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tumorous grpartmrnt. Mary Jane's Reason. One Monday morning some time ago two eolored women happened to be sitting next each other in a II street ear, when one of them turned in surprise, and. looking her companion up and down, .said: "Law! Ma'y Jane, is dat you? What in de name er gracious is you all dressed up so line fur dis soon in de morning'?" "I's gwine ter co't." she proudly replied. "Gwine ter co't? Is you been 'en got inter a fight?" "Xo, indeed. I don't neber git in no 'sputes en quar'ls." "Den is you been cotch' takin' anythin'? "Me cotch' takin' anythin! Xo, indeed. I don't neber lay my han's on nothin' don' belong ter me. "Den what you gwine ter co't fer?" "Git a divo'ce fum Jim! Why what is Jim done? Is he beat you?" "Jim beat me? No, indeed! Dat he aint'. Jim ain't neber spoke a cross word ter me in his whole life." "Den don't he s'po't you?" Jim s'po't me! I reckon Jim do. He come home de minute he gits his wagins en lays 'em all right in my lap. S'po't me! Why, 'Liza, Jim would tek his shirt olT'n his back ter gib ter me." "Den, in de name er goodness, Ma'y Jane, what is you gwine git a divo'ce fum Jim fer?" "Well, 'Liza, I tell you de trufe?I jes' natcherly los' my tas'e fer Jim."? Lippincott's. A Fortpnatk Writer.?The solemn faced man who drove the stage between Willowby and Greenfield never lost an opportunity to display his knowledge to a new passenger, nor had he ever been known to suppress his opinion on any subject, no matter what it might he. "They tell me you're the man that wrote the story that's running now in one o' the big magazines. I forget which 'tis," he said one day to a cheery passenger who had been endeavoring to ask a few questions himself. "I believe I am," admitted the gentleman. "I've never turned my hand to writing." said the stage-driver, flicking his horses in meditative mood. "No, sir, I've been too much took up with other things, but I read everyAV*S*W" T woe hovinfr a littlp llllllg, I11VOI. X " MO V. -.v..talk with Bill Sears about you yesterday. We'd both been reading your last book before this new one. Now, do you rely entirely on what you write for a living?" "Not entirely," said the author, with due humility. "That's what I thought when I finished the book," and the stage-driver looked kindly at the man of letters. "I'm real glad for ye that you've other means," he said benevolently. "Got 'em well invested, I expect too. I told Bill Sears that was most likely the case."?Youth's Companion. Subtraction. ? The teacher was giving a lesson in subtraction. It had taken them several terms to master the mysteries of addition and in this rule she found them no less dull. Driven to desperation by the stupidity of their replies, she rashly promised three whole pennies to the child who gave her the smartest answer. "Of course," she explained for the twentieth time, "you can only subtract things of the same name. For instance, you can't take eight tables from sixteen years or four horses from sevenpence." A hand shot up at the back of the class, and the teacher broke off to inquire what was the matter. "Please, miss," squeaked a small boy's voice, "can't you take three pennies from one purse, then?" He won the prize. Protecting Her Cake.?The woman who had charge of a certain village nostoffice was strongly suspected of tampering with parcels intrusted to her care. One day a rosy cheeked youngster, dressed in his best clothes, entered the postoffice and carefully laid a huge slice of iced cake on the counter. "With my sister the bride's compliments, and will you please eat as much as you can?" he said. The postmistress smiled delightedly. "How very kind of the bride to remember me!" she cried. "Did she know of my weakness for wedding cake?" "She did," answered the youngster coldly, "and she thought she'd send yer a bit of it this afternoon, just to take the edge off yer appetite before she posted any boxes off to her friends!"?Exchange. Siik. could and Did.?Sometimes there is a drop of regret in the cup of joy served by fate to the husband of a brilliant talker. "1 should think it would be a privilege to sit at the table with your wife three times a day," said one of Mrs. Cirandon's ardent feminine admirers. "Only twice a day." said Mr. ?Irandon, with a bow.* "1 do not go home at noon." "Too bad!" said the admirer. "We could not get on without her at the club, I'm sure. Why, I believe she could talk intelligently on a thousand topics!" "She can?and does." said Mr. Crandon. and with another bow he slipped out just as his wife appeared. ? Youth's Companion. Hi> PltKSKNT.? Kzekiel had no stockings. so the idght before Christmas he hung his trousers in the chimney of the tumble-down Florida shack that he calls home. The next morning a northern visitor in the village, calling at the cabin with some presents for the family, was greeted by Kzekiel's smiling face, which protruded front a narrow opening in the door. After wishing him a merry Christmas, the lady asked what he had received for presents. "Ah guess Ah got er nigger." said Kzekiel. "Mah pants is gone."? Youth's Companion. Hkh Ixauvkktkwk.?one evening at the Teacher's Annuity Fair the fattest instructress in the city sat down to rest her weary feet. She was soon aware that every one who passed her laughed and made some jocose remark. Being abnormally sensitive on the subject of her size, she soon arose and sought an obscure corner without having discovered that she had been sitting in front of the guessing cake table, directly under the placard: "Ouess my weight and I am >* urs." ? Brooklyn Life. ittiscrllanmis grading. WITH NEIGHBORING EXCHANGES News and Comment Gleaned Fron Within and About the Country. LANCASTER. News, April N: Mr. T. S. Walker <? the Magill section, met with a bad ac cident a few days ago. While euttinj down some trees that shaded his eul tivated land, he was caught under oni of them as it fell, breaking his arn just above the elbow. The broken liml was set by Dr. Moore of Heatl Springs. Mr. Walker is now getting along nicely Married, by Magis trate YVm. Cames, at his home, Apri 5. Mr. Baxter Plyler, son of Mr. Joht Plyler and Miss Parks, daughter of Mr Wylie Parks, all of Buford township ....The residence of Mr. J. Lee Todd of the New Cut section, was destroyet by fire one afternoon last week, whih a*, on.i familv were away from home Practically all the contents were lost only a chair, pillow an<l blanket being saved....As heretofore announcec jn the News. Mr. James Stoney Drake who holds a responsible position wit! the Lancaster cotton mills, and Miss Lillian Gregory, the pretty and accomplished daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W T. Gregory, are to be married todaj at high noon, at the home of the younr bride's parents Policeman J. Mike Sowell at the cotton mills is determined to keep good order within lib territory or know the reason why Several parties arrested by him wen tried and convicted before Magistrate Philips Monday. Bart I^angley, foi disorderly conduct at church Sundaj night and carrying concealed knux who was sentenced to pay a line of $4T or serve fifty days on the ohaingang; Pratt Ghent and James Threat, foi shooting and disorderly conduct Saturday night, who were fined $30 anc $lo respectively, which they paid CHESTER. Lantern, April 7: Messrs. H. C Brenneck and J. H. McGarlty and Mrs J. Q. Hood and little Miss Adeline Hood, attended the Fiddlers' convention in Rock Hill Friday night Messrs. Rrennecke and McGarity anc; Miss Hood expected to compete for a prize, but as they were awarded onlj to those who were present both evenings they did not come in Henrj McMaster, colored, a "trusty" on the chaingang, tired of durance vile Saturday evening and took advantage o1 the liberties granted him to make gooc his escape. He took with him a 45calibre Colt's revolver and several other articles by which to remember his stay in the stockade. McMaster was sent up five years ago to serve sb years for housebreaking and larceny He was from the start regarded as a model prisoner and was made a trusty He is about six feet in height, weighs about two hundred pounds, and is ol ginger cake hue The home of Mr William Lee near the Eureka mill was the scene of a quiet wedding Thursday evening when Miss Eva Phillips became the bride of Mr. S. M. Porter The ceremony was performed by Rev J. S. Snyder, pastor of the Baptist church, only a few invited friends anc relatives being present. The bride is a well known young lady, while the groorr ie the manager of the Wylie mills store and a capable young business man.... Mrs. M. E. Mills of Winnsboro, spent Saturday night with her brother, Mr J. D. Boyd, near Cornwell, and attendee! the communion service at Hopewel Sabbath. She returned to Winnsborc yesterday morning after spending Sabbath night with her son, Mr. J. M Mills at Alliance The registrars are at the court house today and wn be tomorrow to register voters. Remember that there is to be an entirely new registration. Old certificates may be used in the approaching city election but will be worthless after thai time. The board is preparing certificates from the old books for those they know to be entitled to them. They expect to have these ready by tomorrow afternoon, and ask that they bf called for. Whenever the registrar? are doubtful, however, certificates wil not be made out until they are called for. Of course all who have not beer registered in the county heretofore cannot vote until they secure certificates Mr. P. T. Hollis showed us yesterday a pair of silver knee buckles such as were used in the time o1 Washington. How long they havt been in the family is not known, bul they belonged to Mr. Hollis's grandfather. who was thirteen years old ai the close of the Revolutionary war He left them to Mr. Hollis's father wh< willed them to him, and left to hiir also his hunting horn and a copy ol Morgan's Light on Masonry, with instructions to leave them to a reliable son. If these buckles could talk then story would be interesting... .Twc young white men, Howard and Lowe by name, were before Mayor Caldwel Saturday morning on the charge ol peddling goods without a license. Th< pair claimed that they were merely taking orders, hut the mayor decided that they were guilty as charged and fined them each twenty-five dollars The two are out on bond pending tin receipt of a remittance that they are expecting Mrs. Eannie Crosby aged about 52 years, wife of Mr. David P. Crosby, died suddenly this morning about 9.30 o'clock at her home on McLure street near Evergreen cemetery She had a severe attack of acute indigestion yesterday, but was relieved by a physician and seemed as well a? usual this morning. Mr. Crosby had gone to his work and all the childrer except one had gone to school when suddenly she took u fainting spell and died in a few minutes before a physician could reach her. Holy War Predicted. A direful prophecy of a Moslem "Holy War" greater than any evei known is made by an officer in the British east African service, says Leslie's Weekly. The agency by which it will be brought about is the famous Mohammedan secret society, thr Senussia. which has long been preparing for a life-and-death struggle between the dark-skinned races of Africa and the white invaders. Founded in 1S35 by the Sheik Senussi, the sect of the Senuissia is today a powerful organization, with branches in almost every Mohammedan country in the world. Its founder was an Algerian Arab, claiming descent from tlu Prophet Mohammed. The doctrine."' which he preached were: The freeing of the Moslem faith from all its corruptions and abuses, its restoration to its early purity, under a universal leader, and the deliverance o( all Moslem countries, but especially those of Africa, from the yoke of tht infidels, to which end he inculcated undying hostility to every Christian These ends can be accomplished only by the declaration of a "Jehad," or holy war, such as was predicted b> the prophet himself. REPORTING DEBATES. How and by Whom It Is Done in Con[ gress. The official reporters of the court gross of the Culled States are having an unusually strenuous time this year in chronicling the proceedings of the national legislature. It is not neeesf sary to seek far for the reason. This is presidential year, and the opporfun* ity is seized h.v many legislators?as similar occasions have heen at intere vals of four years in the past?to 1 make political hay while the sun 9 shines. Therefore the country has a 1 surfeit of debate liberally flavored ' with politics, while "constant reader" finds the Congressional Record bur' dened with innumerable speeches in 1 which national issues are discussed to ' the neglect of the measures ostensi' bly under consideration. All this means hard work and plen1 ty of it for the expert stenographers * who comprise the corps off official re' porters of the senate and house of ' representatives. Xot only is the de" hate under such circumstances particularly lively and many of the ' speeches particularly lengthy, but the 1 orators are exceptionally concerned as 5 to the form in which their remarks will appear in print. Dozens of these speeches in congress will later be sent broadcast as campaign ammunition. Naturally the authors are solicitous as to how their efforts will appear in cold type and make revisions and corrections almost without end. However, the otlicial reporters are well equipped to keep tab on the say^ ings of the nations lawmakers. A system has gradually been developed which makes it possible to present a ' complete detailed record of all that ' has transpired at u daily session of either house of congress in an almost incredibly short space of time after I the body has adjourned. This is accomplished by having the official reporters work in relays and by the introduction of the most up to date me. ehanical equipment, not the least not. able feature of which is found in the ' business phonographs into which most of the reporters now "talk" . their notes instead of dictating them I to stenographers or personally trant scribing them. r The present day working system and equipment of the official reportr ers, like this body of shorthand exi perts itself, has been brought to the stage of perfection as the result of a f gradual evolution. The plan of re1 porting verbatim the proceedings of the senate and house of representa tives has been in vogue since 1848; i and in the three score years that have s intervened since this important fea; ture of congressional routine was in. augurated there have been many l changes of method. At the outset the . official reporters took their notes in i shorthand and then at their leisure r laboriously transcribed the record in . longhand. 5 When the typewriter was invented it revolutionized the labor of tran5 scribing the reporter's notes, and . more recently another advance almost . as notable has been made by the int troduction of the business phonol graph. Some of the veterans of the i corps of official reporters still prefer i to dictate their notes to assistants, i who take them on typewriters, but the , majority of the experts dictate to t phonographs, the cylinders of which . are at once taken by typewriters and a transcript made. 1 It is claimed that the phonograph ? method is the most economical of time and it also offers superior advan. tages against error. If a typewriter ? has reason to believe that he has t made an error in transcribing from a phonograph he has only to turn back ' the cylinder and again listen to the r remarks regarding which he is in doubt, but if there is a suspicion of t error in stenographic notes there is, of course, no way for the typewriter ' operator to determine the matter Wllllt'lll I UIIMUIIII5 11IC UUIV JUI er who gave the dictation. While on the subject of the economy of time in this work it may he noted that the highest attainment in this line is possible* where men can read one another's shorthand notes, but this is a rare accomplishment. However, some of the Murphys, a family conspicuously identified with the whole history of congressional reporting?had this gift, and it was at one time possible for one member of the family to remain practically continuously on duty in the senate chamber, merely turning over his notes for transcribing to his brother, who acted as his assistant. There are six official reporters in the service of the senate and an equal number engaged in the house of representatives, whereas in but few of the largest business houses in the country could there be found a morecomplete equipment of phonographs than is now installed at the capitol. An interesting feature of the array of "tools of the trade" to be found at the headquarters of the congressional reporters is the shaving machine. The function of this apparatus is to rejuvenate the phonograph records so that they can be used again and again. After a record has served its purpose and the chronicle it held has been put in typewritten form the cylinder is placed in the shaving machine and the delicate wax surface is shaved down until it is ready to again record dictation. Although the system of official reporting is identical in the senate and house of representatives the remuneration of the reporter is on a different basis in the two houses of congress. In the house the shorthand experts are paid on the salary plan. The six official reporters, Messrs. A. C. Welch. Fred Ireland, Reuel Small, A Ulster Cochrane, George C. Lafferty and ! Samuel H. Gray, each receives com pensation at the rate of $r>,o00 per . year and there are four official stenotrrntillers?W .1 Ivehoe. M. It. ItlllUl i enburg, John I>. ('remer and Harry F. Dtiilgi*, who also rwcive $3,00't > salaries. An assistant official report. er receives $1,200 per year and an as. sistant stenographer is paid at the . rate of $1,600 per annum. I In the senate the work of reporting t the proceedings is covered by contract. I The staff of official reporters comt prises Messrs. Theodore F. Shuey > Kdward V. Murphy. Milton \V. Klumi enhurg. Henry J. (lensler, Daniel L>. Idoyd and James \V. Murphy, with j Kugcne <\ Moxley as assistant. The . first two men on the list?Messrs. ; Shuey and Murphy?hold the contract and employ their associates. That the contract plan prevails in the senate was due to the wish of the late Dennis , F. Murphy, pioneer of the famous I senate reporters. When the method to be followed in allowing compensation for the official reporting in conr gress was under consideration a third of a century ago Dennis Murphy, who was in charge of the senate reporting, expressed a preference for the contract system, which would give him a I lump sum for doing the work, Instead of a salary*, and would incidentally allow him a free rein in the selection of , assistants. Mr. Murphy first took the ( contract in the early '70s and after his death it was transferred, in ISitfi. | to his brother Edward V. Murphy and ( Mr. Shuey, who hold it jointly. The price paid for reporting the ( proceedings of the senate is $30,000 a ( year, so that it would appear on the ( face of things the house of represen- | tatives pays somewhat more for the verbatim record of its proceedings , than does the senate. It was the or- , iginal intention, however, that the . expenditure for this purpose should he about equal for the two houses of congress. In the investigation of the matter which resulted in the adoption of the contract plan in the senate and the salary scheme in the house it was discovered that there was very little difference in the volume of the reporting in the two houses. A computation covering several years showed that on an average the variation between the chronicles of the senate and house of representatives did not exceed thirteen columns of the Congressional Record for an entire session of the law making body. To the army of stenographers employed on small salaries in all parts of the country the $5,000 received by a congressional official reporter for work that seldom occupies more than seven months of the year, and sometimes does not exceed three months in twelve, may appear decidedly alluring. As a matter of fact, however, the pay is not excessive considering the high order of ability and exceptional qualifications required. The shorthand sharps at the capito) are In literal truth the pick of their profession. First of all, it is requisite that they shall have the ability to attain the acme of high speed v/ork? not in an occasional spurt hut as a regular dally grind. Many of the achievements in rapid writing which the congressional official reporters dismiss lightly as a commonplace feature of their regular routine are little short of miraculous. Isaac Pitman in his text books claimed that 120 words a minute is the average public speaking, whereas many of the revised modern text books on shorthand promise the beginner that a speed of 150 words a minute will qualify him to do verbatim reporting. A speed of 200 words a minute is generally considered amply sufficient for all court and convenA! ? * n r\/I -rmt nvon th la lion sienugiapiij, anu jcv K.vu rate of writing would fall far short of the requirements in recording the sharp colloquies that occur in any exciting debate in congress. Just to illustrate the skill of the official reporters it might be cited that one of them in a recent demonstration before the students of a shorthand school wrote on an ordinary blackboard with common chalk at the record breaking speed of 260 words a minute, making characters that were legible in all parts of the large schoolroom. The principal of the school was so dumfounded that he had the blackboard photographed and had a number of the persons present make affidavit to the time occupied by the test. I That the congressional reporters must keep up their whirlwind writing in abbreviated form not merely-for a minute or an hour but for a working day of six or seven hours is attested by the fact that at one recent sitting s of the house of representatives there were spoken and recorded in the leg- J islative chamber an aggregate of 6 7, f 000 words. Of course no one report- I er keeps tab on the proceedings for ^ any protracted interval, wnen mo t note book is filled he is relieved by another reporter and repairs to the f work room of the corps in the capitol ' where he reads his notes to a receptive phonograph or a listening stenographer. This done he can if need be go back and in turn relieve his al- . ternate. Meanwhile his dictated notes are being transcribed on the typewrit- I or and later in the day he must cor- | rect the manuscript?a duty of a very exacting character. Not only in equipment but in work- c ing methods have the passing years \ witnessed an evolution in the most difficult form of reporting in the world. Years ago when the membership of congress, and particularly of the house of representatives, was a smaller it was entirely feasible for an t official reporter to sit near the speak- a er's desk and hear clearly all that ^ took place. With the larger body of y lawmakers and the perhaps more 1 strenuous proceedings this is no long- j er possible. Nowadays the official j stenographer must be on the firing ( line, so to speak. Instead of sitting * s at his own desk he must in most in- e stances take the debates standing, v dodging up and down the aisles wherever the colloquy is hottest and con- * sidering himself in rare luck if he gain the temporary use of the unoccupied chair of a member. To successfully carry on work in such an environ- ^ ment requires not merely mastery of shorthand but a cool head and quick judgment. Several members talk at J once, sentences overlap and there are interruptions without end, but j through it all the official reporter must preserve his law of continuity.? Washington Star. Saw General Sigel. Among those who were on the reviewing stand with Governor Hughes ^ and General Grant at the Sigel monu- y ment unveiling was an elderly man, ^ who when the national guard had ^ passed and ine advance kuuiii m mc veterans had not yet reached the reviewing point told this story: "I saw Fran/. Sigel only once, hut I shall always remember the incident. It was at Albany. I don't know what lie was there for, but when I saw him lie was the guest of a number of bis countrymen at a place which served them as a club?the back room of flodron's inn, nearly opposite 'Tony' Brady's tea store. I went there with a message for one of the party, and r lingered while Sigel, the only live gen- ^ eral I had ever seen at that time, ex- j, plained to the little group some stmt- ii egic movement. With his finger a moistened with beer he drew maps j and diagrams on the round table over p which the others leaned. There came g a lull in the conversation. Forts, batteries, etc., which had been repre- p sented by beer mugs were taken up and the general turned to me and ? said: 'Well, my little man, would f'j you like to be a soldier?' 1 do not know what I answered, but lie said: 1: 'Well, in a few years we'll send you to 11 West Point, and then you will be a real soldier.' The kindly little speech ( made me feel very proud, but I was too embarrassed to say anything. I never saw Sigel again. 1 never went to West Point, but I did become a k soldier." a THE UMBRELLA. w f r It Is Probably as Ancient as the Race j of Man. in The umbrella is undoubtedly of high ((l nIi<111 ity. appearing in various forms u hi the sculptured monuments of 01 Egypt, Assyria. Oreeoe ami Rome, and 'J1! In hot countries it has been used since ;n I he da wn of history as a sunshade, a <>1 use signified from its name, derived 's from tlie Latin umbra, a shade. In (lie C( rast the umbrella has even been a at symbol of power and royalty, and in 'e many countries it has become part of religious as well as royal symbolism. w The Chinese date the first umbrella ei t>ack to 4.(100 or 5,000 years anterior to the Mosaic date of creation. Jp Among the (.reeks and Romans the umbrella was used by women, while ft th its use by men was considered eflfem- ^ nate. Less than 100 years ago a large p, umbrella was kept hanging in the ol halls of good houses in England to keep visitors dry as they passed to and tj. from their carriages. At hotels and aj estaurants also they were occasionally ai used in the same way for the benefit SI if invalids or aged people. But no- to aody ever thought of carrying an um- a brella in the street. 01 Confid when eating, that highest wholesomen nothing in it thai distress you ? ma doubly comfortable This supreme < have when the foo< ROl Baking 1 AbsoltfTe] The only baking with Royal Grape C There can be ho c dence when eating al der food. Chemists i less of the alum powi alum or alum salts rer miwffl gl _ots on Main Street and On the Out- ?r cil skirts. a ur di pi I am offering the most desirable Main a(< treet building lots In Yorkville. ar Five of them fronting Main street, th ive more adjoining them in the rear. ?f ?ts on the street 2f? feet front and 165 eet deep. Lots in rear same size. (>f 3rices and terms on application. ar Also about forty low priced lots in ^ A'esterleigli. Best values in real estate o be had in York county. Also a splendid little farm of thirty- yc ive acres just without the corporate J" imits. Handsome site for cottage or .Ba )ungalo. This is a bargain. th LAURA E. PARISH. K( " Di EMM & GORDON,: iW Just received a luxury?Fresh ipring Grown Cabbage, just from the ield. 30 CENTS I Won't buy a great deal of anything <jv nywhere, but we want you to remem- fjr ?er that this sum will buy just as much aj; t this store as it will buy anywhere jn -by this we mean to say that you will ru ret just as low prices at this store as |a ou will secure anywhere and you will g( ind our qualities A1. ho We carry everything in Groceries, ncluding Sugar, best Flour, Meat pi ^ard, Coffees, Teas, Spices, Cloves, h linger. Nutmegs, Starch, Soda, Soap, t\\ Caro Syrup, Preserved Peaches, Maple ha yrup, Honey, all kinds of Candies, or tc.. also Seed Irish Potatoes?best be 'ari^tipK j . HERNDON & GORDON. w< 1 an of fo Art Squares ? flattings sr ml Rug:s ? ml ini fa Before buying ART SQUARES, BATTINGS or RUGS, it will be to j our interest to see us for your wants. m| )ur stocks of these goods are large nil varied and we can please you in tyles, quality and prices. plj COME AND SEE US bu pe (' MIKOI.L FTIlMTUIiE CO., H( an fa Huildin^ Materials *' ch ini go If you intend to do any building or tu epairing, we will be pleased to have tei ou remember us for all kinds of Rough pr nd Dressed Lumber, including Floor- se< ng. Ceiling, Weatherboarding, Framig. Siding, Shingles, Laths, etc., and ro> Iso for Lime, Cement and Brick, as go . ell as the Paints, Oils and Varnishes hat you will need?we sell the cele- ac rated Devoe Paint?lasts longer and pe o?s further. We also carry a full tei " n :u: LJ- I in..I...lino CP n[ d u i ia?ny ncnuwaic, uiviuuuif, v n vervthing needful in Hardware. ] LY SCREENS fa. Now is a good time to place your tw rders with us for made-to-measure wi ly Screens for windows and doors? vo ley lit. Let us make a Lawn Swing for your iwn. If you have any small jobs of ^pairing, just phone us. We'll do the PSt. J. J. KELLER & CO. IW Wanted.?Your orders for all inds of printed matter. Itest work t fairest prices. I It is said that Lord Cornwallls hen he had been dining with a lend and was about to enter his carage to return home stopped a molent at the door to speak a parting ord to ids host. It was raining in irrents, and a servant standing t?y | iok up tlie house umbrella to hold it /or iii.s lordship's head when lite old tidier exclaimed wratlifully: "Take uit tiling away! Do you suppose I 11 a sugar ditll to melt in a shower, r do you take me for a woman, who afraid of her line headgear? I have it been all this time fighting my iiiutry's liattles to be frightened now 11 a little cold water. If powder and ad didn't annihilate me, a shower raindrops may be risked.' The largest umbrella In tlie world as made in Glasgow for a king of ist Africa. it can be opened and < osed in the usual way and when len is twenty-one feet in diameter, he staff also is twenty-one feet long, t New York and Philadelphia are the niters of the umbrella industry in lis country, and more than 8.000,000 1 1 t? iiuuir cnuiuciii.y. i lie Muiiu u.^cu rincipally for umbrella sticks is that ' the pimento or all-spice tree, hich grows abundantly in South merica and the West Indies. From le single island of Jamaica an averse of 2.000 bundles of sticks are sent inually to England and the United Jates. A bundle contains from 500 > 800 sticks, each of which represents young pimento tree.?Chicago Rec"d-Herald. 5 lence I your food is of iess?that it has t can injure or .fees the repast and satisfactory, confidence you J is raised with ftUL [Wder tyr Para powder made ream of Tartar :omforting confium baking powsay that more or Jer in unchanged nainsin the food. VHENIN THE MARKET For a Buggy or Surrey and not too ^ LTSY to save money on these, call id allow us to show you our line. For limited time, in order to help build > this branch of our business, we are viding our legitimate pront witn me irehaser. 1 We consider our customers our best I Ivertisement, but they are too busy J id have something else to do besides . is, so we take this additional means reaching the buyer. ^ Have bought largely in anticipation a good year's business, and if prices id terms are any inducement, we are dng to move them. If you will allow us to show you our le and name prices and terms and iu wisely conclude you can get better ducements, we will guarantee you a irgain. We sell nothing but what ls the guarantee of the makers as f ell as our own. I, Agents for the Keystone Riding Cul/ator. If you want the best see the S eystone. As usual we are offering Planters, istributors and other Farm Imple- f ents very cheap. t W. I." WITHERSPOON CO. J. C. WILBORISr lt FOR SALE C 23 1-2 acres, one dwelling, 4 rooms, L I necessary out buildings; 15 acres q cultivation; land lies level. About le mile from Bethany High School. E ome of Ralph Adams. n One tract, 50 acres?One 7-room ? veiling, weather-boarded and ceiled, st-class condition, good barn, shedded u I around, and all necessary outbuild- n gs; land lies well, good wire pasture; o nning water; about 15 acres of woodnd. One mile of Bethany High :hool, on R. F. D. No. 4, Clover. The p ime of F. C. Horton. 319 acres?known as the John B. 11 exico land; about 2 miles of Bethany s igh School, 6 miles of Clover. One y ro-story dwelling; one good new im; 2 tenant houses, 3-horse farm >en, plenty of wood; some saw tiinr; 200 acres or more in woodland, ind lies well. Will sell 100 acres of jodland lying on the road from Beth- . iy to Meek Faulkner's, being a part I this place. A most excellent place ' r a home. " One Tract?50 acres of land?beaging to Jno. M. Thomasson, adjoing his home place, joining residence J. D. Smith, S. L. Pursley and fac- tl g King's Mountain road: 40 acres in ,, It i vat ion?12 acres good creek bot- a m. A beautiful place for a home. e 99* acres, lands of J. R. Ferguson, 5? ti iles Yorkville, 4 miles Clover, 1? miles p jm Filbert. Adjoins lands J. M. k roup, A. J. Parrott; 1 five-room cot- tl ge, new barn, nice young orchard. p 195 Acres, W. H. Sparrow Place?2 a iles Bethel church; 2 good dwell- p gs; 65 acres fine bottom; 4 horse e rm. Look at tills. p ? 1 ~ ,1 T ID 4 O .ll ll'S, uujuiniiiK mnun ui j. n. (_-j tires, Jno. Smith; 2 horse farm open, e: mile New Zion church, Ramah; 4 tl lies Bethany; For whole Tract, tl ,200. h 123 Acres?Bone Campbell home t>i ace; 1 mile of good school, 2 miles Bethel church; adjoins W. T. Nich5; 1 7-room dwelling; necessary outildings; 2 tenant houses. Price $23 r Acre. ? 83j Acres, Bullock's Creek. J mile jodtown; 1 3-room dwelling; 2 ten- j t houses; 6 acres woods; 2 horse H rm open?J. H. Bankhead. Price * 5 per Acre. 333 Acres, 3 miles west McConnellsle; 1 4-room dwelling; good orard; barn; all necessary outbuild- ol gs; 3 horse farm open; 46 acres e: od bottom land; 100 acres in pasre; 50 acres in another pasture; 3 1)1 lant houses; A threat Bargain? w ice $4,000. G. W. Foster place? r( ? him. One House and Lot in Filbert, 3 lj om dwelling; good young orchard; s: od garden; Price $175. " 151 Acres, 2 horse farm open; 75 res in heavy timber; adjoins James jj emster; 1 good dwelling; 1 good iant house; 4 miles south of YorkIc?Miller Place. ,s [ have disposed of the three small 31 *ms recently advertised for. I have -N< o orders for small farms?if you sh to sell, come to see me and list 11 ur land with me. .1. C. WILBOKX, Real Estate. ? THOS. H. HARDIN - LAND SURVEYOR, ? J LOWRYVILLE - - S. C. >?< fo 5-29 f 3m* OVERTAXED Hundreds of Yorkville Readers Know What It Means. Tli<! kidneys are overtaxed; Have ton much to do. Tliey tell ahout it in many aches ind pains? Iiachnche, sideache, headache, lCarly symptoms of kidney ills. Urinary troubles, diabetes, Blight's lisease follow. A Yorkville citizen tells here a ceraln cure. Mrs. S. C. Mode, Cotton Mill -louse, Caffney, S. C., says: "I know Doan's Kidney Pills to be a valuable emedy for any trouble arising from he kidneys and I willingly recommend hem. Several years ago I suffered rom pains through the small of my tack. I also had headaches and dizzy ipells, was nervous and without ambiion or enererv. I believe all this suf ering was caused by the failure of my cidneys to remove the uric poison from ny system. When I saw Doan's Kidley Pills advertised, I obtained a box ind after using them a short time was ntirely relieved." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 ents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, *Iew York, sole agents for the United states. Remember the name?Doan's?and ake no other. PUT SOME M 3ST C You will not much as you are earning today your income now and putting i Perfectly Safe Bank?like ours secure, but will also earn FOU and grow rapidly, you will be day when you must cease wor wisdom to save money while y IN THESE GOC There is no e a part of his earnings. If you subject it will pay you to se JOHN KUUUKKS' SULLIiSS a very interesting story. Th save and make money as we "A STORY OF JOHN RO for the asking. The NATIONAL (ABSOLUTE I ROCK HILL, S< FURNISHING YOUR HOME J If you want to furnish your home rom kitchen to parlor it is to your nterest to see us before making a sinle purchase. If you only want to purchase a single liece of Furniture it is also to your inerest to see us. Our stocks of Bed Room Suits, Paror Suits, Sideboards, Dining Tables, lining Chairs, Rockers, Wardrobes, lentre Tables, Hall Racks and Trees, .ounges, Rugs, Art Squares, Mattings, looking Stoves and Ranges, Iron Beds, tc., was never so large before as it is riw nrul \v*> pan nlease vou in the " luality, the Style and the Price. See s before you buy?we will save you loney whether you buy for CASH or n CREDIT?either way suits us. Before you buy Outside or Inside aints, Oils, Glass, Putty, Stains, etc., t is to your interest to see us. We ell Guaranteed Paints and assure ] ou of a SQUARE DEAL. YORK FURNITURE CO. Live and Learn About the first of July, 1901, I wrote he application of a prominent citizen f Yorkville for $1,000 insurance in the lutual Benefit. The policy was delivred about July 15, 1901. Shortly af? envard he applied for and secured two olicies of $2,000 each in two well nown companies. The longer he has lie Mutual Benefit policy the more leased he is with it and the company, ) nd the less pleased with the others. >uring the past 30 days I have delivred him his second Mutual Benefit olicy, this time for $2,000. He is now irrying about $20,000 life insurance in ight different companies, and says lat he regrets that all of it is not in ' le Mutual Benefit. The insurer who eeds experience, buys his Policies f the Mutual Benefit. SAM M. GRIST, Special Agent. r IM SHORT mm1 Experience is the best lesson, though ften expensive, I will give you a few <perience lessons free?here they are: y 1st. The spring from now on is the est time for painting your house, hether it be the outside or inside the I >of or floor. 2nd. The best paint to use is New ra or Peninsular Semi-Paste?every illon is guaranteed to give satisfacon or money refunded. 3rd. For tinting the walls, Alabasne has no equal; you can find all nts at my store. 4th. Iroquois roof and boiler paints without a doubt, the best, it is guariteed to stand perfectly from 5 to 10 ?ars. u See me for PAINTS and I will make c to your interest. s TAR DRUG STORE ' I). L. Sliiodor, Proprietor. EGGS FOR HATCHING. k/T Y Single Comb Buff OrpingtI. tons are better than ever?the "J >st layers I ever saw, and I sell eggs J r $1.00 a setting. it I. H. NORRIS, Yorkvllle, S. C. 23 f tf. THE HEW AND ENLARGED EDITION OF WEBSTER'S INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY Excels in Vocabulary. It is the mnat useful in size mid contents. Judiciously selected to exclude corruptions of good usage, and to avoid unintelligible technicalities. 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ESTABLISH YOURSELF ^ IN LUXURY 1 A savings account unites luxury with economy. Save the amounts you spend foolishly and establish yourself in luxury for the future. A dollar will s_tart an account in our SAVINGS DEPARTMENT and is the first step towards this success. BANK OF ? HICKORY GROVE. Jas. M. Starr, J. F. McElwae. President .Sec. and Treat. YORK SUPPLY CO. Incorporated. We Have Seed Sweet Potatoes. Red Bliss and Early Rose Irish Seed Potatoes. Onion Sets?reduced. Few hundred bushels improved Cullepper Cotton Seed?pure. No. 1 Timothy Hay. Carload Flour?something1 real fine. Good sound Corn and Oats. No. 1 Timothy Hay. Carload No. 1 and X Shingles. Planet Jr. Cultivator. Guano Plows. Cotton Planters. Plow Stocks and Cultivators. ^ Plow Points and Moulds. Early Amber and Orange Cane Seed. Lawn Mowers. Second-hand Two-horse Wagon. Received today a carload of NlrRATE OF SODA. Come and trade with us. Will save ^ou money. York Supply Company. )rganized, Developed and Conducted Along Conservative and Progressive Business Methods, rhe IJAWK 01 CLOVER V Prosperous Rank in a Prosperous Neighborhood, invites your patronage. iVe have found that we can make a satisfactory profit without faking A any "long chances." f you are not a customer of ours, this is an invitation to you to become one. BANK OF CLOVER CLOVER. S. C. NOTICE. \ LL persons having claims against LA-the estate of G. L?. McNEEL, deeased, are hereby notified to present ame to me, properly authenticated, nd those indebted to the estate of said ' eceased. will make payment to me. S. M. McNEEL, Executor. 27 f 3t "Z FOR SALE. > If Y House and Lot on Cleveland avenue, Yorkville. See me about : at once. FRANK TIDDY. 16 t.f tf.