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Humorous! Hepartmcut. ?I)E PERVISIONS, JOSIAR." A sapient looking Fayetteville darkey, oscillating between twenty and twenty-five summers, overtook an old negro on the streets the other day, and wedging him in a fence corner,.proceeded to acquaint him with all the gorgeous provisions of the Civil Rights Bill. Young Africa imparted to old Africa a fund of valuable information, thusly "Well, Uncle Billy, Sumner's Swivel Rights Bill has passed de Senate ob de United States widout a murmur." "Is dat so, Josiar ?" "Jess so, Uncle Billy. And say. Uncle Billy, we colored pussons is gwine to see whose pervisions is in de pot. We are gwine to be allowed to ride free on de railroads, smoke in de ladies' car and put our feet on de percussions of the seats whenever we dam please!" "Is dat so, Josiar ?" cr\ TTnnla Pllltr A n/1 coir Tltir*!** U VOO OVj JL-911 k J XJL UU oaj J vuviv Billy, we's gwiue to be allowed to stop at de hotels and set at de head ob de table, and hab de biggest slices of de chickens, and lay round in de parlor and spit on de carpets, and make de white trash hustle demselves and wait on us widoutgrumbiin ; and whenever de boss ob de concern shoves a bill on us, we'll hab him sent to Washington and obscured in the plenipotentiary." "Is dat so, Josiar ?" "Jess so, Uncle Billy. And say, Uncle Billy, we's gwine to be allowed to go to the white schools and set up on de flatforra wid de teacher, and learn gehography, tiggermanometry, gehominy, Latin, Dutch, French, Choctaw, algeebray, rheumatics, de rule of thrice and de diaphragam." "Good God ! is dat so, Josiar ?" "Jess so, Uncle Billy. And say, Uucle Billy, we's gwine to be allowed to be buried in italic coffins wid looking glasses on top ob dera, and dey will hab to carry us on a herse to de grabe yard and bury us on top ob de white folks, so when de day ob resurrection am arrived, and de angel Gabriel come tootin along, he'll sing out treo his trumpet, 'All ob you colored gemraen rise fust!' And say, Uncle Billy, de pervisions of dat bill " "What's dat you say 'bout pervisions, Josiar ?" "Well, Uncle Billy, as I was gwiue on to state, de pervisions of dat bill?" "Stop right dar, Josiar. You say dare's pervisions in dat bill ?" "Jess so, Uncle Billy. De pervisions ob de bill?" "Stop right dar, Josiar. Ef dare's pervisions in dat bill, I want a sack ob flour this berry minit. Dam de smokin' in the ladies' car, and de gehography, and de Latin and de italic coffins! I want de pervisions, Josiar. Dey's all dere is in de bill wuff a dam cent!" Faydteville Express. Poker-Playing in Alabama.?Bill J?, the Sheriff of our county (Colbert), a zealous poker-plaver, and a prosperous Teutonic merchant of our town named S?, were traveling on the cars, and, in order to pass the time, engaged in a game of euchre. After playing some time, the jolly Dutchman left his seat to get a drink of water, and Bill knowing that he, too, had a penchant for poker, took advantage of his absence and dealt him a hand r l.: 3 ? j *i r Willi iuur Kings aim luiuuu up me ijuccu iui a trump. Returning in a moment and lifting his hand, S. at once conceived the idea of playing the hand at poker, and accordingly' suggested it to Bill, who consented, provided that he might be allowed to discard one of his cards and take up the queen. To this S. at once agreed and the game proceeded. Says S.: "Bill I bets you $5." In turn Bill raised him S10 more. "Well," says S., "$15 will joost pay mine expense und some odder tings, and I calls you, Billat the same time exhibiting his hand with four kings, and reaching for the money. "Hold on," says Bill. "I have /our aces." Nervously, and in silence, the astonished Dutchman gathered the cards and shuffled them for a moment or two. Then, with his chin resting on both clenched hands, and his eyes staring into uncertainty, he exclaimed, "I say Bill, joost you told me vot de h?11 dot queen had to do mit dot hand /" And up to this hour his mind is perplexed continually to find the part that card had played in the game.? Correspondence of Courier-Journal. Punctuality at Death.?Mr. Higgins was a very punctual man in all his transactions through life. He amassed a large property by untiring industry and punctuality, and at the advanced age of ninety years was resting quietly upon his bed, and calmly waiting to be called away. He had deliberately made almost every arrangement for his decease and burial. His pulse grew fainter and the light of life seemed just flickering in its socket, when one of his sons observ?d? nrtll rwAkokltr Iuta knf o /Iott I' lltUCl , jwu uiu piwuauij nvu uuu n uuj or two; is it not well for you to name your bearers ?" "To be sure, ray son," said the dying man, "it is well thought of, and I will do it now." He gave a list of six, the usual number, and sank back exhausted upon his pillow. A gleam of thought passed over his withered face like a ray of light, and he rallied once more. "My son, read me that list. Is the name of Mr. Wiggins there?" "It is, ray father." "Then strike it off," said he, emphatically, "for he was never punctual?was never anywhere in season?and he might hinder the procession a whole hour!" Circumstances Alter Cases.?Deacon W was a boss carpenter, and a Baptist in "good reg'lar standin," in Rome, Oneida county, N. Y., more than forty years ago. One day, while he was with his men on the third staging of a new Baptist church which he had contracted to build, he heard one of the hands utter an oath, and he at once began a sermon on the sin of swearing. Just as he had arrived at the most impressive part of the discourse, the platform on which they were standing gave way. The deacon threw up his -1 ? ?ITrtn*?/\nnTQwri nvnloimor] arms aim xicavcunmu, "Lord, have mercy!" The staging settled straight downward, struck the second platform and that, too, trembled a moment and then gave way. Again the deacon looked skyward and repeated, "Lord have mercy!" Then, as the combined weight of the two platforms, including the deacon and his four men, reached the last staging, and that tottered an instant and went down, the deacon, thinking his doom was at hand, fairly shouted, "Lord, have mercy!" But when the entire mass struck the solid ground with a final crash, and nobody was hurt, the deacon glanced at the wreck, and angrily jerked out, "Damn the stage!" Moral?Never trust to a death-bed repentance. It won't stand prosperity. ? ? A Granger's Dream.?An exchange is responsible for the following tough one : A Granger dreamed that he died. He went to the spirit-world ; he knocked at the gate of the New Jerusalem, and it was opened unto him. The books were open; he was asked, "Did you ever belong to any secret society To which he replied, "I did?to the Grangers." "Then, sir, you can't be admitted ; depart." He then went to the door of the bottomless pit, where the same questions were asked him by the devil, and again he was told * > i > to depart. Alter ne nau guuc ? mu? nay uu, he was accosted by the homely ruler of the pit, when the following propositions were made: "Stranger," said Nick, "I will not admit you here ; they do not want you in Heaven ; but I will sell you two hundred barrels of brimstone for cash, ten per cent, off, and you can start a little hell of your owu, with no agents or middle-men." ? ? A backwoodsman, describing a steamboat, said, "It has a sawmill on the one side, a grist-mill on the other, and a blacksmith's shop in the middle, and down stairs there's a tarnation big pot boiling all the while." I Agricultural Ijcjrartmcttt. [Original.] SCIENTIFIC FARMING. i Farmers, as a general thing, are violently ' opposed to what they are pleased to call "book farming." This is surely a most marvelous | thing. The lawyer cannot do without his i books; the skillful practitioner of medicine j consults his books, or calls in a consulting | physician, whenever a very bad case occurs in ! his practice; the minister of the gospel, who i would teach the people among whom he is called to labor, is expected to read and study the huge volumes of antiquity as well as those of modern times. Is it not strange that the farmer can learn nothing from books ? Or rather, is it not strange that any man would conclude that he could not learn anything from books? The carpenter reads books on architecture, and from these he learns the I most important facts connected with his trade. In fact, every man, in every occupation of life, is a reading man. Such is the coudition of things, that one can scarcely be a civilized man, unless he be a great reader. No occupation or calling in life can be reduced to a science without books. The misfortune in this country is, that farming is carried on in a kind of haphazard way. There is little science about the thing, from beginning to end. In fact, there seems to be a prejudice in the minds of many farmers against science itself. They seem to think that science means a long list of impracticable theories. With them, the words science and vagaries mean about the same thing. Science consists of two things?facts and the mind that discovered them. Such is the case with the science of medicine, of astronomy, of law, of theology, of geology, and of agurn TTa/ifa on^ minrl n ro Hip llficf* nf* fl 11 the sciences. Science includes, also, an understanding of the laws by which the facts were brought about. This is the point upon which farmers are generally deficient. They have discovered a vast multitude of facts; but they are barren facts. The laws by which these facts were developed, have not been fully investigated. As an illustration of what we mean, this fact may be mentioned. Farmers generally believe that stable manure is the best of all manures. It is true that stable manure is a good manure, and for some kinds of land, and for some kinds of crops, is better than any other; but this does not make it the best manure under all circumstances. Because stable manure is good for corn, it does not follow that it is good for wheat. It may be excellent to make wheat straw, but not good to make grains. Every thing in this world, except man, is obedient to law. The grass grows and dies in obedience to law. Everything that the farmer plants and cultivates grows and matures in obedience to fixed laws. Scientific farming consists in cultivating the soil in obedience to these laws. The man who does not do this, may be said to be striving against his Maker. He is trying to make water run up hill. Nature gives us many indications of the existence of her laws. In some regions the forests are covered with only pines, in others, nothing but oaks grow. This indicates something which, if studied out and reduced to practice, may be of great utility to the farmer. In some sections of couutry, the trees grow very high, in others, they are very low. This is another fact. It, as well as the fact just mentioned, indicates something peculiar about the soil. The simple fact will not avail the agriculturist anything, unless the law which produced the fact is understood. Much scientific knowledge is necessary to the farmer that he may mix ana appiy manures properly. He may mix two kinds of manure, each by itself good, that they will neutralize each other. In the soil there are many chemical properties, and chemical action take^place in the ground as well as in the barn-lot or in the laboratory. Ignorance of this fact often costs the farmer the loss of a crop. He buys guano and puts it on the ground, and reports that it did more harm than good. This was no doubt the fact. He lost his money and his labor. Lime on red laud acts very differently from what it does on sandy land. The reason of this is, there are some chemical properties in the one that are not in the other. A fool and a lazy man stauds a worse chance to succeed as a farmer, than in any other department of life. To be a goort farmer, a man must have good common sense, and he must reduce the facts that nature reveals tcr him to practice. He must follow nature, not force her. He must be obedient to her mandates. This is scientific farming. Where Flowers Come From.?Some of our flowers came from lands of perpetual summer, some from countries all ice and snow, some from islands in the ocean. Three of our sweetest exotics originally came from Peru : the camelia was brought to England in 1739, and in a few years afterward the mignionette and heliotrope. Several came from Cape of Good Hope; a very large calla was found there in the ditches, and some of the most brilliant geraniums, or pelargoniums, which are spurious geraniums. The verbena grows wild in Brazil. The marigold is a native African flower. A great number came from China and Japan. The little daphne was taken to England by Captain Ross from almost the farthest land he visited toward the North Pole. Some of these are quite changed in form by cultivation, others have become larger and brighter, while others fall far short of the beauty and fragrance of the tropics, despite all care of florists and shelter of hot-houses. When the dahlia was brought to England it was a very simple blossom, a single circle of dark petals surrounding a mass of yellow ones. Others were a short time after transplanted from Mexico, with scarlet and orange petals, but still remained simple flowers. Long years of cultivation in rich soil, together with other arts of skilful florists, have changed the dahlia to what it now is?a round ball of beauty.?Home and Health. Precautions Against Drought.?As drought is one of the greatest obstacles with which the Southern farmer has to contend, too much thought can hardly be given to the | subject, with a view to counteracting its dis! astrous effects. We cannot, by any means now known, prevent the dry and heated terms to which our climate is subject, and we again call the attention of our readers to the impor' tance of securing, so far as possible, such conditions of the soil as will in the highest possible degree fit it for the absorption and retention of moisture. Careful experiments should j be made with a view to determine what are : 1 fr\ nr\Q Klo nnr ppnna tr? resist i ' lilt; Ut?t uicauo i/w *.uuuiv ?... v.vj ? long continued dryness. Salt, as a top dress-! ing on dry sandy land, is one of the means i within our reach to mitigate the aridity. J. : J J. Mechi, speaking of the value of salt as a | top dressing for such land, says: "About j five o'clock one fine summer's morning, I; : noticed that where the salt had been sown the ! i previous day, every grain of salt had attract-j j ed to itself the dew, and formed on the surface i of the ground a wet spot about the size of a ! sixpence, the ground being generally very j | dry."?Rural Carolinian for June. ? ? I StB" Agriculture, being a science as well as , j an art, requires an educated head and an ed-; i ucated hand. Singly they can do little. ftcadittg fav the JtoMrath. OONDUCTF.D BY III: V. ROHEHT LATH AN. [Original.] WATCH. Our duty in this world is accomplished by watching and praying. Separately, neither watching nor praying is of much importance. The two must go together in order to be efficacious. It seems to be astoundingly inconsistent to pray to God to lead us not into temptation, and then rush headlong into the suares of Satan. The prayers of many men fail to accomplish any good, simply because they are plainly at variance with the general character of their acts. They pray, but do Hlftf AK uub waiui. [Original.] PROFANE SWEARING. One of the most heinous sins to which men are addicted, is profane swearing. To take God's name in vain seems to be natural. The mark would not be far missed, to say, that in some way or other, every one is, or once was, a profane swearer. This shows very plainly that man is by nature a sinner. We make a great ado over the poor drunkard, and properly, too; but prevalent as drunkenness is, and sinful as it is in the sight of God, taking the name of God in vain, is a more heinous crime. Unfortunately, drunkenness and profanity go together. There are, however, many men who are not drunkards, who are profane swearers. In the sight of man, the drunkard may be more loathsome; but in the sight of God the profane is the greater sinner. Religious people are often guilty of profanity, in their conversation, and even in their prayers, in that they uselessly mention the name of God. His name is holy and reverend, and should at all times be used reverently. r Orlcfliml. 1 WHO WILL ENTER HEAVEN I ? Life is short. It fades like the delicate tints of the morning rose. Soon all the living will be gone. With ceaseless pace we are hastening to the grave, to eternity, to the righteous bar of God. Some will be driven away from that judgment seat into everlasting perdition ; some will be welcomed into that new home where tears will be wiped away and the wail of grief exchanged for the song of Moses and the Lamb. Some are going to hell, and some are going todieaven. Multitudes are on the broad road that leads down to endless woe; and a few are in the narrow path that leads to God's right hand, where there are pleasures evermore. Not more certainly are the rivers that rise amongst the mountains making their way to the seas, than the human familv are hastening to eternal bliss or endless woe. Soon we all will receive a glad welcome into heaven, or be driven eternally away into perdition. Who will enter heaven is an important practical inquiry to us ail. In a general and indefinite way, we may answer, "The righteous will enter heaven." All whose sins have been atoned for by the blood of Jesus Christ will be saved. About this there can be no doubt. No accusation can be brought against those who have been bought with the blood of the Saviour, much less can they be condemned. True as this is, it is very general, and too vague to satisfy the individual who is as intensely interested about his eternal destiny as all should be. It is true that the righteous will be saved?will go to heaven ; but how is any one to know that he is righteous? There are two ways. We may be conscious of the fact; or to speak more correctly, the Holy Spirit may witness with our spirits, that we have passed from death unto life ; and we may judge of our eternal destiny by the general character of our thoughts and acts. The first characteristic of the man who is on his way to the New Je rusalem is, "he walks uprightly." The tenor of his life is complete, in that he deals fairly and honestly with both his God and his fellowraen. He is neither on the oneh^nd morally upright toward his fellow-men, and impious toward his God; nor on the other hand, is he devout toward God aud indifferent respecting the rights of his fellow-men. He gives to Cresar the things that are Char's, and to God the things that are God's. He loves God supremely, and his neighbor as himself. All his thoughts and acts may not be free from sin, but the prevailing current of both his thoughts and acts, are right in the sight of God, and are adapted to show forth the * "? 1 - P /~V J 1 declarative nonor aua giory ai cruu, unu secure the greatest good to the largest number of the human family. His acts are right in the sight of God, because they are acts that God has commanded, and they are performed with proper motives. The most easily applied test of the genuineness of our Christianity is that given by our Saviour. It is this: "We know that we have passed from death unto life because we love the brethren." 1 John, 3: 14. By brethren we are not to understand members of the same family, or of the same church, or of the same denomination ; but pious persons in general. The truly pious man contemns those that are vile, no matter what may be their social position, or what their pecuniary resources. He hates sin, though a king may be the sinner, and loves those that honor God, though they be clothed in rags and be hated and despised by the world. John Knox is described as a God-fearing, truth-loving, sham-hating, and self-sacrificing man, and " *? TT such is the character ot every goou man. lie does not desire to die for the truth; but he would not refuse to die were it necessary. Speak a Word for Jksus.?In a crowded railway car, an old man, his hair white with the frosts of many winters, was singing a vile song to a listening group of young men who appeared greatly delighted. Afterward, while indulging in some shockingly profane expressions, a young man outside this group stepped up and expostulated with him respectfully, telling him that Jesus was his best friend, and that it gave him great pain to hear that name so dear to him thus profaned. The old man immediately became silent, and seemed afFected by the reproof. The lesson was not altogether lost upon ntRpr mrmbprs of the company. Do not hesitate when a proper occasion offers to speak a word for Jesus; not boastingly or with an air of superiority, but kindly and out of a full heart speak of your love to your best Friend, and your grief at hearing his name profaned or evil spoken of. It will certainly quicken your own soul, and may prove a word in season to one sorely in need of it. B?$y It is required of all men that they treat the Word of God with considerate reverence. God looks with special favor on those who tremble at his word, and they shall bo visited and refreshed by his grace. Few persons think of the solemnity they should feel when using or speaking of the Holy Scriptures ; and many, forgetting their surrounding'.* altogeher, treat them with contempt. BST" In estimting your debts be sure to put donw what you owe to humanity, and let it be a liberal sum constantly paid in liberal instalments, and thus become rich in the greatest of the trio of the Christian graces. ! JFfluth fltawlinx THE TAX LAW. j i AN ACT to reduce all acts and parts of acts pro- ! riding for tho assessment and taxation of property into one act, and to amend the same. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Caroli-! , na, now met and sitting in General Assembly j and by the authority of the same: j t Sec. 35. It shall be the duty of the presi-. j dent and cashier of every such bank or bank-11 iug association, between the first of July and ' a twentieth of August, annually, to make out t and return, under oath, to the auditor of the s county in which such bank or banking asso- j t ciation may be located, a full statement of n the names and residences of the stockholders, 1 s I therein, with the number of shares held by j i j each, and the actual value, iu money, of such j i shares, together with a description of the real \ i j estate owned by said bank. j t Sec. 36. The auditor of the county in ! which any such bauk or banking association y u it* j ua n'uncu, uj;uu <1 provided for in the thirty-fifth section of this a net, shall deduct from the actual total value : a of the shares in any such bank or banking as- j v sociation, the appraised value of the real r estate owned by such bank or banking association, as the same stands assessed on the dupli- 1 cate, and the remainder of the total value of s such shares shall be entered on the duplicate t of the county, in the names of the owners a thereof, in amounts proportioned to the num- s ber of shares owned by each, as returned on t said sworn statement, and be charged with j d taxes at the same rate as charged upon the | ri value of other personal property, at the place j o where such bank association is located. j o Sec. 37. Any taxes assessed on any such f shares of stock, or the value thereof, in man- t ner aforesaid, shall be and remain a lien on u such shares from the first day of July, in each ii year, until such taxes are paid; and, in case a of the non-payment of such taxes, at the time h required by law, by any shareholder, aud af- o ter notice received of the county treasurer of a the non-payment of such taxes, it shall be un- 1 lawful for the cashier, or other officer of such t bank or banking association, to transfer, or f permit to be transferred, the whole, or any s portion of said stock, until the delinquent h taxes thereon, together with the costs and pen- 9 alties, shall have been paid in full; and no ? dividend shall be paid 011 any stock so deliu- s quent so long as such taxes, penalties and costs, or any part thereof, remain due or un- ? paid. 1 Sec. 38. It shall be lawful for any such t bank or banking association to pay to the t treasurer of the county in which such bank or s banking association may be located, the taxes a that may be assessed upon its shares, as afore- h said, iu the hands of its shareholders, respectively, and deduct the same from any divi- s dends that may be due, or may thereafter be- ii come due, on auy such shares, or deduct the s f : l_I L same irorn any iuuus iu us jjussesaiun ueiuug- n ing to any shareholder, as aforesaid. p Sec. 39. If any bank or banking associa- b tion shall fail to make out and furnish to the p county auditor the statement required by the b 35th section of this act, within the time herein p required, it shall be the duty of said auditor e to examine the books of said bank or banking r association ; also, to examine any officer or tl agent thereof, under oath, together with such other persons as he may deem proper, and p make out the statement required by said 35th 1< section, and enter the value of said shares on b the duplicates for taxation. Any bank officer v failing to make out and furnish to the county fi auditor the statement, or willfully making a u false statement, as required in this act, shall ti be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand a dollars, together with all costs and expenses ti incurred by the auditor orother proper officer ti in obtaining such statement aforesaid. tl Sec. 40. All unincorporated banks and ti bankers shall annually, between the first of d July and thirtieth of August, make out and tl return to the auditor of the proper county, tl under oath of the owner or principal officer or ei manager thereof, a statement setting forth: e 1st. The average amount of notes and bills h receivable, discounted or purchased in the h course of business by such unincorporated t< bank, banker or banker, and considered good s< ?ii?uu " a Ill 1U tuiitxtauig. ? 2d. The average amount of accounts re- ti ceivable. n 3d. The average amount of cash items in a possession or in transit. tl 4th. The average amount of all kinds of stocks, bonds or evidences of indebtedness tl held as investment or in any way represent- n ing asses ts. o 5th. The average amount'of real estate, at s< its assessed valuation for taxation. n 6th. The average amount of all deposits h made with them by other parties. n 7th. The average amount of accounts pay- t< able, exclusive of current deposit accounts. si 8th. The average amount of government s< and other securities, specifying the kind that a are exempt from taxation. li 9th. The amount of capital paid in, or era- ci ployed in such banking business, together o with the number of shares or proportional in- a terest each shareholder or partner has in such d association or partnership. fi From the aggregate sum of the- first five p items above enumerated, the said auditor shall fi deduct the aggregate sum of the fifth, sixth, a. I. ~ A f l-? Iforvie onrl tVia rom nintlpr tl SKVUUU1 ttUU cigiiLU itvuioj ?uu >..u . thus obtained shall be entered on the dupli- tj cate of the county in the name of such bank, c< banker or bankers, and taxes thereon shall be h assessed and paid, the same as is provided for si other property as assessed and taxed in the 01 same city, ward, town or incorporated village, st Sec. 41. The average provided for iu the k preceeding section shall be obtained by ad- p ding together the amounts of each item above a specified, owned by or stauding on the books tl of such bank, banker or bankers on the first v day of each month of the year ending the last v day of June in the year in which the return ci is made, and dividing the same by the nura- a her of months in the year: Provided, that in o cases where such bank, banker or bankers si commenced business during the preceeding It year, the divison shall be made by the num- It her of months elapsed after the commence- si ment of such business: Provided, that all It fractions of a month shall be counted as a rt month. si Sec. 42. Every company, association or a person not incorporated under any law of ft this State, or of the United States, for bank- p ing purposes, who shall keep an office or oth- c: er place of business, and engage in the business of lending money, receiving money on tt deposit, buying and selling bullion, bills of sj exchange, notes, bonds, stocks or evidences of j i, indebtedness, with a view to profit, shall be deemed a bank, banker or bankers, within jj the meaning of the provisions of this act. p Sec. 45. The county auditor shall have the b same powers to enforce correct returns from d ! bank officers and bankers, to e:.amine witness-1 ij I es and enforce their attendanr.3, and have the a ! same aid of the Court of General Sessions of p the county, as is provided by law in case li ! where individuals fail to list their property o for taxation, or are suspected of having made j o false returns ; and in all cases of failure to j o make returns under this act, or in case of false d return by any unincorporated bank, banker f< or bankers, the auditor shall ascertain the u true amount, as near as may be, add fifty per cent, penalty thereto; and charge the party ti J or parties with the taxes on the amount so as- o ! certained by hira, with the penalty aforesaid ; y I but in case of unintentional mistake in mak- e ing the return, the true amount only shall be li charged against the parties, without penalty.! y PAWNHROKKRS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS, j i] Sec. 44. Every pawnbroker, person, or! c 1 company, engaged in the business of receiving ! t | property on pledge, or as security for money j b or other thing advanced to the pawner or j t I pledger, shall, annually, in the month of July, i n or before the 30th of August, return, under 1 s ' oath, to the auditor of the county in which li | his place of business is located, the average t! ! monthly value of all property pawned or p pledged to him during the year ending July c 1st of the year in which tho return shall be tl nade, or, if engaged in the business for less ;han a year prior to said 1st day of July, ,hen for such shorter period ; and such averige shall be ascertained by the rule prescrib:d in this act for ascertaining the average mlue of tlie property of merchants, and tax's charged on such average value as upon >ther property at the same place. Sec. 45. Any person claiming not to have any )roperty shall, upon the demand of the audior make oath to the fact that he has no >roperty; and, if he refuse to make such oath, le shall be deemed guilty of contempt of the uiditor, and, upon complaint of such auditor o the court of general sessions of the county, hall be arrested and confined in the jail of he county until he answers such questions, mder oath, as may be'propounded to him by uch auditor, and pay the cost ot the proceedUS Sec. 46. The proceeds of mines and minng claims shall be assessed and subject to axation. Sec. 47. The comptroller-general shall irescribe the forms of all returns of taxation, md of the oaths that shall be made thereto, ,nd transmit the same to the several county mditors; and any return made in any way rarying therefrom shall not be regarded as a eturn. Sec. 48. If any person shall refuse or negect to make out and deliver to the auditor a tatement of personal property, as provided ly this act, or shall refuse or neglect to make ,nd subscribe an oath as to the truth of such tatement, or any part thereof, or in case of he sickness or absence of such person, the aulitor shall proceed to accertain, as near as nay be, and make up and return a statement f the personal property, and the value theref, with which such person shall be charged or taxation, according to the provisions of his act; and to enable such auditor to make ip such statement he is authorized to exainne any person or persons, under oath, and to . n l * _ "l r* scertain, rrom general repuuuion anu nis own ;nowledge of facts, the character and value f the personal property of the person thus bsent, or sick, or refusing or neglecting to ist or swear ; and said auditor shall return he lists so made up by him, endorsed "Reused to list," or "Refused to swear," or "Abent," or "sick," as the case may be, and in lis return, in tabular form, shall write the ame words opposite the names of each of the lersons so refusing or neglecting to list or wear, or absent, or sick. Sec. 49. If any person shall fail to list the lersonal property he is required by law to ist in any one year, and the same escapes axation for that year, the value thereof shall ie charged against him for taxation in any ubsequent year, with 6fty per cent, penalty ,dded thereto, and the taxes and penalty colscted as in other cases. Sec. 50. All real and personal property hall be valued for taxation at its true value a money, which, in all cases not otherwise pecially provided for in this act, shall be eld to be the usual selling price of similar roperty at the place where the return is to e made; and if there be no usual selling rice, then at what is honestly believed could e obtained for the same, at a fair sale, at the lace aforesaid ; but each parcel of real proprty shall be separately appraised, without eference to the value of anv errowiner crons fcJ O 1 hereon. Sec. 51. The following articles of personal roperty shall be valued for taxation as fol)\vs, to wit: Money, bank bills, and other ills lawfully circulating as money, at the par alue; credits, at the amount payable on the ice of the contract, instrument or account, nless the principal be payable at a future me without interest; then, at the sum payble, less the lawful interest thereon, for any jrm of credit not exceeding one year ; conracts for the delivery of specific articles, at he usual selling price of such articles at the ime of listing; leasehold estate held for any efinite term, at the yearly value thereof to he lessee; annuities, at the yearly value iiereof at the time of listing. All leasehold Urtl/4 am nnwnnftio 1 lnnon ai? fV\r a form 3LUI/CC5, IICIU UU pUbUll*! ivttQWj vi ivi m vvttu ertain, renewable forever at the option of the jssee, shall be valued at the full price of the ind, and continue to be taxed at such value ) the end of the terra. When the fee of the 5il in any tractor lot of land is in one person, nd right to any minerals therein or strucjres thereon in another, the proceeds of the linerals and said structures shall be valued nd taxed as personal property, to the owners lereof respectively. ' Sec. 52. Each auditor shall, on or before tie twentieth day of September, annually, lake out, in tabular form and alphabetical rder, a list of the names of the several perms, companies and corporations in whose ames any personal or real property shall ave been listed, giving the first Christian ame of the several persons ; and he shall en;r separately, in appropriate columns, oppoite each name, the aggregate value of the jveral species of property mentioned in this ct, making separate lists of the property sted as taxable in incorporated villages, ities and wards, and that listed as taxable ut of cities, wards and incorporated villages, 11 of which columns shall be accurately adf>d nn nnd fnntftd : and. at the same time. le and preserve in his office statements of roperty listed by him, or received by him om others. Sec. 53. Each auditor shall, annually, at le time of taking the list of personal proper7, also take a list of all real property in the aunty subject to taxation, which shall not ave been previously listed ; and of all new ;ructures, of the value of one hundred dollars r more, not previously listed ; and of all old ructures, of the value of one hundred dolirs or more, which were destroyed during the revious year, and affix a value thereto, with full description of the land or lot on which le same was or is situate, endorse his affidait thereon that the same is correct, that the aluations therein stated have been made acjrding to the rules prescribed by this act. nd return the same with the names of the wners, respectively ; and if the owner of any ich new structure shall be the owner of the tnd on which it is situate, or of a permanent sasehold estate therein, the county auditor mil add to, or deduct from, the value of the ind or lease, as the case may be, as the same lay stand on the duplicate, the value of such ;ructure so returned: Provided, That the uditor shall not deduct any greater amount >r the destruction of any structure than was * * ? - - il - J 1! reviously charged lor me same on me uupuate. Sec. 54. It shall be the duty of each audilr to state, in the column of remarks, oppote each taxpayer's uaine, in the return made y him, any amount which he believes ought ) be added to the valuation of the property sted by each taxpayer, his agent or other erson, of which written notice shall be given y the auditor to such person at least fifteen ays before the meeting of the board ofequal:ation. It shall also be his duty, at any time fter his return, if he ascertains that any ersonal property in his county has not been sted, to list the same, and make return theref, with the valuation thereof as fixed by the wneror himself, and the name of the owner r person to whom it is taxable, and the auitor shall charge the same on the duplicate jr taxation, adding fifty per cent, to the vale, returned, as penalty. Sec. 55. Any person, company or corporaion, commencing any business in any county f this State after the first day of July, in any ear, the capital or personal property employd in which shall not have been previously isted for taxation in said county for such ear, shall within thirty days after coramencng such business, report to the auditor of the ounty, under oath, the average amount of he capital intended to be employed in such msiness, from the time of commencement to he first day of July next ensuing, and upon aaking satisfactory proof to the auditor that uch capital or property has been regularly isted for taxation in some other county in his State, said auditor shall file report and iroofs in his office, and give to the party a ertificate that he or they have complied with he provisions of this section, and are not li able to taxataon in his county on such capital or property t'or the then current fiscal year. But if he or they shall not satisfactory prove that such capital or property has been previously listed for taxation in some county of this State, said county auditor shall charge him or them on his duplicate with such pro! portion of all taxes levied on others upon I similar capital or property, at the place of ; the business, as the time from,the commence! ment of the business to the ensuing first day of July bears to one year. Sec. 56. It shall be the duty of each county : auditor to ascertain the names of all persons j commencing any business in his county after ' the first day of July, annually, whose capital 1 or property employed in such business was not ' listed tor taxation in his county for the then | current fiscal year. Sec. 57. If any person, company or corporation shall commence any business in any ' couuty of this State after the first day of July, ! in any year, the capital or property employed | in which shall not have been previously listed 1 for taxation in said county, and shall not, I within thirty days thereafter, make such rej port to the auditor of said county as is requirj ed in the fifty-fifth section of this act, he or ! they shall forfeit and pay the sum of oue hundred dollars, which shall be collected, by civil action, in the name of the county commissioners, and paid into the county treasury, for the exclusive benefit of the county. Aud process [ in such case may issue out of the Court of I Common Pleas of the county in which such business was commenced, directed to the proper officer, and be served in any county of this State. Sec. 58. It shall be the duty of each county auditor to make out, from the maps and descriptions in his possession, and from such other sources of information as shall he in his power, a correct aud pertinent description of each tract and lot of real property in his county ; aud, when he shall deem it necessary to obtain an accurate description of any separate tract or lot in his district, he may require the owner or occupier thereof to furnish the same with any title papers he may have in his possession ; and if such owner or occu pier, upon demand made for the same, shall neglect or refuse to furnish a satisfactory description of such parcel of real property to such auditor, he may employ a competent surveyor to make out a description of the boundaries and location thereof, and a statement of the quantity of the land therein ; and to the expense of such survey the auditor of the county shall add the tax assessed upon such real property, and it shall he collected by the treasurer of the county with such tax, and when collected, shall be paid, on demand, to the person to whom the same is due. Sec. 59. For the purpose of enabling the auditor to determine the value of buildings and other improvements, he is hereby authorized to enter and fully to examine all buildings and structures of whatever kind, which are not by law expressly exempted from taxation. THE FAVORITE HOME REMEDY. TIIIS unrivaled Medicine is warranted not to contain a single particle of Mercury, or any injurious mineral substance, but is PURELY VEGETABLE, containing those Southern Roots and Herbs, which an all-wise Providence has placed in countries where Liver Diseases most prevail. It will cure (ill Diseases and Derangements of the Liver and Bowels. SIMMON'S LIVER REGULATOR, OR MEDICINE, Is eminently a Family Medicine; and by being kept ready for immediate resort will save many an hour of suffering and many a dollar in time and doctors' bills. After over Forty Years' trial it is still receiving the most unqualified testimonials to its virtues from persons of the highest character and responsibility. Eminent physicians commend it as the most EFFECTUAL SPECIFIC For Dyspepsia or Indigestion. Armed with this antidoto, all climates and changes of water and food may bo faced without fear. As a remedy in Malarious Fevers, Bowel Complaints, Restlessness, Jaundice, Nausea, IT HAS N O E Q, U A L. It is the Cheapest, Purest and Best Family Medicine in the World! Manufactured only by J. H. ZEILIN & CO. Macon, Oa., and Philadelphia. Price, $1. Sold by all Druggists. March 2fi 13 ly* ^ I ^^ | L| XIX t Brjj&eirJ/ewtli IhiLBalajitrj^ffih Gmrdt, \ H ^ I Sldfe^J&foMmSejzfZoar.aiidfimn | fr i 7tfjwjWhiIgIfae,Wabcdlfoi&hndB) \ 2 fa i U&wtMikmErieWood&&.c*. \ 0 fa i . ACL WarhWairantaiL, \ L fa J LOWEST FHICES. i r H ! SendfbrPrbeLUf* j " LH. HALL & CO, S fl Motnfudurm CtDnIerr*, \ a- a. a. 8 JD.mrket Stretfo & H"' 22 3,225tJ5ntB/m' Ml CHARLESTON, 8.0* f?J This Cut entered according to Act ot' Congress, in the year 1873, by 1. H. Hall St Co., in the office of the Librarian of Congicsn,at Washington. July 3 27 ly THE HOME"SHUTTLE SEWING MACHINE. THE best Cheap Machine in the Market. If the number sold is a criterion of merit.it is the BEST MACHINE in use, as there have been more HOME SHUTTLE MACHINES sold in the State during the last twelvo months than all other Sewing Machines combined. You can buy a HOME SHUTTLE MACHINE for about half the money you will have to pay for a first-class Machine. Homo Shuttle Needles kept constantly on hand. %3r- Any Home Shuttle Attachment furnished at short notice. W. L. GRIST, Agent. |R^Nl|TflATra^3AI|^ , THE LEADING INSTITUTION IN THE U. S. ' -r-r"TTTini^ yon/1 fV\*? Pafolnnrno ri 111 Uiivr.. iH U WU ? auiuuilil, ucuu .... vuHu<'n?u X and College Documents. For Splendid Specimens of Penmanship, enclose two P. 0. Stamps. Address W. H. SADLER, President, Nos. 6ifc 8 N. Charles St., Raitii.. >re, Md. January 1 1 tf Juno 4 23 tf _ CRADLES. THE best Grain Cradles in town, can be seen at DOBSON'S Grocery Store. I SPECIFIC MEDICINES. PREPARED expressly for ami adapted to the Southern Climate, COMPOUND EXTRACT C0RYDALI8" Is the most powerful aud efficient alterative and blood-puritier known. Prepared expressly for Scrofula, Erupt ions of the. Shin and all diseases which are produced by bad or unhealthy blood, "DR. GREENE'S FIT CURE" i Cures all kinds of Fits, Spasms and Convulsions j which arise from irritation of the nerve centres. I In Epilepsy, it often stops the tits from the first I day's use even when thev have existed for years. "MEDICATED HONEY," The great remedy for Asthma, Bronchitis, Coughs, Colds, Croup, Sore-Throat and all diseases of the air passages and lungs. It does not sicken the I patient, is pleasant to take, prompt in its action j and does not injure the appetite or impair diges; tion, as most Expectorants do. . OUR "NEURALGIA SPECIFIC" ^ i Is a perfect specific for Neuralgia, Sciatica, Rheumatism and all muscular or nervous pains, wherever situated. These medicines are prepared with great care ! from perfectly reliable drugs, and for the especial classes of diseases named on each bottle. No one of them is claimed as a "cure all." They are identically the same that we have used in our private practice for years, and in thus presenting j them to the public we know whereof we affirm. I They aro safe, reliable and efficient, acting quick| ly and thoroughly. Try them, and you will want I no others. Ask your Druggist for them. For sale by J. C. KUYKENDAL, Yorkville, S C. Prepared only by Drts. GREENE, LINDLEY it BENTLEY, Charlotte, N. C. N. B.?Cancers, Tumors and Ulcers treated as heretofore by "Kline's Great Cancer Antidotes," at Charlotte, Goldsboro and Aslieyille, N. C. December 18 33 ly THE COOKING STOVES manufactured at our works in Greensboro, N. 0., give universal satisfaction wherever introduced. They are made of the BEST SCOTCH PIG METAL, with heavier and thicker plate than any other Stove in the market, and consequently will the longer withstand heat and hard usage. They are of hand some pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal in every other respect to any Cooking Stove sold in the United States, while it is confidently claimed that they are the CHEAPEST. All the usual pieces oi ware and cooking utensils are furnished with each Stove. An important consideration with purchasers is the fact that our patterns and sizes are never changed. Should a piece get accidentally broken at any time, we can replace it at the mere cost of casting. Not simply because it is a home production, liuton accountof its intrinsic merits as an article of household economy, do wa oulr Mm tvitrnnfurn nf linm#> nnrehasers. More than ONE THOUSAND of those Stoves are now in use, and among many others having them we respectfully refer to the following: R. E. Guthrie, D. M. Campbell, M. Ii. Currence, York county; Mrs. Elizabeth J. Wylie, Chester; D. A. Gordon, Guthriesville; John A. Brown, Rock Hill; B. P. Boyd, Joseph Herndon, L. M. Grist, Yorkville. You can save the freight from the northern cities and the dealer's profit, which is no small item, by buving of us, and at the same time get a STOVE THAT IS MORE DURABLE than those of northern make. The following are our prices, delivered at depot in Greensboro: No. 8, with 10 pieces ware and 8 feet pipe, $30 00 <1 y ii it ii ii ti it 26 00 Address, SERGEANT dr. McCAULEY, Greensboro, N. C. T. C. DUNLAP, Agent, Yorkville, S. C. JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, S. C. "MUSIC^HATH CHARMS, &C. WITH pleasure I inform all who desire to give their children a chance for a musical education, but whose means are very limited, that I have made arrangements with the celebrated "Mason ?fc Hamlin Organ Co.," to supply persons with their unrivaled instrument, either at lowest factory prices, for cash, or on monthly or quarterly payments, upon what is called the lease principle." Thus any one by paying only a moderate sum for the use of the instrument, can, at any time,give it up or become purchaser; the amount already paid being applied to the purchase. Or a person having paid the rent for four years, becomes the owner of the Organ without further payment. Call and enquire for particulars and see the new styles, at my Photo gallery, in the Adickes' building, where I may be founa during all business hours, either to show you a sample or to wait upon you if you want anything in the Photographic line as heretofore. J. R. SCHORB. P. S.?Notwithstanding all the misrepresentations and "gab" of smart agents of the "Ring" companies, I still insist that I have the best and cheapest SewingMachine (the American) to offer, and I am ready to prove my words to all who seek for the truth in the matter. J. R. S. Iron in the Blood TTIE PEETTVIAN 8YBITP Vitalizes and Enriches tha Blond, Tones up the 8ystem,BuUdauptho Broken-down, Cures Femalo Complaints, Drops,-, Debility,Hu"Dyspepsia, Ac. VMBHKt Thousands, havo ^UVK^pr^r been chanced by tho uso of this remedy from weak, sickly, suffering creatures, to strong, healthy, and happy men and women; and Invalids cannot reasonably hesitato toglvo It a trial, Caution.?Bo sure you pet tho right article. Bee that "Peruvian Syrup" Is blown In tho glass. Painpldotsfreo. Scndforone. SETII W.FCWLE it SONS, Proprietors, Boston, Mass. For sale by druggists generally. October 2 40 ly STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Columbia, April 24th, 1873. THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER is hereby designated as the newspaper for the publication of all Legal Notices and Official Advertisements for the county of York, under the Act approved February 22nd, 1870, entitled "An Act to ' . ... - * ?11 t nra.1 regulate tue piiuiiwuuii m an uc^ai a?u jjuu?v Notices, and the order heretofore issued designating the "Carolina New Era" as the official paper for the county of York is hereby rescinded. By order of the Board. H. E. HAYNE, Secretary of State, and Secretary of the Board. I, HENRY E. HAYNE, Secretary of State, and Secretary of the Board, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Original on tile in my ollice. H. E. HAYNE, Secretary of State. CHERAW AND DARLINGTON R. ROAD. PRESIDENT'S OFFICE,) Chkraw A Darlington Railroad Co., V Society Hill,S. C., October 10, 1873. j CHANGE OF SCHEDULE, ON and after MONDAY, 13th of October, the passenger train will run as follows: Down Train. Up Train. Leave Choraw 8.00, A. 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