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THE SUCCESSFUL AUCTIONS El
Thi SkcniM On li I Versa*
til* Mm—Ta the CwiMily
Mix ad Crawl la Whan ha
Cal art ha MM ha a Sort a(
Hypaetist, la lacttva. Cemeli
ax ar iaalaaaa Man.
Tlw Balllmon Amatlcaa.
Take the content! of three
country store*, one second-hand
shop and ooe colonial mansion,
fill in the empty spaces with
many cxcitad people, place an
able auctioneer on bis throne
and yon have a wonderfully In
teresting picture. The auc
tioneer alternately roars and en
treats, the people elbow each
other and climb over each other's
bscks; even tbe furniture helps
tbc noise by groaning and
shrieking as it is drawn into
view.
The types are almost as
nnmeroas as the people, for
those who have tbe auction
habit are apt to be interesting
in someway, and a crowd of in
teresting people is worth watch
ing. There are wiyes who sre
determined to furnish their
homes well and cheaply,
fr# rrs ViKiwv aM men w>Ka Uasmi In
buy a chair or picture that is
dear because of its association;
sharp eyed connoisseurs who
often know the values of an
tiques batter than the auc
tioneer, email dealers who buy
regularly, and a few idle per
sons wbo are fascinated by the
magnetism of the auctioneer.
Bnt as different as these people
are in appearance, they have the
one dasue, to find a bargain,
they want something for next
to nothing.
The auctioneer is, of course,
the central figure. He is above
the rest by tbe height of the
chair on which he stands, and
also by bis superior quickness
of wit and readiness of tongue.
A good auctioneer must he an
export "hypnotist," a keen de
tective, someth ihg of a comedian
' and a ready business man. One
of the beat auctioneers in Balti
more says that the main re
quisites are a knowledge of
faces sod an ability to talk con
vincingly and incessantly.
Things are sold, he says, by
never allowing the minds of the
listeners to rest. A constant
flow of explanation, exhortation
and humor keep people from
thinking, and tbe price is
raised by them recklessly if they
are goaded on and not allowed
think.
Most crowds are good
humored, though occasionally
the auctioneer meets a bargain
hunter wbo ia easily angered
and who makes trouble unless
he is qnickly silenced. 'At a
certain sale soma years ago a
local auctioneer had occasion
to boos that the United States
would annex Caba, because
tbea we wotald • get. real
Havana cigars and not op
country stogies. A man in bis
audience seemed to think that
the remark was intended to in
tuit him, and he requested the
auctioneer to come oat of hi*
chair, that he might .get salis
■ faction from the face of tha aaid
auctioneer. The auctioneer ia
vain ex plained that there arete
many men In tha crowd nrbo ware
smoking, bat tha man mas
angry, would not listen to noth
ing that the auction set said,
. and bad to b# removed alter de
moralising the crowd
Sometimes the wittkilms of
tha aactioueer come hack at
him like a boomerang sod be
has to take them gracefully.
At a tacrat aala of watches and
docks the auctioneer, referring
tospreviou. wle, said that he
had sold twelve clocks ia
tarsi vs midatss, which was Iasi
dam. Very last,** answered
as old cmstosMr: -tha dock
jron sold mokes sixty boon
/ every day.*
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B"' 1 . -rT7wrwmrjammjm:l—-g
fcu'i Club.
A* “BUI Arp" used to say we
have been 'ruminating" about
our boys and we are going to
try to do something for them.
That the yonng fellows between
the ages of 12 and 21 need some
j attentions and influences given
them other than they now have
is very evident.
Between the ages named is
the mom dangerous period of a
boy's life and It is a plan to help
these young lives Into proper
channels that we have in mind.
They must have aome place
where they can feel free and
easy and enjoy games and
amusements with their friends
in a wbolesouled wholesome way
and such a place we have in
mind, to be called a "Boy’s
Clnb." It urill take time and
work and money to put in oper
ation a thing of the kind sug
gested and require , some sacri
fice on the part of parents, men
especiaUy, but surely the young
lives groanag np around us in
idleness and drifting i a t o
vicious habits are worth as ef
fort to improve them. To this
,end we ask the parents of the
town and others who feel inter
ested to confer nrith us on the
subject and if enough interest is
shown we will call a meeting at
an early date to see what can be
done.
Uib i Talaataas.
From Ttt-Slu
There is a telephone ia their
residence, and aa it ia osed prin
cipally by Mra. Binks and her
mends it ia perhaps natural that
it should be itentined solely with
Mrs: Binks, and that Mr. Binks
—well, Mr. Binks snswered
when the bell rang a lew nights
ago and this is the conversation
that took place:
"Halloa!"
"Well?
•No "** Bink>?"
*hh
house?"
"I don't know. I’m beginning
to think that perhaps it is.”
• "What?"
"Yea, 1 suppose it is. Every
0“*,•**“■ to think it is, anyway."
there?***1*' Blnkh.'a daughter
"No.”
"Well, who ia this?"
"Oh, this la oalv Mra. Bibka*a
hu^wl, the father of Mrs.
Biuka’s daughter, the man who
lives in Mra. Bluka’a house, and
occasionally drives Mra. Binks's
horses. She got him with the
house, yon know."
"Ob, she did."
"Yes, she did.”
"Rough on Mrs. Binks, laa’t
it?"
. That telephone will probably
be taken out of the home
* Mining Menas He.
autmrUte Tnlwarli .
Mr. J. B. Convert *u oyer il
Cleveland eonntv recently and
brought back with him a sample
of monasite, tha yellow send
which Cleveland people KS
”«d« 5""b , *0»*y miming.
***• CoWert left muc of the
moMeite with the Landmark.
Tbemecfa mad, or rather be.
tot* the reining process la oow
pietod, sella tor 10 to 16 cents a
poked. Mr. Cohrert aaw a coo*
tract ia which a man gave $2..
100 tor the privilege d7 mining
tor monaaite on 90 acres of
land, the miner agreeing not to
work over 1 acre per year, and
also to pat the dirt end gravel
hack carrfnlly ia the boltt be
digs—that is, to leave the land
to good ah ape after he reaoree
the aeaaelte.
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INVKNTMN worm MILLIONS.
A Vises Ceoaly Mm Fartnctn
On* •! Ik* Imlnl Mechani
cal Inventions a! the Afa—A
Smoks Cmuakf Dario* far
Slalienary Eafiiii tad Bail*
read Ucometires.
HndoniOtUUil.
Aa far at Tbe Gold Leaf ia in
formed it haa tbe privilege of
first publishing to the world, in
these parts at least, what it re
gards as one of the greatest me
chanical inventions of the age.
It is a smoke conaamiag device
for stationary engines, railroad
locomotives and boilers of all
kind a—something inventors
have worked for ana the world
has been wanting ever since tbe
discovery of steam.
The inventor ia Mr. L- Boyd
White, formerly of Vance coun
ty, but for many years a resi
dent of New York city, where
he has devoted his time and tal
ents to mechanical inventions
and improvements. Mr. White
ia a practical machinist with an
inventive tarn of mind, and has
contributed in no small degree
to tbe valuable inventions of the
mechanical world.
His chief aim and ambition
haa been to discover some means
of getting rid of the smoke in
engiuc and boilers. To the per
fection of a smoke conaamiag
Device ne naa given yean of
thought and study and made all
■orts of experiments.
About a year ago Mr. White
practically perfected his inven
tion. But be warn not yet ready
to proclaim bis triamph to the
world. There were some minor
dimcnltiea to overcome. This
he has done and the thing is a
demonstrated sac cess tested to
the entire satisfaction of himsdU
and others.
Mr. White has his invention
in operation at Andrews, in
Gberohen county, this State, on
the boilers of a large tnaaufac
taring plant. One good thing
shout it is that the smoke con
turner can be applied to engines,
boilers snd locomotives already
in use. It is not necessary to
have them made with it.
Mr. White's invention is more
than a smoke consumer, it is a
great fuel saver as well. It is
claimed that in horning the
smoke a saving of three-fourths
of the coal is gained. There is
more strength and beating pow
er in the amoke (nod gasj than
there la in the coal and a boiler
fitted with this device will do
the same work with oae ton of
cool that would require four tons
without it. Think of not only
doing sway with the objectiona
ble smoke, noxious gases and
grimy soot and cinders in rail
road locomotives sad engines
and boilers of manufacturing
plants in the cities, but accom
plishing a saving of three-fourths
the quantity and cost of fuel at
the same time. Nor it this all.
With the smoke consumer
smoke-stacks and chimneys are
dispensed with and n great sav
ing is effected in the cost of
erecting mod maintaining these.
- If the news that comes to ns
is straight, and are have no rea
son to donbt it. Mr. White’s in
vention is cettainly one of the
Patent inventions of the age;
"there's millions in it."
We atie infprmed that Colonel
A; B. Andre art. vice president
of the Southern Railway, will I
viAnsdn a imnaWnn n — — - _j
now being boilt at the Richmond
LocomotWe Worka, eqnlped
•hfc |he White smoke consumer
and the Southern will tins be
the firs* railroad to adopt its aae.
Mr. White has refused $400,
000 for his interest in hi. liven*
oon. A company baa been in
corporated with -a $2,000,000
npital to manufactare and sail
tha White smoke consumer and
tha public will welcome ita early
adoption op every railroad and
«**«• ®2* bclkr the land.
**■ Bwd White b n ion of our
venerable and esteemed conn*
tymap, Captsin W. W. White,
w brother of
Mir. Wallac* White, of Header
■on. He has many -acquaint
“ot! *■ vamce
county who will learn with in
terest and pleasure that be has
"struck It rich* aad is destined
to contribute so largely to the
sum total of haman happiness
and the economy of the Indus
trial world.
The grading at Pelham for th*
double track and yards of tha
South era Railway is nearing
oomplafion. gad part of the
force has already beea transfered
to Stok eland to work between
that place aad Deaville.
. The Neely's Creek eon* rega
in* WfjtpAiltoS^^bund
a new $8 000 cbnrch. Hook ft
Rogers of Charlotte, N. C., are
preperipg the plana.
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mi AID TOtKVIUK.
t«r ReUb
AcnuAiUm,
irr.
Mra. R. D. Alexander and
children are viaiting in Gaato
nia.
Mlaac* Bertha Jcnkiaa ol Mt.
Holly, and Emma Jenklaa of
Stanley Creek. N. C., are gnats
of Mr. L. B. Danieroo’a family.
Cotton picking la dally be
coming more general; but ha*
not yet fairly opened.
Local cotton buyer* are mak
ing their arrangement* to figure
during the opening cotton aes
•oo with their uaual energy.
Cement paving work ha been
seapeudad for the present; hot
«e improvement has been moat
Mr. tV. I*. Harrison has
bonghta lot on King* Moun
tain street next to Mr. R. T.
Allison and will build a resi
dence soon.
Mrs. Jans E. Clinton died at
Las-« a--m . _ a
A a gust 22, aged 81 yean and 9
month*. Site *u buried at
Bcthesda. the service* being
conducted by Rev. A. H.
Atkins of Lowryvllle.
Mr. Joks Wood, nho has been
editing tbc Rock Hill Herald
since shortly after Mr. Hall be
came critically ill is to conthmc
in charge of the paper per
manently.
It ia getting time to make ar
rangements to pot in a wheat
crop. In view of the general
failure this year the next crop
ought to be good.
A gentleman who arms in
Lancaster. county a few days
ago informs the reporter that
■Hoag feeling has been aroused
because of the suit against the
county on account of the Mor
mon lynching. The probabili
ty is that the ftrst move of the
plaintiff's attorneys will be for a
change of venae.
Work on the new railroad to
be built ia connection with the
development of Great Catawba
Palis, is to be commenced forth-*
with and pushed to completion
without delay. Aa has already
been anode need the grading
work ia to be done by Messrs.
Stewart & Jones, tbc well
known contractors who helped
ia the double tracking of the
Southern and who have been
engaged on the extension of the
C. & N.-W.
Then have been 21 cases of
typhoid fever at Sharon during
the past six weeks an to data.
All the sufferers arc getting
along very nienly. Mr. Young
blood and Mrs. Burgess have
the most severe cases at this
time. The exact source of the
fever has not been definitely as
certained. It ia generally at
tributed to infected well water
or an accumulation of decayed
vegetable anti animal matter un
der a large warehouse near the
depot.
Visitors to Mr. C. H. Smith's
fish pond this summer Have in
variably been struck with tbe
appearance of a remarkable
water plant that never fails to
excite careful notice. The
leaves are great round disks,
soma of them seven feet in
circumference end lie flat on the
water with nothing to indicate
their connection with e com
mon source except here and
there some 'beautiful pale pink
blossom* almost as large as
cocoanuta. Tba leaves and
flowers are those of the Egyptian
lotos.
There is good reason to be
lieve that Richard I. Manning
of Sumpter, is to be centered
upon as the dispensary candi
date for governor. He la to
undertaka, the indications are,
sponsorship for a revised dis
pensary law vary wall calculated
to open the way to e new era of
debase b cry similar to that
which is bow believed to be
cornier to aa and.
A special of tba SSrd from
Lancaster to the News and
Courier says that during tba
first of the two storms than
that afternoon. W. J. F. Stew
art, oiler at the Lancaster Cot
ton MUM, waa struck. by light
ning and .Igataatly killed. H«
•M sitting In bis house with
bis chair leaning against the
down the chimney, which wai
partially demolished. His wHe
jdttfaNr nearby, waa several]
shocked, bat not hart. Thi
dining table and dishes wan
wrecked. Mr. Stewart was «
ftan old and an officer la |tb
Jon lor order.
Sabeotibe lor the Gaston u
OAtarra.
Portsmouth. N. H.. An*.
Pine* between Rossis end Japei
*•* practically concluded a
tbia moralo*’* session of tb<
pence conference. In the fine
atrncglc, tbe Russians achieve*
tbe victory. For the sake o
Peace the Japaaaaa with a am*
aanimity worthy of their henit
achievements in this war, me
the altimstum ol the Csar and
abandoned their demands, not
owlyfor reimbursement forth*
coat of the war. but for the «e<
purchase pi the northern half a
Sakhalin, Russia at the earn*
time agnelag to a division ol
the island. The Japan eat also
withdrew Articles 10 and 11 ol
the peace conditions, originally
proposed. (The demand lor the
surrender of the interned war.
ships and the limitation of Ran
•fan naval power in tbe Pm
Bast).
The delegates of the respect
Ivc missions will be called in at
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actual
treaty of i
The i
•(Hid upon _ j
intense excitement at the hotel
when the envoys havn been
staying. Everywhere then was
a delirium of jubilation. An
armistice probably will be ar
ranged this afternoon.
KxcrnxG acxxaa rouowsm.
A scene of the gnateat ex
citement followed the receipt of
the news in the lobby of tha
Hotel Wentworth. The official
bulletin was telephoned from
the coulere.eeToSTTHL aa”
yard ,by Mr. Soto, aad like an
electric thrill^ flooded tbrongh
of joy. Men threw tbrir^bati
rsfvx
graph offices, and in aa instant
the news was speeding to the
remotest comen of the earth.
The Japanese practically yielded
nhy and a division of Sakhalin,
without tha payment of redcmp
tfeo mooer. The Jepeaem alee
yielded the interned warships
and the limitation of navel pow
er. The conference then ad
loomed until 3 o'clock.
** Baby Thmagh the Up.
Wtownitf eniffcj
People who were near tha
sqnme Saturday about noon
heard a very small baby, that
was ia a covered wagon on the
neate. cry lose and load, re
faring to be comforted. It ia
amd that baby's pa and na
brought some dacha to town
and that one of the docks, re
seating too great familiarity, bit
a hole plumb through one of
the baby's lips. That was a
wicked deck. No wonder the
baby cried. _
Tuesday morning at the break
fast table at tbe Wllkeabom
Hotel the representative of tba
Usiae Rupnblican made tha
statement that ha regarded Con
gressman Blackburn as a
"rascal." Tbe aadoa attack aa
tbe Congressman in Ms aheano
waa duly resented and it was
only through apologias that hit
mug escaped demolish meat.
The first man to meant the at
tach wna Gebrce Woodie. a
Democrat of Alleghany county.
Those who bad subscribed far
the paper canceled their sub
scriptions «N others who had
long boon subscribers had their
subscriptions discontinued on
account of tka attack OO Con
gressman Blackburn. * ' TW
Republican will doubtless learn
thst Ita representatives bed
better leave o* their abuse of
a? ssraa &
father fght Rtpublicani than
Democrats, but U won't go la
"de aU-w_
Governor Olson baa sent
pr-oescsdatr Attorney Moors to
Newhern, tbs scene of the
lynching of the negro John
Moore> who was charged with
the crime of aaMaltlag the wife
cora rtTTSdetS^iraUabfa 5?
SU*!oc the Identity at those
: efjswistg
nasissut
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1 li^sisstii&ssir
JAMES F. YEAGER
Ladles’ Furnlshlnfts
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