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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

Hay is valuable this winter,
worth money; more than usual.
Early in the season, though it did
not bring a very large price, but it
has been jumping gradually until
now the farmers who sold early in
the season are sorry they did not
hold theirs until the raise. But
one cannot always tell how the
market is going to stand, and by
selling at a fair profit is doing good
business.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02
The Analysis of Man.

All the constituents of a 49,
pound man are contained IN 1000
eggs, says a chemist. There is
enough gas in a man to fill a gaso-
meter Of 3, $40 cubic feet. There IS
enough iron to make four nails.
There is enough fat to make seventy
five candles and a large cake Of
soap. There is enough phosphorus
to make 8,064 boxes Of matches.
Furthermore there is enough hyd-
rogen in him to fill a balloon and
carry him up to the clouds. The
remaining constituents of a man
would yield, if utilized, six cruets
of salt, a bowl Of sugar and ten
gallons of water.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02
LICENSED TO WE'D.
Cupid's Franks as Recorded by County
Clerk Tuffley.

Henry Noring, Lancaster, and
Victoria Wedekind, Liberty.
John Stiles and Elizabeth Burton.
both Of Lancaster.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

One of our giddy youngsters of
the male persuasion recently de-
cided to make formal offer of his
heart and hand to one OF our
representative ladies To whom he
had been paying some attention for
time. He cautiously prefaced hts
declarations with a few questions:
did she love him we'll enough TO
live in a cottage with him? Was
she a good cook? Did she think it
a wife's duty to make home happy
Would she consult his tastes and
wishes concerning her associates
and pursuits Of life. Could she
make her own clothes?" The young
lady said that before she answered
his questions she would tell HIM of
some negative virtues she possessed.
She never drank, smoked or chewed;
never stayed out all night playing
billiards; never lounged on street
corners and ogled giddy girls; never
''stood in" with the boys for cigars
and VINE suppers. Now" said
she, rising Indignantly, II am as
sured you do all these things, and
yet you expect all the virtue in me,
while you do not posses any your
self. can never be your wife, :"
and she bowed him out and left him
on the door steps tosilently mediate
over his venture, a wiser man.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02
COWBOY DANCE IN COLORADO
Git yo' little sagehens ready;

CTlG yO l1CUl0 Sag6n6QS ready;
Trot em out upon the floor
Line up there, you cusses! Steady!
Lively, now One couple more,
Shorty, shed that OF sOmbrero,
Broncho douse that cigarettei
Stop yer cussin', Cashmere,
Fore the ladies. Now, all set!
Slute yer ladies; all together!
Ladies opposite the same;
Hit the lumber with yer leather!
Balance ALL an swing yer dame!
Bunch the heifers IN the middlel
Circle stags an dO-se-dO-
Pay attention to the fiddle!
Swing her round an off you go!
First four forward. Back to places.
Second feller! Shuttle back
Now you've got it down to cases!
Swing 'em till their trotters crack!
Gents all right heel an 'toein'
Swing 'em; kiss 'em if you kin!
On to next, an keep goin'
Till yo hits yer pards again!
Gents to center; ladies round 'em,
Form a basket; balance all!
Whirl yer gals to where yo' found 'em
Promenade around the hall
Balance to yer pards an trot 'em
Round the circle double quick
Grab an kiss 'ena while you've got EN-!
Hold 'em to it if they kick!
Ladies' left hand to yer s0nnies!
Alaman! Grand right an left!
Balance all an swing yer homes
Pick 'em MP an feel their heft!
Promenade like skeery cattle!
Balance all, an swing yer sweets!
Shake yer spurs an make 'em rattle!
Keno! Promenade to seats.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

The excellent financial condi-
ton of the Union State bank Of
Lancaster is given due publicity in
another column of this paper today.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02
Why Not Visit California

This winter? There viii be an especial
~ low rate during March and April -
Colonists, second class one way tickets
$500 from Chicago. 4 corresponding
reduction In rates viii be made from
all points on the Northwestern line.
Our daily and personally conducted
tours offer many advantages to the
traveller, among which is our service
of Pullman tourist sleeping cars,
through without change Chicago TO
San Francisco, Los Angeles OK Port
land, in which double berth costs
only 500
First class round-trip tickets with
very liberal return limits are sold
daily. Consult the nearest agent of
the Northwestern line for full informa-
ton regarding rates, routes, etc. l0w4
-ssW.S-
w. Fl. Lightcap died at his old
home in Hazel Green on the 14th
inst. He was well known in Ian
caster, having resided here for
several months. Deceased was of
an inventive nature and many con-
trivances of his own handiwork
made money for others. Mr.. Light
cap was a veteran OF the Civil war
and a survivor OF Andersonville
prison.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02

A Geo. King stopped his paper this
week because we told about his
dropping those wedding invitations
in the wrong box. A dozen or more
threatened to stop the Herald if we
didn't say something about it, so
we came out ahead after all.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-02
Stories of the Week.

Tom Orion dropped into one of
the local butcher shops the other
day, smelled of a newly butchered
porker and 1t cost him a quarter
shows now pork is soaring IN prlce.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-08-23
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

Bishop Coadjutor w. A. Guerry Is
to be consecrated in Trinity church,
Columbia, on Sunday, September 15.
Eight bishops and a large number Of
laymen will take part in the exercises.
j. Allen Emerson, white. convict
ed in Anderson last February and SEN
fenced to the penitentiary for life, for
the murder of Thomas F. Drake, made
his escape from the Anderson Jail last
Wednesday. He was being kept in
jail pending the hearing of his case In
the supreme court on appeal. It Is said
that he was aided in his escape from
the outside.
- Columbia State: The supreme
court, in affirming a decision OF the
circuit court, has decided to award
he received in a mill reservoir in Lam
caster, where he had gone to solicit
labor for a cotton mill in Fairfield
county. The case is a most inter-
esting one and synopsis Of it will be
read with interest by those familiar
with labor conditions in the cotton
mills. 1t follows: On August 81,
1905, the plaintiff, James H. Fields,
went from Winnsboro to Lancaster
for the purpose Of hiring hands, then
in the employ Of the Lancaster cot
lOH TlllIS. Inc COHllIlB VI OulSiucTS VII
the mil property and inducing hands
to leave was a serious grievance to
the Lancaster mills and the superin-
tendGnt had instructed the overseer to
prevent 1t by warning such persons
not to come on the property and IL the
warning was not needed to have them
arrested by an officer. The overseers
went to the depot and met Fields. At
ter friendly greeting Fields walked
with the superintendent and oyerseers
towards the mill settlement, saying to
them falsely that he had no idea of
hiring hands and had come over ito
see his girl" When they reached the
mill property some of the party seiz-
ed and tied Fields and threw him into
the mill reservoir and kept him there
for a minute or two. The plaintiff
sued the Lancaster cotton mill and
Skipper, the superintendent, for $685.
600 damages, alleging the indignity to
have been mnliciously inflicted upon
him in pursuance Of a preconcerted
plan. He received a verdict for $500
against the Lancaster cotton mills
alone.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-08-23

of disaster follow each other at regu-
lar intervals bear in mind that this
country has never yet experienced a
period of severe depression that was
not traceable to financial or economic
agitation, usually to both. In 1898 the
redemption of green backs in silver in
stead of gold was openly advocated;
the party in power was under promise
to remove the protective tariff from
our industries, the free coinage of sill
yer at the rate of 16 to 1 was cham
pioned by prominent members Of both
parties. The country might have sur
vived any one of these sources OF
alarm, but 1t could not survive all
three. At the present time no one
questions our financial system and the
tariff will not be touched for at least
eighteen months. Some check in the
speed at which we are going is most
desirable and the checking process has
probably begun. 1t will now require
a fair measure of confidence and cour-
age to prevent undue retardment In
our industries. Capital cannot be
forced into activity, but it can be fore
ed out of activity. I have never seen
the time when universal sanity was
more essential to our well-being.'
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-08-23
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mrs. James F. Hyndman and son OF
Atlanta, Ca, are guests Of Mrs. jamie
Parish.
Miss Lima Allison of Kings Noun
tain, is visiting relatives in Yorkville
and Tirzah.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Gaines and fam
ily are at White Diamond Llthia
springs for a short stay.
Mrs. Rudolph Brandt and son, Mas
ter Rudolph of Athens, Ga, are visit
ing Mrs. Brandt's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John L. Rainey Of Sharon No. 2
Mr.. George w. Brown and children
returned to Yorkville yesterday after a
visit of several days to Mr.. Browns
sister in the Gowdeysville section OF
Cherokee county.
Kings Mountain Herald: Mrs.
Thompson Jackson and three chilrren
of Yorkville. S. c.. came up last Thurs
day to spend some time with her moth
er, Mrs. Jane Falls.
Kings Mountain Herald: H. P. AL
lison, Esq, editor of The Herald, with
his cousin, Mrs. Lee A. Falls Of Green
VILE, s. c., left last Thursday for a
weeks visit among friends and rela-
tives at TirZah and Yorkville.
Mrs. ]. ]. Matthews and little Miss
Mamie Brooks, Mrs. f. V. Templeton
and little daughter, Miss Irene, and
Master William Templeton Of Smyrna,
and Mrs. B. H. Matthews Of Old Point,
s. c., are spending a while at White
Diamond Lithia springs.
DR.. ]. d. Mcdowell and family of
Chester, have been in Yorkville during
the past few days, having returned
from a stay in the mountains. DR..
McDowelrs health has been giving
away Of late, the trouble being with
his lungs. and he has arranged to go
to the Adirondack mountains for an
indefinite stay. Mrs. Mcdowell will
remain in Yorkville for the present.
Chester Reporter: DR.. ]. D. McDow-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-08-23

THIS dispatch of last Wednesday
from Savannah to the News and
Courier, illustrates the need for a mar
riage law in South Carolina:
Declaring that she had told an un-
truth and that she was not married to
%. +. Mock Miss Willie L. Mitchell. a
pretty young woman who lives at Isle
of Hope this morning saved Mock
from being remanded from police court
to the higher courts to be tried for
bigamy.
The announcement Of the young
woman was a complete surprise to the
police Last night. after the arrest of
Mock, both she and the prisoner admit
ted getting married at Charleston
some time ago. In court. however, she
asserted that she and Mock had not
been married while on q recent visit to
Charleston. The mother of the girl
had charged Mock with bigamy.
OF course we know absolutely moth
ing about this case beyond what is set
forth in the foregoing dispatch. AS a
matter of fact If these two people liv-
ing in Savannah, came over into South
Carolina and stated in the presence of
witnesses that they were husband and
wife then under the usage of this
state they were married. But suppose
they had actually gone to a magistrate
or a minister and had the marriage
ceremony performed. there would have
been no record of the fact. Suppose
this man Mock has living wife, as is
to be assumed from the facts stated,
there is no question of the fact that
this wife is entitled to her legal rights.
Now if this young woman has become
infatuated with this man. is II not nat
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-08-23
9NggU11A8Sas

a stock owner to turn his stock at
large, and it ives suggested to him
that there was no need for such q law.
But, yes, there Is need for such a
law" he declared. There is strong
need and hoped that there was one
on the statute books"
Why" 1t was suggested, "if a man
let's his stock out on you, you can take
the stock up and find plenty Of redress
in the law as 1t stands"
mo; but you don't understand. In
a good many neighborhoods. there are
people who make 1t a rule to turn their
stock out after crops are gathered. In
each one of these neighborhocds there
are a good many people who do not
like such an arrangement. Some Of
them want to SOW small grain, some
still have crops that are subject to de-
struction and others object to having
stock range on their lands at all. But
all the same they have to acquiesce."
Cant you take the stock up II 1t
comes on your land?
"That you can; but there is the rub.
You'll find all your neighbors against
you, and even If you succeed in pun
ishing the owner Of the trespassing
stock you will make a lifetime enemy
and have the reputation Of being the
meanest man In the neighborhood.
"Now, don't know that I am any
meaner than anybody else, or any
more selfish; but I need my land S65
days in a year and under existing con-
ditions, l don't think I should be re-
quired either to fence it, or to give 1t
up as a neighborhood stock range for
any part Of the time. That I do have
to give 1t up, / frankly confess. AS I
see It, it is nothing but justice that
every man keep his own stock on his
own land. But under the circumstan-
ces 1 do not dare raise any kick. The
stock law Is nullified for a good por-
ton of the year by the desire Of my
neighbors. l have nothing else to do
but submit"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-08-23

THE editor of the Charlotte Observ-
er is not hunting trouble, as is to be
understood from the following:
We have from Mr.. Hugh Wilson. Of
Abbeville, S. c., a prominent member
Of the A r. P. denomination, book
let with the title, "A Plea for Justice.
Protest Against the Clergy Levying an
Oppressive Burden on American Lay
men for the Benefit of Mexicans." 1t
Is an attack upon the missionary work
Of the A. r. P. church in Mexico.
which Mr.. Wilson thinks a failure and
which he ridicules mercilessly. We
have permission to use extracts from
this booklet, which is Of one hun
dred and twelve pages. but excuse us.
When the Seceders get "in grips" with
each other it is time for outsiders to
hold hands off and sing small. He
that passeth by, and meddleth with
strife belonging not to him, is like one
that taketh a dog by the ears" or as
Bunch McBees story runs about the
nigger who was telling about seeing a
ghost and was asked why he didn't go
up to 1t, much" it and find out all
about 1t. 1T wasn't none er my biz
ness" was the answer AN l wasn't
gwine to mess wild it." The editor of
the Charleston News and Courier can
have our booklet If he hasn't received
one.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-08-23

ell, who recently moved here from
Yorkville, will leave tomorrow for the
Adirondacks in the interest Of his
health. His family will return to York
willie. 1t will be regretted by Dr. Nc
Dowell's numerous friends that this
step has become necessary, and we
feel sure that we voice the senti-
ment of the entire community when
we express the hope that the sojourn
In the mountains of New York will be
the means Of a complete restoration
DIR. Mcdowell Is a physician Of unus-
ual ability, as well as a man Of fine
character and 1t Is to be hoped that he
will be able to return to Chester, as
may be the case, II there is that i'm
provement in his health for which he
hopes.
DR.. ]. L. Hanahan Of Columbia
we'll known here as a former proprie-
tor of the York Drug Store, had quite
a serious adventure a few days ago
The story is published in the Column
bia Record Of Tuesday as follows:
There Is an interesting story in con-
nection with the assault made upon
DIR. Hanahan, of Union Station drug
store, on a Charleston excursion train
yesterday morning, which was briefly
mentioned in the Record yesterday
According to a passenger who wit
messed the whole affair, the circum-
stances were these: Near DR.. Hama
han was a group Of men in rollicking
mood, to whom he talked now and
then. One Of the men had q rubber
balloon, Of the insufferable squawkine
kind, and was getting the utmost
noise ont Of 1t when DR.. Hanahan
with a laugh, touched the lighted end
Of his cigar to the bulb. 1t popped
and there was a general laugh at the
expense Of the owner. He seemed
however, to take the joke In good
part, and after a while the incident
was apparently forgotten. AS the
train slowed UP for the stop at St
Georges, however the man who had
been operating the squawker comes
up to DR.. Hanahan, with his hands
behind his back, and asked: AREN'T
you the man that busted my bal
loon?" "Yes, I did 1t for a joke,
DR.. Hanahan replied, whereupon
without warning, the other man
threw up his arm and brought down
a beer bottle upon DR.. Hanahan's
head with sufficient force to render
him unconscious. About this time
the train stopped at st. Georges sta
ton, and the man, who had evidently
timed his assault well, sprang from
the train and made his escape into
the Dorchester swamps. DIR. Hama
han was only stunned and is now as
we'll as ever, but the story would
have been very different had his un-
known assailant used a very little
more force.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-08-23
E.QCAx. AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

]. w. Dobson-Offers 125 acres Of land
located four miles east Of Yorkville
for sale.
Martha E. Robinson, Administrative
Gives notice to the debtors and cred
itors Of B. o. Jenkins. deceased, to
make settlement with her.
n. M. Undergraduates notice that
on September "a he will apply to
the probate court for final discharge
Davis.
Sam M. Grist, Special Agent-Says
that experience is the best teacher
and outlines the experience Of Mu.
tual Benefit policy holders.
York Supply Co.-Tells you to buy the
best turn plow, and says the Vulcan
is the best. Seed oats wanted.
Dobson Bros Cash Store-Offers all
summer millinery at greatly reduc.
ed prices to make room for fall
goods. Laundry basket leaves on
Tuesdays.
Yorkville Hardware Co.-Wants to
sell you building hardware Of all
kinds, which 1t keeps constantly in
stock.
First National Bank-Wants to help
you take care Of the dollars that
YOU save and make them work fol
you.
M. w. White-Tells the story Of man
who wanted to be admitted to a cir
Gus at half price because he had
but one eye, and applies the moral
to business.
York Drug Store-Claims that Os-
goods India cholagogue Is worth IS
a bottle to people who suffer from
chills. Price $1.40 bottle.
Thomson Co.'s showing new dress
goods suitable for the season. Va
rious qualities and prices to please
all corners. Colgate's talcum pow
der at 19c a box.
w. G. Reid & Son, Rock Hill-Are Of.
fering all kinds Of furniture at 20
per cent reduction during the
month Of August and will pay the
freight for fifty miles and under. =.
]. @. Wray-Has cut the price on all
two-piece summer suits In half; all
straw hats are cut half In price; q
big lot of fur and wool hats at bar
gain prices. q
Louis Roth-Has a fresh lot Of very
choice mackerel that are put up In
in barrels and kits. Maple syrup a,
40c a quart.
Miss Rosa Lindsay-Will be out OF
town for two weeks following Au.
gust 26th and her studio Will be
closed during that time.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-08-23

WE thought we were through with
Andrew Jackson and his birthplace,
but the Yorkville, S. c., Enquirer re-
produces a letter which he wrote In
1924 in which he referred to South
Carolina as his native state. He did
this on at least two other occasions,
but very few Of us know where we
were born. We don't happen to think
at the moment to enquire where we
are atm what state or county and
what the time of day. Very few are
endowed, indeed, as that Virginia baby
Of which the papers told some months
ago, with the power Of speech at the
outset, "our first language being that
Of the mourning" But the fact that
Jackson was born at the house of
George Mckenzie has never been dis
puted and the deeds to that house and
land are recorded in Mecklenburg coun-
ty. That is the end Of all argument.
Well, we do not want to quarrel with
The Observer: but we want to say
that the evidence it cites is not much
evidence after all. The original grants
Of many tracts of land in York county,
for instance, are recorded at Lincoln
ton and at Raleigh; but York county
is not in North Carolina.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-08-23
THE LAW oE IRESPASS.

II want to thank you for printing
what you did of the general stock law
the other day and ask you whether or
not there Is a law that makes 1t a mis-
demeanOr for a stock owner to turn
his stock on the public. II there is
such a law, it would be a source of a
great deal of satisfaction to myself
and some of my neighbors to see it in
print also"
The speaker was a prominent York
county farmer, a man who believes in
obeying all laws himself and who
would like to see other people obey
them: but who for reasons that appear,
did not want his name published in
connection with his question or re-
quest. He was assured that there was
no law making 1t a misdemeanor for