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you r MILL TIM IvS DFTWOCRATn 1'u1slisii:-:d i:vi:iiv wkhnksday B. W. BRADFORD. . ')' : ii.:- : S'U : i>. "le y i JI.Oi) Fix nwt ilii Throe months <'t?rr?'sp< in in on urn nt ?iti>J. <s i;. Invit 1. in:* no i tinonsihiUty i mHnim-'l for tin- views of convi-poiii'en s. .* nenvinouv ' intiunli' it Ions will not L<> p'lblislifil hi lie loltimtn < ?n iipi>il< :itlon u> the pubhnh'T. ;i?1v iTtl;-l:iK i--i nrulc know n to t'.'os" i 111' I est"?1. Kr.rt Mi'l "I" i (wit 1 Ions distance ? oiiu'M I j nt- N' . L' I. Fliillil' AltY 17. UOL . ? Tito Y/.?r in ill) East. ,\ eartvui si ;j(iy Ilii reports that have v<m?. h <! Aiiifiii-a from tin- K ist, in 1 ii<iiti|> -ss dispatch ok iiiM1 eointnunieations tlir ?n.rh < lH.-inl eh a n n < I s, would that hut two uidual i onlhelH ?>f any in nnent have s> far ooeiirred. These at tin* .1 ipui"?o naval att :el< on Port Arthur and flu* ntViir at Ch.'inulp ?. In oirrh'S where kiiOA'l die of conditions in that part of ll?i' world allows tliein to sp 'aU with any a-curacy, tin* va i ion > r 'ports of other enmi^ nmnits nr.* fi.nsid'T. d hut erli ?es of tliestwo lights. And wide loss than Miviuitv six hours of actual war have taken place, yet the mikado's foreos have demonstrated to the w -r. 1 that they are premiers in the art of tiohtim; and astuteness itself in the matter of taking advantage of opp< ?rt unities Already llussiu is in a hail wav at Port Arthur, the Gibraltar of t1 e far Mast. Two of her cruisers captured or sunk, two biltle ships mill another cruiser out of coinin ss on, ami several oilier warships rep ?rtei| to lie in hadly (lailim^eil ? aiditioii, 8iihi up the damage inllieled ny I lie wily Japs. The Japanese t hpnisel ves have, so far as ini I! * aseertanie I, thus far escaped unseathod. As details of III tij;hlino olF Port Arthur, an I in the very harbor itself, (Mime in, every new item ones to indie tie the unprepared- j lie->s of the Kussinus and the exeelleut ju |oiiie|)t and tu itietiwrilio ability of the .lupaneR*. One re)i a t, oiveit hy an eye-witnc.-s of the iirst attack on the ships outside Port Arthur, says that not the slightest pr paration had been hi ide for an attack from the Jup-j anese, that the Kussiati officials did not imagine that any active measures would 11? taken for several I nays m com , at the earliest, thai i Ih-* lighthouse was dark, and that while a noiiiiiial p it r <11 i ml; of the liarh o was conducted, it was hilt a .half-hearted one, and that the entrance of the .liipmeSi' vessels was to a great degree easily manAged. This state of affairs is astonishing. inasmuch asjthe Japanese vessels Were reported at Wei H ii Wei on Monday, within easy stetming distance of Port Arthur. Following is a list of 'lhissniii vessels which have boon put out of act ion: Ket viz in, b ittleship; Tsnreviteh. battleship; Poltava, battleship; I'.dhida, emi or; Diana, cruiser; A-kold, cruiser; enpt lined or sunk; \ .uiag, crui-er; Korietz, gunboat. Russia on the tnslda. liy the suppression of literature, oeii-orship of the press, prevention of public assotnblies, ami similar proceedings, llussia presents a It ild fr nit to the world and endeavors to escape a close examination, says the Charlotte Chionicle. Tnore is in that o nuitrv no sneh i Innos as personal freedom nor personal security. This is almost inroiiiprehensible to tli*? American m m 1 developed in h noveninient in which tin?-.? two things are the fuiindations; i?ut in Kussin, the people and the country ? >ciht. for ilie u'ovrrnui 'tu und not iho goveminent for the people. News a- ! pern and writem are punished without trial. Men are secretly neizi-d and ctrried to Siberia with- i out. a word of explanation or even of information lo relatives. Oritieisiu of the government are so re- j Htneted as to lie of no force, and no public ollh ial can he aued or made to answer for his mis leeds. Punish men's are indicted for which there is no authority and the people have no recourse Asa natural result of nil (Ins tliero has develop'd the strongest revolutionary society iirthe h.story of 11 jt? empire. Tlie a?efago revolutionists tried and sentenced line averaged ,341 annually for the past ijvn years ? nearly one every day. These men Inhering under the act umu'at.-d grievances of ntnny decad s. | Hmve no reverence for the inalitu ions of g ivemm *nt. and that war wt|l encourage them to renewed exertions is well proven by history; internal revolutions followed close . upontic Napoliotrio wars, iinpulant reforms were foscod after! t ie Qriigeuu w tj, and the Russian? } * ' !* Turkish war was followed by the . outbreak of JLS78 1NK1. , Ami if history repeats i s !f if like causes product' like r ? dt< it is possible that the urea?est liv illg exponent of tllO !> villi/ Kiull' of Kings will sooii i caii/.e hfiw Vei y far lie is beuind the rest/ of the world. I I Uncla Ssr.t Hands Off in EatAerr. War. President lloosevelt Oil Tillirs day issued ji proclamation declaring the neutrality of this governnient in the Ku6so-.Iapanose war. Among other things the procla tnation declares that no person witliin the I ni e l States shall t ike part in the war, and warns all cili/. in that while tin free and f ill exp e.-sion of sympathies, in pub lie .iikI private, is not restricted by i lie laws of i In- I'iiiled St it - h mili- j tary forces in aid <?t either beliig rri-in i'iiuiw; lawluliy tic orjanized wiiiiin their juri diction; and ?li'it while ail porsous may lawfully and without i out rictioti, hy reus m of t he aforesaid state of win-, manufacture and sell within the I * ?i t d Slates ai nis, ainiiiu;fitions >1' war an I ether ar ieios ordinarly known as "emitraband of war, yt they cannot cany sneh articles upon tin* high seas for the use or service of either belligerent. Nor run they transport soldiers and olllcers of either, or attempt to hreak any blockade which may be lawfully established and maintained during the war, without ile-m i iug 1 lie ri-U of host le capture, and tin4 penalties denounced by the law f nations in that behalf. Suggests a Carnegie Library. Under dalo of dan. 28sh. Mr. Z ick Sprat t. of h\?rt Mill, writes | tin1 It >ck ll ill I lendd as follow-: Hear Sirs: In reading your piper, 1 can see the iiitlucn.-c it h is as an instrument to mould tin' pub lie. opinion within its cireui it ioti, for the hem-tit of the fast iuereas i11ti" population, the great laboring class employed in its many indns tries and the thousands of young , ladies that will attend Winthrop Normal in the future, I think tliit it would bo nothing hut right and patriotic in you as editor to give a largo part of your time, thought and energy in advocating a Uii nei gie library for If >ek Mill. The citizens would take it up with enthusiasm if they were only in formed of its possibility in the l ight way. Uook 11 ill will soon lie the tilnia m iter of the maj uity of the cultured homes of South Oirolina. A few years mid Win. Ilirnp will hf drawing ton and lifto** 11 hundred of tii;? brightest young I ulirs in tin* Stnt? to prepare tlieni for tin' State's great domestic duties. The thoroughness of that preparation depends on tlie generous public -joint that the eitiv'eiis iif Koek Hill show, tlie social, ; intelleetmil and literary surround ings of that nohle institution. After successfully securing the college for your daughters, you should see that the best ntuiusphere to l)o bad was placed around it in its young and vigorous growl h. No one can estimate the uplift that such a library would be to a community in a few years time. | \\ isliing you sueces, I remain, Zaek Spratt. ? -4 Col. W.n H McCorklo 0?3[J. There is much sorrow throughout this section on account of tiedeath on Saturday afternoon at o'clock of \ ork county's esteemed citizen and popular judge of probate, Col. Win. II M -t'orkle. For several months (*ol. MeCorkle had been in docliidiitj health ami liis death was duo to a nenerri breakdown, incident lo old a^'c, ne beim; in liis Nd.d yar, (Nil. MoCork e , was born in 1821, a mile ami a liall from what is now tin* oily <>f Itock Kill, and moved lo Yorkviile in! 1840 and f<?r many years en<r?i|*cd in morrhamlisi1114. In lHtil Col. ! Mo(\?rklf raised a com])my for the Confederal!' service and went into the army as its captain, it b comiiu; Company A of the Twelfth Sonth Carolina regiment. 11o gradually rose until lie became beaten hiii r.MOiiei nt 11?j11 regiment.. I It* | whs wounded in 111?; f?? >t ut Sharps- ; burn an?f was afterward transferred to ill*-' quartermaster department. Ill 1SSS lie was elected probate juil^f for York county, Micceediiin .Mr. J. 1\. Kennedy. Tit in office lie lna In Id continuously up to his il 'Hlli, mid after his first race for the olfiee ho Iihh had no opposition. Me lias made a most excellent official, kind and acboin idatinjr and cfli i ut Funeral services were held at the Fiist Presbyterian church of Yorkvillo at .'t lid Sunday afternoon and the remtiina were interred in the city cemetery. -* ?- ?^ The senate lias passed the bill introduced by Senator Price provilliitvc that communities may vole out established dispensaries. '* Few or gallon* wears loger; Xtovoc Senator Hanna Dead. INIareiis A. Il.iiiMti. I 'uit? (l States Senator froin Ohio, ami oat of tin t'<>r.-most fi^uivs in Ami. :i< ail puh Ii-* life, die i Monday evening in Ids apartments at tlm Arlington Hotel. Washington, at o:J0 p. 1:1 , >t typhoid fever, after an illness of i two Weeks. lie passed uw>>\ pear I fully Mini without paill, afc-r I) miilt mucous -ions at a. in., at which I itt:e tin' lirst of a s>'t u-s of i ink in;: spells eauie < ti, from the last of which he never rallied. All the i r . . r i . ? : iiiiMii(?erjs ?>i i in' liiiniiy. wiiii mil' i nr I wo ekeept i< mis, wi'i'i' ;it ill" 1k?*1 bid" when i h" end nine. J We Hardly Think So. Tli" C iliunliia " ur r ondo'it of the (ieot ^etowu (> itlook ha> thin t . say: "Hon. T. V Williams, of Lancaster, oil" of ill" braiioe.-t mori in ] ill" Hons", and oil" of ill" I>t*st par | lianKuitniian- in tin* Slat", will op- , poso lh" Hon. '). I*] Fmloy lor l\ iii^'i'i'SH in lli" Fifth I)inti i' I. ] Mr. Williams is very popular aiid , his "hano's ni" excellent to win out hy a hii^ nial) n ily1 Mr. "\\"ii 1 intn^ is an excellont , trent It'inan, and will doubtless make a j?ood race. lint mh to his winniiiLC oui ' hy a i?.l; majority," , we have our doubts. , Mr Ed. Helton Dies Suddenly. , Mr. lvl Helton, an implore of t'i" Millfort Mill, died suddenly Wednesday ni"ht at his honi" in tli mill villaLT". r.ffoi" retirin" Wednesday evoiiuLT. Mr. Helton s.l and eonverHed with his family as usual, and was np ai' oitly in the bo-? of health. The discovery of his d'-atli was not made until member^ of the family attempted I i awake 11 i in itt ill'* morn ; ii'_r work , hour, and from ill' fad tlint It s Ii idy was s'iil warm il wis evident that death struck him not earlier th in 1 a. m The immediate cause , of death, as ascertained lie 1 >r>. K;rlqi iiriek and Tltomp-ion, was enhwuuient of I ho heart. Mr. If, lion wis about .*> "> yni> of jio,?, was a native of lamciist' r county, and is survived Uy a wife and several children. lie was a 111 ml) T of the K ick Will laid*. ' of W "iduieii of the World, in wliieh order lie was insured for ^o.O'k), and also an Odd L'Vllow. The Ixaly was interred in L iurelwood cemetery. Rock llill. Thursday at- , terno n with W oodncn honors. ( Wealhar Pradiclions According to tin1 authorities at Wa-hington, only 17 per cent c?f t lir weather forecasts arc failures. Kiglity-three per cent of truth Is probihly mure than aim a-t any ' other dcpirtment ? f the govern- | ineut can show. It must be ndin.t teil that the worth of the iustitn tiou is growing, ami that it lias be. <'0111- invaluable. Along t!ie~great ' lak? s and rivers the weather fore ' casters prautieally control e >111merce. So much f iiIh is placed in r their information that ships sail or remain in port, according to th intelligence given out. On the great likes it is seldom ?hat a great storm finds shipping unprepared.:, because the weather m in lias done , his duty. 1 The fanners ar ospeei illy hone- ' fitted by w ether intelligence, and the faith '.hit the public has made in predictions i.- shown by tin* fact , that in every newspaper ollioe the one item that must appear with nit ( fail, in some fixed prominent posi- | tiou, is the weather forecast. j( livery year there is development > and more scientific accuracy in 1 peering into the future. A line,' policy of the government is 11??? ; ^ putting of competent men in 1 j charge of weather stations, and i keeping them there. Politics 1 should never lay its had on the weather bureau. i i Groat Fires of America. < ? ! > Chicago, t) -t. S, 1872 One t fourth of the city's area, including ^ entire business portion. Twelve . thousand buddings burned. Five) huiidn>d people killed. Loss $108- 1 OdO.OvH). 1 < liostoe, Nov, 9, 1S72 Sixty-five J acres, including the most sub-Man- 1 i tini business portion of the city.' destroyed. Loss $7.5.000,000. (J He bee. dune S. 18^1 (>ne-fifth J of the city wiped out. Loss $2,1)00,- j ] 000 St. Johns, July 0. 1002?Six hundred buildings destroyed; fif-1 teen tiiousan 1 persons rendered! homeless Loss $20.' 00,000, Jacksonville, May 1001 -One 1 hundred and forty-eight city blocks laid waste. Loss $15,000,000. L Peterson, Feb. t). 100J? Twenty- ! six blocks burned in the heart of 1 the city. Loss $10,1)00,000. j} Don't sutfer with your eyes and j ] headaches. 1 lave t hem tested and 1 fitted with proper glasses. Exam- ' illation absolutely free and glnsse-, at half price for a short time. Satisfaction guaranteed or no pnyJjL. L. J. MASSEY, 3 lJl,' - 111 10 OUR POLICY HOLDERS. Owing to the large number of our policy holders who aredesirous of know- 1 iug how the Haiti tnoi*e lire ntlectod our eonijianieS, we give the tollowiug ' figures: The Continental Insurance Co. lost.' $ 1,l^e.l'-'S 00. After this loss is jiuid the company will have remaining a surplus A 5.000,01)0.00. 'I he North 1 British ami Mercantile Insurance * V?. lost $1,000, WO, which will! he pa id in cash from their I.?union office, leaving untouched their American seeuri t its. Th" Home Insurance Co. of New Vorlc lost STnO.oOO. After this loss is paid tiiis company will have remaining a surplus of $s,7oO,OCN>. The Philadelphia Underwriters lost it?.OOO.ii >. After this loss is paid this company will have lvinuininga surplus ..f ft ' I If! - IS v? Fork's Dewdrops. Tin- smoke lianas over tl.ie hills, find l i i m t is the si^n tlmt the farmis an* niltiiijr down briar thickets. Hid }; li ning them'up in oulci to have utore room for cotton. They stiotiId reim mber timt lots if us fellows will be hniujerin^ fur blackberries next summer. -Mr. aucl .Mia. S. K. UntTmun spent last Sunday with relatives in IMensant V'alley." r Sa juiol White and r. Mi s V. ie. spent one day last week in Uock Hill. Mr. Fred Niins an I little daunh' I .li'/.ab -th. have returned from i >. i-it t i relatives in Mt. Holly. X. ( < >110 poor fellow down h*re is di ait to five up the uhost. lie lias In* la -C?'ipj;t?, but is under the impression it is only a cold. So vou Mr. Splinter, you ou^ht not to have acted as a plenipotentiary. (iiip is very much in vo^ue lown In re, and we surely congratulate our (jold Hill friends on not having im t it, for when you meet tin* versatile monster, he doesn't wait for you to know him, but inIreduces himself, follows you home and before loin; you don't know whether you are on the earth or l'?lil..r i ! v ? ? Mo.t-o... .,..1 ?!- *1 ...... . I...- valine* iiimur in*' eaiui. 11'I furthermore yon don't mueh ir. . Now we folks ilown here 11 it v * * learned to our sorrow lo dis. t i i U 1.-11 111 ??l ippe and i Kiel e e? '1(1 N iff I (rot her Splinter you just wait till >ou u<> to sleep some of lliese cold nights and I'eel like you will wake up dead. Then you'll know you have^ot it its the^rip. Ipse l)i.\it. Gold Hill Nugg&ts. The health of this seetion is ltoo.I. Some folks have e >ids. r crip. hut as Splint* r says ]?? <?r folks don't have grip. we suppose there is not much j;t' p here. Lumber is very Heuree in this seeti ii at present, (imss it will lie plentiful in a short time as Mr. \V. II. Windie will atari his saw mill this week. The grounds at thes-hool house have been uotablv improved during the past lew days by the s hool "ehniu unujjp'' .Miss lileeker I> dies, of !* 1. asnnt \ alley, is visiting i lative.s and i ! 1piii ^ % i? i l . . . . - .,, ? .7 i ? ? i i i r? ? null. Mr. Kimx Windle and Miss !\ '!vnrt> Kiuilirdl went visiting >\i r in iiciisaiit Valley 1 n1 Saturday ami rep.ut having luul a very enjoyable 11 nil'. .Av|! mi' Wagoner, of Abbeville, visited at Mrs. S. A. CulihurpYi last wrok. The abuluiculs at Steel creek bridge were < >ln] letcii Saturday mil people are now crossing as usual. 1 think the bridge is safer lhau it has been for a year. Wo are proud to learn of the Fork ha vino a trained muse. Such i person would doubtless be of much benefit to this suction. Messrs. .I. d. f 'oltharp and W. \Y. Warren went to Charlotte Tuesday oh business. Kov. In Mcir.criam. A pain we are met with bowed heads ind breaking hearts to place a garland >a the grave of another of our Memorial mild, Who lias crossed lhe riser to the >thcr shore. Olio (more face ia tlio hlesseil throng, Aaqther voice in the launh's sweet son# \ wailing f >r us 'twill not l>e long." And yet how we long 'For u toncti of the vanished hand, A Sound of i lie voice that is stilled." In less than one year we have been alle^l to give tip three of our most demoted members. He-si White lias been on,it idem died with our association, and 'or years was its most etllcient secreta y. taking a dec,) interest in her work, rivblir it till benefit. of tier eifieil defnorial day slit', an long as health icyinitted, was present to lay her .vrpatll <m the graves of our sainted ioljdicr dead. It is needless to say how sadly we niss her wise counsel, atul always heerful help. And then, her bright Jhristinn character is an incentive to if t<? go forward ami d?> hotter work for lie Master. May the (lodof all comfort almudanty?grant the bereaved ones the C oil so ation of the Holy Spirit.. Resolved: 1st. That tis our loving Father, "who ; loetli all things well," has seen (if. to take from us our beloved sister, that we l?ow in humble submission to His holy will. and. That this expression of our love uid sympathy be recorded in our record Dook, published in our town paper, and that copies l?e sent to the members of lior family, Mrs. liiicy Parker Fulp. Mrs. W. B. Ardrev. Mrs. J. B. Mack. * Coniniitte Ladies' Memorial Assn. - Letter to J. P. BAILES Fort?Mili? B. C. Dear Sir: Pay more for Devue; be glad ' :o. It is full-measure and honest. Paint isa watch-dog. How would you 1 ike a watch dog that wouldn't watch from two to live o'clock in the morning? [ rivit's short measure. How would you like a watch dog that liad a way of wagging his tail at a Burglar? That's false paint. The burger is rain and snow. Go by tho name: Devoo load-and zinc. Yours truly, F. W. Dcvoe & Co 11 New York P. S: W. B. Ardrey & Co sell our pain', j . . J jijfih , k J jffl? ' The < Hons Fulls lust ?1 ?">,0()0, and after paving tlu i ' 1ns s will havo relnniu. tig ;i -nrplus of ?2,-li."?.Si7. Tho Georgia Home and the AtlantaIliriuiughnm Insuraitoo l'o.'s did not lose anything. Itfallv, J. L. M'ltATT. Escaped an Av/DI Ffiie. Air. ]|. Muggins. of Melbourne. Flu., writes. "My doctor told tne 1 had Consumption and nothing! 01 aid bo done for mo. 1 was given ! up to'dio. Tho oil\ r ( f a free hot- . tlo ?>f Dr. King's Now Discovery i for Consumption, induced me to try it. Results were startling. I am now on the road to recovery and owe all to Dr. King's New Discovery. It surely saved my life This groat euro is gaarnntoed for aM throat and lung diseases by All Druggists. Price 50c A $1.00. Xiial Mottles free. The old farmers Fay look for a or.od crop year afler a liaid winter. II" that be true, when tlic crops of 1 !)(> 1 are harvested new and larger cotton houses (hardly now barns and cribs > will have to be erected to meet the needs of the farmers. Better Than Gold. "1 was troubled for several,years with chronic indigestion and nervous debility." writes K. .1. Green, of Lancaster, N. 11. No remedy helped me until I betjan u?in?_j Klertne Hitters, which did ine more t?ood tlun all the medicines 1 ever tif-ed. They have also kepi my wife in excellent health for; years. She says Kleetrie Hitters! are just splendid for female troll- ! hi. s; that they are a ^rand tonic! and inviLiorator for weak, fun down women. No other medicine can j lake its place in our family.'' Try tliem. OnlyfiOo. Satisfaction guar-j auicrd bv All Druggist's. Although the consumption of ; cotton iu tlbs country is greater . than 'h it of any other country in the woild. yet, in addition to supply iop ihe home market, the South exported last year over it L-2 billion pounds, worth i> 17 million dollars.1 Nearly Forfeits His Life. A runaway almost ending fatal- i ly, started a horrible nicer on tinleg of d . It. Orner, Franklin (irove, III. For four years it defied all doctors and all reinidies. But Bnckh n's Arnica Salve had no trouble to cure him. Equally good for .Burns. Finises, Skin Eruptions: and Piles. l!5j at All Druggist's. (iovernor lley ward on Thursday j sicneii the first batch of nets and resolutions sent in this venr bv J J the general assembly. Among the ti n in tier was 11 e biennial sessions art, suggested by the governor in his annual message and passed a short time ago. There were two ; joint resolutions and nine acts signed in all. Mysterious Circumstance. ()n?* was pale and sallow and the I otln-r fresh and rosy. Whence the diltVrt lice? She who is blushing with health u-.es Dr. King's Mew | Life Pills to maintain it. Uy gently amusing the lazy organs they compel good digestion and head otf constipation. Try them. Only Joe, at All Druggist. Division of Streets Division of the streots of the town of Fort Mill into Wards. Ward No. 1, (in charge of J. M. Spratt) Massev street, Withers street, Harris street. Railroad strcot and Sprutt cfrent 1 -?LI.? ? -O- 5 v ..... f Kuni smn mil muu. ; Ward No. 2, (in charge of R. P. Harris) White street, Elliott street, Ardroy street and all the stroets of the Fort Mill Mfg. Co. Ward No. :i, (in charge of A. A. Young) Trade street, Booth street. Forest street, Kooky street and Clebourn street. Ward No. 4, (in charge of P. L. Moaeliam) Academy street, Confederate street. Banks street, Spratt street (west side railroad) and all the streets of the M ill fort Mill Co. By order of tho council. T. S. KIRKPATRICK, Attest: Intendunt. J. M. SPRATT. Clerk. J. U. Tray wick & Co., DEALERS IN FINE LIQUORS AND WINES,! No. 43 East Tra<k^St. CHARLOTTE, - h - N. C. I fYOUNG I | TENDER 5 5 JUICY t t t Those arc tho points of merit J J in our beef. You never run tho ^ ^ rloU of Rotting old or tough ^ A steaks here. Wo assure you when A 6 you conio to us for meat the qual- A ^ ity will be right. ^ A Our experience teaches us A A how to best select meat and how # 0 to best servo it for von. # t t A Juicy, tender steaks aro our A f pride?they give you au api?otite # ^ every time. All Fork Sausage? ^ ^ tin* Kind your grandmothers mud? ? ^ t 1> 1 . lwm.nl * $ The CITY MAUKKT, $ i ,T. T. J. HARRIS, Prop. ? 4^-^ ^ <%S%Z ELBERTA PEACH TREES, BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKSRED RASPBERRY PLAMTS. Eggs for hatching a specialty. All inquiries promptly ;ms\vov?.-<l. Write for Circulars. GEO. F. MONTGOMERY. MARIETTA. GA. Capital Stock. $:u>,000.00. BUSINESS.?When you think of going ? off to school, write for college .lournnl and Social Offer of the leading Business and Shorthand Schools Address, Kings Business College. Ralnirrl. M < ' i -1.VT r-> t w. . ..... .... . v> X 'IKIIIUI IV, f* . vv. I OBUIHI) teach Bookkoopuifi, Short ha ml, etc., by mail. I 11-18-aotw GIVE XJS A T1UAL ORDER and j?ct the BEST WHISKIES, W 1 N E S, BRANDIES, Etc., M (he m ?s( reasonable prices, J. D. Ross & Co. Proas., TIIE GOURD SALOON, CHARLOTTE, N. C. No. 29 W Trade Uotti 'Riones. Work.Well DoneHave you Table (Mollis, Connterpaiues, Doilies, Window Curtains, Blankets, etc-., laundered by tbo Model Steam Latindrv. , , of Charlotte, N. C. Prices for laundering the above articles cheerfully furnished. Our shipments are made Thursday mornings and returned Saturdays. McElhaneyvParks CoThe Clothing and Shoe Men. FOR GOOD AMI I SKIES. WINES, BRANDIES, ETC.,. CALL ON OR WRITE TO W. II. HOOVER, l inuuirTG. N. C. ' ? . 1 JJ W Mules! Mules! .lust received a car load of extra fine Mules. From now on you will always find me with a good supply on hand. Call and do business with me. If you haven't the cash I will sell yon and give you alt the time you want. Very respectfully yours, S.J.Kimball Hock llill, S C. 1