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Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1903-03-18
Notice.

The County Board OF Equali-
zation composed OF the Chairmen
of the Township and Special
Boards of Assessors, will meet
on the fourth Tuesday in March
Oath inst) 1908, at the Office of
the County Auditor to eQualize
the valuations of personal prop
erty Of the county, and to hear
grievances and appeals from the
valuations and asses sments fixed
by the Township and Special
Boards of Assessors.
Respectfully,
Jno. a. Cook.
County Auditor.
March 9Th. 1909.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1903-03-18
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Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1903-03-18

hss prolonssd nss,F GfAsfind lives as
II mas MT. and Mrs. LsvREssd, and there
Is no other mcdtoiasa IA Ne world whiak
Will keep the system sa nserssal condition.
prevent the decay of the ttssSes, strength
on tie heart acsior eSsa SAnffeh the blood
like Dufry's Pure hR1t EEsesAcy. 1t is an
absolutely pure stfMusezsI saS tonic. FREQ
ir"iN tusel oil and usser CsGsnrous iagre-
sdents SO common IN seeeN ekiSkios. II
cures grip ssasHrR,s1sl9s Erfeac8Ss CA
tatrh. astsTf. sitzfts tssssssstfS S;+F levers
dysSensi, ard InvlxorRSSs Aie Gnffn. II
makes tho old youpsl Eecsa .ststs young
strong. 10 not ~ FFaE FSsS fuH sf
qTagS and m.Sie:kSa ssfrSa& tsssstasS3 EIsl sys-
tem.
Dufy's Pure Malt whlsESy 81 tSa only
Sh'F%NF ""a"V'-"f ~ ssfe-tRnrSasezISp ss
a hr'Ei,.E,. "s0' {, = tsSSSRS,SES II is
absolutely pure Elsi >uS-Sss7I - fsnN oil
1t IS prescribed by ovSR T,SfS SuSSprs and
esea ezclualTSsy h dSss SSScs 1Gs,ljal5.
II ~ the only reltass cssS sflTx5nASar puro
stimulant and tenic. n mas saved the
Rves OF millions ef rsel9s Hse seIt atty
years who haze usIa u "a daGr only
medicine.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1903-03-18
Meeting Of Township As
SCISSORS.
SCISSORS.

TIE Township noar' Of As..s
scrs for .4oyar.ups townships in
The county o. Lancaster .nl msei
ou the first Tuesday in March.
@rd instant, 1903.
L il the datr Of TownaliD 1,
SCISSORS 10 canvass each and every
return Of personal property Of
their respective townships. in or
der that individual returns may
be cquaIiZed as near as possible.
In every instance where q ma
terial change in the return Of any
individual amounting to one hun
dred dollars and over, the Asses
sors will keep a note Of the
changes made and forward same
by mail to the County Auditor
50 that notice can be sent to the
parties so raised in order that the
taxpayer may have the cpportu-
nifty to appear before the County
Board of Equalization.
The Township Assessors ap-
pointed by the Governor will
cake notice ana qualify at once.
The ChaiymoH Of Township
Assessors are eX- -oIIicio members
Of the County Board Of Equaliza-
tim Tnr 4 T.-I
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1903-03-18

sUEEE P-IPERS Il WEEK
1Ho Enterprise ana TIE ThUicr-n-
Ueeh CH0gFcsfOn Nelcs ana
Courier ONE Year for OnLy
81 90.
We have completed arrange-
menCs with the Charleston News
and Courier by which We are
enabled to furnish the ENTERPRISE
and the Twice. a-W Week edition Of
the News and Courier for 81 so a
wear, which mnst be paid strictly
in advance. Sample copies of
that paper will be sent to our
subscribers, and we trust that
many will take advantage Of this
liberal clubbing offer. The regu-
tar puoo al The LNTnHpHisG. as
You Euo~, is - year, and tha,
OF the Semi-Weckly News and
"onria", an cirN'-Fago paper, is
81. But under this clubbing ar
rangement you get them both
.or 81. 30.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1903-03-18
ALL RECORDS BROKEN
And the Situation is Still Serious
ut Points.

The flood situation between
Charlottesville, Mo, and Baton
Rouge, La, is serious tonight.
The river is rising rapidly and it
will be little short of marvellous
if the levees hold the great vol
ume Of rushing water. The gauge
at Memphis tonight marks 3S. )
feet, rise of one and two. tertLs
ieet since last night. This is the
highest water ever recorded here
and Local Observer Emory of the
weather bureau SAID tomgut tina;
394 feet would be registered by
Tuesday, and those interested
have been warned to prepare for
a stage of 40 feet. The situation
in and around Memphis is becom
ing more serious. Without a
single exception the numerous
lumber plants in north Memphis
have suspended operations owing
to the encroachment of the waters
At Fourth and Market streets
people are moving about in skiffs
and the street railway has an
nulled all schedules in this part
Of the city. Three of the Illinois
Central tracks are under water
north OF Auction street, although
traffic has not been suspended on
them, but if the water continues
to rise trouble is expected there
At Enslcy, six miles below
Memphis, 500 feet of the Yazoo
and Mississippi Valley tracks are
inundated, but they were cribhe4
over today and trains are running
through.
The Choctaw railroad has sus-
pended operations between Hope
leIu ana wolfe river and all
,r'"hS are neIng sent oyer the
MemPhis bridge.
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Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1903-03-18

70 Prohibit c5@rubnpg la the
Town of Lancaster, and Pro
viding a PunisnTteRs There
for.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-18

beastly bad maners, of course, and
objectionable from every point Of view
but as l say, we figured that the sing
ing fellow wasn't showing much con-
SfderattOn for us and we weren't dis
posed in consequence TO be very len
lent with him. So we all took up his
refrains in a horrible discordant Choir
US and at the top of our voices.
we hadn't any sooner done that
than the singing In the other suite and
the chord making on the piano sud-
denly ceased. We were Just going
back to our game with renewed inter
est when there was a gentle fan on
the door and a tall, foreignish looking
man stood in the doorway when one of
the chaps answered the tap. The tall
man with the foreign look had q sn1iI-
ing expression of countenance and We
observed that he was very graceful in
the way he handled his hands-be
had, in fact, such a DISTINGUISHED look
that l confess we were bit over
Whelmed. moment later, when he
began to talk, we felt baly good and
ashamed Of ourselves. sure enough.
Gentlemen said the tall foreigner
In decidedly foreign accent, 4 fear
that Is, infer--that my singing an
noys you?
oh, don't mention 1t, old man. said
a couple of US in unison. We were
only joking Go ahead and sing as
much as you like. And overlook orr
bad manners, If you please-we were
only indulging IN a BIT of deviltry. OF
course
The tall man smiled aniably again.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-18
Polishing of the Floors.

If the origin of many mysterious fra
was traced to It's source 1t might be
found In the pot of wax set directly
on the fire to soften to the proper con-
sistency for spreading. Always melt
on register or use the hot water bath.
That is, put the jar of wax in a yes
sci of hot water to dissolve. When
ready to add the turpentine take away
from the fire, then beat.
Then too, the care of the cloths used
in waxing. Always put them away in
some METAL or stone receptacle, never
thrown carelessly in a closet, for the
reasons that all the vegetable oils are
liable to spontaneous combustion.
Keep as long as, clean, then throw
away.
While the regular weighted brush is
best for polishing a floor, a very good
substitute can be made at home, using
bricks or f1atirons covered with fan
mel or old carpet. In France the peo-
pie have a polishing brush that they
fasten to their feet. At a certain or
phan asylum in this country the big
reception hall is polished weekly by
the orphans, who manage to get no
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-18
How to Prevent starins.

II have discovered a way to make
people stop staring at me-" said the
sensitive girl.
How" chorused her friends 1--WE,
too, have suffered, especially in street
cars"
We'll, when one goes into a street
car and takes a seat, of course the
usual sizing up begins and is to be
expected. But sometimes it goes fur
Their than that and becomes exceed
fngly annoying. There is no redress,
and when people are making almost
audible remarks about the fit of ones
gown II is impossible to appear I'M
conscious Of what is going on. Now,
what I've learned is this:
AT the very first sign of that sort
Of thing all you have to do is to look
the offending person full in the face
and then let your eyes travel slowly
down to the feet and rest there. If
you can keep it up while the result
will be most amusing, and If you
can manage to smile family as your
eyes reach the feet 1t will work Won
ders
IF the offender be a man his efforts
to get his pedal extremities out Of
sight will be the funniest you ever saw.
A woman will curl hers up under her
gown, but she will not stare any more.
She Will be too busy seeing that her
feet are carefully tucked out of the
way. Next time you are bothered try
IL
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-18
THE MAN WHO WILL NOT WE'D.

Have you read
About "Bill' Bailey?
Something's In the
Papers daily
And the people out in Kansas, II Is said,
Have stirred up
Big commOtiOn
Just because they
Have notion
That "BllP Bailey is a man who Will NOT
wed
1t Is claimed
That ere election
Filled his foes
With deep detection
Bill had promised certain people ha
And would not falter,
But would lead her
To the altar
But Bill says he promised nothing Of
the kind.
1t Is strange and
Quite confusing
And well 1t
Is amusing
For the state has built mansion that 10
grand.
Now the people feel
Real hOrrid.
For Bill Bailey IS
Not married
And will not offer any maid his hand.
II "Bill" Bailey
Has no feeling
For the people
Now appealing
TO his best and noblest instincts he should
Fired. because he
Has no gumptionl
Think OF all the
Presumption,
Think OF how he's treating Kansas! HULK
st. Joseph. Mo. Gazette.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-18

and bowed himself out of the doorway.
But L shall cease nevertheless,
he said, and he was gone.
We ought to be birched for a pack
OF ruftians,' said one of our fellows.
That's a mighty civil sort of a duck
and, say. hasn't his face something
familiar about 1t to you fellows?'
1T had, decidedly! Everyone of US
had been struck by the mans coun-
tenance, and we all felt as if we had
seen him somewhere or other before.
We forget about the incident in the
interest of the game, however, until
the manager of the hotel. with whom
we were all chummy, came up to the
suite along toward bedtime to see if
there was anything he could do for
our comfort
BY the way said 1 to the hotel
manager then, the singing incident re-
curing to me mind, who is that toppy-
looking chap in the next suite who
amuses himself by singing?' and then
L went ahead and told the manager of
the incident. He amazed me by ex-
piodlng into fit Of laughter, and then
ne toppled onto a couch and rolled
around. We all demanded what the
Dickens allied him, but it was about
flVe minutes before he could sufficient
~ command himself to speak Then,
between gasps, he said:
suppose you fellows would like to
know the name of the singing chap, as
you call him. whom you treated so cav
alerly and Knocked and all that sort of
thing? and then he fell into another fit
We sure would like to know we re-
Piled, not without a certain feeling of
Well. said the hotel manager. in the
most off handed way, he was only Jean
de Reszke, the greatest and highest priced
operate tenor in the worlds history-only
Jea de Reszke, gentlemen, that's all. that
you tried to snub. and there are millions
OF enthusiasts upon this earth who would
give anything but an arm to have the
privilege of sitting in the next room
while he was limbering up his voice
we We're incredulous at first. but the
manager soon convinced US that he had
been telling the truth. and on the fol-
lowing day he completed our confusion,
not to say our utter rout, by introducing
the pack Of US to M Jean de Reszke
who greeted US SO cordially and was so
pleasant and decent about the
affair that We all felt like thrashed school
boys. "-Washington Star
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-18
HIS TENOR VOICE
ANNOYED THEM
Jean de Reszke's Singing
Disturbs a COterie Of
Poker Players.

During the past couple Of years
I've never heard a man singing thas
I haven't sort of flushed up and felt
hangdog," said a Washington club
man between the acts of an operatic
performance at one of the theaters the
other night. Il shall allow you to
judge whether I haven't good reason
for feeling that way.
Two years ago this winter about
half dozen of us down here went over
to New York to attend the wedding of
chum. We took a suite of rooms
together at one of the hyphenated no.
tells. On the night before the day of
the wedding four Of our party sat down
to quiet little game of draw in the
hotel suite. We hadn't been playing
very long before a man in the suite
next to ours began to sing. He was
trying his voice with a piano accom-
paniment. First he began to timber up
his tones by running a lot of queer.
slurred scales, occasionally hitting a
chord on the piano to keep himself in
line, and then he began to drift into
snatches Of opera. He had a fine voice
all right-anybody with half an ear
could tell that-but his singing annoy
ed US whole lot, all the same. Peo-
pie playing poker like to do so with
comport and in peace and we took 1t as
rather an imposition that this fellow
us just at the time we happened to be
trying to enjoy a little quiet draw.
L think that we all began to wriggle
about in our chairs at the same time
and l guess we all broke out stimuli
taneously with a fDrat that singing
idiot
The singing man started to hum the
Evening Star song from Tannhauser'
and from humming his tones gradual
ly became loud and high and we all
groaned.
Some drummer from a necktie
house. We said to each other, who
thinks he knows how to sing and is
too selfish to give other folks in a hotel
a show for their white alley
From 'Tannhauser,' the man doing
the vocal stunts drifted into a rendi-
ton of Lohengrin's' story in the first
act of the opera of that name, and
although l wasn't In a reasonable
enough state of mind at the time to
admit as much even to myself, 1 am
bound to say that the fellow sang the
difficult music uncommonly we'll But
his performance, under the circumL
stances, with our attention wrought
up to an acute point on the poker game
which had developed into a pretty nif-
ty and interesting affair, the singing
was simply an aggravation Of the worst
sort and all of us at once began to
bawl limitations of the singing. 1t was
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-18

end of fun out of the operation. Each
child is furnished with a pair of heavy
wooden socks, kept on hand for the
purpose, a lively tune is struck up
on the piano, and the youngsters turn
ed in to dance and shuttle the floor
into brilliant polish.
An excellent stain for a cherry floor
is made from burned sienna mixed with
little linseed oil and turpentine
Even water will do If you haven't
either oil or turpentine on hand" says
practical painter. It's the sienna
that gives the stain, and you want to
show the grain Of the wood. Apply
with one cloth and dry as you go
along with another, rubbing length
wise Of the boards
There is no long wait for drying. II
this is afterward shellacked two or
three coats 1t is the easiest in the
world to keep clean. All 1T needs is
to be busted, just like a piece OF fur
niture. A piece of ingram carpet IN
der your foot does the work in no
time. The shellacking does not take
long to dry either. You can put on one
coat, walt forty minutes and put on a
second, and in two hours the third.
In six hours it will be ready for use,
and the cost Of the whole thing, labor
and all. ought not to be over a dollar
for room sixteen by sixteen.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-18
A Russian RIue Iau

1t is not only in Connecticut that
blue laws" exist which make kissing
In public crime. Cherson. In Rus
STA. has local ordinance which pro-
v1des that every Jack who Is caught
kissing his Jill in a public thorough
rare shall be fined Is rubles-about
SLIPS. If he is caught with his arm
around the waist of his beloved a stern
policeman hauls him up before Judge,
who fines him 1925. and probably
throws In a lecture upon the evil of
the young mans ways. Even in sunny
Italy, the land where it is supposed
to be all love- guitars and kisses,
there are places where osculatory sa-
lutes in public are forbidden, and the
amorous swain of Milan who is caught
kissing his best girl in the public
streets Is fined lire.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-18
The Glove of History.

The first mention we have of gloves
| IS In the 108th Psalm, where the royal
prophet declares he will cast his shoe"
| over ,Edom, and in Ruth, w., Z, where
the custom is noticed of a man taking
| or his shoe" and giving it to his
neighbor as a pledge for redeeming or
| exchanging anything. Though the
| word is translated shoe" in these two
texts, it means in Chaldean glove" or
the clothing of the hand"
Aenophon gives a clear and distinct
| account of gloves. He despised the
| ,Perslans for their effeminacy In guard
| ing their hands with thick gloves
! Homer describes Laertes at work in
| ms garden with gloves on to keep the
| 'thorns from pricking his hands. Verro
says olives gathered by the naked hand
| are better than those gathered with
gloves. Athenaeus speaks of a cele-
! DRAFTED glutton who always came to the
tables with gloves on, that he might be
able TO handle and eat the meat while
| not, and thus devour more than the
| rest of the company. In the beginning
| or the ninth century the wearing of
gloves had become so universal that
| the council of AK ordered the monks
! to wear only such as were made of
sheepSk1n. Giving possession by the
| QehVery OF glove prevailed for ages.
1t was commonly used in the ceremony
of investttures in bestowing lands and
IN comforting dignities. The custom of
blessing gloves at the coronation of the
kings of France long existed. To de-
pTive person of his gloves was to de-
prive him of office, or degrade him.
When the Earl of Carlisle was i'm
peached for treason his spurs were
chopped off with a Ratchet and his
gloves and shoes were taken off"
The use of the glove in duels is ia
mlilar. Challenging by the glove was
continued down to the reign of Queen
Elizabeth, and the ceremony of chal-
longing at the coronation of the kings
of England still obtains. In Germany,
on receiving an affront, to send a glove
to the offending party is a challenge to
a duel
The last use of gloves was for car
rying the hawk. which is very ancient
Princes and other great men took so
much pleasure in hawking that they
chose TO be represented in the attitude
Ihere Is monument of Philip l. of
france still remaining, on which he is
represented at length, holding a glove
in his hand
Formerly judges were forbidden to
wear gloves when on the bench 1t was
not safe to enter the stable of a prince
with ones gloves on. 1t is an ancient
established custom in Germany that
whoever enters the stable of a prince
or great man, with his gloves on is
Obliged to forfeit them, or redeem them
by Zee to the servants. The same GUS
tom is still observed in some countries
at the death of the stag; in which case
II the gloves are not taken off they are
redeemed by money given to the hunts
men and keepers. The French kings
never failed to pull off one glove on
such an occasion.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-18
WOMEN WALK
BEAM IN MIDAIR
Two Cross Narrow Bridge
Girder $50 Feet Above
East River.

NEW YORK, March 17.-Men en-
ployed on the new williamsburg
bridge have been talking since Satur-
day of the thrilling experience two
young women had on the top of the
Brooklyn tower. Two of the bridge en-
gineers accompanied the young women.
The identity of the four has been kept
a profound secret. A fifth member OF
the party was ]. M. Evans, the chief
inspecting engineer of the structure
Mr.. Evans last night explained how
the perilous trip was made, but he re-
fused to reveal the identity Of any OF
of the party.
The party started from the Brooklyn
anchorage, going along the uncom-
pleted roadway to the tower and thence
proceeding slowly along the narrow
path across the East river to the Man.
haitian side. On their return to the
center of the river span they turned
off into the small north footbridge sus-
pended under the big cables and walked
slowly to the top of the north Brooklyn
tower. which is $50 feet above the
water.
Each leg of the tower has a platform
and the two platforms are separated
by a gap of thirty five feet, spanned
by only four Orders, each a foot wide.
1t was raining very hard at the time
and there was a swift wind blowing,
but without the slightest of fear the
first OF the young women took the hand
of foreman who had been working
near the top and permitted him to lead
her slowly across the yawning abyss
tbirty-five feet to the south leg of the
tower. The second young woman quiet
ly followed.
Both women wore gray costumes,
Winch had been specially prepared for
their trip on the bridge. One of tha
Young women, 1T Is said, is the fianca
Of the engineer who escorted her.