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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-01

\ MIXuP.-The householder smother
cd his wrath and descended to the
basement.
Are you the plumber" he asked OF
the grimy looking individual who was
tinkering with the pipes in the cellar.
Yes. guv'nor," answered the man.
Been long in the tradc?"
Bout year. guvnOr."
Ever make mistakeS?"
Bless yer, no, guv'nOr."
"Oh. then, | suppose it's all right.
imagined YOU had connected up the
wrong pipes. for the chandelier in the
drawing room is spraying like a foun-
tain. and the bathroom taps on fire.
London Answers.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-01
BOLIVAR.
Death of Famous Elephant Calls Forth
"reminiscences.

Death of Famous Elephant Calls Forth
"reminiscences.
The press dispatches tell us that
phant ever in captivity, has just died
in his prison house at the Geological
Gardens in Philadelphia. Many Of the
Gold Leafs readers will doubtless re-
call having seen this famous elephant
with Forepaugh's circus more than 20
years ago when it travelled this cOun-
try before it became merged with the
Sells Brothers show. He went bad"
and strength his unruly temper made it
unsafe to carry him about with the
show. Being unsuitable for exhibition
purposes on this account nobody want
ed Bolivar and he could not be sold.
Rather than kill the big brute, Adam
Forepaugh donated him to the city of
Philadelphia (his home city, for the
FairmOunt Park zoo.
Bolivar had but one rival in captiv-
ity, Jumbo, Barnum's noted big ele-
phant whose tragic death occurred sew
eral years ago in Ohio where the shows
was exhibiting. Jumbo was the taller
of the two but was not so heavy and
we'll proportional and therefore less
imposing in appearance. Bolivar was
much heavier weighing six tons, or H.
900 pounds. He was purchased by
n thirty
ago, and was supposed to be about 81
or 5S years old when he died. For
twenty years he had been confined in
small enclosure in the Philadelphia zoo,
where he was viewed by thousands and
and hundreds of thousands Of people
as he swayed his ponderouS framo from
side to side, swung his massive head
up and down and tapped his huge ears,
denied all privilege but to eat and
drink and gaze out of his rebellious lit
tie eyes at the curious crowds that
daily passed in review and looked at
him from a distance.
Poor old Bolivar. Twenty years a
prisoner! And all because he was
bad" elephant, when he might have
been good and delighted greater num-
bers. His life but finds IA parallel in
the lives of many human beings. Be-
cause they too are bad and do wrong
they are doomed to an existence with
in prison walls and amount to less in
the eyes of the world than did this
dumb brute who had neither conscience,
society nor a higher authority to an
Swer tO-Henderson Gold Leaf.
6@ Some men couldn't keep their
promises even in a cold-storage plant.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-01
A SURPRISED SWoRDSMAN.
Judge Goffes Play With a Dragging
Fencinu Master.

A fencing master appeared in Boston
one winter in the seventeenth century
and had erected a stage on which he
strutted up and down at certain hours,
defyng any and all to engage in sword
play with him.
After this had gone on for several
days and the mans boasts had be-
come insufferabe, Judge William GOffe
and Edward Whalley, the famous Eng
liSh political refugees, disguised them
selves in rustic costume and appeared
before the alleged master. Goffe held
napkin. which he used for a Shield and
carried a mop which he had soaked in
muddy water as he passed a puddle.
Thus equipped, the judge mounted
the stage. The fencer rallied at him
| for his impudence, asked him what
business he had there and ordered him
to begOne. The judge stood his ground.
Then the gladiator made a pass at him
with his sword to drive him off. The
| judge received the sword in his cheese
| anu IItlu IL lHclG I'LL lie ma uIdN ii
the mop over the professors face and
| Smeared him with mud. Another
| plunge by the enraged maitre darmes
resulted similarly, this time the judge
pOking the mop into his eyes. This
operation was repeated q third time.
Then the maddened fencing master
dropped his ordinary sword and grab
| bed up a huge broadswOrd. ThereupOn
the judge said.
stop, sir. Hitherto, you see, have
| only played with you and not attempt
ed to do YOU harm, but if you come at
me now with the broadswOrd know
that | will certainly take your life!"
The master was impressed by the
hrmness with which the judge spoke,
for he dropped the point of his weapon
and exclaimed: "Who can you be? You
must he either Goffe, Whalley or the
devil, for there was no other man in
England that could beat me!"-Boston
Post
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-01
LANCASTER.


News, August %: A difficulty occur
red Thursday afternoon on Market
street between Mr.. Broadus Hinson, a
prominent young citizen of the Primus
section. and Pernell Brown, a colored
blacksmith of this place, in which pis-
tolls were used. three shots being fired
altogether. Neither party was hit.
Brown ran off after the shooting, but
later returned to town. Both parties
were required to give bond for their
appearance before the mayor. .Ker-
shaw Era: One day last week as Mr..
r. Baxter Blackmon, the sewing ma
chine agent, was on his collecting
rounds and while passing the home OF
Mr.. L. ]. Jordan, where the blood
| hound belonging to the town is kept,
the dog ran out and Mr.. Blackmon
avoided the spring made at him and
| succeeded in getting out his pocket
knife and opening it in time to meet
the second attack, and as the dog
sprang at him Mr.. Blackmon made a
rake at him with the knife and sue
| ceeded in inflicting a fatal wound in
the dogs throat 1t was certainly a
narrow and fortunate escape for Mr..
BlackmOn. Mr.. Jas. R. MOthershed,
who has had twenty-One years eX-
perience in working with bottom corn
damaged by overflOws, says that If
the farmers who now have crops in
that condition will follow his plan,
they will be able to save their corn.
ticable. says Mr.. MOthershed raise
each stalk that is down, lean it slightly
in the opposite direction from which
il had fallen, kick a little dirt at
the roots to support it, and then
bend the stalk between the first and
second joints sufficiently to incline
the ears downward. so that the water
can run out of them. .... -Four bridges
over Lynches river between Lancas-
ter and Chesterfield counties were
wrecked by the freshet this week, the
McNIanus. the Cook mill and the Sow
ell bridges, and the one on the Trades
Vile Monroe road. The Knight and
Pitman bridges on Flat Creek were
badly damaged. The Miller and Young
bridges over the same stream in Ker-
shaw county were also washed away.
The Southern Power company, it is
estimated, has been damaged to the
extent of fifty thousand dollars by the
floods. At Rocky Creek station, it is
said, everything movable has been
washed away. A number of sheds,
stOrehouses and cabins below the
works were carried away, also the
narrow gauge bridge across Rocky
Creek. as we'll as the one across the
river below the dam.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-01
aNi5trllauruu5 8radin9,
WITH NEIeHBoRING EXCHANGES
News and Comment Cleaned From
Within and About the County.
CHESTER.

Lantern, August %: Henry, the B.
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. d. San
ders died Sabbath evening, August %,
at the home Uf his parents at Herbert
s. c.. after an illness Of little more
than a day with congestion Of the brain
The body, accompanied by the family
was brought over on the SeabOard yes
terday evening and will be taken to
Richburg today for burial. ....... Mrs
Mary Dickerson Boulware, wife of Mr.
VIM r. Boulware, died Saturday even
ing. August %, at her home near Leeds
The burial was at Cool Branch Baptist
church Sabbath afternoon. Funeral
service was conducted by Rev. E. d.
Wells. Mrs. Boulware was about 4O
years old and is survived by her hus-
band and ten children. 49,. Mrs. wore
died at o'clock this morning at the
home of her son, Mr. f. Wolfe, on East
Lacy street. after an illness of more
than a year with pellagra. The BODY
will be taken to Monroe, \. c., on the
Alb o'clock Seaboard train tomorrow
morning for burial. She is survived by
four sons and two daughters. Mrs.
Wolfe and three sons moved here from
North Carolina about the first of the
wear and have since made their home
with Mr.. F. Wolfe and family. Mr..
Albert Harrison of Oklahoma, and
niece. Miss Ethel Harrison of Rock
Hill who have been visiting the for
mer's sister. Mrs. w. F. Stricker, have
returned to the latter's home in Rock
Hill. Mrs. Frank r. BarfOrd Of At
lanta. and Miss Jessie Milling of Ian
caster. who have been visiting the for
mer's brother, Mr. r. ]. Mackorell in
Yorkville. were in the city Saturday,
the former on her way to Winnsboro to
visit her father, Mr. j. c. Mackorell'
and the latter to her home in Lancas-
The following invitations have
been issuedi Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Leard
request the honor of your presence at
the marriage Of their daughter, Sara
Isabel. to Mr.. Cornelius Aver Raysor,
on the afternoon of Tuesday, the eighth
If September, nineteen hundred and
eight at c o'clock Methodist Episcopal
church. Chester. South Carolina. ......
Misses Jean and Annie Roddey and Joe
Miller of Rock Hill. returned to their
home Saturday, after spending the
week with their aunt and uncle, Mrs
Mary NJ. Wylie and Mr.. ]. L. Miller
on r. F. D. No. /, and relatives in
tOwp
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-01
REGISTRATION.
Office of Board of Supervisors of Reg
istration for York County.

istration for York County.
Yorkville, S. c., Aug, 18, 1908.
ID URSUANT to the act Of the Gen
I eral Assembly Of South Carolina,
approved the oath day Of February,
1908, the Board of Supervisors Of Reg
istration for York county will, during
the month Of September, make a round
Of the townships Of York county for
the purpose of affording the people an
opportunity to secure Registration
Certificates. Under the law, the board
is required to spend at least one day
in each township. We have therefore,
arranged our schedule so as to be at
the following places on the dates
named:
At Glover on Tuesday, September 1,
and Thursday, September 8.
At Bethel, (Glenn's Store), on We'd
nesday, September 2.
At McConnellsville, on Friday, Sep
tember 4.
At Hickory Grove on Monday, Sep
tember 7.
at Bullock's Creek, Goods Store),
on Tuesday September s.
At Fort Mill on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, September 10, II and IL.
At Rock Hill on Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, September
IA, is, 16 and II.
At Ebenezer, G. B. Neely's Store),
on Friday, September 18.
During this round, we will issue new
certificates to all applicants presenting
their old certificates. Old certificates
cannot and will not be questioned by
us. All new applicants presenting
themselves without old registration
certificates or certificates from the clerk
Of the court, showing that they have
been duly registered. will be required
to qualify as provided by law. Pre-
requisites to registration Of those who
have not already been registered, are
ability to read and write or evidence Of
payment Of all past due taxes on $500
worth Of property and ability to sub
scribe to the constitutional oath.
r: NJ. WALLACE, Chairman,
A. M. BLACK,
R. T. BEAMGUARD,
Board Of Supervisors Of Registration
for York County
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-01
s. NJ. c..

If you want to be absolutely sure that
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and that in case you are so unfortunate
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years Your business is wanted and
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-01

Magazine Clubbing Offered.

The Charleston News and Courier Is
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terms several clubs of high-grade
monthly magazines. They are posi-
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Splendid Magazines may be secured
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-01

TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:
ADVERTISEMENTS:

Inserted at One Dollar per square for
the first insertion, and Fifty Cents per
square for each subsequent insertion.
A square consists of the space occu-
pied by ten lines of this size type.
~ Contracts for advertising space
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contracts must in all cases be confin-
ed to the regula' business Of the firm
or individual CT attracting, and the
manuscript muSt be in the office by
Monday at noon when intended for
Tuesdays issue, and on Thursday at
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sue.
- Cards Of thanks and tributes Of
respect will be inserted at the rate Of
10 cents a line
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-01
SAM M. GRlST.
Do 1t NOW

If there arc any small jobs of Car
penter work to do about your house,
such as hanging doors or blinds, mend
ing floors, putting in stairs or shelves,
putting on a new roof, etc. let us have
your order now, while the weather is
warm. We will attend to your job
promptly.
Remember that we sell Paints, Lead,
Putty, Oils. etc, and are wholesale and
retail dealers in Lime and Cement.
If you are going to Build-see us.
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Legal Blanks
and Forms

TO BE FOUND AT
THE ENQUIRER OFFICE.
The following Blanks in approved
forms, on good paper stock, may be
had at The Enquirer Office:
Chattel Mortgage
Lien and Mortgage on Crop
PrOmisOry Note
Mortgage of Real Estate
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Prices on any Of the above in guam
ity upon application.
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-01

~ What tree is of the greatest i'm
pOrtance in history? The date.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-01
j. j. KELLER 4 co.
ROCK.
Nj i n raj Sprin @ y

(cacic, Sodc, and Lithc Bicar-
donated Saline Water.)
A recent analysis of the water Of this
Mineral Spring by DR.. Boyden Minis,
Ph. G. Of Columbia, S. c., shows ii to
be equal to the best Mineral Water
used by the American people today.
This water has been given away for
more than sixty days since the present
owners came into possession and has
been thoroughly tested by the public,
and pronounced superior to any in the
State. Now on sale at the STAR
DRUG STORE.
To any one not yet having tried this
water, we will furnish the same free
upon application, until a thorough test
has been given it.
BLUE ROCK MINERAL
SPRINGS CO.,
D. L. Shieder, r. e. Heath and Mar
ion B. Jennings, Proprietors.
~ We will show the analysis of this
water to any one. any where. at anv
time. No secret about it, We are not
afraid to show it.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-01
CLOTHES CLEANING.

T AM prepared to clean gentlemen's
i clothes and ladies' skirts in a thor
oughly satisfactory manner, at rea-
sonable prices. Work may be sent d.
rect to ray home or left at w. E. Fer
guson's store.
Mrs. r. B. McCLAIN.
"a. t 5t
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-01

8G Some men couldn't keep their
promises even in a cold-storage plant.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-01
ABOARD A MAN-oF-WaR.
Life Largely Made Up OF Scruebinss,
Regulations and Inspections.

The days programme aboard Il man
of-war is calculated to make the boy
who wants to run away to sea sit up
and think twice It varies somewhat
according as the ship is in port or at
sea and under different commands, but
IN any case, from o'clock in the morn
ing till T:30 at night, it is rather
strenuous round Of scrubbinGs and
drills. The recruit realizes very soon
that the expression "shipshape' means
a good deal.
Saturday morning is 4 tremendous
cleaning time, called "feld day." which
is followed by half holiday in the
afternoon, and on Sunday morning the
captain himself inspects his ship from
keel to truck. The marine band is sta
toned just below on the hurricane
deck, and the bluejackets stand on the
port side Of the quarter deck and the
marines on the starboard, all ready
for inspection.
But life isn't all scrubbings, regula-
tions and inspections. On the larger
ships the government furnishes ath-
letic supplies, and each man-of-war
has her champion boxer and baseball
and football teams. These teams are
managed or supervised, at least, by
officers, and many an ensign or lieu
tenant who has Won his IN at the
Naval academy plays shoulder to shoul-
der with his bluejackets. Such IA
.niliarity would have scandalized old
Commodore Porter beyond words.-St
SNicholaS.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-01
The Elevator Eyes.

One of the greatest hardships suffer
cd by men who run elevators in the
tall office buildings downtown is the
bad effect it has on their eyes. The
cars are run at high rate OF speed,
and, as the men have to look straight
ahead of them most Of the time, their
eyes soon feel the strain Of the con-
slant motion.
"l've worked in the subway" re-
marked one of these elevator men,
"and I thought that was pretty bad,
but it isn't q patch to the way my
eyes feel after days work in these
cars. If you ever run across an ele-
yator man who seems unusually bad
tempered toward the close of the busl-
ness day, just look at his eyes and you
will be ant to forgive him. They gen
orally show the strain that has been
put on them for eight or ten hours
New York Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-01

\ tickling Cough from any cause, is
quickly stopped by DR.. Shoop's Cough
Cure. And it is so thoroughly harmless
aad safe, that DR.. Shoop tells mothers
everywhere to giveit without hesitation
even to very young babes. The whole
some green leaves and tender stems OF
q lnug healing mountainous shrub, 1ur-
nish the curative properties to Dr..
Shoop's Cough Cure. 1t Gains the
cou yh and heals the sore and sensitive
bronchial membranes no opium, no
chloroform nothing harsh used TO ln-
lure or suppress. Simply a resinous
plant extract that helps to neal aching
lungs. The Spaniards call this shrub
which the doctor uses, The sacred
herb" demand DR.. Shoop,s. take no
oShe-, W. E. Brown & Co.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-01
A GREAT BASEBALL SERIES.
How Boston and Providence Battled In
the League In 1884.

How Boston and Providence Batted In
the League In 1884.
Probably one of the grandest series
of baseball games played by National
league clubs was that between the
Bostons and the Providence Grays il
1884. The Bostons had won the cham.
pionship Of 1888, and it was the am
bition Of Providence cranls. who lived
only forty miles away from the Hub.
to wrest the laurels away from, the
Bean Eaters. Every game that was
played between the clubs was at
tended by immense crowds, and the
excitement was at white heat.
The first game Of the series in 1884
was one Of sixteen innings and result
ed in tie. the score standing to l..
The pitchers were Charley Radbonrne
and Jim Whitney. and 10000 persons
saw the battle. The next day Provi-
dence Won by score of 2 to in
nine innings, and Charley Sweeney
struck out snineteen Boston batsmen.
Of the first eight games Boston won
five and Providence three. When 1t
came time to meet for the four final
struggles the Providence team had
won every series from the other league
clubs and wanted to win the series
from the Bostons too. Radbourne ac-
cordingly was assigned to pitch in all
four games on four successive days.
He was in such magnificent form that
in all of tie games the BostorIs were
beaten and scored the sum total of one
run. One Of the games lasted eleven
innings. 1t was played in Boston and
was finally won by the Rhode Island
ers by q score Of / to 0. Arthur r.
win, who was the shortstop for Provi-
dence. drove long fly toward the
right field fence, and the bail went
through hole between the boards. 1t
was four bagger and decided the
game.
Radbournes wonderful pitching in
those days will never be forgotten BY
those who saw him perform. He went
into the box game after game and
pitched for nineteen consecutive con-
tests. It was his remarkable twrling
that was instrumental in helping Prov
idence to win the pennant that year.
Sweeney jumped the club in the mid
die of the season, and Rad went
along single handed. One feat that
was the talk of the baseball world IN
1883 was his pitching in an exhibition
game at Trenton The home club
would not allow Providence to play
with the regulation league ball and In
sisted upon substituting another OF
lighter weight. Radbourne, however,
accepted the latter bail and proceeded
to strike out every man who came to
the bat until one man had been re-
tired in the sixth inning. Then q play
er fouled the ball, which had not been
done before The pitching distance
then was forty-fve feet from the home
plate.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-01

When you see the name Rydale in an
advertisement or on remedy it is a
sure sign that the remedy advertised IS
compounded from the prescription OF
specialist. y specialist in certain
disease knows more about and is better
fitted to treat that disease than enyone
else, and that is the aeason why the
Rydale remedy never fails to relieve
and so often cure the troubles for which
they are recommended. Rydale's Stom-
ach Tablets, for Indigestion and Dys-
pepsia: Rydale's Liver Tablets for liver
and bowels Rrdale's Tonic, for a sys-
TEN builder and sure cure for Chills
and Malaria: and Cough Elixir, for all
ordinary Coughs anG bronchial trouble.
are four prescriptions OF the best
specialists and will do all that medicine
can do. W. Z. Brown & Co.