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tumorous ?cpartment. TWO OF A KIND MEET. Waiting at the Union depot was a round-faced man with an attractive countenance, eyes that Invited confidence, and rather long hair, that waved from a fine forehead. He was dressed in clericals and looked the part. When the old fanner took a - * seat after buying a ticket for Ypsilanti the two fell into conversation. The minister brought the talk around to pickpockets, and men who fool you out of your money, and expressed a great deal of dread of them. He clung to this topic until the noise of a row * ? ?vio nntntrip. and he was neuu Hum i.u>. ? , expressed a desire to see what was the matter. "Come on," he shouted, as he started. "No my friend," replied the farmer, "not if you have any money about you. It is sure to be taken from you in a rough crowd like that." "Here, you hold it and my watch until I run out a few minutes and then I'll hold your valuables while you go." "All right, don't be too long," and the farmer accepted the trust. When the minister returned the farmer was gone. Never did a clerical masquerade come to a quicker end. He rushed around muttering things profane, kept his hand in his hip pocket, and told everybody but the policeman that he could lick any farmer that ever wore shoe leather. Half an hour later he was In a saloon making things blue. "I'll know him If I ever see him again, I don't care how he's dressed, and I'll cut him into square Inches. I don't 'low any man to make a sucker of me and live to blow about it." "Some guy cross-counter on the con game Dick?" "None of your blanked business; but if that mug didn't do the farmer as well as I.did the sky pilot I'll jump off the dock. He had a bunch with him as thick as your arm, too. But he's got all my stuff, and some lamb's got to make it good." It had simply been a case of diamond cut diamond.?Detroit Free Press. *5T The following took place in an American court on one of the occasions of "naturalization," which is usual previous to a general election: Judge?Do you know O'Brien? Irish Witness?Yes, soor. Judge?How long has he been in this country? Witness?A little over a year. Judge?Is he a man of good moral character? Witness (quite bewildered)?Shure, yer honor, I don't know what moral character means. Judge?Well, sir, I will talk more plainly to you. Does O'Brien stand fair before the community? Witness (completely nonplused)?By my sowl, I don't apprehend your m'aning, your honor. Judge (rather irritated)?I mean to ask you, sir, if O'Brien, the person who wants to be a citizen, and for whom you are a witness, is a good man or not? Witness?Oh, an' why didn't you ax me that way before? To be sure, he's a good man. Shure, an' I've seen him in ten fights durin' the last two years, an' iv'ry time he licked his man. v tar An Irishman took a contract to dig a well. When he had dug about 25 feet down he came one morning and found it had fallen in, and that it was filled nearly to the top. In a short time the neighbors discovered that the well hau failen in, and seeing Pat's hat and coat on the windlass, they supposed that he was at the bottom of the excavation. Only a few hours of brisk digging cleared the loose earth from the well. Just as the excavators had reached the bottom, and were wondering where the body was, Pat came out of the bushes and good-naturedly thanked the diggers for relieving him of a sorry job. Some of the tired diggers were disgusted; but the joke was too good to allow of anything more than a laugh,, which followed promptly. tar An Irishman, a newly appointed crier of the county court in Australia, where there are many Chinese, was ordered by the judge to summon a witness to the stand. "Call for Ah Song!" was the command. Pat was puzzled for a moment. He glanced slyly at the judge, and found him as grave as an undertaker. Then turning to the spectators, he blandly simpered: "Gintlemen, would any of you favor his honor with a song?" He Told Her.?Housekeeper?You promised that if I'd give you a good meal and a suit of old clothes you'd tell me how to keep the premises free from tramps. Tramp?Yes. mum, I'm a man of me word, mum, an I'll keep me promise, although that meal wasn't no great shakes an this suit of clothes ain't much of a fit. But I'll tell ye. "Well, what course am I to pursue?" "Never give them anything, mum. Good, day mum."?New York "Weekly. Wasn't He Cruel??"What I like," she said, "is a person who is frank, one who says just what he means without beating about the bush." "Well." he replied. "I'll be straightforward. There is something I wanted to tell you for an hour or more, but?" "Yes," she urged, with suppressed excitement, seeing that he hesitated. "What is it?" "There's a big black streak down one side of your nose. I think it's soot."? New York Sun. The Way ok the World.?"I remember that man." said the observant waiter, "when his income could not have been more than $1,000 a year. He must be making at least $10,000 now." "Is that so?" "No doubt of it. He used to give me n m />or* ??> nr?/l nA\i? Vin nrtlv crit'DU ma a nickel."?Catholic Standard. *'' A gentleman seeing an Irishman removing an embankment from a dwelling, inquired: "Pat, what are you doing?" I am opening the cellar window, to be sure." "And what are you doing that for?" "May it plaise your honor. said Patrick, "to let out the dark." pi$(cllnnrou$ grading. FROM CONTEMPORARIES. New* and Comment That la of More or Leas Local Intereat. CHESTER. Lantern, July 12: There were sixteen candidates for the "Winthrop scholarship The. Rev. H. C. Buchholz, who went to Aubun, N. Y., to preach a dedication sermon, had an experience that was peculiar. A few hours before time for the service, he was hundreds of miles away, and the trains behind time or off connection. The services were to begin at 7.20, and he arrived about 8.00, made a hasty toilet and hurried to the church. When he entered there was a subdued hum all over the house. Despairing of his arrival, another minister had been substituted and had been preaching perhaps 10 minutes, but he announced that he would retire and give place to the minister that was on the program. Mr. Buchholz then entered the pulpit and preached his sermon There will be a basket picnic in W. J. Cornwell's grove at Harmony Station on Tuesday, July 29. The public is cordially invited. Will have public speaking and have made arrangements for refreshments and barbacue Congressman D. E. Finley was in the city fnom Wednesday forenoon till this morning. He attended the funeral of the late Mrs. Anna S. Brice at Hopewell yesterday Mr. G. G. Nesbit says the best crops he has seen are between LewlsviUe and Ches ter, some of them as good as usual. He makes special mention of Senator Glenn's cotton, which he says is good. CHEROKEE. Gaftney Ledger, July 12: One night last week State Constable Dillingham and Policeman Williams, of Cowpens, went out on a scout for Illicit whisky peddlers, and succeeded in capturing two men, a horse and buggy, and four gallons of the fiery llqour. The men were driving along the road near Cowpens. They were tried at Cowpens and one came clear, while the other got 30 days on the chalngang for his part in the affair Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bailey are two industrious white people who live just outside of the city limits on lands belonging to the Gaffney Land and Improvement company. On Monday ofternoon, when Mrs. Bailey went to her work in the field, she carried her two children with her, as is her custom, and placed them on a pallet in or near the field. One is a young baby and the other is a little girl about three years of age. Some time in the afternoon, when Mrs. Bailey approached the pallet where the children lay, she was horrified to find a large snake of the pilot species lying between the two children and jUBt in the act of striking the youngest one? the baby. Instead of instantly becoming paralyzed by the lerrioie situation and greater danger that threatened her Infant offspring and screaming for help, Mrs. Bailey Immediately seized the baby and snatched it away from the vicious reptile. Not to be cheated of a victim, however, the snake in stantly turned and buried its poisonous fangs in the foot of the other child ?the little girl?before the distracted mother could pull it out of reach. Dr. Nesbit was immediately summoned and he cauterized the wound and did wnat he could to ease the little one's pain, to stay the course of the poison and to pacify the anxious mother. He soon had the child resting well and order restored. At last account the child was rapidly recovering from her wound, and it is not likely that she will long suffer any inconvenience from her peculiar accident. The snake was of a very poisonous kind, though, and the wonder is that its bite did not produce more serious results. We did not learn whether the snake was killed or not, but presume that in the excitement of the moment, and having satisfied his desire for human meat (or pure devilment,) he came to the conclusion that discretion was the better part of valor and made himself conspicuous by his nowhereness. GASTON. Gastonia News, July 12. A very humiliating incident happened to a Gastonia boy at High Shoals one night last week. He spent the night there, and got permission from a gentleman to put his horse in his stable. The young man went to the stable, turned out the calf and put his horse in, and went away happy as a lark. But there was trouble in store for him. He very Drobablv called on some pretty High Shoals girl that night, and returned to get his horse next morning; but he found the stable door securely locked and the lady of the house informed him that the calf must be brought up and housed before he could get the horse. The young man is a very popular clerk in one of the stores here, and had on his store clothes, and didn't know much about hunting calves. "But what has to be done just must be done." and he started for the lowland on a calf hunt. After a faithful search through briar patches and among the nooks along the river banks, the two month's old was started from its hiding place and a chase like unto those painted in the Roman amphitheater began. The young man proved himself a hero worthy of Grecian honors, for after a chase of nobody knows how many miles, he captured one of the fleetest animals in Gaston county, and panting he triumphantly drove the obstinate calf up to its rightful owner holding fast to a natural rope which the calf had had since its birth. As he put the calf In the hands of its mistress he gasped "here's your calf!" He hurriedly harnessed his steed, which was a good one, and Just touched the road along in high places until he reached Gastonia. The young man was brought up in the ways of the righteous and would scorn vain say lngs:but we voucn mat ne win at any time take oath that he will never again turn another young calf out of a stable Glanders have made their appearance in the county near All Healing. On the night of the 13th of May, E. B. Carnes, of near Yorkville, stopped over night at J. it. Carson's. On the last day of May. Mr. Carson's mule became sick, and died June 21st. Mr. Carnes's horse has since been killed by the sta.e veterinarian of South Carolina because diseased with glanders. Mr. Carson is thoroughly convinced that the mule died from glanders. County Commissioner Pegram has been authorized by State Commissioner of Agriculture Patterson to quarantine the stock that has been exposed to the disease, and went out to All Healing yesterday and is in that section again today. Mr. Carnes stopped also at R. W. Carson's and Jno. B. Carson's. The disease Is contagious among stock and Is said to be sometimes communicated to people. The disease In its early stages Is similar to distemper; but Is followed by ulcers. No remedy has been discovered for the disease, and the best thing to do when o Vinyaa hoonnwo HlqAflqPri la tO take him out and shoot him at once, as the disease will be communicated to other stoak, and the horse will be sure to die anyway. Every.effort will be made to prevent the spread of the disease We learn from a reliable source that while H. S. Sellers' thresher was passing the home of his uncle, Newton Sellers, yesterday, north of Bessemer, that sparks flew into the wheat stacked around his uncle's barn and that the entire crop was burned. There were two crops. The barn was full and wheat was stacked around the barn. We do not know the amount; but Mr. Sellers is a large wheat farmer, and raised a big crop this year, and the amount must have been considerable. LANCASTER. Ledger, July 13: Mr. Wm. Hays, of the O. K. section, made 25 bushels of wheat on his brag acre this year. Later on he cut four big two-horse loads of clover from the same acre. His entire wheat crop measured up 176 bushels and his oats only about 225 bushels. Mr. Hays usually makes about 700 bushels of corn, but doesn't expect 200 bushels yield this year. On 50 acres of cotton he doesn't think it possiDle to make ten bales. Mr. Hays's crops are, if anything, above the average in that section On Wednesday afternoon. last, Mr. John Gettys was shot by Mr. A. T. Ferguson. The ball entered Mr. G.'s left thigh, passing through the outer part Inflicting a slight flesh wound. The shooting occurred In J. B. Mackorell's store. Prom what we can learn the parties had had a previous difficulty some years ago or there was some feeling between them on account of a difficulty between Gettys and a brother of Mr. Ferguson. Dr. W. M. Crawford administered to the wounded man On Wednesday last, after a short illness, Mrs. Catherine Pittman, wife of Mr. A. T. Pittman, died at her home near the cotton mill. She was about 60 years of age and leaves a husband and several children surviving her. Her remains were interred Thursday in the Town cemetery. Mrs. Mary Blackmon, widow of the late Joel Blackmon, of the Pork Hid section, died early yesterday morning. The machinery of life simply gave out. She was 85 years of age, having passed the 85th anniversary the day before. She leaves five children surviving her, viz.: Wm. Blackmon, Mrs. W. C. Ellis, Mr. M. A. Blackmon, and Miss Tildy Blackmon. She was a member for many years of Fork Hill Baptist church and her remains will be burled there today after services by her pastor, Rev. Judson Blackmon. UNION. Times, July 12: We regret to learn of Rev. Davie Hucks' misfortune in losing his horse last Sunday morning. He had an appointment to preach at a church some distance from his home at Jonesvllle. He went to get his horse and found that It was gone. He did not have time to hunt for the horse, and meet his appointment, so he borrowed a horse and went to his appoint ment. Upon his return his horse wa,1 found to have fallen into an old unused well and was dead. It was a considerable loss and Mr. Hucks' has our sympathy Mr. J. S. Smith died at his home in Union Monday afternoon. He had been confined to his bed with fever for sometime. He had about recovered, but left his room too soon, and a relapse followed which resulted in his death. He was about 18 years of age, and leaves mother, father, two brothers and three sisters, also many young friends in town to mourn his untimely death. Mr. Smith was engaged in the merchantile business before he was taken sick. His place of business was near the postofflce. The family have our sympathy in their bereavement There seems to be a regular mania among the Negroes around the West Spring neighborhood for house breaking, thieving and burning. The latest instance is the breaking into Mr. W. J. BetslU's provision room by his girl house servant, and stealing therefrom several articles. It seems that the girl must have done this in a spirit of revenge. She had been told to do some chores about the house, and had taken a fit of stubbornness, and was slow to mind, saying at one time she would do so when she got ready. Mrs. Betsill threatened to have her discharged when Mr. Betsui came to the house. She apparently got over her sulky mood, however, by the time Mr. Betsill arrived, and she was not discharged. Mr. Betsill returned to his work, and as it was the Fourth of July a picnic was in progress at the Spring, and Mrs. Betsill went down to the spring, leaving the Negro girl at the house. This was apparently the opportunity the girl was waiting for and she took an axe and broke into the provision room, took what she wanted and skipped. She had not been apprehended at last accounts. Arctic Expeditions of 1901.?Peary's Greenland expedition. Robert Stein's Ellesmere Land expedition. A German expedition whose plans are, so far, unknown. A joint expedition by the duke of the Abruzzl and Mr. Nansen. Admiral Makuroff's Russian expedition in his ica-breaking vessel. A Russian expedition in the Kara sea, working to the eastward along the Siberian coast. The Zeigler-Baldwin expedition equipped by Mr, William Zejgler and under the command of Mr. Evelyn Baldwin. Mr. Bernle's Cannadlan expedition which proposes to traverse on the ice the route of the Jeannette, starting from the Lena river. An expedition under M. Stokken, to Franz-Josef Land, which appears to be designed to co-operate witn Nansen and the duke of the Abruzzi. A PREACHER'S DOG STORY. 1 Coming: From a Good Man It Re- l quires no Voucher. State Senator John Thompson Is } about one of the best story tellers In ^ these parts, and his reportoire includes ^ a lot of good ones, fish and otherwise. { On the truthfulness of some he will stake his reputation for veracity, but ( he tells one which he always prefixes with the statement that it was told by a minister of the gospel, Dr. Bardwell. . "Dr. Bardwell used to visit my father's house when I was a boy and the story I am about to tell you was related to me on the occasion of one of 1 these visits. We were out on the veranda smoking one evening after supper. The doctor was fond of dogs, and was a pretty good sportsman, and naturally the conversation turned on this subject. " 'Speaking of dogs,' said Dr. Bardwell, 'reminds me of a dog which belonged to a friend of mine in Mississippi. I had been invited to hold services at a church near this friend's house and wrote him to meet me at the staton, some six miles from his house, on the Saturday afternoon before Sunday, the day of the appointment. " 'He was on time with horses and we started to his home. I noticed that a very handsome bird dog followed us, and having heard that some one in that neighborhood owned an especially well-trained trick dog I asked my friend about It. " 'That's the dog,' at the same time pointing to the dog, which had ran ahead of us and was waiting at the forks of the road. "I asked him to make him perform a trick. He got down from his horse, called the dog, and talking his pocketbqok held it to the dog's nose. He then took out a silver half dollar and, walking some distance into the woods, raised up a large rock and put the money under it. We then resumed our Journey, and when probably half a mile away my friend called his dog and told him to go back and get the money. The dog, without the least hesitation, started back on a run, and my friend explained that as the rock was heavy the dog would be unable to turn it over, so would have to scratch under it to ?r\t mnnov and he would i cavil vnc W4 hiwm?.^ t ^ not probably get home before we reached there, It then being about three miles further on to his house. "However, when we reached home the dog was not there. We ate supper and still the dog did not come, nor had he put in an appearance when he retired at about 10 o'clock. "The next morning we got up about daylight, and, hearing a noise outside, my friend opened the door and the dog rushed in, dragging with him a pair of pantaloons, which he dropped on the ^ floor. *Of course we were, both mystified, but had not long to wait an explanation, for shortly afterward a man who lived several miles from my friend's house, rode up on a mule and inquired if a dog with a pair of pantaloons in his mouth had come into the house. The dog at this moment came out on the porch and the main said: 'Why, there's the dog now.' "My friend told his caller that the dog had really brought a pair of panpantaloons home with him, but he did not understand it himself. "The man said that late in the afternoon the day before he found the dog scratching under a large rock near the road and, thinking he was after a rabbit, stopped and lifted the rock up, and to his surprise found a half dollar on the under .side. "He put the money In his pocket and the dog followed him home. The dog appeared to be friendly, and the man petted him and gave him his supper. At night when the family retired, the dog was put on the outside, but he kept up such a racket that no one could sleep on the place, and when the man opened me aoor 10 anve me uug uu he rushed into his bedroom and at once became very quiet, lying down near the foot of the bed, where he slept all night. "Early in the morning, the man said, he got up and opened the window, and the instant he did so the dog seized his pantalons in his mouth, and jumping out of the window, fled. "The man followed as soon as he could get his mule. "Hearing this story, my friend got the pantaloons, and on searching the pockets found the half dollar which he had hid under the rock the afternoon before."?Nashville Banner. EXCHANGED VALISES. The story was told by a quiet, blackbearded gentleman who had registered from Pittsburg, says the New Orleans Times-Democrat, and who happened to be one of a group of yarn spinners in the corridor of the Gruneward hotel a few evenings ago. "I am in the foundry business at present," he said; "but in my younger days I imagined I was cut out for a doctor, and took a course at the old Ohio Medical college in Cincinnati. It was the custom at that time, and may be yet, for the advanced students to do a good deal of individual dissecting work at their rooms, and for that purpose a regular division was made of certain cadavers at the college. One student, for instance, would get an arm, another a foot, and another some' other section, which they would carry away and study at their leisure. One evening?I will never forget it if I live to be a thousand?I secured the forearm of an unusually fine subject, a muscular Negro, and, putting it in a small valise, started for my quarters in the eastern suburbs of the city, xne muie car i luon. ?a? unusually crowded, and I put my valise on the lloor. When I reached my rooms and took a second look at it, I was shocked to see that I had picked up somebody else's luggage by mistake. I hated to lose my specimen; but what troubled me a hundred times more was the thought of the fright that it would probably occasion some innocent person, maybe a worpan, apd, on reflection, I concluded to report the matter at pnce to the police. Accqrdingly I got on the cars aga|n and went directly to headquarters, where I was fortunate enopgp to catch the chfef just going out. He heard my story fn his private office and ggrped w}th me that the discovery of rpy ghastly package would be apt to fill some houee'hold with horror and consternation. We will have somebody rushing in lere before morning with a clew to a nysterlous murder,' he said, 'and, by the way, suppose that we open the valse you have with you. It may furlish us with the address of the owner.' tt was locked; but he soon found a key that fit, and when he looked inside he jave a prolonged whistle. 'Your valise ivill never be reported, doctor,' he said Jryly. The one I had picked un contained a kit of burglars' tools. "Danger In Prosperity."?The poltlclans are warning the people against the great danger of the tnreatened prosperity to this country. Even as distinguished and as rich a citizen as Major John J. Hemphill, of Chester, is ready to inform the people that there Is lomething better and more deseriable than material prosperity,. or words to that effect. He also gave some advice igainst renters going to the cotton mills for employment. -AH this kindly interest was explained-a few days later in a statement that Major John J. Hemphill would probably become a candidate for the United States senite. Ten years ago the lamentable condition of poor men distressed the politicians, and they were so anxious to relieve the stringency of money to the ;xtent of issuing 50-cent dollars. Now, svhen the country is full of good money, tve are told that there is something better than material prosperity. But tve are not given the slightest hint as to what is "better." The ocala platform made demands for some things pr "something better." We have 'something better," and still we are told that there is something better than prosperity.?Abbeville Press and Banner. A Brave American.?The navy department has received an extract from the official report of the German minister at Pekin, in regard to the campaign of the allied forces, which resulted in the rescue of the legationers at Pekin, in which a high tribute is paid to Captain John Myers, of the United 3tates marine corps, who had command of the marine guard during the jlege. "If an exception could be made to the rule that American subjects cannot receive foreign decorations," said the German ambassador, "then, in my opinion, of those not German who took part in the siege of Pekln, the American captain, Myers, should be the first to receive from us an order of distinction. According to the universal opinon of all participants Captain Myers, vith the American detachment under tiim, worked from the beginning to the jnd in harmony with Count Soden for :he defense of the southern wall, which ed to the legation quarters. By means MEN WHO KNOW EN! T .A '' qHHHK^^K Rev. d. n. Mclaughlin, Pastor Purity Presbyterian Churc Chester, S. C. Rock Hill, Sept. 11th, 1899 Mb. M. M. Mattison, State Agt., Anderson, S. C. Dear Sir?I have had a policy in the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company for ten years, and am well pleased with it in every way. I am impressed with the conservative management of this company and with the fairness and clearness and liberality of its contracts with its policy holders. Tours very truly, D. B. JOHNSON. President Johnson has recently Insured for $3,000 more in the Mutual Benefit. p jM -"'' ' ?i>^g? </V^6L ligAt - ' /X jf .-r MEQv Capt. ELLISON A. SMYTH, President Pfizer Manufacturing C< and Belton Cotton Mpip. If you will thoroughly investigate vital features of thje MUf UAL BENEE it is the ideal life jnsuran.ee company, future insure jn some other cqmpahy wards learn what |t would have' fqfn you leaped beifore yop looked, as others cost you anything to INVESTIGATE. of frequent proofs of his personal fearlessness and bravery, he contributed no little measure toward keeping up the courage of our own people." Marvelous Railway Speed.?Now that Parliament has consented to a franchise for the Behr mono-railroad, to be worked by electricity, between Manchester and Liverpool, the world will have an opportunity of seeing what can be done in fast speeds. There is a short overhead one-railroad road In Germany, which is operated with some success; but the English project calls for speed ranging from 100 to 150 miles an hour. This looks fast for the mother country. Yet it will not do to say that 150 miles an hour is Impracticable. Reputable engineers testified before a committee of parliament in favor of the scheme. We are now familiar with speeds of 60 to 80 miles an hour, though 30 miles was formerly deemed impracticable. An unobstructed overhead train has a fairer chance to realize high speeds than has a heavy surface train.?Baltimore Sun. Etiquette op the Profession.? A certain member of parliament was walking through the city sometime back when he perceived, just ahead of him, an acquaintance, whose handkerchief was sticking half out of his pocket. Seized with a brilliant idea, he quickened his pace and, stepping up just behind his friend, withdrew the handkerchief altogether without the owner being in the least aware of what had taken place. He was Just about to address him and call his attention to what he had done when he felt a tap on the arm, and, half-turning, confronted a quiet, gentleman-like looking man, wno returned to the M. P. his own purse, a handkerchief and a bunch of keys, at the same time saying: "I beg your pardon; I didn't know you were one of us!"?Tit-Bits, Good Advice.?The following gem from an unknown author should be pasted In every man's hat as a reminder of his duty when he desires to speak ill of any woman. Remember this: " Beware how you speak of a woman's character. Think how many years she has been building it, of the wounds received, of the toils and privations endured; and let no suspicion follow her actions. The purity of woman is the salvation of the race, and hope of future greatness and the redemption of man. Wipe out her purity and man sinks beneath the wave of despair with not a star to guide his life into a channel of safety. Think, then, before you speak, and remember that any hog can root up the fairest flower that ever grew, so the vilest can ruin the purest character." DORSE I MUTUAL BENEFIT. Chester, S. C., Sept. 1, 1899. Mr. M. M. Mattison, State Agt., Anderson, S. C. Dear Sir?To be a novice these days on insurance one must shut himself In and the policy writers out. I usually listen if I have time. My policy in the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company of Newark, N. J., has been bombarded in consequence on all sides by these friends of mine in the interest of other companies with all manner of policies. My enthusiasm has not abated and this knowledge thrust upon me has rather confirmed than shaken my satisfaction with tne policy. I have, as you know, recently taken a second policy with your company. This fact bespeaks my appreciation louder than words. Respectfully yours, d, n. Mclaughlin. h, ' ^ ^ '' ; ' > ^ MM D. B. JOHNSON, resident Wlnthrop Normal and Industrial College of South Carolina. Pelzer, S. C., Aug. 31, 1899. Mr. M. M. Mattison, State Agt., Anderson, S. C. Dear Sir?Replying to yours of the 29th Inst., will say that I have had a policy in the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co., of Newark. N. 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All work of this kind that I furnish will be found to be mechanically perfect, and the prices will be as low as will be found at any other place, and in many instances it will be considerably less. Call and see my samples before placing an "S order. I can also furnish type printed 4 Invitations and Cards. . * THOS. W". SPECK. O- TAKE COUGH EASE. It cures. YORK DRUG 8TORE. SOUTH CAROLINA & GEORGIA EXTENSION BAILBOAD CO. Schedule Effective June 16, 1901. BETWEEN CAMDEN AND BLACKSBURG. WEST. CAST. 35. 33. EASTERN 82. 84. 2nd 1st TIME. 1st 2nd CUihs. CIum. Class. Class. Dally Daily Except Daily. Daily. Except au"d5, STATIONS. P. M. P. St. r. a. r. a. 8 20 12 50 Camden 12 25 5 >0 8 50 1 15 DeKalb 12 02 4 ?0 9 20 1 27 .....Westvllle 11 60 4 SO 10 50 2 10 Kprthaw..... 11 85 4 10 11 20 2 12 Heath Springs. 11 20 8 16 12 20 2 37 ....I.anraxter.... 10 66 2 57 12 "10 2 50 ....Riverside 10 40 2 00 2 30 8 10 Catawba J'cn. 10 20 1 80 4 10 3 40 ...Rock Hill... 10 00 12 00 4 45 4 02 Jl'Irzab 9 30 ,0 10 r > 5 20 4 18 Yorkvllle.... 9 16 .8 60 5 45 4 34 Sharon. 9 00 8 16 . ' 6 1 6 4 50 Hickory Grove 8 46 7 60 6 2j 6 00 Smyrna 8 86 7 80 6 50 5 20 ...Blacksborg... 8 16 7 00 P.M. P.M. A.M. A.M. * 20 minutes for dinner. ?BETWEEN BLACKSBURti, 8. CM AND MARION, N. G. WOT IMT. 11. 38. EASTERN 32. 12. 2nd 1st TIME. 1st 2nd Class. Class. Class. Class. Dally Dally Except Daliy Dally Except STATIONS 8-= A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. A 45 5 25~~ ...Blaeksbnrg... 7 48 6 40 7 32 5 43 Earls 7 32 6 20 7 45 5 49 Patterson Spr** 7 25 6 12 8 20 0 00 -Shelby 7 15 6 00 9 00 6 21 ....Laltimore..... 6 55 4 60 9 10 A 30 ...Moore*bora.. 6 48 4 40 9 25 6 41 Henrietta.... A 38 4 20 9 55 6 "9 ...Forest City... A 20 3 50 10 30 7 15 Rnther.ordtoi, 6 06 8 25 12 Oil 7 50 .Thermal City. 5 86 2 46 12 25 8 10 ... Glen wood.... 6 15 2 20* *" 1 00 8 30 Marlon 6 00 2 00 P. M. P. M. A. M. P. M. GAFFNEY BRANCH. WEST. CAST. First Class. EASTERN First Class. 15. | 13. TIME. 14. | 10. Dally Except Dally Except Sunday. Sunday. i.rrxir STATIONS. 5 80 6 00 ... Blacksburg. ? 7 50 7 20 5 60 6 20 Cherokee FallB 7 80 7 00 6 10 6 40 Gaffiiey...... 7 10 8 40 11 U 4 1/ i U D U Trains No's. 32 and 33 are operated' dally. Trains No's. 34. 35, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 are operated dally except Sunday. CONNECTIONS. . y At Camden with Southern Ry.; S. A. L. and A. C. Line. At Lancaster with L. & C. R. R. At Catawba Junction with Seaboard Air Line. At Rock Hill with Southern Railway. At Yorkvllle with. Carolina & Northwestern R. R. At Blacksburg with Southern Railway. At Shelby and Rutherfordton with . S. A. L. +* At Marlon with Southern Railway. SAMUEL HUNT, President. A. TRIPP, Superintendent. E. H. SHAW, Qen. Pass. Agent. ta' TAKE COUGH EASE. It cures. YORK DRUG STORE. CAROLINA & NORTH-WKSM RAILWAY COMPANY. Schedule Effective May 19, 1901. BLOWING ROCK LINE. Northbound I'nssrnjtrr. NUrd. j-eave unester.... s.aaa.m. v.uua.m. Lv. Yorkville 9.30a.m. 9.07a.m. Lv. Gaetonia 10.25a.m. 12.15p.m. Lv. Llncolnton.... 11.22a.m. 1.65p.m. Lv. Newton 12.08p.m. 4.00p.m. Lv. Hickory 12.32p.m. 5.15p.m. Ar. Cliffs; 12.46p.m. 5.35p.m. Lv. Cliffs 1.10p.m. 6.30p.m. Ar. Lenoir 1.50p.m. 8.25p.m. Ar. Blowing Rock. 7.45p.m. 2.00p.m. (Stage). Soulbhound. Passenger. Mixed. Lv. Blowing Rock. 8.00a.m. 2.00p.m. (Stage). * Lv. Lenoir 2.25p.m. 10.25p.m. Lv. Cliffs 3.11p.m. 7.40a.m. Lv. Hickory.. 3.26p.m. 8.02a.m. Lv. Newton 3.50p.m. 9.20a.m. Lv. Llncolnton.... 4.38p.m. 11.30a.m. Lv. Gastonia 5.40p.m. 1.35p.m. Lv. Yorkville 6.40p.m. 3.28p.m. Ar. Chester....:... 7.50p.m. 5.26p.m. , CONNECTIONS. Chester?Southern Ry., S. A. L., and L. & C. Yorkville?S. C. & Ga. Extension. Gastonia?Southern Ry. Lincolnton?S. A. L. Newton and Hickory?Southern Ry. Lenoir?Blowing Rock Stage Line and C. & N. . E. P. REID. G. P. Agent, Chester, South Carolina.