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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-29
A TRAGEDY OF THE DESERT.
One of the Weird Yarns From the
West

West.
The most extraordinary tragedy
ever enacted on the desert took place
at Jake Fletcher's cabin on the banks
Of the Amargosa, near Death Valley,
on Christmas Day. The news has just
reached civilization, according to a
San Bernardino, Cal, letter.
Fletcher had been doing we'll on his
claim until recently, when the vein
ran out. This left him without mon
ey to buy whisky. Thomas Robbins,
a bosom friend, who was spending the
day at Fletcher's, proposed that they
try a dynamite jag. He said he had
read of Mexican miners getting drunk
by eating dynamite when liquor had
failed.
Fletcher was incredulous, but ex-
pressed his willingness to make the
experiment. Between them they con-
sumed three sticks Of dynamite dur
ing the afternoon and evening of
Christmas Day and became loud and
boisterous in their demeanor. Fletch-
er was good natured and wanted to
sing, but Robbins was surly and quar-
relsome, and the more dynamite he
consumed the more troublesome he
became.
This finally aroused Fletcher's
wrath to such a pitch that he chal-
lenged Robbins to a fistic duel. Rob-
bins was staggering slightly and
Fletcher finally shot a left hook into
the mans ribs. Instantly there was
a terrific explosion. The body of
Robbins shot through the ceiling as
though it had turned into dynamite
bomb. The conclusion induced by
Fletcher's blow had caused Robbins
to explode.
The tragedy instantly sobered
Fletcher, and he called at a neigh
bor's cabin, where he told the story
and borrowed a lantern, saying he
intended to go that night to the near
est peace officer and give himself up
for the crime of manslaughter. He
was deeply depressed, and this feel
ing of melancholy must have caused
him to alter his programme, for he
betook himself to the top Of a peak
about a mile away and threw himself
from that point into the ravine below.
Searchers found the shattered re-
mains of Fletcher scattered about In
the boughs of the willows that grew
near the head of the ravine. He had
landed in a soft spot, but the concus-
sion had been great enough to set off
the second charge of dynamite.
The miners buried what they could
find of the two bodies, in one grave.
Since the death Of Fletcher miner
who went to work on his claim, re-
discovered the lost ledge and Is taking
out ore that will run $97.9S in gold
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-29
AUTHORS OF TODAY AND YESTERDAY,

AUTHORS OF TODAY AND YESTERDAY
james Whitcomb Riley is evidently
no believer in the greatness or endur-
ing quality of modern literature. Some
time ago a friend was talking to him
about the good times that novelists
of today have compared with those OF
the past.
You modern writers don't work Sc
hard" he said. and you are paid
twenty times as much as you ought
to be-"
Mr.. Riley gently shook his head
You labor under a misrepresentation
my boy" he replied THE chief diff
ference between the old authors and
those of today is simply this: They
died and their works live: our works
die and we live-as best we cam
Judge.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-29

POOR SANDY!-The young Scotch
man never liked his mother-in-laW
and this weighed heavily on the mino
Of his wife, who was i'll.
Calling her husband to her bedside
she said to him, Sandy, lad, I'm Varra
III and 1 think I'm gang to dee. and
before I dee l want you to gle me q
promise"
I'll promise" said Sandy. What
Is it?'
"Weel, ken that when l dee III
have a fine funeral, and I want you
to ride up in front in a carriage wi
my mother"
"Weel," sadly responded Sandy, i've
gied We my word, an it's nae me that's
gang back on that; but I'll tell We one
thing, we've spoilt the day for me-
Success.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-29
ORDEAL OF DYING.
A Point Is Reached Where There Is
No Pain

A Point Is Reached Where There Is
No Pain.
The case Of DR.. w. T. Bull, the New
York physician, in his heroic fight
against cancer and death has attract
ed the attention of the whole world.
Nevertheless the scientific critic now
comes along and tells us that in fa-
tai malady, after a certain phase has
been reached and passed, no real he
roism can be attributed to a doomed
person. For, according to the London
Lancet, the majority Of persons who
die in their beds cease to feel pain
once the disease from which they suf-
fer has travelled to limit Of which the
subsequent stage is death. Owing to
the comatose state Of a mind, the de-
sire to live and the will to do so have
deserted them.
There is, it is declared, very little
difference between dying-even from
what Is known as an agonizing death
and being sent to sleep by an an
aesthetic before an operation. 1t Is
solely because Of this liberation of the
spirit that the weak Of will and the
ultra -psychical in temperament aban-
don themselves to the use of drugs
like opium and morphine, since the
isolation of the mind is sought for.
Accordingly heroism in dying is not
admitted by those medical men who
have made a study Of what is known
as the physiology of death. Even when
the moribund Is said to be fully con-
scious and to be preparing his last
testament, despite his great suffer-
ings," as the saying is, the truth Is
that his fleshly ills have ceased to trou-
BILE his mind, phenomenon common
enough even in such minor kinds OF
suffering as earache or toothache
The same authorities declare that
death by shooting through the brain
IS the least painful Of all deaths, since
the passage of a bullet through the
brain is far swifter than the action OF
nerve currents. The centre Of feeling
in the brain has been destroyed before
the pain has had time to register its
existence. Again, death that occurs
by a fall from a great height is also
unfelt by the victim. The respiratory
organs cease to work as soon as the
fall begins and the action of the heart
is stopped almost at once.
The dramatic deathbed, says the
trained physician, is the outcome OF
the literary mans imaginings. The
average person ION the die" as Arte-
mus Ward has it, knows nothing at al
about his circumstances; nor Is 1t GER
tain that the very great know any
more. Napoleon's last words showed
that his mind was wandering. Goethe
asked for more light" although the
sun was streaming through the Win
dows. On the other hand, Henry VIII
of England is said to have asked for
Kate" the divorced Arragonese;
Charles II. asked for Harry Of Mon
mouth. and apologized for not dying
on schedule time. When Louis XIV
was busy dying, his successor, Louis
XIV, then a tot Of three or four years
was seated on a footstool near the bed
playing with q doll And what is
your name, little Prince" inquired a
fatherly courtier of the youngster
louis Qinze" (meaning Louis Quinze)
replied the little heir apparent Pas
encore. mon enfant, pas encore" cried
the dying king Cnot yet, my child
not yet'O.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-29
Office of the County Auditor of York
County, South Carolina.

Office of the County Auditor of York
County, South Carolina.
Yorkville, S. c., Dec. l, 1908.
A S required by statute my books
"A will be opened at my office IN
lvIKville on FRIDAY, JANUARY l,
1909, and kept open until FEBRUARY
70, 1909, for the purpose Of listing for
taxation all TAXABLE PROPERTY
held in York County on January !, 1909.
Returns made on proper blanks, and
sworn to before an officer qualited to
administer an oath and forwarded to
me by registered mail before February
~, 1909, VIII be accepted.
All taxpayers are particularly re-
quested to inform themselves as to the
number of their respective school dis
tricts, and where they have property
in more than one school district, they
will please make separate returns In
dicating the location of each piece OF
property. The school districts in which
there are special levies are as follows:
No. % in Bethel; Nos. 29 and 33 In
Bethesda; Nos. 9, 20 and 40 in Broad
River; Nos. and 20 in Bullocks Creek;
No. II in Catawba; Nos. and IL In
Ebenezer; Nos. &c, % and SO in Fort
MILL Nos. IL, 20, 33 and 35 in York.
For the purpose Of facilitating the
taking of returns, and for the greater
convenience Of tax payers, l will be at
the following places on the dates
named:
At Rock Hill, Thursday and Friday,
January % and 2S, and from Tuesday,
February 2 to Friday, February 5.
All males between the ages Of twen-
ty-one and sixty years, except Confed-
crate soldiers over the age Of fifty
years, are liable to a poll tax Of 81,
and all persons so liable are especially
requested to give the numbers Of their
respective school districts in making
their returns.
1t will be a matter Of much accom-
mediation to me If as many taxpayers
as possible will meet me at the res
pective appointments, mentioned above
so as to avoid the rush at Yorkville
during the closing days.
My office in Yorkville will be open
every week day from January l, to
February 20, inclusive, and returns
may be made there at any time.
JOHN ]. HUNTER,
County Auditor.
Yorkville. s. c., Dec. l, 1908.
Sc t 4t
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-29

weeks since September l, says the Pc
oria correspondence Of the Minneap-
oils Journal The figures have been
compiled from actual shipments. They
represent the entire production of the
Illinois river from Henry to Grafton,
and include the shipments from every
recognized fish market along the
banks Carp and buffalo weighing
from three to twenty-five pounds
make up this enormous amount, with
the carp constituting fully two-thirds
of the shipments.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-29
HIGHER EDUCATION.
Facilities In This Country Now Good
As Anywhere.

Facilities In This Country Now Good
As Anywhere.
No American need any longer go to
any foreign country for higher ed
ucation, according to William H.
Hurd of New York, who has just re-
turned from Europe, making special
study of the foreign universities.
I'm my judgment, the United States
offers today facilities for collegiate,
academical and postgraduate studies
equal in quantity and quality to those
offered by any country in the Old
World" said Doctor Hurd to Wash
ington Herald reporter. American
educational institutions are the best
equipped in the world. There is a
steady progress all along the line of
public instruction in the United States
and particularly in our universities.
THE regular reports of German
universities will continue to show the
attendance of American students.
Though their number may not in
crease materially, still they go. And
it is we'll that they should, particular
ly those that have in view special
studies and investigation in certain
lines, for Germany is pre-eminently
the land of specialists.
1T cannot be denied that German
devotion to special work has added
immensely to the sum of knowledge.
Besides, a year or two spent abroad
cannot but prove to be a great bless
ing to the average American student,
not because he needs it to prepare him
for his life's work, but because the
travel and sojourn in this and other
countries are in themselves a liberal
education and tend to broaden the
mind, widen the horizon, remove the
petty prejudices and supply an inde-
pendent judgment Of men and mat
terS.
"A few semesters at a German uni
versity, bringing young man In
touch with the ideas and methods of
the great scholars and scientists of
that country, as we'll as with the spir-
it of the German students life, is an
advantage generally appreciated all
through life"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-29

REAL CoLD.-An American and a
Scotsman were discussing the cold eX-
perienced in winter in the north of
Scotland.
why, it's nothing at all compared
to the cold weather we have in the
states" said the American. Il can
recollect one winter when sheep,
jumping from a hillock into a field,
became suddenly frozen on the way
and stuck in the air like mass of
ice"
But, man." exclaimed the Scots
man. the law of gravity wouldn't al
low that"
Il know that" replied the tale pitch
or. But the law of gravity was froz-
en-. too."-Tit-B Bits.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-29
BB SBP PARATRD.
Some YorkviIIe People Have Learned
How to Get Rid of Both.


How to Get Rid of Both.
Backache and kidney ache are twin
brothers
You can't separate them.
And you can't get rid of the back
ache until you cure the kidney ache.
If the kidneys are we'll and strong.
the rest of the system Is pretty sure
to be in vigorous health.
Doan's Kidney Pills make strong,
healthy kidneys.
Lloyd Cash, Ill Mill Row, Gaffney,
S. c., says: Severe pains across the
small of my back bothered me for
several months and at times were so
severe that l could hardly do my work.
There was also a soreness through the
regions Of the kidneys, When the kid
ney secretions became unnatural in
appearance, l concluded that the kid
neys were out Of order and as l had
heard Doan's Kidney Pills highly rec
commended, l purchased a box. l had
not taken all the contents Of this box
when the pain disappeared and up to
the present date, l have had no return
Of it. My kidneys were also strength
ened and the secretions restored to
their normal condition"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doans-an
take no other.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-29

Ea'"Since coming to Bartlesville. I've
seen some funny spelling" said the
up-to- date loafer. "One firm recently
advertised oysters. spelling it o-s-
t-e-r-s. Another sign reads Enlarged
pictures, but the funniest of all is one
l saw yesterday. A paint shop bears
the sign, "b-u-g-g-i-e. painting. Bar
tlesville (Okla.) Enterprise.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-29

III A party of friends were jollying
Marie about her sweetheart. when one
said: "Oh, think he is a weakened
chap anyhow" We'll, you just don't
know him as we'll as l do, he amt a
bit weak -kneed," and then she blushed,
and they all wondered if she sat on
him.-Englewood Qll) Times.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-29

8E' With the advent of cold weather
the height of the fishing season Of
19OS-09 has passed on the Illinois
river and over 100000 pounds, or
to be exact, 1850 tons of fresh-water
fish have been contributed TO the mar
kets of the United States in the fifteen
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-29
Office of the Supervisor of York County

Office of the Supervisor of York County
Yorkville, S. c., January Is, 1909.
nN SATURDAY, JANUARY 80,
" 1909, at IL o'clock a. M, will let
to the lowest responsible bidder, a con-
tract for the building Of bridge over
STONY FORK CREEK, on the Arm
strong Ford and Chester road. Plans
and specifications may be seen at the
proposed bridge site at the time Of the
letting of the contract. All necessary
lumber will be furnished by the coun-
ty. 1 reserve the right to reject any
or all bids. The successful bidder
must enter into bond for faithful per-
formance in double the amount of his
bid. GLEN F. GORDON,
Supervisor Of York County.
Hazel Grist, Clerk Of the Board.
f st
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-29
Let Us Suggest
A Resolution for
the Year 1909.

RESOLVE TO BUY SOME OF THE
BARGAINS THAT ARE OFFER
ED BY US FROM TIME TO TIME.
This will be a resolution you will
never regret, for as the years roll by
and the property enhances, you Will
be liable to say, 81 should have bought
more than / did" Don't worry over
the fortune you could have made, and
stood by while your neighbor got 1t,
but invest in some Of the bargains we
offer in DIRT and let 1t grow while
you sleep, for we must look forward
and not in the past for results. We
can sell you property that pays big
interest in rents and enhances in value
at the same time. No Safer Invest
ment can be found than Real Estate;
then why not own more land, for VAL
ues are bound to increase with the
growth of the population. 1t takes
land to hold people, whether they are
alive or in the cemetery
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-29
BANK or CLOVER
CLOVER. S. G

~ WanGcd.-YOur orders for all
kinds OF printed matter. Best work
at fairest prices.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-29
LITTLB BIT

ADDED TO WHAT YOU HAVE,
MAKES JUST A LITTLE BIT
MORE"
And this adding process Is a very
good thing Did you ever try 1t?
No? Well, suppose you do. Try to
save something. 1t will come handy
some day. It is not only good hab-
it, but 1t Pays, and PAYS BIG.
Save 10c a day--just ten pennies
and in a year you will have $3.50;
Csc a day will give you $91.25 in a
year. 1t will come easy-once you
make a start-beginning is the i'm
pOrtant thing.
Put your Savings In THIS Bank
it will be SAFE here and you can get
1t back just any time.
BANK or CLOVER
CLOVER. S. @.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-29
FOR SALE
Incorporated.

FOR SALE
Two cheap Mules.
Two large mules-good ones.
One good, gentle Horse.
One good, gentle family Mare.
a few tons Of Grain Fertilizer
left over from last fall.
BURT or 90-DAY Seed Oats.
r. R. P. Seed Oats and WHITE
Oats.
PAINT for Iron Roofing-both red
and black.
open Furrow GRAIN DRILLS.
GUANO DRILLS.
Best HARNESS OIL on the market.
Half Patent FLOUR-S2.5O Cash.
GRADUATED SUGAR-S4.9O 100
lbs, CASH.
York Supply Company.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-29
SECOND TOWNSHIP PREMIUM.

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WHAT CLUB is
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MARCH o'clock p. sharp.
will be held individually responsible for the Of
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the unfulfed portion OF
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scrpton price has been paid will be until the
on the Club
cubmakers
cedtng
transfer will be
transfers they
provision The cubsker who
regularly others will be called dow
the publishers but as guarantee the fairness
all Subscribers
that all the shall go to the address
Clubmaker right to return it this year 49,, - -. . s
ing them and we will responsible money
when s P nae or or R Gd PU pTesent
address and say ThsR @ 5 the be @ se are eg SSM
either the Bggs tug TowhP d seT6 % ing Machine
After the close of the SGmteS 5 on 81 od & M Clubs @ a at
L. NJ. CRISIS Sons, PUBLISHERS
YORKVILLE, S. c.
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MAKE A CLUB
FOR THE ENQUIRER!
Eighteen Capital Premiums
Valued at $725
AN UNLIMITED NUMBER OF
SMALLER PRIZES.
Rubber Tired, Quarter Leather Top, Rock Hill
Buggy For Largest Club.
esUv
Quarter Leather Top Steel Tired, Rock Hill Buggy
For Second Largest Club.
Forty and Thirty Dollar Sewing Machines for Largest and Second
Largest Clubs That Do Not Get Buggies in Each Township
Forty and Thirty Dollar Sewing Machines for Largest and Second
Largest Clubs That Do Not Get Bugges in Each Township.

YoRKvILLE ENQUIRER is THE MOST THoRoUGHGoING
is a fills field
SUBSCRIBERS
getting
Hill
forh OF
$685.
the
Tres,a and
Cubmaker returning club than other Cbmaser
which eal Machine has drop head hand lift and
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-29
THE FIRST PREMIUM.

The prize for the SECOND LARGEST CLUB re
will be Quarter Leather Top Carolina Grade Rock
Tires, and valued at $40.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-29
COME FOR US or SEND FOR US
TAX RETURNS FOR 1909.

RAWLs PLUMBING COMPANY.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-29
FIRST TOWNSHIP PREMIUM.

To the Clubmaker returning Il
siding in the same township we will
Machine, which Retails at $40. The
ball bearing. 1t Is equipped with rlbt
which the manufacturers claim Is the
ton with Sewing Machine. 1t is 6
lifetime.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-29
BRIDGE CONTRACT TO LET.

Remember the name-Doan's-an
take no other.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-08-26
Paint Beauty.

Assured Of durability the next
thought in painting Is beanty-the
complete aim being durable beauty, or
beautiful durability.
National Lead Company here again
offer You the cooperation of their paint
experts-this time In the line OF color
schemes, artistic, harmonious and ap-
propriate. You have only to write Ma
tional Lead Company, 1902 Trinity
Building, New York City, for House.
owners Painting Outfit No. 49," and
you will promptly receive what Is real
ly a complete guide TO painting, in
Guiding a book Of color-schemes for
either exterior or interior painting Gas
you may ~request), a book Of speciica-
tons, and also In instrument for de-
tecting adulteration in paint materials.
This outfit is sent free, and, to say the
least, is well. worth writing for.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-08-26
MUNYON'S EMINENT DOCTORS KT
YOUR SERVICE FREE.
Not a Penny to Pay for the Fullest
Medical Examination.

II you are In doubt as to the cause
Of your disease, mail US a postal re-
questing a medical examination blank
which you will fill out and return to
us. Our doctors will carefully dag
nose your case, and II you can be
cured you will be told 50; II you san-
not be cured you will be told SO, You
are not obligated to Is in any way, for
this advice Is absolutely free. You are
at liberty to take our advice or not, az
you see At. Send to-day for a medi-
cal examination blank, fill out and re-
turn to us, and our eminent doctors
will diagnose your case thoroughly.
absolutely free.
Munyon's, SD and Jefferson streets.
Philadelphia, Pa. /"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-08-26
One More SPOT.
From p Weekly.

From arper weekly.
2 Chief Justice Fuller was not long ago
the guest Of a southern gentleman who
had a servant named John. famous for
his mint tulep. Soon after Judge Full
topped with crushed ice and a small
tree of mint. With low bows and many
smiles he presented 1t, and watched
anxiously while Judge Fuller appre-
ciately slipped 1t.
THAT touch the right spot, sah?" he
queried.
TT does, join, it does" the Judge re-
piled.
John disappeared. but was soon re-
called by the tinkle of a hand-bell. The
glass was now empty. The judge
looked up with a twinkle In his eye.
"I think I've got another spot, john
ne said. ..
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-08-26

and made q furious lunge at her-she felt
tho weapon burying itself to the hilt-
and not Assunta, but Carlo, fell to tbs
floor.
Everything turned black before Roset-
ta's eyes. and with a cry h threw her
self down over her faithless lovers body.
while Assunta wildly rushed out Of the
house.
Her cries brought q crowd Of men and
women, who entered. the house. In front
OF the open studio door was the dead body
OF the handsome German artist, and at bis
side, with the s~tiIletto in her heart, RIOS
eta, the poor child Of the mountains.