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^maxms department. PATTERSON'S BOY. BY SLOPER. It is a true saying that "there are no days like the old days," and, indeed, there is no fiction so laughable as the real, humorous incidents of our boyhood days, at least to us, who can so vividly remember every look and gesture of some comic adventure or incident, over which at the time we so nearly split our sides, that we can't bear to have a woman's finger poking us in the ribs even to this day without getting excited. With this brief prelude, I will introduce "Patterson's Boy." Now it has always been an unanswered question, "Who struck Billy Patterson ?" but I am fully prepared to answer for "Patterson's Bov." and solemnly de clare that it wasn't I who pulled the string. In my young days "Patterson's Boy" and I used to go for a swimming bath every Sunday morning, during the summer, in the Ohio river. We would go at an early hour, before sunrise, and, as he was a sleepy-headed youth, it required a voice of thunder to rouse him from his snoring. I got tired of the strain on my lungs, and of seeing so many indignant night-capped heads poked out of the neighboring windows, so I suggested to "Patterson's Boy" that he tie a string to his big toe every Saturday night, with the other end tied to the fence, and I could just quietly and gently pull the string, and wake him without disturbing the neighbors. This plan worked well for a time, but one night "Patterson's Boy" could not find any other string to attach to his toe, but a strong, closely twisted cotton cord, called in the West a troll-line, strong enough to hold the largest fish in the river; so he tied the string securely to his toe, and with the other end fastened to the fence, he weut to sleep in all the sweet security of innocence, and soon his childlike snore was mingling with the joyous music of katy-dids and jar bugs. There was also another iunocent youth who lived across the street from the paternal mansion of "Patterson's Boy." "The course of true love never did run smooth." Now, of course, these boys loved each other, but a little unpleasantness sprang up once between them, owing to a little game of marbles in which "Patterson's Boy" came out so far 1 - J xL.i x-1~ - -i.1 I 1J J aneaa tnat uitr uuier uuy uuuiu uevei uuueistaud it; and it had been a puzzle to him ever since, although he never cast any imputation on the honor of "Patterson's Boy," and, generously overlooking it, he loved him as well as ever, and would go over and eat pie with him whenever they had a baking at Patterson's. One morning, however, this boy got up early to solve the problem of that game, aud seeing the string tied to the fence, he thought that might throw some light on the subject, especially as he knew the other end was tied to the toe of "Patterson's Boy." Now Patterson's calf was lying down by the fence near the string, so the boy went up quietly, and patted the calf on the head, and petted it until he had gained its confidence by false pretences, and then he unfastened the string from the fence and tied it on over the little stubby horns of the calf; then he went over aud sat on the gate-post to watch the result. In a few miuutes I came walking along to wnkft "Patterson's Rov" for our swim, and when I approached the fence the calf jumped up in fright, and started on a run across the lot. I heard a terrible racket inside, and the tumbling over of tables, and chairs, and then a yell from "Patterson's Boy," as he came through the window with nothing on but his shirt, and, with a kind of "half hammon" hop, step and jump, he went after that calf, while the tail of his shirt sailed out on the breeze and flopped like an election banner on a windy day. Away they went around the yard, over the wood-pile, through the garden, over beans,and peas, and tomato vines, and then disappeared in the corn, where the rattle of the dried corn blades and the yell of "Patterson's Boy" was all that indicated anything interesting down there. But, rockety clack, they came back again, and "Patterson's Boy" had taken a death grip on that line to relieve the unpleasant strain on his toe, and as the calf had got warmed up to his work they were making better time than ever. They made all the near cuts and sharp turns and curves around that yard; they upset barrels and pans, broke down all the pretty flowers in the front yard ; they knocked down a shelf; and smashed all the jars of preserves, and then they disappeared for a moment under the woodshed, where "Patterson's Boy" could be heard thumping his head among the old traps piled up there. But it never got really lively and interesting until the calf upset the bee-hive. Then the buzzing of the bees, on that sweet Sabbath morning, was so suggestive of the land where milk and honey flows that it was strange if "Patterson's Boy," didn't appreciate it. I think he did, from the way he hopped, and danced, and yelled and kicked and roared. By this time Patterson came out, and got an old scythe, and mowed around with it until he cut that blasted old string, and got his only son in the house, and by that time the neighbors began to come in to look at him. They had put some more clothing on him, however, as that shirt he started out with was now all gone. You couldn't reasonably expect a shirt to last that boy long, scolloping around as "Patterson's Boy" did that morning. I went in to look'at him too. It was interesting to look at him. His nose stuck out like a large, full-grown tomato ; his ears were as large and thick as your hand ; his mouth looked like a hole in a huckleberry dumpling; and his eyes?well, he didn't have any eyes; at least you couldn't see any. It was an extraordinary occasion to the family, but when I asked him if he was going swimming with me, and that other boy wanted him to play marbles, the Patterson family thought we didn't appreciate the situation ; and old Patterson lifted us with his boot. The Safe Way.?"Is there a ford here?" asked an English gentleman, who, in making a tour in the west of Ireland, was suddenly stopped by a mountain stream. "0, to be sure, your honor," said an honest native, "there was once a ford here." "When was it ?" asked the gentleman. "It was before the bridge was built, yer honor," answered the good-humored Hibernian; "but after the passengers used the bridge it got out of habit." "Well," said the traveler, "now that the bridge is broken down, I suppose the ford may have got into habit again. Is it safe ?" "To be sure, yer honor?all but in the middle; but that is nothing; and if you can swim, why, there is not a better ford in all the country." "But I cannot swim," replied the gentleman. "Then, yer honor," retorted Paddy, "the only safe way that I know of is, as soou as you get out of your depth, to walk back again." A Case of Gout.?"What is the matter with you, my friend ?" inquired a judge, who had called to see his sick neighbor. "Veil, I Lrmie ptinHfrft?dev sav it ish de cout? vwu V c- J but vy should I have de cout ? I lives blain ; I don't eat doo much nor drink doo much; vy should I have decout?" "Perhaps," suggested the judge, "it is hereditary?" "Veil," replied the invalid, with the look a man who has suddeuly been enlightened on a difficult subject, "veil, I guess it ish hereditary ; I remember my wife's uncle had decout." - * The Telegraph.?The telegraph is being introduced into Turner's Falls, Mass. The other day hardly five minutes had elapsed after the erection of one of the posts before some enterprising genius posted a bill thereon, and soon two street Arabs were attracted to the spot, when the following dialogue ensued: "I say, Mickey, what an iuvintion the telegraph is!" "Vis, an' here's a dispatch broke out on the post." j^tifttftural fjepartraent. f Original.] COUNT THE COST. Prosperity is measured, not by what we , make, but by what we save. In every calcuI lation, the estimate of gain should not be made from the gross income, but from the clear savings. What we make is one thing, and j what we spend is another. A farmer may produce, on his plantation, six bales of cotton I to the hand. At first sight this might be rei girded as evidence of his prosperity; the con; elusion should not be drawn until we learn ! the amount of exDense he was at. to produce i * , the cotton. Southern farmers generally work blindfoldI ed. They count the gross income, but rarely j take into account the expenditures. The gross income from some kinds of crops is | very great, but the expense of producing such crops is also great. In all their farming operations, farmers should be careful to count the J cost. Were this done, greater prosperity ( would be amongst them, as a class. [Original.] ORCHARDS. In this county, we have the means of living comfortably and enjoying many of the luxuries of life, with small expense and but little labor. Any man, who owns a few acres of land, cau have an orchard which will supply his family with choice varieties of fruit. Peaches, apples, plums, cherries and grapes, flourish well in our climate. Heretofore, but little attention has been devoted to orchards. On every plantation a few peach trees have come up, in the fence corners, and grown and borne, in spite of neglect, fine peaches. On most plantations, a few fruit trees are planted out each year, but in some improper placeand in a careless way. After being planted no care is taken of them, and they do no good. The cows are permitted to have free access to the trees, and the result is, the tops are eaten ott and many ot tnem are Droaen down ana destroyed. Stock of no kind should be allowed to enter au orchard. During the winter season, the trees should be manured with some good vegetable manure. In the spring, the ground should be worked over, and all the weeds and grass cleaned away from about the roots of the trees. Not only is a good orchard a great luxury, but, properly managed, money can be made out of it. An acre of land will support about ninety apple trees. Each tree will bear, on an average, when properly attended to, about ten bushels of apples, which would make nine hundred bushels. These, sold at twenty-five cents per bushel, would bring the sum of two * * i 11 rpL!_ hundred and twenty-nve aonars. xnis is mure than can be made on five acres when planted in cotton. But fruit is healthy. Good fruit is better than medicine. Grapes and apples, especially, afford nutriment to the brain. There is every reason to believe that our people would be healthier in their bodies, and have more elevated morals, would they turn their attention more to theraisingof fruit and devote less attention to the production of cotton. The disappointments which the cotton planter constantly meets with have a tendency to make him intemperate and immoral. [Original.] MAKING MANURE. During the months of December and January very little work can be done in the fields. The ground is not in a condition to be plowed, and almost every other kind of farm work is suspended on account of the weather. Perhaps, in no way could the time be more profitably spent, during these months, than in collecting manure. The leaves, which accumu late about the yard, should he collected and thrown into the horse stables and cow houses. By this process a double purpose will be subserved. The domestic animals will be more comfortable, and a very large pile of good manure will be accumulated by the first of March. This plan of keeping stock in houses with an abundance of leaves, is much better than to haul the leaves into the barn lot and have them tramped up by the stock during the winter. Experience proves that the uric acid is that which gives stable manure its virtue. Where stock are fed in the open lot the strength of their droppings is washed away by the rains. To keep a cow out in the rain in a muddy lot, during the cold stormy weather of winter, is a sin, and most miserable economy. A cow, well stalled and supplied with abundance of bedding, will half pay for the food she eats, with the manure she makes. This is a low estimate. The manure will be worth, in the spring, nearly as much as all the fnnd she consumed. A vast amount of manure may be made by hauling leaves and putting them up in pens. If the leaves are thrown up wet, they will heat and in a short time become decomposed. Leaf-manure is not exceedingly strong, but if a portion of top-surfa'ce is mixed with the leaves, it makes a most excellent manure. Every one who has covered Irish potatoes with leaves, knows this to be a fact. Pine leaves are better than oak. In fact, pine leaves put in the drill and bedded upon, are as good as the best guano. If our people would only appropriate it, there is a fortune in our old pine-fields. In some countries the farmers use what they call lime-pits, for the purpose of making manure. A large pit is dug in the ground, and vegetable matter of all kinds, such as weeds and leaves, is thrown into it. With the vegetable matter lime is thrown in. This ? ' - j 'i- ? J ?rn n;i | nasiens me uecoiuposiuuu, uuu iu wiuc mc pu J becomes full of a rich black manure. Vast quantities of manure can be made by ; hauling the vegetable deposits from the creek I bottoms. When ditches are cut through hot; toms, often a large amount of the richest ma[ nure is thrown on the banks to waste. Somei times this is necessary to form a kind of levee, j Wherever it is not required to prevent an I overflow of the water, it should he hauled out ! and spread upon the cultivated fields, j It is much less expensive to make manure | and enrich old worn out land, provided it is 1 not washed into gullies, than it is to clear the j forest and put it in a state of cultivation. It j may be said that under the present circum' stances, very little land can be manured in ' one season. This is true, but little or much, it pays better in the end to make manure than it does either to work unraanured land or tc : buy commercial fertilizers. Manure, espeI cially vegetable manure, is food for the land, 1 - .1 -n i It gives it permanent strengin. rerunzert are simply stimulants. They act upon the ! land as intoxicating liquors act upon the human. It makes it strong for a period and then leaves it exhausted. Fertilizers are valuable, but they do not supply the place ol | manure. They are valuable, because the} make manure act promptly. The tendency at preseut, amongst our farmers, is to depend upon fertilizers, and neglect the making oi manure almost entirely. This is wrong. Tc buy a small quantity of fertilizers and make a large amount of manure at home, is a safe practice; but to make a small quantity ol manure on the plantation, and buy a large amount of fertilizers, is a hazardous mode ol I procedure. leading fur the $ahhath. CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN. [Original.] OLD AGE. i The religion of our blessed Saviour is full of comfort and consolation for man in every period of his earthly pilgrimage, and under all possible circumstances. It is adapted to the child, and the young man or young wo, man in the vigor and maturity of life. It ' mitigates the pain of sickness, makes health a i blessing. It makes the poverty of the poor : man a blessing, and the wealth of the rich : man a means of doing much good. In no ; case do we so clearly see its power as in old ; age. When heart and flesh begin to faint and fail, then the sustaining power of the gosj pel is seeu and felt. The calamities of old j age are very many, and very great. A feeMe| nessthat is oppressive, often seizes upon every member of the body. The senses become weak or cease to exist. The eyes sometimes cease to see, and the ears to hear. Not unfrequeutly the old become both blind and deaf. All intercourse with the world is cut off. Sometimes friends forsake them. Children lose their natural affection for their aged and worn-out parents. Really, there is seldom anythiug enviable about old age. It is when the senses die, and friends forsake, and children become cold and indifferent, that the aged servant of God finds a stay in God. Faith then becomes strong and begins to partake of the nature of fruition. [Original.] SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS. When a disease is peculiar to a particular nation or people, physicians call it an endemic; where a disease is very common, affecting a whole community iu the same way and at the8ame time, it is called an epidemic. Usually, epidemics are circumscribed by certain territorial or meterological limits and influences. Both endemical and epidemical diseases arc more or less contagious. The cause and circumstances which give the disease to one individual will give it to others. There is a moral disease, which in some respects resembles both an endemic and epidemic, and iu other particulars is totally unlike both. It is common to all people, and hence is strictly an endemic; it affects all the same way, aud at I the same time, and hence it is au epidemic. It is, however, limited by no bounds but the absence of a human being. Wherever there is a single member of Adam's countless progeny the disease rages. It is not contagious. It is rather hereditary. All are born affected with the disease. The name of this widespread and dreadful malady is self-righteousness. There is nothing in the whole world so common, and there is nothing so difficult to get rid of. A learned minister of the gospel once went to a simple-hearted man, who was engaged in digging a ditch, for the purpose of instructing him in religion. After conversing with him for some time, the minister asked the ditcher what he thought was the hardest thing for the Christian to do. The ditcher hesitated for a moment, and then asked the minister what he thought about it. The minister replied that the hardest thing the Christian was called upon to-do, was to cease to sin. The ditcher replied that he did not think so. The hardest thing in the world, said he, for any man to do, is to lay aside his selfrighteousness. The ditcher was right, and the minister wrong. There is nothing in the world which a man clings to with such tenacity as his self-righteousness. It is comparatively an easy matter to convince a man that he is a sinner?a great sinner; but it is hard to convinceany man thathehas not a sufficient amount of self-righteousness to over balance all his sins. Like the deluded Jews of old, men are still going about to establish their own righteousness, and refusing to accept of the perfect righteousness of Jesus Christ. Like the Jews, they are still trusting in themselves and despising others. According to his own standard, each one regards himself not near so sinful as any one else. He consoles himself that he does many good things that others do not do. Tins self-righteous spirit drives away the great physician of souls, and leaves the poor deluded soul to pine away and die of its own poverty. Nothing but God's almighty grace can break this spell of Satan. It holds the soul in fetters firm and strong. Really, a self-righteous spirit is the worst spirit in the world. It is dangerous beyond comparison. It is the leaven of the Pharisees. It is a spirit of destruction which can come out only by prayer and fasting. [Original.] TRAINING CHILDREN. In the 18th chapter of the gospel by Luke, we are informed that certain persons brought " . .1 n il. -i. 1- . !.Li x l_ 111 rants unco ineoaviour, cnai nu iingui iuuuii them. The disciples rebuked those who brought the infants. They thought, no doubt, that it was useless to bring such beings to the Saviour. Possibly, they thought the infants were too young to be instructed by the Saviour, , or had no need of a Saviour. It may be thought that the disciples acted very strangely, and so they did ; but the disciples of Christ still ; act in the same way. Children are much petted, but greatly neglected. A civilization , which is falsely so called, and a Christianity i which is serai-pagan, neglects children almost entirely. Parents scarcely ever take them to i church, and when they are takeu, it is not , with the hope or expectation that they will be ! benefitted by the ordinances or ijoa s nouse; but to make a display of some new-fangled dress. It is strange what unscriptural notions many christian parents have about the spiritual condition of childreu. Some thiuk they ! enter the world with natures spotlessly pure, j and consequently do not need a Saviour. : Others think that it is of no use to direct their , attention to the subject of religion until they J are nearly grown. Some think if children ! are baptized in the proper way, and by the i proper person, they will certainly be saved, i Others think that childreu should not be bap, tized at all. Some parents seem to regard their childreu almost destitute of moral nai tures. They bestow much attention on traiu,! ing them intellectually, and spend much raon; ey in procuring for them bodily comforts, but i not a moraentof time is devoted to developing .! their moral nature, nor one cent of money , spent in giving them a christian education, i The result of these unscriptural notions and > unscriptural practices is, the devil is reaping ! a rich harvest. Young men and young woI men grow up without the fear of God before . their eyes, and in a marvelously short time f bring infamy upon themselves and sorrow to ' the hearts of their parents. Children are not ba innoppnt ns some neonle think they are : I neither are they so dull and stupid as is ofteu f thought. They can learn what is wicked very i readily at a very tender age, however difficult ! it may be to teach them anything good, s Many of them learn to swear glibly, in the f latest coined oaths, before they are able to ar; ticulate distinctly. Unfortunately, in this f thing they follow the example of their pai rents. There are in the world multitudes of nominal Christiana who by example leach their children to blaspheme the name of God, who never taught their children either by preceptor example to pray. Sometimes children J spurn the precepts of parents enforced by ex; ample, but not often. The world gazes with astonishment at a godless boy, the son of a practically pious futher. Children generally grow up just as they are trained or permitted | to be trained. 13IM 0 r# | ?t NEARLY all diseases originate from Indigestion and Torpidity of the Liver, and relief is always anxiously sought after. If the Liver is Regulated in its'action, health if; almost invariably secured. Want of action in the Liver causes Headache, Constipation, Jaundice, Pain in the Shoulders, Cough, Chills, Dizziness, Sour Stomach, bad taste in the mouth, bilious attacks, palpitation of the heart, depression of spirits, or the blues, and a hundred other symptoms, for which SIMMONS' LIVER REGULATOR is the best remedy that has ever been discovered. It acts mildly, effectually, and being a simple vegetable compound, can (Jo no injury in any quantities that it may betaken. Itis harmless in every way. It has been used for 40 years, and hundreds of the I good and great from all parts of the country will vouch for its being the purest and best. Simmons' Liver Regulator, or Medicine, Is harmless, Is no drastic violent medicine, Issure to cure if taken regularly, Is no intoxicating beverage, Is a faultless family medicine, Is the cheapest medicine in the world, Is given with safety and the happiest results to the mostdelicate infant, Does not interfere with business, Does not disarrange the system, Takes the place of Quinine and Hitters of every kind, Contains tho simplest and best remedies. For sale by all Druggists. March 2d 13 ly* THE YORK VILLE ENQUIRER^ VOLUME 21?1875. ATTRACTIVE ORIGINAL STORIES. ? PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS. WITH the new year, the ENQUIRER will enter upon its TWENTY-FIRST VOLUME; and in making our regular annual announcement, we can promise greater attractions, owing to increased facilities in every department, than we have heretofore been enabled to present. As a non-partisan independent family newspaper, the future editorial conduct of the ENQUIRER can be as well judged by the past, as by any promise which we might now feel disposed to make. An experience of thirty-four years in the newspaper business, seventeen of which have been unremittingly devoted to tl^ management of the ENQUIRER, fully convinces the proprietor that the plan ho adopted on assuming control of the paper, is the correct mode of journalism in the present day. The true mission of a newspaper is to place before the public facts as they exist, unbiased by partisan feeling or sinister motives, and the propriety of this course is fully attested, not only by the success of the ENQUIRER, which can truthfully claim the largest circulation of any country paper in the South, but also by many other of the most popular and widely-circulated papers of the day. The course thus indicated we shall continue to pursue, aiming to publish a LITERARY ANI) FAMILY NEWSPAPER, which shall lie a welcome visitor to the Home Circle, and acceptable alike to all classes of readers. Hence, the news department of the ENQUIRER, whether of matters at home or abroad?political or otherwise?will be guarded with the utmost care, and only facts as they may seem to exist, will be presented, free from personal, sectional or party bias. LITERARY DEPARTMENT. We have contracted for, and already received several ORIGINAL STORIES by some of the most popular serial writers of the nay, and in the first number of the new volume will be commenced an unusually pleasing story from the pen of South Carolina's gifted daughter, Mrs. DEAS, now of California, whose contributions to the press have always been well received, and whom we have secured as a regular contributor to the Literary Department of the ENQUIRER. This story, entitled "THE SEVEN SISTERS OF YORK," will be followed by others, of which we may mention as the titles?"UNCLE BRAINERD'S WILL;" "SLEEPY HOLLOW;" and a highly sensational stor}r entitled "ZANITA, THE CIRCUS GIRL," Abounding in romantic adventure and exciting incident, and portraying in vivid stylethe temptations and triumphs of a beautiful actress. mrrn nrriTTTTD Tk"P"D A "DrpTV/TTATTO lll?i UIHIjII .u.D.t.aLib?iu.Ljri J.D. Rev. Mr. Lathan will continue his regular contributions to the "Sabbath Reading" and "Children's Department," which, under his management for the past five years, have been an important feature of the ENQUIRER; and with the usual melange of Miscellaneous Reading adapted to all tastes; the Agricultural Department, containing practical and useful information for the farmer and house-wile; a column of Humorous Reading every week; "Scraps and Facts," embracing light current topics; a compend of News Abroad and at Home; Correspondence; Commercial and Market Reports; Editorial Articles on appropriate subjects, intended to promote the welfare and prosperity of our people, we hope to make the ENQUIRER replete as "a map of busy life." PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS. ~ffsx? ii.MAo PtmmSnmc fnr fho flipAA Iflrrroiif' y\u uuui ljih;u x * v..v/ v... clubs of subscribers for the year 1875, as follows: The first will be a CASH PREMIUM of THIRTY DOLLARS; the second, a gentleman's or lady's SADDLE of the value of TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS; and the third, a cash Premium of TWENTY DOLLARS. The Saddle above offered shall be the finest and best article that can be made by the well-known manufacturer, G. II. O'Learv, of Yorkville, and as it will be made in the most superior style of workmanship and of the best materials, it will bo fully worth the amount it represents as a premium. The person getting up the largest Club, at 82.50 for each subscriber, will be entitled to a choice of either of the two first premiums; the person getting up the second largest, to the remaining first or second premium, and the person getting up the third largest, to the third premium. Competitors may begin to procure subscribers at once?the timo of subscription to commence whenever the name is handed in, or on the first of January, 1875, as may be preferred. The money for each subscriber is expected to bo paid whenever the name is entered on our books, and no name will oe entered in competition until it is paid for. To persons who make up Clubs of ten or more names, but who may fail to obtain a premium, we will send the ENQUI RlSRone year free of charge ; and to those who send a Club of twenty or more names, but who may fail to get a premium, we will forward a copy of the ENQUIRER one year free of charge, anil a copy of either of the following publications: Southern* Cultivator, Rural CaroI linian, Scientific American, Godey's Lady's Book, Harper's Magazine, Harper's Weekly, Harper's Bazar, Seribner's Monthly, Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Leslie's Magazine. The premiums will be awarded to the successful competitors at one o'clock, p. m., on the KIRST MONDAY IN MARCH, 1875. | NO POSTAGE ON THE ENQUIRER. j Under the new postage law, after the 1st of ( January next, the postage on all newspapers j mailed to persons out of the county in which the | papers are printed, will have to be pre-paid. ! THIS WE SHALL DO WITHOUT TAXING TIIESUBSCRIBERS FOR THE SAME ; so that ! the only cost of the ENQUIRER to a mail subj seribor, whether in the county or out of it, will be at the following TERMS: Single copy one year, $ .'J 00 In clubs, each subscriber, per year, 2 50 How to Rkmit.?Money may be forwarded at i our risk by draft, post-office order, or in regis' tered letter?otherwise we will assume no risk. I fiir- Write names plainly, giving post-office, I muntv and State. I $ &*'.Specimen copies of the ENQUIRER will he sent to any address on application. Address 1 all letters to JL.. 31. GItlST, Proprietor, Yorkville, S. C. K i l^riifAviyyitil!^ i J ^Ua|3|il|X|MUyl Juno 4 * 23 tf HATS. , A TJ >T of Men's Hats for sale at eost, for cash, A at CARROLL, CLARK it CO'S. I JOHN H. ADAMS. I FALL AND WINTER GOODS! THE undersigned would respectfully announce I to his friends and the public generally that his j stock of FALL AND WINTER GOODS is now complete having been purchased in the northern j markets, from first dealers, by that experienced and judicious buyer, COL. McCORKLE. In my stock may bo found a full and complete ! line of I DRESS GOODS, j Including black and colored Silks, Velvet, Vol- j veteen. Serges, Sateens, Poplins, Valours, and a | ! great variety of Cotton Prints,of all qualities and j at all prices. WHITE GOODS, ; Tn full variety, Ribbons, Hosiery, Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Table Damask, Hats, Flowers and Feathers, and a general stock of Fancy Articles. Besides the above, in my stock may be found a complete assortment of (MODS FOR GENTS' WEAR, Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Jeans, Tweeds, Cassimeres, Cloths, Ac., Shirts, Under-Clothing, and a full assortment of Gent's Furnishing Goods. My stock will be kept full during the season, and will embrace every article usually kept in A FIRST-GLASS ESTABLISHMENT, to an examination of which the public are respectfully invited, feeling confident, as I do, that the inducements I can oll'cr are second to none in the market. JOHN H. ADAMS. CONNER, HOBBS & DOBSON. FALL TRADE ! We beg to inform the public that our arrangements for the Fall Trade are complete, and we now have in stock or near completion a full line of pleasure BUGGIES AND CARRIAGES, made in the best style of workmanship, both as to durability and finish. We employ only good workmen in the different branches of our establishment, and all work is warranted to be as represented. In our show-room may, at all times, befoundafine assortmentof Carriages and Buggies OF VARIOUS STYLES AND PRICES, which we respectfully invite tho public to call and examine. Vehicles of any desired style, if not on hand, made to order at short notice, and satis faction guaranteed. CONNER, HOBBS & DOBSON. REPAIRING. REPAIRING and Job Work, of all kinds, per, taining to our regular business, will be promptly executed in the best manner and for reasonable prices. CONNER, HOBBS A DOBSON. THE GREAT SOUTHERN DRY GOODS HOUSE, FURCHGOTT, BENEDICT & CO., 275 KING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. The Cheapest Di\v Goods, Oil Oloth, Mattings, TV otions, Carpets, Rugs, Etc., THIS SIT>E OF1 IVETW YORK. For prices, see Special Notice. September 10 37 6m p?s FRISCHEIS, HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTER, YORKVILLE, S. C., RESPECTFULLY offers his services to the citizens of Yorkvilleand vicinity. All manner of HOUSE PAINTING, including Graining, Marbling and Calcimining executed in the best style of the art. By the process of CALCIMINING, plastered walls which have become soiled and discolored, can be made to look as fresh and clean as new, and of any desired tint or shade of color, which will not riib off. Having located here permanently, it shall be my aim, by close attention to business and a desire to please the most exacting, to merit the patronage of the public. Estimates furnished, and all work promptly executed at the lowest cash prices commensurate withdurable and artistic painting. All communications promptly answered. Address F. S. FRISCHEIS, Yorkville, S. C. July 30 31 ly YORK MARBLE YARD. Monuments, Tablets, Tombstones, Mantels, c - ?? a* Mo/lp tn Ordpr fit OiUl J 1/11 1AUIIU VI IWUW WW -www. WW www Short Notice. I WOULD respectfully inform the public that I am prepared to furnish anything in the marble line, from a plain slab to a costly monument, executed in the best stj'le of the art, with the very best materials, and at prices as low as the same class of work can be furnished anywhere in the United States. Orders from a distance promptly lilled, and the same attention given to work ordered by mail as if the parties were present in person. From this date work will be delivered at any point on the King's Mountain railroad, or at any place between Rock Hill and Winnsboro, on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta railroad, FREE OF CHARGE for transportation. Thankful for the patronage heretofore bestowed upon my establishment, my determination is to merit a continuance of the same. F. HAPPERFIELD. January 1 1 ly S. 13. MEACHAM, COTTON COMMISSION MERCHANT, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Liberal advances made on Cottonconsigned to me for New York and Charleston. References iiy Permission.?M. P. Pegram, Cashier 1st National Bank, Charlotte ; A. G. Brenizer, Cashier Commercial National Bank, Charlotte; Major George W. Melton, Wm. H. Hardin, '? r< Onlnnnl w H MnCorkle. B. T. Wheeler, Yorkville, S. C. N. B.?Special attention given to the purchase and sale of future contracts. September 24 39 3m ^YAN^TRAirMDLE^ THE LEADING INSTITUTION IN THE U. S. THERE are no Vacations. Send for Cataloguo and College Documents. For Splendid Spec| imensof Penmanship, enclose two P. O. Stamps, i Address W. H. SADLER, President, Nos. (J A 8 N. Charles St., Baltimore, Md. January 1 1 tf I o. W. OHAX.lv. 11. M. I.ITTLEJOHJf. G. W. CHALK & CO., j COTTON COMMISSION MERCHANTS Corner Trade and College Sts., CIIAltL O TTE, N. C. ALSO dealers in SEED WHEAT, RYE, OATS, and other Produce. t Jfcit- Consignments of Cotton solicited."t5^. October 1 40 3m FOR SALE. A SECOND HAND WASHINGTON PRESS. Medium. Will bo sold low for Cash. Apply to BOY LIN A WOLFE, Editors Monro Enquirer, Monroe, N. C. August 110 34 tf RAGS WANTED. a POUNDS of clean cotton and lin1LLULH-J en wanted, for which 2 cents per prund will be paid, at the "ENQUIRER" OFFICE. COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE, I APPOMATTOX, C. H., October 20, 1874. j Jno. H. Caw t lion, Executor of Joel Simmons, deceased, Plaintiff, against the unknown heirs of Agnes Foster, deceased; Fanny Thackston, j deceased ; Betsy Burnett, deceased ; Judith Jennings, deceased; Charles Simmons, do-; ceased; and Nathaniel Simmons, deceased, { (who were sisters and brothers of Joel Sim- , mons, deceased,) and the heirs-at-law of An- | j nie Baldwin, deceased, (all of whom are i known) Defendants. . { INT CHANCERY, ; BY a decree of the Circuit Court of Appomattox ( county, Virginia, rendered May Term, 1874, in j the above-stvled suit, Iain directed to take the fol- ! lowing account to wit: "A further account of the j j transactions of the Plaintiff, as Executor of Joel { Simmons, decased," and to make the following ( enquiries, to wit: ? 1st. Whether or no any of the brothers and sis- t ters of the testator survived him ; if so, which of thfem. i 2nd. Whether any of them left descendants. ; 3rd. When the next of kin of the testator were last heard from. 4th. If any of the married nieces or nephews of the testator are dead ; whether or no they died before or after the testator. All persons interested in the foregoing account and enquiries, are hereby notified that I have fixed upon the first day ot' December, 1S74, as the time, and my otlioe at Appomattox, C. II., as tne r place, to take and make the same; and the miknown heirs, who are parlies defendant, are here- t by informed that they have the right to participate ( in the distribution of a fund of about $1000, (being i tho proceeds of that portion of the estate of Joel i Simmons, deceased, testator, as to which he died s intestate), and they are hereby required to estab- > lish their rights, as such next of kin and distrib- i 'utees of tho testator, before me at said time and i place ; and publication of this notice is made, by I said decree, equivalent to personal service of no- ] tice 011 all parties defendant to this suit, CIIAS. H. SACKETT, Special Commissioner.' > Novembers 45 4t 1 1 Nos. 3 Broad Street and 109 East Bay Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. ST1T10I1IS First-Class Work OUR 8PECIALTY, YET, BY USING CHEAPER GRADES OF STOCK, WE CAN FURNISH WORK AT j LOWEST LIVING PRICES. FINE FASHIONflBLTsTATIONEflY, i Piries Paper and Envelopes. Redding and ?all Invitations ' ON THE BEST STOCK AND PRINTED IN THE LATEST STYLE. September 10 37 tf I MUSIC HATH CHARMS. &C. WITH pleasure I inform all who desire to give 1 their children a chance for a musical education, but whose means are very limited, that I 1 have made arrangements with the celebrated ' "Mason & Hamlin Organ Co.," to supply persons with their unrivaled instrument, either at lowest Ca/.tm-ir nrinou fr?r nosli nr dm mnnthlv nr nnar terly payments, upon whatis 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, be- 1 comes 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 found 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 '6 "Ring" companies, I still insist that I have the best and cheapest Sewing Machine (the American) to offer, and I am ready to prove my words to all who fh/a fwifh in tllfl mottAlv .T_ Ti. S. IN THE DISTRICT COURT Of the United Statesfor the District of S. Carolina. . In the Matter of 1 T? IRA HARDIN, Bankrupt. } In B?mkruPtcyAt Yorkvillc, in the said District, on the i>th day of November, 1874. NOTICE is hereby given that a petition has been hied in the said Court, by IRA HARDIN, of York county, in the said District, duly declared a Bankrupt, under the Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to Establish a Uniform System of Bankruptcy throughout the United States," Approved 2nd March, 1867, for a discharge and certificate thereof, from all his debts and other claims provable under the said Act; and the 7th day of December, 1874, at 12 o'clock, M., is assignon for alioarinc of the same, before W. I. Clawson, Esq., one of the Registers in Bankruptcy of said Court, at his office in Yorkville, South Carolina, when and where the creditors may attend and shew cause, if any they have, why the prayer of the said Petition should not be granted. R. M. WALLACE, U. S. Marshal as Messenger. ! By T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger. November 5 45 3t BLATCHLEY'S A Improved CUCUMBER WOOD PUMP, Tasteless, Durable, Efficient rlfw and Cheap. The best Puinp for the lifW lftast monev. Attention is especially 4 invited to Blatchley's Patent Improved Bracket and New Drop Check Valve, which can be withdrawn without removing the Pump, or disturbing the joints. Also, tne Copper Chamber, which never cracks or scales, and will out last any other. For sale by Dealers and the Trade t generally. Inquire for Blatchley's i Pump, and if not for sale in your ! town, send direct to CHAS. C. BLATCHLEY, Manufacturer, 506 Commerce Street, Philadelphia, Pa. JEFFEfLYS & METTS, Agents, Yorkville, S. C. May 28 22 6m TO TEXAS AND ARKANSAS." THE completion of the TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILROADenables the Kenesaw Route, : via Western and Atlanta Rail Road, to offer the only all rail route from Georgia and the Carolinas to all points in Texas. On and after September 1st, through coaches leave Atlanta daily for Memphis, Little Rock and Texarkana, Texas, without change, connecting there with through cars for Houston and all points in Texas. Think of one change of cars between Atlanta, Georgia, and Houston, Texas. Rates reduced by the opening of this route from fa to $15! Full information can be obtained upon application to Albert B. Wrenn, Southeastern Agent Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad, Atlanta, C. E. Sargent, Southeastern Agent L. and G. S. R. R., Atlanta, or to i B. W. WRENN, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, Atlanta, Ga. September 24 39 tf 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 ap- " proved February 22nd, 1870, entitled "An Act to I room!nte the nublication of all Legal and public I . - 15 " t _ Notices, and the order heretofore issued designa- I j tingthe "Carolina New Era" as the official paper ! : for the county of York is horeby rescinded. Bv order of tho Board. II. E. HAYNE, Secretary of State, and Secretary of the Board. I, HENRY E. HAYNE, Secretary of State, j ] ami Secretary of the Board, do hereby certify j , that the foregoing is a true copy of the Original on file in my office. H. E. IIAYNE, Secretary of State. ! BARBER SHOP. < THOSE ill want of an EASY SHAVE, a fash- ' I ionablo and stylish cut of hair, or a pleasant j and luxurious Shampoo, are reminded that 1 THOS, BALLARD, Professor of tiie ArtTonsorial. is still in business, in his old Shop next door to tlie Enquirku building, where it will afford j him great pleasure to wait upon all who may dej sire his services. Razors honed and sharpened, I > and any other work of that kind promptly done. ' Ho may be found at the Shop on Sunday morn- ' i ings from 7 to iu o'ciock. i , THOMAS BALLARD. I June 11 25 ly AT MY POST AGAIN. I HAVE resumed the PRACTICE OF LAW, ; and have taken an office in the "Old Jail," opI posite the office occupied by Wilson <fc Wilson, j: where I can be found, unless absent on profes! sional business, from 10 o'clock, A. M., on Mondays, until 2 o'clock, P. M., on Saturdays. T. J. BELL. January 22 4 tf I X1HE COOKING SHOVES manufactured atour ? works in Greensboro, N. 0., give universal latisfaction wherever introduced. They are made >f the BEST SCOTCH PIG METAL, with heaver and thicker plate than any other Stove in tho narket, and consequently will the longer with itand heat and hard usage. They are of hand iome pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal n everv other respect to any Cooking Stove sold n theUnited States, while it is confidently claimed ;hat they are the CHEAPEST. All the usual \ pieces of ware and cooking utensils are furnished with each Stove. An important consideration with purchasers is the fact that our patterns and dzes are never changed. Should a piece get acci- 11 lentally broken at any time, we can replace it at the mere cost of casting. Not simply because it [ is a home production, buton account of its intrinsic merits as an article of household economy, do we ask tho patronage of home purchasers. More J than ONE THOUSAND of these Stoves are now in use, and among many others having them we respectfully refer to tho following: R. E.Guthrie, D. M. Campbell, M. H. C'urrence, York county; Mrs. Elizabeth J. Wylie, Chester; D. A. Gordon, Guthriesville; John A. Brown, Rock Hill; B. P. Boyd, Joseph Herndon, L. M. Grist, Yorkvillc. ' You can save the freight from the northern cities y ind the dealer's profit, which is no small item, jk Dy Duying 01 iik, anu at me same time get a -- w*j 3T0VE THAT IS MORE DURABLE than those < j if northern make. The following are our prices, f delivered at depot in Greensboro: No. 8, with 10 pieces ware and 8 feet pipe, $30 00 W5 ii 7 ii it ii ii it ii it 2g 00 "li Address, SERGEANT A McCAULEY, J Greensboro, N. C. T. C. DUNLAP, Agent, Yorkville.S. C. JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, S. C. HflBMi" j GRAND, SQUARE, AND UPRIGHT PIANOS HAVE received upwards of FIFTY FIRST PREMIUM8, and are among the best now mad'.. Every instrument is fully warranted for live years. Prices as low as the exclusive use of die very best materials and the most thorough workmanship will permit. The principal pianists ind composers ana the piano-purchasing public, if the South especially, unite in the unanimous rerdict of the superiority of the STIEFF PIANO. l'he DURABILITY of our instruments i3 fully jstablished by over SIXTY SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES, n the South, using over 300 of our Pianos. jjffi Qnlo Whnlcoalu A ironf* fnr nAvurnl nf thft ririn ;ipal manufacturers of Cabinet and ParlorOrgans. Prices from $50 to $600. A liberal discount to Clergymen and Sabbath Schools. A large assortment of second-hand Pianos, at prices ranging from $75 to $300, always on hand. Send for Illustrated Catalogue, containing the lames of over 2000 Southerners who have bought ind are using the StiefT Piano. ? t CHAS. M. STIEFF, A Warerooms, No. 9 North Liberty Street, BALTIMORE, MD. / | Factories, 84 and 86 Camden St., and 45 and 47 Perry St. May 21 21 ly a; THE SHORT LINE SCHEDULE. 'fw mm. m mS.-SB 5kwl. Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta R. R. Co., Columbia, S. C., July 19,1874. THE following Passenger Schedule will be operated on and after this date: ooino north. Tiain No. 2. Train No. 4. Leave Augusta, 6.30 a.m. 4.15 p. m. Graniteville, *7.33 a. m. 5.11 p. m. Col'bia Junct'n,.. 11.38 a. m. f&WS p. m. Arrive Columbia, 11.48 a. m. 9.17 p. m. Leave Columbia 11.58 a. m. Winnsboro, 2.06 p. m. Chester, J4.06 p. m. Arrive Charlotte, fG.45 p.m. No. 2 Train makes close connection, via Charlotte and Richmond, to all points North, arriving at New York at 6.05 a. m. No. 4 Train makes close connection, via Wil- ~ mington and Richmond to all points North, arriving at New York at 5.15 p. m. going south. Train No. 1. Train No. 3. Leave Charlotte, 8.30 a.m. Chester, 11.02 a. in. Winnsboro 12.38 p. in. Arrive at Columbia, 2.42 p. m. Leave Columbia, 2.52 p. m. 3.40 a. m. Col'bia Junction, 3.17 p. m. 4.15 a. m. Graniteville, 7.15 p. m. *7.48 a. m. Arrive at Augusta, 8.05 p. m. 8.45 a. m. Breakfast. J Dinner, f Supper. South bound Trains connect at Augusta forall ? points South and West. Through tickets sold and baggage checked to all principal points. Sleenincrcars on all Nicrht Trains. JAMES ANDERSON, General Sup't. g A. Pope,Gen. Passenger and Ticket Agent. > XOTICE. OFFICE CHARLOTTE, COL. <fe AUG. R. R. Columbia, S. C., July 81, 1874. -a BY recent changes in the schedul&s of Charlotte. Columbia and Augusta, and Atlanta and Richmond Air Line Railroads, arranged for the especial accommodation of the traveling public, close connections are now made via Charlotte to Spartanburg, Greenville and all points along tbe line of the A. A R. A. L. Railway and via A., T. it O. and Carolina Central Railroads, for Cherryville, Lincolnton, Statesville, Hickory Tavern, Asheville, Ac. See schedule below: GOING NORTH. Leave Columbia, 4 00 A. M. Arrive at .Charlotte, 2 20 P. M. Leave Charlotte, via A. A R. A. L. R. 11 Road 3 13 P. M. ' Arrive at Spartanburg, 8 24 P. M. Arrive at Greenville, 10 42 P. M. Leave Charlotte, via Carolina Central for Cherryville, Ac., !.. 3 00 P. M. Leave Charlotte, via A., T. AO. R. R. for Statesville, Hickory Tavern, etcetera, 3 25 P. M. GOING SOUTH. * Leave Greenville, 2 06 A. M. Leave Spartanburg, 4 03 A. M. Arrive at Charlotte, 8 06 A. M. Leave Charlotte, 8 80 A. M. Arrive at Columbia, 2 42 P..M. Arrive at Augusta, 8 05 P. M. Sleeping cars on all Night Trains. A. POPE, Gen'l Pas. A Ticket Agent. August 6 32 tf CHERAW AND DARLINGTON R. ROAD. PRESIDENT'S OFFICE, I ? Chkraw A Darlington Railroad Co., } Socikty Hill.S. C., October 10, 1873. j CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. ON and after MONDAY, 13th of October, the ] passenger trnin will run as follows: Down Train. Up Train. . LeaveChernw 6.00, A. M. Leave Florence... .3.00, P. M. Leave Cash'* 8.20, A. M. Leave Palmetto,....3.20, P. M. Leave Society Hill.8.45, A. M. Leave Darlington...3.40, P. M. i Leave Dove'* 9.15, A. M. Leave Dove'* 4.15, P.M. Leave Darlington. .9.50, A. M. Leave Society Hill.4.45, P. M. Leave Palmetto...10.10,A. M. Leave Cash'* 5.10, P.M. Arrive at Florence. 10.30, A. M. Arrive at Cheraw..5.30, P- MThe Freight Train will continue for the present to run as heretofore, except to adapt its running and stoppages to the changed schedule of the passenger trains. YORK COUNTY BONDS. , PERSONS who have subscribed for the BONDS OF YORK COUNTY, issued in aid of the Chester and I^enoir Narrow Gauge Railroad Company, or persons who may desire to purchase, are -i informed that the bonds may be obtained by applying to Joseph Herndon, Jcfferys A Metts, W. II. McCorkle, H. F. Adickes or L. M. Grist. July 30 31 tf STOVES^ THE Greensboro Cooking Stove can be bought from T. C. DUNLAP, Agent. TERMS?IN ADVANCE : One copy, one year, $ 3 00 "4 One copy, six months, ] 50 One copy, three months, 1 00 Single copy, 10 Two copies, one year, 5 00 Ten copies, one year, 25 00 7pSr To persons who make up clubs of ten or more names, an extra copy of the paper will be furnished one year, free of charge.