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ftumotous department. ONE OF THE FAMILY. Ezry married a womau with the most tarnation tongue you ever listened to. Scorcher, that tongue was! When she had occasion to rebuke Ezry the tongue would take varnish off the furniture. As a result of this treatment at home, Ezry was iuclined to spend overmuch of his time at the tavern. He draok other things there besides cold water. And when he would start for home he was in that blissful condition where he didn't care whether ?i 1 i-~~. ?Af Tn that, nnnditinn HC11UU1 Hcpi U1 UUV. JIU v??v v.. be was in some measure prepared to meet bis gentle chatelaine. One nigbt bis wife sent ber brother out to "play ghost" and scare the drunkard into reform. The ghost wa' expected to say in sepulchral to^es that unless Ezry reformed he would be taken into bell for sure when he pass ed over. Ezry came up the road?across the road, too?and he was trolling one of the lusty old songs of Revolutionary days. He was halted by a sheeted figure. "D ev'nin'," said Ezry, cheerfully. "Listen to your doom," solemnly and in deep tones quoth the specter. "Zhas all ri'," replied Ezry, "let'r go." "I'm a spirit." "Glad to hear 't, ol' f 'ler, glad to hear 't. Goo' sp't, I suppose? If you're good sp't I mus' stan' clever wiz you. I'm pretty goo' f'ler, I am." "I am a spirit of evil," boomed the 8DOok. "Sp't evil! Don' shay sho. Wal, p'rhaps you're the devil himself." "I am." "Pu' 'er there, ol' boy, pu' 'er there. Come up t' house. Zhe'll be gla' to shee ye, that zhe will. S'pose ye koow, of course, that I'm married to yer sister, Nancy."?Lewiston Evening Journal. A DROP IN PRICE. "These fabulous stories your hear," said the Colorado man, "of the wonderful discoveries made and the prices received for claims in the mining regions bring back to my mind a story that used to be told in the earlier days of Colorado. "A young chap bad there located a claim in which he had every confidence that ore existed ; but try as he would, he was unable to locate the precious metal, and little by little be became sicker and sicker at heart until at length there came a day whose closing was marked by clean discouragement on his part. His last piece of bacon was eaten, his last stick of gunpowder fired, and his credit utterly used up. Still he believed the ore to be there; but he recognized the utter futility on bis part of trying further to get at it. Lonely and out of spirits, just at sunset he stood at the door of his cabin looking for the last time over the scene of his useless efforts, when down the winding trail came a stranger astride of a broncho. Taking in the situation at a glance, the man reined in his. cayuse and called out to the lonely figure in the cabin doorway : ?Sav nardner. what will vou take for J J I , ? that played out claim of yours?' "Hope sprang up aDd gleamed from the miner's eyes as he firmly replied : 'Played out nothing! It'll take $1,000,000 cold to buy me out.' "The stranger slowly gathered up the reins. "I'll give you $8,' he said tentatively. " 'All in cash ?' queried the late prospective millionaire eagerly. " 'Yep,' was the response. " 'The claim's yours,' on the part of the mine owner closed the transaction."?New York Tribune. Making Him Whole.?"It takes the glorious old west to do business," said the man with the alligator grip as he boarded the train at St. Paul. "We of the east are not in it a little bit." "Anything to relate?" queiiel one of the passengers as he woke up. "Just a few words. 1 traveled from New York to Chicago with a staviuglooking girl. At Buffalo I was gone on her. At Detroit we were engaged. As we reached Chicago she had set the date. I returned home, wrote her 320 love letters, and came out here to get married." "And what? "She decided that she would marry another. She estimated the value of my time at $500, the worth of my letters at $300, and my broken heart at $200, aud drew me a check for a thousand dollars, and here it is. Gave her a receipt in full to date, kissed her good-bye, and there you are and here I am. There's but oue way to do bus iness, and the west knows an anout it. Yes, check for a thousand, aud how many of you gentlemen will smoke a Henry Clay at my expense ?" - m A Grateful Porter.?Senator Clark, of Wyoming, Senator Shoup, General F. C. Ainsworth, Governor N. O. Murphy, of Arizona, and representatives and railroad men went on a tour of inspection a short time ago. They had a private car which was presided over by a porter named Johnson. When the car got back to Washington the men made up a purse for Johnsou, and Senator Shoup was selected to make the presentation. Johnson was called into one of the staterooms where the men had assembled. Senator Shoup scolded Johnson for his many delinquencies, but finished by saying: "Notwithstanding all this, Jobuson, we have decided to make you a little present, which I now take pleasure in handing you." Johnson took the money and smiled. "Gem'men," he said, "I shore is grateful for this yere gif'. You is all gem'men. Yas-sir, I kin shorely say you is all gem'men from Senator Shoup up."?Exchange. lllisrdlaurous Reading. J ^ b IN COUNTIES ADJOINING. J Summary of the News That In Being Pub- v Untied by Exchanges. * CLEVELAND ? King's Mountain j Oracle, April 11 : We think it would j be a surprise to the farming community j if they could only see the large quautity of hay that is shipped here to be sold by our merchants and liverymen. e And lots of it is sold to farmers, too. j Mrs. Dave Beam, of Shelby, was i * ' inoano laaeu Huuucuijr nuu viuicuuj on Saturday of last week. The first v that was noticeable in her loss of inind t was some strange actions with her lit- r tie child, which she began to pinch ^ and to make cry. A physician was summoned, and it was decided to remove her to Morganton for treatment. On Sunday morning, about 8 g o'clock, Angeline, the daughter of Mr. J James McGinnis, peacefully fell asleep g and her spirit quietly took its depart- ^ ure from its home of clay and winged j its flight to keep company with the t departed ones of earth. Her death t was attended by many sad circum- j' stances. A young woman of 23 years, g she bad during the past few months -v assisted in the care of the sick in her t father's family, of whom there were jj six sick in bed at one time, and finally t herself was stricken with fever from which she was partially recovered t when she took pneumonia, from which t she never recovered. She was buried Monday in the cemetery at Long t Creek. Shelby Aurora, April 11: Mr. William A. Wray, of Caroleen, N. C., ^ died last Wednesday morniug after a Q lingering illness, aged 61 years. He t had been a great sufferer for several years with rheumatism, but be bore ^ his suffering with great fortitude. He was, for a number of years, a worthy ^ and valued citizen of this county, high n toned, honorable, quiet and lawabid- j ing, the county mourns bis death. For t several years he was engaged in the mercantile business in Shelby ; but owing to ill health was forced to remove t to quiet, country life. He was a brave and gallant Confederate soldier?loyal t and steadfast?and his many old com- v rades in arms, will drop a tear upon ^ his grave. He was also a worthy and ^ consistent member of the Baptist l nhnmh. true to his church and his t Master. The remains were brought to j Shelby for interment ou Thursday, and were laid to rest in Mountain View, under the sod of the country he loves ^ so well. A widow and six children survive him as follows: Mrs. Kate ? Elam, Mrs. S. W. Wbisouant, Miss Annie Wray, David, William and 5 Charlie Wray. He was also a brother ^ of our townsman, John S. Wray, and g Mrs. Jane Harrill, Mrs. M. L. Carroll, * Mrs. Kate Borders, of this place, and Dr. James Wray, of Henry, N. C. To ^ the bereaved ones we tender our deep t sympathy in their hour of sad affliction. t( CHESTER?The Lantern, April 10: ^ Yesterday Walker-Gaston camp held its regular quarterly meeting. Dele- p gates to the Lewisville reunion, as follows: W. H. Hardin, G. D. Heath, J. ? M. Brawley; alternates, H. W. Hafner, J. M. Grant, W. H. Hood. A ? resolution was adopted thanking General C. I. Walker for the honor j conferred upon the county and city of Chester in the appointment of Miss McFadden as stale sponsor. We . learn from W. H. Newbold, E?q., that ^ it was Mr. J. J. Stone and not Mr. E. g C. Stabn that swore out the warrant against W. S. Atkins on the charge of ^ obtaining goods by false pretences. On Friday, Chalmers Gaston was found guilty of assault and battery and seu- g tenced to $35 or 30 days. Caldwell and Gaston for defendant. Coleman c Lynn was convicted of manslaughter j and sentenced to four years. W. H. Newbold for defendant. Henry B. jj Howie plead guilty of assault and battery of high and aggravated nature, p and the sentence of the court was that he pay a fine of $50. It is understood that he pays all expenses of Mr. |j Jos. A Walker, on whom the assault tj was committed, amounting io */o. * Civil cases were taken up yesterday ^ morning, the first being that of Sarah P. Carter against H. Coleman Jeffries. Verdict $50 for plaintiff. CHEROKEE?The Gaffney Ledger, h April 10 : It pains us to chronicle the 0 death of Mrs. Newberry, wife of Rev. M J. J. Newberry, of this city, which oc- h curred at her residence in this city h yesterday. Mrs. Newberry was in her 66th year. The people of Blacks- v burg were shocked when they learned, g Thursday night, between 9 and 10 5 o'clock, that D. L. Brown was dead. It had been known for several days that ^ be was sick ; but no oue thought that ri there would be such a fatal termination. c, Fayette Brown, as he was called by his g many friends, was born on Pacolet riv- 'j er, Spartanburg county, May 7lh, 1856. h He was the sou of the late Wm. Brown S( and the youngest of seven boys. Early u in life he married a Miss Lizzie Grego a ry, of Charlotte, N. C. For a time he fo was engaged in busiuess in Gaffuey h with his brother, and later on, in Char- n lotte, N. C. In 1887 he came to Blacks- |t burg, and engaged in the mercantile p busiuess. He was an energetic and jj progressive citizen and took an active j, part io building up the town. He was gj successful and accumulated consider- ti able property. Wherever he went be $ made friends. He was frank, generous j and with a lovable disposition. Never ? during the stay of your corespondent j at this place has he seen such an out pouring of people?wuite anu oiacK? a when he was buried. The services was v very touching and as the body was lowered, tears not only came to the eyes of ^ the women but to the men. Blacksburg has lost one of its best citizens. v He leaves a widow and five children, i He was insured to the extent of about q $11,500. 'I LANCASTER?Ledger, April 11:5 On Suuday moruiug last, Guy Lump- v kins and Bob Brown, both colored, had v a difficulty at the latter's home in Ce- fi dar Creek township, with the result t .hat Bob emptied the coutents of a louble barreled shotgun loaded with >uekshot in Guy's face and shoulder, fhe trouble was about an ox that had teen trespassing on some wheat. Guy's vounds are pronounced serious. drs. Beulab Truesdel, wife of Mr. Lem rruesdel, of Kershaw, and daughter of dr. J. F. Cauthen, of that town, died ast Thursday night at 11 o'clock, ier husband and two children survive i ler. She was an estimable Christian ---? J!-J r..u I VOIDED HUU U1CU 1U hjc i?ii uupo vi i njoying the reward of the faithful. ] ilias Hattie Brooks, daughter of Wil* I iam Brooks, aged about 16 years, died .t the Camden cotton mill the past < reek. She was a native of this coun- i y and her remains were brought to ? rlat Creek church and interred. < Jarried, on Sunday last, at the home f the bride's father, Mr. J. D. Hinson, lear Primus, by Rev. Judson Blackaon, Miss Leslie Hinson and Mr. Mar- . hal Fullerton, of Junction, Arkansas. ] ^ A remarkable appearance was oberved high up in the heavens last < Vednesday afternoon by the family of Jr. A. P. Robinson, who lives about wo miles north of town. Their attenion was first attracted by the shoutngs of a negro woman in the yard, i She had discovered a large bright star i a broad open daylight. Then two dis- i inct moons appeared, and something : ike a large kite came in sight. But I bis was not all. A distinct full-sized i windmill was seen floating through ! he air with a large dog following. All ' hese appearances had enormous tails i s if to balance them and all were I raveling westward. Mrs. Robinson ,1 patched the apparition, or whatever i t was, as long as it was visible. The i Id colored woman was too frightened i o observe long and put in the time by inging, praying and shouting. We I ave several times urged the building i f a cotton seed oil mill at this place. ' it last the project begins to take defi- < lite shape. Major B. F. Miller and I Jr. W. J. Cunningham are interesting I hemselves in the enterprise, and all i pho expect to be fortunate enough to . ecure stock in it should notify one or i he other of these gentlemen at once I .s to what amount of stock he wishes I o subscribe for. The capital stock ( pill probably not be more than $25,- I 00. Married, on Monday night, i Lpril 9th, 1900, at Mr. W. B. Knight's, J y Rev. W. C. Ewart, Mr. Barber < loke, of Spartanburg, s. u., to miss tosa Patton, of Catawba, S. C. The nnouucement of the marriage was [Uite a surprise to the friends of both hese popular young people. The room is a brother of Mrs. W. B. [night, and a prominent young lawer of the firm of Sease & Hoke, at ipartanburg, and the bride is one of be most competentand popular teachrs in the Lancaster graded school. Vhen the announcement was made it vas feared that the school would lose er ; but she has announced her intenion of remaining and teaching out the erm. Mr. Hoke will return to his usiness at Spartanburg in a few days. GASTON?Gastonia Gazette, April 2: Dr. Henry Glenn, who has just raduated from the Atlanta Medical ollege and took third honor in a class f 71, was in town Friday. The oon train yesterday was crowded with linisters, who came to attend the Iecklenburg presbytery, which meets t Oluey church this week. Those ' ^ho came in yesterday were Revs. R. L. Miller, VV. O. Sample, Roger Mar- 4 in, D. E. Bridges, Jonas Barkley, Stin- ' on Temple, James Dorritlee, J. E. 1 lcMurry, S. A. Cathey, J. J. Harrell, t i.. A. Little. Several others are ex- I ected today. This presbytery com- 1 rises the churches of Union, Ansou, < tanley, Mecklenburg, Gaston, Lin- 1 oln, Cleveland, Rutherford uud Poik ' ounties. The foreigner who wan- 1 ered off from the depot last week, an ' ccount of which appeared in our last ' 5sue, was found near Stanley, on la.-t ' ''hursday morning, by Messrs. Brown 4 'eterson and Will Richards. They 4 ut him in a buggy and brought him 1 o Gastonia. The account we pub- 1 shed last week was tbe means of set- ^ ing the old man oo his road again. 1 le was probably a Hungarian ; but 1 is name could not authentically be 1 scertained as he could speak no word ' fEuglish. He bad lost his ticket in ( is wanderings. It is presumed that * is people, to whom be is going, live ' ut in the country, and he thought this fc /as the station to get off at. When 1 is valise and bundle were given to ' im, he picked up the book?supposed j be a Bible?and kissed it. Heca De ery near escaping the second time at partanburg. We hope he has reached > is people by this lime and is confuted. It would be intereting to now his opinion of the treatment he ? eceived on his journey, and the ac- i uunt which he gave his daughter. i heriff Illiyne passed through the city t 'uesday with Perry Williams carrying ? im to the penitentiary. Williams was t untenced to 13 years last fall for the I lurder of Roland Tate ; but look an ppeal. He has siuce decided to abide i y the sentence, and goes to serve out i is time. One of the most promi- t ent colored citizens of this place died ? ist night at his home in the western i art of town. John Blake Elder has ? ved in Gastouia about 20 years, and I i that time has accumulated a con- i iderable amount of property. His es- S ite is estimated at between $2,000 and t 3,000. He was a member of the A. ( I. E. Zion church and also a promi- * ent member of the Masonic and Odd t "ellows orders. The funeral will be r aday. Rev. Cottingham will officiate, c ssisled by resident ministers. He . ill be buried by the fraternities of a - bich he was a member. Ou last \ abbatb at the uuion service a collec- I ion for the famine sufferers of India t ,-as taken up, amounting to some $40. I "he need is very greet. Over 25,000,00 are on the verge of starvation. ( 'be British government is feeding ( ,000,000. There are persons who i /ere not present at the union services t /bo would like to contribute to this' ( and. It was decided to hold the mat- I er open for this week. All desiring < to help the starving will please haud 1 their contributions to Mr. J. A. Page, ii at the Gastonia Banking company. ? ? v RELIGION AND POLITICS. e S In tbn Dewey Family They Constitute a c Cnrlons Mlxtnre. r Washington Dispatch. c "Do you want to see a confessional 1; in the White House?" A circular beaded with the words quoted made a its appearance at Chicago in July, 1896. ti It was scattered by thousands in the hotels and parts of the city where delegates to the Democratic national convention would be reached. The A circular made its appearance almost simultaneously with the arrival of the Ohio delegation and jonn Jti. JYieijeau i as the Ohio candidate. ' It was direc- tl ted against the Domination of Richard c P. Bland on the sole ground that'Mrs. p Bland was a Catholic. Missouri p friends of Mr. Bland, in charge of his c interests, attributed the failure of his 8l candidacy largely to the insidious ap- c peal to religious prejudice against him. a The Ohio delegation, more than any a other, made use of it. ti This reminiscence of the religious f< issue at Chicago in 1896 for the benefit 0 jf John R. McLean is recalled by the d announcement that Mr. McLean's sis- D i.er, Mrs. Admiral Dewey, has given up her pew iD a Catholic churob and has t| declared her intention to attend the j Episcopal church with the admiral, p The members of the admiral's family refused today to discuss the report; p hut it is generally believed. The Mc- c, Leans were not Catholics. In Cincin- o nati they were considered Covenanters, attending the church of their Scotch w ancestry. Xi Mrs. Dewey has had a rather pecu- o liar spiritual experience. After settling $ in Washington she became interested with a number of other ladies in the- p asophy. She was understood to be a o believer in the doctrines of the adepts. t< Some years ago she gave up theosophy $ and took a pew in the Catholic church, o After the marriage last fall it was announced that the admiral, who bad p been an Episcopalian, would give up o< bis pew aud attend services at the Catholic church where Mrs. Dewey u belonged. This was promptly denied, c] and it was officially stated that the 2 Deweys would continue to hold three iiffereut church connections. Now, ti with the admiral's political debut f( 3omes the withdrawal of Mrs. Dewey p from the Catholic church. 0: Admiral Dewey refuses to affirm or f, leny the report that his wife has left ? the Roman Catholic church and joined $ ibe Episcopalians. He declines to let $ iny one interview Mrs. Dewey on the $ nibject. The admiral declares that it 3 s nobody's business what religion ? Mrs. Dewey chooses to embrace, and ne claims for himself and wife the right to worship as they please. The idmiral. says he has no prejudice 2 igainst any one on account of their V religion or curiosity as to their church affiliations, aud be asks for his family jt relief from a curiosity which be deems p LU pel blUCUV. The subject of Mrs. Dewey's conver- ^ sion or renunciation, has created an mmense amount of talk everywhere s< u the national capital. The rumor rf ivas not started in the idleness of gos- ^ ?ip ; but came from sources known to ai le entirely friendly with the Deweys. There are many who believe that the ? story was put out deliberately to re- v lieve the admiral's candidacy of wbat Aas considered a handicap. The re- P iult is entirely different from that expected. It has not pleased the memlers of the Protestant churches, and it J certainly has produced no satisfaction imong the Romanists. Mrs. Dewey ~ ias not attended the church of the pastor of which married her, since that uteresting event. She had a pew in 5t. Paul's Roman Catholic church, but t has not been reuted by Mrs. Dewey since January, the beginuing of the juarter year, which is the lime for iew reutals. It is said that the aduiral's wife has beeu attending the Episcopal pro-cathedral occasionally. Admiral Dewey is an Episcopalian, ind his parish is the fashiouable oue if St. John's which has been attended iy presidents and distinguished people 'or nearly 100 years. To go to St. lohn's church would have attracted mmediate attentiou to Mrs. Dewey, 10 she has visited the church of her lusbaud's faith out of the center of ashion. _ TUBERCULOSIS IN CATTLE. %n Important Bulletin Just Issued From Clemson. A bulletin of considerable interest to itockmen has just been issued from the South Carolina Experiment station. It is on the subject of tuberculosis (con C nimntioiA in cattle and deals with the , / ? iuliject iu such a way to make it clear .0 auy iotelligeul reader. The bulle- , [in is divided iulo three parts. Part 1 is a general discussion of tuber- v miosis, showing that it is a contagious lisease, affecting mostly men aud catle, aud may be transmitted through tir, water, food, milk, or flesh. It is nost daugerous iu close barns where sanitary conditions are poor, especially sad ventilation. A table is given showug that out of 87,000 head of cattle in !0 states, 22 per cent, or nearly one in svery four animals were tuberculous, )f this number, however, only 200 head vere tested in South Carolina, so that 10 conclusion as to its existence here is , eached, more than that several tuber- J :ulous cows were found in one herd. Part 2 describes the tuberculin test ^ ihowing that tuberculin is a laboratory )roduct made by growing the germs of he disease iu a special beef tea cut- / ure medium, and then extracting the mison toxin senarate from the germs. This tuberculin is then injected hypo- lj lermically at the shoulder of suspect w ;d cows, and if they have tuberculosis J." t will be shown by a rise of tempera- a| ,ure in 6 to 24 hours. Six tests, includ- ? ;d 200 bead of cattle, are given in detail to show how the work is done and the ? conclusion as to the disease is reached. ?bis is the first attempt at a systematc test in this state. Part 3 deals with legislation with a iew to controlling the spread of disase. Special mention of the "Danish iystem" of quarantine is made and this nurse is recommeuded instead of such ndical measures as slaughter. Muniipal meat and milk inspection is brief, y dicuseed. Copies of the bulletin may be had by ddressiug the S. C. Experiment staion, Clemson College, S. C. UNCLE SAM'S SURPLUS. .nnual Revenues More Than Eighty Mil lions In Excess of Expenditures. Tbe secretary of the treasury on 'uesday sent to congress his reply to be bouse resolution of April 2d, which ailed for iuformatiou as to whether, i bis opinion, tbe present revenue iw8 are creating and will continue to reate a surplus in the treasury, and if o, to what extent at the end of tbe urrent fiscal year, and a like report s to the next fiscal year, also his estilatesof the probable receipts of the reasury from all sources of revenue )r those years, and also tbe amount f internal revenue taxes received uner the war revenue act upon articles ot heretofore taxed. The secretary in his reply estimates be surplus for the fiscal year ending une 30, 1900, at $70,000,000 as foljws : Receipts- Customs, $233,000,000; iternal remenue, $292,000,000; raisellaneous, $35,000,000. Total, $560,00.000. Expenditures?Civil, $14,000,000 ; ar, $135,000.000; navy, $55,000,000 ; dians, $11,000,000 ; pensious, $143,00,000 ; interest, $42,000,000. Total, 490,000,000. The surplus for the fiscal year endig June 30, 1901, is estimated at $82,00,000, as follows: Receipts, cus?ins, $240,000,000; internal revenue, 300,000,000; miscellaneous, $37,000,00. Total, $577,000,000. Expenditures, civil, $115,000,000; iterest, $40,000,000. Total, $495,000,00. Total internal revenue taxes received nder the war revenue act upon artiles not therefore taxed was $79,055,49. This amount includes $45,724,541 for le fiscal year 1899 and $33,330,708 >r the first pine months of fiscal year 900. Under schedule "A" $38.618,01 1 : ionu ?Q7 450 fl9Q 91 19 glVCIJ 1U1 XOUO aim vvi|mv,v >r first six months of fiscal year 1900 ; nder schedule ''B" $5,219,727 und 3,403.800; legacies $1,235,435 and 1,660.872; excise tax, $643,446 and 820,010; mixed flour, $7,841 and $6,14. NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING. 4 MEETING of the Stockholders of the CAROLINA AND NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY hereby called to be held AT CHESTER, . C., ON THE 24TH DAY OF APRIL, 100, AT 12 O'CLOCK, M., for the followig purposes: 1. To consider and adopt plans to change je railroad to Standard Guage, and to xtend and equip the same. 2. To authorize a new issue of bonds scored by mortgage upon the company's lilroad, to provide the means necessary > change the railroad to Standard Guage rid extend, equip and improve the same, id to refund its present mortgage debt. 3. To increase the capital stock of the nnpany to an amount not exceeding vo million dollars, and to alter and rei>e its by-laws. 4. To transact any other business proerly coming before the meeting. A full attendance of stockholders is jquested. WILLIAM A. BARBER, President. J. McLure, Secretary. March 24 s&w 9t Your ?f-N f o "j Stationery for 1900 should 52 ! I look nice, neat and up-to- E ' date. The printing on i your stationery should be ^ artistic and attractive to L get the best results. We p j are prepared to furnish Ai ^ quality of both Stationery N and printing. We do any | and all kinds of Printing ^ on short notice. ^ THE ENQUIRER. To Gret a Good PHOTOGRAPH !oine to my Gallery on West ,iberty street. Come, rain or line, and you will receive the est attention. Very Respectfully, J. R. SCHORB, Yorkville, S. C. FINLEY <fe BKICE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, , Yorkville, S. C. 1 LL business entrusted to us will be given prompt attention. OFFICE IN THE BUILDING AT HE REAR OF H. C. STRAITSS'S PORE. MACHINIST'S TOOLS. "\NE LOT OF TOOLS, consisting of J 1 Easy (bolt) screw plate and taps? itting from 1 to one inch, 6 extra plug id bottoming taps, 1 set of pipe taps (A to ; inclusive), 6 pipe tongs, 1 18-inch Coo rench, 1 '2-inch line expander, 2 melting dies, chisels, punches, etc., will be sold >r CASH, at a bargain. Call and see me ; The Enquirer office. 0. E. GRIST. CORN MILL FOR SALE. ^JEE me at once! Prices low and terms J to suit. T. B. McCLAIN. January 10 w tf CAROLINA & NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. ? Schedule Effective April 1st, 1900.. ^ North Bound. Passenger. Mixed. Mixed. A O. 10. A O. 00. A'O. 02. Leave Chester... 8 10 am 7 50 am LvYorkville 0 15 am 9 52 am T -rrrio otiinlo IA 1'1 urn * 1') nm LvLlncolnton...ll 03 am 2 15 pm LvNewton 11 52 am 8 32 pm LvHlckory _12 15 pm 5 50 pm 9 00am ArriveLenolr.... 1 10 pm 7 50 pm 11 25am ^ South Bound. Passenger. Mixed. Mixed. JVO. 0. 1VO. 01, NO. 03. LeaveLenolr 4 30 pm 5 30 am 1 30 pm LvHlckory 5 35 pm 8 30 am 4 25 pm LvNewton 6 05 pm 9 18 am LvLlncolnton.... 7 00 pm 11 10 am LvGastonia* 8 15 pm 1 12 pm LvYorkville 9 21 pm 3 20 pm ArrlveChester...lO 31 pm 5 15 pm *20 minutes for supper at Gastonia. No. 10, uorth bound, connects at Chester with Southern Ry., Seaboard Air Line, ^ Lancaster and Chester Ry. from all points south j at Yorkville with South Carolina and Georgia Ex. Ry.; at Gastonia with Southern Ry.; at Lincolnton with Seaboard Air Line; at Newton and Hickory with Southern Ry. No. 9, south bound, makes close connection at all junction points. L. T. NICHOLS, General Manager, Chester, South Carolina. E. F. REID, Auditor, Chester, South Carolina. SOUTH CAROLINA & GEORGIA * EXTENSION RAILROAD CO. TIME TABLE NO. 4. In Effect 12.01 a. m., Snnday, Dec. 24,1899. BETWEEN CAMDEN AND BLACKSBURG. WEST. EAST. 35. 33. EASTERN 32. 34. 2nd 1st TIME. 1st 2nd Class. Class. Class. Class. Dally Dally Dally Dally Except Except Except Except Sundry Sund'y STATIONS, Sunday Bund'y P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. 4f 8 20 12 50 Camden 12 25 6 80 am 1 IS TfeKTUh 12 02 4 50 9 20 1 27 "Westvllle.? 11 50 4 80 10 50 1 40 ...-Kershaw 11 35 4 10 11 20 2 10 Heath Springs. 11 20 8 15 11 85 2 15 ..Pleasant Hill.. 11 15 3 00 12 30 2 35 ....Lancaster,... 10 55 2 85 1 00 2 50 ....Riverside 10 40 1 00 1 20 3 00 ....Springdell.... 10 30 12 40 2 30 3 10 Catawba J'c n. 10 20 12 20 2 50 3 20 -Leslie 10 10 11 00 3 10 3 40 ....Rock Hill... 10 00 8 40 4 10 3 56 ...-Newport.-... 9 35 8 20 4 45 4 02 Tlrzah 9 30 8 00 6 80 4 20 ...-Yorkvllie.... 9 15 7 80 * 6 00 4 35 Sharon 9 00 6 50 6 25 4 50 Hickory Grove 8 45 6 20 6 35 5 00 Smyrna 8 35 6 00 7 00 5 20 ...Blacksburg... 8 15 5 80 P. M. P. M. A.M. A.M. BETWEEN BLACKSBURG, S. C., AND MARION, N. C. WEST EAST. 11. 33. EASTERN 32., 12. ^ 2nd 1st TIME. 1st 2nd Class. Class. Class. Class. Dally Dally Dally Dally Except Except Except Except Sunday Sunday STATIONS. Sunday Sund'y A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. 8 10 5 30 ...Blacksburg... 7 48 6 40 V 8 30 5 45 Earls 7 32 6 20 8 40 5 50 Patterson Spr*g 7 25 6 12 9 20 0 00 .Shelby 7 15 6 00 10 00 6 20 ....Lattimore 6 55 4 50 10 10 6 28 ...Mooresboro.. 6 48 4 40 10 25 6 38 Henrietta.... 6 38 4 20 10 50 6 55 ....Forest City... 6 20 3 50 11 15 7 10 Rutherfordton 6 05 3 25 11 35 7 22 Millwood... 5 63 3 05 11 45 7 35 .Golden Valley 5 40 2 50 12 05 7 40 .Thermal City. 5 87 2 45 12 25 7 58 ... Glenwood.... 5 17 2 20 12 50 8 15 Marlon 5 00 2 00 v/ P. M. P. M. , A. M. P. M. GAFFNEY BRANCH. WEST. EAST. First Class. EASTERN First Class. 15. | 13. TIME. 14. | 16. Dally Except Dally Except Sunday. Sunday. ? STATIONS. A. M. [ P. M. 1 00 I 6 00 ... Blacksburg... 7 50 3 00 1 20 6 20 Cherokee Falls 7 30 2 40 HO 0 40 Gaflhey 7 10 2 20 P. M. A. M. A. M. P. M. Trains Nos. 32 and 33 connect at Blacksburg with trains on the Galfney Division. Train No. 32 connects at Camden with the Charleston Division of the Southern Railway for all points South. 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