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tumorous department. Mixed, But In Earnest.?A Negro recruit and the officer of the day figure in the following little story from the Philippines, written home by a Kentucky volunteer: "A Negro recruit on outpost duty, who had been filled with stories of the Filipinos' torture of captured American soldiers, had let his mind run on them until his terror caused him to get his orders for the day in a pretty mess. At midnight the officer of the day went the rounds. When he struck the 'rooky' he was challenged by a scared Negro. " 'Halt, dah; who's dat?' "The answer was: 'Officer of the day.' "Again the sentry sung out, 'Halt, dah; who's aatr "The officer then asked him, 'What in Sand Hill was the matter? Why didn't he know his orders? The Negro said: 'I does know mah orders.' " 'Well, what are they?' asked the officer, and to his surprise the answer came back: " De sargent done tole me to halt you three times and den shoot you.' And with that he cocked his rifle. "You should have seen that officer sprint for a tree. From there he used the only argument of any avail with a coon. He cussed him so hard that the Negro forgot all about shooting him. Half an hour later the officer was able to come out from his hiding place and give his proper orders."? Louisville Courier-Journal. How He Met Mr. Yap.?"I have experienced the most curious coincidence the past year imaginable," said the bachelor. "I was taking that always beautiful coaching trip from Cork to the Lakes of Killarney. Seated beside me on the top of the coach was a fine looking Englishman of about 50 years of age. Learning that I was an American he became much interested and asked me numerous questions as to our politics, social life, etc., all most intelligent and some rather hard to nnaniAH CJn/l/lanh- WO riAtlpoH PAm InP" along the road the queerest old countryman imaginable. His antiquated clothes and venerable hat drew from me unconsciously the expression: 'There's an old "yap" going to town, I suppose. In New York the bunco steerers would soon get hold of him." "My companion looked at me very curiously and said: 'I beg your pardon, but what did you call that old chap?" " 'I said he was a yap,' " I replied. " 'Will you kindly tell me what you mean by a yap?' said my neighbor. " 'Oh, it's an American expression,' I replied. 'It means an innocent countryman?a?a?a greeny, in fact,?a jay.' The Englishman looked fixedly at me a moment, put his hand in his pocket, pulled out his card case, and gravely extracting his card, handed it to me. Imagine my feelings! The card was inscribed, "Mr Richard Yap.' "?New York Times. A Warning to Sharpers.?A coun tryman, being up in London, got into conversation with a seedy-looking individual in a tap room, and during the conversation let drop the remark that he would not mind giving half a crown to see a real London sharper. "Well, keep it dark," said the other; "but I don't mind telling you that I am one." ."If that's so," returned the countryman, "then I suppose I'll ha' ta gle thee a'lf crown?" This he did with the remark, "But let's ha' some o' thee tales." Accordingly, the supposed sharper related several good yarns and the countryman, being much pleased, said: "Well, thee must be a real London sharper. Just thee gie me that 'halfcrown back. I'll gie thee five shillings." Without hesitation the bogus sharper returned the half-crown, holding out his hand for the promised five shillings. Whereupon, to his utter astonishment, the countryman rose, pocketed his half-crown, and made off, with the remark: "Thee must be a fule, or thee'd a kept that 'alf-crown when thee 'ad it." ?London Tit-Bits. They Both Gibbered.?A German who brought a Berlin joke ashore last week without custom house interference has been exploding it industriously around town since. The joke was whispered to him in Berlin on his pledge to export it promptly. Here it is: A man was overheard in a Berlin restaurant saying. "The Emperor! why he is nothing but a gibbering talker." and he was promptly arrested. "Why do you arrest me?" he asked the officer of the guard. "For saying that the emperor is a gibbering talker." "But I did not mean the emperor of Germany." he protested. "I was talking about the emperor of Russia." "Ach so!" said the officer with a puzzled expression. "Is then the emperor of Russia a gibbering talker also?"? New York Sun. Truthful at Least.?"Did you notice no suspicious characters about your neighborhood?" asked a magistrate of a new policeman. "Sure, your honor," answered the constable. "I saw but one man, an' I asked him what he was doin' there at that time of night. Scz he: 'I have no business here just now; but I expert to open a jewelry shop in this vicinity later on.' At that I sez: 'Wish you success, sir.' " "Yes." said the disgusted magistrate, "and he did open a jewelry shop in that vicinity and stole 17 watches." "Regorra, your honor." exclaimed the policeman after a pause, "the man may have been a thief: but he was no liar." it'" The story is told of three Protestant ladies who walked into a Catholic church in Ireland during high mass. It was raining and they had gone in for shelter. The priest, one of nature's gentlemen, recognized the ladies, and stooping down, said to an attendant: "Three chairs for the Protestant tallies." It was a kindly thought, but the priest must have wished he had never thought it when the man stood up in the church and shouted: "Three cheers for the Protestant ladies!" It was over in a minute?the cheers were cheered and could not be taken back: but it was one of the most uncomfortable moments in the good priest's life. international stfsson. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. j LESSON XIII, THIRD QUARTER, INTERNATIONAL SERIES, SEPT. 29. Text of the Leiion, a Comprehensive Quarterly Review ? Golden Text, Pm. clll, 17?Commentary Prepared by the Rev. D. M. Stearns. [Copyright, 1901, by American Press Association.] ( Lesson I.?God, the Creator of all ? things (Gen. i, 1; ii, 3). Golden Text, Gen. j 1, 1, "In the beginning God created the ) heaven and the earth." To my mind one } of the crreatest and most Drecious truths r in the first two chapters in the Bible is that of God working unhindered; God, the Creator of all things in heaven and on earth, to whom nothing is too wonderful (Jer. xxxii, 17). When He who commanded the light to shine out of darkness shines in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ (II Cor. iv, 6), we are from that time on earth for and in partnership with Him that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ (I Pet. iv, 11). Lesson II.?Beginning of sin and redemption (Gen. iii, 1-15. Golden Text, Rom. v, 20, "Where sin abounded grace did much more abound." Here is the entrance of the great enemy, the devil, the adversary of God and man, who continues as such all through the Bible story to c Rev. xx, where he goes to his own place forever. In verse 15 we have the promise of a Deliverer who, though He shall i suffer at the hands of the adversary, s shall finally conquer him. In verse 21 g we have the most simple illustration of the way of redemption, and in verse 24 the glory of the redeemed in paradise re- ? stored is taught by the cherubim. ? Lesson III.?Noah saved in the ark (Gen. vlii. 1-22). Golden Text, Gen. vi, a 8, "Noah found grace in the eyes of the e Lord." Chapter iv tells of the division t among those who worshiped God as set forth in Cain and Abel, the one refusing r God's way and the other accepting it. * As years passed on the increase was on e the side of those against God till all flesh t became so corrupt that God destroyed all a with a deluge, sparing only Noah and his r family, through whom to people the new ' earth. The great practical question is, Am I in the ark, the true ark, Christ Je- * sus. in whom alone is redemption? Lesson IV.?God calls Abram (Gen. I xil, 1-9). Golden Text, Gen. xii, 2, "I k will bless thee and make thy name great, c and thou shalt be a blessing." Hatred of s God is again specially manifest at the tower of Babel, where God stopped theui in their rebellion by the confusion of tongues. Notwithstanding this, men fall 1 away into idolatry, and from the mass t of idolators God calls Abram to be a man p wholly for Himself and the father of a ii people whom He can separate from all t other people and bless them that through ^ them He may bless others (Ex. xix, 5, 0; xxxiii, 10). Lesson V.?Abram and Lot (Gen. xiii, 1-18). Golden Text, Math, vli, 12, d "Whatsoever ye would that men should n do to you do ye even so to them." It be- c came necessary because of the wealth of ^ these two men in flocks and herds that |j they should separate. Their men who kept the flocks were striving among a themselves in the presence of the heathen, and this was a dishonor to God: so Abram, to whom God hail given all the c land, magnanimously gives Lot his choice. . Lesson VI.?God's promise to Abram (Gen. xv, 1-1S). Golden Text, Gen. xv, 1, ^ "* ? J! n i am lay smeia anu iuy cAceeuiug ga'tii reward." This is the chapter iu which so o many words are used for the first time, o such as "fear not," "believe," "righteous- n ness," etc., and here is the first promise g of the seed as the stars of heaven. Abram is becoming increasingly separat- c ed unto God, and God is becoming in- * creasingly real to him. The adversary is t ever suggesting doubts and fears and- s seeking to turn his eyes to the circum- i] stances, but "I am thy shield" should -j dispel all fear. . Lesson VII.?Abraham's intercession (Gen. xviii. 10-33). Golden Text, Jas. v, f 10. "The effectual, fervent prayer of a h righteous man availeth much." He who t had dined with Abraham and now talked \ with him was uone other than He whom j we know as our great High Priest who ^ ever livetk to make intercession for us. and the ministry of intercession, as set forth in Rev. Andrew Murray's book e with that title, is one of our greatest priv- c ileg^s. u Lesson VIII.?Abraham and Isaac n (Gen. xxii. 1-14). Golden Text, Heb. xi, a 17. "By faith Abraham, when he was t tried, offered up Isaac." This is the most remarkable type of the sacrifice of Christ in the Scriptures. Abraham and v his only son are so suggestive of God and f His only begotten Son, Isaac submissive- I ly beaging the wood on which he was to 4 be offered, and the father, with the fire ^ and the knife, make the picture complete t in every detail. The ram suffering in Isaac's stead, taking his place on the altar, reminds us of Christ as our substi- " tute, dying in our place. a Lesson IX.?Isaac the peacemaker s (Gen. xxvi, 12-25). Golden Text, Math, j v, 9. "Blessed are the peacemakers, for j they shall be called the children of God." n Aoranain wouiu nor strive ror mat wmia ^ was rightfully his, but rather yielded to Lot that God might be glorified. Isaac in like manner yielded to the Philistines s property that was rightfully his, and ii God was glorified In him, and the Phills- t tines said. "We saw certainly that the j Lord was with thee" (xrvi, 28). By t meekness and submission and yieldedness . God Is glorified: not by asserting ourselves and our rights. Lesson X.?Jacob at Bethel (Gen. c xxviii. 10-221. Golden Text, Gen. xxvili, o 10. "Surely the Lord Is in this place." c Great was the grace of God to this peni- i tent but unworthy man. opening heaven p to him and giving him the most precious , assurances of forgiveness and constant care and future blessing. All the promises and purposes of God shall surely be * kept anil performed (II Cor. 1, 20: Jer. t xxl, 29). for lie is faithful. lie cannot r deny Flimsclf. t Lesson XI.?Jacob n prince with God <3 (Gen. xxxil. 1-92). Golden Text. Luke ^ xviii. 1. "Men ought always to pray and not to faint." Our heavenly Father is % ever louging to do great things for Tils v people that Ills power may be seen, that ? He may be glorified, but we are not to be v bo full of ourselves that we hinder Him by t our planning and striving and doing. t Lesson XII. ? Temperance lesson , (Prov. xxiii. 29-29). Golden Text. Prov. xx, 1. "Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and whosoever is deceived there- s by is not wise." There is no salvation f from the sin of strong drink or nny other e sin except in lTitn who was made sin for 1: us. who bor<- our sorrows and carried our griefs. who for us was a man of sorrows j and acquainted with grief. *' ' Mrs. Blackwood, of Indiana, who r is about to marry her twelfth husband, I will probably stop there, as she thinks i 13 an unlucky number. c *'> Don't work a sick animal. Rest c is better than medicine, especially f> where the trouble results from lame- f ness or sprain. a PtettUanrouis fading. FROM CONTEMPORARIES. Vewi and Comment That Ii of More or Lear Local Interest. CHESTER. Lantern, September 17: Closing the 'ront of Joseph Wylie & Co.'s store las been delayed by the breaking of :he Immense plate glass. In the hands >f the Southern railway, after It arrived. We understand that the accl lent cost the railway company $500, ind one of their most trusted employees lis job. The second shipment of glass las been received, and now the night .vatchman will soon be off duty The city bell was tolled Saturday as a nark of respect to the memory of President McKinley. That is small lonor, however, compared with the lincere sorrow felt by our people. On Sabbath the services in all the church;s, without any previous suggestion, 10 far as we know, were distinctly menorial in their nature Mr. S. J. Perguson has a toad that foretells aln more truly, he says, than any of the veather forecasters. It stays about the citchen and whenever it is~ heard, rain nay be confidently looked for within 14 hours. It had been quiet during the ast dry weather, but we suppose it ifted up its voice and croaked a day >r two ago. LANCASTER. Ledger, September 18: The subject of lev. J. M. Steadman at the morning ermon next Sunday will be "Some lesons to be learned from the assassinaion of the president." Died, on lunday last, near Belalr, after a lin:ering illness, of consumption, Mrs. iVilllams, wife of Tiny Williams, aged Lbout 55 vears. Her husband and sev ral children survive her Magisrate Hall, of Pleasant Valley, dropted into see us yesterday. He reports he poorest crops in this section he has ver known. The cotton crop will not ?e more than half of an average crop, .nd as for corn, there's comparatively lone. The hay and forage crops exeed any he has ever known harvested. The "tiger-cat" appeared at Mr. . P. Plyler's, in the Dwight section, on Monday morning about 4 o'clock, and dlled three setter pups in the crib, rushing their heads into a pulp. Mesrs. Herschell and Pinckney Plyler went ut and slammed to the crib door, but t made its escape by jumping against he door and shoving it open. It fought he mother of the pups all over the iremises and the Messrs. Plyler were n a few feet of it several times. Had hey have had a gun they could easily ;ave killed it. It was about the size f a bird dog, as well as they could ell in the darkness Mr. T. W. Anerson, of Indian Land, had a good nule killed one day last week by beoming entangled in a rope and falljjig, ireaking its neck. Mr. Henry Ashly, [ving in the same neighborhood, lost good horse Monday. GASTONIA. Gastonla News, September 17: 'harles Wagstaff, a young cotton mill perative, a son of John Wagstaff, of -IcAdenville, and a brother of Mrs. leorge Rumfelt, and Robt. Wagstaff, f McAdenville, and James Wagstaff, f ric* otAnl o /I Iq/1 In pAlnmhla MnnHnv f last week, and was buried at Goshen, lear McAdenville, Thursday. The phyicians had given instructions for the offin not to be opened. Friday the amily became dissatisfied, fearing that he corpse was not in the coffin or that omething was wrong, and they dug ato the grave to satisfy themselves, 'hey found the right corpse in the cas:et. Young Wagstaff had many riends who will be sorry to hear of lis death H. F. Oakley, of our own, was among the number who saw Vm. Monroe hanged at Charlotte, on Friday. The hall in which the hangrig was done, was full. Monroe said nly a few words. Sheriff Wallace actd promptly and successfully, and the ondemned man was dead in 20 mln;tes after the body fell. It will be renembered that Monroe was the assailnt of Mrs. Lem Martin, near Mathews. August 13th The first bale f cotton bought in Gastonia this year, ras bought Saturday by C. E. Mason rom J. C. Grissom, of Pleasant Ridge, t was ginned by the Oil mill, weighed 22 pounds and sold at 8J cents A ig crowd came up the Narrow Gauge his morning on their way to Erskine ollege and Due West female college, 'hey were joined here by Misses Mary nd Annie Galloway and Janie Whiteides, and George W. Hanna. Mr. lanna graduates this year The Ipiscopalians had intended using their ew church for the series of services >elng conducted by Archdeacon Weber when the appointment was made everal weeks ago, but it was found mpossible to complete the building in ime, so the Y. M. C. A. hall was used, lut tonight they will have the floor in ed for less than $25.?New York Sun. J t O Tub Rbai, Assassin.?Since the as- ai sassination of President McKinley, there has been much crimination and recrimination in all parts of the coun- _ try. Some of it has probably been the outgrowth of political partizanship: s but much of it Is based on honest judg- V ment. In this connection the follow- * ing letter from lie v. Dr. Jacob Coop- j er, vice president of Rutger's college, _ to W. R. Hearst, proprietor of The New York Journal, is interesting: -w "Sir: While the world stands aghast X at the horror recently enacted at Buf- at falo, it looks beyond the weak mis heir new church and chairs put in and he last sermon by Archdeacon Webber i-ill be the first to be held in the new hurch building, which will be at 8 'clock tonight. The name of the new hurch is St. Mark's mission, and Rev, ). T. Johnson, of High Shoals, is the astor G. R. Spencer, son of Capt. T. Spencer, who has been superinendent of the Tltman cotton mills at lovington, Tenn., has been elected to he superintendency of the Tavora nill at Yorkville, and went dowi?yeserday to take charge of the mill. Mr. Spencer is a good man and we congratilate the Tavora on securing hisserices C. C. Clarke had a bottle of whisky in his house at the Ozark mill, Saturday, and a young man boarding rith him wanted a little. When he had >een accommodated Mrs. Clarke hid he bottle in her stove. Next morning, >Irs. Clarke built up a fire in the stove, orgetting about the bottle. When the tove was heated she took the bottle rom the stove and it exploded with onsiderable noise and a piece of the ottle struck her in the right eye, cut ing and probably permanently injurng the eye ball Several of our minsters called attention to the death of 'resident McKinley Sunday and th-1 lew president, Theodore Roosevelt. )eep regret and great sorrow was ex uessed at the death of McKinley and onfidence that Roosevelt will make a ;ood administrative officer. Mr. Shields ailed attention to the self-possession if the wounded and dying president, sever for the first time did he speak in evil word against his assailant. In conversation yesterday Mr. Shields c said Roosevelt had started off well in P following: the policy of McKinley and p retaining the old cabinet. He said he a didn't think that Roosevelt loved the H south as much as McKinley. Mr. p Shields thinks that Roosevelt will be jj a wise and determined officer and the fi fact that the politicians didn't want a him was evidence that he would not a be ruled by them. Archdeacon Web- n ber has in his sermons been occasionally referring pathetically to the great- ^ ness and tenderness of both McKinley n and Roosevelt. A United States flag, s< draped in mourning, rests on the wall r< behind the pulpit in the Y. M. C. A. ^ hall. Dr. Galloway is a personal ad- it mirer of the character of Mr. McKin- h ley and has confidence In the ability ^ and honesty of Roosevelt and thinks p ne will make a good president. w a . ? . fl MILLINERS' OPENING DAI. t] SI Great Qaeatlon For Femininity I* ^ the Coming Hat. r< During the next week or ten days, to e. the feminine mind, all roads will lead w in one direction, to the millinery opening. Ordinary bargain sales will pass unheeded, and afternoon teas and card h parties will fade into insignificance In f< comparison with the radiance of the coming hat. It On the part of the wholesaler and retailer it has required not less than three months to prepare for this great occasion, the fall opening, which may f( occupy one, or at the most, three days, In June the wholesale buyers go n abroad in search of novelties not only tj in trimmed hats, but in materials for j? their own designers to work up or to n be offered to the retail trade. They g must be home and their offerings w ready for inspection as early as July j; 30. Retail buyers who do their own t< purchasing abroad sail about July 1, tl and count upon returning to this coun- 01 try about August 15; but only the vv larger and more exclusive firms send js their buyers to Europe, the majority j, of the wholesalers looking to the Amer- a lean wholesale milliners for styles and C] materials. * tl The millinery workrooms in retail es- ti tablishments wear a deserted look dur- jr ing the early summer, but with the q coming of August work begins to be |r brisk. First the buyers return from ei their vacations and swarm Into the a wholesale districts, searching for every- c; thing that may come under the head of s, millinery, from the complete pattern j, hat to the smallest buckle or single tl rose. The success or failure of the a season for a firm depends largely up- 0] on the judgment of the buyer at this j critical moment. Next in importance n Is the selection of a head-trimmer or n, designer. Such a woman is always in c. demand and commands from $25 to jr $75 a week, according to her ability. ja The buyer makes daily trips to the n wholesale district for perhaps the first ti week. Sometimes he is accompanied tl by his designer, and they confer on im- js portant purchases. Later his visits to jt the wholesalers become less frenuent. h! The mass of the materials are then (p purchased and his milliners are amply gj supplied. From this time on, he _ watches only for novelties in trimmings or shapes, and buys more cau- P tlously. If the retail store is one which u caters to the outside trade, that is, sells millinery by wholesale to retailers in smaller cities, the head of the department must have a good stock of made-up hats on hand by the middle of August, as the out-of-town buyers are then on the ground. In the meantime work gets along ? more rapidly in the workshop proper. L Designers and trimmers have grasp- L ed the general styles to be followed for L the season, and from the humblest pre- ^ parer and apprentice to the designer, l the "opening fever" is upon them. The L head of the department, feeling that ? the wheels of the workshop are run- L ning smoothly now, turns his attention A to another direction?the business office. He must confer with the manager on plans for attracting customers to ^ the opening, and with the advertising l man in regard to the space his depart- L ment is to have In the newspapers. As a rule two days are allowed for l the opening proper, and no pains are L spared to make it a gala occasion. En- ? graved Invitations are sent to regular L. customers and to others whose names L the firm would like to add to its books. L A The cunning of the advertising man Is n tested to devise attractive announcements and a certain sum Is placed at C the disposal of the head of the depart- ? ment to make the opening an artistic g success. From $500 to $1,000 Is fre- L quently allowed for incidental expens- N es, including invitations, decorations, etc. _ In the most exclusive establishments the decorations play a small part. A 3 severely plain back ground Is all the ^ proprietor wants. On the other hand, large department stores furnish an ? elaborate back ground for their millinery display. Palms and flowers are used, sometimes an orchestra furnishes Inspiration varying from opera to rag- v ?.?? o*-?/1 VinmhlpRt clerk } milt: mciuuico, uuu k>tv# iiv>' ? among the saleswomen must bring forth her freshest gown, her best shirt Uj waist and her most engaging smile. di From the preferences exhibited by B customers and the sales effected on ^ the opening day, the buyer and the m head of stock determine the most pop- lis ular styles and the energies of the trimmer are turned in this direction in making up future additions. If the o; opening be a brilliant success from " point of attendance and number of p< sales, the head of department is proportionately content, while the women who have thronged the show rooms go g home to explain to husbands and papas why half a yard of velvet, a bit of ~ plaited chiffon, a rhinestone buckle and a crushed rose cannot be purchas- r\ reant who 'fired the shot at our noble resident. It sees in you and those , ke you, the leaders of a reckless ress, the forces which make euch an ct possible. Behind the much-abused cense of printing you have for years een uttering, both by words and by icture, that which you knew to be es of the most damnable blackness, roin the vantage ground of your (cowrd's) fort. This constant hell broth f vituperation and lies, spewed out 11 over the land, has done its legitllate work. "It has incited weak men, like this rnorant and fanatical Polish anarhist, to do a deed in which you, the jol assassin, gloat in your immoral Jul, but from which in your craven terjr you crouch like a frightened hare. "Why don't you, if what you have een saying for years, be true, repeat ; now? If false, why do you not ave the manliness to admit that all l our utterances about the president nd vice president were conscious, j remeditated lies? All eood men and romen In this nation denounce you l nd your like as the real assassin who red the shot. I denounced you from I lie pulpit yesterday and shall do so, upplementing your own conscience < ith the testimony that you, to the Jill extent of your ability, are the < sal assassin of President McKinley. "Carry with yourself, day and night 1 verywhere, while you curse the earth ith your presence, the consciousness j fiat every honorable and virtuous man nd woman in our land that has had i tie opportunity to know the facts olds you and your like responsible i ir this awful horror, and loathe you, ot to the extent your conduct desrves, but to the reach of their ablly." ARKANSAS SENATORSHIP. Atlanta Journal: A spirited contest ir the senatorial chair now occupied y James K. Jones, of Arkansas, is alsady on, and promises to be one of ] le liveliest in the history of that state'. !x-Governor James P. Clark has al- 1 jady come out as a candidate against enator Jones, though the election ill not occur until a year from next 1 anuary. But Governor Clark wants > line up his forces in ample time so fiat his friends may arrange to bring i ut candidates for the legislature who ill support him for the senate. He 1 i attacking the record of Senator < ones both on his record in the senate i nd as manager of the last two Demo- ' ratic national campaigns. He charges | lat Senator Jones, while attacking usts, is himself financially interested 1 l the round cotton bale trust, which overnor Clark asserts is especially llmical to the Interests of the farm- 1 rs of the south. He quotes the declartion that this concern is a conspiray, if not a trust. Governor Clark is svere in his attacks unon Senator ones as a party manager, charging lat he has shown an appalling lack of bility and tact in both the campaigns t which he was the chief Democratic irector. Senator Jones has not so far ;plicd to the assaults of his oppoent, but the newspapers which advoite the senator's re-election are flghttg earnestly for him. Governor Clark i considered in Arkansas a man of luch ability and a very shrewd polician. Senator Jones is serving his lird term and the opposition to him admitted to be stronger now than has been at any previous time since Is first election to the senate. The inicatlons are that Gov^hnor Clark will Ive him at least a very hard race. AR0LINA& NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. Schedule Effective Sept, 4,1001. .Northbound. Passenger. Mixed. v. Chester 6.45a.m. 8.30a.m. v. Lowrysville... 7.07a.m. 9.09a.m. v. McConnells... 7.23a.m. 9.40a.m. v. Guthries 7.30a.m. 9.55a.m. v. Yorkville 7.50a.m. 10.28a.m. v. Filbert 8.03a.m. 11.00a.m. v. Clover 8.18a.m. 11.22a.m. v. Gastonia 9.10a.m. 1.35p.m. v. Lincolnton.. ..10.15a.m. 4.00p.m. v. Newton 11.09a.m. 5.20p.m. v. Hickory 11.45a.m. 7.00p.m. v. Cliffs 11.57a.m. 10.50p.m. r. Lenoir 12.40p.m. 1.03a.m. Southbound. Passenger. Mixed. v. Lenoir 1.40p.m. 5.00a.m. v. Cliffs 2.27p.m. 7.20a.m. v. Hickory 2.45p.m. 9.00a.m. v. Newton 3.10p.m. 9.55a.m. T 9 ZQn m 11 ifto TY1 V. UIIiWUMIlUll.. M .** ivwt?i. v. Gastonia 4.53p.m. 2.00p.m. v. Clover 5.2Sp.m. 2.59p.m. < v. Filbert 5.42p.m. 3.36p.m. v. Yorkville 5.54p.m. 3.58p.m. v. Guthrles 6.16p.m. 4.35p.m. v. McConnells... 6.23p.m. 4.49p.m. v. Lowrysvllle... 6.38p.m. 5.15p.m. r. Chester 7.04p.m. 6.00p.m. CCJfNECTIONS. t heater?Southern Ry., S. A. L., and L. & C. orkvllle?S. C. & Ga. Extension, astonia?Southern Ry. ' Incolnton?S. A. L. ewton and Hickory?Southern Ry. 1 E. F. REID. G. P. Agent, Chester. South Carolina. J ? | [loan and Jtaving* ?anh, Yorkville, H. C. , ( JfTlTH ample resources for the prorV tectlon and accommodation of < istomers, tnis uanK souc-ns me uuoless of corporations, firms and Individ- f als, and will extend every accommoition consistent with safe banking, est of facilities for handling the acmnts of out-of-town customers, couny merchants and farmers, cotton lills and other manufacturing estabshments. i A general banking business transacti, and prompt and intelligent atten- . on given to all business entrusted to ir care. ' IW Interest bearing Certificates of De3sit issued under special agreement. t ( W. P. HARRISON. Cashier. , M. McNEEL. President. t HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE. rHE undersigned offers for sale the HOUSE and LOT in Yorkvllle, on ongress street, at present occupied by 1 le family of L. George Grist. There e six rooms in the building. For fur- 1 ler particulars apply to GEO. W. S. HART. 1 September 7 w.s. tf SECOND HAND BAGGING. ) )VER FIFTEEN HUNDRED PAT- * TERNS, with TIES, on hand, at j ork Cotton Mills. Price low. Call or rite to W. R. CARROLL, t Tuly 24 w.s.tf President. i PHOTOGRAPHY. 7*OR PHOTOS in any style and of 1 * the BEST FINISH?Please call ; my Gallery, on Cleveland avenue. S. W. WATSON, Yorkvllle, S. C. Steadily Moving FORWARD! This store has been steadily moving forward in every department since its establishment. There has been no backsliding or retrograding movements here. The men and women of Yorkville and vicinity have long since learned that we are constantly offering newer and better goods at lower prices than can be found elsewhere in this section of South Carolina. This season is no exception to our well known plan of improvement. In fact this year, instead of going forward by steps, we have gone forward with running jumps, until today we are ready to show goods in every department far in advance of anything every shown in Yorkville. In every line of goods where quality, style and price will cut a figure with you, you can look to us for what you want. A BEAUTIFUL LINE OF DRESS GOODS! We have given especial attention this season to Ladies Fine Dress Goods. We have purchased thousands upon thousands of yards Df Dress Goods. We have bought some goods of the medium qualities, but no shoddy stuff. Every yard of Dress Goods that we class as ^medium in quality, will be well worth every penny that we ask for them. But we have bought large quantities of as fine Dress Goods as were ever handled on this market, regardless of the name or reputation of the merchant who handled them. We have bought good qualities and what is likely to interest our lady friends more, we have bought them at exceedingly low prices. We will not quote prices here, but will give you a single item: We bought a fine quality of broadcloth this year to sell at $i a yard, and last year we paid a dollar a yard for the same goods. Our lady friends will find here a selection of Dress Goods, which in variety, quality and styles cannot be surpassed anywhere within a radius of ioo miles of Yorkville. Before you buy elsewhere, and before you use the "mail order system," we respectfully invite you to come and see what we have to show you. MORE ABOUT OUR FINE MILLINERY! We have already said considerable about Miss Cone and her tine Millinery, ana we will only say a lew woras at tnis time, une lady, well known in Yorkville as a lady of good taste, after seeing Miss Cone's work, said: "Miss Cone has the happy and unusual faculty of making a beautiful hat without piling on great quantities of ribbons and feathers and ornaments. This is something that every hat trimmer cannot do. Some of them bring out beauty by using large quantities of material. Every lady who buys a hat wants a beautiful effect without too much expense, and from what I have seen of Miss Cone's work and the degant materials with which she has to work, I am sure that she will be able to please the ladies of Yorkville and the surrounding country." In * the next issue of this paper we will make our announcement in regard to .lie Millinery and Dress Goods display which we will have the latter part 3! the coming week, to which everybody will lie invited. ^ ABOUT CLOTHING FOR THE MEN FOLKS I As our years have increased we have increased our attention to % the requirements of our gentlemen friends, and this year we are in a position to offer more and better grades of Clothing than heretofore. We will be enabled this vear to furnish those gentlemen who want the ' O nade-to-order Clothes, with just the goods they want. Our Tailornade Clothing will be the product of that world-renowed Baltimore :ailoring establishment, SCHLOSS BROS., and we will just remind :he gentlemen that one of their expert cutters will be here on TUESDAY* SEPTEMBER 24, with a full line of samples and will be ready .0 take your measure at our store. In Ready-to-Wear Clothes for men we will have suits in all the latest styles and standard colorings up as ligh as $20 per suit in price, and up to 46 inch chest measure in size. In Overcoats we will carry in stock coats up to $20 in price. In Boys' ?lothing we will be able to fit all comers at prices to suit our customers. TABLE LINENS, NOTIONS, BLANKETS. In Staple Goods we have a full supply, and as usual we will nake the prices on these goods for the entire county. In Blankets we have the finest stock that we have ever had, and f you are looking for all-wool white Blankets, and want the BEST ar:icle that can be had, we have them for you, and the quality of every jair is equal to or surpasses tne price, w nen you want tfianxets we will ie pleased to have you see what we have to offer you. In Table Linen we will bow to no competitor either in qualities, /arieties or prices. We have them from the lower prices on up, and we jelieve we can suit any and all comers in these very necessary household irticles. You might see what we have to offer you at any rate. In our Notion department you will find our usual complete .lock with the addition of many novelties, new this season. You can ind a full line of Insertions, Embroideries, Ribbons, Buttons, Braids, etc. ABOUT OUR HATS AND CAPS. In millinery for our gentlemen friends we can suit all comers. We will have in a day or two an immense stock of Hats. We will have he popular Alpines, the serviceable Planters, the rough and tumble fourists, etc., and in qualities we can take the persimmon from all outers. In Caps we have enough Caps to supply the county. We have L'aps for the babies, in lace, plush and silk, and then we have Caps for lie boys and men in an endless variety of cloths and qualities. IN CONCLUSION. All of our goods are not in at this writing, but will all most ikely be in by Monday noon. However, all of our lady and gentlemen riends are invited to come in and see us at their convenience, and we ,vill take pleasure in showing the new goods that are already in our tore. Just remember, if you please, that if you buy elsewhere, before ,ou see what we have to offer you. you will make a mistake that you night be sorry for, because we have bought the goods, great stacks of hem, and the qualities will be up to the highest point of excellence, and f you want to be dressed in the BEST that is to be had you will do well o come and see us for what you want. H. C. STRAUSS & CO.