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iiuuiorous grpartmrnt. His CREDIT.?Embarrassed country dealer iu a Bostou wholesale grocery : t "I would like to make a settlement." "How much cau you pay ?" "Seventy-five cents." < "Very well," said wholesale, "we i will close the account." J "I suppose you will coutinue to let i me have goods?" said Retail. i "Not a dollar's worth," responded 1 Wholesale, and the former, discour- I aged, dropped into a chair. i Embarrassed retailer No. 2 Stepped 1 to the desk and wanted to settle. I "How much do you offer?" i "Five cents." j "All right," said the unembarrassed i Wholesale. S "Can I have auy more goods ?" t "All you want." t Retail No. 1, rising : I "How is this? I propose payiDg i you 75 cents on the dollar, and you j refuse me credit. This man offers you ' only 5 cents, and you will trust him all < he wants." i "My dear sir!" exclaimed Whole- i sale, "you are paying too much. You I won't have any capital left when you i commence business again." Where- i upon {the creditless retailer went bis < way, wondering who originated the ] proverb, "Honesty is the best policy."? I New York Observer. < A Reflection on the Judge.?In . an address before the Virginia State < Bar associotion, James P. Harrison, of 1 the Danville bar, told this story of an t eminent judge in Virginia, who sat on i the bench with his feet up before him, i showing his soles to counsel and au- 1 dience: "The defense had offered a little J Negro as a witness for their client, ? and the commonwealth's attorney ^ challenged the witness as too young to ? testifv. < "When the pickaninny had been c sworn on the Holy Evangelists, he I was asked by the commonwealth's at- t torney what be had done. c " 'I swoard," he said. a "'And what will happen to you now *' if you tell a lie,' the lawyer roared. 1 " 'My mammy, she'll whip me.' v " 'Is that all ?' insinuated the de- a fendant's attorney. t " 'No, sah. De debble, he'll get me.' ^ "And theu the judge took his feet t down, and leauing over the bench with > menacing linger, said : " 'Yes, and I'll get you too, sir !' t "When, quick as a flash, came the c boy's ready reply : v " 'Boss, dat air jist whut I done S said.' "?New York Sun. f . ? . i She Hadn't Dropped Off.?"Oh, 8 Delia!" ' "Yis, ma'am." 1 "I am very tired, and I am going to } lie down for an hour." 1 "Yis, ma'am." * "If I should happen to drop off, call c me at 5 o'clock." I "Yis, ma'am." v So my lady lies down, folds her ( hands, closes her eyes and is soon in 1 the land of dreams. She is awakened 1 by the clock striking 6 and cries in- 1 dignantly: r "Delia!" 1 "Yis, ma'am." <iU7ktr AiAn't vnn null mo at 5 ^ " "J V o'clock, as I told you to do ?" 1 "Sure, ma'am ye tould me to call ye ^ if ye had dropped off. I looked in on ' ye at 5, aud ye hadn't dropped off at 1 all! Ye was lyio' on the bed in the ^ same place, sound asleep.?Cincinnati 2 Post. e . t . s She Cheerfully Endorsed It.? 1 She handed the check to the paying teller. She was calm and collected, as t if it were an everyday matter. "Madam," said the teller gently, . you have forgotten to endorse it." j "Endorse it?" with a little worried j smile. ^ "Yes; you must write your name on ^ the back of it to show that you will j repay this bank in case the issuer of this check should fail to answer our call." ^ "Oh !" she said, accepting the pen. jj When the teller looked at the check Q again, ibis is what he read : j "The bank has always paid up ^ what it owes, and you need have no worry. Therefore, I endorse this ( check. Very truly yours, Mrs. J. B. { Blanks."?Syracuse Herald. ? j Time to Give Up.?An Iowa judge li recently related an amusing incident d that had occurred in his court when y an old colored man was brought up c for some petty offence. The charge v was read, and as the statement "The 5 otata nf Tnura aoainst. John .Tones" C was read in a loud voice, the colored I man's eyes bulged nearly out of their I sockets, and he seemed overcome with c terror and astonisnment. When he s was asked if he had anything to say v or plead guilty or not guilty, he gasped \ out: 3 "Well, yo' honah, ef de whole state I o' Iowa is ag'in dis one pore niggah, I'se gwine to give up right now !"?St. fc Louis Republic. E d Roberts, of Utah, In the House. ( "Utah?Bigham H. Roberts," sang I out the clerk. Roberts, pale, but self possessed, walked down the aisle to- s ward the speaker's chair. At the end t of the aisle Roberts stood with his I hands resting upon the two desks at c his right and left. 1 "How neat and clean he looks," i whispered a woman in the gallery. s "He ought to," replied her com- t panion, "with three wives to keep him 1 tidy."?Chicago Times-Herald. s t Dew.?Teacher?How do you ac- ( count for the phenomenal dew? 1 Boy?Well, you see, the world re- c volves on its axis every 24 hours, and a in consequence of this tremendous pace, it perspires freely.?London Tit- 1 Bits. 8 pisicrllancouiS Reading. IN COUNTIES ADJOINING. 1 I iuminary of the News That In Being Publlnhed by Exchancea. CHEROKEE?Gaffney ledger, De- 1 jember 12: Contractor L. Baker has 1 ilmost completed work on the new 1 Methodist parsonage. When finished j t will be one of the handsomest as veil as most convenient dwelling j souses in the city. Ground has 1 seen broken for the foundation for the ( sew Cherokee Foundry and Iron ' works. This promises to be one of the ' biggest enterprises in Gaffney, and 1 will add much to the material pros- ' serity of the place. The fire com- 1 uittee?Aldermen Baker, Cash and ( Smith?yesterday let the contract for 1 hree reel carts, 1,500 feet of hose and ' til the necessary appliances for fighting ^ 5 ..nnl.. nuartork' 1 ires. IIJC IC^UIHI ^UM..v.v ng of the board of county commis sioners will be held in their office on < Tuesday, January 2. The work 5 lone by the coutractors of the water- \ ;vorks was of first class order. There is scarcely a leak in the staudpipe aud ' the water mains were perfect. Iu most ' instances there is considerable leakage ' n the standpipe and water mains ; but J jne would think from the way our 1 plant works that it had been in opera- 1 iion several years. Constable ' Charley Dearman arrested in Spartanjurg Friday and brought to this city, lames Clary, a 17-year-old white boy, ) ;harged with horse stealing. Clary vas turned over to Sheriff Thomas 1 ind lodged in jail to await a prelimitary hearing. He takes his arrest ( /ery indifferently and does not in the ' east seemed mortified. Miss Elsie 1 Montgomery, daughter of Mts. Emily 1 Montgomery, of Trough Shoals, died ^ it her home Friday of consumption. The remains were brought to Gaffney J Sunday and interred at Limestone 1 :emetery. A short service was con- ( lucted at the grave by Rev. W. J. J jangston, of Greenville. At the lome of Mr. William Huskey, in this ' ity, on Sunday, Mr. L. R. Dellinger 1 iud Miss Susan Wells, of Cherryville, ' l' -I- i? T?? wt 'n f vere united in wenioca oy rvev. w. Tbompson. The happy youDg couple 1 vere accompanied to GafTuey by Mr. ,nd Mrs. Bess, of Cherry ville. The 1 iridal party were the guests of Mrs. c Igues Wood, Sunday night, and re- t urned to Cherryville yesterday mom- s ug. t CHESTER?The Lantern, Decern- i er 12: The Lewisville Roller Mill t ompany contracted on December 5th, \ vith the Salem Machine Works, of t >alem, Va., to erect a 40-barrel roller I louring mill, which will be the best I ip-to-date mill in the state. The 1 tockholders are I. N. Whilesides, J. 1 <\ Atkinson, S. T. Proctor, and R. R. 1 >roctor. The same night that 1 saiah Scott was killed in the car com- t ng from Columbia, another railroad * land was killed in a car in Columbia ? ?ver a game of craps. The slayer, I rerguson, escaped and bis whereabouts ] vas unknown. A day or two ago, e Colonel Mixon and his son heard of a 1 .^egro below the city speuding money t avishly, and went down thinking 1 bey might capture the express car 1 obber. When they got him be proved 1 o be Ferguson. He is iu jail. c nvitations are out for the marriage of J dr. J. N. Whitesides aud Miss Delia \ lobinson, both of Edgmoor, December t ,'Oth. Mr. J. B. Gladdeu, of Mil- i ord, has also sent out iuvitutious to \ be marriage of his daughter, Miss t >ue, to Mr. A. N. Keistler, December i !0th Mr. J. L. Simmous has on J xbibition a sample of giant corn, both e talk aud ear. It came from the plan- t ation of Mrs. Baum, in Kershaw t :ounty. The stalks are said to be 18 1 eet high, ou an average, and to hold t heir ears?from three to twenty iu 1 lumber?above the reach of floods, f We were glad to see Mr. James t j. Guy in town Saturday. He is much c mproved, but is feeble yet. He says 1 ie is living on borrowed lime now, I teiug 76 years old. Major J. W. I teed has been badly under the weath- I r, but is about himself again. We i aw him around last week with some [reworks under his arm. He looked a ike he was going off to start up an- c ther rebellion. Major James G. v jowry told us Saturday that some r arms in his neighborhood made a bale c f cotton to two plows, aud a bale to b he plow is not uncommon. That sec- t ion, about Capers's Chapel, suffered a ery severely from the drought. I Irs. Mary A. Wylie, widow of the t ate Dr. R. E. Wylie, of Lancaster, t ied last Wednesday morning, aged 68 t ears. She was a native of Cabarrus t ounty, N. C., aud her maideu name ( k'as Harris. She first married the late a T P fVntvfnrH in 1850. Mr. C. H. V Irawford, of Lancaster ; Mrs. Annie P. a jindsay, of Rock Hill ; and Mr. M. 1( *aul Crawford, of Flordia, are ber a hildren. After Mr. Crawford's death fc he married Dr. Wylie, and to them c k'ere born two children?Mr. R. T. ? Vylie, of Florida, and the late Miss lary Wylie. These facts are from the ( jancaster papers. j GASTON?Gastonia News, Decern- t ?er 12: At the residence of the bride's i other, Mrs. M. Miller, near the Mo- c lena mill, last Thursday night, Mr. K. d X Etters was married to Miss Lettie t diller, Squire W. I. Stowe, officiating, t One of the largest whistles in the t outh is owned, and will be operated d >y the Ozark mill, in the near future, li t is the largest in North Caroliua, aud r :an be heard 20 miles on a clear day. t This whistle is 32 inches long, 33 c nches in circumference and 10 inches t ind a fraction in diameter. We are c old, and ou good authority, that it is h arger than the whistle on the battle- s hip Texas. Last Thursday, while rJ rying to put a belt on the press at 1: jrullick's cotton gin, near South Point, a kVill Buff, a colored man, got his sleeve a saught on the shafting and was wound t tround the shafting a time or two. J dr. R. C. Ratcbford was standing near s >y and ran to the engine, stopping it J is soon as possible. The man was not ( hurt, but badly scared up. In last Tuesday's issue there was an error occurred which escaped the proof-reader's eye iu the local column. The party that went hunting down in the Bethel neighborhood, Thanksgiving Day, killed 51 birds instead of 5 birds as was slated in The News. The party, consisting of Messrs. Frost Torrence, Labe Falls, A. M. Wbitesides ted Henderson Long, returned last Thursday. They report a tine time ind bagged 60 birds. Birds are scarce n that neighborhood. The Modenu cotton warehouse is completed, aud is jeing filled with cotton. The machinery for the Ozark mill continues ;o come in. The cards, 17 in number, lave arrived, also 3 slubbers, 4 intermediates and 8 speeders. The speeders have 200 spindles. New cotton mills is the topic of discussion among i number of Gastonia's capitalists. VIore cotton mills is what we want and ets have them. Gazette, December, L4: The "expert electricians" which came to Gastonia to install the new iwitchboard were frauds. They stayed 19 days and connected eight phones. Mr. Babingtou himself cut in over 100 n two days. They left their board oills unpaid and carried off tools which did not belong to them. Miss T. A. Dixon and Miss Mary Emma Roberts are home at McAdensville, again after i week's stay in Yorkville, where they were visiting friends and relatives. Prof. J. VV. Reid, of Waxhaw, and Miss Cleo Thompson, of Sharon, are to oe married the 16th instant. Prof. Reid is well-known here, baviug taught n the Gaston Institute for several years. Miss Thompson is a daughter cf Rev. Mr. Thompson, the pastor at Sharon. Immediately after the marriage they will leave for the north on i bridal tour. Mrs. J. Y. Miller left J r T7"? .,;iln ?a iiioit poIq (tnnc jiuuuuy iut lui&vmcbu vioiuuuv.vu^, Mr. George Skidmore, of the ivon mill, died Monday afieruoou ibout 2 o'clock, after an illness of sevjral weeks. He was buried Tuesday ifternoon at Hickory Grove church. The funeral exercises were conducted >y Rev. W. F. Watson. The young nan was about 19 or 20 years old, and or his advantages was bright and atended the Baptist Sabbath school regllarly. IAN CASTER?Ledger, December 13 : The town electiou came off Mou lay. Mayor Waddy C. Thomson and .he old board of aldermen, who have jerved the town so efficiently for two erms (four years) and who were uuanmously renominated at the Democratic nass meeting last Thursday night, vere re-elected without.opposition, not i vote being cast against them. Married, at this place, on Sunday last, >y Rev. J. H. Boldridge, Mr. Jas. T. rlunter, of Cedar Creek, and Miss Ella kVilliams, daughter of Mr. aud Mrs. J. tV. Williams, of the Douglas neighborlood. May happiness and prosperity :rown the lives of this young couple. Married, at Mr. S. P. Adams's, on Sunday last, by E. M. Bruce, notary >ublic, Mr. Wm. Caston and Mrs. ttobinson, both of Pleasant Hill townihip. On Sunday, 10th instaut, a beautiful marriage was solemnized at he home of and by J. N. Estridge, N. ?. The contracting parties were Mr. iollis Adams and Miss Nora Faulkeu >erry, both of Longsville. The atteu? ' A J U lants were Mr. Minor Auams wuh Miss Jenie Talbert; Mr. W. M. Hegler vit-h MissArbella Hortou ; Mr. Humpon Hurton with Mi.ss Lulu Hinsou. V lurge crowd of relatives and friends vitnessed the ceremony. About nidduy on Saturday last, the dwellng occupied by Mr. John Collins, near Facksonham, was burned. He saved tverytbing except the contents of his liuing and cook room. It is also slued that be bad $25 iu money burned. This is the second time within a year hat Mr. Collins has been burned out. The fire was accidental, originating iom a defective stove flue. He had 10 insurance. Shortly after 11 >'clock last Friday night, a burn on Mr. J. A. P. Blackmou's place, near 'rimus, which was used by a leuant, iansom Harris, colored, was burned, larris kept his truuk in the barn aud n it he had $10 in money. The sup>osition is that the money wns stolen md the house fired by the ihief to :over up his theft. Mr. J. B. Knight, vho lives near, while going to the fire, lassed a Negro running rapidly iu the ipposite direction. He tried to hall dm ; but the Negro ran only the fas- . er. The bloodhounds were sent for md next day were put on track of the 'fegro who rau by Mr. Knight; but be trail was too cold. They ran the rack for 100 yards or more to where he fleeing incendiary crossed a fence ; >ut they could track him no farther. )u Sunday, James Alleu, colored, was .rrested and committed to jail charged vith the burning. The evidence gainst him is only circumstantial. He ;new of the money being in the trunk, .nd he was in Lancaster and bought dm a new pair of shoes, throwing his ? t /* i t.r. ild ones away, early Derore ureaaiasi Saturday morning. CLEVELAND? King's Mountain Iracle, December 13: The popular 'oung pastor of the Baptist church at his place, Rev. A. M. Ross, was unanmously recalled to his charge at a hurch meeting in conference last Sunlay. This item of news is no surprise o our readers; but a pleasant attestaiou of his faithfulness in "bringing in he sheaves." Miss A. M. Ken- i Irick died December 8, 1899, at the i lome of Mr. George Keudrick, of this dace. Her burial service was conduc- | ed by Rev. A. M. Ross at the city emeterv on last Saturday. In i he last 10 days, Mr. C. F. Hambright, if Grover, bus had stolen from his uggy shed, a heavy fur laprobe and a et of harness with a new check line. The thief failed to get the bridle and < lolding-buck straps. A hunting i natch between Rev. J. M. Garrisou 1 itid Mr. Perry Long has been reported o us. Last week, ou Mr. Andrew i dcGill's plantation, they tested their I kill in dropping birds on the wing, i dr. Long bagged the most; but Mr. iarrison offers him the opportunity to do so again. Mr. R. H. Garrett and Miss Mary Sadler went by private conveyance to Rock Hill, Saturday morning. They returned Monday, accompanied by Mrs. Garrett, who has been visiting, for sometime her daughter, Mrs. Walter Hall, at that place. FROM UP IN OHIO. A Cedarvllle Farmer Tells About Crop* and Prices, and Sends His Best Wishes Down This Way. ft# fVio VftrlrvillA Fnmiirpr. Cedarville, Ohio, December 11.? Having had about a hundred interesting letters from York county through The Enquirer this year, and feeling so much interest iu matters down that way, it occurs to me that maybe The Enquirer's home readers, especially the farmers, might care to bear something from up this way. Business generally is good and almost everybody iD our section seems to be prospering, because prices are good on almost everything except hogs. Good bogs are worth only 3} cents per pound, corn is worth 27 ceuts a bushel, wheat 65 cents, and Timothy hay from $10 to $12 a ton. The price of sheep ranges at 4 to 4$ cents a pound and of cattle from 5 to 7 cents. Other farm products are bringing good prices. Corn was of a good quality this year; but the yield was not so heavy as usual, averaging in this neighborhood only about 50 bushels to the acre. Usually the average is much higher. This has been a beautiful fall for farm work and our farmers have been making the most of it. But wheat is not looking so well as usual. The fly has nearly eaten it up. There has been a serious epidemic of hog cholera in this section recently, the losses amounting to several thousand dollars. I presume that I am one of the closest readers of toe columns or ihe Enquirer, add from these columns I judge that everybody in Yorkville and York county is busy and happy. Even Chief of Police Love appears to share in the general activity with his raids on the blind tigers, the product and outgrowth of your dispensary law. The Enquirer struck a key note some time ago when it suggested the advantage that would be derived from a county fair. York county should have such an institutiou by all means. It would be a great educator for the people. Grist, tell Gonzales some more about the Eastern question. Enclosed, find a postal order to pay for another year's subscription. I wish The Enquirer and its readers a hap py Christmas and a merry New Yeur. John McMillan. CAUGHT IN THEIR OWN TRAP. How Some Scheming Filipinos Were Taken In by Americans. The following is from the Guagua correspondence of the Manila Times, October 20: Three men of Battery K, 3rd artillery, stationed here, have been very friendly with some of the dusky beauties of this out of the way village, aud have scored a brilliant victory under! the potent influence of Venus and Mars in conjunction. The gallant gunners, while idly dallying with their gay and giddy lady friends, one evening were told by them that the insurgents would be glad to get three such able artillery men to join the rehel army, and would pay big wages. In fact, emissaries of Aguinaldo were about the town, trying to arrange a little busiuess on that basis. The three artillerymen, comrade> as faithful as the ''Three Musketeers" of Dumas, scented some fun, and told the girls to bring along the agents and talk business. This they did, terras were settled, and plans laid for a "van ishing act." As loug as all the American garrison of Guagua stayed in town, it was not easy for the scheme to work. When the troops moved out to attack Porac, the time arrived to do the trick. A rebel captain and lieutenant with six soldiers, all disguised as "amigos," sneaked into Guagua, and bid in the bouse of the three fair ladies, ready to take the three artillerymen. Then suddenly the gunners gave a signal, in jumped a squad of Americuu soldiers, and captured all the Filipinos. Trick for trick, and the white man wins every time. The two rebel officers were killed in trying to escape. FRYE IS FRANK. Says It Is Necessary to Hold the Philippines and l^'lls Why. The New York World, of Monday, has an interview with Senator William P. Frye, president pro tem, of the senate. In reply to the question why it was necessary to take over the sovereignty of the whole Philippine archipelago, he said : "Commercially they were of the utmost importance to our country, located as t hey were at the very threshold of the Orient, with an importation last year amounting to $1,500,000,000, with an advancing civilization which will in a few years, by increasing their necessities, double it." "What do the Republicans propose to do with the Philippines ?" he was asked. "First, restore peace there. Then give them a good government, decent wages, arouse in the people an ambition to become good citizens, supply them with modem agricultural implements, construct railroads and highways, making access to the sea easy, build school houses, supply teachers, educate them so as to lit them for the exercise of governmental functions, then trust them with the control of local and municipal affairs. Possibly, in time, they may become fit to establish a republic, stable and strong enough to preserve order and peace, to protect life and property, to make treaties, observe their obligations uu der thein and compel others to dc likewise. "Possibly, when the time arrives, w< being the sole judges, might surrendei to them the sovereignty, reserv. ing to ourselves the oaval and coaling stations necessary for our uaval and merchant marine. So fur as I am personally concerned, I would nevei surrender the sovereignty to any peo pie within the islands, or to any natioi without. i'T am nnnfident. ihat in the neai future three or four regitneuls of white men, with possibly twice as many o: natives, will be ample to preserve the peace." An Important Statute. Audersou Intelligencer : There is s law on the statute books of South Carolina which is very much a dead letter. This law was approved by the governor on the 3rd day of March, 1899. It is entitled: "An Act to Prevent Drunkenness and Shooting Upon the Highway." The provision* of the law are very plain, simple and easily understood : "That any person who shall indulge in boisterous conduct while under the iufluence of intoxicating liquors or feigning to be under the influence of such liquors, 01 without just cause or excuse shall discharge any firearms while upon 01 within fifty yards of any public road except upon his own premises, shall he guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall pay a fine ol not more than one hundred dollars, 01 be imprisoned for not more than thirtydays. mm IFOIR, Here Is Pl( And Gc GET UP A CLUB P Two High Grade Bug of Furniture, Sewi Watches, Silvers THrS is tbe season during which the people of this section generally make selection of the newspaper they expect to read during the following year. We want THE ENQUIRER to go as a TWICE-A-WEEK visitor to every home in York county. With the assistance ol 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 the matter. Because an individual returned the name of a certain subscriber last year, is no reason why he should nave any ciaiui upuu mai siiusuiudi >uio year. Because one individual may already 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 tbem, and upon compliance with the conditions herein stated, have them counted. Our plan of compensation to clubmakers this year is on the same line as heretofore?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. Alter that the value of the premium is in proportion to the number of names returned. The Leading Premiums. For the LARGEST club of subscribers RETURNED and PAID FOR. at*1.75, we ofier the choice between the following premiums: A BEST GRADE "ROCK HILL BUGGY", with quarter-leather top, valued at 875; a BEST GRADE "YORKVILLE BUGGY," with quarterleather top, valued at ?60; a handsome SUIT OF FURNITURE valued at 350. For the NEXT LARGEST CLUB, we will give the choice between the above articles left after first choice. For the LARGEST CLUB OF NEW SUBSCRIBERS we will give the premium which is left after the first and second choice has been made. The handsome suit of furniture may be seen at the store of W. B MOORE A CO., and the buggies in the warerooms of the respective manufacturers in Yorkville and Rock Hill. In addition to the competitive premiums mentioned above, we also offer various other premiums for clubs containing specified numbers of names, and propose to deliver the premiums whenever the numbers specified are returned and paid for. Upon securing one premium?a watch or sewing machine, say? the clubmaker will be at liberty to try for the same thing again, or for anything else on the list, and if In the aggregate, by the 7TH DAY OF MARCH, 1900, ne shall have succeeded in retnrnlne and paying for the largest number oi NEW"NAMES, he will be entitled to the premium for the LARGEST CLUB OF NEW SUBSCRIBERS Just the same as if he had not previously taken other premiums. Now, then, read the list: FOR 00 SUBSCRIBERS. We will give the clubmaker his choice of the following premiums, eacli valued at 825: A FOUR DRAWER "ENQUIRER" SEWING MACHINE, together with all attachments: a "HOUSEKEEPER'S" SET OF KNIVES, FORKS AND SPOONS, made by Rogers; a "WALTHAM" WATCH in coin silver, dustproof case ; a BREECH-LOADING DOUBLEBARRELED GUN. FOR 40 AXI) LESS THAN 00 SUBSCRIBERS, we will give the clubmaker his choice of the following, each valued atSlo: WALTHAM WATCH, in open face silver case: set of half dozen ROGERS BROS'. KNIVES and FORKS (12 PIECES); or LOW ARM SINGER SEWING MACHINE a DOUBLE-BARRELED SHOTGUN. FOR SO AND LESS THAN 40 SUBSCRIBERS, choice of the following, each valued at SIO: NEW YORK STANDARD 7-JKWELED WATCH In dust-proof case; UK GOLD FILLED WATCH CHAIN,: a HALF DOZEN TEASPOONS. HALF DOZEN TABLESPOONS and BUTTER KNIFE (13PIEL. M. GRIST ' CAROLINA & NORTH-WESTERN , V RAILWAY CO. G. W. F. HARPER. President. J L. T. NICHOLS, Superintendent, r " Time Table No. 9?In Effect Jnne 4,1899. i Til A1X8 DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. EASTERN TIME STANDARD. f SOUTH. NORTH. ! 61. 9. 10. 62. STATIONS. ? 2nd 1st 1st 2nd Class. Class. Class. Class. A. M. P. M. Leave. Arrive. P. M. P. M. 5 30 4 30 Lenoir. 12 46 8 00 1 6 15 5 35 Hlckory?..? 11 50 5 55 9 10 6 05 Newton 11 20 4 00 ? 10 37 6 50 ...Llncolnton.... 10 37 2 40 11 35 7 39 Dallas 9 59 1 40 1 15 7 54 Gastonla 9 47 1 20 1 45 8 15 ....Crowder's.... 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 1 3 20 9 00 ?...Yorkvllle_... 8 45 11 20 I 3 50 9 20 Guthrles 8 25 10 37 4 05 9 28 ?.McConnells... 8 17 10 25 1 4 30 9 45 ..Lowrysvllle... 8 04 10 <0 5 15 10 11 Chester 7 40 9 25 PTM7 P. M. A. M. A. M. G. F. HARPER, G. P. A., Lenoir. N. C. E. F. REID, Auditor, Lenoir, N. C., J. M. MOORE, G. F. A., Lenoir, N. C. SADDLE AND STOVE FOR SALE. THE undersigned offers for sale a man's second-baud SADDLE, which is in a good condition, and was made by Mr. Geo. H. O'Leary, of Yorkville. Price 87. Also a second-class No. 7 COOKING STOVE with all necessary cooking vessels. In good condition. Price 810. L. M. GRIST. I HUM 1900. iasant Work K)d Pay. mrvn ntr A TTTT5 T1T5 UK TUB JSMJUMISK. ;gies, a Handsome Suit ng* Machines, Guns, rare, Books, Etc. , CES); or a SINGLE-BARRELED BREECH, LOADING GUN. i FOR 20 AND LESS THAN SO SUBSCRIBERS, we will give THE ENQUIRi ER and any monthly magazine or weekly i newspaper published In the United States, for r oneyear; or the following four books, "RED , RUCK," "DAVID HARRUM," "RICHARD j CARVEL," and "THE CHRISTIAN." FOR 10 AND LESS THAN 20 t SUBSCRIBERS, a copy of THE ENQUIRER for one year; a CONCAVE WARRANT, ED RAZOR; SILVER PLATED GRAVY LADLE: an extra quality FOUR BLADED . POCKET KNIFE, with name and address on 1 the handle; or a FOUNTAIN PEN. FOR 0 AND LESS THAN 10 SUBSCRIBERS, a "CLIMAX" WATCH, war ranted for one year; an extra quality THREE BLADED POCKET KNIFE: a copy of one of the following books, "DAVID HARRUM," "RED ROCK." or "RICHARD CARVEL;" or a CHILD'S SILVER PLATED TABLE SET. FOR 4 AND LESS THAN G SUBSCRIBERS, a "YANKEE" WATCH, warranted for one year; "Siren" pattern BUT, TER KNIFE,; a TWO-BLADED POCKET KNIFE, with name and address on handle: or a years subscription to any dollar magazine published in the United States. AND TO EACH OLD SUBSCRIBER, The Yorkvili.e Enquirer?TWICE-AWEEK?filled with bright, fresh news from THE COUNTY, STATE, NATION AND WORLD, Interesting stories, instructive miscellaneous matters, and humorous selections, ' explanatory editorials, etc. The paper will be held up to its present high standard, and will continue prompt, explicit, renuuic, uuu, ill short, the best. TO EACH NEW SUBSCRIBER, The same as above except that if the paper Is COMMENCED NOW, IT WILL BE SENT UNTIL JANUARY 1, 1901, without any ^ charge for that portion of the time between now and January 1, 1900. 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 theS1.75 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 OUR BOOKS ON SEPTEMBER 13, 1899. except we will not count as new subscribers, cases where the subscription may have been changed from the name of one member of a family to another. This is intended emphatically to mean new additions > to our subscription list. 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 4 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 ny tne ciuDmaaer. 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 la not necessary that the names on a club should all be at the same postofflce. Names ,v mav be taken at any number of places. Clubmakers are requested to send In names as rapidly as they secure them after November 4th, 1890. All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at the expense of those sending them. We will be responsible for the safe transmission of money only when sent by draft, registered letter or money order drawn on the Yorkville postofflce. In sending names, write plainly, and give ? postofflce, county and state. All subscriptions will be discontinued at the expiration or the time paid lor. A separate list will be kept for each 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, t 4ili day of November, 1X99, and expire at 4 * o'clock p. in., on Wednesday, the 7th day of March, 1900. & SONS, Yorkville, S. C.