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tumorous ^Department.
Where the Line Was Drawn.
My friend, Mrs. Mitchell, and I were
going out to pay some calls. On
reaching her house I found she was not
yet ready, and went up to her room at
her invitation to wait there for her.
As she was combing her hair I glanced
out of the window and saw her young
son climbing a tree and in a very precarious
situation. I called Mrs. Mitchell's
attention to this and she put her
* j f art/) okf*iolro^
D ttU OUt U1 tilC >viuuuu auu oui ivavu .
"Henry, get down out of that tree
immediately. You will fall and break
your limbs."
Her dutiful offspring looked at her
as she stood there with her head projecting
beyond the casement, and then
yelled back:
"Put your head in that window, you
old turkey buzzard."
I listened to this in horrified amazement,
and waited to see what my
friend would do about it; but, to my
further scandalization, she serenely
went on combing her hair, and evidently
was going to take no further
notice of her son's rejoinder. So I
blurted out:
"Why, Ellen Mitchell! Do you allow
your children to talk to you in
that manner?"
"Anna," she rejoined, turning upon
me with great dignity, "my children
know they can go just so far with me
and no farther."
"There was a Negro down in
one of the counties of my district,"
said Congressman John M. Allen, of
Mississippi, "who was elected to the
legislature during the reconstruction
times ahd served one term. He was
uneducated, but knew enough to vote
with his party every time, and, beo
imtviia amoHorinar nf
SiUGBj pitlVCU Ujp a va^uv uujmvwv* v*
parliamentary law. The winter after
that he was drawn on the jury of the
circuit court. The docket was crowded
and the court held until a late hour.
It was his first service on a jury. One
afternoon late, just as lamps were being
lit, he was called on to sit in a
case. The ex-legislator was tired and
did not relish the prospect of being
kept away from his supper. So after
the required 12 had been accepted and
counsel for the plaintiff was about to
state his case, the Negro statesmanjuror
astonished everybody by rising |
to his feet and exclaiming in a loud
voice:
"'May it please de cobt, I moves
yo', 8ab,datdiscohtdo now adju'n ontil
tomorrer mawnin'.' i
"The judge was amazed at the un- 1
seemly interruption and informed the 1
sable juror courts never adjourned ex- j
cept on their own motion.
" 'Dat's all right,' responded the
parliamentary juror; 'but, say, yo'
kaint deny dat a motion to adju'n is
alius in ohdah !' "
A Narrow Escape.?During a recent
session of a West Virginia court a
darky was tried for cutting a white
man with a razor. His counsel wish- i
ed to Drove that the white man was 1
the aggressor, and the darkey was
physically unable to defend hiuoself
without a weapon. Being duly sworn,
"tlncle Jim" was asked whether he
had ever been injured in any way.
"Yas, sah."
"Tell the jury about it."
"Well, sah, it was down in Chat'noogy.
I's a-wukkin' down dab, an' 1
I done fell otf'n a derrick?fell 60 feet.
I broke dis hyah laig, an' fractured
dis hyah laig, an' I fractured dis hyah {
ahm in two places, and I knocked out
dem two teef, an' my collah-bone was i
broke, an' I had three ribs busted ; di'
hyah yeah was tore off, an' hatter be 1
sewed on agin; an' de fac' is gentlemen,
ef it hadn't been for a pile of
bricks dat sort o'broke my fall, I'd
'a' been liable to be hurt serious." i
School Learning.?A female teach- '
erof a school that stood on the banks
of a quiet English stream, once wished
to communicate to her pupils an
idea of faith. While she was trying to
explain the meaning of the word, a
small covered boat glided in sight
along the stream. Seizing upon the incident
for an illustration, she exclaimed?
"If I were to tell you that there was ,
a leg of mutton in that boat you would
believe me, would you not, even with- i
out seeing it yourself?"
"Yes, ma'am," replied the scholars.
"Well, that is faith," said the schoolmistress.
The next day, in order to test their
recollection of the lesson, she inquired?
"What is faith?"
"A leg of mutton in a boat," was
the answer shouted from all parts of
the schoolroom.
t??" A small Scotch boy was summoned
to give evidence against his father,
who was accused of making disturbances
in the streets. Said the bailie
to him, "Come, my wee mon, speak
the truth, and let us know all ye ken
about this affair." "Weel, sir," said
the lad, "d'ye ken Iverness street?"
"I do, laddie," replied his worship.
"Weel, ye gang it and turn into the
square, and cross the square "
"Yes, yes," said the baile, encouiagingly.
"An' when ye gang across the
square ye turn to the right, and up
into High street, and keep on up High
street till you come to a pump."
"Quite right my lad ; proceed," said
his worship; "I know the old pump
well." "Weel," said the boy, with
the most infantile simplicity, "ye may
gang and pump it, for ye'll no pump
me."
IST" Two doctors were disputing by
the bed-side of a man during his recent
illness. "I tell you the liver is diseased,"
said one. "Nonsense! nothing
of the kind. It is the spleen," said
the other. "Very well, we shall see
who is right at the post mortem examination."
Hearing which the patient.
became real mad and got up aud
dressed himself. He begun to improve
from that time and hasn't known a
sick day since. i
tST "I have such an indulgent hus- t
baud," said little Mrs. Doll. "Yes, so t
Henry says," responded Mrs. Spiteful,
quietly, "sometimes he iudulges too
much," doesn't he?" They no longer i
speak to each other. i
|ntrrm?tional Wessons.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON IX, FIRST QUARTER, INTERNATIONAL
SERIES, FEB. 26.
Text of the Lexnon. John tII, 14, 28
37?Memory Veme*. 2S-31?Golden
Text. John vll.37?Commenlitry Prepared
by the Rev. D. M. Stearns.
[Copyright. 1S99, by D, M. Stearns.!
14. "Now about the midst of the feast
Jesus went up into the temple and
thought." It was the feast of tabernacles,
and His brethren who did not believe in
Him had in a sort of sneering way advised
Him to go up to the feast. His reply
was, "My time is not yet come," 60 they
wont without Him, but He went up later,
and as He taught the Jews wondered at
His knowledge and His teaching, as He
had not been to their schools. His reply
to them was, "My doctrine is not Mine,
but His that sent Mo" (verse 16). He
took no credit for His words or works. He
sought no glory for Himsolf.
28. "Then cried Jesus in the temple as
He taught, saying, Ye both know Mo, and
ye know whonco I am, and I am not come
of Myself, but He that sent Me is true,
whom ye know not." They had said, We
know this man whence He is, but when
Christ oometh no man knoweth whence
He is (verse 27). They knew that Ho was
from Nazareth and of humble parentage,
and that was all they'professed to know,
but if they had been honest they would
have said, We know that Thou art a teacher
come from God (John iii, 2).
29. "But I know Him, for I am from
Him, and Ho hath sent Mo." Ho said
again, "As the Father knoweth Me, even
60 know I the Father" (John x, 15) and
again, "No man knoweth the Son but the
Father; neither knoweth any man the Father
6ave the Son and He to whomsoever
the Son will reveal Him (Math, xl, 27).
In His prayer He said, "O righteous Father,
the world hath not known Thee, but
I have known Thee, and these have
known that Thou hast sent Me" (John
rvii, 25).
80. "Then they sought to take Him,
bat no man laid hands on Him because
His hour was not yet come." Many a
time would they have taken Him, but they
oould not touch Him till the appointed
time. When they did finally take Him, it
was because He allowed them to, and when
Ho died He freely gave up His life. Ho
laid it down of Himself; they could not
take it from Him (John x, 18).
81. "And many of the people believed
on Him and said, When Christ cometh
will Ho do more miracles than these which
this man hath done?" While some believed
and some believed not and many
who professed to believe turned back and
walked no more with Him (chapter vi,
86) He kept steadily on bearing faithful
testimony and doing the Father's works
and will, sure that all whom the Father
gave to Him would come unto Him (chapter
vi, 37) and that Ho would see of the
travail of His soul and be satisfied (Isa.
liii, 11).
32. "The Pharisees beard that the people
murmured such things concerning
Him, and the Pharisees and the chief
priests sent officers to take Him." They
might have remembered that a certain
king of Syria did his best to take Elisha,
but in vain, or that Ahab did his best to
find Elijah, but also failod; that Sennacherib
would have taken Jerusalem, but
could not. When will the enemies of God
stop imagining vain things? Not till the
antichrist, yet to bo manifested, is destroyed,
and satan 6hut up in the pit, and even
after that there shall be enemies of God
until satan is finally cast into the lake of
fire and the kingdom comes.
33. "Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a
little while am 1 with you, and then I go
unto Him that sent Mo." The time was
short until Pie would give Himself up and
let them take Him and kill Him, but even
in death Ho would go to the Father, and
after the resurrection Ho would in His
glorified body ascend to the Father. For
more than 80 years Ho had willingly absented
Himself from His home in glory,
bearing all manner of humiliation and
scorn for our sakcs, and soon He was to
become our sin offering, bearing our sins
in His own body on the cross.
34. " Ye shall seek' Mo and shall not find
Me, and where I am thither ye canno'
come " In chapter viii, 21, Hesays: "I go
My way, and ye shall seek Me and shall
die in your sins. Whither I go yo cannot
come " In verse 24 of the same chapter
He says, "If yo beliovo not that I am He,
ye shnll die In your sins." Xow is the
time to seek Him, for it is written, "Seek
ye the Lord while He may be found," and
all who truly seek surely find (Isa. lv,
6; Jer. xxix, 13; Math., vii, 8), but If the
sinner will not yield to the seeking Saviour?for
He is always seeking ever since
Ho sought Adam hiding from Him In
Eden?then thero is a possibility of the
experienceof Prov. i, 28: "Then shall they
call upon Mo, but I will not answer. They
shall seek Me early, but they shall not find
Me."
35. "Then said the Jews among themselves,
Whither will Ho go that we shall
not find Him? Will He go unto the dispersed
among the gentiles and teach the
gentiles?" If they believed Him to be
possessed of a devil, as they 6aid, they
could not think of His going to heaven to
leavo them, but even if Ho should possibly
bo a good man and go to heaven
surely they would find Him, for were thoy
not all going that way, at least in their
own opinion? Anything more than a
mere man they could not 6oe Him to be
and so they understood Him, not because
they would not receive Him.
36. "What manner of saying is this that
He 6aid, 'Ye shall seek Me and shall not
find Me, and where I am thither ye can
not come?' " It is not strange that these
unbelievers could not understand His
word, tor even the disciples are heard saying
on tho night before His crucifixion:
"What is this that Ho saith? A little
while. Wo cannot tell what He saith"
(John xvi, 18).
37. "In the last day, that great day of
tho feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If
any man thirst, lot him come unto Meand
drink." Had they considered their own
Scriptures they might have thought of
Isa. lv, 1, or Jcr. ii. 13, or tho rock that
Moses smote, but they were blinded. Their
hearts were hardened, their ears heavy
(Isa. vi, 10) because they would not see
nor hear nor believe (Acts xxviii, 24-27).
The fountain of living water was now in
their midst, and yet they would not drink,
for they preferred their own cisterns. In
chapter 3 we learn how to be born of water
and the Spirit, in chapter 4 wo learn that
wo may be wells of water, but here we
learn that we may be rivers of water,
bringing health and life wherever we go
~l?>85 (J\ Mnct snvnil nflnnlfl flrfl
content just to be born again, a few are
willing to be well, but fewer still care
to be rivers. It is for us to say how much
of the Word we are to have in us (Eph. V,
18; Col. lii. 16).
8ST Reputation is what men think of
is, character is what God thinks of us
wd what we are. Reputation is like
;he glove upon the hand ; character is
he hand itself.
Sunday is like a stile between
die fields of toil, where we can kneel
?ud pray, or sit and meditate.
jttisccUanrous grading.
GKA1 HEADS IN BATTLE.
GALLANT DEEDS OF AMERICAN OFFICERS
ALONG IN YEARS.
The Case of the Late General George S.
Greene One of Many?Generals of Threescore
Years In the Mexican and Civil
Wars?Instances From the Recent War
With Spain.
From the New York Sun.
General George Sears Greene, who
died at Morristown, N. J., recently, in
his 98tb year, belonged distinctly to a
bygone era. While many of his contemporaries
on the Virginia and Tennessee
battlefields have been actively
campaigning from 1865 up to the pres
ent day, this representative of the old
army and of the armies of 1861 was
compelled by age to put away the
sword more than a generation ago.
When he waved it in front of his thin
but intrepid line on Culp's Hill, Gettysburg,
in 1863, he was 62 years old, or
within two years of the retiring age
for army officers.
Strange as it may seem to readers
unfamiliar with the subject, the case
of General Greene is but one of many
in the annals of the American soldier.
The present commanding general of
the United States array, General Nelson
A. Miles, fought bis first battle
38 years ago; but he is today the
youngest of the most distinguished survivors
of the Civil war now in harness.
Brooke, Merritt, Sbafter, Merriam,
Otis and Henry will reach the age
limit ahead of Miles. Lee and Wilson
are his seniors, and so is Wheeler, who
is a marvel of activity at 62. When
the army was marshalled for the war
against Spain, all the major generals
of the line, except Wade, apd not fewer
than a hundred subordinate officers
were older than Miles.
Threescore years or an age approaching
it is a common one for American
leaders. When Winfield Scott stood
upon the dome of the castle of Chapultepec,
directing his battalions in the
attack on the City of Mexico, he could
look back 34 years to the day of bis
first battle wound. And General Zacharv
T?vlm\ who initiated the Mexican
- J ?J ?- 1
war with all the fiery ardor of youth,
was 62 when he crossed the Rio Grande
at the head of the American army,
marching to Buena Vista and Monterey.
And it was only last year that
all the world applauded the spectacle
of Dewey, in his 61st year, smashing
Spanish sovereignty iu the Philippines,
but be was simply bringing to fruit,
late in life, lessons that he himsell
learned back in the 60's, sailing under
Farragut, then a veteran of more than
threescore, having a record of almost
50 years of active warfare behind him.
Readers of history know that these
martial veterans have not played the
role of conservative counsellors merely
while young men bore the brunt of
battle. Farragut was 63 when he was
lashed to the shrouds at the battle of
Mobile Bay. Juniors about him shouted
warnings that the flagship was leading
the line of vessels into a nest ol
submariue torpedoes, but with an excusable
oath, considering what it has
done for the American navy, the gray
headed admiral cried out: "Damn
the torpedoes! Go ahead!" And the
old hero didn't stop with mere words ;
but immediately drove bis wooden
flagship upon the low forward deck ol
the ram Tennessee in an effort to sink
her with superior weight, although he
knew that his own vessel must go
down in the general wreck.
T ? "" A nanaro] 7a/?hflrV
1 Ll LUC aaujc O^jhiv vivuui u> j
Taylor acted when his juniors appealed
to him to fall back at Buena Vista,
for the safety of his army. "No," said
he firmly, "I'll never pass my wounded
alive." He stayed on the hardfought
field and was rewarded "the
next morning by seeing that the Mexicans
bad retreated in a rout, although
they outnumbered his troops four to
one.
Scott displayed equally aggressive
vigor when the American army lay in
front of the forbidding heights of Cha
pultapec. After meeting with a bloody
reception at Molinos del Rey he asked
the younger generals about him to
suggest a plan for the capture of the
City of Mexico, which lay beyond the
heights. All of them said that the
army should go around Chapultepec?
"avoid" it, was the military term?and
approach the city from the west side.
After each had spoken and given his
reasons Scott ended the council by
saying: "Gentlemen we will first
storm Chapultepec, then look to the
city gates on the west side." Chapultepec
was stormed and won and the
city fell without any defence of its
gates worthy the name.
Confederate veterans are familiar
with the episode in the Wilderness
when Robert E. Lee, then approaching
threescore, wished to lead a charge
of the Texan brigade. Albert SidneyJohnston,
the brilliant soldier upon
whom the south rested her high hopes
at the beginning, was 59 when killed
at Sbiloh in the heat of a charge. This
Johnston, had he lived, might have become
the general-in-chief of the Confederate
armv. and at the close of the
war would have been 62 years old.
Joseph E. Johnston was 58 when he
fought the last battle in the Carolinas,
aod Lee was the same age at Appomattox.
It is interesting to contrast the ages
of the distinguished leaders in the
Civil war. Gray hairs were on the
side of the Confederates in those commanders
who fought brilliaut campaigns.
When the conflict l?egau
Grant was 39 ; Burnside, 37 ; McClellan,
35; Shermau, 40; Meade, 46;
Hooker, 46; Thomas, 45 ; Hosecrans,
42; Buell, 43; Sheridan, 30. Of the
foremost southerners Lee was 54 ; A.
Sidney Johnstou, 58; Joseph E. Johnston,
44; Stonewall Jackson, 37;
Longstreet, 40; Beauregard, 44; Bragtr,
46 ; Hood, 31; A. P. Hill, 36 ; J. E. B.
Stuart, 28; Forrest, 40. The crime of
being a young man was not lightly
passed over in Washington, surely, for
it was held that Sheridan was loo
youthful to be appointed colonel of a
cavalry regiment when he was 31.
Miles received the same kind of a rebuff
at the Boston state house when he
asked to be commissioned captaiu of a
hundred patriots who had elected him
as their leader at the age of 21. Young
men were coming to the frout in 1865
because of the immense armies in the
field and the lack of traiued old heads
to take the lead. For that reason the
highest battlefield valor has been associated
with names like Sheridan, Stuart,
Custer, Kilpatrick, Wilson, the fiery
Cleburne and John B. Gordon, who
were all under the average age for
commissioned officers as it stood in the
last year of the war.
But long before that the gray locks
of fighting warriors had been conspicuous
on scores of bloody battlefields
and the bullets of Yankee and
Confederate spared them not. General
Leonidas Polk, the ex-bishop known
as the surpliced warrior of the south,
was killed in the defence of Atlanta at
the age of 58; Mansfield, in his 60th
year, fell at Antietam while deploying
his army corps, regiment by regiment,
for a grand charge, and General Wadsk
?">o R7 tnknn Kn lnortori hlQ KaPMA t
WUi IU n?o ui uugu uw ivu^/vu u.w ?v.wV ,
over the Confederate works at the bat- j
tie of the Wilderness and fell dead i
within the enemy's lines. But the old- '
est hero of them all was General Sum- j
ner, who led the fighting Second corps j
of the Army of the Potomac when he i
was 66 years of age. The nickname i
given to Sumner on account of his fiery 1
ardor in battle, "Old Bull of the 1
Woods," had reference to his impetu- i
osity when the hour came to charge. i
That Dewey had many gray-haired ]
compeers in the battle against Spain is '
shown by the long list of veterans who ]
made history for the army at Santiago, j
First to fall was ColoDel Wikoff, a sol- ,
dier who had held'a commission in the j
regular establishment for more than 37 j
years. By Wikoff's side almost, when <
killed, was the second in command of .
the First brigade, Colonel Worth, .
with nearly 40 years of service to his
credit. Worth fell within a few feet |
of his dead chief. Next in rank came j
Lieutenant-Colonel Liscum, who at the
moment was climbing the rough bill- ,
side at the head of his Negro regiment. ,
That young staff- officer, Charles E. ;
Tayman, mentioned in the official re ]
ports as the breathless messenger sent
out by General Kent to summon the .
Seventy-first to the front, owed his .
breathlessness to a race after Liscum to .
tell him that the command of the ]
brigade devolved upou him. Liscum
was 58 and hadn't much the start of
Tayman at the bank of the river; but
the youngster nearly gave out before <
he could deliver the message. Almost
instantly the old man disappeared in
the tall grass, wounded; but gray f
hairs were still in evidence on that ,
part of the field. Major Ellis and
Major Auman of the Thirteenth, charg- ,
iug abreast of Liscum's colored troops, (
were war veterans hard crowdiug three- ,
score. They went down before San ,
Juan blockhouse was reached. * Then ,
Colonel Ewers, of the Ninth, a gray- ,
beard who had fought in that regiment j
under Grant as far back as 1862, took (
command of the victorious line. ,
Meanwhile, just to the right of Wik- (
off's brigade, Hawkins, a soldier ,
who began his career in 1852, was |
leading on the Sixth and Sixteenth, (
under Egbert and Theaker, gray- j
beards who were to fall outside the ,
breastworks. Hawkins crossed the ,
trenches and was shot the next day .
while repelling the Spanish counter j
assault. Next to Hawkins, Wheeler (
was the oldest mau on the firing line, |
and how valiantly he battled until the ,
victory was won has been told.
It should be noted that with one
exception every regiment, battalion
and squadron of the regulars engaged (
at San Juan went into action led by a (
veterau of 1861, and the ten generals |
and field officers who were victims of (
Spanish bullets in that battle were close ,
to 60, while some, notably Hawkins ,
bad passed the threescore mark by a
couple of years.
. - . j
IN COUNTIES ADJOINING. i
<
Summary of the News That Is Keltic Pub- ^
llsneJ by Exchange*.
CHESTER?The Lantern, Februa- i
ry, 14: Mr. W. S. Smith, the popular i
manager of the Western Union office j
in this city for the past three years, <
will leave this week to take charge of j
the same company's office in Green- i
ville. The many friends of Mr. Smith <
will regret his departure ; but will be ]
glad to hear of his merited promotion. I
It is not known who will succeed Mr. ]
Smith at this place Last night <
Mr. H. Oehler's bakery and confection- <
ery was entered forcibly without the <
proprietor's consent. About $40 in 1
cash, two checks, and some goods were I
carried off. Entrance was made at
the front and the thief went out at the
rear. We learn that Mrs. James
Pagan died, Sunday night, of apoplexy.
We have no particulars. It is only a
few months since Major Pagan died.
Married?At the Baptist parson- <
age, by Rev. H. C. Buchholz, Februa- .
ry 12, Mr. R. L. Hayes and Miss Em- |
ma Wilks. The mayor, Mr. Jas.
Hamilton and other city officials, as
well as the Ladies' Benevolent society ]
and many individuals, have been busy t
looking after the needy, supplyiug fuel i
and food. Many of those that need i
help are persous who ordinarily cau |
take care of themselves ; but the unu- <
sually severe weather caught them
without sufficient supplies. A meet
ing was held this morning at the Ex- <
change Bank to further systematize t
and prosecute the work. A committee i
was appointed to solicit contributions, t
and another to canvass the city and
see who need help.
LANCASTER?The Ledger, Feb- i
ruary 16: The supply bill, as prepar- j
ed by the ways and means committee ]
of the house, makes the following '
levy for this county : Lancaster, ordi- {
nary, 5 mills; interest on railroad ]
bonds, 3 mills; fur retiring bonds, J of 1
a mill iu addition to special levy in t
certain townships. The train on j
the L. and C. was unable to rauke the .
morning trip-to Chester Monday on
account of the heavy snow and freeze.
It made the afternoon trip all right .
and brought the mails over that night. ]
The traius on the O. R. and C. were
all several hours behind the regular
Makes the food more del!
ROYAl BAKINQ POWOI
ichedule time that day. Magistrate
2askey held u preliminary examina
ion, Monday, in the case of James
Black alias Blackmon, the Negro,
charged with burning the stables ol
Mr. R. J. Flynn, near Newcut, several
weeks ago. The evidence was consid
jred sufficient to hold the darkey and
le was recommitted to jail to answer
A) the charge of arson at the approachng
term of court. Editor Conmrs.
of The Review, has been confined
it bis home since last Wednesday
ivith la grippe. With no backset he
will be able to be at his post when (be
weather moderates. Coroner Youug
leld an inquest yesterday over the
)ody of Ed Vaughn, a colored boy,
iear Belltown, who came to his death
>y choking. Mr. L. J. Perry, formsrly
county supervisor, has been appointed
on the board of county com
nissioners. Ex-Supervisor Gardner
T. W. McMurray aud L. J. Perry. A
good board we think. The court 01
general sessions for Lancaster county
will convene on the first Mondaj
n March. His honor, Judge Gary
will preside. The following jurors
have been drawn, the grand jurors foi
:be year, and the petit jurors for th(
:erm : Grand Jurors?John Laney
H. J. Gardner, John A. Kell, H. A
Tbreatt, John A. Fle'mming, J. E
Rowell, R. L. Blackmon, O. W
Mackey, James R. Robertson, J. L
Johnson, John Knight, sr., Joel E
Bowers, W. J. Cunuiugbamu J. E
Patterson, J. F. Carnes, W. J. Fun
Jerburk, Wm. H. Clark, W. J. Belk
Petit Jurors?Rufus C. Crockett, Jobr
P. Ingram, W. S. Faulkenberry, A. P
Morrow, J. F. Hilton, Joseph M. Cas
key, H. Y. Milling, J. C. Williams, A
H. Carter, S. P. Johnson, H. S. Plyler
W. B. Tillman, P. R. Beckham, W. J
Johnson, S. H. Taylor, Wilson Rowell
J. Durham Caston, J. P. C. Caskey ; B
F. Couch, J. F. Hunter, J. N. Outeu
Leroy Springs, James A. Bowers, M. C
Lyles, W.J. L. Short, Richard Barker
Danie Wilson, J. D. C. Baskins, D. W
Hendrix, A. C. Adams, J. F. Sims, G
B. Collins, R. F. Catoe, J. F. McMauus
E. Everall.
LIBERTY IN THE ORIENT.
Ur. Bryan Makes Some Mare Very Fertinen
Suggestions.
Colonel Wm. Jeuniugs Bryan made i
speech at Si. Paul, Minn., last Tuesday
ight, at which he said iu part:
'The ratification of the treaty, in
3tead of committing the United Siatei
to a colonial policy, really clears tb<
way for the recognition of a Philippine
republic. Lincoln, iu his first inaugura
message, coudeused an unanswerabh
argument iuto a brief question wbei
be asked: 'Can aliens make ireatiei
;asier thau aliens uuake laws?' Tin
jaiue argument is presented iu ibi
question: 'Can the independence u
the Filipinos be secured more easilj
by diplomacy from a foreign aud bos
tile uation ibun it can through lawi
passed by congress aud voicing thi
sentiments of the American peopli
iloue?' If independence is more de
sirable to our people than a colouia
policy, who is there, or what is then
to prevent the recognition of Philip
pine independence? It is absurd t<
say that the United States cau be trans
formed from a republic into au ernpiri
without consulting the voters.
"The Imperialists may be willing t<
deny to the Filipiuos the right to gov
em themselves; but they cannot deuj
to the American people the right t<
determine the policy to be pursued hj
the United States in the settlement o
the Philippine question.
"Until the people express themselves
we can only guess at their views; bu
is it not safer to suppose that they wil
adhere to the ideas and policies of i
century than to assume that they wil
go back to %the creed of kings and t<
the gospel of force ? In commemora
tion of the fact that France was oui
ally in securing independence, the cit
izens of that nation joined with thi
citizens of the United States in placing
in New York harbor a heroic statui
representing liberty enlightening thi
world. What course shall our natior
pursue? Send the statue of liberty
3ack to France and borrow from Eng
land a statute of William the Con
jueror; or shall our nation so act as t<
snable the American people to joii
with the Filipinos in placing in the har
aor of Manila a statue of Liberty en
lightening the Orient ?"
CLEVELAND, BRYAN, CARNEGIE.
The Three Anti-Expansionists Send Thei:
Vlejvs to the People.
The Atlanta Journal publishes viewi
jf ex-President Cleveland, Hon. W
L Bryan and Mr. Andrew Carnegie or
ihe Philippine question.
Mr. Cleveland said :
"If there is anything that can ar
'est the attention or challenge tb<
thought of our people in their mad
rush towards yawning disaster, it is
uore likely to be the earnest, well-in
formed and patriotic warnings of tb(
lecent press than anything else."
Mr. Bryan says:
"I have confidence that the Ameri
:an people, when they have a chanc<
:o speak, will reject Imperialism anc
uilitarism, and remain true to tne aoc
;rine of self-government."
Mr. Carnegie says:
<lThe influence of a superior race
jpon an inferior in tbe tropics is injur
ous, demoralizing and never elevating
Imperialism is the craze of the hour
Thorough Americanism, such as the
south now stands for, is for all time,
[ congratulate the south upon its adlerence
to the principles of Washingion
and Jeflerson, which are bound to
prevail."
FARMS FOR RENT OR LEASE.
\ DICKES PLACE. Yorkville; Jim
Li Wallace Place, Clark's Fork ; GoodEtosborough
Place, near Olive; Emma
Sichols Place near Zadock.
C. E. SPENCER.
Feb. 11. s 3t
L Baking
Powder
URE
icious and wholesome
R CO., NEW YORK.
YORKYILLE
FOR
; Here Is Go<
Pleasant
: (JIT UP A CLUB FOB
Two High Grade Bi
' 1899 Bicycle, and t
. *to the Most Enf
THIS is the season during which the
the people of this section generally
make selection of the newspaper they expect
to read during the following year.
There are a large number of people who
. now include THE ENQUIRER on their
. lists, and who expect to continue it there.
There are many others who are not now
' subscribing for the THE*ENQUIRER;
but who would like to have it.
We want THE ENQUIRER to go as a
TWICE-A-WEEK visitor to every home
' in York county. With the assistance of
intelligent and trustworthy friends in the
different localities, we know it can be
- gotten into many homes to which it is not
now going. This assistance is of much
value to us, and it is our purpose to pay
' for it most liberally, in proportion to the
. service rendered.
The propositions we make herein are
to all responsible individuals, in each and
every locality. There is no monopoly in
i the matter. Because an individual re.
turned the name of a certain subscriber
last year is no reason why why be should
' have any claim upon that subscriber this
year. Because one individual may al.
ready be at work in a given neighborhood,
is no reason why another should
' not also canvass in that neighborhood.
Every clubmaker is entitled to get subscribers
whenever and wherever he or
she may be able to get them, and upon
compliance with the conditions herein
t stated, have them counted.
Our plan of compensation to clubmakers
this year is on the same line as bere,
tofore?a competition for TWO LEADING
PREMIUMS to be awarded for the
' TWO LARGEST clubs, and a third leading'premium
for the largest club of
. NEW SUBSCRIBERS. After that the
value of the premium is in proportion to
f ho nnmhflTnf nornoa rflhirnAH.
The Leading Premiums.
' For the largest number of subscribers
RETURNED and PAID FOR, at$1.75, we
j offer the choice between the following pre,
miums: HIGH GRADE BICYCLE,
valued at 850; quarter-leather top "ROCK
' HILL BUGGY" valued at $75; handr
some SUIT OF FURNITURE valued
l at $50. For the NEXT LARGEST
. CLUB, we will give the choice between
1 the above articles left after first choice.
- And for the LARGEST CLUB OF NEW
? SUBSCRIBERS we will give an OPEN
. CAROLINA BUGGY. The furniture
may be seen at the store of W. B MOORE
f & CO., and the buggies in the warerooms
- of the respective manufacturers in York|
ville and Rock Hill. The bicycle is to be
the 1899 model, descriptive catalogues of
' which have not yet been published.
In addition to the competitive premiums
> mentioned above, we also offer various other
Cremiums for clubs containing specified numers
of names, and propose to deliver the pre;
miums whenever the numbers specified are
returned and paid for. Upon securing one
premium?a watch or sewing machine, say?
> the clubniaker will be at liberty to try for the
same thing again, or for anything else on the
list, and if in the aggregate, by the STH DAY
. fur M a Rf'H. 18M. he shall have succeeded in
, returning and paying for the largest number
ot NEW NAMES, he will be entitled to the
; "CAROLINA BUGGY" 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 or the
< following premiums, each valued at $25: A
FOUR DRAWER "ENQUIRER" 8EWING
1 MACHINE, together with all attachments;
, a "HOUSEKEEPER'S" SET OF KNIVES,
, FORKS AND SPOONS, made by Rogers; a
1 "WALTHAM" WATCH In coin silver, dustj
proof case.
FOR 40 AND LESS THAR 60
SUBSCRIBERS, we will give the clubmaker
r 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) : or LOW
r ARM SINGER SEWING MACHINE.
i FOR 30 ARD LESS THAR 40
3 SUBSCRIBERS, choice of the following, each
" valued at 810: NEW YORK STANDARD
: SOUTH CAROLINA & (
TIME TAB
IN EFFECT 12.01 A. M.,Sl
WEST?1st Class Daily.
r Leaves, a. m.f 7 10 Charl
" a. in., 6 20 Augi
" a. m., 9 20 Colui
3 " a. m., 10 10 King!
; WEST. NORTH CAROI
81 j 15 | 77 j
2d classed class lstcla's STATI
i a. m. a. m. | a. m. Leave.
|
, I 8 20 ! 11 40 Cam
8 50 12 00 DeK
9 05 12 12 West
J 10 10 : 12 40 I Kers
10 30 I 12 55 1 HeathS
10 40 i 1 00 I Pleasai
11 50 | 1 20 ! Lane
12 15 1 35 ; River
i 1 50 ; 1 50 Catawba ?
| 3 10 2 15 I Rock
3 50 2 35 ! Tirz
4 40 2 48 ' York
5 10 3 03 ; Shai
5 30 3 18 Hickory
j i 5 45 i 3 30 I Stny
' 7 40 6 20 i 3 35 ' Black:
' 8 00 ' 4 10 j Ear
8 10 1 1 4 15 | Patterson
9 00 ! I 4 25 Skel
9 35 I I 4 45 ! Lattin
9 48 | 4 52 ' Moore:
10 10 i ! 5 02 Hem
10 35 i I 5 19 ! Fores
11 00 | ; 5 34 Rnther!
11 45 t j 5 59 j Thertni
1 12 10 6 14 I Glenv
12 35 ; 6 30 Mar
P. M. I P. M. P. M. I
WEST. GAFFNEY
85 ! 83
Mixed. Mixed.! ST AT]
i p. M. | a. M. Leave.
4 10 5 30 i Blacks
4 35 5 50 Cherokei
5 00 0 20 Uatfn
p. M. A. M. 1
Train No. 77, going west, makes dayligh
R. R.; at Rock Hill with the Southern R
the Southern. Train No. 78, going east, i
the Southern R. R.; at Blackshurg with
L. <fe C. R. R. Train No. 81, going east, ms
S. A. L. R. R. going east. All local freighl
with tickets.
L. A. EMERSON, Traffic Manager.
ItttURER
1899.
3a ray ror
: Work.
1 A POPULAR PAPER.
lggies, a First Class
t Suit of Furniture
srgetic Workers.
7-JEWELED WATCH in dust-proof case; 14K
GOLD FILLED WATCH CHAIN, or HALF
DOZEN TEASPOONS, HALF DOZEN TABLESPOONS
and BUTTER KNIFE (18 PIECES).
FOR 20 AND LESS THAN 30
SUBSCRIBERS, we will give a THE ENQUIRER
and any monthly magazine or weekly
newspaper published in the United States, for
one year.
FOJt 10 AND LE88 THAN 80
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 $2.
FOR O 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 81.50.
FOR 4 AND LESS THAN 6
SUBSCRIBERS, a "YANKEE" WATCH,
warranted for one year: "Siren" pattern BUTTER
KNIFE, or TWO-BLADED POCKET
KNIFE, with name and address on handle.
AND TO EACH OLD SUBSCRIBER,
The Yorkville Enquirer?TWICE-A- *
WEEK?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 high standard, and will
continue prompt, explicit, reliable, and, In
short, the Dest.
TO EACH yEW SUBSCRIBER,
The same as above except that if the paper
is COMMENCED NOW, IT WILL BE SENT
UNTIL JANUARY 1, 1900, without any
charge for that portion of the time between
now and January 1, 1899. It is understood,
however, that for a new subscriber to get the
benefit of this offer, he must pay the clubmaker
81.75 at the time the name Is entered upon
our books. If the 81.75 Is not paid at this time,
then the subscription will only date one year
from the time it Is entered.
By new subscribers, we mean those whose
names were not on OURBOOK8 ON SEPTEMBER
14, 1808. except we will not connt as
new subscribers, cases where the subscription
may have been changed from the name or one
member of a family to another. This 1b Intended
emphatically to mean new additions
to our subscription list.
TWO SIX MONTHS SUBSCRIBERS at |1
each, will be considered the equivalent of one
yearly subscriber at 81.75 and so counted. A
subscription paid for two or more years in advance
at 81.75, 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, he 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 Novem
Der zna, ie?o.
All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at
the expense of those sending tben^.
We will be responsible for the safe transmission
of money only when sent by draft, registered
letter or money order drawn on the
Yorkvllle 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 clubmaker,
who will be credited with each name
sent, so that the number sent by any one person
may be ascertained at a moment's notice.
In case of a tie for either premium, two
weeks will be allowed in which to "untie."
The time in which names may be returned
under our propositions will commence now,
2d day of November, 1898, and expire at 4
o'clock p. m., on Wednesday, the 8th day
of March, 1899.
L. M. GRIST & SONS.
mm RAILROAD 00,
ILE NO. IS.
FNDAY, OCTOBER 2,1898.
EAST?1st Class Daily.
eston, 8 00 arrives p. m.
usta, 10 45 arrives p. m.
inbia, 5 20 arrives p. m.
iville 4 28 arrives p. m.
INfl DIVISION. '
78 74 | 82
[ONS. lstcla's 2d class 2d class
Arrive p. m. p. m. p. m.
den, 3 00 J 4 30
alb 2 40 4 00
ville, 2 28 3 40
baw, I 2 15 ' 3 15 *
Springs, 1 45 2 10
"in i in i 2 on
120 i* 120
side ! 1 05 12 15
function, ! 12 50 1 11 20
Hill, i 12 25 | 9 50
ah 12 05 ! 8 15
ville, ! 11 52 7 50
on ; 1 11 37 ; 7 15
' Grove, I 11 22 ; 6 50
rua, 11 10 ! 6 30
sburg, 10 45 ' 6 00 7 25
10 30 1 7 00
Springs, j 10 25 6 45
by, 10 15 6 30
lore, ' 9 55 5 10
3boro, ; 9 48 4 52
rietta ! 9 38 4 25
it City 9 21 4 00
tordton, 9 06 8 30
al City, 8 41 L 2 50
vood, 8 24 2 25
ion ! 8 10 2 00
| A. M. ! A. M. I*. M.
BRANCH. east."
I 84 80
COKTS. Mixed. jMlxed.
Arrive, a. m. j p. m.
burg, 7 30 ! 6 30
a Falls I 7 05 | 6 05
ley ] 6 40 j 5 40
A. M. ! P. M.
t connection at Lancaster with the L. <& C.
. R., going north ; at Blacksburg with
nakes connection at Marion, N. C., with
the 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.