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tumorous department. THE 1)00 WAS TIRED. General Lawton never wearied ol repeating the following story, which, he said, illustrated the irrepressible good humor of the Negro soldier: "The night of the El Caney affair," said the general, "when my division was marching hack to El Poso to take up a new position the next morning, I was silting with Major G. Creighton Wehb, inspector general of my staff, and one of the pluckiest men I kuow, at the side of the road. My men were filing past, and we watched them. Tbev were tired out; but full of gin ger. The day was just beginning to dawn when we heard some oue coming down the road, talking at the top of his lungs. He talked and laughed and laughed and talked, and the men with him were chattering and jokiug. " 'Here come the colored troops,' said Webb, and sure enough the Twenty-fifth infantry came along. The man who was doing the talking was a six-foot corporal. He carried two guns and two cartridge belts loaded full, and the mau to whom the extra gun and belt belonged was limping alongside him. The corporal was weighted down with his blanket and haversack ; but in his arms he carried a dog, the mascot of his compauy. " 'Here, corporal,' said Webb, 'didn't you march all last night?' " 'Yes, sir,' said the corporal, trying to salute. " 'And didn't you fight all day ?' " 'Sure, sir.' " 'And haven't you been marching ever since 10 o'clock tonight ?' " 'Yes, sir,' said the corporal. UVVoll fbnn ' chnillp/1 \Vphh 'ivHhL in thunder are you carrying that dog for ? "'Why, boss, the dog's tired,' was the reply. "Webb just rolled over in the dirt and laughed and cried like a boy."? Chicago Record. A Kentucky Comedy of Errors. There is a story of a young lady who was much admired and courted by a young man, who oue day kissed her against her will. It made her furious, and she indignantly exclaimed : "If you dare kiss me again, I'll tell my father!" She meant it; but he took it for the usual feminine bluff of such occasions and repeated the dose on the spot. She ran out of the room to the back porch, where her father had just finished oiling his gun. But by the time she arrived there she found out she wasn't as mad as she thought she was, aud batching up an excuse for her sudden appearance, said : "Papa, go in and show Mr. Blauk your gun. He is a great authority on birds and guns!" "I will," said the father, who is an enthusiastic sportsman, aud he made for the parlor, gun iu baud. Wheu her father entered the parlor that young man didn't even wait to say goodby; nor was be particular about his mauuer or place of exit. He broke through the 'window and struck a speed he thought would distance the gun as well as the old man. It was with difficulty the father cornered him a few duys later, and explained ; theu it was a moolh later be fore the girl could persuade him she had uot intended a practical joke. But he is mollified now, and goes to see her, aud, maybe, repeats the microbe doses ; but she don't "tell papa" any more.?Polk County News. Two Railroad Passes.?When its limited express trains were put on some years ago, the Lake Shore Railway company decided to charge extra for the privilege of riding on them, and John Newell, who was president of the system at that time, gave orders that passes, half rate tickets, etc., should not be honored on the "fliers." It was not inteuded, of course, that the complimentaries issued to high officials of other roads should be void on the fast trains; but through an oversight a yearly pass was seut to I). W. Caldwell, president of the Nickel Plate, which bore on its face the words : "Not good on Lake Shore limited trains." A few days after Mr. Caldwell's pass had been issued, Mr. Newell received au annual pass on the Nickel Plate with the following indorsement: "Not good on passenger trains." Messrs. Newell and Caldwell remained consistent enemies until the former died aud was succeeded by the latter as presideut of the Lake Shore.?Chicago Times-Herald. The Pride of Manhood.?The tima in o Krvv?'c life* 1C t h fltlV that he dons his first short trousers, Mrs. l'oyser's hantaui cock, which imagined that the sun rose every morning to hear him crow, could not strut with more conscious pride than did this little fellow, and he felt the im portauce incident to his first pair. Fiually, he stopped in front of his little sister and delivered himself ol these indisputable facts: "Sister, you can't never wear pants! Sister, you can't never have a mustache!" and finally, as a complete clincher: "Sister, you can't never be a man, nohow !" Overcome with the gloom of hei future, "sister" burst into an uncon trollable Hood of tears.?Memphis Scimitar. An individual applies to the cab compauy for a situation. "I)o you know how to drive?" "Yes, sir." "You kuow that you must be polite with all vour passengers?" "Ah !" "And honest. For example, what would do if you should find in your cab a poekethook containing $10,000 ?" "Nothing at all. I should live ou my income." fD&T "What a bewitching little thing your niece, Miss Mable, is !" declared the prim old bachelor. "She is so chic and animated?a charming little bundle of energy 1" "Horrors 1 What a time I've had," said Mabel, after he had gone. "These shoes are so tight they nearly killed me. 1 was simply writhing in agony ; couldn't keep still a minute !" WajjsMt Gatherings. W&" Worry often kills where a shotr gun wouldn't. i B&P The Hamburg-American line will try petroleum as fuel. , WST The < Da. trade in Western Germany has been stooped by a car famine. 8?* Congressman Boutelle.of Maine, has been committed to an insane asylum. 8?* Irish Fenians claim to have . 200,000 men who are willing to fight Great Britain. 8@T Don't make a friend of the man i who thinks more of his dog than he does of bis wife. 1 8?* The St. Petersburg papers say * 1 *- n 'J ?unioKJ n<r flptfut. mat rroviueuuo ia puuiouiu6 Britain for her greed. 8?" A 22 story building, to cost $4, 000,000, is to be erected at Nos. 25 33 Broad street, New York. 8?r* General Buller was bit in the side by a spent bullet from a schrapnel shell in the Colenso battle. JfiT The world is always ready to take oil' its hat to the man who does the right thing at the right time. 8?* Nearly 2,800 residents of Minnesota shared in 1899 in the tree-planting bounty, receiving $2.40 an acre. BelT The government has decided to allow no more Indians to leave their reservations for purposes of exhibition. 86T Prussian public teachers have been forbidden to go bunting, on the ground that it is an immoral pastime. 8ST1 Cracksmen's tools, found on the scenes of recent Paris burglaries, indicate the work of slick American crooks. BST The people of Great Britain are ? - al.I i?r~ beginning 10 realize inai never uciurc has the stability of the empire been so seriously threatened. 86T France proposes to expel from the country Max Nordau, a German correspondent, who has criticised Frenchmen as degenerates. Wag" The Ancient Order of Hibernians, of St. Louis, propose starting a fund of $1,000,000, for the transportation of troops to aid the Boers. 06T New fortifications nearly completed at San Francisco, Cal., will make the Golden Gate one of the best protected ports in the country. flair The Salvatiou Army has hired a hall in Paris close to the exposition building, and will conduct services daily for the benefit of visitors. B&" Experiments recently made in Europe with 49 different kinds of German, French and Austrian sugar beet seeds, show that German seed is by far the best. SSST An English authority has discovered that the average age at which Englishmen marry is 28 years and 5 months, and that of women 26 years and 2 months. AST The directors of the Royal Vesuvian Observatory announces that Mount Vesuvius is now perfectly quiet, and that the eruptive period of 1895-99 is definitely closed. A tongue made of rubber and resting on a pivot set between the teeth belongs to a New York man. He is also able to talk distinctly and freely, and eats with ease. A proposition by General Miles to have the highest class at West Point graduated in February in order to fill vacant lieutenancies finds an opponent in Adjutant General Corbiu. t?~ The British transport Hermes, with 900 mules, has sailed from New Orleans for Capetown. The Hermes is the sixth vessel which has left that port with mules for the Knglish army. 8ST The decision as to whether General Wheeler shall return to bis congressional duties or remain with the troops in the Philippines is left in the general's own hands by President McKinley. 8?" The discovery of the operations of a band of counterfeiters in Cuba is leading government officials to considi er the advisability of applying the United States laws against counterfeiting 1 to the island. 8?" The authorities in Algeria gave 1 $40,000 toward fighting the grasshoppers. In one section 3,200 camels 1 were employed to carry the material for burning over the places where eggs had been deposited. 8The largest corporation in the . world is in Pennsylvania?the Carnegie Steel company, capital stock $250,000,000. Next comes the Federation Steel company, of New Jersey, capital j authorized $200,000,000. 80T Dorsey W. Shackleford, who has taken Bland's seat in congress, is a rich man. He made his money in the large zinc and lead mines of Camden county, Missouri, of the best of which i lio 5ci i#?al 1 v thp nvvilPT I .. J ?aT" Merchants in the upper part of New York City are complaining of the ! number of counterfeit half-dollars that f were heing offered them in the rush of the Christmas shopping. The pieces ! were very good counterfeits in appear ance, but they were of very light ' weight. W8P When the Boers mobilized their forces it is said that they only called out the first levy of men between IS | and 34, some 25,000 in all. The second levy would consist of those between 35 and 50. The third levy ( would sweep in everybody else capable of bearing arms. ?aT" A New York dispatch, of Thursday says that arrangements are heiug . perfected to Americanize the French Panama Canal company. The Panama canal is now nbout two-fifths completed and it is thought that with au other $100,000,000, communication can 1 be opened between the Caribean sea and the Pacific ocean. ?5T It is a habit of Senator Cockerel!, ..r Mioomii.; in iii ilift senate the ; name of every constituent who sends him a petition for presentation. This i gets tne name of his people in the Record in big black type, which they delight to see when he sends them marked copies with his .compliments. It is said that in this way be has been able to keep in closer touch with his people than any other member of the senate. Jam anil Jivrsiilc. Buttermilk and Health.?But few appreciate buttermilk. It would be a sorry day for the doctors aud bogs if everybody ate and drauk as much buttermilk as the writer, says A. X. Hyatt, in Northwestern Agriculturist, g I give buttermilk considerable credit o for the fact that I have never been so t sick as to have a doctor come to feel ^ my pulse and look at my tougue. I do not believe we would find half as much c error and nonsense iu our agricultural 1 papers if all the editors would eat and ( drink enough buttermilk. Buttermilk t clears the brain aud clears the blood, g A noted physician said not long ago that buttermilk is "a true milk peptone." That is, milk already partially * digested. It is a decided laxative and j uothing equals it in habitual constipa- ? tioD. It is a diuretic aod is excellent for kidney troubles. It is the most * refreshing and digestible of all the products of milk. Nothing is better in the treatment of diabetes. In some cases of cancer of the stomach and j gastric ulcer, buttermilk is the only food that can be retained. One of my neighbors spent uaouey enough to go to the Philippines for doctors, drugs, * etc., to cure rheumatism, without gelting uuy better. I told bim that a ( few barrels of nice buttermilk would drive rheumatism from his anatomy, ' and it was done with less than a , barrel, worth about 20 cents per 100 ^ pounds to feed hogs. I know of half a dozen in this county of buttermilk who j lay the cure of their rheumatism to loppered milk and buttermilk. Any ( of you who think your system needs a { little beer, whisky or tobacco, try buttermilk instead (give it a good trial) ^ and become happier and healthier. ( The only stimulants this writer lakes in his old age are buttermilk and t loppered milk, and my friends (and I, ( too) are proud of me. Any one who knows Mr. Hyatt will j not need to be convinced that he has been drinking from the fountain of ( youth. If this is found in the butter- i milk jar, every farmer has it at his ^ disuosal. Buttermilk is food and . drink, as most people know. If il is medicine it is still more desirable. Avoid Unkind Speeches.?Aren't there some limes iu your life when everything seems to go wrong, no matter how hard you try to huve them to go right? Those are the trying days when you want to blame all the trouble on the way you got out of bed iu the moruing, or ou other people, in stead of looking the matter squarely iu the face, and saying, "It's one ol my exasperating days, and if I can only keep my temper until night comes, tomorrow will be different? Words may be forgiveu, but the} are not so easily forgotten. The unkiud speech that is forced from you because you are not feeling quite well, or the pettish, annoying little action that you indulge in simply because you are nervous or worried, doesn't do you one bit of good, and makes everyoue about you uncomfortable, and long after the words have been uttered, or the deed done, the memory will raukle and bum, and you will wish that you hud held ou to your tongue and your temper before you got into such a scrape. Remember tnis the next lime that you feel put out by the world iu geueral.?Rural World. Why Cows Dry Up.?Cows go dry from mismanagement more than from auy other cause. Irregularity of milking aud failure to "strip"' will cau?e f ? _ j? _ rc rni? . : -1 ?? ill. any cow io ciry on. ine iiuue&t mil* v is the last drawn from the udder, and s for that reason alone the dairymen t should strip closely. Changes of food, c when made suddeuly, will also cause c the cows to fall of in yield ; but in winter the cause may also be due to extreme cold and insufficient shelter, o while in summer the use of netting in o the windows to prevent the entrance o of flies and other insects, will serve to r prolong the milking period.?Farm o and Field. o ? r Winter Work.?There is plenty of ? work to do in winter if the farm is ? rightly managed. It is the season of 11 the year for repairs and renewals. ' Every implement or piece of machinery should be overhauled and all e repairs ordered, so as to be ready for I the spring work. An implement that l] is in good order saves labor and en- 1 aides the farmer to hurry with the early work when every day is valuable. 1 The farmer who does not place his c implements under cover at this season, F may be forced to buy new ones much earlier than he thinks.?St. Louis Globe-Democrat. a . , . v To Preserve Smoked Meat.?In ? order to keep smoked meat in summer ^ so that it will not be bothered by bugs, mold, slime and other enemies, it is a good practice to dry it thoroughly and pack in barrels with alfalfa and other chaff. Then roll the barrel into a cool, t dry room, and the meats will keep in excellent condition. Dampness cannot affect the meat packed in the , cnan, and insects win never get lino the chall' to reach the pork. This r method is better than coating the F meats with black pepper, paper, muslin ! sacks and other devices.?Western l: Agriculturist. - e Infectious Diseases.?Measles are e most infectious in the early stages, t scarlet fever and scarlatina during the peeling of the skin. Typhoid is usual- >i ly conveyed by germs from the excre- |( lions of the patient. No member of t a family with an infectious disease t should go to church or any other place where persons are congregated, 3 should not borrow hooks from a library, t uor mix with other people more than 0 can possibly be helped, as one person c may be the means of spreading disease t to many. ,. ti shaklni; Hands.?An authority on c etiquette says the desirable mode of u shaking hands is to clasp our friend's e hand iirmly for one moment, with a u scarcely perceptible shake, and no up s< and down movement, letting go at c once. The etiquette of fashionable p society pronounces hand-shaking, v while being introduced, ill-bred under g ordinury circumstances.?St. Louis t (Globe Democrat. tl ittiscfllancous ^carting. MURDER FOR MISDEMEANOR. lere In a Strong Protest Against a Most Flagrant Tendency. In Columbia, on December 22, a Ne* ;ro who was under arrest on the charge C -J f nnrlor lion >1 unpusiug UI |JIU|1CI vjr U uv*v? ? ?-, ried to escape aud was shot io the iack by the Constable who had him io harge, and who should have bad him ied. Next day, Mr. VV. A. Clark, of Columbia, addressed the following imely communication to the Columbia itate: Upon reading in the morning's pater the account of the shooting of a trisoner by a constable, it was witb trofound regret that I turned to your iditorial columns and there found no trotest against such flagrant violations if law. The great crime of the day is the tiler disregard of human life ; and novhere does this evil more abound than u our own state. The current of this evil must be tayed or our civilization will be imterilled. ,?i To say i^qthiug of the moral law, it vould seem as though we had drifted ar away frdm! both the fundamental >riuciples of both the English Comnon Law and our own Bill of Rights, fhere we are taught that human life is acred ; and that none shall "be derived of his life, liberty or property viihout due process of law." Under the benign iufluence of our nvilization. aud under the gradual svolution Of a belter law ; bul few ii'imes are so hideous as to be punishtble with death ; and yet we find in the nidst of this very civilization, and uuier the protection of this very law, he growing tendency on the part of .Ite individual to avenge his wrongs, >r even fancied wrougs, with the life ol lis fellow man. This disregard of human life is bad mough, indeed, among the lawless; iut how incomparably worse when vitnessed among those clothed with he authority of law, uud wearing even .he iusignia of their high office. The reckless use of the pistol by our >eace officers (constables, policemen, ;uards, etc.,) while making arrest, or ireveutiug an escape from arrest, iu .he ordinary cases of misdemeanor, has some to be such a eommou practice hat it suffices to cause alarm amoug aw-abidiug citizens. How it has beeu olerated so long it is hard to con ;eive. The impression seems to prevail that, for any cause, the peace offi:er is warranted in taking life iu order ,o affect the arrest. How such an idea ;ver became current it is hard to uu lerstaud. Ignorance of the law affords no exjuse, and they should be informed that 10 crime short of a felony will warrant he taking of life as a necessary meaus >faffectini? the arrest: and even then )?ly under very peculiar circumstan:es. Iu fact, the peace officer's weapon s intended as a means of defence rathjr than offense. From the newspaper statement, the prisoner was under arrest, charged vilh having "disposed of goods under ien." From the statement it further ippears the goods were of but small ^alue. At. most, the offense was but a nisdemeauor, and had he been tried ind convicted the severest sentence of he court would have been "hard la)or on the chaingang" for perhaps 30 lays. And now, for an attempt to escape rom arrest, before trial and before conviction, he is shot down, and probably hot to death by the constable. For his act the constable is guilty of a nost aggravated assuult should the nan live; and should he die, he is ;uilty of murder. The great crime committed by this iflicer is, of course, against the person if his unfortunate prisoner. But the ifrense does not end there. By such ecklesss, useless aud unwarranted use >f a pistol upon the public streets, iu me of the most densely populated >ortions of the city, whereby the lives if those passing were at least eulaugered, he committed a crime gainst the city and every citizen hereof. We have witnessed in the past too ;reat a disregard of the lives of our >eople by the reckless use of pistols ipon the public streets, aud it is high ime that it should be stopped. The respousibility rests with those a authority. The peace aod dignity if the state aud of the city should he (reserved and the lives of our citizens luly protected. For fhe sake, therefore, of the peace nd good order of this commuuity, as veil as for the protection of the lives if our law abiding citizens, I trust hat those clothed with the proper auhority, will use this as an occasion to emedy this great evil. - j * - - ? Tlhi PAPER TRUST. 'lutinp Clttrk, of MiHHonri, Propones to Try to Swamp It. As soon as congress re-asseuibles, Congressman Chump Clark, of Missoui, will introduce a bill proposing to ilace all kinds of paper used in printng, and wood pulp from which paper s made, on the free list. r. Clark for years has beeu eonnectd with priutiug enterprises, aud takes lold of ibis proposition with u knowldge of all facts concerning the quesion of a trust as applied to publishers. Speaking of this bill 3Ir. Clark says: As it is itnposible to secure a general bw tariff bill, I have determined to try he only feasible way of reachiug cerain iniquitous monopolies that now are ided by the government, namely, by pecial acts taking on me auues on heir products. I have a strong hope f breaking the ice with this bill, beause ull the newspaper publishers of he land, regardless of politics, are diectly interested in securing this reducion. With united ellorl they can seure such force ofseutuneut as to demand action and without delay. The ditors, in my experience, are not lealy-mouthed about expressing themelves where their own interests are oncerned, as tbey are in this important matter. II they make their iews clearly known to nil their conressmen and seuators, as many of hem already are doing, we can get lie ways and means committee to report a bill early in this a^ssiou. There ought to be no serious difficulty in this, and will not be, if the p.ipers, large and small, express their views and bring reasonable pressure upon their lawmakers. Perhaps the paper trust is not worse than some others; but if we can first get the government aids to it stopped, it will be an excel lent precedent for working in other . directions where relief is ueeded quite as badly. IN COUNTIES ADJOINING. Summary of the News That Im lleiug Published by Exchanges. I1 CHESTER?The Lantern, December 29: The mother of Mr. L. T. ? Nichols died in Atlanta a few days n ago. A royal treat was given the I Eureka mills people ou Christmas r Day. The compauy furnished 40 or I 50 turkeys, and the ladies of the A. R. P. church cooked them and furnished bread and cakes, and the church raised some cash for fruits and confeclione- i ries. We think a few others gave aid, f and altogether they had a grand time, i Mr. F. M. Nuil's store was en- jj tered early last night through a rear j window. The thief was seeu by some one passing ; but he left in such a hurry that he took nothing along thai can be missed. On Monday, Mr. W. S. Taylor was elected chief of po lice to till the vacancy caused by tin death of Mr. Morgan. Mr. C. S. Fudge resigned his position on the J force, and Mr. B. E. YVrigbt is serving ^ temporarily. Mrs. Sallie Higgin.- s Butler died ut her home in Abbevillt last Friday, and was buried in thai town. Mrs. Butler spent most of hei girlhood in Chester county and liven with her husband in this city a few years ago. Mrs. W. A. Burbci and children arrived in the city las: Friday morning from New York They will spend two or three week.* here with relatives and their mailt friends. We have beard of a Ne gro row about Woodward a few day.ago. A woman got after u man with a gun; but the thiug to lie expected happened in this cate?>he shot an other man. Then the other Negroes, with true southern chivalry, pursued the woman's husband. Some one " threw a rock at him aud struck another who was reclining agaiust a tree i?a/iI/ tuuu nhuf.tpi'pf] r.n (JU&llJg. i IJC iwvn ?l MW wi.Mv*v.w.? pieces. We have not heard whether it waked the sleeper or not. Mr. J. Smith Hardin, of Blackstock, brought us a liberal sample of bis second crop Irish potatoes a few days ago. They are hurd to beat for quality, and he makes them in paying quality, and he makes them in paying . quantities. He bad dug 57} bushels from a half acre and expected to plow . the grouud over and get several bush els more. He has raised this variety of Irish potatoes with such success that they have tuken the name of the Hardiu potatoes. Major J. W. Reed tells us that the Fuirtield members of the old Sixth regiment are talking of a rally of the veterans of the Sixth regiment, and think Chester . the most central place to meet. What | do the survivors say? Charlie ' Brandt, Charlie McAliley, Walter Moffatt, Henry White and Bobbie Lathau, of Erskine college, and Miss Beatrice Walker, of the Female college, came home for Christmas. Besides these, Mr. J. L. Hemphill, of Georgia, is with ' Charley McAliley ; Mr. C. E. Harper, of Virginia, is with Henry White ; Mr. Eddie Henry, of Alabama, is with his relatives here ; and Miss Wiseman, of Mississippi, is visiting the Misses Guy. r Mr. Robert Millen, of the Theological seminary, is also at home. a CHEROKEE?The Gaflhey Ledger, 1 December 29: Mr. and Mrs. A. N. 1 Wood announce the marriage of their j daughter, Ida Estelle, to Mr. George J Blanton, of Shelby, N. C., the wed- f ding to occur Wednesday evening, January 17th, at 8.30 in the Presby- J terian church in this city. Mr. Joe t W. Gaflfney, of this city, aud Miss Betlie Brown, near Clifon, were united t in wedlock last Sunday by the Rev. j Mr. Vaughn, of Clifton. The happy t young couple came to Gaffuey Christ- 1 "ftofnAAn o?H twill mitL'P thltt tlltMl* ' iuao aiiciuuvu Hiiu i> in emmww ....w ... future home. They are at present ; hoarding with Mr. and Mrs. W. M. J Sanders. Joseph Greene, of Cliuton, ' where it is said he was second hand in ] mill No. 2, wus found dead about one J, mile east of the city on last Saturday t morning. Coroner Viuselte held an s inquest. The verdict of the jury was ( that death was caused by whisky aud t the cold rain of the night before. J Oo Sunday Mr. Jones Laveuder and . Miss Edna Blanton, daughter of Mr. ? and Mrs. Josiah Blanton, drove over to > Clintou to the home of Mr. Lavender's t mother and were married. The groom is in the employ of the Gaffney Carpet Manufacturing company. They will j reside in GafTuey. On Tuesday, c December 19th, at the home of the ' bride's parents, in the lower part of ! the county, Miss Mollie Kirby and Mr. Benjamen Goforth were united by the 1 Rev. J. N. Isom, of Keltou. Mr. Walker Goforth acted as best man, v while Miss Eileu Kirby made a most a attractive bride's maid. Mr. Gibbes Wilkins and Miss Dussie Goforth were '(i the attendants. At the home of (. the bride's mother, Mrs. Harriet Petty, on Sunday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, in ll the presence of a large circle of friends, J M ss Mamie G. Petty was wedded to v Mr. I). E. Lemons, Rev. W.T. Thompson officiating. The attendants were " Mr. Joseph Watkins and Miss Ida [> Lemons, Mr. Thomas Loekhart and MW A lip I'ett v. On Sunday, near p this city, in the presence of a few select friends, Mr. Kufus Byars and \{ Miss Vennie Pryor were married by 0 the Rev. W. T. Thompson. While " taking some powder out of his pocket P one day last week, Mr. Prater Smith n, and his father were badly burned. " There was a hole iu the paper sack and a stream of powder went into the ^ fire, igniting the entire lot and burning F both father and son painfully, hut not fatally. While shooting firecrackers F Mr. Andy Brown was severely hurt by "j the prematuie explosion of a large H cannon cracker. One of his hands was nearly torn ofT. HI J hi W KACfiINU ANI) Tll-X ?''J QECOND-IIAND BAGGING AND A O TIES, 40 cents a pattern. Second 1> band Bagging with New Ties, 50 cents a pattern. Small surplus on band for the m first comers. YORK COTTON MILLS. | October 18 w tf Founded 1842. w "Sing their own praise." EXA.S YOUR. WIFE hAI'HHTEK OK SISTER BEEN LOMilXK FOR A PIANO? Why not give her one for Christmas? One f those celebrated, reliable, sweet-toned STIEFF PIANOS. We'll not burden your purse with a BIG HICK, and we'll give you convenient terms 1 which to do the paying. Catalogue and book of suggestions cheerfully Iven. 'ine Tuning and Repairing. Palace Organs. IhQd M atipff PIANO MANUFACTURER, Hd\ lU. olluii. BALTIMORE. Maryland. "actor? Branch fareroom, * 'MS: C. L. WILMOTH, Manager. August 23 w 6m MONEY TO LOAN. \N FARMING LANDS. Easy payJ inents. No commissions charged, inrrower pays actual cost of perfecting iian. Interest 8 per cent. For further it formation apply to JOHN B. PALIER A SON. Columbia. S. C., or GEO. W. S. HART, Attorney, Yorkville, S. C. September 13 w 6m PI Nl.bY A BRICK. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Yorkville. S. C. \ I.L business entrusted to us will be la given prompt attention. OFFICE IN THE BUILDING AT 'HE REAR OF H. C. STRAUSS'.iTnRK. NOT i Ih 'T^HE chet | khe ?* wni n ItV .VP.TNI-1* u\ruiy JLF * VM JLJ JL^ J. 1 X YORKVILLE FOR Here Is Pie And Go JET UP A CLUB F( rwo High Grade Bug of Furniture, Sewii Watches, Silvers rHIS is the season during which the people of this section generally make election of the newspaper they expect to ead during the following year. We want THE ENQUIRER to go as a rWICE-A-WEEK visitor to every home 11 York county. With the assistance of rOallifrnnt anH tmattt'nrlhv friends in the Liferent localities we know it can he totten into many homes to which it is not low going. This assistance is of innch ralue to us, and it is our purpose to pay br it most liberally, in proportion to the terviee rendered. . The propositions we make herein are o all responsible individuals, in each and ;very locality. There is no monopoly in he matter. Because an individual retimed the name of a certain subscriber ast year, is no reason why he should lave any claim upon that subscriber this ?'ear. Because one individual may already be at work in a given neighborlood, is no reason why another should lot also canvass in that neighborhood. Every elubmaker is entitled togetsubicribers whenever and wherever he or the may be able to get them, and upon inmpliance with the conditions herein itated, have them counted. Our plan of compensation to clubmak;rs this year is on the same line as hereolbre?a competition for TWO LEADING PREMIUMS to be awarded lor the TWO LARGEST clubs, and a third leadng premium for the largest club of S'EW SUBSCRIBERS. Alter that the ,'alue of the premium is in proportion to he number of names returned. The Leading Premiums. For the LARGEST club of subscribers RETURN ED and PAID FOR. at $1.75, we liter the choice between the following preniums: A BEST GRADE "ROCK JILL BUGGY", with quarter-leather op, valued at 875; a BEST GRADE 'YORKVILLE BUGGY." with quartereather top, valued at 8ti0; a handsome iUIT OF FURNITURE valued at 850. For the NEXT LARGEST CLUB, ve will give the choice between the above rticles left after tirst choice. F.,r the LARGEST CLUB OF NEW IUBSCRIBERS we will give the premiiin which is letl after the tirst and second hoice has been made. The handsome suit of furniture may ie seen at the store of W. B MOORE ; CO., and the buggies in the wardrooms f the respective manufacturers in Yorkille and Rock IIill. In addition to the competitive premiums lentloned above, we also otter various other miliums for clubs containing specified num* ersof names, and propose to deliver the preliuins whenever the numbers specified are .'turned and paid for. Upon securing one remlum? a watch or sewing machine, say? te clubmaker will be at liberty to try for the one thing again, or for anything elsp on the si, and If in the aggregate, b.v the 7TH DAY K MAItt It, I!K0, he shull have succeeded In iturnlng and paying for tlie largest number I NEW NAM FX, he will be entitled to the remlum for the I.AHftfcXT CLUB OF NEW I'BSOHIBKICS Just the same as If be bad ot previously taken other premiums. Now, ten, read the list: FOH 00 SFHSCHI It KttS. *e will plve the elubmuker Ills choice of the Rowing premiums, each valued at ?5: A OUR DRAWER "ENQUIRER" SEWING IACHINE, together with all attachments; "HOUSEKEEPER'S" SET OK KNIVES, ORKS ANI) SPOONS, made by Rogers; a WALTHAM" WATCH in coin silver, dustmofcase ; a BREECH-LOADING DOUBLEARRELED GUN. ( FOE 41) AX It LESS Til AX Hit JBSCRIBERS, we will give the elubmaker 1 s choice of the following, each valued at SIS: ' 'ALTHAM WATCH, in open face silver ! use; set of iialf do/en ROGERS BROS'. NIVES and FORKS (I'-'PIECES) ; or LOW RM SINGER SEWING MACHINE a , UUBLE-HARRKLED SHOTGUN. 1 FOR :t0 AM) LESS Til AS 40 \ JBSCRIBERS, choice of the following, eueh ? L. M. GKIST ?! THE COMMERCIAL AND FARMERS BANK, KOCK IIILL, S. C. CAPITAL, $00,000. COMMENTED BUSINESS OCTOBER 18. 189S. WITH AMPLE RESOURCES ahd everv facility for the transaction of the BANKING BUSINESS in all it* branches, being specially authorized and empowered under its charier to act as Trustee, Guardian, Administrator, Attorney, etc., of every description ami under the appointment of courts, this bank so 11UJU4 lilt; UII9IIIC9n t;i uil ^wiabKMio, in ma and individuals, tendering all the courtesies and accommodations that are usually extended by a well conducted and obliging banking house. Correspondence or a call solicited from those contemplating a change in their BANKING ARRANGEMENTS or the opeil- , ing of a new account. Interest Rearing Certificates of Deposit Issued Under Special Agreements. A. H WHITE. President, .. A. E. SMITH, Vice President. K. LEE KERR, Cashier, " GEO. D. WHITE. Asst. Cashier. December 14 w tf MANY OK MY CUSTOMERS HAVE SETTLED THEIR fertilizer bills and accounts; but there are somp who have not. To the latter I beg to say that these accounts ARE ALL I UE, and I need the money. Please call and settle promptly. I wish to sayto the.<pulx^y,,ti)at Mr. J. Claude Hell is with me and will "be glad to wait upon his friends. W. H. HICK LIN, Guthriesville, S. C. ILWAYS SAVED, g ipest it not the best, but the best it W leapest, and the best Buggy it none IS >od. Then why practice economy at If rong end? For a dollar or to more M as can be made, and you might at well N as not. Did it ever occur to you in N lOgWUM^cl V & ALI.ISON. Till 1900. asant Work od Pay. )R THE ENQUIRER. gies, a Handsome Suit ig Machines, Guns, rare, Books, Etc. I valued at 810: NEW YORK STANDARD 7-JEWELED WATCH In dusLproof case; MK GOLD FILLED WATCH CHAIN.; a HALF DOZEN TEASPOONS, HALF DOZEN TABLESPOONS and BUTTER KNIFE (13 PIECES) ; or a SINGLE-BARRELED BREECHLOADING GUN. FOR 20 AXD LESS THAX SO SUBSCRIBERS, we will give THE ENQUIR- ER and any monthly magazine or weekly newspaper published in the United States, for one year; or the following four books. "RED ROCK," "DAVID HARRUM," "RICHARD CARVEL," and "THE CHRISTIAN." FOR lO AXD LESS THAX 20 SUBSCRIBERS, a copy of THE ENQUIRER for one year: a CONCAVE WARRANTED RAZOR; SILVER PLATED GRAVY LADLE: an extra quality FOUR BEADED POCKET KNIFE, with name and address on the handle; or a FOUNTAIN PEN. . FOR ? AXD LESS THAX 10 SUBSCRIBERS, a "CLIMAX" WATCH, warranted for one year; an extra quality THREE BLADED POCKET KNIFE: a copy of one of the following books, "DAVID HARRUM," "RED ROCK,,For "RICHARD CARVEL;"or a CHILD'8 SILVER PLATED TABLE SET. FOR 4 AXD LESS THAX 0 SUBSCRIBERS, a "YANKEE" WATCH, I wurranted for one year; "Siren" pattern BUTTER KNIFE,; a TWO-BLADED POCKET j KNIFE, with name and address on handle: or a years subscription to any dollar magazine published In the United States. AXD TO EACH OLD SUBSCRIBER, The Yokkvili.e Enquirer?twice-Aweek?tilled with bright, fresh news from THE county, state, nation and world, Interesting stories, Instructive miscellaneous matters, and humorous selections, explanatory editorials, etc. The paper win De held up to its present nigh standard, and will continue prompt, explicit, reliable, and, In short, the Dest. TERMS AXD COXDJT1ON8, By new subscribers, we mean those whose names were not on OUR BtXJKS 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 81 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 hold personally responsible for the payment of all names returned by them. After a elubmuker has returned and paid for any name, he can. at anytime thereafter, discontinue the sending of the paper to the person for whom lie 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 bedeltvered until a satisfactory settlement lias been made for ail names returned by the clubmaker. Persons who commence making clubs wili not be permitted to transfer their club to another clr.bmaker's list ufter the names have been entered on our books. It is not necessary that the names on a club should all be at the same postofllce. Names ?" irf.n nr. an v number of places. ('in breakers ure requested to send In names * its rapidly as they secure them after November 4th, IKIHI. All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at the expense of those sending them. We will be res|?onsible for the snfe transmission of money only when sent by dratt, registered letter or money order drawn on the Yorkvllle postottlce. ? In sending names, write plainly, and give [lostofliee, county and state. All subscriptions will be discontinued at the expiration ol the time paid tor, A sepai ute list will be kept for each club maker, who will be credited with each name <ent, so that the number sent by any one perion may beaseertained 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 luder our propositions will commence now, I II day of November, 1H99, anil expire at 4 'clock p. no, on Wednesday, the 7th duy > March, 1900. k SONS, Yorkville, S. C.