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^tumorous grpartmcnt. Routing a Lord.?Lord D., a proverbial hater of America and Americans, was dining lately in Paris with the British minister, says London TitBits. Next to him at the table was a noted Newport belle, Miss X. The discussion had drifted to a discussion of things American, and Lord D. made some disagreeable remarks about some Americans he had met and some Yankee customs he abhorred. "Why, d'ye know," he continued, with an unpardonable want of tact, "that at some of the places I dined in America I saw people eat with their knives and spill their soup on the tablecloth." Miss X. was thoroughly provoked by this time, but she replied with apparent unconcern: "What poor letters of introduction you must have had, my lord." There was no more unpleasant talk about Americans that evening. Why She Couldn't Come.?"We're going to have such a jolly time," said the girl in blue. "A dinner first, you know, and then a theatre party, ui course, you'll come." "I should like to above all things," returned the girl in gray, "but I fear it isn't possible." "Isn't possible? Why not?" "I'm not allowed at eat much of anything just now, and I fear such a dinner would be too great a temptation," explained the girl in gray sadly. "Dieting?" queried the girl In blue. "Doctor's orders?" "No; lawyer's." "Lawyer's!" "Yes. You see, my breach of promise case comes to trial pretty soon, and I'm training down to show the ravages of blighted affection. Unexpected.?A benevolent-looking Quaker, in drab clothes and broadbrimmed hat, walked into the lobby of a Philadelphia hotel a short time ago, and was walking up to the desk, when he stubbed his toe on an uneven place in the flooring and measured his length on the floor. A bell boy rushed to assist him to his feet. "Boy," said the old gentleman, solemnly, "does thee swear?" "Oh, no, sir; no. indeed," said the boy, taking his cue from the Quaker's pious appearance. "Um! too bad, too bad," said he of the broad-brimmed hat. "I would have paid thee handsomely to have sworn for me." A Quaint Coujvtesy.?The gentleman with the high stock and the white whiskers arises in the street car, offering his seat to the woman who had just entered. As she sinks into the seat made vacant she raises her eyes modestly, and with just the faintest tinge of reserve, says: "Thank you, sir." That evening the gentleman with the high stock and the white whiskers says to his wife: "I had a most unusual experience today. I met a lady of the old school." ?New York Times. Musical Vandalism.?Edward MacDowell, the American composer, was talking not long ago with a friend who had just come from a concert given by the students of a conservatory of music?affairs which are usually avoided by the musically judicious. "I have just heard," remarked the friend, "one of the pupils, a little girl of eight, play your 'To A Wild Rose.'" The composer sighed dejectedly. "I suppose," he said, "she pulled it up by the roots."?Harper's Weekly. Making Sure of Him.?"I think," said the thoughtful mother, "that you ought to object to young Brown paying so much attention to our daughter." "Why?" demanded the thoughtless father. "He impresses me very favorably." "That's just it," said the thoughtful mother. "We must do something to make his ambitious mother think we regard ourselves a little above them ?f Ti-a ofn rnolra euro nf him " Force of Habit.?Towne?There's a new baby out at Popley's isn't there?" Browne?Yes; and it's a shame the way the boys are teasing Popley. Towne?How ? Browne?Whenever they see him hurrying along the street they sneak up behind and say 'Sh!' and he immediately begins to walk on his tiptoes.' ?Philadelphia Press. &* ' "I understand old Skinflint has got religion." "It's possible." "Do you really think so?" "Well, if Skinflint and religion have come together at all I think it safe to say that he has got religion. There certainly is nothing to indicate that religion has got him."?Chicago Evening Post. tir Mrs. Ferguson?George, what particular failing of yours did the preacher touch on in his sermon this morning? Mr. Ferguson?What do you ask me that question for? Mrs. Ferguson?Because you have been as cross as a bear ever since you came home from church.?Chicago Tribune. t<: "I.ady," said he, "I ain't no common beggar. I'm de victim of a devastating fire dat destroyed our house, an' now I'm a homeless wanderer." "Poor fellow," exclaimed Mrs. Goodart: "here's a quarter, and where was this fire?" "In Chicago, ma'am: back in *71." A Hint to Co.?"I have something to tell you before I go." he finally sukl. "Is it a long story?" she hastily askeii him. "No: it is a very short one." "Then I think you will just have time." she sweetly said.?Cleveland Plain Dealer. "All my achievements." said the great race horse, "are due to the fact that I always put my best foot for ward." "I find," replied the wicked mule, "that 1 accomplished more by putting my best foot backward."?Exchange. iflisrrUantouis dStatlint). FROM .CONTEMPORARIES. News and Comment That Is of More or Lens Local Interest. CHESTER. Lantern, September 1: Mr. E. H. Hardin informs us that Senator P. L. Hardin's condition is unimproved. It will be remembered that he, in company with Mayor Hardin, went to Baltimore a little over a week ago to undergo treatment in Johns Hopkins hospital. It has been found that an operation for gali stone is necessary, and the operation is to be performed today Congressman D. E. Finley spent Friday night in the city on his return to Yorkville from the Fort Lawn , T> T /-I educational rauy no, t-i. \ ton was in town yesterday. He returned to his home at Lewis Turnout on Sunday from the meeting of the county Baptist Union, which was held at New Bethel. This church is situated about four miles from Lowryvllle, and is in York county, the line being only a short distance from the church. Crops are said to be looking fine In that section, and it is believed that a crop better than the average will be gathered this fall On Friday afternoon, William Dirk, a colored boy about fourteen years old, in his endeavor to board a moving freight train at the oil mill, fell and the trucks passed over his left arm, mashing it into a jelly from near the shoulder to the wrist. He was watching a freight train pass by, and tried to catch the ladder on the side of the car, but he was jerked down, and his left arm fell on the rail. The wheels of the train passed over it and did the work Mr. J. N. Conrad returned to his mother's home at Lowryvllle, on Sunday, from Hope. Ark., where he has been for the past eight months. He lived near the Red river. Owing to the serious overflows of the river, the crops are not quite as good this year as usual, but they are quite fine considering the overflows, and as compared with the crops in these parts. Mr. Conrad thinks that Arkansas is the country for the young man. He expects to return there in December. LANCASTER. Ledger, September 1: Ed Cat, a Negro fugitive from justice in North Carolina, was captured in the Tradesville section by Constable Connor on last Monday, and was taken to Union county, where he is wanted for disturbing a religious meeting and carrying a concealed weapon. Cat was up a tree dining on muscadines when the constable ran up on him Mrs. Janie Stames. wife of Mr. J. B. Starnes of the Unity section, died last Sunday night after a protracted illness. She was about thirty-five years of age and leaves her husband and five children surviving her. She was a member of the Methodist church and her remains were interred at Mt. Prospect on Monday On Saturday night last, Mr. H. W. Sistare of Riverside, lost his stables, cribs, two barns, all his corn, oats, hay, tools and gears and a carload of lumber by fire. The fire originated in one of the barns about 10 o'clock and is supposed to have been caused by rats. Mr. Sistare's loss is about $600. No insurance. It is a heavy loss on hini and his friends sympathize with him greatly Clyde Crawford, colored, was committed to jail at this place yesterday on the charge of attempting to poison Robert Truesdale, also colored. Something over a month ago Truesdale and Crawford opened a small grocery store on White street. Truesdale furnishing the capital with the understanding that Crawford was to have until September 1st in which to pay Truesdale for half interest in the business. On Monday last Truesdale's dinner was sent to him at the store. He went to the well and on returning sat down to eat it. Noticing one of the biscuits had apparently been cut open he lifted oft the top to see If It had been buttered, when he discovered what appeared like fine particles of glass in it. He said nothing about it, but later carried it to Dr. Crawford for examination. The doctor felt confident it was poison and had it left with him for analysis. In the meantime Truesdale was told to report the matter to Sheriff Hunter. He did so yesterday morning and in less than half an hour \he sheriff had Crawford under arrest and had gotten at all the facts. Truesdule had not suspicioned his partner for a moment, but the sheriff had and took him off to one side to tell him about the matter and to question him. Crawford pretended surprise and stoutly denied any knowledge of who could have done it. About this time the sheriff was called off a few steps by a gentleman who wished to speak to him. "While engaged in the conversation, the sheriff, who was watching Crawford on the sly, noticed that he appeared to have slipped something from his pocket to a box under the side of the building. On returning to the Negro he looked in the box and found that he had dropped a box of rough on rats in it. On seeing that he was hemmed Crawford finally admitted that he had put rough on rats in the biscuit but claimed that he had done it for a joke. Crawford is about seventeen years old. He was committed to jail for trial at the next term of the court .Rev. T. A. Dabney moved with his family back to Rock Hill yesterday. He will continue as pastor of the Second Baptist church here. GASTON. Gastonia Gazette, September 1: Rev. W. E. Hurt of Yorkville, is at Belmont assisting Pastor Thompson in a meeting at the Baptist church. He came up Saturday morning Mr. Marsh Morrow left yesterday for Columbia, S. O., where he has a position with the South Carolina Telephone company. Mr. R. W. Adams, formerly of Gastonia, but more recently connected with the electric light plant at Yorkville, succeeds him with the Gastonia Elee11 it- Light and Water works The Piedmont Telephone and Telegraph company continues to extend its lines, thus enabling it to give a more extensive and a better service. A line is now in course of construction to Dr. G. R. Patrick's residence in the South Point neighborhood and R. E. Johnson's store at Begonia. The latter line will be extended to Mr. J. B. F. Riddle's grist mill in the near future. The line from Gastonia to Clover is being rebuilt, a new set of large juniper poles being put in the place of the old ones As a result of an accident which came near terminating seriously, Mr. J. R. White, a resident of Begonia, received a severe burn on his right leg Friday evening at the store of Mr. C. H. Parham. Mr. Parham and Mr. White were in the rear part of the building engaged in filling a lamp with oil from a gallon can. It was dark and Mr. White struck a match in order to see when the lamp was full. He held the light too close to the can, igniting the oil and causing the can to explode. His clothing caught fire and only the quick work of Mr. Parham and a bystander ? saved him from severe injuries and the , store from destruction. The burn is ? painful though not serious and the injuried man is able to be out An t order passed by the school commis- , sioners of Charlotte requiring the daily , reading of the Bible in the graded j schools causes the Rev. Father Fran- , cis. rector of St. Peter's Catholic ( church, to advise his people to with- j draw their children from the public schools. They, the Catholics, deny the ( right of the schoolboard, says the Chronicle, to compel the reading of a ( version of the Bible not acceptable to them Something of a sensation was produced Sunday morning when ( it became known that Mr. V. E. Long , had discovered under his residence on* Air Line street the body of a dead in- , fant concealed in a bundle of old clothing. The odor from the decaying body ( had attracted Mr. Long's attention and , he was searching for the cause when he ( came upon it. The proper authorities ] were notified and Coroner W. Meek Adams summoned a jury, consisting of ( the following gentlemen :B. T. Morris, . S. N. Boyce. E. N. Lineberger, R. P. . Rankin, J. F. Jackson, A. R. Anders, to . investigate the matter. The county , physician, Dr. H. F. Glenn, was present and an autopsy was held. The ex- , amination revealed the fact that the skuil had been crushed and the right ( eye mashed out. The advanced state ( of decomposition precluded the possi- | bility of saying whether there were other marks of violence on the body. Suspicion at once fell on Maggie j Wright, a white woman who was em- . ployed by Mr. Long in the capacity of housekeeper. She acknowledged being , the mother of the child, but denied being guilty of any crime, claiming that , the child was still-born. According to , her statement the body had been un- ' der the house since Thursday morning. | It seems to have been her intention to v.**.... u-wUo fomllv woo fit nhur^h , Sunday morning. The evidence at hand was deemed sufficient to warrant , holding the woman and she was com- , mitted to jail without bond to await trial. I JOKES THAT AMUSE SAILORS. . Yarns of the Forecastle In the Second Dog Watch. Sea life develops a sense of humor ; and Jack sees the funny side of every- i thing. Any incident that occurs aboard < ship with a side capable of humorous < development is instantly seized and i launched upon a sea of forecastle gos- i sip, until it circles the globe more times than Jack himself and is trans- ' lated into as many tongues as there are maritime nations. 1 It is in the second dog watch that i jokes are born and told. The second I dog watch is from to 6 to 8 o'clock in the evening, when the day's work is 1 done and all hands are at leisure. Then, after the evening meal, while pulling at the pipes, the forecastle i hands arouse one another's mirth. 1 Here is a typical yarn: The conversation had drifted to long voyages and to Jack's inevitable de- < seruon ai me nrsi pun. oaiu uuc um ex-man-of-war's-man: "But ye can't do that in the navy." ' "No," replied the young merchantman, "Hang the navy! I wouldn't 1 ship in the navy for skipper's pay. It J ain't fit for a white man?sellin' yerself for four years." "Well," says the man-of-war's-man, "it ain't so bad as ye think it is. There's ways o' gettin' out of the navy, i too, an' what's more, with your pay." "How?" inquired several. 1 "When I was on the old Alabama, ten years ago," continued the blue- ' jacket, "there was a young fellow 1 aboard just shipped. "He'd been bred to the sea in Cape ' Cod fishin' smacks, so navy discipline didn't agree with him. We could all see as how it was makin' him pretty I sick, but to cheer him up we laughed ' and joked and jollied him along, thinkin' he'd soon get used to it. "It wasn't no use, though; he kept gettin' bluer, and pretty soon he got to ! actin' queer. When he was off duty ' he'd sit danglin' his feet over the rail, ' fishin', no bait on his hooks and the ship goin' ten knots. After that we begun to get uneasy. "One day the officer of the watch 1 came along and seein' the lad fishin', 1 he sez, sez he: "'Well, Jack, what ye doin'?' " 'Fishin',' sez Jack. i " 'What for?' sez the lieutenant. ' " 'Dunno,' sez Jack, very short. ' "Well, the officer got suspicious after < he saw this a few times and he repor- 1 ted to the captain. Then the captain ' came along and he sez: ' "'What ye doin'. Jack?' " 'Fishin'.* 1 " 'What for?' 1 " 'Dunno.' 1 "An' that was all we could ever get ' out of hiin?he didn't know what t'ell 1 he was fishin' for. 1 "Well, one day we fetched up in ' 'Frisco, and Jack was reported unfit for ' duty. Application was put in for his ' discharge, so's they could send him ' Hume, w iiere ne rouiu oe wen iook care ' of. One day Jack was called aft. and there, sure enough, was his disability discharge and a check in full fur his } pay. "When lie came on deck again, Jack 1 was a civilian. We was all gatherin' ' 'round him to tell him good-by when 1 suddenly he busts out laughin' fit to ' split hisself. We all thought as how ' some new kind of fit took him, but the J executive officer sex: " 'What's up. Jack?' ( " 'Why' shouts Jack, between laughs, i 'I just found out what 1 was flshin' ! for. It was this.' "And he holds up his discharge and j pay check." The Spanish-American war brought >ut another story that has also circled he globe. The incident took place >utside New York harbor, but the wrier first heard of it from a Greek sail>r on the veranda of a Japanese tea louse In Nagasaki. When the war was declared the irews of the American warships of the Atlantic squadron were at once swellid by the addition of numerous naval nilitiamen?amateur sailors whose sea-' joing experiences have been confined .0 anchored training ships and sailjoats. Jack has an unspeakable con:empt for these fresh-water sailors, ind this makes itself obvious in the stories of the militiaman's clumsiness iboard ship. i One small gunboat had seventeen of ( hem assigned to it, much to the disgust of the regular crew. One night his boat, naving Deen out cruising, iau nto a fleet of torpedo boats. One of :he militiamen was on lookout, and as :he various lights appeared he reported ;hem: "Light on the port bow, sir," bawled Irst. "All right," answered the executive officer from the bridge. Another light appeared. "Some more lights on the port bow," :ried the greenhorn, becoming somewhat bewildered and uneasy. "All right," came the officer's cool inswer. The lookout stamped nervously up tnd down until suddenly he caught ?ight of the red and green side-lights jf a steamer. This was too much. Deserting his post, he fled aft. "Cap'n," he shouted breathlessly, lashing up the steps to the bridge, 'turn around as quick as you can! rhere's a whole blamed town ahead, ind if you don't look out you'll run right into a drug store!" The blunders of greenhorns supply *h.h tnQtoHnl fnr humorous anecdotes. Another story is told of the naval militiaman who came to the wheel while >ne of the quartermasters was regulating a big azimuth compass. "Mister," said the greenhorn, "your block's three hours slow. Yours is half past 12, while the right time's 1.30." There is a story much circulated imong sailors of the Latin nations tvhlch usually falls flat on AngloSaxons' whose ignorance of French, Spanish or Italian stands in strong contrast to the knowledge of English so general among the Latins. The captain of a Spanish ship had lost his reckoning on account of several days of misty weather and storm. To correct his position the captain determined to speak the first vessel he met. This opportunity he had a few days later when a strange bark bore down an him. As he drew near, the stranger showed British colors. Now the boatswain of the Spanish ship had often boasted a knowledge of English, so the captain summoned him it once to interpret. The boatswain stationed himself beside the captain, Dn the poop, with a speaking trumpet ready for use. The British vessel rame within hailing distance. "Now," said the Spanish skipper, 'ask what latitude we're in." The truth was, the boatswain's real knowledge of English was confined to i few swear words, but he determined to bluff his way out of his dilemma. Placing the megaphone to his lips, he bawled out hoarsely: "How! bow-wow-wow-wah!" Of course the British skipper failed to catch his meaning ana ne roareu back: "What?" "What does he answer, bos'n?" ask?d the Spanish skipper, anxiously, standing ready with pencil and pad. "Cuatro [four], captain," said the boatswain. "He says 'cuatro.' " "Good." said the Spanish skipper, delightedly. "Now ask him his longitude." Again the boatswain bawled forth: "Hey! wow-wow-wow-wow-wah!" "What ye say?" replied the Britisher. "Treinta-seis [thirty-six], captain," Interpreted the boatswain, beaming with the importance of linguistic accomplishment. "Wonderful!" exclaimed the Spanish captain. "How much English is like Spanish!" Another story of a similar nature, but peculiarly American, is told of a Yankee tar aboard a man-of-war in Japan. The ship had anchored in Nagasaki, and a native sampan man fame aboard. As is well-known, the Japanese are the most courteous people in the world, so, according to custom, the sampan man when met at the gangplank by a long, loosejointed boy. bowed low and greeted him with the universal salution: "O-hio," (Good morning). "Naw," replied the sailor, "Ah'm from Georgia. Ah'm no damn Buckeye!"?New York Sun. Ten Cents tor the New Crop.?It is contended by those who have been an the bull side of this movement, and with good reason, that the increase in the price of cotton has not more than kept pace with the increase in the prices of all other commodities ii me uiiueu oiaies, so max coiioii ai i to 10 cents in 1903 is not relatively higher than cotton at 5 and 6 cents a few years ago; that the farmer cannot continue to grow cotton at former low prices and pay double prices for all :iis supplies and everything he has to buy. Ten cents for the new crop? throughout?will not be a high price under the circumstances. We doubt rery much if they shall be able to get It. but nobody knows.?Macon Telefraph. A Contented Prisoner.?The Prussian prison authorities are perplexed ivhat to do with a man named Michael , Keller, whose sentence to death, passed jpon him in 1853, was commuted to jenal servitude for life. The prisoner s now an old man of eighty, and, alhough he has been offered his liberty >n more than one occasion, refuses to cave the prison. He declares that, afer being in jail all these years for a , rime of which he is innocent, he does iot wish to be released in his old age 1 o lie miserable. The man's relatives j lave been traced and are willing to ook after him, but he will have nothng to do with them.?London Daily 5 >Jews. ( An Animal S'ory For Little FolKs This Pig Went to Market You have heard many stories about pigs and probably a story about this pig, for this Is the one that went to market. He was a funny little fellow, who was fond of fun, and because he liked to have a good time he got into trouble. At the market he got his baskets filled with apples and potatoes and peaches and pears and berries and other good things that his mother had told him to get and then started for home. He had not got very far when he met two other littie pigs. One of them was flying a kite and the other was watching him. "Oh. what crreat snort!" exclaimed our little pig. "How I should like to fly that kite!" Then the other pigs said he could do so, and he set his baskets down and THIB PIG WENT TO MABKET. took hold of the cord upon which the kite, away up in the. air, was pulling as hard as ever it could pull. "This is great fun," said he. "Hold tight!" cried the other pigs. "I will." suid our pig. -- ? ? ? xi J Arter awuue ue Deeame urtru, uuu be called the other pigs to come and take their kite, but they did not come. What do you suppose had happened? Those two naughty little pigs had run away with his baskets. When he got home there were tears in his eyes and his mother had a little switch waiting for him. You may be sure that the next time she sent him on an errand he did not stop on the way to fly kites or anything else. There Is a time for play and a time for work. ?Pittsburg Dispatch. ? THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI. In Some Respects the Most Interesting . River In the World. He who has made a voyage from St. Paul to St. Louis by boat in the spring time or the autumn, says the Chicago Record-Herald, has seen the finest river scenery that may be observed from the deck of a steamer, excepting that of the Hudson and the Rhine. Yet few people are aware of the pleasure and the beauty of such a trip. I have floated down nearly all of the great rivers. The Amazon, from Manatos, the great rubber market, about 1,500 miles from the sea, is a vast, ugly volume of water, without any beauty whatever. The Orinoco from Cludad Bolivar is a smaller edition of the Amazon, although the tropical jungles which line Its banks are mysterious In their denseness and are supposed to conceal all sorts of wild - beasts and creeping things. The Parana, which flows from Paraguay down past Buenos Ayres and Montevideo, is more like the Mississippi than any of the others except that It lacks the bold cliffs and the charming towns and villages that overlook the Father of Waters. The Magdalena, of Colombia, the fourth largest river In South America, Is a turbid stream that Is either very low or very high, according as you travel in the rainy or the dry season of the year. Its banks are lined with tropical forests, often impenetrable, and it changes its course as often as the Missouri. It has a wild sort of splendor, but it does not compare with the Mississippi in any respect. In Europe the Danube is more like the Mississippi than any other river, and drains a similar country. The passenger boats are much superior because the proprietors cater to the tourist patronage. For several centuries the governments at the provinces through which' the Danube runs have been improving its channel and walling up its banks, so that along at least half its course it is now more of an artificial than a natural stream. At one point where it flows through a mountain gorge in the Balkans the scenery is more striking than any along the Mississippi, but for the rest of the way the latter is much superior. The Volga, in Russia, is a good deal like the Missouri; a tiny, muddy stream, with clay banks that are not at all attractive. The Rhine, of course, everybody knows about, and for romance, ruins and other artificial attractions and traditions it is incomparable. The Nile has been utilized by tourists agencies greatly to their profit and equally to the pleasure of their patrons, although there is very little natural scenery, and the greatest attractions are the venerable ruins, the mysteries of the desert through which it flows and the picturesque Arab settlements that line its banks. If similar accommodations for travelers that are now found on the Nile could be placed upon the Mississippi and the boats managed with equal skill and liberality, the enjoyment of the voyage would be.much greater, but I suppose people will continue to visit and admire the attractions of Europe 110 matter what may be said of those that lie nearer fiome. tv' Calvert, Jr.?I am surprised to !iear you say your wife's mind is completely shattered. You're sure of it, ire you? Baity Moore?Certainly I am. Does die not give me little pieces of It every lay??Exchange. J. J. 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Ling by getting our if you do not. L. 1*1. GRIST'S (r ? fig ** "^{(ATES ?5: ON THE 5UMI SOUTHERN Coo jih? Mil Juiiisr W A T?? ^ ^ Pass. Traffic Mp WASHINOTOH, D.I ^ WBBER WAGONII Every farmer well knows good resuts In farming can only be obtained by using good judgment and good tools, a id when it comes to marketing the crop, it requires the best grade of wagon to accomplish the same results, for time is money, and repairs are expensive. Weber Wagons have many superior features over others and in comparison should be given credit for at letst the additional cost nt these improve? * V? TiinffAnfl V? O fr T* rtl menis UVCI UIUSC naguiio uiai uu VV> have them. Every one of these improvements the farmer, from his own personal experience, will know and admit prolong the life and protect the wagon against untimely wear. The approximate cost of the various improvements are as follows: Chilled Reach Roller, under reach! 14 Anti-Reach Rattler 08 Sheet Bolster Plate with solid collar, additional cost 30 Re-inforced bottom on wagon box over hind bolster 35 Solid Collar Skein Boxes and Heavier Skeins 85 Ironing reach at top and bottom at front end 12 Ironing Axle on top to protect against wear of reach 07 Ironing Sand Board on bottom to protect against wear of reach.. 07 Steel Chaffing Iron on Box to protect against wear of bolster ... 30 Box Spreader Rod 15 Wagon Box made of Poplar in place of Whitewood or Cottonwood 1 65 Full Strap Singletrees 24 Doubletree extra heavily ironed, additional cost 30 Heavy Box Rods, additional cost. 35 Rivets in Cross Sills under wagon box to protect against splitting 18 Full Riveted Wheels, on wide tires on some styles 1 00 Extra Heavy Re-lnforced Rub Irons 14 Extension Rear Sill on Box and Box Braces 30 Total $6 59 When the farmer takes into cons deiatlon that the Weber builders use ihe very best grade of hickory axles, A grade white oak spokes, oak hubs, hounds and bolsters, Oak or Ash ten gnea, ne Will realize iimi ncuti itc?ons are strictly high grade and merit the reputation they have established and maintained during the past 58 years as "King of All" Farm Wagons. YORKVILLE BUGGY CO. CAROLINA & NORTH-WESTElS RAILWAY COMPANY. Schedulo Effective June 7, 1903. Northbound. Passenger. Mlxel. Ex. Sun. Da. ly. Lv. Chester 9.00a.m. 8.00p m. Lv. Lowryvllle ... 9.18a.m. 8.28pm. 1 Lv. McConnelss .. 9.28a.m. 8.48p m. Lv. Guthrles 9.33a.m. 8.57pm. Lv. Yorkville 9.49a.m. 9.19p m. Lv. Filbert 10.01a.m. 9.44p m. Lv. Clover 10.12a.m. lO.OOp m. Lv. BowllngGreen. 10.20a.m. 10.24pm. Lv. Gastonla 10.38a.m. 12.30am. Lv. Lincolnton ...11.43a.m. 2.00a.m. Lv. Newton 12.28p.nf. 2.65am. Lv. Hickory 12.50p.m. 4.00a.m. Lv. Cliffs 1.23p.m. 4.40am. Ar. Lenoir 2.05p.m. 6.00a m. ! Southbound. Passenger. Mlxel. i Ex. Sun. Daily. Lv. Lenoir 2.30p.m. 8.00p.m. Lv. Cliffs 3.08p.m. 9.30p.m. ; Lv. Hickory 3.20p.m. 9.50p.m. Lv. Newton 3.45p.m. 11.45p.m. ' Lv. Lincolnton ... 4.30p.m. 1.50a.m. ' Lv. Gastonla 5.30p.m. 4.20a.m. Lv. Bowling Green 5.48p.m. 4.55a.m. Lv. Clover 5.57p.m. 5.10a.m. Lv. Filbert 6.08p.m. 6.40a.m. Lv. Yorkville .... 6.28p.m. 6.00a.m. > Lv. 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