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^tumorous Jjfpartmfnt. Married Two "Rogerines."?Alexander Bolles, one of the early itinerant preachers who preached in three states among the Alleghany mountains, was much tormented by the influence of one Johu Rogers, a Jerseyman, who openly taught atheism and the abolishment of marriage. On one occasion, while holding a meeting in the woods in Virginia, a young man and woman pushed their way up to the stump which served as a pulpit. The man, interrupting the sermon, said, defiantly : "I'd like you to know that we are Rogerines." mi i j i i a l: ine oiu inuu looaeu at uiuj uvci uia spectacles and waited. "We don't believe in no God." "No? And then??" "Nor in marriage. This is my wife, because I choose her to be; but I'll have no preacher nor 'squire meddlin' with us." "Do you mean to tell me," thundered Father Bolles, "that you have taken this girl home as your wife?" "Yes, I do," said the fellow, doggedly. "And have you gone willingly to live with him as your husband ?" "Yes," said the frightened girl. "Then I pronounce you man and wife, and whom God hath joined together let not man put asunder. Be off with you ! You are married now according to the law and the gospel." ?New York Sun. Private John Allen's Smart Kid.?"Down in the vicinity of Tupelo," said Private John Allen to a Washington Post man, "some time during the summer of 1896 a traveler on horseback ^spied a tow-headed, bare-legged country youth of about 14, driving a pair of billy goats to a wagon of home architecture, on which rested a barrel of water. A conversation ensued, and the stranger ascertained that the lad hauled the fluid from a river hard by his home to the paternal cabin for use on washdays. He was further enlightened that the pay was sometimes as good as 15 cents a day. " 'Would you sell your goats, bub,' asked the traveler. " 'I guess I would, mister, if somebody would give me $2 for 'em,' replied the boy. " 'Hold on, there,' shouted a native who had just come up in time to hear the conversation. 'Don't take $2 for them there goats. Ef Bryan is elected they will be worth $5. " 'Yes,' said the owner of the goats, 'and if I had this barrel of water in ? I could get a $1,000 for it.' " Outwitted by Pat.?Not long ago Dr. Nansen, the great explorer, came across an Irishman who declared that he had traveled farther north than anybody. "What nonsense!" exclaimed the doctor getting angry. "Why, sir, do you know I calculate to have traveled as far as any human being can possible get ?" But still the Irishman persisted, ana went on to say : "Now, listen to this: How do ye know that ye've traveled as far as any human being can get ?" "Because," replied the doctor, "I came to a huge wall of ice that no one could get a^pund, and which no one on earth had ever discovered before." "What did ye do then ?" "Well, I conversed with my staff of men on the subject." "Ah, yes, begorra!" exclaimed the Irishman, "Oi yeard ye; Oi was th' other soide o' th' wall!" And he walked away in triumph, leaving the doctor outwitted. Commodore Taylor.?The schoolteacher in a country district near Sau Fraucisco is a buxom widow with an interesting boy. Many times she explained to her history class that she had named her son Perry because of her great admiration for Commodore Perry, whom she considered one of the most heroic characters in American history. Among the admirers of the pretty schoolteacher was Bob Taylor, one of trustees, and his attentions to her had been observed by the schoolchildren. One day she asked her history class to name a naval hero in the war of 1812. Not a pupil could name one. "Of whom do I think a great deal ?" she asked, by way of refreshing the memories of her pupils. "Bob Taylor!" shouted the class, in union. Ever since Bob Taylor has been known as commodore. Misapplied Energy.?"Hiram," said Mrs. Corntossel, "I hate ter say anything thet ain't exactly good-natured ; but it 'pears ter me thet you ain't makin' ez good use o' yer time ez you might." "Mandy," was the reply, "I think I'm doin' pretty good. I've been doin' a good deal in the way of iinnrovin' tnv mind latelv." "That's jes' it, Hiram. They's a hull lot er folks in the agricultural perfession thet keeps puttin' improvements on their minds when they orter be puttin' repairs on the farm." A Jewel of a Wife?"I'm afraid your wife never tidies up thing about the house, John," said the husband's mother. "And I like her all the better for it,', said the sou, enthusiastically. "I like her all the better for it. I can always find my slippers and my hat just where I leave 'em, which I never could do when I was at home." U NAXSWKRA it i.e.?Aged H usband? You are going to ruin me with your extravagance. You don't need that cape any more than a cat needs two tails. How often have I told you never to buy anything because it is cheap ! Young wife (with the air of one who has got the better of the argument) ? But it was not cheap. It cost $50. BOB* "Hello. Jim, what are you doing now ?" "Working for the same farmer I worked for last year." "Doing pretty well ?" "No. Last year I did well enough. I got $20 a mouth ; this year the old man played it low down on me, and made me take his crop for my pay." J Wayside ^athmngs. Affliction is a good school; but most people would rather be excused from attending it. Bfi?" There is one kind of canned goods that goes off quicker than any other?gunpowder. B6T" When a man considers himself as "one in a thousand," he naturally regards others as ciphers. 8?" With a single blow of his insignificant tail an elephant can knock down the strongest man. The inhabitants of the United ? elates COIPiUlUC UJUio iur.u u?n vuv quinine produced in the world. 86T A tender heart hurts occasionally ; but nobody who has tried one will exchange it for the other kind. Let us remember that peace as well as charity begins at home, and try to keep back the unkind word and the angry look. t&F China imported 13,000,000 square feet of American lumber last year, most of it from the states of Oregon and Washington. SSr The bill establishing the gold currency standard in Japan only awaits the signature of the emperor in order to become a law. WSf The people of the United States smoke one hundred and fifteen thousand tons of tobacco a year, to say nothing of cigarettes. 8?" Not a single ship bearing the United States flag passed through the Suez canal last year, according to the report of the consul at Cairo. AST A man living in Herman, Mo., ordered a zither from Europe, and when it arrived he found that the instrument had been made in his own state. 86T It is calculated that the Mississippi annually deposits into the Gulf of Mexico sufficient mud to cover a square mile of surface to a height of 240 feet. 86?* "Bloomers may be all right to strike matches on," says an astute New Yorker, "but the girls will find they are mighty poor things to make matches in." ?6T Every boy could tell some mighty mean tales on a good little boy next door, whom his mother holds up for a pattern, if it wasn't for implicating himself. 8?* Spain has more sunshine than any other country in Europe. The yearly average in Spain is 3000 hours; that of Italy, 2300; Germany, 1700; England, 1400. 86?" There's one thing Fogg says he can't understand, and that is how money should be so scarce when almost everybody is making more or less of it all the time. 86?* Insects are for their size the strongest members of the animal creation. Many beetles can lift a weight equal to more than five hundred times that of their own bodies. 86?* If men were as zealous for the Christian religion as they are for partisan politics, Jesus, the Prince of Peace, would soon become practically the ruler of this country. 86?* Although the salary of the king of Greece is four times greater than that of the president of the United States, it is said to be smaller than that of any other European monarch. 86?* An Italian peddler from whom a New York policeman demanded a license showed confidently a certificate of discharge from Sing Sing prison, which he said he bought, believing it was a license. A Missouri mother has hit upon an excellent plan for getting her daughters home at satisfactory hours in the night. She requires the last one in to arise first and prepare the family breakfast. A coffee bean is now made of flour, and the imitation is so perfect as to deceive the eye of even expert coffee dealers. Of course the flavor exposes the fraud ; but it is said that immense quantities are sold. The cheapest summer resorts are in the mountains of Japan. There are mineral springs there to which peasants bring their own bedding and rice, paying only three cents a day for lodging and use of the water. 5ST "You told me last week that you would try to raise my salary," said Briggs. "Oh, yes," replied his employer; "well, I did. I raised it after some trouble. Believe me, I had a very hard time raising it this week." t8T The water of the River Tinto, in Spain, hardens and petrifies the sand of its bed, and if a stone falls in 1*^ stream and alights upon another in a few months they unite and become one stone. Fish cannot live in its waters. 5?" An Oklahoma editor expresses his thanks for a basket of oranges thus: "We have received a basket of orauges from our friend, Gus Bradley, for which he will please accept our compliments, some of which are nearly six inches in diameter." 86T" The ameer of Afghanistan has become a victim of the cycling craze; but, as he is averse to using the energy necessary to propel a bicycle, a London firm has built him a machine on which he can ride in comfort, while two attendants work the pedals. fiST* The extreme of luxury ha5? perhaps been reached by the sultan of Morocco. He has a narrow gauge railway running through all the rooms of his palace, and travels about on a sort of sleigh propelled by a little mctor. The "line" ends at his bedro. m. ?dT" Russia's penal statistics show that in the dominion of the czar the women criminals outnumber the men by uearly fifty per cent., just the contrary being the case in other countries. Most of the women criminals are unmarried, and the majority come from the laboring classy in the cities. ?a?" Something very new and dreadful is reported as the "latest" iu stationery in New York. In one store wiudow it is labelled "Society's Latest Fad." It was writing paper, sky-blue on one side and pink on the other, so that in a sheet of note paper pages one and four were blue or pink, and pages two aud three the other color, as the case may be. The envelopes were to match, and if blue outside were pink within, and vice versa. WK9 TOSSS.WW ...... ?" ?Itc ^tory Seller. UNCLE SAM'S HAWKSHAWS. Government Detectives: What They Have to Do. The change of administration has removed a burden of care from the bureau of the secret service. From this time on its detectives will not be called on to guard the president at all hours of the day and night, assuming resnonsibilitv for his safety. This task has been theirs for the last four years, during which Mr. Cleveland may be said to have been surrounded always by a cordon of Hawkshaws. Even at Gray Gables sentries took watch and watch abput the house, and no person was permitted to approach without giving a satisfactory account of himself, if a stranger. In Washington for a long time the president never went out driving without the escort of a buggy, drawn by a fast horse and occupied by two men armed to the teeth. Whenever he made the trip between Buzzard's Bay and the capital, government detectives accompanied him, and in New York the metropolitan police force was called on to help take care of him. Mr. Thurber always claimed that his chief knew nothing of these precautions taken in his behalf; but it seems beyond question, according to a Washington correspondent of The Transcript, that Mr. Cleveland feared assassination. Two presidents of the United'States already have been shot to death, and it is not surprising that an incumbent of that office should feel nervous on that subject. Threatening letters are frequently received at the White House, and cranks of all sorts constantly besiege the mansion. There is always the possibility of another Guiteau, and it cannot be denied that Major McKinley is taking some chances when he dispenses with the guards who have been accustomed to protect the body of the president. Even at receptions two men of great muscular strength invariably stood close to Mr. Cleveland, ready at an instant's notice to seize any person who might make a motion to draw a weapon. The palace of the president or monarch in nnv fnrftiori enuntrv is guarded "*?n- ?r ?o customarily by soldiers. That sort of thing would be displeasing to American ideas, and so policemen have been used at the White House, 24 of them being detailed from the city corps for that purpose. Tbese have now been withdrawn at Major McKinley's request. His object evidently is to express his confidence in the people. Meanwhile, the chief of the secret service will be able to devote his attention exclusively to catching rogues who try to swindle the government. It is not the business of this treasury bureau to take care of the President of the United States, and the money appropriated by congress for its support ought not to be diverted to the payment of detectives to watch the White House and to accompany the chief executive on his travels. In this matter Major McKinley has accomplished a useful reform. The secret service had its beginning in June, 1861, when Lafayette C. T>r> 1?/mi tirno onnrtintorl Kir i^aiVCl WOO a^/pviuvvv* MJ i^vvivbM. j Seward as an agent to gather information in the Southern Confederacy. Now and then the detectives of this organization, whose proper business is the catching of counterfeiters, are called on for other work. They have been working recently on the thefts of valuable autograph letters from the library of congress, the full extent of which has not yet been ascertained. It is said that not a single autograph letter of Lincoln remains in the collection. Not long ago they were employed to investigate the stamp stealing business which was discovered in the treasury. The stamps, worth money as curios, were cut and torn from old documents. Eventually 20,000 of them were recovered through dealers to whom they had been sold. When it is suspected that a government employee is dissipating too much, a detective of the secret service is apt to be detailed to shadow him, at the request of the head of the bureau in which he works. In this way it is ascertained just how he spends his money; the number of kinds of drinks he takes; if he plays the races or poker, and whether he has other vices. If the report of the detective is unfavorable, the employee receives a warning. The mysteriousness of the means of information in cases of this sort adds much to the ell'ect. Nearly every one of the executive departments has its corps of detectives. The Hawkshaws of the postoffice department are among the cleverest iu the business, and they are constantly kept busy in chasing thieves and persons who use the mails for various dishonest purposes. Local newspaper reporters have discovered that the new Washington postoffice, now nearly finished, is provided with a system of peepholes by which the clerks and carriers can be watched without knowing it. The peepholes are connected with a secret passage and stairs asceuding frnm ftiA hnspmp.nt. This idea does not seem wholly in accordance with Nineteenth century notious, but it is a fact that all postoffices are built with such peepholes for the secret supervision of employees. The rifling of letters is a very common form of theft, and many a mystery of this kind has been solved by placing a watchful eye at an artfully concealed hole in the wall of a postoffice. One of the most interesting discoveries of this- sort was made at Wilmington, N. C., where much trouble had been caused by the rifling of letters. The perpetrator of the thefts was a clerk, who made a full confession on being detected iu the act. He said that he relied on the sense of smell for ascertaining whether or not a letter contained money. This seemed so extraordinary, that the detectives induced him to give an exhibition of his powers for their benefit and instruction. Though blindfolded, he picked out without a mistake, seven letters that had banknotes in them from a pile of four hundred and odd. Of course, old bills have a very perceptible and peculiar odor, which is chiefly due to dirt accumulated in passing through many hands ; hut this clever thief was able to smell new bills through ?n envelope with equal certainty. It is said that an expert is able to tell if a letter contains money by the "feel," and another method is to draw a thread with a knot on the end of it through the envelope, when some of the fibre paper of the notes will come with it. The mere fact that 800 or more post offices in this country are robbed every year affords a suggestion of the amount of business to which the detectives of the "postal service are obliged to attend. But a large part of their time is occupied in efforts to pre (miJn veui me use 01 uie uiuus iui uuuuu- i lent and otherwise objectionable purposes. Some of the most difficult cases are made by women who write anonymous letters. Nearly all of that sort of work is done by women, aud usually jealousy is the motive. Again, much trouble is caused by persons who send immoral literature and indecent pictures by post. There is the green goods industry to be attended to, not to mention an immense variety of minor frauds, such as swindling matrimonial bureaus and claim agencies for mythical estates. Mailbox pilfering is a regular industry, very hard to suppress. An old method consisted in pulling the letters out of the box by means of a piece of waxed sole-leather on a string, but now the favorite dodge is to personate a carrier with a false key. Notwithstanding all that the government detectives have been able to do, thefts in the treasury have been frequent, and in some cases very large. In June, 1870, a sneak thief dropped his hat over a package of ten dollar notes in the issue room, carrying it away without being observed. On discovery of the loss memorandum . was made of the numbers of the notes ?there were 2,000 of them in the bundle?and the thief was arrested when I he deposited some of them in a New York bank. More than half of the < money was recovered. In the same year two employees of the treasury, named Marden and Johnson, acting together, took $62,000. Marden was chief of the division of accounts, and Johnson was an assistant paying-teller. Of this money, $12,700 was regained. It was also in the same year that an employee of the redemption division, one Edwius, substituted waste paper for $10,000 that was in a package forwarded by a bank. Of this sum all but $5,749 was recovered. The treasury detectives have done some wonderful work in the detection of thefts from Uncle Sam ; but iu two or three recent instances they have failed entirely. Not long ago a one thousand dollar note vanished from a j package of fifty-one bills of that denomination, and nobody could ever tell what became of it. Treasurer Nebeker had to make it good out of his own pocket. Again, ten sheets of five dollar notes disappeared apparently while in transit between the km.auii nf Dnnrrouintr onH t.hft treaSUTV. I ? -~e ? No trace of them was ever found. It is believed that Ernestine Becker, an employee of the redemption division, who invented the process of making nine notes out of eight, carried on this business for years before she was found out, and her thieving was discovered only by an accident. On the last day of her employment, which was in the autumn of 1880, she earned nine hundred and eighty dollars this way. In 1875, Benjamin Hallock, a treasury clerk, passed out a package containing forty-seven thousand dollars in five hundred dollar bills, to a saloon-keeper named Ottman. Of this money twenty-nine thousaud dollars was recovered. Ouly last year the government was cheated out of < seventy-five thousand dollars by em- ( ployees of the mint at Carsou, who < substituted chunks of base metal for < gold bricks. , Somewhere in the neighborhood of ' Roncador Reef is lying an iron safe < containing $1,000,000 in paper money. The cash, consisting of 1,000 $1,000 i notes, was shipped in May, 1865, by J the treasurer of the Uuited States to > San Francisco on the Golden Rule. ' The vessel was wrecked, and it was claimed that the disaster was due to a conspiracy which had for its object the stealing of the money. Government detectives worked hard on the pro- ' blem, but could secure no satisfactory evidence. The case was not declared closed uutil six years had passed, but the fact that none of the notes have ' ever been offered for payment is sufficient proof that the suspicion of fraud was without foundation. Up to date only one attempt has been made to steal from the bureau of engraving; Au employee engaged in printing notes tried to get an impression of the engraved plate by slipping a piece of lead foil through his press. This could ( have been used as a matrix for stereo- ' typing. But the girl who acted as his j assistant gave him away. Since then f euch press has had an attachment which registers every revolution of the cylinder, and the number of sheets printed is required to correspond ex actly to the number of revolutions. One of the eleverest pieces of work . ever accomplished by the government detectives was the tracing of thetreas- ' ures which were stolen from the patent office. These were gifts to various presidents and officers of the government by foreign powers and potentates. There was a pint bottle of attar of j roses, presented to General Grant by ( the Imaun of Muscat; also a bottle of s pearls, a bottle of diamonds, a dia- ! moud studded snuff-box, several jew- t elled sabres, etc. These things were i kept on exhibition at the patent office, from which they were taken by thieves and carried to New York. They were \ ?n/1 nlu/io<] Cllltcpniipurlu in . I Ctu V CI tVA UUVI pifkwvu the national museum, where they are now preserved, together with a box of i diamonds and pearls which was given by the Emperor of Japan to President J Monroe. This casket was formerly f kept in the treasury vaults, where it s was "discovered" at intervals, giving ' occasion for sensational newspaper ar- 1 tides. Congress would not permit t Monroe to accept it; but the diamonds s were of no great value. 1 There is no sort of ferret work that requires more cleverness than the bus- 1 iuess of the customs detectives. They * are compelled to sharpen their wits j continually in the fight against persons who are engaged in cheating the rev;nue. In the smuggling of opium ' done a thousand ingenious expedients are employed, and new ones ire constantly being invented. Sticks ! if timber in cargoes of logs are holowed out and filled with opium. Firemen and stokers on the trans- < Pacific steamships hide opium in the joal on board, where it is almost hopeess to find it; they put it in the jumps, in the hollow iron masts and jetween the walls of the staterooms j ind the "skin" of the vessel. To get * tkoir Aprtn ftio pnnn nver- ' U il.TUUICj l/IIVJ Ui w?w ? )oard with sinkers and floats attached, or else carry it in buckets with alse bottoms. Smugglers of tobacco hrow quantities of cigars overboard n rubber bags with floats, to be pickjd up by boats. Diamonds are nearly ilways smuggled, very few of them paying any duty. They are carried jeneath porous plasters, in the hollow aeels of boots, in cakes of soap, in lolls, and in rifle cartridges. Even a pet pelican has been employed to hold rubies in its pouch. Some of the work of the governnent detectives is extremely danger)us. Those of them who are engaged n hunting down counterfeiters are "requently obliged to go into places ivnere iney are in niiuiiueui/ pcm ui . using their lives, and the men they pursue are often of most desperate character. The risks run by the in- ! ;ernal revenue detectives who search "or illicit stills are tremendous, as may 3e judged from the fact that in three ] jonsecutive years 25 of them were tilled aud 49 wounded. Sometimes . :hey are obliged to eugage in pitched ' rattles, and each of them carries two -evolvers and a rifle on duty, much of ( ,heir work being done in remote moun- ! :ain fastnesses. On an average, they , lestroy 700 illicit stills every year. $3,500 BOUGHT UNDER THE HAMMER AT 50 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR,; Great Slaughter of Dry Goods, Shoes, Jeans and Hardware. ; PRICES CUT... ... TO PIECES. Having purchased the entire stock of T. M. DOBSON & CO., at )0 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR, I m closing it out at a great SACRIFICE. Persons hunting Bargains will do well to see my ?oods. I have DRESS HOODS, SHOES, JEANS, WHITE GOODS, HOSIERY, and GLOVES. ALL TO BE SACRIFICED, i The stock must be CLOSED OUT IN 30 DAYS. Come early if yon want bargains. I will still keep a first class dock of LATEST STYLES in MILLINERY antl NOriONS. Mrs. T. M. DOBSON. T. W. SPECK. The First Time You are in Town BRING me your Watch and let me re- i pair it for you. A watch out of repair is of no more use than a fiddle without strings, though you often hear people speaking of a sweet toned fiddle that has iot hiiif ii Mtriiiir on it in a vear. Mv , IV ATciI RKPAIRING is executed with lie utmost cure and my charges very ' reasonable, ltring in your work. | WATCHES AND CLOCKS And a nice line of Jewelry can be seen at ny store. T. W. SPECK. HAS SERVED HIS TIME. OUR Mr. Lewis G. Grist, who has charge of our repair shops, is a harless maker by trade, having "served his iine," and as his whole time is not required in looking after the affairs of the I [hop, offers his services to all who may . lave any harness repair work to do, or ' nay want a new set ol hand -made harness, j Von will find him, as a rule, in the office oom of the old Wheeler Coach factory, ind if not there 011 the grounds. Terms easonable and service prompt. PLEASE REMEMBER rhat in addition to all* kinds of buggy md wagon repair work, we do horse- ] ihoeing and guarantee satisfaction. No ilease, 110 pay is our motto. LEWIS G. GRIST ?fc CO. AUCTION SALES. CLERK'S SALE. State of South Carolina?County of , York. IN THE COURT OF COMMON FLEAS. < VV. E. Adams, as executor of A. P. ' Campbell, deceased, plaintiff, vs. A. Y. , Cartwright and others, defendants? \ Notice of Sale. BY virtue of a decree of court, made in the above stated cause, I will expose to public sale, IN FRONT OF YORK COURT HOUSE DOOR, on the FIRST MONDAY IN MAY, next, Salesday), the following described real 1 property, to wit: All that certain piece, I parcel or tract of land, situated in the 1 County of York and State aforesaid, on the waters of Bullock's creek, bounded ! by lands of R. N. McElwee, Mrs. M. J. Pursley, S. J. Barnett, Clark Lands and .. * ? I /WTT? UITVI\DPT\ Diners, ana containing urnc. nunLiivmi AND SIXTY-FIVE (165) ACRES, more Dr less. Terms of Sale.?One-half cash. The balance on a credit for twelve months, with interest from day of sale, secured by the purchaser's bond and a mortgage of the premises, with leave to purchaser to pay jntire bid in cash. Purchaser to pay for all papers. Purchaser must comply with his bid within thirty minutes, or the land will be resold at once at the risk of defaulting purchaser. W. BROWN WYLIE, Clerk of Court of Common Pleas. < April 10, 29 10-24-1?3t CLERK'S FORECLOSURE SALE. State of South Carolina?County of York. in the court of common pleas. [). E. Finloy, as assignee of Kennedy Bros, <te Barron, plaintiff, against Andrew Newton and others, defendants.? Notice of Sale. BY virtue of a decree of court, made in the above entitled cause, I will sxpose to public sale, in front of YORK COURT HOUSE DOOR, on the FIRST MONDAY IN MAY, next, (Salesday), Lhe following described REAL ESTATE, to-wit: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, situated within the incorporate limits of the town of Yorkville, County of York and State of South Carolina, fronting on California street, and bounded by lots of Rev. John Jackson, Major Jas. F. ITart, A. M. E. Church, and Harry VV..-A mntoininff ()XR AND ONE FOURTH (U) ACRES, more or less. Terms of Sale.?One-half cash. The balance on a credit for twelve months, secured by purchaser's bond and a mortgage of the premises. Leave is given purchaser to pay his entire bid in cash. Purchaser must comply with his bid within thirty minutes, or land will be resold at once' at the risk of the defaulting purchaser. Purchaser to pay for all papers. W. BROWN WYLIE, Clerk of Court of Common Pleas. April 10 '29 10-24-1?3t SHERIFF'S TAX SALES. BY virtue ofTAX EXECUTIONS to me directed, and in conformity to an act of the general assembly, approved December 24,1887, .and amendments thereto, passed and approved, I will expose to public-sale, in frontoftheCOURT HOUSE OF YORK COUNTY, during the legal hours of sale, on the FIRST MONDAY IN MAY, next, being the 3rd day of MAY, 1897, the following described real estate, to satisfy taxes, penalties and costs, due by tax payers named, for the fiscal year commencing January 1st, 1896, to-wit: C. B. Wallace?A tract of land containing 172 acres and one building, lying in King's Mountain township, hounded by lands of J. F. Smith, R. N. McElwee, G. R. McCarter, Emily Love and others. 'P.?Vnu nonolfiou unci pn?ftj Mary A. Clark?A tract of land in King's Mountain township, bounded by lands of Davis Brown, T. A. Brown, Tom Crawford, Thorn burg lauds and others. Taxes, penalties and costs, 610.26. Ellen Anderson?One house and lot in Blacksburg, situated on Lime and Shelby streets, bounded by lots of Mrs. McClure and M. R. Reese. Taxes penalties and costs 69.50. Terms?CASH. JOHN R. LOGAN, S. Y. C. April 3 27 s4t SAM M. GRIST. D. W. HICKS. GRIST COUSINS. APPLE DUMPLINGS! WE have just received a lot of whole Evaporated Apples. The core has been removed, and also the peel: but with this exception they are whole. They are intended for making dumplings. The price is 10 cents a pound or three for 25 cents. Lemons, 15 Cents a Dozen. We have fresh lemons?arrived today? and they are extra choice. The price is 15 cents a dozen. Don't pay 'others 20 cents for inferior fruit. Imported Pickles. We received on yesterday a shipment of English Chow Chow and also plain Gherkins. They are out of sight in quality but near by in price. The price is 25 cents for full a quart. We have also the domestic pickles in pint bottles at 10 cents. Double-Foot Plows. Ladow Cotton Planters. We have just received a shipment of FARMERS' PET DOUBLE-FOOT PLOWSTOCKS?the best tool of the kind on the market?and LADOW COTTON PLANTERS. GRIST COUSINS. J. H. RIDDLE. RED RUST PROOF OATS. We have just received a large lot of PURE RUST PROOF ; OATS. They are fine and are selling fast. Buy quick, as our supply will soon be exhausted. GUANO AND ACID, Cotton Seed Meal and Eainit. We, as usual, are on top IN THE FERTILIZER business. We control some of the most popular brands and therefore some of the best brands sold on this i market, including such goods as the celebrated EDISTO, BERKELEY AND NAVASSA GUANOS. Consult your own interest by seeing us before buying your fertilizers. ] FLOUR! FLOUR! It is a conceded fact that we ? ire always in a position to save < you money when in need of j Flour in any quantity or grade. J. H. RIDDLE. , W. B MOORE & CO. THEY SAY THAT some women would object to the millennium if it come on "wash lay." So it is a very important day, esfecially to those who do the washing, t is very laborous, aud no work tends to ige one and produce wrinkles and disease, and in many cases death, like the wash tub?to say nothing of doctor's bills. WE HAVE IT. Alter long deliberation, testing, etc., we have secured a WASHING MACHINE AND WRINGER, that we guarantee to give entire satisfaction. You of liKorhr t *T7 if. hofnrfl inVAQt.inOr ftfl wo did, and if not satisfactory return to us. See what one who has no interest in its sale, has to say : "Messrs. W. B. Moore <fe Co. Gentlemen : The washer I bought from you on trial, washes the clothes clean in half the time. It gives entire satisfaction. My family are delighted. John Caldwell." Remember the girl with a dimple in her cheek, learns to work at a remarkable young age. To preserve the dimples, secure a Machine for washing. This is. not one of the thousand patent humbugs, but it will do the work. FURNITURE 1 FURNITURE !! New goods?lowest prices. Up stairsask to see it. Shingles and Laths?car load just received. W. B. MOORE A CO. CMOLilA fjjfflpBn. G. W. F. HARPER, President. Schedules in Effect from and After February 7,1896. CENTRAL TIME STANDARD. GOING NORTH. | No 10. | No HO. Leaie Chester I 6 10am 8 30 $n> Leave Lowrysvllle 6 86 a m 9 05 am Leave McConnellsvllle 6 .54 a m 9 39am Leave Guthrlesville .... i 7 02 am 9 56 a ra Leave Yorkville I 7 22am|10 50am Leave Clover 7 52 a m 11 33 am Leave Gastonla H27 am ! 150pm Leave Llncolnton | 8 45 a m i 3 16 p m Leave Newton j 10 23 a m 4 45 pm Leave Hickory 11 10 am | 6 15 pm Arrive Lenoir I 12 17 pm ! 8 00 pm GOING SOUTH. | No. 9. | No 61. Leave Lenoir 3 90 pm [ 6 30 am Leave Hickory 431pm 8 10 am Leave Newton 5 14 p m 9 10 a m Leave Llncolnton 6 00pm 10 40am Leave Gastonia 6 57 pm 1 00 pm Leave Clover 7 87 pm 2 02 pm Leave Yorkville 8 06 pm | 310 pm Leave Guthrlesville ... 8 29 pm j 3 40 pm Leave McConnellsvllle 8 38pm| 3 55pm Leave Lowrysvllle 9 00 pm 4 25 pm Arrive Chester 9 32 pm 5 10 pm Trains Nos. 9 and 10 are first class, and run daily except Sunday. Trains Nos. fiO and 61 carry passengers and also run daily except Sunday. There is good connection at Chester with the G. C. <fc N. and the C. C. & A., also L & C. R. R.; at . Gastonia with the A. <fc C. A. L.; at Lincolnton with C. C.; and at Hickory and Newton with W. N. C. Parties desiring tickets to all points North, East, South and West, will find it much to their advantage to call at or correspond with the General Office of the Carolina and North-Western Railway at Lenoir, N. C. L. T. NICHOLS, Supt. S. T. PENDER, G. F. and P. A., Lenoir, N. C. SAVING IS MAKING! SUPPOSE, for the sake of an argument, that the "lifetime" of the unpainted weatherboarding on your dwelling was 20 years, and a nice coat of MASURY'S PAINT would prolong its life 20 years more?40 years in all?and still leave it in better shape for more paint than it would have been in five years had it been left unpainted?not to say one word of the appearance and air of stability and prosperity which would be associated with the entire premises during all this time, WHAT WOULD YOU SAVE by the small outlay necessary to accomplish this result? Preserve what you have while you are trying to get more. And, friends, when it becomes necessary to preserve "wooden wood" with paint, there is no preparation under the sun or known to science or experience, that can compete with Masury's Railroad Paint, and where Masury's Paint's go, all other brands become migratory and seek fields anew and frolic in pastures where the people are green. Masury's paint is very elastic and will expand and contract with the tempeiature. It will neither scale nor crack and is guaranteed by the company and inyselfand sold at $1.25per gallon. Best Oil 45 cts. T. B. McCLAIN. Seo my color cards and design books. PAINTING, PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL. I AM located in Yorkville and do PLAIN and ORNAMENTAL Painting, Paperhanging, etc. I havejiad 11 years experience anu am prepaieu \aj uu first class work in every department of my trade. Outside house painting will receive due attention on short notice. Call on or write nie for estimates at Kuvkendal's Drug Store. A. J. LEE. Fabruary 20 15 s3m LUMBER FOR SALE. WE have on hand a large supply of CHOICE FLOORING and CEILING LUMBER which we will sell at close figures. Also rough lumber of all kinds. Apply at our Lumber Yards near the Three C's depot. EVANS & MOXON, Builders and Contractors, Yorkville, S. C. April 3 20 s tf "THE HAMBRIGHT JACK" MAY be found at the residence of Alexander Childers, near the "Old Galloway Mill," on the 1st and 3rd week of each month. At the residence of R. W. Whitesides, two miles southwest of Smyrna church, on the 2nd and 4th week of each month. To insure a colt $7. W. A. HERN DON. April 3 26 s 2t* COFFINS ROBES AND CASKETS. TTTE now have probably the largest WW in /.Aimfv frt QfiloRt. fmm T T OIUUIV All bUb VUMIIVJ w wv?vv? Prices Jo suit customers, from the cheapest to tine Oaks, Walnuts, Broadcloth's of various qualities. Metalic and White goods in infants and adults sizes. Personal attention. New Hearse. W. B. MOORE & CO. THE SOUTH CAROLINA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION will hold its next Annual meeting at UNION, April 28, instant. Reduced rates on all roads have heen applied for. W. PEYRE PORCHER, M. D., Sec. April 8?24 20 s 2t . MONEY TO LEND. PARTIES desiring to borrow money can be accommodated by applying to the undersigned at his ollice, No. 5 Law Range, Yorkville, S. C. W. W. LEWIS, Attorney. February 27 17 s 3m She llorkrillc (Enquirer. Pnhlished Wednesday and Satnrdav. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Single copy for one year, $ 2 OO )ne copy for two years, 3 SO For six months, 1 OO For three months, SO rwo copies for one year, 3 SO E'en copies one year, 17 SO ind an extra copy for a club of ten.