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^tumorous Jlcpartmcnt. Wa* No Example. D. Eldridge Monroe gives the following account of an amusing incident at a temperance meeting in Topeka, Kansas, during the successful political campaign of St. John, the noted Prohibitionist, for governor of that state in 1878: "I was in Topeka one evening during the campaign and learned that a big temperance meeting in the interest of St. John was to be held in one of the largest churches in the city. I deter mined to attend the meeting. My friend, Colonel A., a prominent citizen of Topeka, informed me early in the evening that he also would attend the meeting, but probably would not arrive until late. "Now, the colonel was known as a genial, polished gentleman, and, with al, one not averse to partaking of the cup that both cheers and inebriates, although, as I was credibly informed, he was never known to be intoxicated. He was said, however, to be one of the best Judges and one of tne most appreciative consumers of good liquor in the state. Finally the time came when the colonel's physician prohibited him from using any malt or spirituous liquors whatever. This was a severe denial for the colonel, but he promised to follow the doctor's directions. "It speedily became known throughout the town that the colonel had become a total abstainer. When he arrived at the meeting an usher conducted him to a front seat and a preacher who was making an address, broke the thread of his remarks and said: " T pause here, my friends, to greet a distinguished citizen who, I'm informed, has recently become a recruit to our ranks. All honor to Colonel A. His course in the step he has taken merits our highest admiration and he is entitled to our warmest sympathy. In the noble determination he has reached, we see the triumph of conscience over appetite. The contest, I have no doubt, was a severe one, but con science won, and today ne is a total aostainer.' "These words of the preacher were followed by tumultuous applause from the audience. As soon as the applause had subsided the colonel, to the no little astonishment of everybody present, slowly and with much dignity arose. Then, looking at the preacher, he gravely and deliberately said: " 'Mr. Preacher, I thank you. You have stated the matter admirably, so far as the manner is concerned. Yet you have, doubtless without Intention, misstated the facts. I am a total abstainer by the doctor's orders, because my stomach went back on me. It isn't my conscience that makes me a teetotaler, but my stomach, only my stomach.' "Then Colonel A. calmly resumed his seat and when the laughter excited by his remarks had subsided the preacher went on with his address, but the colonel was not referred to again."? Baltimore Sun. How to Get Sawdust.?The late William D. Garrison, for many years president of the Hotel Men's association, was proprietor of one of our big uptown hotels, says the New York Times. His employes were taught rules of the strictest economy. The overzealous subordinate often carried the matter of economy to the extreme. A sweeper one day asked Joe, the head porter, for a bag of sawdust with which to cover the icy sidewalk. Joe had been with Mr. Garrison 25 years and his eleventh commandment enjoined economy. "Sawdust, is it yo' want?" queried Joe, his little eyes blinking wisely. "Yes, sor, sawdust to sprinkle on the walk. Two men an' a girl are afther fallin* already. Sor, an' the whole place is a glare of ice?" "Well, my boy, you've a pile of wood in the yard, haven't ye?" "Yes, sor." "An' there's a buck and big saw there, I believe." "Sure, sor." "Well, then, I'll give you no money for sawdust. May the divil run a.vay with yo'r lazy nerve. Off with yo'r coat, roll up yo'r sleeves an' go out in the back yard and make yo'r own sawdust." Cod Liver Oil From Beans.?During the wait between acts a medical student and a young woman who sat top-pthpr hecame slierhtlv embarrassed for topics of conversation. Finally and not unnaturally in view of the nature of the young man's studies their talk drifted to the subject of disagreeable tasting medicines. Among the horribles they mentioned were cod liver oil and castor oil. "I don't see," mused the young woman, "how can any one bear to eat the beans that stuff is made of." "What kind of beans do you mean?" inquired the young man. "Why, cod liver oil beans, to be sure. "Aren't you th.nking of castor beans?" ventured her companion. "Why, I always thought cod liver oil was made from beans," she said, and the good breeding of the young man was shown by the fact that he didn't even smile, but several of those who sat near by hadn't equal control over their features.?Philadelphia Ledger. Half-Way.?One day a drill sergeant in the army had a number of recruits to drill, and wanted the married men separated from the single ones, so he formed them in a line and gave the word of command: "Single men, advance: and married men, fall back in the rear," "All took their positions except one, an Irishman, who stood still. The sergeant asked the reason why he had not moved, but no answer came from Pat. "Come, my man, are you married ?" "No," replied Pat. "Then, you are single." "No." "Then what are you?" "I am courting Sally." The sergeant collapsed.?Spare Moments. international sLrssou. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. LESSON IV, SECOND QUARTER, INTERNATIONAL SERIES, APRIL 27. Text of the Lemon, Acts xl, 1-18. Memory Verses. 7-J>?Golden Tex* Acts x, 43?Commentary Prepared by Rev. D. M. Stearns. {Copyright, 1902, by American Press Association.] 1. The gentiles also received the word ef God. "** 4 Vint nrnrn xne aposues uuu ureiuicu wut >?*.??. Id Judaea beard this, and it is plain from the context that it did not fill them with joy. IIow unlike our Lord Jesus the most of His disciples are! At one time 60iue of the apostles felt like burning a town because the people would not receive Christ, and now they seem to feel somewhat like burning Peter because through him some uncircumcised people had received Christ. We receive Christ when we receive the word of God concerning Him. It is a simple and most reasonable thing to receive with meekness the word of God, yet comparatively few do It. Those who do give joy to our Lord (Jas. i, 21; John xvii, 8). 2, 3. When Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him. Though they had been for years with Jesus and had been filled with the Spirit, they had not learned the significance of "whosoever" nor that "in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything nor unclrcumcision, but a new creature" (John iil, 1(1; Gal. vi, 15). The feeling still exists in some quarters that it would be wrong to officiate or take the communion outside of one's own denomination. 4-10. Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning. About the sixth hour Peter felt led to go on the housetop to pray and, be ing hungry, would have eaten, but while they made ready be fell Into a trance and saw this vision (x, 9, 10). At that very time the messengers from Cornelius were near to Joppu, and it was necessary that Peter should be ready to receive them and go with them, which he certainly would not have .done but for this special vision. It Is beautiful to see God preparing His servants for the good works which He has prepared for them. U. 12. The Spirit bade me go with them. While Peter was considering the significance of the vision the messengers from Cornelius were at the gate Inquiring for hiin. and. Instructed by the Spirit, he called the men in and lodged them, and the next day he and six others started with the messengers for Crcsarea and the home of Cornelius. This book might well be called the acts of the Holy Spirit in the name of the Lord Jesus. In it we see God aud angels and men all working together that men may know the riches of God's grace and His wonderful love. 13, 14. Who shall tell thee words whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved. As Cornelius told Peter why he had sent for him, this is what he said that the angel said Peter would do; therefore at the time of that vision neither Cornelius nor his bouse, however devout, was saved, and Peter had to come from Joppa to tell them the good news concerning Jesus Christ that they might be saved. How few seem to feel as Paul did when he said, "I am debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians, so, as much as In me is, I am ready to preach the gospel" (Rom. 1, 14. 15). 15. And as I beeran to sneak the Holy Ghost fell on them as on us at the beginning. Chapter x. 44. says, "While Peter yet spake these words the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word." So It was while Peter was still speaking and just at the beginning of his discourse that God wrought so tnurvelously. There was nothing in nil this got up by man, neither the discourse nor the results. All was from God. It is my increasing conviction that if we preach the preaching which God bids us (Jonah lii, 2) the results will be all that God pleases (Isa. lv, 11). 16. Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that He said. John indeed baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost. These ascension words (Acts 1, 5) had therefore only a fulfillment at Pentecost Here is another fulfillment, aud so it goes on and will until the great fulfillment, or filfullment, of Joel il, 2832, in the near future. Jesus had told them that the Spirit would bring to their remembrance what He had said unto them (John xir. 20), and He Is now doing this with Peter. 17. Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as He did unto us. who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, what was I that I could withstand God? Peter was in the hands of the Lord, the Lord's messenger, the Lord's servant, and it was the Lord who wrought all this, as they might have expected TT - Kn/I KaI(a?.a,1 mhnf tin A-AU ?UUIU UUU lUCJ UUICU'U n I1UI 11V commanded concerning giving the gospel to every creature and the prophecy of Joel concerning pouring out His Spirit upon all flesh. Before Peter and the other six Jewish brethren God did for the uncircumcised gentiles just what He had done at Pentecost for circumcised Jews. 18. When they heard these things, they held their peace and glorified God, saying. Then hath God also to the gentiles granted repentance unto life. The promise to Abram was that all families of the earth should be blessed in him (Gen. xii, 3), and it was written by the Spirit through Isaiah that Israel should blossom and bud and fill the face of the earth with fruit (Isa. xxvii, G). One would think that in the blessing to this gentile household through Peter the Jew tlio brethren might have seen some fulfillment of these things and not have been surprised at them. Yet it is true that many prophecies still awaiting fulfillment when fulfilled shall greatly surprise a host of believers. X'T Maxim's cavalry gun, which fires 700 shots a minute, weighs but 30 pounds and can be carried strapped to a soldier's back. The gun he made for the Sultan of Turkey fires 770 shots a minute; but it is a field piece on wheels. Jtii' The earnestness of life is the only passport to the satisfaction of life. piscrUaiuous Starting. FROM CONTEMPORARIES. Xew? find Comment Thnt la of More or Lena Local Interest. YORK. Rock Hill Herald, April 16: Mrs. J. W. Daniel, accompanied by Miss Bessie Conner, of Limestone college, returned to Yorkviile Saturday afternoon after several days' stay in the city with -? * * -l-n nAmmlo Mrs. J. XI. ATimi.... nam uau Wimuis-sioner J. C. Wllborn will leave tod.iy (Wednesday) for Marlon, S. C., where he goes to Inspect a new road running from Lumberton, N.. C., through Marlon to Georgetown!/. Mrs. Martha Ann Jolly died In th^eNrtty last Monday morning about 1 o'clock, death being the result of a general decline In health. Monday her remains were Interred in Laurelwood cemetery after services by Rev. Dr. J. H. Thornwell. Mrs. Jolly was a daughter of the late Samuel Hammond and wife, to whom was born also a sister, Eliza, now the widow of the late W. A. Barron. In 1876 the deceased became the wife of Thomas Jolly, and to this union a son, was born, who survives. Mrs. Jolly was a good woman, kind and always pleasant, and goes down to the grave after a life in which was interwoven many hardships. She was born in 1839, and consequently was 63 years of age. An altercation occurred in Kershaw Saturday between lawyer Blakeney and a man by the name of Vincent. About eight shots were exchanged, but neither party was seriously wounded Mrs. W. C. Latimer and daughter, Miss Ethel, returned to Yorkville Monday after several days' stay with Mrs. McConnell in Oakland. Mrs. Henry Massey, of TIrzah, went to Chester yesterday to visit Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Jones. Thursday, Mr. and Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Massey wi leave for several days' stay at the exposition Mrs. Thos. P. McDow, of Yorkvllie, was a visitor at me iiume w Prof. A. R. Banks last Saturday en route to Charlotte on a visit to relatives. CHESTER. Lantern, April 15: On Saturday morning at 4 o'clock, Mr. Will Roddey died at his home at the Sprlngstein mills. He nad seen service In the Confederate army, being a member of Captain J. S. Wilson's company. He had been a resident of the town for several years, and had passed three-score years and ten. The funeral was conducted at his home at 10 o'clock by the Rev. J. S. Moffatt and another of the representatives of a lost cause was added to the list of those beyond the river.v...On last Thursday afternoon everything was in a rush to the depot to see the president. One of the clerks in town, ever loyal to his adopted America, was not less anxious to see the famous "Rough Rider" than the rest of Chester's inhabitants. If he should delay, perhaps the opportunity would be lost, and his coat and bicycle in the store were completely lost sight of in his eagerness to be the first at the depot. Though the walk was long and the night cold, he would not return to let the others know that ne had "forgot," but decided to leave his coat and bycicle in the store over the night, which gave him away when the day dawned. Prom the facts in the case we could not find whether he had actually forgotten, or had been locked out by some equally desirous person Last Friday evening the police got scent of certain express packages heading this way from the direction of ?ilackstock. i-,-n t\ xt cfota foiieenian u. ?. juuusuu auu Constable Eichelberger went out and found It on Mr. Mobley's place, four miles from town, in possession of Jim Wylie, colored, who was just about to put it into his house. There were five cases labeled, "Glass," "Handle with care." The name of Clarke & Sons, Statesvine, N. C., was dimly stamped on the cases in small letters. There were about 4J gallons of corn whisky in each case, handsomely put up in pint flasks. Two of the cases were addressed to D. M. Mobley and one each to W. A. Galoreath, Leon Clarke, and O. L. Potts. Galbreath is not known here. Clarke is said to be a member of the Statesville firm. It should be stated that Mr. D. M. Mobley of this city is not the one intended by that name, as we understand it, though his initials are the same. On promise of not being arrested, the Negro agreed to haul the liquor to town that night, which he did. It was shipped to the state dispensary Saturday. Jim Wylie's story is that he didn't know what he was going to Blackstock for. That Mr. Dave Mobley furnished him the conveyance ?a mule and buggy, we believe?and gave him a note to the express agent, and he brought what was given him. When he got home he asked what to do with it, and Mr. Mobley told him to take it into his (the Negro's) house for the night, and they?meaning some party in town?would send for it. If the officers had gotten there a lew minutes sooner, before the stuff was unloaded, they would have seized the team as well as the liquor. GASTON. Gastonia Gazette, April 15: Mr. Bennet M. Carpenter, one of the oldest and best known citizens of the county, died a week ago yesterday at his home near Crouse. He was sick only a short time with pneumonia and at the time of his death was about 80 years old. He was buried Wednnesday afternoon in the cemetery of St. Mark's Lutheran church near by. He leaves a wife, two sons, Sidney and Philip, and one daughter to mourn the loss of husband and father....Late Saturday afternoon great excitement was caused in Gastonia by the report that the wife of Mr. Jim White, who lives beyond Un.1 AMinnrrnAiiolv aOOQIllt. jlscuicid, uau uccn uuiiascuuot,* a^awii.ed by a strange Negro. Investigation proved that there was no foundation for the report, beyond the fact that a passing Negro, who was possibly drinking, had had some trouoie with Mr. White. The Negro was hanging about the spring, and when Mr. White chased him off and shot at him, it is said that the Negro turned and cut at him with a knife, slashing Mr. White's clothes. The Negro went on to Mr. Pink Summey's but has not been arrested.. ..After a severe illness of several weeks. Mrs. Perry Dover died last Sunday morning at three o'clock at her home in Clover. She leaves a husband and four small children to mourn their great loss, Mrs. Dover, who was a sister of Mrs. Wiley Bell of our town, was a noble woman, a good neighbor and a devoted wife and mother, whose death will be mourned by all who knew her. Mr. Dover is a prominent merchant of Clover, and has property interests in Gastonia, where he has many sympathizing friends in his deep sorrow. His beloved companion was buried yesterday at Antioch church in Cherokee county, S. C....Deputy Mar shal Albright seized the two distilleries of Mr. John L. Wood near Pleasant Ridge Saturday morning. Mr. H. C. Huffstetler, the storekeeper on the evening previous, being kept at home by the illness of a child, left the keys at the distillery so that the opening in the morning would not ue delayed by his absence. It seems that advantage was taken of this fact and the revenue officers, who were stationed in the woods nearby, seized both stills about daybreak on account of this irregularity. About 700 gallons of whisky and two outfits will be brought to town today and shipped to Charlotte. BETRAYED BY THEIR VOICES. I.iarN Unnl>le to Deceive the Stenographer's Ear. "Any shorthand man who has been doing court reporting for a long time, can tell almost infalliby by his sense of hearing whether a prisoner or a witness is telling the truth," said a court stenographer who has grown gray in mak ing and transcribing pothooks in civil and criminal cases. "It comes from experience combined with the abnormal development of the sense of hearing which all first rate court and parliamentary stenographers possess. "You know how abnormally the remaining senses of blind folks are developed, particularly their sense of hearing. Well, it's the same way with the court shorthand man, after he's hammered away at that sort of work for a good many years. "His ears become as sensitive to the slightest infections and intonations of the human voice as a phonograph roller, there's a certain tremulous quaver in the tone of a man or woman who's lying in court that-'the stenogranher catches when the shrewdest judge, lawyers or jurors quite fail to catch it. "When he's got his head bent over his notebook he feels the jarring false note in the voice of the liar every time, no matter how plausible and convincing the testimony in itself may sound. So frequently have I tested this idea in the past fifteen years or so that I have come to accept It as certain, when that almost Indistinguishable false tremulo is absent from the tone of a witness's voice, that the witness is telling the truth. "A few years ago I reported the trial of a young Harlem chap who was accused of having sandclubbed a Third avenue jeweller in his store, and of looting the establishment. The young fellow was good-looking, intelligent, with a face as frank as an eight-day clock and as easy, candid, winning looking. "I looked the young chap over before the trial began, and I decided that the accusation against him was outrageous. When the witnesses testified that they had seen him coming out of the store I strained my ear to catch the false intonation in their tones, but it wasn't there. "When the defence opened, the young man was permitted to go on the stand in his own behalf. I was astonished to find the lying quaver in it right from the beginning of his statement. "His words vastly impressed the jury and as vastly chagrined the prosecution, but I knew that he was lying nevertheless. He undertook to prove an alibi for himself. "In corroboration of this, the married sister testified that her brother had been at her apartment from 3 o'clock in the afternoon until 10 o'clock at night, taking dinner with her and keeping her company in the absence of her husband. Well, she was lying, too. She had that tell-tale, false ring in her voice that convinced me of this, despite her fine, frank face and her obvious respectability. "The court adjourned for luncheon at the end of her testimony. I took luncheon with the attorney for the prosecution. " 'Well, what do you think of this case?' he asked me when we sat down. 'I guess we don't land him, eh?' " 'He's guilty,' I replied briefly. 'He was lying, and so was his sister,' "The attorney for the prosecution looked me over out of the slits of his eyes, but I didn't say any more. When court reconvened he asked for an adjournment until next day, and the judge granted It." "On the following morning he had In court the Janitor of the apartment house in which the prisoner's sister lived. The janitor testified that the prisoner's sister had not been in her flat from noon until late at night on the day of the sandclubbing. "While the janitor was on the stand a detective walked into the courtroom with the loot from the jewelry shop. He had found it in a search of the prisoner's sister's apartment that morning. "That settled the case, of course. The prisoner's sister broke down and confessed that she had been endeavoring to shield her brother. "Over ten years ago in Chicago I reported the trial of an actress, who was accused of having shot her husband, who was also her manager. She was an obscure star and scintillated with a one-night-stand road company of the "Ten Nights in a Bnrroom' variety. "She was indicted for assault with InA. A A. _ 1.M1 TT? X iciii iu Kin. tier iiusuauu iuiu mo story. He had no witnesses, but I knew that the man was telling the truth, as I took the notes, despite the fact that he had a shifty eye and a hang-dog air about him. His voice had the on-the-level ring. "The woman was strikingly handsome and a mighty smooth proposition. I never saw her act, but she must have been pretty good at that work, to judge from her acting on the stand. "She got them all going right away from the minute she opened her mouth. She told of how she had stood for long years of abuse on the part of her husband, and she wept honest-and-trusty saline tears, and lots of them, during this part of her narrative. The jurors, most of them elderly men, glared vengefully at her husband, and the attorney for the prosecution looked abashed. "Leading up to the day of the snooting with all sorts of skillful little byplays and constantly dabbing at her fine eyes with a wadded-up lace handkerchief she described how she had entered the hotel room, after a walk, how her husband had jumped up from the couch on which he was lying, locked the door, pulled a revolver out of a bureau drawer, and told her that she had better say her prayers, as he was going to kill her within five minutes. "She closed on him then, she declared, making a grab for the revolver, and in the scuffle the weapon was discharged, the bullet, as she was told after the arrest, having lodged in the muscles of her brutal husband's right shoulder. "Now, she did all this mighty well, and I knew when she had finished that she had the prosecution all over the place and that she had picked up her case and ran away with it. But I also knew perfectly well that she was lying, and lying hard, with every movement of her lips. Excellent actress that she was, she wasn't able to crowd down that give-away tone-quaver of the individual industrially engaged in framing up a fairy tale. "The Jury returned a verdict in her favor without leaving their seats, in spite of the fact that the prosecution put several experts on the stand, who testified that it was absolutely impossible for her husband to have gotten that ball in his right shoulder in the progress of such a struggle as the wo man had described. When she swept out of the room, receiving the congratulations of all hands, I had a hefty line of thinks as to the advantages of good looks and a theatrical education in some contingencies. "Four years later I met this woman, a drink wreck In New York. She defiantly told me that she had shot her husband In just exactly the manner he had descriDed on the stand, and she gloried In it. She said that she was only sorry that she hadn't killed him, as she had Intended doing when she aimed at him. "I reported a case in Philadelphia in which a woman was charged with having caused the death of her husband by secretly administering strychnine to him. She had been on the outs with his folks, and when he died suddenly they gotonhertrall.hadhls stomach analyzed, and when the analysis revealed quantities of strychnine they charged her with poisoning him. "I took her statement when she was arrested, and I knew tnat she had nothing to do with her husband's death as soon as sne opened ner muuin. ici. everything was against her when the case came up. "She had been virtually her husband's only companion; they had had a quarrel some years before that had brought about their separation for a long period; he had, shortly before his death, taken out a large life insurance policy in her favor: neighbors had heard high words between them a day or so before his death, and soon?it was as tight a circumstantial chain as ever I saw woven, and I was a good deal worried about the case. "Well, on the second day of the trial, two Philadelphia druggists, who had apparently been so sound asleep that they hadn't heard anything about the case, came forward and swore that the dead man had been in the habit of taking strychnine in quantities for several years to their certain knowledge, and that they had often sold him the stuff on prescriptions. Right on top of this a few more Philadelphtans woke up and came to the fr^nt with testimony to the effect that the deceased had frequently talked gloomily to them of his business affairs and had mentioned sul ? x i.1 ciae as tne oniy way out ut me oiuugii. "That knocked the underpinning from the case against the accused wife of the dead man, and when It went to the jury a verdict was returned for her. "Most experienced parliamentary reporters, too, develop this faculty of being able to pin a liar to the stick, figuratively speaking, by the sound of his voice. I and the head official reporter of the legislature of a western state, who visited me awhile ago, were comparing notes on this subject, and he told me an illustrative experience that came his way a couple of years before. "The newspapers of the state had openly charged a clique of legislators of being implicated in a bribery job, and SOUT RAU THE GREA'j OF TRADE J Uniting th? Prin Centers end Hea Resorts of tHe Soi NORTH, EJ1S High?Claai Vaitibul* Trai bctwaan New York end Cincinnati and Florida Aabetrille. N?w York Florida, altii and Isvaantki or Smnnth. laptrlor Dlain^Ctr Icrrie Ixoallant 5?rrio? and Lo' caunt foath Carolina In Kxpoaition. Winter TaurUt Tiekata to r?d?g?d rata*. For dotallod Information, tlto apply < noarmst tlohouagont, o ?. H. HARDWICK, Oonoml Pastongor Jtgont, Washington, A. C. R. W. HUNT, Air. Passongor J*go mi, Chart?too, J. A FIBRUARY It, MM. when these accusations became pretty hot the king pin of the accused lot arose one day to a question of privilege and started in on an elaborate and eloquent attempt to clear his skirts and those of his pals in with him on the deal. " 'He was all the money the way he went about it,' my friend the official reporter told me, 'and I don't believe I ever saw the you-wrong-me business worked with better effect. The great, big wet tears rolled down his cheeks as he told how he had been outraged and abused by the state press, and when he got right well hit up, so to speak, on this line, he was in a pretty fair way to win out even the opposition, so telling were his words and manner. " 'But I knew as I scribbled up my notebook that he was lying like an 89cent watch. He was about one-sixteenth of a note off the key and had the shaky, out-of-tune ring in his tones that us fellows become familiar with. " 'When he sat down, however, he seemed to be all to the good so far as squaring himself and his chums was concerned, but on the very next morning one of the papers that had been foremost in making the bribery accusations came out with unanswerable documentary proof that this eloquent Individual was a bribe-taker and a liar. He resigned his sea* in an alleged huff, and ducked prosecution."?New York Sun. A MAN OF DETERMINATION. Something About JamM P. Clark Who Defeated Jame* K. Jonei. By defeating James K. Jones, former manager of Bryan's campaign, in their recent senatorial battle, ex-Governor James P. Clark, of Arkansas, has once more demonstrated the eccentric fighting qualities which have made him so prominent as well as so bizarre a figure In western politics. Jones had already served one term as United States senator from Arkansas. He came up for re-election, his chiei opponents being Governor Jefferson Davis and ex-Governor Clark. Davis quickly dropped out, leaving the struggle between Jones and Clark. The latter, after a hot campaign, proved the victor. Ex-Governor Clark, although only 41 years old, has had a long and decidedly eventful?not to say tumultuous?political career. We is in manv resDects the typical western statesman, the sort seen of late more often on the stage than In real life. He Is a character essentially American, and as incongruous in our present senate as a mailed visigoth at a village prayer meeting. "Old Cotton Top," as Clark has been nicknamed, on account of his snowwhite hair, is very tall, lean and straight as an Indian, with a handsome, distinguished face and a manner whose outer dignity at times fails tc cloak the impulsiveness and even ferocity of the inner man. He is a man who has ever stood firm on all points where he believes honor to be involved, and who, in defense ol his principles, has made hosts of enemies, damaged his political prospects and has even been carried to the point of physical violence. Clark's first public oftice of note was that of attorney general of Arkansas, In this position he gave universal satisfaction, and so thoroughly convinced his party of his integrity and ability that he was brought forward sis a candidate for governor. Soon after his election it became evident that ne possessed aggressive qualities which were far more noticeable in that exalted post than they hsid proved while he was merely attorney general. As governor he suddenly brought himself and his state before the public eye by his action in the proposed Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight. Corbett was at that time champior heavyweight pugilist of the world Fitzsimmons had challenged him, the articles nad been signed, and all thai remained was to fix on a place where the fight could occur without legal interference. Hot Springs, Arkansas, was at last chosen. All arrangements were made the date was set for October, 1895; every legal obstacle was apparently cleared away and the fight seemed a certainty. But at this Juncture Governoi Clark quietly forbade the men to hole the contest In Arkansas declaring it illegal. This unexpected flat roused the liveliest sort of opposition from al sides. Protests poured in, a mass meeting was held, money is said to hav< been offered in enormous sums, influential statesmen and politicians urgec the governor to abandon his attitude of resistance. It was pointed out that he was antagonizing the people and endangering his future career. The only effect of all these pleadings was to strengthen the governor in his decision that the fight should not come off in Arkansas. When it was suggested that means might be taken to circumvent his authority, he raked up an old statute which authorized the governor to or ganlze an army of 100,000 men, If necessary, and take possession of any section of the state, holding It until ordei was restored. Clark threatened to raise such ar army and, with himself at Its head, tc quell any disturbance Incident on his refusal to permit the fight to go on. This Tfroved a death blow to tht fighters' hopes, but it was perhaps almost as hard a blow to Governoi Clark's career.?New York World. HERN .WAY r HIGHWAY WT> TRAVEL. cipal Commercial 1th and Pleasure nth with the # ^ rr and WEST. n(, Through SUcpin^Cara New Orleans, via Atlanta. Points via Atlanta and aria tar via Lynchburg, Danville Richmond, Danville and : on all Through Train*. w Rata* to Charleston acter-State and Wast Indian all Roaort* now on sala at rature, time tablet, ratat, ate., r addrat* W. H. TAYLOIt Aft. Can. Paf. Agent, Atlanta, Oa, J. C. BEAM, BUtrlct Paaa. Agent, Atlanta, Oa. SOUTH CAROLINA & GEORGIA EXTENSION RAILROAD CO. Schedule Effective January 15,1902. HETWEEN CAMDEN AND BLACKSBURG. WEST. EAST. 35. 33. EAHTMtK 32. 34. liil TIME. I ut 'hiH Class. Class. Class. Class, Dally Dally Except Daily. Dally. Except ^ STATIONS. Hundy A.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. 8 20 12 10 ......Camden- 8 50 0 50 ? 20 12 45 _...WcstvJlle 3 17 0 00 10 50 1 05 .....Kershaw * 2 42 5 30 1120 140 Heath Springs. 2 30 4 40 12 20 2 15 ....Lancaster.... 2 06 3 50 12 45 2 25 ....Riverside 1 45 j 3 10 2 45 2 10 Catawba J'c'n. 1 30 2 40 4(0; 3 00 ....ltock Hill... 1 10 i 1 15 4 40 3 18 Tlrzab 12 50 ; 10 45 6 20 3 30 .... York vl lie.... 12 35 | 10 20 5 45 3 45 Sharon 12 2o ! 9 40 0 ( 5 4 00 Hlckor> drove 12 05 i 0 10 0 2) 4 10 Smyrna 11 55 8 50 0 .50 4 28 ...Blacksburg... 11 35 j 8 20 P.M. : P.M. A.M. ' A.M. 20 minutes for dinner. BETWEEN BUCKSBUKti, S. C'., AND MAItlON, N. C. ' WEST EAST. 11. 33. EASTERN 32. 12. 2nd I at TIME. 1st 2nd Class. Class. Class. Class. ! Dally Dally Except l)aiiy Dally Except 1 ^2 STATIONS. ? '< A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. 1 8(0 4 48 ...Blucksburg... 11 30 0 45 l 8 20 5 05 Earls 11 15 0 25 8 30 5 12 I'atterfonBpr'g 11 08 0 15 9 20 5 25 -Shelby 10 58 0 00 10 00 5 45 ....Lattimore...- 10 38 4 45 10 30 5 55 ...Mooresboro.. 10 50 4 30 10 50 0 05 .....Henrietta.... 10 20 4 10 11 20 0 22 ....Forest City... 10 05 3 45 1! 15 0 37 Kulherfordton 9 50 3 20 12 30 7 05 .Thermal City. 9 20 2 45 12 55 7 20 ... Glen wood.... 9 00 2 20 I 1 20 7 35 Marlon 8 45 2 00 | P. N. P. M. A. M. P. M. GAFFNEY BRANCH. WEST. EAST. i First Class. EASTERN First Class. i 15. | 13. TIME. 14. | 10. ! Dally Except Daily Except Hunday. Sunday. 1 ? am i annuo P.M. | A.M. ulilllUIlUi A.M. | P.M. i 4 8 50 ... Blackuburg. _ 11 20 6 10 4 50 0 10 Cherofiee Kails 11 (0 5 50 5 10 9 30 Uaffhey 10 10 5 30 P. M. A. M. A. M. P. M. I SOUTHBOUND CONNECTIONS. i At Marlon No. 32 connects with Southern railway train No. 36, which arrives at Marlon at 8.28 a. m., from Chattanooga, Ashevllle and Intermediate points. At Blacksburg, No. 34 and No. 11 connect with Southern railway train No. 36, which arrives at Blacksburg at 7.45 a. m., from Atlanta, Greenville, i Spartanburg and intermediate points. I At Yorkvllle, No. 34 connects with C. 6 N.-W. train No. 70, which leaves : Yorkvllle at 10.48 a. m., for Gastonla, Lenoir and intermediate points. At Rock Hill, Nos. 32 and 34 connect with Southern railway train No. 75, i which leaves Rock Hill at 3.30 p. m., for Chester, Columbia and lnterme> dlate points. : At Catawba Junction, Nos. 32 and 34 i connect with S. A. L. train, No. 32, which passes Catawba Junction at 7.54 p. m., for Monroe and Intermet dlate points. At Lancaster, Nos. 32 and 34 connect with L. & C. train No. 16. which leaves Lancaster at 4.45 p. m., for Chester and Intermediate points. At Camden, with A. C. L., (N. W. of S. C.), for Charleston, Sumter, Florence, Darlington, Wilmington and intermediate points. Train No. 68, which leaves Camden at 4.15 p. m. NORTHBOUND CONNECTIONS. At Camden, with A. C. L., (N. W. of S. C.), No. 71, from Charleston, Florence, Darlington, Wilmington, Sumt ter and interi. dlate points, which arrives at Camden at 11.15 a. m. With Southern train No. 77, from j Kingsvllle, which arrives at Camj den at 11.55 a. m. ; At Lancaster, No. 33 connects at Lancaster with L. & C. train No. 16, for j Chester and Intermediate points. At Catawba Junction, No. 33 and 35 ; connects with S. A. jj. train, No. 32, which leaves Catawba Junction at 7.45 p. m., for Monroe and Intermediate points. At Rock Hill, Nos. 33 and 35 connect at Rock Hill with Southern railway i train. No. 34, leavlpg Rock Hill at i 8.26 n. m.. fnr Charlotte and DOlntS i north. At Blacksburg, No. 33 connects with > Southern railway trains Nos. 12, 4.38 p.; 38, at 7.05 p. m.; an<> 40, at 7.45 p. m., for points north. Nos. 33 and 35 connects with Southern rail, way train No. 35, leaving Blacksburg at 11.25 p. m., for points south. At Marlon, No. 33 connects with Southern railway train, No. 35, leaving Marion at 11.40 p. m., for Asheville, Chattanooga and intermediate points. Through car service without change between Marlon and Charleston on trains Nos. 32 and 33. E. H. SHAW, Gen. Pass. Agent. The Enquirer Doe* Good .lob Printing and Solicits Yonr Work. CAROLINA & NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. Schedule Effective Nov, 24,10O1. Northbound. Passenger. Mixed. Lv. Chester 6.25a.m. 8.50a.m. Lv. Yorkville 7.30a.m. 10:48a.m. Lv. Gastonia *9.05a.m. 1.20p.m. Lv. Lincolnton....10.09a.m. 2.55p.m. Lv. Newton 10.54a.m. 4.43p.m. Lv. Hickory 11.16a.m. 5.50p.m. Lv. CIlfTs *11.50a.m. ?6.35p.m. Ar. Lenoir 12.35p.m. 8.p.m. Southbound. Passenger. Mixed. Lv. Lenoir 2.10p.m. 5.30p.m. Lv. Cliffs 2.54p.m. *7.20a.m. Lv. Hickory 3.12p.m. 8.10a.m. Lv. Newton 3.37p.m. 8.45a.m. r.v T Intnn i 9.9n m. 10.09a.m. Lv. Gastonia 5.27p.m. 1.20p.m. Lv. Yorkville 6.32p.m. 3.18p.m. Ar. Chester 7.48p.m. 5.20p.m. Meal station. CONNECTIONS. Chester?Southern Ry., S. A. L., and L. & C. Yorkville?S. C. & 3a. Extension. Gastonia?Southern Ry. Llncolnton?S. A. L. Newton and Hickory?Southern Ry. E. F. REID. G. P. Agent. Chester. South Carolina. PHOTOGRAPHY. FOR PHOTOS In any style and of the BEST FINISH?Please call at my Gallery, on Cleveland avenue. S. W. WATSON. Yorkville. S. C.