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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-18
Humorous department.
Been Taking Turns.

Mrs. Rogers had the barrel Of rus
set apples placed in the attic because
they were not quite ripe enough to eat,
and she warned her three boys, whose
ages range from 5 to IL years, not to
touch them.
Then, one rainy day, when she
sought the attic to get something from
a trunk, she came full upon her sons,
surrounded by apple cores. At her
approach two of the boys drew closer
together; but the third, little dis
tance off, who lay on his stomach, con-
tentedly munching an apple, apparent
ly paid no attention to his mothers
entrance.
Jack! Henry! Willie!" she ex-
claimed reproachfully. Whatever are
you doing? And those apples! Didn't
I tell you not to touch them?"
Eyes, mamma" replied Jack, the
eldest, "but we're not really eating
them; we're acting the Garden Of
Eden. Willie and are Adam and Eve.
Henry, over there, is the serpent, try
ing to lead us to our downfall by
showing us how good the apples are"
But" began the mother, as sternly
as she was able. you two must have
been eating apples; Henry hasn't done
It all. I see as many as ten cores
around you"
"oh, yes" returned Willie, the
younger; we've all been taking
turns being the serpent.-Fruit Grow
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-18
An Incomplete Landscape.

Mr.. Kreezus, the multimillionaire'
was entertaining a friend at his ele-
CANT country home. II was born and
brought up in this neighborhood," he
said, land when I was boy I used
to think what a fine thing 1t would be
to have a house on this hill. It's the
highest point of ground. you will no
tice, within a circuit Of several miles,
and the view from here is extensive" 4"
"It is magnificent" exclaimed the
visitor.
Eyes, and when the time came that
I could afford it I gratified my boyish
ambition by buying the land round
here and putting up this house"
st have been in a great many
places, and 1 have never seen finer
landscape than this"
That's what I used to think, but
I don't like it now as we'll as I did
when I was a boy"
What makes the difference?"
"It isn't complete"
mot complete? Why you own the
landscape, don't you?"
That's the trouble. I own all of 1t
but that S0-acre patch over there be-
yond the creek. about six miles away.
The old curmudgeon that owns 1t
won't sell 1t to me at any figure"
And Mr. Kreezus sighed dismally.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-18
TAX RETURNS FOR 1910.
Office Of the County Auditor Of York
County, South Carolina.

Office Of the County Auditor Of York
County, South Carolina.
Yorkville. s. c.. November 80, 1903.
A s required by statute my books will
"A be opened at my ONCE in York.
Vile on SATURDAY, JANUARY /.
1910, and kept open until FEBRUARY
20, 1910. for the purpose Of listing for
taxation all PERSONAL and REAL
PROPERTY held in York county on
January /, 1910.
Particular attention is called to the
fact that all real property must be re-
assessed during the period mentioned.
and all property real or personal not
returned, will be subject to q penalty
Of 80 per cent which will be added af-
ter February 20.
All returns must be made in regular
form and 1t is preferable that they be
to me or my assistant, direct, on blanks
provided for the purpose. The returns
must be duly sworn to either before me
or my assistant or some other officer
qualified to administer an oath.
All items, of realty whether farms,
or town lots, must be listed separately,
and no return which simply says,
same as last year." or mo changes"
will be accepted.
Returns made on proper blanks. and
sworn to before an officer qualified to
administer an oath and forwarded to
me by registered mail before February
20, 1910. will 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 indicat-
ing the location Of each piece Of prop
erty. The school districts In which there
are special levies are as follows: Nos.
23 and %. in Bethel township; Nos. s.
80, 33 and 43 in Bethesda township;
Nos. 8, 20 and 40 In Broad River town
ship: Nos. 8, Is and 20 in Bullock's
Creek township; No. IL Catawba town.
ship: Nos. 7. IL, 35 and 43 in Ebenezer
township: Nos. 26, % and 80 In Fort
Mill township: Nos. 2 and 81 in Kings
Mountain township: Nos. II, 20, 33, 35,
AZ and 4S in York township.
For the purpose Of facilitating the
taking of returns, and for the greater
convenience Of taxpayers, ! will be at
the following places on the dates
named:
At Fort Mil, Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday. January 19. 20 and 81.
At McConnellsville, Monday, January
"a.
At Ogden, Tuesday, January 25.
At Coates Tavern, Wednesday, jan
uary 26-Roddey's.
At Rock Hill, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, January q, 2s and 20, and
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
February 2, 3 and 4.
The office in Yorkville will be open
during the whole period of taking re-
turns.
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 poll tax Of 81. and
all persons so liable are especially re-
quested 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.
JOHN ]. HUNTER,
County Auditor.
Yorkville, S. c., Nov. 80. 1909.
Sc I. At
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-18
THE BOMB AGE.
A Disease That Is a Reproach to Our
Boasted Civilization.

In earlier times, before science had
been called in to apply the occult
powers Of nature to the destruction
of life, the uniform method Of wreak-
ing private vengeance or comprising
political assassination was by the dag
ger. That extraordinary genius and
picturesque villain, Benvenuto Cellini.
who was one Of the most renowned
artists Of the Renaissance, In his uni
que autobiography, recounts with the
utmost sang-froid and particularly,
his success in making away with his
rivals and enemies, and two successive
kings of France at or about the same
period met death by the dagger.
It was a period which we are accus-
toned to look upon as far below ours
in civilization; in fact, as semi-bar-
barous, despite it's high attainment In
literature and art; nevertheless-and
there can be no fairer test applied
murders were not relatively as nu-
merous as they are among us, and
assassinations Of both a private and
political character we're accomplished
in much more merciful fashion than
now. The individual only whose life
was sought was endangered or killed.
The SLAYER was content with that. In
our days the slayers have grown
ed. bomb thrower, to compass his
object, not infrequently slaughters
and mains several persons, to say
nothing Of destroying property, and
murders by bombs have become ev-
ery-day occurrences. Bombs were In
constant use during the late troubles
in Barcelona, and recently on the
same day by means of them the chief
Of police of Buenos Ayres was killed
and the person of the viceroy Of In
dia assailed.
body polite, and one for which no
adequate treatment either preven-
tive or punitive, has been devisd. 1t
looks almost as though organized So
ciety was paralyzed in attempting to
deal with a malady so hostile to its
existence and so deadly in its results
These men take no account of their
own lives. They usually make no at
tempt to avoid arrest, and as soon as
one is put out of the way there are
ten to take his place.
Surely anything that would stamp
out bomb throwing would seem to be
justified. 1t would be better that a
few individuals caught redhanded
should suffer to the limit rather than
that society should be continually
terrorized and wholesale murder be
permitted to continue. Every one but
few anarchists regards bomb throw
ing with unspeakable horror and
aversion. No cause can justify or
palliate it, and If by new and strin-
gent legislation, supplemented by in
ternational agreements, anything can
Le done to check it, it will make the
world a better and more comfortable
place to live in and remove a re-
proach to our boasted civilization
Washington Post.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-18
walked THE CONGREGATION.
Parson Adams Methods Were Vieor.
Gus and Productive.

Many stories are told of the way
in which a certain Parson Adams of
Lunenburg, we'll known in the first
half of the last century, attended to
matters which he decided were in
need of summary treatment. On one
or two occasions at least his action was
not limited to his own parish. One
amusing instance of this sort occurred
one Sunday when he exchanged pull
pits with a friend who presided over
we'll to do but somewhat careless
congregation in a neighboring town.
This friend, who was one of the
meekest and most long suffering men
imaginable, told Parson Adams with
much modification that there were
one or two things about the church
which sadly needed attention, but that,
although he knew his pariShioners
meant well, these matters seemed to
slip their minds from week to week.
The window behind the pulpit is
sadly in want of repair" the gentle
minister explained, "and so Is the pull
pit cushion, in which there is a large
hole. 1 mention these matters so that
you may be saved annoyance. l have
learned to stand at one side to avoid
the draft from the broken window, and
l refrain from bringing any force to
Dear upon the pulpit cushion
Parson Adams looked at his friend
indulgently, but made no rash prom
ises, simply saying that he had no
doubt he should get along all right.
On mounting to the pulpit in his
friends church the next day, however
he proceeded to electrify the congre-
cation by taking several handfuls Of
rags out of a piece bag which he car
ried with him and deliberately stuff
ing them into the broken panes of the
unsightly window.
Then he proceeded calmly with the
service, but when he began his sermon
it soon became evident that the pulpit
cushion was by no means to be spared
at his hands. In some way or other
the largest hole in the cushion was
worked round until it was well to the
front, and after that each of three en-
phatic thumps from Parson Adams
vigorous hands as he expounded his
ideas sent a shower of feathers float
ing down over the heads of the dea-
cons and their families in the front
pewS.
The next Sunday when the gentle
parson resumed his charge there were
no broken panes in the window behind
him and the pulpit cushion had a
brave new cover.-Youth's Compan-
ion
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-18

How the German Blinded Him..
Campbell White, secretary of the lay
mems mission movement, during his
work for missions has had soma queer
experiences, but one he had in q min
ing camp in Montana some years ago
gives him much amusement when he
reverts to the story.
There was a German immigrant in
the camp who had received a letter
from home. He was illiterate and no
one in the camp understood enough
German to read the letter to him. He
was, Of course, overjoyed to learn that
Mr.. White could read German.
AS the missionary began the man
from the banks Of the Rhine clapped
his hands over Mr.. Whites ears.
What are you trying to do?" ex-
claimed Mr.. White, after he had been
able to free his ears from the fellows
palms.
DOT letter vas from mine girl. I
hold your ears so you don't hear vat
in it vas," was the reply.-Philadel-
phia Times.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-18
Some Other Bulls.-"T. +. O'Conn

Some Other Bulls.-"T. T. O'Connor,
the witty Irish parlimentarian, dis
cussed at a dinner in New York the
bull.
The bull" said he isn't confined
to Ireland. 1t was an Englishman,
you know-an English judge-who
being told by a tramp that he was un-
married, replied: We'll, that's a good
thing for your wife
And it was French soldier, who,
sleeping in his tent with a stone jar
for a pillow, replied on being asked If
the jar wasn't hard oh, no, I've
stuffed it, you see, with hay
And it was an American politician
in New York who cried the other
night from the tailboard of a dray:
If we remain silent the people will
not hear our heart-rending cries! -
Washington Star.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-18
When Wellington Was Harmless

When Wellington Was Harmless
At the death Of the Duke of Wellington
the whole diplomatic corps was invited
to the funeral at st. Pauls. The French
ambassador, on receiving his invita-
ton, was very much upset. He hurried
off to his colleague of Russia, Baron
Brunnow, and confided to him the diff
Guilty in which ne was placed.
THE Queen" he said, expects US to
go to St. Paul's to the funeral CT the
Duke of Wellington. How can l go,
considering the injuries which the duke
inflicted on M country? What shall
/ do?"
Baron Brunnow listened gravely to
his colleagues exposition and then re-
piled: LAS the duke is dead" he said,
Il think you can safely go to the funer-
al If you were asked to attend his
resurrection, / should say refuse the
Observation-Disclosures Times.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-18

Good In Theory.-F. B. Sanborn af-
ter hearing Horace White and other
younger experts in finance instruct
Boston this week at a public dinner on
the merits of the central bank, gives it
as his idea that we ought to have it,
but probably never shall get it, for the
same reason that the ordinary wild
duck cannot be made as good eating
as the canvas back by feeding it on
wild celery. 1T will do it," said the
est; Il know it, for I've tried it-only,
d-n 'em, they won't eat it."-Boston
Record.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-18
Feminine Resource.=Mr. D.

to the club leaving Mrs. D. with a
lady friend whose abilities as a scan
dalmonger and mischief maker were
pre-eminent. When he returned he
just poked his head into the drawing
room and said with a sigh Of relief,
that old cats gone, l suppose"
For an instant there was profound
silence, for as he uttered the last word
he encountered the stony stare of the
lady who had been in mis- mind. Then
his wife came to the rescue.
"Oh, yes, dear" she said. Il sent it
morning. Tit Bits.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-18

The Hot Air rurnace.-There was a
young publisher who made a sudden
fortune by appealing to that largely
neglected class which we call society
Gaining riches, the young publisher
retired and was seen less and less in
his old haunts.
Where's Lawrence" some one ask
ed of Mr.. DoOley."
Dooley answered: "Oh. mes up town
now warming his hands at the Social
Register.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-18
BARGAINS IN LAND,

u OR Sale-15O Acres good farming
9 miles from Camden, 3 miles from
Blaney. On Capital highway. which
has just been completed between Cam
den and Columbia; splendid school
taught nine months each year, locat-
ed on place; r. F. D. passes door.
Land level Two horse farm in cul-
tivation: considerable long leaf tim
Der. New 4-room house and one small
tenant house. To quick purchaser will
sell for $4,000. Address,
p. o. BOX SAT,
Camden, s. c.
ft Ct
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-18
AT THE BRATToN FARM.

WE are offering thoroughbred
w Guernsey Heifers at from $40 UP
and we have also a number of Berk-
shire Gilts with thoroughbred Pigs
that we will sell. VIII deliver pure.
clean milk at 10 cents quart. Cream,
nutter and fresh eggs on orders.
Pure Berkshire Pigs at from 81 to
IS each. Pure Buff Orpington eggs at
s1 setting nf 15
MEEK RrrRNS. Manager
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-18
A Dangerous Weapon.-Two Irish

A Dangerous Weapon.-Two Irish
men were out hunting, with one gun
betwe,n n them. The man with the gun
saw bird on a twig and took careful
aim at it.
For the love of heaven, Nike"
shouted the other hunter, don't shoot!
The gun amt loaded"
I've got to-" yelled Mike. The bird
won't wait."-Saturday Evening Post.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-18

Mrs. s. G. Moorehead, 102 Main St,
Gaffney, S. c.. says: when say
that Doan's Kidney Pills are reliable
remedy for a lame back or any other
trouble arising from inactive kidneys,
I know whereof I speak. was made
quite miserable for a long time by
dull ache in the small of my back. The
kidney secretions were also unnatural
and plainly showed that my kidneys
were in need Of attention. Hearing
Doan's Kidney Pills so highly recon-
mended, I obtained a box and used
them in accordance with directions.
They made a great improvement and
benefited me in every way"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-18
IT'S YOUR KIDNEYS
Don't Mistake the Cause Of Your
Troubles.

Many people never suspect their
kidneys II suffering from a lame,
weak or aching back they think that
II Is only a muscular weakness; when
urinary trouble sets in they think 1t
will soon correct itself. And so It Is
with all the other symptoms of kidney
disorders. That Is just where the dam
ger lies. You must cure these troubles
or they may lead to diabetes or
Bright's disease The best remedy to
use is Doan's Kidney Pills. 1t cures
all ills which are caused by weak or
diseased kidneys. Residents OF this
vicinity are constantly testifyins to
permanent cures.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-18

For sale by all dealers. Price 20
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-DOAN'S-and
take no other.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-18
MONEY TO LEND

ON improved farms in York County,
~ repayable in five easy, annual in
stallments. Interest: Seven per cent
IL loan is $1,000 or over; eight per cent
If under $1,000. No brokers' commits
sions. c. E. SPENCER,
Attorney at Law.
SO TT IT,
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vi lie llOl peISOlldlly
shoot or capture every one of the
6, 900 articles that have been thus far
received. His son, Kermit, shot many
of them and has shown himself to
be quite as accurate and nervy a
sportsman as the ex-president. ker-
nit has had several close encounters
with animals that are in the habit Of
doing damage when they meet with
opposition. The expedition consists
of six principals, besides several hun
dred assistant hunter beaters-in,
field taxidermists and porters and 9TH
er servants and camp followers of va
rious sorts. The chief men are TheO
dore Roosevelt, Kermit Roosevelt
Lieut.. Col. Edgar r. Mearns of the
medical corps of the United States
Army, Edmund Heller, naturalist; j.
Loring Alden, naturalist. and r. ].
Cunningham, professional hunter and
explorer, who is the executive officer
and general manager. He had charge
of the organization of the expedition
and the purchase of the equipment
and supplies. and is the business man
of the outfit.
Mr. Cunningham is an Englishman.
a famous rifle shot. and has probably
more trophies to his credit than any
other big game hunter in the world.
He has spent almost his entire time
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-08-04

political speech which | made prior
to 1904, said:
''Populists! never doubt that I am
with you, heart and SOUL Your
creed was never dearer to me; your
cause more sacredly just. Keep the
faith, and feed the fires of your
hopes. Your time will come. Wrongs
may multiply, but we must not aban-
don the right. Stand to your princi-
pie; stand by your nominees; give
Hogan and his ticket your jealous
support. A stancher man has never
been called to lead you. He did not
seek this nomination. 1t sought him.
He is an able man, a pure man, an
experienced man, a God-fearing man!
Stand by him; do your duty as he is
doing his.
Comrades. = it will all come right;
it will all come right! Somewhere
in the economy of the universe there
is honor for the champions of right
Somewhere there is honor for the
brave men who will not worship the
wrong, who will not cease battling
for the right.
eve found the tree of human lib
erty planted here when we came into
the world; let us see to it that we
leave it standing. We found the sa-
cred torch of freedom burning; let
us keep it lit, and pass it on. Let
the sower die,-it must be so; but let
him scatter good seed first-then
leave the harvest to Time and to God.
LAS firmly as if my feet were on
the rocks, l believe in the final tri-
umph of right-believe that justice
will yet rule the earth, believe that
the white banners of universal peace
shall supplant the blood-red flags of
war. Parties may come and go, force
and fraud may rule the day, but yet
and ever yet, | believe that right
shall sit on the throne of the world,
and rule the hearts of all men.
1.-THE clouds gather l know, and
the storm and the darkness come
upon the land The weaklings per-
ish: the birds of the day fall and
futter and die. But the eagle-he
of the ages-strong of wing and
dauntless Of heart, rises against the
storm, beats his way through it, and
beyond it, and gives fierce cry of
JOY as he bathes his wings in the sun
light above the cloud. Oh, spirit of
IOpullSlu. Dc luOu Iu0 6dSl0-CO
rise against the darkness and the
storm, and to live in the sunlight be-
yond, when the tempest is passed and
gone"
my faith was justified Our time
has at last come. Our principles are
in the ascendent, and the Spirit which
is moving the troubled waters of
American politics today, is the same
that animated the great reform move
ment of the ZOOS.
Don't you go wrong about this
Congressional race. Help me to win
the fight in the Tenth district and
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-08-04
A WOMAN's APPEAL

To all knowing sufferers of rheuma
tiSm whether muscular or of the
Joints, sciatica, lumbagos backache,
pains in the kidneys or neuralgia
pains, to write to her for a home treat
ment which has repeatedly cured all of
these fortunes. She feels it her duty to
send it to all sufferers FREE. You
cure yourself at home as thousands will
testify--no change of climate being
necessary. This simple discovery ban
ishes uric acid from he blood, loosens
the stiffened joints, purities the blood,
and brightens the eyes, giving elastici-
ty and tone to the whole system. If
the above interests you, for proof ad-
dress Mrs. M. Summers, Box 460, South
Bend Ind.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-08-04

Old Man Peepul and Aunt Sarah
Jane should go to Thomson Saturday
morning by 8 O'Clock, and hear Tom
Billy Hardwick "assaiI'' Thomas e.
Watson. Watson'lI be there.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-08-04
PAGE NINETEEN

the victory will be an enormous one
for me and for the Tenth District and
for the whole country.
THANK you, boys. Goodbye"
J. w. Fl.