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Juuuwuft Department. Wai Ready to Deliver. In a certain prosperous section of New England they still tell of a case famous In its day. Late one summer evening three men put up at the only hotel in the county. They brought wlt*? them a heavy. Impressive looking bag, which they deposited on the "desk. It contained, they explained, gold ore worth $30,000, and represented the. savings of three men after years of mining. They exacted a solemn promise from the clerk to deliver up the bag only when the three together appeared and demanded It of him. Very early next morning, however. one of the men appeared alone, ana asked to be given the bag. He was in ^such a hurry. and put up such a plausible story, that the clerk, who was sleepy and perhaps none too sober, handed over the article, whereat the stranger disappeared with great alacrity. When the remaining partners appeared upon the scene there was something doing. They stormed and swore and threatened, and Anally brought suit against the hotel for the value of their lost treasure, for no trace of the treacherous third man could ever be discovered. The landlord's plight Seemed hopeless; it was a clear case for the angry plaintiffs. Then suddenly a green 'young lawyer, new In town, offered to take the case for the hotel, and was at once engaged. At the trial the court was crowded. When the young lawyer's turn came he arose and laid a large and weighty looking bag on the d?sk beside him. "Gentlemen," he sal J, "by the original terms of its agreement the hotel promised to deliver this bag when the three partners appeared together to claim It. The hotel stands ready to fulAll that promise, and when said three apply together, as con ?-J ?111 -4^11,crrw.rta ? irtU'lCU, n c will UCII * Ci iiiv bvvmw. A paralyzing silence fell on the unfortunate "partners" In the room. They were ready to do their part, but the third, oh! where was he? The case was won for the defendants. The bag upon the desk contained only a few stones and old clothes.?Boston Herald. Cap'n Bill's Explanation.?After the visitors to the Island of Nantucket had covered the course over which sightseers are always conducted, says a writer in the Boston Herald. one of the ladies of the party requested that the drive be continued to "Sheep pond." "The place where the natives used to wash the wool on their sheep in the old days," she supplemented. "Everybody goes to see it." The driver and guide, Cap'n Bill, looked perplexed. He was evidently puzxled as to the location of this interesting sheet of water. But an old sailor and town character is rarely nonplused, and presently Cap'n Bill snapped his whip, determination in his eye. He drove to a neighboring hill and stopped his horses. ' "Here 'tis," he said, with a sweep of his hand. "I don't see any water!" was the general exclamation. "Not now," Cap'n BUI gravely aamitted. "You see, the sheep was so dirty that the bloomln' pond got filled up."?Youth's Companion. His Musical Ear.?It isn't always best to brag about your gifts. Out on one of the boulevards lives a man who lays claims to a musical ear and plays some on the piano. Frequently he has criticized his wife for what he called her inability to carry a tune. "Your ear, if you had a musical one as I have, would show you how to carry a tune," he would say. One day he complained that her piano was out of tune and asked his wife to telephone for a tuner. She decided to test his "musical ear," so that night when he came home from business she said: "Will, please try the piano and see if the tuner has done it any good. I haven't any ear and cannot tell, but you can." The man sat down at the instrument and played a simple tune. "It's all right now," he said. "That fellow did a good Job." His wife summoned up her courage. "Will," she said. "The tuner didn't come today. He's coming tomorrow morning."?Kansas City Times. In the Country.?When the thermometer had dropped far below zero good Mrs. Rogers was much disturbed at the recollection that Huldah, me new Kiienen maia, siepi in an unheated room. "Huldah," she said, remembering the good old custom of her own girlhood, "it's going to be pretty cold tonight. I think you had better take a flatlron to bed with you." "Yes, ma'am," said Huldah. in mild and expressionless assent. Mrs. Rogers slept soundly and free from care, secure in the belief that the maid was comfortable. In the morning she again visited the kitchen. "Well, Huldah." she asked, "how did you get along with the flatiron?" Huldah breathed a deep sigh of recollection. "Well, ma'am." she said. "I got it nearly warm before morning!" An Exlraordinary Woman. ? Dr. Abernethy. the famous Scotch surgeon, was a man of few words, but once he met his match in a woman. She called at his office in Edinburgh one day and showed a hand badly inflamed and swollen, when the following dialogue, opened by the doctor, took place: "Burns?" 'dmluo "Poultice." The next day the woman called again, and the dialogue was as follows: "Better?" "Worse." "More poultice." Two days later the woman made another call, and this conversation occurred: "Better?" "Well. Fee?" "Nothing," exclaimed the doctor. "Most sensible woman I ever met." The Gamjn's Advice.?It was in Piccadilly that the fair motor driver could not make her magnificent car go. It sputtered, it panted, it throbbed, it blocked the traffic and drew a huge crowd. The lady, pretty and young to boot, drew various levers, patted numerous pedals, blushing furiously. Still the car would not judge. Suddenly a small voice piped out: "Put annuver penny In. lady." and the crowd laughed.?Sheffield Telegraph. Jtti&ceUanous iUadinj). IN COUNTIES ADJOINING. New* and Comment Clipped From Neighboring Exchange*. CHESTER. Lantern, April 27: Henry Wilson, colored, a well known character of litigious characteristics, was before Judge McLure Tuesday morning charged with using exceedingly Impolite and lurid language during a quarrel with some neighbors several days ago. The judge Imposed a fine of $20, which Henry promptly paid and went on his way rejoicing Married by Rev. J. M. Fridy, Wednes* day, April 25, 1906, at the home of the bride, near Capers Chapel, Mr. 1 J. R. Moore and Miss Lena Hardin, daughter of the late J. N. Hardin. They left immediately for Lincolnton, N. C., the home of the groom... Rev. W. A. Hafner of Clover, S. C., stopped over with his brother yesterday on his return from presbytery and left for his home this morning. Mrs. Hafner and the baby came down with him Monday and were guests of Dr. and Mrs S. G. Miller The next meeting of the Bethel presbytery will be at Clover. Following 1 are the commissioners to the general assembly which Is to meet in 1 Greenville May 17th: Rev. W. M. McPheeters, D. D., Columbia and Rev. J. H. Thornwell, D. D., of Fort Mill; Elders T. J. Robblns and J. W. Bankhead. Alternates: Rev. Chalmers Fraser of Lancaster, and Rev. A. H. Atkins of Lowryvllle; Elders W. L. McCrorey and J. A. Boyd Coroner Leckie was called to Catawba Falls Wednesday to view the remains of one Davis, colored, who died rather suddenly the day before, giving rise to suspicions of foul play. Coroner Leckie, after sifting the circumstances decided that death resulted from natural causes, and the body was at once shipped to Santuc for burial Little Miss Laura Mcllroy of Yorkvllle, who has been staying with her aunt, Mrs. R. H. Bigham, and attended the school at Pleasant Grove church, spent Wednesday night with her uncle, Mr. Robert Mcllroy, and left for her home yesterday morning Bethel Presbytery convened with the Blackstock Presbyterian church Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock. At the request of the retiring moderator, Mr. W. D. Knox, Rev. Jas. H. Thornwell, D. D. of Fort Mill, preached the opening sermon. The prebytery was one of the best attended In the history of the organization, and the enthusiasm and Interest were in keeping with the attendance. The discussions were of the usual charaster and the business transacted of the usual kind. Rev. S. C. Byrd. Wlnnsboro, presided over the body with tact and skill. Rev. S. J. Cartledge preached an instructive sermon Wednesday morning, and In the evening the audience listened to an edifying discourse from Rev. E. E. Gillespie of Yorkvllle. GASTON. Gastonia Gazette, April 27: During 1 the storm yesterday afternoon, llght Loray cottages between the park and the mill which was occupied by Mr. Daniel Lowe, causing the death of Mrs. Lowe, who was In the closet by the chimney. The Lowe family had Just moved Into the house yesterday morning from Bessemer City. The bolt did not cause any damage to the chimney or dwelling. Mrs. Lowe was her husband's second wife. She J loaves a large family of children. , This sudden and extremely sad death is one to elicit very general sympathy Wednesday night at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and ' Mrs. W. S. Elmore near the Avon mill, Miss Annie Belle Elmore became the bride of Mr. Claude Withers, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Withers of the Ozark. The ceremony was performed by Rev. G. W. Callahan in the midst of a large circle of friends. The happy young couple will make their home for the present at the home of the groom The discovery was made Tuesday evening that Hattie McLean, a young colored woman who lives on Marietta street near Happy Hill, had the smallpox. The woman had Just returned from Charlotte. The family was immediately placed in quarantine and Wednesday night they were moved to the pest house. Nothing serious is expected Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Chambers arrived Saturday night to spend a few weeks in Gastonla. Mr. Chambers Is a machinist traveling for the J. M. Case Mill Manufacturing company of Louisville, and will install a new roller mill for Messrs. B. H. Parker & Co., as soon as the machinery arrives. The Louisville company has shipped the Gastonla firm a full fifty-barrel mill, consisting of eight stands, four sifters and necessary appurtenances. The shipment is now due and expected every day. Mr. Chambers says he will, with proper help have the mill running in two weeks after the machinery arrives Mr. Robert F. Coble, formerly superintendent of the Odell mills at Concord, will become superintendent of the Southern cotton mill at Bessemer City to succeed Mr. C. A. Davis who becomes superintendent of the Vermont mills. Mr. Coble is a practical mill man without any school advantages whatever. He was forced to work in the mill when a boy and later became superintendent of the large Odell plant in which he formerly worked as a doffer boy. Several years ago Mr. Coble was forced to resign his position on account of his health. He is a man who believes in doing things and we wish for him success and I happiness in his work Wednesday evening about eight o'clock while Robert Hansel, a young man who works in the Gastonia mills, was coming up street in company with several other boys, was seized by S. W. Smathers, one of the barbers In the Palace barber shop, who struck him about the head. Smathers disappeared immediately thereafter and has not been seen since. Hansel was taken to Adams drug store, where Dr. R. M. Reid dressed his wounds. It seems that the trouble originated In a difficulty between Hansel and Smather's boy which caused them to be brought before Esquire T. H. White, who lined both. This did not please Smathers, and he proceeded to get even when he met Hansel on the street Mon- , day was a cold snap day, but that didn't prevent the boys at one of the Gastonia mills from ducking a stranger in the reservoir. He was ( there, they said, from a distance endeavoring to entice the help away. I 1 & It is easy to imagine that if you have the wind the Lord will find the 1 wings. I HISTORY OF SO From the First Settle the Rev< IIy REV. ROBERI From the Y^rkvllle Enquirer of 1876. INSTAT,I,MENT XXXV. Early In 1735, Robert Johnson died. The last law to which he assented, Is dated April 28, 1735. He was succeeded by Thomas Broughton. Robert Johnson was governor of South Carolina In 1719, when the government of the state passed out of the hands of the proprietors and became a royal province. In 1730, he succeeded Arthur Mlddleton as the third royal governor. Robert Johnson was more than popular?he was universally beloved. To perpetuate his memory, a monument was erected at the public expense. From the Inscription over this monument, we learn the following facts. He died on the 3rd of May, 1735, aged fifty-three years. He was the first captain, general, governor and commander-in-chief, and vice-admiral of the province of South Carolina after the. purchase of it by the King of England. The marble upon which these facts are recorded, was given we learn from the same source, by the general assembly as a "mark of peculiar esteem and gratitude." He was burled near St. Philips church, of which he was a member. His successor, Thomas Broughton, had long been connected with the colony. In 1710, we find him contending, as one of the deputies of the proprietors. with Robert Glbbes for the office of governor. Again, we find him speaker of the lower house of the assembly, under Nicholson and Mlddleton; and now In 1735, governor of South Carolina. Thomas Broughton Is qualrtly described as a "plain honest man, but little distinguished. either for his knowledge or valor." He continued In office until 1737. At this time that portion of the state south or a line drawn easi anu wwi across the state, as high up as King's Tree, was partially settled. In some sections of this territory, there were only a few settlers, and in other sections there were only a few traders. In 1704. a trader by the name of Henry Sterling, established a kind of trading post on Lyon creek, in the present county of Orangeburg. During the administration of Broughton, as previously, multitudes continued to pour into the country from Germany, Ireland, Scotland and England. All of them were Protestants and most of them poor. One of the first acts that was passed by the assembly after Broughton became governor, was "An act to provide a full supply for subsisting poor Protestants coming from Europe and settling In South Carolina." Previously to this the sum of 5,000 pounds?about $25,000? had been annually appropriated by the assembly for this purpose: but so great was the tide of immigration and so needy were the Immigrants, that this sum was found insufficient. It was proposed that some of the immigrants be bound out to masters for a term of years, but this proposition was not acceded to, and a tax was imposed for the purpose of relieving the poor. Charles Town, about this time presented a very strange spectacle. HusKansia "'ora Ufon Oil rrvln C flJl flOftS Of household stuff on their backs, whilst their wives and children were following at their heels, each loaded with something. The old settlers were kind, but so great were the numbers of newcomers that all could not be comfortably provided for. Some of these immigrants were the sons and daughters of wealthy families, whilst many of them were from the humbler walks of life. The tyranny of the governments of Europe in conjunction with the oppression of landlords, drove to South Carolina some of the best families of the Old World. These immigrants had at first many things in common. Prominent among these was the fact that they were, whatever might be their nationality, all Protestants. At first the majority of the settlers were dissenters. These dissenters embraced, Baptists. Presbyterians, Huguenots and other individuals who, although members of the Church of England, were not in full sympathy with it. The Huguenots who were what are known in church history as Geneva Presbyterians, gradually became almost as a whole, a part and parcel of the Church of E.igland. Many things made the transition easy. Their forms of worship in some things bore a striking resemblance to those forms in the Church of England. They were kindly treated and gently dealt with by "the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Ports." By this society ministers who spoke the French language were furnished to Huguenots. This had a powerful effect upon the minds of these French immigrants. Almost imperceptibly the majority of them soon became warmly attached to the Church of England. In 1698 an effort was made to establish Episcopacy as the form of religion of the province. This law was modified in 1704, ar1 Episcopacy became the established religion up to the time of the Revolution in 1776. This enabled Episcopacy to grow and flourish us no other form of religion could. For this particular denomination, churches were built and ministers supported out of the public treasury. Dissenters not only had to build their own houses of worship and support their own pastors; but also to contribute their part to the support of the established church. At the time that Broughton was governor of South Carolina the province was, when we take everything into consideration, well supplied with churches and ministers of the gospel. With regard to the ministers it may be said that they were men of learning ana excellent natural endowments. At a very early period, the settlers of South Carolina directed their attention to the propagation of the gospel and the establishing of high schools. A public library was established in Charles Town within thirty-five years after the settlement of the colony; and in 1710 and 1712 free schools were established by legislative enactment. In 1723 the Rev. Thomas Morrit proposed to the assembly a plan for establishing a college. The early settlers of South Carolina read the Bible with great regularity, and the effect was seen in all their acts, both public and private. People that study the Bible and make themselves thoroughly acquainted with its history and its laws will always be a strong minded people; and those who make UTH CAROLINA. ment to the Close oi olution. r LATHAN, 1>. D. Its precepts a rule of conduct will always be a moral people. During the administration of Governor Broughton, the Carolinians and Georgians became very near being Involved in a serious difficulty. After Oglethorpe had put the Georgia colony In a state of defense, he returned to England In order to adJust a difficulty with the Spanish government in Florida. During his absence, the Carolina traders, discovered that Augusta, on account of Its fortifications. was a favorable trading post. In order to reach this point with a supply of goods suitable for Indian traffic. It was determined to boat the goods up the Savannah river. It was one of the fixed regulations of the Georgia settlement that rum should be excluded from the colony. The restriction was made, not so much, It would seem, on modern temperance principles, as from the fact that rum was thought to be deleterious to the health. The settlers were not forbidden the use of wine. In fact they were required to make wine. One of the principal articles which the trailers sold to the Indians, or rather bartered with them, was rum. A company of traders got their cargo of rum and other commodities ready and commenced to make their way up the river. When opposite Savannah the officers of the town ordered the boat to be stopped. The croods were all opened and the bar rels of rum knocked to pieces. This Incensed not only the traders but the people of the province generally. The result was that a deputation consisting of two indlvldauls?one from each house of the legislature?was sent to Inquire Into the matter. The Georgia authorities were not slow to discover that they had acted rashly, - and promptly restored the articles of traffic, set the traders whom they had Imprisoned at liberty and made ample apology. It was then agreed between the two colonies that the Savannah river should be used In common by the two colonies, and that South Carolina traders were at liberty to trade where they saw fit. The Carolinians agreed on their part not to engage In the sale of rum or any strong liquors to the white settlers of Georgia, It now became evident that the Georgia colony must prove a failure If the plan of government adopted by the trustees continued in force. The location was unhealthy, especially to Europeans. So many restrictions were made by the laws that the people became discouraged, and many of them crossed over the Savannah river and settled In South Carolina, By law, the Georgians were forbidden to own slaves. The South Carolinians were not. A petition was addressed to the trustees praying that this provision might be abrogated, and the citizens be allowed to purchase slaves. The Scotch High landers who had settled at N?*v Inverness protested against the Introduction of slavery Into the colony. Their protest was founded upon conscientious scruples mainly; but they regarded the introduction of slavery as dangerous to their settlement, since it would expose them to constant attacks of the Spaniards. The relations existing between the courts of Europe to the time of the Revolution of 1776 materially affected the American colonies. On the 19th of Oct., 1739, war was proclaimed by the British parliament against Spain. Previous to this, however, the two nations had been at variance, and more than once been on the verge of open hostilities. It was the practice of the European nations that had planted colonies In America to make these colonies a kind of battleground. Whenever any difficulty occurred between the courts of Europe, each at once set about to destroy the other's colonies. Not only so, but France, England and Spain each claiming the sole right to all of North America, made it a point to do all it could to get full possession of the country, and to prevent either of the other two from establishing4 colonies in the country. The contest in the north was between England and the French; In the south It was mainly between England and Spain. Previous to the declarations of war, Spain had been making preparations for it by sending reinforcements to St. Augustine. Treaty after treaty had been made respecting the possessions of the two nations in America, and boundary lines had been pointed out; but neither resneoted the treaties or feared to cross the boundary' line. English vessels claimed the right to cut log wood on some of the West Indies Isles and to navigate the Gulf of Mexico. The right was practically admitted by Spain for some time; but about the time of which we are speaking, every vessel that was found in these waters was captured. The merchants began to complain and the matter was referred to Sir Robert Walpole the English minister. Walpole was beguiled with fair promises but the practice contin-1 ued. In 1737, Thomas Broughton was succeeded by William Bull. Samuel Horsley had been appointed as a successor to Broughton, but he died before he left England. So soon as Bull assumed the duties of his office, he immediately Informed the British government of the true state of things. Since from circumstances and situation, the same fate awaited both South Carolina and Georgia, he also opened a correspondence with the trustees of Geor- ' gia. The trustees at once made application to the king for assistance, in view of the threatened invasion of their colony. A regiment of six hundred men was raised, and James Oglethorpe made military governor of the two colonies of South Carolina and Georgia with the rank of major general. Two ships?the Hector and Blandford?were ordered to convoy the transports which were to convey Oglethorpe and his regiment to America. Forty individuals accompanied the expedition, who might be ready to take the places of those who might sicken, die or be killed in the expedition. So soon as Oglethorpe landed, he commenced the work of fortifying posts on the coast of Georgia and some of the most important islands. In order to be successful, it was necessary that the friendship of the neighboring Indians be secured. The Creek nation was warmly attached to Oglethorpe, but during his absence in England the Spaniards had been tampering with them. Some of their more prominent leaders had been Invited to visit the governor of St. Augustine. That they might be induced to accept the invitations large presents were promised them. On arriving at St. Augustine, these chiefs were told that Oglethorpe was sick on boaid of a vessel then lying in the harbor, and was very desirous to see them. The wily Indians discovered the plot and would neither go on board the vessel nor accept the proffered gifts^ This was a trick of the. Spaniards to cut off the Creek chiefs, that they might the more easily in some way or other overcome the whole nation. On returning . hnmo thosa phlnfa fmind nn invitation awaiting them to meet Oglethorpe at his headquarters. This invitation was accepted, and a thousand warriors were at once promised Oglethorpe whenever he would call for them. The British soldiers soon became disheartened. The difficulties with which they were called to contend were much greater than those to which they had been accustomed. Two of the companies belonging to the regiment had been formerly stationed at Gibraltar. Some of the men could speak Spanish, and one of them was a Catholic and at heart favorable to the government at St. Augustine. These companies were stationed on Cumberland Island within speaking distance of the Spunish outposts. This Catholic soldier was corrupted and Induced to engage in a secret plot to kill Oglethorpe and then escape to St. Augustine. The plot was a bold one and as fearlessly attempted to be executed. A band of armed soldiers came to the general and made a most unreasonable demand. This he peremptorily refused. With a shout the whole band rushed upon him, one shooting him from a distance of only a few feet. Fortunately Oglethorpe sustained no further Injury than the singeing of his clothes and the burning of his face. Another soldier aimed at him, but his musket failing to Are, he drew his sword ar.d was about to plunge It Into him, when an officer came to the assistance of Oglethorpe and killed the mutineer at once. The others of the band atlempted to escape but were captured and put In chains. TO BE CONTINUED. SOME CH|NE8E JOKES. Having Fun With the Barber, Portrait Painter and Doctor. If there Is any truth In what exJ pert Jesters tell us, the world's stock of good, original Jokes is ludicrously small?a dozen or two at the very outside. An early Investigator Into this momentous question, a certain Hlerocles, who lived some 1,500 years ago, put the number In his day at exactly twenty-one. The researches of Hlerocles probably did not extend so far eastward as China, so there Is no Impropriety In asking now whether some of the Jokes which abound In literature of the Celestial Empire are entitled to the honor of originality or not Here are three specimens: A careless barber, trimming a customers ears?Chinese barbers pay particular attention to this part of the human anatomy?put his patient to great pain and uneasiness. "Are you doing my left ear now?" asked the victim. "No, sir; I've not quite finished the right ear yet." "Ah, I fancied you were trying to pass through to the left without going around." A portrait painter without clients was advised by a friend to paint a likeness of himself and wife and hang it in some conspicuous place, so that would-be customers might judge of his skill. He did so, and his father-in-law the next time he called immediately saw the picture. "Pray," asked the visitor, "what woman have you represented there?" "Why, sir, do you not recognize your ov/n daughter?" "My daughter!" was the indignant answer. "If you intend that to represent my daughter, how dare you paint her sitting thus intimately with a man whom I have never seen before, and who must be an entire stranger to her?" The painter's feelings need not be desc ribed. The gibes at doctors are Innumerable. The following is a typical example: One of the judges in the nether regions despatched an imp to this world of ours to seek out and bring back a good doctor. "When," the Imp was instructed, "you come to the house of a doctor before which you descry no complaining ghosts you will know you have found a man of the kind ^ '' HPH/x r-r-i oaonri oor uot nil t Hilt In front of every doctor's door he came to there was an Immense throng of angry spirits proclaiming the wrongs they had suffered when in the flesh at the hands of the medicine man. Finally, however, he reached a house where there was but one solitary ghost flitting backward and forward. "This is my man," he said to himself; "he must surely be a clever fellow." When the imp came to make inquiries, however, he learned that the practitioner had barely been in practice for a day! "Woman" and "Lady." A judge at Derby, Conn., has Just ruled that the term "woman" applied to a woman, is as honorable as "lady." In court a female witness was referred to by the counsel on the other side as "this woman," whereat the person to whom the phrase was applied objected strenuously. Was she Justified in doing so? The Judge did not think so, but there was something in her indignation itself which seems to indicate that she detected a tone of disparagement in the lawyer's utterance; in which case, of course, her wrath was quite natural. It all depends. When employed with the Intention of respect, "woman" is more honorable than "lady," just as Lincoln's "He looks like a man," ap piled to Whitman, was much more a compliment than "He looks like a gentleman" would have been. Whether In the abstract, the term "woman" Is nobler than "lady" can be determined by a very simple test. Take the quotations. "A perfect woman, nobly planned," and "Earth's noblest thing, a woman perfected." Change the word "woman" In each case to "lady"?and see what you get. Yet It is possible for the sweet old word to be used contemptuously, as this Derby lawyer probably employed. When an odious male person, filled with a sense of his own grandeur, begins a remark to a person of the opposite sex. "Now, my good woman" she Is perfectly justified in taking offence. It is not the term "woman" that offends her, but the flavor of condescension in the remark. To put it briefly, it takes a gentleman to use the word "woman'' and make it express the honor that belongs to it. Men who are not gentlemen had better stick to the term "lady."?New York Mail. ERRATIC ENGINES. i" Locomotives That Act at Though Thoy Ware S?witsh*d. You never see a ship launched on a Friday, and similarly a new locomotive hardly ever fhakes a trial trip on that day or on the 13th of the month. Even though the superintendent may Jeer at the superstition, yet he knows too well to set' it at naught, for just as sailors consider that some ships are unlucky so do train hands credit certain locomotives with a sort of demoniacal possession. It Is certainly very strange the difference that may be observed between two locomotives built from the same plans, at the same time, of similar material. One goes on her way quietly and smoothly, never breaks down, costs little or nothing' for repairs. The other causes trouble from the very first, runs off the line, kills the drivers, gets into accidents of all kinds and generally acts as though possessed by some evif spirit. There was a famous Instance some years ago on the South Florida railway. A locomotive killed so many people that she got the name of "the hearse," and no fewer than three en/? gine drivers actually left the employ of the company rather than continue driving her. The odd thing was that she never seemed to injure herself. Eventually the owners Were forced to break her up, although she was by no means worn out. Of actual ghosts in trains or railway engines one very seldom hears.?New York Herald. tar There's nothing cunning about the toothache, even if it is acute pain. ? t#" Morals to many mean only a chance to meddle in other peopled affairs. ts~ From the viewpoint of the hat dealer two heads are always better than one. It is universally conceded that if a man has money to burn it's because he was too wise to burn it. Blood Will Tell? The American Underwriter for January said: "As any life insurance man could have safely predicted, the annual statement of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance company for 1905 shows that that particular company has no cause to look back at 1905 as 'that terrible year,' 'that trying * year,' or 'that year to be forgotten as soon as possible,' as some companies are said to regard It. The ^ work of the Armstrong commmee, and the hysterical hue and cry : against life Insurance raised by the sensational dally newspapers in no 1 way affected the Mutual Benefit? J unless in the way of calling attention anew to Its life-long reputation for square and honorable policies and practices and straightforward dealings with its policyholders. Instead of writing less business during the year of so much turmoil In the life 8 Insurance business, the Mutual Bene- C fit not only held Its own, but even ^ made a decided gain over 1904 by a writing 29,138 new policies, insuring 8 $61,388,148, as compared with 26,801 u policies, insuring $M,801,'703, placed in 1904, thus booking a gain of more than $6,500,000 last year and estab- a llshtng new record figures * j Blood will tell?reven In the case of r life insurance corporation*?and the t Mutual Benefit Is universally recognized in the life insurance business as a thoroughbred." P SAM M. GRIST, Special Agent. p .'.professional Hoards. DR. M. W. WHITE, DENTIST Opposite Pootoffice, - Yorkville, 8. C. JOHN R. HART. * ATTORNEY AT LAW c No. 3 Law Range ? DL ? Yorkville, 8. C. C \ W. W. LEWIS, c ATTORNEY AT LAW. ? Practices in the State and United States courts, and gives prompt atten- ~ tion to all business. Lends money on * approved security. S Office No. 5, Law Range, Yorkville, _ 8. C. _c - jL A. Y. CARTWRIGHT, q SURGEON DENTIST, I YORKVILLE, S. C. C jCj&fc OFFICE HOURS: 9 am. to i pm.;? p m. tojpm. j Office In upstairs rooms of Cartwright building next to the Parish hotel burnt lot. J. S. BKICE, B ATTORNEY AT LAW C Office Opposite Court House. ^ Prompt attention to all legal business C of whatever nature. p : : c. GEO. W. 8. HAKT, h ATTORNEY'AT LAW, , VDRKVILLE, S. C. i LAW RANGE 'Phone Office No. 58 Ol D. E. Finley. Marion B. Jennings. FINLEY & JENNINGS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Office in Wilson Building, opposite 0 Court House. Telephone No. 126. v I SOUTHI I RAILRC | ? THROUGH S EVERY DAY ALi i ? HI* ? Drawing Room Sleep ? and j? SOUTHERN RY. ^ FINEST CARS ? ? Ft i Convenient Schedules f For Full Informatlc ? SOUTHERN RAILW ? It. W. Hi 8 Division Passei! ^ Charleston ? BROOKS M< ? ^ Asst. General Pas 8 ? Atlanta, AttA?UaUKAItAXARA*A?A*AXA*AKa4l What Is rBromonia? Read the following carefully: If you have consumption or some, of the contagious forms of blood poisoning We cannot cure you. We j_don't pretend to _ cure you. You need the individual treatment of some skilled special 1st; but If you are run down In general health, if you have dyspepsia, are subject to fainting spells, a victim to insomnia, biliousness, kidney or liver trouble, catch cold easily, if your system is In that condition that you may become an easy prey to the disease germs of pneumonia, la grippe and the various epidemics, if you are bothered with constant headache, loss of memory, general impaired vitality, we can help you, and, if you follow our directions, ,. render you immune against sickness. Most skin disease can be cured by the use of "Bromoala." "Bromonla" is to the human system what the scrubbing brush and soap are to the dirty washbowl. It aids Nature to resume normal action. It increases the strength, the fighting ability of the phagocytes of the blood: it promotes the healthy i flow of the salivary and gastric se- | cretlons. If your stomach Is in good condition you are well._;The Chinese are a wise people. They accost each other with, "How Is your stomach ?" We don't ask you to Invest a cent until you liave tried "Bromonla" at our expense. A single bottle often~tlmes works wonders. Cut out the Coupon at the bottom of this column. Write name and address plainly. Be careful to address BROMONIA CO.,, NEW .YORK. FREE BROMONIA COUPON. I hereby declare that I have never before had a free bottle of "Bromonla." Kindly send me onfe without any cost to me whatever. Name I City [ State My Nearest Dealer Is at 25 and 50 Gents. i Special sale now being held at 8tar Drug 8tore, Exclusive Wholesale Agent for Yorkvllle and vicinity.' ; Dealers elsewhere desiring agency apply to Murray Drug Co., Columbia. S. C. fORKYILLK BUGGY CO For a LONG TIME We have not said much about Bugles, because we were selling all we ould make without advertising them. Ye have now caught up and have bout 100 of the best Buggies ever een in Yorkvllle that we will sell inder our regular guarantee, which i absolute. We also have a good stock of Weber nd Columbus Wagons, Harness, Lap lobes, Whips, Saddles, Cutaway Harowb, Deerlng Cultivators and everyhlng else In our line. We are operating a first class reair and shoeing shop. Call and see us and we will do you Ight. One horse for sale. YORKVLLE BUGGY COMPANY. O. AT N-W. RY. TIME CARD. Effective 1st April* 1906. outhbound tatlons 7 Pass. 9 Pass. 61 Mix A.M. P.M. P.M. Ihester 9.50 7.40 5.10 owry8 9.35 7.21 4.12 IcConnells 9.26 7.10 3.64 iuthrles 9.22 7.06 3.45 'orkville 9.10 6.50 3.05 llbert 9.03 6.40 2.50 fl K9? ft 29 2.15 km fin lil 6^2i 2!oo lastonla 8.30 6.00 1.30 lorthboiind tatlons 8 Pass. 10 Pass. 60 Mix P.M. A.M. A.M. Ihester 4.30 8.50 4.30 lOwrya 4.45 9.08 4.57 IcConnells 4.64 9.28 5.17 uthries 4.59 9.33 5.27 orkville 6.10 9.48 5.57 llbert 5.22 10.00 6.36 lover 5.31 10.11 6.50 astonla 6.60 10.38 7.60 ILL THROUGH THE YEAR lest Recipes of Local Housekeepers. OLLATED IN HANDSOME BOOK. HE "ALL THROUGH THE YEAR" ,'ook Book consists of 136 pages of ecipes, grouped In convenient and omprehensive form and makes up a fork that will be of service in every ousehold. Bound In strong paper overs. The price of the book is 60 Cents. Vhen ordered by mail, 8 Cents extra. It may be had from the following laces In Yorkvllle: Strauss-Smith Co. See Miss Glenn r Miss Wallace. Yorkvllle Banking & Mercantile company. See Miss Cody. York Drug Store. I. \Y. Johnson. Loan and Savings Bank. Orders also nnea Dy Mrs. u. a. 'Leary, or Mrs. S. M. McNeel. Yorkllle, S. C. 3RN | >AD | i JERVICE < L THE WAY. | ;h Back Coaches ^ ters, ^ DINING CARS. 1STEST TRAINS g ? i on Local Trains ? * 4 ? n, Consult Any ^ AY AGENT, or * | ig?*r Agent, $ , S. C. ? DRGAN, ? senger Agent, ^ Ga. ? *A*A*A>U?M?U<U?U*A*A?U?Att < YORKVILLE MONUMENT WORKS. (Incorporated.) ? * ] YORKVILLE * ~~1=^zEz=rt OUR plant Is now In full operation, and we are prepared to make estimates and All orders for Tombstones, Monuments and Ornamental Stone work of all kinds. Our facilities are such as easily enable us to meet all competition of whatever kind, from whatever source In our line. See us near the Southern depot. W. BROWN WYLIE. Secretary and Treasurer. -i SOUTHERN RAILWAY SCHEDULES. Schedule Effective April 29, 1006. * WESTBOUND TRAINS. No. 135, Daily?Rock Hill, 8. C., to Marion, N. C.?First Class. Lv. Rock Hill 6.00 a.m. Lv. Tlrxah % 1.19 a_m. Lv. Yorkvllle 6.30 ajn. Lv. Sharon 6.46 a.m. Lv. Hickory drove 7.00 a.m. Lv. Smyrna 7.16 a.m. Ar. Blacksburg 7.40 a.m. Lv. Blacksburg 8.65 a.m. Ar. Marlon 11.46 &.m. No. 113, Daily?Kingville to Blaoksburg?First Class:, Lv. Kingville 11.00 %.m. Lv. Camden 12.26 p.m. Lv. Lancaster 2.07 p.m. ? Lv. Catawba 2.27 p.m. Lv. Rock Hill 2.00 p.m. Lv. Tlrxah 3.17 p.m. Lv. Yorkvllle 2.29 p.tn. Lv. Sharon 2.46 p.m. Lv. Hickory Grove 2.67 p.m. K> Lv. Smyrna 4.10 p.m. Ar. Blackaburg 4.36 p.m. Ar. Marion 7.60 p.m. EASTBOUND TRAINS. No. 114, Doily?Blacksburg to Kingvillo?First Class: Lv. Marlon 4.30 a.m. Lv. Blacksburg 7.40 a.m. Lv. Smyrna 8.03 a.m. Lv. - Hickory Grove t.14 a.m. pi Lv. Sharon 8.38 a.m. Lv. Torkville 8.41 a^n. Lv. Tirsah 8.63 a.m. Lv. Rock Hill 9.30 a.m. Lv. Catawba 9.60 a.m. Lv. Lancaster 10.36 a.m. Ar. Camden 11.46 a.m. Lv. Camden L46 p.m. Ar. Klngvllle 3.16 p.m. No. 136, Daily?Marian, N. C., to Rock Hill, 8. C.?First Class: ^ Lv. Marlon 6.38 p.m. Lv. Blacksburg 8.46 p.m. Lv. Smyrna 9.10 p.m. Lv. Hickory Orove 9.33 p.m. Lv. Shaion 9.38 p.m. Lv. Yorkvllle 9.54 p.m. Lv. Tirsah 10.10 p.m. Ar. Rock Hill ....10.30 p^n. For further Information address: BROOKS MORGAN. Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent, Atlanta, Ga., or R. W. HUNT. Dlv. Passenger Agent, Charleston. 8. C. ? MUNICIPAL ELECTION. Be It Ordained by the Mayor and Al< dermen of the Town of Torkville, S. C.. in Council Assembled: THAT an election for Mayor and six Aldermen for the town of Torkville, S. C., be held on TUE8DAT, MAT 8TH, 1906, the polls to be opened at 8 o'clock a. rn., and to close at 4 o'clock p. m? and that said election be held In the sheriff's office in said town; said mayor and aldermen to serve for a period of two years and until their sucppsnors ere elected and Qualified, one alderman will be elected from each ward In the said town. At euch election the qualified electors will also vote for one Commissioner of Public Works and two 8chool Trustees, said Commissioner of Public Works to be elected to fill the vacancy caused by the expiration of the term of O. H. O'Leary, and said School Trustees to fill the vacancies caused by the expiration of the terms of W. L A Witherspoon and Dr. J. D. McDowell. r Be it ordained further, That J. B. Pegram, W. H. McConnell and John 8. Sand if er are hereby appointed managers and are authorised to oonduct said election. * Done and ratified In council assembled this 7th day of April, A. D., 1909. [SRAiL of Town]. J. E. DOWRY", Mayor Town of Yorkvllle, S. C. Attest: P. W. Love, Clerk of Council. PHOTOGRAPHY For first-class Lasting Photographs come to my studio on West Liberty street. J. R. 8CHORB. TO DEBTORS AlfD CREDITORS. ALL persons Indebted to the estate of W. T. MCKNIGHT, deceased, are hereby notified of their obligation to make settlement with me at once. Persons having claims against said estate should present them to me, duly authenticated, within the time prescribed by law. S. W. MCKNIGHT Administrator. April 24. t St ?hf yorkrille (Snquirrr. Entered at the Postoffice as Second Class Mail Matter. 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