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gumorous gftjHutomrt. The Tale of a Tail. "Y* want t' know how thet 'old legend' started about horse hairs turnin* Inter snakes If y' leave 'em in water over night?" asked Uncle Bill. "Wal, now, thet 'old legend,' as y' call it, is gospel truth. "Jest you take a horse hair an' put it in a bottle of water an'? But, say, didn't you ever hear tell uf how Jedge Morton's old grey mare died? Wal, wal, wal! There's a heap of things you city fellers don't know about, af ter all. "Why, th' jedge kept this mare uf his out In th' cow bam. 'Twas a ramshackle old buildin' an th' roof leaked considerable. But thet didn't make much difference ontil one night along in April when we had a rainstorm. "Now I've seen some pretty likely rainstorms in my time, but this here pertic'lar one was calc'lated t' make all th' rest uf 'em look like sunshine durin' a dry spell. "Next mornin' when the Jedge went out t' th' bam t' look things over he found th' old mare sound asleep in two feet uf water. He Jest stood there alookln', wonderln' how in tarnation he'd get all th' water outer th' barn, again, when all uf a sudden he gave a start thet almost woke th' mare. "Her tall all seemed t' be sort uf a-squirmln' 'ound like. He looked closer, an', sure as you're slttln' there, every hair In th' pesky crittur's tall had turned Into a strappin big rattlesnake. "Naturally, th' jedge was sort uf upsot when he first discovered all this. But when he got over his surprise some, he took th' matter philosophically, and seemed pleased more'n atherwise.' " 'Why, next winter,' he said, 'thet there rattlesnake tail '11 do Instead uf sleighbells. The ole mare '11 look right nobby hitched up t' ?th* cutter.' "But Medusa?he always called th' mare Medusa after thet?she warn't destined t' live thet long. Durin' th' summer when she'd whisk her tall around t' bresh tn- nies on, mem reptiles would snap 'em oft an' eat 'em. They finally grew so fat an heavy on this fly diet thet th' poor old mare couldn't pull her own tail, let alone a wagon. "Besides, snakes don't sleep th' same hours as hosses an' th' awful rattling at night kept Medusa awake. At last the poor crlttur died. Her tail, broken-hearted for th' most part, didn't long survive her. "What's thet y' say?" asked Uncle Bill. "No, as far as'I know, Jedge Norton never teched a drop of liquor in his life."?New York Sun. Locating John. A story is told of a young man named John P., who, being in poor health, went to India. His family had instructed him not to spare expense, but to cable three times a week how Ka nroo on/1 Tl/Kot ho U' Q Q f"? C ThP first cable message ran: .Am Well. Have native guide, Inja. Hunt tigers tomorrow.' ? The next communication did not arrive till two weeks later. It was this: John dead. Killed. Tiger. What do? Inja. Back went the tearful message: Send on body. A month later there was delivered to the keeper of the receiving vault of M. 9 cemetery a box or coffin so large and heavy that it might have been the home of a second Cardiff Giant. Susnlolnn Kavlnv Wn nronspH ft nprmlt was secured and the sealed coffin opened. To the consternation of those presented there lay the body of a magnificant Bengal tiger resting on white satin. The following message was soon racing across the Atlantic: Some mistake. Tou sent a tiger. Where is John? The following information was soon received: No mistake. No mistake. John. Inside tiger! The boys.? Twas tnus a snrewa oia farmer spake the other day the while he combed from beard and hair the seedlets of the hay: "Our Freddie is a business man an' makin' piles in soap. Ezekiel is a doctor an* feeds the people dope. Our Mary Ann is pretty an' full of education. She's bagged a dude from town who's rich as all creation. "Hennery's a preacher an' runs a gospel shop. Pete's a politician a-climbin' to the top. Willium is industrious?he stays with me an' marm ?an' me an' him an' her get a livin' from the farm. But Tom! It really seems Tom never had no sense. He couldn't take a hammer an' pound nails into a fence. But marm she's not despairin', or if she is don't show it. Says she: 'You leave that Tom alone. He's flxln' to be a poet!'"?Atlanta News. Unremitting Kindness. ? Senator Knute Nelson, of Minnesota, was talking one day to an actor about another actor who had got an engagement In London, says an exchange. "A fine fellow, he is," said Mr. Nelson. "Yes, very fine," said the other; "only since he has gone abroad he has not sent a penny to his wife. He writes her the most affectionate letters; every day or two a pleasant let ter comes from him, but not a cent h?s he forwarded in the two months he has been away." "He writes every day or two?" said Senator Nelson. "What kindness!" "Kindness!" exclaimed the actor. "Kindness! When he sends no money?" "Yes," said Mr. Nelson; "unremitting kindness." Needed Them All.?A well-known authoress was once talking with a dilapidated bachelor, who retained little but his conceit. "It is time now," he said pompously, "for me to settle down as a married man, but I want so much. I want youth, health, wealth, of course; beauty, grace"? "Yes," said his fair listener sympathetically, "you poor man, you do want them all." gftiwHatuousi Reading. FROM CONTEMPORARIES. News and Comment That Is of More or Less Local Interest. CHE8TER. Lantern, May 5: Mr. and Mrs. P. G. McCorkle, Miss Edna McLure, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Edwards and Gus M. Drennan went to Charlotte yesterday to near XNoraica msi ev?nui( ?< .>? McKeown, an employee of the Eureka mills, entered Taylor & Howie's restaurant Sunday afternoon and ordered a meal. In a few minutes he dropped from his seat in an unconscious condition. Mr. Howie asked Policeman Wright to remove the sick man, but Wright summoned Dr. H. E. McConnell, who said the trouble was drinking too much whisky. The usual remedies failed to restore McKeown to consciousness and at this hour his condition is not materially changed An attack was made upon Superintendent S. O. McKeown and the guards of the chaingang last week by Messrs. Foster and Tom Carter and Lawrence Wise. They did not use deadly weapons, but what they did was a plenty, and it would have been fatal if all administered at one dose. It was of such quality and quantity as to require the Wise to provide and Carters to transport. It was a hamper basketful of such things as farmers prepare for their friends and for picnics. Mr. McKeown and his crew feasted on it for a day or two and then had plenty left to treat all the gang Mr. W. B. Horne has been made inspector of the District of Columbia Corps Spanish ' ??r< + Vk KQnlr A# AAlftnol war vcmauo, mui 4aim wtv??v? Will is something of a priest too; at least he acted that part in a recent entertainment in Washington In .the early hours of yesterday morning, about 1 o'clock, we believe, some one raised a window in the house of Mrs. Neely Smith, at Lowrysville, presented a pistol and declared that if ony one raised an alarm he would shoot. Miss Mamie Hardin, Mrs. Smith's granddaughter and the only one in the house with her, did not heed the threat but ran and called neighbors, and the intruder ran off. After daylight a track was followed to Mr. Will Simpson's and a Negro, Jim Montgomery, was arrested. His shoes were believed to correspond to the track. He was brought to Lowrysville and kept until night, when it was thought that there was danger of lynching. Communication was had with Solicitor Henry, and at his request, Gov. Heyward made the Lee Light infantry subject to the order of Sheriff Cornwell. The company was drilling at the time, and marched to the depot, boarded a special train on * * - ? vt rrr J ??^ T me U as IN.-W., tuiu woo ai uuwijfoville in a few minutes. They did not find a large crowd or much demonstration. It is said that but few persons were violently disposed. The Negro was brought to Jail. He was reported to have confessed, and admitted to the officer who had him in charge that he acknowledged, at the point of a pistol, that he was the right man, but he persistently denied that he knew anything about the deed. GASTON. Gastonia Gazette, May 5: The C. & N.-W. no longer uses the new depot. If passengers go there to board the northbound train, they are likely to have no higher satisfaction than that of waving at the train as it goes scooting by Improvements in the roadbed of the C. & N.-W. Railway go steadily on. Hundreds of new crossties have been dropped at intervals along the road to be put in as soon as II1C BCt'llUU IIiaOlC19 can SCI IU tucm. "Plenty of time for cotton yet," says Mr. Labe Wilson, one of the most, successful farmers in the county, who plants King's Improved. Speaking of this cotton yesterday, Mr. Alex Crawford, another superior farmer, said he had a cropper once who planted King's Improved. Dry weather followed the planting, so that it was the 23rd and 24th of June before the cotton came up. The cropper did not want to work it so late, but the cotton looked well and upon the insistence of Mr. Crawford the tenant fell in and gave the crop good attention, with the result that he made the best crop of cotton he had ever cultivated A number of citizens of the neighboring town of Stanley were the victims Friday of a clever uurgi&r wiiu uiu iiio wvin. in broad day light while the major part of the towns' people were attending the commencement exercises at the Institute. Oliver Crawford, a Negro boy about 12 years of age who lives in Rankin town, some three or four miles from Stanley, and who has been accustomed to doing odd Jobs about the town, was the perpetrator of the deeds and the officers are now on the lookout for him. Crawford first entered the house of Mr. Robt. Carpenter, through a window, and took a diamond ring, a gold medal, a purse containing some money, a sack of lemons and probably other articles. From there he proceeded to the residence of Dr. G. J. Atkins, where he made a raid on the pantry, taking a sack of flour and other groceries. While the officers were searching for him Saturday, he entered the house of Mr. Helton in the country, carrying away with him several articles. The boy was too slick, for the officers, however, and when they reached his home he had fled to parts unknown and has not yet been apprehended. The house was searched and the Jewelry and most of the other stolen arti cles were recovered. A large quantity of shoes, clothing, etc., were also found In the house from which It is Inferred that the boy and his mother were professional thieves. They had a small store in the yard where they retailed goods at "bargain prices." Unable to find the boy. Marshal Frank Hovis arrested the woman Sunday and carried her to the Dallas jail to await trial. LANCASTER. Ledger, May 6: The new' A. R. P. church building at Unity in the upper portion of the county was formally dedicated last Sabbath with appropriate and impressive ceremonies. Rev. J. S. Moffatt, of Chester, preached the. dedicatory sermon. This is one of the nicest country church edifices in the county and is a credit to the large and intelligent congregation which worship there On his way home from preaching Sunday night, Mr. R. E. Mcllwain discovered a warehouse on the side track of the Southern near the depot afire and gave the alarm. ""he warehouse was packed full of sacked cow feed belonging to the L. M. Co., and the fire had doubtless been burning for some time. It required hard work to subdue It on account of the difficulty In getting to It and It was probably an hour before It was subdued The sherl/T sold one tract of land Monday, 98 acres, the Knight land in Flat Creek township, for $143. Robert Floyd, purchaser. Mr. Floyd also purchased a small lot in the town of Kershaw sold by the clerk of court for $50 Mr. James Blackwell, a highly respected citizen of the Flat Creek township, died at his home on Thursday last, aged 82 years. In early manhood he was married to Miss Elizabeth Leigh, who with three sons, D. L. Blackwell, of Camden, and R. L., and Fletcher Blackwell, of Flat Creek survive him. His remains were interred at Mt. Pisgah Baptist church, of which he was a member many years, on Friday after funeral services by Rev. D. C. Freeman, of Kershaw. He was a good man and a substantial citizen A warehouse on the side track of the Southern at Kershaw, used by Mr. DePass, was discovered afire Saturday night. The fire had made considerable headway when discovered but with the town's splendid system of water works fire doesn't have much of a showing at Kershaw. It was extinguished in short order with only slight damage to several thousand pounds of bacon the warehouse contained. Origin of fire unknown What would have been a disastrous hail storm had the farmers not been behind with their planting this year, visited sections of this county Monday afternoon. As it n ck,ot iiic 11 uit| vavo auu tt ii^cvl viv^/a were badly damaged and gardens ruined where the hall was heaviest. From Unity church down through the Newcut section the hall was very heavy and some say continued to fall for 20 or 30 minutes. Mr. J. D. Nlsbet says It was probably four Inches deep at his house and In places where It drifted, was not all melted yesterday morning. Mr. T. E. Neal, has probably lost his entire oat crop, and Mr. J. Davis Caskey says that the oats on his plantation are a total loss and he fears there will be no fruit as what was not beaten oft the trees was so badly cut up by the hall stones that it will do no good, and that gardens were absolutely demolished. In and around town the hail was not so severe. Mr. Oren Blackmon, several miles southwest of town reports his wheat crop'ruined and that he will plow it up and plant corn where it grew. Silk Culture In Charleston. Charleston letter: Miss Henrietta A. Kelly's experimental work in silk culture, under the direction of the United States department of agriculture, has now reached its most inter esting * stages, and the public of Charleston Is given the opportunity of seeing it In full operation. Kiss Kel'.v has more than fifteen thousand worms spinning the silk fiber, and all who are interested in the experiment which may mean a new and important and rich industry for this community and section, are invited to view them at 151 Wentworth street, any afternoon, during the next week, between the hours of 5 and 7 o'clock. Miss Kelly will show the worms to visitors and explain all the phases of the culture. Within a week the worms will have finished their spinning, and the cocoons will be boxed and shipped to Washington, where the silk will be reeled off. This will conclude the operation for this year. Miss Kelly will retain enough of the cocoons to furnish eggs for the next year's hatching, and she will make microscopic examination of these for selection of the best, and will put these in storage for next season. The Italian peasants who were brought to Charleston by Miss Kelly to assist in the culture have been steadily en gaged at the work, and have given faithful and satisfactory service. They will continue with Miss Kelly and will give attention during the summer and fall to the mulberry trees, which have been planted In various places about Charleston. Miss Kelly Is very well satisfied with the result of her first season's experiments, though she has had to contend against many difficulties. In the 'first place, there was a variation In the hatching periods, due to the lays and handlings of the eggs imported, which brought the worms out at Irregular times, and made It difficult to control the production. Then the securing of mulberry leaves, on which the worms subsist entirely, was a problem of large proportions. Miss Kelly had to search about everywhere for trees which would furnish the desired leaves, and there was always an uncertainty and imperfection In the supply. However, there have been few losses in the colonies of worms and their products is reasona bly satisfactory. It is thought that 125 pounds of cocoons will be shipped to Washington. Miss Kelly says that her experiments have shown that three crops of silk can be produced here each spring. The Coldest Town on Earth.?In the Yakutsk district the thermometer is known to fall as low as eighty degrees Fahrenheit below zero. The inhabitants (the Yakuts) of this district are a very interesting people, as it is evident that they are of a different type from the surrounding Mongolian tribes. Prof. A. H. Keane, in his "Man, Past and Present," says: "They are almost the only progressive aboriginal people in Siberia, although numbering not more than 200,000 souls, concentrated chiefly along the river banks on the plateau between the Lena and the Aldan. In the Yakuts we have an extreme instance of the capacity of man of adapt himself to the milieu. They not merely exist, but thrive and display a considerable degree of enersrv and enterprise in the coldest re gion of the globe. Within the Isothermal of 72 degrees Fahrenheit, Verhoyensk, in the heart of their territory is alone included for the period from November to February, and in this temperature, at which quicksilver freezes, the Yakut children may be seen gambolling naked in the snow. In midwinter Mr. R. Kennan, met some of these 'men of iron,' as Wrangel calls them, airily arrayed in nothing but a shirt and a sheepskin, lounging about as if in enjoyment of the balmy zephyrs of some genial sub-tropical zone."?London Graphic. WAR ON SLAVE RAIDERS. The British Will Put a Stop to the Slave Traffic In the Central 8oudan. Within the paat three months, British troops under Sir Francis Lugard have put an end to the supremacy of the Sultan of Sokoto, east of the Niger river, in the Central Soudan. They have also occupied the famous town of Kano and subjected its sultan. The British flag is now supreme in the great country 01 me nausa mues uetween the Niger and Lake Tchad. One of the most significant announcements in a long time relating to Africa is the statement in the London Times that the British now propose to make an end, .ice for all, to slave raiding and the slave traffic throughout the Hausa country. The overshadowing evil of the central Soudan is slave raiding and the traffic in slaves. Up to this year, the evil has been entirely unchecked by any Caucasian influence; and there is probably no other part of Africa of equal size where the slave trade in recent years has flourished as in the Hausa country. Most of the slaves are obtained, not from outside of Hausaland, but from Hausa villages and towns. The captors belong to the same tribe and race as the persons they enslave. The result is that the country has practically, been in a condition of perpetual civil war. A petty sultan at any time is likely to receive a message from his superior lord ordering him to send at once a certain number of slaves on pain of having his own towns raided. He accordingly selects some village within his territory or outside of It, against which he quietly sends a force large enough to overcome all resistance, attacks the town and carries off the inhabitants. Those who resist are killed on the spot and the remainder are marched away In fetters. Many of them have been included in the annual tribute payable to the Sultan of Sokoto, while others are sent to some central slave market to be sold or taken back to the town of their captors. When C. H. Robinson traveled in Hausaland a few years ago, he said that about one thousand slaves were brought into Kano on a single occasion as a result of a slave-raiding expedition. Between Kano and Blda he passed a large number of towns and villages that had recently been destroyed, and whose inhabitants had been sold as slaves. This was done not by foreign invaders, but by the sultan in whose territory the towns were included. He found that slaves are to a large extent the currency of the country. A native who is about to travel usually takes with him slaves proportionate In number to the length of his journey. After traveling about 100 miles, he will sell a slave ^nd then travel another 100 miles, when he will sell a second, and thus by the time he returns home he will have sold all his slaves and devoted the money to paying the expenses of his journey. The maximum nrice for a 14-year old girl In Kano is jft>out $36 to $60. A young man of 18 brings about $30, a man of 30 about $20?the price decreasing as the age advances. This is one of the more thickly peopled parts of Africa; and it will be a great blessing to hundreds of thousands when the terrible evil of slave raiding Is thoroughly suppressed. Life is not secure in Hausaland. Few persons know whether they will continue to have a home, a family and liberty from one week's end to another. The certainty that the British have the power and the intention to suppress this terrible evil betokens better days and more prosperous and peaceful times for this region, which in spite of the barbarism from which it has suffered, is in many respects more highly developed than most parts of tropical Africa.?New York Sun. MAD MULLAH'S BATTLEGROUND. The Howling Waste In Which Colonel Plunkett's Troops Were Annihilated. The place where Col. Plunkett and nearly his entire force were wiped out on April 17, is about 275 miles south of the Gulf of Aden, and a little east of south of Berbera, the chief British port on that gulf. It is east of the centre of Somaliland, which now, In the height of the dry season, has all the aspects of a desert Gen. Manning, whose headquarters are at Galadi, about forty miles due east of the scene of the tragedy, says in his dispatch that though he intended to march east immediately to relieve Col. Cobbe from his perilous position,1 he would return at once to Galadi, as he could carry sufficient water only for the march to Cobbe's camp and back. He would, therefore, be unable to advance against the enemy If the latter held aloof. There is strong probability that the Mad Mullah's army will gain the prestige and great moral advantage among the barbarous people of East Africa of having soundly thrashed the enemy without having been made to suffer severely in return. British Somaliland, in the fall and winter, received a great deal of rain and the country is covered with grass. That is the time when the many thousands of horses, donkeys and mules have most food and the people are most active. But in the spring and summer scarcely a drop of rain falls, the country is parched and barren and water Is obtained only along the few rivers and in the wells. It is significant that in Oen. Man ning's dispatch he speaks or tne enemy's infantry. In the wet season, when grass covers the plains and hills, the Somalls light on horseback, and the celerity of their movements has been a great obstacle in the British campaign against them. * At this season the mounted troops of the Mad Mullah employ camels and are able to move less rapidly. But the dry season is a far greater impediment to the British than to the natives. The Somalis know where every well is to be found and the British lack this knowledge. The wells themselves are quaint and interesting, being deep, wide holes, reminding one of an abandoned quarry. Some of them are fifty to sixty feet deep. The Somalia use ladders and pass buckets from man to man till the top is reached. Each chief has a well called by his name at which he waters his live stock. Others are portioned out to the various clans. The disadvantage of the British forces in the field is that they are nearly three hundred miles from the coast of the Gulf of Aden, wnence tney aerive an tneir supplies; | they are in a country of which they know very little, which for several months to come will be almost destitute of water. It will not be surprising if they do little more than hold their own, keeping close to the wells they have seized until -the return of the rainy season. The massacre of Col. Plunkett's party is the greatest success the Mad Mullah has yet achieved. The fame of it will spread widely through eastern Africa. This success may have the effect of inducing the large number of Somalia living in the Italian and Abyssinian districts to join the hostile faction. The Mad Mullah is one of the twelve or fifteen Mullahs in Somallland, also called Sheiks or Widads, who are the religious leaders of the Somalia. It is fortunate for the British that a number of the Mullahs are their friends, ,for they are helping to keep open the line of communication with the sea and to direct the British to sources of water in this dry season. In all inner Somallland there is not a single prominent settlement except those occupied by these Mohammedan "leaders. The centres of population are, on an average, at least seventy miles apart. They were built at the principal sources of water. If all the Mullahs were against the British it would be practically impos sjDie ior me lauer 10 conauci a campaign in the interior during the dry months; for in that case the Mullahs might easily destroy many wells so that they could not be made available for months and flee beyond pursuit 10 the south or west. Penetration into the country would then be a very perilous matter. The Haji Mohammed Bui Abdullah, the Mad Mullah, was one of the less important of these religious chiefs until a little, before the time in 1901 that he suddenly assumed an attitude of hostility to the white race. For two years previous, however, he had been constantly augmenting his religious iritluence, which was intensified by the fact that he had recently returned from the pilgripiage to Mecca and by his almost frenzied zeal in preaching the faith of Islam. He is i religious fanatic of great magnetic and persuasive qualities. Before the British heard of him he called around him a large following and imbued all his people with his own rabid ideas. Having acquired a large influence he began to preach the church militant. We first heard of him as the Mad Mullah when the British gave him this title because he was advocating Jit. oil V. lo MA?i?Aa>n *trn?* a# ftvf Afr*i I _ Willi nil mo puncio a noi ui caicuiiinatlon against the whites. He is an able and zealous fanatic and has been doing, on a small scale in Somaliland what Peter the' Hermit did when he preached the holy duty* of wresting Palestine from the power of the infields. The Mad Mullah not only preached the sacred duty of the Somalia to drive the hated unbelievers out of their country but also took the field himself with a large number of fairly armed followers. There is no telling fcow long he may be a source of trouble to the British. On the part of the Somalia it is a war, pure and simple, for the defence of their religious faith and the glory of Islam. The British are employing a contingent of Indian troops, but it is only reasonable to suppose that there have been no details from the Mohammedan regiments of India to fight the battles of the unbelievers against their coreligionists in Africa.?New York Tribune. MACHINERY OF MODERN BANK. Demands of the Day Have Brought It to Clock Like Perfection. So great has been the development of New York banks within recent years that the modern bank today bears slight resemblance to the old fashioned Institution of two decades ago. Radical changes have marked this transition from retail to wholesale banking. Some of these pertain to New York alone, but in most cases the new order of things has modified banking metnoas at important centres everywhere. In this city especially the tendency has been to increase the force of assistant cashiers, so that the larger banks now employ from two to six. In discussing the more important changes, Willian O. Jones, who was lately called from the Chase to the National Park Bank, of this city as assistant, cashier said: "During the last decade and a half probably no position connected with banking institutions in this country has become so universally adopted and so generally recognized as that of assistant cashier. Fifteen years ago the position of assistant cashier, as an adjunct to the executive force of a bank, was the exception rather than the rule. Today the reverse is true, and banking Institutions generally (including those having only a moderate capitalization and occupying a somewhat restricted field,) employ the services of from one to five assistant cashiers. The necessity for the creation and the general recognition of this office has been accelerated by the phenomenal expansion of the banking business. "Not very long ago the entire burden of conducting a bank's affairs rested almost solely upon the cashier, with, perhaps/ an occasional suggestion from the president. Then the cashier's duties consisted largely in the acceptance of deposits and in the granting of advances to local customoro with whos<> affairs he was sud posed to be thoroughly conversant. The 'one-man' bank is now, however, a matter of history. The intense aggressiveness, sharp competition, diversified departments and enlarged field of operation which characterize the progressive modern banking institution of today, call for the best talent of many men. "The management of an up-to-date batik Is, in many respects, analagous to that which characterizes the modern department store, with various departments run by men thoroughly trained for their specific duties by years of intelligent study and constant application, but all subordinate to . and cooperating with their superiors. The modern bank is a'composite organization, embodying in a large degree the more salient points of the edpartment store. In addition to retaining the deposit and discount features it has added a credit department and information bureau, registry and transfer department, foreign exchange and purchase and sales* Of all these dlv-s ions the credit branch is, perhaps, the most elaborate. It has become so useful that we all wonder how the banks ever did business without it so long. "Nowadays when a large loan is asked for or a customer desires information respecting the standing of a certain corporation, Arm or individual, the machinery of the credit department is at once set in motion. There data are within easy reach, having been filed for ready reference, and cover pretty much everything worth knowing about a concern's affairs. Being derived from independent sources, the information is much more complete than that furnished by the ordinary commercial report, and gives a great deal that is of value concerning the subject's business career and the enterprise with which he has been identified. "Out of town correspondents of large city banks do not hesitate to request an expression of opinion as to ine menus ul vunuua uossco ui uKtmments, and, while the judgment of 9orne of the higher officials may determine the selection or rejection of the same, the major portion of the labor In connection with such purchase and sales usually devolves upon the loan department, in charge of at least one, and in some cases two, assistant cashiers. Clearly this increased service in behalf of the bank's clientele has largely multiplied the labors of the officers, thus necessitating a broader division of labor, with consequent Increase in the number of official subordinates. Then, too, within the last decade, the number of state and territorial bankers' conventions have multiplied many fold. "The larger banks, whose business embraces practically the entire country, have found it highly advantageous to have a representative at such gatherings, to the mutual profit of themselves and their customers. Attendance upon these conventions (held in different sections of the country) by the higher officers of our larger financial institutions, is frequently impracticable. and on the other hand, the best interests of the institution cannot be attained through the presence of a clerical subordinate, so that the services of an assistant cashier are frequently availed of In this comparatively new field of bank endeavor. "The position of assistant cashier is in the nature of an understudy to the higher officials of a bank, and this early and efficient training in the official rank serves to provide valuable material when needed. The assistant cashier who has, during his probationary period, proved himself loyal to his superiors, practical and resourceful in his methods is reasonably well equipped for higher administrative duties, and will prove himself in most cases, I think, an effective colleague to his superiors."?New York Evening Po3t. Roman Catholic View op the Future.?Archbishop Quigley was the guest at a reception last night by the Children of Mary Sodality at the Holy Name parish school. He made an address in which he said: "Since I have seen the western parohcial schools I have come to the conclusion that in fifty years, if things go on as I see they are going on at present, the Catholic church will actually own the west. "I have had the opportunity to see a few of the churches and schools In the diocese, and I have gained some idea of what a magnificent big Catholic city Chicago is. Since I came here I have visited Joliet, and in that city I visited one of the parochial schools. It was the first time I had seen a parochial school n the west. "Within twenty years this country is 1 ?-1~ Vlnivo an/4 j?UlIlg IU I U1C LUC >MKJi iui H.U1QO nitu emperors will soon pass away and the democracy of the United States will take their place. The west will dominate the country, and what I have seen ot the western parochial schools has proved that the generation which follows us will be exclusively Catholic. When the United States rules the world, the Catholic church will rule the world. "The people of the east do not know of the importance of Chicago in the west. The Catholics know that Chicago is one of the great Catholic centres of the world. In fifty years Chicago will be exclusively Catholic. The same may be said of Greater New York ar.d the chain of big cities stretching across the continent to San Francisco. - "It has never forced Itself on me? this conviction?as it has since I have been in Chicago. I am simply overcome by it."?Chicago dispatch, Wednesday. the southe: The Great Highway of THROUGH THE SO ExcaUtnt Service \ Quick 7 Anr THp i* PImmi Tnwl rim THE SOU' The Finest Dining-Car For d?Ulltd InfonullOB u to Tick ration* nddrw* tho Mnrrat Agonl W. A. TURK. A H. HARI hnnQt TrnWW W<*<*|> flwnl Nmi WAIWNOTOH. D. C. WAIUKOTI a?oan and pavings $ank, Yorlcvllle, H. C. WITH ample resources for the protection and accommodation of customers, this Bank solicits the business of corporations, Arms and individuals, and will extend every accommodation consistent- with safe banking. Best of facilities for handling the ac counts OI OUl-Ul-lUWH VUDlUiiicio, WIH.try merchants and farmers, cotton mills and other manufacturing establishments. A general banking business transacted, and prompt and intelligent attention given to all business entrusted to our care. X3T Interest bearing Certificates of Deposit issued under special agreement. W. P. HARRISON, Cashier. S. M. McNEEL, President. 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CAROLINA & NOBTH-WESTIM RAILWAY COMPANY. * V v * Schedule Effective April 12,1008, Morthboud. Paueiger. Mixed. Lv. Chester ...... 8.26a.m. 8.30p.m. Lv. Lowryville.... 8.46a.m. 9.00p.m. Lv. McConnells .. 8.57a.m. 9.28p.m. Lv. Guthries 9.03a.m. 9.34p.m. Lv. Yorkvllle 9.20a.m. 10.02p.m. Lv. Filbert 9.35a.m. 10.37p.m. Lv. Clover 9.46a.m. 10.54p.m. T tf DAnrlln(vHrAnn O RRo m 111 Rn m. Lv. Oastonla 10.13a.m. 12.30a.m. Lv. Lincolnton ...11.09a.m. 2.00ajn. Lv. Newton 11.49a.m. 2.55a.m. Lv. Hickory 12.14p.m. 4.00a.m. Ar. Lenoir 1.32p.m. 6.00a.m. Saathbaind. PuMajcer. ? llxtd. Lv. Lenoir 2.25p.m. 8.00p.m. Lv. Hickory 3.23p.m. 9.60p.m. Lv. Newton 3.50p.m. lL46p.m. Lv. Lincolnton ... 4.30p.m. 1.60a.m. Lv. Oastonla 5.30p.m. 4.20a.m. Lv. Bowling Green 5.48p.m. 4.66a.m. Lv. Clover 5.67p.m. 5.10a.m. Lv. Filbert 6.08p.m. ? 6.40a.m. Lv. Yorkvllle .... 6.23p.m. 6.00a.n\. Lv. Outhrles 6.40p.m. 6;60a.mi Lv. McConnells .. 6.45p.m. 7.00a.m. Lv. Lowryville ... 6.67p.m. 7.23a.m. Ar. 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