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^tumorous |ltpartmrnt. Three EelH and a Girl. There lives a family on Delaware place with a palate for eels. As often as twice a week the head of the family carries home from the fish market two or three of the slippery, snakelike wrigglers. He usually returns home late at night, and it is his custom to put the eels in a bucket of water, where they are kept until morning. In the front rooms of the apartment where lives this family are two young women from Indiana, who, during their sojourn in the city, are boarding with the family of eels eaters. Each of the young women has eaten of the cooked food, but neither of them ever saw an eel. One night last week the man of the house took home three eels. After stumbling about the darkened nouse in a futile search for a bucket, he hit upon another plan. He tiptoed to the bathroom and turned the eels loose in the bathtub. As soon as the house was quiet the younger of the two sisters, dressed for her dreams, stole out of her room with a heavy crash towel thrown across her arm, and proceeded to the bathroom. The room was dark and she could find no matches. Not caring to search for a match she decided to bathe in the dark, and accordingly turned on the hot and cold water. When the tub was well filled the young woman stepped in. The hot water had put life into the slippery eels, and whtn the young woman got both feet into the tub the creatures slipped about her ankles and across her feet. That was all she remembered. With one hysterical scream she began kicking furiously and crying for help. Her elder sister, fearing she was being murdered, ran to the bathroom, but found the door locked. After a couple of moments had elapsed, the girl im prisoned in the bathroom fell out of the tub and managed to unlock the door. Not hearing the anxious questions, her frightened sister was crying at her, she fairly flew down the hallway, clad only in the darkness. The whole family was aroused by the screams, and lights flared up in every apartment in the big building. The women of the house and the elder sister, after fifteen minutes work, succeeded in calming the frightened bather. "What in the world is the matter, sister?" asked the elder one. "Oh, horrors!" shuddered the hysterical girl, "the bathtub is full of snakes!" By this time the head of the family, clad in pjamas, was tottering up and down the hallway choking in a spasm of laughter. He stamped his feet, hit his head against the wall, and at last controlled himself sufficiently to light the gas in the bathroom and called his wife to take a look at the room. The floor was flooded with water and two of the eels were wriggling upon the floor.?Chicago Inter-Ocean. Didn't Know Butter When Thby Saw It.?When the Massachusetts legislature was considering the bill which fnrno thA TT?Q Fill fflP turers of oleomargarine to stamp it as such and take out licenses, Thomas Went worth Higginson arose and in a long speech, in which he ignored the immense dairy interests of the state, argued against the bill on the ground that oleomargarine was the poor man's butter; that it was healthful and necessary, and that such a law would drive it out of the market. "Why," said Mr. Higginson, "what's the need of labeling this product as if it were poison? It is so like butter in its tast\ and effects that when, at the recent dinner of the agricultural society, pats of butter and pats of elomargarine were placed before the guests, not a man there could tell which was the butter and which was the oleomargarine." Just then a member who had been prominent in advocating the bill interrupted. saying: "Would the gentleman mind telling the members of this body at what stage of the dinner this test took place?"? New York Times. Consoling the Dying.?A young clergyman tells the following story of the attempt of a member of his flock to console a dying man: "I was sent for in a hurry to see Captain Waters, but did not get the message as promptly as I should. I arrived just a few minutes after he was dead. One of the members of my church had been with him, however, and to him I expressed my regret that the man had died without spiritual consolation. " 'Oh, you needn't let that worry you, parson,' he replied cheerfully. 'I gave him all the spiritual consolation I could, and he died thankful.' "Well, brother, what did you say tc him?" I asked. " 'Well, I began something like this: 'Bill Waters, you have been a mighty wicked man, now, haven't you?' An' he says: 'Yes, Jim, I hev.' 'An' yei can't expect the Lord Almighty to lei yer into Heaven nohow, now, can yer?' An ne says: ino, juii, i rwnuu nui. 'Well, then, Bill,' says I, 'I reckon ye'll hev ter go to the other place. Now, Bill, don't yer think after the life ye've led all these years ye ought ter be thankful ye hev even that place to gc to?' And he was almost too far gone to answer, but he says: 'Yes, Bill, 1 be.' An* then he turned over and diec very quiet like; an', parson, I reckon you couldn't 'a done anything more fer him yerself."?Rochester Herald. Hoodooed.?"Some people I know,' he began in an insinuating tone, "act very much like a hoodoo." "Who do?" asked his indignant and suspicious friend. "Yes, that's what I said, hoodoo!" "Well, answer my question?who do?' "You stupendous ass, that's what I say?hoodoo! Hoodoo! Hoodoo!" "You hopeless, bribbering idiot, that's what I'm asking you?who do? Whc do? Who do?" At last their friends found them locked in a deadly embrace, chewing each other's ears, and long before the attempt at explanation was completed each had been placed tenderly in a heavily padded apartment.?Los- Angeles Herald. $UjsreUancou$i grading. FROM CONTEMPORARIES. Kewi ami Comment That la ot More or Leas Local Intereat. YORK. Rock Hill Herald, November 22: C. B. Betts, of Lesslie, shipped 25 pigeons to the Squab farm of Fred Ludow in New York city Wednesday Our venerable friend, P. Garrison, who has been quite sick with an attack of the grip, is now able to be up State Constable Howie, of Chief Fant's division, captured 13 gallons of whisky Wednesday night on the mixed train between Charlotte and Rock Hill. A I a? ?iv? moo fnnn/t nnvcraH tin live gauuu ACg n CIO 1.UUKU w? .r 1 in the coal of the tender, a three gallon jug in the baggage car and a Ave ' gallon keg in the water closet of the passenger coach. The whisky was 1 shipped to that great moral institu' tion in Columbia known as the state ; rum mill Mr. J. N. McElwee, his 1 mother and Mr. S. T. Frew have returned from Tennessee. Owing to the absence of important witnesses, the trial of the case in which they are interested was postponed until the term of the court to be held in March. Mr. McElwee says the crops In the part of Tennessee he visited are better this year than since 1889. A bale of cotton to the acre is a common thing and the corn crop was never better A party of six colored women of this city left Thursday for New York, where they have secured good positions as cooks and housekeepers....Mr. W. H. Wylie, who is perhaps the most successful Irish potato grower In this section, has gathered a remarkable crop this fall. A number of the vines bore seed and of these he has gathered nearly a peck. He and Prof. Buist will plant experimental plots of these seeds next year, and from these they will perhaps pro duce new varieties. A nair dozen ui Mr. Wylie's potatoes are on display In our agricultural exhibit. Their combined weight is five pounds eleven ounces, the largest weighing one and one-half pounds. Mr. Wylie has also sent a head of lettuce of extraordinary size and development. Thursday, Mr. J. J. Hoke sent to this office several specimen Irish potato tops and on every joint a tuber is growing. Several are as large as hen eggs. It is a remarkable production and the like of which we never saw before. Mr. E. B. Cook sends us two heads of cabbage of extraordinary size, some mammoth vineless sweet potatoes and a couple of premium-taking turnips. The cabbages weighed sixteen and nineteen pounds respectively; one of the yams measures a foot in length and four inches in diameter, while a specimen turnip pulls the scales at eight pounds and fifteen ounces. Mr. P. A. Workman exhibits several red yams of unusual size The postofflce department has extended notice of the granting of a free rural delivery route from Edgmoor via the home of T. W. Whitesides to Collins' postofflce, and from there by the homes of T. W. Glasscock, Sidney Robinson, J. B. Ferguson to T. B. Reid's, thence to the Tanner Robinson place, thence via Blake Place to Mildred postofflce, returning by residence of E. L. Cornwell and McEl\ . wee's school, thence to home of W. R. Neely and from thence to Edgmoor. The length of the route is 23 miles. It will supply 140 families and in the radius there is a population of about 560. Mr. R. D. Robinson has beeh appointed carrier. Service will begin December. It will be known as Edgmoor Free Rural Delivery Route No. 1 Dr. T. R. Carothers has been in exceedingly ill health for some time and Dr. Gill Wylie being in town this week, he was called in and diagnosed the disease as appendicitis and his condition so very serious as to require an immediate operation. Consequently Dr. Wylie, with the assistance of several of the resident physicians, operated Thursday with success, the condition of the patient being very satisfactory when Dr. Wylie left the city that night. He was still doing well yesterday. An abscess had formed and local peritonitis had already set in ana in ur. Wylie's opinion there was no chance for the life of his patient, without an operation at once. As it is, he has a chance of recovery Mrs. M. M. Estes and an 11-year-old son, of the Smith's Turnout neighborhood, had a very exciting experience and narrow escape from drowning when on the way to Rock Hill last Wednesday morning. Stoney Fork at the ford below Fishing creek was up from Monday night's heavy rain in the upper part of the cdunty and Mrs. Estes, with her boy in the buggy by her side, drove in, not suspecting the depth of the water. Her horse almost immediately disappeared in the flood, however, but arose 1 and began to swim to the opposite bank. Meanwhile the boy had been washed out, while his mother, standing ' in the buggy waist deep in water, encouraging her boy to save himself, while she with the reins directed as best she could the horse to the opposite shore. The boy meanwhile was plunging in the creek, and being a good swimmer was able to follow the buggy, and swam ashore when the horse pulled out of the water. The little fellow 1 took courage when he saw his mother ' safe, but said if she had gone down ' in the flood he would not have tried ! to save himself. CHESTER. [ Lantern, November 21: Extensive I repairs and improvements have been , made at the Presbyterian church. The ; electric lights have been completed, an entirely new furnace has been put in and the window frames are being re. Dainted. which helps the appearance of t the building very much. The vines that extended over the windows have I also been pulled away Nearly a hundred hands are employed at the mill, about thirty-five of these are em. ployed on the masonry, the others are . working inside the building overhauling and putting up new machinery. s Four new houses have recently been ( built near the mill. Mr. Nichols went to Charleston Saturday to inspect an , engine and see if it was suitable. The : railroad track will not be removed till the new engine is put in as it runs by the engine room and the new engine . will be carried almost to the exact spot where it will be set up. It will take seven or eight boilers to keep the mill warm and also to supply sufficient steam for the dye room and other needs Mr. Chas. M. Murray, of Pittsburg, Pa., who visited relatives in this, his native state, three years ago, expects to be here again from about December 23rd to January 5th. He was born near the county line, on Susy Bole creek, and was then taken to Missis-1 slppi by his parents when an infant. He was educated at Princeton, and is now at the head of the scientific department of a large school in Pittsburg Last Tuesday a warrant was sworn out for the arrest of O. M. Hacket for violating the emigrant act. He was arrested and in default of a $500 bond was put In jail at this place. He claims to have violated the law not wilfully but through ignorance. He was taking laborers to North Carolina near Lenoir to work on the railroad.... It will be remembered that a Negro, Alex Gillam, broke jail at this place about a year ago, breaking through the door. Sheriff Cornwell received a letter saying that a Negro has been arrested in Salisbury, N. C., that answers to the description of Gillam that SherllT Cornwell had sent to all the larger cities. Whether it is the Negro or not is not certainly known yet. The sherifT is out hunting and his son Colvin gave us the above facts Mr. Owens, secretary of the Rock Hill club, on last Saturday appeared before the board of governors of the Commercial and Manufacturers' club for the purpose of interesting the club and the people of Chester in making an effort to secure the services of the Postal Telegraph company. The Rock Hill club has taken the matter up, and with Chester's co-operation, it is believed that the Postal can be induced to build a line from Charlotte to Columbia, opening offices at Rock Hill, Chester and Winnsboro. The following committee was appointed by the club to take the matter in hand: R. B. Cald well, chairman, H. Samuels and W. G. Nichols. The subject of a union depot for Chester was also considered and the following committee was appointed to look after this matter: R. B. Caldwell, chairman, J. W. Dunnovant and J. C. Robinson Mr. O. W. Drum is now firing on the C. & N.W. railroad. His run is between Gastonia and Lenoir. He came down Tuesday and spent the. night at home, returning to work the next morning. GASTON. Gastonia Gazette, November 21: At the home of her sister, Mrs. T. W. Wilson, on Narrow Gauge street next Tuesday evening, Miss Myrtle Duff, will be married to Mr. W. H. Burbury, of Sparta, Tenn. On account of the recent death of Miss Duff's father, Mr. J. H. C. Duff, at Fayetteville, Tenn., the wedding will be a very quiet home affair, the ceremony being performed in the presence of relatives and a few close friends of the contracting parties. The bride-to-be is a popular young lady of Gastonia, and has a large number of friends here. She has been with the Kindley-Belk Bros. Co., in their dry goods department for quite awhile, and has won the highest esteem of all with whom she has come in contact. The groom is a prominent young business man of his town. Immediately after the ceremony the bride will Idqvo fnr n hrlflal trln to northern points As noted elsewhere in the items copied from The Yorkville Enquirer, Mr. James R. Oates died of catarrh of the stomach last Sunday afternoon at his home near Rock Hill. He was a brother-in-law of Esquire Robert A. White, who attended the funeral Monday and returned to Gastonia Tuesday night. In the days of his early manhood, Mr. Oates was a teacher in Gaston county?in fact, he was born and raised here? and our countymen like Mr. Solomon Foy were numbered among his students. He has a brother, Mr. Thomas Oates, living near Bessemer, father of Mr. John T. Oates. He is in quite feeble health and has been worse than usual for the past few days. Mr. Monroe Oates, of Tirzah, a son of the deceased, married a daughter of Mr. Jas. Anthony. Though they knew of the failing health of Mr. Oates in South Carolina, Mr. R. A. White and the editor of The Gazette carried to a number of his people at Dallas Wednesday the first news they had of his death. He was a good man, a wise counsellor, a kind neighbor, and his death will be widely lamented by his friends and kindred among our readers. The case of the State against Mike Eaker for killing Lee Lingerfelt at Sellars' Store was not sent to the jury. The defendant submitted to a verdict of murder in the second degree, and on Wednesday morning several witnesses were put on the stand that the judge might see what was in the case. For murder in the second degree the punishment is confinement in the state prison not less than two nor more than thirty years. After hearing the evidence the court pronounced a sentence of three years confinement in the penitentiary An approaching marriage of much local Interest is that of Mr. Sephas V. Fite, of Charlotte, and Miss Eunice Lavenia Adams, of Lowell. Cards have been received here announcing the happy event to take place on Wednesday, the twenty-sixth instant, at 6.30 o'clock in the afternoon in the Presbyterian church at Lowell. The bride-to-be is the beautiful and accomplished daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Adams and is one of Lowell's most popular young ladies. She also has many friends in Gastonia. The groom-elect is a native of Gaston county, but is now a prominent business man of Charlotte. He has a large number of friends at Lowell and throughout the county, who congratulate both him and the bride-to-be on their marriage, and who wish them great happiness. To be the offspring of an Italian mother seems to predispose one to accidental death. The census has a table showing that deaths due to accidents and injuries were highest among those whose mothers were born in Italy (11D.5 per 100,000 of white population); lowest among those whose mothers were born in the United States (62.7). The highest of all navigable rivers is the Tsangpo, which flows for nearly 1,000 miles at an elevation of from 11,000 to 14,000 feet. THE SOLDIER IN MODERN WAR. The Peculiar Nerronn Strain, Yet the Danger of HI* Being Killed Lena. "Self-preservation Is the first law of nature." Avoidance, flight of the danger Is so common, so general, so apparently involuntary with both man and beast as to convince us that it is the natural, the instinctive, method of selfpreservation. In battle the requirements of self-preservation are undoubtedly the facing and destruction of the enemy. The side that flies is lost. On the one hand, then, is the instinct of flight; on the other the necessity of fight. To eradicate this instinct of flight and put in its place something that will make men fight, that will save destruction and accomplish self-pre servation, is the whole object 01 training. In more recent times the difficulties of such training have greatly increased. The straining life of highly organized society has undoubtedly made men more nervous, more hysterical and less able to face danger, suffering and death. The growth of peace and civilization with their relief from hardships and the frequent necessity of defence of self and rights, have made them more than ever loth to risk their lives in war and battle. But most of all, in the last third of a century the prodigious improvements in firearms, their scientific, deadly effectiveness, stun and affright the imagination and hold men afar off from danger and the enemy. It has been estimated that since 1870, the general effectiveness of the infantry rifle has been increased from 1 to nhnnt 13. and of artillery from 1 to about 40. These figures affect the nerves. Again, when men fought in masses under the eye of the higher leaders, discipline, practical training, was found adequate to the crists of battle; but under the enforced individualism of extended order fighting, the leader is often far away, or there is no leader, and the soldier then must become a leader for himself and perhaps for others near him. To win, then, we must make him feel in himself something more than discipline and tactical training, something that will hold him to the fight, something that will send him on, something of those high qualities, honor, duty, pride, ambition, heroism, patriotism. Of the horrors and carnage, the suffering and long exposure of the wounded to be expected in future battle with improved arms, our soldiers soon hear enough and enough that Is logical and probable, to unsettle a good man's nerve and make his reassurance a matter of importance. Undoubtedly soldiers should know the dangers of battle, but not the dangers alone. All facts, all circumstances that favor his chance for life in battle should be repeated and emphasized until deeply impressed upon his mind. They will add to the confidence, bravery and daring with which he will press the fight. Show him: That, notwithstanding modern arms, the magazine rifle, the Gatling, automatic guns and pistols, revolving cannon, machine and field guns send missiles "in a perfect hail," "in streams" and "in showers," yet* the fact remains and statistics all prove that the more these improved weapons are used, the fewer men are killed in battle; the more deadly the arm the fewer its victims: That, notwithstanding the guns of ship, seacoast, siege, and field belch tons of iron, thousands of missiles so far, so wide, so searchingly that nothing, it would seem, could live under their fire, yet men do not die in front of them as they did in front of the old smoothbores. More, far more, are left to tell, and do not fail to tell and exaggerate, the tale of horrors. Witness the more recent siege and seacoast bombardments. That notwithstanding long zones are "swept," "beaten" and "ploughed" by fire, yet men do live there. Think of the enemy. He too, is suffering. If we stick strictly to business, giving him and not ourselves our whole attention, he will have his woes. At the crisis the men who remember this, who can think of this and make yet one more dash, will save honor, the battle and themselves. That, though trees are shot through, walls are battered and houses knocked down, yet this does not mean death to all that are behind or in them. Thousands of bullets are shot, but it takes ten thousand to kill one man and fVio nnmher i?j pvor nn thp fnerpase. Many are hit, perhaps, yet few are instantly killed. To fall does not mean death. Improved field hospitals, elaborate and complete arrangements for the care of the wounded, wonderful medicines and skilled nurses are provided and are greatly reducing their sufferings, and skilled modern surgery is ever reducing the percentage of those who die of wounds. Though in the crisis it seems terrible to stand, and more terrible to go forward, yet that of which we instinctively think, to go back, is most terrible of all. It is sure destruction. The bullet's most explosive and fatal effect is at ranges less than 400 yards. To this range, however, it is now rarely necessary to go, or to go only under cover. Before this the battle will have been lost or won, at ranges of from 1,000 yards to 4,000 yards, where wounds are far less deadly. These are reassuring and encouraging thoughts, and cannot fail to help steady the human nerve and send the soldier further in the fight.?Major R. L. Bullard, Twenty-Eight United States Infantry, in The Journal of the Military Service Institution. iST It appears that nearly six per cent, of all the deaths in the United States are due to accidental injuries, but it is even more astonishing to learn that the probability that a person will meet with some disabling injury within a year is about 11 times greater than the chance of his death from any and all causes during the same period. ti)' The proportions of death from accidents and injuries were greatest in the Cordilleran regions, the Pacific coast region and the western plains; they are least in the North Atlantic coast region, the Middle Atlantic coast region and the northeastern hills and I plateaus. X'.y Some men's littleness is by far the I biggest part of them. PIMPLY faces m cured Obstinate deep-seated Eruptions, Blond Poison, Cancers, Boils, Rheumatism, Eating Sores, Itching Skin and Blood Humors, cured by taking a few bottles of B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm.) 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HUNT, 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. THE REFORMER?SHELDON. ?PARKER'S gWpgppfli HAIR BALSAM HQzf|W'^ mM Cleanses and beaatifie* the hair. aTHBy^ *Promote* a luxuriant growth. H55SN= -.^1 Never Falls to Eoetore Gray Hair to Its Youthful Color. Ctirca icalp diaeaaci U hair 1 ailing. TIE REFORMER, I I / o I By Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, ? 1 < > 4 Anthor of "In His Steps," 'Tmciflixon of Philip Strong," 11 4 "Robert Hardy's Seven Days," "Malcolm Kirk." ;r~~ 2 ?? t HHHHHH44W4WH4H1 ? T 11 | O 1 Handsomely Illustrated. ii 2 4 * a 44444444444444444444444444 9 x * I jj & No more popular fiction than the Sheldon stories has jj I ever been offered to THE ENQUIRER'S readers, jj 5 While there is always a highly moral motive in his stories, jj | there is nothing of the goody goody sort, and the author !! J paints life as it is, and all fair-minded, thinking people ?! | wish that his reformers might be successful. THE RE- jj f FORMER is a characteristic Sheldon story in the author's j j 4 best vein. It is the story of a wealthy young man who jj ar ? ? 1- ^ ~ J f ^ rkrkPlflAli OM/1 ! ! j* JJttVC up I1UI11C <tuu lUIlllUC, melius ituu 9UV.iai pjouiuii, auu M * the sweetheart who would not follow him into poverty, to iiX devote his life and talents to reform work in the slums of i! i . *1 ? a great city. Among the interesting characters in this (J | story are: John Gordon, the hero; Mary Marsh, the sweet- jj | heart; David Barton, a newspaper writer; Harris, the pro- jj ? prietor of the News, a yellow journal; Miss Andrews, the I! !head of Hope House, a charitable institution in the heart !? of the slums, a descendant of an aristocratic old southern ? o family;.Louie Caylor, a child of the slums; Mrs. Captain ;; George Effingham, of Salem, a rich widow; Tommy Ran- jj dall, the political king of the slum district; Rev. Mr. Fal- jj mouth, pastor of a fashionable church, who is not satisfied j j with social conditions; Mrs. Constance Penrose, a rich so- ii ciety woman, etc. THE REFORMER is a story that is j j q not overdrawn, as it pictures actual conditions in many of j j 1 our large cities. It is clean and high-tone in language, j J |j and can be read with profit and interest by old and young. j J | Even if you are not an habitual story reader, we are sure 2 | that you can read THE REFORMER with pleasure and & j? profit. One result of reading this story will be to make j [ v you compare your happy surroundings with the conditions j [ 2 that exist in the slums of a great city, where the very air i i 2 is reeking with filth and disease. If you are not an EN- j) f QUIRER subscriber, NOW is a good time to begin. You jj | can get THE ENQUIRER from now until January i, J( | 1904?more than thirteen months?for $1.75. See your j| I nearest clubmaker. I THE REFORMER is intensely exciting, holding the !j I interest of the reader from start to finish. The first chap- * j I ter of THE REFORMER will appear in THE ENQUI- j j S RER of December 10. Watch for it and read it j j ? 1 * if THE VEGETABLE FAT nUii SUPERIOR IN QUALITY AND PURITY pj| TO ALL OTHERS OTj|j p pRODOEES 1 Address SOUTHERN COTTON OIL CO. 5MJ SAVANNAH GA. THE CAROUNAS AND GEORGIA. ffljlg - IcAEOLfflisMRraram Office of the County Treasurer of York County, J RAILWAY COMPANY. Yorkville, S. C., September 15, 1902. IN accordance with the law, my books Schedule Effective Nov. 23,1902, will be opened on the 15TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1902, for the collection of STATE, COUNTY and SPECIAL TAX- Northbound. Pisstigtr. Mixed. ES for the fiscal year commencing Jan- ? 4 n M uary 1st, 1902, and ending December Ly* Chester 6.10a.m. 9.00a.m. 31st, 1902, and will be kept open UN- Ly* ^ov5fryvIVie"" ?,34a-m- < TIL DECEMBER 31ST, 1902. I will al- Lv. McConnells .. 6.50a.m. 10.00a.m. so receive VOLUNTARY PAYMENTS ^v. Guthries 6.58a.m. 10-13a.m. of COMMUTATION ROAD TAXES for Lv- YorkviHe 7.18a.m. 10.50a.m. the year 1903. Lv Gilbert 7.31a.m. 11.20a.m. ""For the convenience of taxpayers, I Lv. ~'0V3r i*4?3"1"* H will attend at the following places, on Lv* **ow)in? Green 7.57a.m. 12.16a.m. the days and dates named: Ly* Gastonia 9.20a.m. 6.00a.m. Yorkville, Friday, the 14th day of No- Lv. Lincolnton ...10.22a.m. 8.54a.m. vember, until Monday, the 1st day of Ly- Newton 11.10a.m. 11.00a.m. December. Lv. Hickory 11.38a.m. 1.40p.m. At Rock Hill from Tuesday, the 2nd Ar. Lenoir 1.04p.m. 5.02p.m. day of December at 12 o'clock, m., un til Tuesday, the 9th day of December at Southbound. fassenger. Mixed. And at Yorkville, Wednesday, the Lv. Lenoir 1.50p.m. 6.30a.m. 10th day of December until the 31st day Lv. Hickory 2.50p.m. 9.05a.m. of December, after which day a pen- Lv. Newton 3.18p.m. 11.35a.m. alty of one per centum will be added; Lv. Lincolnton.... 4.05p.m. 12.55p.m. and if said taxes, assessments and pen- Lv. Gastonia .... 5.35p.m. 2.30p.m. alties are not paid on or before the Lv. Bowling Gr'n. 5.59p.m. 3.10p.m. FIRST DAY OF FEBRUARY NEXT, Lv. Clover 6.10p.m. 3.30p.m. an additional penalty of one per Lv. Filbert 6.25p.m. 4.07p.m. centum will be added. And if said Lv. Yorkville 6.40p.m. 4.30p.m. taxes, assessments and penalties are Lv. Guthries 7.03p.m. 5.06p.m. not paid on or before the FIRST DAY Lv. McConnells .. 7.10p.m. 5.22p.m. OF MARCH NEXT, an additional pen- Lv. Lowrysville .. 7.26p.m. 5.40p.m. alty of mve per centum will be added; Ar- Chester 7.50p.m. 6.25p.m. and if not paid by MARCH 15TH, exe- CONNECTIONS. cutions will be issued in accordance ? . , ., ? with law. Chester?Southern Ry., S. A. L., and L. H. A. D. nei<jl.x, county Treasurer. . _ _ . . Vnvpmhpr iq Yorkvllle?S. C. A Ga. Extension. r>.o\ ember is. Gastonla-Southeru Ry. Llncolnton?S. A. L. T7. J. Newton and Hickory?Southern Ry. Y ork Brick W orks. e. f. reid. g. p. Agent. XT aottc t-? Chester. South Carolina. W. N. ASHE, Proprietor. THE REFORMER?SHELDON. We are now making millions of Brick, HZ and are ready to meet all demands WANTED, I wholesale or retail, at figures that are THOUSAND BUSHELS of v^wnio ?-N-ASHE- JL COTTON SEED. Highest market Yorkvllle and Rock Hill. price paid in cash. See us before sell ing. LATTA BROS. THE REFORMER?SHELDON. I Oct. 8 w.s. tf I **