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# THE LARGEST CIRCULATION of Any Newspaper In th« Fifth Congreaelonal District of 8. C. EVERY ONE PAID IN ADVANCE SEMI-WEEKLY—PUBLISHFD TUESDAY AND FRIDAY WE GUARANTEE THE RELIABILITY! of Every Advertiser Who Uses tl%B Columns of This Paper. BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM A Newspaper In All that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 16, 1894. GAFFNEY, S. C.. TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1907. 11.00 A YEA ft* A NEWSY LETTER FROM WILKINSVILLE. MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OF LOWER CHEROKEE. Personal Paragraphs Concerning Pop ular People and Short Items of that Section. Wilkinsville, Dec. 28.—A happy New Year to all our readers. The old year with its troubles and trials, with its many pleasures, successes and blessings we consign to an eter nity of the past and will try to im prove the present and future from our experience in the past. Your correspondent has been quite unwell since his last letter was writ ten, but he now feels that he is him self again. Christmas was an unusu ally quite one in this neighborhood. Notwithstanding the report that “oceans of liquor had been ordered” by our citizens we have yet to see the first case of drunkenness or dis orderly conduct. We don’t mingle with that class and some may think that is the reason of our being no bet ter posted on such matters. Since our last letter Mrs. Lizzie Prld J more, of Sardis, has been called to her last resting place. She was not only one of the oldest ladles in this section, but one of the most univers ally admired. We have known her for a long time as a plain out spoken woman. No one ever had any doubt as to what she thought about any matter of importance. There was not a particle of deceit in her. What she thought she spoke. In this re spect she excelled the average wo man. We are told that “an honest man is the noblest work of God.” The same applies to woman also. “Immortal glories crown her head, While tuneful hallelujahs rise, k And love and joy, and triumphs spread Through all the assemblies of tbe skies.” Mr. Jacob Pridmore. her husband, we are sorry to learn, is lying very ow at this time. Mr and Mrs Prid more are the parents of Messrs. W. J Pridmore. Mason Pridmore, Mrs. J. H. Wilkins, and of your townsman, Mr. Hamp Pridmore, all of whom have our heartfelt sympathies. “Santa Claus” made his visit to many home in this community and made the little folks happy with his presents. The Ablngton Creek people had a treat for their Sunday School scholars on Christmas day. We are sorry we were too unwell to be present on that occasion to help make the little folks happy. Mr. W. R. Walker is spending the Christmas holidays on his Sunnyside farm. Mr. Sid Miller, one of our right- hand men came up from Union to spend Christmas with his parents at ’ Smith’s Ford. Sid has been in busi ness in Union for the last several months. Rev. R. T. Liston preached a very able and interesMng sermon at Salem on last Sabbath from the text: “For unto you is l>orn this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.” Luke 2: 11. On last Saturday night there was a supper given at the school house near here and $12.CO wan realized for the library. A good many people are spending t leir Christmas holidays in visiting. • Our oldest and most observant readers will remember that in 1883 some quasi astronomer of Europe pre dicted that in the year 1907 the Star of Bethlehem would make its appear ance in the East. Those who will no tice Venus one of these clear morn ings just before daylight will con clude that it has an unusually bright appearance and the prediction is coming to pass. It will be the moving star till the middle of September ’07. Th * practical abandonment of the "spelling reform” will be hailed with joy by all governmental employees, who are conversant with the long es tablished authorities on lexicography. ( The inquiry made through this cor respondent for a child three to six years of age, which some of our friends (who have no children of their own) wished to adopt was promptly answered by a Christian so ciety and negotiations are now on foot to carry out the object. As soon as the matter has been settled we will give a full detail of the transaction. There are, no doubt, many orphans, s who with little trouble, could be placed in homes with good people who will take care of them and raise them rightly. Mr. L. M. Hartford has the contract for running the free ferry at Howells next year. He took charge of it last week. “Lillit” will make a good fer ryman, we believe. Messrs. Jack and Jim Smarr, of Hopewell, are both on the sick 1 list. They were unable to attend ■" preaching service at Salem last Sub- bath day. Mr. S\m J. Strain expects to cele brate his 28th birthday on January 8. It will also he the 100th anniversary of the birth of his grandfather, Wm. Strain. Mr. James G. Garner, we learn, has a notion of moving to Capt. A. H. Foster’s in Union county to take charge of his mills. We attended the meeting of the North Pacolet Interdenominational S. S. convention at Sardis last Sabbath. The dav was very cold and but a small number were in attendance, yet notwithstanding, it was a good meet ing. The Sardis choir under tho lead ership of Prof. A. G. Davis, made ex cellent music, and an abundant din ner w-as spread by the ladies to which all did ample justice. The Sardis people am good entertainers. They know how to hake their visit ors enjoy themselves. Cherokee coun ty should be proud of such citizen ship. Hon. C. W. Whlsonant killed two very fine hogs Wednesday, one weigh ed 39G pounds and the other 390. Cal vin doesn’t do thing by halves. He never falls to have fine hogs and plenty of them when killing time comes. Besides his oil mill enter prise, he runs the largest mercantile business in this section, which is managed by his son. Mr. Boyce Wlhis- onant, than whom there is not a more business man in the county, and one in whoso honesty and Integrity the patrons have unbounded confidence. Uncle Sill Estes Is a pretty good doctor. He came in the other day while your correspondent was wrest ling with a “buck ague” and admin istered to his comfort like a veteran disciple of Esculaphlus. They may say what they please about “Uncle Sill” but he will attend to the sick. Mr. Walter Kirby started to Ra leigh, N. C., last Wednesday where he will enter school for the coming season. It’s very unfortunate that this state after furnishing so much money for school purposes can’t ed ucate its young men at home. With all the parade that is made about our schools one would think that a young man or woman could get all the education they wanted at home, unless they desired to graduate at some of the hi«h grade colleges. Miiss Louise, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. Ben McCulloch, came near being badly burned one day last week. Her clothes caught fire when they were heating water to scald hogs. It is a striking coincident that the same thing took place a year ago in the same way at the same place and on the same occasion. Two wrongs don’t make a right. The first four verses of the 6th chapter of Ephes ians should be the constitution of every happy household in the land. J. L. S. ALLEGED RACE RIOT NEAR MOUNT ZION HUNDREDS OF ARMED MEN ANSWER CALL FOR HELP. RAVENNA NEWS. Personals and Local Items of General Interest. Ravenna, Dec. 31.—The exercises at tbe Ravenna school last Friday evening were very much enjoyed by all present. Each scholar carried out his part most beautifully and all in- all a real nice time was enjoyed. Our school opens again on Monday morn ing. The Christinas tree at Goucher was a success and many present say It surpassed the one they had last Christinas. Quito a crowd of our young peo ple attended the Christmas exercises at Pacolet Mlills last Friday night. Miss Bessie Mathis gave a mose enjoyable “fruit supper” last Wed nesday night, and all present seemed to enjoy it very much. The Raven na concert band was present and rendered some beautiful music. We would like to give all the names of those present but could not get a complete list. Miss Irene Bonner, of Waco, Ga. formerly of this place, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Bonner. Mr. C. E. Pettit, a student of Fur man. and a good friend of ours, is spending his Christmas vacation with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. B. G. L Pettit. 'Dr. J. E. Chalk, of Iwingley, is here visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Chalk. Mrs. C. E. Kitchens is spending Christmas at Spartanburg with her son and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Kitchens. Your correspondent has returned from a visit to Clifton-and surround ing points. We would like to have met ”S,” our Clifton reporter. We most heartily thank' “J. L. S.” for his kind mention of our letters, wo most highly appreciate. If we had more correspondents like “J. L. S.” we could have a real newsy paper. Misses Edna and Minnie Brown and Lillie Goforth, of Gaffney, have returned after spending Christmas here. Miss Maggie E. Goforth and broth er, Jonathan, spent last Wednesday at Goucher. the guests of Misses Fannie and Eunice Smith. Mr. G. W. Chalk made a business trip to Gaffney last Saturday. Married last Sunday: Miss Julia Mathis, daughter of John H. Mathis, to Mr. Rolland Reynolds. This couple have our host wishes through life. Christmas passed off very quietly here and a more still time could not have taken place. Mr. Charley Clary, our excellent mail carrier on route 1, from Gaffney, delivered mail through this place on Christmas day. This letter finishes up our last communication for the old year, and we hope that during our re|>orting we have not hurt anyone’s feelings. If we decide to further correspond for our hustling county paper, we shall try and do better. C. —We thank the trade for the/ lib eral business that has been given us and extend to one and all a Happy and Prosperous New Year. We will be pleased to have you call and see us at all times. Yours very truly, The Gaffnev Jewelry Company. -Toys by the cart load at Carroll 4c Byers. —“Grip Tablets” will cure your cold. They are guaranteed by the Gaffney Drug Co. Not a Negro to be Found Who Could in Any Way be Connected With Shooting. I (Spartanburg Herald.) “I am penned in the block house surrounded by negroes who threaten to kill me. For God’s sake send aid.’’ ■This message from Operator Porter at Mount Zion, a small station six miles east of the city on the main line of the Southern railroad, flashed into the train dispatcher’s office at this place, at Gaffney and at Cowpens, started wild rumors last night, of se rious race riots, and caused fully two hundred men from along the line to the scene of the supposed bloody con flict The Mount Zion race riot turned out to be very much of a farce and all that was found by the wayside station was a scared operator, who beP'-'N the night was out told several stories that varied to some extent. There was a large posse on hand during the greater part of the night which did everything possible to dis cover those who did the “shooting up” of the block house, but although there were several negroes arrested and examined nothing definite could be learned of the men who fired the shots. Porter's Story. The operator at Mount Zion block house, which is four miles north of Spartanburg, on the main line of the Southern railroad, was G. W. Porter, of Des Moines. Iowa, who yesterday afternoon arrived at, the block house on No. 11 to take charge of the night shift. Porter says that soon after No. 11 pulled out he was hailed by two negroes and instructed to dance. This he proceeded to do in the best style 1 he could command. He said that the j negroes finally let him go and that he j came on up to the block house. Upon arriving there he greeted tho day men and stated that if he had had a gun he would have killed some of the negroes. This was in the presence of Rowand McWhorter, a neero, who attended to the switch lights. Bullets Near Him. McWhorter left as did tho white men and shortly after supper Porter states that he was accosted from the outside with an Invitation to come out. This he declined to do and he said that the negroes on the outside then proceeded to shoot up the house. There were counted in all twelve bul- ^e* holes in the house, although some of them appeared to be old. One, however, crashed through the glass window and Porter states nassed very near him. Porter says that when he opened the door he was dragged out and choked and kicked about the back. The man, however, had no bruises whatever on his person. He stated that after they had told him if he threatened to kill any more negroes they woud kill him, they then cut across tho fields and Porter lit out the other way. He then came back to the block house and commenced to send the message up and down the line which caused the excitement. To the Rescue. Within a few minutes after Por ter’s wild call for assistance there was a rush of men from all points. From Spartanburg there started posses in a freight ear drawn by the yard engine under Deputy Sheriff W. J. White. From Cowpens and Gaffney another crowd started. By that time the excitement in Spartanburg was great and it was un- I derstood that the sheriff was going , down. There was a rush to the sta- | tion from all sides and soon there was a mob at the station There were fire arms, from a shotgun to a t wenty two : rifle. Sheriff Nicholls and the assfst- , ant deputy sheriff were on hand and I carried down on No. 38, which was stopped at Mt. Zion by permission of the Southern. Negro Gotten Out. When the sheriff and his party reached Mount Zion they found Por- | ter In charge, and after heading his j story the negro Rowland McWhorter | was first rousted out of bed at his i home a quarter of a mile away and j earned back to the station. Rawland stoutly denied all knowledge of the af- | fair. The sheriff determined to sift i the matter to the bottom and two ne groes were arrested and questioned. 1 After questioning all it was thought that a good clue has been obtained and a three mile trip was made to the home of Will Rogers. A portion of the party remained at j the block house, the others going on I the long tramp. Deputy Sheriff White and his men had by this time joined the sheriff’s men and the Cowpens an- 1 Glendale men had returned on No. 40. 1 After a long walk the negroe's ■ house was reached and a negro wake ! was found in progress. There were a i bundh of negroes in the house and in the corner was the body of a dead ne- i gro over which the party of darkies were keeping a watch. Will Rogers also denied knowlod*"' of the shoot ing- and told a straight story which concluded with accusing Porter of be ing drunk. The negro stated that he had seen the man that afternoon and that he was drunk. This Porter de nied.-' The chase being futil ethe trin was taken back to the block house. When the party arrived there it was found that a portion of th^ narty > which had remained at the block house had come on to Spartanburg on Xo. 41, which was several hours late. Gave It Up. Every endeavor was made to lo cate the culprits and these having fail ed it was decided to return to Spar tanburg, and the remains of the com bined posses took the specie 1 train, consisting of a shifter and a box car and had an uneventful trip to Spar tanburg, arriving here at 2:45 a. m. There are several side issues to the affair. Porter was thoroughly scared and admitted being so and it was thought by many that while he may have been frightened by the negroes there was no necessity for the wild re- norts which were sent out. He stated that in the afternoon he had been loaned a pistol by the day man, Jim Savidge, to protect himself with, but that upon finding it unloaded he re turned it. There was one thing clearly devel oped by the occurrence last night and that was that although there was a gieat alarm about nothing: that the county officers were in their place and that they had the backing of a large number. If there had been serious trouble last night at Mount Zion It would have been handled in the best of manner by the sheriff, his assistants and the numerous members of the posse. There is little doubt but the negroes got a little gay at Mount Zion but it is safe to say that they were pretty thoroughly scared un. The Southern Railway last night was of great assistance to the officers. A special was operated consisting of a box car and engine No. 9738. 40 and 41 were all stopped and the members of the posses were not charged -rail road fare. Preparation - were made to handle the situation in a creditable manner but fortunatey thero was no need of the arsenal carried down. In Spartanburg all during the night excitement was at a fever heat and the telephones were kept busy. Many wild stories Rot afloat concerning the affair. There was a ready response to the call for assistance and many of those anxious to go were turned down. Among those who went to Mount Zion from Spartanburg were the following: Sheriff J. M. Nicholls. Deputy Sheriff W. J. White and Assistant Deputy Becknell; Police Officers Bullington and Johnson; Messrs. M. L. Bennett. Tice Kirby, S. J. Nicholls, Operator Rector of the Spartanburg office: Jesse Wood, Lancaster, Bob Brice. John 1 Worth and Loekman. There were in al] about fifty from Spartanburg and twenty from Cowpens and other towns. All were armed and meant business. There were no casualties and the threatened race riot is all over. NEWS ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST, COTTON MARKET EVILS. EVENTS IN GAFFNEY AND CHER- OKEE. Ministers and Their Wives. (From the Springfield Republican.) Some of the most pathetic failures in the ministry, observes a Baptist paper, are directly traceable to tho minister’s wives. It says: In excep tional cases the minister’s wife is ab solutely without sympathy in the work that the husband is doing All of her Influence is on the side of that which is worldly. She scoffs at her husband’s devotion to the Kingdom of God, and avoids the church and its services. Fortunately such instances are few. In a large number of cases the wife is incompetent. She may be w^l 1-meaning, but she is unpopular. People do not detest her, but they do not respect her. She has no hold up on the admiration and affection of those whom her husband serves. The minister may be able to carry the load and win out despite the burden; but he is terribly handicapped. In stances are known where the wife imagines that she is the pastor. She comes to the front and crowds the hen-pecked little husband to one side while she assumes the functions be longing to the minister. Such a wo man bold of face, peremptory in man- | ner, “bossy,” unlovable, can spoil the ministry of the best man in the world. To watch them is to long for a re turn of the reign of the “ducking- stool,” or for the invention of some form of punishment that shall nut a quietus upon them. What Was the Matter With Him? (Harper’s Weekly.) A Richmond man has in his employ a colored man of advanced age who, by reason of his thrifty habits, had accumulated enough money to defray the cost of his son’s tuition at a ne gro college in Alabama. When the darky’s hoy returned to Richmond after the completion of his course, he proceeded.'much t,o his pa rent’s disgust, to air his opinions on various subjects in a more or less dif fuse and florid style of speech. One day the old * man took him aside and addressed him as follows: “Richard Thompson Jenkins. Ise l>een listen’ to yo’ fo’ seberai days, an’ it’s my opinyun dat yo’ talk and talk- an’ talk. Yo’ doan’ reach into de stummick of yo’ subjeck: but yo’ jes argufy. Yo’ doan locate, Richard Thompson Jenkins, yo doan locate!” The Australian Government will prosecute the American oil combine under the Anti-Trust law. —We have on our shelves about 25 different kinds of cough medicines. We always recommend “Natures Cough Remedy" because we know its pure and good. The Gaffney Drug Co. guarantee It to cure. —“Natures Cough Remedy” cures Its sure, its pure Gaffney Drug Co. —Fine Clothing and Overcoat* at under price at Carroll & Byers. —Rutter’s Baked Beans at Bee Gaffney's. Recent Happenings in and Around the City and Other Events Gather ed by the Local News Editor. G. B Daniel has accepted the posi tion of bookkeeper with the J. C. Lip scomb company, where he will be pleased to have his friends call. The young people of the Sunday school of the Limestone Street Pres byterian church were treated to a Christmas tree on Frida/ evening. Carl Sarratt is wearing broad smiles these days. He has a new commer, a big girl. Patrons on R. F. D. 8 need not he alarmed if their mail should be a little late now. At a meeting of the directors of the Merchants and Planters Bank, held last night, the regular semi an nual dividend of four per cent was declared, payable January 1st, 1907. The Public schools of the city will resume their work tomorrow . after the interruption made necessary by the Christmas holidays. Supt. West urges pupils to be present at the us ual hour for the opening. A notice posted at the Southern Passenger station announces that on January 6th., all trains on the South ern will change their schedules and that new trains will be added. The tints ut which these trains will arrive in Gaffney is not yet aiinouticed It’s AH your Fault at the Star The ater Saturday evening. This compa- I nv with Chas. Stone and Miss Olive Evans in the leading roles has a long string of successes to their credit, among the number a record breaking run of six weeks at th- Lancy Thea iter in New York City. There Is renewed discussion of a modern hotel for Gaffney in the near future. The genetlemen who own the Grenard street property are being strongly urged to put some of their idle capital into this enterprise. They are all men of ampe means and could, without inconvenience to themselves, erect a structure which would be an ornament to the town and fill a long felt want. An enjoyable event of the holiday season was the reception given by Mrs. J. C. Otm - Sunday school class of young ladies to their friends. The reception was given in the Sun day school : of 'he First Bap tist church, ./v.^.ons refreshments were served. The evening was one of unalloyed pleasure and will be re membered as one of tbe most pleas ant events of Christmas week. Mr. Hilliard H. Bonner, son of Mr. Luther Bonner, and formerly with tbe Gaffney Hardware Company, left on Sunday for Reed, Oklahoma. He was accompanied by Mr. Byron Smith, of Union, but formerly w'th the Battery of this city. Mr. Smith joins his par ents who already reside in the city of their destination. Gaffney regrets to give up these two popular young men, but wishes for them all success in their new home. All trains yesterday were delayed more or less, mostly more, until after noon. on account of the freight cars derailed at the same spot the wreck occurred on Friday, viz, where the spur track leaves the main line for the Dravo Contracting Company’s • ''wer plant. When a Ledger man reached the scene the temporary track now in use, was clear and several hundred laborers were, trying to clear the main line. Mr. L. Y. Randall, proprietor of the Cherokee Foundry, together with some other business men of Gaffney, are making an effort to have a bridge erected at Gaston Shoals on Broad liver, where the Dravo company is erecting a power dam. Mr. Randall, who is nothing if not practical, says j that a bridge can be built at the dam at a very reasonable figure, and that | it would accommodate large numbers : of people who live beyond the river, I to sav nothing of the fact that it would be the means of bringing a large amount of trade to Gaffney which now goes elsewhere. The accomplished Miss Eunice Johnson, who has been in charge of the millinery department of Barr's department store during the season left Sunday for her home at Gaffney, S. C. Miss Johnson has the best wishes of numerous friends in and around town with whom she formed acquaintance while here and all look forward eagerly to the day of her re turn. Business relations have been quite pleasant between her and her employers and it Is to he presumed that should she see fit to appl ’ for the position again next season, hers would receive a preference.—Lees- ville News Mayor's court yesterday morning was far from the usual tame affairs that form this part of the city govern ment Joe Vincent, white, was pres ent and had the offense of raising a hot time in Stumptown fastened on him For this diversion he paid two and a half plunks William Phillips, white, had engaged in a scrap and paid five dollars for his i 'igilistic ex ercise Charley Gordon, colored, paid ten dollars for wife-beating Florence Gist a negro wench had used about two dollars and a half worth of dis orderly conduct and accordingly paid that amount D M Smith paid one slmoleon for disorderly conduct. Some Radical Changes In Regard to Bucket Shop. New Orleans, Dec. 31.—It now ap pears evident that some radical and far reaching reforms in cotton market methods will follow in the wake of the current widespread agitation, two of which are of greatest Importance to the cotton producing states. The farming interests of the South have determined that New York’s unfair contract which enables the speculator to “bear” the price of the staple through the tender of undesirabe cot ton at unwarranted values must be eliminated and that the New York Ex change henceforth must be onerated hi the manner and under the fair rules that govern the conduct of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, and In the event this reform be not forth coming means will be employed to bring federal pressure into play in a effort to put the New York Gotten Ex change out of business. To this end the Southern Cotton Association has announced its intention of caling up- or the Pcstofflce department to issue a fraud order against the New York Cotton Exchange. The second reform the South, through its State Legislatures, will demand is the complete elimination of the bucketshops an'* of buebetahop- nin”' a way having been found by the Minnesota Legislature to successfully accomplish this end by means of a provision that reads: “It shall be the duty of every com- mlsion merchant, co-partnership, as sociation. corporation or broker, do ing business as sucb, to furnish every customer, or principal for whom such commission merchant, broker, co-part nership. corporation or association has executed any order, for the ac tual purchase or sale of any of the commodities hereinbefore mentioned (grain, provisions, cotton, petroleum stocks and bonds) either for imme diate or future delivery, a written statement containing the names of the narties from whom such property was bought or to whom it shall have been sold, as the case may be, the time when, the place where, and the juice at which the same was either bought or sold, ami in case such com mission merchant, broker, co-partner- | ship, corporation or association fails i to properly furnish such statement, | the fact of such failure shall be prima j facie evidence that such property was not sqld or bought In a les-i**-— manner. The act above quoted defines a bucketshop to be a place where com modities are traded in without inten tion to effect a delivery. A severe penalty is provided for violation of the law . Competent authorities in Minnesota assert that since the new* law was en acted every bucketshop in the state has closed up but what the legitimate and necessary business of future tra ding has not been adversely affected, nor has the extensive news service maintained by authorized brokerage houses, and which during recent vears has a very valuable adjunct to buy ers and sellers of grain, cotton, and stocks and bonds all over the coun try, been curtailed by the law’s re strictions. Within the part two weeks many letters have been received from Tex as. Alabama and other Sout^rli States by representative Ifew^Orteans cotton men asking information as to the best methods that may be employ ed to drive the bucket-shops out but without injuring the New Orleans Cot ton Exchange which represents the producer’s intere t in the, struggle for cotton price control. List of Unclaimed Letters. List of Letters unclaimed in the postoffice at Gaffney, S. C., for week ending December 31, 1906: Author Byors, W. McGill. Mary Owens. Rich Osborn, L. J. Parker, Abe Smith, (2), Miss Vola Conley, Miss Jannet Duncan. Miss Ida Gilbert, Miss Katherine R. Leeze, Miss Flora Peeler, Miss Eliza Wood, colored. Miss Car lie Young. Call for advertised letters one cent due on each. A. R. N. Folger. P. M. No Delay. (From the Chicago News.) Old Raraeses had just completed the ••.eat canal between the Nile and the Red Sea. “Wonderful achievement,” exclaim- the visitor, “what is the secret of your success ” “Why,” laughed old Rameses , "I lauded the man with the spade and behead'd the man with the muck rake.” Mutiny in the Ranke. (From the Cleveland Press.) “The bugler aounded the iet:eat.’* said the old soldier, “but more than half the men In my company paid no attention to it.” “Disobeyed the order?” “Yes. You see they were Dutch and didn’t believe in either treating or retreating.” Never Give Up. (Philadelphia Record) ‘My motto is ‘never give up’ said Mr. Closeflst. “Yes.” remarked the good deacon “I’ve noticed that when I pass the plate in church.” Mgr. Seton. of Newark. N. J., was received in private audience bv the Poj>e at Rome. —$1.50 Jeans coats for only 98c. at Carroll & Byers. —Try Bee Buckwheat. Gaffney's Mountain —$5.00 all wool opercoets for $2 9$ at Carroll and Byers.