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FIGHTING A WILDCAT AN ADVENTURE THAT MADE ONE MAN SHY OF THAT KiND OF BEAST. He I? Willinir, to Go a Long: Way Around to Avoid Ferocious Ani? mals* Even Thougrh Science Says They "Will Flee at Man's Approach. "I have read in the papers certain scientific assertions that no wild ani? mal will voluntarily attack or pursue a human being, but that, on the con? trary, the fiercest of them, as tradition and the tales of woodsmen classify them, will make haste to escape the possible sight cf man, unless, in des? perate cases, hunger may urge it to ap? proach him, its most dreaded foe, such -cases being extremely rare," said a matter of fact and veracious New York business man. "If that is so, I had a little experi? ence once with a wild animal that must have been the most desperately hungry beast that ever longed for food. The occurrence was in northwestern Penn? sylvania, where one winter I had some business that called me ten miles from the county town, to one of the back? woods districts. It was late in the aft? ernoon when I started on my return to the village. The way was over a lone? ly, narrow, crooked mountain road, bor? dered by deep woods much of the dis? tance. Toward dusk, as I was round? ing a short tum in the road, my horse, which had a good deal of spirit, shied suddenly and sprang forward on a furious run. "At the same instant an animal with glaring eyes plumped down from some? where and landed in the sleigh at my feet It had evidently leaped from a tree at the horse, the quick movements of which nervous animal had defeated that purpose, and the attacking animal had alighted with its fore feet on the robe that lay across my lap. It glared furiously at me, with its face not more than two feet away, as it clung to the robe with its sharp claws, growling fiercely. I had never seen a wildcat, but I knew instantly and instinctively that I had one to deal with here, and it seemed to be a very large and sav? age one at that I had no weapon, but fortunately the whip that stood in its socket on the dashboard was loaded at the butt. "Clinging to the reins with my left hand-the horse was running away-I quickly drew the whip from the socket and struck the wildcat on the head with the heavy batt That caused the animal to loosen its hold on the robe and drop into the snow at the side of the sleigh, but the agile and furious beast was up in the fraction, of a sec and and with one bound sprang on the back of the sleigh, which had a low body. "Although the horse was running madly away along the narrow and crooked road, throwing the sleigh from side to side and threatening it con? stantly with destruction against some rock or stump. I was obliged to drop the reins and leave the result of the runaway to chance, for the wildcat was struggling desperately to gain 3 foothold in the sleigh and fight me at close quarters. 1 knew that if the sleigh should happen to conic into col? lision with any obstacle heavy enough to wreck it I would bc no match for the catamount, now wrought to the ut? most ferocity, fighting it on The slip? ping snow, even if ? were unharmed by the collision, so I strained every nervt? to conquer the determined beast while 1 still r*csscrr;d the advantage ot" foot? hold in tho sleigh. "Once I thought it was all up with me. for as the sleigh was carried abruptly round a short turn in the road by the speeding horse one runner struck a stone or a root, and the sleigh careened and ran at least 50 feet on the other rjnner alone. I mechanically threw the weight of my body toward the upper side of the sleigh, all the time raining rapid blows on the head cf the wildcat with i.be butt of the whip, and forced the sleigh down to its balance on both runners again. A few more blows after that and I was re? joiced to see the determined and tena? cious beast first loosen one claw, hang for a second or so by the other, while It tried to seize the top of the back of the sleigh again with its teeth, and then tumble to the road and lie motionless in the snow. "I dropped back on the seat limp and weak and too much unnerved to make the least effort to obtain control of the runaway, which was still rush? ing wildly along the uncertain road, made still more uncertain by the gath? ering darkness. The horse ran at least three miles farther and then began to slow up and at last stopped half way up a long and steep hill from sheer exhaustion. 1 had by this time recov? ered sufficiently to take charge cf the horse again and drive the rest of the way to the town, which wasn't tar. and where 1 arrived with the horse covered with foam, a sleigh splintered and covered deep with scars and scratches made by the desperate wild? cat and myself so badly used up by nervous shock that it was three days before I was able to get about again in anything like good condition. I never heard wnetber the wildcat was killed by my blows or not but 1 have an idea he was. ? hop'4 so. Science may be all right in declaring that wild iinimals will hasten to fiee at the very suspicion of man's approach, but it' ever I am going anywhere sud hear there are wildcats in that direction Til go around some other way."-New j York Press. ! riorr Flags Weer Out. It co-ts money to My even two small flags every day in thc year. The two small ones on th" !\*ist ac 1 west fronts of the capitol. <.::C!J about three yards long, which is small fer such an im? mense structure as thc capitol, fray out so fast that it eco's $100 a year to re? place them. Tliey are darned every day and 011 windy days probably two or three times. Even with all these economies $100 worth cf fine wool floats off into the air in such fine parti? cles that never a trace of it can be found even at the foot of the two flag? staffs.-Pittsburg Dispatch. A STRANGE LAKE. The Peculiarities of a Body of Water In Australia. Lake George is situated about four miles from the railway station at Bun? gendore, Australia, and has for many years engaged the attention of scien? tific men by reason of the singular and Inexplicable phenomena connected with it. The estimates of its size vary con? siderably according to circumstances, but when moderately full about 20 by 7 miles will be found tolerably correct. At either end the land is fully 100 feet above the highest recorded surface of the lake, which possesses no known outlet, although it is fed by numerous mountain creeks. The lake was discovered by a bush? man in 1S20 and was known to the blacks as the "big water." It was then supposed to form the source of a river having its mouth on the south coast, but subsequent visitors were much perplexed at the manner in which the blacks avoided the lake, of which they appeared to entertain a superstitious dread, one aged aboriginal stating she had seen it all covered with trees, an? other explaining that the whole of the water sunk through the bottom and disappeared, while others remembered the lake only as a series of small ponds. During the following 20 years con? siderable variations were noted in the depth and extent of the lake. In 1S41 the lake became partially dried up. the moist portions being simply grassy swamps. A few months later large numbers of sheep were pastured in the bed of the lake, but fresh water had to be carted for the use of the shepherds, that of the lake being too salt for hu? man consumption. The place remained more or less dry nnt?l 1S52, the year of the great floods in that part of the col? ony, when it again became filled, with an average depth of nine feet. Since then the surface level of the lake has varied considerably, but the bed has never been so dry as in former years. There are indications that many hun? dreds of years ago the lake covered a far larger area than any yet recorded, remains of trees over 100 years old be? ing found in spots formerly under wa? ter. The saline character of the lake is the more remarkable by reason of its being fed by pure and sparkling fresh water streams. ENGLISH MONARCHS. Death Often Unkind In the Hanne? of Their Takln* Off. Of the monarchs who have reigned over England since the days of the Norman conquest nearly one-quarter of the number have met violent death. William I was killed by a fall from his horse. William II was shot while hunting, whether by accident or de? sign is still one of the unsolved prob? lems of history: Richard I was killed by a shaft from a crossbow while besieging the city of Chaluz, in France: Richard II was murdered in Pontefract castle. Edward ll was murdered in Berkley castle, and Edward V in the Tower of London. Richard III was kiled on the battlefield of Bosworth and Charles I had his head cut off in London. Elizabeth's death was hastened by remorse th?t she had ordered the ex? ecution of Essex, and her sister Mary sickened and died soon after the loss of Calais, declaring that the name of the city would be found after death written on her heart. The death of Edward Ill's son, the Black Prince, caused the aged monarch to die of grief. So. after the loss of his son in the White Ship, Henry I was never seen to smile again and lived only a short time. Henry VI and George III were insane during the latter years of their reigns and finally died from what In these days would be called paresis. Charles II, Henry VIII, Ed? ward IV and George IV basteced their deaths by the dissipated and sensual Uvea they lived. Onjy two monarchs died of that great national scourge, consumption: they were Edward VI and Henry VII. Queen Anne's death was due as much as anything else to overfeeding. Only two monarchs. Henry VI and George III, died after long illnesses. Thc Happy Medium. A clergyman relates that a worthy Irishman with an impediment in his speech brought him a child to be bap? tized. While making a record of it he was in some doubt as to the correct spelling cf the family name given to him and asked the man how he wrote it. "Indeed and I don't write at ali.'" was the reply. "I just want to know." said Father Boyle, "whether the'name is 'McGrath' or 'Magrath'-whether the second part of It is spelled with a big *G' or a lit? tle *g.' " After scratching his head hopelessly the puzzled parent saw his way out of the difficulty "Well, father, jus: spell it wid a middlin sized 'g.' "-Exchange. It Won't Roll Of. The egg of the guillemot is one of the most peculiar and furnishes admirable example cf the way in which nature provides for the coud i tiens of life. This hird is found ?ri the coast, and the eggs are usually laid on the bare edges <??' hirth rocks, from which pos; j tioa ::T:V ordinary specimen of the egir , would pro! a hiv roll off; Bin the guillemot's egg won't do ihis. lt !;a3 been fashioned hy nature t<< .-.t-'i) om Thc is nearly c?nica-' i in shape: Ure Jd ut the base and shan? i at the point; so that it w:!l only roil ; in a circle. Better Than .Valone a '?'otc. ".Inst befe re Badmnn was sent to prison he bought a set of books to be j paid lorin installments." "YA ha; di l h . do that for?' "Ile said it would make the time teem shorter."-Chicago Tribune. PAINTING BIG SIGNS ARTISTS WHO DEVOTE THEIR TAL? ENT TO ADVERTISING PURPOSES. Some of Them Have Hcd Year? o Training In Drawing and Color "Work, and Some Have Studied In Famonx Old World Ate'Uers. Although the vivid advertisements of the excellences of foods, ointments, clothing;, all mechanical appliances known to man and a thousand other things never dreamed of in the philoso? phy of a hundred years ago are contin? ually catching the eye and possibly shocking the artistic sensibilities of the beholder, few of the ordinary observers give a moment's question to the mak? ers of advertisements. The advertis? ing craze has grown of late to such huge and unlovely proportions that any brief account fails to explain its work ings. The office of a large advertising concern is one of the busiest places in town. Artists are constantly appear? ing with designs for the firm, a small army of men with paint pots and brush? es are hovering about waiting to be sent out, and everywhere are gay evi? dences of the results of all this labor. "Who are the men that paint these 'heroic' pictures one sees on unused walls and lofty fences?" asked a re? porter of one of the men who keeps these subordinates busy. "They are not the people you think them, I fancy," was the answer. "In? stead of being daubers, with about the ability necessary to wield a whitewash brush, our best men are real artists. By this I mean that many of them have had years of training in drawing and color work. Several of them have studied abroad in the ateliers of well known men. A man whom I saw paint? ing a head on a wall yesterday is a night instructor in a Brooklyn art school. Recently one of our men paint? ed on a large wall the biggest portrait ever attempted. He had studied five years in the Paris art schools." "Why do they take up thia work?" "The other doesn't pay. It's a case of 'commercialism in art/ They lind that they can't make the real thing pay, so they come to this common calling. There's money in it. Why, our star painters get $50 a week. The daubers, who put In backgrounds, don't earn more than $10 or $15 a week." The men who paint the designs in various inaccessible and conspicuous places have with them small copies of the designs to be reproduced. Long experience makes them expert in ac? curately tracing the design upon the chosen, surface. Although the familiar advertisements scattered over the city seem exactly alike and one face seems the exact counterpart of another, yet closer inspection will show various points of difference. In the case of a very familiar picture which is display? ed from one end of the United States to the other, when it was first brought out one man was hired for the sole purpose of painting that one- design, and to do this he traveled from Maine to California. "Not the least of our difficulties," said the advertising man, "is findhog places to put our signs. We hire men who do nothing else but go about and obtain permission from owners to pur up billboards on their premises, use a vacant wall or decorate a fence or a roof. It needs great tact to do this. When there are objections, they must be overcome, and after this is done the owner often gets the idea that his available space is worth thousands of dollars to us and to him. The expe? riences of advertising men among farmers and tramps would raake s mighty interesting book." "Why do you say tramps?" "Oh, the tramps are our worst ene? mies. They build fires behind our billboards and burn them or el3e tear them down out of sheer wantonness." When asked about the price a blank brick wail in a conspicuous part of New York would bring to its owner if he let lt for advertising purposes, the advertising man laughed and said he could not tell that, but he did not mind saying that he was now paying $6.000 a year rent for a wall in the middle of the shopping district. "This is not an unusual sum to pay," he added, "for such prominent positions." Advertising firms are liberal sub- j scribers to all art magazines, particu? larly to those French art periodicals which display the newest drawings of the still popular poster. The ideas of the forelgu artists are taken freely and converted into gaudy designs for ad? vertising the latest song or a new cigar without the least compensation, since, as the advertisers assert. American ideas are assimilated abroad just as unceremoniously. Not all the large reproductions < f fig? ures and faces on our streets ano along the roof tops are handwork. Many of them are machiue made. By a procesa akin to that of making lithographs ma? chines have been invented to lay the colors automatically. The finished I product, quite devoid of personality, presents accurately a eopy of the work? ing design.-New York Post. Weannrlnir Vonr .'Ian. Put this iii your pipe and smoke lt: There is always some ehap smarter than the <-haj> you think is the smartest on earth -meaning yourself. You are a wonderful judge of human nature, but don't measure your mau too confi? dently, for 00 times in 100 you'll find the suit doesn't tit. Never play favor? ites. The lightweight today, ia your measurement, will !.?. the heavyweight tomorrow friends, like <>M '.vine, will iu IN* en?! prove b?'st. Never ur<> back on an old friend unless you have plenty of money well invested. Pos? sessed ?.*' :i big bank account and hushed with success-the mischief* ta ko friends, old and new!-New York Press. Lignum vitre is the toughest wood known. It cannot be worked by split? ting. UNREST IN RUSSIA. St. Petersburg, March 17-Io con Sfquecce of the riotous disturbances following the demonstrations by uni versity students tte government has proclaimed a state of scige at Odessa. Kieff sod Kbarkoff. It is reliably reported here that a student died at Kharkcff from injuries sustained in the disorders of March 4 io that city Eight hundred students of the Uoi versity of St. Petersburg, virtually ail remaioiog here, met Usc Friday and resolved not to attend further lectures. The police subsequently arrested six? teen Four hundred students of the tech? nological school entered the court yard of the institution to bold a meeting and the polioe took all their names. The Mining Academy is already closed. It ?6 reported that Conot Tolstoi, who ever since his excommunication has been loudly cheered wherever he has made his appearance, is taking an active part, in the disturbance at Mos oow, where the situation is complicated hy a strike of the operatives of several large faotories. St Petersburg, March 17.-The ofScial organ of the Russian ministry of fio&noe today threatens that Rossis will make strict reprisais io case of any raising of duties by Germany OG Russian products Atlantic Coas? Line ?ailroa? Company of MA Carolina. CONDENSED SCHEDULE Io effect January 13th, 1901 SOUTH. NORTh No No No No ?35 j57 f56 ?32 7 55 Lv Darlington Ar 8 15 8 33 Lv Elliott Ar 7 50 9 13 Ar Sumter Lv 6 50 4 O' Lv Sumter Ar 6 24 4 52 Ar Creston Lv 5 31 6 45 Lv Creston Ar 3 50 9 15 Ar Pregnalls Lv 10 00 5 16 Orangeburg 5 10 5 55 Denmark 4 35 7 55 Augusta 2 4C am am pm pm ?Daily, f Daily except Sunday. Trains 32 and 35 carry thronet Pollma. Palace Buffet Sleeping Cars between Ne? Fork and Macon via Angosta. T M EMERSON, H M EMERSON, Traffic Manager. Gen'l Pass. Ae J R KEN LY, Gen'l Manager. fr .tension 11 Company. Schedule No. 4-In effect 12.01 a. m., Son? 's December 24, 1899-1 Between Camden 8. C.. and Blacksbnrg, S. C WEST. EAST 2d cl 1st cl 1st cl 2dc' ?35 *33 Eastern time. ?32 ?34 pm pm STATIONS. pm pm 8 20 12 50 ;Camden 12 25 5 3c 8 50 1 15 Dekalb ll 02 4 5C 9 20 1 27 Weatviile ll 50 . 4 30 10 50 1 40 Kershaw ll 35 4 lc 11 20 2 10 Heath gorings 11 20 3 15 11 35 2 15 Pleasant Hill 11 15 3 00 12 30 2 35 Lancaster 10 55 2 36 .i CO 2 f 0 Riverside 10 40 1 OG 1 20 3 00 Springdell 10 30 12 4o 2 30 3 10 Catiwba Junction 10 20 12 2C 2 50 3 20 Leslie 10 IC ll OG 3 10 3 40 Rock Hill 10 00 10 4C 4 10 3 55 New Port 9 35 8 2C 4 45 4 02 Tirzah 9 30 8 OC 5 30 4 20 Yorkville 9 15 7 3C 6 00 4 35 Sharon 9 00 6 5c 6 25 4 50 Hickory Grove 8 45 6 2C 6 35 5 00 Smyrna 8 35 6 OG 7 00 5 20 Blacksbnrg; 8 15 5 3C pm pm am a ru Between Blacksbnrg, 8. C., and MsrioB, N C WEST. EAST 2d cl 1st cl lat cl 2dc ?ll ?33 Baiters time. ?32 ?12 am pm STATIONS. am pm 8 10 5 30 Blacksbnrg 7 48 6 40 8 30 5 45 Earls 7 32 6 20 8 40 5 50 Patterson Springs 7 25 6 12 9 20 6 00 Shelby 7 15 6 00 10 00 5 20 Lattimore 6 55 4 5C 10 10 6 28 Mooreeboro 6 48 4 40 10 25 6 38 Henrietta 6 38 4 20 10 50 6 55 Forest City 6 20 3 5C 1115 7 10 Rutberfordton 6 05 3 2f 11 35 7 22 Millwood 5 55 3 Of 11 45 7 35 Golden Valley 5 40 2 5C 12 05 740 Thermal City 5 37 2 45 12 25 7 58 Glenwood 5 17 2 20 12 50 8 15 Marton 5 00 2 0C pmpm ampo West. Gaffney Division. East let Class. I 'EASTERN TIME. ?1st Claps 15 I 13 I STATIONS. | 14 | 16 pmam amprx 1 00 6 00 ' Blacksburg 7 50 3 0i 1 20 6 20 Cherokee Falls 7 30 24C 1 40 6 40 Gaffney 7 10 22( pmam am p rt .Dai'V except Sunday Train No 32 lenviDg Marion, N. C , at a rn, nmking olese connection at Blaoksbarg, widl the Southern's train No 36 for Char? lotte, N C. omi ali peints East and connecting with the Southern's vestibule going to Adanra Ga. and all points West, and will receive {.as sengers going East from trahi No ? 0, on the C ? N W K K, at Yorkville, SC. at S 45 a m. am | connects at Camden, S with the Southern train No 78. arriving in Charleston. 8 17 p rr Train No with passenger coarh attache leaving Blacksburg at 5 SO a m. and connectin ;.t Rock Hill w'th thc Southern's Florida trai for all points' South, Train No 33 leaving Camden, S C, at 12 5 p m. alter tbe arrival of the Southern's Char lest on train connects at Lancaster, S l", wit! -he L ? C 1< K. at Catawba Junction ".id the S A L, going East, at Rock Hill, S C, witL :he Southern's train. No IU, for Charlotte, N i*. :in-i ail points Hast. (Vnrects ?t York ville. S .'. with train No 9 i n thc C ? N W V. ){. for Chester, S (V At Blacksburg wi h th? South? rn's vestibule going East, and the South? ern's trail. No S5 going West, and connecting at Marion N C with the Southern both East and West. SAMUEL HUNT President; S. TRIPP, Superintendent. A.B. LITPK1N- Gen'" Paaseng-.r Ag*nt. ATLANTIC COASTLINE. TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT. WiimiogtoD, N. C., Jao. 13th, 1901. Fast JLine BETWEEN Charleston ai Columbia and Upper Sot Carolina, AND NORTH CAROLINA, CONDENSED 8CHEDULE Going Weat, j Io Effect Jan'y I Going East. No 52 I 13th, 1901. j No ?3 .am *p m 6 25 LT Cbarle8t0D, SC Ar 8 30 8 02 LT Lanes, SC Ar 643 9 28 LT Sumter, SC Ar 5 35 1100 Ar Columbia, S C Lv 4 15 P M 12 17* Ar Prosperity, S C Lv 249 12 30 Ar Newberry, SC Lv 2 34 1 13 Ar Clinton, SC LT 1 53 1 35 Ar Laurens, SC Lv 1 35 3 IO Ar Greenville, SC LT 12 Ol a m 3 10 Ar Spartac/ourg, S C LT ll 45 pm am 7 13 Ar Wincsboro, SC Lv 10 18 9 ?0 Ar Charlotte, N C LT 8 0 pm am 6 11 Ar Hender8oville, N C LT 9 02 7 15 Ar Asheville, NC LT 8 60 ?Daily. Nos 52 aod 53 solid trairjs between Charles? ton and GreetiThie, S C. H M Emerson, Gen'l Paeeenger Agent. J R Kenly, T M hnmson, Gen'l Manager. Traffic Manager. ATLANTIC COAST LINE iNfortli-Eastern R. R. of S. < ! CONDENSED SCHEDULE. TRAINS GOING SODTB. Dated No. No. No No. jan 14, 1901 35* 23* 53* 51? a m p m a ; Ls Florence 2 34 7 45 9 < Le Kingstree 8 46 ir Lane? 3 38 9 04 pm' ll it Le Lanes 3 38 9 30 6 45 11 2 Ar Charleston 6 04 10 55 8 30 1 ? TRAINS GOING NORTH No. No. No. b 78* 32* 52* 5= am pm am ps Le Charleston 6 33 4 49 7 00 4 C Ar Unes 8 16 6 15 8 32 5 3 Le Lanes 816 615 5 3 Le Kingitree 8 32 Ar Florence 9 25 T 25 TC am pm am p ?Daily. fDaily except Sunday. No. 52 runs through to Columbia via O tral R. R. of 8. C. Traine Nos. 78 aod 32 run via Wilson a Fayetteville-Short Line-aod make c!c connection for all pointe North. T-ains on C. * D R. R. leave Flores a'si'v except Sunday 9 50 a rn, arr?ve Darlic ton 0 15 a rn, HartBTille 9 15 a rn, Cher ll 30 a rn, Wadesboro 2 25 pm. Lea Florence daily except Sunday 7 55 p m, a rive Darlington 8 20 p m, Bennettsville 9 p m, Gibson 9 45 p m. Leave Flore' Sunday only 9 30 am. arrive Darlings 10 05 a m Leave Gibson daily except Sunday 6 a m, Bennettsville 7 00 a m, arrive Darlir. toa 8 00 a m, leave Darlington 8 50 a m, ? rivs Florence 9 15 am. Leave Wades'oc iaily except Sunday 3 00 pm, Cheraw 4 p rn, Hartsville 7 00 a rn, Darlington 6 p m, arrive Florence 7 00 p m. Leave D lingtcn Sunday only 8 50 a rn, arrive F! en ce 9 15 a m J. R KENLEY,, JNO.F. DIVINE Geo'l Manager. Gen'l Sup H. H. EMERSON, Traffic Manager T. M. EMERSON Gen'l Pasa. Aeent Northwestern Railroad, TIMS TABLE NO 3 In Effect Wednesday, Oct 17, 190? BETWEEN WILSONS MILL AND SUMTE Southbound Daily ex Sunday Nortbbour. 73 Mixed 7: P M STATIONS r i 2 00 Lv Sumter Ar 12 3 2 03 NW Jonction 12 2 2 20 Tindal ll ? 2 50 Packsvilie ll 3 3 20 Silver 11 1 III] " {ll* 4 30 Sammerton 10 1' 5 10 DaTis 9 * 5 30 Jordan 9 2 6 00 Ar Wilsons Mill LT 9 0 BETWEEN MILLARD AND ST PAUL 73 75 Daily ex Sunday 72 74 PM AM Mixed AM P > 3 30 10 15 LT Millard Ar 10 45 4 0 3 40 10 25 Ar St Paul LT 10 35 3 5 BETWEEN SUMTER AND CAMDEN 68 70 Mixed 71 69 PM AM Daily ex Sunday AM P > ? 15 10 00 LT Sumter Ar 9 00 5 0( 6 17 10 02 N r7 Jonction ? 58 4 &f 6 45 10 30 Dalzell 8 00 4 1 8 00 10 45 Borden 7 ?0 3 4 7 30 ll 15 R-mnerts 7 15 3 3( 7 50 11 50 Sou Ry Juuctioo 6 55 3 . 7 09 12 01 Ar Camden Lv 6 45 3 0( PM PM (S C & G Ex Depot) AMT TH OS WILSON P^idenr ft I have on hand a lot o i Rome-made Vinegar of very fine quality. The flavor is del? icate, while the strength is equal to any to be had. Will be sold at ray residence for 40 cents per gallon. Hi. G. OSTEEiV ASK YOUR FRIENDS! YOU FIND "HAT TPRRE A RE MORE STDEFF PIANOS Used by pecp'.e who know a good piano tbas any otner make Its because Stieff Pianos are better acd cost lees than otbers. Moving, Toeing ?nd Repairing ; Accom? modating Terms. Cateiogoe and book of suggestions cheerfully given. CHAS. M. STIEFF) 1 Warercoms, 9 North Liberty Street, Aiken and Lian vale streets. BALTIMORE, MD. Atlantic Coast Line/ ILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND At; v GUSTA RAILROAD. Condensed Schedule. Dared March 4, 1901. TRAINS GOING SOUTb. f No. 66 No. 36 p. m. u<?ave Wilmington ?3 46 Leave Marion 'fi 40 Arrive Florence ?7 25 lp. m. a. m. Leave Florence *8 00 ?2 50 Arrive Sumter 9 12 3 68 No. 52 ,tave Sumter 9 12 ?9 23 ? ..-rive C??'.-mb?a 10 35 10 55 i No. 52 runs through from Charleston *? Central R.R , leaving Charleston ? 25 a. m. .-fines 8 02 a rn, Manning 8 50 a m TRAINS GOING NO RT ci i No. 54 No. 53 i a. m. p. m L /eave Columbia *6 40 *4 IS 'arrive Sumter .8 05 5 36 Nc. 32 a. m. p. m Leave 8umter 8 05 +6 24 Arrive Florence 9 20 7 35 a. m. oea ve Florence 10 00, Leave Marion 10 25 rr-ve Wilmington 1 25 -* , .Daily fDaily except Sundav. No 53 runs through to Charleston, 8. C .a Central R. h., arriving Menn-Dg ?* 04 f. r( ,Lanes 6.43 p rr, Charleston 8 30 p m. Trains on Conway Branch leave Cbedbcrar ll f 0 a m, arrive Conway 1 30 p m, retort ' ?g leave Conway 3 40 pm, an ive Chad euro * 20 pm, leave Cbpd^ouru 7 CO a o arrive Elrod 10 25 a m, returning leave Sired .> 55 p m} arrive Chadbonrtt 8 3 p m, DaiL* xcept Sunday. J. R. KBNLY, Gen'l Manager T. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager ~i . ?. EMERSON Gwi'1 Paw? Acr?p THE BANK OF SUMTER, SUMTER, S. C. -jr City and County Depositary capital stock paid in, . . $75,000 00 Undivided scrplos, . . . 16,000 00 individual liability of stockholders ? io excess of their stock, . 75,000 0C J Transacts a general banking business ; also 1 ms a Savings Bank Department Deposits o?^H 51 and upward received. Interest allowed a; ne rate ot 4 ?er cent, per annum, payable ..em i-ann nally. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTB, President. ??ABio.Y MOISE, W. F. RHAMS, Vice-President, Cashier. Jao 31. The Commoner, * Issued Meekly, William J. ?rjatfT~ Editor aaa Publisher. < LINCOLN, - - Nebraska. " +*> Tixms-Payable ia Advance. One Ye-r, $1.00 8ix Months, 60 Three Montb?t 35 8ingl?Oopy, 05 4 No traveling canvassers are employed 2 erms for local agents will be sent upon M ^plication All money should be sent by 3 O order. Expreso order, or by bank draft .n New York or Chicago. Do not send ndmdnal checks or stamps. I Sot senbers of the Watcbmao and South? 1 ron can get the 1 Commoner" at club rate, * 75 cents a year L mm i m Fire Insurance Agency ESTABLISHED 186?. . < Represent, amoag other Companies LIVERPOOL & LONDON k G LO BF NORTH BRITISH k MERCANTILE HOME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. \ LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. J Capital represented $75,900,000. Feb 28. FIRST NATIONAL BASK OF SUMTER, STATE, riTY AND COUNTY DE- * POSITORY, SUMTER, S. C. Pnid op Capital.$ 75.0CC CO Surplus and Profits - - - - 25,000 0C Additional Liability of Stock bolders. in excess of their stock. 75,000 00 Total pro'^ctien to depositors, SITS (00 00 ? Transacts a G?rera! Bankin.: Business. ^ Special attention ci*?-n to collections. ?S.1VINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposit:' of Si ft?d upwards received. Ic terest allowed at the rate ot 4 per cent, per annum, on amounts above $5 and not exceed ir-c $300, payabi? quarterly, on first days ci Januar^. April, July and October. ? R M. WALLACE, * R. L. EDMUKD8, President. Cashier.