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jtaoroug fjepartmeut. GOOD PARTNERS. Old Sassafras Bill and Hangjaw Ben, two of th9 most uncompromisingly black men who ever held citizenship in the great cotton belt, having become tired of farming, desired to move to town and establish a grocery store. Sassafras Bill had made quite a reputation as a preacher, and at one time it seemed likely that his star, brilliant and of the first magnitude, would dazzle the eyes of all rivals, but alas! On \ an evil day, at an evil hour, the constable pulled a shoat from under Sassafras Bill's Ded. Of course he knew not how the shoat srot into the house, and, of course, his devoted congregation was willing to excuse him, but the constable said "no." He said that the grand jury, composed of excellent men, wanted to see Sassafras Bill. They saw him and recommended him to the consideration of the court, which American institution suggested the propriety of sending Sassafras Wilhelrpj to the penitentiary. During one year Sassafras remained in the penitentiary. When he came out and attempted to preach again?when he ascended the pulpit and raised his ponderous fist?old Hangjaw Ben, a devout member, arose and said: "Hole on dar. Doan yer hit dat Bible. We does't want a pennytenshv nigger ter come roun' heah lammin' de daylights outen our Scripturs. Git down frum behinedatbox. Yer ain't fitten ter preach ter sich Christians and holy pussons as we is. Clime down, I tell yer, er dis house will shake wid suthin' whut'll drap on de flo'. Dat suthin' will be a pennytenshv nigger." Just then a constable entered and arrested Hangjaw Ben, a warrant having been * sworn out charging him with stealing a sheep. He was tried and presented with one year's term in the penitentiary. After regaining his liberty he hurried back to the neighborhood of his downfall. Sassafras Bill, whose voice of warning and italicized hallelujah had long been hushed, met the wanderer, and took him into agricultural copartnership. After a season of successful operations they desired, as above stated, to open a grocery store in town. Tfiey reniea a snanty ana uegun ousiuess. "Ben," said Bill, does yer know what we'se gwine to do heah ?" "Yes, we'se gwine to make money." "Gwine ter git rich, Ben, dat's whut we'se ewineter do. When two hones' pussons like we is puts dar heads tergedder, somethin'gwine ter happen. Heah me?" "I heahs yer, an' I harks ter yer voice." "Ben, dar ain't many hones' men in dis heah worl\" "Dat da ain't, Bill. It do 'peer like folks isergettin' wuz eberv day. Wa'n't dat way in onr raisin', Bill." "No it wan't, I tell yer. No it wa'n't. Den folks wuz spected ter be hones'. Tell yer whnt I done when I wuz er young man: I went inter er orchard an' wuz so hones' dat 'stead o' stealin' er ripe apple I tuck er green peach." - "Dat puts me in mine o' myse'f," rejoined Hangjaw Ben. "I went down in the swamp one day an' 'stead o' takin' de reumatiz, I tuck er simple case o' de cramp. Reumatiz wuz jest as handy but it dian't 'long ter me." Trade was very good, but somehow the stock went down surprisingly fest. When one of the partners was not looking, the other one had his fingers in the cash drawKri* oq +Viqtt ha/1 imnlipif nonfidpnm In each other's honesty, nothing was said. The stock was replenished, but soon began to diminish. Trade fell off, still the stock continued to go down. "Ben," Bill one day remarked, "whut's de matter wid dis dis sto', nowhow ?" "I'll be dinged ef I know Bill. 'Peers ter me like it's gwine down powerful fas'. Ef yesse'f want sich er hones pusson, an' ef yer didn't hab such a reputation for uprightness an' holliness o' ae faith, I would sorter suspicion yer." "I wuz thinkin' 'bout dat myse'f, Ben. Ef we wa'ri't sich hones' men, I would blebe dat dar wuz suthin' wrong." . ?At last the stock dwindled down until nothing but two cans of tomatoes and a piece of dried beef were left. The partners divided the remnants and closed up the house. The next day Bill opened a store. That evening Ben opened a store. The two places of business were, without design, located within a few feet of each other. The two business men met on the sidewalk. "Look heah, Ben, how is dis? Whar yer git all dat stock t" "How is it widyese'f?" 'Ben, I thoughtrdat yer wuz er hones' Susson, an' now I'se shocked. It's alius e way. Wheneberl puts comferdence in er pusson he is sho' ter 'ceibe me. Ef I had know'd dat yer wuz erpackin' off dem goods it would er hurt my feelin's." "Yes, I speck so, an' ef I had er knowed dat I wuz er dealin' wid dat sorter man I would er had er bigger stock den I's got. De human fambly is dun fell from grace. Arter dis I gwineter look out for mysel'f." "So is I. Wall, when yer stock runs down come round an' I will gin yer some wholesale Aggers." An Apt Repartee.?Quick wit and aptness for repartee often stand in good stead to those who are deAcient in learning. The hero of this sketch had his wits about him, although he may have been lacking in legal intelligence. . Hnmo voors aim a rnunc man nnnlipH tn the District court o( Dallas, Texas, to be examined to practice law. A lawyer was appoined to examine the qualifications of the candidate for admission to the bar. The young man was rather deficient in Blackstone and Greenleaf. It looked very much as though he lacked the requisite preparation, and the examining lawyer badgered him until his brow was beaded with perspiration. "Do you know what fraud is in the judicial sense of the word?" inquired the examining attorney. "I don'?-I hardly think I do," was the stammering reply. "Well, fraud exists when a man takes advantage of his superior knowledge to injure an ignorant person." "So that's it, is it ? Then if you take advantage of your superior knowledge of law to ask me questions I can't answer, owing to my ignorance, and in consequence thereby I am refused a license, I will be injured and you will be guilty of fraud. Won't youjudge?" The lawyer was very thoughtful for a few moments, and then added reflectively: "My young friend, I perceive you have great natural qualifications for the bar, and I shall recommend that a large, handsomely engrossed and richly engraved license be granted you in spite of your ignorance." A Straight Verdict.?A coroner's jury returned a verdict to the effect that a certain prominent man had died of alcoholism. "Your verdict is absurd," some one said to the coroner. "Why so?" "Because he was never known to drink." "That's a fiict." "He never went into a saloon." "You are right." "Then why do you say he died from the ol/vrvU/vUfitv* ?i?kam Ttrn oil IrnAur cutout Ui niuuiiuunui, touch no UH niiun that he was shot?" "That's all very true." the coroner replied, "but the man who shot him was drunk. Don't talk to me, if you please. I understand business. Deceased was killed by whisky." A Better Charm.?A boy was knocking the horse-chestnuts off a tree on Cass avenue when a pedestrian observed: "I suppose you think they will act as a charm to ward off rheumatism, but they won't." "I uid't suppose they would," replied the lad. "Then what do you want of them ?" "To act as a charm to ward off lickings. I know of a boy who carried four of them in his pockets and didn't get licked for four straight weeks!" Ernest's grandfather is a doctor, and had been for sometime treating a patient for St. Vitus's dance. Ernest had seen the sufferer from the strange nervous disease, and felt much sympathy for him. The other day he hurried from his grandfather's office to his mother's room to say, "O mamma, mamma, here's another poor little boy who has the?the?I can almost think of- the name?the St. Patrick's {ump!" <s Mh Madam comes home from the theatre and finds Minna (the servant) sitting in theiStchen reading a book by tne light of two candles. She is very greatly annoyed at the girl's extravagance. "Why, Minna, actually reading novels with two candles burning?" "Not at all, ma'am," was the cool reply; that's only..one candle. I jastcut it in two half an hofig&p." MBOKjEV/d&d, when I growapl want you of me." "What inchoiea, flflyboy ?" [ HHMb to Europe cvery lummV.^ Wittrside dathermfls. 19 Modern needles first came into use in 1645. 19* Our highest joy comes when others rejoice with us. 19 A. T. Stewart is said to have invented the term UC. 0.1)." 19 To be agreeable in society it is necessary not to see and not to remember many things. 19 You haven't got much religion if you don't praise the Lord only when you feel like it. 19 The phrase "a friendly interest" is usually a euphemism for an "impudent curiosity.' 19 A well-known physician says that thin soles are great propagators of disease among women. I?* Doing is the great thing; for, if resolutely people do what is right, in time they come to like doing it. J?- Charleston, S. C., has a church known as "The Circular Congregational." Probably its pastor is a good all-round preacher. I?1 "Uncle Abe, they tell me your colored church is very exclusive." "It trie? to be, sah, but er white man will sneak in ercasionally." I? Every man is the architect of his own fortune. And it's lucky for the most of us that there is no building inspector around. 16?* The Police Commissioner's census of New York states the population of that city to be 1,710,715, or 197,214 more than the United States census. I? Nothing can be more striking than the contrast between the arrogance of a recent graduate of a college, and the humility of an old one. I? Gazaly?"I'd like to know why you refer to Mrs. Dobbins as a grass widow ?" Bunting?"Her husband was in the hay and feed business." J? The man who invented the pigs-in-cloer puzzle has been sent to a lunatic asylum in St. Louis, and the local papers consider it a case of just retribution. J? A company, backed by a powerful English syndicate, has been chartered in Illinois to go into the balloon business as a commercial enterprise for passenger service. J? What men want is not talent, it is purpose; in other words, not power to achieve, but will to labor. Labor judiciously and continually applied becomes genius. I? The editor of a Chicago German paper says there are at least two hundred and thirty-five thousand Germans in that city. There is one marriage American of nine foreigners. I?* An enormous number of farms have become vacant in all parts of England and the outlook for landlords is a sorry one. In most counties there are half-a-dozen farms to one applicant The man who borrows money borrows trouble along with it, and the interest on both increases in proportion to the amount borrowed and the length of time the note has to run. tGT First Rector?1"Is your congregation going to raise your salary this coming year?" Second Rector?"Well, I don't know. They haven't finished raising my last year's salary yet." 93F Hostess?"Dear me, the conversation is flagging. What can we do to amuse our guests. Host?"I don't know, unless we leave the drawing-room for a few minutes and give them a chance to talk about us." tSt The log cabin in Washington county, Ky., where Abraham Lincoln lived when a boy, and where his father was married, has been bought and will be removed to Chicago for exhibition at the World's Fair. Ex-Congressman W. L. Scott, of Pennsylvania, has tried buttermilk that has been heated to the boiling point without boiling and then permitted to cool, and enthusiastically recommends it as a cure for dyspepsia. "What did de doctah say ailed yer mostly, Bill?" "He 'lowed dat I had a conflagration of diseases. Fust, de salvation glans don't insist my indigestion; dat make a torpedo liver, cose I'm liable to go off any minute." JST A young lady in St. John, Washington, four years ago sowed the seed from one head of barley. The product was or?*l nlanfoH fho thrpf HUPOPPdint* Oftvcu auu piuufcv\* M?v ??.* vv- 0 Sears, and this season tlie yield was sixteen undred bushels. t&~ An Atlanta young man, who had an original and picturesque way of putting things, speaking of a joke which he heard a minstrel man get off, said, "It fell so flat upon the audience that you could cut your name in the silence." The greatest man is he who chooses the right with invincible resolution; who resists the sorest temptation from within and without; who bears the heaviest burdens cheerfully; who is calmest in storms, and whose reliance on truth, on virtue, on God, is most unfaltering. 4?"*"My son, stop! You must not dispute your mother that way." "But she's in the wrong." "That makes 110 difference; and you might as well learn, my ehild, once for all, that when a lady says a thing is so. it is so ;" and then he added earnestly, "even if it isn't so." 1?* "Doctor, however do you manage to ei\joy such perfect health?" "Nothing easier. Whenever I felt out of sorts, I looked out for a patient who was similarly affected, and tried on him all the remedies I could think of. As soon as I had found the right one I took it myself." I?" Capitalist?"My daughter is homely, cross-eyed, hump-shouldered, avid hs\s a disposition like a hornet's nest. What do want to marry her for?" Young man (ardently)?"I love her, sir!" Capitalist? "Then you can't have her, sir. I don't want to take a blame fool into my family." I?* "Have you boarded long at this house ?" inquired the new boarder of the sour, dejected man sitting next to him. "About ten years." "I don't see how you can stand it. Why haven't you left long ago?" "No other place to go," said the other dismally. "The landlady is my wife." I?* During the forty years just passed 12,925,043 immigrants have arrived in this country from all corners of the world. The largest number came between 1881 and 1885, when the immigration returns show an income of 2,975,083. From 1880 to the present, 2,200,847 immigrants entered our ports. J?-He?"What's the matter with my darling? Why those tears?" She?"I've made some biscuits for you, and instead of two quarts of flour and one tablespoonful of salaratus. I used two quarts of salaratus and one tablespoonful of flour, and I'm afraid you'll think they're not as good as your mother's biscuits." Would blush to find it fame: Jones has a bad habit of snoring 011 the slightest provocation. Where is your papa ?" asked a visitor one day of Jones's youthful son and heir. He's in his study, asleep. "How do you know that he is asleep, my little man?" "I heard him; my papa sleeps out loud." j?*1 "Are these makerel quite fresh ?" asked a lady of a ragged but pompous old colored fish-peddler who came to her door. "0 yes, lady, puffeckly so, puffeckly so!" was the reply. "Jess nostnlize them and see." " 'Is ostrilize' them ? What do you mean by that?" "Why, lady," said the peddler, with a look indicative of pity for her ignorance, "smell 'em! smell 'em!" A new hotel, in the new State of Washington, stands high up on a steep hill, the business portion of the town being at the base of the hill. To provide access to the house without compelling its patrons to climb the hill, the latter has been tunnelled to a point eighty feet under the hotel; to this point electric cars run, and an elevator does the rest. 16?"To serve God in business, give sixteen ounces to the pound, thirty-six inches to the yard, four quarts?full ones?to the gallon, thirty-two quarts to the bushel. Give people what they pay for; that is practical Dusiness Christianity. Without it you cannot serve God faithfully and consistently. Conduct your business as if the Lord were a silent partner, yet were always present watching your dealings. That is what he is doing. Funniman?"Xow, there'syour husband coming, Mrs. Candor. Let's make a little surprise for him. Mrs. Funniman and I will hide behind the curtains here, and tell him that your expected guests haven't come. Then we'll step out and surprise him.' Enter Mr. Candor. Mrs. Candor (obeying order)?"Well, John, our expected guests have disappointed us. J&T. and MrsJ Funniman haven't come." rtMMfcBdor Jheartily)?"I'm glad of it!" ?hc Jam and fireside. THE FARM. Sweat and dust, as well as ill-fitting collars, cause the horse's shouldbr to gall. Try to put in such crops as will give you something to sell at least every month in the year. "Management." This one word has more meaning on the farm than is generally suspected. The farm may not yield big profits, but is there any other calling so sure to give a man a living? How many tradesmen and men in other lines of business are bankrupted to one of the farm ? No one animal is an exact type of its race. Hence the difficulty of testing the relative value of breeds. The scrub animal has a pedigree which by adverse circumstances has a downward irictpnrl nf jm iimvard tendency. It is a great fuxury to live on a good road. It pays everyone living along a road to do his share toward making it a good one. When only one ingredient is lacking in the soil, that one, when applied, will produce just as good results as a complete manure would. The body, to be well nourished, must have plenty of well masticated digestible food. Do not make your stomach do the work of your teeth. Remember the book of knowledge is the oldest book of all, and has been wide open to all ever since man had an existence on the globe. If you are a farmer do not be accusing the farm of producing hard times. Look in other directions if you want to find the cause. Pigs can be reared so as to have seventyfive i>er cent, of lean meat in them bv feeding bran and middlings. Skim milk may also be fed. A particular fertilizer may be beneficial to one farm or field and of no value to another, because that particular ingredient is not needed. The successful farmers are sufficient in number to discredit the croakers and show that it is not the farm but the farmer that is at fault. Pedigree is very important?equally so whether it is good or bad. No animal, bear in mind, is without a pedigree, whether it is recorded or not. .Stand up like a man and honor your calling. \ ou may have wrongs but they are not in your farm, although some of xl compact and close leather is, the better it is for foot, boot or shoe. The surface of such leather is always smooth, not rough and chafed ; and such leather keeps the feet dry and warm. Poor stock is usually set off with fancy leather and gew-gaws, to take attention from the bad (quality of the main stuff. A plain unpolished shoe or boot is so because it has real merit enough to sell it readily. Shoes being lighter than boots, are preferable for plowing and for summer wear, when they are so madeasto exclude the dirt. 1 have yet to see a buckled shoe that would keep out the dirt, that was easy on the foot, and retained a proper shape. A buttoned shoe is not subject to these objections, but the buttons are apt to be torn off. 1 think a laced shoe the best, as it can lie brought as close about the instep as may be desired, and its shape is well retained. Forstrings use oiled buckskin. Have low, broad heels on boot or shoe. It is important that the stiffening in the heel lie good; see that it is firm when you purchase. A shoe or boot moderately tight across the toes and half an inch longer than the foot is easier and better for the foot than a short, broad shoe, though the general notion is the contrary.?[Country (ientleman. P||l Win*5 POWDER Absolutely Pure A cream of tartar baking powder. IlitcliCHt of all leaveiiinif atreiiKth.?[l*. S. Covrriiment report, Aiiijurt 17, lHfW. HOVAI. HAKIM" I'OWDKK COMPANY. No. 100 Wall Street, New York city. July 9 M ly mem amy oe 111 yuui ituuuug. Give your farm credit for furnishing you a home rent free, and for a thousana and one necessaries and luxuries which you would have to pay cash for in a city. Perhaps the best remedy that can be used to Keep chicks in good condition is pulverized charcoal mixed with cooked feed. A daily ration of it can do them no great harm. He is not a very enterprising farmer who, if naturally slow, cannot hurry his steps a little in haying, especially when unfavorable weather has delayed the work far beyond its season. It would be good for farmers if some of their number would write out farm experiences and observations for publication, thereby conveying to all interested many useful lessons that otherwise must be lost, except to a few. If one farmer does not feel able to purchase and keep a thoroughbred boar himself. in many cases it will pay to combine with three or four of his neighbors and secure a good animal rather than continue to breed to a scrub. The value of manure depends on the character of the food eaten by the animals. It cannot contain anything not contained in the food eaten. This applies to cow, horse, pig, hen, and any other manure made from animal droppings. BOUTS AND SHOES. There is much complaint that* boots and shoes wear out rapidly?that they are not nearly so durable as they were thirty years ago. Undoubtedly much improperly tanned leather is used, and machine manufacture is not as good as the old hand-making. But the trouble is more in the lessened care we give our boots and shoes. When they cost more we are more careful of them. The fall season is a hard time on boots and shoes. They are wet by the cold dew in the morning, and then coated with the earth fresh from the plough durinerthe day. This hardens the leather, destroying "its elasticity, and it breaks. Hauling the damp manure from the compost heap also exposes the shoes to hardening influences. The remedy is oil. This fills the pores of the leather, excluding moisture and earth. The reward of oiling is not only increased wear, but increased ease also. A good application is one part of beef tallow to two of neat's-foot oil. Warm and mix thoroughly. Much that is sold as neat's-foot oil is not this oil. Buy only of a responsible dealer, and be prepared to pay a good price. The efficacy of oiling depends much upon the manner. The leather must be clean. Scrape and brush it well, and then wash it with a wet cloth. Apply the oil before the leather becomes dry. If the soles are pegged on, be careful to get the oil well into the crevice between the soles and the uppers. The oil will prevent the pegs from absorbing moisture and then shrinking, allowing the uppers to pull loose; and it is those parts of the uppers which are fastened to the sole that are most often damp and will soonest rot and break unless oiled. But if the soles are sewed on, apply oil lightly to the sewed portions. The thread is not benefitted by oil. For farm wear pegged-on soles are the best. Apply the oil warm, but not so warm as to be uncomfortable to the hand. It is well to expose the leather to a gentle heat; but depend on rubbing, not on heat to get oil into the pores of the leather. By rubbing the leather well you not only fill the pores, but to a certain extent close their openings. Farmers usually select shoes or boots made of leather that is too coarse. Cowhide does not make the most durable boot or shoe for farm wear. It will crack and break sooner than a lighter, more pliable leather would wear through ; and tne latter will be easier and lighter?a matter of no small moment to the man who must walk as much as the farmer. The most durable shoe or boot for farm wear is made of heavy calf-skin leather. If properly oiled it will not crack or break. Paste is used to hide poor leather; leather that hijs large open pores does not wear well, and is a poor protection from wet or cold. Paste closes these open pores and gives the surface a nice polish. Leather covered with paste had better be passed by; so, too, leather that stretches easily. The more THIS PAPER IS sent to you as a sample copy, and it is the desire of the publisher that you will examine it carefully, both as regards quantity and quality of matter. We strive to make The Enquirer a hightoned family newspaper, and its standing to-day is a proof that our efforts have not been in vain. In the future, as in the past, its high standing will be maintained. If after examining the paper you are pleased with it, and desire to have its weekly visits, we will be pleased to send it to you, and make the following liberal offer to all new subscribers: We will send The Enquirer to all new subscribers who may subscribe for the paper, between November 1, 1890, and December 25, 1890, from the date the subscription is received, until January r, /<?92, for gi.75, in clubs, provided the cash ts paid to the club-maker when the subscription is given. Anybody who desires to do so is at liberty, and in fact solicited, to make a club, but for the information of those who do not care to make a club, but desire to become subscribers, we publish below a list of club-makers, any one of whom will be pleased to receive subscriptions : T. G. CULP, Fort Mill, S.C. W. H. CROOK, . . . Fort Mill, S. C. W. S. LESLIE, Leslie, S. C. J. R. GETTYS Leslie, S.C. SAM'L. L.MILLING,. Rock Hill,S. C. SAM B. 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JOHN S.BAILEY, Walnut Grove,S. C. C. M. SMITH, .... Tucker, Texas. D. A. S. BOYD, . . Jacksonville, Ark. v ?^ - , THE YORKVILI FOR HANDSOMELY PRINTED I -? THE LARGEST COUNTY NEWS THAT IS PRINTED E W IV Amira d~h~4* *- C*/JL J. 1 .T7 Ooimties a NOW IS THE TIMI - New Subscribers in Ciuli Christmas 1890, Fnriiisl January 1st, 1892, for i A Holler & Anderson Buggy Awarded to the Club-Make Number of NEW SUBS1 P. M., on the First Moi il l II mi he i m t +-<+ A First-Class Singer Se of Sixty S ? A Splendid Stem Winding and Stem Clab of Thirty S fTIHE FIRST WEEK IN JANUARY, 1891, X will commence the thirty-seventh year of the publication of THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER, and it is with pleasure that the proprietor announces to its patrons and friends that atuo tlmesince the first number was issued in January, 1855, have the facilities forfurnishinga first-class, high-toned family newspaperone suited to thewantsof the intelligent people of York and surrounding counties?been better than they are to-day. Our mechanical facilities are equal, perhaps, to those of any country paper in the South, and our facilities for gathering news are first-class. The paper will continue to present the same handsome appearance that has always been one of its leading attractions. It is now the largest countv newspaper in South Carolina that is printed entirely at home. Having intelligent, trustworthy and wideawake special correspondents in York and adjoining oounties, but little transpires in those counties in which the people generally are interested, that is not promptly made known through tho columns of THE ENQUIRER Besides this, it shall continue to bo our aim to watch carefully after everything which Is calculated to make known to the outsido world the business advantages and natural resources possessed by York county?agricultural, mineral and climatic?and when wo say York county, we do not mean any particular section of it, or any particular class of people; but tho whole county, and all the poople. We shall, in addition to local ufTairs, give such attention to matters inside and outside the State, as is likely to be of interest to our readers, and necessary to koop them well informed as to what is transpiring in our own and other lands. While tho local and general news departments of the paper will be carefully looked after, all the features which have given THE ENQUIRER a distinctive character from the first day of its publication will be maintained. From time to time it will contain short stories and serial stories from the best writors; overy week a column of fun and humor; carefully selected, and seasonable articles iutonded to benefit the farmer and housewife; articles for the young people, tho object of which will be to assist them in becoming good men and women and ornaments to society; besides articles, by the publication of which, it is hopod the mon, women and children who read THE ENQUIRER, will be bettor, happier and wiser. To recapitulate: It is our aim to print a hightoned, clean, newsy family paper; one that is reliable, and one whose weekly visits will always be looked forward to with ploasure by its patrons. Terms of Subscription-Free of Postage. Single Copy, ono year, ?2 00 Two Copies, one year, 3 50 Ono Copy, two years, 3 50 One Copy, six months, 1 00 One Copy, three months, 50 Ten Coplos, one year, 17 50 And ono copy, one year, to the person making a club of Ten at $1.75 for each subscriber. Paymont is required to be made in advance. Premiums to Club-Makers. For the largest clubs of subscribers at $1.75 for each subscriber, we oiler THREE CASH PREMIUMS, amounting in the aggregate to ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS, as follows: For the largest Club, Fifty Dollars. For the second largest Club, Thirty Dollars, For the third largest Club, Twenty Dollars. To EVERY person who may obtain a club of Bixty or more names, but who may fail to secure one of the three cash premiums, we will give as compensation one Chicago Singer Sewing Machine, described elsewhere in this paper. The Machine will be delivered free of all freight charges to the nearest railroad station to the person entitled to receiyo it. To EVERY person who may obtain a club of THIRTY or more names, but who may fail to secure one of the three Cash premiums, wo will give as compensation for securing the subscribers, one ANTI-MAGNETIC SOLID NICKEL-SILVER WATCH. The watch is an open face, stem-winder and setter, aud is, perhaps, the best and most reliable Watch, considering price, that can be obtained. The case is a combination of silver and nickle and will wear a life time. The rotail price of the watch is $10.00. HOLLER & A WM1 117"K aro pleased to announco that by an arTt rangemont with the HOLLERANDERSON IJUGGY COMPANY, of Rock Ilill, S. C., we are enabled to oiler one of their popular NO. 2 ROAD CARTS as a premium to club makers. We proposo to award one of these carts to the club maker who shall secure and pay for the largest number of NEW SUBSCRIBERS between November 1, 1H00, and the FIRST MONDAY IN JANUARY, 1801, up to 1 o'clock p. m., and wo would call the attention of all who desire to compote for this premium, to what is said in roference to it in our prospoctus, which appears in this issue. Read it carefully. The C'urt In Worth #22.50. The following is a description of tho Cart, as furnished us by tho manufacturers: "Tho shafts, cross bar, singletree and circle are made oi seioci second growin mcKory?tree lrom knots and wind shakos. The axle is one inch case-hardenod steel. Tires are 1 x I round edge steel. Shafts are so attached to axle that it is impossible for them to slip, which will not be found in most carts. The tiros are bolted on and rims of wheels have screws on each side of every spoke (horizontally) to prevent rim from splitting. Has cushioned seat. The shafts have silver tips on ends, and are trimmed with dash leather. In the painting four coats of paint are used. The spring is long and easy riding, and carries one or two passengers easier than any cart wo over rode in." The Cart may be seen in the manufacturers' show room at llock Hill. The following voluntary testimonials are printed for the information of all interested. Dozens of others just as strong might bo produced, but it is not doomed necessary, as thoso we publish cover the whole ground : UNDERTAKING. 1AM handling a lirst class line of Collins and Caskets which I will sell at the very lowest prices. Personal attention at all hours. I am prepared to repair all kinds of Furniture at reasonable prices. J. K!>. JKKKEKYN. January ~~ 4 If LE ENQUIRER 18911 M PINE WHITE PAPER. PAPER IN SOUTH CAROLINA NTIRELY AT HOME. 5Torlf and AdjoiningSpecialty. TO SUBSCRIBE. | is, Received Previous to1 ted with the Paper Until $1.75, Cash in Advance. Co.'s No. 2 Road Cart to be r who Secures the Largest CRIBERS by 1 O'clock iday in January, 1891. USEE LARGEST CLUB OF SUBSCRIBERS! wing" Machine for a Club ubscribers. t Settiug Nicltle-Sllvcr Watch Tor a nbscribcrx. The time fixed for completing clubs under the above offers is limited to one o'clock p. in., on MONDAY, the 9th day of MARCH, 181)1. Competitors may commence to secure subscribers at once. All NEW SUBSCRIBERS that are returned in clubs previous to the 25th of December, 1890, will be furnished with the paper until the FIRST OF JANUARY, 1892, for $1.75; but in every instance the subscription price must be paid before tiie name is entered on our books. For the Largest Clnb of New Subscribers. To tbe person who may obtain and pay for the largest number of NEW SUBSCRIBERS between tlio first of Novombor and the first Monday in Junuarv, 1891, we will give as compensation a splendid ROAD CART free of all freight charges. [For full description of Cart see advertisement printed elsewhere]. Tbe Cart is offered independent of all other premiums, and the person who receives it will be entitled to have ids names counted in competition for either of the other premiums offered. For example: If the person who secures the Cart shall have returnod and paid for tho largest lint of names by the second Monday in March, 1891, including those for which he received the Cart, lie will be entitled to the first firemiuin of $60 in cash; if the second largest, ncluding those for which he received the Cart, he will be entitlod to the second premium of $30 in cash ; if the third largest, including those for which he received the Cart, lie will be entitled to the third premium of $20 in cash. If it is found that the person who secured tbe Cart has sixtv or more names on the SECOND MONDA'Y IN MARCH, and has failed to secure one of tho cash premiums, he will be entitled to a Sewing Machine; and if thirty or more, including those for which ho received the Cart, and lias failed to secure one of the cash premiums, will lie entitlod to a Watch. RENEWALS count just the same as new subscribers in competition for all premiums except the Cart. Every new subscriber must be genuine and not u change from the name of one member of a family to that of another. No nume will be counted in competition for a premium, and no premium delivered, until the subscription' price has been paid. To persons who make upclubs of ten or more names, but who may fail to obtain ono of the above premiums, we will send Tun Enquiher one year free of charge; and to those who send a club of twenty or more names, but who may fail to get one of the other premiums, we will forward Tir e Enquirer one year free of charge, and a copy, one year, of any weekly newspaper or monthly magazine published in the United Statos, tho publication to be selected by tho person onlitled to receive it. It is not necessary that tho names of a club should all be at the same postotiice. Names may lie taken at any number of places. One name for two years will be equivalent to two names for one year each. All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at the expense of those sending them. We will be responsible for the safe transmission of money only when sent by draft, registered letter, or money orderdrawn on the Yorkville postotiice. In sending names, write plainly, giviug postotiice, county and State. All subscriptions will be discontinued at the expiration of the time paid for. a llut iir<11 l,a Irani, for each club /x ocpuiaw iiuv ?? wv owf .w. maker, who will be creditod with each name sent, so that the number sent by any one person can be ascertained at a moment's notice. Persons who commence making clubs, will not be permitted, after the names have beenentered on our books, to trunsfer the names to another club-maker's list. pif The time in which additions may be made to clubs under our propositions will expire on the SECOND MONDAY OF MARCH, 1891, except the offer made with regard to the Cart, which expires on the 1st Monday of January, 1891. Thorefore, persons who desire the benefit of club rates, must subscribe and pay for the paper before that date, as after the expiration of that time it will not be furnished for less than $2.00 unless new clubs are formed. All letters should be addressed to LEWIS n GRIST, Yorkville, S. C. October 29 44 tf M ru.'S !iH. CART. He is Plea*e?l Willi It. Cokksiujky, S. C.f February ul, '!m). Hollor it Anderson Ruggy Co., Rock Hill, S. C. Doar Sirs: I am vory much plo:isoil with tho cart. Its easy riding far surpasses my expectation. Yours truly, Uev. I).'/. Dant/.lkr. Surpassrs AH For Durability. Mayksvim.k, S. V., June I, '!m). I Hollor it Anderson Ruggy Co., Hock Hill, ' S. ('. Dear Sirs : Your curts surpass anything I in durability in this section. J. K. lit. and. It is a Perfect Cart. Phospkiuty, S. C., Decomberll, 'Kfl. ' Holler it Anderson Ruggy Co., Rock Hill, S. C.: In tho last twenty-lour years i traveled on two-wheeled vehicles enough to go | 'round the globe three tiiuos, and I lind that j your cart is tho hest I have yet used. It is a I porfoet cart. Strong, light running, and cf>mJ ibrtablo and gives no jolts and very little nioj tion of tho horse. Yours kindly, Rov. J. H. Tuavwick. I Jn.st Whut Iliw Wil'c Wanted. Camp Riiwik, S. C., July f>, 1S1H>. Holler tfc Anderson Ituggy Co., Rock Hill, S. C. Cart received. I am well pleased with it. It just suits my wifo. It is just the thing she wanted. It gives satisfaction. John M. Kikiiy. No definite uuuihor of subscribers will bo noeossary to secure this Cart, but it will be awarded to the club maker who may return and pay for the largest number of NEW Sl'HSCRIRERS botwoen November 1, I81H), and tho j lirst Monday in January, 1891, up to 1 o'clock, p. in., whether that number bo TEN or ONE HUNDRED. LEWIS M. OR 1ST. MERCHANTS' HOTEL, BLACKSBURG. S. C. rjlA I'.LES set with the best tho season alfords. I Neat and comfortable rooms. I Polito attention to guests. Porters moot all trains. Ladies to and from oastand west-bound night trains aro assured courteous attention. Rates reasonable. J. W. THOMSON, Proprietor. July .'ID .11 tf d THE BEST BARGAIN EVER OFI A $45 SEWING B INCLUDING ONE YEAR'S SUBS WE have made such arrangements as enat to offer the CHICAGO SINGER SEVi MACHINES at lower rates than ever before GOOD MACHINE^ and we offer our readers 11 vantage of the unprecedented bargains. This Machine is made after the latest modi the Singer Machiaes, and is a perfect facslmi shape, ornamenta^on and appearance. All the are made to gauge exactly the same as the Si and are constructed of precisely the seme maU The utmost cam is exercised intbe selection t metals used, anflonlv the very best quality is chased. Each /Machine is thoroughly well and is fitted wfth the utmost nicety and exaci and no Machine is permitted by the inspector ; out ol the shops until it has been fully tester proved to do pe/fect work, and run light and wi noise. I THE CIIICAGOSINGER MACHINEbas a im nor bint imorovenient in a Iaosc Balance Wht constructed a* to permit winding bobbins wi removing the-work from the Machine. 1 The fjoose Balance Wheel is actuated by a solid to the shaft outside of the balance wheel, whi< spiral Spring. When a bobbin is to be wound, balance wheel, and turned slightly to the right bohbiu is tilled. Where the Machine is liable be left out of the wheel when not in use, so that The thread eyelet and tho needle clamp are nia convenience. Each Iffachiaic in Furnished wit l Foot Hemmer, fl Heinmers, all diflferen 1 Gauge. 1 Tucker, 1 Packag^of Needles, 1 Thread Cutter, 1 Throat Plato, 1 Oil Can tilled with Oil The driving wheel of this Machine isadmittc con veil lent of any. The Machine is self-threadi tor, is ntado of the best material, with the wear! style. It has veneered cover, drop-leaf table, manufacturers warrant every Machine for 5 yeai This valuable Sewing Machine is GIVEN AS YORKVILLE ENQUIRER at $1.75 each ; or fo additional. Price, including one year's subscription to TJ Our price? $10.00--is for the Machine well crat with alfattachmeuts and accessories. The Mac! club-maker, as the case may be, and the freigh Machine. The manufacturers write us that the about Jl.50. Giye name of freight station if dl THE CORi Is The Best Farming Ii NO OTHER IMPLEMENT WILL DO Right Now Is th THERE is no doubt of the fact that no farm- j ing implement has ever been ottered to the farming world that has given such universal satisfaction as the CORBIN DISK HARROW. Tf la naari in evnrv StjitA and Territory and is heartily and enthusiastically endorsed by every farmer who has ever used it, and they are numbered by thousands. Practical farmers everywhere agree that it is, WITHOUT EXCEPTION, the most profitable implement for cultivating the soil and putting in grain yet invented. It increases the crops, saves time, and saves labor. The Harrow Is made of lirst-class material throughout, and with proper care will do good work for fifteen or twentv years, and will pay for itself a dozen times over. The wheels or disks are made of the very best of steel, and will neither break, bend or crumble. The disks are not affected to any appreciable oxteut by rocks and the Harrow will do good work on all kinds of land. The following are some of the points of superiority possessed by the Corbin Harrow : J. It is the only Disk Harrow that is perfectly flexible (i. e. ono that will adapt itself to uneven surfaces). 2. It is the only Harrow in which the gangs are independent of each other?either can fit or follow an inequality without disturbing the other. 3. It is the only Harrow having chilled boxas and anti-friction balls. 4. It is the only Harrrow that has a successful Seeder Attachment. 5. It is theonly combined Harrow and Seeder that covers every kernel of grain in rows like a drill. fi. Tho Corbin is unequalod for lightness of draft and power as a pulverizer. GARRY IRON RO Manufacturers of all kinds of IRON ROOFINGS, CRIMPED AND CORRl'fiATKI) HII>INO, ? miA ui.]?mIa iMuwBKSl! KIRK PROOF UOOUS, Mlt'TTKRM, AC\, THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS ( pir- Orderc rooolved by L. M. GRIST. TAX NOTICE 1889-90. OFFICE OF COUNTY TREASURER, Yohkvillr, S. C., September loth, 1890. IN accordance with law, MY BOOKS WILL BE OPENED ON THE 15TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1890, for tbe collection of STATE, COUNTY and SPECIAL TAXES, for the fiscal year commencing November 1st, 1889, and will be kept open until the loth day of December, 1890. for the accommodation of tax-payers, I will attend at the following places on the days named: At Yorkville, from Monday, 3rd, to Monday, the 10th day of November. At Buffalo, Moore's School House, on Tuesday, the 11th day of November. At Grover, on Wednesday, the 12th day of November. At Blacksburg, on Thursday and Friday, the 13th and 14th days of November. At Yorkville, on Saturday aud Monday, the 15th and 17th days of November. At Coates's Tavern, on Tuesday, the 18th day of November. At Fort Mill, on Wednesday and Thursday, the 19th and 20th days of Novembor. At Rock Hill, from Friday, 21st, to Wednesday, the2Cth day of November. At Nowport, on Thursday, the 27th day of November. At Tirzah Station, on Friday, the 28th day of November. At Antioch, Bethesda township, on Saturday, the 29th day of Novembor. At Yorkville, from Monday, December 1st, to Monday, December 15th, (inclusive), after which day the books will be closed and the 15 per cent, penalty will attach. II. A. D. NEELY, County Treasurer. September 17 38 tf Special DIANOS Xr$25 CASH ^"InRGANS MAI r Bv y?ir\raou unLL g ^r- wnwn 1 IRQf) I end THE BALANCE next December 15th. SBB| WHEN CROPS ARE SOLD. DIANnnlsPOT CASH Prices. rlMnUII Specially lirdurcil. and the 9 . \^ LOWEST known on htand. u ORGANu *rd l,istruD,t'n,'t* NO INTEREST or advanco on tho caah price. Throo to Four Months' time (fivon, without aDycharae whatever. ->%BTH,s OFpER COOO for R MMFRH August, September, or w I UIIIITILIXB October, 1890. ||]A| T W Any Piano, any Organ, any D Style or Price. I I890 J NO EXCEPTION. OUR ENTIRE STOCK. ^|AN^| M I inHUI HIh tho Schedule for our Summ^ nnma .. The IIK-i'1' Sl'.tl.MKK IB flRuAKIll OPI'KIt w ever made. YiXI UllUnllw will liny whon you see tho bar. until* ottered. Write for Circular? Summer Offer 1890. .QUMMERI L.4B.S.M.H, IV The wbicbeit raeaas lJALE 9 LUDDEN t BATES, I 18901 'Southern Music House, SAVANNAH. CA. : i D. K. KINI.KY. J. S. It KICK FIN LEV A llltlC'E, A'rrOltNEYS AX LAW, Yorkville, H. V. ALL business entrusted to us will bo given prompt nttontion. ! OFFICE OPPOSITE THE COURT HOUSE, ERED IN SEWING MACHINES. UCHINE for $16, CRIPTIOH TO THE ENQUIRES, for a I SpBflMjffl] 10 ad- MBMBBpaBSgal* parts B|bh\ I ^Rjnpl \ A Jf mHWjjgj pur- y .a. *WP made ~ M b vlVl tneas, ?1 W VTl to go f 1 # \| I and 11# JM I tbout I I very icl, ho v thout 4Kb. I "" I bolt passing through a collar securely pinned :h bolt is firmly held to position by a strong the bolt is pulled out far enough to release the or left, where it is held by a stop-pin until the to be meddled with by children, the bolt can the Machine cannot be operated by the treadle, de SELF-THREADING, which is a very great h the Following Attachments: t widths. 1 Screw Driver, 1 Foot Ruflier, 1 Wrench, 1 Gauge Screw, . 1 Check Spring, I Binder, I, 1 Instruction Book, 5 Bobbins. id to be the simplest, easiest running and most ng, has the vary best tension and thread libarang parts hardened, and is finished in a superior 4 end drawers and center swing drawer. The rs. A PREMIUM for00 yearly subscriber to THE" ?r 30 yearly subscribers atfl.75 each, and {8.00 FIE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER, 916.00. ed, and delivered on board the cars in Chicago, tiine will be shipped direct to the subscriber or t will be paid by the person who receives the freight to any point in this section will ave:*age liferent from post office address. L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, 8. C* BIN EiS&ow mplement In The World. AS GREAT A VARIETF OF WORK. e Time To Buy. The Harrow With Seeder Attachment. Every Coirbin Harrow, whatever the site, is arranged bo that a Seeder can be attached to it. The Seed Hox and ita machinery are ot the most simple and compact character. All its metal parts are of malleable or refined wrought iron. Its weight is (of the size to fit the No. 7 12-disk Harrow) about eighty pounds. The Seeder Attachment is removable at pleasure. It locks itself firmly to the Harrow frame by simply putting it into position. Neither bar, bolt, wedge, key/Screw or pin, is > used to fasten it. Therefore, no hammer, I wrench or other tool is required to attach or detach it. Haifa minute of time will remove and one minute replace it. The Harrow and Seeder combined cost about half as much as a Drill, and is a better tool. It will sow grain as evenly as any drill, cover it better, and placo it at any depth in the i ground. It is two complete implements in one. It prepares the field in the best possible manner for seeding and then sows the crop. It sows RED RUST-PROOF OATS capitally. The St. Lawrence M'fg Co., who are the manufacturers of the Corbin Harrow, recom| mend the No. 7 Harrow as being best adapted ' to general farm work. It is made in two sizes, I viz.: 12 disks, 10 inches in diameter, and 0-foot : cut, and the other size has 10 16-inch disks and i 5-foot cut. I keep a few No. 7 12-disk harrows i on hand and can fill orders promptly. I also have SEEDER ATTACHMENTS on hand. I am sole agent for the St. Lawrence M'fg Co. for York. Chester, Fairfield and Lancaster couuties, S. C., and Mecklenburg county, N. C. I am prepared to quote unusually low prices and liberal terms. Call on or write to me at once. SAM M. GRIST, Yorkville, S C. OFING COMPANY, IRON ORE PAINT fjBLgk And. Cement. 152 TO 158 MF.RWIN ST., zar Send for Circularand )F IRON HOOFING IN THE WORLD. ROAD CARTS FROM $12.00 UP! "II/'E havo not been making much fuss latef T iv. for the reason that we have boon too busy. We, however, keep abreast of all competion, legitimate or otherwise. Two passenger Carts from 812.00 up. Buggies from 835.00 up. Leather Quarter Extension Top Surreys from 8115.00 up. Our stock was never moro complete. Cart and Buggy Harness at 87.50. Bridles, Collars, Whips, Lap Robes, <kc., to suit the purchaser's pocket. Ir you want the best work on wheels, buy only the "CAROLINA BUGGY." Wo are with you to stay! Come and see us. CAROLINA BUGGY CO. <. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD. 8CII KDl'I.K of Mail nml PuswiiRfr tmiiw from Lenoir, N. to CIh-mUt, S. t'., daily except Sunday, biking ellct-t August .'II, 1X1*): S~40um..~Z- Iaiivc LKXOIlt Arrive I I.... S 40pin 147 tun r HICKORY I ? .... " 33pm 10 25iii ~ NKtVTON 0 W pin 11 15an 7 .... LIXCOI.NTON ....j-S;.... 5 42pm II Wan X DAM,AS ifjl..:. 4 58 pm ! 12 14 pill....: 5 (! ASTON IA >X .... 4 35 pm . 12 14 pin.... - CLOVER j I 1 06pm i liypm.... YoRKVILLK .... fi.... 3 41 pin I 20 s < >I'Tl 1KIKSVI M.K.... I ; '.... 3 21pm 1 .Vipiii.... .... I.OWRYSVILLK.... /, .... 3 02pm 2 15 [ 111.... p Arrive (,'HKSTKU I^avcJ |. .. 40 pin s<>T."iiass! JTlTtayloTl i?. oariavell, Tralllc M'ng'r. Gen. Pass. Agt. 1>. 1'. A. Columbia, S. C. ALONZO ROSE, Hickory drove, S. DEALER IN KINK WHISKIES, BRANDIES, WINES AND TOBACCOS. ! Special Prompt Attention given to Orders. .March 19 12 ly "chattel mortgages, MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titleslo Real Estate. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. $hc fothvillc (frttquivct. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. TKHM8 OF" SUBSCRIPTION : Single copy for oue year, 9 8 00 One copy for two years, 8 50 For six months, 1 00 For three months, 50 Two copies for one yeat, 8 50 Ten copies one year 1'7 80 And an extra copy for a club of ten.