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gmmormw Department. A RADICAL CURE. These two married women are very intimate friends, and talk about the skeletons in their respective closets without reserve. ' I am goiDg to ask you," said the ? ? ?aJ ?au w younger, "now you curcu yvu? band of staying out late at night. I've coaxed Frank, reasoned with him,and scolded like a termagant, but it has done no good. He seems to think that if be's home for breakfast, I have no right tc complain." "You can't expect that what will cure one man is a remedy for all, but this is how I dealt with Robert. Despite all protests, he bad been staying out very late, but one night came home before twelve. I kept the door double-locked and bolted, and always let him in. This nighc I asked him who was there, and he answered brusquely enough. 'You're mistaken,' I replied. Mr. Latem never comes home this early. You imitate his voice very fairly, but he never speaks so plain at night. If you don't go away, I'll call a policeman.' " 'Open this door,' be shouted ; 'you know well enough who it is. Don't make fools of both of us.' " 'Oh, dear!' I exclaimed, in a voice of assumed terror, 'what shall I do ? Robert won't be home before three.' Then I ran to the telephone, and called fcr police help." "No ?" "Yes, I did, and Robert heard me. He banged the door once or twice, swore several hundred words, and then hustled down the street. When ? ^ ? the WagOD was mere. ?uu ijuitc a crowd bad collected, be came up as though he had been pushed for time, eagerly inquired what v/as the matter, and congratulated me on getting rid of the untimely caller. Even after *3 were in the house, he bad the audacity to keep up the fiction of a strrnge man at the door, but he had rhe grace to say that his business was so arranged that be would not be dect.iued at night any more, and would be at home to protect me. It was a brazen pretence he had made, but he Lao kept his word." AN ADVANCE RAILROAD AGENT. A railroad advance agent in West Virginia, whose business it was to go across the country and win the favor of the residents, struck an intermountain region, and found that that particular county was practically dominated by an old farmer away up the ridge. The road wanted something like one hundred thousand dollars from the county, and the old fellow, whose name was Searles, was willing, on one condition, to help out. He wanted the road to come near his own place. Cusbman, the agent, looked over the situation, and after a time promised. "The line," he said, "will run within one hundred yards of your front gate. Is that near enough ?" Searies saia it was, anu au agiceuicm was signed. Then Searles began an advocacy of the bond proposition, and the concession was voted. Two years later another railroad man happened to be hunting in that county, and he stopped at Searles's house. Their conversation turned upon railroads, and the old man, pointing to a long rifle over the mantel, said : "The next railroad man that comes into these hills I'm going to shoot him with that." Mr. Smith, who had not yet disclosed bis identity or occupation, asked for the reason. The mountaineer told of the bonds. "But," said Mr. Smith," "if there was an agreement, the bonds are invalid." "No, they ain't," the other responded ; "he done it. He run it within the prescribed distance. She's within them hundred yards." "But I don't see any railroad near here." "Nope. Ye can't. But she's here. She runs through this kill by a tunnel, which starts a mile away. She's inside the named distance, but bein' as I ain't a ground-hog or a rabbit, I can't git direct access to her." W&F A citizen popped out into his garden at a very early hour, and turning a corner, discovered Patrick in the act of digging up a lot of vegetables. Patrick, seeing the game was up, advanced towards the proprietor and said, "The top of the morning to your honor! And what brought your honor out so early this morning?" "Indeed, Patrick, I just strolled out to see if I could And an appetite for my breakfast." Then, eyeing Patrick with some suspicion, he queried, "And now, Patrick, pray tell me what brings you out so early in the morning?" "Indade, your honor, I just strolled out to see if I could find a breakfast for my appetite." I"Your crop seems to be consid erably in the grass," said a passer-by to a Negro who sat on the fence. "Yes, sah, General Green's done got it." "Did you over-plant yourself ?" "No, sah, planted 'bout 'nuff." "Why didn't you plow it?" "Wife tuck sick. She does all de plowin' for dis place." "What do you do?" "What does I do?" "I preaches; dat's what I does. Ef Providence comes a long and makes de 'oman sick I kain't help it. I's been called, I has." I6T "Do you believe the story of the Scotch coachman who learned French and Latin on his box while waiting for his mistress on her social visits ?" "Yes, I see nothing improbable in it. I have caught myself using a strange language beneath my breath more than once while merely waiting for my wife to put on her bonnet." Wayside (featherings. t&T The recent census in Great Bri- 1 tain makes the population 39,000,000. J IThe total forest area in the United States is estimated at 481,764,599 acres. t ti&T America has 200,000 telephones? y more than the rest of the world com- y bined. ? t?" The number of newspapers prin- ^ ted in all countries is estimated at e 41,000. t tGT There are two business men in t an English town named I. Came and c H. E. Went. a f?" During the month of Ma? near- * ly a million and a half or siiv ;r aoi- 1 lars were coined. I tkff- Cork, if sunk twenty feet in the 8 ocean, will not rise on account of the ' pressure of the water. We love ourselves, notwithstand- C ing our faults, and we ought to love c our friends in like manner. The man who sits down to wait . for a golden opportunity to come along never has a comfortable seat. t@" Alaska is now the roomiest of a our territories. It contains eighteen r square miles for each inhabitant. t W3T In Italy twenty thousand people live in cellars. Many laborers f there average only twenty-five cents a 1 day. 8 V&" As a rule women have poor 1 memories, but they never forget the t people who say nice things about their c bonnets. ti&T A well-known artist declares j that in 99 cases out of 100 the left t side of the human face is more perfect in outline. v An Iowan has invented a ma- ? chine which, be says, will cut corn and j separate the ears and stalks at the rate of 15 acres a day. t tST A new French camera rotates on its axis and photographs on a strip, so s as to give a continuous picture all I around the horizon. ii IW There are some men who cannot resist the opportunity to say a smart E thing, even though it involve the * wounding of a true friend. f A remarkable tree grows in Bra- 8 zil. It is about 6 feet high, and is so J luminous that it can be seen on the darkest night for a distance of a mile or more. W&" Man is an embodied paradox. 8 As some set-off against the marvelous things that he has done, we may fairly c adduce the monstrous ones that he has believed. ' W3T When the Siberian railway is completed, the journey round the 10 world will occupy not more than 40 days, and the cost of transportation * will not exceed $400. "Frisbie is the laziest man I ever , knew." "What makes you think so?" t "He actually seems to be glad that he's getting bald-headed, so that he won't have to comb his hair any more." \ "Bridget, what is that child cry- f ing so wildly for?" "Sure, mum, he's r just drinked all his sootbin'syrup, and 1 et the cork, and I don't know what ails him unless it's the bottle he wants f to schwally." t 98T There are 365,000 men employed in coal mining in this country, of whom c 135,000 are at work in the anthracite e regions of Pennsylvania. For every t 100,000 tons of coal mined one poor c miner on the average loses bis life by a accident. > Iffl" The Squire?It's no use for you * to deny your guilt, Johnson. The J chickens were actually found in your 1 coat-tail pockets. Bre'er Jobnsing c (stoutly)?I kain't help dat, sah. 1 Hain't it pooty tough to hold a poo' 1 niggah responsible fo' what's goin' on behind his back ? c IST The "angry tree" attains a height of from 10 to 25 feet. It is found in ^ California, Nevada and Arizona. If disturbed by contact or moved by the wind, it. manifests sigu of vexation, ? ruffling its leaves like the hairs of an 11 angry cat and emitting a sickening , odor. j I6T It is a well-known and generally c accepted fact that the greatest people c are the humblest, and that those who are always trying to assert their supeara afraid nf nnt, rp. f I HUllbJ, ouu nuv uiv ui?u?v? w. ? . > ceiving respectful treatment from oth- v ers, have some very good reason why y they do not deserve it. ii i&~ Particular Guest?I have been c waiting here nearly an hour for my 3 dessert. Waiter?You ordered a gen- b uine English plumb pudding, sir?" b "Of course." "That has to be made, parboiled and hung in a bag for three n months before it is served. Be ready r .for you in 90 days, sir." o I6T lb is a mistake to keep all our 1 flowers for the funerals and graves of our friends. Let them have a few 5 to gladden their lives. A few flowers put in the band while it is warm, will a be appreciated more by them, than B they will when the hand is cold in death ; and they might keep the hand 8 warm a little longer. ' I6T In the largest locomotive works in this country, which are situated in Philadelphia, Pa., electricity is used 8 everywhere. An electric crane runs up and down the greatest of the shops, ? which covers many blocks. By it the v largest locomotive is picked up and ? carried along with ease. It can easily .. carry a weight of one hundred tons at 1 the rate of 200 feet per minute, and r set it down within one-thirty-second of an inch of any spot that may be 8 desired. The millions of steel pens used in the world are all made by very few c firms. Tfiree are in tnis country, mree in Great Britain, and one each in France, Germany and Italy; and all 1 these manufacturers purchase the raw t material, which is sheet-steel finely 1: rolled, from a single establishment in c Sheffield, Eng. To make this crude stuff into a finished pen, it has to be I passed through 14 different processes, a after which eaoh pen is examined and tested by an expert. 1 $ltt ?ton) ieltcr. The rain fell relentlessly, the wind bat swept in from the Golden Gate vas piercingly cold, and the poor vretch toiling painfully up the steep isphalt pavement staggered as he valked, and now and then stopped to iteady himself, pressing with his rembling hand against the buildings bat be passed. His soiled, ragged ' *?? u:? ??Qf i HOtneH were BUaMUg mtu iuu r? VJV, ind bis emaciated features were pale is with the chill of death. When he i&d reached the summit of Nob Hill ie paused aod wrapped his arm about in electric light post at the corner, eauing agaiost it for the support his eeble frame needed so pitifully. A [uick, firm step sounded on the pavenent. "For heaven's sake give me money o buy food I" said the wretch at the tost. The quick step ceased. "Why don't you say say 'drink,' ,nd speak the truth ?" said the man, unning his gloved hand down into he pocket of his fur-lined overcoat. The glare of the electric lights shone ull upon his handsome, florid face. The poor wretch caught his breath barply, and made a step forward. The money which the man tossed into sis outstretched hand gleamed a monent in his trembling palm, Lnd in another rattled noisily upon he stones far out ioto the street. "I want no gold of yours," said the pretch, with an energy that shook his phole frame. "I want no gold of rours, Henry Mason 1" The man started; his florid face urned livid. "Who dares to call me Henry Maon ? My name is Derwent?Thomas )erwent," the man said hoarsely, starng wildly aoout him into the night. "You are out of reach of help just iow, Henry Mason," said the wretch, pith a laugh. "I saw the policeman rom this beat running in an opiumoaked Chinaman a few moments ago. believe that my hour of reckoning tas come at last." "Who are you ?" "You knew me well enough 20 years tgo," the wretch answered. "Howard Scott!" exclaimed the aan. "Oh, I though you would recall me." Ind the wretch laughed again. "What do you want?" asked the aan, unbuttoning his coat. His voice was unsteady, and bis land trembling. "Neither your money nor your life, ienry Mason," said tho wretch, bittery. "They will do me no good now. jisten ! You live near here. I KNOW YOUR HOUSE. Yhy on earth I never stopped you beore is a mystery. But I think it was ore your hard, cold voice than your ooks that betrayed you." Scott pulled a revolver from his hip>ocket. The man caught its gleam in he light and started hack. "Don't move," Scott interposed, talmly. "You are not worth it, and ay game is not played yet. Lead on 0 your house, and dare budge an inch >ut of the way at your peril. I want 1 quiet, warm place to do some writng. Perhaps you did not know that adopted a different profession after rou ruined me and helped yourself to ny money ? I'm a special corresponlent when I've life enough to be anyhing at all. I haven't made much of ny life, as you see, but I can write." "If you want money, tell me how nuch," Derwent said, hoarsely. "I told you I wanted no money of fours," said Scott, t wing a step nearir. "I shall be pai., enough for my light's job to tide over the few weeks >f life that are left me. What I want 9 revenge and the chance to set myelf right in the eyes of the world, fou have robbed me of my life ; that cannot get back. You have stolen oy money, as you did that of many >thers, and have saddled upon me a DISGRACE THAT SHOULD REST )n your own shoulders. It was you vho forged that draft, and not I, and rou know it, though I served my term n the penitentiary for the crime. You all yourself a gentleman now, Henry lason, and I am worse than a dog, >ut my hour has come. Lead on lome." The wretch had raised his voice almost to a scream, and now waved the ' ? TUa m>a*i nrn 1 lro/1 evoiver 1U llio mi, iuo uiau nuiavu n, glancing over his shoulder furively. "I told you that I should not kill ou unless you tried to escape," said Icott, with a sneer. "If you speak to ny passerby, however, you are a dead nan on my word. Go on I" The rest of the way was made in ilence. Scott was close upon Derrent's heels when be mounted the marile steps of bis stately mansion and urned the latch key. Within all was ilent. The wretch had counted on his ; it was well past midnight. The entle radiance of the soft lights, the farm air of the elegant house, almost verpowered him, but Derwent heard he click of the revolver in his tremb* ing band, and pushed open the libray door. "So this is your home, Henry Maon?" said Scott, staring about him. "Not so loud, man, for heaven's ake!" cried Derwent. "So this is your home?" Scott proceded, unheeding. "Not much LIKE THE PRISON CELL l hat was my borne tor xu years, mantes o you, Henry Mason ; nob very much ike the rat-holes that make about the inly home I know now." "What do you want, man ?" began )erwent, his hand finding his pocket kgain. "Pen and paper," said Scott, fiercey, rousing himself and sinking into a chair at the writing table. "Now do you sit there across the room from me. Move or speak at your own risk." Scott took the revolver in his left band, and began to write, yet keeping a close eye upon Derwentall the while. By-and-by he read aloud : "I, Henry Mason, alias TbomasJ. Derwent, do hereby certify that I forged the note upon the Goldthwaite Bank, of New York City 20 years ago, for which Howard Scott stood accused. I declare said Scott innocent. I alone am guilty." 'Come now, and sign your name, straight goods; I know your signature, remember." "I will give you ten, fifteen, twenty thousand dollars?" began Derwent, eagerly. "Sign!" "Fifty thousand?" "Sign !" and the revolver clicked. Derwent bent over the paper. "One hundred thousand?anything, everything?" "Write 'Henry Mason, ALIAS THOMA8 J. DERWENT,' " said Scott. The man wrote, staggering back from the table with a groan. "Now that part of the business is finished. Resume your seat," said Scott. "I want to do some writing on my own hook, and these are about as cozy quarters as I can find. You are pretty well known at home, Henry Mason, if you did shunt that forgery off on me, and it will add somewhat to the interest of my telegrams to state that they were written in your own handsomely appointed library. When I have finished I shall use your telephone a moment. The boys at the station know me very well. A special correspondent comes to know a great many people, you know," he said, with a short laugh, "and I shall have no difficulty in getting a man to take charge of you. Whatever else they know about me, they know I am no liar. After that my game is played." He wrote on busilv for an hour. At last be picked up the loose sheets and read aloud what be bid written. He had told the truth when he said he knew how to write. The story that he told of his own suffering for THE CRIME OF ANOTHER Would have made him famous, so full was it of dramatic power and graphic detail. At the first merciless headlines Derwent groaned aloud, but Scott went on pitilessly, telling the whole dark story of the man's crime. Meanwhile he sat with his head bowed in his hands, listening. He did not raise his bead even when Scott rang the telephone bell and ordered a man up from the station. The house of cards which it bad taken 20 years to build had tumbled about his head, and he sat bowed and broken among the ruins. The passing moments seemed hours of agony and despair. In the midst of it all there was a froufrou of skirts in the hall and the patter of slippered feet on the hardwood floor. The door opened softly. "Is that you, father, dear?" a sweet voice asked, and Scott looked up to see a young girl Btanding in the doorway. She was a beautiful, sweetfaced young thing, and her dead-gold hair was flung loosely back over her shoulders, and a tender look of sleep was in her "blue eyes. "I am so glad you have come, dear," she went on. "I had gone to bed, and was asleep, but HEARD THE TELEPHONE And fancied it must be you. I am so glad to see you, you sweet old papa." Derwent fancied he heard a click of the revolver, and looked up sharply. TJ..1. ? r,a,?orw>TK>r nvpr his JL>Uli OUUbl VUion a uvnopM^v* w? v. ? ? left band and coughed softly behind bis palm. "Oh, I beg pardon, father !" said the girl, springing to her feet. "I thought you were alone." There was not even a glance at Scott as she turned and left the room. Derwent uttered a stifled cry as the door closed. "Lucie!" But Scott sprang to his feet. "At your peril I" he said, jamming the revolver under Derwent's nose. "Your daughter, I suppose?" he went on. "Yes," Derwent murmured. "How old is she ?" "Eighteen years." "Then she knows nothing of your dirty past?" "Nothing." "And believes in you ?" "Yes." And the man groaned. "Then God help her, poor little girl J" said Scott, fervently. The heavy tread of the policeman was heard mounting the stone steps. Scott hesitated a moment, then, WHIPPING THE REVOLVER Into bis pocket, he snatched the closely written sheets from the table and tore them into shreds. "So my game is ended," he said, with a laugh, as be stuffed the torn bits into the blazing grate. "Open the door and let the man in." Derwent hesitated. "Coward!" said Scott between bis teeth, but he opened the door himself. The big policeman looked from one to the other in amazement. "You, sir?" he8aid,8taringatScott. "Yes, Mike," Scott answered. "Gentlemen like that one yonder don't like to be troubled with wretches like me, so I guess you'll have to run me in. A berth in your comfortable quarters is Dot objectionable* on a night like this." "What is to be the charge?" said Mike, turning to Derwent with no very good grace. THE MAN WAS SILENT. He sat cowering in his chair, dazed and helpless. "Oh, the gentleman will no doubt be on hand to prefer charges in the morning," interposed Scott, with a laugh. "Let's go, Mike." "What a horrid wretch that was," said Lucie, coming from the back of the hall and putting her hand through her father's arm when the door closed. "What did he want of you ?" "Money, of course, child," answered the father, hoarsely. "Well, I'm glad that you telephoned for a policeman to take him away if he was troubling you." A man was reported dead at Police Station No. 10 the next morning. Thomas Derwent went into the little, whitewashed room and stood a moment looking into the pinched face of the dead man whose lips were closed forever. Then, buttoning up his furlined overcoat, he went out again, breathing freely. I9 ^KlN? POWDER Absolutely Pure DOBSOM'S RACKET Meets and Cuts Prices with Everybody. No concern in Yorkville has a larger or more complete stock of useful and ornamental conveniences to offer the public ; and since we have many times enumerated them, together with the prices, in this advertisement we desire to call your attention to other lines and other bargains, some of which is mentioned below for your consideration : White Barred and Stripped Muslin at 50 cents on the dollar. Nice patterns. A lot of Cheese Cloth at 3 cents. A big bargain. Nice line of White Table Lin en, the prices on which have been cut in two. A lot of Worsted Remnants going for a song. This is something you want to see. DOBSON'S RACKET has just received another lot of those popular low priced Parasols and Umbrellas at 45 cents. If you want to buy Woolen Goods, now is the time to buy. In a few weeks the new tariff law will be effective and the price of woolen goods will immediately go up. In the meantime you can buy all kinds of Woolen Dress Goods and Flannels at Dobson's for a less price than you will ever buy them again. See our goods and get our . prices. We have a few boxes of Tobacco, which will be sold at big bargains. We have a nice line of Ladies' and Gents' Cravats, which we are offering at low prices. A lot of Men's Overalls at a big bargain. Come at once and get supplied. A few Boys' Suits at 50 cents. Easily worth $1. Ladies' Hats at from 5 cents up. RIBBONS in an endless variety at slaughtered prices. Now is a good time to buy. Nearly everybody is buying LAUNDRY SOAP of us, for the reason that they get better soap for less money than elsewhere. DOBSON'S RACKET. THE OilTFIT FOR $100 TTTE have on hand a lot of MOWING VV SCYTHES and SNATHS. They are firstclass, and we will sell the outfit complete for 81.00. Don't pay somebody else 81.25 for the same tool. If you need one you had better buy early. ARE YOU IN THE GRASS ? Perhaps you are, as we have heard of several neing in that fix. Have you any cotton that has not been worked the first time ? If you have,' and will buy an Evans Steel Frame Lever Harrow and Calton Cultivator, you can save your crop. It will cost you 815 to do as much work as these two implements will do in one day, if you depend on the bull-tongue plow and goose-neck hoe. If you are a beforethe-war farmer, you will stick to your ancient methods; but if you are up-to-date and want to save time, money and labor, you will be using the Harrow and Cultivator by next Monday at 10 o'clock?if it is not raining. PLEASE BEAR IN MIND That we have the Old Reliable Mason Fruit .Tars and will sell as cheap as anybody. Come and see us when you are ready to buy. , MAGNOLIA HAMS. We have the celebrated Magnolia Hams, and will receive a fresh supply of those justly popular Cottage Hams this week. 85 CENTS A BOTTLE. We sell the following $1 preparations at 85 cents: Hood's Sarsaparilla, Simmons Liver Regulator, Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, Mrs. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, Cuticura Resolvent. We sell Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure for gl.OO. GRIST COUSINS. COFFINS ROBES AND CASKETS. WE now have probably the largest stock in the county to select from. Prices to suit customers, from the cheapest to fine Oaks, Walnuts, Broadcloth's of various qualities. Metalic and White goods in infants and adults sizes. Personal attention. New Hearse. W. B. MOORE & CO. J. H. RIDDLE. EVERYBODY KNOWS IT. IT IS long since that everybody hasknown that J. H. RIDDLE sells the very best quality of Family and Fancy Groceries at the very lowest bottom prices, and too. that he does it without hesitancy or quibbling. They know that he marks ' his goods at a fair price and that he expects no more. They know that otherscannot undersell him and stay in business. CLAY PEAS. At J. H. RIDDLE'S you can find a limited supply of Clay Peas, and he would * suggest to parties wanting them to lay in their supply now, for later in the season tueru is aiwajrs a scttiuny wuiuu aiiwuithe price. Timothy "Hay in Clover." When you want Timothy Hay and Clo-^ ver, you will find it to your interest to see- _ J. H. RIDDLE. He can surely quote close figures and will supply you in large or small quantities on snort notice. Plastering Hair, Lime, Ce--* ment and Shingles. Heretofore J. H. RIDDLE has kept only Cement, Lime and Shingles; but by constant demand he has been forced toadd to his building material a large quantity PLASTERING HAIR, which in thefuture you can expect to always find at bis piece, and when contractors or large buyers need any of these articles,they may expect special prices. Fruit Jars and Harrows. Possibly Fruit Jars and Cotton Harrows should not be put in the same classification: but since the rains have comeyou will need the barrows, and when the fruit comes you will need the Jars, and J. H. RIDDLE has them at bottom prices* T. W. SPECK. MY CREED. I Don't Believe That Everything That Glitters Is Gold. I DON'T believe in representing my wares to be tripple-plated when it was bought for single plate. I aon't believe in calling tripple plate jewelry "filled goods." I don't believe in calling "filled goods" solid gold. Ana I don't believe in taking advantage , of the confidence a customer reposes in me, nor do I believe that a business built upon avarice, or misrepresentation can bo a M L.UmM r i^.<AM put upon tt IBSLlllg 1? JlJIJUclvll'II I don't believe in falsifying facts or alloying brass with cheek to sell gold. I do believe that it is nay duty as a business man to correctly represent my goods, and deal justly with my fellowmen, and ? it is to this that I attribute my growing' business. When you want Eye Glasses or Spectacles. remember that I have a full line of the best goods. When you want an Engagement Ring, remember that I can furnish it. If you want anykind of Jewelry see me. When you want a good Watch in either a gold or silver case, I can and will furn- , isn it as cheap as anybody. If you have a watch that needs repairing, bring it to me. I do honest work and guarantee it. T. W. SPECK. W. B- MOORE & CO. MOWING MACHINES. THE CHAMPION defies all competi- "" tion an many working qualities. It will do work no other will do. It has . less gearing and consequently easy draft. It makes full cut of blade with horses' "off the grass." It costs less for repairs than any of thbm. With 11 MACHINES In the field all last season?not a break. The principle that it is built on is different from any other. One and one-half more CHAMPIONS were in the United States last year to cut the crop than any other make. The BEST finds its way to * the front. Now is the time to look about for your new Mower. The Champion is the cheapest, because it is the best and costs less for repairs. W. B. MOORE & CO. When you want To PAINT your house Saa T H. And let him explain To you The Merits of Masury's Railroad Paint. It's durability has been ' , Attested to by TIME, And the price is Jnst the same as the Inferior kinds. See my color card and book of designs. T. B. McCLAIN. SCHOOL CLAIMS. Office of Superintendent of Education for York County, Yorkville, S. Cm June 8th, 1897. ALL persons boldiDg CLAIMS against THE SCHOOL FUND, will please present them on or before JULY FIRST, as air school accounts for this scholastic year will close at that time. J. A. SHURLEY, County Superintendent of Education. NOTICE TO TRUSTEES. Office of Superintendent of Education of York County, Yorkville, S. C., June 17, 1897. SCHOOL TRUSTEES are hereby re-, quested to meet in my office at Yorkville, ON MONDAY, 5TH DAY OF JULY, at 11 o'clock a. m. Business of importance. J. A. SHURLEY, County Superintendent of Education. June 19 49 s3t 1 SCHOOL TEXT BOOKS. Office of Superintendent of Education of York County, Yorkville, S. C., June 17,1807. I HAVE on hand and for sale, AT COST, ALL THE BOOKS author- i ized for use in the public schools of York county. Prices furnished on application. . All orders must be accompanied by cash and postage. J. A. SHURLEY, County Superintendent of Education. June 19 49 tf A CAR LOAD OF ICE. "C1ROM to-day, throughout the remainX der of the summer, I will be prepared ^ to furnish ICE to the public at most reasonable prices. In fact as low or lower than private consumers can buy it at the factory. Prompt and special attention given to orders from individuals along the lines of the Carolina and North-Western and the 0. R. <k C. railroads. - _ T. B. McCLAIN. 4