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tumorous department. The Russian Telephone Line.?DIj cusslons and stories of a linguist: character have a peculiar charm for M Opie Reid. Recently he was surrounc ed by a group of newspaper men. Or of these confessed that he had latel taken up the study of the Russia tongue, with very discouraging result considering the fact that French, Spar ish and Italian had been comparative ly easy for him. "Oh! that's not strange," consoling ly remarked the story writer; "tli Chicago Telephone company had ovnnrlonfd than that With tl" terrors of the Slav tongue. A drug gist In the heart of the Russian colon recently had a telephone instrument ir stalled in his place for the accommc dation of his patrons. The minute th first user of the 'phone began to tal Russian into the receiver the wii kinked into small knots like a tensel twisted string. They couldn't do thing to meet the emergency until or of the telephone linemen, who had one attempted to do missionary work in Russian settlement in Minnesota, r? placed the smooth insulated coppe strand with the ordinary barb win That jagged medium proved a perfet means of transmission for Russia speech."?Saturday Evening Post. Where He Forgot Himself.?"W are seven," laughingly quoted the ma who was an applicant for life insurant when asked to give the number of chi dren in his father's family. "And their names?" asked the ei aminlng surgeon. "Well, there's Albert, Addie, Henr; Laura, William and Dora and?and? The surgeon looked surprised, an the applicant looked foolish. Then he began again. "There's A bert and Addie, and Henry and Laun and William and Dora, and?and?" The surgeon announced that thes were only six. The applicant acknow edged the corn and went over the lb again and again, invariably balkin after the sixth name. Then a brigl office boy looked up from his worl with a grin, and said: "Say, haven't you left yourself out < the count?" The surgeon seemed relieved, the ai plicant seemed more foolish than eve and the office boy grinned on at n work. "That certainly was one time," flna ly commented the applicant, "that completely forgot myself."?New Tor Times. Why He Was Deaf.?Scene: Stabl in a Scottish village inn?Landlord I busy repairing a piece of harness an is carrying on at the same time a cor versation with the village blacksmitl Enter farmer. Farmer?Look here, landlord. Ca ye gie me a bottle o' yer best whisky' Londlord?Weel, ye spe, the horse are a' out. an I dlnna ken when ony i them'll be hame. Farmer?It's no a horse I want; it a bottle o' whisky. Landlord?Aye: but, ye see, they're guld bit awa', and it'll be late befor the first o'them's back. Farmer (louder)?I tell ye, it's no' horse: but a bottle o' whisky I want. Landlord?Weel, ye see, the beasts' be tired, an? Farmer?Gang awa' wi' ye an y beasts! Exit. Blacksmith?Man. John, ye're getti as deaf as a doorpost. It wasna' horse; but a bottle o' whisky, the ma was askin for. Landlord?Ou aye. I heard him fln< but he didn't pay for the last bottle h got.?Pearson's Weekly. Tub Chaplain's Deal.?An army ol fleal tells this story: "One of m chaplain friends was on an army trans port going south with some officer and men from various regiments. Th officers were playing cards in the cabl from morning to night. When Sunda came, the chaplain took a good sur ply of reading matter from his cabli and was on hand with It as the break fast table was cleared off. and the ol fleers were getting ready to play carl as usual. "Stepping to the head of the tdbl he said good naturedly, 'Gentlemei tracts are trumps today and It's m deal.' " 'All right, chaplain,' the officers r! sponded, 'give us a hand." "The books and prayers were give out. No cards were plaved that da; The chaplain had his opportunity ur hindered, because he showed tact in h: way of presenting his case." The Failings op Education.?Th methods of public school instructioi as applied in New York city, do not a ways meet the approbation of the pi rents of the pupils, as was evidence the other day when a German woma of commanding figure strode into th school, and approaching the principa demanded: "What it is, a lobster?' The principal politely explained th? a lobster was a species of the shell nsi "Veil, how many legs has it?dis lol ster?" The number of legs was stated. "Veil, I work me for a hurry, and your teacher cannot find better dinj than to ask my boy Jakey how mar legs has it, a lobster, und make hii come home to bodder his fadder mi questions. 'What it is. a lobster?' u pad peesness."?Youth's Companion. Critics Cri'shed.?At a dinner the were discussing an opera, and a lad; turning to her neighbor, said loudl: "I think Mme. 8. is much too old f< her part. Don't you agree with me Her singing is unbearable." "Alms. S. is sitting opposite to you said the gentleman coldly. Amid the silence that followed th remark the lady turned to the singe with many apologies. "It is that hoi rid critic W.," she said, "who has li tluenced my judgment concerning yoi singing. I believe it is he who is a ways writing against you. He mui be a most disagreeable and pedant person." "Had you not better tell all this I Mr. W. himself? He is sitting next t you." was the other's calm reply.?Ej change. |ftiSCfUanrott$ grading. ? FROM CONTEMPORARIES. lc r- Keiri and Comment That la of More or Le? Local Interest. ie GASTON. !y Gastonia News, August 30: J. F. n Dixon died at the Arlington mill TuesSf day. He had a stroke of apoplexy l" about six years ago and has had sevl" eral strokes since. He gradually lost the use of his body till the end came. He was about 50 years old, and the son ie of Alford Dixon. He leaves a wife and a five children?two by his first wife, who ie was Miss Ratchford, sister of Robert ' Ratchford. of South Point, and three by y his second wife, who was Miss Cleml" mer, daughter of Lemuel Clemmer. He left several brothers and many friends. 'e Claude M. Robinson died at the home of his father, Wm. M. Robinson, e two miles south of Gastonia, Wednesy day, at 1 o'clock Wednesday morna ing a man boarded the southbound vesie tibule at Charlotte and refused to pay :e his fare, tell his name, where ne wanta ed to go or give any information when the conductor came to him. At Bel!r mont the vestibule was stopped and the s- crew attempted to put the man off. He refused to get off and fought till he was n forced off. When the train started, he boarded the train again. He was overpowered and tied to the floor with a e bell cord in a Pullman car till the vesn tibule arrived here. The police had been telegraphed from Belmont and I- Chief Alexander and Policeman Smith boarded the train here and took the f- gentleman to jail. He refused to go into his cell and was as obstinate as Y, men get. He sent out for ham and " sandwich about 2 o'clock and ate with d a relish. We was a well dressed man of about 35 years; but looked as though he had been on a lark and bum for a i. few days, and probably whisky was the real cause of his ugly behavior 5e G. M. Brlson, of Point, was in town Wednesday. He says he has started 5t out to .beat that York county man killS ing minks. He has taken in seven skins at odd times as a start Pink Moss called to see us yesterday and told us about a Negro boy being beaten to death. The boy is Tom Armstrong, and he was beaten Sunday at a Negro >" church in South Carolina. He was r> brought Wednesday to his father's, is Bob Armstrong, who lives on Mrs. Robinson's place, five miles east of 1- town. The boy's head was beaten into I a jelly and several big gashes are on the k head and shoulders. It looks as if the attacking parties held the boy and beat him with a rock in their hands, le The last report from him was that he is was dying Wednesday afternoon, d at the home of the bride, at i- Balloon, S. C.. Miss Stella Glover, the i. popular daughter of W. O. Glover and also the postmistress at Balloon, was n married to Thomas Cato, of South 1 Point. Mr. Cato is a good young far:s mer of this county, and he will bring his ?' York county bride to his father's to live for the present, 's CHESTER Lantern, August 30: James M. Douga las, Ph.D., of Blackstocks, has been *e elected to the chair of physics and astronomy in Davidson college, in place a of Prof. Henry Louis Smith, who has been elected president. Mr. Douglas's H brother. Prof. John L. Douglas, has had a chair in the college for some !r years. His sister. Miss Margaret, has been elected a teacher in Winthrop college. We rejoice at this recognition of n eminent worth Mr. John L. Mila ler, of Wellrldge, was in town Wednesn day with a load of monster watermelons. It seems to make no difference 1 ?* -XI c.Qoe.r>no are tnn Wet. tOO ' Wlltflllfl IIIC OCCIOVIIO M* V , e dry. or just right, he always has a fine crop of melons, and it appears as if his vines make no other kind A few f- nights ago, Mr. Sidney Robinson, of y Edgmoor, had some wheat stolen out of i- the house where it was kept. The next s night he watched and caught a thief ie stealing his chickens. He could have n killed him: but intentionally shot clear y of him. The Negro dropped the chick> ens and other things that led to his i, identification and fled for life. He was sentenced by Judge Reid to 30 days on r- the gang. He acknowledged his guilt. Is He said he didn't know that it was a gun that fired: he thought he had steple ped on a stick of dynamite. 1, LANCASTER, y Ledger, August 31: A queer ear (?) of corn we have been shown by Ben Robertson, a colored farmer living in the Oakhurst section. It has a middle n cob about five inches long, and clusy. tered around it 27 other cobs from two i- to four inches long. All the cobs are is silked out. are covered with embryo grains with a few developed ones; but no shuck Mr. W. H. Sims narrowie ly escaped being drowned in Cane creek a last Monday night while on his way j. home from Lancaster. He drove into t. the stream not knowing that it was !(j swollen, and came near losing his horse n and also his own life. He managed to ie get the horse loose and it swam out, 1 and then he had a time getting out himself. The buggy washed on down the stream and was not recovered until ^ Thursday On Wednesday morning h last, at 10 o'clock, at the home of Dr. R. C. McManus. the bride's brother in-law. Rev. J. H. Boldridge. pastor of the Raptist church, united in the holy bonds of wedlock Miss Lily Hough, rg daughter of Hon. M. J. Hough, of Ches'y ter county, and Dr. Robert N. VanLandingham, of Hartsville. son of Mr. Wm. T. VanLandingham. of this coun,g ty J. M. Knight & Co., who conducted a store in the vicinity of the cotton mill, made an assignment last Wednesday for the benefit of creditors. 5 The liabilities, we are informed, are y' about $1,600. The assets will probably amount to $700 or $800. Failure to collect is assigned as cause of failure " The first bale of new crop cotton marketed at Lancaster was sold here yesterday by U. A. McManus, of Chesterfield county. It was bought by the is Heath R. & M. Co.. and brought 8.36 cents per pound, r- _ f t " Marked Difference.? Willie?Pa, jr what's meant by the "prime of life?" Pa?Well, when a man reaches 40 St or so he is said to be in the prime of ?c ... life. "And is it the same with a woman?" "? "Why, son, you would Insult a wo? man by telling her she was in the prime of life. She's always younger." ?Philadelphia Press. CONFUSION CONFOUNDED, (Continued from First Page). anything for his people, he (McLaurin) would be glad to help. In cases where there was no fit Republican for a given position, the president was disposed to appoint Democrats. Mr. McLaurin stated that while he did not hesitate to make recommendations under such circumstances, he has no control whatever over the Federal patron age in this state and he is not responsible for it. However, after Mr. Johnstone Is defeated, I will see if I cannot get him a good position in the Philippines. [Much applause and laughter.] He said that the president is no autocrat, but is a brave, humane, broad minded man. Colonel Johnstone had made a bad blunder in his ship subsidy argument by claiming that the transcontinental railroads favored the scheme, and Mr. McLaurin took advantage of it. The Northern Pacific railroad has the strongest lobby there is in Washington, and all its strength was against the ship subsidy bill. Here Mr. McLaurin poked considerable fun at Colonel Johnstone to the very great amusement of the audience. As to changing his mind, Senator McLaurin said that is something he does everytime he finds he is wrong. It may be a hard thing to do sometimes; but still he does it. He explained also that it is his rule to never make an attack upon others; but when others attack him to defend himself as best he can. In conclusion, Senator McLaurin said in effect: "What I regard as true Democracy is the voice of the white people of South Carolina as expressed at the ballot box. Between me and the people I recognize no bosses or committees. If the people say I am right at the ballot box, then no matter what may be Colonel Johnstone's view, he will have to come to me. [Laughter and applause.] If the people do not endorse my views, then I shall step aside without one word of complaint. [Loud applause.] Before he took his seat, Senator McLaurin said it gave him great pleasure to discuss issues with a man like Colonel Johnstone, and he hoped to meet the colonel again on the ship subsidy question. The colonel agreed to the proposition. All of the reporters agree that Senator McLaurin made a splendid impression. One states that while at the opening not exceeding 25 per cent, of the audience was on his side, at the close of the meeting fully 75 per cent, of it was with him, and many people left town shouting "Hurrah for John McLaurin." Immediately after the meeting, there was circulated the usual story to the effect that the "McLaurin shouters came from adjoining counties." August Kohn says "there were outsiders; but there were others?many others?who cheered for McLaurin. and if cheers count for votes, there will be many in Anderson for Commercial Democracy." The representative of the Greenville News is certain that there were no imported shouters at the meeting. HIS DELIGHT TO KILL. Uncommon Savnjcery of a Negrro Near Clinrlenton. rne Killing' 01 wiin join, umei wiar known as William Johnson, the highwayman and murderer, says a Charleston letter, has caused the greatest satisfaction in the mining section above the city, where the Negro was especially dreaded. When he toppled over from his hiding place in the rafters of his cabin with a rifle ball in his brain, the community had reason to rejoice that he was dead. For weeks a posse had been tracking him through the swamps and the wild country, but nimble and fleet of foot, he cut through the briars and underbrush and eluded pursuit. Finally, when cornered, he slipped into his little cabin. The posse moved up close to the cabin and called on Johnson to surrender. He answered with a rifle ball. The shot was returned and for a few moments the lead poured through the crack in the hut, making it hot for the desperado. In a little while it got too warm for him and he climbed to the rafters, where there was less danger from the bullets. But even there he was not secure, for a rifle ball cut through the dry wood and ploughed deep into the Negro's head. He fell from his perch and was groping in a pool of blood when the officers pushed open the door, which had been barricaded and chained. Johnson died as he wished. "If dey git me," he said to one of his black companions, "dey'll have to cut me down wid dese boots on ma feet. Dis nigger don't die in no soft bed." Wild Bill seemed to have killed men simply for the joy it gave him to see them in the agony of death. A smile of supreme happiness spread over his ginger colored face when he could stand by one of his victims and watch him die. When the last shudder, the last gasp for breath which did not come, told the murderer that the work was complete, he would turn on his heel and move slowly to the swampi:, and no one dared to follow. The phosphate Negroes feared him, but they were not brave enough to plan his death, because they realized the consequences if the attempt should fail.. The crime that resulted in the death of Wild Bill was the murder of William Burns. Burns was killed near the Bolton mines, while he was leaving a friend's house after a serenade. It was dark and Burns walked behind a man who stumbled. "Is that you Johnny Walker?" asked Burns, and before another word was passed Wild Bill turned and fired, the ball striking Burns just below the heart. The other Negroes knew that it was a murder for which there had not been the least provocation, but they were not willing to raise the point with Johnson. Johnson escaped after this killing, but he appeared at the edge of the swamp a short time later, and got in more trouble before going back to bis retreat. He sat down to a game of "skin," and there was enough liquor in him to make him dangerous. "If my card is turned," he said, "I'll kill you," and he looked at Tom Smith, one 1 of the players. Smith shuddered. The \ card was turned, and, true to his word, Johnson whipped out a revolver, put it j close to Smith and fired. The ball en- 1 tered the man's neck, and the blood " trickled out in a little stream. F The sight of the blood seemed to x madden the Negro and he jumped x quickly to his feet. In another pocket f he had a second revolver, and this came s out like a flash. With both weapons d pointed he called on the players to drop r their cash into his hat and his fingers J toyed with the triggers as the players a hesitated. One Negro showed signs of a resistance, and a bullet whistled so p Hose to his ear that he shoved the h money into the hat and was glad of the p chance to do it. The other players con- v tributed freely, and then Johnson put v the money in his pocket. f "Don't you niggers follow me," he r said, as he backed away. "Dese guns i; can hit far, and if you follow, people s will be walking slow behind you in de o mornin'." r The players did not go after their money. "You niggers oughtn't play wid a dat wild nigger," said Smith, who was c wounded, "fer ef he can't win de mon- t ey he'll steal it, and that seemed to g be the way he got his living. When he was not shobting "craps" or shooting at Negro players, Johnson gave his time to an old guitar, which ^ he picked day and night and from which sweet melody came floating through the swamps. This instrument was his dearest friend. There f was no man in the phosphate country c who was brave enough to say that the r guitar was "bum," for one Negro had t made that break, and he is limping e now for his folly. One day Johnson i was putting a new string on the instru- a ment and a Negro was helping him. s In some way the string snapped, and a e spasm of anger swept over Bill's face, g Without a word he brought out his ever j ready pistol, and shot his companion in i the shoulder. i When the posse got on his trail, John- \ son was forced to leave his guitar in the swamp. He stopped long enough i in his flieht to bury it behind a dead i tree, where It was found covered with I dry sticks and leaves. i ^ ^ ^ 5 MARKED FOR WEALTH. CaHen of People Who Were UnrJ>le to E*enpe It* Possibilities. When Hodson Barnett, the copper millionaire, gave away his fortune he went to live for a time at Wootten, a village near Bedford. Barnett was one of the richest men in Britain, being worth over ?3,000,000, and certainly the biggest copper merchant and worker In the country. However, he got tired of his millions and eventually gave nearly his entire fortune away to charities, townships and his political party. He was offered a baronetcy, which he refused, and with an income of ?400 a year Invested in consols, he took a cottage at Wooten, with one servant, and lived as quietly as a retired doctor. But within ten months a copper mine of his in British Guiana, the now famous Lo Coria mine, which had seemed so worthless he had not troubled to sell it, brought him another fortune. A prospector who examined it offered him ?50,000 for it, and was told by post to keep the mine for his trouble. That mine is now the chief asset of the great Powell syndicate and brings in ?90,000 ? a year. But Barnett's troubles were not over, for in another two months he was left a legacy of ?100,000, and this, grumbling at the work Involved, j he presented to the Norton Institute r for Waifs and Strays. Feeling unsafe i from wealth at Wootten, he quietly t changed his address to Tavistock, in Devon, but there he was pursued by r onrttVior loiraw of ?30 ftfin which he dis- t tributed among- the hospitals, and at his death eighteen months ago at Hempstead, he had Just been assailed by another fortune. Mrs. Camden Brett, the famous heiress. took . as much trouble to avoid wealth, as most people do to gain it. She hegan life with a settlement of 30,000. and by the time she was 45 she had come In for ?300.000 more. She came to the conclusion, however, that wealth was more trouble than It was worth, and In the summer of 1893 she commenced giving enormous dinners to the poor of London and other great cities. Within a year she had disposed of her entire fortune except a very small competence and bought a little house In Fulham. This house, shortly afterward, was claimed as the site of the Hewarden building. Mrs. Brett was forced to sell and the price allotted was ?12,000 and about six times the price she had paid. Saddled with ?12,000 she spent It In founding the Cottage Hospital, at Ilfracombe, and settled again In a tiny village at Curlbton. Here, being a qualified nurse, she took to amateur nursing. and having attended a wealthy manufacturer named Morley, was bequeathed ?50.000 at his death. This she mostly distributed to missionary societies: but there was no escape from the fortune that dogged her, and two years ago she befriended a patent Inventor, who, in gratitude, assigned her a half ^ royalty In one of his inventions which c became a huge success and brought her f in ?11.000. c No one had a harder struggle to get away from money than Corbey, the f ship-owner, and once proprietor of the t Corbey Line. He sold out his threat 3 business, realizing over ?1,500,000, and t made it over to his heirs, not even leaving himself a competence to retire 3 on. He bought a little farm just out- i side Exeter and turned it into a little market garden, making it pay very t fairly. The first attack of fortune was the news that a ship of his which had ? been abandoned uninsured in the Pa- 1 cific a year before was found with all J her cargo intact. Rut he wanted noth- ' ing more to do with wealth and he made her over to the finders. She was I worth ?16,000. Finally, before he died, < he received a new legacy of ?8,000, which he gave to Guy's Hospital.?Boston Post. Saved Br Aopinaldo's Wife.?Miss i L. M. Owen, a member of the Ameri- ? can asociation for the Advancement of Science, who is here attending its convention, says a Denver dispatch, was in Manila, in May. 1900. and says that Manila would have been captured and s burned and the inhabitants massacred f It had not been for the bravery of one voman-the wife of Aguinaldo. "There was a well-planned scheme a rear ago last May for a general uprlsng of the natives In Manila," she say3. The plan was to set fires In various arts of the suburbs, which would di ert the attention of the guards, and yhile they were busy extinguishing the Ires In these outlying districts the inurgents were to storm the city. Or-1 !ers had been given for a wholesale nassacre of men, women and children, ill this was prevented by the loyalty ,nd devotion of Aguinaldo's wife, who, .t the risk of her life, betrayed the lans to the officers in the city. She lad sometime previously been taken irisoner and, much to her surprise, was ery Kinaiy treated. rne time came i-hen she could repay It a thousandold and she did It, though discovery neant death to her. The plot naturaly was discussed In her presence and he gave full Information to the army ifflcers, thus preventing the most horIble massacre of modern times. "The facts have been well-known In rmy circles, but have been kept saredly secret on account of the danger o Mrs. Aguinaldo In case the insurants discovered their betrayer. COTTON SEED OIL. iVork of the 480 Milla In Thla Conntry?The Market Dnily Broadening. One of the most lusty of American lnant industries Is the manufacture of cotton seed oil. Today there are 450 nills in the United States, crushing wo and a half million bushels of seed innually, exercising $100,000,000 of cap tal, and giving employment, directly ind Indirectly, to 50,000 people. Thlrtyilx years ago this infant was in imbryo. Today upward of 100,000,000 gallons of golden oil flow from the iresses in the cotton belt to be distriblted throughout the world and to be itilized in the arts and sciences, as veil as for food. The market for cotton seed products s deepening and broadening every day. 5Ve prodigal sons of a kindly soil and >eneflcent nature were slower to recoglize the wealth hidden in the cotton leed than were the more economical latives of penurious Europe, even afer the "crush" was a commercial suc ess. Hence, the export trade gave nost support to this infant industry luring its early struggles for exist>nce. Americans, however, have ceas(d to be foolish virgins: their lamps ire now trimmed and burning with naive cotton oil, but it may be news to nany that the domestic trade in cotton leed products is now fully equal to the oreign consumption?and the end is lot yet, for citizens of the United states are always appreciative of a rood thing. At this moment the cotton seed oil narket is "between hay and grass." rhe new oil will not flow until October !0 or November 1, while the- supply of >ld-crop oil is almost depleted, and spot >il concentrated in two strong hands; n fact, the oil available is scarcely sufic-ient to meet current consumptive vants. but haDnilv the Dolicv of hold ;rs is to force prices only a little, if iny, above the present level.?New fork Commercial. FARM WORK LEADS. Ifore Penoni Are Engnired In Afrrlcnltnrnl I.nltor Than In Any Other InduNtry. Statistics of farm labor and the wares paid in the several states and territories have been prepared by the agricultural department and are soon to )e issued In the form of a bulletin. A greater number of persons are directly engaged in some form of agricul;ure than in any other branch of labor, rhere were 22,735,661 persons, 10 years >f age and over, having gainful occumtions in the- United States in 1900. of vhom 8.395,634, or 36.9 per cent, were mgaged in agricultural labors. Agricultural laborers?that Is, those vho work for hire?are a decreasing el>ment as compared with the entire 'arm labor of the United States. In 870 they constituted 48.9 per cent., or learly one-half of the agricultural vorkers; in 1880, 43.6 per cent., and in 890. 35.8 per cent, or a little more than >ne-thlrd. The latest year covered by this report s 1899. Farm wages per month by the rear or season, without board and with )oard, were higher in 1899 than in 1898. n rate of wages with board per month >y the year 1898 to 1899. the smallest :hanges are in Georgia. Texas and New Mexico, each less than 1 per cent. The lighest gain was in Minnesota, 10 per ?ent., followed by Wisconsin, nearly 10 )er cent; Washington and Michigan, >ach 9 per cent.; North Dakota, 8.5 per :ent; South Dakota, 7.5 per cent., Wy>ming, 7 per cent. In the United States as a whole, wares by the month, by the year, or seaion, both with and without board, had heir maximum in 186G, and their minnium in 1879.?Washington dispatch of Vugust 27th. She Knew Amos Keeter.?She was a ery talkable old aunty and her mem>ry was remarkable. Her nephew rom the city soon realized the strength f both of these characteristics. "Say, aunty," he put in when he ound an opening in the old lady's coninuous chain of reminiscences, "did rou ever know the Skeeter family that lsed to live around here somewhere?" "Knew 'em all," said the old lady vithout a moment's hesitation. "Yes, ?idc>d." "Did you know Amos?" continued he joker. "Amos Keeter!" cried the old lady igain. "Well, I should say I did. Vlany's the party he's taken me to. \mos Keeter? Dear. dear, how his lame does call up the good old times!" And then the wicked nephew had to ?o out behind the woodshed to laugh.-?leveland Plain Dealer. "REMINISCENCES OF YORK." WE have on hand a few sets of THE ENQUIRER containing the 'REMINISCENCES OF YORK." emjracing 22 numbers, which we offer for tale at FIFTY CENTS a set. L. M. GRIST & SONS. PHOTOGRAPHY. FOR PHOTOS in any style and of the BEST FINISH?Please ca'.l it my Gallery, on Cleveland avenue. S. W. WATSON, Yorkvllle, S. C. ECZEMA. ITCHING HUMORS# Painful, unsightly eruptions, scabs and 3cales, itching sensation, prickling pains, thin, diseased blood, bumps, and dirty specks on the skin, pimples, boils, pale skin, eating sores and ulcers, skin and blood humors cured by taking Botanic Blood Balm (B.B.B.). All the sores quickly heal and blood is made pure and rich by its use. Deep-seated, obstinate, cases that ' 1 Tx- murlioino resist IJOClUr? UUU paicilb illVU.vmv V1VMW mentyield to Botanic Blood Balm (B.B.B.). The most perfect Blood Purifier made. 30 years old. Try it. For sale by Druggists. 81. per large bottle, including complete directions for home treatment. Send 5 cent* to pay postage on Fre? Trial Bottle. BLOOD BALM CO., Atlanta, Ca. professional <j{ards. JAMES F. HART, ATTORNEY AT LAW, YORKVILLE, S. C. Office in the McClain Building, over H. C. Strauss's Store. Telephone No. 69. wtl. PHONE?Office 116 Residence 60JTHOS. F. McDOW, ATTORNEY AT LAW, No. 4 Law Range, YORKVILLE, S. C. Negotiates Loans on Approved Security. January 1 w ly GEO. W. S HART, ATTORNEY AT LAW, YORKVILLE, S. C. Office No. a, LAW RANGE. 'Phone 58. No. 5, Law Range. 'Phone 67. W. W. LEWIS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, YORKVILLE, S. C. Prompi; attention given to all Business. Leans Negotiated on Improved Real Estate. W. Bratton de Loach. Prank P. McCain. de LOACH & McCAIN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, YORKVILLE, S. C. Office over H. C. Strauss's Store. FINLEY & BRICE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, YORKVILLE, S. C. Office in the Building at the Rear of H. C. Strauss's Store. Sir All business entrusted to us promptly attended to. A. Y. CARTWRIGHT, SURGEON DENTIST, YORKVILLE, S. C. OFFICE HOURS: 9 a.rn. to i p.m.; 3 p. m.tojp. m. Office in upstairs rooms of Cartwrlght Building, opposite Telegraph and Express Offices. To Gret a Good PHOTOGRAPH Coine to my Gallery on West Liberty street. Come, rain or shine, and you will receive the best attention. Very Respectfully, .T. R. SCHORB, Yorkville, S. C. jENGRAVED ) j invitations i I HAVE just added to my stock a line of samples of ENGRAVED CARDS and WEDDING INVITATIONS. Parties wanting such work will do well to see me and get my prices. 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 order. I can also furnish type printed Invitations and Cards. THOS. W. SPECK. OTTR personal attention, with long experience, given at all times. All grades and priced eoods in COFFINS and CASKETS. Latest equipment in trappings, etc. Robes, Gloves, Slippers ana Stockings carried in stock. Fine Hearse for town and country use. W. B. MOORE & CO. /T\ tT? fTl (Tl (T? . ( Vi? VA' v*/ " VA' " W \Jt7' * t I Commercia | Print | Give THE ENQUi 1 Commercial Printing that you | THE ENQUIRER will do yoi ^ it, and at as low a price as you * anywhere. If you want "cheap 3* not do work of that kind. T1 fj Heads, Bill Heads, Note Hca ^ Envelopes, Cards, Invitations, I ? Law Briefs and Arguments for $ tics with THE ENQUIRER. | at a low price, give us your nex .ti J. tn iT\ tTi ^ t^JWTw4w V Vr wTwT V SOUTH CAROLINA & GEORGIA EXTENSION EAILEOAD CO. Schedule Effective June 15, 1901. BETWEEN CAMDEN AND BLACKSBURG. WEST. EAST. 35. 33. EASTERN 32. 34. 2nd 1st TIME. |?t 2nd Class. Class. Class. Clan*. Daily Dally Except Dally. Dally. Except STATIONS. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. 8 20 12 50 Camden 12 25 5 HO 8 50 1 16 DeKalb 12 02 4 50 9 20 1 27 .....'Westvllle II 50 4 SO 10 50 * 2 00 Kershaw...... 11 35 4 10 11 20 2 12 Heath Springs. 11 20 3 15 12 20 2 37 ....Lancaster.... 10 55 2 67 12 40 2 50 ....Riverside 10 40 2 00 2 30 3 10 Catawba J'c'n. 10 20 1 30 4 ( 0 3 40 . ..Rock Hill... 10 00 12 00 4 45 4 02 ..Tlrzah 9 30 9 10 5 20 4 18 Yorkvllle.... 9 15 8 60 5 45 4 84 Sharon 9 00 8 15 6 05 4 50 Hickory Grove 8 45 7 50 6 20 5 00 Smyrna 8 35 7 30 6 50 5 20 ...Blacksburg... 8 15 7 00 P. M. P.M. A.M. A.M. * 20 minutes for dinner. BETWEEN BIjACKSBOKti, S. C., AND MAKION, N. C. WEST EAST. 11. 33. EASTERN 32. 12. 2nd 1st TIME. 1st 2nd Class. Class. Class. Class. l>ally Dally Except Dahy Dally Except STATIONS = A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. 6 45 5 25 ...Blacksburg... 7 48 6 40 7 32 5 43 Earls 7 32 6 20 7 45 5 49 Patterson Spr'g 7 25 6 12 8 20 6 00 .Shelby 7 15 a 00 9 00 a 21 ....I^attlmore..... a 55 4 50 9 10 8 30 ...Mooresboro.. 8 48 4 40 9 25 8 41 Henrietta.... 6 38 4 20 9 55 6 50 ....Forest City... 6 20 3 50 10 30 7 15 Kutherfordton 0 05 8 25 12 00 7 50 .Thermal City. 5 36 2 45 12 25 8 10 ...Glen wood.... 5 15 2 20 1 00 8 30 Marlon 5 00 2 00 P. M. P. M. A.M. P.M. GAFFNEY BRANCH. WE8T. EAST. First Class. EASTERN First Class. 15. | 13. TIME. 14. | 10. Dally Except Dally Except Sunday. Hunday. "P.M7| A.M. STATIONS. A. M. I P. M. 5 30 6 00 ... Blacksburg... 7 50 7 20 5 50 6 20 Cherokee Falls 7 30 7 00 6 10 0 40 Gaffliey 7 10 6 40 P.M. A.M. A.M. P.M. Trains No's. 32 and 33 are operated daily. Trains No's. 34. 35, 11. 12. 13. 14, 15 and 16 are operated daily except Sunday. CONNECTIONS. 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 Yorkville with Carolina & Northwestern R. R. At Blacksburg with Southern Railway. At Shelby and Rutherfordton with S. A. L. At Marion with Southern Railway. SAMUEL HI NT, President. A. TRIPP, Superintendent. E. H. SHAW, Gen. Put. Agent. CAROLINA & NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. Schedule Effective August 4, lOOl. BLOWING ROCK LINE. Northbound. Passenger. . Mixed. Leave Chester 8.15a.m. 7.00a.m. Lv. Yorkville 9.22a.m. 9.07a.m. Lv. Gastonia 10.25a.m. 12.15p.m. Lv. Llncolnton....11.22a.m. 1.55p.m. Lv. Newton 12.08p.m. 4.00p.m. Lv. Hickory 12.32p.m. 5.45p.m. Ar. Cliffs *12.46p.m. *5.56p.m. Lv. Cliffs 1.10p.m. 6.26p.m. Ar. Lenoir .... 1.50p.m. 7.30p.m. Ar. Blowing Rock. 7.45p.m. 2.00p.m. (Stage). Mixed train also leaves Hickory at 10.30 p. m., arriving at Cliff's at 10.50 p. m., and Lenoir at 12.43 a. m. Southbound. Pssseager. Mixed. Lv. Blowing: Rock. 8.00a.m. 2.00p.m. (Stage). Lv. Lenoir 4.35p.m. 5.45a.m. Lv. Cliffs 5.22 *7.15a.m. Lv. Hickory 5.40p.m. 8.02a.m. Lv. Newton 6.00p.m. 9.20a.m. Lv. Llncolnton.... 6.48p.m. 11.30a.m. Ar. Gastonla ?7.42p.m. 1.35P.m. Lv. Gastonla 8.05p.m. 1.35p.m. Lv. Yorkville 9.06p.m. 3.28p.m. Ar. Chester 10.16p.m. 5.26p.m. Meal station for trains. Mixed train leaves Lenoir at 3 a. m., Cliffs at 5.07 a. m., and arrives at Hickory at 5.42 a. m. CONNECTIONS. Chester?Southern Ry., S. A. L., and L. & C. Yorkville?S. C. & Ga. Extension. Gastonla?Southern Ry. Llncolnton?S. A. L. Newton and Hickory?Southern Ry. Lenoir?Blowing Rock Stage Line and C. & N. E. F. REID. G. P. Agent. Chester, South Carolina. Y ork Brick W orks. W. N. ASHE, Proprietor. We are now making millions ol Brick, and are ready to meetall demands wholesale or retail, at figures that are right. W. N. ASHE. Yorkville and Rock Hill. i /Tl A. /Tb A. 1 l ing. I [RER your next order for any $ may need. If you will do this ? iir work just the way you want 0 can get "the best grade of work * " work THE ENQUIRER does I [IE ENQUIRER prints Letter | ids, Statements, Counter Bills, ? Iandbills, Dodgers, Posters, etc. 2 the Supreme Court are special- ? If you want the BEST work t order. *