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tumorous department. HAD THEM IN STUCK. Some 25 or 30 years ago, the exa< date doesn't matter, says Truth, th only store in a certain Vermont villag was kept by Abraham Frost, or "Ut cle Abe," as everybody called him. Uncle Abe was a character, dry as pateut office report, and sharp as newly honed razor, and what hedidn' have in that rambling, old-fashione store of his wasn't worth keeping?o selling, either. So Uncle Abe allowet and whenever some smart young mar of whom there are always plenty in country village, tried to catch him b; asking for some improbable thing, th shrewd storekeeper generally came ou on top of the heap by triumphant! producing the articte. One day a young man of this kiu was chaffing Uncle Abe about bis e: tensive stock of goods, and he finall offered to wage $10 that he could asl for something that couldn't be fouu in his store. "I'll take that bet, young man, said Uncle Abe, quick as a flash ; "tha is, provided ye ask fer somethin' tha is used around these diggin's." "Oh, that's all right," was the reply "I know of a number of them in us within half a dozen miles of here." "Thet's all I want to know," sai Uncle Abe. "There's a sawbuck ft ye; now kiver it, an' then fire away. The storekeeper laid a ten-dolla bill on the counter, young Mr. Fres promptly covered it with a greeubac of the same denomination; a tw pound weight was placed on the bill to hold them down, aud then, winkin blandly at the crowd looking on, tb young man turned to the merchac and said: "Well, Uncle Abe, I see you're a ready to wait on me, so I guess yo can do me up a second-band pulpit you've got one in stock." "Pulpit, eh ? Sure it's a pulpit yo want?" said Uncle Abe,scratching hi bead as if greatly puzzled. "Yes, sir, that's what I called foi and that is precisely what I want." "Won't notbiu' but a pulpit d ye, eh ?" "No, sir; either trot out your pulpi or band over these two $10 bills, l'i not particular which." "All right, sonny ; if ye'r' dead sur it's a pulpit ye'r' sufferin' fer, I recko I kin accommodateye," drawled Unci Abe, with a si}' twinkle in his eyei Then turning to bis clerk he said : "Jake, just take the band-truck an wheel that air second-hand pulpit i from the back room. 1 bought it whe the old Orthodox church was tor down a dozen or fifteen years ago, an I've kept it on hand ever since thiol iu' I might get a chance to sell it t some durned idjit or other, au'?what your hurry, sonny ? Ain't you goin to wait to see that pulpit ?" But young Mr. Fresh bad vanisbe through the doorway followed b shouts of laughter from the crowr and after Uncle Abe had raked hot $10 bills into the cash drawer, b said : "I say there, Jake! Ye needn mind about bringin' out that air pulpi I sent ye fer. The young man ha changed his mind about takin' it, reckon " Nature Study In Maine.?Stat Superintendent of Schools Stetson wa visiting a school down in Pembrok when he got into the pleasant maze of nature studies and asked some it - teresting questions about the littl things of the world about us, says th Bangor Cormercial. "How many seed compartments ar there in an apple?" he queried. N one knew. "And yet," said the stat superintendent, "all of you eat man apples in the course of a year, and se the fruit every day, probably." "You must learn to notice the littl things iu nature. Now, perhaps som little boy who has driven the cows t pasture every day this summer ca tell me on which jaw the cow has he teeth ?" No answer. Rather was there blan astonishment, at last pierced by on little fellow volunteering the informs tion that "our cow has teeth on bot jaws, 'cause she chaws hay all u tine." "If that is so, my boy," replied th head of the state schools, "I'd advis you to sell that wonderful cow wit teeth on both jaws to some museum I'm afraid, children, that you haven' studied nature quite closely enough." You may be sure that the talk c the state superintendent deeply in pressed the children. They earnestl discussed the matter at recess tim< and the teacher the next day ovei heard this conversation in the plav yard. A little girl got some of her com pamons arouna ner aua graveiy saia "Now, children, make believe that am Mr. Stetson. You've got to knot more about common things. If yo dou't you'll all grow up to be fools." "Now, tell me," she said, lookin sternly at a playmate, "how man feathers has a heu ?" Thoughtlessness.?Farmer Simp son was an exceedingly mild-nature man, aud would find excuses for th shortcomings of his neighbors, for th faults of his horses and, in fact, fc every uupleasant thing that came i his way. He purchased a cow, an had great difficulty in keeping her i the pasture. "She's kind of a roviu' critter, bu she means well," he said, after a wal of several miles in pursuit of her. One morning be was milking th cow, when she began to kick violently upset the stool, sent the pail flyiuj and all the milk was spilled. The farmer got up, and contempli ting the ruin, said gravely to a witnes of the disaster : "Well, now, that's the worst fau this cow has." Then after a moment's meditatioi feeling that perhaps he had been ui necessarily severe, he added, "That i if you can call it a fault; maybe it only thoughtlessness." tf&T "Hanging is too good for you, said a judge to a condemued man. ' know it is," replied the prisoner fraul ly ; "and if you can suggest anytbin else, judge, you cau't do it too quick. ?Drake's Magazine. -Wayside (gatherings. 86T" Califoruia is beating Florida out f *t of sight on oraoges. e jfcgr He is an inhospitable man who ;e refuses to entertain an opinion. ' '* V&F An estimate comes from Madrid that the Cuban war in three years has a cost $280,000,000. 1 * It is rather strange that it is , usually the unattractive woman who r has remained single from choice. I There are both times and places j' when clearly two is company and three ^ a crowd ; for example, on a tandem. i y I?* "Why men drink is what stag- j e gers us," says a woman's journal, t t What men drink is what staggers them. * y W3F A cobweb spun across an open ? doorway is a surer sign that noooay d has entered lately than an iron-bolted c- gate. y pgr The Japs are up-to-date in new k ideas, and 5,000 of them are prepard ing to start for the Klondike next month. t&~ She?Do you think that Adam 1 really loved Eve? He?Certainly. You see, there were no other women arouud ! ' IA little girl four years old says she knows what drawing is: "You ^ just think something and then run a line around your think." ?> B&T If you engage in a wheat deal, ir aud rake in the profits, call it legitib mate. If you get bitten, say it's garabk ling. Always be consistent, o It is rather paradoxical, but true Is nevertheless, that it is the persons who g make the most trouble for themselves ie who are always borrowing it. it aST" Courting is a natural blessing. It teaches young people to speak mild11 ly, especially if the old folks are in the u next room with the door open, if j?- Much charity which begins at r borne is too feeble to get out of doors, u aud much that begins out of doors 's never gets iuto the home circle. t The political atmosphere at Mad- a r> rid is said to be full of electricity. The only question now is as to the c 0 directiou in which the sparks will fly. E jt &&T Coins of low denominations cir- t n culate very rapidly ; thus it is calcu- * lated that every penuy in circulation J ,e changes bands a dozen times a week. ^ ? 8^* "My hair is getting quite gray, i e and will remain so as long as I live." o 5 "Well, ycu know, dear, you can al- 1 ways make it remain blonde as long as ( d you dye." . n 1^" Germany owns over 1,000,000 ^ n square miles in Africa and islands of b n the Pacific, but in ten years only 2,309 t d Germans went to these colonies, while 1 : 895,920 came to the United States. P g o Va8~ Frankie said his new boots '8 squeaked very bad. When asked 4 g what the reason of it was, be replied fc that he did not know, unless it was ? d "the expression of two burdened v y soles." 8 46T" Judge Willhouse, of Kansas, is h called the Apple King in those parts. 0 e His orchards cover 1,630 acres, with over 100,000 apple trees. In 13 years c he has harvested 400,000 bushels of A ^ apples. 6 gap- "This is not such an unjust v world, after all, when you come to ( think about it," said the old-young c man. "Of course the rich people have I e ice in summer, but don't the poor get h is it in winter?" e Dr. Boyd was once asked why it j IS was that he consented to the marriage d of his daughter to a Presbyterian, t! e "Well," he replied, "as far as I have a e been able to discover, Cupid never 1 studied theology." 1 e IGT The guardians of the poorhouse q 0 in Oldham, England, recently discon- a e tiuued the daily allowauce of half a ? y pint of beer to each inmate, where- E e upon most of them went on a strike, leaving the institution. ^ e I6T Municipal councils in France are c having their proceedings reported by n Q phonograph. This system of perpet- h uation never will be popular in the e United States where people are anx. ious to forget such incidents as soon as 11 e possible. j L. Japan has under construction h four immense battleships, ten large v p cruisers and twenty-tnree torpeao a boats, which will make her navy the *1 e third largest in the world. The Japa- ' e nese fleets will have something to say v h about future affairs on the Pacific, i. 86T There were 1151 locomotives d 't built in the United States in 1897, a though it was not the best possible tl if year for the business. Of these, 225 r i- were built on orders from foreign counv tries. Over 500 locomotives came b from oue Philadelphia establishment. t] ggy Virginia has a law forbidding a '* the sale of intoxicating liquors to stu- ? dents in the State university, "and all ^ ' other institutions of learning." A bill ^ : has just been overwhelmingly defeat- 0 I ed in the senate, the design of which 4 ,v was to repeal the vital points of this u law. tl t@T "I can't see how I failed," said ^ S the ex-traveling raau who tried to run q ^ a hotel. "I thought I had been ou the 0 road long enough to know just what ? the traveling public would want." ti >- "It isn't so much a question of what g d they want.," his lawyer explained, "as b e what they will staud." n e 8?" The normal peanut crop is 1,000,- f< ir 000 bushels, and Americans are so fond f< " of the nut that they spend upon it tl $10,000 a year. Chemists say the pea- 81 0 nut contains fifty per cent, of fat and ? over thirty per cent, of nourishing d , compounds, and it is commended by ? physiciaus as an article of food. 1< e 96?" "Johnnie," said his father, "I'm ^ j surprised to hear that you have dared , to dispute with your mother." "But q she was wrong, pa," replied Johnnie, g "That has nothing to do with it," said & ;S the old man ; "you might just as well i) profit by my experience, and learn p It once for all lliut when a woman says * a thiug is so, it is so, whether it is so v 1( or not."' ? i- flSair }She was a bride ol only tnree ? s, short mouths, but she had her Iron 's hies, and naturally made a confidaute of her mother. "My dear child," said t the mother, "if you would have neith- f " er eyes nor ears when your husband ? 'I comes home late from the club you o c- might be happier." "Perhaps so," c g answered the young wife, with an air " of weariness, "but what am 1 to do with my nose ?" <3 international Wessons. rHE SUN DAY SCHOOL. .ESSON X, FIRST QUARTER, INTERNATIONAL SERIES, MARCH 6. text of the Lesson, Math, xll, 1-13?Mem ory Verses, 10-13?Golden Text, Math xll, 8?Commentary by the Rev. D. M Stearns. [Copyright, 1S97. by D. M. Stearns.] 1. "At that time Jesus went on the Sab thu fnrn and His disf.L AttHI Ufl * bliv uu^ii vwv W? >M ?..? )les were an hungered and began to pluck he ears of corn and to eat.." The lessor oday touches the Sabbath question, the ine which, according to all the gospels, letermined the Pharisees to kill Christ 5ee verse 14 immediately following oui esson, then Mark lii, 6; Luke vi, 11; John v, 16 Dr Weston says that the Sab iath was the Jewish national flag; othci lations practiced circumcision, offered acriflces and had temples and religiouf ltes, but in the Sabbath the Jews claimed i peculiar relation to God as their Creator, iedeemer and Kest As the nation grew n national feeling and pride and In tht houghtof separation from and superiority o other nations, they became more and noro tenacious of their Sabbath If wt ceep in mind that it was their national lonor they were thinking of and not the lonor of their God and His Word, we 6hall understand many things otherwise dark 2. "But when the-Pharisees saw it they aid unto Him, Behold, Thy disciples dc hat which is not lawful to do upon the Sabbath day." The Sabbaths were a 6igr >etween God and Israel, not to show how loly and honorable they were, but to hon ir Him and delight in Him and magnify lim. If eating a little corn, even fresh rom the field, would quiet the body thai he soul might the better commune with rod, it was well so to do (See Ex. xxxi 8, and Isa. Ivill, 13) 8. "But He said unto them, Have yt tot read what David did when he was nr lungered, and they that were with him?" They would hardly wish or dare to find ault with David, their great king, whom hey praised so much, even if they were sc tnwilling to recognize the Son of David ad David's Lord in Him with whom they iow find fault 4. "How He entered into the house oi rod and did eat the sbewbread, which was lot lawful for Him to cat, oeitner 101 hem that were with Him, but only foi he priests." God would have us considei he spirit of His law rather thun the exreme letter of it. He would have us tc mow Him gnd His great heart of loye t is better to know Him than to bo wise, r mighty, or rich He delights in loving ;indness, judgment and righteousness Jer. ix, 28, 24) 6. 6. "Or have ye not read in the law iow that on the Sabbath days the priests q the temple profane the Sabbath and are ilameless? But 1 say unto you, That in his place is one greater than the temple." .'hus He directs them to their king and iriests as both doing that which by the trict letter of the law was forbidden, and et they are blameless In verses 41 and 2 of this chapter He says He is grcntci han Jonah and Solomon He now says le is greater than the temple, and implies, rhat is elsewhere taught, that He is rcater than David or Aaron In Hebrews re read that He is greater than angels oi loses, or tabernacle, or sacrifice He is ur great Priest King. 7. "But if ye had known what this aeaneth, I will have mercy and not sacri ice, ye would not have condemned the uiltless." What a comfort that we art o have righteous judgment, and our Judge .'ill not decide by what He 6ees or hears Isa. xi, 8, 4), and will never without ause condemn either a person or a work! iet us have more of His Spirit, remember ag I Cor. iv, 6. 8. "For the Son of Man is Lord even ol he Sabbath day." As Son of Man He is ord of all earthly institutions and the irect object of all earthly allegiance. All hings were created by Him and for Him, nd by Him all things consist (Col. i, 16, 7) He shall yet subdue all things unto limself, even all kings shall fall down beare Him and all nations servo Him (1 !or. xv, 28; Ps Ixxii, 11) We feel like aying, "Oh, that these people had known lim, that they might cheerfully receive [im and submit to Him instead of judgag Him!" 9. "And when He was departed thence le went into their synagogue." If He ould not get good, He would be where He aight do good The Scriptures were read a the synagogues, and there is nothing on arth like the Word of God Whether hose who read see much or little of God a His Word He is in every page of it and pened eyes and ears will see and hear lim. 10. "And, behold, there was a man ?hich had his hand withered And they sked Him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on he Subbath days!' that they might accuse Liin " The impotence of tne man was ery suggestive of the spiritual condition f the nation, but he knew his condition nd they did not They were blind, and eaf, and lame, and palsied, and leprous, nd thought that nothing ailed them, but hat, on the contrary, they were the only ighteous people on earth 11 "And He said unto them, What ian shall there be among you that shall ave one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on he Sabbath day will he not lay hold on it nd lift it out!'" One has well suggested hat He did not say see a sheep, but have 6heep; the point is that of ownership le is the Lord of the Sabbath day The iw commanded to help creatures not your wn if you saw them in trouble (Deut. xsii. ) 12 'How much, then, is a man better han a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to o well on the Sabbath days ' Better han many sparrows, better than all beasts, rod's own property every day, and, though ft in rebellion against Him, yet loved by lim and watched longingly to see if he will urn to His good and loving God God is ood to the unthankful and to the evil, ut how little they think that His good ess is intended to lead them to Him 13 "Then saith He to the man. Stretch srth thine hand And be 6tretched it srth, and it was restored whole, like as he other." The man could not help him elf, and be knew it, but .lesus healed him ostantly The Pharisees were as helpless 3 help themselves as this man, but they id not know it and would not believe rhen they were told, so continued help jss, and. worse, they gave place to the evil This lesson must include verse 14, for it ets forth their determination because of Jhrist's conduct on this occasion, und also ives the reason for some changes in His eaching, or, rather, His manner of teaehQg He will not yet break these bruised eeds, but the time will come (verse 20) x;t verses 24 to 23 give some light upon erses 31, 32. Let verses 34 to 3(5 urge us n to "Let the Word of Christ dwell in us ichly" (Col. iii, 115) and may verse 50 give is a constant "Halleluiah!" tST Bishop Hall once 6aid : "He thai aketh his own cares upon himself oadeth himself in vain, wit h an unnec ssary burden. I will cast my care! n God. He hath hidden me. Thej annot burden him." IST Better waver about taking tlx Iriuk than wabble after getting it. Jam and Jiwsiile. CULTIVATION OF STRAWBERRIES. ' Early in the spriug is wheu the new strawberry beds should be made, and ' those who contemplate having them cannot prepare the ground too soon. It is a fact that but few farmers, com. paratively, know how to grow straw, berries. It was for a long time believed that it was difficult and laborious to grow them, wheu, in fact, there is no crop grown in a garden that can be produced so easily, or which gives - sucb valuable results in proportion to ' cost. They can be had ou every farm, ' and abundautly. Growers wbo make , their land produce maximum crops have secured 10,000 quarts per acre, but 5,000 quarts may be considered an excellent yield. To give some idea of ; how many quarts may be growu on a small gardeu patch of 25 by 100 feet, which is less than one-sixteenth of an i acre, 300 quarts on sucb a place is at L the rale of about 5,000 quarts per acre. Considering also that the qual ity of the berries will be superior to > any that can be purchased in market ' (as they will be fully ripe and not in[ jured by transportation), they will be I worth at least 10 cents per quart, or j $30 for the crop of a small patch 25 by I 100 feet?smaller than a city lot. As more berries can be grown proportiour ately on a small plot than on an acre, > there is no reason why 500 quarts ' should not be picked the first bt-ariug [ season. The strawberry bed, if kept clean and free from grass and weeds, , should continue to produce crops for , three successive seasons or more. : PREPARING THE BED. 1 Plow or spade the ground as derp as possible, and then spread over the ' - . i J I. c c% , surtace manure 10 ine oepiu ui z or i 3 inches, working it well into the soil, but before working the grouud apply I also, for an acre, a mixture of 100 1 pounds nitrate of soda, 100 pouuds of | boue meal aud 150 pounds muriate ol , potash. Let it be done the first warm day ; be sure and work the manure f aud fertilizer well into the soil, aud i make the soil as fine as possible. ' Then leave it until April, when the ground should be worked over again. For a small patch the labor will not ( be costly, and as the first preparation is the most important, the work should be well done. After the plauts are ; set out but little work will be entailed i on the farmer. As there are new aud better varieties introduced every year, get from some reliable nurseryman | two kinds?staminate aud pistillate ( (male aud female) plants, as the selection of varieties depends ou whether 1 the soil is heavy or light. If for a > garden make the rows 3 feet apart, I placing the plauts oue foot a part | in the row. Every fourth row should ' consist of the staminate variety and the others of the pistillate kind. A , patch 25 by 100 feet would require i about 900 plauts. Use only young ' plauts?runners from last spring's ' growth?which may be known by their roots being nearly white, those of old 1 plauts being dark. Set them in staight , rows, pressing the earth well around , the roots, using water, if necessary, , being careful not to cover the crowns i of the plants. a ' CULTIVATION. After the plants begin to grow use the hoe and work between the plants well. A hand-wheel hoe may be used 1 between the rows, and it will work ' very close to the plants without injuring them. If the plants are "checked" iu the rows?that is, placed in , lines both lengthwise and crosswise? the ordinary hoe need not be used, as the wheel hoe will enable one to do 1 the work of several men with hoes. 1 In that manner a small patch cat) be ' hoed in 15 minutes or even in less time. Do not wait for grass and weeds ( to appear, hut keep the soil loose, i During the summer each plant will i throw out runuers, and soon the bed 1 will be thickly matted. It will be an advantage then to cut the stems which connect the runners with the parent plants. Should weeds or grass appear i in the matted rows pull them out by hand. If the matted rows are a foot i wide it will leave but a small space between the rows to cultivate. If wa' ter can be applied on a small patch ' during a dry spell it will be beneficial. ' Along in the fall, just as winter approaches, cover the rows with tine [ manure, and over the manure use a light mulch of salt hay or straw. > Early in the spring rake the bed over, so as to remove the mulch and rake the manure hue, leaving the mulch | between the rows, and after the plants are well up use straw or salt hay un( der them, so as to have the berries [ clean. These details are not so labori ious as they seem for a small plot, and if choice varieties are used the expe1 riment will be very satisfactory. The instructions apply to larger areas also if heavy yields of choice fruit are de* , sired.?Philadelphia Record. UARGRT -CAKED BAG. Cows coming fresh are liable to this disease and the heaviest, best milkersj are most liable. Failing to milk clean ; at the start is the usual cause. Care should always be taken to milk clean, nud if the udder has lumps in it, or seems feverish, bathing in hot water as hot as the hands can bear, rubbing J and kneading will usually prevent. The iullauimalion seldom attacks ihe whole udder, but is usually con* i fined to one or two quarters, and is in dicated by swelling, heat, pains and a redness of the parts inflamed. The animal is restless, has little appetite, is feverish, with the bowels out of order. , Unless relieved very soon the parts usually suppurate and this usually rei suits in breaking down their structure, > wasting and transforming into a hard cartilaginous substance. The capacity for milk-giving is in this way impaired, and the animal becomes less valuable. , Iu treatment the milk must be fre; quently drawn with the hand or syi phon. Take powdered camphor, half an ounce; extract of belladonna and lard two ounces each, mix well togetht er and rub the parts well. If the ) swelling be very large it will help . materially to relieve the animal if the * udder is supported by a broad bandage r fastened over the back. As internal treatment, give a moderate purge, say half a pound of salts. i Follow this up with two ounces of saltpeter, morning and night. Give but little water and a dry grain portion, so as to lessen the production of milk as much as possible. If the inflammation cannot be reduced and suppuration follows and abscesses form they must be opened freely and the pus allowed to escupe. Then dress with an ointmeut made of powdered sulphate of copper one drachm and lard one ounce. Continue treatment until the cow is well.?Republic. The Secret of Gray Hair.?Gray hair is caused solely by the loss of pigment which gave it color. Grayness may occur at any period of life, irrespective of age; it is also hereditary. A drachm of powdered borax is nice to putin the water when washing the hair. Rain or distilled water is preferable. All preparations, including peroxide of hydrogen, used for the purpose of changing the color of hair, are to be deprecated, although they have in later years been very much improved upon, and are now not nearly so harmful as they were some years ago. The effect of continual use of peroxide is to dry and break the hair and cause premature grayness. I m <Se POWDER Absolutely Pure mum & jgjpnff. G. W. F. HARPER, President. / Schedules in Effect from and Aftei January 23, 1897. CENTRAL TIME STANDARD. going north. | No 10. | Mo 00. Leave Chester i 6 00 am ; 8 45 u in Leave LowrysvlUe 6 26 a m 9 20 a u Leave McConnellsville H ;)8 a m ft 39 a ii Leave Guthrlesville .... 0 48 a m 10 0ft a m Leave Yorkville | 7 09 a m il 00 a in Leave Clover j 7 41 am | 11 48 am Leave Gaston la 8 17 a m 1 20 p n Leave Lincolnton 0 15 a m I 2 40 p m Leave Newton 10 05 a m 4 00 p ir Leave Hickory i 10 50 am : 6 15 pit Arrive Lenoir j 11 55 am I 8 00 pm going south. | No. 9. | No 61. Leave Lenoir 1 3 15 p m , 8 00 a n Leave Hickory | 4 15 p m 7 50 a ii Leave Newton 5 10 p m 9 00 a m Leave Lincolnton j 5 56 p m ( 10 30 a it Leave Gastonla ! 6 49 pm 1 00 pm Leave Clover 7 32 p ni 2 02 p m Leave Ydrkvilie ! 8 01 pm j 3 10 pm Leave Guthrlesville ... j 8 20 pm ] 3 40 pm Leave McConnellsville 8 35 pm 3 55 pm Leave LowrysvlUe i 8 45 p m 4 25 p m Arrive Chester I 9 11 pm 5 10 pm Trains Nos. 9 and 10 are first class, and run daily except Sunday. Trains Nos. 60 and 61 carry passengers and also run daily except Sunday. There is good connection at Chester with the G. C. A N. and the C. C. & A., also LAC. R. R.; al Gastonia with the A. A C. A. L.; at Lincolnton with C. C.; and at Hickory and Newton with W. N. C. G. F. HARPER, Acting G. P. A., Lenoir, N. C. iiiminmimTi TIME TABLE of the Ohio River and Charleston Railway company, to takf effect Monday, October 18th, at 6.50 a. m. STANDARD EASTERN TIME. j Dally Dally " Except Except Sunday. Sunday. going south No. 32. | No. 34. Leave Marlon 7 00 am 1 30 pm Leave Rutlierfordton 8 05 am 3 05 pm Leave Forest City 8 20 am 3 3o pm Leave Henrietta 8 35 am 3 oo pm Leave Mooresboro 8 ?0 am 4 H) pm Leave Shelby 9 20 am 5 00 pm Leave Patterson Springs.. 9 30 am 5 4o pm Leave Earls 0 35 am 5 50 pm Arrive at Blacksburg 0 50 am 0 10 ( m Leave Gaffhey 6 50 m 7 15 pm Arrive Blacksburg 7 25 m < M pro Leave Blacksburg 10 10 am 8 00 an Leave Smyrna 10 30 am 8 2o am Leave Hickory Grove 10 4o am 8 4o am Leave Sharon v 11 00 am 9 10 am Leave Yorkvllle 11 15 am 9 40 am Leave Tlrzah U 27 am 10 05 am Leave Newport 11 33 am 10 loam Leave Rock Hill 1145 am 10 40 pm Leave Leslies 12 05 pm 1 00 pm Leave Catawba Junction.. 12 15 pm 1 15 pm Leave Lancaster 1 00 pm 3 50 pm Leave Kershaw 2 CO pm 5 30 pm Arrive at Camden 3 00 pm 6 40 pm Leave Kingsvllle 4 44 pm Leave Branchville 5 55 pm Arrive Charleston 8 00 pm GOING NORTH. I No. 33. | No. 35 Daily Dail.v Except Except Sunday. Sunday. Leave Charleston 7 10 am Leave Branchville 8 57 am Leave Kingsvllle 10 25 am Leave Camden 12 05 pm; 9 00am Leave Kershaw 1 05 pm' 11 10am Leave Lancaster 1 45 pm 1 00 pm Leave Catawba Junction 2 30 pm 2 40 pm Leave Leslies 2 40 pm 2 55 pm Leave Rock Hill 2 55 pm 4 30 pm Leave Newport 3 10 pm 5 00 pm Leave Tlrzah 3 15 pm 5 20 prr Leave Yorkvllle 3 30 pm 6 00 pm Leave Sharon 3 45 pm 6 20 pm Leave Hickory Grove .... 4 00 pm 6 40 pm Leave Smyrna 4 15 pm 0 55 pm Leave Blacksburg 4 35 pm 7 30 prr Leave Blacksburg 0 50 am 0 30 pm Arrive Gaffhey "> 25 am 7 0? pm Leave Earlc's ' 5 05 pm Leave Patterson's Spring. 5 10 pm l^ave Shelby 5 20 pm Leave Mooresboro 5 47 am Leave Henrietta 5 55 am T ontTflVriwct ril v (i 12 am Leave Rutherford ton (i 27 am Arrive at Marlon 7 30 pm CONNECTIONS. No. 32 has connection with Southern Railway at Rock Hill, and the S. A. L. at Catawba Junction. Nos. 34 and 35 will carry passengers. Nos. 11 and 12 have connection at Marion with Southern Railway. At Roddey.s, Old Point, King's Creek and London, trains stop only on signal. S. B. LUMPKIN, G. P. A. A. TRIPP, Superintendent. SAM'L HUNT. General Manager. HEATING STOVES. THERE are for sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE cheap, six second-hand HEATING STOVES, in good condition. They are of different sizes and suitable for burning soft coal. CHATTEL MORTGAGES, LIENS FOR RENT ANI) SUPPLIES, Titles to Real Estate and Real Estate Mortgages in blank form for sale at THE ENQUIRER OFFICE. YORKVfliLS FOR Htlit Id IHt UfKUKi uni OF CHARACTE TO GET UP CLUBS F01 Pleasant V and Cen IN UNUSUALLY VA] Two High Grade Buggies ? Leaders and Every COMMENCE TODAY BETWEEN this date and the MIDDLE OK MARCH, it is usual for the people of this section to select their reading matter for the following year. Being one of the cleanest, most enterprising and reliable newspapers in the state, it Is natural, therefore, that THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER should also be one of the most popular. Ninety per cent, of the families in the county desire It as a regular visitor to their homes, and all those who CUI1 uiiuru It, Ulll^ Itunuuauij' uc iwvivcu upun as probable subscribers. One "of the most serious drawbacks, probably, is the inconvenience of writing letters, sending money and attending to the matter of subscribing at the proper time. It is this iact that makes it especially desirable for us, Just at this time, to secure the services of a large number of intelligent and energetic assistants, and to make It worth their while to give the matter their attention, we are making the liberal offers which wo will presently explain. The price of a single subscription one year is TWO DOLLARS. This is to the Individual u ho does not give his name to a clubmaker; but sends It direct to this office. In clubs, however, the price is only ONE DOLLAR AND SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS. That is the price which the subscriber pays the clubmaker, and the price which, under all circumstances, he Is expected to pay us. Now to our propositions : THREE BIG PREMIUMS. The three leading premiums are a CAROLINA BUGGY, a ROCK HILL BUGGY, and i a MONARCH BICYCLE, for lady or. gentle! man. The "Rock Hill Buggy" is to be a quarter leather top. and the "Carolina" an open buggy. Both vehicles are to be of the very best grades manufactured by the respective well-known establishments. The Bicycle is to be of the highest grade manufactured by the Monarch Cycle Company, and the Monarch wheel, as every wheelman knows, is without a superior. TERMS OF THE CONTEST. The clubmaker who returns and pays for the largestnumber of subscribers?NEW AND OLD?will be entitled to the choice of the three above described premiums. The clubmaker who returns and pays for the largest number of NEW NAMES, will be entitled to second choice-. The clubmaker who returns the second largest number of names?new and oldwill be entitled to the third choice. In other words, the first choice goes to the largest club: the second choice to the largest number of new subscribers; and the third choice to the second largest club of old and new subscribers. OTHER PREMIUMS. In addition to the competitive premiums mentioned aboye^we also offer various other premiums ior emus uuiiuiuuug s^cvmcu numbers of names, and propose to deliver the premiums whenever tne numbers specified are returned and paid for. Upon securing one premium?a watch or sewing machine, say? the clubmnker will be at liberty to try for the same thing again, or for anything else on the list, and if In the aggregate, by the 9TH DAY OF MARCH, 189s, he snail have succeeded In returning and paying for the largest number ot NEW NAMES. he will be entitled to the SECOND CHOICE of the thiee leading premiums mentioned above, Just the same as II he had not previously taken other premiums. Now, then, read the list: i For 60 Subscribers, We will give the clubmaker his choice of the following premiums, each valued at 825: A FOUR DRAWER "ENQUIRER" SEWING MACHINE, together with all attachments; . a "HOUSEKEEPER'S" SET OF KNIVES, FORKS AND SPOONS, made by Rogers; a "WALTHAM" WATCH in coin silver, dustproof case ; a NO. fi AUTOHARP, a BANJO, GUITAR, MANDOLIN, or VIOLIN. ! For 40 and Less Than 60 J SUBSCRIBEHS, we will give the clubmaker I his choice of the following, each valued at 815: i WALTHAM WATCH, in open face silver t case; set of half dozen ROGERS BROS', i KNIVES and FORKS (12 PIECES): NO. 4 , AUTOHARP, BANJO, MANDOLIN, GUITAR, or LOW ARM SINGER SEWING 1 MACHINE. For 30 and Less Than 40 SUBSCRIBERS, choice of the following, each valued at 810: NEW YORK STANDARD 7-JEWELED WATCH in dust-proof case; 14K GOLD FILLED WATCH CHAIN, or HALF DOZEN TEASPOONS. HALF DOZEN TABLESPOONS and BUTTER KNIFE (13 PIECES). Address, L. M. GRIST October 23,1897. GARRY IRON RO MANUFAC IRON ROOFING, CKIMPED AXD CORKUGATEI' Iron Tile or Shingle, FIRE PROOF DOORS, JBEBSB^BSL THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS .2?iuOrders received bv Tj, M. GRTST. WHEN YOU WANT nTTAfTA/"' D 4 Of f ial/nn f | 'u nave your rnuiuuuai n mnvn JL you should not tail to come and see me. I have been in the "picture taking" business for a great many years, and am confident that I know mv business. It has always been my desire to please my customers. I am prepared to take Photographs in the latest styles and at reasonable Drices. HAVE YOU ANY Photographs that you would like to have enlarged ? If you have, come and :;ee me about it. I can do the work. IF YOU DO NOT KNOW Where my Photograph Gallery is, ask anyone in town and they can tell you. DURING THE WINTER, You will find my Gallery warm and pleasant. Gome and see me whenever you need photographs. Respectfully J. R. SCHORR. TilE TWICE-A-WEEK ENQUIRER IS an up-to-date family newspaper, always tilled with clean and wholesome home reading and is published and mailed on time. Subscription price, $2; in clubs of two or more, $1.75. Everybody is invited to make up clubs. E1UM 1898. ry FOR PEOPLE R, ENERGY AND CAPACITY ft A POPULAR PAPER. Vork, Good tain Pay LUABLE PREMIUMS. md a Monarch Bicycle the Worker a Winner. AND KEEP AT IT. For 20 and Less Than 30 SUBSCRIBERS, we will give a NO. 2% AUTOHARP, valued at $7.50; or THK ENQUIRER and any monthly magazine or weekly newspaper published In the united States, for ohe year. For 10 and Less Than 20 SUBSCRIBERS, a CONCAVE WARRANTED RAZOR, SILVER PLATED GRAVY LADLE, or an extra quality FOUR BLADED POCKET KNIFE, with name and address on the handle. Any of the articles mentioned would be a bargain at $2. For 6 and Less Than 10 SUBSCRIBERS, a "CLIMAX" WATCH, warranted for one year: an extra quality THREE BLADED POCKET KNIFE, or CHILD'8 SILVER PLATED TABLE SET. Good values at $1.50. For 4 and Less Than 6 SUBSCRIBERS, a '.'YANKEE" WATCH, warranted for one year: "Siren" pattern BUTTER KNIFE, or TWO-BLADED POCKET KNIFE, with name and address on bangle. And to Each Old Subscriber, Tixk Yorkville Enquirer?TWICE-AWEEK?filled with bright, fresh newB from THE COUNTY, STATE, NATION AND WORLD, interesting stories, Instructive miscellaneous matters, and humorous selections, explanatory editorials, etc. The paper will be held up to its present high standard, and will continue prompt, explicit, reliable, and, in short, the best. To Each New Subscriber. The same as above except that if the paper is COMMENCED NOW, IT WILL BE SENT UNTIL JANUARY 1, 181-9, without any charge for that portion of the time between now and January 1, 1898. It is understood, however, that if the subscriber fails to pay the clubmaker the subscription price, he will be due him for all papers that he may have received. By new subscribers, we mean those whose names were not on OUR BOOKS ON OCTOBER 1st, 1897. except we will not count as new subscribers, cases where the subscription may have been changed from the name of one member of a family to another. This Is ln. tended emphatically to mean new additions to our subscription list. Note the Conditions. TWO SIX MONTHS SUBSCRIBERS at 81 each, will be considered the equivalent of one yearly subscriber at 81.75 and so counted. A subscription paid for two or more years In advance at 81.75, will be counted as one name for each year so paid. Clubmakers will be held personally responsible for the payment of all names returned by them. After a clubmaker has returned and paid for any name, he can. at anytime thereafter, discontinue the sending of the paper to the person for whom he has paid, and transfer the unexpired time to any other person, provided the person to whom the transfer Is desired was not a subscriber at the time the original name was entered on our books. ' No name will be counted in competition for a premium until the subscription price bas been paid; nor will any premium be delive red until a satisfactory settlement has been made " for all names returned by the clubmaker. Persons who commence making clubs Mill not be permitted to transfer their club to another clubmaker's list after the names have been entered on our books. . It Is not necessary that the names on a club should all be at the same postofflce. Names may be taken at any number of places. Clubmakers are requested to send In names as rapidly as they secure them after October iter All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at the expense of those sending them. We will be responsible for the safe transmission of money only when sent by dralt, registered letter or money order drawn on the Yorkville postoltlce. In sending names, write plainly, and give postofflce, county and state. All subscriptions will be discontinued at the expiration of the time paid tor. A separate list will be kept for each clubmaker, who will be credited with each name sent, so that the number sent by any one person may be ascertained at a moment's notice. In case of a tie for either premium, two weeks will be allowed in which to "untie." . The time in which names may be returned under our propositions will commence now, 23d day of October, 1897, and expire at 4 o'clock p. ni., on Wednesday, the 9th day of March, 1898. T & SONS, Yorkville, S. C. OFING COMP'NY. TURERS OF KON ORE FA.INT OF IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD (illt ^orkviUc (Eitquiw. Published Wednesday and Saturday. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Single copy lor one year, t 2 <M) One copy tor two years, 3 50 For six 'months, 1 OO For three months, 50 Two copies for one year, 3 50 Ten copies one year, It SO And an extra copy for aclnb of ten. A I) VURTI8EMENT8 Inserted at One Dollar per square for the lirst insertion, and Fifty Cents per square for each subsequent insertion. A square consists of the space occupied by ten lines of this size type. Jt-ir Contracts for advertising space for three, six, or twelve months will be made on reasonable terms. The contracts must in all cases be confined to the regulaf business of the firm or individual contracting. Parties who make quarterly, semi-annual or annual contracts for a given space, and afterward order the discontinuance of the advertisement or a reduction of the space contracted for, will be required to pay at the rate usually charged for the.less space or shorter time as the case may be. An increase of spcae or time will be a matter for special contract. The advertiser will be at liberty to change the matter at will.