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From The kdnsGs CIV Times.
Miss Mary Matthews. an attractive young
girl OF Sabetha. Is a rural mail route carrier
now. Miss Matthews IL daughter Of y. p
Matthews. a rural NAL carrier Mr.. Mat
records for promptness in the United States
For two years he has not had a vacation. This
year he took a mouth on and his dau ghter il
delivering the mail.
Miss Matthews is q student at Baker Uniyer-
sity in Baldwin; She Is taking q five, year
course. She will leave next week for Bald w In
TO take up some special summer work In that
line She Is Just 20 years old.
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cook bending over them. Then it is that
handfnls of leaves and moss are thrown
over the ground and the sleeping snails
crawl under. having first closed up their
shells entirely with Ia sort of calcareous
substance.
Now is the Time TO pick them up in great
baskets and bear them OF To the cellars,
where they are stored until required.
After this the parks are closed until tho
following August. all the barriers are taken
down and the farmer and his assistant get
busy preparing the snais for immediate con-
sumption.
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Feat OF q Girl steepleJack.

From the London Erpress.
a feat necessitating nerves OF steel was
performed at Leicester yesterday by Miss
Lydia Akiers. the hfteen-year-old daughter
OF n local builder.
She climbed $50 feet to the top OF chimney
which is being built. and then, to tho horror
OF the crowd which had gathered below calmly
proceeded TO walk round the edge Of the
scaY folding.
This il the second feat Of the kind she has
performed within q week, and her father
IL anxious to challenge any other girl stseple-
Jack In the world on her behalf.1
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the place and the materials at hand. How
well that has been accomplished is shown by
the pictures.
The views are from a garden not too
cultivated nor showing too strongly the
influence of the professional artist. In
every case the simplicity Of the design
aids the impression of comparative wild
The sun., 1907-08-11
Plucky Tiger birds.
From the South China Post

From the South China Post.
midas tiger bird, so called because nc
is the one thing the royal beast fears, l. no
larger than a sparrow.
Yet so bold and oombative IL he th7t
the great cat Is surprised by snf.pgnt
number OF the little creatures far fro inr
protecting shelter OF the jungle IL viii GO
hard with him. when alone the hiro WI
not attack. Supported by a flock ol irrn9s'
however. often numbering several thousannsi
give butAe
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ness that the landscape architect struggled
To attain.
Any one of these vistas might have
existed for years Ia the same way each
view seems part OF the landscape to such
an extent that it il difficult to realize that it
il the resul Of artificial inter ference. The
column. the chair and the fountain could
not, Of course. be as natural TO the scene
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as the trees That they have the great
merit Of seeming so IL a tribute TO the skin
OF the designer.
How many stone garden decorations
look as il they had just been put out TO be
seen that morning and would be taken down
along with the hammock when night
comes. II il not necessary that the pieces
should be- strikingly new 10 create that
The sun., 1907-08-11

Standing on the piazza or on the grounds
in front of the house. there il always a pic
ture to delight the eye To have put
amid the pines Of New Jersey hillside the
decorations of a formal Frcnch garden
with bowers and thstches would have been
impossible with any regard Tor the rules
Of taste. The same decorative edeci had
to be produced toy means appropriate to
The sun., 1907-08-11

these garden scenes is formed by the
pines about the Italian fountain. Its only
relief in bright color comes from the bunch
of flowers on the right side OF the broad
path that leads across the turf. In this
detail the effort Of the architect has been to
keep the material in keeping with the sur
roundings Of the garden.
The sun., 1907-08-11

sugar are the principal ingredients and
hung up in the house and smoked
The smoking Of the meat is one OF the
points about which our old planter friend
was most particular. | remember he cau-
toned my mother against the use of pine
wood-light wood he called it--telling her
that oak and hickory chips were the only
proper combustible to be used. He may
az good for the purpose. but his meat was
Just the thing ! wished to make, so | have
always followed his directions
"ln his letter his son wrote that his father
sometimes added the hair taken from the
pigs to the fire used in smoking. He said
that personally he didn't think the Ina ir
at all necessary as II was only burned when
u was not wanted for sonnet hing else and
he had never been able to detect any dif-
ference in the taste OF the meat.
After the smoking has gone on for six
or eight weeks last coat OF the sugar cur
ing Is applied. the meat Is covered with a
layer Of -four and water and then se we'd
up In thick canvas bag. IL is not vet
packed. but again hung in the top Of the
smoke house. where II remains until the
time comes for mo to Ill my orders
From time to time during this hang
ing period have the smoke rene wed for
day or two at time. am very particular
TO give IL this additional smoking when
there is an unusually wet spell OF weather
and sometimes l throw little saltpetre
While 1 think much depends on the
curing OF the meat also am convinced
that the breed and care OF the porkers
have much to do with the quality and taste
Of the meat. Our old friend in GEORGIA
was convinced that meat was sweeter and
more nutritious where the animal had
been foroed TO work for its living.
He said that too much fat DESTROYED the
taste OF bacon and for chat reason ak weeks
or two months was as long as hog should
be psnned and fattened. He didn't believe
q a ~ :. Is<s e{ssi a
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present. Mr.. Hay had been pastor Of
the two churches about seventeen
years. He has accepted a call to a
group Of churches in Sumter county.
Death of N. M. Grant.
Chester special Of September IL to
Charlotte Observer: Mr.. Neely NJ.
Grant, one Of the county's best known
and most substantial citizens, died at
his home between Armenia and New
Hope Tuesday evening at o'clock.
He was about 80 years old. Mr.. Grant
had been in failing health for several
years, but his condition was not re-
garded as serious until a few weeks
ago. The funeral services were held
at Armenia yesterday afternoon at 4
o'clock by Rev. NJ. L. Banks, in the
presence of a large concourse who had
respected Mr.. Grant for his character
and courage and came out to pay the
last tribute to his memory. The de-
ceased was twice married. His first
wife was Miss Caroline PRESLEY. OF
this union five children survive as fol-
lows: Messrs. Ainsley. Edward and
Pierce Grant, and Mesdames Alex
Grant and Emily Roberts. His second
wife was Miss Mary Williams. She
with two children survives her hus-
band.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-09-13
LOGAN. AFFAIRS
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Mrs. w. D. Grist, Pres.-Invites the
public to sale Of bread and cakes to-
MISUNDERSTANDING Mr.. w. M.
Kennedy's store.
w. p. Harrison, Columbia-Offers his
residence on Kings Mountain street
for rent.
Jno. r. Hart, Mayor-Publishes an or
dinance relatives to fixing tax levies
for the current year, 1907, for or
binary municipal purposes.
H. D. Marley-Offers his service as a
guaranteed. He Is located at store
of York Supply company.
w. Daniel Alexander, Admr.-Calls on
parties indebted to estate Of ]. Ed
gar Alexander to make payment and
requests those having claims to pre-
sent them within the time prescrib-
ed by law.
Hugh G. Brown, S. Y. C.-Gives notice
of sale Of certain real estate belong
ing to Magnolia Mines company To-
Gated in Broad River township at the
suit Of H. ]. Forsdick and others.
L. M. CRISIS Sons-Solicit your or
ders for all kind of commercial
printing and promise prompt SER
vice and good work.
]. G. Wilborn-Offers 37a acres three
lot on Lincoln street
D. E. Boney-Says that the man who
holds q policy in either Of the insur-
ance companies he represents, Is
satisfied without having to pay big
price.
M. w. White-Recites a conversation
between a dollar and red cent and
applies the moral to the business OF
a commission broker
York Drug Store-Has fresh lines OF
Lowney's, Nunnally's and Sparrow's
candies. 1t wants to furnish you
with school supplies.
Thomson Co.'s showing khaki, the
new fabric for ladies suits. Also
calls attention to ladies skirts, en-
broidery designs and embroidery
silk and cotton. Mems vests.
w. G.. Reid & Son. Rock Hill-Want
YOU to see them for furniture OF any
grade desired. Railroad fare paid to
customers buying $50 worth of goods
and upwards.
First National Bank-Points out that
the spending Of nickels and dimes
keeps one poor. Save the small coins
and deposit dollars with 1t.
Yorkville B. & M. Co-Requests hold
ers Of duplicate sale slips emitting
them to rebates to call for the re-
bates due.
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AFTER THE EXCHANGES.
Exchange Gamblers Said to Be Great
est Enemies of Cotton Producers.

In an interview in Atlanta Wednes-
day, President Charles s. Barrett OF
the National Farmers union, outlined
the fight the union Is going to make
against the enemies Of the toilers In
the fields. President Barrett says
that the members of the Farmers un-
ion know that 1t Is now simply case
of preservation with them and
that their worst enemy is the Wall
street gamblers.
ION the standard of the Farmers
union," says President Barrett, there
has been nailed the inscription: F'if-
teen cent cotton and by that motto
they will win. What boots IL the
gambler playing with the product OF
the honest toiling farmer, as II 1t were
a stack of poker chips, names ficti-
tious value to cotton, when the man
who makes 1t and who holds 1t In his
warehouse tells the world that his
goods will not be sold except for a
certain minimum price? We will win
the fight easy enough II the farmers
hold together, and I believe they will
and the New York Cotton Exchange
will soon be out Of business"
The Farmers Union has appointed
committee Of three to go to Washing
ton and represent the farmers Inter-
est In national legislation. AS Presi-
dent Barrett expressed 1t:
"Our committee Is going to ascertain
what the farmers need and then get
II for them. II we don't get what we
ought justly to have, then maybe there
will be some Of those who are una
ware to the farmers needs will be left
at home next year when election time
comes around"
"Of course" continued Mr.. Barrett
I'VE are looking after the boil weevil
the boil worm and the cotton worm
along with the other evils that beset
the cotton crop, but we feel that the
New York Cotton Exchange, as at
present conducted, is the worst Of all
other evils mentioned"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-09-13
YORK BAPTIST ASSOCIATION.

The thirty ninth annual session or
the York Baptist association convened
with Oak Grove church, about seven
miles northwest Of Fort Mill, on last
Tuesday. Oak Grove is in Steel Creek
township in Mecklenburg county, N.
c., and about one-half mile from the
dividing line between North and South
Carolina, and while large majority OF
the members live in Mecklenburg
county, most of them were dismissed
from Flint Hill church, in York county
in 1903 for the purpose Of organizing
Oak Grove.
The Introductory sermon was
preache by Rev. /. G. Murray, pastor
OF the Yorkville Baptist church, the
preacher basing his remarks on the
latter clause Of Zachariah iv, 6, Not
by might, nor by power, but by my
Shirt saith the Lord of Hosts" The
sermon received the close and undi-
vided attention of the audience, and
was strong presentation OF the SUD-
ject treated.
At the conclusion of the sermon,
Rev, w. E. Hurt read a proposed pro-
gramme covering the order Of business
for the entire session, which was
adopted without change. The body
then adjourned for one hour for din
ner.
The dinner was bountiful and ap-
petizing and was done full justice by
everybody present. ,,
The body resumed its work shortly
after l o'clock. The first business to
be attended to was that Of enrolling
delegates from the various churches
forming the association, and when THIS
had been completed the result showed
that every church save two was rep
resented and that a larger NUMBER
were present than on the opening day
in several years. Later in the session
delegates from one Of these churches
were enrolled, as also were addtionals
from several that were partially rep
resented at the opening.
The next business in order was the
election of officers to serve during the
session and resulted as follows: Rev.
Edward s. Reaves, moderator: sam
M. Grist, clerk; VIM. F.. Boyd, treas
urer. =,
Then II was that the moderator. In
behalf of the association, extended a
cordial welcome, and the privileges OF
the floor, to the following visitors:
Rev. DR.. w. Il. DerleuX, assistant COT
responding secretary of the state mis-
sion board: Rev. A. T. Jameson su,
perintendent Of the Connie Maxweil
orphanage.. Greenwood; Mr' w: w.
Keys. of the Baptist Courier; Rev. L.
r. Pruett. pastor of the Ninth Avenue
Baptist church, Charlotte.
The report on the orphanage was
read by The chairman Of the commit
tee. Col. ]. ]. Waters Of Rock Hill.
after which the claims of that institu-
tion were presented by DR.. Jameson.
Addresses on the same subject were
made by DR.. ]. P. Kinard, w. w. Keys
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-09-13
1T Is COMING.

About a month ago, 1t will be re-
membered by many Of our readers
The Enquirer called up Mr.. c. c.
Hughes over the telephone and asked
him about how his Williamson Plan
corn was getting along. The reply was
TO the effect that the corn was not do
ing as we'll as had been expected of II
for want of sufficient rain.
Mr.. Hughes was in town yesterday
and a representative of The Enquirer
took occasion to ask him about the
corn again.
1T is fine" he said. Doing splen.
didly."
You got that rain in time, then?'
mo, the rain did not come until II
was too late to be of full benefit; but
1t did a great deal of good, and am
very much encouraged at the outlook.
Mr.. Hughes went on to say that the
corn, although not large, contains an
average of a good ear for every stalk
and considering the number Of stalks
he has no reason to complain at the
prospective yield.
Mr.. r. M. Anderson, another farmer
of the same neighborhood, also tried
the Williamson Plan this year and he
has a splendid corn crop. The pros.
poets for a large yield are much better
than they would have been under the
old nlan
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Farm Improvement.

UTncOncerned about the increasing
value Of farm lands and wisely indif-
ferent as to whether they can sell
their own farms at half or three times
their value a few years ago, numer-
Gus farmers in this county are prose-
cutting intelligent plans for the i'm
provement of their respective proper
ties.
And after all there is nothing that
the farmers Of this country can do at
the present juncture that will stand
them in better stead than judicious
Improvement. This, most of them
know. Every man who has acquired
his experience digging his living out
Of the ground has been brought face
to face with a realization of the fact
that no matter how much improve
ment may have been made by his
father before him or himself. there is
still as much to be done as there ever
was, and that the doing of it is calcu-
lated to prove just as profitable.
In spite of the bankrupting cOndi-
tions under which the agricultural in
terests Of the country had to labor for
so long up to a few years ago when
prices began to grow better, hundreds
of farmers did all they could in the
way of Improvement. But few of them
could do what they wanted to do, or
anything like it. They did not have
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-09-13
WITHIN THE TOWN.

There are cases Of scarlatina at the
homes of Mr. r. E. McMackin, Mr.. F.
Happerfield and Mrs. M. e. Buggeln.
A little child of Mr.. Meek E. Plex-
leo developed a case of diptheria this
morning. Anti-toxin was adminis-
tered.
There could be less tigering even
in Yorkville. There is not great
deal here: but there is more than
there ought to be.
- Sheriff Brown said yesterday that
he understood that Mr.. r. F. Carroll
has recovered the horse that was stol-
en- from him recently. The animal
was found at Dallas. y. C. The sher-
iff, however, had no particulars as to
whether or not the thief who stole the
horse has been run to earth.
There was an error in the adve"-
tisement published in Tuesdays issue
of The Enquirer by the Ladies Aid
society of the Associate Reformed
church, as the result of which their
bread and cake sale was announced
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for Wednesday morning when 1t
should have been for Saturday morn
ing. BY the advertisement in another
column 1t will be seen that the sale
will be held tomorrow morning as
originally intended.
The Yorkville Graded school OPEN
ed this morning according to an
nouncement published last Tuesday
All the teachers were on hand and also
quite a number Of patrons and the at
tendance was good. The religious ex-
ercises were conducted by Rev. H. j
Cauthen. DR.. Brimm, the superin-
tendent, took occasion to make a few
remarks In which he expressed regret
that his plans as to q new curriculum
had been thwarted. He said that the
present curriculum Is out Of date, and
inadequate to the requirements Of the
day. He said that 1t would be impos-
sible to have a first-class school under
existing conditions; but promised to dc
the best he could under the circum-
stances. The school will get down to
regular work on Monday.
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Monday, October is registration

Monday, October 7 is registration
day.
The first chapter Of Northern Lights
appear today. 1t is a story OF unusual
interest, and we'll worth reading.
Mr.. Harry Wylie's bird article Is
we'll worth reading. There is good
sound sense in it, and 1t Is calculated
to give a lot Of valuable information.
It is a matter of very little trouble
to get subscribers to The Yorkville
Enquirer in York county. There are
lots and lots Of people who are only
waiting to be asked. Try it and see.
Those people who may hereafter
have trouble because Of neglect on the
part Of those charged with RESPONSE
bility to revise the registration books,
will have no occasion to blame The
ENQUIRER. We have called attention to
the matter several times.
A YorkviIIe cotton buyer stated In
the presence of this writer few days
ago, that during the summer York
county producers sold no less than
5000 bales Of cotton to different buy
ers in the county at prices ranging
from 10 to 12b cents. "This," the buy
er commented, seems very well cal
culated to defeat the efforts Of the
cotton association to fix prices"
The lady who will make a round OF
her neighborhood by way of testing
her possible chances of winning one OF
the prizes offered by The Enquirer
will be so encouraged by the result
that she need no longer hesitate about
entering the race. OF course, every
body cannot win one Of the three
leading premiums; but there Is some
thing in 1t for those who work even
though they are not so fortunate as to
come out first, second or third best.
Speaking of the enforcement Of the
game laws yesterday, Mr. Harry wy
lie said he comes in contact with
great many people who think they
have a right to kill any kind of game
on their own land at any time. regard
less of the law; but this Is a mistake.
The land belongs to the individual
who holds the title; but theoretically
all game thereon belongs to the state,
and the state has a right to protect 1t.
The individual who domesticates game
of any kind would probably have a
right to do as he pleases with 1t,
probably, but so long as such game Is
in it's wild state, no matter where, 1t
can be protected by law.
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ABOUT PEOPLE.


/, is Ill with typhoid fever.
Mr.. w. H. Stewart of Rock Hill, is
quite sick with appendicitis.
Rev. DR.. ]. H. Thornwell Of Fort
Mil, was in Yorkvile yesterday.
Miss Vera Randleman Of Kings
Mountain, is visiting the family Of Mr..
Brooks Inman.
Prof. L. w. Jenkins left this after
noon to take a position in the Spartan
burg Graded schools.
Miss Amelia Kennedy left Tuesday
for Laurens to resume her work In the
Graded school at that place.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. T. Brown Of Gaff-
ney, are visiting the family OF their
son, Mr.. G. w. Brown, in Yorkville.
Mrs. VIM. B. McCaw and children,
returned to Yorkville on Tuesday af-
ter a stay of several weeks In Vir-
ginia.
Mrs. Paul T. Gordon and children,
left yesterday for their home at Eagle
Lake, Tex, after spending a month In
Yorkville with her mother, Mrs. L. A.
Johnson.
Prof. w. L. Weber. recently elected
president of Centenary college at
Shreveport, La, is In Yorkville on a
visit to his father, Rev. DR.. S. A.
Weber.
Rev. ]. M. Rodgers arrived In York
VILE Thursday to take charge Of York
Vile circuit, vice Rev. E. K. Hardin,
who has given up his work in order to
take a post graduate course at Prince
ton.
Mr.. w. H. Herndon has been in Vir-
ginia for the past four weeks on ac-
count of the serious illness of his sis
ter, Mrs. M. E. Camp at Baskerville.
At last accounts, Mrs. Camp was in a
precarious condition.
DR.. ] H. Saye is in quite a serious
condition at his home at Sharon by
reason Of spider bite inflicted
some days ago. The bite was followed
by considerable swelling and later
blood poison developed. The doctor
Wednesday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Thomasson of
Mecklenburg county, N. c., are on
visit to relatives and friends in Glover.
Mr.. Thomasson spent yesterday In
Yorkville, the guest Of Mr.. Thomas w.
Clawson. 1t was his first visit to
Yorkville in thirty years and he noted
quite a number OF changes.
Rock Hill Herald: Mr.. S. s. Faris of
the India Hook section, and his little
grandson were painfully bruised in a
runaway scrape in this city Saturday.
Mr.. Faris was driving two mules to
wagon coming up West Black street
and his team took fright at Mr. c. B.
McFaddens automobile near the elec-
trio light plant and ran away. Mr..
Faris lost control Of the mules and he
and his grandson were both thrown
from the wagon, sustaining as stated
above, some very painful bruises. The
team was stopped at Nicely & Moore's
stable without any damage being done
TO the wagon.
Charlotte News, yesterday: Mr. John
M. Harry left this morning for Blacks
burg, S. c., to attend the funeral this
afternoon Of Mrs. L. r. Black, his
wife's sister, whose death occurred
yesterday afternoon at o'clock at her
home at Wilkinsville. Mrs. Harry had
been summoned to her bedside earlier
in the week and was with her when
death occurred. Before her marriage
Mrs. Black was Miss Pattie Olive,
daughter Of Mrs. L. M. Olive Of Apex.
She was we'll known in Charlotte, hav-
ing been a student at the Presbyterian
college for four years. Besides the
husband, DIR. L. r. Black, and mother,
Mrs. Olive, three brothers and one Sis
ter survive.