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tumorous department. SH0T6UN HUNG FIRE. After supper I sat down for a smoke and a talk with a squatter; but in about half an hour he rose up and said: "Wall, stranger, I'll hev to leave yo' fur an hour or so to visit with the old woman and children." " I did not inquire the reason for his departure, of course, but as he took his gun and walked down the road the wife felt called upon to explain: "He ens Jist gwlne down thar about a mile to hunt." 'I see. Is this the coon season around here?" "Coons? Oh no! Coonskins hain't wuth shucks this time o* yar." "And the same with possum and woodchifcks, I suppose?" "Sartin. No use to kill varmints in the summer." "Any bears around here?" I asked, wondering what the squatter could be hunting." 'Reckon not, sah. Hain't nobody sen a b'ar around yere for many y'ars." "But what kind of game do you have ?round here that is hunted at night with a g-un?" "Only Jist folks, sah?jist folks!" "Do you mean that your husband has gone to hunt a human being?" "Yes, sah; that's it. Jim's gone to hunt a man?man named Snicker. Yes, Jim's gone down to the crossroad to hunt Dan Snicker." "But where does Dan Snicker live?" " 'Bout five rrliles west. He un bin to town today and has to go home by the crossroads. Jim's bin lain' fur him a y'ar." "And he will shoot him as he comes riding along?" "Sartin to! Dan Snicker him popped at Jim once; but didn't hit. Sot over thar in the smudge, stranger, and the pesky 'skeeters won't bite so hard." It was 11 o'clock and I was In bed when Jim returned. The wife sat in the open door smoking her pipe, and as the husband turned in from the road she calmly inquired: "Pop him, Jim?" "No. Mandy." "Fur why not?" "Gun hung fire, and he got away." "Shoo! Hev to try ag'in!" "Of coise. Stranger turned in?" "Yes-?-come 'long to bed!"?Chicago News. His Day For Paying.?A curious and highly dramatic incident occurred in Tom Sullivan's sample room near the city hospital one evening during the last week. A hobo with a highly colored nose and a choice crop of whiskers entered, and in a husky voice said to the barkeeper, who rejoices In the name of "Shorty," "Gimme a beer, please, mister!" The beer was drawn and placed on the counter. The hobo drew a long breath and In a few moments his nose could be seen shinning through the bottom of the glass, which was empty. Then, turning to "Shorty," he politely said: "Will you please bend your ear this way?' "Shorty" compiled and the tramp whispered something. Then "Shorty" politely made the same request: "Will you please bend your ear this way, sir?" The tramp complied, bending over the bar, and "Shorty" hit him a terrible half-arm poke In the ear, and a moment later chased him through the swinging doors with the beer mallet. When the bartender returned he explained the matter by stating that the tramp had asked him to wait until Saturday for the money for the- beer, and when he asked him "What Saturday?" the tramp had answered "Easter Saturday."?Cincinnati Enquirer. , ? ^ j Against their principles.?- we heard you whipping your boy in the woodshed last night," said the spokes- ; man of the party. < "Yes," replied the indignant parent, i "the youngster played hookey from school, ate up two jars of his mother's j jams, tumbled his little sister of off her i high chair, and tried to build a bonfire ( in the barn." "No matter," returned the spokes- i man; "it is government without the i consent of the governed, and we can- ] not permit it." i "Besides that," went on the indig- ] nant parent, "he. broke three windows j in your basement." i "What!" cried the spokesman; "is he i the boy who did that? Why he ought 1 to be licked with an inch of his life! ] I'd like to have the handling of him for a day or so and I'd teach him to behave himself." | "But government without the consent ] ?? "Is a theory, nothing but a theory? a measly little impossible theory!" Getting Too Near Home. ? An amusing story comes from Yorkshire, I England. A local socalist lecturer was 1 spouting away like the intellectual whale that he was not, and had passed from the main tenets of socialism to a consideration of communism in property. Prom the way he talked one would have supposed that he owned the world and was ready?nay, eager?to give half It to his brethren to divide among themselves. As he paused to take a drink ja. cutler in the crowd put a question. "Saay, does socialism mean, then, mat it tna a two osses ma a gie me one ? The lecturer smiled as he set down the glass. "Of course," he said. "Willingly Aw'd gie thee one." 'If tha'd two cabs," pursued the cutler, "would tha gie me one?" 'Ah," returned the lecturer, still smiling, "tha should hev a cab, my brother." "If tha hed two pigs," still went on the cutler, "I should hev one, then?" The lecturer smiled no more. 'Thee shut thy face," he said; "thee knaws Aw've gotten two pigs!" As the Small Bot Wrote It.?A teacher in one of Boston's public schools had instructed her pupils in hygiene, and toward the end of the term, wishing to see how well they could remember, told them to each to write out a little story of the human body. The following is copied from the "story" one small boy handed her, with the 1 confident assurance that he knew it was all right, for he had studied very , hard over it: "The human body is divided into three parts; the head, the thorax and the abdomen. "The head contains the brains, if there are any; the thorax contains the heart and the vital organs: and the abdomen the vowels, of which there are five. a. e, i, o, and u. and sometimes w and y."?Household. gKusceUanrouji fteadfofl. FROM NEIGHBORING EXCHANGES. News and Comment That Is of More or Less Local Interest YORK?Rock Hill Herald, November 14: Miss Carrie Neisler left Monday for Spartanburg, where she will take a business course in stenography and bookkeeping Mrs. W. D. Alexander, nee Miss Hattie May, came to Rock Hill last Thursday to visit relatives, and left yesterday morning Mrs. J. H. Witherspoon, of Lancaster, .came to Rock Hill last Friday, to visit her daughter, Mrs. Walter Kerr, and she returned to her home Monday Mrs. Minnie Ratterree and daughter, Miss Janie, with Miss Amelia Beckham, went to Augusta, Ga., Monday, to attend the Confederate reunion in that Of Vi lno?an? M> W bllC V bii ... A. Smith, of Newport, killed a pig only 9 months and 25 days old, whose net weight was 329 pounds. This would do for a "hog tale," but It was given to us as a "pig tale." Mr. J. L. Sturgis, near Lesslie, received a very painful wound on his right hand Monday, while attempting to remove one of his wagons from mud in which his mules had stalled Miss Nettie, daughter of Policeman Wilkerson, of this city, recently graduated in stenography and typewriting in a business college in Charlotte and at once secured a very desirable place as stenographer in the Job department of the Charlotte Observer Mr. W. C. Martin, a former resident, spent Sunday in the city. He is now with the Caroline Manufacturing company, of Charlotte. He says that during the six months of his connection with that company it has sold over $6,000 worth of goods in Rock Hill Mr. J. Ed Reid, accompanied by Messrs. Allie Reid, his brother, and Hope Whyte, left for Anderson Monday night, where Mr. Reid will be married this evening to Miss Mamie, daughter of Rev. J. B. Campbell. After the marriage, Mr. Reid will leave with his bride for Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York, and will return home in about ten days Mr. Willie Robinson and his bride, nee Miss Bessie Berry, of Guyton, Ga., are visiting the former's aunt, Mrs. S. H. Huey, in this city Monday, at the meeting of the A. R. P. Synod, in session at Lewisville, Ga., Captain W. L. Roddey, of this city, was unanimously elected treasurer of the Theological Seminary at Due west and of the McMillan fund. This was a very complimentary appointment, but upon inquiring of Captain Roddey yesterday he informed us he had declined to accept the place, as he could not undertake its duties. The McMillan fund is a very large one Mr. F. E. Brodie has resigned his place as superintendent of the Rock Hill Electric Light plant, and has accepted the superintendency of the Alabama Light and Power company, at Opelika, Ala. Mr. Brodie will leave tonight for his new field of labor. Mrs. Brodie will remain at her home in this city for the present. Mr. S. T. Frew has been given the position made vacant by the resignation of Mr. Brodie. This arrangement will not interfere with Mr. Frew's foundry and machine shop work The board of governors of the Rock Hill Commercial club held a very enthusiastic meeting on Friday night of last week and another on Monday night of this week. The board transacted considerable business of much Interest to the citizens of our town. While no definite action was taken, the establishment of an opera I" nin> nltv In TirhlnVl will fllsn hp 1IVUOC AAA VUt V* vj I <M it A1CVM ?? ? ??? located the club's headquarters, was discussed at considerable length and met the unanimous approval of the members of the board. The plan is one that has been devised by President Anderson and provides for the erection of such a building as may be selected hereafter, on a very desirable site on Main street. The scheme is to issue 6 per cent, bonds of the denomination of $100 each, to an amount not yet determined upon, with the assurance that these bonds will be taken by the Individual members of the club and that when enough surplus money gathers in the treasury one or more bonds will be retired and this plan continued until the whole number shall have been retired. The scheme, however, has not been fully developed, but we think the chances are that it will be carried into effect. Another subject of discussion was a proposition for the club to employ a commercial agent, who will be the secretary of the club, and whose business it will be to look after all matters that may be of interest or advantage to the club or city, such as freight rates, insurance, etc., the looking after the improvement of public roads, etc., and he shall be prepared to furnish statistics and other information that may be of advantage to our town. The position is to.be a salaried one and a live, enterprising, energetic man of good business qualifications and gooa aaaress win De empiuyeu iu nave charge of this "work. As said before, this matter has only been discussed, but it has appeared to the board of governors as a scheme worthy of consideration. It will be referred to a full meeting of the club at the annual gathering to be held Friday night of this week. The board decided by unanimous vote to extend to the Ann White chapter, Daughters of the Confederacy, of our city, the use of the hall, rooms and cafe of the club, during the meeting of the state chapter in this city the 5th and 6th of December. It also decided that it would offer to hold a reception in the club's parlors complimentary to the visiting ladies as well as to the local chapter, some night to be selected by the Daughters of our city. President J. G. Anderson, Dr. T. A. Crawford, Mr. J. J. Hull and Capt. Iredell Jones were appointed a committee to have entire charge of this matter. The idea is to make the reception as agreeable and pleasant as may be possible. Music will be furnished. and the members, with their wives, or sweethearts will be present. The board of governors, at its meeting last Friday night, decided to set apart Wednesday evening of each week as "ladies night," and all members will have the privilege of taking their lady friends to the club so that they may enjoy its pleasures, and see and understand what a respectable place it is and upon what moral a plane its affairs are conducted. Of course, each member will be expected to visit the cafe with his lady friend, where Mr. Hand, its proprietor, has prepared an elegant place for all who may be disposed to give him their patronage. The season will be opened beginning tonight. I..ANCASTKR?Review, November 14: Mr. Edward Powers and Miss IJlnnche Hammond, daughter of Mr. G. F. Ham- i mond, of the Magill section, were mar- I ried last Friday evening, at 8 o'clock, at Beaver Creek church, the Rev. S. N. Watson, of this place, officiating Miss Llllie May Porter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John W. A. Porter, of Dixie, died Sunday morning at 9.80 o'clock, at the home of her uncle and aunt, Captain and Mrs. Amos McManus, by whom she was raised As stated In our last Issue, the South Carolina Methodist conference convenes In Chester on the 28th Instant. The ministers and laymen from this county have been assigned to the following homes: Rev. A. N. Brunson, at J. E. Grier's; Rev. B. D. Lucas, at C. L. Dunlap's; J. M. Riddle, at J. A. Alexander's; Rev. W. A. Betts, at J. L. Glenn's; Rev. A. E. Driggers, at Mrs. Julia Corklll's; Rev. D. A. Philips, at E. C. Stahn's; R. S. Beckham, at J. Bel ton Lyies's; J. W. Hamel, at G. Williams's The trouble over the sheriff's office in Kershaw county was most effectually settled In the general election last Saturday. Trantham, the regular nominee being elected over Williams, independent candidate, by a < vote or ma 10 251. 1 A THEORY AS TO THE GULF STREAM. Claimed That It Is Caused By Running Down Hill. New York Herald. j A mystery of the sea that has puz- ' zled scientists and navigators for gene- 1 rations seems to have been solved at last. It Is the problem of the Gulf : Stream?that wonderful "river In the 1 ocean," which flows out of the Gulf of 1 Mexico, around the southern end of 1 Florida and thence northward along ] the coast of the United States. For sometime past It has been known 1 that this great stream owed Its origin to the trade winds. The winds, indeed, 1 are the first cause of all currents in 1 the ocean. Directly they can only af- 1 feet the surface water, the deeper 1 aqueous strata being undisturbed by j them. But, on the other hand, as In the case of the Gulf Stream, they are sometimes accountable In an indirect 1 way for the profoundest oceanic move- I ments. . 1 The trade winds, blowing from the 1 east, pile up the water in the western 1 end of the Caribbean sea, and, being obliged to find some outlet, it makes 1 Its way northward through the Yuca- 1 tan channel into the Gulf of Mexico. Thus the level of the gulf is made higher than that of the Atlantic ocean, 1 and so, simply by reason of gravity, j the surplus water flows eastward into 1 42 miles, ana toucnes tne corai uunuiu at a depth of 2,886 feet, or a little over half a mile. Seven feet a second, or a trifle less than five miles an hour, is the average velocity of its current, but in that respect it varies somewhat, according to the strength with which the trade winds have been blowing. When the trade winds pause the current stops flowing northward through the Yucatan channel, and for the time being the water ceases to pile up in the Gulf of Mexico. The Gulf Stream comes quite close to Cape Hatteras, on its way northward ?that is to. say, within about 40 miles of the cape?but north of that point ii is deflected to the eastward by the rotation of the earth. As it proceeds in its course it becomes steadily thinner and more spread out. In the Florida straits, as already stated, it Is half a mile deep and touches the bottom; but after it leaves Florida it no longer sweeps the bottom, but becomes more and more a surface current, its thickness diminishing and its width increasing. When in about the latitude of New York it turns pretty sharply to the eastward, and part of it finds its way eventually to the northward of the British Isles, while another part turns and passes southward along the west coast of Europe and Northern Africa, sweeping again to the west In tropical latitudes and rejoining the Gulf Stream again at its own begin-' nlng. Thus is formed the great circulating current of the Atlantic, which in its sweep embraces an aquaeous area 4,000 by 2,000 miles in extent, or thereabouts. Columbus, on his first voyage to America, drifted westward and southward with this current, and hydrographers today, knowing where he started and the point at which he finally arrived, are able to draw a curved line on the map showing almost exactly the course which he must have followed. The Gulf Stream has a characteristic dark blue tint, which marks it so plainly that its edges are actually distinguishable, under favorable circumstances, when one passes into or out of its current. Generally speaking, the warm water of the tropics is bluer than that of more northern or more southern latitudes, though nobody is able to tell why. Following northward out of the tropics, the river of warm water called the Gulf Stream, carries with it a tropical climate, aquatically speaking. Its current incidentally is an extension of ' 1 1 norfkarn lotitllHofl r iropieai me miv uvivuuu ... e asmuch as it carries with it many spec- g imens of animals and plants peculiar t to the tropics. Much of this life is i what naturalists call "drift life"?that is to say, consisting of animals which j have little power of locomotion of their ? own, being carried, as is the case with t numerous species of crustaceons, mol- ? lusks and jelly fishes whithersoever i the currents and waves direct. c Thus it comes about that numerous g creatures of tropical growth are picked ^ up at Woods Holl, Massachusetts, ^ which are not found along the coast to the southward. Among them are j various fishes, and it is noticeable that ? animals of this class, of the tropical f kind, found at the Wood Holl, are usu- c ally young ones, which have not been Strong enough to get out of tne stream. Some species of fishes, common in the neighborhood of Puerto Rico, are taken ciuite frequently at Wood's Holl, and it sometimes happens that fishes native to the waters of the West Indies, are captured on the coast of Europe, having been carried five or six thousand miles by the great circulating current of the North Atlantic ocean. This circulating current has been likened to a gigantic whirlpool. In the midst of a whirlpool there is always an eddy, where the water is nearly, if not quite still. So it is with the whirlpool of the North Atlantic ocean, and the eddy is found a short distance southwest of the Azores. There, largely owing to the stillness of the sea in tfiat part, has been formed an immense accumulation of gulf weed, which, though the plant doubtless originated in shallow water, has adapted Itself to pelagic conditions in such a manner as to grow and propagate on the surface of the ocean, having no roots; but being upheld by buTba filial wlfV* olr "arV?lr?Vi oorvo thp niirnofl^ the Atlantic through the straits of 1 Florida. This fact?that the Gulf Stream owes ( Its origin to gravity?is the discovery i that solves the mystery so long puzzled i over. The United States coast and i geodetic survey has recently run a line of levels from St. Augustine, on the east coast of Florida, to Cedar Keyp, on the west coast, with results that appear to show that the gulf at the latter point is very nearly a foot higher than the Atlantic ocean at St. Augustine. With this fact ascertained, It is easy to see why, inasmuch as water must 1 run down hill, there Is a steady out- j pour through the straits of Florida into : the Atlantic. It may seem surprising < that so Insignificant a difference should i set so mighty a stream in motion, but the scientists declare that it is quite . sufficient to account for the phenomenon. i The Gulf Stream is literally a river i of warm water flowing from the tiop- i lcs. It is narrowest in the straits of i Florida. Just about opposite Cape i Florida, where it has a width of about 1 of floats. This is the famous Sargasso sea, which extends for miles and miles and having the appearance of a drowned meadow, on which the observer is tempted to imagine that he might be able \o walk. It is not only from the. point of view of the botanist that the Sargasso sea is Interesting. It has a fauna of its own, unlike anything to be found anywhere else in the world, whether on land or water. Strange fishes, with armlike foreflns, by the aid of which they cling to the weed, inhabit the drowned meadow, making their nests by binding together globular masses of the marine plant as big as Dutch cheeses. Naturalists have not had adequate opportunities for studying the life of the Sargasso sea, which is a sort of aquatic farm created by Mother Nature in the midst of the Atlantic ocean. Of course, both animals and plants are continually dying, and when they perish their remains sink to the bottom beneath. In this way immense accumulations of animal and vegetable material must have been deposited through the ages, and if, in a future geologic epoch, there should be an upheaval of that part of the floor of the ocean the farms of the world may be fertilized with the material thus rendered available for use by man. Floating objects entering this area, where the fluid of the sea has hardly any motion, are apt to remain there Indefinitely, sinking finally to the bottom when their buoyancy has been lost. Thus it comes about that waterlogged vessels, deserted and left to take care of themselves, often find their way into the region of the Sargasso sea, after travelling about In the circulating current of the Atlantic. Most of the "derelicts," as they are called, start on their aimless voyages off the coast of the United States, and. getting into the Gulf Stream, are carried along, sometimes taking more than one circuit of the Atlantic before they arrive in the peaceful eddy which serves as a sort of graveyard for ships. There at length they find repose, sinking eventually to the bottom. If the fabled Davy Jones has a home, that domicile in the depths must surely be found beneath the meadow of aquatic vegetation to the southwest of the Azores. Many of them are lumber-laden, and these are especially dangerous, inasmuch as they will swim for years and ire so solid with their cargoes of water-swelled wood that the forces of nature are expended upon them in vain. They easily outlive the storms that are fatal to the best built ships; if 3et afire they will not burn, and nothng short of the most jJbwerful explosives will break them up. Now and then one of Uncle Sam's cruisers is jent out to destroy them with dynamite ind shotted guns, thus rendering navgation for a time more safe. They have a way of floating with their decks on a level with the sur 'ace of the water, dismasted, so that :hey cannot be seen at a distance even n the daytime. Drifting along in the :rack of transatlantic travel, they are l constance menace to travel, and par;icularly to the great passenger vessels vhich rush across the seas at the speed )f railway trains, each of them carryng the population of a small town. Most fascinating of all the sea stories s that of the phantom ship?the doomed vessel that sails forever without a >ort, and to behold which means to the jailor that he will never reach land igain. It was on January 11, 1892, that he Colombo D., saw in the Gulf Stream, in the latitude of Bermuda, a :hree-masted, square-rigged vessel, ;hree miles over the star-board bow. She seemed to be steering erratically, ihough with all sails set, and when siglalled she returned no answer. The Colombo D. approached so near to her :hat the name on her stern, "Hutchins 3ros., Nova Scotia," was plainly visible, }ut there was no sign of life on her ieck. The superstitious sailors refused to board her, thinking there was jomething uncanny about her. Never:heless the Colombo D. stayed by all light, the skipper desiring to investigate the mystery. In the morning, though it had been i dead calm, the three-master had van shed from the face of the ocean. The :rew were terrified, believing: that they lad seen the phantom ship, and that :hey would never get to shore alive. However, they reached shore all right, ind learned that the Hutchins Bros., lad been deserted, when about to sink, jy her men, who had been picked up. Evidently she had gone down in the light while the Colombo D. was lying vlthin a few cables' length of her. Islands are frequently found floating n the Gulf Stream. In 1892 quite a arge piece of dry land was sighted in he middle of the stream, in the latiude of Wilmington, Del., moving at he rate of about a mile an hour. Sklp>ers who saw it estimated its area at Lbout a quarter of an acre. It was visi>le at a distance of several tropical niles and was thickly covered with rrass and bushes. In fact, it was quite l mass of forest growth, the topmost iranches being about 30 feet above sea evel. 1 When last seen it had reached the >ath of transatlantic travel, and was lUDDosed to be on its way to Europe: , >ut doubtless It was broken up by a itorm. Portions of the banks of rivers n the tropics, such as the Orinoco, are ?ften torn away and carried out to sea, ' ind it is likely that this floating island vas started in this way on its aimless ( voyage. , i Whistling buoys, which are anchored ' n dangerous places to warn mariners, 1 iometimes get loose, being detached , rom their moorings by storms, and go >ff on a voyage in the Gulf Stream, < whistling as they proceed. Under such circumstances they frequently give false alarm to vessels, whose skippers are led to imagine they are out of their reckonings. Covered with rust and freighted with barnacles, after years of unlicensed travel, they are usually in as good voice as ever, hoarsely blowing derisive toots as if in mockery. A 6REAT SOURCE OF WEALTH. Every Day Develops Some New Use For Cotton Seed. The wonderful flood of wealth that has been brought to the South by the discovery that the seed of the cotton, instead of being something to be burned or thrown away, was one of the most valuable of all agricultural products, only serves to show how much is lost to the cotton states at the present time because the wealth that is in the seed is not taken out of it. The cotton seed mills are bringing to the South a revenue of more than $50,000,000 a year, and yet the seed has never been treated with anything except the most passing consideration. To every one who has given the subject the slightest thought, it is manifest that while a great industry has grown up, it was not even a fair Introduction to what this business must become in a very few years. One of the best authorities upon the subject in the country recently wrote: "It is estimated that $200,000,000 of values, equal to 4c. per pound of cocton, are lost on every crop of cotton seed, and that if our planters, ginners, oil mills, cotton mills and southern people generally would work together it might be saved." Of late years cotton seed has in a measure forced itself upon public attention. Some smart business men have recognized Its great wealth-producing properties, and many million dollars have been invested in the business; but no more than a fair start has been made. The United States department of agriculture has published instructive pamphlets about the cotton seed and its products; but the government has in fact neglected it, and never given to it the Investigation and the publicity which has been given to comparatively insignificant sources of agricultural wealth. No one knows all the sources of wealth there are in cotton seed. Last week an announcement was made of the Invention or a process 01 maKing paper out of cotton seed hulls. Every week some new use or process is discovered. The demands for cotton seed oil are multiplying all the time, and the prejudice against the use of this most healthful of vegetable oils is rapidly disappearing. That it has not disappeared is largely due to the fact that those interests antagonized by the use of cotton seed oil have been active in their warfare against it, while the cotton seed oil interests have been timid and negative in its defense. An industry that has grown up in Savannah in connection with the~cotton seed oil mill is the preparation of a flne quality of salad oil for table use. This oil is considered superior in every way; but it is labeled as made in Philadelphia, for fear that if it bore the name of a southern city some one might be afraid It was in some way related to a cotton seed. Almost every one who has investiga ted the question or handling tne products of the cotton seed has had some criticisms to make upon the way the business has been handled. At the meetings of cotton seed crushers in the south, the value of the proper compilation and presentation of statistics has been discussed, and yet it has usually been discovered that there was a great deal of hesitancy among those most interested in furnishing these statistics. There Is little excuse for any mystery about the business, for its possibilities are so much greater than its present development that there is a chance for it to furnish a profitable Investment for many millions of dollars without any chance of decreasing the value of present investments by too much competition. There are 1,000 pounds of cotton seed produced from each bale of cotton. Prom this can be made 20 gallons of oil, and about 367.5 pounds of meal. The uses for the oil and the meal are increasing so rapidly that if all the cotton seed in the United States was sent to mill the demand for the products would furnish consumption for it all. I However, the best available statistics show that even at the present time mnro than Kfl npr oent_ Of the COttOn seed practically goes to waste. It Is not actually wasted, for Its fertilizing value Is too well recognized for that; but when it is burned xor fuel its best value is lost because it is not put to its proper uses. The export demand for the products of cotton seed is increasing more rapidly than the foreign demand for any other agricultural product of the country. The oil is used all over Europe in place of more expensive oils, and there does not seem to be as much foolish prejudice against it there as in this country. Ten years ago the value of the cotton seed oil exported amounted to a little more than $5,000,000. Last year the value of the oil exported was about $12,500,000. The other products of the seed held their places witn oil. Last year $5,000,000 worth of cake and meal were exported, the figures having doubled in five years. Thirty years ago only 4 per cent, of the cotton seed raised in this country was put to any commercial use. In five years this percentage has been raised to 5, and 20 years ago 6 per cent, was used. Five years later 19 per cent., 10 years ago 25 per cent., and now about 42 per cent. I It will not be many years before the Beed of the whole crop Is used, and all the possible wealth will be got out of it, which, according to Prof. Edwin Lehman Johnson, Is "intrinsically more valuable, according to chemical analysis, as a food product, pound for pound, than wheat." True Help.?A story of our Civil war has embalmed the memory of an unknown army chaplain who preached Christ without words. The chaplain came upon a soldier lying wounded on a battlefield, and seeing that the end was near, said, "Would you like me to read you something from the Bible?" But all the wounded soldier could answer was, "I'm so thirsty! I would rather have a drink of water." The chaplain quickly fetched him 3ome water, and then, when the soldier asked for something under his head, he took off his own overcoat and rolled it up to make a pillow. "If I only had something over me!" moaned the soldier. "I am so cold." In a moment the chaplain had taken off his undercoat, and as he was doing so the dying man looked up in his face and said: "If there is anything in your book which makes a man do for another what you have done for me, let me hear it." TAX COLLECTIONS^TaOO. Office of the County Treasurer of York County, Yorkville. S. C., September 15, 1900. IN accordance with law, my books will be opened on the 15TH DAY OF October, 1900, for the collection of the STATE, COUNTY AND SPECIAL TAXES, for the fiscal year beginning January 1st, and ending December 31st, 1900; and will be kept open until the 31st day of Decemoer, 1900. I will also receive VOLUNTARY PAYMENTS, of commutation road taxes for the year 1901. For the convenience of tax-payers I will meet them at the following places on the days named: At Yorkville, Friday, the 9th day of November until Saturday, the 24th day of November. At Rock Hill, Monday, the 26th day of November, until Saturday, at 1 o'clock, p. m., December 1st. And at Yorkville from Monday, the 3rd day of December, until Monday, the oist aay or uecemDer, law, arter which day the books will be closed and the 15 per cent, penalty will be attached. H. A. D. NEELY, County Treasurer. To Gret a Good PHOTOGRAPH Come to my Gallery on West Liberty street. Come, rain or shine, and you will receive the best attention. Very Respectfully, JT. R. SCHORB, Yorkville, S. C. HERE IS GOOD FOR LIGHT TTYk o PlnK ft VJ t (A V1UW ? ' Enquirer 104 ISSUES Biggest Pay For the II7A?lr/vn T?. Xivcr^ ** uiivcr jci For All Tim Expe Mill IKillllTS The yorkville enquirer win it has been in the past, and it will 1 support of York and surrounding coun will permit. As heretofore it will contii tlonal, religious, agricultural and indust and the general welfare of all its frien entertain, instruct and benefit, conferri ing as little harm as possible. On tt solicit the continued support of its ] hope for the co-operation of all the p along the same lines. The publishers such a paper as is demanded by the in be made at great expense. They real is co-operate on an equitable basis, and t are soliciting subscriptions for the yea As has been the custom of the publ: to call upon those friends and well-wish geniality in the work of re-collecting th< subscribers and adding to the mailing subscribers as it may be practicable to publishers expect to pay' as liberally t club system will be followed as hereto pays for the largest club will be award< that can be made by the Yorkville Bugj who returns and pays- for the second OPEN BUGGY made by the same com] be paid with premiums apportioned to specific offers in detail: FOR 60 SUBSCRIBERS. We will give the club-maker the choice of the following articles?good values at $25.00: A High Arm Four Drawer Sewing Machine, latest improvements and full set of attachments, etc; a Damascus Steel Double Barrel BreechLoading Gun; a handsome Waltham Watch: or 125.00 worth of Furniture from W. B. Moore & Co.'s. FOR SO AND LESS THAN 60 Subscribers, we will give the choice of the following articles: A T. Baker Double Barrel Gun; a Winchester or Colt Repeating Rifle; an Elgin Watch; or a Cooking Stove. FOR 40 AND LESS THAN 60 Subscribers, either of tjie following: A W. Richards' Double Barrel uun; an open face watch; a fine Mandolin or Guitar; a Low Arm Singer Machine; or an Oil Stove. FOR 30 AND LESS THAN 40 Either of the following: Single Barrel Hamerless Gun; a fine 4x4 Kodak; a fine Toilet or Wash Stand China Set; or a Hopkins & Allen, Jr., Rifle. FOR 20 AND LESS THAN 30 Subscribers, we will give THE ENQUIRER and any Weekly Paper or Monthly Magazine published in the United States; or a No. 1 Ejector Single Barrel Gun; a Pocket Kodak; or any three popular Cloth Bound Books that may be selected by the clubmaker; or a "Crack Shot" 22-calibre Rifle. FOR lO AND LESS THAN 20 THE ENQUIRER for one year; a fine Warranted Razor; or Pocket Knife. FOR 6 AND LESS THAN 10 A Triumph Stem Winding and Setting Watch; a 3-Bladed Knife; a copy of "David Harum," or any other book of the same price, ($1.50.) FOR 4 AND LESS THAN 6 A "Yankee" Watch; any Magazine published in the United States for Jl. FOR 2 AND LESS THAN 4. A Stylographlc Fountain Pen; a Single Bladed Knife; a year's subscription to Black Cat or the People's Home Journal. SPECIAL PREMIUMS. In additioi to the above we will make special arrangements with perL. M. GRIST & S CAROLINA & NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. Schedule Effective Sept 16, 1900. Northbound Passenger Mixed Leave Chester .... 7.40a.m. 8.30a.m. Lv Torkvllle 8.46a.m. 10.40a.m. Lv Clover 9.14a.m. 11.30a.m. Lv Gastonla 9.48a.m. 1.15p.m. Lv Llncolnton ;. ..10.46a.m. 2.45p.m. Lv Newton 11.33a.m. 4.30p.m. Lv Hickory 12.15a.m. - 5.60p.m. Arrive Lenoir .... 1.16p.m. 7.50p.m. Sonthbonnd Mixed Passenger Leave Lenoir 6.30a.m. 2.00p.m. Lv Hickory 8.60a.m. 3.02p.m. Lv Newton 9.20a.m. 2.02p.m. Lv Llncolnton ..11.10a.m. 4.20p.m. jv Gastonla 1.12p.m. 6.30p.m. . Lv Clover 2.11p.m. 6.07p.m. Lv Yorkvllle 3.20p.m. 6.40p.m. At Chester 5.15p.m. 7.60p.m. CONNECTIONS. Chester?Southern Ry., 8. A. L., and L. & C. Yorkvllle?S. C. & G. Extension. Gastonla?Southern Ry. Lincolnton?o. A. L. Newton & Hickory?Southern Ry. Lenoir?Blowing Rock Stage Line and C. & N. E. F. REID, G. P. Agent. Cheser, South Carolina. GEO. W. S. HART, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Yorkville, S. C. OFFICE: NO. 2 LAW RANGE. 'PHONE 58. F1NLEY 4c BRICE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Yorkville, 8. C. ALL business entrusted to us will be given prompt attention. OFFICE IN THE BUILDING AT THE REAR OF H. C. STRA USA'S *TORE. tar BERMUDA ONION SETS. YORK DRUG STORE. PAY , EASY WORK. r rru? v l? iir iut? xurjiviiic for 1901. i FOR $1.75. ? # Best Workers; But illy Compensated e and Effort nded. TO H HHHL continue, during the year 1901, all that be made as much better as the growing ties and the abilities of the publishers >ue to devote Itself to the social, educarlal upbuilding of the Piedmont section, ds and supporters. It will endeavor to * ng all the good in its power and causes platform its publishers respectfully present friends and well-wishers, and eople of this section who are working of THE ENQUIRER fully realise that telligent public of this section pan only ;e also the willingness of this public to his then, Is the basis upon which thsy r 1901. i Ishers in the past, they again beg leave ters who may And opportunity and con; names and subscriptions of all present list of THE ENQUIRER as many new gather. For this work, or course, the ls they possibly can. The competitive fore. The clubmaker who returns and ;d A FINE TOP BUGGY, the very best fy Company for $60; and the clubmaker largest club, will receive THE BEST pany and worth $60. Smaller clubs will their number and value. Here are the sons who desire to make up a club for some special article not mentioned in the above list?fixing a specified number of names for the premium desired. ontlnlo mnnHnnoH In nrAvlnilfl premium lists will be given upon the same terms. TERMS AND CONDITIONS. To NEW 8UBSCIBERS who pay cash with the subscription will be given THE ENQUIRER FREE from the time the subscription price Is received until January 1, 1901, and a rail year from that date for $1.75. By new subscribers, we mean those whose names were not on OUR BOOKS ON SEPTEMBER 15, 1000. except we will not count as new subscribers, cases where the subscription may have been changed from the name or one member of a family to another. This is intended emphatically to mean new additions to our subscription list. TWO SIX MONTHS SUBSCRIBERS at tl each, will be considered the equivalent of one yearly subscriber at $1.75 and so counted. A subscription paid for two or more years in advance at $1.75, will be counted as one name for each year so paid. Clubmakere will be held personally respon- sible for the payment of all names returned by them. After a clubmaker has returned and paid for any name, he can. at anytime thereafter, discontinue the sending of the paper to the person for whom he has paid, and transfer the unexpired time to any other person, provided the person to whom the transfer is desired was not a subscriber at the time ths original name was entered on our booksNo name will be counted in com petition for a premium until the subscription price has been paid; nor will any premium be delivered until a satisfactory settlement has been made for all names returned by the clubmaker Persons who commence making clubs will . not be permitted to transfer their club toan-? llat aft?p the names have Utucr UUUJUOavt D Iiuv been entered on our books. It is not necessary that the names on a club should all be at the same postofflce. Names may be taken at any number of places. Clubmakers are requested to send In names as rapidly as they secure them. 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 Yorkvllle postofflce. " 4 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, and expires at 4 o'clock p. m., on Wednesday, the 6th day of March, 1001. ONS, Yorkvllle, S. C. % A