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lumomto gjepartmrut. Funny Incident In Court.?Wheu Judge G. B. Strong, of Georgia, was a I young man, be was in the habit of using very strong language while ad- j dressing the jury. His friend, Judge Early, an elderly man, with a kind heart, saw Judge Strong's weakness, ( and advised him to restrain himself. "Now," said the good judge, "when you see me lift my finger, you may | know that you are going to far. The young pleader thanked his friend, and said he would bear in mind ' the the signal of warning. So in court ' the next day he watched the judge. In the very midst of an eloquent ap- ' - ??c 1 peal 06 saw me juage s uuger iiucu, and the act of rebuke so bewildered him that he paused, stammered, and . finally took his seat much chagrined. I As soon as the court had adjourned, the orator went to Judge Early, and ( said: j "Why did you lift your finger at | me ?" "Lift my finger at you !" exclaimed ( the white-haired old gentlemau, in astonishment. "Why, I didn't think : of such a thing. I was brushing off a fly that had lit on my nose!" 1ST Gentleman?I am sorry to learn ( of your wife's death, Uncle Rastus. Uncle Rastus?Sah ? Gentleman?I say that I am very 1 sorry to hear that your wife has re- ! cently died. Uncle Rastus (with a puzzled look)? I gis3 da' am some mistake 'bout dat, 1 Mistah Brown. I left de ole ooman in good health dis mawnin', sab. Who said she was dead ? Gentleman?I've forgotten now. But 1 I certainly heard so several days ago. i Uncle Rastus (his face clearing up)? I Oh,ya'as, now I understand, sah. Dat wuz er former wife ob mine, Mistah i Brown. She died mo'n foab weeks j ago. De present incumbent am all I right. j His Heart Was Touched.?He had been going to see her a long time, < but never staled the object of his visits, and she was desirous of knowing some- j thing of the future. The last night he j called be seemed sad, and after several , well developed sighs, he said : "Life is full, very full, of bitterness, isn't it?" "Ob, I don't know," she responded, ( cheerily. "I haven't much cause to , complain." "Possibly not now, Mary, but the bitter cup has been placed to , your lips." "Yes, Henry ; my parents are dead." "And is there no bitterness 1 in that, Mary ? Is it not very, very sad to be an orphan ?" "Of course it is, Henry, but you see"?and she i blushed vividly?"it relieves you ol 1 the embarrassment to ask father." I Henry's heart was touched. Danger??An old lady read a paragraph in one of the papers the other day, describing how a grindstone burst in a saw mill and killed four men. She happened to remember that there was a grindstone down in her cellar, ; leaning agaiust the wall.; so she went out and got an accident iusurance policy, and then summoning her servant and holding a pie board in front of her, so that if the thiug exploded her i face would not be injured, had the i stone taken out into the road where i 24 pails of water were thrown over it, and a stick was stuck in the hole bearing the placard marked "Dangerous." | She savs it is a mercv that the whole house was Dot blown to pieces by the thing before this. Not Nice Looking But Liberal. 1 "Lottie, I hear that you have a new beau. Jsitso?" i "Yes, he is a real nice fellow, and I like hiin ever so much." "Is he good looking ?" "Well, no ; I can't say that he is near as good looking as Charley Smith, whom I gave the mitten last month, : but be doesn't mind spending money wheu we are out, and that, yon know, is better thau good looks. Why, the other night he asked me four times to have oysters, aud I only accepted three of the invitations. I wasn't feeling well that night, and my appetite has been very poor for a mouth." 85?" I understand that Spokeland couldn't make a living down in the bottoms," said a man meeting an acquaintance. "No ; had to move away." "Wasn't the land good?" "First rate, but the trouble with him is laziness. He was too lazy to live in that country. That's no place for a lazy man, let me tell you, Why, sir, that fellow had a chill one day and was too lazy to shake. In that couutry it is uecessary for a man to shake when he has a chill. It ain't right to buck against nature." Lots of Beaux.?She was young, she was green, she was very new in Washington. At a recent swell affair she had gone with the crowd iuto the refreshment room. Presently an elegant looking waiter, for all the world like a foreign ambassador, bowed politely before her and murmured : "Is there anyoue waiting on you, miss?" "Sir? sir?" she stammered, in startled embarrassment. "Pardonnez moi. Is there anyone waiting on you ?" "Oh ?" she said, blushing brightly. "No, sir, not in Washington. But when I'm at home I've got more beaux than any other girl in town." I?" Brigham Young understood how to dodge. A man came to him from Europe to have him replace a leg that had been removed. Brigham said to him, "T r>an fViie anrl it. tunilld not COSt me any trouble; but if I should bring back your leg you would, on the morning of the resurrection, have three legs?the first leg, the one that you lost, and the one that I would make for you. Had you not better go on with one leg for a little while, than to go through eternity with three legs?" Scriptukb Explained.?"Now, Susie," said the Sunday school teacher, "you may read the next verse." The little girl read, "Cast thy bread upon the waters." "Why should we cast our bread upon the waters?" asked the teacher. " 'Cause the fishes have to be fed," was the reply. -Wapitlc ^atUcrings. 86T" Id the United States 1898 was the warmest year on record. 86T* Extremely severe weather is s prevailing throughout Alaska. < 8?" The Philadelphia mint has be- I ;un the coinage of $40,000,000 of gold I bullion. i 8&" The huge guns of modern na- ( vies can only be fired about 75 times f iKat- nro wnrn nil t. J JtJV/l V* IUVJ Ml V IT V* *< VMVf IGT The tongue of the toad is attach- J jd to the front of its jaws and hangs ! oackward instead of forward. . 16T Ulysses S. Grant, Jr., is apparently the leading candidate for the ^ United States senator of California. { t&" New York city, with its 300,000 \ Hebrews, may properly be said to con- t tain more Israelites thau all Palestine. 86T Illinois is first in corn, oats, pork, ] distilled liquors, and railways; second j in coal, wheat and hogs; third in cat- ] tie. ] 86?" The list of the world's battles I comprises 1,527 regular engagements t whose names are given as worthy of < record. i floT Christianity does not propose to 1 make a man better than his neighbor, s but it proposes to make him better ( than himself. 2 8?* Fifteen brewers and wine-sellers died in England last year, leaving prop- 1 erty to the amouut of over thirty mil- | lion dollars. .80T Bills have been introduced iu J the North Carolina legislature to provide separate railway coaches for raiKitoc onH KlanlfQ ' W&T The North Carolina, legislature , has passed resolutions demanding that qo colored man be given political posi- j Lions in that state. " ( 8ST It is stated that the German gov- ( ernment is preparing a bill that will < practically exclude American petro- j ieum from that country. j IST" Southern Democrats in congress I almost unanimously repudiate Senator I Butler's resolution to give pensions to I ex-Confederate soldiers. I The number of train robberies < in the .United States in 1898 was 28, ( in which five passengers and trainmen 1 and five robbers were killed. 1 B8F The Kansas legislature has pass- ' ed the bjll reducing telegraph rates on 1 day commercial messages of 10 words j from 25 cents to 15 cents. A school teacher asked an Irish boy to describe an island. "Shure, ' ma'am," said Pat, "it's a place you can't lave without a boat." Jfiy Senator Daniel, of Virginia, who is now in Havana, says the first need ! of Cuba is charity, and the problem of government may be solved afterwards. 86T The present regular army costs ( $24,342,231, while that provided for J in the Hull bill now before congress will cost $82,053,655, and increase ol 67,710,231. ' 86T General Jose Gomez, who has returned to Washington from Havana, says the people of Cuba are beginning to realize that American rule is necessary for the present. VST In his message to the legislature Governor Pingree, of Michigan, condemns the war with Spain as unnecessary, opposes expansion, and advocates state ownership of railroads within its borders. 4&* Steps have been taken for a still greater Chicago. Legislation will be asked for the consolidation of the city and county governments of Cook county and the abolishment of township organizations within the limits of Chicago proper. 4?" During the recent Fasboda inci- 1 dent Queen Victoria is reported to have have said to ex-Empress Eugenia: "If war should break out between France and England I will pray God to allow me to die before it occurs." 4??* An American publisher had the gall to send to Emperor William, of Germany, a check for $5,000 with the request to write for publication his opinion of the Spanish-American war. The emperor sent the check to the German embassay at Washington with the order to return it to the publisher with the information that the emperor was not anxious to become a "yellow journalist." S8T It has been estimated that the average number of letters received daily by the president of the French republic at the Elysee amounts to 1 700, classified as follows: Begging letters 250, petitions on political affairs 150, petitions from criminals 100, com- ! plaints against various functionaries 100, anoulymous insulting letters 80, 1 threats of assasination 20. ?6T" Legislatures are in session (or will be soon) in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Del- 1 aware, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigau, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevavada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tenues- < see, Texas, Utah, Washington, West ' Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. The Florida legislature will convene i in April. 8?T The most expensive material J ever produced for a dress was that purchased by the German empress last year from Lyons. It was white silk brocade, having flowers, birds and foliage in relief, and cost $125 a yard, the actual value of the raw silk, it is said, being $100. The empress was so ' struck with its beauty that she had not the heart to cut it up, and it was eventually turned info curtains. The price paid for this material is about i double as much as the famous cloth of gold that Louis XIV had made into a dressing gown. i B&~ The red hat of the Cardinal costs him more money than kings pay for any except their very best crow ns. Before accepting it the grateful prelate must make offerings to the propaganda and : to bis titular church at Rome, aud pay fees to a long list of officials, ranging from chamberlaius of the Vatican down to the cooks and sweep- 1 ers and soldiers of the Swiss guard. Indeed, the new Cardinal has to payfees at every step from the moment of j his creation to the occasion of his re- < ceiving the red hat in public cousis- i tory, and when all is over he finds i himself out of pocket to the extent of ] $2,500 at least. < Jam and JirtsitU. PRUNING FRUIT TREES. Begin early in the life of the tree to shape it. A young tree should consist )f a central leader with the maiu tranches distributed evenly about it, 'orming a well-balanced head. On )0 account should a tree be set with a lecided fork in the trunk. The point it which a limb should be removed is ust at the upper part of the shoulder vhich will be at the base of each imb where it joins tbe main trunk, [f we cut closely the size of the wound 8 increased without to any appreciable sxtent decreasing the size of the stub, [f the cutting is further from the tree, /he scar is still the same size and a ong stub is left over which it will take i tree years to grow. If possible, avoid removing large imbs, and the best way to avoid this s lo begin when the tree is young and >rune it systematically and carefully, [f it is necessary to remove a large imb, use a saw, cutting in a short disance from the bottom first, then saw lown from above, and the limb can be emoved without fear of splitting off jelow. Large wounds should be smoothed over with a knife, then covered with gum shellac dissolved in ilcohol. In a general way, summer pruning promotes fruitfulness, while if wood growth is desired, prune in winter. The explanation of this is that great growth and great fruitfulness do not go together. A plant must reach a certain degree of maturity before it will produce fruit and an abundance of plant food at the time the buds are forming is desirable for best results. Now if by summer pruning part of the branch is removed, the growth is checked and as the part removed lessens the demand for plant food, it 2?fn be devoted to the production ol fruit buds. If the tree is allowed to go nto winter quarters undisturbed at die end of the season, the roots and :ops are in a sort of equilibrium or valance each other. Now, if during :he dormant period a considerable part if the top is cut off', a strong pressui* if sap is brought to bear on the renaming buds and a greater supply of lourishmenl is furnished for growth of ?ach. The resujt is that a large growth of wood results, and when the ime comes the following season for the "ormation of fruit buds, plant food is mt abundant and few blossoms are produced. The Cotton Problem.?Although theorists are seeking to show that the south is prosperous, notwithstanding Lbe fact that cotton this season has iieen selling below five cents per pound, the fact remains that the southern 3tates are not enjoying a prosperous season, and the purchasing ability of the farmers has been very much cut down. While it is undoubtedly the proper policy for the south to learul how to produce as cheaply as possibles and to produce as much of it as the! world will take, this does not mean that there is no limit to the low price at which cotton can be profitably sold. While an industry can gradually accommodate itself to a very considerable shrinkage in price, a sudden and heavy drop is apt to paralyze its energies. This Is what has happened in the case of cotton. Producers expec ted low prices, ana maae tneir arrangements accordingly, but the market has dropped lower than their expectations. It would be difficult to fix the lowest limit at which cotton can be profitably produced, as conditions are so coustantly changing in that, as well as in all other agricultural industries. The cost of production has been very materially lowered during receut years, so that prices which would have meant disaster ten years ago would now be thought profitable. The profit limit, however?or, to speak more plainly, the point where cotton ceases to be profitable?is a fluctuating and variable factor, changing as much with the different seasons as in the various sections of the belt.?New Orleans Picayune. Fertilizing Strawberries.?An old bed of strawberries which had produced but a moderate crop was made to yield 7,000 quarts per acre the next year with 300 pounds of nitrate ol soda early in the spring. To use 300 pounds of nitrate of soda per acre is costly, as 100 pounds is considered sufficient by many fruit growers, but the cost is not even a matter of consideration if the larger crops pays for it and gives an additional profit. Nitrate of soda alone is not sufficient, unless the soil is very fertile. There should be as many pounds of muriate of potash as of nitrate of soda, with half as much acidulated bone or phosphate rock. Pollenize Strawberries.?A. B. Howard says in The Rural New Yorker that in raising strawberries to assist in securing pollenization, either for fruit for consumption or for the seed, swish an evergreen bush back and forth, just touching the plants lightly, doing this every day while in bloom. The most favorable time is at midday, 1? -*1* ? un/1 u?Kon ueueuui u ucai ?nJi ?"?? ?.v plants are free from excess pf moisture. Avoid drenching the folliage with water when the plants are in bloom, if satisfactory polleuization is desired. Setting Out Young Trees.?If young trees are set out early in the spring be careful to not expose the roots so as to allow them to dry. Make the holes large, so as to receive all the roots without cramping or bending them, and return the top soil to the roots, pressing firmly and settling the soil with plenty of water. The top soil may be mulched with stable manure, but do not mix manure with the earth used to fill in around the trees. Shorten baek the tops before the buds begin to swell and cut away all surplus branches. Ground Oats For Feed.?The grinding of oats makes them more digestible, and the same may be said of corn. The best method of feeding is to mix the ground grain with the forage, which increases the digestibility jf both kinds. ^tUsccUaiuous Reading. IN COUNTIES ADJOINING. Summary of the Nevra That In Heine Published by Exchanges. CHESTER?The Lantern, January 13 : We congratulate our fellow citizen, Mr. John S. Withers. He has a walk over for reading clerk. Very few men can be found in the state who have voices with the staying qualities of his. Mrs. Dillingham, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. R. L. Home, has returned to her home in Rock Hill. Several days ago Mr. S. A. Murphy had a petition in circulation for the appointment as magis trate at Ubester. Mr. u. wuiiams, the incumbent, also bad a petition in his belalf. Both were numerously signed. Mr. J. E. Hagood came up from Charleston and offered the Chester mills for sale Wednesday, as advertised. This was the second offer, the upset price having been reduced to $42,500. There was no bid, and so the property remains unsold. We understand that another order will be applied for without delay, modifying the terms. The United States senate has confirmed the appointment of Mr. J. W. Dunnovant as postmaster at Chester. GASTON?Gastonia Gaaette, January 12: Mr. Ed Harrison and Miss Mary Ford, of South Point township, are married. The kuot was tied at Bethel by Notary Public F. E. Clinton on the 5th instant. The groom laid bis plans without the knowledge oi even his own home folks. He got his irirl YVp.rlnpsdav nicrht and sliDDed ofl O"" ** J . O 1 I across the line to Mr. Clinton's residence where they were pronounced husband and wife. Then taking up his bride behind him on bis mule, he returned home late in the night. Next morning he slept rather late; but a* was the family's custom wheu Ed was out late at night, they just let him sleep ou. But after a while he came out of his room and to the amazement of the entire family, they noticed that there were two of him ! It so happened, however, that Mr. Harrisou, the father, had heeu out 'possum hunting while his son was out wife-hunting, and had bad some luck, too. So they all resolved themselves into a bridal party and celebrated the event with a wedding breakfast of 'possum. The new mill at the Modena will be built. The stockholders, at their meeting last week, set the movement on foot, and within a week from the day Secretary Moore issued the uotices, the entire stock for the new $40,000 yarn mill, and $6,000 over, hat^. been subscribed by the present stockholders, scarcely ' 1 ^ ?- 1- ? V?.? J Uaam llAAMfl fn/\rYl O t I1U1I UI WUUU1 UttU uccu ucaiu HUUI ai the time. There seems to be money u plenty in the country when it comes to building cotton mills. The wedding bells ring od and Gaston and Liucoln strengthen the ties which already bind them together. Mr. Robert L. Stowe, of Belmont, and Miss Nellie Rhyne, of Lincolnton, were united in marriage at 6.30 o'clock yesterday afteruoou. Mr. Robert and Miss Mamie Love, cousins of the bride, attended from Gastonia. The ceremony was performed in the new Lutheran church by Rev. W. J. Boger, ol Mt. Holly. Mr. Stowe, the happy groom, a member of the firm of Stowe Brothers, at Belmont, is one of the hest, most enterprisiug and most popular young business men in the county, The bride, pretty, amiable and accomplished, is a daughter of Mr. Labac Rhyne, a well-known cotton manufacturer of Lincolnton. The bridal party returned last night to the groom's home at Belmont by way of Charlotte, CLEVELAND?King's Mountaii Reformer, January 12: For some time past, Mr. Will Hinson has beec emraced in moviue his saw mill to 8 0"0 w new stand, having sawed out where he has beeu recently located. He will now deliver at Grover, N. C. Al the Gross hotel, in King's Mountain, or December 28, at 4 o'clock p. m., Mr Will Dye and Miss Mollie Oates daughter of the late Drayton Oates were happily united in marriage by Rev. D. H. Comann. On Christmas day, Mr. Robert Thornburg, sou oi John Thornburg, and Miss Lizzie Williams, daughter of D. J. Williams, were married at the residence of the bride's father by Rev. Mr. Blanton. Or Christmas day, Mr. Perry Ware, son of Mr. T. M. A. Ware, was married tc Docia Jolly, Rev. Mr. Blanton officiating. Married, on last Sunday, at Grover, by H. K. Roberts, Mr. Josh Gamble to Miss Sallie Dye. Mr, Monny Neal and Miss Fannie Ware were united in the holy bonds of matrimony on last Wednesday at the residence of the bride's mother. Mr, Lafayette Lackey and Miss Josie Oates, daughter of T. M. A. Oates, were married last week, as we are reliably informed. SAM JONES ON ANNEXATION. The Georgia Funny Man Hum View ol His Own. Atlanta Journal, Friday. Rev. Sam P. Jones was in the city last evening and stopped long enough to give The Journal his views ou expansion. "It is uot a question of expansion," said he, "because we have already ex panded. We have certainly tanen in, by the treaty between the United States and Spain, all Spain had, except her home. The question now is, what shall we do with the Philippines? Of course, we will hold our band upon the government of Cuba long enough to import enough of 'Yankee-doodle' down there to vote Cuba over into our possession. Porto Kico will also become a province of the United States. "But what to do with the Philippines now is the questiou before statesmen, politicians and editors. The Philippines are on our hands. We cannot unload these islands like the farmer unloads his potatoes and corn when he drives into town and sells them. It will take time, wisdom, and the best statesmanship to determine what is best to be done. I am sure it is not wise to decide now what we will do with the Philippines; but the question of expansion is already settled. We certainly have expanded. But the fellow don't always keep down everything he swallows. "I think the Uuited States will he by the Philippines like the fellow was by the oyster, lying in a big plate on the bar counter with the placard set up by it, '$10 to any roan who will swallow this oyster whole.' The big fellow caught up the oyster and dropped it dowu with a smile of satisfaction, and said : 'Give me the $10.' The bartender said : 'Here is your money ; but you are the tenth fellow that has tried that.' The fellow got his money and the bartender got his oyster back. "It may be that we will give Spain the $20,000,000 and give back the oyster, too, before we are done with it. I have no patience with this discussion in congress about the constitutionality of the annexation of these islands. It is not a question of constitutionality at all. The question of constitutionality was aptly stated by the fellow in the Georgia legislature, when he declared, 'that anything was constitutional that could get 88 votes in the Georgia legislature.' " Mr. Jones saw the report given of his Sunday night sermon in The Journal on Monday, and said that he was misrepresented and that the reporter should have made him say that "the gay widow bad rather have a kiss tbao wear a crown," instead of saying that Sam Jones bad rather kiss a gay widow 1 lhan wear a crown. Mr. Jones says he is kissing nobody now, but one married woman, and that is his wife, and that he had rather kiss her than all of the pretty girls ' and gay widows in the universe. He 1 remarked that from .what he knows his wife would rather furnish the kisses [ than have any gay widow do it. He desires this correction, for fear some gay widow might try to Hohsonize 1 him, aud then there would be war carried into Egypt. SCHLEY AND SAMPSON. i A Kentucky Representative Wants to Know Which Is Which. In discussing what is known as the ' "naval persouuel" hill in the hou.-u last Friday, Represent alive Berry, of Kentucky, got somewhat personal and made quite a sensation.. He is reported in an Associated Press dispatch as follows: "I believe the bill will remove coi diet, aud if there is any country wheie t.hprt? is h. necessity for the removal ot conflict iD the army or navy ii is the United States. [Laughter.] I think we bad a magnificent pha-e of a conflict in the armed service of the United States iu the papers this morning, and and whether it. will end iu a duel or not, I do not know ; but it shows that there is a considerable amount of friction in the army of the United Slates. There was some conflict then among the officers iu the navy iu the greatest battle of the war, the greatest battle of modern times, because it demon1 strates the character of the men and the vessels that were engaged in it and there is no doubt in the minds of the American people who is entitled to the credit of the victory. But there are people who are trying to steal away from Schley the credit of the glorious triumph won on the 3d of July, 1898." i Iu this connection Mr. Berry read the following poem amid a whirlwind ' of laughter and applause : When the Spanish fleet, with full headway, Dashed out of Santiago bay, Taking the chances of death and wreck ; . Who stood on a Yankee quarterdeck, And marked the game with eagle eye ; ' Say, was it Sampson, or was it Schley ? [Laughter and applause]. 1 Who was it, when shot and screaming shell ' Turned Sabbath calm into echoing hell, . Steamed into the thickest of the fray, ' His good ship leading all the way, r\f hia mina ahnnlr purfh ?T LIllO l/UO I Uai Vi UIV WM. I and sky, . Say, was it Sampson, or was it Schley ? [Laughter aud applause]. j In American hearts, who holds first place Of those who claim part in that glorious chase ? I Whose name stood out on that proud day I As the hero of Santiago bay ? * In letters of gold, write the name on 1 high; Shall we write it Sampson or write it , Schley ? i "I say it should be written Schley," ' added Mr. Berry. > Later, Mr. Berry alluded to the sitI uation in the Philippines. He bad not decided, he said, how he would staud ! on the proposition to annex those isls ands; but he wanted it distinctly i understood that the backing Aguinaldo i was supposed to be receiving from > Germany would have no weight in - affecting his opinion. "We may yet have to whip Germany i as we did Spain," said he, amid a . whirlwind of applause. BLACKSBURG BUDGET. Children and the Freeze?Marriage Last Wednesday?Other Notes. . Correspondence ot the YorkviUe Enquirer. Blacksburg, January 13.?Yesterday was a red letter day for Old Winter. He had his icy grasp upon everything he could touch, aud there was not au object within bis reach that r be did not bedeck with a crystal coat. The sight was beautiful to see, and on account of the suddenness and variety s of the icy visitation, was much enj ' yed ; by our boys and girls, who were allowed a holiday and had their fun to a full, skating and sleding. Only one 1 accident has been reported. Adam Metze fell and fractured bis right collarbone. This morning the sun is beginning to assert himself and the ice is melting rapidly. On Wednesday morning, at 9.30 " o'clock, at the Presbyterian church, Miss Alice Davies aud Mr. J. B. Whisonant were united in the holy bonds of matrimony. The church was beautifully decorated for the festive occasion in evergreens and pink bunting. The ushers were Professor Cameron and Mr. Don Lumpkin, and Miss Emmie Lumpkin presided at the organ. The bride looked very pretty iu a becoming traveling dress, and the groom was attired in a conventional suit of black. As they marched up the aisle of the church, preceded by the ushers, Miss Lumpkiu played the weddiug march. They were met at the altar rail by the Rev. Mr. Dixon, pastor of the church who with an impressive aud beautiful service, joined the two ''as mau and wife after God's holy ordinance." The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Davies and oue of our most accomplished an<i*harmiug young ladies. The groom is the only child of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Wbiso cant, and is a popular, energetic young business man. They both have scores of friends who wish them long, prosperous and happy lives. Immediately after the ceremony, they boarded the Southern vestibule train for a brief visit to Spartanburg and Columbia. A special election was recently held in our town for the purpose of adopting a new charter or keeping the old one. By a small majority, the new charter carried, and I suppose will be granted the town by the present legislature. Mr. T. L. Black, agent of the Southern railroad at this place, is atteudiug the annual meeting of the Southern's agents, which is held at Brunswick, Ga., this year. A petition was in circulation in our town and vicinity last week, to have the dispensary at this place closed and removed. The netition was largely signed by both men and women. w. A. PROVED LIES ON HIM. A Little Story That Wan Told Aprupoa of the Now Famous Ellerbe-Gonzalea Deal. News and Courier, Saturday. Not the worst of the many good stories that have been told apropos ol the Ellerbe Gonzales deal is one which was given by way of illustration by a gentleman who was in the city yesterday. "I see," he said, as a merry twinkle came into his eye, ''that Governor Ellerbe says 'the whole thing is a lie.' This reminds me of an incident which happened to myself ouce. I bad been absent from the country in which I was born for some years. When I returned to the old home place on a visit one summer it was told that an old family servautof ours, by the name of David, had served a term in jail for some offense or other that I have now forgotten. Meeting David next duy, and having discharged [Row ^ iteseuirEnrl Mal/ao 4-fiA f/vsvrf mora Ac Illiunvo uiii iwu invi v uv * SOYAl BAXWO POM THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS BANK, BOCK HILL, S. C. CAPITAL, 0OO,OOO. - COMMENCED BUSINESS OCTOBER 18,1898. WITH AMPLE RESOURCES and every facility for the transaction of the BANKING BUSINESS in all its branches, being specially authorized and empowered under its charter to act as Trustee, Guardian, Administrator, Attorney, etc., of every description and under the appointment of courts, 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. Intercut Bearing Certificates of Deposit Issued Under Special Agreements. A. H WHITE, President, A. E. SMITH, Vice President. R. LEE KERR, Cashier, GEO. D. WHITE. Asst. Cashier. December 14 w tf UNDERTAKERS' SUPPLIES. WE have a complete line of UNDERTAKERS' SUPPLIES, at reaaoubl e prices. W. B. MOORE & CO. SMITH CAROLINA it I TIME T-A.JE IN EFFECT 12.01 A. M.,S1 WEST?1st Class Daily. Leaves, a. m., 7 10 Char 44 a. in., 0 20 Aug 44 a. m., 0 20 Colu 44 a. m., 10 10 King WEST. NORTH CARO 81 I 75 | 77 I 2d classj'Jd class lstcla's STAT a. m. a. m. ' a. m. Leave. I | 8 20 I 11 10 Can I 8 50 12 00 De* i 9 05 12 12 I Wes ! 10 10 12 40 Ken I 10 30 12 55 Heath! 10 40 1 00 Pleasa I 11 50 I 1 20 Lam ; 12 15 S 1 35 Rive I 1 50 | 1 50 Catawba | 3 10 ! 2 15 Rod ! 3 50 I 2 35 Tir i 4 40 ! 2 48 York 5 10 I 3 03 Sba i 5 30 3 18 Hiekor | 5 45 j 3 30 Sin' 7 40 6 20 I 3 35 Black a uu 1 * w Ea 8 10 | ' 4 15 Patterson 9 00 | 4 25 She 9 35 | 4 45 Lattii 9 48 ; 4 52 Moore 10 10 | 5 02 Hen 10 35 j 5 19 Fore; 11 00 | 5 34 Rutber 11 45 | 5 59 I Therm 12 10 ! 6 14 Glen' 12 36 ! 6 30 Mai i p. m. ! p. m. ! p. m. i west. GAFFNEY 85 j 83 | Mixed. Mixed. STAT! ?, p. m. a. m. leave. 4 10 5 30 ' Blacks 4 35 9 50 Cheroke 5 00 6 20 j Galli p. m. a. m. | Train No. 77, going west, makes dayligli R. R.; at Rock Hill^gth the Southern R the Southern. Train No. 78, going east, i the Southern R. R.; at Blacksburg with L. & C. R. R. Train No. 81, going east, mi S. A. L. R. R. going east. All local freigh with tickets. L. A. EMERSON, Traffic Manager. those obligations under which every southern gentleman rests to every colored person who grew up ou the same plantation with him, I said : " 'David, I was greatly surprised to hear that you have been to jail during my absence. Is the statement true?' " 'True, sutney, 'tis true, boss,' said the old fellow, straightening himself and assuming an air of pompous injured innocence. " 'Well, what was it about?how did it happen ? I asked, being genuinely interested in the old mau and all that mirrKt ho fa 11 him " 'Dey jes' 'rest me an' tek me down to town an1 prove a lot o' lies on me, boss, dat wus all. Jes' proved a lot o' lies on me,' be reiterated slowly, in the tone of a man who did not care to pursue a disagreeable subject further. ' "And that," said the story-teller, reflectively, "seems to me to be Governnor Ellerbe's unfortunate plight. Mr. Gonzales and the rest of these gentlemen have 'proved' a lot of 'lies' on him, and that's all there is to it." ? 1 0 . Intensive Farming.?The intensive farmer, iu most cases, is making more money now than the extensive. The man that grows the same amount of produce on half the land bis neighbor does saves in various ways. He has only half the land to fence and pay taxes on. He can plow and harrow in half the lime. Half the seed is saved, and he has twice as much fertilizer to apply to bis crops. He only travels half as far in cullivaliug crops, and a large yield requires little more labor to harvest than a small one. tOn the cornerstone of the new building of the North Carolina Blind Asylum, the Fusionists caused to be placed the name of Jim Young?a Negro?as one of the directors. On last Friday the legislature passed a bill requiring his name to be chiseled out. j Baking ^ Powder Pure ilitious and wholesome v I CAROLINA & NORTR-WESTERN LI RAILWAY CO. O. W. F. HARPER. President. Time Table No. 7?In Effect Oct. 30,1898. STANDARD EASTERN TIME7~ GOING NOHTH. | No 10. | No CO. Lea% e Chester I 7 20 a m | 900am Leave Lowrysvllle ...... 7 44 a m 9 35am Leave McConnellsvllle 7 57 a m 10 05 a m Leave Guthriesvllle.... 8 05am 10 20am Leave Yorkvllle 825am 1100am Leave Clover 8 56 a n) 1148am Leave Gastonia 9 27am 120pm Leave Llncolnton 10 20 a m 2 40 p m Leave Newton 1105am 4 00pm Leave Hickory 1155am 555pm Arrive Lenoir ? 12 52 am 8 00 pm GOING SOUTH. | No. 9. | No 81. Leave Lenoir 4 l&pm ouuam Leave Hickory 5 15 pm 8 16 a m Leave Newton 605pm 9 00am Leave Llncolnton 6 56pm 10 20am Leave Gastonla 7 49 pm 130pm Leave Clover 8 32 pm 2 30 pm Leave Yorkvllle .... 9 01 p m 3 4.5 p m Leave Gathrlesville ... 9 20 pm 4 15 pm Leave McConnellsvlUe 9 28pm 430pm Leave LowryBville 9 45 pm 5 00 pm Arrive Chester 10 11pm 5 45 pm Trains Nos. 9 and 10 are first class, and run daily except Sunday. Trains Nos. 60 and 61 carry passengers and also ran daily except Sunday. There is good connection at Chester with the G. C. A N. and the C. C. A A., also LAC. R. R.: at Gastonia with the A. A C. A. L.; at Lincolnton with C. C.: and at Hickory and Newton with W. N. C. G. P. HARPER, G. P. A., Lenoir. N. C J. M. MOORE. G. F. A., Lenoir, N. C. E. F. REID, Auditor, Lenoir, N. C., L. T. NICHOLS, Supt., Chester, 8. C. lUllllih RAILROAD CO, JLE IVO, 15. JO AY, OCTOBER 2,1898. EAST?1st Class Daily. leston, 8 00 arrives p. m. usta, 10 45 arrives p. m. mbia, 5 20 arrives p. m. sville, 4 28 arrives p. m. UNA DIVISION. EAST' 78 74 82 IONS. lstcla's 2d class 2dclass Abkive. p. m. ; p. m. p. M. iden, 3 00 4 80 Calb, 2 40 4 00 tville, 2 28 3 40 sbaw, I 2 15 3 15 Springs, I 1 45 2 10 nt Hill, 1 40 2 00 :ater, 1 20 1 20 rs'ide ! 1 05 12 15 Junction, [ 12 50 I 11 'M i Hill . 12 25 j 9 50 zab...... 12 05 ! 8 15 ville, 11 52 I 7 50 ron,.. 11 37 | 7 15 y Grove, I H 22 6 50 yrna .. H 10 6 30 sburg, | 10 45 j 6 00 ' 7 25 rls.... .. I 10 30 7 00 Spriugs, 10 25 j 6 45 Ibv,.....7.7! 10 IS 6 30 ndre 9 55 1 5 10 isboro, 0 48 4 52 rietta, 9 38 4 25 st City : 9 21 4 00 ford ton, 9 06 3 30 al City' | 8 41 ! 2 50 wood, 8 24 2 25 rion 8 10 | 2 00 ! a. m. i a. m. p. m. BRANCH." east. ~ [ 84 86 . J ION'S. Mixed. Mixed. Arrive, a. m. p. m. tburg 7 30" 6 30 io Falls, 7 05 6 05 ley 6 40 5 40 i a. m. | p. m. it connection at Lancaster with the L. A C. :. R., going nortb ; at Blacksburg With makes connection at Marion, N. C., with tbe Southern, and at Lancaster with the ikes connection at Shelby, N. C., with the t trains will carry passengers if provided S. B. LUMPKIN, Div. Pass. Agent.