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tumorous ?rpartmfnt. Had a Fixed Income. A lawyer who formerly practiced his profession in Georgia, tells in the New York Telegram this amusing case, which he once tried in that state. He was then a student in the office of his uncle, Colonel Culver, who figured in local politics. A "trifling" Negro, Ben Sutton, had been arrested at the instance of his wife, who was tired of supporting him and insisted that the court make him work: I defended Ben at the instance of my uncle, who was, I am sorry to say, inclined to curry favor with the colored voter. Ben was on the stand, and I was examining him. "Now, Ben," I said, "Amanda declares in her complaint that you don't give her any money, and"? "Dat ole woman's always complainin'," interrupted my client. "Yes, I know, but what I want to ask you is: Are you able to support her? Have you any income?that is, any fixed income?" Ben looked puzzled. I tried to explain and told him that a fixed income was an income on vtuitu a. pcmvn could rely absolutely, not one contingent on odd jobs?in other words, a certainty. My uncle was sitting at my elbow coaching me, and I thought I was doing right well. "Now, tell the court," I concluded, "have you a fixed income?" "Yessah," answered the black scamp. The answer almost took my breath away, for I had not counted on It. "What!" I thundered. "You mean to say that you, Ben Sutton, have a steady, reliable and fixed income on which you can absolutely depend?" "Yessah." "What is it?" I gasped in desperation. "Well, sar, you see," returned Ben, "Colonel Culver, thar, al ays guve me fo' bits an' a sack ux flour on ever' /lection day." I A Philadelphia schoolmistress was giving her pupils instruction in the elements of physiology, and among other things, told them that whenever they moved an arm or a leg it was in response to a message from the brain. "The brain always sends a message to your arm or your leg whenever you wish to move the particular member," she explained. At last a mischievous boy aroused her anger by his apparent inattention to the lesson. "Hold out your hand!" she exclaimed. The boy did not move. "Why don't you hold out your hand?" said the teacher. "I'm waiting for the message from my brain," said the lad.?Philadelphia Ledger. Startling Theory.?"Did I understand you to say," inquired the tourist with the eyeglasses, "that this volcano was in a continuous state of eruption until about forty years ago, when it stopped suddenly?" according to the Chicago Tribune. "Yes, sir," said the guide. "That's right." "And it has never had an eruption since?" "Nary 'ruption." "Is there?aw?any theory to account for its sudden suspension of activity?" "Yes, sir," rejoined the guide, the clear light of truth shining in his honest eyes. "A man out here got out an injunction against it one day, an' the case is still in the courts." Rough on the Widow.?Telephone mistakes may have their serious sides, says the New Yorker. A man who wanted to communicate with another named Jones looked in the directory and then called up a number. Presently came through the receiver a short feminine "Hello!" and he asked, "Who is that?" "This is Mrs. Jones." "Have you any idea where your husband is?" He couldn't understand why she "rang off* so sharply until he looked in the book again and discovered that he had called up, the residence of a widow. taj Bishop Potter is telling a story for after-dinner purposes on an Irish cook who once served in his family. "One day I heard this cook swearing at a great rate at an Italian gardener we had and I rebuked her for it. " 'But, yer riverince,' she said, 'he is nothin' but an ole Dago, anyway.' " 'You should not speak that way of an Italian,' I protested. 'You know that your pope is a Dago, as you call them, and you consider him, infallible.' "'Yes, I know that,' she answered. 'And as a Dago he is infallible, but if he were an Irishman he would be twice a3 infallible." Beauty Skin Deep.?Two friends, Pat and Mike, happened to pass on op posue siaes or me sireei one aay. Mike had a lady with him. On crossing over to greet Pat the following conversation took place: "How are you, Mike?" "Fair Pat. How's yourself?" "Fair to middling. That's a homely old woman ye've got with ye, Mike." "Arrah, Pat, that's my wife, and ye've heard the saying that beauty is only skin deep.'" "Begorrah, Mike, take her home and skin her at once." He Lost Oi*t.?They had been trotting in double harness for only three short months when the young wife began to work the interrogation point. "George, dear," she said, "when you proposed to me did you think I would accept?" "No," replied the truthful George, "to be honest about it, I really didn't think you would the first time." "The second?" inquired her ladyship. "Once was my limit." answered the victim of a mistaken theory. t#" Auntie (to little Tommy, who has just returned from his first day at school)?What did you learn? Tommy?Didn't learn anything. Auntie?What did you do? Tommy?Didn't do anything. There was a woman there who wanted to know how to spell "cat," and I told her.?Philadelphia Telegram. ijttisceUanfouji grading. ? FROM CONTEMPORARIES. m News and Comment That Is of More fa or Less Local Interest. CHESTER. sf Lantern, October 13: Mrs. F. D. WI1- ^ Hams and Miss Ella Love of McConnpiisville. were in town today Mrs. n. W. F. McCullough and Mrs. W. L. Ferguson were called to the bedside of their father, Mr. Whitworth, near . High Point, N. C., yesterday. He is c? very sick Rev. Dr. J. C. Galloway of Gastonia, preached a series of exceptionally good sermons at the A. R. P. church here last week. His preaching is right on the text, and rich with gospel, and yet exceedingly interesting, commanding the closest attention " Mr. W. R. Brown went up to Yorkville yesterday and will spend several days visiting relatives in Bethel town- ti< ship Miss Adelaide Thurston is lr an honorary member of the Daughters G of the Confederacy. Saturday evening, of when she was playing "Polly Prim- th rose" in Richmond, at the end of the b< third act she was presented with a hi badge by Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, on behalf H of the Richmond chapter. The Pres- pi byterian synod of South Carolina will meet in Cheraw on the 20th instant, ej Rev. D. N. McLauchlin, the retiring moderator, would have preached the r? opening sermon, but in his absence it is expected that Dr. White, of the Col- g< umbia seminary, will preach the sermon. LANCASTER. w Ledger, October 14: Sheriff Hunter ai went down to Elgin Sunday and ar- ec rested Pome Waties, coiorea. r-umc m was drunk and had engaged In a row near St. Luke church, cursing boisterously on the public highway and shoot- p< ing twice at Jack Langley. The sheriff te was notified and went down and pi brought Pome to jail Mrs. Lizzie m Robertson, wife of Mr. W. M. Robert- st son of Oakhurst, and daughter of "Mr., st J. T. Cauthen. died Monday afternoon w of heart trouble. She was sitting at di the fireside conversing with her daugh- le ter when she suddenly fell over speechless against the cradle in which lay her three weeks' old babe. The daugh- hi ter ran to her assistance and did what te she could, but before any other mem- ai bers of the family arrived she died c< Moses Izard, colored, an employee at is the Heath granite quarry near Heath S1 Springs, was accidentally killed Mon- si day by a piece of granite which they were hoisting with the derrick, break- m ing and falling on him. Death was instantaneous Married, at the cotton mill here last Sunday, by Rev. S. I. ci Catoe, Mr. Ed Langley and Miss Allie th Harris Mr. Arthur Dabbs and Miss a) Minnie Barrett, both of the mill village, were married on Sunday last, 11th instant, by Rev. S. I. Catoe Mar- w ried, by Rev. S. I. Catoe, Sunday, Octo- g, ber 11, 1903, Mr. Robert Robertson and OJ Miss Fannie Doster, both of the mill U) district Married, on Sunday last, cj Mr. Lewis Dabney and Miss Mollie 01 Bailey, daughter of Mr. W. J. Bailey. fe The ceremony was performed by Rev. T. A. Dabney at the home of the bride's pj father, several miles west of town. C GASTON. ir Castonia Gazette. October 13: The a< cotton crop is short, very short, in Tex- bi as. A letter received by Mr. T. W. Wilson from his brother Sam at Long- bi view, gives a gloomy picture of the out- hi look. "The shortest cotton crop in ol years," says Mr. Wilson. "Yesterday ^ we bought four bales, on the corres- <3< ponding day last year we bought forty. w The boll worm ruined the crop here, and the boll weevil ruined it all over ol southern Texas. Drummers tell us they 01 have cut southern Texas out of their to routes, and that merchants down there B are boxing up their goods and shipping tv them back. Our splendid prospect of Si August 1st has turned out a dismal to failure." In the Mecklenburg su- to perior court at Charlotte Thursday, to Baines W. Hoyle, a Gastonia Negro, P who lost a leg in a railroad accident here several months ago, was awarded bi a verdict for $3,416 against the South- m ern railway. Hoyle was represented by w Mr. J. A. Bell and the railroad by Capt. Geo. F. Bason and Mr. T. L. Kirkpatrick Mr. Christie Smith and Miss to Ida Smith who live near Crouse, were hi * " ? " * -U T^-l fll married c>unaay Dy n,squiie jswu xvi- ? ser in the big road near Mr. Kiser's home. Mr. Frederick Carpenter, Jr., son of Mr. W. B. Carpenter and Mrs. ** Mary Robinson, daughter of Mr. Syl- ** vanus Smith of Crouse, drove across si the line Sunday and were married s' near Clover Mr. W. W. Glenn, who st has for the past eighteen months held m a position in the office of the assistant B general passenger agent of the South- *a ern railway at Atlanta, Ga., has ac- ** cepted the position of bookkeeper for *1 the Arlington Cotton mills, made va- w cant by the resignation of Mr. L. L. d< Hardin. Mr. Hardin has held this position for the past three years and resigned to devote his entire time to the A Gastonia Savings bank, of which he is ? cashier. Mr. Glenn is a native of Gas- r? ton county, being a son of Mr. W. D. Glenn of Crowder's Creek, and will be hi welcomed back by his many friends. ti ' cc A Purple Aster. The centre of attraction on one of te the flower stands in Twenty-third b< street one day last week was a large ie jar of purple asters. Many a woman slackened her steps a moment as she glanced at the brilliant color of the tc flowers, and thought of the asters? tf purple, pink and white?which she had w gathered in bygone days. h< An Italian woman was shuffling along ti looking sharply from one side of the tf walk to the other for some stray arti- P< cle of merchandise, when she chanced ai to spy the beautiful Mowers. Her eyes ki lost their sharpness in an instant and glowed softly as she stopped in front g< of the Mower stand. Was she thinking of Italy's beautiful si Mowers? One might have imagined so ai from the indrawn breath, the softness of the eyes, and the half smile which P; played about her lips! Seeing her at bt that moment one could easily fancy her girlhood in sunny Italy before toil and poverty had hardened her features. But th in the busy, money-getting life of the of new world she had no time for w dreams! Drawing a handkerchief from of her breast, she untied one end, in It which was fastened a coin. la "How much?" she asked, pointing to rr te asters. ir "How much?" repeated the old wo- 01 an In charge. "Three cents!" tl All the radiance vanished from her p ice as quickly as it had come, and her ei sappolntment was so keen that even te old flower woman perceived it. As o le turned to go, the flower woman w Lid: 01 "Oi have wan h*re in the back for an cent, if yez want it!" s< She held out a blossom which to the jserver seemed every bit as large and u -ight as any of the others. The smile y ime back to the tired face of the wo- a an as she paid ner penny, iook xne ei jrple aster, and hastened away. ANECDOTES OF REVOLUTION. 3 xx merican Patriots Wore Both Brave n and Courteous. " On the occasion of a military expedi on in the neighborhood of New York ^ : 1778, undertaken by the American olonel Webb, this officer and several B his party were captured. Among le prisoners was a Connecticut flfer- T< >y, fifteen years old. Colonel Webo iving been carried before General . owe, the boy followed him to the resence of the general. p "Who are you?" asked Howe, as his re fell on the boy. "I am one of King Hancock's men." ^ tplied the lad, unabashed. "Can you fight?" next inquired the 1 ;neral. "Yes, sir, I can." " Howe sent for one of his fifers, who as of about the same age as the boy, " id when he made his appearance ask1 the staunch young patriot whether i would dare to fight the new-comer. "Yes, sir," was the prompt answer. Wl?ti that the Pnnnpntlont lad Strio ;d for the fray, came to close quar- " trs with the English fifer-boy, and roceeded to pummel him with so iuch vim and good will that the by- J anders were compelled to interfere to ive the victim from being hurt. Howe ( as so satisfied with his manly conact that he ordered him to be reased. A A venerable Connecticut lady, on jaring of the fight at Lexington, fitid out five sons and eleven grandsons, o id sent them to Boston to join their t< mntrymen in resistance to the Brit- e h. Being asked by a gentleman if h le did not weep at parting with them, s le replied: C "No. I never parted with them with iore pleasure." tl "But suppose they should be killed?" a "I had rather this should be the d lse," replied the noble matron, "than d lat one of them should return a cow- b -d." e Colonel Small, of the British army, a as a man whose considerateness, b mtlemanly bearing to American pris- p lers and unaffected humanity to the a nfortunate Americans whom the t; lances of war threw into t?e power ii the British, earned for him the af- II jction ana gratitude ui mc Aiucnvaiio ~ rerywhere. In Trumbull's famous a icture of the "Battle of Bunker Hill," 1-' olonel Small is represented as turn- tl ig aside the bayonet of a British gren- o 3ier which is directed against the b reast of the dying Warren. s This representation, however, is v ised on a mistake, for as Col. Small ti Imself told Mr. Garden, the author n "Anecdotes of the Revolutionary s far," General Warren was already f. ?ad when he reached the spot on n hich the body lay. E General Putnam was an old friend v ' Colonel Small before the breaking ti at of the war, and one of the most fi iteresting episodes of the* Battle of tl unker Hill was connected with these a vo officers. At one stage of the en- b igement, Small, left alone by the reeat of his troops, was exposed to the b re of the whole American line. See- v ig his danger and recognizing him, ii utman called aloud: P "Kill as many as you can, my men, d at spare Small," and at the same mo- ri ient pushed aside some muskets that "S ere aimed at him. ii The firing ceased, and Col. Small, A illantly waving his sword in recog- o Ition of the clemency that had spared s Is life, slowly walked down the hill, k id rejoined his fugitive regiment. f< ii Bitter and uncompromising as was b le conflict between the patriots and le British invaders, there were occa- b ons when the amenities and courtees of life were not forgotten. An Inance of this kind is found in the ieeting between Generals Gates and h urgoyne, after the capitulation of the n .tter at Saratoga, on October 16th, d '76. The American general was at- o red simply in a plain blue frock, si hile Burgoyne, the defeated comman- si ;r, was clad gorgeously in tne ricn >ld and scarlet uniform of the British b jneral officer. Both were mounted. '' s they drew near, an aid of General s ates introduced them. Burgoyne C lised his hat and remarked: si "The fortune of war, General Gates, a is made me your prisoner." F General Gates' reply was the perfecon of courtly compliment and manly msideration: b "I shall always be ready to bear w (Stimony," he said, "that it has not y ?en through any fault of your excel- n ncy." y b While Lee's legion lay near Charles- u in, one of the soldiers belonging to j5 lat command, an Irishman, was found a ith a turkey-gobbler and a turkey- -j ;n in his knapsack. His officer quesoned him as to how he had obtained n lem. The gobbler, he replied, had g. ?rsistently insulted him by gobbling p . mm, lory, lory, lory, uuu jic wtiu j illed him in consequence. tl "But how about the hen? Did she ibble, too?" asked the officer. "Oh, no," answered the soldier; "but Q le was present and heard the insult, c] id I brought her along as a witness." j The officer divided the spoils with at, and the witty reply of the latter j ?came historical. o ei While the Americans were serving leir country in the ranks of war, it p 'ten happened that their mothers, r< ives and sisters, were by the chances si ' war, prisoners in the enemy's hands. must be said, to the credit of the tc dies, however, that they bravely ti laintalned their principles, and mak lg use of their sex's privileged weap n?the tongue?with sarcastic effecl ley rarely allowed an opportunity t< ass to harass and vex the souls of th riemies of their country. "What do you expect to find there? nee asked a lady of a British office ho had insolently demanded the ke: f her trunk. "I am searching for evidence of trea in," replied the officer. "Oh, if that be all," answered th ndaunted woman, "you may sav ourself that trouble, for you can fiw s much as you like at my tongue' nd." When Charleston was in the posses ion of the British, a certain office ho had'made himself particularly ob oxious by his Inhumanity to th imilies of the absent patriots, aske< lady of one of these families, th ame of the camomile flower whic' e saw growing luxuriantly in th arden. "It is called the Rebel Flower," sh esponded. "Why is it so called?" he inquired. "Because," replied the lady, "I ourishes best when it is most tram led on." An amusing story Is told of anothe atrlotic lady living In the vicinity c lie same city. A British officer hav lg despoiled her barn-yard of all it ihabitants, as he supposed, rode ol ith his attendants loaded down wit Is feathered booty. After his depart re, the lady observed a Muscove rake, which had been overlooked b lie red-coated thieves, waddlin round the yard in solitary stat< ^hat does the quick-witted woman d ut mount a servant on a swift horsi ith instructions to take the drake t lie officer, and present it to him, wit er compliments, and. with the mes age that she sent it to him presumin : was quite by accident that he ha ?ft it.?Braddock Field. TO WOULD-BE SETTLERS. l Strip of Land Strewn With Skele tons of Prospectors. On June 15, 1903, one million acre f land in California were thrown ope 5 entry. This may be taken up eith r under the Desert Land act or a omesteads in 10-acre tracts. Th trip stretches from Mojave to th !olorado river. We wish to warn all intending set lers to let this land alone. There 1 good deal of talk about "making th esert blossom as the rose." Som eserts blossom, but not this one. No ody will ever do more for this des rt than mother nature has done. Th nly blooming nature has brougii bout there is that its freckled bosor lossoms with large alkali pustules, o imples, punctuated with sage brus nd cactus. This sums up the flora c he new promised land. The faun icludes jack rabbits, horned toad: zards, Gila monsters and venomou nakes. The soil is coar# and grave nd on top of the coarse gravel ther 3 a fine akall powder which, whe he wind blows?the wind blow ften?sweeps ovdVthe scorching an arren land .Hi# the dreaded san torms.of the Sahara, which, by th . ay, they much resemble. Even fa o the southwest, across the loft lountain ranges, these desert san torms sometimes sweep, reaching th avored dwellers in Southern Califor ia in the midst of their orange grove: !ven this distant touch of the desei rinds causes trees to whither, gras a scorch and men and animals to suf 5r keenly. Over this dreadful desei he sun moves like a ball of fire acros sky of brass. Rarely does a clou reak the intensity of its pitiless rayi Those credulous persons who ma elieve that this is the kind of desei rhlch, by irrigation, may be turne lto a garden are doomed to disap ointment. There is no water on thl esert strip. The waters of the Colo ado may be led on the lands of th 'uma desert, but that is far lowe 1 level than are these. Much of thi lojave strip is at an elevation of tw r three thousand feet. As for arte ian water, the writer personall nows of one well which was bore ar nearly two thousand feet, endin l igneous rock and producing nothin ut profanity. The last hope for the settler on thi arren land would be the discovery c ae precious metals. There may exis here. We do not say they cannot b aund. But we know that the lan as been prospected by experience liners for half a century. If a ten erfoot can find a gold mine where a Id California miner fails he is mart tenderfoot. But we doubt hi uccess. We warn all eastern people not t e deluded by false, even if well mean ig representations concerning thi trip of land between Mojave and th olorado river. It is strewn with th keletons of prospectors, the bones o nlmals. It is a place of skulls.?Sai rancisco Argonaut. Great Salt-Coated Lake.?Proba ly the most remarkable lake In th orld is one with a coating: of sal lat completely conceals the water. I lay be seen at any time during th ear, fully exposed, being seen at it est where the sun is shining directl; pon it. This wonderful body of wate i one of the saltest of the salt lakes nd is situated near Obdorsk, Siberis he lake is nine miles wide and seven ?en long, and within the memory o lan was entirely roofed over by th alt deposit. Originally evaporatloi layed the most prominent part in coat lg the lake over with salt, but no\ ie salt springs which surround it ar dding to the thickness of the crust. In the long ago period evaporatioi f the lake's waters left great sal rystals on the surface. In course o me these caked together. Thus th aters were finally entirely covered 1 1878 the lake found an undergrouni utlet into the River Obi, which lower 3 its surface about three, feet. The salt crust was so thick, however rat it retained its old level, and nov resents the curious spectacle of a sal jofed lake. The salt coat increase: x inches in thickness every year. Thi lany islands with which the lake i: udded are said to act as braces an< > keep the arched salt crust in posl on.?Philadelphia Public Ledger. Ao Aoinjal Story Por Little FolHs 0 The Monkey Who Was Not Observing r ?? y Mumbo and Jumbo were two gay monkeys who had a reputation In the Jungle of being "sports" who loved race lng and climbing and tail swinging and e cocoanut throwing contests and'all thai a sort of thing. Once they had been s present at a horse race, which so excited Mumbo that on reaching home he challenged Jumbo to beat him In " Just such a contest. Each was to gel r one of his four footed friends to act as horse without telling the other which ? he chose. 1 xr u- ?u. e aiuuiuu, wuu cuuuicu uiuiscu a >uj h cunning fellow, chose Mr. Camel, and e after many flattering words of praise for bis speed in crossing the desert e persuaded him to be ridden In the race Jumbo, who never said much, but did much thinking and kept bis eyes open, 1 got Mr. Giraffe to be his steed. Mr. Lion was chosen because of bit kinglike bearing to act as the Judge. Both mounted their racers and trot(f ted up to the line. "Ha. ha! I shall win!" cried Mumbo, s looking at Jumbo's horse. "Who can TROTTED CP TO THE LINE. 3 n run with such a long neck as that tc - carry? And. besides. I have heard thai s to win a race one must 'hump' himself e and my camel is Just the one for that e Don't you see his hump?" said he as hi nearly slid off when the camel moved. ' Jumbo siniled. He knew a thing 01 two. The starting word was given Down the race course they came a _ full speed. Mr. Camel was humpinf himself bravely. Mr. Giraffe pufflnj ' loudly. All the aulmals cheered. Whei . they reached the last lap Mr. Came was ahead. Mumbo grinned with Joy n "I shall wiu. sure!" he cried. "I knev ? It." But Just as they reached the tapi Mr. Giraffe stretched out his long neck 1 stuck out his long tongue, touched thi a tape first and won the race. s' "Jumbo wins!" cried the Judge. 8 '"Tain't fair." whined Mumbo. "1 never thought of his neck." e "It is best to keep your eyes open,' n cried the crowd. 9 I think they told the truth. Don' d you??Pittsburg Dispatch, d e .r Visiting the Sick. y Why it is so fev^people understam d how to properlyA'isit the sick? No e severe illness, where one has a nurs - and housekeeper provided, but jus 3. those distressing little ailments tha t come to all of us busy wives and moth is ers, compelling us to keep our bed whether we will or no, leaving no om t but the husband and children ii is charge of affairs Who has not beei d visited at such a time by a neighbor 3. well meaning perhaps, but lacking tac y and sympathy, who comes In, survey t the untidy room, scrutinizes the be< d and its occupant, then sinks into i i- chair and begins a garrulous accoun s of her morning's work; of how shi - swept and cleaned up stairs and down e scrubbed the kitchen floor, baked J r cake and some pies, whitewashed th< s chickencoop, and made a dress for th< o baby, not forgetting to add that shi - did all of this after having washed an< y combed and put clean dresses on th< d children? And as you look at you g own little flock standing around for g lorn and desolate because "Mamma' is sick, it requires all your Christiai 3 patience and fortitude to keep you: f thoughts to yourself. Then, afte: !t having talked you into a fever of un e rest, she goes without having lifted i d finger to lighten your load. Sisters d let us be more careful in this matter - let us follow more closely the exampl* n of Him who was ever ready and will' a ing to render aid unto the sick and suf 3 fering, and who never entered a horn* without leaving a sweet peace restinf o there. Let us, when we are visiting i - home where there is sorrow of suffer' 3 ing, show our sympathy and good wll e by our works. Let us do with oui e might what our hands find to do; s< f shall it be said of us as the one in old' n en time, "She hath done what sh< could."?F. E. Buckner. Tttdtpo Tv /phi? dm TlAVQ T n nlflpr e times when a jury in England remaint ed impervious to the judge's genth t mode of persuasion fine and imprisonment were resoi'ted to. The jury thai s acquitted Sir Nicholas Throckmortor was condemned to eight months' imprisonment in addition to the paymeni j of a large sum of money. In the reigr J of Queen Elizabeth a jury, having reduced a prisoner's alleged crime ol f murder to that of manslaughter, was at once sent to prison and bound ovei in a large sum to be of good behavior Penalties were likewise inflicted upor the innocent wife and children of the offending jurymen. Even now it is believed by some legal authorities thai a judge has the right to inflict a fine t upon a juryman refusing to obey his j directions. Such power is, however not exercised except in the case of a I juror absenting himself without a jusj tifiable cause. Of this practice there LI _ is the following story. A judge had fined a juryman for nonattendance, On hearing that he had been unable to t be present because of his wife's funers al the Judge, whose wife was said to s be not of a particularly gentle nature, j exclaimed: "Has he? That was a . good excuse indeed. I wish we all had the same!" RICH_or_POOR. I AM very sorry indeed not to be J smart enough to tell some folks c how long they will live, or whether s they will die rich or poor, as they seem i to expect. One thing I feel safe in as- j serting, if you trade with good judg- 0 ment and use me for your trumpet, you v ' will grow rich, and if your conscience p , is clear, you should live long and die a happy. I have plenty of money mak- j ' ing property for sale, and solicit your o I business, buying or selling. It is 0 . not a question of how much a broker q costs, but should be how much do you i i clear by using him. I often do business i quick for clients that they are unable ti to ao tnemseives. rroposiuuua are a > the essential factors to success in bus- |j l iness. Let the world know what you want or have to offer, and you will v find others ready to relieve you of o i your pleasures or troubles. In order to convince you that I mean business and g do business, read a few specimens of o my testimonials, and come to my r Home Office at 12 o'clock noon, on c Wednesday the 21st instant, and tell the auctioneer how much the follow- o i ing property is worth to you. WILL BE SOLD WITHOUT I RESERVE AT AUCTION, a Fourteen and one-half acres, more c or less, sold as a whole, estate of Rev. } Jas. S. White for division. Southwest c of WInthrop college. One-third original forest?remainder cleared. Lies o level. Beautifully situated for building lots or manufacturing enterprises, ^ as it is bounded by the R. R. on the east. Terms, one-half cash, balance in r, 1 six months, with 6 per cent interest. Fourteen and one half acres, more ( or less, lying parallel and adjoining the above. One-third original forest?re- c malnder cleared. Small stream through t this. These two tracts would make I an elegant factory site. Streets al- i ready laid off through this property \ so they can be used for residence purposes. Terms, as above. 6 At same place and date, I expect to offer a good deal of other property $ without limit. All depends on the size i of the audience as to how the strings 1 will be tied. Also same date and place will offer ,i with an upset price, farms, all sorts t and sizes, throughout the state, too numerous to mention, as well as lm- I proved and unimproved property In j Rock Hill and other places. c Rock Hill, S. C., Oct. 10th, 1903. d About six weeks ago I placed with J. Edgat^ Poag, Broker, five farms, one , of which he sold at once. Today he : sold three more to my own brother . and neighbor without my knowing who > the purchaser was.. All four at the full , ; price I asked for them. I have known Mr. Poag to be prompt, square and a . . smooth quick trader. "Up-to-snuff" in his profession. He has been selling , my lands so fast that I asked him to , ? withdraw the fifth farm as I found a very reliable renter. With many . thanks for your success. (Signed) W. H. WILLIAMS. t Rock Hill, S. C., Oct. 12th, 1903. I I bought a piece of real estate ^ i through J. Edgar Poag, Broker, on , which I really realized a handsome profit. Mr. Poag also sold a farm for ' me recently that had only been in his . hands for a short while. Poag is a 7 driver when there are any trades in sight to drive for. (Signed) , 4 J. ED. RODDEY, 1 President of the Roddey Mercantile Co. e Rock Hill, S. C., Aug. 29th, 1903. Today I had a claim that I desired [ to convert into cash. I placed it with J. Edgar Poag, Broker, wno handed me a check in less than five hours. Poag is the man to make your trades quick, either buying or selling. Apply to . him when you want any business done t with despatch. (Signed) < E. E. POAG, Asst. Postmaster. I On my large office bulletin, 63 ft. -< long by 6 ft. high, you will find a list j 3 of a part of my offerings. All of which c t are for sale at your price, if it is such j e as the owners can stand at all. I can't , expect to sell property without offers, j 1 Customers often get property by mak- f t Ing offers when they don't expect it. . . I am a seller first, last and all the time. I If you don't believe it open your mouth j personally, or by wire or letter and see e what falls to you. a J. EDGAR POAG, Broker, i Rock Hill, S. C. 1 Ten Thousand Churches 3 J i In the United States have used the i Longman & Martinez Pure Paints. 1 Every Church will be given a li5 beral quantity whenever they paint, i l* Don't pay $1.50 a gallon for Lin seed oil (worth 60 cents) which you do when you buy thin paint in t B a can with a paint label on it. * 3 8 & 6 make 14, therefore when a e you want fourteen gallons of paint, t r buy only eight gallons of L. &. M., f - and mix six gallons of pure linseed c oil with it. g 1 You need only four gallons of L. t r & M. Paint, and three gallons of | [ Oil mixed therewith to paint a good -5 l size house. Houses painted with these paints ; never grow shabby, even after 10 j years. ^ These celebrated paints are sold " b>" < - YORK DRUG STORE, Yorkville, S. C. * r W. B. ST ROUP & BRO., Clover. : | HEATH-ELLIOTT MULE CO. 1 Livery, Sale and Feed Stables. ; "STRICTLY ON MERIT." 1 WE sell the celebrated SUMMERS BUGGY strictly on its merit. We "| 1 know that it Is In a class all by Itself J - as compared with any other buggy sold a , in this section when style, finish and p durability are considered. Our Mr. El" liott sold a number of them when he f t did business "across the river" In Lan- L ! caster, to some of the most particular ? and hard-to-please people over there and without exception they were all b t pleased, and are still pleased, and nev- e j er lose an opportunity of so express- p ing themselves. While we handle oth" er buggies as good as the best sold by g ? other dealers in this section, still we j know that in view of the fact that men h . who have used the Summers as well as omer maites popular in una aeuuuii and assert that the Summers is easily 7 \ worth $25 more than other Buggies for > which the same price is demanded, that it is our duty as straight dealers to 1 i let the people know about its merits, h t Of course if you believe that the Ty- o > son & Jones or some other buggy that a we handle will suit you better than P the Summers, why we will be delight- a ed to furnish you with what you want. s< Anyway, before you buy a vehicle of any description you will consult your own interest by seeing what we have. HEATH-ELLIOTT MULE CO., J. C. Elliott, Manager. WANTED ( CI REEN and Dry Hides. You get c< T more for them Green than you s< can get after drying. Cut and scarred t< ' cuts prices down. o W. H. HERNDON. tt Sept. 11. f2m. TAX COLLECTIONS?1903. Yorkville, S. C., Sept. 15, 1903. f N accordance with the law, my books L will be opened on the 15TH DAY OP ICTOBER, 1903, for the collection of ITATE, COUNTY AND SPECIAL 'AXES for the fiscal year commencing anuary 1st, 1903, and will be kept pen UNTIL DECEMBER 31ST, 1903, lthout penalty, after which day ONE ?ER CENT penalty will be added for 11 payments made In the month of ANUARY. TWO PER CENT penalty n all payments made during the month f FEBRUARY, and SEVEN PER ;ENT penalty for payments from the ST DAY OF MARCH TO THE 15TH >AY OF MARCH, after which date all axes not paid will go Into execution nd be placed In the hands of the sherIf for collection. For the convenience of tax payers I fill meet them at the following places n the dates named: At Yorkville, Thursday, Friday and 'aturday, the 15th, 16th and 17th days f October. At Bethany, Monday, the 19th day of )ctober. At Smyrna, Tuesday, the 20th day f October. At Sharon, Wednesday, the 21st day f October. At Bullock's Creek, Thursday, the 2nd day of October. At McConnellsvlIle, Friday, the 23rd ay of October. At Ogden, Saturday, the 24th day of Ictober. At Bethel, Monday, the 26th day of )ctober. At Yorkvllle, Tuesday, the 27th day if October. At Forest Hill, Wednesday, the 28th lay of October. At Newport, Thursday, the 29th day f October. At Tlrzah, Friday, the 30th day of )ctober. At Yorkvllle, Saturday, the 31st day >f October, and Monday and Tuesday, he 2nd and 3rd days of November. At Hickory Grove, Wednesday and rhursday, the 4th and 5th days of No ember. At Clover, Friday and Saturday, the ith and 7th days of November. At Coates's Tavern, Monday, the 9th lay of November, from 12 o'clock M., intll 9 o'clock A. M., Tuesday, the 10th I - M iay ui i^uvcujuci. At Fort Mill, Wednesday and Thurslay, the 11th and 12th days of Novem>er. At Yorkville, Friday, the 13th day of November, until Saturday, the 28th lay of November. At Rock Hill, Monday, the 30th day if November, until Tuesday, the 8th lay of December. At Yorkville, Wednesday, the 9th day if December until Thursday, the 31st lay of December, 1903, and after this lay my office will be kept open for the :ollection of taxes with PENALTIES ATTACHED until the 15th day of March, 1904. Also during the collection of regular axes up to the 1st day of March, I vill receive VOLUNTARY PAYMENTS OF COMMUTATION ROAD rAXES for the year 1904. H. A. D. NEELY, County Treasurer. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of York. IN THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS. IV. W. Jenkins, James Jenkins, Margaret C. Adams, John Caldwell, Wm.L. Caldwell, I^a Adams, Catherine Flannagan, Mary Flannagan, Maggie Caldwell, Carrie Caldwell and Eunice Caldwell, Plaintiffs, against 3. O. Jenkins, Sallle Jenkins, Joseph Jenkins, Susan Jenkins, Benjamin Jenkins, Dock Jenkins, Mary Hartness, Ervln Jenkins, Rebecca Jenkins, Alice Jenkins, Nancy Jenkins, Edward Caldwell and Charlie Caldwell, Defendants?Summons for Relief?Complaint not Served. To the Defendants above named: \TOU are hereby summoned and reX quired to answer the complaint in his action, which is filed in the office >f the clerk of the court of common )leas, for the said county, and to serve l copy of your answer to the said comilaint on the subscriber at his office in k'orkvllle. South Carolina, within tweny days after the service hereof, ex:lusive of the day of such service; and f you fail to answer the complaint vlthin the time aforesaid, the plaintiffs n this action will apply to the court or the relief demanded In the com >laint. Dated Yorkvllle, S. C., Sept. 11th, A. 1903. J. S. BRICE, Plaintiffs' Attorney. Sept 18 f 6t STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of York. IN THE) COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. lonas Schlff and Louis N. Schifif, Plaintiffs against Samuel Gulnn, Walker Gulnn and J. H. Emery, Defendants.?Summons for Relief? Complaint not Served, ro the Defendants Samuel Gulnn, Walker Gulnn and J. H. Emery: ^TOU are hereby summoned and reX quired to answer the complaint In his action, which is this day filed In he office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the said County, ind to serve a copy of your answer to he said complaint on the subscribers' it their office In Yorkvllle, S. C., wlthn twenty days after the service hereif; exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fall to answer the omplaint within the time aforesaid, he plaintiffs in this action will apply o the Court for the relief demanded n the complaint. forkvllle, S. C., October 5th, A. D., 1903. McDOW & LEWIS, Plaintiffs' Attorney. Oct. 8?Nov. 13 f 6t J. J. KELLER & COT CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. HEADQUARTERS FOR PAINTS. We Carry Everything and Do Jobs Complete. FULL line of JOHN MASURY A SONS' Prepared and Paste Paint; lso Oils, Varnish, Floor Paints, Turientine and Dryers. Where the customer prefers it, we urnlsh LEWIS'S PURE WHITE .EAD, the very best manufactured in he United States or elsewhere. We make prices on large or small ills of raw material, and we furnish stimates at which we will give comlete jobs of Painting. All the materials we sell are fully uaranteed by the manufacturers. Now is the time to see about Paintng. J. J. KELLER A CO. CO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS. A LL persons Indebted to the estate .A. of JOHN HAMEL, deceased, are ereby notified to make settlement at nee. All persons having claims gainst said estate are requested to resent them to the undersigned, duly uthenticated, within the time prenrlhpH hv law. M. L. THOMASSON, MARY IDA HAMEL, Executors. Oct. 9 f 3t PAY UP. '\ WING to the recent death of Mr. J E. B. Beard, of our firm, It has beome necessary that our business be sttled without delay. This applies ) all manner of accounts now due and wing, or which may mature hereaf;r. BEARD & CARROLL. Oct. 2 f.s tf 1