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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-11-28

THE ADVENTURES OF AN EEL.-The
eel is given up to be a pretty SLICK
fish. They have been known to clog
the wheels of small water mills and
stop them, but until last week one had
never been known to invade NUM-
cipality and stop the water supply OF
a big manufacturing plant The Mon
roe Oil Mill and other manufacturing
plants are now getting their water
from the new pipes that have been
in from the creek. One day last week
the oil mill gave notice that it's water
supply had been cut off, and asked the
boss of the water plant what In the
thunder was the matter. Mr.. Cook
said he didn't know, but he would find
out, and went to work. He found that
an eel had travelled up the pipe from
the creek come through the big
standpipe, gone into the inch pipe that
gives the water to the mill, and, on
reaching the outlet, had cut off the
water. His head was sticking out, and
the fit was so tight that he was pulled
in two in the effort to get him out.
He was seventeen inches long ana ms
body was as large as the hole In the
pipe through which he had Travelled
so far-Monroe Journal.
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RILEY IN SHOW Me" STATE.-Dur-
ing the lecture tour that James Whit
comb Riley once made through the
state of Missouri he found himself one
day compelled to put up at partcu-
larly uninviting hostelry in town not
far from Jefferson City, says Harper's
Weekly.
Mr.. Riley says that when after a
hard night on a shuck mattress, he
came down TO the villainous smelling
dining room" he was in anything but
a cheerful frame of mind. He seated
himself at a table opposite a rough
looking fellow who was busily engag-
ed in conveying his food to his mouth
by means of his knife.
"I might have suffered this without
complaint" says Mr.. Riley, but when
he began to dig with the same knife
into the dish of butter placed upon the
table for the common use of all who
might be seated thereat l felt that 1t
was my duty to offer some remon-
STRANGE.
"'See here!' exclaimed l, indignant
ly, do you expect that others at this
table are going to partake of that but
ter after you have gouged your knife
into it?'
THE stranger smiled complacently.
Finally he exclaimed:
"'No, sub. 1 do not The fact is,
my frien', 1 aim to eat all that butter
myself"
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Humorous department.
She Also Had a Pet.

When the thin woman in the long
gray ulster sat down In the subway
car opposite the fat woman holding a
bright little Scotch terrier, 1t could De
seen at once that they had points OF
common interest and that those points
of common interest consisted of dogs,
says the New York Press.
What a dear little fellow he is
chirped the thin woman.
Isn't he dear?" cooed the fat wo-
man. smuggling her pet so closely that
he had to sniff for breath.
Mine is a French poodle" ventured
the thin woman. II hear those gray
terriers are coming into style, though.
"Yes, they are all the rage" said the
fat woman. II had to give up htty
for Sandy"
A handsome young woman who oc-
cupied the seat by the thin woman
was an interested listener to the col
loouy. She was good looking enough
to attract attention anywhere, and she
looked as If she loved everything that
was worth loving in this world, includ-
ing dogs. She leaned over and gave
Sandy's head an affectionate pat, and
Sandy tried to lick her gloved hand.
You love dogs, too?" said the fat
woman.
"Oh. yes" was the reply. "Who
could help it?"
What kind is yours?" came the
eager reply.
Mine? Oh, haven't any. have
a baby"
And the fat woman and the thin wo-
man raised their brows, turned up
their noses and grew coldly silent, just
as though some one had said some
thing to shock their sense of modesty
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PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS.

offers Is RIGHT NOW. Let all
names, whether old or new, be re-
turned as rapidly as secured, so they
may be properly entered upon our
books.
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each will be considered the equiva-
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for two or more years In advance at
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a
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March, 1905.
After the closing of this contest
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subscription will be received for less
than the yearly subscription price,
$500, except new clubs are formed.
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TAX CoLLECTIcNs-19O5.

YoRKvILLE. S. c., Sept. Is, 1905.
IN accordance with the law. my books
l. will be opened on the 18TH DAY OF
OCTOBER. 1905. for the collection of
STATE, COUNTY AND SPECIAL
TAXES, for the fiscal year 1905 and
will be kept open until the 31ST DAY
OF DECEMBER, 1905, without penal
ty, after which day ONE PER CENT
penalty will be added on all payments
made in the month Of JANUARY, 1905,
and TWO PER CENT penalty on all
payments made in the month of FEB
RUARY, and SEVEN PER CENT
penalty on all payments made from
1ST DAY OF MARCH until the 18TH
DAY OF MARCH, 1906. After that
day all taxes not paid, will go into ex-
ecution and be placed In the hands of
the sheriff for collection, and all poll
taxes will be turned over to magis-
trates, for prosecution in accordance
with law.
My books will be opened:
At Yorkville, from Saturday, the
18th day Of November. until December
31st, after which day the penalties will
be added as above stated.
H. A. D. NEELY,
County Treasurer.
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into the interior. AS each tribe comes
into contact with the British political
officers, picked men who have spent
years dwelling alone in distant jungle
stations, often carrying their lives in
their hands, sometimes even sacrific-
ing them, but always watching and
studying the wild folks among whom
their lot is cast, village by village,
chief by chief, come in and acknowl-
edge the sway of the white mans rule.
The principal reasons for which
heads are taken may be summed up
into a few words-firstly. as sign Of
valor and token Of manhood, and, sec
ondly, as a ready method Of keeping
the score in a blood feud. Some Of my
readers may be surprised that stop
short at two reasons, for it is COM
mon belief in England that the wild
Dyak of Borneo Is in the habit Of
prowling around with a large knife,
like the lion Of Scripture, seeking
whom he may devour," and also that
he collects heads in much the same
way as his white brother collects post
age stamps or butterflies. This, how
ever, is far from being the case, and
the native of the far interior is in real
ity a very mild savage, whose princi-
pal vice is the habit of becoming ex-
tremely intoxicated on a fermented
drink which he makes from a far too
large proportion of his rice crop.
We will briefly analyze the first Of
the two reasons given above for which
the young buck" sallies forth on a
head hunt. Undoubtedly in days gone
by the possession Of a head implied
that the owner, or rather the new
owner, had successfully met and con-
quered an enemy. The young brave
staggered home with his newly ac-
quired trophy, feeling that he had at
last donned the toga virilis and was
entitled to marry a wife and join in
the councils of the men,. Festivities
were held, large quantities Of tapai
(rice wine) were consumed. and the
hero of the hour, having taken pos
session of a room in the married
portion of the long house that shelters
the whole of a Dyak village, and
found a damsel to share 1t, would pro-
ceed to hang up his head as proudly
as his English brother hangs up his
first sporting trophy.
Times have deteriorated since these
good old days, and to find the reason
II faut chercher la femme. The young
matron whose husband had three
heads hanging before his room would
sneer at the woman whose spouse
could boast but two, and the latter
was probably nagged at and badgered
(for women are alike the world over)
till he went out and procured another.
And so by slow degrees the first ques-
ton asked by a prospective father-in-
law of a suitor for his daughters hand
came to be, not How much brass
ware have you?" but How many
heads have you?' and no self-re-
could not boast his two or three. Well
knowing this the ardent lover would
take good care to provide himself
with the necessary number. AS time
went on successive generations be-
came less particular as to the way the
heads were procured, till at the pres
ent day head is merely a head, no
matter what the age or sex of the
original owner.
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For Four Names.
A Stylographic Fountain Pen; a
Three Bladed Pocket Knife or one
copy of any of the following books:
Gordon Keith" by T. Nelson Page;
David Harum," 1.-The One Woman"
by Thomas Dixon.
For Five Names.
A years subscription to either one
of the following Magazines: Nc
Clure's, Ladies' Home Journal, Mum
sey. Argosy, Cosmopolitan, Saturday
Evening Post, or either Of the fol-
lowing: A Champion" Stem Wind
ing Watch, A gold pointed Fountain
Pen, or a four-bladed Pocket knife.
For Six Names.
An ECLIPSE" Stem Winding Watch,
Hamilton Model Is, 22-calibre Rifle,
a years subscription to the Christian
Herald, a 22-String Zithern or any
one Of the following popular cloth
bound novels: 'Leopard's Spots,
Beverly of Graustark," THE Two
Captains" by Cyrus Townsend Brady
For Eight Names.
An Ingersoll Triumph" Watch, a
Daisy Repeating Air Rife-works
like a Winchester-a fine Razor or
a Pocket Knife, a Rapid Writer
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Model Violin or an S-inch banjo.
For Ten Names.
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ounce Canvas Hunting Coat, No. l
Ejector Single Barrel Breech-Load-
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on application to this office.
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IN COUNTIES ADJOINING.
News and Comment Clipped From
Neighboring Exchanges.
CHESTER

Lantern, Nov. "a: Mr. ]. G.. Nell
roy of Yorkville. came down Monday
to visit his father and returned We'd
nesday. His niece, little Miss Laura
McIlroy, came with him and, after
spending this week with her grand
father and other relatives in the city,
will go to her aunts Mrs. R. B. Big
ham, in the Pleasant Grove neighbor-
hood, and go to school with her little
cousin, John White Bigham. go. Mr..
Robert Edward Anderson Of Bascom-
Vile, and Miss Rosa Carter, daughter
of Rev. c. P. Carter of Heaths, were
married at o'clock yesterday after
noon, Nov. %, 1905. at the residence Of
the brides parents, by Rev. w. P.
Meadors. The supervisor has as
yet made no announcement with ref
erence to the election on the dispensa-
ry in this county. The petitions are
in his hands, however, and it is pre-
sumed that he is engaged in compar-
ing them with the voting lists of the
county. 1t is believed that the ne
groes under arrest at Waco Texas, are
the ones wanted in this city on the
charge of robbing Will Orr, colored.
Photographs of the men were forward
ed to Chester, and Orr had no trouble
at all in recognizing Smith and Will
liams. Deputy Sheriff Carroll left for
Waco Tuesday night to secure the
DriSOnerS
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HIS DIAGNosIs.-There had been a
brilliant company at the home of a
society lady, a woman whose husband,
while a very worthy man, was noted
rather for his wealth than for his
mental attainments.
well, john" she said after the last
visitor had gone and they had sat
down to talk it over, lit was COM
plete success, wasn't it?"
That's so,'' replied her husband,
with a satisfied shake of his head.
Did you notice Professor Much
man." she inquired after pause.
He was the man with the bandage
around his neck, wasn't he?"
Yes. You heard him talk, didn't
you?"
"Oh, yes; 1 heard him"
What an astonishing vocabulary he
has,"
We'll, that may be what it is said
John doubtfully. but from the way
he held his head l should judge it was
a carbuncle. e."-London Mail.
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CLAIMANTS TO DIVINITY.
Attempts to Impose Upon the Fanatic
and CreduIous.

There have been many attempts
in the history Of the world by claim
ants to divinity to impose upon the
fanatic and credulous. Perhaps The
movement of this kind which attract
ed the greatest attention was thai In
itiated by JOANNA Southcott at the
latter end of the eighteenth century.
This extraordinary woman was a do
mestic servant in the early part Of
her career; but, becoming probably
the victim of religious mania, she an
nounced herself as a prophecies, and
very soon by dint of her extraordina-
ry claims and writings, she obtained
no fewer than 100000 followers.
Joanna announced in all serious
ness that she was about to become
the mother of the divine Shiloh and
named October 19, 1914, as the date
upon which the event would take
place. AS showing the perfect faith
her followers had in her claims, 1t
may be mentioned that they subscrib-
ed for and bought a silver cradle
which cost $1,000 and $500 was spent
in pap spoons. AS the date approach
ed she shut herself up in a house
specially bought for the interesting
event. and the fever of excitement
which reigned may be better imagined
than described, for Joanna was over
60 years of age. Instead, however,
of the divine child appearing the ven
erable prophecies herself died on the
29th of October or ten days after the
nate she herself had fixed for the
birth of the Messiah.
But Joanna is by no means the only
example of a human being arrogating
divine powers to himself or herself.
When George III was king one
Richard Brothers, a masters mate
in the royal navy. suddenly announc-
ed that he was "prince of Hebrews
and ruler of the world" and that
therefore King George should give up
the crown in his favor. His claim
met with scant courtesy. He was
promptly imprisoned as crlIlilai iu-
natic-though he could not have been
madder than the poor old king-and
kept in captivity for eleven years.
The navy seems to have been a
happy hupting ground for this class
of imposters at this period, for the
next to appear was Zion" Ward, an
who had served In the
navy. In 1928 he had the impudence
to announce himself as the divine
Shiloh, who had been expected by Jo-
anna Southcott. People were credu-
lous then, as they are now, and Zion"
got quite a respectable following and
died a wealthy man some years after.
Answers.
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FAR-WEsTRRN JOURNALISM.

WESTERN JOURNALISM. - 1T
sounds like yarn" said Chicago an
tiquary, according to the Minneapolis
Journal; "but here is the proof. Look
at it for yourself"
He opened his scrapbook to clip
ping yellow with age. 1t was a clip
ping from a newspaper of Tombstone,
and it said:
"Wx hopX our rXadXrs will pardon
thx appxarancx of this wxxk's Intxlli-
gxncxr and thx sxxmingly myst ?rious
absxncx of a cxrtain lxttxr.
sam Bilbxr camX into our ofticx
yxstxrday and statxd that as hX was
going shooting and had no ammuni-
ton hx would likX to borrow SOmX of
our typx for shot. Bxforx wX could
prxvxnt it hx had grabbxd all thx lXt-
txrs out of thx most important box
and DISAPPEARED.
Our rxadxrs can hxlp in rxplxnish-
ing our stock if all thOsX who wxrX
shot by Sam will savX thX chargX whxn
it is pickxd out Of thXm and rXturn it
to US"
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CHEROK

Gaffney Ledger, Nov. "a: Mr.. Martin
Mitchelrs child (two months old) died
suddenly last Tuesday and was buried
at Salem on Wednesday. Rev. j. B.
Swami of Bullock's Creek, conducted
the funeral service. 80. Mrs. w. T.
Osment died last Sabbath morning at
6 o'clock and was buried at Abingdon
Creek church Monday. She was in
the thirty eighth year of her age. She
leaves a husband and six children. She
was a member of the Baptist church
for eight years. She was Miss Octavia
Hopper She had been sick with drop
sy since last March and bore her long
illness with a resignation that be-
comes a child of God. .....A called
meeting of Enoree Presbytery was
held at the First Presbyterian church
in Spartanburg Tuesday afternoon.
Rev. DR.. j. S. Watkins presided as
moderator and DR.. r. P. Pell as clerk.
The purpose of this meeting was to
receive Rev. r. T. Liston of the North
Alabama presbytery, and place in his
hands call to the pastorate of the
Limestone Presbyterian church. Rev.
Mr.. Liston was received as a member
Of the presbytery, and accepted the
call to this church. Dr. r. p. Pell
and Dr. E. P. Davis of Greenville and
Elder Sylvanus Estes were commits
missioned to install Mr. Liston as pas
tor of his new church on the third
Sunday in January. Rev. w. r. Pot
ter of Greers, was named as alternate,
to assist in the services
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MASTIC PAINT

is GUARANTEED to be pure Lead.
Zinc and OIL. We will pay 500 cash,
for any quantity Of whiting, chalk.
barytese or other adulterants found
in the MASTlC. 1.-The best Is the
cheapest" 1t covers more surface and
outwears two or three times over the
cheap so-called paints made to sell
and not to last.
BANNER PAINT made by MASTlC
people is q good out cheaper paint,
not pure, hasn't Inc covering capacity,
but we guarantee 1t equal to any at
same price. II you are going to paint
house, barn, fence, wagon, buggy,
plow, chair, bench or piece OF fur
niture, see us.
THE YORK FURNITURE CO.
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On THE TROLLEY CARA group of
traffic managers and the auditor of the
convention of street railway men in
Philadelphia were telling stories Of
street railroading. says the New York
Tribune. Irwin Fuller, of Detroit,
said:
"A pretty Irish girl, fresh from the
old country. sat in a trolley car, look
ing at the strange American country
with modest interest.
"She had soft grey eyes, face like
roses and lilies. beautiful hair and
white teeth.
Your fare. miss said the conduc-
tor, pausing before her.
"She blushed and bit her lip.
Your fare, miss he repeated.
Sure said the girl; AN what If l
be? Ye must not be repeatin' it like
that before folks"
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UNDERTAKING

UNDERTAKING in all its branches
~ from the cheapest Pine Coffin to
the finest State Casket Robes for
children. ladies and gentlemen Of all
ages Slippers, etc. Hearse and
Hearse Wagon, Grave Mounds, Funer-
al Notices, etc. We do Embalming
State License No. Sc.
THE YORK FURNITURE CO.
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FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN.

u OUR Horse Power Shipman
IL Steam Engine. Uses Kerosene
oil for fuel, and takes fire and water
as required automatically. Cost orig
inally, $3.50, and is guaranteed to be in
first class condition. We will sell at
a bargain.
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THE STRENUOUS LIFE.-Irving Rach-
eIler. the author of Eben Holden,
went a little farther north than usual
while on his vacation, and penetrated
New Foundland. He caught good
many fish, but this did not prevent his
keeping an eye on the natives. He
was particularly impressed by the men
who spent the day lounging about the
village store.
What do you fellows do when you
sit around the store like thiS?" he
asked of the crowd arranged in cir
Gle on tilted chairs and empty boxes
and maintaining a profound silence.
We'll" drawled one of the oldest.
sometimes we set and think. and then
again other times we just set"
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Sa who gave the bride away"
Her little brother. He stood up
right in the middle of the ceremony
and yelled, 'Hurrah, Fanny you've got
him at last Chicago RecOrd"Her-
aid.
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L. M. GRIsTs SONS, Yorkville, S. G.