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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-12-23
His Mother Was First.

Several years ago while ut Newport
News, Va, the writer was in the Gus
tom house, conNcrsng with Captain j.
r.. +. Stuart, son of the intrepid Con
rcGcrate cavalry leader. There was
also present the captain of Il coast
wise steamer transacting business with
Captain stuart who was collector of
the port when messenger camc in
ana said
Your mother telephones from Nor
folk, Captain Stuart, requesting you TO
come to the phone"
Excuse me, gcntlcmen," said Cap
tain Stuart aS he hastily arose from
his official position.
II have no time to wait here" gruflly
ana impaticntly exclaimed the captain
of The steamer.
"AIy mother is calling me-" quietly
said Captain Stuart as he half turned
around
"Hut am here on business, and it is
your official business to attend to me,
ana attend to me now" was the loud
ana angry reply.
: Il can resign my official position in a
minute" replied Captain Stuart, "but
| can never resign my mother. My
mother is calling me, and she Shall not
wait nor call in vain."-Los Angeles
Times.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-12-23
A CHINESE DENTIST.
His Simple Way of Patching Gap In
Patients Teeth.

How crude is the dentistry of the
humber inhabitants of modern China
is disclosed by the Rev. John Mac.
GOwan in the following bit of dcscrip.
tion published in the North China Dai
ly News: "Eight in front OF us on the
street doctors table is small heap Of
teeth, not manufactured by any cum
ming workman, but by the subtle al-
chemy of nature. They arc of all sizes
and conditions. There are huge mOlars
that have done yComan service in the
past and even teeth strong and deter.
mined looking and worn, as though
they had failed in the battle of life
and had come here TO end their days.
They were aIl marked ana diScolorcd
with the signs and symbols of the wear
ana tear thry had gone through. They
were grcwSomc sight to look upon,
and wondered much how such curl.
Gus collection could have been gath.
crCd together. Where did you get
these rromT | asked the doctor, point.
Ing to the heap, which, however, was
careful not 10 touch.
"Oh, | bought thcmr he replied.
When Il man has TO part with Il tooth
he continued, lie does not throw it
away. lie brings it to me, and | buy
it for Il few cash, for he knows that
in my profession it will come i'm handy
some time or other Just rs he was
speaking patient came up 10 him. on
being asked what he wanted he re.
piled simply by opening his mouth to
the very widest extent. 1t was Il huge
cavern aud reminded one of the en-.
trance to the Thames tunnel. II was
sccn that his four upper front teeth
were wanting, having been Knocked
out by fail from Il wall, and he was
anxious TO know if the doctor could
supply their places with new ones.
"'Of course | cam he promptly re-
piled, and, measuring the cavity in the
| jaw ne carefully and with practiccd
eye selected from the heap the four
teeth that would exactly fill it. He
then drilled hole in them longitude
nally ANA inserted bit of coarse iron
wire TO bind them 10 each other. The
ends of the wire were next inserted in
hoiys that were carefully drilled into
the teeth on each side of the cavity,
and at once the chaSm disappeared.
ANA the crowd that had been looking
on with critical eyes declared that his
moulh looked as natural as though the
now ones were those with which
kind nature had originally supplied
him"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-12-23
SHOOTING AFFRAY
BETWEEN FARMERS
VI. w. Oxncr Is Wounded by Luther
BOOzcr ut Formers Gin House
Near kiuuruS

Near kinurdS
Two Laurens county farmers had a
difficulty Saturday just across the line
in Newberry county, in which Mr.. NJ. w.
OXner was shot twice, and seriously
though not fatally injured. Following is
an account of the affair, as given by
the Newberry correspondent to the New $
and Courier:
Newberry, December 49, Special
Mr.. M. w. OXner, of Kinards was shot
twice this morning and seriously, though
not fatally injured, by Mr. ID. Luthcr
BooZer, who lived just beyond the Now
berry line, in Laurens County. The shoot
ing occurred at an early hour this morn
ing near the gin house of Mr.. OXncr, at
Kinards. One of the bullets took cirect
in Mr.. OXner's right foot and the ether
in his right hip. He was placed almost
Immediately under the care Of Dr.O. Il.
Evans, at kinards, and no serious, last
ing results are feared.
Reports differ widely as to how the
shooting occurred Mr.. and Mrs. Boozcr
had driven from their home to Kinaris
Mr.. Boo2cr intending to take the culiy
morning train for Newbcrry. Mr. BooHcl
drove to hitching rack between Shuroi
Church and Mr-O OXncr's gin, and htchcu
his mule and it was here that the dini
Guilty cnsucd.
1t seems that for some time past Nj,
Boozer and Mr.. OXucr have been having
trouble in regard to some negro labor
ers, and this is believed to have beer
the cause of the difficulty.
a gentleman who was in Newbcrr,
this morning, who lives at Kinards
stated that he personally knew nothing
Of the immediate difficulty, bat that
before leaving home, heard that when
Mr.. BOozcr drove up and hitcEcd. Mir
OXncr was present, and that words en-
sued, whcrcupon Mr.. BooZcr drew hi.
pistol and fired at Mr.. OXncr tWic
that when Mr.. OXner told Mir. Booze.
he was unarmed, whcrcupoN MTE}OOzCr
told Mr.. OXncr to arm himself. an,
ONner went to his gin house, about :"
yards distant, and that as ONncr "; )
standing in the door of the gin hous,
facing Boozcr, BooHcr lircd at hn
three times, making five shots in all s.
Another report is to the effect th,
when Mr.. Boozcr htchci his mule I.
words ensued. whcrcupon ONncr put
his hand to his hip pocket and Boo2,r
shot at him, hitting him in the foot;
that OXner continued to advance un.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-12-23
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-18
MAGIsTRATE-BRoAD RIVER.

T AM candidate for re-appointment
l. as MAGISTRATE for Broad River
township, subject to the recommenda-
ton of the Democratic voters In the
approaching primary.
R. L. A. SMITH.
55 te
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-18
A DRAGON HUNT.
Il Took Place In Turkey and Was
Great Success.

It Took Place In Turkey and Was a
Great Success.
"Yes. I wunst hunted dragons, and
the hunt was successful, too" said a
sailor
1T was in Eyoub, the native quar-
ter of old Constantinople. I lived
there with my wife, a Circassian gal,
Fatmah by name, and, comm home
from the calf one night
"Calf?"
Sure! Calf. Don't you know what
calf is? Kind of restaurant where
you eat and drink and smoke. But
where was I?'
You were coming home"
well. as we come home from the
calf Fatmah grabbed my m, point
ed to the moon and give loud yell.
The full moon behind the dOmes and
minarets was goin' into an eclipse.
1 laughed but Fatmah says:
"a dragon, o, my beloved she
says. is trying to devour the mOon!'
she says. If the faithful slay it not,
there will be no more moonlight says
she-never!
Then, by tar, begun the biggest
racket 1 ever heard. All Eyoub was
on dragon hunt. From every house
top the faithful fired blunderbusses
at the moon in the hope Of KILN the
dragon.
when we got home I tried to ex-
plain to Fatmah what an eclipse was,
but she thought l was laughin' at her.
So l gave up my explanations, and,
with q pistol, each Of us joined in the
hunt, bangin' away at the dragon
from the window turn and turn about.
by crinus we got him! The hunt
was a success! The dead dragon
dropped off the moon, and she float
ed, round and silvery, wunst more,
above the palms and minarets stand
in black agin the pale sky.
"Fatmah claimed it was her shot
what landed him, but 1 was always
convinced it was my own. New
Orleans Times-Democrat.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-18

THE PRACTICAL SUIToR.-Senator
Kean, at a dinner in Chicago, said of
a political manoeuvre:
II smell a rat in this contract. 1t
reminds me of a contract made by a
willy earl.
Lord Reginald Bareacres courted
ardently last year the daughter of a
New Jersey millionaire. At a season
able moment, in a dim conservatory,
he laid his heart at the young girls
feet. She, however, being of a rare
type, spurned him.
"Rising to his feet, Lord Reginald
said
81 have barred to you the most
sacred feelings of my inmost heart.
May I ask that you will never reveal
to a living soul what has passed be-
tween us?'
~ am not a gossip, Lord Reginald
the girl said haughtily.
but promise me- he said. Give
me your solemn promise
"I promise she said. But why
Lord Reginald, are you so persistent?
Because he answered, signing
with relief. I purpose tomorrow to
turn my attention to your older Sis
ter Washington Star.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-18

JOHN BILLIARDS. FATHER.-A charac-
teristic of the Billiards is that of be-
ing close-mouthed. John L. Billiard
of Meriden, is like his father in this
His information is extensive and he
knows what others about him for a
considerable radius are doing, but he
is not given to talking much. OF the
father there is told an anecdote which
has become a classic in Meriden.
His knowledge Of the financial con-
dition and position of others was
known to be more accurate by far
than that of the general run of peo-
pie; who find when man dies that
they really knew little of his real
standing, and on one occasion an ac-
quaintance sought to take advantage
of this. A mutual friend had died
and the questioner wished to dispei
the general doubt as to how much
money he had left.
John" he said to the present Bos-
ton & Maine magnate's father, Il see
So-and-Se is dead"
"I guess he is" remarked John
Billiard. "They say so, anyway"
The other moved closer in a very
confidential way and spoke in that
intimate tone. How much did he
leave?" he asked.
John Billiard leaned forward to-
ward the questioner with his hands
on his knees in a characteristic atti-
tude.
Joel said he, "he left it ALL" And
he straightened up with a twinkle in
his eye.-Boston Transcript.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-18

FOR NUMBER Two.-"George, dear,
what kind of a woman would you
marry if you married again." asked
the amiable wife.
well, if 1 married again"-began
the brutal husband.
Then you acknowledge that you
would marry again?"
I'm not saying one way or the
other, but
But you don't give me a definite
answer. and that proves
That doesn't prove anything, be-
cause
1T does too! SO what kind of a
woman would you marry if you mar
ried again?"
II wouldn't marry again. I could
not"
"Of course you have to say that"
"Of course 1 do, because L was
about to say that if 1 married again it
would be the kind Of a woman who
would not ask me what kind of wo-
man l would marry if l married
again.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-18

A FAST RECoRD.-At a political con-
vention held in Illinois the Importance
of nominating a popular man for a
certain close district was thoroughly
recognized. A speaker had just re-
nominated a personal friend for the
position and in an elaborate eulogy
had presented in glowing terms his
manifold merits, especially empha-
sizing his great services on the field
Of battle as we'll as in the pursuits of
peace.
After he had finished a voice was
heard in the rear of the room, What
we want is the man that will run the
best"
In an instant the orator was again
on his feet.
IF you think" he yelled, that this
convention can find anybody that can
run better that the gentleman I have
nominated. 1 point once more to his
we'll known war record. ."-Lippin-
colts.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-18
J. Q. WRAY, The Leader
Ask to be Shown

1t is a generally accepted fact that
even after the experience which the
public has passed through during the
past few years in the matter Of life in
surance developments "details arV not
necessary that the average man buys
life insurance from an agent instead of
the company he Is selling insurance
for, and takes his word as to the guar
antees, the provisions Of the policy and
the company's record, losing sight Of
the fact that the company Is only re-
sponsible to the extent Of the contract
it issues. I have been making the un-
qualified statement in these columns
for the past nine years that the Mu-
tual Benefit Life Ins. Co., Of Newark, N.
j., had a record for equitable treatment
Of policy holders unapproached by any
company in the world and that 1t is
sued more liberal policies and carried
them at less cost than any other COM
pany. I have always been able to
prove this when asked to do so, and
am today. Don't you think that before
accepting a policy from any other COM
pany, regardless of claims Of agents.
it is to your interest to ask to be shown
wherein the Mutual Benefit excells all
others? You are really more interested
than I am, whether you realize it or
not. SAM M. GRlST,
Special Aqent.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-18

that often when an ANIMAL has been
trained. seems to be thoroughly used
to foreign climates, and is repaying
some Of the money its owner has spent
on its purchase and rearing, it sud-
denly dies. Take the case of Consul,
for instance, Mr.. Bostock's remark
able chimpanzee, which died some
time ago in Berlin. This animal was
insured for E25,000, and was earning
from E1OO to f150 a week when 1t
died. Furthermore, Mr.. Bostock had
booked contracts for it to appear at
price of $500 per week.
Luckily Mr.. Bostock was able to
discover two other exceptionally fine
specimens of the chimpanzee tribe,
which he has named Consul l. and
Consul II. The former, which is the
cleverer animal of the two, will ap-
pear at the forthcoming Earls Court
Exhibition, and earns as much as
f16O per week. Consul II. is gener-
ally booked at f70 per week, while
Esau. another of Mr.. Bostock's Won
derful chimpanzees, appears at ESQ.
These animals are most difficult to
rear, elephants, tigers and lions which
cost anything from 1900 to $500 each'
being also very susceptible to climatic
changes. They fully repay the care
and attention which must be bestow-
ed upon them, however. Mr.. Bostock,
for instance, has a diminutive elephant
for which he has been offered sums
VARYING from $1,000 to f2,400. all of
which he has refused. This is the
smallest performing elephant in the
world and earns from ESQ to f1O0 per
week. Another troupe Of elephants
earns from G9O to G150 per week, a
group of tigers from f1O0 to ESQ,
while group of lions bring in as
much as 5000 per week.
Performing dogs are perhaps the
least expensive. These animals can
now be bought for about flo apiece
and we'll trained easily secure ESQ per
week. Some of Mr.. Bostock's dogs
earn as much as ESQ per week. while
from ESQ to ESQ is paid for the per-
formance of his sea-lions.-London
Tit-BitS.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-18
j. g. WILBORN
SALE

81 acres of land-the ]. w. Sherrer
tract, % miles Of court house; two
good houses, four rooms each, thir-
ty acres in cultivation, 8 acres in fine
bottom corn. This is a bargain, and
a profit yielder.
79 acres, Groom cottage, painted
white, with green blinds. A beautiful
2 acre grove, (as pretty as the court
house yard); a 4-room tenant house
and barn. Has new all necessary
outbuildings-eve in good re-
pair. Land lies level: in high state Of
cultivation. The best small farm in
the county. 35 acres in original tim
Der; miles Rock Hill, l mile New
port and TirZah, 1-2 mile of A. r. p.
church.
The Joe Rose house and lot near
Graded school on East Jefferson street.
rs acres-Fort Mill township, 81
miles of Pineville, 20 acres of creek and
branch bottom; plenty of wood-$1 800.
SO acres-54 miles from Yorkville,
new Groom cottage-The White
Holmes place.
]. Ed Carson-One tract of land, s
miles south Yorkville; II miles Guth-
riesville: good school, I mile Bethesda
church-108 acres, 60 acres in cultiva-
ton, 4S acres in woodland, no waste
land, l we'll, l tenant house, l dwell
ing house, 4-rooms, l barn, 3 stalls.
Land is absolutely level. A beautiful
farm.
w. H. Alexander-914 acres, miles
from Yorkville.
S. L. Brown 3-room house and lot,
Filbert.
1OS acres-J. E. Castles land
$50 acres-Home of S. P. Blanken-
ship, Flint Hill; also 210 acres, land S.
p Blankenship.
1O2 50-Butler Black.
60 acres-R. w. Bales, Bell land.
163-W. J. Gordon land.
One 4-room dwelling, l acre lot; also
2 large lots on West Madison St.-Mrs.
w. S. Peters.
The Shubert place: 32 acres; joins
the corporate limits-$850.
The Maria Cowen place; joins David
Clark-$200.
993 acres; ]. R. Ferguson place
Filbert.
rs acres, I mile New Zion-$1,200.
acres, a nice home; E. B. Menden-
hall, McConnellsville; 7 rooms-$1, 200.
127 acres; lower Steel Creek town
ship, n. c.; sis per acre.
ISL acres; DR.. White, Miller Place;
4 miles of YOrkville
235 acres; miles of Rock Hill; rents
for bales of cotton-$4,70o.
2O2 acres; Sam Youngblood place:
$50 per acre.
517 acres; so acres of fine bottom
land; $50 acres in woods; story, s.
room dwelling; 9-horse farm in culti-
vation; 6 good tenant houses: close to
railroad This is a grand bargain
SIG per acre. w. M. Whitesides place.
220 acres one mile of Piedmont
Springs; 7-rOOm dwelling: 1000 cords
of wood; 10 acres CT fine bottoms
$40 per acre. A. G. White place.
David Russell place; 12l acres near
corporate limits.
1875 Acres-a beautiful 5-room cot
tage; good new barns stalls; double
crib. Everything in good shape: 4
tenant houses; land lies well: plenty of
wood; Bethel township, 6 miles Of Clo-
YER At bargain-J. M. Barnett.
l wish my friends to know that can
sell their land or buy land for them
better than they can.
am prepared to handle any propo-
sitiOn.
Now is the time to make your trades.
You trade now, and make your pay
ments in the fall or the first of the year.
J.C. WILRORN. Real Estate.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-18
AUCTION SALES.
EXECUTORS SALE OF REALTY.
A. c. Stroup Property to be Sold at
Public Auction.

A. C. Stroup Property to be Sold at
Public Auction.
NN salesday in October next, imme-
" diately after the regular official
sales, 1 will sell, before the Court
House door at Yorkville, at public auc-
ton, to the highest bidder, the realty,
belonging to the estate Of the late A.
C. STROUP, deceased, as fallows
A tract Of 3S4 acres, bounded by the
state line on the north, by l.. ]. Craw-
ford on the east, on the south by Bob
Jackson and ]. M. Stroup, and on the
west by the Dicky old place and Andy
McCarter This tract has been cut
into four smaller tracts, and these will
be sold separately as follows.
Tract No. 1, containing 100 acres.
Tract No. 2, containing rs acres.
Tract No. 3, containing SO acres.
Tract No. a. containing 1243 acres.
Also one lot on York street in the
town of Glover, containing one acre.
1 reserve the right to dispose of this
property at private sale before the date
named.
For terms, description or further in
formation, apply to me at Glover.
w. B. STROUP, Executor.
60 i'd
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-18
Humorous department.

A REDUCTIo AID ABsURDUM.-"The
late Walter A. Wyckoff, the tramp
professor of Princeton" said mag
azine editor, had in his tramping
days many a quaint experience.
He was talking to me one night
about political economy. He wanted
to prove that 1 was wrong in my
claim that labOr-saving inventions
robbed poor men Of work. He said,
at the arguments end, that he was
reminded of a conversation he over
heard in 1900 on a tramp in Penn
sylvania.
They were digging he began,
filter beds on the outskirts Of Phila-
delphia with a steam shovel. The
wonderful shovel, whistling and
grunting, would dart into the earth,
jerk out again and swing up merrily
toward the waiting car. loaded with
ton of dirt.
1.-Two laborers stood beside Wyck-
koff They watched the quick and
tireless shovel scooping up and dump
ing into the car ton of dirt at
lick. Finally the younger laborer
said, with an oath:
"'"Ain't it shame, George to sho-
vel dirt that way?"
"'"How SOP" said George, the
elder laborer.
"'"Why. that there machine is
takin' bread out of the mouths of 500
men what would be required to do the
same work with hand shovels."
"'George laughed.
"'"Go on" he said: you don't
reason right. Look a-here. If this
steam diggin' would give work to 500
men with shovels, why not get 5000
men with teaspoons for the job?' y
Philadelphia Press.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-18
JAPANESE WHALERS.
Blown Up BY One of Their Own Shells
In the Whale.

Blown Up BY One of Their Own Shells
In the Whale.
The Japanese whalesman is one of
the strangest and most fascinating OF
the many weird characters to be
found among the people Of this BIZ
zarre race; and the whaling industry,
which Is carried on very extensively in
Japanese waters, furnishes many a
tale of heroic adventure, not infre-
uuently fraught with disaster. Among
the various fatalities that yearly oc-
cur, through misfortune or accident,
in this dangerous occupation, there is
perhaps no single case that can be at
tributed to so extraordinary a cause
as that which recently resulted in the
death of several of the men: and it is
a wonder that even one survived to
tell the tale.
On the 10th of last November a
large whale was sighted by the look
outs on the high hills off the coast of
Uisan in Corea, and the crews in the
DOdIS,
signalled to proceed to attack. With
wild vociferations the little brown
men manned their boats, got ready
their gear. and hurried in great eX-
citement toward the direction indi-
Gated. After some arduous and intri-
cate manoeuvring the monster was
finally surrounded by the nets, shells
and harpoons being fired into his
huge body in the hope of staying his
frantic efforts to escape. AS the great
fish ultimately began to weaken, wide
gashes were cut in his tough skin,
through which were passed strong
ropes, by which he was fastened to
the boats. lest after death his body
should sink and be lost. And thus he
was towed triumphantly to shore
amid the yells of his captors, who
softened their tones only now and
then to cry, "Joraku, JOraku!" for the
repose of the whales brave spirits,
as is the Japanese custom when a
whale is dying.
AS the llue went uOWIl, Tic pouS VI
the leviathan of the deep lay prone,
sixty feet along the shore. Then the
real excitement began; for the huge
carcass had to be cut up and remOv-
ed before the return of the water.
The process Of dividing up the big
carcass had thus been going on salts
factorily, for some time, when sud-
denly there was heard a sharp and
awful sound, like the bursting Of a
bomb. Instantly the shattered frag-
ments of those so active a moment
before lay mutilated and mixed in an
indiStinguishable bloody mass with
the scattered remains of the whale.
Others. wounded but still living, lay
moaning in agony all around. These
were quickly hurried in boats and
sent to the Fukuoka hospital, across
the strait, with the utmost expedition.
The cause of the disaster, though
easy to determine, is yet unique in
the annals of fishing accidents. One
of the shells fired into the body of the
whale during the capture had failed
to explode until struck accidentally
by the axe of a workman, resulting in
the lamentable casualties above re-
cOrded.-Harpers Weekly.