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YOU AND YOKKV1LU.
Wbafa Da inf Am tag Mr Neigh
bor* Jut Aeron the Llaa.
YortnUle Bwnmw.
Prof. R. J. Herndon i* the
possessor of a gold-plated cor
net worth $110, and presented
to him by C. G. Conn, the well
known manufacturer of mnslcal
instruments.
Mr. Mason Caldwell, the 19
year-old ton of Mr. B F. Cald
well, has been in the St. Peter’s
hospital, Charlotte, for sometime
past under treatment for paraly
sis. He is thought to be im
proving somewhat.
The residence of Mr. R. M.
Whitesides, on tbe Howell’s
Ferry road, a few hundred yards
east of Bullock’s Creek, was de
stroyed by Arc last Friday morn
ing at about 9 o’clock. The
flames originated in a stove flue
and soon had so much headway
as to be beyond control. Almost
everything was destroyed. There
was no insurance.
The annual meeting of tbe
Commercial Club was held last
Friday night with the result
that the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year:
O. E. Wilkins. nre«iri*nl- M n
Willis, vice-president; I. W.
Johnson, secretary and treas
urer; W. B. Moore, Louis Roth,
T. A. Lstta, W. S. Neil, J. R.
Hsrt, R. C. Allen, J. A. Tate,
J. C. Wilborn. Thoa. P. McDow,
board of governors. After the
election, the members present
adjourned to the Hotel Sbandon
and enjoyed a good supper.
Prof. Herndon is delighted
with the progress tbe Yorkville
band is making. Up to this
time the band has only had ten
lesioni; but the members have
been practicing faithfully and
are now able to play eight
pieces with much credit. The
first pablic engagement will be
filled at a school entertainment
Friday night. The local public
is growing anxious lor some
mnslc and the uudestanding is
that there will be a concert in
tbe court-house yard soon; but
just when has not been definitely
decided.
Although there is much less
liquor sola or drank in Yorkville
now than when the dispensary
was here, still it is not fair to
say that the situation is at all
satisfactory. There are some
who are dissatisfied because
liquor is too scarce and hard
to get; others because it it too
plentiful, and still others because
ther do not consider that tbe law
Is being enforced as it should
be. Comparatively speaking, it
is probably fair to say that tht
lam against tbe illegal liquor
traffic are probably as well en
forced In Yorkville as in any
otbar town in the state.
The verdict in the famous
Brickman case baa been paid
« viera oi tne uonrt
Tata on last Saturday received
a voucher from the Southern
Railway for $44,524.95 and
promptly deposited tba same
in the Loan and Savings Bank.
The voucher represented $40,000
of verdict, a little over $4,000 of
interest and the balance costs
Mr. Holman and the firm of
Lcgare fit Holman came np
from Charleston y ester’ay, *i d
the whole matter was settled iv
the satisfaction of everybody
concerned. This voucher, which
Is also a check, probably repre
sents the largest sum of money
that has ever figured in any pre
vious single transaction io this
Immediate vicinity.. It is cer
tainly tba largest sum of money
that has ever passed through the
hands of a York county clerk of
the coutt at any pns time.
Mr. John Thompson, an aged
and respected Confederate vet
•ran. w»o Hvaa b» the sooth
western outskirts of Yorkville,
was the laaocent victim last
Friday sight of • murderous
and unprovoked assault at the
hands of a drunken desperado
named John Warlick. From
such facts as have been ob
tained, Mr. Thompson was
walking quietly along toward
his home. It was abont dusk.
Warlick came along behind him
and gruffly ordered him to stop.
He paid no attention to the or
der and Warlick proceeded to
make an attack. The old man
attempted to defend himself with
a walking stick. Warlick seised
the stick, knocked the old man
down, and drawing his knife,
cut him severely. Mr. Thomp
son was tsken to his home near
by and Warlick soon disap
peared. For several hours Fri
day night it was thought that
the old man would die; bnt it
is now understood that be is
getting along very nicely. War
fick Is said to be a well-behaved
cirisen when sober: bnt when
ever he gets under tbe influence
of whisky he becomes as dan
gerous as a maniac. Tbe au
thorities have been doing what
thev could to arrest him; but up
to this time have been unable to
secure any satisfactory informa
tion as to bis probable wherea
bouts.
Tha llaa la tha Trie* a! Cattaa
Altar tha Call Snap la ‘49.
Mount Raquim.
Mr. A. M. Crowell uyi that
the price of cotton did not take
•neb a jump after tbe froit a few
days ago as it did on April 15tb,
1849, when snow fell and tbe
cold killed all the cotton. Tbe
spring of 1849 was remarkably
early and cotton waa up on the
15th of April. Tbe price of
cotton before tbe cold snap fifty
seven years ago was four and a
half cent* per pound and after
tbe snow it jumped immediately
to eight cents per ponnd. Be
fore tbe snow cotton seed could
be bought for tea cents per
bushel or less but tbe price of
seed for replanting waa fifty
cents per bushel.
Tha Cnra at Shale Treat.
Ostia* M****ia«.
It will be well to look to the
shade trees early in the season.
The gypsy moth, which in
fested maples in many parts of
the country late lost fall, may
have left eggs which escaped
the application of inaectitnde
advised at that time. I would
advlae going over these trees
this month with the following
preparation which I have found
better than anything which I
have found tried. Melt a ponnd
of ivory aoap and mix with it,
while quite warm, om pint of
kerosene. Agitata uatil com
piete union taxes place, me
mixture can then be added to
twelve quarts of water, An
emulsion will readily be formed
by the operation of the sprayer.
Spray the trees thoroughly
among their branches, bat scrub
their trunks, using for this part
of the work a stiff-bristled scrub
bing brush, with handle inserted
In side instead of top. This wilt
enable you to get the emulsion
well in among the bark, where
eggs may have been deposited.
»• insects appear repeat the ap
plication.
In fighting tree enemies, not
mock can be accomplished in
town or village where residences
are close together, unless all
property owners work In anion
with each other. If A and C
will do nothing to rout the peat
B's efforts will count for little.
Here is where community in
terests shook! prompt each lot
owner to co-operate heartily
with bis neighbor.
For UJfi
We will sand Thx Gaikttx
twice a week from now until
1907.
"WILD JOHN" OP ClEBOEEE.
John Stann, Mnmlatii la
L*ra la Early Lila Has Sioca
Llvad fh* Lila ala Hermit.
Chulutt* Chronicle
Gaffney, S. C., May 18.—
Cherokee couoty, Sooth Caro
lina, poiKwci a character that
it entitled to rank with all that
ia queer and . out of the ordi
nary. Rejoicing in a name that
be heart oo one but himaelf call,
John Starnes, about 60 or 70
years of age, commonly desig
nated at Wild John, toe Wild
Man of Cberokee, by the many
entioaity seekers who frequently
throng the dense woods arannd
hia borne in search of a glimpse
of this strange hermit, tome
times called a living dead man.
The anbiect of tola sketch ia
supposed to have lived the liie
of a solitary hermit and became
known as a “wild man’1 since
bia youth, probably taking up
bis abode in the dense patch
VI IMIRI , IIU.M RUU U ww» WURTH
be was about 20 years of age.
Why ha forsook tbe companion
ship of human beings and tbe
congenial surroundings of a
good home for the desolate en
vironment of a dense neck in
the woods has never been de
termined. To see him st all is
difficult matter and to secure
anything from him on this sub
ject—an impossibility. A pint
or quart of corn or rye left where
be can get it, it appreciated, al
though it is a prise too highly
appreciated for him to waste it
by drinking enough at one time
to become intoxicated.
The reason assigned for this
action on bis part that is moat
generally given credence is that
be was disappointed in a love
affair when a young man and as
a result became mentally un
balanced and took up bis
abode aa above stated. He baa
refused a good home time and
time again. He was even
taken to tbe home of a relative
on one occasion when be was
froxen nearly to death as tbe re
sult of extreme cold sad ex
poenre but immediately upon re
covering he hied himself back
to hit partly underground home
BDd, hastily crawling in and
barricading himself against all
comers, very much like a
frightened animal at last driven
to bay after a hard fight.
Numerous attempts have been
made to secure a good picture
of this wild man bnt only one
has been successful in gettlog
two good photos. Tbe wild
creature ia a great banter and
fisherman, kiliing much game
ana winging many fish from
their watery abodes near his
hovel. la appearance be is tall,
with piercing eyes in which can
be seen a world of cunning
which, fostered by the unwel
come attention he receives and
bis wont to dodge, apparently
grow wilder still.
Ne Baca Soldi* in the South.
Chattanooga Tim**.
The Gastonia, N. C., Ga
zettr, baa been doing a bit of
investigating among census
figures and nas found out that
the average family of the
south is from 25 to 15 pet cent,
larger than that of the north.
In the latter section the average
siae ia from three to four, and
the former from four to five,
and the Gazktte takes special
pride in the fact that in Gaston,
its borne county, the average
private family has 5.4 persons, a
record duplicated by fourteen
other connties of the state.
Pew connties of the north show
an average above four, one or two
in Maine only having as high
as five. Ia this connection it
will be interesting to note that
this (Hamilton) county has
something over 15,000 private
families in the census of 1900
with an average number of per
sons to the family of 4 7. Other
counties of the state ran much
to the tame average.
The gratifying inference from
these figures is that while Presi
dent Roosevelt and other stu
dents of social condition* in the
m ft* new olavMswsl n*.** sL.
possibilities of “race suicide,”
no such fear aeed be enter
tained in the sonth which grows
more and more each year as tha
most distinctively pure Ameri
can section of the conntry.
And there need be no alarm
that the negro population fur
nishes any appreciable part of
the maintenance of this high
average of persona to the family
for aa a muter of fact the white
families show a larger propor
tion than colored, no that if tha
negro population wart elim
inated the average would be
realty increased.
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BOHOK ROLL FOR
EIGHTH MONTH.
A List el TIih Maktag u Mach
M 9i% oa Stadias Ml Duart
Mias Stuart's Room—A Class,
John Floyd, Wesley Glean,
Robert Owen, Leonard Thomas,
Rebekah McLean, Bertie Lee
Whitesides, Blanche Costner,
Richard Fayaaoux, Knfus John
ston, Leonard Smith, Regina
Coon, Ruth Robinson, Mary
LaPar. B Class, Minnie Boas,
Pearl Spencer, Robbie Lee
Lindsay, Fair Alexander. C
Claaa. John Nixon, Annie
Clifford.
Misa Pursley’s Room—A Class,
Eunice Beam, Madge Craig,
Madge Hanna, Helen Jackson,
Sue Ramsey Johnston, Kath
erine McLean, Celeste Plyler,
Aline Reid, Mamie Smith, James
Hunter. Mack Dilline. B Class.
Luvime Grin, Susie Whit*,
Theodore Rankin. .
Miss Spsnow's Room—Esther
Bain, Bessie Beam, Brskine
Boyce, Willie Dsvis, Nannie
Dickson, Jeannette Payssoox,
Irwin Gallant, Baity Glean,
Myrtk Gray, Waltei Grin,
Bari Groves, Sam Hinson,
Campbell Jenkins, Margaret
LaPar, Wilma Long. Haarliut
Love. Janette Mauney. Wilson
McArver, Pauline McFadden,
Durward Morrow. Cheater
Rankin, Louisa Reed, Jennie
Wallace, Ernest Warren, Stella
Whitfield.
Miss Stokes's Room—Ellen
McClain, Dana Caldwell, Cor
nelia Floyd, Lonise Boyd.
Miss Sandifer’s Room-Henry
Rankin,'Jesslco Manney, Moore
Morrow, Malcolm Rhyne, Clar
ence Upton, Ralph Padgett,
Mary Costner, Grace Strickland,
Mary Wilson.
Miss Horton’s Room—Ken
neth Todd, Lacy Boyce, Annie
Glenn, Nellie Rose Sloan, It era
Wilson, B.iza Saunders, Ava
Pearson.
Miss Bgerton's Room—Max
Abemetby, Jiles Curry, Cora
Dickson. Blossom Payssoox,
Jessie Greene, George Hicks,
Moliie Hinson, Tollie Little,
Nellie Manney, Ella May Me
Hadden, Annie McLean, Nell
McLean, Margaret Morris, Maud
Raokin, Violet Rankin, Geane
Robinson, Snaie Rawlings, Kirk
patick Reid. Charles Thomassou,
Stafford Whitfield, Knnice Spen
cer, Eva Penny, Clara Arm
strong.
Ki.. Ulial.
bed McLean, Mildred Rankin.
Mias Martin'* Room—Clara
Smith, Jennie Pegram, Lena
Hanna.
Miss Hussey's Room—Kath
leen Boyce. Eleanor Reid, Mary
Wilson, Pried Wetxell, Gertrude
Fogle, Gertruda Glenn, Hartnell
Shelton.
Joe S. Wray,
Superintendent.
Tkaaghi Ha Last His Hand.
LmoOom TtWrapfc.
.A 8*oUeman while taking a
"ft ^ his groom, had tbe
misfortune to have himself and
companion thrown violently to
the ground by bis bone taking
fright and running away. The
gentleman via not seriously In
jured, his principal lost being
that of his wig, which had been
shaken ofl, but he found Pat in
a much worse condition, with
tbe blood trickling from bia
head and holding bia maater'a
wig, which be was surveying
with tbe utmost alarm and
horror. "Well. Pat," said his
master, are yon much hurt?"
."Hart is it? Oh. master, do
yon see tbe top of my bead in
my hand?"
Pat in bis tenor sad confus
ion had mistaken his master’s
wig for bis own natural scalp
and evidently thought that his
last hoar had arrived.
**lt Pan fa Adrartlaa.”
Charlotte Koora.
When the teacher was absent
front the school-room, Billy, the
miscbieyous boy oi the class,
wrote on the blackboard: ''Billy
Jones can hag the girls better
than any boy in school.*
Upon bar return the teacher
called him «p to her desk.
"William, did you write that?*
abe asked, pointing to the black
board.
"Yes ma'am," said Billy,
I "Well, yon may stay after
school,” said she, "as punish
ment."
The other waited for Billy to
come out, and tbsy began guy
in"0* i licking didn’t you?*
"Nope,” said Billy.
• "Get jawed?"
"Nope."
"What did she do?" they
ashed.
* Shan’t tall,” aaid Billy; "hut
tt pays to adrtrtlnt.’
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WHEtE THE NUTS 010W.
•reiM r«wn lw They'll
■MiikirwH,
FoUnd Onwomlmm.
There is now in Oregon a
widespread interest in nntgrow
Ing, end formers everywhere
arei setting oat walnut orchards
of from two or three to forty or
fifty acres. Information npoo
the subject is comparatively
meagre, but that feet dote not
seem to elect the seal in rush
ing into planting of walnuts.
This U undoubtedly a good
region for nut growing and no
ooc should discourage the move
ment which promises to make
Oregon the producer of u crop
that la now largely Imported.
To voice a word of caution,
however, is not an effort at dis
con ragmeut, bat an attempt to
prevent those mistakes which
must result la disaster if corn*
nutted.
A few years agp Oregon
formers were rushing into
pro negro wing with aabonadod
enthusiasm. Moot sought in
formation eod acted wits intelli
gence iu selecting their trees,
•oil sod slope ofUnd. Others
bought the cheapest trees or
those urged upon them by the
smooth-tongued agents. If
they had fields that had proved
unsnited to every other crop
they planted prune trace.
As i result of that method
vb inovxuaic xxnuij gunrcil
found, after cultivating their
tree* five or six years, that they
had made fatal errors aad that
their expenditure of taoaey
and labor was a total loee. Prune
trees planted in improper places
would not bear oftea enough to
be profitable, aad arete finally
grubbed out sod destroyed.
The failures were not e fault of
the industry hot of the methods
pursued in selecting trees aad
soil.
The same experience will
very likely be bad with nut
trees. Suitable trees are
scarce, and many growers will
plant inferior stock. Some will
act unwisely in choosing a loca
tion for a out orchard. The
mistakes will not be discovered
natil the trees have been cared
for seven or eight years aad
should begin to bear. Than the
men who baa made a mistake
must abandon the industry or
begin anew, haviag notbiag to
show for the investment he has
made. The old rale, “Be sure
you am right- and then go
■head," applies with particular
force to the planting of nat
trees, for such trees are long
lived and do act attain their
fall producing powers for many
yean. For that reason a farmer
would better wait a year or two
before planting rather than take
any chance of serious errors.
Not culture in Oregon will prove
a success, but do not “go it
blind.*
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He fa tall, deep ia the chest,
sinewy. loose-limbed sad awk
ward. There is sot s more for
midable figure to be foaod ia
America.
The countenance ia rfagnlaily
coatee. Tbe brow is wide hot
not high. It overhangs a daad
eyesocket sad a single living
brows eye. The aoae ia large,
long, sad fleshy. It is the aoae
of a bora commander of men.
The cheeks, which once were
flat, ara now podgy. The jaws
are heavy and have a terrible
grip. The month is thick-lipped
and has a brutal suggestive nesa.
The chin ia wile aaaaqwre, the
chin of a desperado. Tbe seek
is thick end muacalar.
Bat tbe bead ia alaiost Napo
leonic Hi its strength and sym
metry mid it la ordinarily carried
high, arith So afar of defiance.
The face makes one think of
piracy, cannibalism. It ia the
splendid oatUae of the bead that
radeeom and espialaa U. Not
that there is say trace of can
ning or treachery in the coaa
tenance; yet it la beyond com
naviaM* _ ---* - _ M - -
maecuhuity.
Still, that Serve brown eye can
ra.^irt£S!: i&sr,
•®d thoae terrible lip* cnn mote
Greek and Latin nod tain of
flower* nod poet* and link
children. For the face ia but a
mask to bide a my boneat,
my human man, wbo rotated
the Senate at tba brad of a
fiery fanner*' revolution, a mob
leader, carting all things col
let vat Ivr—to grow into a na
tional legislator whose InteJH
genre, induatry and rough in
tegrity have won tba reapect, II
not tha love, of bta nmat lastldi
ona antagoniat in tba Senate.
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