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3=3ELU alt tv, kSALSE 1865 INEWBERRY, S. C...1 'rlIA )C 90 WCKj \I~I: i.oAEI OUR GUNNERS. How They Are Selected and Trained in the Navy. "It i oily half tile work to arm and equip *hips with the Ilost iilprove(d gilns and sights; they mitst also have a Ihighily rained personnel capable -f Manipulating guns, turrets and torpe (oes," writes Lieutenant Commander Gleaves in the Juie World's Work. Vhen China found herself arrayed against Japan she offered $Soo cash per month for skilled gun pointers, but in all navies all great gun pointers are trained, not bought, and when the fight is on it is too late for instrile tion. How does a man become al expert guiner? Diligent drill and constant training are not enough withiout a cer tainl alotollit of natiral aptitude. 0n man after another is tried. .-\ few days drill in the turret eliminates all except the fairl3r promising. IUor the talent of eye antd nerve wlicli marks the born gun pointer tle gvernnent pays from $2 to $10 a monti in addi tion to the regular pay. The premium is not confinied to any race, creed or color. On one vessel ill the navy one of the gun pointers is a negro. Selecting gull pointers is one of the most important duties in the lavy. Ilaving selectcd the men for gun pointers, the next step is to traill them. Two methods are now in vogue, both having the same princi ple, but different in detail. In the old (lays of sails and smooth boi guns, the invariable rule was-was this: "Fire at the top of the down ward roll just as the ship begins to roll toward the target, and aim at the eneliiy's water line." This rule lasted far into the age of steam and turret guns, and has only recently been sup planted by "continuous aim firing," or by the art of keeping a gun trained o0 the target, regardless of the os cillations of the vessel, diring tlie whole or portion of the roll. The niethod of training men by the ne.w systeml--by the use of a "dotter" --was devised by Captain Percy Scott, of the British navy. The dot ter is a mechanical device which causes a small target to move across the face of a gun, with a combined vertical and iorizontal motion. The gunil pointer must make the gun follow the target, and wiienever the sights are on the bull's eye Ie presses a but ton. This causes a pencil to (lot tile target. That is his ihot. The other method of instruction is with the Morris tube, which consists of a small gallery rifle fitted on the gun, to take the place of the "dotter's" pencil. So proficient have the bluejackets become in handling the turret gun, that in actual target practice on board the Alabama a 13-inch gun is loaded and fired in thirty-eight seconds. Two kinds of target practice are employed now in all navies. One in which the target is stationary and the ship mov ing; the other in which bo.th ships and targets are moving. It Certainly Was Odd. Rochester HIerld~h(. The (duke of RoxIhtIghe has ill his castle at Kelso a nunmber of fine famn .Sonme (of the" roomis at K(elso are thrown o)pen to the putblic on certain days. The duke sometimies tells of a remark that lie on1ce heard a stranger make while looking through these oom s. [he st raniger had hahedl beneath o paintings that hung tide by side. hey were portraits of the third dutke dI his son, but the fathie hiad been nted in his childhood. he soIn ill old age. twas thiis that Pert) xed the mger. Hie studied the ~ortrait a 'time. Theni be said: Is it possible that this g itleman ani old man when his fa ier was n ?" S man has to use a mWgnifying j.ss to see his own finl A Story of Daniel Webster. irs. Letitia Tyler Semple. who was mistress of the White House during President Tyler's administration has" just Celebrated iII \ashiigton ther eighty-tlird birthday. I he statesnian I liked best in.m1v; youth was Daniel \-Vebster." NI rs. Semiiple said the other day. "le was . a handsome man and he talked well. 8 I remember a banqtlet one night when p the subjeact of death 'and dying came I). and Mr. Webster toldit us a story - w that was half funny and half pathetic. 0 "He said that an old woman lay c( very ill and after a time she went off s1 into a trance. She lay so still in this b trance that they thought tie enld had D Come, and when she opened tier eyes C again at last her husband said to her in a surprised tole: '\Vhy .\andy. we thought ye wuz S dead.' "The pooIr wVomanl looked at her . 83 hisband a moment and then she burst ti into tears. IT " 'An' ye never bawled a bit.' she [ sobbed. Ye thought I wuz (ead and yer eyes wuz dry. Couldn't ye have bawled a little bit, Jabez?' C "The old11 man was deeply moved, and he did actually bawl then. Hut his wife said sadly: " 'It's too late now. Dry yer eyes. If I'd really been dead and ye'd bawl- a ed 'twotild have done me some good. But it's tno late now.' " Small I-larry-Mamma, what is the meaning of heredity? Mamma-It is something you get from your papa or me. Small Harry-Oh, you mean a D spankin'. 7 Creatures of Contradiction. 7 Philadelphia Press. She will sit in a draught in a low necked gown with her arms and shoulders bare. t2 12 But she will go out on the hottest i afternoon with her head and neck tied it) in a thick chiffon veil. V She will forget to pay a bill of 2 $5 for months. I But she will make herself conspic tmis oi a street car s(uabbling to pay for her friend a five-cents piece which she doesn't owe. She will wear a skirt about six inches longer than it ought to be for walking. But she will hold it ip about six inches higher than any walking skirt m that ever was made. Ste is up in arms when she sees a horse whipped. But she will drag a poor little (log on a shopping bout that would en feeble a good sized man. (I She has a will that no power on _ earth can bend. Yet she would rather the world '2 should come to ain end than that she 8 should be caught doing differently 8 from her neighbors. 7 a2 For Sat urdlay andI Sunday morning 6 trains thte Southern raitway will sell I roundit trif) tickets to the following a pioints at very tow rates. 'Tickets good j3 ret urn inig tintit Tuesdlay following1 date of sale:8 WVathalla. S. C.. 3, Spartanburg, S. C.. 2.10 ct Greenville, S. C.. 2.10 Asheville, N. C-- .3.85 Hot Spring, N. C.. 4.60 Arden, N-. C., 3-85 Fletchers, N. C., 3.85E HIendlersonville, N. C., 3.85 Flat Rock, N. C.. 3.85 Sahida, N. C.. 3.85 Tryon, N. C.. 3.85 Brevardl, N. C., 4.60 Lake Toxawvay, N. C., 5.30 P. Taylors, N. C.. (for Chicks Sp)rings) 2.312 Isle of Palms .5.15 - Sullivan's 5.15'. Summer excursion tickets good un til October 3rst aslo on sale. For .. schedules, etc., apply to' S. IMI McLean, Agent. %To. 41 4 . reasury Departmen Ace of Coinptroller of the Corrency. Vashington, D. C., October 12, 1903 HEREAS, by satisfactory ev dence presented to the unde gned, it has been made to appear thi: The People's National Bank of Pro, rity," located in the Town of Pro rity, in Ihe County of Newberry, ar ;ate of South Carolina, has complit ith all the provisions of the Statut< the United States, required to I im lied with before an associptic al be authorized to commence ti isiness of Banking; Now, therefore 1, Thomas P. Kan( eputy and Acting Comptroller of th irrency, do hereby certify that "TI aople's National Bank of Prosperity, cated in the Town of Prosperity, 1 .e County of Newberry, and State < )uth Carolina, is authorized to con once the business of Banking as pr( ded in Section Fifty-one hundred ar Kty- nine of the Revised Statutes < *e United States. i testimony whereof witness my har .S.] and Seal of office this Twelft day of Octobe r, 1903. T. P. KANE, Deputy and Acting Comptroller of th irrency. (Eastern Sta;adard Tin c.) uthbound. Northbnn Schedule In Effect January 10th. 191 STATIONS. 8 40 am Lv Atlanta (s..L) Ar. X 50 pm 10 58 am Athens 6 19 pui 12 00 am Elberton 5 17 pn, 1 03 pm Abbeville 4 05 nT 1 28 put Greenwood 3 85 2 16pn. Ar Clinton (Din'r) Lv. 2 45 pt 34 22 53 52 21 8 y Dqy My MY D'ly D' x ex ox o: an Sun Sun Hr m am pm pm pn a 10 700202 Lv [auren-i Ar 150 900 6i 25 7 10 209 Parka 142 861 5F 45 780 2 22 Clinton.. 130 8 30 1 15 7 0 884 Goldville 1 16 300 4 So 800 241 Kinard 109 74-5 4 40 809 249 Gary 108 736 4 50 818 254 Jalapa 1258 725 4 60 840 310 Neyrberry 1243 795 3 82 902 324 Prosperity 1228 941 31 48 918 384 slighs 12 18 626 2 10 926 889 LC Monntain 1214 620 2 40 940 361 0hapin 1203 605 2 55 950 857 Hilton 1156 55% 2 05 955 401 White Rock 11 5 650 2 251004 407 Ballentine 1148 641 1 5510 17 4 17 Irmo 1139 6 28 1 05 1020 423 Leaphart... 1182 5 19 1 30 1046 445 Columbia 1116 5 00 1 A. C. L. Columbia (Union Station) 445 11 20 1 565 LvColumbia (A...L.)Ar I '0 6 20 Sumter y 21 9 86 Ar Charleston Lv 6 00 Trains 68 and 52 arrive and depart fr4 )w union depot. Trains 22 and 21 from A. C. [. freight depo 'eat Gervale street. larleston anil western Carolina Rwv C Augusta and Ashevillo Short Line. (Bhedule in effect August I, 1903.) .ead Down.) (Bead U] ,40 pm.........Lv Newberry... Ar 8.10 pi .50 pm.....Ar Laurens......... Lv 2.02 p ,07 pm........Lv Laurens.. .. .. .. Ar 1.30 p1 .30 pm.........Ar Spartanburg..... Lv 12 0) p1 40 p..Lv Spartaiibrg..... Ar 10.25 a 82 pm.........Ar Baluda.............. Lv 8. 89 at ,11 pm.........Ar Hendersonville Lv 3.05 ar .15 pm.........Ar Asheville........... Lv 7.06 a1 A46 pm....,. Lv Newberry (O.N.&L.) 3 10 PT ,50 pm...... Ar Laurenf.-............Ly 2.02 pi 65 pm.Lv Laurens...........A r 1.45 al pm.Ar Greenwood......Lv 12.44 p; 20 m..Ar Augusta,...........Lv 10.10 at .85 pm.Lv Augusta..... .....^.r 12.20a .80 pm..Ar Beaufort,...........Lv 7.15 at 45 pm.Ar Port Royal ..... 7.05 a' 46 pm.Lv Newberry (o N.& L)A r 3.0 pt 50 pm..Ar Laurens........... v 2.02 pi 09 pm..Lv Laurens ........... ' 1.85 p i 25 pm.Ar Greenville........ v 12.16 pt I'or further Information relative to rate o., call on, or atd(reiss *a-0. 'T- idt RY Gen. Ag'. Greenville. 8 E RNE' T WI LiIAMS,O Gn. Pasq. A gt.. Augusta. Gac l'. M. mecren. Traffie Manager. LUE RIDGE' RAIL ROAGJ K. 0. BBA'V-IE, Receiver. In Efteel June 8, 1902. Between Anderson and Waihalla. LS3UDwUSTBOUS ICied. Mixed 3. 9. No. 12 Stations- No. Il No, K. A.M. P.M. Al 16 986.....Belton.......... 820 10 48 9 88..Anderson F. D.3...40 11 ...9 09.......Denver.....869 .. 9 2.......A u ........4 05 ... 888 .....Pendleton ..... 411 ,.. 847-.~-.Cherry.......,418 ... ...844.......Adama..........4 21 ... ..838 ..Jordania Junet ... 488 ... ....8 .........eneen....... 485 ... 64 ...8 00....Wahalta . =50n FATHER AND Col. C. E. Updgraff, of Readinj Stomach Trouble, and His DUFFY'S PURE I Lt The Colonel and His Son Are Well Kno Permsylvanis-flen Whose Word Carrid -t'~ COL. C. E. UPDEGRAF7. Both Heartily Recommend Duffy's P Them Health After I The Colonel's Letter.. " It gives me great pleasure to state that I have just recovered mron a severe attack of chronic Gastritis. Nothing could be re tained on my stomach during my illness. Not even milk. I was reduced from 185 lbs. to 145 in 7 weeks. Nothing did me any good. ly son insisted that I should try Duffy's 1 ure Malt Whiskey, which had cured him. It stayed on my stomach, and I was able to take a little milk with it. It acted like magic, and in a few weeks I was 'i able to take solid food without distress. I 5 soon regained my weight, my stomach is I sound my general health was never better. And i owe my cure to Duffy's Pure Malt 11 Whiskey." C. E. UP-DEGRArF, 398. 4th St. viTHEIR ONLN 'y No medicine in the world can show a la Malt Whiskey-over 4,000,000 complete cures make you feel botter for a while but the effit tively cures you. 7,000 doctors prescribe it. ar Duffy's alone will cure you and keep you well- RE It is scienti fially dis. tilled from carofully so lected malt, and is guar anteed absolutely free from fusel oil, so gon erall found in other whislies. It begins by killing - the disease germs and driviing them out of the system. Then allays all inflan.nation, replaces the diseased tissues, en riches and purifies the blood, and strengthens the circulation. It tones up the heart's action quiets the nerves, anA OAUTION.-When you ask for Du tr's genuine. UYnscrupulous dealers, mindful ol try to sell you cheap fmtations ant malt w market for profit only, and which, far froii ful. Demand " Duiry'" and be sure you ge WhIskeV which containsnedicinal, health-gi is sold in sealed bottles only ; never In flat "11 Old ChemIst," on the label, and be cert Beware of rofilled bottles. Sold b all druggists and grocers or dir buffy Malt hiskoy Co., Rochestor. New Yoj 1 s ol SON CURED O, Pa., Was Cured of Chronic Son of Bronchitis, by 1ALT WHISKEY wn and Respected Business Men of a WeightWherever TheyAre Knowa. C. E. UPDKORAFF, JR. ire Malt Whiskey, Which Brought 'ears of Suffering. Front the Son. Mr. C. E. UpdogratT, Jr., is of the firm of Updograff &. Brownell, rietors and managers of the New Bfiot Theatre at Reading, and of nuimerous other enter prises. Ho says of Duffy's Pure Malt bhiskey: "For years I Ruffered from a bronchial affection. Nothing the doctors gave me seemted to do any good, and it kept getting worse. Finally one of the doctors advised me t, try -Duffy's Pur Malt Whiskey. whic. he had used for years in his practie'e. My throat comnnnocd to heal at once, my cough grew better, and to-day I am com pletely cured, a picture of robmst, rugged health. I cheerrufly recommend Dufry's to all my friends." MEDICINE rger list of actual cures than Duffy's Pu%r m 50 years. Lots of so-callmd " cures" soon ipassis off'. tuif'y's aitally andposi d 2,000 hospitals uso it, exclusively. brings to the cheok the glow of perfect health. Duffy's cures brmin cliis, consumlptioi,, -I tarrh, grip, peile n 1an4d fill thront aid 1-;: trouhh-il.s; gastro1,, in-. pssia. and all stimsih. Slisews; malairia, udr. il low foevrs. Amid it. 4i1. it, ni il n q ;ivt, e nastu,ral nner,. wi, - ouit, beaIvi;l, linydi a, coina'tio61 ant s .hi nd1611 it It is 11 only whi:, riengii'id byv the. GI er iet 1s a medicin.,' wtieh is of it -' t i strong guarante0. Pure malt Whiskey he mlre ymi get th ' the excellence o1f this pIe pnaratInt 1. .w itt hinkey substitutes, whiclh are pivt on I Io i relieving the iek, tare psi ively i., s - L it. It in the only ah4slutely pU oi. ving qalatiMes. hitry'" 'uie II Malt % I b.;-y or bllk. Look for f1. wrah-nma th Lin the seal ovor the cmrk Is unbroken. et, $1.00 a bottle. Medical bifok-t frreo. k. eg~etable i all others reinywh edm6006 A.'"