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tumorous Jlrpartmrnt. A Letter of Advice.?A son of Krin appeared at the money order window of a postoffice and said that he wanted to "sind some money to . ould Oireland." "Fill out this blank," said the clerk, handing the applicant one of the i blanks used on such occasions. "An phwat is that?" asked Jerry. "It's a blank that every applicant for a money order must fill out, a kiud of letter of advice regarding toe raon- i ey order." "An phwat has a letther of advice got to do wid me sindin tin dollars to me ould mother?" Jerry went away from the window, grumbling and mystified. After half an hour of painful effort at a high, desk provided for the public i at one end of the room Jerry returned 1 to the window and handed in this "let- i ter of advice" to the postmaster at i Ballycarney: 1 "Dear Moike?O'm tould Oi must i give yez a bit av advice before you'll 1 be able to pay me ould mother the two < pounds Oi'm sindin along with this. So, Moike, Oi would advise yez to ' come to Ameriky an get a job at kap- i ing postofiice, for it's illigaut postoffices 1 they has here, an Oi've no doubt the < pay is tin toimes phwat it is wid yez. * So now be sure an pay me ould moth- 1 er the two pounds, for Oi've done as ' the law says and sint yez a letther of ( advise."?Youth's Companion. , . i An Absent-Minded Bridegroom. 1 Robert Dewar, brother of Lord William j Dewar, the British scientist who was j the first experimenter to liquefy air, is j a remarkably absent-minded man. It | * 1 is said tnat on one occasiou ue icii. u.oi home early one morning and repaired I. to the house of a friend, in which there ( was a fine library to which he had ] access. That afternoon his relatives , and friends searched the neighborhood ( in vain for him. At length he was ( run down in this library. By his side was a new suit of clothes. < "It's a uice man you are," ironically ] said the spokesman. "What's the matter now ?" returned , Robert irritably. "Your bride and the preacher are , waiting for you this two hours. Don't you know this is your wedding day, man ?" "I declare," said the groom, "I'd forgotten all about it! Wait till I dress and I'll go along with you."? Saturday Eveuiug Post. Interruptions Ceased.?A clergyman who had been greatly annoyed by the contiuued interruption to which he had been subjected during the delivery of his sermon stopped abruptly and looking round at the congregation, spoke as follows: "sSrttno timp mrn while delivering a sermon, I was frequently interrupted by a geutlemau sitting in front of me, who gesticulated, moved about and whispered to his neighbors, and at last I addressed to him a sharp reprimand for his unseemly conduct. When the service was over my clerk in the vestry mentioned the matter to me, and asked if I was ignorant of the fact that the person addressed was an idiot. I have since then always hesitated to reprimand any of ray congregation for fear that I may be addressing an idiot, who is not responsible for his actions." Silence reigned throughout the delivery of the remainder of his sermon. ?Spare Moments. Cured by the Telephone.?There is a popular character in Pendleton who has a slight impediment in bis speech. He talks eloquently, but he stammers some. He recently located in Pendleton because he admires Missourians, and he has found the right kind here. The other day he went to the telephone to talk to a friend in Portland. When the talk was finished the Portland mau said : "Well, old man, you seem to talk better since you went to Pendleton. You do not stutter anything like as you did." "No," said the Pendleton man, clear and straight as a bell. "A man cannot afford to stutter through a telephone when to talk costs 7o cents a minute.?Pendleton East Oregonian. A 1)nnr.i?rtr<mfn 1 > * T> 4 1 > T C Tf OA /V i i nnADurj,?iv ov chanced that the Miser aud the Spendthrift took ship together. En voyage the Spendthrift bought much wine and sat loug at the gaming table. "The fool and his money soon part!" sighed the Miser. Presently a storm arose, and the ship foundered, and they were all cast into the water, and the Miser, having his gold in a belt about his waist, sank to the bottom. "The fool and his money," observed the Spendthrift, sadly, for he was a generous soul, "dou't always part!" After that the Spendthrift swam to a raft, where he starved to death.? Tit-Bits. Unable to Return the Compliment.?A Yorkshire farmer was asked to the funeral of a neighbor's third wife, and as he had attended the funerals of the two others, bis own wife was rather surprised when he declined this invitation. On being pressed, he gave his reason with some hesitation : "Well, thee sees, lass, it makes a chap feel a bit awkward like to be alius accepting other folks' civiilties, when he never has nowt o't' sooart of his own to ax 'em back to."?New York World. Its Chief Use.?A little boy, writing a composition on the zebra, was asked to describe the animal and to mention what it was useful for. After deep reflection, he wrote: "The zebra is like a horse, only < striped. It is chiefly used to illustrate the letter Z." < "What's the matter, sir; does < the razor pull ?" "Sure it does; but I (>i wouldn't moind that if 'ud lave go. I Niver moind goin' over me face the ! second toime. Oi'll go to the saloon I across the sthrate and get the bar-. < tinder to pull out tne whiskers wid a : corkscrew. Faix, 'twould be a picnic 1 aft her t his." < IX IIIS STEPS. 'WHAT WOULD JESUS DO?" CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE. trusts. There was no~*quesfion that he held in his hand evidence sufficient to convict the company of willfnl, intelligent violation of the law of the commission and the law of the state also. He dropped the papers on his desk as if they were poison, and instantly the question flashed across his mind, "What would Jesus do?" He tried to shut the question out. He tried to reason with himself by saying it was none of his business. He had supposed in a more or less indefinite way, as did nearly all of the officers of the company, that this had been going on right along in nearly all the roads. He was not in a position, owing to his place in the shops, to prove anything direct, and he had regarded it all as a matter which did not concern him at all. The papers now before him revealed the entire affair. They had through some carelessness in the address come into his hands. What business of his was it? If he saw a man entering his neighbor's house to steal, would it not be his duty to inform the officers of the law? Was a railroad company such a different thing? Was it under a dif ferent rule of conduct, so that it could rob the public and defy law and be unlisturbed because it was such a great organization ? What would Jesus do ? Then there was his family. Of course if he took any steps to inform the commission it would mean the loss of hie position. His wife and daughters had always enjoyed luxury and a good place in society. If he came out against this lawlessness as a witness, it would drag aim into courts, his motives would be misunderstood, and the wholo thing rrould end in his disgrace and the loss 3f his position. Surely, it was none of bis business. He could easily get the papers back to the freight department and no one be the wiser. Let the iniquity go on. Let the law be defied. What was it to him ? He would work out his plans for bettering the conditions just about him. What more could a man do in this railroad business, where there was so much going on anyway that made it impossible to live by the Christian standard? But what would Jesus do if he knew the facts ? That was the question that confronted Alexander Powers as the day wore into evening. Tv>? litrhts in the office had been turned on. The whir of the great engine and the crash of the planer in the big shop continued nntil 6 o'clock. Then the whistle blew, the engines slowed down, and the men dropped their tools and ran for the blockhouse. Alexander Powers heard the familiar click, click, of the blocks as the men filed pass the window of the blockhouse just outside. He said to his clerks: "I'm not going just yet. I have something extra tonight." He waited nntil he heard the last man deposit his block. The. men behind the block case went out. The engineer and his assistants had work for half an hour, but they went out at another door. At 7 o'clock that evening any one who had looked into the superintendent's office would have seen an unusual sight He was kneeling down, and his ' U _ i ? kn tace was Dunea in ms nanus ?o no bowed his head upon the papers on his desk. TO UK CONTINUED. ^UsffUancous grading. IN COUNTIES ADJOINING. Summary of the New* That In Heine I'ublished by Exchange*. CHESTER?The Lantern, October 3 : A good deal of extra work is going on around the Springstein mills now. The extension of the factory building to give room for spindles, and the building of warehouses and cottages give a lively appearance to the grounds. We hear complaints of bad odors from the sewers. The Hush vats are intended to flush automatically ; but they may be out of order. We have no doubt that the health officer will see that the flushing goes on. Let us take no risks with health. i Mr. R. L. McConnell, who had a position in the express oflice, was called to Columbia by telegraph to be promoted to duties elsewhere. It is not known here yet where he will be located. A young Mr. Sanders, from Hagood, fills the vacancy in the office here. It la aniil ft k n f fliorn U'OQ POnQIflprQ hlf? ic caiu luau tuviv ??uw , frost yesterday morning in low places. Had there been more moisture and the air quiet no doubt there would have1 been a killing frost. Burglars entered the store of 1). E. Colvin & Co., at Cornwell, last Saturday night, and drilled iuto and blew open the safe. They got about $175 belonging to the store and the cash on hand of the postoffice, making perhaps uearly $200. Nothing was known of the robbery till morning. The reconnoissance for the railroad extension from here to Camden had reached Catawba river, somewhere near the mouth of Wateree creek, wheu last heard from. We learn that the surveyor followed pretty closely the old survey made for the C. C. & C. railroad. Communion services will be held at the A. R. P. church on the fourth Sabbath of this month, Rev. B. H. Grier, of Yorkville, preaching on Friday and Saturday. An alarm of fire from the jail rang out on the Sabbath night's quiet. The fire department turned out, and so did many others. When the jail was entered no fire was found except a little in the strive After the nrisnn. %. v**w * ? ?? * I ers bad retired, some smouldering piece of fuel kindled in the stove, and seeing its glare on the walls, they imagined that the building was afire. Before they found that their fears were groundless they had battered and bruised their 6sts on the doors and walls and screamed themselves hoarse. They begged to be shackled and turned into the yard. Yesterday the following otlicials were elected by the eouuty commissioners: Ferryman at Woods ferry, S. C. Carter, at a salary ;>f $100. Superintendent of poor house farm, J. Alex. Carter, $200. Superintendent of the chuingang, J no. D. Sanders, $20 per month. County attorney, it. B. Caldwell, Esq., $50. L'ounly physician, Dr. S. (i. Miller, ?120. It was agreed to purchase a 50 loot iron spaii for the (Jibson bridge over Initio K'"-kv ?.-?*!<. It lias been I arranged to macadamize a short section of the Sandy River road, near Mr. i Raul Hardin's place, the farmers in I the neighborhood furnishing the rock. < The same arrangement has been made { for a section of the York road just < this side of the Narrow Gauge crossing. ( LANCASTER?Review, October 4: t Presiding Elder Campbell of Rock i Hill is reported to be rapidly improv- I iug from the effect of the injuries he < sustained by the running away of his horse some days ago. Captain L. i J. Eerry, of Heath Springs is buying < cotton on this market now, for Latta i Brothers, ofYorkville. He has pur- i chased quite a number of bales since I l;- : 1 oKnnl a wpck HfTO. t nis arrival uci^ auuu.? 0 We note a tendency here and else- i where to disparage Lancaster's claims I as a cotton market. It is alleged that < we are not paying as much for the < staple as neighboring markets are do- i ing. Judging from the prices quoted | by our Monroe, Yorkville and Cbes- ! ter contemporaries, their markets have i been ahead of ours for several days, I but, as we all know, newspaper quo- J tations are frequently misleading. I Oftentimes the price paid for a fancy < bale is heralded abroad as the prevailing price of a market for that day, i when as a matter of fact the most of < the sales were far below in price that < of the exceptionally good bale. Of 1 course if our buyers are not keeping I up with the procession the fact should > be made known, but the market I should not be run down purely on i newspaper quotations. i CHEROKEE?The Gaffney Ledger, i October 3: Hon. W. B. deLoach, a prominent citizeu and attorney of i York, is in the city. Colonel H. P. Griffith, commander of the Cherokee regiment of Confederate Veterans, has been appointed one of the historians of tbe South Carolina division of veteraus by General C. I. Walker. Sheriff Thomas's report to the presiding judge yesterday morning showed nine state prisoners in jail awaiting trial. One, Walker Meeks, l'or murder. Court met promptly at 10 a. m., Monday morning with Judge Buchanan on the bench and Stenographer McCaw at his post. On account of sickness in the family of Solicitor Henry he did not arrive until the 11 o'clock train came in. He was represented by T. B. Butler, Esq. The judge's charge to tne grand jury was brief and pointed, and the acting solicitor handed out some bills to the grand jury who returned the follow ing: The State vs. Abe Smith, assault aDd battery with inteut to kill; true bill. The State vs. Steve Carter, assault and battery with intent to kill; true bill. The State vs. Calvin Tate and Pauline Guffney, adultery ; true hill. The State vs. Anthony Hoey and Haruiet Wilson, adultery ; true bill. The case agaiust Ben James for disposing of mortgaged property for which a sealed seutence was filed at the last term of the court. Appeared and received the sentence, it was $75 or four mouths. Abe Smith plead guilty of assault aiid battery a of high aggravated case and wus sentenced to pay a fine of $75 or to go to the chain gang for 10 mouths. Steve Carter plead guilty of assault aud buttery and was sentenced to $50 or four mouths. The case of I he State vs. Calvin Tale and Pauline GafTney for adultery was tried and a verdict of not guilty was rendered by the jury. GASTON?Gastonia Gazette, Octobers: Mr. J. B. and W.M.Kennedy, of Yorkville, passed through Gastonia Monday on their way to Baltimore to study dentistry. Mr. W. M. Kennedy attended the dental college iu Atlanta last year. The warehouse of Mr. J no. F. Love has been finished and a considerable number of bales have already been stored in it. Mr. W. M. Adams is manager of the warehouse, he is also buying cotton again this season. Hand some eards ate out announcing me marriage of I)r. John Holland Jenkins, of Dallas, N. C., to Miss Bertie Rhyue, of Pineville. The marriage will take place at the home of the bride's grandmother, October 18th. Mr. Lamar Pegram left last Monday morning for King's Mountain where he goes, as noted in our last issue, to accept the position as cashier in the King's Mountain bank. Our loss, is , King's Mountain's gain. There is not a more popular hoy in town than Lamar, and it is with regret that we give him up. Nevertheless our best wishes go with him to his new home. MeAdenville correspondence: The tent meetings came to a close Sunday night. They had been going on for about ten days and resulted in great good. Kev. Mr. Hawkins is indefatigable in fighting the hosts of Satan and is always heard by appreciative audiences. The song services were conducted by Mr. P. C. Ramsey and were well raauaged. Mr. Ramsey has a fine voice. The tent was moved to Huntersville Monday and another series of meetings will begin there Wednesday. BRISTOL TO CAMDEN. This Ih Said to He the Purpose of the Carolina and North-Western. Chester Correspondence The State. Some days ago mention was made in your local columns of the proposed scheme of makiug the Carolina and North-Western railroad, operating between Chester aud Lenoir, a broad guage and a through line from Bristol, Tenu., to Camden, S. C. Your correspondent has confirmation of this scheme from a most reliable source, but is not permitted at present to give any uumcs. It is, however, certain that wealth aud brains are behind this enterprise aud a strong syndicate of northern capitalists has already been organized, which will remain independent of either the Seaboard or Southern rail- i roads. The gaps between Collettsville I and Cranberrv and Cranberry and i Bristol will all he filled lip with a standard guage road bed. The widen- I ing of the narrow guage beds will he commenced at the Tennessee end and i proceed down to Hickory, X. t\, then i the work will very easily he completed I to Chester and a broad gunge will he i gruded on to Camden in order to get a seacoast connection. It is now esti- < mated that the entire work will he i completed by January 1, 1901. This < will he a most important railroad to South Carolina, and the benefits Ches- . ter will receive from it will he incal- j enlahle. i The Southern lias for a long time i naintuined very high rates on coal ? rom the Tennessee mines by which joal could be distributed through ibis | state; but witb the Bristol, Lenoir, i Chester and Camden line, passing ] lirectly through the blefield coal dis- i ricts, the Southern will run up against ] i strong competitor and the result will < Je cheaper coal to all parts of South ? Carolina. ( On the 110 miles of the present nar ow gauge there is an average of one j Bolton mill to every station, and there i s an average of one station to every | six miles. Besides this the new line i between here and Camden will touch ,he great water power on the Catawba iver, and just as certain as night 'ollows day will the development of valuable property follow the building }f the lower end. There has been i government survey made of this ( properly and it has been found that JO,000 dormant horse-power lies there ] jndeveloped. This, of course, means that the cotton mills of Chester and Lancaster now operating and to be built, will be run by the electric power 1 obtained in this development. The promoters of this road doubtless see other opportunities for developing lividend-bearing enterprises other than 2oal mines and cotton mills. The road will touch within four miles of the Famous Blowiug Rock summer resort, ind will pass through nearly the entire Jehu's river valley, one of the richest farming and fruit producing sections in all North Carolina. Already real estate around Blowing Rock has taken on a most substantial j 1 ..A . I,um liuvauce, UtlU money m?mui 1IIV.IV will pay handsomely within the next two years. IS THE ADMIRAL TO MARRY? His Name Linked With That of a Wealthy Washington Widow. From the Baltimore Sun. Washington, October 1.?Admiral Dewey, who was never known to capitulate to anyone by a woman, is said now by the gossips to have surrendered to the charms of a widow who has made her home in Washington for years. Since his arrival in New York it has been currently rumored here I hat the admiral is engaged to Mrs. Hazen, the widow of General Huzen, a sister of John R. McLean, and daughter of Mrs. Washington McLean, at whose residence the admiral will stay while in Washington this week. It was to be expected that the admiral's name would he linked with that of some lady, and the report now circulated in Washington possibly may have some foundation. The fact is regurded as a signpost that the admir al has refused all other invitations ol private individuals to he their guests during his stay here and accepted Mrs. McLeau's. It is said the admiral and Mrs. McLean are old friends; hut intimates of the admiral never heard of any great frendship between the two until it was assigned as the reason for the admiral's making his quarters at the McLeau house on K street. Several months ago the admiral was ?ft .. I....,** oM(ra(r4JI| f <\ MM. rfj'uncu iu nave uceu w ? other lady in Washington ; but this report seemed to have no hasis of fact. M rs. Hazen, to whom he is now said to be engaged, in a striking widow, wealthy, and one of the society leaders of the city. Her sister three years ago, who was then Mrs. Bugher, and very wealthy, married Captain Nicoll Ludlow, of the navy. It was at one time reported Mr. Herbert, when secretary of the navy, was eugnged to her. Mrs. Bugher was not only rich ; but very attractive personally. Captain Ludlow was an officer of striking appearance, and like Admiral Dewey, a widower. During his residence here the admiral was closely identified with the exclusive circles of society ; but not until after the battle of Manila bay were rumors started that he might marry again. The admiral has been a widower now for 20 years. As admiral of the navy, Dewey holds a position scurcely second to any except, the president. It is one, too, of leisure and assured service always in Washington, with little more to do than make an annual report to the secretary. At least that is all Admiral Porter did. With a fiue house presented to him by the people of the country, ami a salary approaching $ 15,000, Admiral Dewey may be regarded as a "catch," and a man that perhaps fewwidows, uo matter how eligible, would decline. JHe is not, quite uz years 01 age, fine looking, vigorous and accustomed to polite society. It is quite certain the admiral will not be let alone by matchmakers and gossips, and his name will be connected in the matrimonial lioe with someoue until he is either married or society abaudons hope of getting him married. XXX LABELS U.N X BUTTLES. CommiHHloner Dontliit Gt-tw DlMiiihsed In Disgrace. The state board of control has just unearthed another big dispensary scaudal, showing the existence of more rotteness in the management of the state's liquor business. At the September meeting of the state board of control, a committee consisting of Messrs. J. I). Haselden and T. C. Robinson was appointed to investigate the "contraband" room especially ; but the report of the committee which was made to the October meeting on last Tuesday, includes not only information about the contraband room but other geueral matters. The report of the committee is quite ?iwt it irncs into considerable J ? ?? v detail. Several witnesses testified to the committee that it had been a co nmon practice to put XXX labels on X liquors and sell it to the dispensaries throughout the state as XXX stufl'. The difference in price to the consumer is about $1.00 a gallon. This was ; done to a very considerable extent; 1 hut the committee, of course, could not ascertain the exact figures. There was also a shortage in the I'onlrahand room amounting to $1">1.30 ( iiud this the committee, also charges to I Commissioner 1 tout hit. i It was also found that Commissioner 1 Duulhit had given out a contract for printing labels to the Columbia Record { it a higher price than the Hryan Print- ! ng company would charge for the tame work. After the reading of the report of ffie committee there was a motion for :he summary removal of Commissioner Doulhit from office. Messrs. Williams ?tid Boy kin voted against removal. Messrs. Miles, Haselden and Robinson voted for removal, aud Douthit was lecordingly declared removed from office. Commissioner Douthit has published i card asking a suspension of judgment. lie admits the substitution of labels ; hut claims that he did not misrepresent the quality of liquors. DEWEY FOR PRESIDENT. Whitney Snys the People Can Trust Him Implicitly. The New York World of last Sunlay has an interview with William C. Whitney on the availability of Admiral Dewey as a presidential caudidate: "You regard him as the natural selection for the presidency?chosen by the order of events?" the reporter asked : "I am convinced," replied Mr. Whituey, "that his selection would he something very much larger and better at this particular time than a party victory. It would he a patriotic reunion around the one man who typifies the new era, and who is best fitted, by his character and experience, to preside over its development. Dewey gave us the Philippines. He understands the situation out there as no other man does. The people would trust him to deal with it more completely than they would any other man. They would rather see him at the helm directing the policy of the government in its new possessions than any other man. They know that he always has done t Art/1 thaif tPAIll^ foul UIC I I^IIU tiling, auu IIIVJ n VMM* iwi sure that he always would do the right thing. "This trust of the people in Dewey is the great fact that dominates t he situation. They trust hira implicitly. With him in the White House they would have absolute confidence that the wise, t he right, the patriotic course would he taken.and firuily kept. It is a great opportunity which this fact offers the nation. It is ouly at long intervals and special occasions that Providence presents a man in whom tho whole people have this unquestioning and perfect trust. It gave us such a man in Washington. It gave us another in Jackson. It gave us another in Grant. Now it has given us Dewey." DEWEY PRAISES A CHARLESTONIAN. Admiral Dewey has given high praise to a Charlestonian, by name, and to Charleston as the native city of one of his heroic men. The man named by the admiral is Chief Quartermaster Mehrtens, of the flagship Olympia, who steered the vessel through the battle of Manila. The incident of Dewey's praise for the Charleston boy is reported in the New York World, of Friday, by Lavinia Hart, a yoyng woman reporter who interviewed the admiral. Miss Hal t had just referred to Dewey as a bero: "'You really must not call me a hero," he said modestly, "after all I? I?" "Was scared to death all through the battle," I said timidly. " 'Exactly,' said the admiral, relieved. 'Now,' he continued, 'here comes one of the real heroes of Manila.' "A lanky youth in uniform hove in sight. "'That boy,' said the admiral, 'has worked himself up out of the ranks. Now he's chief quartermaster. He'll be heard from some day. His name's Myrtle (Mehrtens) and he steered the Olympia through the battle of Manila. " 'Myrtle,' (Mehrtens) as the lad saluted, and was passing, 'where do you come from ?' " 'Charleston, South Carolina, sir.' " 'What, another,' cried the admiral. 'Charleston may be proud of her contributions to this war.'" Quartermaster Mehrtens is wellknown in Charleston. He is a cousin of Hon. J. C. Mehrtens, a member of the state legislature from Charleston. He has been in the navy for two years. Worry.?Worry is forethought gone to seed. Worry is discounting possible future sorrows so that the individual may have present misery. Worry is the father of insomnia. Worry is the traitor in our camp that dampens our powder, weakens our aim. Under the guise of helping us to bear the present and to be ready for the future worry multiplies enemies within our mind to sap our strength. Worry is the dominance of the mind by a single, vague, restless, unsatisfied, fearing and fearful idea. The mental energy and force that be concentrated on the successive duties of the day is constantly and surrepitiously abstracted and absorbed by this one fixed idea. The full, rich strength of the unconscious working of the mind, that which produces our best success, that represents our fioest activity, is tapped, led away and wasted on worry. Worry must not be confused with anxiety, though hoth words agree in meaning originally, a "choking," or a "strangling," referring, of course, to the throttling effect upon individual activity. Anxiety faces lurge issues of life seriously, calmly, with dignity. Anxiety always suggests hopeful possibility ; it is active iu being ready and devising measures to meet the outcome. Worry is not one large individual sorrow ; it is a colony of petty, vague, insignificant, restless imps ol fear, that become important only from their combination, their constancy, their iteration.?Ex. A I)KKAM <?K John WKSLKY'S.? John Wesley once, in a crisis of the night, found himself, as he thought, at the gates of hell. He knocked and asked who were within. "Are there any Protestants here?" lie asked. "Yes," was the answer; "a great many." "Any Unman Catholics?" "Yes, a great many." "Any Church of Kngland men ?" "Yes, a great many." "Any Presbyterians?" "Yes, a great many." "Any Wesleyaus ?" "Yes, a great many." Disappointed and discouraged, especially at the last reply, he traced his steps upwards, and found himself at the gates of Paradise, and he repented the same questions. Any Wesleyans here?'1 "No." Any Presbyterians?': "No." "Any Church of Englund men V" "No." "Any Roman Cathodes?" "No." "Whom have yon, then here?" he asked in astonishment. "We know nothing here," was the reply, "of any of the names of which limr? mwnt.innpit The nnlv name j* ? of which we know anything here is 'Christians.' We are all Christians here, anil of those we have a great mill tit ude, which no man can number, of all nations, and kindreds, and peoples, and tongues." You Will Never Be Sorry.? For doing your level best. For your faith in humanity. For being kind to the poor. For bearing before judging. For being candid and frank. For thinking before speaking. For discounting the tale bearer. For being loyul to the preacher. For standing by your principles. For slopping your ears to gosaip. For asking pardon when in error. For the influence of high motives. For bridling a slanderous tongue. For being generous with an enemy. For being square in business deals. For sympathizing with the oppressed. IN HIS STEPS. "WHAT WOULD JESUS DO ?' m i IN selecting a Serial Story it has always been the ain: and object of the manage ment of The Enquirer tc select a story which will prove interesting to the largest uum ber of our readers. We think we made an ex ceptionally good selection ir securing the Serial entitlec IN HIS STEPS. "What Would Jesus Do?' This is a story which wili injure none and help and ben fit all. It is a story that is full of interest from the begin ning to the ending. One oi the many things in favor ol this beautiful and well-written story is that it will prove pi absorbing interest to both old and young. This story deals with things in which everyone is or should be interested. The author of this story, Mr. Charles M. Sheldon, a Prcsbvterian minister, un derstands how to write interestingly and his descriptions are unique. The first installment ap peared in Wednesday's paper Wiien You Want Nice Clean Job Printing You should always go to Thi Enquirer office where sucl: printing is done. Excursior Bills, Programmes, Dodgers, Circulars, Pamphlets, Law Briefs, Letter Heads, Note Heads, BiL Heads, Envelopes, and Cards o: all kinds printed on short notict and at very reasonable and legit mate prices. FIRE INSURANCE. The Oldest Agency; The Strongest Agency; Most Progessive Agency THAT the companies composing my agency are popular, strong, reliabh and trustworthy is fully atlested by tb< rapid and solid growth of my fire insur ance business. No one can appreciati your business more; no one can give i better, attention ; no one can give yoi better protection ; no one can give yoi lower rates. I write all classes of proper ty owned and occupied by trustworthy and reliable owners. See my list of giants THK /ETNA, of Hartford, Connecticut. THE CONTINENTAL, of New York. THE DELAWARE, of Philadelphia. THE MANCHESTER, of Manchester, Eng | THE NORWICH UNION, Norwich, Eng. THE NORTHERN, of London, Eng. THE NIAGARA, of Now York. THE ORIENT, of Hartford. Connecticut. .THE PENNSYLVANIA, of Philadelphia. THE PHKNIX, of Rrooklyn, New York. When you want the highest class ol protection against loss by tiro or cyclone, see I,. GKl>. GRIST, Agent, at The Enquirer oJlice. His rates are as low as any compny who pays their losses. ON1.Y ONE LEFT. ACT Q.UICK ! T1II0 undersigned offers for sale for CASH ONE NEW lti-INCH 12 DISK COKBIN HARROW for 318.50. The manufacturers of these Harrows liave given notice to dealers in machinery that oil the 1st of January, 1000, there will be au advance of 310 on the present price. WHICH nas iit'iuiuniiu KtnKi.i ..v ? to ?.!() at retail. It is claimed by farmers who have used the C'OKIWN DISK HARROW, that more wheal and oats can be seeded down iu a day with one ol them, than can be done with one plow in several days. L. M. tiKlS'l'. September ">0 saw tl KIxi.IOV & hkicu, ATTOUMJYH AT I.A W, Yorkvllle, S. C. ALL business entrusted to us will be given prompt attention. OFFICE IN THE 1HJILDING AT THE KEAK OF H. C. STRAUSS'S STORE. SOUTH CAROLINA & GEORGIA. EXTENSION RAILROAD CO. timi: taiile no. 3. In Effect 12.01 a.m.,Sunday,Oct. 1st, 1899. hetween CAMDEN AND BLACKSBURG. WEST. ^ EAST. 35. 33. EASTERN 32. 34. 2nd 1st TIME. 1st 2nd CluHH. Class. Class. Class. Daily Dally Dally Dally Except Except Except Except Sund'y Snnd y STATIONS Hund'yjHundV U1U11UKUI A.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. H 30 12 JO Camdcn_ 12 10 ? 30 1> 00 1 05 DeKalb 11 37 6 50 ?:10 11" Westville..... 1125 5 30 11 10 1 45 Kershaw 11 10 5 10 11 30 2 03 Heath Springs. 10 57 4 15 11 40 2 10 ..Pleasant 11111.. 10 52 4 00 12 30 2 30 ....Lancaster.... 10 .'15 3 20 12 40 2 45 ....Riverside 10 20 2 45 1 00 2 55 ...Xprlngdell.... 10 10 2 20 .2 00 3 05 Catawbs J'c'n. 10 00 2 00 2 20 3 15 Leslie 8 50 12 20 3 40 3 35 ....Rock Hill... 9 40 12 00 4 00 3 50 Newport 9 15 9 30 4 15 4 00 .Tlrzah 9 10 9 10 5 00 4 20 Yorkvllle.... 8 55 8 30 6 30 4 35 Sharon 8 40 7 50 5 50 4 50 Hickory Grove 8 25 7 20 1 fi 00 5 00 Smyrna 8 15 7 00 ? 30 5 20 ...Blacksburg... 7 65 0 30 P.M. P.M. A.M. A.M. BETWEEN BDACKSBURU, S. C., AND MARION, N. C. WEST EAST. , 11. EASTERN TIME. 12. 2nd Class. 2nd Class. Dally Dally Except Except Sunday STATIONS. - Sunday A.M. P.M. 8 10 Ulacksburg t! 40 , 8 30 ..........Earls 0 20 , n -hj rauerson springs.... u I 0 20 Shelby ? 00 10 00 Luttimore 4 50 10 10 Mooresboro 4 40 10 25 Henrietta 4 20 > 10 50 Forest City- 3 50 . 11 15 Rutherfordton 3 25 - 11 35 Millwood 3 05 11 45 .. Golden Valley 2 50 12 05 Thermal City 2 45 12 25 Glen wood 2 20 12 50 Marion 2 00 " P. M. P. M. [ GAFFNEY BRANCH. I WEST. EAST. First Class. EASTERN First Class. ~7B. | 13. TIME. 14. | 16. ' Daily Except Daily Except Sunday. Sunday. J ~M. I A.M. STATIONS. A.M. I P.M. 5 30 (I 00 ?. Rlacksburg... 7 45 6 35 5 45 (I 20 Cherokee* Falls 7 30 fi 20 1100 0 40 Gaffhey 7 10 0 06 > P. M. A. M. A. M. P. M. p 49* Number 33 will stop at Kershaw for 1 dinner. Trains wlllstoponiilgnnlatOakhurst, p Elgin, Caskey's, Springdell, Roddy's. Leslie, 1 Old l'olnt, Newport, King's Creek, Millwood, * , Union Mills, Golden Valley, Vein Mountain. ' SAMUEL HUNT, President, A. TRIPP, Superintendent, [ 8. B. LUMPKIN, Gen. P. and P. Agt. ; CAROLINA & NORTH-WESTERN 1 1/ RAILWAY CO. f G. W. F. HARPER, President. . . L. T. NICHOLS, Superintendent. Time Table No. 9?In Effect June 4,1899. Tit A INS DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. EAST!RN TIME STANDARD. SOUTH. NORTH. <oT iT 10: eoT" STATIONS. ' 2nd 1st 1st 2nd Class. Class. ? Class. Class. A. M. P. M. Leave. Arrive. P. M. P. M. '' 5 30 4 30 Lenoir.. 12 46 8 00 8 15 5 35 Hickory 11 50 5 55 I 9 10 6 05 Newton 1120 4 00 10 37 0 50 ...Lincolnlon.... 10 37 2 40 , 11 .35 7 39 Dallas 9 59 1 40 1 15 7 54 Gaston la 9 47 I 20 1 45 8 15 ....Crowder's.... 9 30 12 80 1 55 8 22 Howling Green 9 23 12 20 2 11 8 32 Clover 9 15 12 00 . 2 45 8 47 Filbert 9 00 11 40 ' 3 20 9 00 Yorkvllle 8 45 11 20 I 3 50 9 20 Guthrles. ... 8 25 10 37 4 05 9 28 ...McConnells... 8 17 10 25 e 4 30 9 45 ..Lowrysvllle... 8 04 1010 r 5 15 10 II Chester 7 40 9 25 : PTM. P. M. I A. M. A. M. . E. F. REID, Auditor, Lenoir, N. C., J. M. MOORE. G. F. A., Lenoir, N. C. G. F. HARPER, G. P. A., Lenoir. N. C. 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 or matting a success at photography. I have , given years of study to this especial line and I can say with pride that my work j will compare favorab ly with that of any a photographer in this sectiou. 3 The best and most perfect photographs . are the results of experience and notex3 periments. I do all of my developing, t retouching and finishing, thereby obtaini ing 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. SCHORR. r ?hr ||orki'iUr (Snquirrr. 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