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BY CLINKSGALES & LANGSTON, ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1902. VOTJTMW YYYVTT TUA oe Tho Weather Man says it'll be a..*. li VJ X And tho way it's starting out seems as if he is Telling the Truth. You'll have two hard winter months to use a good OVER COAT yet, and then you can pack it away for next winter. At the prices we [quote below on new, up-to-date Over coats it will pay you to buy one, even if you don't use it all this winter, but you know how you'll need one this month and next. Ail the Overcoats in our House Must be Sold ! We don't want to carry them over. That's the reason for this enormous reduction. Every Overcoat in our House is included in this sale. We believe it's good business to sell these Overcoats at the prices named and take the loss now. It's better than to carry them over till next foil : $5.00 Overcoats now $3.35. $7.50 Overcoats now $4.90. $10.00 Overcoats now $6.90. $12.50 Overcoats nov $8.90. $15.00 Overcoats IOW $10.90. $17.50 Overcoats now $12.90. BETTER HUBEY. B. 0. Evank & Co. ANDERSON, S. C. The Spot Gash [Clothiers I A Free Picture of (Jen. Lee I i Any veteran, who contemplates attending t ; Reunion at Dallas, rf? R ?pril 22nd to 25th, will receive a handsoi 13 picture of General. Sn ^ Robert E. Lee, and a copy of his farewel address (suitable for CT b framing), if he will send us his name and : ?dress, and the name m ? and address of the Camp to which, he. belongs. MK Your best ronlo to Dallas will bo wa Memphis Tho Cotton Bolt operates i ts own trains <?o oacn dar) from ?Memphis to Milos and other To? cities without chance. These trains leavo Mcmllls. morning and evening, af ter the arrlTr.l of trains Ss all Unes, thus offering yon eloscrhonnectioas and efeilcnt Bcrvice. R. B. BUBO, Traw&c Psscsflo Afient. AU L Vf. la BUUHE. dtxn\ Jfcseaoer tai 1 ,SLton?,y*, 4 P. G. BROWN. E. A. SMYTH, C. A. GAMBBII?, F. A. BDUBBIDOB, Pres. Je Trs?a. Vic? Free. . Hncroftry. Supt. Chemical Dept. AW MON I AXED FERTILIZERS, AGID PHOSPHATE, COTTON SEED MEAL AND HULLS We are prepared to sell our customers Itrtilizers of all kinds and in any quantiles. .We wiall to call your special attention to our 16 per cent, Petrified Dissolved Bone, Manufactured from Tennessee PhpspliRte Rock, alslour Standard Blood Ammoniatel Guano. All of our goods run high in the different ingrafts, which are selected with care, and are of the best quality. Our princi|il r.otifce of Ammonia ia derived irom Blood and Tankage. e are also prepared to sell you Cotton Beet Phosphate for fertilizing purposes. Wo aro importers of German Kainit, Muriate 0 a full stock of which we have on hand at all time? .exchange of any of the above named articles, also N purposes, for Cotton Seed at mir various mill points Please call and see us and secure pur prices be Thanking you for your past liberal patronage praise for the nigh quality and excellence of our go prosperous Kew Year, we remain, Yow ANDERSON PHOSPHATE AND OIL M i-al, Kainit and Acid Potash, Nitrate of Soda, We will make you a fair 1 and H?lla for feeding placing your orders, encouraging words of and wiehing you a ! ?YOU to know that I am GANS and SEW] OOS^f. I have in stock the very best that mom number of Standard Vibrator Sewing Machines foi irom 9140,00 to 8260.00. Remember? this is Cash, ? it is COST. No Wu opportunity haa Been offered th< You catt save fifty per cent oy taking ndvantor" Come to see me il you are looking for the Bl m. WILLIS, i Some desirable Building'I?t? for sale. Andorion, &. C. rering PIANOS, OR MACHINES AT can buy. A limited 621.00 each. Pianos remember, also, that ?people of Anderson, "thwpale. door Peoples Bank. FROM THE NATION'S CAPITAL. From Our Own Correspondent. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 24,1303. Mr. Roosovelt made a million or moro Democratic votes when ho at tached his name to the decision up holding tho majority report of the Schley Court of Inquiry. This is tho opinion of many Republicans as well as Democrats. Mr. Roosevelt's clever dodge in placing responsibility ona dead ni an-President McKinley-was far from eic dit aol o to him and the de served jolly he gave the, surviving Captains who participated in the battle off San Juan will blind nobody to the main fact-that he has denied Schley the justice for which he asked and to which ho is en ti Jed, and Mr. Roose velt will find that the people will hold him and his party responsible. Director Merriam, of the Census Bu rean, has a double set; of irons in the fire. Ho is af ter reappointment as the head of the permanent Censns Bureau, and he is aleo after the Cabinet port folio of the new Department of Com merce and Labor. The salary of the Director of the Census is $7,500 a year, only $500 less than a member of the Cabinet. Representative Hamilton, of Mich., was the first Republican who has dared to come out in tho open and make a speech in tho House in defense of trusts. His Republican colleagues showed him by their hearty congratu lations that he voiced their sentiments. Representative Burleson, of Texas, made a speech this week, on Mr. Roose velt's sudden change of attitude toward the trusts, that was a corker, because it bristled with truths that no Republi can can answer. He started by quot ing Mr. Roosevelt's attack on trusts in his Minneapolis speech, made when he was Vice President, in which he caid : "We ehall find it necessary in the fu ture to shackle canning, as in the past we have shackled force." Of the im pression created by that speech Mr. Burleson said : "Oh, if the 'strenuous one1 could only be given an opportuni ty. With his great ability, his keen insight into actual conditions, with his honest desire to correct these admitted evils, with the apparent courage to utilize his ability for the accomplish ment of his desire-the very thought of it brought cheer to the honest farm ers of this country; the one class who never ask special favors at the hands of this government, bat who aro nt present victimized by the trusts to the extent of being compelled to pay from 40 to 800 per cent more for their agri cultural implements that the same articles manufactured by the same concerns can be bought for in the for eign territory adjoining us on the north or southwest. The suggestion that this canning could be shackled was a solace and comfort to the meroautile classes throughout the Middle West and Southwest, who were straggling un der the exactions of a powerful and voracious railroad combine." Mr. Bur leson then quoted the language of Mr. Roosevelt's message to Congress in which he referred to the trust mag nates as "captains of industry," and commented upon the sudden and radi cal change, and added: "But this was not enough, for by way of making known his completo surrender, or rather, to he charitable, I will say by way ot* evidencing an abandonment of all hostility on his part, toward trusts, he has recently named the son of 'the captain' of the 'captains of industry' to speak the humiliation of Republican America at the coronation of ah Em peror and King. Tho trouble in this case is that the strenuous one, President Roosevelt; is a Republican, ho is] envi roned by the Republican party, which is directed and controlled by trusts. This party has looked to trusts and monopolies so long, for support and assistance, turning its back upon the people, that now notwithstanding the strenuous one, honestly desired 'to shackle cunning' when the opportunity came, these old influences wore imme diately thrown around him and ho found himself overcome. He now knows tho power of trusts, he now knows their influence, he has been taught it by those who surround him. He is a Republican, lus environments control him. He still worships tho green snake. Asl lin vc said -1 have no harsh words for him, only pity because of tho resultant consequences of his most deplorable surroundings. As far as trusts aro concerned, henceforth he is blind, ho cannot see; he is deaf, he cannot hear." Representative Cochran, of Mo., has received a letter of thanks from a com mittee of Boer sympathizers, in Brus sels, for having o fl ere il a resolution in the House to invite President Paul Kruger to visit this country as the guest of the government. Representativo Wheeler, of Ky., stands by the speech he made last week, and bois getting hundreds of letters from every section of the conn try and from all classes of people as suring kim that the writers think he is on the right road. When Representa tive Gillet and other Republicans this week sought to take him to task for his speech, Mr. Wheeler said that he meant no disrespect to Prince Henry or the German people and did not see how what he had said could be tortured into such a meaning. He told the Re publicans who had said they would use his speech as a campaign document that if they desired he would circulate hie speech iu their districts, together with ttio Bpeech o? Gen. Grosvenor, at his own oxpooBe, aud would debato the question ou tho stomp with any Ile- < publican who wished to moot him. 0? tho speech itaelf Mr. Wheeler said: "Before tho American people, I say un - hesitatingly that I have not a word to retract. 1 sincerely believe wo aro drifting to a position hostile to Repub licanism. I do not believe to ocoupy a great position in th? world that it is necessary for us to sacrifice our tradi tional principles. 1 am a son of a for eigner, and my love of tho republic was boru aud bred iu me. I have been charged in the press with being an .ignorant agriculturist.' I am proud of being the son of a farmer and tho son of a foreigner, but I am ashamed of tho boot-licking that characterizes tho official class in tho republic to-day." It waa thought that sneering at tho Southern peoplo because of their race prejudice-a prejudice that is shared by ninety per cent of decent white men everywhere-had becu abandoned by Republicans as a method of stirring up political strife, but Representative Gil lett, of MasB.. mado uso of it in a speech this week. The Southern Ipeo plo can stand this if tho constituents of Mr. Gillett can. Perhaps his ideas might be changed on this subject if some negro in his district would an nounce himself a candidate for the Re publican nomination to Congress. After devoting tho morningsof near ly threo weeks to telling his story of the Philippines, which had already been told in official documents, to thc Senate committee on the Philippines, Gov. Taft has switched oir to tho House committee, and began to repeat the story. SOUTH CAROLINA DISGRACED. Tillman and McLaurln liare a Fist Fight in the Senate. Washington, Feb. 22.-The most sen sational scene that has been enacted on the floor of tho Senate during the present generation was witnessed this afternoon by many senators and by wondering and crowded galleries. The central figures were the two senators from South Carolina. Tillman, in the course of a speech on the Philippines, declared? when pressed by Spooner to name hie man, announced that his col league had been influenced by improp er motives to vote for the ratification X?f *the Spanish treaty. Senator Mc Laurin was attending 'a committee meeting at the time and was sent for, and at the conclusion of Tillman's re marks, arose to reply. As McLaurin rose from his seat the silence was pro found and tense. He said, in quiet, deliberate tones, that he would be leas emphatic in his remarks were it not for the fact that he had hereto fore uttered opec: fie and full denial of his colleague's declarations. As it was he would say that the statement of his colleague was a wilful, deliberate and m ilici?n H lie. At this Tillmnn rushed toward his colleague, who was stand ing only four or five seats away, leap ing over tho knees of Senator Teller. McLaurin scarcely moved a muscle until Tillman threw himself upon him, and then ho returned blow for blow and grappled with his nRsailant until several strong men intervened and ended the altercation. At tho instance of Senators Forakor aud Burrows tho Senate then went into executive session, during which, by a unanimous vote, both Senators were held tc bo in contempt. Tho doors wore then thrown open and tho two senators, by a voto of tho body, were allowed to make a statement which would tend to purgo them of their contempt. Tillman's talk was largely to the effect that he had never before had any experience in legislative bodies when ho came here and at times failed perhaps to carefully observe parlia mentary usage. McLaurin began his statement by saying that he had been sorely tried. He told of his being in the committee room when a message was brought to him from a friend in tho Senate telling him what Tillman bad said of him. Ho did not seo how ho could have act ed otherwise, but certainly meant no disrespect to the Senate, and did not feel that any of his actions or words had merited a rule of contempt. Mc Laurin started another sentence which was to tho effect that if he heard any more talk of that nature, but did not conclude. A senator interrupted him. Tho whole matter has been referred to tho elections committee. Ilnnn? Of.ll IIUIIVI l\UII. Tho following is tho honor roll of tho Eureka school for month of Janu ary, 1002: Suo Gaillard 03, Julia Gaillard 00, J. P. Harper 00, Gary Harper 00, Frank Hall 08, Ruby Robbins 09, Cara Shirloy 98, Lucy Shirley 00, Lula Smith 98, Claud Smith 00, Lillian Shirley 00, Rosa Smith 05, Etta Smith 04, Annie Shirley 97, Maggie Shirley 05, Luther Smith 98, Sam. Smith 01, Foist Smith 05, Broadus Wright 08, Hallie Wright 00, John South 00,, Ross Smith 00, Maggie Wrights, Joe Wright 92. . Miss Cora Shirley, Teacher. Card of Thanks. Mr. Editor: I desire to thank the kind friends ot Belton and surrounding coun try who defered and gave their assistance in the burial/of my wife, who died In Charlotte, N. 0., on the 13ih Inst B. M. Cummings. STATE NEWS. - Forty-four passenger trains move ! Jack day in aud out of Columbia. Tho spring term of court eon- ' yones r.t Pickcns ou the third Monday in March. - Thursday, March 20th, will be "South Carolina Day" ut thc Charles- ! ton Exposition. - Postmaster Robert S. Liuk, of Abbeville, has been reappointed by President Roosevelt. - Greenwood has decided to have a sewerage system. Tho voto stood 140 for and GI against. - S. J. Taylor's safo in his storo at Greelyville, Williamsburg oouuty, was robbed by burglars Monday night of $700 and valuable papers. - The plant of tho Newberry Her ald and News was oonsiderably damag ed by firo on the 17th inst. Tho loss is fully covered by insurance. - Col. Mike Brown, of Barnwell, has been allowed by the United States Senate $110,000 for the destruction of property by Sherman's army. - Tho railroads have agreed to further reduce tho rates to Charles ton. This will givo Charleston tho lowest rates ever given any exposi tion. - It is a matter for general com ment by the county papers of the State that very little fertilizers have been hauled by farmers up to this time. - Kock Hill is not goiug to take any moro chances with smallpox. It is now enforcing its compulsory vac cination ordinance, recently passed by council. j - A case has been brought before Chief Justice Mciver involving the oanstitutionality of tho dispensary ! law. The caso comes from Williams? I burg county. - A collision occurred a few day! ago in the Coast Line's transfer frcigh yards at Florcnco betwcen?two shift ing engines pushing loaded cars. Fou mules and a horse wcro killed. Tin cars were telescoped. - The Gaffney Manufacturing com pany have let the contraob for a ne\ $600,000 mill, to bo erected near th site of their present mill. The nm building will be lOOx 400 feet an will contain four stories. - A Chester man is exhibiting shingle, in sound condition, from th roof of a house built more than sixt years ago. It is said that the averag life of a shingle in modern times i not more than twenty years. - One day last week the Coui House at Newberry oaught fire from defective flue. The blaze was extic Snished before much damage wo one. Court WSB in session and wa adjourned for a short while, but soo continued business. - The governor has offered a rt ward of $100 for the apprehension an conviction of Will Brewer, who o January 29th last killed Albert Man in Chesterfield County md fled fro justice. The killing is said to ha\ been a most brutal one. - Wash Carwile, Jr., who kilk his brother Bluford, in Newberi county, in August, 1805, and has bec dodging since, was captured in Salud one day last week. Tho negro hi boon out of the State most of the tim and only recently returned. - Young William DuPre, whi out hunting near Abbeville was ace dentally shot, tho load entering h right arm just below tho shoulde Thc surgeons hope tobo able to sa1 the arm, but it is probable that will be of very little use to him. - The dispensary at Blacksbu: was broken into last week, tho sa was cracked and $60 in money and check for $50 on thc National Bat at Gaffney stolen. Tho burglars h; a key that opeuod the front door. IS trace of them has been discovered. - Work is progressing well on tl building of the Augusta and Aik eleotric railway, whioh has been coi ploted from North Augusta to Clot water, between whioh points a regul schedule will be operated by April The rolling stock has been shipped. - Tho Secretary of State has i ceived a letter from W. D. Good Co., of Bay no Falls, Mich., m an nf ii turora of cheese boxes, fruit paoka materials and veneers of all kine They wish to establish such a pla in this State, and want informati as to a suitable location. - The flywheel of the electric po cr house of thc Spartanburg stn railway burst, the other night, fat ly injuring three men and practica demolishing the building. Thc dc are Assistant Engineer I. Lawrcr Wilson, Gasmakcr Thos. Pike a Firemau Robert Sample, colored. - The State calls attention to t fact that there are only seven of t South Carolinians who signed t secession ordinance Dec. 20, 181 now living. They arc: Chief Just Henry Mciver, Joseph Daniel Po] Dr. James H. Carlisle,, Dr. Stok Robert A. Thompson, 1*. W. Spr and R. C. Logan. - A man in a buggy carryinj Bible and a shotgun appeared in Ba well not long ago to evangelize tl county according to the latest Ame can method in the Philippines. 1 people decided that they did not wt the gospel introduced at the muz of the shotgun and had the man si to the hospital for the insane. - On last Thursday two farm living near Dyson's in the lower p of Greenwood County became iuv vod in a difficulty. J. H., Wertz y whipped nearly to death by H. Williamson, while two negroes h Wertz at Williamson's com mai There had been bad blood betwi Wertz anti Williamson for a long tit Werts is not expected to live. (JENKRAL SEWS. - Scorotary Long will rcsigu from bo cabinet. * j - Admiral Sampson. rotircdt is \ ai; ?cry ill with an incurable complaint. jA - Nearly 3000 men aro nt work on : u, .ho site of the World's Fair ground at 1 3t. Louis. j in - The McKinley Memorial Asso- j e\ iiation cf the Staio of Now York* has pi raisod $70,000. bl - Tho rumor that tho Southern ei road is about to buy the Plant system ai has been revived. tl - Thcro will be three new stars w for thc flag uext year-New Mexico, ai Arizona and Oklohoma. Ii - So far only SI ,400 has becu con- D tributed by North Carolina to the Jof- 81 ferson Davis memorial arch. * - A negro man in Gallatin, Tenn., 8. grabbed a mau, dragged him into an I alley and cut off his head with a razor. - An earthquake in Russian Trans- ^ oaucasia destroyed towns jand Vil lages, and 1,000 persons lost their n lives. r - Phil Molloy of Dubuque, Iowa, * devoured seven dozen raw eggs on Monday inside of ten minutes on a wager. - Our wheat crop in 1001 was near- x ly -150,000,000 bushels in excess of ?. the crop of Russia, which is our near- < est jompctitor. - Young Teddy Roosevelt is all right again. His pneumonia was f caused by too suddenly cooling off ;, after violent exercise. ? ? - Seven men were killed and 14 ; i iujurcd by thc falling of alu ton bould- ? cr upon tho caboose of a work-train | near Little Rock, Ark. - Au unknown friend of Tuskegco institute, Booker Washington's school in Alabama, has given thc institution $25,00 fora girls dormitory. - Prince Henry will remain in this country from the 22nd instant until March 11th. He will como as far south as Chattanooga, Tenn. - In a fight between officers an i moonshiners near Middleboro, Ky., on Wednesday nine men were killed, inoluding a deputy sheriff. - A steam plow weighing 30,000 pounds and owned in Sau Bernar dino County, California, is supposed to be the largest plow in tho world. - The average depth of tho Texas spouting oil wells is a few foot more than a thousand and the height to which the oil is ejected 60 to 200 feet. - The Southern Tariff association haB made an inoreaso in insurance rates of 25 per cent, on all stocks of merchandise and on frame store build ings, etc. - James R. Keene gave $10,000 for the poor during thc blizzard in Now York the first days of this week. He also gave $10,000 to the charity organ ization society. - Union carpeuters of Spokane, Wash., demand forty-five cents an hour for eight hour's work after May 1. The new scale is an advance of five cents an hour. - MisB Mamie MoKano, night operator of tho Charlotte, N. C., tele phone exchange caught fire in her office and was burned so badly shu died in a few hours. - Confined to her bed with a bad ly injured ankle, Gertrudo Gothio was shot and killed by lier lover, Gcorgo Sutton, in Philadelphia. He thee shot himself, but he may recover. - The Stato of Louisiana has test ed its new plan of convict labor for ono year with great success. As the result of thc first -season's work (ho Stato has realized $180,000 in cash. - Tho poBtoffico appropriation bill carries $137,000,000, an increase of $14,000,000 over last year. Tho lar gest item is $41,250,000 for railway transportation. Rural delivery gets ? $7,500,000. I - Thirteen young men have boen convicted for tho murder of Jack Os borne in Russell county, Ya., last Christmas and sentenced to the peni tentiary-five for 18 years, four for 16, others for shorter terms. - Judge Taft, of tho Phillippino Commission, declares that living in the Philippines is expensive. He confesses to tho Scnato Committee that out of an annual salary of $20,000 he could not save $2,000 for a rainy day. - Last week the two oldest women in Ohio-both residents of Toledo died on the same day. They were Mrs. Dora Extiuo, aged 104 years and one day, and Mrs. Hannah Torraos, aged 104 years, seven months and oue day. - llanuolfus Bingham, of Mer chantvillc, N. J., supports life at the age of 75 on food that costs 7n cents per day. Ile says he is healthy, happy and spry, and has helped to bury acquaintances who ridiculed his diet. - President Lincoln during the war met up with an army chaplain whom he behoved to bo uglier than himself and gave him a knife on that account. This chaplain, R?v. Wm. Hastings, of Toronto, Ohio, died a few days since: - Tho riots in Barcelona arc assum ing large proportions. The military are under arms. The artillery raked the streets with shot and shel), killing m?ny people; one report say S that 560 were killed. Anarchists aro said to be instigating the rioters. - White laborera of Vincennes^ Ind., have posted notices that rea *, as follows: "Notioe is hereby given that any man who employs negro labor after the first of March, or harbors, leases or rents land to any negro, their houses will b? burned after the last day of April." Tlie Anderson Delegation. Columbia, H. C., Feb, 21, 11(02. Editora Intelligencer : Please publish ls lu your next issue aa coming from i observer of tho proceedings of tho nderaon delegation in tho House of ^preventatives for the last fonr days. To begin with, we found all members i tholr scats watching very carofully rory bill and overy ainondmout thereto jt before the House. Wo wero agrooa ly surprised to Bee the amount of inCu leo ourdolegatlon exerts over the House, id on parliamentary law we understand tat two of our nunn born have mudo >nie valuable pointe of order, thereby Misting tho Chair In ruling correctly, a fact, I witnessed some points advanced y these members, and the billa or amendments, as they mlghtuhavo boon, ero altogether satisfactory to our dole atlon, and they oame out on top every me. We saw the Hon. (leo. E. Prince pre Ide quite a number of times, and the ."ay he managed things would have ti ado you proud of him. Our friend, Josh. W. Ashley, has a .owerful Influence lu the House, and lover fears for one minute to express his dews, and they are always flavored with ;ood common sense, and always along aa loonomlcal scale. Josh, is certain to be .oturned to tho House or else sont to the ?onato. Any Individuals wishing ocon >my In governing tho affairs of State mould consult find. Josh. W. Ashley. Mr. H?cker stands high up as a speaker iud orator, and has upon several occa sions brought tho House out of dilemmas. When ho spoaks ho wields an inlluenoe Lhat would cause any Andersonlau to reel that ho had done his country a noblo nervloe by having sent Mr. Uuokor to represent tho interest of Anderson Coun ty. Mr. H?cker, by the way, stands at the head of the House In carrying points. Now, for our life-time friend, Col. lt. Ii. A. Robinson. Tho Colouol ls al ways on the right side, for he never makes a speoch without first knowing wlpit the women cf the State desire, and alon lino ho;is head and shoulders above any man In the House, and on other Issues he ls a safe counsellor. We need such men as these, and, my ft lends, If you would only sit lu session with our Legislature for a few days you would appreciate our delegation, and would not send representatives to Colum bia as some Counties do. We do not know Mr. Bankin and did not see him, but we were told that be is always for tho best interests of his State and County. Hope you will publish this for our del egation. Yours truly, W. C. Bowen, M. D. A Card fre?r. Mr. Royall. The Lasalle Baptist Churoh, 430-441 LaSalle Av., Chicago, 111. The Rev. F. M. Royall was regularly received into the fellowship of the La Salle Avenue Baptist Church of Chicago by reiteration after due confession. He had been for a period a member of the organization of which Mr. Dowls is head. He came before the Church, made a hum ble confession for his errors, after exam ination by the deacons and all due cau tion was received. He had been formerly a member of the Reldsvllle Baptist Churoh, N. C. Communication was had with that Church, and upon the receipt of tho fact that there were no moral charges against the brother but that he was excluded for heresy, and upon that heresy being renounced Mr. Royall was duly received. Wo are all happy that the brother has returned from the error into which he, temporarily, had unfortu nately fallen ; and we hope that he will be cordially received bj the brotherhood. I romain Yours fraternally, John T. Christian. Dear Header : The above will explain Itself. I am one of God's little ones who was in error, but He has brought me back where He wants me to bo. My aim and purposo was to get oloser to Qod, to learn more of my Lord. 'Tis my wish to be where God wants mo to be, to go where He wants me to go, to say what He wants me to say. He ls opening the way for us to return to our loved work in far inland China in honor, and we are going as Gospel Missionaries. He has laid the work heavily on our hearts and we are yearning to get back and strength en the little band who Bro. Blalock writes me never missed mooting for worship a single Sunday tho year of the terrible boxer trouble, and through tho work of tho native Christians there aro those who awaiting baptism. I have not de nied my Lord nor doubted Him, and am the same bailie I was before, only I be lievo the error will bo a stepping stone to greater usefulness for tho Master. For getting tho things that are behind and with hope pressing forward to carry God's message to d*rk ('Inna. Most humbly, Frank M. Royal). . Obituary. Died, at tho homo ol her son-in-law, D. W. O. Harris, in Williamston, on January 25, 1902, Mrs. H. J. Allen, after a brief illness with grip. She leaves three sobs and ono daughter to mourn her death. Sho was a sister of tho late J. W." Gurley, and was great ly beloved by a wide circlo of friends? She was truly a good woman, and is now reaping the rewards of tho Savior whom she served so faithfully in this life. Tho day following her death tho r amaina wore laid to rest in tho Big -.reek Churchyard. A Friend. Pocket Knives for the mon and boys ? tremendous stook of most carofully BO lected Pooket Cutlery is offered by Brock Hdw. Co. Special designa to suit the Christmas traci?).