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tumorous department. An Obliging Hero.?A woman who had visited one of the hospitals in the south last summer has been telling a story since she came back to Washington which is good, if true, and as good, perhaps, if it isn't true, says the Washington Post. While going through the hospital in question, so she narrates the incident, a busy-lookiug, duty-loving woman bustled up to one of the wounded soldiers, who lay gazing at the ceiling above his cot. "Can't I do something for you, my poor fellow?" said the woman implor ingly. The "poor fellow" looked up languidly. The only things he really wanted just at that time were his discharge and a box of cigars. When he saw the strained and anxious look on the good woman's face, however, he felt sorry for her, and with perfect sang froid, he replied : "Why, yes; you can wash my face if you want to." "I'd be only too glad to," grasped the visitor, eagerly. "All right," said the cavalier gallantly, "go ahead. It's been washed 21 times already today; but I don't mind going through it again if it'll make you any happier." His Wit Saved Him.?Although it is a familiar saying that an Irishman is always spoiling for a fight, still there is one kind of fighting to which even the brave sons of Erin are sometimes averse?that is duelling. The following story well illustrates this fact: A certain Irishman, having been challenged to fight a duel, accepted the conditions after much persuasion on the part of his friends, who felt confirlnnt nf onnnooa Hia ont.Qfrnnifif ft lame man, walked on crutches. When the place for the shooting had been reached, the lame man's seconds asked that he be allowed to lean against a milestone which happened to be there. The privilege was allowed, and the lame man took bis stand. The Irishman and his seconds drew off to the distance agreed upon?100 feet. Here Pat's courage suddenly failed him, and he shouted to the lame man: "I've a small favor to ask of ye, sor." "What is it?" asked the cripple. Pat answered : "I told ye thot ye might lean agin the milepost, and now I would like the privilege of leaning agin the next one." The laughter which followed spoiled everybody's desire for a fight, and the whole party went home without a shot having been fired. It Turned Their Heads.?An eccentric clergyman in New England had hpen mnr.h nnnoveri bv the wav the members of his congregation bad got into of looking around to take stock of late comers. After enduring the annoyance for sometime, he said, on entering the desk one day : "Brethren, I regret to say that your attention is called away from your religious duties by your natural desire to see who comes behind you. I propose henceforth to save you the trouble by naming each person who may enter, and I hope the service will then be allowed to proceed without interruption." He then began, "Dearly beloved," but paused half way to interpolate, "Farmer Stubbins, with his wife and daughter." Farmer Stubbins looked rather surprised, but the minister, with perfect gravity, resumed his exhortation. 1 Presently he again paused: "Sam Curtis and William Diggle. The abashed congregation kept their eyes studiously bent on their books. The service proceeded in the most orderly manner, the parson interrupting himself every now and then to name some new arrival. At last he said, still with the same gravity, "Mrs. Symons, in a new bonnet." In a moment he saw his mistake, but it was too late. Every feminine head in the congregation had turned round. fas' A little Philadelphia boy had committed some misdemeanor, for which be was about to receive punishment at the hands of his mother. The boy begged to be tirst allowed to go to his room.' Permission was granted, and the child went up stairs to his , own room and closed the door behind him. The mother followed and lis- ( tened outside, after telling him he ; must hurry down again to receive punishment. The boy went to the side of the bed, knelt down, and this was his prayer: "Dear Lord, if you love little boys, and want to help this one out, now is your time." The prayer was answered. VST He was a small boy, whose head > was about on a level with the grocery counter. He swung a tin pail in one 1 band, and tightly clasped four pennies in the other. "Pleathe, thir, how much ith a pint of milk?" "Four cents." "Then pleathe give me three thent's worth and a peppermint stick. , My mother thaid I could have the change, if there wath any, for candy, and she mutht have known there ; wouldn't be any. It wathn't fair." And the young financier walked gayly , off with a large striped stick of candy : and a very little milk splashing in the i bottom of the pail. Swell of the Period.?Oh, doctor, I have sent tor you, certainly; still, i must confess I have not the slightest faith in modern medical science. Doctor?Oh! that doesn't matter in the least. You see a mule has no faith in the veterinary surgeon ; and yet he cures him all the same. "You often hear of the self-made man ?" "Yes." "But you never hear of the self-made woman ?" "That's so. Rather strange, isn't it?" : "What's the reason, do you think ?" "Well, when a woman is self-made she ! doesn't want anobody to know it." 1ST Husband (desperately)?Life has ] no longer any charms for me. I'll 1 kill myself. I'll take poison. Wife 1 (calmly)?Well, if you do take poison, my dear, get the kind that's advertised ? "Don't die in the house." < -Wayside Gatherings. Oaf The number of battles fought during the Civil War was 3125. The figures are taken from official records. 86f Our postage stamps will be used in the Philippines, with the word, "Philippines," printed across their face. W3T John Fullingbon, of Huntsville, Mo., is 84 years of age, strong and actice, and never took a dose of medicine v n Kio 1 ! fa IU UIO 111V* tfif A parrot, known to be 60 years old, and which had been in the Winstanley and Breyfogle families, of New Albany, Ind., for half a century, is dead. VST The Third Nebraska regiment will be mustered out of service at Augusta, Ga., on May 11. Colonel Bryan will be invited to review the regiment before it is disbanded. S8T Colonel Funston, of the Twentieth Kansas regiment now fighting in the Philippines, although one of the bravest men in the service, weighs, clothes and all, only 98 pounds. fST "Father Gunn," of Dickinson county, is believed to be the oldest person in Kansas. He has passed his 114th birthday, and is still able to walk two miles to the polls to vote. BSy The largest tree in the Eastern hemisphere, if not in the world, is a monster chestnut standing at the foot of Mount .Etna. The circumference of the main trunk at 60 feet from the ground is 212 feet. aST The wood-sawyers of Atlanta, Ga., 200 in number, baye formed a trust, and have raised the Drice of saw ? * ing stove wood from 75 cents to $1 per day. Every member of the organization is blind or crippled. f6f" The government telegraph cableship Hooker is being loaded at New York with 250 miles of cable to be transported to Manila. The cable is iutended to connect the important islands of the Philippine group. U. S. Grant, Jr., of California, who was recently a candidate for United States senator before the legislature of that state, is an exact counterpart of his illustrious father, not only in face and form, but in voice, manners and peculiar traits of character. jfijr The Episcopal ministers of Kansas City at a meeting last Friday adopted a resolution protesting against the recent christening of a baby orangoutang at the Zoo in that city. The resolution denounces the act as a "travesty of the Chistian sacrament of baptism." S6T Miss Ernie Bloss, 23 years old, who is making the trip from Texas to New York alone on a bicycle, passed through St. Louis last Saturday. She is small, but muscular, and says that on good roads she can easily ride 50 miles a day. She left Fort Worth, Texas, about a month ago. IIt is estimated that England's stock of coal will last 200 years longer and North America's 600 years. It is not likely, however, that these supplies will be needed, as it is probable that before many years have passed, power and heat, more economical and better will be secured in other ways. Soaking rains fell in South Texas during four days of last week, which will be worth a great deal to the stock and farming interests of that section. Many stockmen were preparing to move their cattle to the Indian Territory on account of the scarcity of water and grass in Texas ; but it will not now be necessary to do so. The hulk of the Spanish war vessel Pluton, sunk in the naval battle at Santiago, Cuba, has been found by divers near Morro Castle, at the entrance of Santiago harbor. The hull of the vessel was riddled with 6-pound shots, but there is no mark of a shell. The ship cannot be raised and will be left to rust away. 88F Congressman Charles Curtis, of Kansas, is an Indian of the Kaw tribe. He is a Republican from the district embracing Topeka, and has served three terras in congress and holds a certificate for.the fourth. He is a lawyer by profession, an earnest and accomplished speaker, and a conspicuous friend of his race. t&T Things that some of us hear: The whistle of a locomotive can be heard 3,300 yards, the noise of a train 3,800 yards, the report of a musket and the bark of a dog 1,800 yards, the roll of a drum 1,600 yards, the croak of a frog 900 yards, a cricket chirp 800 yards, a dinner bell two miles, and a call to get up in the morning three feet and seven inches. 8?* Recent letters from soldiers at Manila tell of extraordinary precautions taken to prevent the assassination of General Otis. A South Dakota vol unteer says: "Fifty yards from the palace squads of soldiers are posted all around the grounds for fear the natives may attempt to assassinate General Otis ; and the soldiers are always ready for auy emergency. 8?" Forty-eight warships are now under construction for the United States, and the vessels, when ready for duty, will have cost over $50,000,000. Eight of them are first-class seagoing battleships, as good as any in the world, and four heavy harbor defense monitors. Sixteen are torpedo-boat destroyers, averaging 29 knots speed, and the balance are cruisers of latest types and armaments. tSF An anti-trust association of resident and traveling salesman of the United States has been organized in Chicago, the object being to prevent salaries being reduced in the future and to secure, so far as possible, a reinstatement of the salaries paid before the business depression of 1893. A rpsnlntinn UMIQ urlrmtpH ronitintr that. it. """ b has become necessary for organized opposition to trusts by wage-earners as a measure for self-protection. IST The United States transport Nero, a strong ship, has been entirely refitted at the Mare Island navy yard, San Francisco, for work in the exploration and survey of a route for a government submarine cable from Honolulu to Manila. The route between San Francisco and Houolulu having been thoroughly surveyed, the Nero will begin at Honolulu and make soundings from there to the Island of CJuam, and thence to Luzon. 4?arm and Jtrwidc. How Bow Legs Are Made.?Mothers, in training their little ones to walk, seem never to think of how the bones grow ; that the bones in a child's leg are soft, half cartilaginous, and that it is au easy thiug to bend them. Hence the need of being careful about having 1 ll?mollr Iaa qann a r r%f i I tL1C11 UL11JUICLI nam vvv v? v. keeping them on their feet too long when they are first learning to walk. The senseless conduct of many parents in urging their children to walk prematurely is productive of lasting injury. Long before soft bones ought to have any strain put upon them, you will see these poor infants made to stand, and even to walk,'and by the time they are 14 or 16 months old their legs are bent very considerably. Pitiful and permauent deformities produced in this way are seen on every hand. Indeed, a person whose legs have not been bent, more or less, either outward or inward, by fond parental ambition, is almost an exception among us. Under a year let the child creep; but do not let it walk, seldom, indeed, stand, and then only for a moment, and from a year to 18 or 20 months do not encourage it to walk much, still less set it up on its feet to make it walk.?Good Health. How One Physician Treats Knaro a tTTPQ t. nil t. DUttWO. x uc UUV/IVI MV??? ? cry as be Dears a boarding bouse aud someone calls : "Run for the doctor, quickbut he is at band, and goes within. A child has been playing near the stove while the breakfast was in preparation, and succeeded in depositing on its abdomen part of the contents of a dish of hot gravy. The result is a blister as large as a man's hand, extending from umbilicus to epigastrium; child is two years old.' Its writbings are very similar to con-j vulsions, its screams arousiDg every one in the house. The doctor, cool and collected in that babel of confusion, takes from the shelf an unbroken package of soda, pours half of its contents into a tin wasbdish, adds enough water to this to make a thick paste, and covers the burn with the mixture making the application half an inch thick. As soon as this is applied the child stops crying and is free from pain. Leaving orders to keep the child quiet all day, and not to allow the soda to become dry for eight hours, he quietly leaves the room.?Dr. C. S. Cope. Treatment For Fainting.?Although fainting is not common in. children, young girls may be subject to such attacks. When one faints, it is owing to a temporary weak action of the heart, so that sufficient blood is not pumped to the brain to maintain consciousness. The face becomes verypale, and the extremities are cold. Usually all that is necessary is to place the person flat on her back, which will ease the action of the heart, while gravitation aids in restoring the proer amount of blood to the brain. Never allow a fainting person to remain in an upright position, as death, has thus [resulted from heart failure. Sprinkle [a few drops of cold water upon the face and cautiously holding spirits of harthorn under the nose will aid, by reflex action, in restoring the functions of heart and brain. Cold water should never be poured upon a fainting person, and everything beyoud the first shock is depressing and should hence be avoided. "Going to Bed" Etiquette.?It is always a debatable point of etiquette whether hostess or guest make the first movement to go to bed, and thus break up the evening gathering. The guest may be overcome with fatigue from a day's journey, the host may be fidgeting under the strain of entertaining, and longing for the gue9t to show some signs by which be can gracefully and hospitably suggest "that it is growing late," yet neither quite likes to appear, as they think, impolite. In fact, many visitors have suf fered agonies in trying to be agreeaoie, while the host and hostess were doing their best to suppress their yawns and to "make conversation" until chance offered a solution to the difficulty. There is however, but oue rule to be followed in this relationship of host and hostess and the hour of retirement. The host or hostess must always take the initiative and say an apppropriate word as to the lateness of the hour and the desirability of going to bed. How a Doctor Removed an Ohstruction From a Child's Nose. A child has a large glass bead up its nose, and quite a crowd of women are assembled. The doctor places the boy on a chair, with his head well thrown back and the mother is told to place her mouth on the child's mouth aud to blow as hard as she can, the doctor holding his finger on the nose so as to completely close the nostril opposite the side where the bead is. After some demurring on the part of the boy and hesitancy of the mother, the attempt is made aud fails; but on finding that the head is nearer the outlet of the nose she tries agaiu, and the bead goes bounding over the floor, while the mother seeks a handkerchief to remove the debris from her face. Spectacled Cows. ? Cows with spectacles are to be seen on the Russian steppes. The steppes are covered with snow more than six months of the year. The cows subsist on the tufts of grass which crop above tbe snow, anil the rays of the sun on the snow are so dazzling as to cause blindness. To obviate this calamity it occurred to a kind-hearted man to protect the cows' eyes in the same way as those of human beings, and he manufactured smoked colored spectacle which could be safely worn by cattle. These spectacles were a great success and are now worn by upward of 40,000 head of cattle, which no longer suffer from suow blindness.?New York Herald. S&T There is more benefit iu a good laugh than all the hot water remedies, faith cures, cold water, electric and all other new-fangled treatments in tbe world, and it does not cost anything. Laugh. If you know of nothing else to laugh at, laugh at your neighbor. He is probably improving his health oy laughing at you. pteccUiMcous Reading. MR. WILSON AT DUE WEST. 7 Secretary of Agriculture Talk* Sense to South Carolinians. A notable event occurred at Due West last Friday night. It was the occasion of the first annual contest of the South Carolina Inter-Collegiate Oratorical association. The association, which has not been organized a great while, includes Furman, WofFord, Erskine and the Presbyterian college, of Clinton. It has for its object the promotion of a friendly rivalry in oratory among the various colleges, and its annual contests prom lse lu uc ui eAimuruiuury lutcicou. In the first contest last Friday the , various colleges were represented as * follows: Clemson, by W. L. Moise, of ^ Sumter; Furman, by Richard Furman , Watson, of Ridge Springs; Presbyte- , rian college, of Clinton, by W. W. ? Edge, of Mt. Tabor; Woflbrd, by ( Philip C. Garris, of Smoak's, Colleton ( county ; Erskine, by P. A. Pressley, of Due West. ( The contest took place in the audi- ( torium of Erskine college in the pres- , ence of an audience that included | fully one thousand people. The first prize was won by Mr. Moise, whose t subject was the "Scapegoat," and the , second prize was won by Mr. Watson on the subject, "Shall the Old Rebel ( be Pensioned ?" The different orations J were first severely criticized by the j professors in English from a number of colleges, and the reports of these professors were considered by the com- j mittee ou awards, in connection with . the manner in which each contestant acquitted himself in delivering his j production. Secretary Wilson, of the agricultural department, was present by special invitation as one of the judges, and together with Dr. Wm. M. Grier, president of Erskine, awarded the prizes to the successful contestants. , The prizes were in the form of beautiful gold medals appropriately design- j ed. After the contest, Secretary of Agri- ( culture Wilson delivered an especially ( prepared speech, in which he told somethiug about the duties of his department, and explained how he bad come south for the purpose of learniug ( something of the agricultural needs ( and requirements of this section. The following synopsis of the secretary's , address is as reported by Mr. August Kohn to The News and Courier: I came to the south to learn my duty ( to its people. The department of agri- ( culture has grown rapidly within the , last few years and has become the J great scientific department of the country. It does not concern itself with ( abstract science, but each division con- < siders the case of somebody working ( in the field with bis coat off, to help him in the solution of problems re- | garding his life work. The life's zones of plants are studied, and from similar j zones in foreign countries seeds and ( plants are imported that give hope ol , value and usefulness to some part of ( the United States. To illustrate briefly : Parts of the -j United States that grow rice require better varieties. The department sends an explorer to the Orient aud tons of seed are brought back aod distributed, i Grasses are brought from the steppes nf Rnaolo tn ho OTnorimontori with Oil jVS AVUWW.M VW ? our arid plains. The date palm is being brought from Morocco to add a ! new industry to New Mexico and ' Arizona. The people of the United States have I aesthetic tastes; they love flowers. ! Tens of thousands of dollars are ex- i pended aunually for the Easter lily, < and the department of agriculture, de- i siring to save the money of our people, i imports bulbs and begins experimen- < tation in four of the southern states. 1 An association built a mill to make i macaroni, and avoid the expense of < importiug. The department of agri- I culture sends an explorer to Russia to i bring the finest macaroni wheats that j are peculiarly rich in gluten. < The United States sends thousands I of tons of apple parings, apple cores, i dried apples aud cheap apples to Eu- I rope annually, that are made into s cider, flavored with a ferment, charged J with sulphuric acid and other things, i and returned to the United States by 1 the bottle. The department of agri- j culture has sent for the ferment, and t is ou the eve of telling the American i people how to sell apples by the bottle, j rather than by the ton. \ This illustrates the kind of work be- 1 ing done by the department of agricul- ( ture along importiug lines. The sea island cottou of South Caro- 1 lina is threatened with a fungus growth 2 on its roots. The pathological division ( of the department will make a careful ( study in order to avert the danger to t that valuable industry. I The Florida orange has been de- v stroyed, almost to the end of the penin- 2 sula, by the recent frosts. The de- 1 partmeut is cross-breeding our orange 3 with the Japanese tri-foliata, that is c hardy as far north as Philadelphia; C thousands of plants are already sent 3 out, and if a single one produces a p good orange ou a hardy tree the in- A dustry will he revolutionized. v The cereals are being cross-bred for w the purpose of developing varieties ^ that will not have rust nor blight. a The peach crop of several parts of g the United States is seriously atfected ft with blight. The department has h heard of hardy varieties ou the head A waters of the Ainoor river in Asia, and C will send un explorer to get them. o The department is seekiug new F markets for American products in for- J eign countries, and so the work goes on from year to year. That is, of A course, only a brief outline. u I am instructed by the president of t the United States to make the depart- v meut useful to all sections of our com- a mou country. n In obedience I atn studying South i Carolina and her products. The south J has many advantages over the north, J one of which is abundance of heat and t moisture, the main factors in produc- / tion. Twenty years ago South Caro- 1 lina began manufacturing cotton on a inconsiderable scale. In 1880 she paid C $380,000 for labor in her factories an- t nually. She now pays six millions of in dollars. She has brought into activity o her white labor. It is uot necessary t to go into detail regarding the great a benefit to the state of this industry. r There are some beautiful features lonnected with this growth?the comjany that builds a factory erects the jhurch and the school house simultaniously ; contributing both to the comnunity for the well being of both foung and old, The agricultural products of South Carolina are growing steadily. They low amount to a round $50,000,000 innually. The truck gardens along ,he seashore give employment to a /ery great many of the young colored leople, and this is growing and will :ontinue to grow. Many new industries can be added, ind will be added as fast as the same ntelligence addresses itself to produc ions of the soil, as now addresses itself o the manufacture of cotton. A few ^ears ago, when cotton sold at a higher jrice, the meats used by the South Carolina people came from the northwest. The most of the bacon used in he state is now produced in the state. The horse, cattle and sheep industries ;an be, and will be very great extended. The South Carolinian can furnish the early spring lamb for the New York xiarket with as great facility as be low furnishes early peas and strawlerries. Of course, the love of the Southdown iheep must be greater before this comes ibout thau affection for the "yellow Jog." The family will find that a email flock of sheep is kept as cheaply is a small pack of dogs, and when this is thoroughly realized, public sentiment will protect the flock. There is an iudustry in its extremist Infancy that was introduced into this atate a generation ago. VV ilhin late years it has been in the bauds of a gentleman of means and education. The tea plant is as promisiug to the latitude of South Carolina as the sugar beet is to the 43;l parallel. The question, of course, that has required solution is that of iabor. Dr. Shepard, who is experimenting, is a wise man and a philanthropist. He built a school house in the middle of 50 acres of tea plants, hired a competent teach er at bis own expense, proposed 10 nis colored neighbors that he would educate the children freeaud employ them to pick his tea aud pay them for the work. He made 3,500 pouuds of an extra quality of black iea last year, for all of which he found a reudy market at high prices. At present he will not attempt to compete with the cheaper leas of the Orient; but he can successfully compete with the higher-priced teas aud hopes soon to make such teas as are never brought to the United Stales, because the very hnest teas cannot be imported. The duty put on tea by the last congress, through the influence of Senator Tillman, gives him encouragement, and a very little more duty would equalize the conditions in the United States aud Asia, and the department of agriculture will interest itself with Dr. Shepard, so as to have complete experimentation made, noted and published in order that principles may become common property and household words when South Carolina is ready to push this industry. IN COUNTIES ADJOINING. summary 01 me news xnai ia u?iuk ruuliahed by Exchange*. CHESTER?The Lantern, April 28 : Mr. J. J. Stone, of Chester, and Miss Ella M. Kirkpatrick, of Bascomville, were married by Rev. M. VV. Gordon, April 23, 1899, at 5.30 p. m., in public highway near Richburg, S. C. Since the last report, in 1898, five pensioners in this county have died and ane moved away. Ten old soldiers and six widows of soldiers have been added. There are on the roll for 1899 54 old soldiers and 31 widows; total, 35."*; Mrs. T. B. Reighley died in this city Tuesday. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. H. C. Buchbolz at the Baptist church Wednesday and the remains were buried in Evergreen cemetery. Mrs. Reighley was a laughter of W. R. Wix and was in her 24th year. She left three little sons and one daughter, the oldest not more ,han six years old, the youngest?a ion?two days old. The Floral Parade given on Tuesday. afternoon ander the auspices of the Purity Home Workers, was a most creditable display. Chester can well be proud of ,he artistically draped vemcies, ior lever have the baudsome women dismayed more ingenuity. The prize vinners were as follows: Double team, 1st prize, Miss Means with Miss Kate Jaston. Escorts, Messrs. S. E. Mc^addeu, Ed. Hardin, A. L. Gaston and tobt. Mills. Colors pink and white. !nd prize, double team, Mrs. Thomas Iresham with Mrs. L. H. Melton. Colors variegated. 1st prize, single earn, Mrs. W. A. Barber with Miss da Wachtel. Colors, purple and vhite, with _ violets as decoration, nd prize, single team, Mrs. J. W)unnovant with Mrs. McLaughlin and lisses Lathan and Humphries. Esorts, Messrs. Paul Hardin and Robert /'aldwell. 1st prize, horseback, Miss lills and Mr. Thomas Gresham. 1st rize, bicycle, Miss Mary Smith, imoug the other decorated teams /ere: Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hemphill nth Mesdames Brandt aud Lewis, 'ery artistic. Misses Berta Healb nd Nettie Melton. Mrs. S. M. DaVea with Miss Aikeu aud Marie DaVega. liss Jauie Stringfellow with Miss llliott and Mrs. Drennan. Mrs. A. M. liken with Miss May Davidson. Mis. rosby with Miss YVylie. Mr. Glenn, f Yorkville, with Miss Louise Mc "adden. Misses Bessie Davidson, ulia Spratt and Mariou Leckie. CHEROKEE?The Gaf&ey Ledger, Lpril 28: Below we give souib of the am ua nf Pliorobi.u'a anlilipr hnvs of he Second S. C. Volunteer infantry, yho havo just returned from Culm nd have been honorably discharged rom the army : VV. M. Grubb, Co. K; Llouzo Brown, Co. K, fourth sergeant; ames Cobb, Co. B; Lou Cobb, Co. B; ohu Tate, Co. B ; Sain Mabry, Co. B, hird sergeant; \V. T. Wood, Co. B; L. M. Deal, Co. B, first scargent; tobert Kay, Co. B, artificer; W. K. iprouse, Co. B ; Z. T. Bracket, Co. K ; J. C. Mabry, Co. K ; A. L. Hammelt, Jo. C., Earnest Ellis, Co. K. On iaturday Mr. J. J. Vussey, while out u his farm ou Bever Dam creek, hree miles south of Gaffney, came cross a large otter. His dogs soon an him in a hole in the bank of the creek, which was not deep enough to protect him from them, and they soon had him out and the otter about as soon had the dogs on the run. Mr. Vassey fortunately had his gun with him and shot it while it was swimming the creek, after which the dogs killed it. The otter was 3 feet 8 inches long, and weighed 15 pounds. This is the only otter heard of on Bever Da n or Thickety for three or four years, while they are still plentiful on Broad river. I KVM t Absolutely 1 Makes the food more de ROYAL BAKINO POi PHOTOGRAPHY IS AN ART AND it takes an artist to be a photographer. One who is not an artist doesn't stand much of a chance of making a success at photography. I have given years of stuay to this especial line and I can say with pride that my work will compare favorab ly with that of any photographer in this section. The best and most perfect photographs are the results of experience and not experiments. I do all of my developing, retouching and finishing, thereby obtaining the best possible results. As Far As Prices Are concerned, you need not worry yourself along that score. I know that my prices are reasonable and you will agree with me when I tell you what they are. I am also prepared to develop and print pictures taKen with pocket cameras. If you have a Kodak or Vive or any other camera, and for any reason you can't develop and print your pictures, bring them to me at my gallery on West Liberty street. J. R. SCHORB. CAPACITY, 10,000 JOB* PCR ANNUM. HILL BUGGY Strae dealer* puah the tale of cheap baffle bteaatt 4h* profile art I art#. Doo't allow jourtelf to bt taucsd Into bur log athoddjjob In order to sat* a dollar or to. " ROCK HILL" Huffleo aro **A Unit Higher In Prlot, But?" (her eland up. look woll. and. abort all. KEEP AWAY HUHflp 8H0P?making (hem cheaper Iq the end. Sold bynrrt-tlau dealer* onlj. If soot on fait In yonr town, wrlu direct. ROCK HILL BUGGY CO., Rock Hill, S.C. FOR SALE BY GLENN & ALLISON, Yorkville, S. C. This settles . Tbaft the it! Hereafter I will have all ( ^ win success a my clothes ( man cannot 11ADE TO be ,t0? c^01 ORDER BY ofte appearEDWARD E. STRAUSS & CO. America's Popular Tailors, Chicago. (AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE IN THE U. S. AND TERRITORIES.) A Perfect Fit Guaranteed Call on H. C. STRAUSS, Agent, Yorkville, S. C. UNDERTAKERS' SUPPLIES. WE have a complete line of UNDERTAKERS' SUPPLIES, at reasonable prices. W. B. MOORE & CO. 11 INTERNATIONAL a r>%/ # trrnpfl onu crht. In |\ U1U11UINAKT / ivomcthwisoHi t / practical use as i & C. Merriam Co., I When You Want Nice Clean Job Printing You should always go to The Enquirer office where such printing is done. Excursion Bills, Programmes, Dodgers, Circulars, Pamphlets, Law Briefs, Letter Heads, Note Heads, Bill Heads, Envelopes, and Cards of all kinds printed on short notice and at very reasonable and legitmate prices. FINLEY & BRICE, ATTOllNEYM A.T LAW, Yorkvilie, S. C. ALL business entrusted to us will be (riven prompt attention. OFFICE IX THE BUILDING AT THE REAR OF H. C. STRAUSS'S STORE. CHATTEL MORTGAGES, LIENS FOR RENT AND SUPPLIES, Title to Real Estate and Real Estate Mortgages in blank form for sale at THE ENQUIRER OFFICE. j Baking *** Powder Hire lirinnc and u/hnlocnmp 'IIVIVU^J UllU f ? iiviwjvihv SOUTH CAROLINA & GEORGIA RAILROAD CO. TIME TABLE NO. 16. In Effect 12.01 a. m., Sunday, Jan. 1,1899. ?WEST? " ?EAST? 1st Class Dally. 1st Class Dally. Leaves. a.m., 7 00 Charleston, 817 arrives, p.m. " a.m., 0 20 Augusta, 10 45 arrives, p.m. " a.m., 1) 20 Columbia, 5 20 arrives, p.m. " a.m., 1010 Klngsvllle, 4 28 arrives, p.m. NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION. WEST. EAST. 81 75 77 mTMQ 78 74 82 2(1 c 2d c 1st c DlilllUJJu. 1st c 2d c 2d c a.m. a.m. a.m. Leave. Arrive. p. m. p. m. p.m. 8 20 11 40 Camden 3 00 4 30 8 50 12 00 De Kalb 2 40 4 00 0 05 12 12 Westvllle.? 2 28 3 40 10 10 12 40 Kershaw 2 16 3 15 10 30 12 55 Heath Springs. 1 45 2 10 10 40 1 00 ..Pleasant Hill.. 1 40 2 00 11 50 1 20 ....Lancaster.... 1 20 1 20 12 15 1 35 .... Riverside?.. 1 05 12 15 1 50 1 50 .Catawba J'c'n. 12 50 11 20 3 10 2 15 ....Rock Hill.... 12 25 9 50 3 50 2 85 Tlrzah 12 05 8 15 4 40 2 48 Yorkvllle.... 11 52 7 50 5 10 3 03 Sharon 11 37 7 16 5 30 3 18 Hickory Grove 11 22 6 50 5 45 3 30 Smyrna 11 10 6 30 7 40 0 20 8 35 ... Blacksburg... 10 45 6 00 7 25 8 00 4 10 Earls 10 30 7 00 8 10 4 15 .Patterson Sp'g. 10 25 6 45 9 00 4 25 Shelby 10 15 6 30 9 35 4 45 ....Lattimore.... 9 65 5 10 9 48 4 52 ...Moore8boro... 9 48 4 52 10 10 5 02 -...Henrietta...- 9 38 4 25 10 35 5 19 ....Forest City... 9 21 4 00 11 00 5 34 KutherfordtOD. 9 00 3 30 11 45 5 59 .Thermal City.. 8 41 2 50 12 10 6 14 ....Glenwood 8 24 2 25 12 35 6 30 Marlon 8 10 2 00 p. m. p. x.Ip.x. a.x. a.m. p.M. GAFFNEY BRANCH. WEST. EAST. 86 83 84 86 M'x'd M'x'd STATIONS. M'x'd M'x'd p.m. a.m. Leave. Arrive, a.m. p.m. 4 10 5 30 Blacksburg 7 30 6 30 4 35 5 50 ... Cherokee Falls.... 7 05 6 05 5 00 6 20 Gaflhey 0 40 5 40 p. m. a. m. a. m. p. m. Train No. 77, going west, makes daylight connection at Lancaster with the L. & C. R. R.; at Rock Hill with the Southern R. R., going north; at Blacksburg with the Southern. Train No. 78, going east, makes connection at Marlon, N. C., with the Southern R. R.; at Blacksburg with the Southern, and at Lancaster with the L. & C. R. R. Train No. 8L going east, makes connection at Shelby. N. O., with the 8. A. L. R. R., going east. All local freight trains will carry passengers if provided with tickets. L. A. EMERSON, S. B. LUMPKIN, Traffic Manager. Dlv. Pass. Agent. fAROLINA & NORTH-WESTERN [j RAILWAY CO. G. W. F. HARPER, President. Time Table No. 7?In Effect Oct. 30,1898. STANDARD EASTERN TIME. QOIWQ NORTH. No 10. | No BO. Leave Chester 7 20 am 0 00 am Leave Lowrysvllle ...... 7 44 am 9 35am Leave McConnellsville 7 57 am 10 05 a m Leave Guthrlesvllle .... 8 05 a m 10 20 a m Leave Yorkvllle 8 25am 1100am Leave Clover .. 856am 1148am Leave Gastonia 9 27 am 120pm Leave Lincoln ton 10 20 a m 2 40 pm r ?11 IK am 4 (Y) nm JL/CttVO XlCtTbVU ? WW w ... . _ Leave Hickory 1155am 5 55pm Arrive Lenoir 12 52am 8 00pm GOING SOUTH. | No. 9. No 61. Leave Lenoir 4 15 pm 0 00am Leave Hickory 5 15 p in 8 15 a m Leave Newton 0 05pm 9 00am Leave Llncolnton ; 0 50 pm 1020 am Leave Gastonia 7 49 pm -130pm Leave Clover 8 52 p ra 230pm Leave Yorkvllle 9 01pm 345pm Leave Guthriesville ... 9 20 pm 4 15 pm Leave McConnellsvIlle 9 28pm 4 30pm Leave Lowrysville 9 45pm 5 00pm Arrive Chester 10 11 pm 5 45 pm Trains Nos. 9 and 10 are first class, and run daily except Sunday. Trains Nos. 60 atid 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 A., also LAC. R. R.; at 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, G. P. A., Lenoir. N. C. J. M. MOORE, G. F. A., Lenoir. N. C. E. F. REID, Auditor, Lenoir, N. C? L. T. NICHOLS, Supt., Chester, S. C. 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