Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, November 28, 1872, Image 4

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gmmovotts fcpartmcttt. SWALLOWING A MAN. John Thomas was a man of keen wit and strongly tinctured with the love of the humorous. He had been down to Concord, and had seen the Fakir of Ava perform his wonderful tricks oflegerdermain. He was relating his experience in the bar-room of the Conway house, and among other things, declared that he had gained an insight into many of the magician's manipulations, and several of the most wonderful tricks he could perform himself. "For instance," said he, "I can swallow a man whole." "Rah !" nrip.tl Tnm Shinies. a rerl-fnrpd woodsman, weighing at least two hundred; "perhapsyon could swallow me?" "Yes." "I'd like to see you do it." "I can do it." "I'll bet you fifty dollars you can't." "I'll take that bet." "Then let's see you begin." "Not now. I have just eaten my supper. I will do it to morrow morning, in the presence of as many witnesses as you may choose, and it shall be done in the square in front of the hotel." This was agreed to, and the money was put up. By the following morning the news that John Thomas was to swallow Tom Staples whole, had become wide-spread, and a vast concourse, embracing men, women, and children, had assembled to witness the wonderful feat. At the appointed time the chief actors appeared in the square. John Thomas was smiling confidently, as though sure of success, while Tom Staples looked timid and uneasy, as though not quite at rest concerning what was to become of him. "Are you ready ?" asked John. "All ready," answered Tom; "begin as soon as you please." "Will you have the goodness to take off vour hat ?" "Sartain." "Now your boots." Tom removed his boots. "Next you will remove your coat. Those hitr brass hnttnns micrht stink in mv throat " Tom took off his coat, and as he threw it upon the ground one of the cooks came out from the hotel with a pail of melted lard and a big whitewash brush which he deposited by the side of John Thomas. "Now," pursued John, "you will take off vour stockings, and then remove your pantaloons and shirt/' "Eh? D'ye mean for me to strip stark naked ?" queried Tom, aghast. "Of course I do. The agreement was that I should swallow you. You are meat, but your clothes are not, nor were they in the bond. If you will strip I will give you a thorough greasing, and double the bet if you wish ; I know I can swallow you?or, at all events, can try!" Tom gave up the bet, and invited his friends into the hotel. +. A FLOGGING BY PROXY. Many years ago, there lived in a beautiful little country town in north Alabama, a genial, warm-hearted old gentleman, Judge H , well-known throughout the State as well for his distinguished ability as his marked generosity and congeniality. Among his chattel possessions was a negro named Jake, or as he was more familiarly called Uncle Jake, and there never lived a more provoking old darkey ; for Uncle Jake, although a favorite, had many weakenesses, and among others he was particularly regardless of truth, to such an extent in fact that occasionally the good old judge found it necessary to punish him. It was the custom in those days for the town constable to administer a flogging for a consideratmn ii'li on ot'nr t n a m ncf n?n o In nrl f a uwu nucucici tut; luaoici wao uioiuuiucu lu officiate, and the constable of this particular town had a severe reputation for proficiency among the darkies who had now and then been so unfortunate as to come under his hands. Jake, although he had never been there, was well posted, and had a great repugnance to Massa G , who was the incumbent at that time. On one occasion, during the Christmas days, while the old judge was quite severely indisposed, Uncle Jake had been guilty of a misdemeanor, and punishment was deemed necessary, so the judge wrote a note to the constable about as follows: "Mr. G : Please give the bearer thirtynine lashes and charge to me. Judge H." Calling on Uncle Jake, the judge ordered him to carry the note to G , who would give him a grubbing hoe. Jake started off up town, but his suspicions were aroused. He couldn't understand what the judge wanted with a grubbing hoe at Christmas time, and his conscience was not as clear as it should have been. The result of his suspicion was that the truth suddenly flashed upon him?he was to be whipped. Seeing a school-boy approaching, he took out the note and said : "Massa Bob," what in dis note? Got bo many dis morning I got 'era mixed." The boy read the note and explained its contents to Jake, who whistled and laughed to himself as a bright idea struck him. Call l. t t 1 ing a Degro ooy, wno was near, daae saia : "Does you want to make a quarter ?" "Of course I does." "Well, take dis note down dar, to Massa G an' git a grubben hoe, and I wait here 'till you comes back, an' den I gives you a quarter." The boy hurried off to accomplish his errand, and in due course delivered the note to G , who took him into the yard, locked the gate, and proceeded, despite the boy's protestations of innocence, to administer the desired flogging, while Jake hurried off home, chuckling over the happy resultof what might have been serious business for him. That evening, the judge called him up, and inquired: "Jake, did you get the grubbing hoe?" "No, massa ; I give a boy a quarter to fotch dat note to Massa G , and I spec he got dat hoe." Sam Rice's Explanation.?Sam Rice, of Alabama, is well-known as a ready and witty man, though somewhat erratic. Here is the last good story told upon him, and it is very characteristic: A U /-v /kAivirv\AnnArv>nr\f r\^ V* r\ uin? A iiuuui tuc tuimijciitcuiciji vji iuc trai 11c raade a speech in north Alabama in which he said that the southern soldiers could whip the Yankees with pop-guns. Since the war he chanced to make another speech at the same place. A big double-jointed fellow was present who heard and remembered the former speech, and being in no very amiable frame of mind, concluded to go for Sam?rolling up his sleeves and popping his fist in the palm of his hand he propounded the fearful question : "Sam Rice, didn't you make a speech here in 1862?" "I did," said Sam. "And didn't you say that we could whip the Yankees with pop-guns?" "Certainly I did, but the d d rascals wouldn't fight us that way !" Barber! spare that lip, touch not a single hair; in youth it set me off, and now I'll keep it there. It was my own right hand that reared it while it grew; now, barber ! let it stand, it can't be shaved by you. That delicate mustache, though struggling still, and weak, must stand to be my pride, and show my boyhood's freak. Forbear thy razor's stroke, nor let thy firm hand slip; but let it stand in peace, to grace my upper lip. While but a stripling youth, I nursed it growing slow, and hailed each coming hair with boyish pride, you know; and sneered at beardless boys, I met on every hand; then, please forgive this whim, but my mustache must stand. My warmest love was thine, my boyhood's greatest care, and now thou shalt escape the razor's cruel tear. Now, barber! let me go ; I'll caii again some day; you can't shave my mustache while I've a word to say. | jtgwuttnral Ifejiartmcnt. IMITATION BARN-YARD MANURE. Assuming that a cord of barn-yard manure will weigh three thousand pounds, its actual value as a fertilizer may be presented as fol- J lows: Water, 2456 pounds. Sand, 138 Carbonaceous matter, 332 " Salts, ? 74 " 3000 pounds. To obtain this 74 pounds salts, the farmer loads and hauls upon his fields three thousand pounds. * * * * The 74 pounds salts might be taken in an ordinary bushel basket and carried upon the shoulder to any point desired. In this amount there is the nitrogen, potash, soda, lime, magnesia, phosphoric acid, sulphuric acid, chlorine, iron and alum. Barn-yard manure may be imitated by thoroughly composting with a cord of seasoned meadow muck: Crude Nitrate Soda 65 pounds. Wood Ashes 2 bushels. Common Salt 1 peck. Fine Bone Meal, 10 pounds. : Plaster, 2 quarts. Epsom Salts, 10 pounds. The cost of this compost will not be over $3.50 a cord, aud ought, other things being equal, to serve as good a purpose in the field. In practical trials of this mixture, I have found that while it serves a most admirable end, giving very satisfactory results, it does not act so rapidly and energetically as manure; but its effects are more lasting. In short, the same salts and organic matter as found in the dung heap, have a higher money value and seem to exert a more specific influence upon plants than wheu presented in artificial mixtures. By substituting nitrate potassa or saltpetre for nitrate soda the compost is greatly improved, while its cost is not enhanced. If the saltsare dissolved in water, those that are soluble, and the bone in ley, and good muck employed, a compost is formed very nearly as valuable as seasoned excrement. Very nearly, we have said; why it is not of equal value, we have reason to believe is owing to a minuteness of the sub-division of atoms which we can neither produce nor comprehend?a degree of communication, which sets at defiance all mechanical and chemical manipulation."?From Chemistry of the Farm, J. JR. Nichols. Editors Southern Cultivator :?I propose to try the above compost, not being able to get my money back for manipulated fertilizers, owing to the want of vegetable matter in the soil. I want to know if cotton seed could not be substituted for the nitrate of soda?say 400 pounds seed for the 65 pounds nifvofa oa/] o 9 W nillrl nrvf fkn n^mrvAof ka ?m. ouua . n uuiu uub IUU uo lur proved by the fermentation of the seed, and for this reason be superior to the soda ? F. You are correct in supposing that cotton seed might take the place of nitrate soda. Three hundred and fifty pounds of good cotton seed would be the equivalent of 65 pounds nitrate soda in furnishing nitrogen. Its fermentation might not produce any special results, but it would have the advantage over the nitrate of furnishing several other valuable ingredients as phosphoric acid, potash, &c., &c. As bone meal is rather liable to adulteration and is rather slow of action, we should prefer super-phosphate in its place?say twenpounds in place of ten pounds of bone meal. Editors Southern Cultivator. ? ? TWO WAYS OF PLANTING A TREE. First Way.?Have the tree dug up by an awkward negro, with a dull spade. No particular directions need be given in regard to sparing the roots, or to the condition of the few severely shortened ones which may come up with the tree. Koots are of little consequence in this mode of planting. Next dig a small, deep hole, as for a post, and crowd the mutilated stump into it as deeply as you can; fill in the earth, ram it down well and the work is done. You can plant another tree 1.1 l_1 a. _.l.' L _ i. iu me same nuie next year, winua is a greatadvantage. Second Way.?Have the entire ground to be planted well prepared by deep spading or subsoiling, enriching it with suitable manures if necessary. Dig a shallow hole simply deep enough and wide enough to take in all the roots without twisting or cramping them. Have the tree properly taken up; prune off, with a sloping cut from the under side upwards, all broken or bruised roots; set the tree perpendicularly into the hole, in the same position in respect to the points of the compass and about the same depth at which it grew in the nursery; fill in the earth carefully, shaking the tree slightly to make the soil fill at the crevices among the roots; press the earth around the tree with the foot, commencing at the outer edge of the hole. The earth should be raised slightly above the surrounding level, to allow for settling. If it be thought necessary to use additional manure in planting, let it be old well rotted compost and in no case fresh stable manure. Except in case of accident, this tree will be likely to occupy the place in which you have put it for many years. How a Farmer May Lose Money.?By not taking a good home paper. T.r a. _ r 1 i! iveepiug no account 01 norae operations. Paying no attention to the good maxim?"a stitch in time saves nine"?in regard to sowing of grain and planting of grain at the proper time. Leaving reapers, plows, cultivators, etc., uncovered from the rain and sun. More money is lost in this way than most people are willing to believe. Permitting broken implements to be scattered over the farm until they are irreparable. By repairing broken implements at the proper time, many dollars may be saved?a proof of the assertion, "time is money." Attending the auction sales and purchasing all kinds of trumpery, because, in the words of the vendor, the articles are sold "cheap." Allowing the fences to remain unrepaired until strange cattle are either found grazing in the meadow or grain fields, or bruising the fruit trees. Disbelieving the principle of rotation of crops before making the experiment. Planting fruit trees with the expectation of having fruit without giving the trees more than half the attention required to make them profitable. Practical waste by depriving stock of proper shelter during the winter, and giving them unsound food, such as rotten and mouldy hay or fodder. - > Closing Cracks in Stoves?It may be convenient to know a ready method of closing up cracks, which are not uncommon in cast iron stoves; and we are assured that the following receipt is a reliable one: Good wood ashes are to be sifted through a fine sieve, to which is to be added the same quantity of clay, finely pulverized, together with a little salt. The mixture is to be moistened with water enough to make a paste, and the crack of the stove filled with it. The cement does not peel off nor break away, and assumes an extreme degree of hardness after being heated. The stove must be cold when the application is made. The same substance may be used in setting in the plates of a stove or in fitting stove pipes, serving to render all ! the joints perfectly tight. How to Freshen Salt Fisii.?Most per' sons who are in the habit of freshening raack' erel or other salt fish, never dream that there is a right and wrong way to do it. Any per- j son who has seen the process of evaporation going on at the salt works, knows that the | salt goes to the bottom. Just so it is in the j pan where your mackerel or white fish lies ! soaking; and, as it lies with the skin side j down, the salt will fall to the skin, and there j remain, when, if placed with the flesh down, j the salt falls to the bottom of the pau, and the | fish comes out freshened as it should be. In i the other case it is nearly as salt as when put j in. ' | (SMfaftt'* gqntttmcnt. |Orig(nnl.] PLAYING HOUSE. One hot and sultry day a group of some half dozen little girls collected under the shade of a large oak, near a small branch, to play house. Each one was appointed to some position. Little Annie, the least one in the group, was to play mother; Jane was to act as cook ; and Sallie was to act in the capacity of house servant. The others were, some of them to do one thing and others of them something else. A little house was made by their tinv lionrla nnt r\f cnnVi aa fViov r>nilM collect, and covered with branches broken from the surrounding trees. In due time dinner was, with all the usual formality, announced. It was a big day with them. Some of the party were visitors, and everything was done in accordance with the circumstances. Little Annie took her seat at the head of the table, and with great dignity poured out the tea and coffee. Some of them acted as waiters and handed the various little articles of food to the others. They talked not foolishly like children, but gravely and wisely like old people. Amongst other subjects discussed, was that of "Who was the wisest man ?" They were only little girls, and had not read much only in the first reader; but they had heard their parents and others talking about the "seven wise men." Little Ellen Jones said that she knew a man by the name of Webster who was the wisest man in the world, for he could tell when it would rain or snow. Little Susan spoke up and said that no man could tell when it would rain for she heard papa say so. Ellen Jones said that she knew that Mr. Webster could tell when it would rain or snow, for one day he came over to their house to borrow their paper and said it would rain that very evening and it did rain. By this time all become interested and one said that this man was the wisest, and another that that man was the wisest. At last a little girl, one who was playing the part of visitor, spoke up and said that she believed the wisest man in the world was an old man that lived shout. r mile from where she lived, for she had known him for a long time and had never heard of hiin meddling with his neighbor's business or neglecting his own. Little Annie, who all the time had been, like a mother, listening, said, there now children, stop talking. That is right. The man who attends to his own business and lets other people's business alone, is the wisest man in the world. [Original.] THE UGLY THUMB. "Papa," said a little boy, "what makes your thumb nail always grow so ugly ?" "My son, that is the mark God put upon me that I might know myself. I own it is a very bad looking nail, and caused me at one time a great deal of suffering; but still this thumb has been worth more to me than all my other fingers together. I have no doubt this ugly thumb nail saved me from the gallows." "Why I cannot see how that can be," said the child. "I dare not tell you the history of this thumb. I hope, for your comfort, you may never know it. This much I will tell you. When I was a boy between twelve and fifteen years old, I became the associate of two other boys of like age. We commenced working mischief in fun at first; but soon in earnest. We became the pest of our neighborhood. Our parents did not know our tricks and would not believe those who informed them of our conduct. One day we made prenorodnn tn a TTPM7 hnH T will not tell you what it was?the knowledge would do you no good ; but would, in all probability, be a source of grief to you all your life. As it happened, I got this thumb terribly hurt, and I am glad of it to-day, and will be glad of it as long as I live. It put an end to our mischief for that day. I went home with my hand streaming with blood, and ray face covered with shame. I determined, as I went home holding one hand in the other, that I would turn over a new leaf. I told my mother the whole. Her heart seemed as if it would break. This made the impression upon my mind deeper. For weeks and even months I suffered intense pain. After a long time the wound was healed, but it left this ugly scar. I did turn over a new leaf. I never again associated with my two former companions, although they were in every respect as good as I was, and were not as much to blame for the mischief which we proposed to do as I was. In every respect they were my superiors. They had as kind and loving parents as I had, and their social position was even higher than mine. I determined to stop working mischief, and every time I was inclined to return to my former habits, the sight of this thumb deterred me. My companions went on as before. One of them had his throat cut in a drunken fight, and the other fell in the fire whilst intoxicated and was burnt to death. When I first heard the news of these sad events, I looked at my ugly thumb and warm tears of gratitude ran down my cheeks. But for this thumb, and the same or a similar evil would have befallen me. Ugly as it is, it calls up to my mind the bitter recollection of the past, and tells me what I would have been but for it. Had it not been for this ugly thumb, you, my son, would not have a home to shelter you, and your father would go down to the grave covered with disgrace." 4 ? + "Don't Give Up; But Try, my Boy, Try."?A gentlemau, traveling in the northern part of Ireland, heard the voice of children, and paused to listen. Finding the sounds proceeded from a small building used as a school-house, he drew near, and, as the door opened, he entered, and listened to the words the boys were spelling. One little fellow stood apart, looking sad dispirited. "Why does that boy look so sad ?" asked the gentleman. "Oh, he's good for nothing!" replied the teacher. "There's nothing: in him. I can ! make nothing of him. He's the most stupid j boy in the school." The gentleman was surprised at this answer. He saw that the teacher was so stern and rough that the younger and more timid were nearly crushed. He I said a few kind words to them; then placing j his hand upon the noble brow of the little felj low who stood apart, he said: "One of these days you may be a fine scholJ ar. Don't give up; but try, ray boy, try." The soul of the boy was aroused. His dorI mant intellect awoke. A new purpose was I formed. From that hour he become studious ! and ambitious to excel. And he did become a fine scholar, and the author of a well-known Commentary on the Bible; a great and good man, beloved and honored. It was Dr. Adam Clarke. The secret of success is worth knowing : "Don't give up; but try, my boy, try." 4?" A youthful Danbury lover who sang and played before his young lady's house fcr two mortal hours, on a Friday night, was electrified, after a short pause, by a cordial "Thank you!" gracefully pronounced by the "other fellow," who appeared at the window. flcMing fat the fahhath. | CONDUCTED BY IlEV. ROBERT LATHAN. [Original.] I "THE WITCH OF ENDOR." "Whilst Saul was foolishly and wickedly persecuting David, the Philistines were not j idle. It is highly probable that they had, i from various causes, increased in number, and had made great encroachments upon the territory of the Hebrews. The Phillistines were descended from Mizraira, as we learn from Gen. 10: 14. They came originally from Egypt, drove out the Avim and settled in their place. Their territory extended along the coast of the Mediterranean sea, about forty miles, and was bounded on the East by the tribes of Simeon and Dan. These two M , A|_ i. i trioes occupied tne most soum wesieruiy purtion of the land of Canaan. Just previous to the remarkable event of which we propose to write, we find the Philistines encamped at Shunem. This town was in the territory belonging to the tribe of Issachar, fifty or sixty miles distant from Ekron, the most northern city of the Philistines. From this factan<fc, others, we may conclude that much of the southern part of the land of Canaan was at least overrun by the Philistines. When the Philistines were encamped at Shunem, Saul collected his forces at Mount Gilboa. This place was not far from the river Jordan, on the line which separated the territory of Manasseh from that of Ephraim. How far the two armies were apart we cannot certainly tell. Gilboa was south east of Shunem, perhaps twenty or twenty-five miles; but we would suppose the armies were not so far as this apart. It may have been that they were several miles apart, for strange as it may seem, ancient armies were better prepared to make long and rapid marches than modern armies are. Saul, for some reason, became frightened. No doubt the army of the Philistines had recently been greatly iucreased. About this time Araasis had driven a great many individuals out of Ezypt, and it is probable that those, or some of them, had connected their fortunes with those of the Philistines. Saul may have learned this, and doubted whether or not he were able to withstand his foe. The simple fact that his enemy was in the very lipjirf. of hifi eountrv was enough to startle ..WW. ? W. ...W W J .. 0 him. Id the midst of his distress he called on God but received no answer. Previous to this he had, in a fit of mad frenzy, slain all the priests except Abiathar, who fled and joined David. It is probable that Saul had constituted some one priest, but who that some one was, we cannot tell. In a state of desperation he inquired if anyone knew of au individual who had a familiar spirit, that he might consult her. Some one, possibly the notorious Doeg, gave the frantic king the desired information. He was told that there was at Endor such a woman. Endor was situated in the valley of Jezreel, in the territory belonging to the tribe of Manasseh, and > ..II.. *? 1 was aDoui equany uisiant irum uiuuut vjuuuo where Saul was encamped, and Shunera where the Philistines had collected their forces. So soon as Saul learned that such a woman resided at Endor, he and two men set out thither to consult her. Very likely Doeg was one of these two men, for he seems to have always been ready to engage in schemes of doubtful morality. It was night when they arrived at Endor, and the woman refused to divine for them, assigning as a reason that Saul had put to death all of those of the same craft with herself that he could find. One would suppose from the simple narrative that this woman did not, at first, know Saul. This, in all probability, was only pretence. Saul took a solemn oath that she should not be hurt, and then she consented to operate. With respect to the "witch of Endor," three questions naturally arise in the mfnd of the reader. 1st. Who was the witch of Endor ? 2nd. What was her business? 3d. Did she really bring up Samuel ? It is impossible for us to tell to what nation this woman belonged. If she did not actually know Saul, it would seem to iudicate that she was a foreigner. The business in which she was engaged was a species of idolatry, but this would not argue that she was not a Hebrew, for Rachel was guilty of something of the same sort. She stole her father's seraphim. Joseph also uses language, with regard to his cups, which his brothers were feignedly charged with purloining, which seems to indicate that something of the same kind was very common amongst the Israelites. Jacob's sons learned magic arts from their mothers, Leah and Rachel, and the two maid servants Zilpah and Bilhah. In answer to the second inquiry, the language of the Bible is this : "A woman having a familiar spirit." From the connection (see 1st Sara. 28) we learn that she was engaged in necromancy. Her business was to reveal future events by communicating with the dead. The words which are translated, "A woman that hath a familiar spirit," would be literally and just as intelligibly translated, "A woman, mistress of the wine or water skin." As we learn from the little incident of Joseph and his brethren (Gen. 44: 5) we learn that cups or wine bottles were in some wjiv used hv these masricians. of which the ~ 4 O ' necromancers were a class. This kind of fortune telling was very common amongst the Egyptians and Canaanites. It is still common amongst some of the Nigritians, and in fact amongst all ignorant people. There are in Christendom some people so ignorant, or so wicked, as to pretend to tell fortunes from the appearance of the grounds in coffee cups, from gloves and from the singing of the whipporwill. In the Septuagennit translation of the Bible, this necromancer of Endor is called a "gunaika enggastrimuthon," which means a woman speaking from her stomach, | or in other words a ventriloquist. It may be j that such was the case in this instance, but ! we are not warranted in concluding that all of those who dealt in necromancy were ventriloquists. One of two things is certainly true respecting this woman, she was either grossly ignorant or a great impostor. There is every reason to believe that she was a very | bad woman. She seems to have been very 1 poor. Josephus says that she had nothing ; but a pet calf. The language of the Bible I seems to favor this account, for she had a fat, ! not a fatted or fattened calf in the house. To j this day, women that pretend to tell fortunes, ; are noted for three things. They are grossly j ignorant, miserably poor and horridly ugly. Did this necromancer raise Samuel from j the dead ? We answer no. God alone can ; raise the dead. No created being has any ! power whatever to evoke the dead and call! j them from the grave. The devil himself, i ! whom the whole tribe of conjurors and for- i ' tune tellers serve, cannot raise the dead. The ; 1 question then arises, was Samuel actually 1 raised, or was the whole affair a farce ? It. would be impossible to answer this question | so that the minds of every person would be [ satisfied. It is our opinion that Samuel was present. We confess that there are difficul- j ties connected with this opinion; but to our ' mind, fewer than to conc.ude that the whole was a farce, or that Satan personated Samuel. This, we admit, is only an opinion. It is impossible to conceive how the whole thing could have been a farce, or how the language could have been uttered by Satan. Predictions were made which were true, and could have been made by none but an omnicient being. It may be said it would have been giving countenance to this woman's necromancy, for God to permit the departed spirit of Samuel to obey her incantations. The text does not say that the woman did any thing whatever. It is more than probable that she had not commenced conjuring. She was frightened, not at what she had done, but at what she saw. To suppose that the apparition was Satan personating Samuel, is to suppose Satan possessed of knowledge which belongs only to God. ROSE'S HOTEL, (FORMERLY HUNT'8 HOTEL.) c A e. THIS HOUSE is in the centre of the city, convenient to all the Public Offices and Business Houses, located on the south-west corner of the State House Square, has been recently re-opened and renovated, and will now compare favorably with any Hotel at the South. ROSE'S OMNIBUS will convey passengers to and from every train, free of charge. Also, a first-class Carriage for the accommodation of ladies. TRANSIENT BOARD $2.50 per day. W. E. ROSE, Proprietor. September 12 37 tf THE YORKVILLE BBANCH OP THE ssnnsiii Banking Office Opposite the Store of J. H. Adams. Deposits of $1 and Upwards Received. Interest allowed at the rate of 7 per cent, per annnm on Certificates of Deposit, and 6 per cent, coinpoanded every six months on accounts. PRINCIPAL OFFICE - . COLUMBIA, S. C. WM. MARTIN, President. I JOHN B. PALMER Vice-President. A. G. BRENIZER, Cashier. J. H. SAWYER. Ass't Cashier in general charge. JOHN C. B. SMITH, Local Assistant Cashier. Directors.?Wnde Hampton, William Martin, A. C. Haskell, F. W. McMaster, E. H. Heinitsb, John B. Palmer, Thos. E. Gregg, Columbia. J. Eli Gregg, Marion. G. T. Scott, W. G. Mayes, Newberry. B. H. Rutledge, D. Ravenel, Jr., Charleston. BRANCHES IN SOUTH CAROLINA : location. Local Ass't Cashiers. Charleston, D. RAVENEL, Jr. Orangeburg, J. H. FOWLES. Sumter, J. W. DARGAN. Spartanburg, JOEL FOSTER. Newberry, T. S. DUNCAN. Laurens, JOHN KYLE. Abbeville, Hon. D. L. WARDLAW. Camden, W. D. McDOWELL. Unionville, E. R. WALLACE Yorkville W. B. METTS. FINANCE COMMITTEE AT YORKVILLE. B. T. WHEELER, J. H. ADAMS, L.M. GRIST. pfr SIGHT DRAFTS drawn on all the Branches of the Bank in this State, and also on all the prominent places in the United States and Europe. Stocks, Bonds, Gold and Silver bought and sold. .259- Mutilated Currency purchased at a small discount. W. B. METTS, Assistant Cashier at Yorkville. January 25 4 ly ESTABLISHED 1857. L. IX. MILLER, MILLER'S SAFE AND IRONWORKS, B ALTIMORE.MD. SALESROOM: 265 BALTIMORE STREET, (One Door above Hanover,) FACTORY: Square bounded by Henrietta, Claret, Fremont and Warner Streets. Every variety of the Best Fire and Burglar Proo Safes, Bankers' Chests, Improved Combination Locks, Bank Vaults and Doors. Send for Illustrated Catalogue and Price List. 12,000 IN USE-TESTED iN 200 FIRES. Near References:?National Bank, Chester, Smith and Melton, Chester; John Agnow & Son, Columbia, S. C. September 12 37 tf Dr. Crook's Wine of Tar. i 10 TEARS -OP A ? PUBLIC TEST Dr. Crook's WINE TAR To have more merit tlian any similar preparation ever offered the public. It is rich in the medicinal qualities of Tar. and unequaled for diseases of the Throat and Lungs, performing the mo9t remarkable cures. Coughs, Colds, Chonic Coughs. It effectually cures them all. Asthma and Bronchtis. Has cured so many cases it has been pronounced a specific for thes& complaints. For pains in Breast Side or Back, Gravel or Kidney Disease, Diseases of the Urinary Organs, Jaundice or any Liver Complaint, It has no equal. It is also a superior Tonic, Restores the Appetite, Strengthens the System^ Restores tlie weaK ana Debilitated, Causes the Food to Digest, % Removes Dyspepsia and Indigestion, Prevents Malarious Fevers, Gives tone to your System. Try Pr.Crook's Wlneot'Tar October 3 40 ly THE PARKER GUN. PARKER BRtfS WEST MERIDEN,CT. I COTTON GINNING. THE undersigned announces to the public that he has recently put an improved COTTON j GIN in operation at his residence, one mile from I the Court House, on the road leading to King's ! Mountain, where ho is prepared to GIN AND i PACK COTTON promptly and in the best man- j ner. He gins and packs for the ONE-FIF-1 TEENTH. The patronage of the pub ic is solici- i ted. T. W. CLAWSON. September 20 39 tf 1 VDltKVILLE ENQl GREAT ATTRACTIONS I A SPLENDID CHE THE VALUE OF $6.0( OEIGINAL SEE $100 IN PREMIUJ RATES FOR CLUBBING WIT Thr> RNOTTIRRR will i?ntnr iinnn tli? NIMETE1 uary next, and in issuing our annual prospectus wo perity of the paper at the present time that we are ei newspaper at the South, and to promise the public a issued. ELEGANT In order that the circulation of the ENQUIRE! mined to furnish, free of charge, to every subscriber for the year 1873, an elegant Oil Chromo entitled THE UN?ELC( This beautiful picture, the size of which is 13} by 17} maticprinting, and is a perfect fac aiinilc, both in coh ing after which it is copied, and is equal in all res FIFTEEN DOLLARS, under which price it'could no of a new method of printing, by which pictures of tl old plan of lithographing. This is a now feature in Southernjournalism, an Union; but as the usefulness and attractions of the ! to the increase of its circulation, the proprietor has d< inducement, whereby every subscriber receives THE VALUE OF $6.0 The following illustration of our Chromo give; of the picture, which, however, is printed in coloi distinguished from an oil painting costing hundreds "The Unwelcome Visitor."? THE NINETEBI It is the aim of the proprietor to make the ENQI pa per gffflntAhlfl Rlikft tnall classes of readers and by party, creed or section; and the features which h curing for it a circulation attained by no other secul ORIGINAL We take pleasure in announcing for tho new voln: for tho ENQUIRER. With the opening of the new thrillingand exciting original story from the pen of DEAS, entitled THE MYSTERY OF MOSS GROVE: A STO: which will run through several numbers of the papt detail, is one of the most entertaining serials which 1 ful pen. This story will be followed by a vivid I FLORIMOND; OR DIVO! and another charming story, abounding in humoi JOHN'S These will be followed by other stories during the i contributions to the "Sabbath Reading" and "Chil adapted to all tastes; the Agricultural Department, ( thelarmer and house wife; a column of Humorous I cing light current topics; together with a compend o abroad, in which the sparkling letters of our R1 "Nemo," will be a prominent feature; Commercial appropriate subjects, will, we feel assured, render PREMIUMS 3 We offer FOUR PREMIUMS for the four larges ing in the aggregate to OVER ONE HUNDRED DC SILVER TEA SET, valued at $50.00; the second, c PLATED FORKS, valued at $31.75; the third, of or $13.00; and the fourth, of one dozen SILVER TEA I The person procuring the largest club of subsci f>erson procuring the second largest club, to the se argest club, to the third premium; and the person premium. Competitors may begin to procure subsc whenever the name is received, or on the 1st of Jt for subscriber is expected to be paid whenever will l oounted in competition until it is paid for, DESCRIPTION C The articles which we have adopted for premiur surpassing beauty, but their intrinsic value as well, in tne above schedule are enumerated at the manu pieces?a Coffee Pot, two Tea Pots, Creamer, Sugar ? new style, with ruised or embossed figure work. T but the best tripple plate, the foundation being whif silver coating may chance to be worn off in any sp Lucius Hart Manufacturing Company, and sold by selected from the best goods manufactured by the 1 have acquired a world-wide reputation in being the their goods being acknowledged equal to any of Am Persons subscribing in clubs will be entitled! WITHOUT THE PREMIUM CHROMO, or by ELEGANT PICTURE, in addition to the paper, for not interfere with the arrangements of any elub-n person, either at $3.00 for the paper and the Chroino, To persons who make up clubs often or more n or at $3.00 for it and the Chromo, (or both as the caso: cash premiums, we will send the ENQUIRER one j " ^ A 1 ?Lilt nrViA foil f A r?Q t Q oi tweuiv or mure iiimics, uui nnw uiaj mu i-v ? QUIREk one year free of charge, and a copy of eith< which we offer to club. The premiums will be awarded to ?he successful Monday of March 1873. TERMS OF SU1 To all subscribers receiving the Chroino, whether in Two copies one year, without theChromo, One copy to the same subscriber two years, without Ten oopies, one year, with an extra to the person ma CLUBBING WITH OTi For the convenience of our subscribers who maj made arrangements with the following leading Li whereby they can be secured at a reduced price by cl we extend to all who may desire to avail themselves be selected, which, with the ENQUIRER, will be fu Price," ana for Oue Dollar in addition, our Oil Chrotr ENQUIRER and Southern Cultivator one yea " 44 Carolina Farmer one year,... " 44 Rural Carolinian one year,... " 44 American Agriculturist one 44 44 Southern Farmer one year,.. " American Farmer's Advocat 41 44 Maryland Farmer one year,, 44 44 Rural New Yorker one year 44 44 Scientific American one year 44 44 Godey's Lady's Book one ye 44 44 Peterson's Magazine one ye 44 44 Arthur's Magazine, with a mium, one year, 44 44 Arthur's Children's Hour or 44 44 Harper's Magazine one year 44 44 Harper's Bazar one year, 1 44 44 Harper's Weekly one year,.. 44 44 Scribner's Monthly one year 44 44 Hearth and Home one year, 44 44 Leslie's Illustrated Newspap 44 44 Leslie's Chimney Corner oni 44 44 Leslie's Lady's Journal one 44 44 Leslie's Boy's and Girl's We 44 44 Leslie's Lady's Magazine on 44 44 Lippincott's Magazine one 3 44 44 New York Weekly World 0 44 44 Now York Weekly Tribune p8~ Specimens of the above publications can be lections may be made. par- Th'eChromo Premium will be delivered to it is possible to do so, after the reception of their n by mail post paid, securely wrapped in boards to pre be supplied, (unless otherwise directed,) through t How to Remit.?Mone}'may be forwarded atoi ed letters?otherwise we will assume no risk. Write names plainly, giving post-office, co gtS* Specimen copies of the ENQUIRER will b all letters to T?. M. IIRER FOR 1873! COR THE NEW VRAR! OMO PREMIUM I ) FOR ONLY $3.00! IAL STORIES ! MS FOB CLUBS! i H OTHER PUBLICATIONS! ENTH YEAR of its existence on the 1st of Janare gratified to announce that such is the proalablod to offer attractions unprecedented by any more entertaining paper than we have heretofore OHROMO. I I mav bo still further increased, we have deterwho pays THREE DOLLARS IN ADVANCB )ME "VISITOR. \ inches, is finished in the highest style of ohroiring and expression, of the celebrated oil paintipects to pictures which until recently sold for t now be afforded, but for the recent introduction lis class are more rapidly produced than by the d an offer made by very few newspapers in the INQUIRER can only be enhanced in proportion jtermined to offer to tho public this unparalleled >0 FOB ONLY $3.00. s a general idea of the subject and composition rs true to nature, and wlien framed cannot be t of dollars. Enquirer Premium Chromo. VTH VOLUME. JIRER A LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSa welcome visitor to the Home Circle, unwarped ave so greatly contributed to its popularity?sear weekly in the State?will remain unchanged. STORIES. me three Original Serial Stories, writtenexpressly year we will commence the publication of a the favorite California authoress, Mrs. HENRY RY OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, >r, and in point of thrilling plot and interesting aas yet appeared in our columns from her gracejife Sketch, entitled ROE OR NO DIVORCE, / , pathos and the marvelous, entitled WIFE. volume, which, with Mr. LATHAN'S regular dren's Departments;" Miscellaneous Reading, :ontaining practical and useful information for leading every week; "Scrapsand Facts," embrmf the News of the Day; Correspondence from EGULAR TRAVELING CORRESPONDENT, and Market Reports, and Editorial Articles on the ENQUIRER an acceptable visitor to all its ?OR CLUBS. t Clubs of Subscribers, for the vear 1873, amount (LLARS. The firsy>remium~consista6f a heavy if one dozen PLATED KNIVES and one dozen te dozen SILVER TABLE SPOONS, valued at 3POONS, valued at $6.75. ribers will be entitled to the first premium; the cond premium; the person procuring the third procuring the fourth largest club, to the fourth tribers at once?the time of subscription to begin , ^ inuary, 1873, as may be preferred. The money the name is entered on our books, and no name >F PREMIUMS. as have been selected not only on account of their They are guaranteed to be as represented, and facturers' prices. The Tea Set consists of six tnd Slop Bowl?all of beautiful, uniform pattern, hey are not the common silver-washed articles, e metal, so as not to show even when the "heavy at by long, hard usage. They are made by the them at $50.00 per set. The other premiums are Meriden Cutlery Company, of New York, who ) exclusive manufacturers of fine table cutlery, lerican or foreign manufacture. ;o receive the ENQUIRER one year for $2.60 paying $3.00 will be entitled to receive the one year. But the option of the subscriber will laker, as names may be received by the same or $2.50 for the paper alone, ames. either at $2.50 for the ENQUIRER only, may be) but who may fail to obtain either of tfie pear free of charge; and to those who send aolub premium, we will forward a copy of the EN3rof the publications enumerated below, with nnmnoHtnro of flWP A'/T/unr T> W rtW TWP VTIWr ASCRIPTION: clubs or singly, $3 00 5 00 theChromo, 5 00 iking the club, exclusive of Chromoa 25 00 [ER PUBLICATIONS. r wish to read some other publication, we have terary, Scientific and Agricultural Magazine# ubbiug with the ENQUIRER?a benefit which i of the opportunity. Any of the following may rnishedatthe prices named under head of''Club 10 will also be furnished. Club Price. Recrular Price. r, |M 50 . $5 00 4 00 5 00 4 50 5 00 year, 4 00 4 60 4 50 5 00 ;e one year, 3 50 4 00 3 75 4 50 ', 5 00 5 50 5 50 6 00 ar, 5 25 6 00 ar, 4 40 5 00 Steel Engraving Pre 6 00 5 00 le year, 4 00 4 50 6 25 7 00 6 25 7 00 * 6 25 7 00 6 00 7 00 5 25 6 00 er one year, 6 00 7 00 a year, 6 00 7 00 year, 0 00 7 00 ekly one year, 5 00 5 50 o year, 5 80 8 50 rear, 6 00 7 00 ne year 4 25 5 00 one year, 4 25 5 00 seen at our office at any time, from whioh seall subscribers entitled to receive it as rapidly aa ames. Subscribers at a distance will receive it vent injury, and those subscribing in clubs will heir respective club-makers, ur risk by draft, post-office order, or in registerunty and State. e sent to any address on application. Address J GRIST, Proprietor, Yorkville, 8. C.