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tumorous Jlrpiutmrnt.
fST Jennie was learning 'o read and
spell, but it was very hard for her to
remember what her teacher told her
about pronouncing a double letter
when she came to one. She would
say "a a" or "e e" or "t t" instead of
"double a" or "double e." etc. Her
teacher had drilled her considerably
on this matter in spelling. Shortly
afterward Jennie was called on to read.
The paragraph begab, "Up, up, Lucy,"
and Jennie read it triumphantly,
"Double up, Lucy!"?Evening Star.
A Scripture examination was being
held recently in an English school,
?
the lesson oeing hiujuu unciiub ?
sacrifice on Mount Carnoel.
As the children looked like scholars,
the inspector gave them a question,
saying:
"Now, you have told me that Elijah
put the bullock on the altar. Why
did he put water around the altar?-'
The children looked amazed, except
one little boy, who stood up and said :
"Please, sir, to make the gravy."
t8T A missionary recently returned
to Germany was invited to dine with
an aristocratic family. The daughters
appeared at the table in very low
dresses, and the master of the house
thought it incumbent on him to offer
an apology, in which he laid the blame
on the prevailing fashion. "Don't
apologize, I pray," the missionary replied,
"it does not effect me in the
least; you know I have lived 10 years
among the savages."
S8P Customer?I'll buy nothing more
from you. The last suit of clothes you
sold me shrank terribly after a single
* '"t- ? - ?? * /lAncn't
shower ot rain. 1 ne com III/ W UUCOK ? I
reach as far as the waist, and the
trousers are up to my knees. Salesman?Then
you have a firstclass bicycle
suit, and the best thing you can do
is to buy a wheel.
How Adam Was Punished.?The
other day, in a Sunday-school class of
boys between the ages of six and ten,
a question was asked as to how God
punished Adam for disobeying him.
There was silence for a moment or so;
and then one bright boy said, "Please,
sir, God took away one of his ribs and
gave him a wife."
IfiT He had taken his punishment
like a little maa, and for some time
afterwards bad been buried in thought.
. "Mamma," he said, finally. "Well,
Willie?" "Do you really whip me because
you love me so much?" "That's
the reason I punish you, Willie."
"And don't you love papa at all ?"
I?" Ethel?You say Algy has been
heartlessly deceived by a young woman.
Did she lead him on to think
that she loved him? May?Oh, no;
she led him on to believe that she
didn't care a rap for him and then
when he carelessly proposed, accepted
him on the spot.
CaT One Scotchman complained that
he had got a ringing in his head. "Do
you ken the reason of that?" asked
his worthy crony. "No." "I'll tell
? - Ko/ininjo it's pmntv." "And
J UU 11/ O uwvwuwv IV w ~ ? r "
have ye uever a ringing in your head ?"
"No, never." "And do ye ken the
reason ? It's because it's crackit."
J6?" A man out west, whose house
was recently destroyed by fire, published
a card, in which he thanks his
fellow citizens for making an unsuccessful
attempt to save his furniture,
and expresses a hope that he will soon
have au opportunity to reciprocate the
favor.
|&* "Can you tell me," asked his
wife, scornfully, after looking over the
property he had just purchased, "what
ever induced you to buy this place ?"
"I can," he answered, promptly.
"What?" she demanded. "One of
the smartest real estate agents in this
part of the country."
Neighborly Service.?AgentMay
I put a burglar alarm in your
house? Lady?No, we don't need it.
"But?" "No, I mean it. The family
across the street watches the place so
closely that even a burglar couldn't
get in without being seen."
W8F Dusty Rhodes?"Say, boss! Can
yer help a poor man just out o' the
Cuban prison ?" Mr. Touched?"Ain't
you the same man that stopped me
yesterday as a sufferer from the Mississippi
floods?" "Yes,sir; I'm bavin'
an awful run o' hard luck."
86T A local genius in a Maine town
has put the following sign on his barn :
"Job printing, signs lettered, hammocks
repaired, hammocks manufact
ureci, ornamental painting, Harnesses
polished, furniture painted, wagons
painted, carpets dusted, banjo tuition."
No Necessary Obligation.?"Napkin,
please?" said the man on the
corner stool. "I suppose you can have
one if you want it," stiffly replied the
waiter girl, "but gents hardly ever
ask for 'em with 10-cent lunches."
?aF" "Did my clieut enter into a positive
agreement to marry you ?" "Not
exactly," she replied ; "but he courted
me a good deal, and he told ray sister
that he inteuded to marry into our
family."
fiSF" A gentleman coming into the
room of the late Dr. Bartou, told him
that Mr. Vowel was dead. "What!"
said he. "Vowel dead? Let us be
thankful it was neither 'U' nor lI'!"
ffSa?" A little girl, attending a party,
was asked by her mother how she enjoyed
herself. "Ob," said she, "I am
full of happiness. I couldn't be any
happier unless I could grow."
fitfif Mrs. Maun (meeting her former
servant)?Ah, Mary, I suppose you
are getting better wages at your new
place?" "No, ma'am. I'm workiug
for nothing now ; I'm married."
fa?*' The man who calls himself a
"vile worm of the dust" in his prayers
is surprised if his neighbor agrees with
him.
WajfSidr (Sathmngs.
8&~ An angry man opens his mouth
and shuts his eyes.
8&" The narrower a person's mind,
the wider is his criticism.
86?" The honoring of our parents is
not only a duty but a debt.
Look out for your influence. It
may be greater than you know.
IST The habit of being always employed
is a safeguard through life.
8?* Of all the dust thrown in men's
eyes, gold-dust is the most blinding.
8?* What kind of a robber is Dot
daugerous ? A safe robber, of course.
r,: mon Q nncSHnn
ft? VHVC LUC avciajjc UiUU M ^/VV.V.WWJ
and be will cast bis eyes around for an
assistant.
t@P "Why don't you get out of debt ?"
"I haven't time. It keeps me busy
getting in."
SOT It is the easiest thiDg in the
world to forgive yourself the sins you
condemn in others.
SST It is the easiest thing in the
world to forgive yourself the sins you
coudemn in others.
Gold was kuown much earlier
than silver, and was at first the cheaper
of the two metals.
Never borrow more than you i
can pay back, and never lend more
than you cau borrow.
S&F A Richmond firm advertises a
medicine warranted to cure life-insurance
agents of bashfulness.
B&T It is estimated that one out of
every 180 inhabitants of the Uuited
Stutes owns or rides a bicycle.
S&P Undeserved praise is dangerous
to the weak ; uujust blame may turn
even the strong lrom the right way.
t&P Under present conditions of life
in tins country, liquor is the most persistent
and insidious foe of the home.
t&T The Chinese dress in white at funerals
and in black at weddings and old
womeD always serve as bridesmaids.
86T Au Irish boy when asked the
meauing of the word uothing, replied :
"A pair of footless stockings without
legs."
floT When one man proposes a good
thing, another man usually proposes
one so much better that nothiug is
done.
flaT" The greatest trouble with some
people is that they insist on conversing
about tnings with which they are not
conversant.
iST When a girl suddenly begins
lending her wheel to her little brother
she is getting ready to uslc her father
for a new oue.
8SF* Lots of people tbiuk the pioper
thiug to do in hot weather is to go
about drinking all sorts of driuks that
will make them thirsty.
What is God ? The sum of eternity
; the machinist of nature ; the eye
of justice ; the matchless power of the
universe, the soul of the world.
DOT Have the courage to speak your
mind when it is necessary that you
should do so, and to hold your tongue
when it is better that you should be
silent.
IST Miss Sprocket?"There is a text
from scripture that I always think of
when I mount this tandem, Charley."
"What is it?" "Cet tnee oenina me,
Satan."
tOT" "Do you know McShifter pretty
well?" "Know him? Every time he
expresses an opinion I can tell whether
it is bis own or whether he got it from
his wife."
From an occasional glass the
descent is easy to an occasional debauch,
until eventually the man is
only sober occasionally. Avoid the
beginnings of evil things.
IST" "You speak," said a fond mother,
"about people having strength of
mind, but when it comes to strength of
don't mind, my son William surpasses
anybody I ever knew."
S&F The difference between the heathen
and many a young lady in Christain
lands is not very great. While
the heathen worships a block, the
youug lady adores a blockhead.
S8F "Isn't that a beautiful color?"
said the fish dealer, as he cut into a
large salmon. "Yes," said Flotsou;
"I suppose he is blushing at the extravagant
price he is gettiug for himself."
There are men who will give up
tobacco for the sake of the woman
they love; but it is a lucky man, all
the same, who falls in love with a
woman who likes the smell of tobacco
smoke.
1No one need hope to rise above
his present situation who suffers small
things to pass by unimproved, or who
neglects, metaphorically speaking, to
pick up a penny because it is not a
dollar.
tt&T A small lie, if it is actually a lie,
condemns a man as much as a big and
black falsehood. If a man will delibeiately
cheat to the amount of a single
cent, give him an opportunity, and he
would cheat to any amount.
B&T Let us count up a few of the advantages
of the country. Fresh air,
sunsbiue everywhere, no over-crowding,
work at living wages, enough to
eat, opportunities to develop character,
self-respect, health, and independence.
A young lady wants to know the
significance of the custom of throwing
old shoes after the bride. Why, bless
your sweet iunocence, sis, it means
that, now she is married, she'll be
lucky if she gets even old shoes to
wear.
WGP A West Bath, Me., farmer never
has his horses shod. He says that the
practice is agaicst nature aud brings
his horses up from colthood to travel
on their hoofs. They never seem to
have any difficulty in getting over the
roads, even in slippery weather.
Staff' Over the whole world the proportion
of the sexes is about equal, but
iu separate parts of the world it varies
greatly. For instance, in this country
there are 98 women to every 100 men ;
in Europe there are rather more thau
100 women to 100 men. Cauada has
95 women to 100 men.
B3T Ask no woman her age. Never
joke with a policeman. Do not play
chess with a widow. Never contradict
a tnau who stutters. Be civil to rich
uncles and auuts. Your oldest hat, of
course, for an evening party. Always
sit next the carver, if you can, at
diuuer.
international Wessons.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON I, FOURTH QUARTER, INTERNATIONAL
SERIES, OCT. 2.
Text of the Lesson, II Chron. xlv, 2-12.
Memory Verses, 2-5 ? Golden Text, II
Chron. xiv, 11?Commentary by the Rev.
D. M. Stearns.
9. "And Asn did that which was good
and right in the eyes of thoLord his God."
Last quarter was spent .liofly with the
propbots Elijah and Eli?oa, men of Ood.
and now wo are to have several lessons o_
kings who were nion of God. Asa was the
third king of Judah after tho kingdom
was divided at the death of Solomon, and
the first to do right in tho sight of the
Lord. This statement is made oonoerning
sovon other kings of Judnh, but not onco
ooncerning any of the kings of the ten
tribos. The throne was cnllod tho throne
of tho Lord, or the throne of tho kingdom
of the Lord over Israol, and the king wag
said to be king for the Lord his God (1
Chron. xxix, 23; xxviii, 5; II Chron.
ix, 8).
8. "He took away tho altars of tho
strango gods." Although tho law of God
said, "Thou shalt have no othor gods before
mo" (Ex. xx, 8), yet Solomon introduced
many 6trango gods to plouso his
wives, and both Rehoboam and Abijnh
continued the idol worship. It is difficult
to go against the customs of your fathei
J Knf A an fonm/1 fnfK.
emu ^lauviiabuuii uuu ?ou v?vw *wvm
er than man and was determined to dc
right bofore Him.
4. "And oommanded Judah to seek the
Lord God of their fathers." In versos 3
and 4 of the next chapter wo read thnt
Israel bad been for n long season without
tho truo God, and without a teaching priest,
and without law, but when they turned
to tho Lord and sought Him He was found
of them. In versos 12 and 15 wo read that
tboy sought Him with ull thoir heart and
soul, oven with their whole desire, and Ho
gave them rest round about. The Lord
takos heed to cur hearts rathor than our
words and will fulfill the desire of thorn
that fear Him.
5. "Tho kingdom Was quiot before
him." Verse 1 says, "In hisdays tho land
was quiet ten years." Quietness is ono of
tbo groat gifts of God which 6hall yet bo
fully enjoyed not only by all Israel but by
all tho world, when "the work of righteousness
shall bo peaco, and tho effoct (or
service) of righteousness shall be quietness
and assurance forever" (Isa. xxxii, 17). In
quiotness and in confidence is strength,
and tho ornament of a meek and quiet
spirit is in tho sight of God of great price
(Isa. xxx, 15; I Pet. iii, 4).
6. "Tho land had rest, because the Lord
had given him rest." In Joshua xxiii, 1, it
is written thut tho Lord bad given rest
unto Israel from ull their enemies. In I
Cbron. xxii, 9, the Lord bud told David
thnt his son Solomon (peacouble) would be
a man of rest and thnt Israel would enjoy
peace und quietness in his days. Lamcch
said ooncorning his son, "This shall comfort
us concerning our work." and 60 he
called him Noah?L e., rest or comfort.
The earliest rest is tnat 01 uen. n, 0,
which was broken by tho devil doubting
God's word and God's love, and thus ho
still seeks to break ull rest.
7. "Because we have sought the Lord
our God He hath given us rest on every
side." When Solomon was about to build
the temple, he said to Hirum, "The Lord
my God hath given me rest on every side,
so that there is neither adversary nor evil
occurront" (I Kings v, 4). The rest of
the kingdom that is coming will be glorious
(Isa. xi, 10), or, us in tho marglD,
glory. Even now Ho says, "Come unto
Me, and I will gi.vo you rest,"and "When
Ho giveth quiotness, who then can make
trouble?" (Math, xi, 28; Job xxxiv, 29.)
When, even in our ordinary daily affairs,
wo ullow tho government to bo upon His
shoulder und thepoaceof God to rule (Isa.
Ix, 7; Col. ili, 15), we will havo u glorious
foretustoof tho rest of the kingdom. Some
say that they seek Him yet do not 6eem to
find Him as their rest, but it must be that
they do not seek Him with tho whole
heart (Jer. xxix, 13).
8-10. Tho adversary will not allow us to
rest if he con help it, 60 here we have over
a million of Ethiopians guthered against
Asa in battle, and bo has but little over
half as many with which to meet them.
Wars will not wholly ceaso from tho earth
until tho devil is cast into tho lake of fire
at the end of the thousand years (Rov. xx,
7-10), for, whilo the millennium will bo a
time of peace, it will end with a great
war. Israel bad no reason to fear her enemies,
however numerous, for tho promise
of God was that one should chaso a thousand
and two put 10,000 to flight. Tho
deliverance from Egypt and tho conquest
of tho Canaanites, with the many deliverances
and vlctorios in tho days of tho
Judges and in the timo of David, would
strengthen the hands of any ono who
foarod God. David could say, "I will not
bo ufraid of ten thousands of pooplo that
havo set themselves against mo round
Ahmit: " "Thfiiiffh a host should oncaniD
against mo, my heart shall not fear" (Ps.
iii, 6; xsvii, 3; xlvl, 1, 2).
11. "And Asa cried unto tho Lord his
God and 6aid, Lord, it is nothing with
Thee to help, whether with many or with
them that huvo nopowor." Jonathan said
to his armor bearor, "It may bo thut the
Lord will work for us, for there is no restraint
to tho Lord to suvo by many or by
few" (I Sam. xiv, C). Tho greatest hindrance
to the Lord's work is generally our
fancied strongth or wisdom, and thoro is
no proverb much more unscriptural than
this, that God helps thoso who help themsolves.
In the matter of sulvution it is
only the lost und helpless und ungodly
for whom it is provided, and it has been
provided wholly by our Lord Jesus Christ
and is given froely to every penitent sinner.
In the daily life for God it is God
who works all our works in us and for us
(Isa. xxvi, 12). Ho delivers tho needy, tho
poor also and him that hath no helper
(Ps. Ixxll, 12). When Gideon had only
82,000 men against an innumerable host,
the Lord said to him, "The people that are
with thee are too many, lest Israel vaunt
themselves against me, saying, Mine own
hand hath saved me" (Judg. vii, 2).
God must bo glorilicd in all things, and no
llcsb dare presume to glory in His presonce
(I Cor. i, 29, 31; Isa. ii, 11,17, 22). If wo
are living in tho name of tho Lord and
seeking only His glory, no man or doinon
can prevail ilgainst us or even touch us
without God's permission.
12. "So the Lord smote tho Ethiopians
before Asa and before Judah." They were
destroyed beforo the Lord and before His
1 i I 10\ T7..4. l-5.w. nt
IlUbU ^YUJTfiU lO/t iui ?? ui'ii vuw mug ui
Israel came against Asa in the thirty-sixth
year of his reign ho forgot this great deliverance
and relied on the king of Syria
rathor than upon God, and when rebuked
for it ho grew angry with the Lord's servant
and put him in prison (chapter xvi).
fco prone are wo to forget God and to leun
Upon an arm of flesh instead of putting
our whole trust in tho Lord! Blessed .are
all they that trust in Him (Ps. ii, 13).
WSf We sleep, but the loom of life
never stops. The pattern which was
weaving when the sun went down is
weaving when it comes up tomorrow.
The world will be improved
when a man has learned to laugh a
little less at his neighbor's troubles and
little more at his own.
Jam and Jiwsitle.
THE PRESERVATION OF WOOD.
Never apply paint or any other coating
to greeu or unseasoned timber. If
the wood is not well dried, the coat
will hasten decay. Oil paints are used
to increase the durability by protecting
the wood against moisture. All
exposed unpainted boards become gray
and fuzzy, warps aud checks, the nails
rust out, and even if it is uot exposed
to rain, damp air, steam, etc., occasiou
similar mischief.
For coating, coal tar, with or without
sand or plaster, aud pitch, especially
if mixed with oil or turpentiue and
applied hot, thus penetrating more
deeply, answers best. A mixture of
three parts coal tar and one part uusalted
grease, to prevent the tar from
drying until it has time to till the minute
pores, is recommended. One barrel
of coal tar, costing $3 to $4, will
cover 300 posts. Both tar and oil
paint have the disadvantage that they
act as mere covers. If the wood has
any chance to get moist before painting,
they are harmful instead of useful.
Heavy tar oils, freed of their volatile
as well as their thick tarry constituents,
such as are now offered in the
market under the name ofcarboliueum,
are preferable to paints and tars. [B.
E. Fernow, circular 20, Division of
Forestry, United States Department of
Agriculture.] These oils penetrate
and act as uutiseptics, usually killing
the fungi or at least retarding their
action aud development. They ure
applied with brush or else us baths,
usually aud prehrubly hot. They can
not replace paints where the looks ol
the materiuls ure to be improved.
Charring a>siSts merely as un insulator,
separating the wood lrom the ground,
and as lungi cunnot eat their way
through charcoal they are preveuted
from entering. Generally, however,
the process develops large cracks, and
-- ... * .1- . !
(iius exposes me nnniui iu iuc attacks
of ihe fungi.?Orange Judd Farmer.
Beware of Chimney Fires.?Now
is the nine to beware of chimney fires.
It is generally supposed that the greatest
danger from these is in mid-winter,
when furnaces and ranges and stoves
are being forced to their utmost capacity.
But now that the fires are allowed
to gel low occasionally, aud
more wood is used, the soot collects
more rupidlyiu the chimney ; aud unless
precautious are takeu to avoid
this accumulation, a fierce blaze in
starting a new fire will ignite the soot,
and cause the dreaded chimney fires.
There is no better met hod of avoiding
this than (hat so often recommended
of burning pieces oi zinc. A t ihisseasou
plenty of old ziuc should be kept on
hand for this purpose. A piece of
zinc placed on the live coals iu a hot
stove will effectually clean out the
stove pipe aud chimneys, the vapors
produced carrying off the soot by
chemical decomposition. This should
be kept in miud by those who have
been burning.wood instead of coal for
fuel, and also by those who use quantities
of paper, shaviugs, etc., iu the
frequent kindling of fires.
Milk Regularly.?Regularity in
time of milking is necessary. The
dairy cow is a good time keeper, and
kuows very well when milking time
comes. If she is neglected and allowed
to go far beyond the regular time
she begins to worry and loss follows.
There are some cows that certain
milkers can never get clean. They
milk out all that flows readily, strip
around once or twice, aud call her
finished. With some cows this will
do, but with others the milker must
reach well on the udder, and work
it with a sort of kneading process. A
li'.tle manipulation of this sort will
- ? i? ?1 ?
cause me wnoie quuuuby iu uuw iuw
the teats, whereas, without it, there
will be froma gill to a pint of the
richest milk left in the udder every
time which means a prematurely dry
cow.?Indiana Farmer.
Poultry and Pork.?A poultry
breeder says farmers will feed a bushel
of corn to produce 6 pounds of pork
worth 25 cents, while this bushel
would keep a hen a year. She would
lay at least 12 dozen eggs, which,
averaging 10 cents a dozen, would
equal $1.20, and she would rear a
brood of chickens worth twice as
much more, raakiug a total of nearly
$5. Experiments made at the Utah
agricultural experiment station seem
to prove the correctness of the statement
made in the paragraph quoted
above. Another paper says: "Forty
dozen eggs will bring more money
than a load of bay, which requires a
great deal of labor to produce, and a
good-sized patch of ground to grow,
besides lots of sweat. Study the egg
question."
Fattening Fogs.?A hog fattens
more quickly by being fed no more at
anytime lime than it will eat. It
should always clean up all in the
trough. When it has fed, clean out
the trough and do not feed again until
the animal shews plainly that it is
hungry. If overfed so that it feeds indifferently
it will lose less weight to
permit it to go without food a day
than it would by continuing to feed
beyond its appetite. 1'robauiy nootuer
animal is so seusitive to injury from
overfeeding as the hog.
Protecting Trees Against Rabbits.?
While there are innumerable
remedies recommended and used for
the protection of young trees agair.st
the depredations of rabbits, mice and
other animals, there is nothing better
and more reliable than small meshed
wire uetting wound around the tree
and tied together with a wire. It is
inexpensive, durable, does not keep
out light and air, and is in every way
preferable to tarred puper, tin and any
of the close coverings recommended.
Fallimg Off In Milk.?Many
dairymen are disappointed at the beginning
of winter because the cows
fall oil'in milk. This is due usually
to the sudden change from green to
dry food. Any change made should
be gradual, by feeding dry food before i
winter sets in, increasing the dry food i
daily until the cows are giving the
proportion of it.
piscetliiufoiis Reading.
IN COUNTIES ADJOINING.
Summary of the New* That I? Heine Publinhed
by Exchanges.
CHESTER?The Lantern, September
16 : General Roadmaster Dodson
and Superintendent P. I. Wells, of the
Southern Railway, were in the city
yesterday, and perfected arrangements
for putting in a side track to Mr. Martiu's
oil mill. Prof. J. L. Douglass,
of Davidson college, who spent
the best part of his vacation wrestling
with a case of typhoid fever at his
father's home near Blackstock, was
in the city yesterday and is looking
remarkably well. He is gaining fiesb
so rapidly that he fears be will have
to buy new clothes. The friends
of Mr. J. H. Means Bealy will be glad
to learn that he has been elected as
bead of the new textile engineering
department of Clernsou college. It
is stated, by the way, that mauufac
turers of cotton mill machinery have
donated about $10,000 worth of machinery
to this department. Yesterday
morning Mr. I. N. Cross was
taking cartridges out of his gun to
clean it out, intending to go over
about Harmony to hunt squirrels. He
was using some iron or steel instrument,
holding the guu between his
knees with the muzzle toward his feet.
One of the cartridges was exploded and
the load went through his right angle,
utmost tearing his foot oil'. It was
amputated above the aukle. Mr.
Cross 1ms been exceedingly unfortunate,
as he lost bis left hand in a cotton
gin three years ago.
CLEVELAND?The Star, September
14: The rank and tile of the
Populist party uud many of the re
spectable white Republicans, don't
favor placing Negroes in office ovei
white people, and hence they are
going to vote the Democratic ticket
this year. Cherryville is to huvt
a new paper?The Gastou Visitoredited
and published by Mr. J. P
Nelson, of this place. The first issue
of the uew paper will appear thi:
week. We wish the new enterprise
abundant success. Mr. C. T. Hord
one of our clever and industrious
young farmers and enthusiastic Democrats,
was the first to sell a bale ol
new cotton this year. He sold his
first bale on Tuesday at 5 cents.
Craveu county has a Negro road overseer
and a reputable cilizeu swears
that be has seeu white meu work in jj
the road under this Negro overseer,
The Negro's name is Ab Jackson.
Two of the white men who were
forced to work the road under ,lhii
Negro were Dexter Cole aud William
Cole. Any Republican or fusiouist
who denies this, lies. If you do uot
believe this write to Mr. Romulus A.
Nunu, a notary public iu the city ol
Newbern. Mr. F. J. Lucas, a good
citizen of Polkville, happened with a
serious and painful accideut ou last
Saturday afternoon. He was riding
his mule rapidly, when the animal
stumbled and fell, throwing him to the
ground and breaking his collar bone
aud bruisiug him up pretty badly. He
is improving now, we are glad to
learn. Chairman Jonathan Hoyle,
of the Populist County Executive committee,
says that the Populist committee
endorsed P. W. Hamot for county
commissioner, but refused to endorse
the other Republican nominee for
commissioner?G. F. Hambright, ol
Grover. This is the first informatiou
that the public has had that the fusion
deal was not complete. We venture
the assertion that the Republicans will
slash the Populists for repudiaiiug
Hambright. Mr. Bunyau Herndou,
the industrious son of Mr. J. F. Herndon,
was happily married last Wednesday
afternoon to Miss Minnie Moss, at
the residence of the bride's father,
Jerome Moss, of Grover, Rev. P. R.
Elam officiating. The young couple
have our best wishes for length of
days and happiness.
LANCASTER?Ledger, September
17: Since the middle of last May,
our friend, Mr. J. B. Funderburk, at
Tradesville, has not been without sickness
in his home. During that time
six members of bis family have been
prostrated with typhoid fever, three of
whom are yet confined to their beds.
Two of the first to take sick are able
to be about and his oldest son is just
getting so he can be up about half the
time. With all his sickness, Mr. Funderburk
feels grateful that death has
not entered his home. We sincerely
hope that his family may all soon be
restored to their wonted health
Judge Dixon, colored, one of the parties
arrested charged with the Culp
burglary, had a preliminary hearing
before Magistrate Burns this week and
was discharged, the evidence against
him being insufficient. John Witherspoon
Sr., and John Witherspoon, Jr.,
two otherdarkies implicated, will have
a preliminary hearing today. Our
old friend, Mr. A. Cameron, who has
been employed as general foreman "of
bridge and building on the 0. R. & C.,
the past 13 years, has resigned, and is
arranging to return to his old home at
Toronto, Canada. His son, Mr. A.
Cameron, Jr., will accompany him.
They will probably start for Canada
next week. Mr. Cameron has made
many friends in this vicinity who will
regret his departure. Mr. J. A.
Hyatt was elected magistrate in Waxhaw
township by a majority of 1 over
the present incumbent, T. W. Secrest.
One illegal vote was cast and Mr. Secrest
gave notice that he would contest
the election.
The Greatest.?The largest deposits
of anthracite coal in the world
are in Pennsylvania.
The largest valley in the world is
the valley of the Mississippi. It contains
500,000 square miles.
The largest lake in the world is Lake
Superior, being 430 miles long and
1,000 feet deep.
The greatest cave in the world is the
Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, which
contains a navigable lake abounding
in eyeless fish.
The greatest mass of solid iron in
the world is the great Iron Mountain
in Missouri. It is 350 feet high and
two miles in circuit. "
The greatest cataract in the world
is the falls of Niagara, which plunges
over rocks in two columns to the depth
of 170 feet each.
The greatest natural bridge in the
world is the natural bridge over Cedar
Creek in Virginia. It extends across i
chasm 80 feet in width and 250 ii
depth.
FEATHERSTONE IN DEFEAT.
A Manly Letter to tlio People of Sontl
Carolina.
To the Editor of The Sunday News
Please allow me space in your column
that I may say a few words in refer
ence to the recent election.
In the first place, I desire to thanl
my friends all over the stale for th
many kindnesses and courtesies showi
me during the receut campaign, am
i for the large vote given me on the 30tl
of August and 13th of Septembei
From the bottom of my heart I appre
date their kindness and support,
shall endeavor to so conduct raysel
i thut those who gave me their suppor
shall never have cause for regret.
I have made the best fight that
could. I have made it upon the high
est plane of which I was capable
When I entered the race I was con
scious that I was advocating what wa
right. The campaign has but strength
eued my convictions along that lint
i I have no regrets. My conscience am
' skirts are clear.
Iu the second place, I would urg
( my friends and supporters not to he
come discouraged. We have made
. good fight. We have fought upon hig!
ground and for the sake of principle
i We have nothing to be ashamed ol
i Better things are in store for us in th
i future. Right must and will triumpl
. iu the end. Go to work in eurnest fo
the cause that you love. Be more n
earnest than ever, and in the futur
good results are sure to follow.
In the third place, let me urge m
! friends to be true aud loyal to the in
coming administration. By your earn
, est co-operation aud support it can h
made better. It is your duty as gooi
' citizens to stand by the law, so long a
it remains the law, no matter how l>u<
! it may he. We have had enough strif
and bitterness in South Carolina. W
, must get together and bolster up ou
1 officers and assist tbem in the dis
> charge of their duties. It is not th
! part of good citizenship to abuse am
, vilify those in power. On the contm
s ry, the good citizen, even though h
' belong to the minority, will, after h
!' has made his fight, rally to the sup
i port of those by whom he has bee
' beaten, aud assist tbem in the execu
tion of the laws,
i I therefore urge my friends to thro
; aside their disappointments ana preju
, dices, and act as true Carolinian
ought to act.
i For those who have fought me upo
? principle, who have beeu fair and liav
used no improper means, I have null)
. ing hut the kindest feeling. The,
. have simply done what they had
right to do. Those who have fough
r me from improper motives, and hav
used doubtful methods, will find pun
, ishment enough in the accusations g
their own consciences.
I have nothing of the "sore head
ahout me. I shall not "sulk in m
I tent." I am ready and willing to d
i all in my power to benefit and hel
old South Carolina. Very truly,
I C. C. FEATHER8TONE.
Lauren3, September 16, 1898.
ELLEKBE IS GRATEFUL.
The Governor Has Something to Say of tli
Recent Election.
[ Columbia Register, Friday.
Governor Ellerbe was able to com
down to his office this morning for th
first time since the electiou. He ha
been indisposed for several days am
acting upon the udvice of his physi
eian has remained in doors all week
He regretted that he was unable t<
address the soldiers of the Secoud regi
meut before their departure for Jack
sonville, but circumstauces wer
against him.
When asked if had anything to sa;
concerning the election, or any stale
ment for publication, Governor Ellerbi
replied as follows:
"A mild attack of la grippe has con
fiued me to ray room for severul days
but I am mucb better today.
"I am deeply grateful to my fellov
cilizeus who supported my candidac;
for reelection. I attribute my amal
majority to the opposition of town
ami cities to the dispensary and Lh<
exceedingly light vote polled in th<
country. I shall always remembe
with pleasure and profound sense o
gratitude the handsome vote I receiv
in the first primary.
"Considering the strength of my op
position, opposed as I was by a num
her of influential and able men, it wa
the compliment of my life. But grate
ful as I am to the people of the stab
for again honoring me with their suf
frages, I accept the congratulations o
friends with mingled feelings of joj
and sadness?joy at the renewed maui
festation of confidence in me and sad
ness because of a realizing sense of th<
enormous responsibility again assum
ed. . I have no other ambition excep
the faithful und conscientious dis
charge of my official duties, and hopi
when my second term shall have ende<
I shall have done something worthy t<
be remembered. I have bad a grea
deal to contend with siuce I have beei
governor, and, being an inexperience<
man, it was but natural that I should
have made mistakes; but my experi
ence will be worth something to me it
the future, and I trust my administra
(ion during the secoud term will rnon
fully meet the approval und confideuo
of the people.
"I ask forgiveness for those who hav<
wilfully and maliciously standi red me
and trust they may be tuughl tba
open, honest, disinterested criticism i:
right and is to be welcomed ; but thai
abuse, slander and misrepreseutatioi
is unmanly and dishonorable."
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WE again wish to reiterate that we
have an almost unlimited supply
of GUANO and ACID on band, and
k taking our past experience as a criterion,
e we would urge that you at once begin
_ the looking out and arranging for asup"
ply for your WHEAT CROP." You will
remember the exhorbilant prices that
h was obtained for wheat during March and
. April and May. You have g<x>d milling
' facilities, and you cannot afford not to
'* RAISE WHEAT. See us at once, make
I arrangements for your GUANO AND
ir ACID, look to the preparation of your
,. lands, and sow wheat" for results and .
profit.
1 CONTRACTORS
AND
BUILDERS
5. WHO use LIME, CEMENT, SHINj
LES and LATHS, an<i who live
at any point on the Caro'ina and Northwestern,
or the Ohio River and Charlese
ton Railroads, will at all times find us
prepared to deliver these goods at their
nearest stations at competitive prices and
H in any quantity desired. We simply ask
b a trial order, and you will be jxmvinced
that other dealers don't know how to buy
! ' and of course could not know how to sell.
p J. H. RIDDLE.
r YORK" DRUG STORE.
"TIMES HAVE CHANGED"
V 'A ND things have changed as well?"
i. xjL but von will find that I stilJ have the
most COMPLETE stm-k of Drugs to be
'* found in this section, having recently
e filled orders from Lincnlntmi and Rock
,| Hill, for goods not to be found in the
. Drug Stores of either of those towns.
A NTI-PKKMENT continues to make
d converts and strengthens its reputation
e daily as the "Greatest Medicine on
e Earth" for the disorders for which it is
recommended. Read this modest, but
truthful and grateful testimonial?from a
) man in
J Columbia, S. C.
t. My, boy, two years of age, was very
ill. with a "digestive trouble'' and the
e best treatment afforded no relief. We alts
most gave up hope of his rei-overy. Your
i- Anti-Ferment was recommended to me.
.. and with the MJinetion of my trained
nurse we gave it to the boy. We could
l" see signs ol? improvement in a Cew hour-,
and I never saw audi marked benefit
v from anything in my life. He continued
to improve and is now well itiid fat. I
have told a great many about it and will
d be glad to continue it whenever the opportunity
offers. Signed,
? C. F. AtfOBTKY.
The above was purely voluntary.
** "For the want of a nail the shoe was
I- lost."
v For the want of Anti-Ferment your
' child may be lost.
a Provide iu time against any emergency
1 and keep a bottle always in the bouse,
e CLARENCE M. tfUYKENDAL.
R. J. HERN DON.
i: THE SECONDTAND TlANO
0 T ADVERTISED is disposed of and
I' X now I have
AN ELEGANT UPRIGHT
Seven and one-third octaves, cabinet
grand, almost new, every lato improvement,
with stool and scarf, at ONLY $135.
- NEW ORGANS,
Direct from maker, $50 and upward. Both
the maker's and my 5 years' guarantee.
e Certainly I will sell them on the installment
plan or any reasonable way you
may prefer.
d Ever Examine Deering Mower
* and Rakes ?
o Finest on Earth. I have them.
. R. J. HERNDON.
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G. W. P. HARPER, President.
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