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tumorous department. Not His Day For Being Whipped. Little JobDiiy was 8 years old, therefore he could look back to several Christmas holidays with a lively remem braoce of what they were like, and what bad taken place od those festal occasions, says Harper's Magazine. One of Johnny's ideas (not original with Johnny by any means, as many a parent can testify) was that it is a boy's mission to make as much noise as possible in the world, and, in spite of frequent admonishing and more or less frequent whippings, he perseveringly carried out the idea on all occasions, except when he was asleep. Johnny was fulfilling bis mission with more vigor and enthusiasm than usual on Christmas morning, but nobody paid any attention to him except his aunt Jane, who was visiting Johnny's parents during the holidays, and she finally grew tired of the noise and said : "Johnny, it is very naughty to keep up such a din and racket all the time, and if you don't stop it I shall have to speak to your mother about it." "Huh! Wot good'll that do?" scornfully demanded Johnny. "Why, she will whip you if you don't stop," threatened the young man's aunt. "Guess not!" retorted Johnny, with an air of triumph. "Cbris'mas ain't my day fer gittin' whipped. I allers git whipped the day before Chris'mas and the day after, but I never do on Cbris'mas." The Last Ordered.?Once upon a time, up Worcester way, some communion wine was wanted, and it so happened that the shining light to whom was intrusted the work of ordering communion wine was something of a high-liver himself. One morning be called up by telephone a house that sometimes supplied communion wine, and said : "This is Mr. So-and-So. Send up to the church two gallons, just the same as I ordered last time." The clerk looked back, and found that the last ordered was French brandy, but, unfortunately, he didn't notice that the brandy bad been ordered for personal use, while the last church order sent in by the shining light bad been for a milder article. The brandy went to the church, and was passed around. The unsophisticated thought that the communion wine bad a delightful twang to it that Sunday, but after the service another shining light winked at Mr. So-andSo slyly, chucked him in the ribs, and said : "Make it cocktails next time." A Judge's Advice.?Some years ago, many farmers along the line of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railway brought suit against it, and engaged a young lawyer named Brown. Judge Gantt, who was presidiug, was compelled to throw many of the cases out of court because they were improperly brought. Brown was mad all over. Swelling with indignation, he arose and said : "Your honor, will you please tell me how it is possible in this court to get justice agaiDSt a railroad company?" Judge Gantt quietly ignored the contempt of court shown by the lawyer, and asked : "Do you wish an answer to that question, Mr. Brown?" "Yes, sir," defiantly replied the indignant lawyer; "yes, sir, and I want to know how a farmer can get bis case into this court so that it will be heard." Judge Gantt smiled and said : "Well, first, Mr. Brown, I'd advise the farmer to hire a lawyer." Brown wilted. Senator Mason on His Knees.? A member of the house tell the Washington Post a story on Senator Mason concerning a lady who keeps a local boardinghouse. The senator boarded there for a while as did the representative. The lady belongs to one of the 11 -? 1 i J weJI-KDOWD cnurcnes ucic, auu 10 very punctual in ber attendance on morning services. For this reason she insists that her boarders must be down early for breakfast Sunday morning. The senator was not aware of this regulation, and on his first Sunday in the house came down stairs rather late. "You are not on time this morning, senator," said the lady, gently, but rather reprovingly. "No, madam. I spent a half hour on my knees this morning." "That was very praiseworthy of you," spoke up the boarding mistress. "Hunting for a collar button that rolled upon the floor and under the bureau," declared the senator, concluding his sentence. The Bishop's Conundrum.?Bishop Richard Hooker Wilmer, of Alabama, once went to New York in the interest of a Confederate orphanage. He met many Union friends, and was dined. A story was expected of him, but he declined, saying he had none, but would offer a conundrum : "Why are we southerners like Lazarus ?" There was guessing on all sides of the table, such as "Because you are poor," "Because you eat the crumbs from the rich man's table," etc. "We're like Lazarus," said the bishop, smiling blandly, "because we've been licked by dogs." One of the bishop's charms is his unreconstructedness, and every man at the table laughed except one, who indignantly exclaimed: "Well. sir. if vou think we're does. why in blazes have you come up here to beg for our money ?" With a wink at the rest of his hosts, the bishop replied : "My friend, the hair of the dog is good for the bite. That's why I've come." IST The minister, with his little son Charles, was calling on an old parishioner, who poured her trouble into his sympathizing ear, ending with the remark, "I've had my nose held to the grindstone for 30 years." Charlie, who bad been looking intently at the old lady, instantly remarked, "Well, it hasn't worn the mole on the end off yet." -tViuiaidf (Oiithrrin^. 1ST Telegraph posts along a railway are arranged 30 to the mile. f&* Take care of your habits, aDd your health will take care of itself. J6T* The man that gets the best of a horse trade is the one that drives the bargain. $3T The ancient theory that "custom is law," is disproven by the fact that it is some men's custom to defy the law. OTlonoiuo in IW JLUO UIVOV UAVUUOt ? V VVUJV?V^ ? Europe is that at Rome, in which over 6,000,000 human beiogs have been interred. Atlanta has a hotel in which the rooms are designated by the names of states. The office is the District of Columbia. tip" If we moved our legs proportionately as fast as an ant, it is calculated we could travel nearly 800 miles an hour. I^-Mr. Beecher confessed to his congregation that in bis youth he bad, as have all boys, robbed his mother's preserve closet. 6T A little Atchison girl recently gave a party, her mother limiting the guests to ten. The girl invited nine boys and one girl. It is estimated that North Carolina mills are consuming annually 50,000 more bales of cotton than are produced in the state. S&T It is said that a Scotchman planted the first thistle in Australia out of love for his native land, and now millions of the plant afflict the land. VST Describing the cold weather down east, a man said that it was so cold sometimes that all the fishes froze, and he often used an eel as a walkingstick. 16T Kansas has raised enough food this year to fill a train of freight cars 6,000 miles long. Could a solid gold mine be worth half so much to the world ? Paper teeth are made by a dentist in Lubeck, Germany. One of bis patrons has a set which has been in use for 13 years, and gives complete satisfaction. V8P It is claimed that crows, eagles, ravens and swans live to be a 100 years old, herons 59, parrots 60, geese 50, sparrow-hawks 40, peacockB, canaries and cranes 24. f?* Recently 64,000 barrels of American apples arrived at Hamburg, Ger many, in one day. J neir quauiy is unequaled in Europe, and that is why the market abroad is growing. I?" Wit loses it respect with the good when seen in company with malice ; and to smile at a jest which plants a thorn in another's breast is to become a principal in the business. IST His opinion: "What are you doing, Jimmie?" "Readin' th' dictionary through." "How do you like it ?" "Oh, some o' th' words is good, but others hain't much sense in 'em." |8P "This," said the Kansas editor, looking over the top of his spectacles, "is the most inviting manuscript I have received in a long time." "What is it?" asked the foreman. "A poem beginning, 'Come, drink with me.' " $3T "Your mother takes in washing, doesn't she?" asked the man in the bald wig. "She has to take in the washing as soon as it gets dark," retorted the gentleman with the peagreen whiskers, "or your father would have it all before morning !" MIST "Have you named the baby Virginia, Dinab ? I hear you call her Virgie." "Ob, laws! no, missus ; not Virginny. She a sure 'nuflf Christian chile, an' we's boun' to give her a Bible name. Name's Virgin Mary. We jus' call her Virgie for short." IST" "What's the matter with you ?" cried a tired traveler in the stage. "This is a perfectly level road, and when I went over it 20 years ago you drove fast enough." "We do seem to be a leetle pokey," owned the driver, "and I can't see why. This is the same boss I hed then." t&F The blushing bride-elect was rehearsing the ceremony about to take place. "Of course you will give me away, papa?" she said. "I am afraid I have done it already, Carolina," replied the old gentleman, nervously. "I told your Herbert this morning you bad a disposition just like your mother's." To the average eye not more than 5,000 stars are visible ; some persons having extraordinarily strong eyes can see about 8,000 stars. Through the Lick telescope and other powerful instruments about 50,000,000 stars are visible. There are believed to be stars in existence beyond the reach of any telescope yet constructed. 8GP A friend of the late Lord Granville, noted for his baldness and avarice, was speaking one day about a mutual friend who was going to be married. "I would like to give him, my lord," said be, "something rare but not expensive." "Present him a lock of your hair," Granville whispered, sweetly. Sffir "Mr. Higgamore," said Miss Quickstep, firmly and distinctly, interrupting him, "you have called me a lump of sweetness' a great many times, but you have never said you would like to have me regularly with your morning coffee." Whereupon Mr. Higgamore proposed. There was no way of escape. fThe total number officeholders in the civil service of the country is 178,717. The aggregate salaries amount to $99,539,827. The classified list of officeholders numbers 87,108, leaving in the unclassified list 91.609, of which number about 60,000 are fourth-class postmasters. These figures are furnished by the civil service commission at Washington. "I have called," said the enterprising canvasser to the lady of the bouse, "to see if you cared to give me a commission to paint your portrait." The lady shook her head, but it was not so easy to shake the caller. "You would like your husband's portrait done in oil, perhaps?" "No." "Or one of your children's ?" "No." He looked about the parlor, on the walls of which hung several oil portraits. "I see that you have pictures of your ancestors. You really ought to continue the line, you know." "Ob," she laughed, "those are not our own. We rent the ancestors with the house." fittwnatumal Wessons. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON VIII, FIRST QUARTER, INTERNATIONAL SERIES, FEB. 20. Text of the Leuon, Math, x, 2-15?Memory Verses, 5-8?Golden Text, Math, x, 8 ? Commentary by the Rev. D, M, Stearns. [Copyright. 1897. by D. M. Steams.] 2-4. "Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, Simon, who Is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother.'' - WW. u a. -1 A .11 At. .Ulae Jesus a imseu went auuui an me umca and villages teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people, but the multitudes who were as sheep without a shepherd touched His heart and He told His disci pies to pray the Lord of the harvest that He would send forth laborers into His harvest (chapter lx, 35-38) When we pray this prayer from the heart, it 6eems to imply a readiness on our part to go ourselves if He opens the way, for it is just following this command so to pray that we have the record of His choosing and sending forth these twelve In Luke vi i 18, we read that just before He cbose the , twelve He went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. In Mark iii, 14, we read that He ordained them that they should be with Him, and that He might send them forth to preach and to heal the sick. The Inst night before His crucifixion He told them that He had chosen and ordained them . that they should go and bring forth fruit and that their fruit should abide 6, 6. "These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the gentiles and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not. but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." This restricted commission will not be understood unless one is familiar With God's plan of blessing for all nations, Which is to bless Israel first and then all nations through Israel This is fully revealed in the prophets, and He will not depart from it, for the gifts and calling of God are without repentance (Rom. xl. 29) Take as sample passages Ps. lxvii; Isa xxvii, 6; lx, 1-8, 81; Jer iii, 17, 18; Zech xiv, 16, 17 There are two other prayers which we would do well to pray along with Math, lx, 38 One is in Isa. Ixil, 6. 7, and the other in Rev. xxii, 20 To pray these three prayers from the heart daily will bring one very near to the heart of Christ. His primary mission was to Israel (Math, xv, 24); hence this restricted com mission at this time to the twelve, but being rejected and crucified by Israel He after His resurrection gave the worldwide commission as in Math, xxviii, 19 7. "And as we go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand." Thus preached the Baptist, and Jesus Himself and the 12, and the 70, for in the person of the king the kingdom was verily among them (Luke xvii, 21, margin), and had they been content to receive a crucified and risen Messiah the kingdom would doubtless have been set up after His resur rection, but seeing their decided rejection of Him, He, before His death, told them In a parable that the kingdom was post poned till His return from the far country (Luke xix, 11-15) 8. "Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils; freely yo have received, freely give." Some one has suggested that verses 5 to 15 of this chapter contain special directions for the special mission of the apostles at that time, verses 16 to 28 directions for gospel ministry in all ages, and verses 24 to 42 the service of Christ in its fullest and widest sense, call Ing attention to the fact that the last verse In each of these sections has His "Verily I say unto you." 9. "Provide neither gold nor silver nor brass in your purses." In Isa vi, 8, the question is, "Whom shall I send and who will go for us?" If any one will go for God the Father, Son and Spirit on their business and wholly in their interests, they may rely upon Phil, iv, 19, being made true to them, "My God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus." Or, as one has paraphrased it, "Make thou His service thy delight, He'll make thy wants His care." 10. "Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves, for the workman is worthy of his meat.' If we are the Lord's messengers on the Lord's business, we have no occasion to be anxious about food or raiment or money, but disentangled and free and without fear (verses 26, 28, 81) follow where He ' J 1m i m fnf leoueuu 1U 4U1UIUC33 auu 1U V/UUUU^UVC, ?W* the silver and the gold and the cattle upon a thousand hills are His. 11. "And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and there abide till ye go thence." The prophets were plainly taught that not all would receive their message, but that 6ome would hate them for it (Jer. I, 17, 19; Ezek li, 6, 7; iii, 7). In the second section of our present chapter, and in John xv, 18 20, we are taught to expect the same thing, but we are also taught that some will welcome Him, and also us for His sake He will direct our 6teps in this matter also, and if some day He wants us to have fellowship with Him in being refused. His grace will be sufficient. 12, 18. "And when ye come into an house, salute it, and if the house be worthy let your peace come upon it, but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.' Even Israel was not to fight against a city nntil that city had rejected their offers of peace which they were to proclaim to it (Deut. xx, 10-12). Every believer 1b to oount himself a messenger of the Prince of Peace, and, like the angels at His birth, we are to proclaim peace in His name (Luke ii, 14) Preaching peace by Jesus Christ is our work (Actsx, 8G), for He has made peace by the blood of His cross (Col 1, 20). Blessed are the peacemakers! How beautiful are the feet of 6uch! But there are many who know not these things (Math, v, 9; lsa. Ill, 7; lix, 8) 14. "And whosoever shall not receive you nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet." Thus the apostles did (Acts xiii, 57; xviii, 6), and doubtless God was glorified, as He always will be if the messenger is faithful, whether men will hear or forbear The faithful messenger Is unto God a 6weet savor of Christ, whether men believe or not (II Cor. ii, 16 16). The messenger is responsible for the faithful delivery of the message, but the one who sends him is the one who will at tend to the way the message is treated Verse 40 says that as they treat the Lord's messenger so tney treat me Lioru nuubeu (See also Luke x, 16) 16. "Verily 1 say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city." By comparing chapter xi, 22, 24, have we not a right to conclude that it may be more tolerable for the heathen who never heard of Christ, than for those in so called Christian lands who hav Lng heard have not received Him. JST" Words, money, all things else, are comparatively easy to give away ; hut when a man makes a gift of his daily life and practice, it is plain that the truth, whatever it may be, has taken possession of him. | US' The time to show a courageous spirit is when the trial comes. |atm and Jirwide. WINTER PROTECTION OP THE PEACH. One of the most frequent causes of failure with peaches is winter killing of the buds. Anything which will prevent this without too great expenditure of time and money, will receive a cordial welcome from both amateur and professional. The Missouri Agricultural Experiment station, located at Columbia, describes in bulletin 38, a method which is exceedingly promising. It is well known that peach buds will stand a very low temperature, 15 or 20 degrees below zero, if the wood is well ripened and the buds perfectly dormant. It is the aim of every cultivator to secure well-ripen ed wood, but after tbe trees enter coia weather io the proper condition, the prospects for a fine crop are frequently spoiled by warm, sunny days, which stimulate the buds into more or less growth, so that if even moderately cold weather follows, the buds are destroyed. Experiments at tbe Missouri station were based upon the fact that white objects reflect rather than absorb heat. Thermometers covered with purple material registered, during bright, sunny weather, from 10 to over 20 degrees higher than thermometers covered with white material of similar texture, thus indicating that whitened peach twigs might be expected to absorb much less beat than those that were not whitened. So trees which had been sprayed with whitewash remained practically dormant until April, when unprotected buds swelled perceptibly during warm days late in February and early in March. Whitened buds blossomed three to six days later than unprotected buds, and 80 per cent, of buds thus protected passed the winter safely, while only 20 per cent, of uncovered buds escaped unharmed. The method is not expensive and seems to promise great things for peach-growers. Farmers' "Don'ts."?Sarcasm is an pflfantive weanon. and with it a uaper published for farmers, Tho Stockman, seeks to combat the tendency of some farmers?let us say a small minority of tbem?to neglect and ill-treat their wives. The Stockman publishes this list of "Don'ts" for the farmer : Don't try to please your wife. Don't appreciate one thing she does. Don't ever plan your work so as to be able to take her to an entertainment. Don't help care for the children ; that is what you got her for. Don't fail to invite company to dinner on Sunday without letting her know, so she cannot have a day for rest. Don't get the bucket of water from the cistern wben asked; anyoue can pump who half-tries. Don't fail to ask your wife if she wants you to do all the bouse work when she asks you to put some wood in the stove. Don't neglect asking what she has done with ail the egg and butter mouey ; for it will more than supply the table, help pay the hired man, get the children's books and clothes, etc. Don't wonder that your food has a peculiar flavor, for it is seasoned with blasted hopes, sighs or disappointment, etc. Don't be surprised to read that the majority of insane women are farmers' wives. Sowing Grass Seeu.?One of the questions being discussed at the farmers' institutes is whether the old-time custom of sowing grass seed on grain is as beneficial of good results as sowing the seed alone. It is true that the grain shades the growing grass, but ntMnnop rnnt. urnwth nf the cram v..? owxsugw t," o crop must to a certain extent affect the youug grass. Then there is the advantage, when grass seed is sown without using grain land, of thorough preparation of the soil for the grass crop, which is not the case when grain is seeded in the fall and grass in the spring. It is possible that if grass seed is sown on land that is fine and ready for the seed it will make much greater growth than when sown on grain and thus escape the effects of the dry season, which usually comes in summer. On sandy soil clover aud the various grasses may be seeded down in August, but on clay soil the frost may throw the plants out during the winter. It is a mistake, however, to suppose that a grass crop cannot be grown from spring seeding without the aid of a grain crop. Prolong Childhood.?Too early children become men and women. Our efforts should be to prolong their childhood, and beguile and enthrall them with childish pleasures and amusements. Let them believe with all their hearts that Santa Claus is a real person and a lover of children, who visits them all on Christmas eve while staggering under bis immense burdens, and descends each chimney to 611 their stockings. Let imagination not be checked, but have full and free rein. Too soon, yes altogber too soon, will their eyes be open, and they discover the hollowness of life, as they assume duties we would fain have them escape. Only after they are men aud women need they put away childish things. Ecjgs Fresh For Three Months. "It is impossible in some sections of the country to get perfectly fresh eggs during the winter season," says Mrs. S. T. Rorer in the November Lady's Home Journal. "To guard against this in summer time, when they are cheap, pack them in lime water and they will keep in good condition for three months. Four one gallon of boiling water over a pound of lime ; when settled and cold pour it carefully over the eggs, which you have packed, small ends down, in a stone jar, and stand in a cool, dark place. Eggs may also be packed in salt; anything that will close the pores of the shell and prevent evaporation will preserve eggs." Old Ideas.?There are hundreds of farmers who are opposed to "book farming," or what they term "fancy farming," who believe iu giving a sick cow a piece of salt beef to "bring back her cud." When a cow is sick she refuses to eat; it is then decided that she has "lost her cud," and she is treated for its restoration, when in fact the chewing of the cud by a cow is simply the forcing of the food into the mouth from a large storage stomach to be chewed and then swallowed, the food passing into a smaller stomach for digestion. Hundreds of cows, however, are treated for "loss of cud," and their horns are bored as a remedy for "hollow horn." The Hotbed.?Glass gives more warmth to hotbeds than any other covering, but where plants are desired to be grown that are somewhat hardy, such as lettuce or early cabbage, a light frame covering made of oiled muslin answers well and is cheap. It can be prepared by stretching the muslin and painting it on Dotn sides with boiled linseed oil. It is claimed that cheap fraimes, covered in this manner, can he successfully used for forcing strawberry plants. If a warm hotbed is required, fresh horse manure should he placed at the bottom of the frame and covered with rich soil that has been sifted. Currying Cows.?The brush and currycomb are far less used on cows than they are on horses, ye: they are quite as necessary to the animal'e comfort. Who has not seen cattle rubbing their sides against a fence or tree, or their backs under some overhanging limbs? It not only adds to their comfort to rub them down, but it draws the blood nearer the surface, so that the animal is warmer. With the same feeding a well-groomed cow will keep in good condition when she would be scrawny and rawboned if not regularly curried or brushed. I tigl 1 POWDER Absolutely Pure TIME TABLE of the Ohio River and Charleston Railway company, to take effect Monday, October 18tb, at 6.50 a. m. STANDARD EASTERN TIME. i Daily | Daily Except ! Except I Sunday, i Sunday. QOINO SOUTH NO. 32. | NO. 34. Leave Marion 7 00 am; 130 pm Leave Rutherfordton? 8 05 am' 3 05 pm Leave Forest City 8 20 am 3 35 pm Leave Henrietta 8 35 am 6 55 pm Leave Mooresboro 8 ?0 am| 4 10 pm Leave Shelby 9 20 am 5 00 pm Leave Patterson Springs.. 9 30 am 5 45 pm Leave Earls 9 35 am 5 50 pm Arrive at Blacksburg, 9 50 am 0 10 pm Leave Gaflhey 6 50 m 7 15 pm Arrive Blacksburg 7 25 m 7 50 pro Leave Blacksburg 10 10 am 8 00 am Leave Smyrna 10 30 am 8 25 am Leave Hickory Grove 10 45 am| 8 45 am Leave Sharon 11 00 am 9 10 am Leave Yorkvjlle 11 15 am 9 40 am Leave Tirzah 11 27 am 10 05 am Leave Newport 11 33 am 10 15 am Leave Rock Hill 11 45 am 10 40 pm Leave Leslies 12 05 pm 1 00 pui Leave Catawba Junction.. 12 15 pm 1 15 pm Leave Lancaster 1 00 pm 8 50 pm Leave Kershaw 2 00 pm 5 30 pro Arrive at Camden 3 00 pm 6 40 pm Leave Klngsville 4 44 pm Leave Branchville 5 5 pm Arrive Charleston 8 00 pm ~ ~ ooinq nohthT | 'Na 8371 No. 85 Dally |' Daily Except Except Sunday. Sunday. Leave Charleston 7 10 am Leave Branchville 8 57 am Leave Kingsvllle 10 25 am Leave Camden 12 05 pm 9 OOaro Leave Kershaw 1 05 pm 11 10 am Leave Lancaster 1 45 pm 1 00 pm Leave Catawba Junction 2 30 pm 2 40 pm T T > An nm 9 SK nm UCtt*C JUC51ICO - ?v I'M. - w I Leave Rock Hill 2 55 pro 4.10 pm Leave Newport 3 10 pm 5 00 pm Leave Tlrzah 3 15 pm 5 20 pm Leave Yorkville 3 30 pm 0 00 pm Leave Sharon 3 45 pm 0 20 pm Leave Hickory Grove.... 4 00 pm 0 40 pm Leave Smyrna 4 15 pm 0 55 pm Leave Blacksburg 4 35 pm 7 30 pm Leave Blacksburg 0 50 am 0 30 pm Arrive Gaffhey 7 25 am 7 05 pm Leave Earle's 1 5 05 pm Leave Patlerson's Spring. 5 10 pm Leave Shelby 5 20 pm Leave Mooresboro 5 47 am Leave Henrietta 5 55 am Leave Forest City 6 12 am Leave Rutherfordton 0 27 am Arrive at Marlon 7 30 pm CONNECTIONS. No. 32 has connection with Southern Railway at Rock Hill, and the S. A. L. at Catawba Junction. Nos. 34 and 35 will carry passengers. Nos. 11 and 12 have connection at Marion with Southern Railway. At Roddeys, Old Point, King's Creek and London, trains stop only on signal. S. B. LUMPKIN, G. P. A. A. TRIPP, Superintendent. SAM'L HUNT. General Manager. -: THE: SAYINGS BANK OF ROCK HILL, S. C. Capital, - - - - S 75,000. Surplus and Profits, 35,000. "^yiTH ample resources and every facility for the transaction of the Banking business in all its branches, this bank solicits the business of corporations, firms and individuals, tendering all the courtesies and accommodations that are usually extended by a WELL CONDUCTED AND OBLIGING BANKING HOUSE. Correspondence or a call solicited from [ those contemplating a change in their banking arrangements or the opening of a new account. Interest bearing certificates of deposit issued under special agreement. OFFICERS. D. HUTCHISON, President, J. R. LONDON, Vice President. R. LEE KERR, Cashier. J. R. BOULWARK, Teller. GEO. D. WHITE, Book Keeper. 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The "Rock Hill Buggy" is to be a quarter leather top. and the "Carolina" an open buggy. Both vehicles are to be of the very best grades manufactured by the respective well-known establishments. The Bicycle is to be of the highest grade manufactured by the Monarch Cycle Company, and the Monarch wheel, as every wheelman knows, is without a superior. TERMS OF THE CONTEST. The clubmaker who returns and pays for the largest number of subscribers?NEW AND OLD?will be entitled to the choice of the three above described premiums. The clubmaker who returns and pays for the largest number vvw V1MFH u.111 ho entitled to second choice. The clubmaker who returns the sec-1 ond largest number of names?new and old? will be entitled to the third choice. In other words, the first choice goes to the largest club ; the second choice to the largest number of new subscribers; and the third cbolce to the second largest club of old and new subscribers. OTHER PREMIUMS. In addition to the competitive premiums mentioned above, we also offer various other ?remlums for clubs containing specified numers of names, and propose to deliver the premiums whenever the numbers specified are returned and paid for. Upon securing one premium?a watch or sewing machine, say? the clubmaker will be at liberty to try for the, same thing again, or for anything else on the list, and lrin the aggregate, by the 9TH DAY OF MARCH, 1898, he shall have succeeded In returning and paying for the largest number ol NEw NAMES, he will be entitled to the SECOND CHOICE of the three leading premiums mentioned above, Just the same as if he had not previously taken other premiums. Now, then, read the list: For 60 Subscribers, We will give the clubmaker his choice of the following premiums, each valued at 825: A FOUR DRAWER "ENQUIRER" SEWING MACHINE, together with all attachments; a "HOUSEKEEPER'8" SET OF KNIVES, FORKS AND SPOONS, made by Rogers; a "WALTHAM" WATCH in coin silver, dustproof case : a NO. 6 AUTOHARP, a BANJO, GUITAR, MANDOLIN, or VIOLIN. For 40 and Less Than 60 SUBSCRIBERS, we will give the clubmaker his choice of the following, each valued at 815 : WALTHAM WATCH, In open face silver case; set of half dozen ROGERS BROS'. KNIVES and FORKS (12 PIECES): NO. 4 AUTOHARP, BANJO, MANDOLIN, GUITAR, or LOW ARM SINGER SEWING MACHINE. For 30 and Less Than 40 SUBSCRIBERS, choice of the following, each valued at $10: NEW YORK STANDARD 7-JEWELED WATCH in dust-proof case; 1-iK GOLD FILLED WATCH CHAIN, or HALF DOZEN TEASPOONS, HALF DOZEN TABLESPOONS and BUTTER KNIFE (13 PIECES). Address, L. M. GRIST October 23,1897. GARRY IRON RO MANUFACT ALL KINDS OF IRON ROOFING, CRIMPED AND CORRUGATE!" Iron Tile or Shingle, FIRE PROOF DOORS, THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS ( ^^ Orders received by L. M. GRTST. WHEN YOU WANT TO have your PHOTOGRAPH taken you should not fail to come and see I ? ? T Knnn iry tbn 4,nu?flirO fflkillfr" Ill t?. X UflVO UtCM III wuv pivvM.v business for a great many years, and am confident that I know my business. It has always been my desire to please my customers. I am prepared to take Photographs in the latest styles and at reasonable prices. i HAVE YOU ANY i Photographs that yon would like to have enlarged ? If you have, come and r,ee me about it. I cau do the work. IF YOU DO NOT KNOW < Where my Photograph Gallery is, ask anyone in town and they can tell you. DURING THE WINTER, r You will find my Gallery warm and i pleasant. Come and see me whenever <; you need photographs. Respectfully a J. R. SCHORR. t FINLEY & BRICE. ATTORNEYS A.T LAW, Yorkvllle, S. C. ALL business entrusted to us will be . given prompt attention. OFFICE IN THE BUILDING AT . THE REAR OF H. C. STRAUSS'S s STORE. ( ENQUIRER 1898. Y FOR PEOPLE R, ENERGY AND CAPACITY I A POPULAR PAPER. i/ork, Good ;ain Pay ajable premiums. nd a Monarch Bicycle the Worker a Winner. AND KEEP AT IT. For 20 and Less Than 30 SUBSCRIBERS, wc wlil give a NO. VA AUTOHARP, valued at 87.50; or THE ENQUIRER and any monthly magazine or weekly newspaper published in the United States, for one year. For 10 and Less Than 20 SUBSCRIBERS, a CONCAVE WARRANTED RAZOR, SILVER PLATED GRAVY LADLE, or an extra quality FOUR BLADED POCKET KNIFE, with name and address on the handle. Any of the articles mentioned would be a bargain at 92. For 6 and Less Than 10 SUBSCRIBERS, a "CLIMAX" WATCH, warranted for one year: an extra quality THREE BLADED POCKET KNIFE, or CHILD'S SILVER PLATED TABLE SET. Good values at SI JO. For 4 and Less Than 6 SUBSCRIBERS, a "YANKEE" WATCH, warranted for one year: "Siren" Dattern BUTTER KNIFE, or TWO-BLADED POCKET KNIFE, with name and address on handle. And to Each Old Subscriber, The Yorkville Enquirer?TWICE-AWEEK?filled with bright, fresh news from THE COUNTY. STATE, NATION AND WORLD, interesting stories, instructive miscellaneous matters, and humorous selections, explanatory editorials, etc. The paper will be held up to Its present nigh standard, and will continue prompt, explicit, reliable, and, in short, the best. To Each New Subscriber. The same as above except that if the paper is COMMENCED NOW. IT WILL BE SENT UNTIL JANUAK* I, 18HU, witnout any charge for that portion of the time between now and January 1, 1897. It is understood, however, that if the subscriber foils to pay the clubmaker the subscription price, he will be due him for all papers that he may have received. - ? By new subscribers, we mean those whose . names were not on OUR BOOKS ON OCTOBER 1st, 1897. except we will not count as new subscribers, cases where the subscription may have been changed from the name of one member of a family to another. This is intended emphatically to mean new additions to our subscription list. Note the Conditions. TWO SIX MONTHS SUBSCRIBERS at SI each, will be considered the equivalent of one yearly subscriber at $1.75 and so counted. A subscription paid for two or more years in advance at $1.75, will be counted as one name for each year so paid.. Clubmakers will be held personally responsible for the payment of all names returned by them. After a clubmaker has returned and paid for any name.be can. at anytime thereafter, discontinue the sending of the paper to the person for whom he has paid, and transfer the unexpired time to any other person, provided the person to whom the transfer is desired was not a subscriber at the time the original name was entered on our books. No name will be counted in competition for a premium until the subscription price has been paid; nor will any premium be delivered until a satisfactory settlement has been made for all names returned by the clubmaker. . Persons who commence making clubs will not be permitted to transfer their club to another clubmaker's list after the names have been entered on our books. It is not necessary that the names on a club should all be at the same postofflce. Names may be taken at any number of places. Clubmakers are requested to send in names as rapidly as they secure them after October * 23,1887. All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at the expense of those sending them. We will be responsible for the safe transmission of money only when sent by dralt, registered letter or money order drawn on the Yorkville postofflce. In sending names, write plainly, and give postofflce, county and state. All subscriptions will be discontinued at the expiration or the time paid lor. A separate list will be kept for each clubma- * ker, who will be credited with e^ch name sent, so that the number sent by any one person may be ascertained at a moment's notice. Tn noaa nf a tie flr?r either nrcmlum. two weeks will be allowed in whlcfc to "untie." The time in which names may be returned under our propositions will commence now. 23d day of October, 1897, and expire at 4 o'clock p. m., on Wednesday, the 9th day of March, 1898. 1 & SONS, Yorkville, S. C. OFING COMP'NY^ TJRERS OF ^ IRON o:RE PA I )F IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD UNDERTAKING. IAM handling a first class line of COFFINS AND CASKETS which I will sell at the very lowest prices. Personal ittention at all hours. I am prepared to repair all kinds of Furniture at reasonable prices. J. ED JEFFERYS. TKiniEBW EXAMINATION. Dttlce of Superintendent of Education of York County, Yorkville, S. C., January 31, 1898. rHE EXAMINATION for applicants to teach in the FREE PUBLIC SCHOOLS of York county, will be held n the Court House AT YORKVILLE, m FRIDAY, February 18, froin9o'clock i. in. to 5 p. m. Applicants will furnish heir own paper and pencils. J. A. SIIURLEY, County Superintendent of Education. February 2 10 w3t CHATTEL MORTCAQES, LIENS FOR RENT AND SUPPLIES, Titles to Real Estate and Real Estate Mortgages in blank fortn for sale at THE ENQUIRER OFFICE.