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tumorous Jlcpnrtmrnt. Some Clerical Humor. A popular bishop of the Episcopal church in the far west staid a few days with a ranchman. When the bishop left his host shook him warmly by the hand and said: "Bishop, we all like you out here: you are not stuck up and you are no blooming aristocrat. We like you because you are so darned common and no gentleman. In fact, you are one of ourselves!" A western bishop, who was somewhat of a high churchman, conducted a mission service in a Congregational church, where he delivered an impressive sermon. When the service was over one of the trustees came to him .and said: "Bishop, we all like your sermons, but we can't swallow your liturgy." "My dear sir," replied the bishop, "then you must change your swallow, because my church never changes." The custom houses of the united States admit all clerical robes and vestments used in church services free of duty. A clergyman not very long ago landed in New York with a large collection of surplices, stoles and vestments, and with a pair of trousers. The custom house examiner passed the clerical robes without a murmur. But he drew attention to the "pants," with the remark: "You must pay duty on ( these, for only those articles which you . wear in Divine service are free of duty." "My good fellow," replied the cleric, "you surely would not expect me ( to officiate in my church without my , 'pants!'" They were passed free of ] duty. , A military chaplain in India was ( waited upon by a woman, who brought ] a sergeant, in a state of intoxication, 1 to obtain a marriage license. The , chaplain refused to give it. The cou- ] pie came several times, and the chap- ; lain was indignant. "Woman," he , asked, "why do you always bring this j man to me for a mariage license when j he is drunk?" "Why, sir," the woman , replied, "I can't get him to come when ] he is sober!" 1 The pastor of a wealthy church in , Philadelphia always counts tne cuuec- i< tlon himself. One Sunday morning he s made known this fact to his congrega- < tion from the pulpit. "Brethren, when I look around this congregation this s morning I say, where are the poor? j But when I shall get into the vestry ] and count the collection, with its su- j perfluity of dimes and nickels, I shall ] exclaim, where are the rich?" t The Rev. Mr. Young, who was a chap- \ lain in India, had a fine library, but he ( found the people borowed his books ( and never returned them. So he com- ( posed the following lines, and had them < printed and placed them on the inside ] of the cover of each of his books: Of thieves there are a great variety, ( Found even in the best society. < Some steal our hearts with charming ( looks,- , Whilst others don't return our books. Dean Hole, the present Dean of , Rochester, England, was once a coun- < try clergyman, who, to quote his own ] words, "cultivated roses in the week j and read dry sermons on sunaay. He tells the following' story: "At one time he kept a horse and the man who groomed the animal discharged a variety of duties, including that of taking up the collection on Sundays. One Sunday morning the man had given the plate to the minister at the altar and was returning to his pew, when a sudden recollection caused him to return to the altar and whisper to the vicar, 'if you please, sir, you must let me Hhve the plate again, for I've forgotten the gentleman in the box,' indicating with his thumb the squire of the parish, who was seated in an old-fashioned pew, lined, cushioned, and carpeted, and looking something like a modern sleeping car." In the days when eschatology was a vexed question a gentleman called on Dr. Talmage and introduced himself as an evolutionist who did not believe in the future state. "The fact is, sir," he continued, "I am an annihilationist. I believe that when I die that will be the end of me." "Thank God for that!" exclaimed Dr. Talmage, as he showed the gentleman the door. 5 Archbishop Whately was very exact ( in the use of the English language and expected his clergymen to be so. A clergyman who had to preach before him on Sunday begged to be left off, ' saying: "I hope your Grace will J excuse my preaching on Sunday." "Certainly," replied the archbishop. ' Sunday came and there was no ser- ' mon. The archbishop sent for the . clergyman and said: "Well, Mr. , J why did you not preach on Sunday?" "Oh, your Grace said you would ex- j cuse my preaching on Sunday," re- j plied the clergyman. "Exactly," said Dr. Whately, "but I did not say I would ( excuse you from preaching."?New York Times. ( Wanted Quotations.?According to Mr. John Claflin, president of the H. B. Claflin company, his father, the founder of the house, made a strong effort to maintain personal relations ' with his customers. He always encouraged buyers to come to him for a friendly talk, and as far as possible he advised them concerning the matters in hand. One day a customer called, and as he entered the private office, Mr. Claflin looked up from his desk and called: "Hello, how are you feeling today?" "I'm feeling fine, Mr. Claflin; I never was better." "And how is the business?" "Oh, that's different, Mr. Claflin, I think I must have a failure." "What? A failure? How is that; haven't you made money?' "I usea to, Mr. Claflin, but now now; )oicinDss is hud verv bad. Mr. Claflin. and I think I must fail." "Well, now, I'm sorry. But will it be a bad failure? How much will you pay?" "Ah. that is what I want to see you about. How much are they paying now, Mr. Clallin?"?New York Times. X'~ "Your old friend, Cheetem, is posing as an actor manager now," said Hi Tragedy. "He's starring with "the Forty Thieves.' " "Is that so?" replied Low Comedy. "Who are the other thirty-nine?"? Philadelphia Press. ^rtisfrUaufous grading. PROM CONTEMPORARIES. \ew? nnd Comment That la of Mor oi- Leu Local Interest. YORK. Rock Hill Herald, November 11 Capt. F. W. Sladen, of the U. S. arm; stationed at West Point, N. Y., an Messrs. Henry C. Graef and F. 1 Swift, of New York, are in the sout on a hunting tour and are spending few days at the Carolina hotel 01 fleer Langley went to Lancaster Sal urday after one William Dixon, co: ored, who was wanted in this city fc obtaining money under false pretensei A compromise was agreed to, Dixo paying all costs in the case Wil liam Bryant, colored, was arrested s the passenger depot Saturday night b Officer Miller and placed in the statio house. Monday he was before the may or on the charge of carrying a cor cealed weapon?a razor. He was giv en a sentence of $10 or 20 days on th chaingang....A pair of mules attache to a wagon and belonging to W. A! Mitchell, became frightened and ra away Monaay. iney were viicvkci however, near the roller mill. N damage was done The Ogden scho( opened Monday with a large attend ance. Misses Lida and Dargan Smltl of Yorkville, are the teachers Mi T. F. Mangum, who went to Blac Hawk, Carroll county, Miss., twelv months ago, returned to this city Fri day night, altogether satisfied to liv and die in the land of his fathers. H made a fairly good crop, and made i easier than is possible here, but fo other reasons there is no place lik home. The crops this year in the sec tion from which he comes average about six bales of cotton and from 75 t 100 bushels of corn to the mule Little Miss Carolyn, daughter of Mi and Mrs. C. S. May, is very criticall; 111 with diphtheria at their home 01 Hampton street. Anti-toxine was usei a few days ago by Dr. Fennell am Monday O'Dwyer's tube was inserts In the windpipe, furnishing some reliel A.nti-toxine was given again yester Jay, but the patient little sufferer i still very ill. Elizabeth, the six-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C Wilborn, is also suffering with th lame disease. On Sunday, however after having been given anti-toxine b; Dr. J. E. Massey, Sr., her conditio) improved and she is now much bettei Both the little sufferers were sick wltl Lonsilitis for several days before diph :heria developed Acting on the pe :ition of the Commercial club, of thi lity, the postoffice department ha caused to be erected a mail box at th' Southern depot, where letters, etc., ma; De dropped, the box to be inspected am 'robbed" by every mail agent passinj >n the Southern road. It must be un lerstood, however, that mail intend id for points along the old S. C. & G Ex. road will not be taken up. Thi eason for this is that there is only om oute agent in each S. C. & G. Ex :ar, and he, of course, will not be per nitted to leave his post to take mal !rom the box. On the Southern ther ire always two or more agents In eacl ;ar. The establishment of this box a :he depot will be of great convenient :o our peoble, but it will doubtless re luce somewhat the receipts of the Rocl Hill postoffice, but hardly to such ai ?xtent as to interfere with its import ince York county has lost a mos ixcellent citizen in the death of Mr Tames B. Oates, which occurred at hi: lome four miles south of this city las Sunday afternoon of some stomacl :rouble of which he had been a suffere: por some time. Monday the remain! iv?re interred in the Neely's Creel 'emetery. Mr. Oates was 73 years o lge last August. He was a native o Daston county, N. C., where he wai -aised, coming to this county in 1881 \n honest, industrious man, hospitabli md of pleasant traits of character, hi nade friends and held them, and whei :he end came it was to them as a per sonal bereavement. Besides his wid >w, he left six children, viz: T. Mon oe Oates, Miss Mary Oates, Isaai Dates, Mrs. Sallie, wife of Will Dren lan: Mrs. Emma, wife of W. M. Huey md Rev. J. Lee Oates, of Hickor; Drove. CHESTER. Lantern, November 17: Recently Mr L M. Sealy heard some noise about hi: yard one night, and on looking out sav in animal at his door. It looked lik i sheep, but was nearly waist high md when it raised its head it wa nearly as high as a man's shoulder it did not seem inclined to harm any thing nor did it appear to be concern ?d about its own safety. When Mr Sealy objected to its presence on hi premises and expostulated with a shot irun, it neglected entirely to acknowl edge receipt of the number 2 shot, an< it treated his dogs with a large degre of contempt. We believe Mr. Seal; saw it about his house two or thre times, and it always departed with th same dignity and leisure. It also visl ted the chaingang while in that vicin ity, ate slop out of vessels about th camp and walked up to the door wher the knights of the chain were quarter ed, and looked in, creating no little con sternation. When efforts were made t chase it off, it took its time about go ing, and the guns of the guards seeme to make no impression on it. Mr. Sea ly says it must have been shot at a many as 20 times in bright moon ligh1 Its track was like a dog's, but of tre mendous size. It was never seen befor the chaingang came to the neighbor hood, nor has it been seen since the left. It was plainly seen, but none c those favored with a view of it coul tell what it was. We would be glad t have some of our readers to tell u what it is. We do not claim to be a expert on natural history, but we wi venture the opinion that it is a neme sisgregiscatenarii. If we are correct i our conclusion, the whole gangguards, convicts, mules and the strar gers within their gates, may wake u any morning inside of the beast Mr. W. W. King, of Rock Hill, an Miss Maggie Carter, of this city, wer married at the A. R. parsonage Sat bath evening. They went to Rock Hi that night where they will live. Re) J. S. Moffatt performed the ceremony The work on the reservoir is neai ing completion. Only the plastering i lacking. About a mile and a quart? of piping has been laid. If the machin ery arrives on time the work will be completed by January 1st. If It is deZ layed it may be February 1st, before we receive water from Sandy river Mrs. W. S. Brown, who has been visit e ing Dr. Wylie, at Rlchburg, was in town yesterday on her way to Rock Hill, She was accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. Mamie W. Robinson, who is a trained nurse. Mrs. Robinson's home J d is in New York, and she practices her j, profession in that city The opera^ tors of the Springstein mill hope to celebrate Christmas by starting to work p at that time. It was at first thought , that they would be able to start soon! er, but on close inspection it was found )r that the cylinder of the engine was cracked. This necessitated the procuring of a new engine, hence the delay. . Judge and Mrs. Gage returned t home Saturday night. The judge injured his broken arm in some way and y his doctor advised him to come home and rest. The arm had to be replaced in splits A party of sixteen passed through the city this morning rrom Lancaster enroute for Texas. Some of g them will go to Will's Point, others to j Mt. Pleasant. The party consists of n Mr. W. H. Allen and family, J. A. j Fleming, and Mrs. R. H. Strother and 0 children, whose husband is already in Texas. They will engage in farming. ....As Mr. Pierce Grant was going to 1 Lockhart with cotton last week, a Ner' gro boy thoughtlessly struck a match ^ at the rear end of the wagon and set e the cotton aflre. Part of a bale was destroyed, and there came near being 0 a run-away besides. If Mr. Grant had e been bringing his cotton to Chester the t wind would have blown the fire back r off the wagon. If the boy hadn't been e a smoker, probably matches would not have been a part of his equipment. d LANCASTER, o Ledger, November 19: Miss Cornelia . Elliott, who has been spending several . weeks with her sister, Mrs. Mackorell, y returned to Yorkville yesterday....The n Moriah colored Methodist, church, four a miles south of town, was the scene of a a fracas between two Negroes Sund day night last, which will probably resuit in the death of Joe Brown. After - the service Brown had something to s say to John Thompson, another Negro, - calculated to bring on a fight; but :. Thompson left him and started by a e little path to his home. He had not , gone far, as the report goes, when y Brown overtook him and began slashi lng him with a razor, cutting him ? down the side of the head, the shoul[i der and arm. Thompson had no soon er felt the keen blade of Brown's razor - than he stabbed him in the abdomen, s and closing in, stabbed him again in s the left side of the back. Thompson e was arrested early Monday morning y and lodged in jail. The wounds of i Brown are thought by the attending j physicians to be fatal. Two killings - and one suicide have occurred at this . church within the past ten years .. Mr. W. B. Miller and family and Mrs. e R. H. Strother and children, left yess terday for Wills Point, Texas. Mr. Miller will engage in farming in the _ "Lone Star" state, and we wish him j every success. Mrs. Strother goes to e Join her husband, who accepted a posiH tion in a mercantile establishment at t Wills Point several months ago e Last Monday, Rev. W. F. Little came . to town bringing several hundred dolc lars in gold with him, which he had i received in payment for a place lie had _ sold in North Carolina. During the t day he had a settlement for the cotton . he had sold in this market this season, 3 and in all had something over $600 t in cash, a portion of which he was got ing to use in payment for a place he r recently purchased in this county. He 9 spent Monday night with his old friend, { Mr. D. F. Helms, and before retiring X I- -?ll?? ti.UIAU ka f put nis money in in? viuioc muku uv. f locked and placed on a chair at the 3 head of his bed. A window was near. . and was hoisted about twelve Inches. e but the blinds were closed and securee ly fastened. Yesterday morning he i was greatly surprised to find that dur ing the night, several slats of one of - the blinds had been cut, a hole cut in - one side of his valise and all his money c taken. The sheriff and police were - notified of the robbery and every effort ( will be made to locate the robber. It / rained during the night, obliterating any tracks that the burglar may have made about the premises, which makes , more difficult the task of ever catching g up with the thief. Rev. Mr. Little has v the sympathy of every one in his heavy e loss, and it is earnestly hoped that the i thief may be overtaken Ed San3 ders and Jake Hayden, both colored, . are in limbo. Ed trucks and samples cotton for the L. M. Co. at the cotton platform. About five weeks ago the . cotton weigher noticed Ed truck a bale s of cotton which had been purchased by the H. B. & M. Co. off towards the _ back end of the platform before it was j marked up. When asked about it e later, he stated that it belonged to a y colored man in the country. The truth e of his statement was not questioned, e and it was allowed to remain there to see what disposition he intended to _ make of it. Last Monday morning, e Jake Hayden, who lives several miles e out of town, went down to the platform, got a sample of the cotton and sold it to the H. B. & M. Co. He got 0 his ticket, had it weighed up and went back to Mr. Heath for a settlement, ,j when he was questioned closely, and . finally let the cat out of the bag. He s said that Ed had promised him $10 of t the proceeds to sell the bale of cotton for him. They were both committed e to jail The county supervisor and board of commissioners met Saturday y and approved the bond of Mr. Jos. F. lf Gregory who was recently appointed (j clerk of court for this county to fill the 0 unexpired term of the late W. S. L. s Porter. After being approved, the bond n was recorded and forwarded to ColumU bia, whereupon the commission was issued. The commission was received n by Mr. Gregory Monday night, and _ yesterday the office was formally turnj. ed over to him by the probate judge, p Mr. Gregory tendered the position of deputy clerk to Mr. Paul Moore, who 3 for the past few years has been keep,e ing books for the L. M. Co., and he has been installed as deputy. n A CT/^XT II unox vii. r. Gastonia Gazette, November 18: Mrs. /. F. 13. Smith, of Bearden, Tenn., and - her sister, Miss I,e)a Rhyne, left last Is nifjht for a week's visit to their sister, >r Mrs. R. D. Alexander, at Yorkville, i- S. (' Misses Mattie Stanton, and > Emma and Lula Ford, of Bethel, came up Friday to visit Miss Mary Hope > Adams. Miss Stanton returned to Bethel last night, the Misses Ford remaining for a more extended visit i A ten-inch limb containing six halfgrown oranges was brought us by Mr. Harvey Bradley. They were grown on a small bush at his home, which contains about 75 others, and is still blooming. The fruit looks very much like lemons, but is said to taste, when ripe, not unlike the Florida or California oranges At the end of only one weeks' illness, Mrs. Josephine Garner Thomson, wife of Mr. J. F. Thomson, passed peacefully away at 3 o'clock i Saturday morning. In the early hours of Saturday, a week previous, she became ill and grew steadily worse till the final summons came. Her death was due to uraemlc poisoning. Before her marriage to Mr. Thomson on November 7th, 1894, she was Miss Josephine Garner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Garner, of Pinkney, S. C. At the age of 12 years, she entered Clifford Seminary, at Union, S. C., from which 1 institution she was graduated. At her next birthday, January the 14th, she would have been 29 years of age The case of Wells Bros., a cotton brokerage concern of Vicksburg, Miss., against the Gaston la Cotton mills, comes up on appeal in the circuit court of appeals at Richmond, Va., this week, This case, which Involves $70,000, was tried at Charlotte some months ago, and was decided in favor of Wells Bros., judgment for the above amount having been given them. The defendants believe that the chances are good for a reversal of, the decision of the lower court. CHEROKEE. Gaffney Ledger, November 18: Saturday morning Mr. Jerry Martin, who lived with his family just outside the city limits on the Mills Gap road, having been unwell for several days, took a notion that a dose of laudanum would relieve him and induced his wife to give him a dose. She gave it to him, and left the room and in a few minutes she returned and missed the bottle and asked him where it was. He told her he had thrown it out of the window. She looked and could not find it. By this time Mr. Martin was becoming so stupefied that she made further search and found the empty bottle under his pillow. He evidently had taken the whole of the contents. Mrs. Martin notified neighbors and sent for physicians, who did everything possible for his relief, but without avail and he lingered till Sunday forenoon, when he died. His remains were buried at Piedmont church in the western part of the county, where he was brought up. Mr. Martin was a lumberman and had mills in the upper part of this county, and in North Carolina. He was an industrious, energetic man in his business and had many friends. He leaves a wife and several children who have the sincere sympathy of their many friends in their bereavement. There was no reason for this rash act of Mr. Martin's, and it is thought, that in his suffering he took the fatal drug without realizing its deadly powers. A Negro man named John Turner, of Hoodtown, York county, came to Gaffney Sunday. Yesterday morning he got a job on the Gaffney Manufacturing company's big finishing house and rolled mortar up on the building to the masons until nearly 6 p. m., and while on the second floor of the building, with a barrow of mortar, he fell forward on the barrow and died instantly, presumably of heart failure. MOSBY'S GUERRILLA DAYS. Tli<? OI?l Man TpIIm of HI* Exploit* Nenr WfiMlilngtoii In War Time*. John S. Mosby, well-known as the commander of a guerrilla band in the service of the Confederacy during the war of the states, who is now a special employee of the department of the interior, showed a willingness to talk about his war-time experiences to a re- i porter a day or two ago. The latter . inquired into the truth of a story that he had entered Alexandria in disguise and had engaged in some daredevil tricks. "Oh, that story is all nonsense," said Col. Mosby, "I never went to a place in disguise in my life. These stories arose because of the rapid movements of my command. Why, there is an of fleial telegram on file in the war department stating that I was in Wash- : ington in conference with Wilkes Booth on the night of the killing of President Lincoln. It is needless to say that the statement was known to be false by most of the Federal generals. "Yes, I frequently got close to Washington during the war. Many a time I would ride up to the hill up yonder across the Potomac and look down upon the city. I might have one or two men with me, and we would soon disappear. Just over on the Virginia side early one morning I met a Mrs. Barlow on her way into Washington with a wagon full of vegetables. Her husband was a Federal soldier and she was a northern woman. She had a pass to go in and out of Washington, and drove into the city often from her farm. I used to go to her house often and get a cup of good coffee. Of course, she gave it to us, knowing that we rather had charge of things all along on that side of the river. Well, on this particular morning, Mrs. Barlow had a pair of scissors hanging from her apron. After I had talked with her awhile I said: " 'Mrs. Barlow, lend me your scissors.' "She handed them to me, and I reached up to my head, got hold of a bunch of hair, cut it off and said: 'Mrs. Barlow, please take this lock of hair right into Lincoln, and say to him that I am coming in to see him soon, and will expect a lock of his hair in return.* She looked much puzzled, but she said she would do it. "I found out afterward that she rode straight to the White House and gave the hair to the president personally, refusing to give it to any one else. The president was amused and laughed heartily. No, I was not afraid to do this, because I knew that by the time the president could attempt to catch me, I would be thirty miles away. President Lincoln never made an attempt to catch me, because he knew T nlon M'fion I Uil I X WUUIU UC DUII1C? IIC1V. biQV m?vi> his men arrived. Many people took in-1 formation of me into Washington fori the purpose of trying to bring about my capture. "I covered the entire south side of the Potomac for many miles each way, and the largest number of men I had In 1864, when Sheridan was in the Shenandoah Valley, was five troops of cavalry, a total of 250 men. With that command we captured all the arms we needed, all the ammunition, food and clothing, <^nd had a wagon train running to Lee's army frequently with supplies we had captured. No, I was never a general. I was a private in the First Virginia cavalry for the first two years of the war, and began raising my command after that time, beginning with one troop of cavalry. Each man was armed with two pistols and a sabre. We had no carbines."? Washington Evening Star. A PERSIAN PARABLE. The Side of the World the PeNMtmlMt Had Not Seen. There was a certain man who thought the world was growing worse. He was always harking back to "the good old times," and was sure that the human race was degenerating. Men he said, were all trying to cheat one another, and the stronc were crushing the Weak. One day when he was airing his pessimistic views the calif said to him: "I charge you hereafter to look carefully about you, and whenever you see any man do a worthy deed go to him and give him praise or write to him about it. Whenever you meet a man whom you regard as worthy to have lived in the 'good old days,' tell him of your esteem and of the pleasure you have had in finding one so exalted, and I desire that you write out an account of these good deeds for me that I may share your joys in knowing of it." So the man was dismissed. But before many days he returned and prostrated himself before the calif. When ordered to explain his presence, he wailed: "Have pity on thy servant, and release him from the necessity of complimenting men upon their worthy deeds oh, my master. And, oh, son of Mohammed, I. pray thee absolve thy servant from the duty of reporting to thee all the good that is going on in the world." "And why, oh, slave, dost thou come to me with this prayer?" the calif asked. "Since I have been looking for what is good," the man replied, "I have had no time to do aught but compliment men for their splendid works. So much that is glorious is all around me that I may not hope to be able to tell thee half of it. My tasks lie neglected because I have no time"? "Go back to thy work," said the calif. "I perceive that thou hast learned." X5T Mr. Chen, proprietor of the Tsing Tai firm, of Kobe, Japan, has purchased a spinning mill at Shanghai, in which 20,000 spindles are in operation and 1,500 operatives are at work under five Japanese overseers. He has formed a very poor opinion of the capacity of the Chinese as operatives and means to try to employ Japanese overseers and operatives to a considerable number. S?UTH Schedule Effective June 20, 1902. North Boupri. South Hound. Read Down. Read Up. 35 113 EASTERN 114 34 2nd 1st TIME. 1st 2nd Class. Class. Class. Class. Dailv Dally S* uallr- STATIONS. uany. 1^*^ I II OOpm 7 00?m ...Charleston 7 30pm 7 00am I 40am 7 to Columbia.... 10 00pm 5 00am 10 35 Klngvllle 3 35 9 .50pm 11 45 Sumter 5 15 7 45am 12 00 m Camden 2 00 6 50pm 10 40 12 55pm Kershaw 12 35pm 5 30 II 55ara '1 08 ....Lancaster.... 11 55am 3 50pm 4 OOpm 2 50 ....Rock Hill... 11 05 10 15am 5 20 3 30 ...-Yorkvllle.... 10 30 9 20 6 50 4 38pm ...Blacksburg... 9 13am 7 OCam ii 12 8 00am 4 38pm ...Blacksburg... 9 isam 8 OOnm 9 50 5 25 Shelby 8 30 7 00 12 10pm 0 37 Rutherfordton 7 20 4 10 1 55pm 7 45pir. Marlon 6 05am 2 5fpm To New York via Rock Hill. 113. Leave Camden 12.01p.m. Leave Kershaw 1.10p.m. Leave Rock Hill 8 35p.m. Arrive Charlotte 9.20p.m. Arrive Washington 7.35a.m. Arrive New York 1.40p.m. Trains 113 and 114 dally between Camden and Marion; dally except Sunday Camden to Kingville. Trains run solid between Klngvllle and Marion. For full Information as to rates, schedules and Pullman reservations, apply to any agent of Southern Railway or R. W. HUNT, Division Passenger Agent, Charleston, S. C.;W. H. TAYLOE, Assistant General Passenger Agent, Atlanta, Ga.; S. H. HARDWICK, General Passenger Agent, Washington, D. C.; C. H. ACKERT, General Manager, Washington, D. C. CAROLINA & NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. Schedule Effective Sept. 15,1002, Northbound. Passenger. Mixed. Lv. Chester 6.10a.m. 9.00a.m. Lv. Yorkville 7.18a.m. 10.50a.m. Lv. Gastonia 9.00a.m. 1.50p.m. Lv. Llncolnton 10.30a.m. 4.20p.m. Lv. Newton 11.23a.m. 6.15p.m. Lv. Hickory 12.00m. 8.00p.m. Lv. Cliffs 12.38p.m. 8.40p.m. Ar. Lenoir 1.38p.m. 10.22p.m. Southbound. Passenger. Mixed. Lv. Lenoir 3.00p.m. 5.00a.m. Lv. Cliffs 4.00p.m. 7.05a.m. Lv. Hickory 4.20p.m. 7.25a.m. Lv. Newton 4.55p.m. 8.45a.m. Lv. Lincolnton ... 5.55p.m. 10.30a.m. Lv. Gastonia 7.55p.m. 12.35p.m. Lv. Yorkville 9.00p.m. 4.30p.m. Ar. Chester 10.10p.m. 6.25p.m. CONNECTIONS. Chester?Southern Ry.f S. A. L., and L. 1 & C. Yorkville?S. C. & Ga. Extension. Gastonia?Southern Ry. Lincolnton?S. A. L. Newton and Hickory?Southern Ry. E. F. REIL). G. P. Agent. Chester. South Carolina. I YOMLLE FOE SUBSCRIPTION PRII In Clubs of Tw< $1. Best Twice-a-W In South LIBERAL PREMIUMS The List Includes Buggies, i ing Machines, Pocket K Articles ot Value. The Work Easy and the Paj SHOULD BE IN EVERT HOME. The yorkville enquirer is distinctively a York county paper, edited and published for York county readers. It is the aim of the publishers that the paper shall fill a field that is filled by no other paper. The first importance is attributed to a correct presentation of the local news of York county, giving especial attention to all that is of interest in the social, religious, educational, agricultural, commercial and industrial affairs of this immediate section. Next after York county, folloivs the same interest in the affairs of the counties immediately surrounding. After that, is published the more imnortant news of the state, the nation and the world, all In a condensed, but comprehensive form. The paper Is Issued twlce-a-week In order that Its readers may be kept In closer touch with every-day developments, and each issue is intended to contain a condensed synopsis of all the more Important events current since the preceding Issue. The publishers give especial attention to accuracy, comprehensibility and promptness, and try to make a paper that will enable busy people to keep correctly informed on the important events of the day, without having to do unnecessary reading. In addition to close attention to the news, the literary feature of THE ENQUIRER is also important. It aims to Instruct, entertain and inform. It seeks to present nothing except of a wholesome, elevating character, that will sustain the old and inspire the young in the higher ideals of life and duty. In all of the features outlined, THE ENQUIRER excels all other South Carolina newspapers, and has but few rivals in the entire country. These results are the product of years of experience and of ceaseless toil, as well as of heavy expense, the like of which is not approached by any other weekly or semi-weekly newsaper in the south. In printing only what should be printed and leaving out what should not be printed, it is without a superior, and the highest ambition of the publishers is to continue to sustain and upbuild the reputation the paper enjoys in all its most praiseworthy features. HOW TO GET IT. The regular subscription price of , THE ENQUIRER is *2.00 per annum: but as a special inducement to NEW and OLD SUBSCRIBERS, we will enter all names returned in clubs of TWO or MORE, between OCTOBER 15,1902 1 and MARCH 11. 1903, at $1.75 PER ANNUM. And as an inducement to clubmakers to collect, return and pay for these names, ive offer a long list of valuable premiums on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth in full. The first premium for the LARGEST ( CLUB returned and paid for within the time mentioned, is a tiAXNi-?oui?iii TOP BUGGY, the best that can be : made by the YorkviHe Buggy Company and valued at $62.50, and the SECOND PREMIUM is the BEST OPEN BUGGY made by the same company, and valued at $50.00. Should the first pre- < mium be won by a Rural Free Delivery ; Carrier, and he should prefer It, we will 1 give. Instead, a MODERN FREE DELIVERY WAGON of the most ap- 1 proved make. i NEW SUBSCRIBERS. There will be no special premium on i account of NEW subscribers this year; ] new subscribers will be counted the same as old: but by way of assistance \ to the clubmaker we offer the following Inducement to all who are not now on i our lists and who were not on those 1 lists on the 30th day of August last. 1 For $1.75, cash with the subscription, 1 they will receive the paper from l the date of entry on our books j UNTIL JANUARY 1, 1904. By NEW I subscribers, of course, we mean actual additions to our subscription lists. 1 Subscriptions now In the name of one member of the family changed to the j name of another member will NOT BE CONSIDERED NEW. The detailed i list of premiums follows: FOR FOUR NAMES. A "Yankee" Watch, a Stylographic Fountain Pen or a Three Bladed Pock- t et Knife of good quality: or a 15 String ZIthern. FOR FIVE NAMES. i A year's subscription to either one of the following Magazines: McClure's. Ladies' Home Journal, Munsey, Argo- ' sy, Cosmopolitan, Delineator, Saturday 1 Evening Post, Everybody's, Frank ' Lesslie's Popular Monthly, or either j of the following: A "Champion" Stem , Winding Watch, a goia poiruen r uum.- 11 L. M. GRIST & SO? ?oan and ^lU'iitgs , Yorkvlllc, W. C. WITH ample resources for the pro- . tection and accommodation of t customers, this Bank solicits the business of corporations, firms and Individ- , uuls, and will extend every accommodation consistent with safe banking. J Best of facilities for handling the accounts of out-of-town customers, country merchants and farmers, cotton mills and other manufacturing establishments. A general banking business transact- f ed, and prompt and intelligent attention given to all business entrusted to i our care. i tsr Interest bearing Certificates of Deposit Issued under special agreement. ( W. P. HARRISON. Cashibr. > I S. M. McNEEL, President. ENQUIRER 1903. 3E $2 PER ANNUM. 5 or More Only 75. eek Newspaper Carolina. 4 } TO CLUBMAKER8. jluns, Rifles, Watches, Sewnives, Magazines and Other ) Competition Is Free, the ? Good. ain Pen, a four bladed Pocket Knife. FOR SIX NAMES. An "Eclipse" Stem Winding Watch, King Repeating Air Rifle, a year's subscription to The Christian Herald; or a 22 String Zithern. FOR EIGHT NAMES. An Ingersoll "Triumph" Watch, a Columbian Repeating Air Rifle?works like a Winchester?a fine Razor or a Pocket Knife, a Rapid Writer Fountain Pen?plain case; or a Hopf Model Violin or an 8-inch Banjo. FOR TEN NAMES. One year's subscription to THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER, a "Quaker" Watch, valued at $2.50; a Hamilton 22 calibre Rifle?model 11; The Youth's Companion, one year; or a gold mounted Fountain Pen; a good Banjo, Violin or Guitar. FOR TWENTY NAMES. Crack-Shot Stevens Rifle, a 10-ounce canvas Hunting Coat, a No. 1 Ejector Single Barrel Breech-Loading Shot Gun, The Century or Harper's Magazine. FOR THIRTY NAMES. Either of the following: A Single Barrel Hammerless Shot Gun; a fine 4x4 Kodak, a fine Toilet or Washstand Set, or a Hopkins & Allen Jr., 22 Calibre Rifle. FOR FORTY NAMES. A fine Mandolin, Guitar or Banjo, a New York Standard Open Face Watch, a W. Richards Double Barrel BreechLoading Shot Gun, or a Low Arm Singer Sewing Machine. FOR FIFTY NAMES. . A Winchester or Colt's Repeating Rifle, 22 calibre; or a Baker Double Barrel Breechloading gun. FOR SIXTY NAMES. A High-Arm Sewing Machine; or a first-class Double Barrel Breech Loading Shot Gun. VT\Tr?mv xt A tfna run mimiii iiasiud, A Batavla Hammcrless Gun, 12 gauge, furnished by H. & D. Folsom Arms Co., of New York. A first-class gun and fully guaranteed. SPECIAL CLUBS < We will arrange to furnish any specail article desired by a clubmaker for a given number of names on application to this office. TIME TO BEGIN. The time for clubmakers to begin work in competition for the foregoing offers is RIGHT NOW. Let all names, whether old or new, be returned as rapIdly as secured, so they may be properly entered upon our books. TERMS AND CONDITIONS. TWO SIX MONTHS SUBSCRIBERS at fl each, will be considered the equivalent of one yearly subscrlber at $1.75 and so counted. A subscription paid ror two or mure years m ?uvance at $1.75, will be counted as one name for each year bo paid. Clubmakers will be held personally responsible for the payment of all names returned by them. After a clubmaker has returned and paid for any name, he can. at anytime thereafter, discontinue the sending of the paper to the person for whom he has paid, and transfer the unexpired time to any other person, provided the person to .whom the transfer is desired was not a subscriber at the time the original name was entered on our books. No name will be counted in competition for a premium until the subscription price has been paid; nor will any premium bedelivered until a satisfactory settlement has been made for all names returned by the clubmaker. Persons who commence making clubs will not be permitted to transfer their club to another clubmaker's list after the names have been entered on our books. It Is not necessary that the names on a club should all be at the same postofflce. Names may be taken at any number of places. All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at the expense of those sending them. We will be responsible for the safe transmission of money only when sent by draft, registered letter or money order drawn on the Yorkville postofflce. In sending names, write plainly, and give postofflce, county and state. All subscriptions will be discontinued at the expiration or the time paid tor. A separate list will be kept for each clubmaker. who will be credited with each name sent, so that the number sent by any one person may be ascertained at a moment's notice. In case of a tie for either premium, two weeks will be allowed In which to "untie." The time In which names may be returned under our propositions will commence NOW, tnd expire* at 4 o'clock p. n?., on Wednesday. the 11th day of March, 1003. After the closing of this contest on March 11, 1903, no single yearly subscription will be revived for less than the yearly subscription price of $2.00, except new clubs are formed. *8, Yorkville, S. C. NOTICE. rHE ANNUAL MEETING of the County Commissioners of York :ounty, will be held in their office, Yorkfille, S. C., on WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17TH, 1902. -?-v All persons holding claims against the :ounty will present them, duly attested, :o the undersigned, on or before said lay. Claims not presented the year :hey are contracted or the subsequent fear, are forever barred. MARY J. HUNTER, Clerk of Board. Nov. 15 s 4t r- WANTED, rEN THOUSAND BUSHELS of COTTON SEED. Highest market >rice paid in cash. See us before sellng. LATTA BROS. Oct. 8 w.s. tf SURVEYING. PURVEYING, in all Its branches, ^ accurately and promptly done. ? ^rices reasonable. Write or "phone to S. B. LATHAN,Hickory Grove, S. C.