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^tumorous department. Repeated Hia Tale. They had been married a year or two perhaps and were standing on the corner awaiting the arrival of a street car to carry them to cozy flat uptown. They bore no placards to that effect, but had that undeniable "flatty" appearance of folks who live in "four rooms and bath, a. m. i." As they stood discussing affairs of the household a little ragamuffin approached, with a large box in his arms, the receptacle being filled with a number of smaller boxes, containing matches. "Mister," he said to the senior member of the little family, "won't you nipnse buv some matches? Two boxes for a nickel. I wants to get me a pair of shoes." The glances of the two woung people inadvertently turned toward the boy's feet. His once white toes, blackened now by the refuse of the wet asphalt streets, were protruding beyond a much worn leathern covering. "Buy some Jack," said the young wife. "You know you never have a match when I want one." Jack dug down into the depths of his trousers pockets and, finding 5 cents, made the. necessary purchase. With a low voiced "Thank you," the little tradesman turned his attention to another group awaiting the coming of the street car. The wife of the first purchaser listened to the boy urging the other people to buy. Then, turning to her husband, with fine scorn in her face, she declared: "It just shows you ought never to buy from anyone soliciting on the street. The boy told those other people the same story he told us about wanting to buy a pair of shoes." Then when Jack suggested that his 5 cents might not suffice to buy a whole pair of shoes she declared she always knew he didn't really love her. ?Washington Star. ? ^ An Englishman's Slow Wit.?Every one has heard of the lawyer named Strange, who upon dying called his family around him and said that on his tombstone he wished to have engraved, "Here lies an honest lawyer." Some one suggested that people would not know whore the tombstone was. "But," said the dying man, 'they will. Every one will say, 'Why that's strange!" An Englishman told it in this way: A very clever barrister was dying. He was very clever Indeed. His family were devoted to him and asked him what his last wishes were. Now, I've forgotten what the lawyer's name was, but that doesn't maxe any difference with the story. He was very clever Indeed. When his family asked him about his last wishes?he was very clever, you know, a wit even on his deathbed?he said, "Have inscribed on my tombstone Here lies an honest barrister." Very clever man, you see. "But," said his wife, "how will any one know who you are?" "Ah, my dear," he answered, "every one will say, 'That's very extraordinary.'" Not What He Meant at All.?Politeness, it is true, must have it origin in a kind heart and a desire to please; but tact and thoughtfulness and quick wit are also essential to good manners. A very stout hostess who was entertaining a large company one evening, turned to a group of young men who were standing near her chair and smilingly asked: "May I trouble one of you young gentlemen for a glass of water from the pitcher on the table?" Several of the young men hurried to comply with the request. One, who was particularly active, succeeded in reaching the table first. As he handed the glass of water to the hostess she complimented him on his quickness. "Oh, that's nothing," he said. "I am used to It. I got into many a circus and menagerie when I was a boy by carrying water for the elephant." It was only when he saw the expression on the lady's face, and noticed the silence, that the young man realized what he had said.?Exchange. Not the Girl For Him.?The father was quite anxious for his son to marry and on every occasion he was picking out what he thought was a suitable girl. One night at a dinner the old gentleman sat next to a very attractive young woman and on his way home he was loud in her praise. "My boy," he said, "she's the very girl for you." "Not much," replied the boy with peculiar emphasis. "But I say she is," Insisted papa. "And I say not," insisted the son. The father became testy on the subject. "You're too hard to please. You don't expect a woman to be perfect, do you?" "No." "They why isn't she just the girl for you?" " Wo/lO tlOA " fAVkl Jft/1 A Mnn n x^tvttuoc, ic^ucu tuc J uung 111a.11 with an effort, she's for some other fellow. She told me so last night." No Place For Tunnels?.A Scotsman who had been employed nearly all of his life in the building of railways in the highlands of Scotland, went to the United States in his later years and settled in a new section on the plains of the far west. Soon after his arrival a project came up in his new home for the construction of a railway through the district, and the Scotsman was applied to as a man of experience in such matters. '"Hoot, man' said he to the spokesman of the scheme, "ye canna build a railway across this country." 'Why not, Mr. Ferguson?" ' Why not?" he repeated with an air of effectually settling the whole matter. "Why not! Dae ye no see the country s as nat as a noor, anu ye dinna hae ony place whatever to run your tunnels through?" t'j Young Girl (glancing at her pedal extremities)?Oh, dear! My feet are so awfully big! Practical Auntie?But you stand on them all right, don't you? Young Girl?Oh, yes, but so do other folks too.?New York Tribune. International Wesson. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. LESSON t, FIRST QUARTER, INTERNATIONAL SERIES, JAN. 5. I | Text of the Leuon, Acta I, 1-14?Memory Veraea, e-R?Golden Text, Acta 1, S?Commentary Prepared by the Rev. D. M. Stearna. [Copyright, 1901, by American Press Association.] 1, 2. "All that Jesus keguu both to do and teach." Thus Luke speaks of the things which he, by the Spirit, had written in his gospel. This book gives an account of the things which Jesus continued to do and teach by His Spirit through His disciples, and He is still doing and teaching by the sunie Spirit through His willing ones. We could scarcely have a more appropriate or helpful lesson with which to begin the year than the lesson for today, for in it we have the secret of power in His service, even the same power which wrought in Him in all His words and works and concerning which Paul wrote. "He that wrought effectually in Pete)-, the same was mighty in me" (Gal. U, 8). 3. "Being seen of them 40 days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God." At least 10 or 12 times between His resurrection from the dead and His visible ascension lie appeared to individuals or companies of His disciples, and it would seem that He was always speaking about the things of the kingdom of God. Since this was the great topic of His preaching and conversation, can there be anything more important for us than to be sure of an entrance into the kingdom, to walk worthy of it while here and to live to hasten itV (John iii, 3, 5; I Thess. ii, 12; Math, vi, 33.) 4, 5. "Ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence." Although they had been with Him almost constantly for two or three years, the greatest and best teacher thnt ever lived, for "who teacheth like Him?" (Job xsxvi, 22) they were not qualified to go forth as His witnesses till specially endued, as it is written in Luke xxiv, 45). "Behold, I send the promise of My Father upon you, but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem until ye be endued with power from on high." Since our Lord Jesus Himself did not begin His public ministry till the Holy Spirit came specially upon Him (Math, iii, 1G, 17; Acts x, 38) and these privileged men could not go forth without a special enduement, are we not wrong if we think we can serve Him without being filled with the Spirit? (Eph. v, 18.) G-8. "Lord, wilt Thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?" The kingdom which the God of heaven will set up (Dan. ii, 44), God being the author of it and htaven the character or it ana therefore called in the gospels both the kingdom of God and the kingdom of heaven, will be a kingdom under the whole heaven or on the whole earth (Dan. vii, 27), with Israel as a righteous nation in their own laud as the center and the whole earth filled with the glory of the Lord (Isa. Ix, 21; xi, 9; xxvii, 6; Rom. xi, 15). The Saviour did not call their expectation carnal or earthly, as many do today, and tell them that their thoughts of the kingdom were all wrong and that it was to be a spiritual kingdom in the hearts of men. but He simply told them that it was not for them to know the time and their present business was to be tilled with the Spirit and in His power to be His witnesses unto the ends of the earth. His message to us is in this respect the same as to Israel: "Fear not, for I have redeemed thee. I have called thee by thy name. Thou art Mine. Therefore ye are My witnesses, saith the Lord, that I am God. This people have I formed for Myself. They shall show forth My praise" (Isa. xliii, 1, 10, 12, 21). 9. "And when He had spoken these things, while they beheld. He was taken ui), and a cloud received Him out of their sight." In Luke xxiv, 50, 51, it is written, "And He led them out as far as to Bethany, and He lifted up His bauds and blessed them, and it came to pass while He blessed them He was parted from them and carried up into heaven." Among His parting words were the assurance that all power was given unto Him in heaven and in earth, that He would be with them all the days until the end of the age and that they were to go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature, proclaiming repentance and remission of sins in His name (Math, xxviii, 18-20; Mark xvi, 15; Luke xxiv, 47). He was the first risen from the dead to be re- j ceived up into heaven, and by virtue of i His death and resurrection all His redeemed shall take part in the first resurrection (Ilev. xx, 6). It is probable that those who rose from the dead after His resurrection (Math, xxvii, 52, 53) are with Him in glory,' a first fruits of the first resurrection. 10, 11. "This same Jesus shall so come in like manner." It is just possible thnt the two men in white apparel were the same two who appeared with Him on the Mount of Transfiguration and ther^?pake of His decease which he was about to accomplish. The steadfast, heavenward look of the disciples makes us think of Stephen and to desire that, like him, we might be able to "look up steadfastly Into heaven and see the glory of God and Jesus" (Acts vii, 55). The great Jruth in this passage is the one we have quoted, and we must not for a moment consider the coming of the Spirit at Pentecost nor the destruction of Jerusalem nor any other event nor death as the coming of Christ. When He comes, He will be "the same Jesus," and He will come "in like manner," and Zech. xiv, 4, says He will come to the same Mount of Olives on the east of Jerusalem. On His way His saints will meet Him in the air in glorified bodies (I Cor. xv, 51, 52; I Thess. iv, 1G-18) and then in due time return with Him in glory <1 Thess. iii, 13; Col. iii, 4; Rev. xix, 11-14). 12-14. They returned to Jerusalem from Olivet with great joy and were continually praising and blessing God (Luke xxiv, 52. 53). They also continued with one accord in prayer and supplication. What a contrast to their feelings after His death when they, not looking for His resurrection, were filled with sorrow, and He had to rebuke them for their unbelief! It is His resurrection and His coming nenin thHt crivcs iov and neace. This is the last mention, I think, of Hi9 mother, Mary, and we find her with those who are engaged in prayer. How good to find HiB brethren also at this gathering for prayer, for there was a time when they did not believe in Him! (John vii, 5.) May we go on into this year, if He still tarry, and continue us in these mortal bodies, filled with Ilis Suirit. His faithful witnesses, ready for any manner of service and waiting for His return, praying without ceasing. *" ' The business men of Cuba in expressing a wish to be annexed to the United States are only forecasting what will undoubtedly be a fact ere many years in the future. X'y Advertising and merit are inseparable: not only must an advertised article have merit to be successful, but merit itself is of small avail unless made known. pijittUnnrotiS grading. FROM CONTEMPORARIES. Xew? and Comment That la of More or Leas Local Interest. YORK. Rock Hill Herald, December 21: Miss Dibble Byers came down from Sharon, Wednesday, and spent until Thursday morning in the city with Miss Alice Adams, en route to Savannah, Ga., to visit relatives Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Moore entertained a number of their married friends Thursday afternoon, complimentary to Mr. and Mrs. J. S. * ?4 -'-u * o 1 on pntPT White, i^asi niguL niEj tained in a charming manner, their young friends complimentary to Miss Meta Russell, of Winchester, Va Mr. and Mrs. Gordon McPadden left for Anderson, S. C., Thursday morning, where they will spend a few days before leaving for Boseman, Montana. The Herald wishes Mr. and Mrs. McFadden success in their new home At a meeting of the board of trustees of the Rock Hill graded schools, held Thursday, a regulation was adopted that all schools, white and colored, should be closed this week for the holidays, exercises to be resumed on the 2d day of January, and in the meantime all pupils must be vaccinated before they can re-enter the school. This rule will apply to all schools, white and colored. However, it will not be enforced against children who have been successfully vaccinated during the past five years. The trustees, though, recommend as a precautionary measure, that the immunity of all children should be tested by their again being vaccinated A marriage of much interest to our citizens will occur in this city on the first day of the new year. Cards have been issued as follows: Dr. and Mrs. H. W. Bays request the honour of your presence at the marriage of their daughter, Willie Frances to Mr. William Blackburn Wilson, Jr., on the evening of Wednesday, January the first, nineteen hundred two, at eight o'clock, St. John's Methodist Episcopal church. South, Rock Hill, South Carolina. CHESTER, lantern, December 20: Harvey McDaniel, youngest son of Mr. J. H. McDaniel, shot his foot a few days ago, losing two or three of his toes. The gun was one of those tricky ones that will go off half cocked itself and shoot at the wrong time Mr. William Jefferson Duffle, of Columbia, whose illness was mentioned in our last issue, passed away about 3.30, Tuesday evening. Funeral services were conducted at the Presbyterian church, of which he was an elder, Wednesday evening. Mr. Duftie was born at Blackstock, 72 years old, and was ed' ~ ~ " loo,,. ucated ai csouin taruima ing as junior In 1854. He settled In Columbia. In 1867 opening a book and stationery business, which he was conducting at the time of his death. Mr. Duffle was the father of Mrs. Joseph Lindsay, of Chester. He was married twice and was the father of eleven children Married, by the Rev. C. G. Brown, at the Pleasant Grove parsonage, Wednesday, December 18. 1901, Mr. Daniel E. Dawkins and Miss Jennie Tongue, daughter of Mr. D. J. Tongue, of Morgantown At Mitford, by the Rev. J. H. Tarborough, Tuesday, Dec, 17, 1901, Mr. Major Dye and Miss Mabel, daughter of Mr. J. W. Keistler. Mr. Dye. is a young man of exemplary character, and his bride is a most excellent young woman. GASTON. Gastonia News, December 20: Mrs. J. R. White, who runs a countrv store in her yard at Begonia, was in town Tuesday. Sunday night about 8 o'clock the family heard noise about the store in the yard. Mr. White went to the door and discovered that the window was open and heard a piece of money fall to the floor. He hurried [back into the house and got his shot gun and called to a Negro who lives in the yard to come to the store. About that time the burglar jumped out at the window and escaped. Mr. J White shot at him but probably did not hit him. The burglar was a Negro and has not been identified. The thief had just entered when found, as he had not yet taken all the money from the drawer. $4 or $5 were taken and $1.15 left. Two holes had been bored in the back door with a view to chipping out a hole big enough to get in, but the bit was too dull and he laid it down. Four other bits were found where he jumped out at the window. ...Wednesday morning, after 5 o'clock, Mrs. S. E. Beattie died at her home at the Modena. As noted In our last Issue she had been stricken ten days previously with paralysis and again on Sunday night. The deceased was the daughter of Mrs. Margaret McLean, who died November 13th at McAdenville. She was the sister of Mrs. W. R. McKee, Mrs. Joe Ford, Samuel, Charles and Leon McLean, and a half sister of W. W. McLean, of Gastonla. and J. C. McLean, of Shopton. She left husband and eight children, the youngest scarcely over a year old. She was about 44 years old and a member of the Methodist church. CLEVELAND. King's Mountain Democrat, December 19: We are reliably informed that on Monday morning last, the work of pulling the pumps at the Sulphur mine near Crouse, was begun and the work will be completed as early as possible. The operation of this mine has for a long time been a source of great benefit to the surrounding community and the fact that the mine is now to shut down -will be received with much regret. Mr. Putman, who has been attending the pumps, and through whom our information comes, left Monday night for Atlanta, where he has accepted a position with an oil mill. Others are scattering off and the mine will soon be a deserted looking place. Mr. Harvey Kester, a well known land aged citizen who lives with his son, William, at Bessemer, fell on last Sunday morning and broke his thigh about the hip joint. Mr. Kester was [visiting his daughter, Mrs. Asbury Owens, at the John J. Harmon place when he hurt himself, and he will hardly be able to be taken to his home for sometime. His age will be very much against his entire recovery from such an injury as he has sustained by the fall In the Federal court at Charlotte last week, Jim Green, a man who.farmed over about Earl, this summer. coming to that neighborhood from South Carolina, was tried as an accessory to attempting to rob the postoffice here about th? first of the month. He was acquitted and is now at his home here at one of the mills where he had but recently moved to. The next day after the burglary, about noon. Green was compelled to send for a physician who found him shot in the leg and extracted therefrom a 38 calibre ball. Suspicion at once rested upon him and he soon told a story about coming by the office while the robbers were in there and they asked him to vvsiteh f ftp them Me did sn: hut in some way they fell out and one of them shot him. The Inspector came and Green implicated several others: but these names the inspector could never Ret up with. He simply, as is believed, lied and did not give away his party. However, he was carried to Charlotte and tried as above stated, and the burglary and shooting are still mysteries for all to guess at. Too Mitch Learning.?Speaking a few days ago of Andrew Carnegie's offer of $10,000,000 for a national university at Washington Dr. Kekule von Stradonitz, rector of the University of Berlin, expressed the opinion that America must guard against the danger of fostering higher education at the expense of practical intelligence and development of the native spirit. Too much learning, he said, if not a danger is at least unprofitable. "We," said Dr. von Stradonitz, "are suffering from It in Germany. We are burdened with. an unproductive class who look with inherited scorn on those whose education has been merely in the art of bread winning. The evil manifests itself in Germany by the existence of an idle element which, lacking any other occupation, served the recruiting sergeant of tne enemies of social order. The fundamental feature of American schooling as a preliminary fitting for men and women in life's battles, is truly the Darwinian principle and it finds a splendid vindication in the strength of America's position in the world today. Mr. Carnegie's technical school endowments showed that he was fully in harmony with the American spirit; but his la test proposal I am unable to commend." THE BISHOP'S PREDICAMENT. And the Carton* War In Which He Conquered It. An Interesting story of the late Bishop Whipple is contributed by one of the clergymen in his diocese. The bishop's first wife was a strong believer in dreams, and, singularly enough, many of her dreams came true. One Sunday morning in October while they were at Faribault, she aroused her husband and told him that her son in New Mexico was dying. She described him as he lay on a hard bed in a miserable adobe hut, and declared that his serious condition was due to inattention. She urged the bishop to go at once to New Mexico and rescue the boy. Obedient to his wife's wishes, Bishop Whipple went southward as fast as steam could carry him. At St. Louis he found a telegram* awaiting him which read: "Proceed without delay to New Mexico. Don't waste any time. Every moment is precious." He followed directions and reached his stepson's side just in time. The scene was as Mrs. Whipple had described it. The boy was sick unto death on a pallet of straw in an adobe hut. What medical attention he had received was doing him more harm than good. It was apparent that he could not survive another day in such surroundings. Bishop Whipple had left in such a hurry that he had neglected to bring any more money than he needed for his bare traveling expenses. In his dilemma he went to the bank and told the cashier?a manly young Mexican? his story. He needed money to get his son out of the country; would the bank honor a draft. The cashier was impressed with the recital. "Any one can tell by looking at your face," he said, "that you are a bishop of the church of God, and that you speak the truth. I shall be glad to accommodate you. How much money do you want?" The bishop drew on the bank for $500, and he and the sick man were soon on their way north. The love to God and man, the years of self sacrifice and unselfish service for others which had written their indellible history on the good man's face were the means of saving the boy's life.?Youth Companion. A Defense of the Flirt.?Ruskin advised every girl to have six sweethearts coincidentally. It was excellent advice. That misjudged person, the flirt, is most frequently a woman whose heart aches for friendship, but who keeps the richest store hidden for her king when he shall come. Those who were never her king, who never could be her king, call her names by way of rejoinder. They overlook the salient fact that all she gave them was friendly Interest, and that was all she pretended to give them, for a conscious flirt? that is as Impossible as a conscious hypocrite. In fact, the flirt is the only remaining artist im friendship, and a world which know4T not what friendship is makes good the deficiency by maligning her.?Macmillan Magazine. 01 THAIS. w E wish here and now to return our thanks to the people of Yorkvllle and York county for the many favors that have been extended to us during the year. Our business depends upon the favors of the people of this county, and we therefore feel under obliga tions to those who have bestowed favors upon us. We extend the compliments of the season to all friends, customers. acquaintances, competitors and so forth throughout the county; and wish every one a MERRY CHRISTMAS. and we trust that the New Year will bring to each and every individual and firm, a more prosperous year than the past has been to many of us. The year that is now drawing to a close has, in many respects, been a disastrous one to many of us, farmers, merchants, mechanics, etc., but the people of York county are not of the give-up kind, and we will all set out in the New Year with our plans well laid for larger and better things, and we hope that every one will have realized their legitimate ambitions ere the elose of another year. H, C. STRAUSS & CI), ECZEMA. ITCHING i HUMORS# Painful, unsightly eruptions, scabs and scales, itching sensation, prickling pains, thin, diseased blood, buinps, and dirty specks on the skin, pimples, boils, pale skin, eating sores and ulcers, skin and blood humors cured by taking Botanic Blood Halm (B.B.B.). All the sores quickly Ileal and blood is made pure and rich by its use. Deep-seated, obstinate, cases that resist Doctors and patent medicine treatmentyield to Botanic Blood Halm (B.B.B.). The most perfect miooq runner uisiue. ou vcurs old. Try it. For sale by Druggists. SI. per large bottle, including complete directions for home treatment. Sfiul r. rent* to i?wv pottage "n Freo Trial .{ title. ULOOl) BALM CO., Atlanta, Go. EXPOSITION RATES. The south Carolina & GeorGIA EXTENSION RAILROAD announces the following low round trip rates to Charleston, S. C., on account of the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition. Tickets on sale at all coupon stations. Excellent passenger service performed. See that your tickets read via. the S. C. & G. E. railroad: From' ABC Westville, S. C * 6 55 $ 4 80 * 3 50 Kershaw, S. C 6 80 4 95 3 65 Heath Spring, S. C. 7 00 5 20 3 65 Lancaster, S. C.... 7 60 5 60 3 70 Cata'ba June., S. C. 8 20 6 00 4 00 Rock Hill, S. C.... 8 65 6 35 4 20 Tlrzah, S. C 8 95 6 60 4 40 Yorkville, S. C 9 25 6 80 4 50 Sharon, S. C 9 *55 7 00 4 65 Hick'y Gro., S. C.. 9 85 7 25 4 80 Smyrna, S. C...:... 10 10 7 40 4 90 Blacksburg, S. C... 10 45 7 65 5.05 Gaffneys, S. C 10 70 7 95 5 25 Column A?Tickets to be sold daily, commencing November 30th, 1901, until and including May 31st, 1902; final limit June 3d, 1902. Column B?Tickets to be sold dally, commencing November 30, 1901, until and including May 31st, 1902: final limit, ten days in addition to date of sale; except that final limit shall in no case exceed June 3d, 1902. Column C?Tickets to be sold on Tuesdays and Thursdays of each week; commencing December 3d, 1901, and | until and including May 29, 1902; final limit seven days in addition to date of sale: except that final limit shall in no case exceed June 3d, 1902. E. H. SHAW, Gen. Passenger Agent. A PLACE AMONG THE PRESENTS should be reserved for a policy of INSURANCE. It is more important that you should be protected against future loss than have great present gatiflcation. Present your family with a policy on your life or one on the house or furniture, covering loss by Are. It will bring more Christmas cheer than a wagon load of other things. J. R. LINDSAY, Life and Fire Insurance. |?oan and Apings Sanh, Yorkvllle, fe*. C. WITH ample resources for the protection and accommodation of onafAmAt<a + Vi I o Pnnlr anllrtffa fVifl Hiia_ V.U01VJ1IC10, iiiio uuim ou I1V1UJ bitv uublness of corporations, Arms and individuals, and will extend every accommodation consistent with safe basking. Best of facilities for handling the accounts of out-of-town customers, country merchants and farmers, cotton mills and other manufacturing establishments. A general banking business transacted, and prompt and intelligent attention given to all business entrusted to our care. Interest bearing Certificates of Deposit Issued under special agreement. W. P. HARRISON, Cashier. S. M. McNEEL. President. BUY Evaporated Apples and Peaches, Prunes, White Beans, Sweet Potatoes, Onions, Mackerel and White Fish, FROM JNO. B. WILLIAMS. * UNDERTAKERS. OUR personal attention, with long experience, given at all times. All grades and priced goods in COFFINS and CASKETS. Latest equipment in trappings, etc. Robes, Gloves, Slippers and Stockings carried in stock. Fine Hearse for town and country use. W. B. MOORE & CO. FOR LEASE OR SALE. I 2. GWIN (Hope) PLACE, 100 Acres, Bullock's Creek township. 3. GOOD (Roseborough) PLACE, 88 Acres, same township. 4. The J. J. WALLACE TRACT, 124 Acres; Bullock's Creek township. 5. LAWSON WHITE PLACE. 75 Acres, King's Mountain township. C. E. SPENCER. professional Guards. .TAMES F. HART, ATTORNEY AT LAW, YORKVILLE, S. C. Office in the McClain Building, over H. C. Strauss's Store. Telephone No. 6g. wtt. PHONE?Office 116 Residence 6oTHOS. F. McDOW, ATTORNEY AT LAW, No. 4 Law Range, YORKVILLE, S. C. Negotiates Loans on Approved Security. January 1 w ly GEO. W. S. HART, ATTORNEY AT LAW, YORKVILLE, S. C. Office No. a LAW RANGE. 'Phone 58. FINLEY & BRICE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, YORKVILLE, S. C. Office in the Building at the Rear of H. C. Strauas's Store. tSr All business entrusted to us promptly attended to. A. Y. C ARTWRIGHT, SURGEON DENTIST, YORKVILLE, S. C. 4E3Bfe OFFICE HOURS: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; a p. m. to5p. m. Office In upstairs rooms of Cartwrlght Building opposite Telegraph and Express Offices. J. W. CASTLES & CO., THE LEADERS. Hickory Grove, H. C. BIGBARGAINS. WE will give all customers some very big bargains In all lines of goods from now until January 1st, 1902. We mean by this that all lines of goods are to go at reduced prices to cut down our stock. If you are looking for bargains in our lines, you cannot afford to pass us by. We have a large and complete line of Toys for the children and also articles suitable for presents for the bigger folks. See ours before you buy. PAY UP! PAY UP!! Say, Mister, if you owe us an account, on a lien or otherwise, we think it is'time you were paying. We want the money and we want it at once. It Is long past due and we need it in our business. So you will oblige us by settling up at once. J. W. CASTLES & CO. J J KELLER & COj UNDERTAKERS. COFFINS, CASKETS, ETC. yyAVlNG Just completed a new XI warehouse for the storing of COFFINS, CASKETS and other UNDERTAKING GOODS, we invite an inspection of what we have to show. It Is unnecessary to remind the perspective customer that there will certainly come a time when he will need something in our line, not only for himself, but for others in whom he is interested. Therefore, it is well to put in a few minuies getting full information against the time when the information may prove of interest. There is always a salesman at our place to show goods, and he will give all information that may be desired. When desired, we will send out a Hearse and give our personal attention at funerals. J. J. KELLER & CO. J. F. PURSLEY, CLOVER, S. C. ^GROCERIES ~ r 111A1 S wilttl we nam iu tail juui "A attention to at present. We have Flour, Lard, Baking Powder and all the other ingredients for making youi Christmas cakes. We have Cocoanut, both grated and fresh. Chocolate, Currants, Raisins, etc. GUNS. We are very anxious to sell out our stock of Guns. We will sell you any Gun we have at 10 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR LESS THAN OUR REGULAR PRICE. These are jam up good guns. Come to us for-anything you want, as we want to serve you. Yours for trade, J. F. PURSLEY. I. W. JOHNSON, THE GROCER. JOHNSON'S IS HEADQUARTERS W HEN you are looking for the BEST QUALITIES, the BIGGEST VARIETIES, etc., in all kinds of goods of Christmas and Holiday use, you will save time and money by coming direct to my store. Here you will find just almost anything that is to be had or desired in the way of Family and Fancy Groceries. Call and examine our stock. I. W. JOHNSON. Buggies and Buggies, Harness and Harness. Everybody is talking about our display of BUGGIES and HARNESS. and the sales we are making are surprising to our most loyal friends. We make the COLUMBIA Buggy our LEADER, and don't hesl line 10 sny inai 11 is ine ueoi dukk; made for the money. We sold six of this make last week and placed the lurgest order with the factory we have ever made. If you want a Buggy, you can't afford to buy without first seeing us. We have various makes at all kinds of prices. We have for sale at a bargain, a SECOND HAND COTTON GIN and PRESS GLENN & ALLISON. WANTED YOUNG MEN and WOMEN to sell the up-to-date publications of the PEOPLE'S PUBLISHING COMPANY. Good remuneration to energetic people. Write for particulars. T. B. McCLAIN, Manager Southeastern Department, Yorkvllle, S. C. TAX RETURNS FOR 1902. Office of tlie County Auditor of York County, South Carolina, Yorkville, S. C., December 2, 1901. NOTICE is hereby given that the County Auditor will receive TAX RETURNS OF REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY from the tax payers op York county, from JANUARY 1ST, 1902, until FEBRUARY 20. 1902, inclusive, after which latter date the FIFTY PER CENT. PENALTY will attach to all delinquents. The year 1902 is the time fixed by law for the RE-ASSESSMENT of REAL PROPERTY for taxation, and all leal estate owners, resident and non-resldent, and all persons having control of such property in a fiduciary capacity, must strictly comply with the law within the times stated, otherwise the FIFTY PER CENT. PENALTY attaches the same as in returns of personal property. A tax return, in due form, will be required, and any return which says "SAME." or "NO CHANGES," or not in conformity to law, will not be filed. All returns must be sworn to berore the auditor, his assistant, or other officer duly qualified to administer an oath. When parties so desire, they can make returns under oath, on the proper blank, before a magistrate, notary public, or other officer qualified to administer the same, and send by registered mail to Auditor, at Yorkville, 8. C., before the 20th day of February# 1902. Separate returns of all property located in School Districts No. 33, Bethesda township; No. 9, Broad River township: No. 12, Catawba township: Nos. 12 and 35, Ebenezer township; Nos. 26 and 39, Fort Mill township; and Nos. 11, 33, and 35 in York, township. When practicable, tax payers are specially requested to meet the Auditor at an appointment in their respective townships. For the purpose of receiving returns, the Auditor will attend, either in person or by assistant, at the following places and at the times stated: At Point?Harper's Store?On Wednesday, January 1, 1902, until 4 o'clock, p. m. At Bethel?Glenn & Riddle's Storeon Thursday, January 2, 1902, until 4 o'clock, p. m. At Perry Ferguson's Store, on Friday, January 3, 1902, until 4 o'clock p. m. At Yorkville, on Saturday, the 4th, i and on Monday, the 6th days of Janui ary, 1902, until 3 o'clock, p. m. At Bullock's Creek, on Tuesday, the i 7th day of January, 1902, until 4 o'clock, p. m. > At Sharon, on Wednesday, the 8th, and on Thursday, the 9th days of Janary, 1902, until 4 o'clock, p. m. At Smyrna, on Friday, the 10th day of January, 1902, until 4 o'clock p. m. At Clark's Fork, on Saturday, the 11th day of January, 1902, until 3 o'clock, p.m. At Yorkville, on Monday, the 13th day of January, 1902, until 3 o'clock, p. m. At Hickory Grove, on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 14th and 15th days of January, 1902. At Coates's Tavern, at 12 o'clock, on Thursday, the 16th day of January, 1902, and on Friday, the 17th day of January, until 2 o'clock, p. m. At Rock Hill, on Saturday, the 18th day of January, 1902, until 2 o'clock, p. m. At Antioch, on Monday, the 20th day ' of January, 1902. At Fort Mill, on Tuesday, Wednesday ana xnursaay, me zisi, zza aim *ou days of January, 1902. At Rock Hill, on Friday and Saturday, the 24th and 25th of January, 1902. At Bethany, on Monday, the 27th day 1 of January, 1902. 1 At Clover, on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 28th and 29th days of January, 1902. At McConnellsvllle, on Thursday, Uje 30th day of January, 1902. At Newport, on Friday, the 31st day 1 of January, 1902. i At Tlrzah, on Saturday, the 1st day of February, 1902. At Rock Hill, on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, the 3d, 4th, 5th and 6th days of February, 1902. At Yorkville, from Friday, the 7th i day of February, until Thursday, the 20th day of February, 1902, Inclusive. All males between the ages of twen, ty-one and sixty years, except ex-Confederate soldiers above the age of fifty years, are liable to $1 poll tax. Taxpayers, liable to poll tax, are specially requested, to Inform themselves as to the number of the school district in which they reside. W. B. WILLIAMS, County Auditor. | W. OR AWLS. 1 .PLUMBER AND STEAM FITTER. Boiler Fittings. J KEEP almost everything In this . line on hand, and if I have not got It I In stock I can get It on short notice. Oils. I sell Machine Oil that is Machine Oil. No matter whether you want to oil a rock crusher or a sewing machine, I can furnish Just the article you need. Repair Work. See me about It, and I will give it my best attention. W. O. RAWLS. OF COURSE YOU KNOW THAT I sell Fire Insurance and that your business is desired in my office. I do not represent any except reliable companies that will take pleasure in carrying out their contract with you in case you have a fire. I do not claim to be the most experienced agent in the South, but do claim that I can come as near writing a DOlicy that will protect every interest involved as any other agent, and that your rights will be as thoroughly protected in my agency as in any in the land. It is to be hoped .that in case you should be so unfortunate as to have a fire You Will Not Have to Hide Your Face In Shame because you were so short sighted as not to protect your property with a policy in one of the Companies I represent. SAM M. GRIST. REMEMBER THE DEAD? THE LIVING CARE FOR THEMSELVES. WHEN you remember the dead of your family, you show to the world that your love for them is not burled with the body. It is a duty you owe yourself and to the one that is gone, to place a neat Monument or Tombstone over the last resting place of departed loved ones. To do this the expense is not great, and it .shows to the world that your love for the dead is as lasting as stone. If you have relatives buried in unmarked graves do not let it remain so, when the expense of marking the grave properly is so small. Get my prices and see the styles of work I have to offer you. FRANK HAPPERFIELD. In the rear of the Kennedy Building.