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. tumorous Jlepattmcnt. On the Picket Line?A Louisville boy, an officer in the Philippines, tells a story on one of his brother officers which will bear repeating, says the Louisvlle Courier-Journal. The officei in question, a captain, stutters badly, He had been on recruiting duty in the States, and while at his work had enlisted for his regiment a man whc stuttered as badly, if not worse, thar the captain himself. Some time later he was ordered back to his company, and a few days afterward was on duty as officer of the day. As it happened, the stutterer that he had enlisted was, without his knowledge, put on guard that night. When the captain went around to inspect the enmrd hp came to the new sentry and was challenged "Huh-huh-h-halt, whowho-who-who c-comes there?" The captain answered: "O-o-o-o-offiofficer of the did-dad-day." Then the sentry said: "A-a-a-advance, of-of-f-of-offlcer of the-d-day, to b-bib-bab-be recognized." By this time the captain was mad all over, for he thought the man was mocking him. He did not know the recruit, although the recruit knew him. The captain went bouncing up to the sentry and yelled at him: "W-w- whwh-what -d-d-d-d-n f-f-fool enlisted y-yu-yay-you?" and the sentry said: "Y-y-yu-yu-you did, sir." Why Dinah Felt So Bad.?Not long ago a lieutenant in the navy was ordered away on a three years' cruise. The order had been dreaded for weeks, and when it came the young wife, whc was to be left in a Brooklyn flat with o KqKv lirtrl o nnlnroH QArvont wflQ ir despair. She controlled her sorrow very well, however, until the actual moment ol parting came, and then she wept as though her heart would break. The cruiser was to leave the navy yarc early next morning, and the lieutenanl had gone to report for duty. In the midst of her lamentations the young wife heard a sniffing anc sobbing in the dining room, and upor glancing through the door she saw Dinah, the colored maid, rocking hei body to and fro in a chair and weeping violently. "Why, D-D-Dinah, what's the matter?" cried the mistress; "you seem tc t-take Mr. Blank's departure as muci to heart as I d-do." " 'Deed I doesn't, Mis' Blank; 'deec I doesn't!" sobbed Dinah. "What an boderin, dis chile am de fac* a culluc gemmtn friend o' mine am gwine tc sail hisse'f on dat same old cruisah!' ?Chicago Record-Herald. A Question For the Barbers' Union.?At the next meeting of the Montreal Barbers' union, the following in cident may or may not be brought up for discussion. It is evident, however, that a serious infringement of the rights of the profession is involved: A man went into a barber's shop tc get shaved, wearing a bear's claw or his watch chain. "I suppose," said the barber, "you killed that bear yourself?" "Yes, I did," was the reply. "Was it a grizzly bear?" "It was." "A big one?" "About the size of a two year old steer." "Gee whiz! How many bullets did it of a ill Vilm 9" "Not any at all." "Brain him with an ax?" "No, I talked him to death!" It took the customer 15 minutes to get the rest of his shave, and during that time the barber didn't speak another word.?Montreal Star. Scotch Wit.?A drunken Irishman was once lodged in the cell of a Scotch country police station, says Spare Moments, when he made a tremendous noise by kicking the cell door with his heavy hob-nailed boots. The constable who had charge of the police station, going to the cell door, opened it a little and said: "Man, ye micht pit aff per buits, an' I'll gie them a bit of rub, so that ye'll be respectable-like when ye come up afore the bailie the morn." The prisoner, flattered at the request, at once complied, and saw his mistake only when the constable shut the dooi upon him, saying coolly: "Ye can kick awa' noo, my man, a? lang as ye like." tv" "Do you have an exchange column?" asked a seedy-looking man. The clerk in the business office shooi his head. "Too bad," said the seedy man. "1 wanted to put in a notice that I woulc exchange an oil well in Texas for a car of kerosene." And he went out sadly.?Philadelphia Record. ??* "I have called, said the man whc was seeking a testimonial, "hearing that you had used our water and?" "Yes," replied the plain citizen "Well, I had little faith in the curative properties of your water?" "But it cured you?" "Yes, of even the little faith I had.' ?Catholic Standard. 93T Artist (painting parvenu's portrait) ?May I have a piece of bread with which to erase some of the charcoal lines? Parvenu?You need not take rye bread for my portrait! John, bring this gentleman a piece of cake.? Schalk. X'TMrs. Crimsonbeak?Don't you think you had better stop at that employment bureau, on your way home, and see about a girl? Mr. Crimsonbeak?What's the use? All bureaus are alike?you can never find anything you want in them.? Yonkers Statesman. She?I would like to call you by your Christian name, love, but Tom Is so hateful an/1 common, you know. Haven't you some pet name? He?N-no, I?er?haven't. She?Are you always kuown as Tom among your friends? He (brightening up)?No, the boys call me "Shorty."?Harlem Life. 1 Wayside (lathering*. i ZiT There are too many people who i have more religion than love, i Zs" The area of winter wheat is 2,- 1 s 000,000 acres larger than it was lagt ' year. Zir Never give way to melancholy;! resist it steadily, for the habit will ' encroach. i Ztf Contributions at New York for the i fire sufferers of Jacksonville, Fla., 1 amount to $37,909. 1 No matter how many mistakes 1 you've made. The point is, what have ' i yuu leamcu oj mem ; f xsr Belgium, hardly larger than one of our New England states, as 5,700 ' i miles of public highways, t ZV Attorney-General Harlan, of Porto s 1 Rico, has created consternation by de- 1 claring prize fighting illegal. tiT The best seasoned wood contains, { by actual experiment, at common tern- * perature, about one-tenth of water. ' *2T A discontented and grumbling ] woman is as fatal to the peace and ' happiness of a family as a drunken ( [ man. 1 i The oldest large bridge in Europe 1 j is that at Ratisbon, over the Danube. i It was built in 1135, and is 994 feet in 1 . length. 3 i?* The Bible must be translated into < [ over 80 dialects before it can be of 1 service to all the inhabltnats of the 3 Philippines. i The human brain, according to i , Cuvier, is the one twenty-eighth part 1 . of the body; that of the horse but one- 1 four hundredth part. i 33T Coming in the course of his can- ' \ vass to a tailor's shop, a facetious can- ' ( didate said, "What we look for here 1 ( are meaures not men." ?5" A wealthy man, living in Du- 1 buque, la., adopted nine little girls as ] nis aaugniers. j.ney itic ma mcucs. , He already has 11 sons. > Iff Of 611 paupers In the Edinburg ' I poorhouse, not one was an abstainer; 1 . and 407 admitted that their poverty 1 was due entirely to intemperance, j 43T a patent medicine dealer says in ? L his advertisement that "the blood is t t the centre of vitality." Yes, and the 1 r nose is the scenter of the system. . &T Fleming won't allow his wife to r get trusted. He says she hasn't any judgment." "That's so. She showed i her want of it when she married him." j Jt?* "Why do you laugh at his stale j jokes?" "If I did not laugh he would 1 think that I did not understand the [ jokes and would try to explain them." , *3T The garrison at Fort Gibson, Alasl ka, has issued supplies to destitute i , miners to such an extent that there 1 > is likely to be a shortage of provisions ' at the post. i ?3F At a recent trial in Paris It was < revealed that a French firm was mak- ! ing more than 18,000 corsets a year for : men, 3,000 being shipped to England, 1 ( chiefly for army officers. S3T Every soldier returning from the ' [ Philippines praises the islands as a 1 region of great undeveloped riches. On < , the average about a fourth of a re ( turning regiment remains behind to engage in business. 1 tsr a gentleman on a bicycle was ob- ' served displaying a very thin pair of i legs in knickerbockers, when one > friend remarked to another that "those i calves must have been taken away too : soon from their mother." i L tsr A New York business delegation : returned from Texas to say that the ] time may come when New York will not stand first in population. The Lone 1 Star State grows upon its visitors as 1 a vast region of great possibilities. i far The Church Times says that on a 1 ( recent Sunday in a church in Dublin < , the choir was startled during the sing- i ing of the psalm by the appearance of ! the organ blower's head, who shouted i out, "Sing like blazes; the bellows is i busted!" 1 . A species of frog in Borneo has * very long toes, and these are webbed < to the tip. It can leap from a high * , tree, spread Its toes, and is thus sup- 1 plied with four little parachutes, which ( , enable it to easily descend. For this 1 reason it is called "the flying frog." i PF Robert W. Potts, of Monroe City, 1 , wants $5,000 damages from Theodore i j Jordan, a saloon-keeper, claiming that 1 ( the defendant continues to sell him i intoxicants, although the plaintiff has i warned him to the contrary, whereby s [ he (the plaintiff) has lost the respect ! . of his neighbors and the affection of 1 his wife. Potts is a local preacher and I j somewhat eccentric. ' "You old idiot," said the judge's 1 partner, in the privacy of the office, 1 "how could you sentence Jorbo to two i years in prison when you knew he was innocent?" "Why," said the judge, 1 k "the warden of the penitentiary Is a i good friend of mine, and he wrote me I C the other day that he really wanted a 1 good man to wait on his table. And ' 1 this fellow Jorbo is one of the best fellows in the business." A reporter last week took a census of a mile of Fifth avenue. New } York, embracing the homes of many ' rich men, and found just 15 children under the age of 12. There was an av' erage of one child to three houses. ' Then the reporter transferred his attention to the East Side tenement district, where he found in one flat-house 63 children, or more than four times the number found in the whole Fifth avenue mile. i a iarmer in uicKinson county, ) 1 Kansas, recently found some queer i ' looking worms In his wheat field, and put them in a glass jar, to see If they ! would turn into some destroying in1 sect. One day while the farmer was away from home, a joking neighbor removed the worms and replaced them with some young frogs. For two weeks thereafter the farmer neglect' ed his work while carrying the jar ' around to show his friends the wonder that had been wrought. tft' Within the .last three months, Mrs, Jennie Springer, of Troy, Kan., has instituted as many suits for divorce against her husband; but each was dismissed before the time of trial. I-ast week she began the fourth suit, declaring to the court house officers that her mind was unalterably fixed i this time, and that there would be no f backing down this time. Two hours i later the sheriff went to the Springer 1 home to servo the paper on the hus- t band and found the pair "as loving as < two kittens." 1 pisttUaneous grading. FROM CONTEMPORARIES. V'ewi and Comment That I* of More or Less Local Interest. YORK. Rock Hill Herald, May 18: Mr. J. Newton Steele is very sick at his home four miles west of this city Mrs. W. B. Huckabee is very sick with pneumonia at her home on Green 3treet Constable Wingate captured 21 bottles of beer from Hall Crawford Thursday night Mrs. W. W. Lewis and three children, of iTorkville are visiting at the home of Mr. J. W. Rawlinson Hope, the >-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Neely, it the State farm, is very sick with pleurisy, following pneumonia The Finest wheat we have seen this year is i four acre field on Mr. Will Blggers* farm. He ought to harvest 25 or 30 nushels per acre Captain T. L. Lineberger and family, who removed :o King's Mountain, have returned to >ur city, much to the delight of their many friends Mr. Peter Garrison tvas very sick for several days after the [ eunion; but his condition is now much better The many friends of Mr. Dave McAllister will learn with regret that on account of the failure of his health he will have to leave Rock Hill. During his stay here he has been connected with the Smith-Fewell company, and will be missed from his accustomed place Mr. E. W. Parker, tvho lived at the Joe Tap Steele place In Bethesda when it was burned, had a 3imilar experience at his home near Ridgeway Wednesday night. He was living at the Parker homestead, and it was burned, together with all his household effects. The loss is complete, as he had no insurance During the recent thunder storm a house on the Ratterree farm, near town, occupied by Ed White and his family, was struck by lightning and the chimney and end of the building were torn up pretty badly. The clock on the mantle was smashed and other articles were thrown about over the house. White and his wife were in bed at the time. The woman was very much shocked, and for several days tvas nnlta sink. Tha man was not hurt at all. CHESTER. Lantern, May 17: Miss Mamie McConnell, of Yorkville, is visiting relatives in the city Tuesday was a fine day for the exercises at the cemetery, and an unusually large number attended. The programme was carried out as published a few days ago. The songs were a very pleasing part. The singers were, Miss Peattross (at the organ,) Mrs. Blake, Misses Marie Home and Alexa Thompson, and Messrs. Edward Smering and T. W. Patrick. It would be useless to attempt a synopsis of the Hon. W. D. Trantham's speech, as it was chiefly historical, dealing chiefly with the campaigns of the army or Northern Virginia, spiced with many incidents that held the attention of the old soldiers. A high tribute was paid to those who sleep in the graves then about to be decorated with flowers, and a pathetic appeal in behalf of the memory of the unknown soldiers. The Lee Light infantry turned out in good shape; but the Hazelwood rifles dia not get here, as a company....-..In 1876 men offered to lie down and let Wade Hampton walk over them. A few years later, they turned their backs upon him, supplanted him with another who had not a single quality that fitted him for a representative jf the State, and denounced him as a sot, a libertine, and a disgrace to the 5tate. They howled him down and nsulted him when he attempted to address his own people. A little later :he man used to displace and humiliate Hampton was ignominiously repuliated without any cause except such as existed, and was known to exist, vhen he was promoted over the "hero Jf *76." Now some of those same men fvho degraded Hampton are slobberng over him in the exuberance of their praise, holding him up as an deal of Carolina manhood and honor, unpurchasable, incorruptibleand above *eproach, while they cannot find words ji the vocabulary of vituperation to suitably characterize Jno. L. McLaurin. who aided them in defeating Hampton. The crime for which McLaurin Is now denounced is that he differs tvith them on political questions, and tias consented to use his influence with the president in Hampton's behalf, if It is desired. The deed by which Hampton has won their adulation is tils declining, in an ill-tempered manner, the proffered service. Such is politics and suCh are a large portion of the men who represent us in our public affairs and before the world. CHEROKEE. Gaffney Ledger, May 17: The new Baptist church at Gilead, near Jonesrille, will be dedicated on the first Sunday in June next, at 11 o'clock a. m. The sermon will be preached by the Rev. J. D. Bailey, assisted by the Revs. F. C. Hickson and "W. S. B. Ford and the pastor, C. F. Felmet Senator McLaurln will speak in the ;ourt house tomorrow week. You are respectfully invited to be present. Mr. McLaurin does not come to Gaffney it the invitation of any political organization; but his coming is in response to an invitation extended by a number of business men, who are not ictively engaged in politics On Satjrday night last, there was a fight in ^owpens which resulted in one man being perhaps fatally shot and another badly cut with a knife. One Babe Lawing, a young white man who lives near Cowpens, went to town Saturday afternon and straightway proceeded tn fill nn nn mnnnshinp Honor. About nisrht he was gloriously drunk, and became so disorderly that Policeman Fas. Williams attempted to arrest him. hawing resisted and a fight followed, n which a knife and club were freely ised. Policeman Williams, finding limsolf cut pretty hadly, abandoned lis club, drew his pistol and shot Lawng three times, in the left arm, left diouldor and left side. Physicians exxmined both of the wounded men and Tound Thawing to be in a serious coniitlon, he being paralyzed in the lower extremities. Willims's wounds, while ,-ery painful, are not thought to be dangerous. At last accounts Lawing was at the point of death. All the result of whisky E. F. Baumgarden, a young weaver In one of the Clifton mils, was drowned In Pacolet river near Clifton one night last week. Mr. Baumgarden was in seining at the time, in company with George Holt and J. C. Riddle, both of Clifton. They had crossed the river and were returning, when about half way over the young man suddenly fell and was drowned before assistance could reach him. It is supposed that he was seized with cramp, as the water was only about waist deep where he fell; though in his struggles, he probably got into deeper water. He shouted for help when he went down and Mr. Riddle tried to save him; but he sank out of sight before his would-be rescuer could reach him. Efforts were made to find the unfortunate man's body that night; but not until 1 o'clock the next afternoon was it recovered. The coroner held an Inquest and rendered a verdict that the young man came to his death by accidental drowning and that no blame was attached to anyone. Frank Baumgarden was about 24 years of age, of good habits and industrious. Ha was a native of Cleveland county, North Carolina, and married a Miss Bachelor, daughter of Alonzo Bachelor of Cherokee county, about eight months ago. His body was taken to Cherokee Falls for burial. A few days after he was buried a report got out that in looking over his clothes, his father-in-law found blood on them, and holes indicating that the man had been stabbed. His relatives insisted on an examination, and, accordingly, the body was exhumed Wednesday. Dr. Forest McKeown made a thorough examination; but found nothing of a suspicious nature, and the body was reinterred at the same place. The suspicion, it seems, originated at Cherokee Falls. LANCASTER. Ledger, May 18: Mr. Joshua Carnes celebrated his 79th birthday last Monday with a big family reunion at his home near Wild Cat. There were 142 persons present and the day was very much enjoyed. Mr. Carnes has about 140 descendants Mr. H. J. Hickson came up from Charleston this week, and left Thursday for Baltimore, where he will undergo treatment at the Johns Hopkins hospital. His step-father, Sheriff J. P. Hunter, accompanied him. Mr. Hickson's many friends here, the home of his boyhood days, are sorry to know that there has been no change for the better in his condition since his previous visit here Barney Robertson, a little seven year old boy, while swinging on to some shifting cars on the L. and C. railroad, at the cotton mill last Tuesday afternoon, had the heel of his right foot cut off by a car wheel running over it The assignee of T. A. Covington sold the stock of goods of Covington yesterday to S. M. Mathis & Co., at 65 cents on the dollar. The stock amounted to $570. It brought $369, just about $69 more than the face of the mortgage. Two horses, which Mr. Uriah Jordan was driving to a carriage last Wednesday, ran away with him. They ran from the Cunningham hotel to the vicinity of the factory, before they stopped. Miss Bessie Mackey was in the carriage, having started to the depot to meet her sister, and narrowly escaped being seriously hurt as she jumped from the vehicle at the Lemmond place. She escaped, however, with only a sprained wrist. A Mr. Mosier, who attempted to stop the runaways, was knocked down and had one of his arms painfully hurt. UNION. Times, May 17: Old man Jackson Powell, an inmate of the county home for 15 or 20 years, died Wednesday of heart disease. Mr. Powell was possibly the oldest man in the county. He was born in 1806. He was therefore 95 years of age. He retained consciousness to the last and was sitting up the day before he died The farmers are up against a pretty tough problem. With corn and lard and meat jumping up in prices as it has been doing recently, with good prospects for still higher prices, and a large acreage of cotton planted, the result will more than likely be 13 to 14 cents meat and lard and 75 to 80 cents corn, and about 7 cents cotton. What are you going to do about it. Better apply the only successful remedy, by preparing for a good crop of shoats and a well-filled corn crib Mr. Oliver Frazier and Miss Laura Willard were married at the home of the bride's parents on Sunday, May 5th, at 9.30 a. m., Rev. W. A. Massabeau officiating Rev. E. A. Dow tendered his resignation as pastor of Duck Pond church last Sunday. The congregation accepted the resignation with much regret. The congregation has called Rev. D. C. Freeman, who has accepted and will preach the second Sunday in June. WE NEED THEM ALL. In n Multitude of ConnNel There Is Wisdom. In striking contrast with the narrow, proscriptive and senseless policy of those Democrats who are in favor of excluding from full fellowship in the party, all those who opposed the unlimited free silver innovation, is the wise counsel of Senator Vest, of Missouri. When asked a few days ago if his views on silver had changed, this veteran Democratic leader said: "I am still a believer in the free and - - ? Kuf fin not unlimited coinage ui suvci, ? think a man should always, under all conditions, stand for a certain thing merely because Ue has once been in favor of it. Mr. Bryan does a great many things of which I do not approve." Senator Vest declared that the proposition to call a convention now, as has been proposed, to reaffirm the Chicago platform, would be worse than superffous. When asked if gold Democrats would be barred when the Democracy shall come to consider presidential candidates in 1904, Senator Vest made this comprehensive and sensible reply: "I don't want to bar anyone who is a Democrat when the convention assembles. I want to see the party united on issues and men. If a man is to be barred for being a gold Democrat it may be considered the proper thing J to bar a man for voting for Greeley. I s did that and I am still a Democrat." These words express true statesmanship and wise party policy. 1 If the Democracy shall triumph in 1904, it will be following liberal lead- 1 ers like Vest, instead of narrow-mind- * ed, bull-headed dictators like some oth- f er men who are trying to run the par- * ty.?Atlanta Journal. 1 . . 1 J COURT ROOM TALES. Some Georgia Stories That Carry l Points ot Humor. Judge J. S. Hook used to tell of an 1 amusing character in one of his coun- "! ties when he was judge of the superior ? court of this circuit. There was a case i against the fellow and the officers callhim again and again at the court house 1 door; but in vain. After awhile the judge saw a kind of queer-looking cit- 1 izen, with ill-flttlng clothes and straggly hair, come sauntering into the i "">?" on/1 al?o Vila atanH 1nqt nilt- < LUUI I I uuiu anu kuikv IMU j. ? side the bar railing. Impressed with i the Idea that perhaps he was the one i they wanted, and very much out of i patience, his honor asked him If he was 1 the man they had been calling so long, t The fellow nodded his head In a good i humored way, and the judge said to him very sternly: i "There is a case on the docket against you, sir. What do you pro- 1 pose to do about It?" i The fellow's good humor was not j phased in the least by the judge's man- < ner. Looking up with utter unconcern, j "Well," says he, "I propose to let 'er rip!" < The answer and the manner In which . it was said were so ridiculous that the i judge could restrain himself no longer, 1 but burst into a laugh, in which the 1 whole court joined him. He gave the < fellow a good lawyer to conduct his de- i fense, and he was cleared of the charge i against him. < Judge Hook also told of a young at- j torney who had just started out to i practice, and who hadn't caught on to < the technical term "surprise," as used , by the lawyers. The opposing counsel , had sprung a new issue on him, which ( the young lawyer was not prepared to meet. The presiding judge, seeing that ] he did not know what move to make, j thought to help him out by asking: "Mr. Blank are you surprised?" , ? - il.. -X? kin I seeing tne juage apparently un n?a , side, the young barrister sprang to his , feet and shaking his finger at the other ( counsel, exclaimed: "Why. if your honor please, I am per- ( fectly astounded!" ( Judge Herschel V. Johnson, who pre sided over the courts of the middle cir- j cult for a number of years, could never, ( with his gigantic intellect, understand j the tables of consanguinity and affinity laid down in the law books. While ] holding court at Sylvanla on one occasion a distinguished lawyer, in a very , lengthy explanation, tried to make a> disputed point of relationship clear to' the judge's mind. When he had concluded, the governor told him that there were two things he never could j learn?one was to trace relationships, and the other was to play backgammon. Another lawyer employed on the case then took the tables laid down in Blackstone, and after a careful and skillful explanation, thought that he ' had made it clear to his honor's mind. But the governor only shook his head and murmured: "The fog thickens." [ Judge Johnson's charges to the grand jury here are still talked about by the citizens of Screven, though it has been many years since the noble old Roman passed away. His charges were masa rvo frlnHn Aln lei pietea ui nci 3 auu |/u?>v..v quence. On one occasion he denounced the crime of carrying concealed weapons so powerfully that when the grand jury went to their room, several of the body drew pistols from their pockets and laying them on the table presented themselves for the offense. Judge Johnson did not believe in divorces. Once when a jury had granted a man total separation from his wife, an officious juryman, not knowing his prejudices, went up to him when the court adjourned and asked him what he thought of their verdict. With a j look of withering scorn the governor ' I replied: "Think of it. Why, sir, I think you [are all a set of perjured scoundrels!" 1 When Judge Holt, of Augusta, was presiding over the Superior court of this circuit, years ago, a Screven county citizen who had imbibed too freely of the ardent, came to the front door of I the court room while court was in ses- ; sion and shouted at the top of his voice: "Judge Holt, I'm a horse!" The judge seeing his condition, only , smiled and left him for the bailiffs. The happy citizen, however, advanced * on to the front of the stand and shout- I ed again: | "Judge Holt, I'm a horse." , With marvelous good humor the ' judge then turned to the officer of the { court and said: | "Mr. Sheriff please put that horse in the stable."?Sylvania, Ga., Telephone. ' , . , { A DEBT OF GRATITUDE. I Senator Elkln* Han Worked For . Year* to DiHcharKe One. Senator Stephen B. Elkins has come to the top again in connection with the ' - ~ , i pardon, on parole, or uoie ana james \ Younger, who have, for a quarter of a j century, been serving a life sentence in . the Minnesota state prison for the fa- ' mous Northfleld bank robbery. This ( brings up an interesting incident in | the career of Senator Elklns, of West , Virginia. ' When the Civil war commenced the ( Elkins family was residing in Missouri. J The father and one of the brothers al- i lied themselves with the fortunes of the ' Confederacy, while Stephen enlisted in ( the Federal army. At the time the ^ Younger boys and Frank and Jesse a James were members of the famous ! Quantrell band. f It happened that during one of the | Quantrell expeditions Steve Elkins was J captured. Quantrell ordered him to be T turned over to a squad of men and f "taken to the rear." The order to J "take to the rear" in Quantrell's par- J lance meant execution, ana me pns-1 1 oner was doomed. While Elkins' cus- f todians were conducting their prison- | er to the rear, Cole Younger and Frank 11 SOUTH CAROLINA & GEORGIA EXTENSION RAILROAD CO. TIME TABLE NO. 4. In Effect 12.01 a.m., Sunday, Dee. 24,1899. BETWEEN CAMDEN AND BLACKSBURG. WEST. EAST. 35. 33] EASTERN 32. 34. 2nd 1st TIME. i8t 2nd Class. Class. Class. Class. Dally Dally Except Dally. Daily. Except STATIONS. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. 4 8 20 12 50 Camden 12 25 5 30 8 50 1 15 DeKalb 12 02 4 60 Tames, both of whom knew Steve well, itopped the party. "Hello, Steve!" said Frank James. "Hello, Frank! Hello, Cole!" replied Elkins. When James and Younger found out vhat was about to happen to a former 'riend, they tried to prevail upon the juard to turn him over to them. At irst the guards refused, stating as a eason that the captain had ordered Elkins "taken to the rear." Finally, Tames and Younger, promising falthully to be responsible for the prisoner :o Quantrell, succeeded in prevailing lpon the guards to turn him over. While the company was riding along eisurely, with Frank James, Cole STounger and Elkins well to the rear, i bugle call was blown, and the horsenen were soon In a gallop. "What does that mean?" asked Elcins. Cole Younger replied: "It means ;hat we are going into a fight, Steve." In a few minutes the entire company vere in full gallop. Then it was that Eole Younger turned to Elkins and said: "About half a mile further we ire going to come to the forks of the oad. We will take the right hand. Fou put the spurs to your horse and :ake the left or you are a dead man as sure as our name is Steve Elkins." Elkins needed no further encouragenent. When the parting of the ways was reached he laid flat upon his worse's back and plunged the spurs in ind got well out of danger. An engagement followed soon thereafter, and Quantrell was under the impression for lwhile that Elkins had been killed. Elkins never forgot the service ren3ered by Cole Younger and Frank lames. After the Youngers had been sent to prison for life he was ever ready to aid them in any possible way. When he got up in the world and became a power in politics he tried many ?<maa oopure thpir nardon. He has made many trips to St. Paul to interlude with the governor of Minnesota Tor them. It Is related that not long before the present state administration went In, he visited St. Paul and called in Governor Llnd and begged that Cole and James be pardoned, Bob having lied in prison. "Don't you think they have been punished enough?" asked the senator. "Yes," replied the governor, "and I would pardon them In a minute if I 3hould yield to my impulses. But they ire such notorious men that If I were to pardon them It might become a dangerous issue in state politics." After the new administration was Inaugurated, Senator Elkins renewed his efforts in behalf of the Youngers. The Youngefs themselves are not more delighted at their prospective release than Is the senior senator from West Virginia. This is the story as Senator Vest related it to Senator Culberson, and which was repeated later to Senator Culberson by Senator Elkins himself. A NEWSPAPER'S ENEMIES. The newspaper that makes no enemies isn't worth the paper on which it Is printed. Every day there is published something in a real newspaper which someone, for their own personal reasons, would like to have left out. A newspaper may have a warm friend, a person who has been a friend for years, It may have done him 99 favors; but let It refuse to do him the hundredth, or let It say something which he thinks contrary to his interest, to tell the truth about him when he does not want the truth told, and that person becomes an enemy. He Is very quick to forget the past but he Is very bitter about the present. A publisher of a large New York paper, one of the most successful papers In that city, told the writer that he didn't want any friends, that they were a nuisance, and would want things done by the paper which the paper was unable to do. Of course this could not apply to Knoxville, and indeed we think the view of the matter narrow and Selfish. The Sentinel would like to have just as many friends as possible and believes it has a good many. It will keep them as long as it can do consistently, and it is willing to do anything in its power for their benefit which it consistently can. But we don't want any friend whose friendship depends entirely on our doing the way he thinks we ought to do. Everyone ought to remember that a newspaper is in a sense a public institution and is not true to its name or aim unless it is something more than a personal organ or the organ of any coterie. The real newspaper represents its entire constituency. ?Knoxville Sentinel. ts- TAKE COUGH EASE. It cures. 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A.M. BETWEEN BLACKSBURG, S. C., AND MARION, N. C. WEST EAST. -r11. 33. EASTERN 32. 12. 2nd 1st TIME. 1st 2nd Class. Class. Class. Class. Dally Dally Dally Dally Except Except Except Except Sunday Sund'y STATIONS. Sunday Sund'y A.M. P.M. ' A.M. P.M. 8 10 5 30 ...Blacksburg... 7 48 6 40 8 30 5 45 Earls 7 32 6 20 8 40 5 50 Patterson Sprig 7 25 6 12 9 20 6 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 60 11 15 7 10 Rutherfordton 6 06 3 25 11 36 7 22 Millwood... 5 63 3 05 11 45 7 35 .Golden Valley 5 40 2 50 12 05 7 40 .Thermal City. 5 37 2 45 vt 12 25 7 58 ...Glenwood.... 5 17 2 20 12 50 8 15 Marion 5 00 2 00 P. M. P. M. A. M. P. M. GAFFNEY BRANCH. WEST. EAST. First Class. EASTERN First Class. ? 15. | 13. TIME. 14. | 10. Daily Except Dally Except , Sunday. Sunday. ? MATTMIfl ?? P.M. I A.M. UinilUUUi A.M. I P.M. 1 00 6 00 ... Blacksburg... 7 50 8 00 1 '20 0 20 Cherokee Falls 7 30 2 40 HO 6 10 Gaffhey 7 10 2 20 ^ P. M. A. M. A.M. P.M. Trains Nos. 32 and 33 connect at Blacksburg with trains on the Gaffney Division. Train No. 33 leaving Camden at 12.40 p. in., going West, makes connection at Lancaster, 8. C., with the L. A. C. R. R.t at Catawba Junction with the S. A. L., going North; at Rock Hill with the Southern Railway going North. Traii; No. 11 connects at Blacksburg with the Southern Railway from the South. At Marion, N. C., with the Southern Railway going West. SAMUEL HUNT. President, A. TKIPP, Superintendent, CAROLINA & NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. Schedule Effective Sept. 16, 1900. Northbound Passenger Mixed Leave Chester .... 7.40a.m. 8.30a.m. Lv Yorkville 8.46a.m. 10.40a.ra. j. 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