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tumorous Department. Slmpktna DoaMed. Simpkins was not the sort of a fellow to be suspected of having love affairs on hands. He did not mingle much in society, but was simply one of the boys, being a good deal of an athlete and equally expert at pulling an oar or kicking a football. It was, accordingly, considerable of a surprise which he sprung on his friends at the club the other evening when, after a period of unusual silence on his part, he broke out with the remark, apropos of nothing that had been said: "Well, they're all the same, anyway, these women. You can't depend on any of them. I don't believe they know what it is to be animated with ordinary heart and conscience." Everybody was perfectly dumfounded and no one ventured a remark. ^ "I met a young lady at Mrs. Brown'^ball last February," continued Simpkins, "who quite fascinated me. She invited me to call, and I did so. I kept on calling, at proper and decorous intervals, and was beginning to think that my visits were not altogether unwelcome." Here Simpkins paused and smiled unpleasantly. Perhaps he was thinking of one of the calls, or perhaps how simple of him to imagine the young lady cared for him. Then he continued: "Finally, all of a sudden, about two weeks or less ago, my rings at the door bell met no response. This happened two or three times before I began to suspect what the trouble was. Then it dawned upon me that my company was not wanted, and that the edict evidently was that when I called no one should answer the bell. "One day I met her on the street and she stopped, smiling, and asked me when I was coming down to see her. "Hm!" And Simpkins said this to himself, almost under his breath. "Asked me when was coming to see her. And smiled!" "Of course, I was polite," he continued. "Her mother was with her, and I did not let them know I suspected anything. But told them I was very busy and didn't think I would be able to come for sometime. And I don't think I will. "I might just mention, perhaps, though it is calculated to flatter my vanity, that the last time I called?all my visits were in the evening?the drawing room curtains had not been drawn, and I saw her quite plainly sitting in a chair. There were several others there, and they seemed to me enjoying themselves immensely. My ring met the usual response?which was no response at all?and the merriment increased. I suppose she was telling Hom ?ho iokp that was on me." This was all that Simpkins volunteered, and no one pressed him to enter more deeply into a painful subject. Everybody admitted that the girl was obviously heartless, and that Simpkins had good grounds for his indictment. It was several evenings after this before Simpkins again came around to the club. When he did come he seemed more like his old self again, and we remarked that he was getting over his bitterness nicely. We did not say anything to him about it, though, fearful of opening the sore afresh. But Simpkins himself brought up the subject. "Boys, the joke's on me," said he when he had got seated. "I happened around near the house yesterday afternoon, and I couldn't help going a few * " ** A% ?-- ?noct steps OUl OI ine way, jubi iv r> ciirx Hoo, it. Thought if I could only see her looking out of the window I could have the satisfaction of bowing frigidly and walking straight past. "Well, when I got opposite the door I noticed a card pinned just above the bell, and as nobody was near, I was tempted to read it. Had noticed a card, too, when I had called in the evening, but you know I am a bit short-sighted, and it never occurred to me to try to read what it said." Simpkins paused and laughed. "Well, what about the card?" one of us asked. "It said: 'Bell broken; please knock," " said Simpkins.?Public Ledger. Both Were Shocked.?Little Elsie, was a faithful attendant at Sunday school, and had listened earnestly when plans for a coming Christian Endeavor convention were discussed, her interest increasing to enthusiasm over the affair when she learned that her auntie was to attend as a delegate. Coming into the library one day, auntie saw the little maid busily engaged in writing a letter to a cousin with whom she kept up a juvenile correspondence. She scrawled industriously for a moment, then stopped. There was a puzzled expression on her fat, ink-stained face, as she dangled her short legs and whiggled uncomfortably on her high perch. "Auntie," she said, "how do you spell devil?' " "Oh, Elsie," said her auntie, "I am shocked! Why are you using such a word as that in your letter? Nice little girls never say such things!" It was Elsie's turn to be shocked. "Why, auntie," she cried, "I'm only telling her about the Christian and devil convention!"?October Harper's. AnsKXT-MiNDBD.?Espjohn, a Swedish gentleman, fond of telling anecdotes and incidents gathered during a recent visit to his native country, is responsible for this addition to the "absentminded man" series: A professor in one of the Swedish universities, having finished his labors for the day. was about to start home when a fellow professor called his attention to the violent storm raging outside and said: "Why go home? Better remain at the college tonight." He walked over to the window and surveyed the situation. "Yes, I think I will," he replied, nonchalantly, an allabsorbing topic of the class room yet in mind. Soon afterward he was missing, says the New York Times, and it was supposed that he had changed his mind and gone home; but later he reappeared with a bundle under his arm and showing evidence of having been exposed to the storm. Something was said regarding his errand. "Why," he replied. "I've been home alter my night shirt."?Exchange. life. piswUanrous Reading. j ================ q FROM CONTEMPORARIES. n Newi and Comment That Is of More ^ or Less Local Interest. c YORK. n c Rock Hill Herald, September 24: p Last Saturday night at Fort Mill, Con- j stable J. T. Thomasson, assisted by <j Constable A. Rose, captured a trunk t that had been thrown off the train ?] from Charlotte. It contained 11J gal- t Ions of corn whisky in jugs, two one- g gallon juge had been broken, how- t ever^ and the contents perfumed the v neighborhood. There was no claimant, r but the trunk is known to be the property of Bessie Walker, colored. The same night the constables seized 7J gal Ions of whisky that was in the Fort " Mill express office and had been sent to Negro men and women at the dam parried, in Chicota, Texas, on the 16th * oN?September, Mr. Banks Hayes and h Miss Bessie Eldore Crockett. The ^ groom is a former citizen of this coun- v ty, and a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. 11 Hayes, of Harmony. The ceremony was performed by the groom's brother, a Rev. T. W. Hayesr.-^.Mrs. Jane Huey, s widow of the late James Huey, men- a tion of whose serious illness was made 0 in the last issue of The Herald, died * at her home in Bethesda township Sat- * urday evening, and Sunday her body 0 was interred in Laurelwood cemetery p in this city, after services by Rev. W. 0 L. Lingle. The deceased was about 70 ^ years of age, and was born and raised " near this city. As stated last week, h Mrs. Huey was the mother of 13 chil- ^ dren. viz.: W. T. Huey, deceased; W. M., R. J., Adger, Sam, John, Sep, Joe u and Miss Maggie Huey. Four of her B children died in infancy The fol- v lowing York county girls are enrolled ^ at Winthrop: Maggie Creighton, Ara- p belle Creighton, Janie Carson, Josie p Camp, Lillie Love, Nannie Grist, Vera p Grier, Margaret Glass, Sallie Gillespie, p Minnie Lee Garrison, Louise Garrison, p Julia Mobley, Susie Mills, Alice Mitch- e ell, John Miller, Robbie Miller, Louise ^ McMurray, Willie McFadden, Marie ^ McCaw, Gillie McCammon, Maude a Martin, Ina Ashe, Genevieve Anderson, 0 Jennie Adams, Gertrude Brown, Jen- s nie Brice, Myrtle Blankenship, Kate r Black, Carrie Beard, Eva Beach, Lottie a Barron, Elizabeth Barron, Edith Bar- c nett, Bessie Poag, Emmie Parker, Lil- * lie Bell Neely, Gillie Neely, Alene Nee- y ly, Annie O'Bryan, Metta Oates, Mar- ^ garet Lee Sadler, Iva Hull. Jessie * Huey, Azile Huey, Lylla Herndon, 2 Wrenn Harris, Roberta Hall, Ammie b Hall, Kittie Dunlap, Rosebud Dilling- g ham Winifred Diehl. Mabel Kirk- b Patrick,, Kittle Kirkpatrick, Sadie t Kendriek, Corrinne Kendrick, Rose Kee, Delia Johnston, Marion Johnson, 0 Kittye Stewart, Fleta Steele, Ethel s Steele, Carrie Belle Simril, Annie Leit- * ner Shurley, Belva Saunders, Mattie y Sandifer, Mary Grey Sandifer, Lillie b Earle Sadler, Lillie Belle Sadler, Mary r Williams, Ermine Willfong, Maude ^ Wicker, Straussie Walker, Daisy Wal- *lace, Mary Crooke, Camelia Crooke, ^ Adelle Cox, Taska Clark, May Chap- 1 man, Mattie Belle Martin, Carrie Fried- a heim, Lizzie Forney, Josephine Fewell, r Sarah Featherstone. t CHESTER. Lantern, September 23: ^Ir. William ^ M. Byrd, died last Friday afternoon ^ at the state hospital for the insane, in j, Columbia. The remains were brought . to Chester Saturday morning and bur- ^ ied that afternoon in Evergreen ceme- c tery, funeral service being conducted by Rev. J. S. Moffatt, at the home of Mr. Roland Smith. Mr. Byrd was 79 j years and 6 months old. and left two t sons and a daughter. He came here a p good many years ago from about ^ King's Mountain. N. c. soon atter xne ^ civil war he sold stoves all over this t section, the "Farmer," the first stove generally used through the country. ^ It may be that some of them are still c in use. He was a veteran of the civil t war and also of the Mexican war. He ^ remained in Mexico some time after the war, then made his way up through j California. Later he came back through Texas and other states. Altogether he had seen a good deal of America. Mr. Byrd's wife died a year or two ago. Later his mind became unbalanced and a few months ago he was taken to the ^ asylum. An attack of diarrhoea, with Q the infirmities of age, ended his life * Last Saturday morning Mr. Alex Frazier drove out to the store at the Eure- ^ ka mills and left the horse unhitched ^ in front of the store. The horse became * frightened at some boys waving paper and began running. He ran down Saluda street, over the hill, and was stopg ped by a Negro boy near Mr. Carpenter's. Two wheels were torn up, but the animal himself was not injured. Wright, a Negro, tried to stop the horse p near the Woods' drug store, but was ^ run over and bruised about the head, ? f but no bones were broken. The horse was tired out and going in a slow trot when stopped As stated in these ? columns Friday, the opening meeting of the convention of the Woman's Christian Temperance Workers, was a held in the Methodist church Thursday night. The Rev. G. P. Watson v presided and directed the praise and S .j., o prayer services. weicuine auuicaan were delivered by Revs. D. N. Mcv Lauchlin and G. P. Watson and Mayor W. H. Hardin. Welcome addresses or papers were presented also by represen- F tatives of the ladies' societies of the various churches, viz: Mrs. H. E. McConnell, from the A. R. P. church: Miss Curtis, from the Raptist church: Mrs. J. L'. Glenn and Miss Lizzie Cousar, from the Home Mission and Foreign s Missionary societies of the M. E. r church. Mrs. Z. V. Davidson, who was s to represent the Presbyterian church, ^ was not present. Mrs. P. W. McLure of the Episcopal church was not pres- ^ ent, but her paper was read by Mrs. t Herbert. The first response was made ^ by Mrs. J. H. White, of Johnston, in the j, course of which she sang a number of beautiful and appropriate songs. Mrs. j Herbert, of Orangeburg, followed in an j, entertaining address, made up largely of stories and anecdotes, which were f aptly applied. The church was. very tastily decorated with choice plants and flowers about the pulpit platform t and choir loft. Friday night's meeting * was conducted and participated in j. chiefly by children and young people, a half grown boy presiding. There were I , number of appropriate recitations, iusiness was transacted and various questions were discussed at the mornng and afternoon meetings. A union neeting of the city congregations was ield Sabbath night in the Methodist hurch, which was addressed by layrjen. A. G. Brice, "Esq., of the A. R. P. hurch, spoke on "Children and Temperance;" A. L. Gaston, Esq., of the h-esbyterian church, on "Women and .'emperance;" Supt. W. H. Hand, of he Baytist church, on "Education and 'emperance." These addresses were houghtful and interesting and were :iven close attention. The delegates to his convention made a fine impression rhile here, and left a most pleasant nemory. LANCASTER. Ledger, September 24. Last Sunday fternoon while Willis Barnhill, Rob ,indsay and Lizzie Potts, all colored, rere on their way home to Waxhaw rom the Steel Hill campmeeting, Barntill, for some cause, begun using the uggy whip on the woman. Lindsay, t'ho was her brother, interfered to stop lim when Barnhill drew his pistol and [red at Lindsay, the ball striking him bout the left eye and penetrating the kull. The shooting occurred just ,bout the state line, at the Allen Heath Id place, and Lindsay died before the rio reached home Mr. Lawrence 'owers, of the Magill section, had one f his arms broken and was otherwise lainfully hurt last Friday. He was limbing a ladder carrying some green linders to the roof of his house to ry, when the ladder slipped, causing ilm to fall from it to the ground, a istance of ten or twelve feet Sy request, Sheriff Hunter went ip to the Steel Hill colored campround to see that no blind tiger rhisky was sold and to prevent any isturbance on the grounds during the rogress of the meeting. The sheriff's resence had good effect for everything assed off quietly The examination capers of the applicants for the apiointment to the S. C. Military acadmy have been graded, and Mr. John !. Hilliard, son of our townsman, Mr. i. D. Hilliard, has been awarded the ppointment, having made an average f 98 out of a possible 100 in all the tudies. Mr. Ralph Foster stood the lext best examination and was made Iternate..xV..It is with sorrow we hronicle the death of one of Lancaser's best known and most exemplary oung men. Wm. Hervey Witherspoon lied at the home of his father, Captain J. J. Witherspoon, at this place at .30 a. m., last Saturday. His illness iad been protracted and his sufferings ;reat; but he was always cheerful and iore his affliction with beautiful Chrisian resignation. From boyhood he had ieen conspicuous for all those qualities f heart and mind which constitute terling worth in manhood, and from he model boy he grew to be the model oung man, and as such he will always >e remembered by his large circle of elatives and friends. Wm. Hervey Vitherspoon was the oldest child of Captain B. J., and Mrs. Mary Stevens Vitherspoon. He was born March 27, 869, and was in his 34th year. At the ge of 18 years he received an appointnent in the railway mail service and iecame one of the most proficient in he service. He took a business college ourse in Baltimore and engaged in usiness in Charlotte afterwards. In S92 he was made president of the Atmtic Electropoise company, and held he position until the failure of his :ealth in 1894, when he returned home, lince that time he has been unable to ngage in active business. He was a ery popular young man and was an nfluential member of the Masonic fraernity, the K. of P's. and the K. of H. lis father and two brothers, Dr. B. J. Vitherspoon, of Charlotte, and M. S. | Vitherspoon of this place, arid two sisers, Mrs. J. G. Hall, of Guthriesville, nd Miss Connie Witherspoon, survive dm. After funeral services by Rev. Chalmers Fraser, pastor of the Presbyerian church, of which church Mr. Vitherspoon was a consistent member, ssisted by Rev. J. H. Boldridge of the Japtist church, the remains were intered in the Presbyterian cemetery Satirday afternoon. GASTON. Gastonia Gazette, September 23: Initations have been issued by Mr. and Irs. C. H. Robinson to the marriage f Mr. Robinson's sister, Miss Sonora, o Mr. John Raymond Purser, of CharDtte. The wedding will take place Ocober 6th at the residence of Mr. and Irs. Robinson. Miss Sonora has been rith her brother in Charlotte for a ear or two and has on several occaions visited Gastonia. In both cities he is popular and will have the good wishes of a large circle of admiring riends. The fortunate groom is a irominent business man in Charlotte. Mayor W. T. Love has resigned :is office. His resignation was laid be ore the board yesterday afternoon, 'his action was due to his acceptance f the nomination a few weeks ago by he Democratic party to represent Gason county in the house. He has made . faithful, dilligent, and alert official, ihose superior in these qualities it rould be difficult to find. His succesor will be elected at a called meeting f the board to be held at 10 o'clock tonorrow morning. The salary is $r>00 a 'ear, and as it is practically settled hat no selection will be made from the iresent board, it is in order for any luulified citizen of the town to get in lis application. We understand that here is no dearth of applicants >Ir. G. R. Spencer writes from Edgeield, S. C., that he is superintendent f a cotton mill there having 10,000 pindles and 320 looms, which are now unning on fine sheeting. He is also uperintendent of an oil mill which has 0 tons capacity. The same company perates a ginnery with six large gins nth a capacity of eight bales an hour, he actual record being from 50 to 80 >ales per day His numerous friends n Gastonia were given very cordial xeetings yesterday afternoon to Mr. ohn Gullick, of South Point, who has icen so long and so seriously ill with heumatism. It was his first trip to lustonia in 19 months. He is in fairly ;ood shape after so much sickness, nd his friends hope he will continue o gain strength. We are glad to know hat about the first of October. Mr. Gulick will move to Gastonia. He will ocupy the Glenn residence next to the falls House. KING OF "DOPE FIENDS." Heaviest User of Drnfrs Known to the Chicago Police. There died in the house of correction a few days ago, says the Chicago Tribune, "the king of Chicago dope fiends," who, as well as being known to the local police as the heaviest user of drugs in their knowledge, was known in New York, San Francisco, Philadelphia and St. Louis as "Wandering George"?a man who had no home, and who was driven from town to town by his insatiable love for narcotic stimulants. His death at the end of twelve years of incessant drug taking, furnishes an interesting case for science and an ex- . traordinary subject of the physic and , physical effects of the habit of using drugs. George Davis was the man's name, and at the time of his death he was ] only 35 years of age. Ever since his twenty-third birthday, when he took morphine to relieve a pain in his lungs, ( he had used drugs enough to have kill- , ed half a dozen men with ordinary con- . stitutions. He made for himself a rep- j utation in almost every Chicago police , court; was known to many physicians and time and again had been used as a ( subject upon which doctors at clinics ( demonstrated the effects of drugs. ] From his habits June McCree and Andy Lewis, the two men who on the , stage reproduce the most unusual man- j ifestations of the drug habit, secured 1 many valuable points for their charac- < terizations. I The police, who have much more knowledge of and patience with victims ] of the drug habit than they are ever j given credit for, say that George Da- ; vis during his life time broke all the 1 records. He used at different times, 1 and sometimes almost simultaneously, i cocaine, morphine, opium, chloral and : eau de cologne. 1 He drank drugs, ate them, injected * them into his arms and smoked them. They were his food and drink, and the ' only sleep he had in his later years was ' the heavy slumber which his overdriven nature claimed after he had perse- 1 cuted it with drugs. He was not with- < out an appreciation of other things ! than his loved drugs. Before he made 1 the consumption of narcotics his life 1 work, as well as his own dissipation, he 1 was a printer and was as well read as 1 any of his mates. ' Many a time he was locked up in the 1 Harrison street police station and ' would solace himself for the absence of 1 drugs by reading a much bethumbed and not overly clean copy of Dr. Quincey's "Confession of an Opium Eater." He often said that he was capable of 1 writing a more valuable book than that 1 written by the great English essay- ' ist, but when, driven to its composition by lack of funds, he began such a work ' he dissauded himself from his task. "I will never write a word," he said, "that will make drug taking attrac- ' tire." 1 And he never did. He served many terms in the house of correction, but never for any offense 1 more serious than vagrancy. He was not quarelsome and never stole a cent 1 from anyone in the \^orld. Dr. Charles 1 Seeleth, head physician at the Bride- 1 well, came to know him well and to ! study him. "His," says Dr. Seeleth, "was one of the most remarkable cases of drug using I ever came in contact with." Davis was a man of slight build, 1 with piercing eyes, the brilliance of ' which even his long debauch of drugs ' could not impair. He dressed well always, carried some bottle or box of drugs, which he used wherever he might be. He was so expert that walking along the street in a crowd he could roll ud his sleeve and inject a quantity ' of cocaine into his arm without anyone being the wiser. He knew all about the composition of drugs, their uses and their effects, and sometimes talked of becoming a specialist in their use. He said he thought his knowledge of them would be of service to the world, but his project of turning this knowledge to use, like so many of his intentions, he made while away from the drug for a few hours, disappeared into oblivion as soon as he touched the mastering drug again. Davis was the only man with whom the Chicago police have dealt lately who was willing to give them information about other users of narcotics. There is on the levee a sort of free masonry among the men so harshly called "dope fiends." Davis, who pitied , these unfortunates from the bottom of his heart, although he knew that his lot was infinitely worse than theirs, often called at the Harrison street police station voluntarily and advised that such and such a user of the drug should be cared for at once. He went even further than that. Many times he would prescribe their diet and would help them in every way to rid themselves of the curse that was crushing the life out of them. He was a paradoxical creature in many respects, but in one thing he was unfailing. He never advised the use of drugs and never lost a chance to deprecate their use. He had been in a bad way for months and when Justice Dooley sent him to the house of correction, August 22, Davis said he thought he would never come out alive. Dark-Devil Workman.?"I remember," said a bridge contractor some time ago, while on the subject of workmen's dare-deviltries, "when working at the big bridge across the Niagara, when the two cantilever arms had approached within 50 feet of each other, a keen rivalry as to whom should be the first to cross sprang up among the men. A Jong plank connected the two arms, having about two and a half feet of sunnort at each end. Striot orders were issued that no one should attempt to ; cross the plank upon penalty of instant < dismissal. At the noon hour I sudden- i ly heard a great shout from the men, 1 who were all staring up. Raising my i eyes, I saw a man step on the end of l that plank, stop a minute and look s down into the whirlpool below. I knew s he was going to cross and I shouted to t him, but he was. too high up to hear. 1 Deliberately he walked out until he 1 reached the middle of the plank. It s sagged far down with his weight until a I could see light between the two short ! supporting ends and the cantilevers on f which they rested. He saw the end in J 'ront of him do this, hesitated and ooked back to see how the other end ivas. I thought he was going to turn. He stopped, grasped both edges of the ilank with his hands and throwing his 'eet up, stood on his head, kicking lis legs in the air, cracking his heels :ogether and yelling to the terrified onookers. This he did for about a minate?it seemed to me like 40. Then he et his feet drop down, stood up waved lis hat, and trotted along the plank to the other side, slid down one of the iraces hand over hand, and regained the ground. We discharged him, of ?ourse, but what did he care? He got ill the glory, his fellows envied him, ind he could command work anytvhere." KIXG EDWARD'S POWER. Engli*li Constitution'* Theory of Right* of Crotvn. The average American, if asked to ?ive an idea of the powers of King Edward, would probably reply something ifter this fashion: "It is not set down in olack and white what he may do and what he may not do, but under the British constitution the king is a good leal of a figurehead, and in general 3oes pretty much as parliament tells tiim." The American would thus have answered according to the spirit of British law, says the Chicago Inter-Ocean. Theoretically, however, his answer would be as far wrong as could well be Imagined. Under the British constitution thb powers of ministers and members of parliament are defined and confined. But* what the king may do and may not do is not written. It is an astonishing fact that the crown is itself the Interpreter of its own prerogatives. Naturally, therefore, just at this time, the rights and limitations of the crown ire interesting. "King and Emperor, a Life History of Edward VII," just published in London, gives considerable light on the subject. The limitations to the king's powers are most curious. He may not spend a cent of public money without the consent of parliament. He may not create any new office with fees. He may not prevent sentence being passed uppn a prisoner, though he may pardon nearly all offenders, a notable exception being the man convicted of a certain form of Sabbath breaking. He may not issue a proclamation that is contrary to law or injurious to the community?the exception, for instance, of a whole town from Jury service. He may call every man to arms to resist invasion, but he may not compel any civilian to leave the country or exclude any man from the house of commons, or exempt any one from the operation of ordinary law. He may set aside the judgment of judges?except for contempt of court?but he may not Interfere with them on the bench or HUsmtaa thpm. He is the only man in the kingdom who may not arrest a criminal?the reason being that the king is above ail law, and the prisoner, if unjustly arrested, would have no recourse. In time of peace he may not hand over one Inch of British territory to foreign 3way. He may not interfere in an act ot private as opposed to public wrong. Yet, incredible as it may seem, Edward VII might shatter the empire without breaking any law. He has supreme command of the naval forces, and might sell every ship, disband the crews and give away the stores. At the same time he might dismiss every afflcer, non-commissioned officer and private in the army, from Lord Robarts down. He has the power to cancel the orders and acts of generals and commanders, to make war with any country and to obtain peace at any price. All these acts ace strictly within the legal interpretation of the prerogative of the crown. King Edward is the supreme power known to the law. He can do no wrong. He is head of the state, head of the legislature head of the church, head of the army, head of the navy. He may appoint any person to any office of authority, and the person so appointed may not decline the appointment. He may refuse to sign any bill passed by either house of parliament. He appoints all bishops and during the vacancy of any see he has the temporal powers of the bishop of that see. He might mark his coronation by making every man and woman a baronet or a marchioness, and none might decline the title. He may discharge practically all the jivn servants ui tne njnguum. nc mctj break every treaty, dismiss every ambassador and recall every British representative from the capitals of Europe. He only may make money, and be may make sovereigns of lead or brass and give them the stamp of the "oyal mint. The author's conclusion is this: "The extraordinary powers of the crown, lowever, need not alarm us; neither leed the king trouble about his limita:ions. It is the idea and not the statute book which governs us, and the idea is ixactly what we ourselves make it. It s the idea, in the long run, which holds :ogether 400,000,000 of the human race." Bought For a Dollar.?It is reported that Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan ?ave a newsboy 50 cents for a paper ind refused to take change. The inciient is illustrative. Mr. Morgan not bnly has the wealth of a Croesus, but the wisdom of a serpent. He has made that newsboy his friend. Whenever Daniel Webster visited New York he bccupied a famous double room on the first floor of the Astor house; there he kvas accustomed to receive his visitors ind drink his brandy. Learning that :he barkeeper was politically hostile to bim and was constantly talking against bim, he one day went to the bar and isked in his best manner for a drink if brandy. After taking a truly Websterian slug of the liquor he smacked lis lips and placed a dollar on the corner of the counter. The barkeeper pmiprpfi to him the chantre. But Web iter, shaking his fine head, said: "No, sir; no change for such good liquor as ;hat," and grandly walked away. The mrkeeper was ever afterward one of lis most enthusiastic supporters. Webiter had bought him for one dollar and l single sentence, and without his knowledge. Mr. Morgan, too, must lave a great head.?Louisville Courierfournal. ioan and pavings ?anh, C York:vllle, H. C. WITH ample resources for the protection and accommodation of customers, this Bank solicits the business of corporations, Arms and Individ- L uais, and will extend every accommo- L datlon consistent with safe banlclng. L Best of facilities for handling tne ac- L counts of out-of-town customers, coun- L try merchants and farmers, cotton L mills and other manufacturing estab- L lishments. A A general banking business transacted, and prompt and intelligent attention given to all business entrusted to our care. L Interest bearing Certificates of De- I posit Issued under special agreement. I I L L W. P. HARRISON. Cashier. 1 A S. M. McNEEL. President. J. J. KELLER &CO., i UNDERTAKERS. f t OUR STOCK. WE are carrying a large and elab orate stock of UNDERTAKERS GOODS. We give satisfactory atten- _ tion to all calls and the prices wb charge are very close. Don't fall to see i us when in need of anything in our s line. Our place of business is near the Car- 11 olina and North-Western depot. ] J. J. KELLER & CO. j j ii J. F. PURSLEY, j GLOVER, S. O. ? i I To Onr Cnstomeis and Friends: 1 WE beg to say that we certainly i appreciate the nice trade we have i had since moving to our new stand, i We are ready now to give you the very j best of attention and promise you that / you will not pay too much for your j goods if you will get our prices before j buying. We said last week that we had Men's Shoes from $1 to $3.50 and $4. We have Ladies' Shoes from 50 ( cents up. Call and see them. 0 We have received a nice lot of the very best Cheese and want you to try a some. Call on us for Horse and Mule Shoes, Nails, Bridles, Bridle Reins, Back- v bands, Collar, Collar Pads, Plows, Plow i Lines. Hand Saws, Axes, Axe-Handles, i Buggy Whips, Grindstones, Well Pul- t leys, Iron Lasts and Stands. Be sure j to see us for what you want. \ Yours for trade, J. F. PURSLEY. 1 SURVEYING. v SURVEYING, in all its branches, I accurately and promptly done. Prices reasonable. Write or 'phone to S. B. LATHAN,Hickory Grove, S. C. t5f" The Enquirer solicits your Job Printing orders. I ?t?tfI *' ^^A ^^ j*. /Tl .+. STl/Tl A \ **- **' 'A" tlaj "A* fpy rAj 'f ??) 'i'Tjp y | REUNIC GRAND ARMY I TH 1 Washington, D. C., I EXTREMELY LOW J !Via the SOU Tickets will be sold OCTOBER I final limit OCT. 15TH, 1902. B Agent at Washington not latei WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 15TI cents, an EXTENSION OF LIM be obtained. 0ID 11! lip[D Tickets on sale OlUli 1 illl including histo: points in VIRGINIA at SIDE TRIP TICKETS on sale to 14th, inclusive, limited to retu for SOUTHERN RAILWAY Bi STOP OVERS permitted GOI> T within certain 1 I THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY X TRAINS, with SLEEPING CAR 5 BULED ' COACHES from princ | TTLES. T For further information see any agenl I W. H. TAYLOE, A 0. P. A., | Atlanta, 6a. 1 W. A. TURK, P. T. M., | Washington, D. C. /T\ . | /T\ jTj ,t. . /T^ f VtiTTwTtikTvjirrtii'TvTwTwTVTvTwTwTv/Tv .T,.t. (T^ /T^ A /T^ <x/T KiJ T w w V w " TA/ ^ V va/ ' * v*/ " w VA/ - TIK? INeithe r*i i.u Billhej ClOtheS other ful me Do s00d 4 a-'U ance a gentili Not weM 1 AN?l a betl the se Make ^ ferentl The poorly is pre] _ _ the be Man. on in j| 7 and la * ? I Druggists' J; ? i_ i We ar jLabeiS ure on ? figures | And <??k? I Stickers. eraM! I We Give Careful Atl 1 Country Merchants. Se | L. M. GRIST & SONS, I /T"i .T. ifi .~T"^. - /T^ (T~i / ". /T1 /T". /T^ IAROLINA & KORTH-WESTEBN RAILWAY COMPANY. 4 Schedule Effective Sept. 15,1002, Northbound. Passenger. Mixed. <v. Chester 6.10a.m. 9.00a.m. .v. Yorkvllle 7.18a.m. 10.60a.m. ,v. Gastonia 9.00a.m. 1.60p.m. >v. Lincolnton.. ..10.30a.m. 4.20p.m. v. Newton 11.23a.m. 6.16p.m. . .v. Hickory 12.00m. 8.00p.m. <v. Cliffs 12.38p.m. 8.40p.m. .r. Lenoir 1.38p.m. 10.22p.m. Southbound. Passenger. Mixed. >v. Lenoir 3.00p.m. 5.00a.m. ,v. Cliffs 4.00p.m. 7.05a.ra. jV. Hickory 4.20p.m. 7.25a.m. ,v. Newton 4.55p.m. 8.45a.m. ,v. Lincolnton ... 5.55p.m. 10.30a.m. ,v. Gastonia 7.65p.m. 12.35p.m. ,v. Yorkvllle 9.00p.m. 4.30p.m. it. Chester 10.10p.m. 6.25p.m. CONNECTIONS. tester?Southern Ry., S. A. L., and L, & C. rorkvllle?S. C. & Ga. Extension. Jastonia?Southern Ry. jlncolnton?S. A. L. lew ton and Hickory?Southern Ry. E. P. REIL). G. P. Agent, Chester. South Carolina. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Schedule Effective June 20, 1902. - ' torfh Hound. Sooth Hound. Read Down. Read Up. ~^ m EASTERN fid 84~ "ShuT lKt TIM E. 1st 2nd HIMRH. ClaSll. C,aM- Cla88 nftiiv g "a"y- STATIONS. ST,' I non_ 7 OOam ...Charleston..... 7 Sflpm 7 00am I 40am 7 >0 .....Columbia.... 10 OOpm . OOi "> 35 ....Klngvllle 3 85 9 fitfpm 11 45 8umter 6 15 r 4'am M '-0 ? Caradeu? 2 W> 8 50pm ) 40 W 55pm ....Kershaw..... 12 35pa 5 30 1 55am 1 58 ....Lancaster..., II 55am 8 50pm 1 fflnm * 50 ....Rock Hill... II 06 10 15am |?mp 8 30 Yorkville.... 10 80 8 20 ) 50 4 38pm ...Blackaburg... 9 18am ^ OOaa ?::::::::::::? sir Isr ESSE J' sr 2 lflnm 8 37 Hulherfordton 7 20 4 10 1 5 ?pm 7 ^P" Marlon 3 06am 2 50pm ?o Near York via Rock Hill. 118. ,eave Camden 12.01p.m. .eave Kershaw 1.10p.m. jeave Rock Hill 8 35p.m. trrlve Charlotte 9.20p.m. trrlve Washington 7.35a.m. trrive New York 1.40p.m. Trains 113 and 114 dally between Camden and Marlon; daily except Sunlay Camden to Klngvllle. Trains run solid between Klngvllle md Marion. Solid train Rock Hill to Washington vith Pullman drawing room sleeper to ?Iew York. Connections made at Rock 1111, Blacksburg and Marion with rains on Savannah, Charlotte and tsheville divisions of Southern Railway. For full information as to rates, schedules and Pullman reservations, ipply to any agent of Southern Railway or R. W. HUNT, v Division Passenger Agent, Charleston, S. C.;W. H. TAYLOE, Assistant General Passenger Agent, Atlanta, Ga.; S. H. HARDWICK, General Passenger Agent, Washington, D. C.; C. H. ACKERT, General Manager, Washington, D. C. M^4^4^*?4^*?4?*?*?*?*?*?+ >N jj _OF i: E REPUBLIC, 1 !!' Oct. 6-11, 1902. \\ !! IATES j! THERN RAILWAY. ii 1 (I 1RD, 4TH, 5TH and 6TH, with * * y depositing ticket with Joint *' than 12 O'CLOCK, noon, of (j I, and on payment of fee of 50 ,? IT TO NOVEMBER 3RD, may ? ? O ? ; to nearby Battle Fields, "H'ERi LOW RM;; from Washington, October 6th, j1 rn within FIVE DAYS. Write A VTTLEFIELD FOLDER. ? O 1G AND RETURNING, < imlts; particulars on request. J [ \) operates SUPERB THROUGH J \ S, DINING CARS and VESTI- ' [ ipal points. FAST SCHED- I) i! t, or write 11 E. W. HUNT, D.F. A., | Charleston, 8. C. S. H. HAEDWICK, G. P. A., I Washington, D. C. , T~i ,-T^ ,T~i .V. iTi ,T~u ./tD /T^ .S. A (Tl -A. /TV7V . IVTwTvTw'fWTW fWTWTW I wTWTWir ' j .9. /T^ iT^ A /Ti A /T^ . . /T^ A/TiA/T^A/t^A/T^A/T^A "V?i7 " li7 "V 4 VA/ V w ?" " " w f w T w T^ J ^ji7V ? <? ? t do well printed Letterheads, JI ids, Envelopes, Statements and () printed matter make, a success- * ;rchant. But you will notice that 1 > :lothes do help a man's appear- j | .nd gives him an air of thrift and J' ty, and you will also notice that (j >rinted stationery always leaves ? :er impression on your mind of <) nder than if the stationery is in- ! | ntly printed. Does your station- J J ear good clothes, or is it indif- j) ly clothed in a rubber stamp or ? printed matter. The Enquirer (> pared to dress your stationery in * * ist of style and put the dressing J' such a way as to make a good J \ r sting impression on the recipient, * i O ? o ill be pleased to make estimates ? ruggists on Labels or Stickers, j) e especially well prepared to fig- ? this class of work and will make () i on large lots in either one or x dors on gummed paper?that will J' that will be extremely low. Let ^ j Imate on your next order of sev- ? lousand. < 1 ? $ <? 4-14-n Ordore frnm ? .WllllUil lU viuvid iavui a nd Us Your Orders. | Winters, Yorkville, S. C. 5