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?Uunorou$ gcpavtmcnt. He Kept the Seat.?A rnau who had not been to church for a very long time finally barkened to the persuasions of his wife, and decided to go. He got the family all together and they started early. Arriving at the church there were very few people in it, and no pew-openers at hand, so the man led bis family well up the aisle and took possession of a nice pew. Just as the service was about to begin a pompous-looking old man came in, walked up to the door of the pew and stood there, exhibiting evident surprise that it was occupied. The occupants moved over and offered him room to sit down, DUt ne aecuueu iu he seated. Fiually the old man produced a card and wrote upon it with a pencil: "I pay for this pew." He gave the card to the strange occupant, who, had he been like most people would have at once got up and left. But the intruder adjusted his glasses and with a smile read the card. Then he calmly wrote beneath it: "How much do you pay a year?" To this inquiry the prompous old gentleman, still standing, wrote abruptly : "Ten pounds." The stranger smiled as though he were pleased, looked around to compare the pew with others, admired its nice cushions and furnishings and wrote back : "I don't blame you. It is well worth it." The pompous old gentleman at that stage collapsed into bis seat. I The Smart Young Wife.?Young Mr. and Mrs. Smith were preparing to make a visit to friends for a few days. Their baby was only two months old, but was an important member of the family just the same. Mr. Smith was r.t0;?*o ond Mrc Smifh rtnwn stairs. ujlT oiano uuu .j putting on her things and getting ready to start. "Hubby," she called />ut to her better half on the floor above, "please bring me my gloves! Tbey are lying on the dresser. And bring me my overshoes and veil and that hatpin lyiug on top of the chiffonier and a few of those animal crackers for baby, and dou't forget the baby's toothbrush." Poor hubby had a hard time finding everything his wife wanted. He was a long while making his appearance and finally his wife called to him, "What is keeping you, dear?" "Oh, that confounded toothbrush for baby ! I have everything but that." Then Mrs. Smith laughed, "You silly duck," said she, "did you not know that I was ouly joking? The baby, bless her dear little heart, hasn't a tooth to her name." That was why hubby, got so mad and "said things" as he was coming down stairs. A man never likes to have a joke played on him by his wife. ?Pittsburg Chronicle. Not to Be Deceived Twice.? This man resolved to take no chances. He is an eastern drummer and was visiting frieuds in Colorado. The western country is noted for the clearness of the atmosphere, which lends an appearance of proximity to remote objects, and the easterner, admiring a magnificent mountain, which apparently towered up only a few miles away, and he was going to walk over to its base before diuuer. The mountain was in reality 70 miles distant, but his friends allowed the tenderfoot to get an hour's start, then set out in a carriage to overtake him. They came upou him 10 miles out; he was disrobing ou the bauks of an irrigating ditch. "Hello, there, George, what are you up to?" called one of his friends. "I'm going to swim this river," answered the man of samples. "That's no river. It's only a ditch four feet wide. Why don't you jump over?" "Well, maybe it is," answered George, doubtfully, "but I thought that mountain over there was only about two miles off and I wasn't going to take any chauces with this stream." A Question.?The lawyer was sitting before his desk with one foot on the arm rest. A bright appearing youug fellow entered the office. "What cau I do for you ?" asked the - * a J* ?. lawyer, removiug uie rampant loot. "I just dropped in to pet your idea on a point of definition," began the young man. "You see it is to settle a bet." "Yes," said the lawyer, "go on." "Well," continued the young man, "when a fellow's wife leaves him and there is no divorce, he is a grass widower, isn't he ?" "Yes, that's what he is generally called." "Well, then, here's the point," added the youth, emphasizing his words by tapping the palm of his left hand with the forefiuger of his right. "Dan Hopper's wife left him, and there was no divorce. Does that make him a grasshopper ?" He dodged just in time to miss coming into contact with the iuk well.? Detroit Free Press. Ax Unfortunate Participle.? A recent discussion at a dinner table whether "gotten" or "got" were the preferable participle, received a practical solution, at least for the telegraphic service, from an experience related of a college professor who preferred "gotten." He had telegraphed to his wife : "Have gotten tickets for the theater tonight. Meet me there." The telegraph operator rendered this into "Have got ten tickets," etc. Mrs. Professor was delighted with tho nnnnrtunitv of entertainincr her vrr > w friends and accordingly made up a party of eight besides herself, whose greetings to the professor at the rendezvous were probably more cordial than his feeling until matters were explained. He now makes an exception to his customary use of "gotten." A correspondent thinks that there is something in the American air that iuclines people to chew. Men chew tobacco and women chew gum. It is .probably because America is a free country, where people do pretty much as they chews. JWayjsidt (gatherings. Bqy* Mormon missions have been established in the Philippines. Blair There's no re-dress for the man who has but one suit of clothes. 86T The subscriptions to the Dewey home fund uow aggregate $9,140. The way of the transgressor may be hard ; but it's usually pretty smooth. S&T A man can make a good bluff by looking wise and keeping his mouth closed. VST The good man who goes wrong is in reality a bad man who has just been found out. B3T New Zealand farmers now send frozen cream to London, where it is churned for butter. ?ST Worry never cures an evil; but it sometimes relieves the monotony of too much happiness. fiSf While cursing his daughter for marrying against his wishes, a Texas man was stricken with -death. t@T In some parts of Russia the only food for the people consist at present of acorns, leaves and the soft bark of trees. ?6T Seventeen governors of states have accepted invitations to attend the anti-trust convention at St. Louis in September. t8T Rev. Mr. Moran, of Fau Clare, Wis., thinks the recent deadly tornado was the "devlish work of an unknown power," and not an act of God. 8?* Through the two United States senators, Southern California has offered the government a well-organized regiment to go to the Pbillipines. 8^" For denying the inspiration of the Bible, Professor Morgan, of Drake University, Des Moines, Io., has been removed from office by the trustees. 86T A Missouri man has gone into the business of raising tame quail. The birds, he claims, are more easily raised than chickens and far more profitable. JST Germs of tuberculosis were found in every cow of a herd of 92 that were received at the Chicago stock yards. Many of the infected cows were from state institutions. 86T The federal recruiting officers at Chattanooga, Tenn., have received orders from the war department to enlist Negroes for service in the Philippines. The recruits will be sent.to San Francisco. 86T" Who ever heard of slandering a bad man? Who ever heard of counterfeiting a bad note ? Slander, as a rule, is the revenge of a coward. It is generally the best people who are injured in this way. t&~ Sixty-seven cows were slaughtered at the Chicago stock yards to ascertain the extent to which they were affected by tuberculosis. Only 23 passed inspection. The carcasses of the others were destroyed. 8?* Should the dissolution of the Standard Oil company take place, which now seems probable, the business would be divided between a large number of independent concerns and a healthy competition would ensue. 8?" The waf department has arranged with General Otis for the enlistment of three skeleton regiments from the volunteers already at Manila, these regiments to be filled up by recruits from the United States. A AAmnt'icinf* QPVPn T\AT?. BV3 XI laUJUJ vv/ui^/lioiug uvf vu sons left Scranton the other day, the whole party traveling on one full fare railroad ticket. There were the mother and her three pairs of twins, none of the children being up to the halffare age of 5 years. 8ST Painted coffee beans are among the latest curiosities of the adulterated food market. Iuferior beans are colored with burnt umber and made to look like the finest Mocha. They are described as "shiny-brown outside, yellow inside and tasteless." 8ST Spain wishes to sell the Canary Islands to the Congo Free State, the Island of Fernando Po to Germany, and the Balearic Isles to France for 2,000,000 pesetas, upon the condition of forming an offensive and defensive alliance with those countries. 8?* M. Cambon, French ambassador to the United States, is about to receive from the University of Harvard the degree of LL. I)., in recognition of the distinguished public service he performed in the negotiations which restored peace between the United States and Spain. 8?" Dude (at railroad restaurant)? Waitaw, got any green peas ? Waiter? Yes, sir; have some? "Yass;bwing thwee." "Anythingelse,sir?" "Yass, a strawberry cut in thin slices." "All right, boss; anything else?" "Ah, gwacious ! what do you take me for? a perfect hog, eh !" BSgr jjon't gei angry ai trines. i^ook at vexations as you will view them 30 days from date. The aDgry man who gets the wrong key and pushes and rattles the door until he breaks the lock, loses more time than if he had quietly gone for the right key, and pays for a new lock besides. ffST Lemons are a simple and excellent remedy for billiousness. Take the juice of one or two lemons in as much water as will make it pleasant to drink without sugar, before going to bed. In the morning on rising, at least half an hour before breakfast, take the juice of one lemon in a tumbler of cold water. fiST A hole in his right heel enabled a Negro workman in the diamond fields of South Africa to secrete and steal gems to the value of $273,000. I t?I i a ,11 ?< iucsc ue CAjjicsscu iu siuau paivcig ui I fruits to a cousin in King William's Town, in the extreme south of Africa, from which place both recently departed for England. 8*3?" The secretary of the Kansas State Agricultural society has issued a a report on the sheep and dog raising industries in that commonwealth. He contrasts the facts that on the 50,000,000 acres of land in the state there is but one sheep to each 250 acres, while the number of dogs in the state is 170,000. Two years ago the sheep outnumbered the dogs by 30 per cent, while last year this percentage was reduced to 17. In one county there were 909 dogs to each sheep, and in 12 selected couuties there were 209 dogs | to each sheep. 4janu and ^irtsidc. What About Your Boy ??Have you got a boy ? Does he get up early, milk cows, feed the team, cattle and pigs ? Does he take the team and plow, or drag, or rake, or mow all day ? What are you doing for him ? Do you give him anything at all except his board and clothes, and a little schooling in winter? What inducement do you offer him to stay with you and help you on the farm? inquires J. S. Triggs, of Rockford, la. Suppose that instead of enforcing your legal claim to bis services until he is of age, and thus disgusting him with farm life, and paving the way to ward an unloved, neglected old age for yourself, you do the fair thing by this boy ? Give him something for bis own, let bim be earning and saving a little money. Don't deny him the opportunity of an education if be desires one, for an ignorant man is surely going to be placed at a fearful disadvantage in the the coming years ; give bim the best team and the best tools to work with and encourage bim by kind appreciation. The reason so many boys leave the farm disgusted is because they are treated like little slaves by Belfisb, avaricous parents ; you can treat a boy like a horse, or an ox, but the horse or ox will not run off and the boys can and will, and we don't blame them.?Farmers' Voice. Hot Water.?Hot water has far more medical virtues than many believe or know. Because it is so easily procured thousand think it valueless. The uses of hot water are, however, many. For example, there is nothing that so promptly cuts short congestion of the lungs, sore throat, or rheumatism as hot water when applied promptly and thoroughly. Headache most al ways yields to the simultaneous application of hot water to the feet and back of the neck. A towel folded several times and dipped in hot water, and quickly wrung out and applied over the painful part in toothache or neuralgia, will generally afford prompt relief. A strip of flaDnel or napkin folded lengthwise and dipped in hot water and wrung out and applied around the neck of a child that has the croup will sometimes bring relief in ten minutes. Hot water taken freely half an hour before bed time is belpful in case of constipation, while it has a most soothing effect upon the stomach and bowels. A goblet of hot water taken just after rising, before breakfast has cured thousands of indigestion, and no simple remedy is more widely recommended by physicians to dyspeptics. Very hot water will stop dangerous bleeding.?National Farmer. Little Things Worth Knowing. Mustard water is said to be excellent for cleansing the hands alter handling odorous substanees. Trt nlcan hath t.nha iiaft whitinc and ammonia rubbed on thoroughly, and rinsed off with very hot water. To oil a floor use boiled linseed oil, with one-third turpentine. The tiny black spots so often seen on lemon rinds are the eggs of an insect. Lemond rind should never be allowed to come in contact with any food preparation without having been dropped in boiling water and wiped off. If draperies have been left up during the summer months they should be taken down in the fall, brushed, shaken and bung out of doors in the wind and sunshine for an entire day. Sofa pillows should be thoroughly beaten and hung out in the sunshine at least once a month. Otherwise the down or feathers are sure to get musty, or, if they are left too long unaired, animal life will be engendered and the feathers destroyed. When a valuable antique rug begins to show sigus of hard wear sew it on a mat of strong burlap, taking care care that the edges of the burlap do not project, and tack it at intervals.? Demorest's. Ingrowing Nails.?An ingrowing toenail is a cause of much suffering and inconvenience. If permitted to take its course and no effort is made to suppress it, the most serious consequences may follow. In such cases amputation of the afflicted toe may be come necessary, and medical records show that lockjaw has followed the ravages of the ingrowing nail. Tight shoes which bind the toes together and twist and distort them into uncomfortable positions are largely recnnrieihla fnr t.hft inirrowiner uail. but sometimes it comes without any apparent cause. The remedy for the disease is very simple and may be applied by the patient without the assistance of a physician. Take a sharp knife and sever from the main body that part of the nail which is forcing itself into the toe. Then, with a quick jerk, tear it from the toe. This will cause some pain and a little flow of blood. Scrape the edge of the main nail until it is thin enough to be pliable. Then raise it with a knife blade and put under it a piece of antiseptic cotton. The toe will heal in two weeks and the nail will not show any further disposition to bury itself in the flesh. Layering Grapes.?A very convenient way of propagating the grapevine is by layering. A vigorous branch should be selected and after all of its side growth is removed it is bent to Via irl'nntlf) nlitll fho Ami (IVPf fhft Sriflt 1? where the new vine is desired. Here a hole 6 inches deep is dug, the vine is bent into it and fastened in place with a forked stake or by laying a stone upon it, and then it is covered with soil all but the terminal shoot, which should be tied to a stake. After a year's growth the layer will be sufficiently rooted to admit of being cut loose from the parent vine. While this is a little more work it is rather a better plan than making cuttings when only a small number of plants are desired.?N. J. Shepherd, in Farmers' Voice. UaT" The first thing a young farmer should do is to adopt strict business methods. Count the cost and the loss or profits ou every branch of industry, even the hen. jittisccUattcous Reading. I IN COUNTIES ADJOINING. T Summary of the News That Is BelDg Pubel llshed by Exchanges. (J CHEROKEE?The Gaflhey Ledger, o June 23: Mrs. M.J. Bell, of Yorkville, r< is in the city visiting her son, Captain w J. B. Bell, on Race street. Quite a quantity of wood is now being shipped g? to the city over the South Carolina and Georgia Extension railway. ai Sergeant Pressly, of the penitentiary tl guard, came to the city Wednesday ^ and yesterday carried Jim Tate to the penitentiary to serve a 10 years' sen- ^ tence for barn burning. The case r< of the town council of Gaffney against h Zeb Robinson for obstructing the t( streets, which was carried up on ap- d peal from the mayor's court, was de- u cided by Judge Watts in favor of g Robinson. Routine business was then _ transacted and the court adjourned. The committee on sports has received a letter from Yorkville stating that the Yorkville Baseball club would come over and cross bats with Gaffhey | on July 4. Yorkville has a good team and the Gaffhey team is practicing daily and expect to put up such a < game as will be a credit to the occasion and make the boys from York hustle to win it. Court got down to ' business in earnest Tuesday and dis- t) posed of considerable business. There b was a mistrial in the case of Allen jij. Davis for assault and battery with in- D tent to kill, and Jonathan Stewart, in- tl dieted for housebreaking and larceny, H was acquitted. A young man plead 8j guilty to assault and battery and on e account of his good character, was ? giveu a light sentence. In the case of t, Calvin ^Tale, indicted for arson, the b court ordered a verdict of not guilty ii for want of evidence. Jim Tate, a Negro boy about 18 years old, indicted for arson, plead guilty, and the jury, by the court's direction, recommended him to the mercy of the court. He was sentenced to 10 year9 in the penitentiary for this high crime, the penal- ty for which would have been death, but for the jury's action in recommending mercy in biB case. Tbe grand jury finished its business and was discharged Tuesday evening. The presentment of the grand jury is in another column of Tbe Ledger. CHESTER?The Lantern, June 23 : Dr. W. S. Gregg, having read Seuator McLaurin'8 address at Wofford college, pronounces the junior senator away ahead and above any of the other public men in the stale, as a deep and broad thinker. Mr. W. O. Guy has heard his owl again and is now looking for a long dry spell. Of course it meant to predict raiu; but be won't believe it. Mr. E. L. Guy reports the recent rain as lighter about Lowrysville than here. They had some showers before, however, that we did not have, and crops are doing fairly well. A mail pouch was found yesterday morning near the rock crusher which had been cut open and robbed of its contents, except one package. It proved to be a pouch of through mail from Lancaster going toward Florida. It had been stolen from the Southern depot Tuesday or Wednesday night. Mr. John Ford, who lived five miles east of town, died WoHnpnHnv imnrninc of heart disease and was buried at Old Purity yesterday, Rev. J. P. Marion conducting the funeral service, which was attended by a very large number of people. Mr. Ford was 71 years old, and was known as a quiet, good ciiizon. He wy the j father of Mrs. T. N. Triplett, Mrs. R. A. Latimer and Mr. W. G. Ford. F Mr. N. W. Grant brought a few stalks j of corn to this office Wednesday to show the work of the worms, of which c much complaint has been made this j year. The corn was riddled near the top and bored into near the root. The J worms in the root are light in color with small black spots. The one that a bores into the stalk near the ground a and turns downward toward the root is white with the same spots, evidently n the same worm at a later stage. The dry weather has given the worms advantage of the corn. When it is seasonable the corn grows over the work "I of the worms. J LANCASTER?Ledger, June 24 : T Among the recent honor graduates in 84 i? i? j . . .f iu? e?.,.k I n iue m\v ucpai tujcui ui tuc uuutu vaiulina college was our youDg townsman, Mr. M. J. Hough. He returned home Thursday, having received his diploma Q the previous day. Mr. Hough is un- p decided yet as to where he will locate, tl He is a brilliant young man and we be- 41 speak for him a brilliant success iu his chosen profession. While taking the omnibus of the F. B. & M. Co., to ^ Columbia last Tuesday for overhaul- ^ ing, just after crossing the river at Poovey's ferry, the horses backed into ei the river with it. Mr. Nebraska ^ Moore quickly cut the harness and got the horses out, but the 'bus bad to be fastened with ropes to a tree until the next morning, when it was taken out. Mr. Moore, while cutting the harness, ? accidentally cut a severe gash across -I the back of his left hand. He went 1 on his way to Columbia and reached J there safely the following night. Mrs. M. C. Nisbet, widow of he late ai John C. Nisbet, who was killed at the oi Second Battle of Manassas, and a ^ daughter of the late Robert Nelson, ^ died at her home home near Jackin- sc ham, last Thursday, after a protracted ju illness. Mrs. Nisbet was about 72 years of age and leaves two sons, T. B. and J. C. Nisbet, and seyeral step- \\ children survive her. She was a mem- F ber of Tirzah church and a devout Christian woman. Her remains were R iuterred at Tirzah yesterday after s: funeral services conducted by her pastor, Rev. W. W. Ratcbford. On Tuesday last, after a protracted illness, 11 Mrs. Mary Neely, widow of the late John Neely, and daughter of the late ^ Pinckney Crawford, an estimable lady of the Walkup neighborhood, died at the advauced age of 76 years. Mrs. Neely leaves one son, Mr. W. P. Neely, and one dauguter, Mr. A. C. e McDow, surviving her. She was a member of Waxhaw Presbyterian -x church and was a truly pious, Chris- h< tian woman. See was very useful in jr her community, especially in her care qi of and kindness to the sick, and will at be greatly missed. Her remuins were e( interred Wednesday at the old Wax aw cemetery, after funeral services Dnducted by Rev. W. W. Ratcbford. William Black's Disturbed Dip. 'here lingers iu Oban a legend to the Sect that one bot day William Black, 3e novelist, went to a quiet place out f sight to swim. He undressed iD a smote part of the rock. When be 'as in the water, a woman, deeply mersed in a blue volume, which as "The princes of Thule," came and it unwittingly near his clothes. The vimmer, tired with his exercises, was Qxious to return to his garments, but le lady on shore was far too engrossed ith the fortunes of Princess Sheila to eed the couehine intimations of his resence. Presently matters came to crisis. A sportsman passed along the )cks and discerned Mr. Black's dark ead bobbing above the waves. He >ok it for a seal and was taking a eadly aim when Mr. Black jumped p in the water and implored : "Dou't re. I'm a human man." THE COMMERCIAL -ARMERS BANK, ROCK HILL, S. C. 3APITAL, $80,000. COMMENCED BUSINESS OCTOBER 18. 1898. CXriTH AMPLE. RESOURCES and TT every facility for the transaction of le BANKING BUSINESS In all its ranches, being specially authorized and mpowered under its charter to act as 'rustee, Guardian, Administrator, Attorey, etc., of every description and under le appointment of courts, this bank socits the business of corporations, firms nd individuals, tendering all the courteies and accommodations that are usually xteuded by a well conducted and bilging banking house. Correspondence or a call solicited from aose contemplating a change in their ANKING ARRANGEMENTS or IUO upouig of a new account. Interest Bearing: Certificate* of Deposit (sued Under Special Agreement*. A. H WHITE, President, A. E. SMITH, Yice President. R. LEE KERR. Cashier, GEO. D. WHITE, Asst. Cashier. December 14 w tf CAPACITY, 10,000 JOBS PC* ANNUM. iBil WTT.T. BUGGY Berne dealers pmh the sale of cheap Baffin bfcun the proflti arc large. Don't allow jourerlf to bo Tauiid Into boring a shoddyJob In order to ear* a dollar or so. "ROCK HILI." HuggUs irt "A Little Higher la I'rtee, Bat?" they stand up, look well, and. above all, KECl* AWAT FROM Tilt bHOI'?making them rh*ap*rln the end. Sold by first-clue dealers only. If bom 00 sale la jour torn, write direct. ROCK HILL BUGGY CO., Rock Hill, S.C. FOR SALE BY GLENN & ALLISON, Yorkville, S. C. When You Want Nice Glean Job Printing You should always go to The Inquirer office where such minting is done. Excursion lills, Programmes, Dodgers, Cirulars, Pamphlets, Law Briefs, ^etter Heads, Note Heads, Bill leads, Envelopes, and Cards of 11 kinds printed on short notice nd at very reasonable and legitaate prices. rnrriiic tun paci/ctc uurrmo hiiu uhuhliu. f HAVE just received a full and comL plete assortment of COFFINS AND AsKETS, inclulding a number of ME'ALIC CASES, and am now prepared to srve the public in a most satisfactory lanner. REASONABLE PRICES. I carry a large and complete assortment fall the usual sizes in tne ordinary and olished wood designs, and can supply lem at the lowest possible prices up to le highest. CHURCH TRUCKS, asket Rests, Cooling Boards and all necwary conveniences adapted to the underiking business, will be supplied by me. My best personal attention willbegivn and I can be found at anytime at my ore, where I will be pleased to serve you hen needing goods of this class. T. BAXTER McCLAIN, Yorkville, S. C. iSS, I am prepared to furnish a handome Hearse to all funerals. jadies and Gentlemen: r TOLD you last week that I am pre. pared to furnish you with all kinds of literature, I also wish to say to you that I in order Novels of every description and I the lowest retail price. The only paper r magazine that I cannot secure for you re such as are out of print. I handle sveral of the leading Periodicals and lagaziues of America, and if you don't se what you want in the following list, ist make the fact known to me and I ill take pleasure in getting it for you. I ow regularly receive COSMOPOLITAN, FUCK, HARPER'S rppt'r v \f i?TWMt>AT .Trp a v HATTTRHA vl uun. IJ i i iuui ivui uuiiik.i i & A w * i EVENING POST, MCCLURE'S, LIFE, RANK LESLIE'S POPULAR MONTHLY, JUDGE, VANITY FAIR. REVIEW OF EVIEWS, TRUTH, NATIONAL POLICE GAZETTE, SCRIBNER'S, CENTURY, TANDARD, SATURDAY NIGHT, BLACK CAT, FIRESIDE COMPANION, N. Y. 'EEKLY, HARPER'S MONTHLY, TRUE FLAG, BLACK AND WHITE, NEW ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE. OF LONDON. I sell The Columbia State, New York [erald and Journal. See, telephone or rite me. Very Respectfully, OLIVER E. GRIST, TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS. state of E. I). Thompson, Deceased. 4 LL persons indebted to the estate of JL E. D. THOMPSON, deceased, are sreby notified to make immediate payicnt to the undersigned. Persons havig claims against the said estate are renested to present the same, properly itbenticated, within the time prescrib3 by law. I). G. THOMPSON, Administrator. Point, S. C., June 21. w EXPANSION, OR SPREADING OUT.: : THE kind of expansion most peopl have been thinking of lately has ha reference to national affairs. In fac Uncle Sam, for humanity's sake, put hi foot upon the Spaniard's neck in Cub and demanded satisfaction. Of course a the Spaniard wanted was iust to be 1< alone; but he had the Cuban down, i least was trying to keep him down, am Uncle Sam demanded that he let the Cu ban up and get off the island without dc lay. Well, of course that that was right linf th. foot io flint TTnt?lft Sum's footbein rather large, when it was put on Cuba soil tramped upon that same Spaniard i Porto Rico, and, very naturally, when th Spaniard left Cuba bo must leave Port Rico too. Now when Uncle Sam steppe out with bis left foot into the Atlantic, h could not keep bis balance without step ping out correspondingly into the Pacifh and being afraid that Hawaii would nc hold him up, be reached out a little furtb er toward the Eastern World and hap pened to step upon the Philippines. Ther be found that same Spaniard trying to d these people the same way he haa don in Cuba. So Uncle Sam said to himsel here's another place for humanitaria work, so I'll send this trifling Spaniard t his mother's house and?and?andWell, this Is a pretty rich country, and believe I'll take this myself, ana it wi! be better for the people anyway. The may kick up about it a little at first, b( ing strangers to us ; but they will soo learn to love us. Well, I did not intend to go so muc into detail, as this is not the kind of en pansion I meant to talk about*. The Kind of Expansion I am particularly speaking of, is tbi which comes after a particularly Good Dinner. One feels so large. In a great hurryhasn't time to take a long breath?in fai has hardly any breath at all?gasping an groaning. Now this kind of Expansio is due to indigestion, from fermenti tion of the food. "Anti-Ferment" Cures Expansion Of this kind promptly. Assaults for and block houses, goes right to the se. of war?destroys the germ. Makes c mistakes; no failures; reports no casua ties. It is equally powerful in Diarrhoe Dysentery, Colic, Cholera Morbus ac particularly in the Summer Complaim of Teething Children. ANTI-FERMENT is SOLD in almo every drug store and country store in tl county. Ask for it. Manufactured onl by CLARENCE M. KUYKENDAL, Yorkville, S. < PHOTOGRAPH! IS AN ART AND it takes an artist to be a phoh grapher. Oue who is not an arti doesn't staud much of a chance of mat ing a success at photography. I ha\ given years of study to this especial lir and I can say with pride that my woi will compare favorab ly with that of ac photographer in this section. The best and most perfect photograpl are the results of experience and note: periments. I do all of my developinj retouching and finishing, thereby obtaii ing the best possible results. As Far As Prices Are concerned, you need not worry you self along that score. I know that tn prices are reasonable and you will agr< with me when I tell you what they ar I am also prepared to develop and prii pictures taken with pocket cameras. ; you have a Kodak or Vive or any otb< camera, and for auy reason you can't d< velop and print your pictures, bring thei to me at my gallery on West Libert street. J. R. 8CH0RB. SHERIFF'S TAX SALES. BY virtue of TAX EXECUTIONS I me directed, and in conformity to a act of the general assembly, approve December 24, 1887, and amendmen thereto, passed and approved, I will ei pose to public sale, in front of tin COUR HOUSE OF YORK COUNTY, durin the legal hours of sale, on the FIRS MONDAY IN JULY, next, being tl 3rd day of July, 1899, the following d< scribed real estate, to satisfy taxes, pena ties and costs, due by taxpayers name* for the fiscal year commencing Januar 1st, 1898, to wit: Malinda Hill?One house and lot in tt town of Yorkville, ou the Chester roa< bounded by lots of John Herndon, Noa Banks, the Chester road, and the Narro' Gauge railroad, containing one acre, moi or less. Taxes, penalties and costs, $9.6 Estate of S. C. Johnson, deceased?, tract of land in Bethel township, eontaii ing ninety-five acres, bounded by land of Perry Ferguson, Dr. T. W. Campbel L. T. Wood, Major James F. Hart an others. Taxes, penalties and costs, $13.6 C. F. White, p. c.?A tract of land i Ebenezer township, containing sixtj nine acres, bounded by lands of W. ( Hutchison, Culp and Ferguson, W. ( Bigger and Sam Harris. Taxes, penalti* ana costs, $14.39. Terms?CASH. JOHN R. LOGAN, S. Y. C. June 14 w 3t FIRE, LIGHTNING, AND CYCLONE INSURANCE, Written in the strongest companies at tt Lowest rates. My Fire Insurant .business is JLarge And all business entrusted to me wi be highly appreciated, and will ri ceive my best and most courteot attention. Each FIRE policy cari< with it, free of cost, a ligbtnin clause covering damage by ligh ning. Cyclone insurance $2.50 o the $1,000. Would respectfully s< licit a part, or all of your insurant assuring you at all times the highei class of protection at the lowest rat< consistent with that protection. L. GEO. GRIST, Agent, Yorkville, S. C. P. S.?The iEtna Insurance Company the strongest exclusively fire insurant company in the world is included in in agency. t : THE : : LESTER PIANC AT the Ganson Dry Goods Company' store still attracts the people. A good judges of music and musical instrt ments pronounce it equal to any pian made, and SUPERIOR TO ANY PIAN1 about Yorkville. It is guaranteed to L high grade and first-class in every respet and a TEN YEARS' WARRANT got I with each piano, dated when the instru I ment is delivered to purchaser. The people are buying the LESTER GRAND PIANf COUPONS, and Jones and his clerks ar kept busy handing them out for good sold. Anyone wanting to buy a Piano, Organ, Typewriter or Vive Cameri That can be relied on, and save money would do well to see me or write for ful information before making a purchase. I AM IN IT TO BEAT THE OFFER* OF ANY OTHER AGENT ox DEALER GEO. T. SCHOItB, Yorkvllle, S. C. SOUTH CAROLINA & GEORGIA EXTENSION RAILROAD CO. J TIME TABLE NO. 2. i- In Effect 12.01 a. m., Sunday, Jnne 18,1899. * m n BETWEEN I CAMDEN AND BLACKSBURG. d WE3T- EA8T. e 85. 38. EASTERN 32. 34. ^ ? 2nd 1st TIME. 1st 2nd ^ Class. Class. Class. Class. i- Dally Dally Dally Dally ?- Except Except Except Except e Sund'y Sund'y STATIONS. Sunday Sunday Q A.M. P.M. A.m. P.M. f? 8 30 12 05 Camden 11 45 (TitT n 9 00 12 25 DeKalb 11 12 6 50 0 9 25 12 37 Westvllle..._ 11 00 5 30 -. 10 45 1 05 .....Kershaw 10 <5 6 10 ? 1 11 05 1 15 Heath Springs. 10 30 4 15 [i 11 15 1 20 ..Pleasant Hlll_ 10 !? 4 00 ? 11 50 1 40 ....Lancaster.... 10 06 3 30 f 12 10 1 55 ....Riverside?... 9 50 2 60 12 30 2 05 ....Springdell.... 9 40 2 35 O 1 50 2 20 Catawbs J'c'n. 9 30 2 20 2 15 2 30 Leslie 9 20 12 30 h 3 30 2 50 ....Rock HU1... 9 10 12 10 3 55 3 05 .? Newport?.. 8 38 9 50 4 05 3 12 Tlrxah 8 32 9 40 4 40 3 25 Yorkvllle.... 8 20 9 20 5 05 3 40 Sharon 8 00 8 40 5 25 3 52 Hickory Grove 7 45 8 10 5 4.5 4 02 Hmvm? I 7 30 7 50 " B 20 -I 25 ...Blacksburg... 7 10 7 20 P. X. P. M. A.M. A.M. H E T W H JEIV 7t BLACKSBURG AND MARION. d WEST. EAST. L- 11. 33. EASTERN, 32. . 12. 2nd 1st TIME. 1st 2nd Class. Class. Class. Class. Dally Dally Dally Dally Except Except Except Except ta Sund y Hund'y STATIONS. Sunday Sund'y * ^ A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. 1- 8 10 4 45 ...Blacksburg... 7 08 9 10 8 30 5 00 Earls 6 60 8 50 a, 8 40 5 OB .Patterson Sp'g 6 40 8 88 id 9 20 5 15 8helby 6 30 8 80 ts 10 00 ....Lattlmore.... 7 80 10 10 ...Mooresboro.. 7 20 10 25 ....Henrietta.... 7 00 8t 10 50 ...Forest City.. 6 35 ,e 11 15 Rutberfordton 6 06 J? 11 35 Millwood.... 5 60 ; ' 12 00 Golden Valley. 6 85 _ 12 05 .Thermal City. 5 80 12 25 ... Glenwood 6 06 ? 12 50 Marion 4 45 ^ P. M. P. M. A. M. P. M. 3 GAFFNEY BRANCH. st WEST. EAST. c- First Class. EASTERN First Class. ie 15. | 13. TIME. 14. | 16. 3 ,j? " IV Dally Except Dally Except 3 Sunday. Sunday. 18 P.M. I A.M. STATIONS. A. M. I P. M. I z, 4 30 5 00 _. Blacksburg... 7 00 6 80 i- 4 50 5 20 Cherokee Falls B 40 6 10 5 10 5 40 Guflhey.... 6 20 5 50 P. M. A. M. A. M. P. M. A3- Nos. 32 and 83 will stop at Kershaw for r" dinner. Trains will stop on signal atOakhurst, ciy Elgin, Caskey's, Sprlngdell, Roddy's, Leslie, 56 Ola Point, Newport, King's Creek, Millwood, e. Union Mills, Golden Valley, Vein Mountain, at SAMUEL HUNT, President, If A. TRIPP, Superintendent, 3r 8. B. LUMPKIN, Gen. P. and P. Agt. EtUl y CAROLINA & NORTH-WESTERN - 1/ RAILWAY CO. * to O. W. P. HARPER, President. d 1- L. T. NICHOLS, Snperintendent. 7 Time Table No. 9?In Effect June 4,1899. ie 1. TRAINS DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. " EASTERN TIME STANDARD. 4. SOUTH. NORTH. ^ a. oi. 9. 10. 60. I- STATIONS. ? Is 2nd 1st 1st 2nd ] Class. Class. Class. Class. ^ A. M. P. M. Leave. Arrive. P. M. P. M. n 5 30 4 30 Lenoir J2 40 8 00 7- 8 15 5 35 Hickory 11 50 5 55 3. 9 10 8 05 Newton 11 20 4 00 ' 3 10 37 0 58 ...Llncolnton.... 10 37 2 40 11 35 7 39 Dallas 9 59 1 40 * 1 15 7 54 Gastonln 9 47 1 20 1 45 8 15 ....CrowdeFs.... 9 30 12 30 ~ 1 55 8 22 Bowling Green 9 23 12 20 2 11 8 32 ..Clover 9 15 12 00 2 45 8 47 Filbert. 9 00 11 40 - 3 08 9 00 YorJtvllle-... 8 45 11 20 3 50 9 20 ...-Guthries 8 25 10 37 4 05 9 28 ...McConnells... 8 17 10 25 4 30 9 46 ..Lowrysvllle... 8 04 10(0 5 15 10 11 Chester 7 40 9 23 ~p.m. p.m. ~a7mT A.M. E. F. REID, Auditor, Lenoir, u., J. M. MOORE. G. F. A., Lenoir, N. C. G. F. HARPER, G. P. A., Lenoir. N. C. FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN. I HAVE two second-band MONARCH BICYCLES in flrst-class condition tbat I will sell cbeap. The one I have been using and one belonging to another g party. If you want a good wheel, you should see me without delay. With my i wheel you will get two gears?77 and 88. '' Now is the time to act. ? OLIVER E. GRIST. a. May 31 w tf is is FINLEY & BRICE. f ATTORNEYS AT LAW, q Yorkville, S. C. >- A LL business entrusted to us will be 0. xjL given prompt attention. OFFICE IN THE BUILDING AT is THE REAR OF H. C. STRAUSS'S STORE. DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINES, p, :e TN stock at store prices. We do not run y JL a wagon. Needles of all kinds. Bring an old needle as well as the name of ma_ chine. W. B. MOORE & CO. . ?li* Ijortoilk (Eiujuiwr. j Published Wednesday and Saturday. i- * o TEHMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: r\ e Single copy for one year, ? z ow ,, One copy lor two years, 3 50 ' For six months, 1 OO For three months, SO Two copies for one year, 3 50 Ten copies one year, 17 50 And an extra copy for aclub of ten. ) ADVJERTISEMENT8 Inserted at One Dollar per square for the first insertion, and Fifty Cents per square s for each subsequent insertion. A square consists of the space occupied by ten lines of this size type. Contracts for advertising space for three, six, or twelve mouths will be made on reasonable terms. 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