows
in IA pound list, and Dolly's King, kottee
No. 32l59, son of King Kotfee, Jr:, No;
1879. Females, mostly of Coomassin and
ST. Lambert blood. Stock of choicest
breeding for sale at all times. Write for
what YOU want. -Four young bulls are Of
fered for sale at reasonable prices.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-26

R1 "You don't take any interest in
figures, Tommy" said the teacher.
"What are you going to do when you
grow up if you do not know how to
cipher ?" "Oh," replied the precocious
youth, ~ am going to be school
teacher and make the pupils do all the
figuring" ."-Chicago Herald.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-26

pd" "Wilie," said mother to her
5-year-old son, II see your little sister
has the small orange. Did you let her
take her choice, as told you to dc? -
"Yes'm," replied Willie, 81 told her
she could either take the little one or
none-and she took the little one" -
Chicago News.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-26
EOR SALE AT A BARGAIN.

HAVE two secondhand MON AKCH
i BICYCLES in first.class condition
that I will sell cheap. The one l have
been using and one belonging to another
party. If you want a good wheel, you
Should see me without delay. With my
wheel you will get two gears-77 and ".
Now is the time to act.
OLIVER E. GRIST.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-26
CLEARED $50 ON TWO ACRES.
Splendid Wheat Yield Secured by a
Orapgeburg Farmer.

Splendid Wheat Yield Secured by an
OraDgeburg Farmer.
News and Courier.
Mention has been made in this cor
respondence about the large quantity
Of wheat that was made this year IN
Orangeburg county, and it seems that
the crop has given the farmers general
satisfaction. Nearly all of the farm
ers have been so we'll pleased with
their wheat crop of the present year
that they will continue to plant wheat
and also advise their neighbors to raise
wheat enough for their own flour. All
of the -four mills of the county are
kept busy these days grinding the
wheat.
The Patriot this week has a state
ment signed by Mr.. John c. Ulmer, a
farmer of the East Orange section OF
the county, giving his experience with
wheat. Of course his experience IS
exceptional and his yield was extraor-
dinary, but it will be Of interest to
many other farmers who may be en-
couraged to make the effort to surpass
his figures next year. Here is the
statement:
Having been requested to make out
and have published for the benefit OF
others an itemized account of my
wheat crop Of 70 bushels, made upon
% acres the past season, DO so, suo,
mitting the following for the benefit OF
those who are interested:
First, I will state that the land upon
which this wheat grew made ABOUT ZoO
pounds of lint cotton to the acre last year.
/ put Is bushels Of cotton seed TO the
acre, measured, valued at, say, 10 cents rs
per 70
Wheat seed, pecks to acre, at Sl.oo o,
per bushel... ..."...............:....c; OIL
Ploughing under, cost about Sl.oO
per acre for man and horse......... 10
Narrowing, two horses and man ~
two -: Nv
ocre ..................... 25
Tying and shocking. ng.......":.:........... ~
Hauling to threshing machine, TWO
horses, one boy, one woman, one m
man for one day......................... oo
Hauling from thresher, half day, -
two men, two horses..................... oo
Total .....Slo oo
Of course, the actual cost in dollars
and cents was much less than my &C.
count makes it. I used my own COT
ton seed, stock, etc. However, if we
calculate the wheat at $3.50 per BUSH
ell, being the price 1 paid for my seed,
we have clear profit of $50 for the
Ga bushels and 12 quarts, that being the
amount of wheat on hand after paying
out 7 bushels and 20 quarts toll for
threshing.
Now upon the land off of which |
gathered the wheat have good
growing crop of corn and cotton: The
indications are that the land will pro-
duce q yery fair late crop.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-26
The Mystery of
Count Landrinof

Should be read by every reader Of
THE ENQUIRER for the simple
reason that you cannot afford to
miss it. The author is one who
understands just how to write a
serial story and you will come to
this decision also after you have
begun it and especially after you
have finished the whole story. 1t
won't be but a short time before
this story will appear in THE EN-
QUIRER.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-26
THB MYSTERY OF
COUNT LANDRINOF'
BY FRED WISHAW

rs story of Russian nobleman who
very suddenly disappeared from his
was very mysterious and was the
cause of much anxiety and concern on
the part of loving wife and family and
his many friends. His son, who, at the
time of the disappearance, was in Eng
land, where he was attending college. to.
gether with school chum and skilled
detective, attempted to solve the mystery.
Their experiences, as related here, 60 to
make an intensely interesting and tasci-
mating Serial Story.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-26
KEEP ON THE WATCH
FOR OUR NEW SERIAL,
The Mystery of
Count LandrinOf.
PHOTOGRAPHY
IS AN Art

A ND it takes an artist to be photo
n grapher. One who is not an artist
doesn't stand much of chance of MAX
ing a success at photography. have
given years of study to this especial line
and can say with pride that my work
will compare favorab ly with that OF any
photographer in this section.
The best and most perfect photographs
are the results of experience and not ex-
periments. do all Of my developing,
retouching and finishing, thereby obtain
ing the best possible results.
AS Far AS Prices
Are concerned, you need not worry your
self along that score. know that my
prices are reasonable and you will agree
with me when I tell you what they are:
I am also prepared to develop and print
pictures taken with pocket cameras. II
you have a Kodak or Vive or any other
camera, and for any reason you can't de-
velop and print your pictures, bring them
to ME at my gallery on West Liberty
street. .. n. oChORo.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-26
GATFNEY BRANCH.

Re- Nos SO and 80 will stop at Kershaw for
dinner. Trains will stop on signal at Oakhurst,
Elgin, Caskey's, Springfield, Roddy's, Leslie,
Old Point, Newport, Kings Creek. Wildwood,
Union Mills, Golden Valley, Vein Mountain.
SAMUEL HUNT, President,
A. TRIPP, Superintendent,
S. B. LUMPKIN, Gen. F. and p. Agt.
Iron County register., 1899-02-16

that they would be not only fxed upcn,
but pursued as soon as the British
could man their boats. So, when the
fugitives were fully out of sight in tha
fog. Beman steered the galley directly
across East river to its western shore;
and as it was night by this time they
turned their course in the opposite d.
rection from what their pursuers would
take, and silently skirting Manhattan
island southwark rowed completely
around the little city of New York.
This was an extremely hazardous
thing to do. for the course carried then
close along the front of the Battery
and under the very guns of several big
frigates. Now and then they were
hailed by sentinels from land or ship,
but Beman, having prepared himself to
answer by questioning guards and of
ficers on the Whitby, replied in such
way as to avert all suspicion.
Within an hour or so the galley struck
into North river, and here the tide was
running in their favor. for it set north
ward in mighty current. Before morn
ing they were beyond danger, and
within a few days had arrived. some a.
Washington's headquarters and others
at their homes. While their pursuers
were searching the stretches of East
river and the shores Of the Sound for
them, these Yankee rebels were march
ing triumphantly onward to enlist
again in the struggle for liberty.-La-
mar Beaumont. in Youths Companion
Iron County register., 1899-02-16

Mrs. Washington was so tickled at
the banter that she fell to laughing,
and was Joined by her favorite parrot,
perched near by.
"Ah, Lee" said the general, not at
all ruffied, you are a funny fellow.
See, even that bird is laughing a YOU"
That there was a suspicion of truth
in Lees implied accusation of closeness
at a bargain is borne out in the we'll
known fact that Washington was one
OF the keenest men at a horse trade.
1t is also told of him that, having
settled for a job of plastering at his
home, he afterward found that he had
overpaid the laborer by 15 shillings.
Meanwhile the man had died and his
widow had married again, but the gen
eral collected the overplus of her sec
ond husband.
One had to be careful in marrying
widows those days. If a widow wished
to clear herself of her deceased hus-
bands obligations, the second time
she must be married with nothing on
her but her shift. 1t is supposed that
this unfortunate woman wore some
thing besides at her second nuptials.
-Bayonne Herald.