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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-11-08
IN COUNTIES ADJOINING.
Summary of the News That IL Being Pub.
lished by Exchanges.

Summary of the News That II Being Pub.
lished by Exchanges.
CHESTER The Lantern, Novem'
Der 8: Miss Clara Sledge will leave
tomorrow morning for Bowling Green,
York county, to take charge ofa school,
'..''.".Mrs. Winnie Love, of Fordyce,
Ark, arrived last night over the Sea-
board. This lady is sister of Mrs
Reap, deceased, and witness for the
prosecution in the Reap murder case
to be tried Monday next. .'.''''''At a
congregational meeting on the fourth
Sabbath of October, the Rev. c. G.
Brown, of Jump, Va, was unanimous
ly called to be pastor of Catholic Pres.
byterian church. We have not heard
whether or not he will accept. '.''.'.''
Allen Young was arraigned for
housebreaking and larceny; but
the prosecution broke down and the
jury rendered a verdict of not guilty.
Bernard billiard was tried for assault
and battery with intent 10 kill. Found
guilty of assault and battery, aud SEN
fenced to 80 days on the chaingang or
fine of 500. Cyphus Thompson was
found guilty of housebreaking and
larceny, with recommendation to
mercy, and sentenced TO months OF
$40. The following grand jurors were
drawn to fill the places of those whose
term has expired: ]. NJ. MCCARTHY
S. H. Ferguson, Jas. c. Hicklin, D. M
Robinson, Robt. Key, w. B. Boyd,
The case against S. W. Reap, charged
with numbering his wife, had been sci
for Thursday at 8 p. nj; but at that
time, on motion of the solicitor, was
continued till Monday, and the jurors
for this week were dismissed. The
grand jury reported that the various
county Offices appeared TO be properly
kept, mentioning that the breakage al
the dispensary was less than hereto
fore. They made no recommends
tions.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-11-08

KENTUCKY Observation-Disclosures
Vile KY, is already making prepara'
tions for the reunion of the Confede-
rate veterans, to be held in that city
May 10th 18th, 1900. Captain John
R. Erwin yesterday received circular
letter from Colonel Bennett II. Young,
president, in which he says:
at is the desire of the Kentucky
Confederates to make the reunion OF
the United Confederate Veterans, at
Louisville, the most delightful and
charming of all the meetings ever held
by that organization, and to give Ken
lucky hospitality increased renown.
TO that eud it is important to know
the name Of every Confederate III the
south. We send you herewith blank,
upon which please enter the names
and postoffce addresses Of all the
members of your camp and mail to US.
1t will be the especial aim of the people
of Louisville to make adequate and
complete arrangements for the boys
who were in the trenches, and 10 see
that no one shall depart from Louis
Vile who has not been provided with
comfortable home and been suitably
entertained. To do this we must have
the cooperation of the officers OF every
Confederate camp, and we ask you to
help us in this matter. We shall hope
TO see you present in Louisville next
May, and please tell your comrades
that Louisville desires the privilege
and honor of entertaining all OF the
heroes who wore the gray."-Charlotte
Observer
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-11-08

BUSINESS FIRsT.-Fussy Man (hur
rying into newspaper office 1--we lost
my spectacles somewhere, and want
to advertise for them !; but can't SEE
to write without them, you know.
Advertising Clerk Qikely to be gen
eral manager some day)-1 will write
that advertisement for you sir. Any
marks on Them?
Fussy Man-Yes, yes. Gold.rimmed
lenses different focus, and letters l.. o
G. on inside. Insert it three times.
Advertising Clerk-Yes, sir; $3.50
please.
Fussy Man-Here it is.
Advertising Clerk-Thank you. II
gives me, sir, great pleasure to inform
you, sir, that your spectacles are on
the top of your head.
Fussy NANNY stars! So they
are. Why didn't you say so before?
Advertising Clerk-Business before
pleasure, you know.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-11-08

Fool Fox.-"When the pursuit of
wealth tempts you, my son." said the
sage, remember the fable of the fox
that hungered for some wonderfully
fine grapes growing in a garden, the
only enterance to which was through
a hole in the wall. 1t was so small
that he had to fast three days before
he could crawl through it. After be
had got inside and filled himself he
was too large to crawl back through
the hole, and he was compelled to fast
another three days before he could
make his escape from the garden. So
you see he went out as poor as he
went in"
eyes" said the ambitious young
man; "but why didn't that fool fox
take lot of grapes to the hole and
push them out through it? Then he
could have carried away enough to
keep him fat for month"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-11-08

BRYAN's DAUGHTER A SUNDAY
SCHOOL GIRL.-When Colonel Bryan's
oldest daughter was 4 years old she
was sent to Sunday school. The in
FAINT class teacher talked to the children
about the death of Stephen.
The next day Mrs. Bryan went call
ing, and was accompanied by her little
daughter. After several calls had been
made, the child inquired: "Mamma
where are we going next ?"
"To see Mrs. Stevens" the mother
replied.
"Oh, am so glad that we are going
to see poor Mrs. Stevens" the little
girl said in a sympathetic tone.
"And why do you say poor Mrs
Stevens?"
"Why, mamma, don't you know
that they stoned Mr.. Steven to death ?
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-11-08

COMMON BoER ExPREssIoNs.-Pos-
sibly the best quoted word just now OF
Dutch South African origin is Uitland-
er, sometimes written "Outlander."
"Newcomer" or "outsider," is perhaps
the nearest that can he got 10 this in
translation and the word is pronoun-
ced as nearl y as possible like eighllan
der. The name of The president of the
Transvaal Republic is written Kruger
(more properly Kruger), but it is Meth
er sounded as Kroojer nor Krowger,
but-as near as can he Indicated
Kree-er. The word Transvaal is, lit
orally, "across the yellow" or (yellow'
ish- -browD river. Rand, short for
Witwatersand, is pronounced asif spell
rant. The word veld-the final "t'
is sometimes added-meuns field OF
common, and is pronounced "felt."
Kopje-a hillock, or piece of rising
grounds neither kop jay nor kop'
jee, but koppy. DR.. Leyds's patrony
mic is pronounced Lldes. The Boei
parliament house is called the Raad'
zaal, and the parliament the Volkraad
the "v being sounded like "f." Berg
is mountain, the plural being formed
by the addition of zen" after the "g. y
A drift is d ford, and a dorp town, OF
village. Thus we have Krugersdorp
etc.
Stad also means town; and winkel-
pronounced vinkle-a store, where
almost everything is sold. FoDtein, as
the name implies, means spring, and
kratz, a cliff or precipice. Boschvelo
pronounced bushfelD is an open plair
covered with bush. To trek is tc
travel voortrekkers meaning pioneers
A vlei (hay)is pool Of water, most
ly formed in the rainy season. Roolnek
is the term of contempt applied tc
Britisher, and means "red neck" it i:
not infrequently prefxed by the adjec
tive "verdomde" (ferdomdy)' Roof
baajes is Cape Dutch for "TommJ
Atkins" or redcoats. A stoep, (pro
nounced stoop) is raised platform il
front of q house-somelhing like
verandah-on which the Boer loves te
take his weed.
Mountaineering housewife-is pro
nouuced "frow." Slim-often applies
to General Piet Joubert-is cunning
or artful, or, slangingly speaking
"fy." "Kerel' is chap, or fellow
Bass-pronounced so-is master, ano
baas op, boss up. TO inspan is to har
ness, or tether, horses or cattle; te
uitspan is to unharness. Uitpan is
also applied to the resting place of the
animals. Oorlog is war.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-11-08

Trains Nos. SO and 33 connect at Blacks
burg with trains on the Gaffney Division.
Train No. 80 connects at Camden with
the Charleston Division of the Southern
Railway for all points South.
Train No. 33 leaving Camden at l2.40 p.
M, going West, makes connection at Lam
caster, S. c., with the L. 4. G. r. r., at
Catawba Junction with the S. A. L., going
North; at Rock Hill with the Southern
Railway going North.
Train No. IL connects at Blacksburg
with the Southern Railway from the
South. At Marion, N. c., with the South
ern Railway going West.
aB- Number 50 will stop at Kershaw for
dinner. Trains will stop on signal at Oak hurst,
Elgin, Caskey's, Springfield, Roddys, 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.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-11-08

gress such revision of our navigation
laws as will foster the development of our
merchant marine service to an extent to
handle our expanding foreign commerce.
Resolved, That we recommend to con.
gress such increase Of our navy as will
make it fully adequate to protect our com
world.
Resolved, That printed copies of these
resolutions be sent to the president of the
United States and to our senators and rep.
resentatives in congress and to the press.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-11-08

S6~ The veteran lawyer of Dover,
Me-, Ephraim Flint, who died recently,
was onced fined by a county justice OF
the peace for contempt of court in
telling the magistrate too bluntly what
he thought of one of his decisions.
Mr.. Flint was not taken aback by the
Justices order to his clerk.
Gall right" he said. 81 have got a
note in my pocket against you which l
have been trying to collect for the past
10 years, and I'll endorse the fine on
it. never expected to get that much -
and suiting the actions to his words, he
pulled out the note and made the en-
dorsement.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-11-08
L. M. GRIST & SONS, Yorkville, s. G.
A TIMELY NOTE OF WARNING

THE following is copy of a circular
L. letter which is being sent out by one
of the largest mercantile establishments
of the great northwest to their customers
throughout the country on the importance
of keeping insured against loss by tre Il:
DEAR SIR: During the past few months
the losses sustained by merchants,
tributary to the st. Louis market, have
been so unusually large and disastrous as
to suggest to us the advisability OF ad-
dressing our customers upon the I'M.
PORTANCE of keeping fully insured
at ALL TIMES. Within the past few
weeks four of our own customers have
lost their stocks and buildings entire,
without insurance. or so nearly 80, that
the amount carried was totally mad
equate to the risk assumed, and In TWO
or three instances, when the fire came, 1t
was found that policies for considerable
amounts had just lapsed. Men rarely
make SECOND mistake of this kind, but
the commonest feature of the FIRST, is
the wiping out of the results of years OF
labor and thrift and leaving those who
commit the folly of EALING TO INSURE,
i'm position whereby they have to face
the world i'm a condition far worse than
when commercial life was first begun.
Think of the possibilities of having the
fruits of 20 years of labor swept away
within few minutes, with no other lega-
cy than smoke and ashes and vain regrets
for what might have been prevented by
a little foresight! To the wide awake,
conservative business man, the expense
incident to keeping his goods fully insur-
ed is just as legitimate and necessary rs
that of paying taxes, rent and clerk hire.
We may escape the consequences of fail
ure to insure for FIVE, TEN or TWENTY
years, but we are just as certain to be
brought face to face with it, sooner or
later, as we stay in business; therefore,
we say to you, if you are not now in
sured, attend to it before the sun
goes down!
With kindly assurances of regard for
our mutual interests, we are,
Very sincerely, your friends, -
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-11-08

I represent number of the leading
fire insurance companies of the world and
can come up to your requirements.
l.. GEO. GRIST, Agent.
p. ST. can be found during the day
at THE ENQUIRER office and at night
from till 8 O'clock at my office over the
Ganson Dry Goods store. Ring phone
No. l07 at night.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-11-08
FINLEY q BR1CE,
ATTORNEY AT LA w,

A LII business entrusted to us Will Do
n given prompt attention: I'm
OFFICE IN THE BUILDING Al
THE REAR OF Ii. q. STRAuS
STORE.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-11-08

HEADING OFF GOssIP-Noel Little
/ say, old man, can you keep secret ?
Well, Smiggins told me in confidence
that
Noah Nuff-Hold on Can you keep
q secret?
Noel Little-Why, yes; certainly
Noah Nutf-Then you'd better do so
gD" "This," said the physician, as he
counted out the quinine pills, 'is bit
ter rcckoning.'
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-11-08
FOR SALE by
MONEY TO LOAN,

MONEY TO LOAN.
I'm FARMING LANDS. Easy pay
~ mentS. No commissions charged. .
Borrower pays actual cost of perfecting
loan. Interest per cent. For further
information apply to JOHN B. PAIL
MER Il son. Columbia, $. c., or
GEO. w. S. HART, Attorney,
Yorkville, S. C.
September l3 W 6m
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1000 CORDS WANTED.

T WANT to buy Immediately 1000
i CORDS of FIRST CLASS PINE
WOOD for the cash. For further inior-
nation see Il. b. McCLAlN.
May 20 s tt
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-11-08

E. F. REID, Auditor, Lenoir, N. c.,
G. G. F. HARPER, G. P. A., Lenoir. N. c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-07
"ButCher Butler. %

RIGA he viii find that he has a little Ire
land gathered around him. Most OF
his associates are also Irish. Sir George
White, who is Irish will command in
Natal General Butler, who recently
resigned his appointment as Com
1nander of the Forces in South Africa
because he is of the opinion that it is
immoral and criminal to make war on
the Beers, is also an IriShman. Finally,
the communicative Chief, Lord w OleS-
ley belongs to the same martial race
THE MAN.
MaJor-G General Butler was born the
son of the late J. w. Butler. His
mother was the daughter of the Mar
quis of TOwnshend, and as a child the
boy was associated with diplomats and
fairs of the country, military and civil
He early began to take an interest in
her MajeSty'S welfare abroad and when
still a lad he manifested a desire to
enter military service. This was speed
lily gratiffed, and while still a beardless
youth he took part in the most vigOr-
Gus campaign England ever Waged in
the Orient.
An estimate of the great number of
troops which Sir Butler will have under
him has been made by a British mill
tary expert, who shows that within
very few days after his arrival Lieu
tenant-Gene Sir George White, V.
c., who, with his staff, sailed for Natal
two weeks. ago, viii have at least 2l'O0U
British fighting troops under his COM
mand. This number includes the forces
already in South Africa, those which
are now en- route from Great Britain,
the Mediterranean, and India, and also
Iieutenant-C Colonel Halls brigade di-
sailed from Southampton the last of
September.
This total does not, however, include
the number of officers and men of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-07
Males

Kitchener had lis day in the Soudan
and is still enjoying new measures Of
success as his efforts, diplomatic and
military, are rewarded by his steady
made by the troops whom he left be
hind him. Bat now it is Sir Butler 5
day and he goes to take command OF
the most formidable force which Eng
land has placed IN the field against
white nation in many a day. Her In
dian campaigners are fierce and almost
gorilla-li1e. Her Egyptian battles are
fought against men of another color
and blood But in the South African
campaign England fights the Dutch,
who have been her neigh bOrS and who,
though separated by space and genera
lions of life, are still of her own Galore.
And the campaign becomes OF interest
to civilization and Christianity and the
powers of the old world and the new
In selecting Major General Butler the
Queen picked out one of her oldest
warriors; for he was born sixty years
ago, and for fOrty-One years he has
fought desperately in the various wars
in which England has been enga ged.
He was only nineteen years old when
he entered the 60th Rifles in 1853 and
went to China to fight. He was made
a Northumberland in 1860, and was al
the time the youngest and most capa-
BILE warrior in England's service
In 1870 we find Lieutenant Butler in
the Red River expedition, and in 1874
he was in Ashanti. Nor was he in
ignorance of desperate warfare in those
years, for he fought the KaffirS in 1878
and the Zulus in 1879
In 1885 he was made deputy adjutant-
general: and. having fought so long and
so bravely, he was placed in the posi-
ton of Under Secretary for ireland in
1887, and was made the adjutant-gen-
eral in 1890.
When Sir Butler arrives in South AZ
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-07

"And may God bless your
So spoke Her Royal Highness Vic
toria, Queen of Great Britain and Ire
land and Empress of India, as, in her
royal chair of cushioned red, she babe
farewell to Major General Butler, who
had journeyed to BalmOral to say good
bye to her Majesty before departing
upon his mission in South Africa, and
to receive such commands as her Ma
Jesty should give him upon his con-
duct in the great BOer war
Sir Redvers Henry Butler, Major
GenC-al of the troops in the Transvaal
and leader of all the British forces in
South Africa south of the SOudan, IS
not a boy in years nor a novice in war
fare. And her Majesty understood this
when she appointed him to the trying
position which he has set out to occupy
in one of the most remote regions in
which England has ever waged war
fare.
Going to the end of the world, even
as Admiral Dewey went to its ant1pO-
des, MajOr- General Butler realizes as
did Dewey, that he must win out and
come back wearing the laurelS of VIC
tory; or must fail and enjoy forever
more the dismal delight of COM
mander who did his best and failed
BULLER'S MISSION.
When the Queen summoned Sir Bull
Ter to BalmOraI to say goodbye. she re
quested him to bring with him a dia-
gram of the Transvaal and a statement
of the forces there installed. She
wished to know what were the British
troops there employed, and what We're
the troops that were to be transported
Her Majesty also desired to know the
strength of the Beers SO that, hating
dulEe in hopeful thoughts for a vic
toriOus termination even while regret
ting that the war should ever have oc-
CURED.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-07
WITH GARTER
IN THE
MILITARY PRISON
The Very Strict Life Which I'M
Gle Sans Employees Must
Lead if They Have Violated
His Rules.

Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.-The SEN
tence and degradation of former Cap
tain Oberlin NJ. Carter of the engin-
eering corps, U. s A, and the horror of
of the world and butterfly when he
was informed of the details of his i'm
priSOnment, can serve as a warning to
all those in positions of governmental
trust.
Let no an in the employ of Uncle
Sam think that he can offend his en-
plOyer without suffering for his offence.
The military prisons of the United
States are the most severe in the cOun-
try, and though no cruelties are prac-
uced there is the StrIctest discipline
enforced; and a man, from the time he
enters the gates until his service ex-
of the day and every hour of the night.
when the dismal calls of the guards
wal him, that he is a prisoner!
From the time a man enters Fort
LeavenWOrth his name is lost; he is
ticketed with number upon the prison
books. and he becomes a number to the
guards. To distinguish him this MN
Der is stencilled upon the broad of his
back and upon his right thigh. It is
also marked upon the calf Of each leg;
and thus. branded like cattle, the for
ner trusted servants OF Uncle Sam say
to each other and to their keepers:
Behold me! I who was trusted, am
untruStWOrthyi Look at me- am
no longer a man, but number"
HIS NEW LIFE.
And so Carter. who was the Beau
BrummeI of the Army and who has
been found guilty of embeZzling and
spending nearly two millions of dol
lars, goes to a place where ne could not
in nine nfetimeS spend tenth or
1.-THE of that sum- for the prison fare is
of the cOarSeSt and creature comforts
are engaged in raising a spe al service
corps, the strength OF which adVlceS
state to be $50 men but it is believed to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-07
AT MONTE CARLO.

The Prince of Monaco seldom visits
the Monte Carlo Casino. It is simply
his piece of property, which he rents.
and to which he lays no claim beyond
that of visitor. He dwells part of the
year in a magnificent castle built on
the highest point in Monaco; and when
it comes time to close the Castle, which
is generally in summer, when the
breezes blow warm, he goes to Paris
with his family. Here he takes part
in Paris life; and it was here that he
had his famous disagreement with
Count Castellane last spring, which re-
suited in a challenge, which the Prince
declined to accept.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-07
MAJOR GENERAL SIR REDVERs HENRY BULLER, G.CB,


Army Service Corps and Army Ord
nance Corps, or other departmental
troops, which are far in excess of i'm
mediate requirements, or yet the gar
rison companies of Royal Artillery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-07

Officers Horses
and and
Men Mules.
Cavalry ............ APIS 3,1SO
Royal Artillery. 1880 1,Zzl
Royal Engineers. 624 1SS
Infantry ...........15,150 o16
21,579 5,771
The concentration of the force is tax
ing place in Natal, but its actual field
organization is for obvious reasons not
to be made public for the present Ar
rangements have been made under
ashore in South Africa for land service
al a few hours notice
The local forces in Cape Colony con-
sist of permanent trOOpS-the Cape
Mounted Rifles, with field guns-and
unpaid volunteers who draw a small
capitatiOn grant. The latter include
the Mounted Frontier Rifles, in which
are comprised the Diamond Fields
Horse of six companies and a battery
of guns, garrison artillery, engineers,
and field artillery. OF infantry the
volunteers have seventeen corps of
fOrty-One companies in all. There are
also two companies of medical staff
BechuanGland has a permanent force
of five troops of military police, about
450 strong. In Natal the permanent
local troops are the mounted police and
a body of partially-paid volunteers,
who are organized somewhat similarly
to the partially-paid forces of the Aus
tralian colonies. They consist of naval
volunteers, mounted rifles, field artiI-
lery, and rifiemen. At BuIaWayo Colo
mel Baden-Powell and Colonel Plumer