Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, December 21, 1871, Image 3

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[^he court ruled the question inadmissible. Mr. Moroso was crass-examined by Mr. irbin. He said : I did not see any militia , i /Yorkville; I saw a crowd of negroes around fe place where the arms were kept. There rs a great state of uneasiness pervading the ; < ihole country, on account of the negro mi- '> Itia marching about, armed, through the ! / testimony of judge r. b. carpenter. ' He said: I was a candidate for Governor of the State in the fall of 1870 ; I visted York md the surroundiug counties; I think I was diere in the latter part of August or 1st of September; it was after the negro militia were )rganized and armed ; there was a general v feeling of alarm in the country; the cause of it was that the militia were marching about armed throughout the country, and that a battle might occur at any time; the whites did not seem so much alarmed as that portion | j of the blacks who were not armed, but they I \ were all more or less uneasy ; the militia were J I composed of the party supporting the present 1 Sfafo Hvnastv?Radinals. 1 Mr. ^tanberry. Of what party were you a 1 candidate ? A. I can't call it a party ; it had 1 f no national significance whatever, but aimed < solely at local reform. ] Q. Reform what; the Republican party ? i A. No, not exactly that; for it was couceded 1 by the gentlemen associated with me that the J reform of those in power was a helpless task. 1 We aimed solely at a reform of the corrupt 1 administration of the State government. j TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM LINDSAY, COLORED. * He said: I live in York, about three and | i a half miles from where Jim Raitiey lived. I knew him well; have known him four or five yeare. He had ? uiOTttn company ; he "Was a~~ captain; the company was formed last year; 1 they had no muskets at first, but got them 1 about two months afterwards, and mustered v with them; they had ammunition, too?cart- J ridges. Allen Bratton, a lieutenant in the * company, brought the ammunition and dis- j" ' tributed it He said Mr. Rose, at York, gave I it to him. Audy Tims and Jim Williams $ f sent for it They got three rounds at first 1 They mustered at night twice a week, and a once a week before the election. Jim Wil- ! liams told me that he was going to get am- . munition from York, and kill from the cradle ? up. He told me that on the Friday before he was killed. We were riding to Yorkville to- 0 ? ether. I was going to pay ray taxes. I c on't think he got any ammunition that day. 0 Minor McConnell heard of his threats, too; - - fl they were generally known through the coun- ~ ty. There had been no raids before that time. There was no interference at the election. I voted at McConnellsville. Williams voted e f there, too. t t There had been no fires about there except t f the gin-house of Mr. Bratton ; folks thought that Jack Brooks did that; he is a colored man. I heard of fires above Yorkville. I r was at home the night Jim Williams was t killed. Two Ku Klux came up to ray house ; v they said they were Ku Klux; they were not s disguised; they asked me if I had a gun. I tola them I did not have any but a squirrel rifle. I handed it to them ; they gave it back t to me, and said they did not want that. There I was a big crowd of them in the road, some twenty or thirty. A militia party came af- t terwards; Andy Tims was at the head of t them ; they came up to my house and halloed : d "Come out, d?n you, come out quick. Have any Ku Klux been here?" I said yes; two. y They said, "Get your gun and come on." I t said come where? They said, "After them c Ku Klux." I told them I would not go. I Henry Haynes cocked his gun in my face and "] said, "D?n you, you've got to go, or I'll kill t you." I tola them I reckoned I might as 1 well die there as any where else. They took ]( my gun off, and promised to send it back next 1, day; they did send it back. I saw the mili- c tia company at the election; they did not carry I their arms that I know of; they had their d side arms on, bayonets, accoutrements, <fec. c u'e?i I; going to the election; they went in squads, mostly of six or seven. t Cross-examined by Mr. Corbin. I am known as Gentleman Bill; I live on John S. t Bratton's place. Jim Williams told me he d was going to kill from the cradle up. Mr. v Russell brought him word to give up his guns; t [ he said he wouldn't until Mr. Scott ordered a him. He seemed to be in earnest when he I ? made the threat. I told a good many people a about it; I told Mr. Lowrey and Mr. Wal- p lace. t ~ . "?r iTT-11 G O- ..: v ty. >V nat Jir. vvanacer CHjuire nauawi II ? A. JSo; Squire Wallace's son. Maj. Wal- fi lace, they call him. I told Minor McConuell; r I might have told more; I don't recollect s now. I think it was ten days afterwards that g I told Mr. Wallace. v Q. What was your politics ? A. When? fc then ? I never had no politics then ; I was s always a Democrat. I wasn't scared of the c Kb Klux. They didn't ask me what my pol- v itics were. I heard plenty of colored men ex- a press fear. I know that Minor McConnell a and Dave Thomasson are Democrats. The I men that came to my house said they was v Ku Klux. They halloed, "Wake up, nig- c fer! open the door! here we are." Andy t *iras' party acted more like Ku Klux than n they did. He said he was hunting Ku Klux. t They said they would kill rae if I didn't go. h The other ones never said that. I never knew t Jim Williams to do anything bad. TESTIMONY OF JAMES LONG. T? I reside in York, about five miles from where 5 Jim Williams lived. I knew him, and heard , him talk many times. I heard him talking at ^ Dr. Love's shop, shortly before his death. ,r There were the blacksmith, two strikers and ;, some other negroes there. I was sitting out- , side the door, and he was talking inside. He said he had been down here to Columbia, and 1 that the Legislature wasn't doing a d?n * thing but drinking liquor and gambling, aud 8 t. that, as for Scott and Neagle, they were as c d?n rascals as the balance, and cjidn't do J L what they promised; that he had tola his men I at the muster that the longest pole knocked [ rtrwam fLo nArsimmon and the strongest man , I eat it; and that he intended to kill from the j ^ I cradle to the grave. I mentioned it at home; I f I*, ^there were fouror five there. There had been I I uf. ni^rK^, shooting and drum I * | beatings regular, almost every night The j * I people were pretty much scared, because they i ? didn't know when the niggers" might come to J! kill them. The women were more alarmed j than the men. There had been fires some six ) 1 ^ miles above us. Miller's and Hugh Warren's ! gin-houses had been burnt right close togeth-1 er. I heard of Dr. Allison having some j! houses burned. j Cross Examined. Jim Williams didn't 1j tell me that he was going to kill from the ;! cradle up. He was talking to the negroes I there. I heard him say sq. Jim Bratton and ;' Jeff. Brattoq were two negroes that I reraera- j J i her. I didn't hear him say any thing about j! \ Ku Klux. I wasn't to say frightened my-j1 y self. I don't how soon exactly afterwards that it was I mentioned it. I told it at home; 1 I told Nicholas Johnson about it before Jim's i? death ; I don't mind exactly the time. I had i heard of Ku Klux in the country before that. ] I had heard of no Republicans lying out at.' [ night till afterwards. There were no Ku | Klux raids in my neighborhood before that I time. tesjtimovy OF JOHN B. FUDGE. 1 iJohn B. Fudge, white, testified: I lived in about one and a half miles of Williams. I knew him well. I had a talk with him a week or ten days before the elections in the fall of 1870. He called at my gate. I went j out to see what he wanted. I asked him his business. He said; I want to have a talk with you. I said : If it's about politics, Jim, I don't care to talk with you. He said : You must. I want you and me to vote one way. I said: Yes, Jim, I should like very much 1 for you and me to vote together. He said: Yes, I reckon you want me to vote for Carpenter and Butler; I'll see 'em in hell first. I said: Well, Jim, I suppose you'll allow me the same chance as yourself. He said: Yes, but I tell you now, if we don't succeed, we'll i kill?kill from the cradle to the grave ; we'll j burn and lay waste the whole county. As he | started off then, he turned his head and said: ; I can do it, too, for I can go to Gov. Scott1 and get as much money as I want. He spoke | deliberately and coolly, and as if he was in earnest. I got acquainted with Jim Williams j in 1866. Cross-examined. I had known him since j 1866. I never knew him to be in any rows, or to kill anybody. I think his reputation was generally bad. It was considered bad in the community. His reputation began to be j bad in 1870. He was understood to be a leader among the colored people. I never j knew of his making any speeches but one. I wasn't frightened myself at what he said to me. He was only one man, and I was one. j I never was scared of any one man. I was | uneasy about my family. I expected him to j - ? a. UIrt T novor ! attempt to carry uut mo m icato* m. ?*vi v* i heard of his commencing to do it. I did not | ioin the Ku-Klux. TESTIMONY OF A. F. HIXSOX. A. F. Hinson, white?I knew Jim Williams. I had a talk with him at my own louse after the election. He came up riding me day, about the middle of last February. He seemed out of humor. He had been talkng with some one at the cross roads, near ray louse. I asked him what was the matter. He said: Some of my men want to give up ;heir guns. I said I thought it would be a trery good thing. He said : No ; if I don't jet what has been promised me, I'll take from ;he cradle up, and there has been no burning ret compared to what will be. There had )een no burning there then within four or ive miles. - rv ii J.? I lianj thraa- mil?i'lwi Hm Williams. He aud his friend had been alking down at the road, and I asked him vhat was wrong. This was about fifteen or wenty days before he was huug. 1 don't mow whether it was before or after the United States company went to Yorkville. I don't enow what he referred to as having been >romised to him. I never heard of his killng anybody. He had the reputation of being > bad boy; was very impulsive; I was somerhat frightened; I slept with my gun in reach; never feared the Ku-Klux in particular; I lid feel some uneasiness from threats they tad made about my selling liquor; I did join, ?r agreed to join, an organization ; it was uut | ailed by any name. We-were to meet and I irganize for self-protection. I went ; but here was only Ned Crawford and there, ,nd the thing fell through. TESTIMONY OF J. T. LOWRY, WHITE. I live in York county, about one and an ighth miles from the village. I have resided here since 1855. I attended one election here last fall. Q. Was there any disturbance? Mr. Corbin objected to the question as irelevant, unless the defence should first show hat some of the Ku-Klux were in attendance, irhen their not interfering might be a preumption in their favor. The court ruled the question out. Mr. Stanberry. Well, was Dr. Bratton here? I think the gentlemen call him a Ku Clux ? Mr. Chamberlain objected again, saying hat Dr. Bratton's name did not appear in he indictment, and he had nothing more to lo with the case than any other man. Mr. Johnson. May it please your Honors, ou have ruled that unless we can show that here were Ku Klux at the election, it is not ompetent for us to bring it in as evidence, low are we to know who were Ku Klux ? ?he prosecution have continually wrung in he Brattons in the course of their testimony. ?hey make it appear that Dr. Bratton was a eader, and claim to show, from alleged decorations of Dr. Bratton, the nature of this ouspiracy with which the prisoner is charged, low, in the name of common sense, if the leclarations of Dr. Bratton, as an alleged co ?* ? " -Arwatrkcf fha rtvionnpr onspiraior, is auimtwjvr ugmuov , rhy m?y ppfr thy ?otior>j Of pr. Bratton be T??n criaence in nis aeiense: ' " The court ruled the question to be corapeent Wituess. I did see Dr. Bratton in town hat day, and I never saw or heard of any listurbance or interference at the polls. There ras a great state of alarm in the country from he time Scott armed the militia ; there was . general feeling of uneasiness and anxiety. saw a subscription paper being handed round in town to buy guns to defend Uig.. dace. There were some bjirjMagsrnrrtrecounry, but Mrs*JU?rey*Si'gin-house was the only stance that I knew of toward Chester. The irst tire that I heard of was Dr. Allison's ill; Hiram Thomasson and Mrs. Thomason, Hugh Warren and Dr. Lowry had their ;in-houses burned. I know that the people cere alarmed by the threats of incendiarism >y the colored people. I knew Jim Williams ixteen or seventeen y^ars; he had a very good haracter up to the time he got the guns; he Fas idle, didn't work much. I saw him just ,fter Mrs. Rainey's gin-house was burned, and sked him if he wouldn't send his guns back, le said he would ask the company. I adised him that he had better go out of the ounty for a while; for from his threats, I hought he was in danger. He didn't deny uaking the threats, but he said I needn't ie uneasy. He regarded me as one of lis old master's family. He said he had een in Shermau's army and that he had s much right to arrest a man as any of Woman's officers; he was referring to his fcrresNqf Mr. Mendeuhall. I saw him in fork on the Thursday, or Thursday week, (efore he was hung. There had not been any aiding in his section of country before he was lung; there were in other parts. He told me ie was alarmed, for that he had found what told him to be true, and that he would give ip the guns; but he didn't. The colored iA/%n1/v am *v><* ?*1a nfo + irvr? worn rrortr mnnVi ;cupic UU JU J pautaiivu nwv tuuvii darraed about the Ku-Klux in February. I lon't kuow whether the raids or the burnings :onnnenced first. It is said that white Repubicans burned Allison's mill. I think the :ause of the disturbances was the antagouism >etween the Ku-Klux and the Union League. Miles Johnson told me that he had saved fork from being burned twice; the conversaion occurred in December. The people were j guarding the town every night. I met Miles lonuson in thfe fb&fl ; I Hut! lieurdTliHt lie naa ileeping out from fear of the Ku-Klux; I ;old him if he was, he might come to ray house. He pulled some scraps of paper out of his jocket and showed them to me; they were iigned or had marked on them K. K. K., bady written. That was all that I saw. He appeared cool, but seemed under some appre- j lensions. I thought, as a matter of course, : ;hat they had been talking of burning the i town ; as he said he had saved it twice. Jim j Williams was not what I would consider dan-} serous, but he was ignorant and foolish and 1 ;ould be influenced to do most anything. I wouldn't have been afraid of him alone, but if he had started his company, { don't know where the matter would have stopped. I do not know that Jim objected to gmng up the guns because of fear of the Ku-Klux. Mr. Lowrey then came down from the witness-stand, but was afterwards recalled by the defense. He said: I told Jim Williams, in ! that first conversation I had with him, that, it was said he intended to kill from the era- J die to the grave. He gave me an evasive answer. In the second conversation with him, I told him again. He said he had said so, and that if Crawford and Mendenhall didn't let ' - " t. _ I hira alone, they would hnd some morning uefore the stm rose, that there was no country here. He said he could carry on war as well, as any officer in Sherman's array, and that he had a paper from Gov. Scott authorizing hira to do it. TESTIMONY OF DAVID THOMASSON. The next witness was David Thoraasson, who testified as follows: I lived about six miles from Jim Williams. I had a talk with him at a grog shop, near my house, not long before he was hung. He and I were joking about his arrest of Mendenhall. He said he intended to sweep from the cradle to the grave. i Cross-examined. I voted the Democratic j \ ticket. I didn't lay out from fear of the ! 1 Ku Klux. I know Hector Love. I never 1 ] asked him to change his politics, so that the j Ku Klux wouldn't trouble him. I was ar-1 * rested at Yorkville by the military. The * only charge I heard against me, was when j, Major Merrill asked me if I didn't hold night j i meetings to get colored people to change their i' politics, and told them that Ku Klux would j j not hurt Democrats. I told him I did not , < testimony of minor m'connnell. j 5 Minor McConnell, colored, was next called, j' He said : I knew Jim Rainey. I had a talk I \ with him on Sunday evening before his death. | He was coming from Philadelphia Church, j j He told me he was going out ku-kluxing, aud 11 that folks would see something then. He :1 " " ' -i. i /? /V J I 1 said he arretted Mendenhall, arm n urawioru , hadn't gone his bail, he would have hung him. |( I heard of his threats to take from the cradle ; t to the grave. Mendenhall was drunk, and f got in a fuss with one of Williams' men. ? About twenty jumped on him. I know Kirk- f land Gunn. He lives in the same neighbor- 1 hood. He ain't looked on as anybody. No- 1 body hardly would take his word about any- ( thing. I am a Democrat. Cross-examined. Did you belong to the 1 Democratic club? A. No. I had no club. 0 I was a Democrat without any club. I wasn't ( afraid of Ku-Klux. I heard some colored people say they laid out from fear of them. j The hour of adjournment having arrived, ' the court suspended trial here till to-morrow, 1 at 11 o'clock. * c FIFTEENTH DAY^ PROCEEDINGS. 1 Friday, December 15,1871. * ?me court met ani o'clock" A. M. ^ Maj. Hart made application for bail for Hugh H. Kell, who, he stated, was confined in jail in Columbia; that he was pronounced by the physicians as being unsound in his mind, and suffering from serious bodily ill- ' ness; and that he claimed his release on bail * in a small sum. The absence of one of the r sureties caused a postponement of the appli- 11 cation. r The trial of Robert Hayes Mitchell was - ? J TUA Avitminofmn nf fKo wilnpca. V UUUUUUCU. X UC CAauitiiufivu ui vuw imvuww es on the part of the defense was then re- a sumed. 8 TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM BRATTON. * William Bratton, colored, was placed upon ^ the stand and testified as follows: I live in ^ York county. I was well acquainted with j Jim Williams; I was a private in his company at the time he was hung. I was the ^ first lieutenant in the company until the arras a were received. r Mr. Stanberry. Why were you deposed ? r Mr. Corbin objected to the question as being r irrele*?at e The court enquired of Mr. Stanberry what was the object of the question ? | Mr. Stanberry. I simply wish to know t why he was deposed. It may be because he ^ was unwilling to engage in the subsequent t operations of the company, or it may have v been that he was deposed on account of his ^ political opinions. 0 The court sustained the objection. Mr. Stanberry. Did you ever have any Q conversation with Jim Williams shortly before j his death ? a Witness. Yes, sir; I had a conversation with him not long before he was hung. He said : "I intend to rule this country; I'll KuKlux white women and children, and if I f can't manage things then, I'll kill from the '' cradle to the grave." The conversation oc- " curred at Mr. Bratton's plantation, along 9 sometime in January. He was talking in ao ? angry manner. I have heard him make the " same threat over and often at Mr. Bratton's c place. We both lived on that place ; we were " much together; I spoke of the threats to oth- r era ; it was about the last of January last. a Cross-examined. I have always passed for e a colored man. I didn't like being deposed; * but I wasn't mad at the company for it. Thfjrc hurl hpp^ Kii-TRTlpy raids before I had o that conversation with JfTS Williams. He * was talking about Ku-Klux bothering the h colored people. He said if any came down a in that neighborhood, he would kill from the h cradle up ; that he had the means of carrying f on war, and he would do it. TESTIMONY OF 8COTT WILSON, WHITE. h H T m V/\i*lr />Aiinhr noor -TintWttlTflroS. x II V cu 111 X VI dh vvuu Vj i iivwiu^;? There was a generaL--**"?^ throughout the neighborl??<?irpnorto Jim Williams' death, that he had made threats to bum, and so forth, s The only raid, first and last, in that neighbor- I hood, was when Jim Williams was hung. \ Cross-examined. I did hear a report of ii raids in the north-west part of the county. I d think I heard of them in January. I never o heard of Jitn Williams burning any house. I I did hear of his receiving bribes to burn \ from Mr. Rose. I was not alarmed for ray u personal safety. I was uneasy about my prop- c erty, and had it insured. I never insured it J before. I didn't lay out during the night for fear of Jim Williams' company ; but I watch- c ed at night. I didn't vote the Democratic w ticket altogether; there were some Republi- a cans on it. I voted the Reform ticket. \ TESTIMONY OF W. H. ATKINS. C W. H. Atkins, white, testified: I live in r York county, about nine miles from the vil- 8 lage. I lived in five miles of Jim Williams. " I heard him make threats one day at Gor- 8 don's Mill. He said: "Mr. Atkins, the way to settle this fus3 between the blacks and the whites is to go into an old field and fight it ti out, and if ray side gains the day, I'll take ii from the cradle up." c Cross-examined. This conversation was along towards the last of February, a week n or ten days before he was killed. ' I did hear v of Ku Klux raiding about. The first that I fj heard of was in December. I can't say that I was afraid of Jim Williams' company. TESTIMONY OF C. J. PIUDE. t] C. J. Pride. I live in York county, near Rock Hill. I belonged to an association in n 1868. It was called the Council of Safety; n some called it Ku Klux. I joined in Mr. | tl Moore's room, in open daylight. I was told i n to come in when danger was immediately apprehended. There was no politics whatever s, in the matter. We had another meeting at f a wood-yard. It was proposed to take away shot-guns from the negroes, from the fear that t they -wxrald drr harm, bnt the meeting broke up, and that is the last I ever heard of it. I 'J am a Trial Justice, appointed by Gov. Scott, ( on the 15th of February last. I Cross-examined. Mr. Corbin read from a J paper purporting to be the constitution and ] by-laws of the Ku-Klux, and asked witness ] if the organization he joined had such a con- ? stitution, &c. ( Witness. There was a constitution and an obligation, but I don't recollect anything ! s about death, death, death. Iredell Jones j 1 officiated at the meeting. There were about j s twenty-five persous present. I am and al- j t ways was a square, out-and-out Republican, i I don't know' that the society ever met at I i nights, or went on any raids. Mr. Rattaree 1 did tell me that he was on the Ferris raid. I Mr. Ferris is a quiet, respectable man. I , don't know what his politics are. Air. Ratta-; J ree said he was wounded oh the raid ; I saw j J the wound on his face. I have talked with | j Iredell Jones frequently. I don't know that i he was chief; I only know that he officiated ij as chairman or presiding officer at the meet- r ing. The only time I attended was in July, j 1868. I did not know, nor did 1 understand 1 that the society had any political significance whatever. I was not arrested by the military. ] I received a message from Col. Merrill to come up and see him. I did go, and had a j very pleasant and friendly interview with him. i The defense closed here, and the prosecu- , tion introduced testimony in reply. { TESTIMONY OF ANDY TIMS, COLORED. I know of a meeting called of blacks and 1 whites. The whites were represented by Mr. ( Joseph Moore, Capt. Ned Crawford, Mr. Bur- j ! ris, Major Wallace and Mr. Dave Wallace; I the blacks by Jim Williams, Lewis Houser, myself and others. The meeting was called j to consult about our militia company giving up their arras, and to find out what was the j bone of contention between the races. The j result was, the whites said the guns were not, i source of trouble, except that careless men J shooting about the roads with thera mightj shoot somebody accidentally. They asked ; Jim to give up the guns, and he said he would j not until Gov. Scott ordered him to do it.! The way the meeting came about was that the | spins of the company at Yorkville had been j srdered in, and that Gen. Anderson had been : sent up by Gov. Scott to take in all the guns. \ Jim Williams, Allen Bratton, Sara. Smith { ind myself went up to York to see about it. J We talked with Mr. Dave Russell and Maj. j Hart about giving up the guns, and Major, Hart wrote the letters to the white men, askng thera to have a meeting with us. There vas no trouble at the meeting, and all passed )ff friendly and quiet, except that Mr. Russell jot mad, because Jim would not give up the rime jiffer he had taken the trouble to come ill the way down there, on Jim's promise to f jive them up. I never heard Jim make any ; h rents, nor did I ever hear of his making any | .ill three days after his death, when they i :ame for the guns; then Capt Ned Crawford old me about them, and I heard other whites ind Democrat niggers talk of them. I heard )f raids before Christmas; the burnings ocjurred after Christmas. Cross-examined. We went to Yorkville, jecause we heard that Gov. Scott had sent jen. Anderson to call in all the guns. Gen. Anderson wasn't there. Mr. Russell didn't ell me that he was authorized by Gen. Anlerson to receive the guns. Jim Williams old Mr. Russell that he would not give up he guns until Gov. Scott ordered him. He liditii. B?mII) hi iui. irrij prol^ff anguage. ' TESTIMONY OF P. J. O'CONNELL, WHITE. I am a member of the Legislature from fork county. I knew Jim Williams. He cas quiet, peaceable and truthful. I knew lira before the last election. I met him sevenl times. I found him a hearty, jovial, goodlatured sort of a fellow. I never heard him nake any threats. I spoke to him about vioence and things of that sort, and he said he cas opposed to all such. The fires occurred fter tne raiding. The Ku Klux were undertood to have done it. I left York just after he election, and came here to the Legislature. ?he Legislature sat till March. I didn't go iack after adjournment, for fear the Ku Klux could kill me. I can go back now, sinep Jaj. Merrill has straightened things. V.. Cross examined. I had heard of threats of riolence before I talked with Jim Williams bout it. He was referring to Ku Klux outages, and the talk by the colored people of etaliation. He said he was opposed to all etaliation. I don't know of any burnings, xcept by report. I did hear the whites excess uneasiness about the negro militia, but think it was all a pretext. I don't believe hey were in the least alarmed. They may avfi felt some anxietv about the burning of heir houses. I don't know how fur it isfrom^ diere I live to where Williams lived. I lon't belong to the militia. I was a colonel nee, but I resigned when the guns were given 0 the militia. I don't know the companies f my regiment; I believe Williams' was one. resigned because there was too much honor nd too little pay. , TESTIMONY OF J. H. WHITE, COLORED. I have been a member of the Legislature rora York since 1868 ; I was born and raised 1 that county; I knew Jim Williams well; is character was always good, as a peaceable, uiet citizen ; I never heard of any threats unil after his death; I knew of Ku Klux raids iefore the Presidential election ; there was a olored man raided in Wra. Wylie's store ; I lon't remember his name; the next was the aid on Roundtree, in December. There was colored school-house torn down, too, in Beth1 settlement. ESTIMONY OF GEO. WITHERSPOON, COLORED. I have livqd in Yorkville for tweuly-eight r twenty-nine years; I knew Jim TOlliams relT;~Ywasn't in bis company; I iict^t liuew' * im to be anything else than a quiet, peaceble citizen ; I heard, after his death, of his laving made threats; not before; I heard it rora Dr. Rufus Bratton. Cross examined. I think he was a man of lis word, and would do what he said he would o. TESTIMONY OF LEWIS IIOL'SER, COLORED. I lived in York last year; had lived there ince 1865. I left there ten months ago. The lu Klux ran me of. I have known Jim Villiams since 1865. He was an upright man a every respect; I belonged to his company; rilled and mustered with it; I never heard f his making any threats till after his death ; | heard it from the lady 1 lived with, Mary Villiamson. I commenced to lay out on th% ight <of Jim Williams' death; a great many olored people layed out from fear of the Ku lIux. Cross examined. I was a member of the ompany. The last muster we had was three reeks before Christmas. I didn't know of ny muster on the Friday night before Jim" Villiams' death. I knew of the meeting to onsult about our giving up the guns. The eason Jim Williams said that he wouldn't ive up the guns to those men was, that they ad not furnished the guns, and he was not oing to turn them over, te8twony of allen white, colored. I live in York. I voted the Republican ioket. I knew Jim Williams when he lived i Yorkville with Mr. Rainey. He had the haracter of a peaceable, orderly man. Cross examined. I lived in a quarter ?M ule of Jim Williams, when he lived in the illage. Since the war, he has lived ten miles rom town. andy tims, recalled. The last muster of the militia company was hree weeks before Christmas. Cross examined. Some of the boys did ieet during Christmas. I know they didn't luster any more, because I was the clerk of he company, and they couldn't move without ly orders. The prosecution closed here, and Mr. Johnon said that the defense would not offer any urther testimony. Mr. Corbin asked for time until 11 o'clock, o-morrow. The grand jury made the following retmmg^l The United States vs. Samuel G. Brown, * Chambers Brown, Elias Ramsay, Samuel iarasay, Robert Hayes Mitchell, Napoleon Jiller, John Miller, Henry Warlick, Robert liggins, James Ferguson, Wm. Ferguson, iugh Kell, Banks Kell, John Ramsay, Wm. Sharer, Sara'l Ferguson?conspiracy against Dharles Russell; true bill. The United States vs. James Barnett, Lawou Armstrong, John Clinton, John Campbell, !veyburn Currence, Reuben McCall, Robinon Miller?conspiracy against Abe Hall; rue bill. The United States vs. Samuel J. Harvey, Fohn White, Jas. White?conspiracy against fheophilus Owens ; no bill. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. rohn C. McClain?Stray Cow. Dr. John May, Agent?Santa Claus. 3. A. Poe, Principal?Table Rock Seminary. Jrem, Brown it Co., Charlotte, N. C.?Dry Oootjs ?Ladies' Dress Goods. 1. R. Neel, Principal?Ebenezer Academy, iV. B. A J. B. Williams?Pay Up. T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger?In Bankruptcy?In the matter of David W. Moore. T. N. Robson, Agent, Charleston?Pacilic Guano Company's Compound Acid Phosphate of Lime?Soluble Pacific Guano, Patterson <te Gaston, Plaintiff's Attorneys, Chester?Notices to J. T. Walker, Defendant. AWARD THIS WEEK. Enquihek Office, December 20,1871. At a drawing made this day for the purpose of illotting the prize to bo awarded this week, in iccordance with the above plan, the name of J. H. Beatty, Yorkville, S. C. ivas drawn, who is hereby declared entitled to he prize. WANTED. EVERYBODY that owes me to make prompt PAYMENT, that I may pay my DEBTS. R. LATHAN. December 21 51 tf special Uoficcs. iptr But a few days remain to procure tickets in tho South Carolina Land and Immigration Association. $500,000 in prizes. Tickets $5 each. It ig positively determined that the drawing will take>place January 8, 1872. Send your orders without delay, as no tickets will be sold after 5th January, 1872. See advertisement in another column. December 14 50 3t MoMfactnring Enterprise in Charleston. Charleston is fast becoming a manufacturing as well as a commercial city. The largest manufactory ?>C*ioors, sashes, blinds, <fec., in the Southern States Is that of Mr. P. P. Toale, on Horlbeck's Wljajf in that city, sales rooms at No. 20 Hayne strcetl' Mr. Toale's advertisement appears in another column. {Cftmnurrial. ^jj wiv?m v ? YQRKVILLE, Deeembbr 20.?Cotton?1G to 17 4 cants. CHARLOTTE, December 18.?Cotton?Our market on the 11th instant,"closed strong?mld(Umtp'lTi. We now quote an irregular market witk,bestgrades at 17i to 18 cents. CHARLESTON, December 18.?Cotton dullmiddling 19. NEW YORK, December 18.?Cotton steady? snlffi 2017 bales?uplands 19}. LIVERPOOL, December 18?Evening.?Cotton closed dull?uplands lOd. ? Financial. *t3V YORK, December 18.-Gold 9 to 9*. ^HYMENEAL. Marhiki)?On the 14th instant, by Rev. S. L. ^ ^j^Mt^NDREW M. THOMPSON and or mis cuuniy,? InKilrtow county, Ga., on the 12th instant, bv Rev. David Weems, Mr. T. M. McCLUNEY, formerly of York county, S. C\, and Mrs. MARGARET WEEMS. Afthe residence of the bride's motlier, in this oountv, on the 14th instant, by Rev. J. C. Burge, Mr. GEO. W. STURGIS and Miss RUTH P. ?E?9USON. lathis county, on the 14th instant, by Rev. J. C. Burge, Mr. E. C. CAMP and Miss M. E. ROGERS. At the residence of the bride, on the 10th inst., by Rev. A. H. Watkins, Mr. JOHN McOARTER and Mrs. V. A. BERRY. Another couple embarked on the sea of matrimonial life. May every wave be smooth. May they have a prosperousVoyage through life. May they not see ana feel all that is unkind and ungenerous in this world. May life be with them "One long, kind, close caress, Life all Love, all Happiness." Henderson (Texrus) Times. r nnv cnnns. M-* M.M, JL. V- V v 1? WE keep a Stock of all the finest DRY GOODS, and for the convenience of persons at a distance from Charlotte, will take pleasure in filling orders promptly. BREM, BROWN A CO. December 21 51 2t ^ LADIES' DRESS GOODS. 4 LARGE Stock of Ladies' Fine Dress Goods, Dress Trimmings, Embroideries, Laces, Ac. ers solicited. Sainples sent by mail. BREM, BROWN A CO., Charlotte, N. C. December 21 51 2t ~ PAY UP! "OERSONS indebted to the estate of G. W. 7 WILLIAMS, deceased, the late firm of G. W. WILLIAMS A SONS and to WILLIAMS A WILLIAMS must make payment at once, or costs will be added. W. B. A J. B. WILLIAMS. December 21 51 3t STRAYED PROM the subscriber, in Yorfeville, 968ESB about the last of November, a small ~ wBGd BRINDLE COW. Said Cow was pur- dl 41. chased from Mr. Robert Gilfillen, andissupposed to be in his neighborhood. A liberal rewara will be paid for the delivery of the Cow to me. Any information concerningher will be thankfully received. JOHN C. McCLAlN. December 21 51 It EBENEZER ACADEMY, York County, S. C. THE second Session of this School will commence JANUARY 15th, 1872 and continue five months. *8Primary English, per session of five months, $10 00 Higher, per sessionof five months, 12 00 Civics, 44 44 17 00 fwHjnd can be had in good families, at reasonable CI n " ;nr|'n..i Rock mil, s. (J. jj/oember 21 51 2t TABLE ROCK SEMINARY. ./3W THE SPRING TERM of this School for 1872, will open on the 8TH DAY OF JANUARY. This School is locafoil in PiirlrA ennnf.v. N. C._ 10 miles <2^ north from Morganton. TERMS: Tuition ranges from $5 to $12.50 per session of five months. Students prepared for College or the business walks of life. Board can be obtained at $7 per month, includiiuptU expenses. Persons wishing to board themselves can have ample accommodations for doing so. E. A. POE, Principal. December 21 51 Ot KING'S MOUNTAIN MILITARY SCHOOL, YORKVILLE, 8. C. Jf&L THE First Session of the School jfn^: Year of 1872 will begin on the 1ST OF FEBRUARY, and end on the 30th of Tkrms.?For School Expenses, i. c., Tuition, Board, Washing, Fuel, Lights, Books, Stationery, <fcc., $135 00, payable in advance. Circulars containing full information may be obtained upon appplication to Con. A. COWARD, Principal and Proprietor. December 14 50 tf PACIFIC GUANO COMPANY'S COMPOUND ACID PHOSPHATE OF LIME, FOR , jJOMPO STING WITH COTTON SEED. Price $25 Cash, with Usual Advance for Time. THIS Article is prepared under the superintendence of Dr. ST. JULIEN RAVENEL expressly for composting with cotton seed. It was mthotfyced by the company two years ago, and its use Las fully attested its value. 200 to 250 pounds of this article per acre, properly composted with the same weight of cotton seed, furnishes the planter with a FERTILIZER of the highest excellence at the smallest cost. A compost prepared with this article, as by printed directions furnished, contains all the elements of fertility that can enter into a first-class FERTILIZER* while its economy must commend its liberal use to planters. Forsupplies and printed directions forcomposting, apply to J. N. ROBSON, Agent- Pacific Guano Company, No. 68 East Bay andiNos. 1 and 2 Atlantic Wharf, Charleston, S. C. ?JNO. S. REESE & CO., General Agents. December 21 51 3m \ SOLUBLE. PACIFIC GUANO. Price $45 Cash, with Usual Advance for Time. TU-XFF-RIENCE in the Use of this Guano for RaSVRx years in this State, for Cotton and sd far established its character for ex cewwiw; US l/U ICUUCl UUUllIlcilb Uiiiivv,&ooaajr? Jn accordance with the established policy of the Company to furnish the best Concentrated Fertilthe lowest cost to consumers, this Guano is put into market this season at the above reduced price, which the Company is enabled to do by reason of its large facilities and the reduced cost ol' manufacture. The supplies put into market tips season are, as heretofore, prospered under the personal superintemtoqce of Dr. St, Jnlien Ravenel, Chemist of the Company, at Charleston, S. C., hence, planters may restassured that its QUALITY AND COMPOSITION is precisely the same as that heretofore sold. At the present low price every acre planted can bo fertilized with 200 pounds Gnano at a cost not exceeding the present value of 30 pounds of cotton, while experience has shown that under favorable conditions of season and cultivation the crop is increased by the application froto threefold the natural capacity of the Hence, under no conditions co.uld its application fail to compensate for the outlav. Apply to J. N. ROBSON, Agent Pacific Guano Company, No. 08 East Bay and Nos. I and 2 Atlantic Wharf, Charleston, S. C. ffrO. S. REESE & CO., General Agents. December21 51 3m T Iff BANKRUPTCY, In the District Court of the United States for tlio District of South Carolina. NOTICE is hereby given that on the 19tli day of December, A. "D., 1871, a Warrant in Bankruptcy was issued out of the District Court of the United States, for the District of South Carolina, against the estate of DAVID W. MOORE, of the Cminf.v of Snartanburi*. and State of S. Carolina, who^has been adjudged a Bankrupt upon his own'petition; that the payment or any debts, and the delivery of any property belonging to said Bankrupt, to him, or for his use, and the transfer of any property by him, are forbidden by law ; that a meeting of the creditors of the said Bankrupt, to prove their debts, and choose one or more Assignees of his estate, will be hold at a Court of Bankruptcy to lie holdon at Yorkville, before W. L cLAWSON, Esq., one of the Registers in Bankruptcy of said Court, on the 0th day of January, A, D. 1872, at 12 o'clock, M. L. E. JOHNSON, U. S. Marshal, By T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger. December 21 51 2t ! STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, | COUNTY OF CHESTER?OOUBT OF COMMON PLEA8. . j G. Dawson Heath, Plaintiff, vs. J. T. Walker, Defendant. I To J. T. WALKER, Defendant in this action. ' YOU are hereby summoned and required to an- . swer the complaint in this action, which is ! tiled in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the said county, and to serve j a copy of your answer on the subscribers at their { office, in Chester, within twenty days alter the service of this summons on you, exclusive of the day of service. If you fail to answer this complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff will take judgment I against you for the sum of Two Hundred Dollars, . j with interest at the rate of 2J per cent, per month <Vr.?? tHo urli <l?v nf March, one thousand eight . j hundred and seventy and costs. 1 Dated December 18th, 1871. PATTERSON & GASTON, 1 Plaintiff's Attorneys. ( December 21 51 6t* 1 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 5 COUNTY OF CHE8TER?OOUBT OF COMMON PLEA8. Wm. Harper Carter, as Executor of the last Will and Testament of Churchill Carter, deceased. Plaintiff, vs. J. T. Walker, Defendant. ' To J. T. WALKER, Defendant in this action. 1 YOU are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, which is filed in the office of tho Clerk of the Court of . Common Pleas, for the said county, and to serve a copy of your answer on the subscribers at their . office, in Chester, within twenty days after the < service of this summons on you, exclusive of the day of service. f If you fail to answer this complaint within the < time aforesaid, the plaintiff will take judgment j against you for the sum of three hundred and ( twelve dollars and fifty cents, with interest at the j rate of 12J per cent, per annum, from the 21st day of April, one thousand eight hundred and seventy and costs. Dated December 18th, 1871. PATTERSON <fe GASTON, Plaintiff's Attorneys. December 21 51 6t* ' - 4TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Chester. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. W. A. Walker and C. S. Brice, Plaintiffs, vs. Si- i mon Jacoby, Defendant. TO SIMON JACOBY, Defendant in this action. 1 YOU are hereby summoned and required to an- ( swer the complaint in this action, which is ( filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of ( Common Pleas, for the said county, and to serve ( a copy of your answer on the subscribers at their ] office, in Chester, within twenty days after the service of this summons on you, exclusive of the day of service. If von fail to answer this complaint within the ( time aforesaid, the plaintiffs v/ifl take judgment 1 against you for the sura of three hundred and fifty ? dollars, with interest at the rate of from the day of one thousand eight hundred and and costs. Dated November 15th, 1871. , PATTERSON <fe GASTON, J Plaintiff's Attorneys. December 14 50 6t j STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. County of Chester. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. % G. Dawson Heath, Plaintiff, vs. Thomas M. San- ( ders, Defendant. 1 TO THOMAS M. SANDERS, Defendant in this J action. J YOU are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, which is 1 filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Com- 1 mon Pleas, for the said county, and to serve a a copy of your answer on the subscribers, at their e office, in Chester, within twenty days after the service of this summons on you, exclusive of the t day of service. If you fail to answer this complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff will take judgment against you for the sum of six hundred ana forty five dollars and ninety-seven cents, with interest at the rate of 2J per cent, per month, from the 11th day of December, one thousand eight hundred -i nnH sAvnntv-nne nn four hundred and ninety- I I eight dollars and five cents and costs. c Dated 11th December, 1871. PATTERSON A GASTON, Plaintiff's Attorneys. a December 14 50 6t* * ~' ~ I t ||DR. JOHN MAT, AGENT. J i c SANTA CLAUS! SANTA CLAUSI! , Headquarters for Santa ciaus will be, as ( usual, at the "old doctors." n All kinds of Fireworks for the boys and young a men. \ All kinds of Toys, for little boys and girls. All kinds of Perfumery, for young gentlemen i and ladies. e All kinds of Fine and Common Soaps for the I million. All kinds of Lily Whites and Rouges, for the f All kindsof Combs and Brushes. All kinds of Christmas-tree Ornaments. s All kinds of Candies and Nuts. All kinds of Chewing and Smoking Tobacco. All kinds of Domestic and Foreign Segars. All kinds of Drugs, Medicines and Chemicals. Call on "THE OLD DOCTOR." j STRICTLY CASH STOKE. J M. STRAUSS & SON, I Yorkville, S. C. a r WE have determined to make YORKVILLE . our future home, and to establish a STRICTLY CASH BUSINESS. To do this, we will endeavor to sell our . Goods at the a LOWEST CASH PRICES, < And not be undersold in any up-country market. c Our stock will consist, for tne present, of a good assortment of Dill' AND FANCY GOODS,! READY-MADE CLOTHING, HATS AND CAPS, ; BOOTS AND SHOES, ? NOTIONS, SC., SC. I Our Senior has had an experience of over thirty years in selling Goods?both wholesale and re- . tail?in the State of South Carolina. We bought 1 our Goods low from the best houses, and have made arrangements to receive r NEW GOODS WEEKLY. , QUICK SALES & SHORT PROFITS, , IS OUR MOTTO, 0 TO TSC CASH 3gL) VEin. c Baldwin says: "The cash buyer is a close buy- ? or. Needs no patting on the back; has a keen * scent for bargains; patronizes the houses which sell for cash exclusively and have no "dead head" accounts for him to contribute toward paying; appreciates fair dealing; is a living advertisement for the house he buys of, and will always be sure to direct his friends there." t We are not accustomed to offer a few articles ' low as bites, but offer each and every article we ? keep as an inducement. Comeand see us and ex- . amine our stock and prices. , M. STRAUSS A SON, { In the Rawlinson Hotel Building. i October 12 41 tf e SIXTY-FIVE HBST PRIZE MEDALS AWARDED, Qgg||g?gB| THE GREAT SOUTHERN PIANO . ^ MANUFACTORY", WM. KNABE & CO,, ] Manufacturers of ^ GRAND, SQUARE AND UPRIGHT PIANO FORTES, ? BALTIMORE, MD. " THESE Instruments have been before the Pnl> , lie for nearly thirty years, and upon their excellence alone attained an unpurchased pre-emi- , nencc, which pronounces them unequaled, in j TONE, TOUOII, j WORKMANSHIP, AND DURABILITY. J All our SQUARE PIANOS have our new * improved OverstrungScale and the Agraffe Treble. * TEST we wouiu can special aueuuuu iu um mio Patented Improvements in GRAND PIANOS 1 and SQUARE GRANDS, found in no other Pi- t I nno, which bring the Piano nearer Perfection.than I has yet been attained. ' EVERY ""IANO WARRANTED POR FIVE YEARS. ? I We are by speeial arrangement enabled to ^ furnish PARLOR ORGANS and MELODEONS. of the most celebrated makers, Wholesale ana Retail at lowest Factory Prices. Illustrated Catalogues and Price Lists promptly furnished on application to WM. KNABE & CO., Baltimore, Md., Or any of our regular established agencies. j November 2 44 6m HARNESS. THE best assortment of Carriage and Buggy Harness in the market. During the dull season is the time to buy bargains and to select i from a full assortment. t G. H. O'LEARY. . W'' AUCTION SALES. PUBLIC SALE. rIE undersigned will expose to public Sale, at his residence, on the 26TH OF DECEMBER nstant, his entire real and personal estate, ernsracing THREE TRACTS OF LAND, on the vaters of King's Creek, Household and Kitchen furniture, Stock, Wheat, Corn, Farming Utensils, Wagons, <fec. Terms of Sale?CASH. A. M. HENRY. December 7 49 3t* PUBLIC SALE. [WILL sell at public auction, on the FIRST MONDAY IN JANUARY 1872, atYorkville, i tract of land containing about THREE HUNDRED ACRES, selonging to the estate of John McKee, Sen., debased, lying in the Western partof York county, sounded by lands of Samuel G. Brown, A. Robiton and Wm. Love. Terms?CASH. ar tt TT A urnv A ,1 minWrntnr. T XX, UAUi/Ai.1, December 14 50 3t JUDGE OF PROBATE'S SALE. Sancy H. Shaw, against James J. Shaw, John T. Shaw, M. N. Shaw, M. S. Shaw and Nancy H. McCorkle, hoirs-at-law of Nancy Shaw, deceased.?Summon* in Partition. BY virtue of an order from S. B. HALL, Esa., Judge of Probate for York county, I will >xpose to publicsale, at York Court House, on the FIRST MONDAY IN JANUARY NEXT, 'or partition and division among the heirs-at-law )f J?ancy Shaw, deceased, a tract of land situated n York county, on head waters of Neely's Creek, jontaining SIGHTY-THREE&THREE-FOURTH ACRES nore or less. Terms of Sale.?CASH. ($7.12$) R. H. GLENN, S. Y. C. December 7 49 4t JUDGE OF PROBATE'S SALE. Tohn D. Craig, Applioant, vs. Mills Craig and others, hcirs-al-law . of Patsey Craig, deceased. Petition for Sale of Land for Partition. BY virtue of an order from SAM'L B. HALL, Judge of Probate for York county, I will ex3086 to public sale at York Court House, on the FIRST MONDAY IN JANUARY NEXT, he Real Estate of Alexander Craig, deceased, sontaining 3NE HUNDRED <fc THIRTY-EIGHT ACRES )f land, mqre or leas, bounded by lands of J. N. 1 Lessley, C. D. Anderson, Sarah Spears and A. [. Westhrook. TERMS OF SALE. Cash enough to be paid on day of sale to pay :o3ts, and the balance payable at twelve months vith intorest, secured by bond of purchaser with ipproved sureties and a mortgage if necessary. ($7.87$) R. H. GLENN, S. Y. 6. December 7 49 4t A cfircvrpifl (BAT.E. JLIAJ k7 [n the District Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina. Ex parte Thomson and Jefferys, Assignees, tn re, R. A. Black, Bankrupt. r?Y order of Hon. George S. Bryan, Judge of O said Court, we will expose to public sale at ifork Court House, on the FIRST MONDAY IN FANUARY NEXT, all the right, title and inter)st of the aforesaid Bankrupt in A TRACT OF LAND, situated in York connty and lying on the Pinckney road, bounded by lands of the estate of Elijah Carroll and others, containing FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY ACRES, tfore or less. Sold free from encumbrances of iens by judgments or mortgages, but subject to tny claim of dower which may now or hereafter ixist. Purchasers to pay the taxes on said land. Also, o pay for all necessary papers and stamps. J. S. R. f rfOMSON,) Assi?mees T. S. JEFFERYS, j Assl?neesTerms op Sale.?CASH. December 7 49 4t SHERIFF'S SALES. BY virtue of Writs of Fieri Facias, to me directed, will be sold between the legal hours ] ?f Sheriffs Sale, ON THE FIRST MONDAY IN I JANUARY NEXT, ,t York Court House, the following property, to vit: One tract of land, situate in York county, conaining two hundred and fifty acres, more or less. >ounded by lands of Dennis Crosby, Richard Shearer, S. Hemphill and others, levied on as the iroperty of Robert Wilson, deceased, at the suit if A. S. Wallace, Executor, and others. ($2.25 The house and lot in Ycrkville, known as 'Rose's Hotel," bounded by lota or Dr. Alfred 1raven, estate of W. A. Latta, deceased, and Main treet, lovied on as the property of W. E. Rose, t the suits of Dr. Alfred Craven, Williams A Villiams, Administrators, and others. ($5.00 One house and lot in Ebenezerville, adjoining ots of E. Avery and others, levied on as the proprty of Mrs. Eliza M. Alston, at the suit of W. T. Jail and others. ($37.18 pa* Terms Invariably Cash?purchasers to pay or papers aod stamps. Purchasers who do not onmly wipphn terms of sale most expect the >roperty bid on U v uieni u> Uc aiUvernswQ -fo* re? ale at tneir risk for the ensuing Sales-Day. R. H. GLENN, S. Y. C. December 7 49 4t ASSIGNEES' SALE. n the District Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina. 3r Parte Thomson and Jeflerys, Assignees, In Re. W. B. Daniels, Bankrupt. BY order of the Hon. George S. Bryan, Judge of said Court, we will expose to public sale, t York Court House, on the FIRST MONDAY IN JANUARY, 1872, .11 right, title and interest of the aforesaid Bankupt, in the following tracts of land, lying in York ,nd Chester counties, to wit: The "Homo Tract," bounded by lands of A. .Villiford, Dr. Edwards, Thomas Spencer and ithers, containing THREE HUNDRED & EIGHTY-SIX ACRES, nore or less. The "Santuc Tract," bounded by lands of Mary toddey, Isaac Allen, J. II. Abernathy and Thoms Spencer, containing TWO HUNDRED & EIGHTY-FIVE ACRES, nore or less. The "Steam Mill Tract," bounded by the "Sanuc Tract," and lands of John Rattaree and Widiw Roddey, containing , TWENTY-EIGHT ACRES, nore or less. Bankrupt's interest in this tract is aid to be one-half. The "Allen Tract," bounded by "Home Tract," ,nd lands of James McCothran and others, conaining NINETY-SIX ACRES, MORE OR LESS. An interest in the "Rawlinson Saw Mill and ands," bounded by "Santuc Tract," and by lands if John Rattaree and Widow Rodaey, containing NINE ACRES, MORE OR LESS. An interest (said to be one-half) in the "Home dill Tract," adjoining "Home Place," and conaining THIRTY ACRES, MORE OR LESS, An interest in the "Wylie Tract," bounded by ands of Henry Lee and others, containing ONE HUNDRED & SIXTY-TWO ACRES, nore or less. we will also sell at toe same time ana piace me bllowing PERSONAL PROPERTY, TO WIT: One bay Mare, one Gin and Belting, one old 'an, one Pistol, one Watch, one four-horse Wagin, one eight-day Clock. The interest of the Bankrupt in the above tracts if land is sold free fVom encumbrance, except that he purchaser will be required to pay the taxes, 'urchasers will also pay lor necessary papers and tamps. Terms of Sale.?CASH. J. S. R. THOMSON,) Assi?nees T. S. JEFFERYS, J AsslgneesAs the Assignees of ALLEN ROBERTSON, lankrupt, we will sell at the same time and place pecifiea in the above advertisement, a CLAIM ' OR DOWER, amounting to one hundred and hirtv-four dollars, reserved by the Assignee of I. W. WILSON, Bankrupt, from the sale of said laukrupt's land, contingent upon the death of rlrs. SUSAN ROBERTSON, wife of Allen Robrtson. Terms?CASH. Purchaser to pay for papers nd stamps. By order of W. I. Clawson, Register, T. S. JEFFERYS, j Assijrnees JAMES MASON, J TAX NOTICE. [N conformity to law, and pursuant to the order of the State Auditor, my Books will be opened r>r the COLLECTION OF TAXES FOR 1871, on nd after the 20th instant. The amount levied for State purposes is 7 mills >n the $1, county, 2i mills on the $1, and $1 n each taxable poU^tween the ages of 21 and 60. For the accomnV m of Tax-Payers, I will ttend at the folloy ? ces on the days named, UBoydton, on tb and 5th of December. it Hickory Grovt, .he 6th and 7th of December. It Carroll's Store, on the 8th and 9th of December. U Bratton's Store, on the 11th and 12th of Decemit Rock Hill, on the 13th, 14th, loth and 16th of December. tt Fort Mill, on the 18th and 19th of December. it Clay Hil), on the 20th and 21st of December. U Yorkville, every day thereafter until the loth if January, 1872, after which date all taxes remainncr unnaid will have 20 Der cent nenaltv Attached o the amount due. The Treasurer avails himself of this opportuniy to return his thanks to the people of York ounty for the prompt manner in which they met heir liabilities last year, and hopes that they will lo the same the present year. J. L. WATSON, Treasurer. November 9 45 tf J. NEWTON LEWIS, GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT, ror the Sale of Produce and the Purchase of Merchandise, fSTO. 140 W. PRATT STREET, BALTIMORE, MD. #3?-Will make liberal advances on consignnents of cotton, and will defer the sale subject o shipper's order. November 2 44 Dim T. M^OBSON & CO. JU S^\4 RRIVE IK 500 YARDS ANCHOR BAGGING, 1000 Pounds Cotton Tw< 500 " Hemlock Dither, 8 Dozen Cans Oysters, \ 6 ? " Peaches, \ 6 " " Tomatoes, S. 1000 Pounds Sugar, X 1000 " Coffee, \ 75 Sacks Salt, _ _ ^ t \ 1 Dozen Kits ftiacKeroi, x J 41 Quarter Barrels Mackerel, X. i 44 Half Barrels Mackerel, _ N. 200 Pounds Candy, N. 5000 44 Bacon, N 1 Tierce Hams, \ 3000 Pounds Baltimore Flour, - \ 3000 44 Country Flour, 50 44 Green Tea, 200 44 Candles, 50 44 Paratine Candles, 25 44 Spanish Float, 100 44 Copperas, ' 300 44 Soda, 500 44 Plow Steel All of which will be sold at the lowest market price, for cash, by T. M. DOBSON A CO. NEW ORLEANS MOLASSEST" (3)AA GALLONS New Orleans Molasses and ii/U 600Gallons Common Molasses, just received and for sale, by T. M. DOBSON A CO. LOCKS. PAD, Stock, Tile, Trunk, Chest and Cupboard Locks, for sale at low figures, by T. M. DOBSON A CO. CROCKERY. A LARGE assortment of Crockery, which we offer low for the money. T. M. DOBSON A CO. LOOKING GLASSES. A LARGE assortment of Looking Glasses for sale, from 25 cents to $7 a piece, at A | DOBSOyS. CUTLERY. TABLE, Pocket, Carving and Butcher Knives, on hand and for sale, by v w T. M. DOBSON A CO. BELLOWS .. HAND BELLOWS for sale by _____ T. M. DOBSON A CO. BUSTLE SKIRTS. A FEW Bustle Skirts for sale by T. M. DOBSON <fe CO. STRAP HINGES * - " J Q?n.a nf /V-iN LHj IUUliU {U iriiu ?wra\7 , J T. M. DOBvSON A CO. DRESS GOODS ARE selling very low, for cash, at T- M. DOBSON A CO'S. . BIVINGSVILLE YARN. ET/1 BUNCHES Bivingsville Yarn, for sale at 511 DOBSON'S. POWDER AND SHOT. POWDER, Shot and Caps, for sale by T. M. DOBSON A CO. SAD IRONS. A LOT of nice Sad Irons for sale at T. M. DOBSON A CO'S, CHAINS. TRACE, Tongue, Breast, Lock and Log Chains, for sale at DOBSON'S. HAMMERS. SLEDOE, Hand, Nail, Shoe and Tack Hammers, for sale by T. M. DOBSON A CO. FLAX-WHEEL IRONS. JUST arrived, a lot of Flax-Wheel Irons, which we offer at low figures. T. M. DOBSON A CO. DRAWING KNIVES. % A GOOD article, for sale by T. M. DOBSON A CO. VALISES. JUST arrived, a lot of Valises, which we offer at short profits. T. M. DOBSON A CO. ' GUNS AND PISTOLS. O HOT Guns and Pistols for sale by | O ' T. M. DOBSON I CHEESE. WL >; GOOD CHEESE on hand and for salqWA T. M. DOBSON"* CO*8CALICOES. V WE are now offering our best Print^ *2* cents per yard. Think of it, ladieaTm. T. M. DOBSON A^jCO. jJH''LOTHiyG* ff for cash. ~ T. M. DOBSON & LU. 1 JOHN C. KTTYKENDAL~ _____ THE Copartnership heretofore existing between KUYKENDAL & TOMLINSON, as Drug. gists, having expired by its own limitation, is hereby dissolved. The business hereafter will be conducted solely by the undersigned. JOHN C. KUYKENDAL. THANKS. THANKFUL for the patronage extended to KUYKENDAL <fc TOMLINSON, I beg that the same may be continued to myself. J will keep always on hand a complete assortment of DRUGS AND MEDICINES, and will give my personal attention to the dispensing of all Medicines. JOHN C. KUYKENDAL. SETTLE UP. ALL persons indebted to the late firm of KUY. KENDAL & TOMLINSON will please make immediate payment to me, as it is imperatively necessary that the business of the firm should be settled up at once. Those failing to come promptly forward and settle their bills, will find them in the hands of an officer for collection. JOHN C. KUYKENDAL. NO CURE, NO FAY. McKINNON'S Colic Cure is warranted to cure every case of genuine wind Colic in horses. Whenever it fails the medicine costs nothing. Every one who has a horse should have a bottle of this medicine. Sold at the York Drug Store. JOHN C. KUYKENDAL. WINE OF TAR. CROOK'S Wine of Tar cures Whooping Cough, and all Throat and Lung Diseases. Sold ny JOHN C. KUYKENDAL. DISABILITIES REMOVED. ALL disabilities, arising from an impure state of the blood, are speedily removed by the Queen's Delight. JOHN C. KUYKENDAL. A WHITE MAN WANTED. THE splendid BLACKSMITH STAND, at the Red House, 5i miles from Yorkville, is open to any energetic whitesmith, for 1872. The Shop pays from $500.00 to $700.00 a year. A good Dwelling House and land enough for a one or twohorse farm can also be had. There is also a good opening for a wagon shop. Apply at once to JOHN W. CHEEK, Red Home, York county, S. C. Those indebted for BLACKSMITH WORK must come forward and settle by the 15TH OF DECEMBER, or we will be compelled to plac* our books in an officer's hands. t nr nnpur v tt v r<rm? December 7 49 v tf SELLING OFF ~^|H AT AND BELOW COS^^H THE entire Stock of Goods belonging to AVERY, embracing Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware and every other article usually to be found in a variety Store, is offered for sale AT AND BELOW COST, until the 25th day of December, next. All Goods remaining on hand at that date, will be sold at public auction. jptr- All persons indebted to J. W. AYERY by Note or Account, are requested to call at the Store and make immediate payment, November 30 48 tf APPLICATION FOE DISCHARGE. "VfOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned. i^| Administrator or the estate of HUGH M. JACKSON, deceased, will make a final settlement of said estate with the Judge of Probate of York county, on the 8th day of January next, when he will make application for a final discharge as Administrator of the said estate. J. L. JACKSON, Administrator. December 7 49 5t? J. C. H. DUFF, 1 BOCK HILL, S. C. WANTED. A r|fM~k POUNDS of WOOL per week, for sev1UUU enteen weeks, for which I will pay for nice washed Wool, from 50 to 60 cents per pound : for unwashed, from 35 to 40 cents per pound, and for burred, 30 to 40 cents per pound, in trade. I I always sell goods at Cash prices, when bartering for anything. When you bring your WOOL to Rock Hill, take it to S A J. C. H. DUFF. SM GROCERIES. I Have on hand a full Stock of Groceries, wbicb^j^^H I will sell low for cash or barter. J. C. H. DUF SHAWLS, &C. LADIES' Shawls and Men's Made Clothing, and Ladies' Cash or Wool, C. H.