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Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-31
Wilton Velvet Rugs
33h Per Cent Discount

$500 Wilton Velvet Rug, 9x10-6 $16.87
$4,000 Wilton Velvt Rug, ~10-6x12-9,
$28.00 Wilton Velvt Rug, 10-6x10 $18.67
$3.50 Wilton Velvet Rug, S-9X12-G,
Tor .$lo.OO
$4,000 Wilton Velvet Rug, 1O-6x11-6,
LOT ''''''. ''''''' %zO'OO
$500 wilton Velvet Rug, 11-6x12-6.
TOT ........ '..'.'sS EAU
$3.50 Wilton Velvet Rug, S-3x1O-6,
for Slo.d7
$500 Wilton Velvet >Rug, S-3x11-G.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-31
Rugs, Carpets, Linoleums, Etc
Savings that will induce you to look ahead and purchase now the
coverings you may need later. Look for Red Tickets. 5th Floor.
Wilton Velvet Rugs
so Per Cent Discount.

$500 Wilton Velvet Rug, 10-6x13-6,
Tor ......... I0'O
$500 Wilton Velvet Rug, 11-3x1S,
for SxV.o
$32.75 Wilton Velvet Rug, 10-6x11,
TOT ........ . 49,. = '9iu'fO
$500 Wilton Velvet Rug, 1~O-1Ox10-11,
for ..... .S12.5O
$4,000 Wilton Velvet Rug, 9x9, $1,000
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-31
Wilton Velvet Rugs
25 Per Cent Discount.

$4,000 Wilton Velvet Rug, 1O-6x11-9.
for .$24.75
$500 Wilton Velvet Rug, ~1O-6x12-9,
for $3.50
$1,000 Wilton Velvet Rug, 9x12-9,
" e E . . e. = bSf.OU
$4,000 Wilton Velvet Rug, 9x9-9, $500
$4,000 Wilton Velvet Rug, 10-6x12-4,
TOT .....,.... ........ $20.25
$500 Wilton Velvet Rug, CX7-G, $1,000
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-31

disc bouqht for one season atits close-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-31
Look fer Red Ticket

N T., Carpets,
L Rugs, Etc. bought dur
ing this sale will be held for
Future Delivery II desired,
and no charge for storage
will be made.
We advise you to antici-
pate your wants.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-31

showing the clearance price. TAX
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-31
Inlaid Linoleum.


The kind that the color goes through
to the back and does not wear off.
soc Inlaid Linoleum, per square yd. 6Oc
$3.50 lnlaid Linoleum, per quare I'D. Csc
$1.75 Imported Linoleum, So. yd. $1.35
Sl.35 lnlaid Linoleum, per square yd. SOC
$1.G5 lnlaid Linoleum, square yd. $1.15
Remnants of Inlaid Linoleum, per square
yard zoe TO soc
Printed Linoleum.
Csc Linoleum, twenty rolls, slightly
damaged, per square yard ......25
zoe Linoleum, thirty rolls, all perfect, per
SQUIRE yard .. Soc
100 Linoleum, twenty-eight rolls, per
square yard o
75c Linoleum, eighteen rolls, per square
yaro .',....,.. 4bc
S5a Linoleum, 12-feet wide, twenty-eight
rolls, per square yard .....,... SOC
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-31
Library Tables
Curtains and POrtiereS

we IRE Offering in this Clearing Sale the cry newest styles at moderate
and high grade Lace Curtains, Porteres and Draperies at enormous
gs-jusuying your buying for next springs needs Fifth Elosr
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-12-17

the Associated Press today requested
a clarifying statement. Commissioner
Smith Is absent in the west, but the
following was obtained from the off,
cials in charge Of his bureau: 1.-The
report CT the commissioner Of corpora
tions on cotton exchanges does not, as
incorrectly stated in some press reviews
of the report, condemn the future
system as such, instead, 1t recognizes
the great value of the future system
to the cotton trade, provided that sys-
tenn Is conducted on equitable and
commercial lines. Instead Of branding
future trading as pure gambling the
report sharply discriminates between
legitimate speculation and gambling.
The report does condemn certain
abuses of the future system, and par
ticularly the practice adopted by the
New York cotton exchange OF arbitra-
rily fixing the price differences be-
tween middling cotton and the various
other grades deliverable on future con-
tracts on that exchange. The report
shows that this fixed difference sys-
tenn results in an abnormal depression
of the future price as compared with
spot price of middling cotton, and that
these abnormal depressions of the fu-
ture price disorganize the future mar
ket and seriously impair its value for
bidding purposes, one OF the principal
functions of a cotton exchange. The
report also shows that this unnatural
depression of the future price works
to the injury Of the cotton producer,
particularly because prices Of cotton
paid by merchants to farmers are
largely established by applying buying
limits to the future prices quoted on
cotton exchange"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-12-17

massacres. John P. Warren, aged
II years. who has been in the Con-
necticut state prison since 1859, is
hoping for Christmas gift in the
shape Of a pardon. He murdered his
wife. The London Daily Mail
says that a wireless telephone system
is being installed to work between
Paris and New York. 49,. One hun
dred carloads Of grain were destroyed
by fire at st. Louis, Mo-, Monday. The
loss totaled more than 100000. .....
Fire destroyed eighteen blocks Of
buildings and rendered thousands
homeless at Valdivia, Chile, Satur-
day night. The total loss Is estimat-
ed as in excess Of $2,500,000. -. Capt.
Thomas Franklin, Of the United States
army, pleaded guilty Monday in the
United States circuit court at New
York, to the charge Of embezzlement
and graft while an officer at West
Point =. During the deer hunting
season In New England and Canada
just closed, thirty-four persons. were
accidentally shot to death. :. "A bill to
establish a central national bank Of is
sue at Washingtonwith a capital stock
Of $100,000,000 has been introduced in
congress. Leading New York flnanciers
are said to be opposed to the plan as
outlined in the bill. 80. The cruiser
Prairie with 700 marines aboard, sailed
for Colon, Panama, from Philadelphia
Yesterday morning, for possible service
in Nicaragua.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-12-17

ing when the fearful wreck occurred at
the Reedy Fork trestle on the South
ern. He did not go to the wreck; but
saw a number Of people who had been
there and said that one Of the mosc
striking features Of the catastrophe,
after the fearful loss Of life, ETC., was
the conduct Of young Jay Gould, who
was on the train with his father, Geo.
J. Gould. Neither Of the Goulds were
injured: but everybody was loud In
the praise Of young Gould. who was
untiring in his efforts in behalf Of the
injured and helping to recover the
bodies of the dead. The young man
got down In the mud and water up to
his waist and kept at the work as long
as It seemed that he could be Of fur
ther assistance. Mr.. Carroll expressed
the opinion yesterday that the death
list as published In the morning pa
pers would be found to be incomplete.
One of. the cars was buried deep down
in the water, and the general opinion
was that there would be still other
bodies under the debris.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-12-17
Messrs. A. J. PARROT, w. M. Stow

Messrs. A. J. PARROT, w. M. Stowe
and ]. M. Davidson Of the Filhert
neighborhood, have sowed $50 bushels
Of oats on one hundred acres Of land.
We expect to handle all the Santa
Claus letters that are received up to
next Monday morning, but do not
promise to print any that may be re-
ceived after that time.
Those people who try to claim that
there Is no Santa Claus. or that Santa
Claus is a myth, are requested to please
explain why the old gentleman Is get
ting all the letters that we have been
publishing during the past several is-
sues Of The Enquirer.
The sum Of five dollars that we
are Offering for the largest number of
new names returned and paid for by
Saturday, January 8, is still anybody's
prize. There have been more than a
hundred new names returned since the
announcement Of the five dollar offer;
but we are safe in saying that no sim
gle clubmaker has returned more thar
a dozen.
There is a good deal of satisfaction
in Kings Mountain township over the
recent capture Of stills and several dis
tillers near the North Carolina line,
and there is a widespread desire for a
complete breaking up Of the business.
The objection arises principally out Of
the demoralizing effect that the illegal
sale of liquor is having on the laborers
in the township; but there are. Of
course, other reasons why a thorough
enforcement of the law Is desirable. 1t
is believed that persistent work along
the lines now being pursued will result
in the final suppression of the Illicit
traffic in the township.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-12-17

1T gives The Enquirer especial pleas
ure to call attention to the advertise
ment of webster's new international
dictionary in another column. Web
ster's dictionary has been the leading
authority on the English language for
so many years, that it is out Of the
question to think Of its being sup
planted. There is no other similar
work in existence that is equal to the
old International. The new book, how
ever, is more encyclopaedia in its char
acter, and is decided improvement on
the old. With the single exception Of
the Holy Bible, it is easily the most
valuable compilation in the whole Eng
lish language, and it should be fixture
in every home that can afford the
price-S12.00.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-12-17
THE statement that the city of Spar

THE statement that the city Of Spar
tanburg has established a juvenile
court after the model worked out by
Judge Lindsay Of Denver, Col, and
that Senator Carlisle intends to try to
secure legislation looking to the more
general adoption of the experiment is
Of more than passing interest. The
Juvenile court seems to be something
new under the sun. 1t Is based upon
the idea Of teaching the boys to enforce
the laws among themselves by means
of an honor system, and it has wrought
wonders in Colorado in saving boys
from criminal lives and raising them
up to become bulwarks of law and or
der. Just how this novel idea Is going
to work in South Carolina, we do not
know. 1t Is a question as to whether
the older people will give it fair and
impartial trial; but there are great
possibilities of outcome in what mas
already been done along this line, and
the Spartanburg experiment will be
watched with much interest.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-12-17
MERE. MENTION.

Miss Silvey Speer, daughter of a
prominent and wealthy man of Allan
Ia, Ga, who a year ago was married
to her fathers chauffeur, r. ]. Thomas,
was granted a divorce Monday morn
ing from Thomas, and in the afternoon
was married to NJ. c. Mckenzie. 900.
Gen. A. w. Greedy, famous Arctic ex-
plorer, has resigned his membership in
the Explorers club, New York, on ac-
count Of the strong partisanship shown
by the club in favor of Commander
Peary as against DR.. Cook. The
Southern Educational association will
meet in Charlotte, N. c., December %,
for a three days session. 49,. Scores
Of New York detectives are looking for
the thief who got away with 100000
worth of jewels from the apartments
Of Mrs. John w. Jenkins at the Hotel
Lorraine on Tuesday afternoon of last
week. -. Sergeant ]. o. Mix of the
United States coast artillery, died at
Fort Screven, near Savannah, Ga,
Sunday afternoon of leprosy, contract
ed while in service in Cuba. Mix left
an estate valued at s50,000. .... King
Leopold Of Belgium is critically i'll at
Brussels and his demise is expected
at any time. His successor on the
throne will be Prince Albert Leopold
a nephew. .... The iron workers of the
American Federation of Labor are pre-
pairing for fight to the finish against
the United States Steel corporation.
Seven persons were burned to death
and three others fatally injured in a
tenement house fire at Cincinnati, o.,
Tuesday morning. go. -Four persons
were killed and eighteen were injured
in triple train wreck at Northeast,
Pa, Tuesday. A fast passenger train
collided with an express train on a
side track, thus causing the wreck of
freight train, which was also on the
side track. ...... President Taft has
appointed Judge Horace H. Lurton of
Ohio. to be an associate justice of the
United States supreme court. Con-
gress will adjourn December 21 for
the Christmas holidays and will re-
convene on January 4, 1910. Fire
destroyed property to the value Of
s650,000 at Racine. Wis, Sunday
morning. .....It is estimated that
Christmas trees to the number Of
4 100000, have been cut for the ap-
preaching Yule-tide season. q. .Twen-
ty-six Moslems were executed at
Adana. Turkey, Saturday and Sun
day, for participation in the April
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-12-17

THE Anderson Mail believes that
Peter Ney, the school teacher, was none
other than Marshal Ney Of France
Thanks, awfully. AS for ourself, we
stop a little short Of conviction
Charlotte Observer.
If the Daily Mail has committed it.
self to the proposition alleged, we have
overlooked the fact. So far as we are
concerned, We have never been con-
vinced by any statements we have
seen in connection with the Peter Ney
story. The Anderson Daily Mail is one
of the most level headed newspapers
we know. and If it has really commit
ted itself to the belief that Peter Ney
and Marshal Ney were the same, We
desire to look into the matter further
How great men could be born in North
Carolina, we can readily understand;
but why they should die there, Is en-
tirely another matter. Nor would we
have it inferred from what we have
suggested that Andrew Jackson was
born in North Carolina, for he was
not. He was a native Of Lancaster
county.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-12-17
Wreck on the Southern.-Local ps


enger train No. II, on the Southern
railroad, known as the Richmond and
Atlanta train, was wrecked at Reedy
Fork treStle, ten miles north of Green's
boro last Wednesday morning at $40
o'clock, with the result that fourteen
people were killed and twenty-four
were injured. The wreck is said to
have been caused by a broken rail,
which the train struck shortly before
going on the trestle. The engine. bag
gage, mail and express cars passed
over the trestle safely, while the
day coaches and Pullmans were thrown
from the trestle into the creek and
along the banks some 20 to 30 feet be-
low. The injured and dead were mov-
ed to Greensboro, where attention was
given to the injured. George Gould
and his son, Jay Gould, were on the
train on their way to their hunting
lodge near Greensboro, and escaped
without serious injury. Mr.. r. H. Rus
sell. New York friend with the
Goulds, was badly hurt ard had to be
taken to Greensboro. Among the dead
are H. c. White, travelling auditor Of
the Southern: Isaac Dammals, porter
on the Richmond sleeper: c. B. Nolan,
Pullman conductor; Frank w. Kilby,
expert accountant; Virgil E. Holcombe,
Mt. Airy. n c.; Ed Sexton, Denton,
n. c.; John G. BroadnaX, Richmond,
Va: Charles T. Broadfield. Americus
Ga.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-12-17
WITHIN THE TOWN.

Cotton began to move pretty freely
when the local price went to Is cents
but as soon as the price fell off, there
was decline Of receipts.
The displays of Christmas toys In
the show windows are unusually inter-
esting, as is evidenced by the numer-
Gus people who take the trouble to stop
and make extended examinations.
Although she has had quite q sue
cessful season with her millinery busi-
ness, Miss Mamie Shaffer has decided
that she will not continue 1t next year.
There has been no business in the
court this week, because Of the absence
of attorneys in Columbia. The court
will devote itself to equity business
during several days Of next week.
The contract for the new c. &
NV. depot is to be let within the next
few days. and the understanding is that
the building is to be completed within
the next two months.
= The Yorkville postoffice will have
IbCu SiOoo oIoihPo Oii ooiC oktSA ooh-
day. These stamps will not pay post
age; but purchasers Of them will have
the consciousness of having gotten the
worth of their money in the good that
will be done.
= The organ recital at the Church
OF the Good Shepherd last Wednesday
night was a musical treat. Prof. de
Launay proved himself a master Of the
instrument, and demonstrated the
many varieties of tone and expression
to be obtained from an organ with but
one keyboard. Many were delighted
with his rendition of old favorites, such
as Schubert's Serenade, Mendelssohn's
Spring song and the overture to the
opera Poet and Peasant" Mrs. de
Launay has a beautiful voice and sang
two selections. 1t Is hoped that both
Of these musical artists may be heard
again in Yorkville.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-12-17
ABOUT PEOPLE,

Mr.. J. Ernest Stroup is at home from
Davidson college for the holidays.
Congressman and Mrs. D. E. Finley
returned to Yorkville on Wednesday
morning.
Miss Annie Thurston Of Pittsburg
Pa, is the guest of Mrs. w. G. White
for the winter.
Mr.. Kenneth Lowry, Is at home from
Atlanta, Ga, on visit to his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Ernest Lowry.
DR.. J. D. Mcdowell was on the
streets Tuesday for the first time since
his recent attack of appendicitis.
Mrs. S. w. Wallace and daughter
Miss Pearl, of Yorkville, left this week
to visit Mrs. F.. w. Fain in cambridge
Tenn.
Mr.. Jno. R. Hart is in Charleston
this week attending the annual meet
ing of the Grand Lodge of South Car
olina Masons.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. j. Devinney OF
Avery, Texas, arrived last night to vis-
IL TIE VI MI. II. L. beNlHIley ana
other relatives.
Mrs. H. H. Sherrer of Sharon No. /,
and Mrs. L. T. Dowdle and baby of
Hickory Grove, are visiting relatives
and friends in Gastonia.
Mrs. A. B. Andrews of Raleigh, N. c.,
was quite seriously injured on We'd
nesday as the result of a runaway ac-
cident. Mrs. Andrews and Miss Ma
bel Young were in the Andrews car
riage. The horses became frightened at
a pile of building material in the street
and ran away, with the two ladies'
helpless in the carriage. Both ladies
were thrown out: but Miss Young es-
capped with but slight injuries.
Mr.. NJ. L. Carroll Of Yorkville, was
at Greensboro, n. c., Wednesday morn
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-12-17
Special Premium Offer.

In order to add to the interest Of the
contest among our clubmakers, We
have decided to offer some special
premiums to clubmakers during jan
uary, in addition to our regularly pub
lished offers, and to be entirely inde-
pendent Of the regular contest
We hereby offer five dollars in cash
to the clubmaker or clubmakers re-
turning and paying for the largest club
four weeks Of January .g
The contest will be open to all who
care to enter II, including those who
are now making clubs, and those who
may undertake clubs for this special
contest, and the names returned in
this special contest will count on the
regular clubs exactly the same as II
this contest had not intervened.
Here Is the propositions:
A record will be kept Of every new
name entered between this date and
the second Saturday in January, and
on Saturday, January s, the clubmak-
er who has to his credit the largest
number Of new names returned and
paid for between Friday, December 8,
and the date mentioned, Saturday,
January s, at o'clock p. m, will re-
ceive IS.
Beginning the next Monday morn
ing. January 10, the contest will be on
for another week and the clubmaker
returning and paying for the largest
number Of new names by o'clock p.
m, January Is, will receive S..
The same offer holds good for the
two weeks following, and the sum Of
SIS will be awarded for the largest clubs
Of new subscribers returned and naid
for during each Of the weeks pre-
ceding.
Twenty dollars to be awarded in all
SIS on each Saturday for the largest
club Of new subscribers returned and
paid for during the contest preceding.
BY new subscribers is meant sub
scriber who Is not now taking The En-
quirer, and who has not been taking
It since July /, 1909. Changes In the
name of persons to whom the paper Is
now going will not be permitted to
count in the contest. The offer Is in
tended to apply solely to names which
will constitute additions to our present
All names returned in this special
contest will be entered upon the clubs
Of the respective contestants. ami
counted in the regular competition. the
same as II this special contest had not
been held.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-12-17
The atarkrills Gnquirsr.
Entered at the Postoffice in Yorkville
as Mail Matter of the Second Class
YoRKvILLE. s. c.,
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1909.

THE National Geographic society has
publicly proclaimed Commander Rob-
ert E. Peary, as the only and original
discoverer of the north pole. DR.. Cook,
of course, has not asked the society for
recognition; but If the University Of
Copenhagen approves and backs his
claims, there will be something more
to be said on the whole subject.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-12-17

=
Dillon, December 15: There IL re-
joicing In Dillon today. The new coun-
ty has won by an overwhelming major
ity and everybody from the smallest to
the oldest inhabitant ;s happy. Re-
turns from all the precincts give the
new county tremendous majority, and
II is believed the official returns VIII
show majority Of from 80 to IS per
cent, for the new county from every
precinct, but two. Dillon Is selected
for the location Of the county seat and
the name Dillon has won over the name
Pee Dee by g., large majority. II has
been long and stubborn struggle, but
the new county people feel fully paid
for the tremendous amount Of energy
and money that they have put into the
fight during the past Is years Three
times they have been defeated. but un-
daunted they have gone ahead each
time with renewed energy and higher
hopes.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-12-17
FRIDAY, DECEMBER II. 1909.

years during which Mr.. Roddey has
annually given q medal to the best de-
batter at the University Of South Car
olina that he has been able to be pres
ent. Only by narrow margin was he
present last night, for he did not ar
rive in Columbia until o'clock and
reached the chapel Of the university,
travel stained and still carrying his
suit case. Mr.. Roddey admitted that
the allegation that this Ia his first APP
pearance at a Roddey medal debate IL
G just accusation, circumstances having
been such In previous years that he
has always found It impossible to be
present. II thought was slipping In
I was called upon to deliver the medal
nevertheless, and made my appear
ance covered with generous portion
Of the dust between here and Rock
HILL Mr.. Roddey says that his rea-
sons for awarding medal annually 70
the best debater were formed good
many years ago when he was stu
dent at Carolina. He became Impress
ed then with the need for debates on
subjects out Of the beaten track and
decided to give medal, choosing SUBJ
jects himself to be submitted to the
faculty for approval and selecting such
Topics tnat naQ not Deen 0iScusseQ De-
fore and those that would furnish lit
tie chance for profit by reference to
those debates that had gone before.
Mr.. koddey also said that he provid-
ed for committee Of Judges, consist
Ing Of lawyer, a doctor. etc, In or
der that the award might be made by
men who were not acquainted with the
speakers. instead Of by the faculty as
is the usual custom: In speaking Of
the variety Of subjects he selects Mr..
Roddey said, "For instance, our fury
system is all wrong, and suggested
discussion of this subject because I
have seen myself how radically wrong
the jury system Is. Why in our
county" he continued, "a man was ar
raigned on a charge Of carrying con-
cealed weapons, and although he ad-
mitted his guilt he was acquitted by
the jury, and then, too, you have had
a glaring example Of the error In the
jury system right here In Columbia"
Another unusual feature Of the debate
last night was that the winner was
resident Of Rock Hill. Beatty Jennings
White, who has won state tennis cham
pionship medals as well as literary
honors innumerable at the university.