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tumorous gcpartracnt. All Hod Good Excuse*. The drudgery of teaching in public schools is sometimes lessened for the teacher by a sense of humor that comes within his or her experience. One of those things is the efforts of some parents to write excuses for the absence of their children. A teacher, who has a large collection of these "excuses," has consented to have some of them appear for the pleasure of our readers. "Kind maddum?Excooze jaims for not bein there on yistiday. We have a pett goat and it et up his (jaimses) pants and his pa could not git him no loo nito Sa nlp7p pypoozp. uiucio untu luo iiivt. ^v. - p. s.?we will keep the gote tyed up hereafter. So pleze excoose." Hardly had "jalms" been "excoozed" when another absentee of the day before appeared with a note reading as follows: "Respected Miss?Please to excuse Willy for absentz. He fell down stares jess fore school time, and we feared his internal insides was hurt at first, but we find they ain't, for the doctor says that no part of his anattomy was hurt but the brewzing of the oppydermis of the outer hide, and also his hipp hurt some. But he just escaped fatal deth. So kindly excuse. His Mother." A little girl now brought the teacher a note that read as follows: "Dear Miss W.?The non-appearance of Evelina at school yesterday was an unavoidable necessity, occasioned by indisposition, superinduced, I fear me, by my own lack of forethought in permitting her to partake of innutritious and indigestible concomitants beyond her capacity to assimilate. Kindly pardon an overfond mother's lack of judgment and excuse my daughter's absence, for which I am, in a measure, if not altogether, responsible, for I should have made my will power superior to hers, and thus saved her from the mastication of injurious concomitants. I beg to assure you that it will never occur again." A boy, who had been absent for two days, came to school the third day, bringing the following brief but comprehensive "excuse:" "Teacher?Sam has been playing hookey. Please lick." Misdirected Effort.?During one of E. L. Hyde's evengelical trips through Pennsylvania he told a Scranton gathering that all infidels were fools, and that he would undertake to prove his argument in ten minutes if any professed infidel wished to give the'opportunity. A man in the audience arose and was politely asked by Hyde to speak. If he wished to speak. "Mr. Hyde," was the reply, "I have been listening to you with interest this past half hour: but I think your recent statement was a challenge I cannot let pass. 1 am a man of education and culture; I have traveled, and I know more than the average person, believer or non-believer." "l)o you really believe." Hyde asked, "that there is nothing in religion? Would you go on record as saying so much?" "Go on record?" queried the man In surprise. "Why, I've been writing and ' preaching against religion this past ?0 years!" "And you suy there's nothing in it?" "Absolutely nothing!" "Well, I said I'd prove you a fool within ten minutes,' said Hyde, looking at his watch. "I still have seven ' minutes leit. I will leave it to the gathering if that man is not a fool who devotes twenty years to preaching against something which he claims has nothing in it."?Louisville Times. Little Tom's Choice.?A certain small Tom was going out to luncheon by invitation. His mother was anxious he should behave well, but, wisely recalling that simplicity is the essence of all true politeness, gave him but one caution: "Act, Tom, as if you were at home: take what you want with a 'Yes, please,' and decline any thing with a polite 'No, thank you. Be as honest as at our own table," trusting that with his confidence established the continual home sowing of precept and example would bear Its fruit. At night Tom reported results. "I guess I did all right, mother, though I got a laugh on me once." * < j lu "vvnat was mat: iiumiieu mo muuier. "Well, we had baked apples, and when It came my turn to be served Mrs. C. said. 'And now, Tom, which apple do you want?' " "You told her of course," interpolated his'mother, as the boy hesitated a little, "You know, I have often explained that it is good manners to give a choice when one is asked." "Yes, mother, I told her, and that was the laugh. I said, "The one I want is gone.' " Thr Notb Missbnt.?A young man, whose gallantry was largely in excese of his pecuniary means, sought to remedy this defect and to save the money required for the purchase of expensive liowers by arranging with a gardener to let him have a bouquet from time to time in return for his cast-off clothing, says the Chicago Tribune. So it happened that one day he received a bunch of the most beautiful roses, which he at once dispatched to his lady love. In sure anticipation of friendly welcome, he called at the house of the young woman the same evening, and was not a little surprised at a frosty reception. After a pause the young woman remarked in the most frigid tones: "You sent me a note today." "A note?I?" "Certainly along with the flowers." "To be sure, I sent you liowers but" "Ana tnis note was wun me oouijuei.. Do you mean to deny it?" And the young man read: "Don't fail to send me the old trousers you promised me the other day." Instead of the American expression "east off clothing," the English use, "left off clothing." In an English newspaper an advertisement stated that "Mr. and Mrs. Drown have left off i clothing of every description, and invite your careful inspection."?New York Tribune. |HiSccUanrous grading. ar ' tl FROM CONTEMPORARIES. it g News nml Comment That Is of More s or Less Local Interest. n YORK. s Rock Hill Herald, July 19: We have o an item of special good news for our r readers. Until this week it seemed that Sj our little city was in imminent danger j, of losing the important advantages of n the development of the great electric ti power of the Catawba Power company, v ? ?TTI An T" inasmucn as winy me ntwia wiwu j. mill had up to that time contracted to n use the power, but on Wednesday and b Thursday of this week, the Highland tl Park mill, the Arcade mill, and the c Rock Hill Water, Light and Power c company also agreed to take the power, b and by this action Rock Hill is to be- |< come the company's principal distribu- o ting point and the untold blessings a which are to flow from the develop- u ment of the stupendous enterprise have j; been secured to our city. This was e Rock Hill's last opportunity, and our t people have arisen to the importance of ^ this occasion by subscrioing to such <3 an amount of power as the company u decided was necessary to bring the f power here, and the last doubt has v fKorohv Hoon romni'Pd T T 1*1 fl P T the n agreement the aggregate amount of i horsepower to be taken, in this city is u 2.000, distributed as follows: Victoria f mill. 400; Highland Park mill. 800; Ar- v cade mill, 400; Rock Hill Water. Light p and Power company, 300. In addition j 900 horse power has been sold at Fort ji Mill. It is expected, of course, that the a Manchester mill and the Chicora mill, c of this city, will aiso become patrons, s but have not yet indicated a purpose r to do so. The development of this pow- t er and the bringing of it to Rock Hill i will without doubt secure to us other a enterprises of great value, just as was s true of Anderson. Before the develop- t ment of the electric power now used in p that city there was but one cotton mill t there, with 16,000 spindles. Since then a the number of mills has been largely h multiplied with an increase of spindles ti to 106,000 and smaller enterprises and s manufacturing concerns are springing c up there on account of the opportunity i? to buy power at a nominal cost. So it i. must be here and in Fort Mill, and we t! must hail the action of our manufactu- n rers this week in agreeing to utilize ti this opportunity as glad tidings of great p joy. Dr. Wylie, who was here this tl week, is very much gratified now that tl the matter has been settled as to the e power coming to Rock Hill, and he feels a sure that this week marks the begin- s ning of a new era for our city. Even e now, before the plant is completed we h have reliable authority for the state- ti ment that a party of eastern capitalists \ are considering a proposition to erect s in this city an immense manufacturing is enterprise, with a most encouraging fi prospect of their plans being carried h Into effect. These capitalists are look- h Ing to this city as the home of their g plant on account of the electric power g which they will be able to obtain here, tl For the present we have only the priv ilege of saying this inucn; our me statement may be relied upon. With g the present equipment the power plant o at the river is capable of developing b 8,000 horse power, except in seasons p when the flow of the river is at its mln- a imum, when the maximum develop- tl ment will be less, but the Catawba n plant will have this advantage over p that in Columbia especially, where the t] electrical power has not at all times tl afforded satisfaction?that is, that in Sl the case of the former the plant can be p operated, and that too to its highest t( development, when the river is flooded, ti as it was last year, while at such a time o In Columbia, operations must be sus- o pended on account of the failure of the . power plant to afford power. The Ca- t< tawbaplant is being constructed so as to li obviate just such a difficulty. The plant o too, is being erected so that it may be c enlarged with but little cost whenever o the demand for more power may war- j rant it. Primary power is being sold at c $17 per horse power and secondary pow- n er at a less figure. By the latter term I is meant where the power is sold to a ft plant that has steam power equipment v and this is used to supplement the elec- s trie power at times of extremely low fi water when the electric plant may be v incapable of developing its full capac- t< ity. Power will not be sold continu- a ously at these figures, but only for the ii present, nor will it all be sold only in ii Rock Hill and Fort Mill, for it is the h expectation of the company that it vil! A likewise go to Charlotte, where power e in less amounts will be installed for t] high-class enterprises at a rate in ad- 1 vance of that paid by great manufac- tl turing concerns. Operations at the riv- 1< er are progressing most satisfactorily. L The stupendous stone foundation for C the power house, erected out in the ^ river, has been completed and in fact C all the work within the present coffer ti dam will be finished within two months, c Meanwhile the company is now putting 1 in another coffer dam to extend about t one-third of the distance beyond the . present coffer dam and as all the mate- p rial is already on the grounds there tl will necessarily be much progress made d on this latter work. Everything looks ti very hopeful, with normal weather con- a ditions, for the completion of the entire Iplant by early spring. p CHESTER. P Lantern, July 18: The opening meet- b ing of the Chester county campaign was K held on Wednesday at Mr. N. J. Col- 1 vin's, the famous picnic ground, and where is to be found the finest water in the county. The audience was com- ^ posed of men and women, the gallant a youth, men and maidens fair, and boys '' and girls in every stage of development. Between 1.000 and 1.200 was the n estimate of the crowd, which compris' -- * ->? ?? Ko C i'll as lliitringeui <xo vuik ut in Chester county. The occasion was a picnic as well as a political meeting, and with it were the pleasures which usually accompany such gatherings. ? All four of the candidates for congress from this district were present, the au- (. dience knew that there was something h in store for the afternoon. After much 11 time had been spent in mingling to- *n gether. Colonel T. J. Cunningham call- fi ed the meeting to order and introduced >' Dr. T. J. Strait. He said that he built ^ the platform four years ago which all v were now occupying. He spoke of his'g ecord in congress, and said that it tood without a-taint, and he challenged he world to point to a single blotch in ; t. Hon.- W. B. Wilson, of Rock Hill, rew eloquent in his remarks when he poke of being in favor of expending * loney at home, on the public roads intead of expending so much in the far ff Islands which will never give value eceived. Representative D. E. Finley ^ poke on the national issues. He said i the course of his speech that he was < ot a leader in the house of representa- 1 Ives, and that no other man ever is 1 without being there ten or twelve years. ' )emocratic success is more favorable ow than since 1892. Every effort is to e made to win the house this fall for he Democratic cause. The Republians were split to pieces on Cuban reiprocity. He is at enmity with none, ut doesn't think so much of his col;agrues as to get out of the race. Colnel J. W. Floyd, of Kershaw, received pplause and fine attention." He is an nreconstructed Confederate southern )emocrat. He believes in old fashiond Democracy, rotation in office.. If he honor doesn't pass around some a IcDuffle or Calhoun will be born and le without ever being known. He beieves not in retaining the Philippines or a market, but to become competitors /ith the world as manufacturers. He iade the closing speech of the day 'here was a big trial in Judge Willams's court on Tuesday, which lasted or the greater part of the day, J. Harey Neely vs. Southern Railway cornany for killing a steer on January 25. ffr Mooiv si 1 oil for S.15 ilamaee and the ury gave him $10 Misses Nannie ( nd Ruth Briee, of Woodward, Messrs. ,'harlie Chreitzburg, Edwin Moore and ims Wylie, of Rock Hill, and Job Car- 1 oil and Tod Lowry, of Yorkville, atended the german in the armory on j 'uesday night Dr. J. A. Hayne j nd Mr. Moses Mackorell, of Black- j tock, were pleasant callers at The Lan- j ern office yesterday. They began exerimenting on raising Belgian hares | his spring, having three to start with, ( nd now they have twenty-three. The , ares are kept at Mr. Mackorell's plan- j ation, about two miles from Black- ( tock. They think that good money an be made from this industry, for it ( } one of the rising industries in the Tnited States. The meat is wholesome, he hares are large and can be raised lore cheaply than chickens. It only < ikes nine cents to raise one, and a good j rofit can be realized. Dr. Haynes says hey are working in competition with i he beef trust. They already have sev- I ral orders, but they do not care to sell ] ny until they have thirty or more in I tock. To hear Mr. Mackorell tell of his .1 xperience in raising them is interesting ' ideed. No green food is to be given hem until they are two months old. Ir. Mackorell is "batching" now, and ometime in the future at his home, he 3 to give a banquet to give some of his riends an opportunity of finding out ow delicious is the meat of the Belgian are. We cannot see why this is not a rowing industry, and we wish these entlemen all the success Imaginable in heir effort. GASTONIA. Gastonia Gazette, July 18: There is a ood evidence that the establishment f rural free delivery routes has a very eneflcial influence in inducing the peole on these routes to read the papers great deal more than when they got heir mail only once or twice a week, tr Thomas S. Rovster. the carrier on lessemer City route No. 1. in talking to he reporter, Tuesday, said that since he establishment of that route he has ent in over 300 subscriptions to newsapers from the people he serves. This endency of the people in the rural disricts to keep themselves better posted n current affairs through the medium f the newspaper is gratifying indeed. ...Fannie Lewis, the 6-year-old daugh;r of Mr. and Mrs. Fink Bryson, who ve at Union, died Wednesday at 12 'clock of ptomaine poisoning. The hild had been sick only since four 'clock of the previous afternoon 'he family of Mrs. L. L. Adams reeived the sad intelligence yesterday lorning of the death at his home in i luntersville, N. C., of Mrs. Adams' ather, Mr. R. B. Hunter. Mrs. Adams ( ,-ent to his bedside Tuesday, in re- | ponse to a message saying he had suf- ] ered a stroke of paralysis. At the ad- , anced age of 85 the severe shock was oo great a strain on his constitution | nd he succumbed to the stroke, pass- | ig away at 4 o'clock yesterday morn- . ig. Mr. Hunter was quite well known | ere, having visuca nis uaugnier, hum. tdams, a number of times. He return- ] d to Huntersville from here only about ] hree weeks ago after a visit of a week, 'he funeral will take place at the home his morning at 9 o'clock. The deceased ?aves six children, as follows: Mrs. L. .. Adams, Gastonla: Mrs. W. \V. Orr, 'harlotte; Mrs. J. J. Hanson, Charlotte: fr. Jones Hunter, Charlotte; Dr. M. !. Hunter. Stanley: Rev. W. M. Huner, Monitor, W. Va. He was also a ousin of Dr. E. E. Royee, of Gastonia. 1 'he bereaved family have the sympa- 1 hy of many friends in their great loss. 1 Reginning Monday, the 21st, the eople of the Regonia section will have I he advantage of receiving their mail ' ally instead of semi-weekly, as here- 1 ofore. The carrier will leave Uegonia I t 7 a. m., arriving here at 10.20 a. m. ( le will leave on the return trip at 1.30 I . in., as formerly. This is a great im- 1 rovement over the old plan and the ' enofits derived therefrom will be 1 reatly appreciated by the people of ' hat section. ' Root and a Parmer.?Secretary of Var Root was on his way to Southmpton recently when a farmer edged , ito the seat and began telling the cablet minister how to run the govern- < lent, says the New York Times. , When the citizen's supply of criti- , isms began to run low, Mr. Root saiil: "What is your occupation?" "Poultry farmer," was the reply. "Do you know how many eggs each f your hens lay?" "Why, no," confessed the man. "Well, the man who looks after my hickens knows how much work each en does. If he didn't I'd discharge im for not knowing his business. It' hen doesn't produce fifteen eggs a lonth it's a loss to keep it. Now, my riend, doesn't it strike you that after ou have learned your own business ; d well that I can't give you points on then would be the proper time for ou to come and teach me how the ' overnment ought to be run?" ] ?hc (Teller. ; \T BRISTOW STATli, BY SCOTT CHALMERS. .'opyright by T. C. McClure. Bris'.ow Station was In the Panhandle section of Texas, and a more lonely and dreary place It would be hard to find. There was but one building, I which served for freiehtliouse. passen- 1 ?er depot nnd ticket and telegraph r office. Bert Brown, the K. and M. agent, had to do all the business and cook hi3 own meals over an oil stove There were four trains dally over the road; but, unless flagged, the two passenger trains went through Brlstow it a fifty mile clip. To the west of the station was a long siding with cattle pens, then a straight track for thirty miles over the prairie. Bert could always count on a visit from three or four tramps a day, and, though the Instructions from the division superintendent were to "discourage" them, he took his own course in the matter. To "discourage" them meant to threaten them with pains and penalties and refuse them even a drink Df water. To Bert It looked too much like childish spite, and, though he may have done some growling now and then, he always had a bite to eat and a bit of tobacco for the "tourist" whose language was respectful. As a matter Df fact, there were times when he could sit down with one of them for g an nour ana De lnteresieu m iu? ( tramp's adventures by flood and field. If Bert dkl not obey his Instructions to the letter, the section boss on that section did. He was a burly big fellow, regarded by his employers as a bully and a cownrd. Knowing that he had the law on his side, he fairly went hunting for tramps. If one was found track walking, he received such a thumping that he could hardly crawl off to a highway, and no freight train with a hobo on the bumpers could pass the boss that his sharp eyes would not fletect the culprit Pejhaps It was this man's fierce enmity toward trampB that softened Bert's heart. Agent and boss had never had a word on the subject, however, until one summer afternoon he happened along with his car and his gang just as a tramp had reached the station and was resting in the shade. Bert had not seen the fellow as yet when he heard a row outside. The section boss had spied the hobo and stopped to give him a drubbing. The tramp was a man about thirty, and It needed I II I I ,v VI F L SUBPBISE AWAITED HIM AS HE OPENED . THE DOOR. n inly one glance at his face to prove [ that he was not born to the road. He I bad an Intelligent eye, and his speech u was that of an educated man. 8 The section boss was already slam- ' ming him around when Bert Interfered. As the big brute let go of his i victim he gave him a whirl and _ brought him down on the Iron ralL rhe hobo lay there until Bert assisted bitu to rise. He complained of a pain In his side, but after resting for awhile It seemed to pass off. The story he told was not new to the agent Born 3f good parents and with a good start In life, drink and a spirit of adventure bad been his bane. He did not mention what occupation he had followed, ind Bert. In his genial, thoughtful way, Avh{|\lflnn> tr\f\ m nnh IClIUilJUU IIVU1 CAUlUlllllt) VVV WUVM ?uriosit.v. After accepting lunch, a bracer of w hisky and a few coins he left the station and continued westward. This was toward suudown. The tramp had been gone about an hour when a thunderstorm came up, and for an hour it rained furiously. A mile to the east of Bristow they were [)uttlng In a new bridge over a small 2reek, with the rails laid on a temporary track. It was not Bert's busl- j ness to worry about that bridge, and fi he hadn't given it a thought when he . received a message from Clairsvllle, nine miles to the west, that the section ?ang had beeu dumped into the ditch and all badly hurt. Then arose the [juestion whether It was his duty to remain at the station nnd be ready for a call or to make a trip to the new bridge and see that all was safe. He knew that the creek would be bank full from the downpour, and as It was in the dry season, when no rain was expected, the temporary tracks might be swept away. After fifteen minutes of doubt and worry he tele ?raphed Clnlrsvillo that he was going to the creek und at once set out on a run. lie had scarcely started when a jalo sprang up in his very teeth, and within ten minutes it was all he could lo to make way against it at a walk. Darkness had fallen before he reached the culvert. The bridge was gone! The first train due was a freight at , ) o'clock. This train would sidetrack it Ilristow for the express bound east. He had brought a red lantern, and this lie managed to secure to a pole sus- 1 >ended over the track. That would itop the freight, and he would get >ack to the station In time to flag the express. The wind was howling along at the ate of sixty miles an hour, and a lozcn different times In returning oyer hat mile of traek Bert was blown flat >r clear off the track into the ditch. Sven with the gale at his back It took liin us luiife iu as* 11 iiuu iv vviuv, tnd he was thoroughly played out vhen he reached the station. Even icfore he mounted the platform he icard the instrument calling him and ealizod that something was up. A surprise awaited him as he opened he door. Sitting at the table, with lis head on his arms and apparently isleep. was the trnmpof the afternoon. The Instrument was calling "B B," is if lives depended on an instant answer. and Bert had to reach over the sleeping man's shoulder to reply. In i minute came this message from Ulairsville: "What the dickens Is the matter vith you? Are there any more emp:ies on the way?" "What do you moan?" Bert asked. "I mean that I have ditched the leven cuttle cars and want to knot? if iny others got away." It took some time to make matters >ln!n. Several. times Bert shook the deeper and called to him to vacate the :hair, but be did not move. The 4 >'clock freight had brought down allien cattle cars and after backing hem In on the siding had pulled out ind left the switch wide open. The lection gang had passed the spot wlth>ut noticing the switch, and when the jale caiue up seven of the cars had >een blown out on the main track and itarted down the road at thirty miles in hour. The other nine would have ouoweu una not one or mem jumpea he track and held the rest. Clalrsvllle lad received word of the runaways md ditched them to prevent a smaship with the express. It wus no ghostly telegram that had jeen sent In Bert's absence. The Inured tramp who had left him that ifternoon had for some reason reumed to the truck later on. He must juve seen the open switch and sighted the runaway empties. He had nade his way down to the station to jive Bert the Information and. finding llm gone, had sat down to the Instrunent and warned Clairsville. He had jlven Bert no hint that lie was an operator. hut such was the case. He had sent the message through in good ihupe and saved the road a big smaship. "Here, wake up, wake up and shake hands and let me thank you." Bert shouted as the mystery wus solved and je felt his heart growing big. No reply broke the silence which suddenly and strangely Impressed Bert. The hands he touched were cold. The Inquest was held at Clalrsvllle, ind the verdict was "heart disease, iggruvated by a recent Injury." The 'recent Injury" consisted of three broken ribs. The fact that this was received at the hnnds of the section boss tvas not stated, mat tne poor coup lad ever managed to walk a hundred ods the doctors declared a wonderful hlng. He was nameless, homeless and friendless, and the railroad company iad no sentiment and no gratitude. The poor bruised body was laid In a jauper's grave, unmarked and uncared for, and only Bert Brown stood beside ;be last resting place of Brlstow Sta;ion's hero. PIMPLY FACES ^ CUREDm Obstinate deep-seated Eruptions, Blood 'oisou, Cancers, Boils, Rheumatism, Eatig Sores, Itching Skin and Blood Hniors, cured by taking a few bottles of B t. B. (Botanic Blood Balm.) Makes the llood Pure and Rich and heals all sores, leers, scrofula, and eczema. $1 at drug tores. Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) horoughly tesied for 30 years. Curej rhen all else fails. Try It. 8nn<l ,1 cent* to pay pottage on Free trial iottle. Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. j In every town L and village ^Ij^may be had, If Mica Axle v r Grease Mad* I that makes your I "uirk4 horses glad. rhe Lady of Lynn. in" Tilt* Knt|iilrer'i? Printing; l'leaiei 'articular People MEET THE HIGH PRICE OF MEAT. I* How Farm en Can Make Money Out of Cattle. The Best Food Right at Home. What makes the price of beef so high? The price of anything Is high either because the demand outstrips the supply, or because of some combination of dealers to artificially raise the price. uui wnemer a price ia nai.ura.iiy. ur artificially high, the remedy is the same?greater production on an independent basis. Fortunately for consumers of beef, and fortunately for the southern farmer, there is no trust or combination that can prevent a most lavish production of beef, if only the way is pointed out. The breeding of cattle on a farm, at least in an unsystematic manner, is natural and almost spontaneous. But in the absence of some systematic way to follow up the subject, and select the proper animals, and care for them through the winter, and Anally prepare them to make fat, tender beef, there is no proper beef production on the farm. The farmer in the cotton region is surrounded with all the elements to make beef raising successful. The climate is such that there is natural forage most of the year. It requires just a little forethought to provide for the few winter months. The material?cheap material?is always at hand, cotton seed meal and cotton seed hulls. The meal and hulls are offered Just as you want them by the Southern Cotton Oil company, of the Carolinas and Georgia, and -may be bought at any of the local mills or from headqunrters at Columbia, S. C., Atlanta, Ga., Savannah, Ga., or Charlotte, N. C. Mixed in the proper proportion, this makes the most nutritious and acceptable feed that is now available. It is a feed, which by varying the proportions will answer equally well for a sustaining ration or for a fattening ration. It contains all the ingredients ;>f nutrition, namely, fat, nitrogen and carbohydrates. The cotton seed meal contains fat and nitrogen and the hull contains carbohydrates. r'\ A good sustaining ration Is made up of 24 pounds of hulls and 4 pounds of meal per day, and a good fattening ration is 20 pounds of hulls and 6 pounds of meal. These proportions In both cases must be varied to suit individual cases, according to the condition and taste of the animal. In fattening cattle, the ration should begin with more hulls and less meal and the proportion of meal gradually increased. A steer may be fattened and put in good condition for the market on 400 pounds of cotton seed meal and one ton of hulls. At average prices, the cost of this feed in the southern States would be about $9.00. There is great profit in fattening beef for the market, even at ordinary prices, but at present the industry ^should prove unusually attractive. The following estimate of the profit that can easily be made in this business is taken from a book which has been carefully prepared on this subject, 'Cotton and Cotton Oil," by D. A. fompkins. AVERAGE PROFIT IN FATTENING A STEER ON COTTON SEED PRODUCTS. -Cost of steer, 100 lbs, at 2 l-2c..$25 00 Cost of hulls, 2,000 lbs at $4.00 per ton 4 00 Cost of meal, 400 lbs, at $20.00 per ton 4 00 Cost of attendance and sundries.. 6 00 Total cost of fattened animal....$39 00 Sale of fattened steer, 1,300 lbs, at 3 l-2c 45 60 Profit per steer f 6 60 The price quoted for the fattened steer, it will be noted, is very low, considering present prices. ' "REMINISCENCES OF YORK" WE have on hand a few sets of mrTTT> TT>XT/~\TTTT3 TPrj f o In In cr ?ha "REMINISCENCES OP YORK," embracing1 22 numbers, which we offer for sale at FIFTY CENTS a set. L. M. GRIST & SONS. wTwTwTwTwTwTwTwTwTVTwTwTVT | I Your Idea ? t About wha ? ? way of Cor ? x kinds of P | ? with our I I Facilities ? | And experi S x exactly wf ? $ printed mat i 1 Vnur Wnr t $ Is solicited X ? give us yo 2 t give you th ? + fair price. II L. M. GRIST ? SOUT RAII THE GREA1 OF TRADE J Uniting tHe Prin Centers and Hea Resorts of the Sot NORTH, High-Class Vestibule Trai b?(w??n N?w York a*>d Clnotaaati and Florida AaharilU. Now York and Florida, ol?li and Javannah, or via Savannah. .Suparior Dining-Car Scrvit IxoalUnl Sarvio* and Lo count looth Carolina In Cxpoaitlon. Winter Tourist Tickets to reduced rates* For dotalUd Information, Ut? apply to noaroit tlokoUagmnt, ? f. M. HARD WICK. Gonormt Pattongor Jigent, Wmthlngton, D. C. R. W. HUNT. Z><?. Pmooongor Jtgont, Charlotton, S. C. nsmiAsv w, iBoa. |8<ron and pavings Sank, Yorkvlllc, H. C. WI1H ample resources for the prote< tlon and accommodation of custome-s, this Bank solicits the business of .corporations, firms and Individuals, am. will extend every accommodation consistent with safe banking. Best of facilities for handling the accounts of oui-of-town customers, country merchants and farmers, cotton mills and other manufacturing establishments. a general uaimiug uuauieoo iianoaeted, 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, Cabhibr. S. M. McNEELi. President. CAROLINA OORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. Schedule Effective June 1ft, 10O2, Northbound. I'usenger. Mlxfd. Lv. Chester 8.25a.m. 8 50a.tn. Lv. Yorkville 9.32a.m. 10.48a.m. Lv. Gastonla 10.87a.m. 1.40p.m. Lv. Lincolnton.. ..11.41a.m. 3.15p.m. Lv. Newton 12.2Gp.m. 5.07p.;n. Lv. Hickory 12.49p.m. 6.48p.m. Lv. Cliffs 1.25p.m. 7.30p.m. Ar. A^enolr 2.10p.m. 8.50p.m. Soutkbonnd. I'ufcengtr. Nixed. . Lv. Lenoir 3.50p.m. 6.30a.m. Lv. Cliffs 4.30p.m. 8.20a.m. Lv. Hickory 4.46p.m. 9.10a.m. Lv. Newton 5.07p.m. 9.55a.m. . Lv. Lincolnton ... 5.55p.m. 11.41a.m. Lv. Gastonla 7.15p.m. 1.45p.m. Lv. Yorkville 8.20p.m. 3.43p.m. Ar. Chester 9.30p.m. 5.35p.m. CONNECTIONS. Chester?Southern Ry., 8. A. L., and L. & C. Yorkville?S. C. A 3a. Extension. Gastonia?Southern Ry. Lincolnton?8. A. L. Newton and Hickory?Southe.n Ry. E. P. REID. G. P. Agent. Chester. 8outh Carolina. To Get a Good PHOTOGRAPH Come to my Gallery on West Liberty street. Come, rain or shine, and you will receive the best attention. Very Respectfully, J. R. SCHORB, Yorkville, S. C. The Enquirer Don Good ?ob PrintInn: and Solicit* Yoar Work. . ? /Tv.a.o lyiyTwTwTwTVTW I wTwVwT\>^yywTwy n < T ? 2 t you want in the * T nmercial and other \\ rinting, connected j j 11 ? !! i i I ii II .. | !! ence, will give you < > " ; lat you want your j! ;ter to be. ?? \\ ? ?1 s k I I , and if you will ? |j ur favors we will S ? ie Best work at a * ? & SONS, Printers. T ? HERN WAY r HIGHWAY WD TRAVEL. cipal Commercial 1th and Pleasure uth with the ^ rr and WEST. na, Through Sl?*piatf?Cara New Orlttm, via Atlanta* Polnta via Atlanta and via tar via Lynchburg Dantrille Richmond, Danville and ; on all Through Trains* w Rates to Charleston ao* >ter?State and West Indian all Resorts now on sale at <rature, time tables, rate*, etc., >r address W. H. TAYLOE, Asst. Gen. Pas*. Agent, Atlanta, Om, J. C. BEAM, District Pmee, Agent, Atlanta, Om.