Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, December 24, 1874, Image 4

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|Iuitwt0ttsi Department. Beaten at'His Own Game.?A merchant in New York stopped in front of a furniture store on his way to dinner, to look at a bed room set worth eighty dollars, and remarked to the dealer that he admired it very much, and asked if eighty dollars was the lowest price, which was found to be the case. The merchant went home and mentioned the fact to his wife. On his return home at night, he found the bedroom set had been put up at his house in his absence, his wife supposing he had sent it as a surprise. But he denied ever buying it. It occurred to him, however, that a lawyer might be of some service, and he remembered a needy little fellow down town, whom he called on and stated his case. The lawyer said, "Very well; keep the goods, and leave it with me." Not loug after, a summons was served on the merchaut for the price of the set; this he took to the lawyer, and asked him what else should be done. "O, nothing," said the attorney, "leave it all to me." "But don't vou want me as a witness?" "No, leave it all to me." Trial day came and passed, and the merchant, not a little nervous, called to learn the result, asking his legal friend how it came out. "All right," said young Blackstone, "all right; the furniture is yours." "But what have I to pay for it ?" "Nothing." "How can that be?" "Easy enough ; he puts one witness on the stand to swear you bought the goods. I admitted it. I then put two witnesses on the stand to swear they saw the sale, and saw you pay eighty dollars cash for it. Of course I won." This was conclusive. In a Scotch country parish, not long ago, there lived a church officer who had filled that office and that of grave digger for the long space of fifty years. Suspicion had long 1 i. <._: ) . L _ i. L - <L. ueeu euieruwueu wmi nt: wits iu lue imuit ui helping himself out of the collection plate, whenever opportunity permitted. It was difficult of course to prove this. At last, however, the sum of one pound was abstracted from a missionary box which stood in the vestry, and everything combined to point out this man as the culprit. The elders told the minister that something must really be done. The minister said, "Leave him to me, and I'll see what can be done." The following Sabbath, after the forenoon service, the minister was taking off his gowu and bands, and, being aloue in the vestry with the suspected man, he thought the opportunity was too good to be lost, so he said, "Andrew, have you heard of the money that is missing from the box?" "0, ay," said Andrew, "I was hearing something about it." "Andrew," continued tbe other, very gravely, "the matter lies between you and me. We are the only two who have access to the box. Either you or I must be the thief." "Deed, sir," rejoined the imperturbable Andrew, "it's just as you say; we're the only twa that has had access to the box, and I think the best woy'll be for you to pay the half and I pay the tither, and say nae moor aboot it." BST One of the peculiar people of Kansas is J. W. M., a justice of the peace and land agent in one of the thriving towns of that State. Not long since he was called upon to perform the marriage service, and he improved it in the following manuer: "Therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the laws of the State of Kansas, and the rules and regulations governing the land office at , I hereby pronounce you man and wife Whomsoever I have joined in wedlock let no man part asunder. I charge you to be true to each other. True love is as scarce in Kansas as honest men in our Legislature. Be always true aud loving to each other, even if the chinch-bugs eat your corn, and your cattle die of Spanish fever. Take a homestead or piece of railroad land in this county, oue with a good spring on it preferred (my partner knows where there is a good piece) and you - will be comparatively happy. Happiness in this world consists of man aud wife loving each other and playing checkers. It is a pity there is so much deception, but if your hearts throb in unison, and laborers receive two dollars a day, you can consider yourselves in luck. Amen." Boiled Hammers for Pleurisy.?Old Dr. Twitchell, of Keene, New Hampshire, once wanted to blister some one in a farm house far from home. He had nothing with liirn to do it with. He asked the housewife to find him a hammer. The article was brought out, put in a teakettle over the fire, aud after the water steamed and bubbled well, he lifted it out and gently touched it to his patient in half a dozen spots, over the seat of pain, with very positive effect. Boiled hammers were, for many years, used in that neighborhood for pleurisy; and every old lady kuew nothiug was equal to the hammer, and there was,a long dispute whether it should be a claw-hammer or not. The yeas finally couquered. IteS" A very dirty, debased and ignorant looking man came in to vote in a township of Michigan. Said one of the ladies, offering him a ballot,"! wish you would oblige us by voting this ticket." "What kind of a ticket is that?" said he. "Why," said the lady, "you can see for yourself." "But I can't read," he answered. "Why, can't you read the ballot you have there in your hand, which you are about to vote ?" the lady asked. "No," said he, "I can't read at all." "Well," said the lady, "this ballot means that you are willing to let the women as well as the men vote." "Is that it ?" he replied, "then I don't want it; the women don't know enough to vote."? Grand Rapids Post. A Lesson in Natural History.?A lecturer on natural history was called upon the other day to pay for a live rabbit he had in a basket in a railway carriage, and which the ticket-conductor said would be charged the same as a dog. The lecturer vainly explained that he was going to use the rabbit in illustration of a lecture he was about to give in a provincial town; and indignantly taking a small live tortoise from his pocket, said, "You'll be telling me next that this is a dog, I and that I must pay for it." The ticket-taker went for superior orders, and on his return delivered this lecture in natural history : "Cats is dogs, and rabbits is dogs; but a tortoise is a hiusect." The Major's Drill.?A man who had recently been elected a major of militia, and who was not overburdened with brains, took it into his head on the morning of parade to exercise a little by himself. The field selected for this purpose was his own apartment. Placing himself in a military attitude, with his sword drawn, he exclaimed, "Attention, ^ * A - L l? company! Jttear rana, tnree paces, marcn: and he tumbled down into the cellar. His wife, hearing the racket, came running in saying, "My dear, have you killed yourself'?" "Go about your business, woman," said the hero; "what do you know about war ?" +. ? Another Kind.?Two Irishmen, lately lauded, were boarding at a hotel where they were sorely troubled with musquitos, and could hardly obtain sleep enough to satisfy nature. "Put yer head under the blankets," said Mike, "and thin they'll not bite yees." Pat did as requested, but scarcely had he found himself free from the musquitos when he was attacked by the bedbugs which he had failed to notice. 'Bad luck to me, Mike," said he; "here's another kind widout wings and fiddles; but, begorra, they bite as hard as the others." "What is your name ?" asked a teacher of a boy. "My name's Jule," was the reply, whereupon the teacher remarked, "You should have said Julius, sir. And now, my lad," turning to another boy, "what is your name?" 7>/7/ious, sir." : jUjnntltml Department. [Original.] FERTILIZERS. | Every practical farmer is convinced that it i is profitable to manure his land. "Feed your J land, and-it will feed you," may be set down as an agricultural axiom. The question may | be asked, "What is manure?" The original meaning of the word was hand work. To manure land originally meant to work, or till land with the hand. Etymologically, the word manure is an abridged form of the French word manceuvrer. This is derived from the Latin words vianus, a hand, and opus, work. Hence the proper meaning of the word manure is hand work. This sense, however, it has long ago lost. In its present sense, the word manure means any substance, either animal or vegetable, which, being ap_i* j a- ..i m : c I pneu to me sui^iuureusea us icruiiuy. iuouuic is a fertilizer, but a fertilizer is not necessarily a manure. The word fertilizer is used in a technical sense, to denote some chemical preparation which stimulates the productive properties of the soil to which it is applied. It is not designed so much to add strength to the soil, as to call into action the latent strength which is iu it. Now the question may, with propriety, be asked, "Do fertilizers pay ?" To farmers, generally, this is a practical question. Remember, the question is not asked, "Does manuring pay." Adding rich soil to poor soil is the proper way to make poor land rich. Rich soil may be added to poor soil in a variety of ways, and will always be found profitable; but it is not so clear that the use of chemically prepared fertilizers is profitable. In the first place, the market price at which they are all held, is enormously high. It will, on an average, cost about six dollars per acre to manure a crop with any of the commercial fertilizers. This may be regarded as so much rent. Now, can any man, in this country, make much clear money on land for which he has to pay six dollars per acre, rent? The distribution of the fertilizer will cost something, and, in most instances, the transportation from the nearest depot to the farm will cost something, so that when all the expenses connected with its use are summed up, the cost will foot up not much less than eight dollars per acre. Let every practical farmer think of this feature of the subject. Again, are these commercial fertilizers recuperative or exhaustive in their nature ? Some think they add permanent strength to the soil, and others think that the reverse is true. Experiments can only satisfactorily settle this point; but the dictates of common sense declare against the recuperative properties of commercial fertilizers. Every man knows that if we are constantly taking out of the soil and returning nothing to it, the soil will ultimately become poor. We have not the least hesitation in saying that we believe that a ton of thoroughly rotten pine leaves will add more permanent strength to the soil than the same quantity of the best commercial fertilizers in the world. The fertilizer acts on the soil as an intoxicating beverage acts on the mind. It will make neither flesh, blood nor bone ; it simply stimulates. The rotten pine leaves, or any home-made vegetable compost, acts on the soil as a hearty meal of nutritious food acts on the animal. It furnishes the material out of which is made flesh and blood and bones. In oue word, it furnishes the material out of which the repairs of the system can keep up the body, and also furnishes the strength to do their work properly and promptly. Chemical fertilizers have their use, but unless they are made to subserve the purpose for which they are admirably adapted, they will, in the end, do more harm than good. They are stimulants and nothing more, and should never be used only as su?h. After a heavy crop of gras3 and weeds has been turned under, a chemical fertilizer may be used with great advantage. The latent energies of this vegetable matter are called out by such a stimulant, but to apply a chemical fertilizer, year after year, to a soil destitute of vegetable matter would be of doubtful propriety. Perhaps it would be safe to say, that there 13 now more cottou made to the acre by the use of these fertilizers than was when they were Dot used; but is there more clear money made out of the cotton ? The facts in the case seem to warrant the conclusion that there is not. On those plantations on which chemical fertilizers are extensively used, it will take on an average about one third of the gross sales of the cotton crop, at the present price of cotton, to pay for the fertilizers. The cost of labor to make the crop will be about twofifths of the whole. This would leave the land owner four-fifteenths of his crop to meet all the expenses of living, and pay an enormous tax besides. The present crop of cotton will not average more tlian one nunarea ana fifty pounds of lint cotton to the acre. This, sold at present prices, would bring about twenty dollars. One-third off for fertilizers and two-fifths for labor would leave less than five dollars and a half per acre. It will not do to make an estimate of the other expenses. It would reveal the fact that many who had some money in their hauds when they sold j their cotton, now have none in their pockets. Chemically prepared fertilizers should be applied to the soil in accordance with the same principle that physicians administer whisky or brandy to their patients. Give a well man whisky or brandy and nothing else, and he must die. It will avail nothing to say that whisky is made out of corn or rye, and these are when mechanically prepared, good j for food. Whisky is a chemical preparation, a powerful stimulant, but when injudiciously used it produces great prostration. Just so with chemically prepared fertilizers. When judiciously used they exert a good effect upon ! the soil, but when used improperly they will i kill it and break the owner of the laud besides. The object which should be constantly kept in view in manuring land, is making the land permanently rich. This object can never be | accomplished by the present mode of using commercial fertilizers. The soil is forced without giving it any soil food. On the subject of fertilizers, as upon many other subjects, Southern farmers have ultra views. Many depend wholely and absolutely upon fertilizers, and make no manure on their plantations. This class of farmers may make large crops, but they are not making much clear money. Those farmers who make large quantities of ! manure on their farms and buy only small 1 quantities offertilizers and use them as stimu! lants are, if they manage well in other respects, making money. i The proper place to use chemical fertilizers is on good land?on land that is strong rather than active. Every farmer knows that there are some kinds of land that act sluggishly. On such land, these chemical fertilizers ; subserve a most excellent purpose. No man ought to expect to make clear money on poor land, by the simple use of fertilizers. Bone Felon.?Keep the part constantly covered with white lead, such as painters use i in mixing paint. It will cure the worst case. Heading fur the Jfahhath. j CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBEIIT LATHAN. [Original.] NOTHINGISM. The curse of some sections of the world is "isms." Many portions of the old world and some sections of our own country, are literally overrun by legions of "ologies" and "isms." This is not the case in our section. Our people are not all of one ruiud ; but no effort is made to propagate dangerous errors. The sin of our people is an indifferent state of mind, . with respect to things which pertain to relig ion. This may appropriately be called ' "nothingisra." Like one of old, they care for < none of these things. Religion, neither in j theory or practice, gives them any concern. ] They never trouble themselves about the spir- ! itual condition of their own souls or the souls i of any one else. J Those who are in this indifferent state of ; mind should wake up from their spiritual J slumbers. They should remember that to treat a fellow mortal with indifference is ex- ] ceedingly provoking. To treat God with in- . difference can not be less provoking. Our Saviour says that all who are not for him are against him. In morals, as in the physical world, there is no such a thing as a stand still point. We cannot be safely in an indifferent state. If we are doing no good, we are doing some harm. If we are not on our way to ( heaven we are on the road to destruction. ? [Original.] ' "DUMB DEVIL. ' Luke, xi: 14. During the time that the Saviour tabernacled upon earth, God manifest' in the flesh, Satan was, for wise and holy purposes, granted very great power over the bodies as well as the souls of men. Men were, in various ways, bodily afflicted by Satan. Some were blind, others were raving maniacs, and some were the subjects of severe and painful diseases. The person brought to our notice by the passage of Scripture referred to had a J "dumb devil." Dumbness, as a natural de- 1 i J l* i feet, is always accompanied wun nearness. ( Hearing, iu the order of nature, precedes speak- < iug. Whether the individual spoken of was ! born deaf or not, we are not informed. All we know about him is that the devil which . had taken possession of his body was dumb. For various reasons, as said before, Satan j was at the time our Saviour was upon earth, i permitted to exercise extraordinary power (' over men. One reason that God had in view i in giving a loose rein to Satan was to afford \ an opportunity to the Saviour to show his t power to crush the head of the serpent. We } are not, however, to conclude that at present Satau iu no way exercises his malicious hate upon the bodies of men. The human family are still operuted upon, both in their bodies and minds, by Satan, c No doubt many are prostrated upon beds of sickness in some way or other by Satan. That man, who, in a bad cause, and for wicked ] purposes, exposes himself and thus brings upon himself disease, may with propriety be 1 said to be tormented by Satan. The man who \ gulps down draught after draught of intoxi- ' eating liquor until his brain is addled, the ] digestive powers of his stomach destroyed and 51 his nervous system shattered and broken, is t under the control of Satan. He has, in the Scripture sense of the phrase, a devil. ( There are multitudes of professed Christians j who have a "dumb devil." That Christian j who never goes to God, aud, as friend to , friend, talks over his trials and difficulties, has ? a "dumb devil." Thus are scores of complain- j ing Christains who are not praying Christians. F These have a "dumb devil." There are not a few professed Christians who can talk fluently upon almost any subject but religion. . They meet in squads in the church-yard on " Sabbath morning, or at the corner of the streets and discuss the secular topics of the day, but are silent respecting the progress of t true religion in the hearts of men. They j never ask how the vine flourishes. These ? have a "dumb devil." Many are eloquent , advocates of almost every cause but the cause f of Jesus. These have a "dumb devil." By t them no one is advised, no one counseled, no 1 one rebuked, for sin, no one encouraged in , well doing. The dumb devil closes their ' mouths upon all such subjects. A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. Too many think that all the prayiug and all the talking for Jesus must be done by the ministers. This is a graud mistake. Every ' one must pray for himself and every truly converted man will have something good to say for Jesus, and something good to say about Jesus. MAKE MOTHER HAPPIER. "Mother's cross I" cried Maggie, coming into the kitchen, with a pout on her lips. Her t aunt was busy ironing, but she looked up and J answered Maggie: "Then it is the very time for you to be \ pleasant and helpful. Mother was awake a { great deal in the night last night with baby." t Maggie made no reply. She put on her i hat and walked off* into the garden. But a new idea went with her. "The very time to be helpful and pleasant is when other people are cross. Sure enough," * thought she, "that would be the time when it would do the most good. I remember, when I was sick last year, I was so nervous that if a any one spoke to me, I could hardly help be- ? ing cross; and mother never got angry or out 51 of patience, but was just as geutle with me. I s ought to pay it back now, aud I will." c And she sprang up from the grass, where she had thrown herself, and turned her face, r full of cheerful resolution, toward the room t where her mother sat soothing and tending a ( fretful teething baby. Maggie brought the pretty ivory bells and began to jingle them for the little one. He stopped fretting," and a smile dimpled the corners of his lips. "Couldn't I take him out to ride in his car riage, mother? It is such a nice morning," she asked. "I should be glad if you would," said the mother. The little hat and sack were brought, and baby was soon ready for the ride. "I will keep him as long as he is good," said Maggie, "and you must lie on the sofa j i and get a nap while I am gone. You are ! ( looking dreadfully tired." The kind words and the kiss that accompa-! ' nied them were almost too much for the mother. The tears rose to her eyes and her voice trembled as she answered? "Thank you, dearie; it will do me a world j. of good if you can keep him out an hour; and ! the air will do him good, too.. My head aches j I I badly this morning." What a happy heartbeat in Maggie's bosom j' | as she trundled the little carriage up and ; I down the walk ! She had done real good, She had given back a little of the help and for- j ! bearance that had so often been bestowed upon ! her. She had made her mother happier, and 1 giveo her time to rest. She resolved always to remember and act upon her aunt's good 1 words: j i "The very time to be helpful and pleasant 1 is when everybody else is tired and cross."? Zion's Herald. Good company and good conversation are the very sinews of virtue. NEARLY all diseases originate from Indigestion and Torpidity of the Liver, and relief is *1 ways anxiously sought after. If the Liver is Regulated in its action, health is almost invariably secured. Want of action in the Liver causes Headache, Constipation, Jaundice, Pain in the Shoulders, Cough, Chills, Dizziness, Sour Stomich, bad taste in the mouth, bilious attacks, palpiation 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 do no injury in any quantities .hat it may betaken. Itis harmless in every way. tt has been used for 40 years, and hundreds of the jood and great from all parts of the country will rouch for its being the purest and best. Simmons' Liver Regulator, or Medicine, [s harmless, Is no drastic violent medicine, Is sure to cure if taken regularly, Is no intoxicatine beveraire. Ts a faultless family medicine, [s the cheapest medicine in the world, [s given with safety and the happiest results to the mostdelieate infant, Does not interfere with business, Does not disarrange the system, Takes the place of Quinine and Bitters of every kind, Contains the simplest and best remedies. For sale by all Druggists. March 26 13 ly* W. P. HOBBS. DISSOLUTION OF COPARTNERSHIP^ THE firm of CONNER, HOBBS it DOBSON has been dissolved by lnutual consent, and .he business of the late firm passes into the hands if the undersigned, who assumes all existing contracts, and to whom all indebtedness to the contern must be paid. It is imperatively necessary that the business of the late firm i>e speedily dosed, and all persons on whom we have claims ire ret) nested to call and settle at once. W. P. HOBBS. THE NEW BUSINESS. HAVING become, by purchase, sole proprietor of the YORKVILLE COACH FACTORY, [ respectfully announce that I shall conduct the msiness as heretofore. Besides keeping on hand i full stock of PLEASURE VEHICLES OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS, any article of special style or iesign will be made at short notice and in "supe ior manner. By havingemployed only the most jompetent workmen, in their respective branches, [ feel assured that I can pleaso the most exacting ^ste, both as to style and durability. Persons in ,vant of any kind of PLEASURE CARRIAGE will do well to examine my stock. W. P. HOBBS. REPAIRING, [1 EPAINTING, Ac., done, as heretofore, in the IX best style and at the lowest prices lor cash, vhich, in all cases will be expected on the deliviry of work. W. P. HOBBS. F. S. FRISCHEIS, HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTER, YORKVILLE.S. C., RESPECTFULLY offers his services to thecitizens of Yorkvilleand vicinity. All manner >f HOUSE PAINTING, including Graining, Garbling and Calcimining executed in the best ityleof the art. By the process of CALCIMIN[NG, plastered walls which have become soiled ind discolored, can be made to look as fresh and dean as new, and of any desired tint or shade of ;olor, which will not rub off. Old Furniture will bo re-varnished or re-paintid and varnished in imitation of the various kinds >f woods and made to look as well as new. Where here is enough of this class of work to justify me n so doing, I will visit the houses for that pur>ose, thus avoiding the necessity of moving the furniture. Roofs painted in the most durable nanner, either with granite or slate roofing paint, ind the work warranted. Estimates furnished, ind all work promptlyexecutcdattho lowest cash jrices commensurate with durable and artistic jainting. All communications promptly aniwered. Address F. S. FRISCHEIS, Yorkville, S. C. December 17 31 ly STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, York County. WHEREAS J. F. WALLACE, Clerk cf the Cifcuit Court, has applied to me for Leters of Administration, de bonis non, on all and | lingular Uie goous unu cmiueis, rignui mm urcuts of GEORGE WRIGHT, lato of the county iforosaid, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all md singular, the kindred and creditors of the taid deceased, to be and appear before me, at our lext Judge of Probate's Court, for the said courtly, to be holden at York Court House, on the 3IST DAY OF DECEMBER, next, to shew cause, it my they can, why the said Administration should lot be granted. Jiven under my hand and seal, this 19th day of November, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, and in the 99th year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America. JOSEPH A. McLEAN, Judge of Probate. November 19 47 6t STATE OF~SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OF YOBK-COUBT OF COMMON PLEA8. Mary Pearce and Leroy Pearce, Plaintiffs, against Samuel B. Hall, Samuel N. Hall and Annie J. Hall, minors; John F.Wilson,and William Wilson, a minor; and Joseph Pearco and Mary J. Berry, Defendants.?Copy Summons for Relief. To the Defendants above-named respectively: YOU are hereby summoned and required to answer thocomplaint in this action, which was his day filed in the office of the Clerk of the 3ourt of Common Pleas for York County, and ,o serve a copy of your answer on the subscriber, at his office, in Yorkvillo, South Carolina, vithin twenty days after tlie service hereof, sxclusive of the day of such service. If you fail to answer the complaint in this ac ion, the plaintiff will apply to the Court for the elief demanded in the complaint. Dated at Yorkville, S. C., November 14th, 1874. JAMES F. HART Plaintiffs' Attorney. November 19 47 6t STATE OF SOUT1i CAROLIi\A, York County. IMTHEREAS THOMAS MARTIN hasapplied Vt to me for Letters of Administration on all ind singular, the goods and chattels, rights and xedits of BIRD MARTIN, late of the county HAcm I /I rlnoonunrl UWI CCtllWf UW^IMVUt These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and lingular, the kindred and croditors of the said debased, to be and appear before me at our next ludge of Probate's Court for the said county, to je holdcn at York Court House on the 1ST DAY )F JANUARY, next, to shew cause, if any, why he said Administration should not be granted, liven under my hand and Seal, this 11th day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, and in the (J9th year of the Independence of the United States of America. JOSEPH A. McLEAN, Judge of Probate. December 17 51 21* ^YANr&AMADLEj rHE LEADING INSTITUTION IN THE U. S. rIIERE are no Vacations. Send for Catalogue and College Documents. For Splendid Specmensof Penmanship, enclose two P. O. Stamps. Address W. H. SADLER, President, Nos. C & 8 N. Charles St., Baltimore, Md. January 1 1 tf ~~ APPLICATION FOE HOMESTEAD. %TOTICE is hereby given that on the 12th day of 1.^1 January next, LUCY AGERS, alias Lucy Hickman, will apply to the undersigned to 'have 'Homestead set oil','' in accordance with the provisions of the 8th Section of the "Homestead \ct," Approved February 22, 1873. JOSEPH A. McLEAN, Judge of Probate of York County. December 10 5(1 5t AT M Y POST AGAIN, I HAVE resumed the PRACTICE OF LAW, and have taken an office in the "Old Jail," opposite the office occupied by Wilson <fe Wilson, where I can be found, unless absent on professional business, from 10 o'clock, A. M., on Mondays, until 2 o'clock, P. M., on Saturdays. T. J. BELL. Januarv 22 4 tf CALICOES. ANOTHER lot of those nice side-band Calicoes received and for sale at the central Dry Goods House of T. M. DOBSON & CO. THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE. THE LEADING AMERICAN NEWSPAPER. FOUNDED BY IIOKACE GREELEY. IN the recent elections the people have declared in favor of honesty in politics and independence in journalism. The TRIBUNE, which years ago declared that it was not and never more . would be a party organ, claims the verdict, as the popular vindication of its course, and recognizes t in the result the voice of the people for reform and ( integrity in government, for candor and independence among newspapers. During the campaign 1 which has just closed the TRIBUNE has fully ? maintained its right to the title of the "leading American Newspaper." This position it has earned and retains for the following among other 1 reasons: It publishes all tho news, earlier, more fully, and more intelligently than any other paper. It insists on peace throughout the whole country, the right of local self-government, and the J protection of all classes in the exercise of their i just and legal rights. It advocates contideuce and good feeling be- ? tween Northaud South, and labors for an honest f and abiding reconciliation. It maintains fairness and candor toward all public men and questions, and dignity and courtesy toward associates and rivals. . It publishes scientific news, reports, discussions and discoveries to a degree of fullness and accu- 1 racy never before attained by any paper. j It gives every week ten or more columns of the most carefully prepared agricultural matter during the year, mucn more in the aggregate than ? tho entire*contents of any other agricultural publication. and the whole forming a department of which an eminent agricultural editor says: "It has done more to make good farmers than any other influence which ever oxistod." 1 It has published a series of scientific and litora- , ry extras, which have met a wider sale and more emphatic popular approval than any similar pub- 1 lication of the kind. i WHAT THE SOUTHERN PRESS SAY OF THE TRIBUNE. Wo consider the Tribune a very valuable paper. ' [Asheville, N. C., Citizen. 1 The New York Tribune, in its faithful andsearch- j ing exposure of outrage slanders on Alabama and other States, has done immense service to truth 1 and justice.?[Macon, Ga., Telegraph and Messenger. We thank the Netv York Tribune for its manly and powerful words in demanding justice for the people of Alabama.?[Montgomery, Ala., News. < The best paper in the world is the Neiu York Tribune. It combines the dignity and sagacity of Mm T.nnHnn Tinin.q with the renresentativo news enterprise of America.?[Baltimore Bulletin. A paper to be admired lor its independence of tone and its reliability of news.-[Episcopal Methodist, Baltimore, Md. Any one who wants a first-class paper which keeps fully up with the times in literature, science and art, should subscribe for the Tribune.?[Spartanburg, S. C., Carolina Spartan. The imperial sheet of the world, tho New Yoik Tribune.?The Jacksonville, Fla., New South. We regard it as tho best paper, all in all, published in the United States.?[Morristown, Term., Gazette. To-day the New York Tribune is undoubtedly the first of American newspapers; whatever may be said of its rivals, it has clearly won precedence of all, and very creditably does it represent tho journalism of the country. While dealing with all the topics coming within the range of a newspaper, the Tribune makes a specialty of the great subject of agriculture. It becomes therefore a matter of vital importance to the country that the direction of the ideas of this vast section should be in able and conscientious hands, and a matter for congratulation that the farmer's newspaper par excellence has the high standing of the Tribune. [The N. Y. South. The New York Tribune is doing a great work in popularizing Science, by the publication of cheap extras to that groat daily.?[Our monthly, Clinton, S. C. American newspaper enterprise is probably at this time more fully illustrated in the daily issues of the New York Tribune than in any other journal.? [Wilmington. N. C.,Star. Unequaled in culture, dignity, comprehensive breadth, polish of expression and intellectual; fettered by no party ties, bolted indecencies of speech, and hysteric with no wild sensations.? [Raloigh, N. C., Agricultural Journal. Surely the paper has maintained successfully tho high popularity which he bequeathed it, and the name of an ably conducted and independent journal, which it now deserves even more justly than at any time during Mr. Greeley's life.?[Petersburg, Va., Index and Appeal. TEEMS OF THE TBIBUNE. Daily, by mail, $10 per year : Semi-Weekly, $3 per vear; five copies, $2.50 each. c Weekly, $2 per year; ton copies, $1.25 each; i twenty copies, $1.10 each. 4 fl&r Postage in all cases is paid by the TRIB- i UNK, and papers addressed to each subscriber f without extra charge. t Agents wanted in every town, to whom liberal t cash commissions will be paid. f Specimen copies, circulars and posters free, t Address THE TRIBUNE, t New York- j December 3 49 tf < TAX XOTICE?1874. I f N conformity to law, and pursuant to the order j I_ of the Comptrolier-uenerai, iny i>ooks win ue < open at YORKVlLLE, on and after the TWEN- t TIETH DAY OP NOVEMBER, 1874, for the 1 COLLECTION OF THE STATE AND COUNTY TAXES, for the year 1874 : The amount levied for State purposes is ten and 1 two-fifth mills on the 81; for county purposes, < three mills on the 81; "for the support ot indi- < gent widows and orphan* of persons who have f been killed in York coun'v because of their polit- s ical opinions,'" one half miu on the 81; and for " interest on the bonds of York county, issued in aid of the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad Company, one and one-half mills on the 81, making in the aggregate fifteen and two-fifths of a mill on the $1. For Catawba township one half mill on the 81 for district school purposes. Also, t one dollar on each taxable poll between the ages ' of twenty-one and fifty years. For the accommodation of tax-payers, I will attend at the following places on the days named: At Rock Hill, on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the 23rd, 24th, 25th and 26th days of December. At Yorkville, from Monday, 28th day of December, to Friday, the 15th day of January, inclusive, after which latter date the books will be closed and the 20 per cent, penalty will attach. The Treasurer avails himself of this opportunity to return his thanks to the people of York county for the prompt manner in which they met their liabilities last year, and hopes that they will do the same the present year. J. L. WATSON, Treasurer. November 19 47 tf Soluble pacific guano. 48 Cash; 953 Time, without Interest. ^ PACIFIC Guano Company's Compound Acid Phosphate of Lime tor Composting with Cot- t ton Seed?833 Cash; 8A8 Time without Interest. ( To accommodate Planters, they can order now t and have until 1st April to decide whether they will take at time or cash price. When delivered 1 from factory by carload, no drayage will be 1 charged. This Guano is now so well known in t all the Southern States for its remarkable effects i ouan nmrnnc.v for increasing of Droducts of labor, as not to require special recommendation from ( us. Its use for nine years past has established its character for reliable excellence. The supplies f put into market this season are, as heretofore, prepared under the superintendence of Dr. St. Julian t Ravenel, Chemist of the Company, at Charleston, 1 S. C., hence Planters may rest assured that its * quality and composition is precisely the same as ( that heretofore sold. J. N. ROBSON, Agent for South Carolina, Charleston, S. C. JOHN S. REESE & CO., General Agents Baltimore. ; November 26 48 3m YORK MARBLE YARD. lUonuments, Tablets, Tombstones, Mantels, ? &c., on Hand or Made to Order at Short Notice. a I WOULD respectfully inform the public thatl a am prepared to furnish anything in the marble i line, from a plain slab to a costly monument, ex- t ecuted in the best style of the art, with the very 1 best materials, and at prices as low as the same a class of work can be furnished anywhere in the t United States. Orders from a distance promptly ( tilled, 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 tne same. F. HAPPERFIELD. . January 1 1 ly S. B. ME ACHAM, J 1IAAIAII I IPHAII | tIT UUI IUN UUMMI55IUN Mtliun An I, [ CHARLOTTE, N. C. J Liberal advances made on Cotton consigned to me * for New York and Charleston. References by Permission.?m. P. Pegram, Cashier 1st National Bank, Charlotte ; A. G. Brenizer, Cashier Commercial National Bank, Charlotte; Major George W. Melton, Win. H. Ilardin, Chester, S. C.; Colonel W. H. McCorkle, B. T. t Wheeler, Yorkville, S. C. t N. B.?Special attention given to the purchase * and sale of future .contracts. September 24 39 3ni o. av. ciiai.k. r, m. littlejohn t G. W. CHALK & CO., , COTTON COMMISSION MERCHANTS < Corner Trade and College Sts., CHARLOTTE, N. C. ALSO dealers in SEED WHEAT, RYE, OATS, and other Produce. Consignments of Cotton solicited."^ ] i Octolier 1 40 3m JOHN H. ADAMS. FALL AND WINTER GOODS! I THE undersigned would respectfully announce ; x> his friends and the public generally that his j itock of FALL AND WINTER GOODS is now ! jomplete having been purchased in the northern j iiarkets, from flrst dealers, by that experienced md judicious buyer, COL. McCORKLE. In my stock may be found a full and complete I ine of DRESS GOODS, Including black and colored Silks, Velvet, Vel- ofoon SflroM Snt/>ens Pnnlins. Valours, and a jreat variety of Cotton Prints, of all qualities and it all prices. WHITE GOODS, [n full variety, Ribbons, Hosiery, Gloves, Handserehiefs, Table Damask, Hats, Flowers and | Feathers, and a general stock of Fancy Articles. Besides the above, in my stock may be found , i complete assortment of i GOODS FOR GENTS' WEAR, ; flats. Caps, Boots, Shoes, Jeans, Tweeds, Cassineres, Cloths, Jw., Shirts, Under-Clothing, and a .lull assortment of Gent's Furnishing Goods. My stock will be kept full during the season, mdwill embrace every article usually kept in A FIRST-CLASS ESTABLISHMENT, x>an examination of which the public are respectfully invited, feeling confident, as I do, that the inducements I can offer are second to none in the market. JOHjV H. ADAMS. | ,fg? Nos. 3 Broad Street and 109 East Bay Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. STITI0I11S @^^debs First-Class Work OUR 8PECIALTY, YET, BY U8ING CHEAPER GRADES OF STOCK, WE CAN FURN18H WORK AT , LOWEST LIVING PRICES. FINE FASHIOHABLFSTATIOHERY, i Piries Paper and Envelopes. i Wedding and Ball Invitations ON THE BEST STOCK AND PRINTED IN THE LATEST STYLE. September 10 37 tf MUSIC HATH CHARMS. &C. i IMTITH pleasure I inform all who desire to give j J their children a chance for a musical eduction, but whose means are very limited, that I lave made arrangements with the celebrated 'Mason <fc Hainlin Organ Co.," to supply persons ( vith their unrivaled instrument, either at lowest actory prices, for cash, or on monthly or quarerly payments, upon whatis called the lease prin- | aSi-xIa TUno ontf ona Ktr no tftnnr nnlv Q /*?SiU. liiuo OH J who crjr j/oj v?i?j m .mw.vmw mm for the Use of the instrument, can, at any ime,give it up or become purchaser; the amount ilready paid being applied to the purchase. Or a person having paid the rent for four years, becomes the owner of the Organ without further Dayment. Call and enquire for particulars and lee the new styles, at my Photo gallery, in the Adickes' building, where I may be founa during ill business hours, either to show you a sample or x) wait upon you if you want anything in the Photographic line as heretofore. J. R. SCHORB. P. S.?Notwithstanding all the misrepresenta;ions and "gab" of smart agents of the "Ring" :ompanies, I still insist that I have the best and iheapest Sewing Machine (the American) to offer, ind I am ready to prove my words to all who leek for the truth in the matter. J. R. 8. THE GREAT SOUTHERN DRY GOODS HOUSE, FURCHGOTT, BENEDICT & CO., 875 KING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. The Cheapest Dry Goods, Oil Cloth, Mattings, Notions, Carpets, Rugs, Etc., TITIS SIDE OF1 NEW YORIC. For prices, see Special Notice. September 10 37 6m TO TEY4S ARKANSAS. rHE completion of the TEXAS AND PACIF- < IC RAILROAD enables the Kenesaw Route, < na Western and Atlanta Rail Road, to offer the 1 inly all rail route from Georgia aud the Caroliuas 1 o all points in Texas. < On and after September 1st, through coaches ' eave Atlanta daily for Memphis, Little Rock and fexarkana, Texas, without change, connecting here with through cars for Houston and al 1 points . n Texas. Think of one change of cars between Atlanta, ; leorgia, and Houston, Texas. yssr Rates reduced by the opening of this route rom $5 to $151 Full information can be obtained upon applica- : ion to Albert B. Wrenn, Southeastern Agent Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad, . Ulanta, C. E. Sargent, Southeastern Agent L. ana 5. S. R. R., Atlanta, or to B. W. WRENN, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, Atlanta, Ga. September 24 39 tf STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, York County. |*7HEREAS S. D. STOWE has applied to me j J for Letters of Administration on all and singular. the goods and chattels, rights and credits >f JOHN MOORE, late of the county aforesaid, leceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all , ind singular, the kindred and creditors of the aid deceased, to be and appear before me at our lext Judge of Probate's Court, for the said county, o be holden at York Court House, on the 26th DAY OF DECEMBER, instant, to shew cause, if my, why the said Administration should not >e granted. liven under my hand and Seal, this 10th day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, and in the 99th year of the Independence of the United , States of America. JOSEPH A. McLEAN, Judge of Probate. ] December 10 50 2t STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, j Columbia, April 24th, 1873. j rHE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER is hereby ' designated as the newspaper for the publicaion of all Legal Notices and Official Advertise- j nents for the county of York, under the Act ap- j jroved February 22nd, 1870, entitled "An Act to ; -nmiiatA thn miblicfttiou of all Leeal and public Notices, and the order heretofore issued designaingthe "Carolina New Era" as the official paper or 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, ind Secretary of the Board, do hereby certify hat the foregoing is a true copy of the Original on lie in my office. H. E. HAYNE, Secretary of State. , AUCTIONEERING. < T^HE undersigned takes this method to notify the public that hp vyill give prompt attention ;o AUCTIONEERING iri York and the adjoining counties. Communications may be addressed to i aim at Yorkville, S. C. S. ?. BROWN. < March 5 10 tf < RAGS WANTED. i 4 IT nnn POUNDS of clean cotton and linlLfaUUll en Raps wanted, for which 2 cents per pcund will be paid, at the "ENQUIRER" OFFICE. THE COOKING STOVES manufactured at our works in Greensboro, N. C., give universal satisfaction wherever introduced. They are made of the BEST SCOTCH PIG METAL, with heavier and thicker plate than any other Stove in thfr^. m market, and consequently will the longer with- " W stand heat and hard usage. They are of hand w some pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal | in evory other respect to any Cooking Stove sold 1 in the United States, while it is confidently claimed that they are the CHEAPEST. All the usual pieces ot 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 oectaue it is a home production, buton account of its intrinsic merits as an article of household economy, do we ask the patronage of home purchasers. More than ONE THOUSAND of these Stoves are now in use, and among many others having them we respectfully refer to the following: R. E. Guthrie, D. M. Campbell, M. H. 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 buying of us, and at the same time get a STOYE 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 l< y 44 44 44 44 44 44 C4 26 00 Address, SERGEANT A McCAULEY, Greensboro, N. C. T. C. DUNLAP, Agent, Yorkville, S. C. JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, S. C. j sUB GRAND, SQUARE, AND UPRIGHT PIJlJSTOS Have received upwards of FIFTY FIRST PREMIUMS, and are among the best now made. Every instrument is fully warranted for five years. Prices as low as the exclusive use of the very best materials and the most thorough workmanship will permit. The principal pianists ? and composers ana the piano-purchasing public, ' of the South especially, unite in the unanimous {v verdict of the superiority of the STIEFF PIANO. A The DURABILITY of our instruments is fully /M established by over i p SIXTY SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES, ? in the South, using over 800 of our Pianos. -J Sole Wholesale Agents for several of the prin- 4 cipal manufacturers of Cabinet and Parlor Organs. V Prices from $50 to $600. A liberal discount to a Clergymen and Sabbath Schools. w A large assortment of second-hand Pianos, at J prices ranging from $75 to $300, always on hand. J Send for Illustrated Catalogue, containing the j names of over 2000 Southerners who have bought A and are using the Stieff Piano. m CHAS. M. STIEFF, J Warerooms, No. 9 North Liberty Street, BALTIMORE, MD. 1 Factories, 84 and 80 Camden St., and 45 and 47 fl Perry St. ..M May 21 21 ly ? THE SHORT LINE SCHEDULE. jj i I jg&sEBpjgaaBEr a: Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta R. R. Co., Columbia, S. C., July 19, 1874. THE following Passenger Schedule will be op- * erated on and after this date: going 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. ra. f9.05 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, f6.45 p.m. No. 2 Train makes close connection, via Charlotte and Richmond, to all points North, arriving at New York at 6.05 a. in. No. 4 Train makes close connection, via Wilmington and Richmond to all points North, ar- % riving at New York at 5.15 p. m. going south. Train No. 1. Train No. 8. Leave Charlotte, 8.30 a. m. Chester, 11.02 a. m. Winnsboro, 12.38 p. m. Arrive at Columbia, 2.42 p. m. Leave Columbia, 2.52 p. m. 3.4G a. m. Col'bia Junction, 3.17 p. m. 4.15 a. m. Graniteville, 7.15 p.m. *7.48 a., m. a 9 a a Q Aft Q AH a m Arrive at Auguaw, o.w p. ui. o.iu a. u. Breakfast. J Dinner, f Supper. South bound Trains connect at Augusta for all points South and West. Through tickets sold and baggage checked to all principal points. Sleeping cars on all Night Trains. ( JAMES ANDERSON, General Sup't. 0T A. Pope,Gen. Passenger and Ticket Agent. ^OTICE# jj OFFICE CHARLOTTE, COL. & AUG. R. R. Columbia, S. C., July 31, 1874. BY recent changes in the schedules of Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta, and Atlanta and Richmond Air Line Railroads, arranged for the especial accommodation of the traveling phblic, 2I086 connections are now made via Charlotte to Spartanburg, Greenville and all points along the line of the A. <fe R. A. L. Railway and via A., T. ^ k 0. and Carolina Central Railroads, for Cherry- ''oKuS ville, Lincolnton, Statesville, Hickory Tavern, lif f| Asheville, Ac. See schedule below: going north. ' < Leave Columbia, 4 00 A. M. Arrive at Charlotte, 2 20 P. M. Leave Charlotte, via A. & R. A. L. R. 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 Cherrvville, Ac., 3 00 P. M. Leave Charlotte, via A., T. AO. R. R. for Statesville, Hickory Tavern, etcetera, 3 25 P. M. -oi going south. Leave Greenville, - 2 06 A. M. Leave Spartanburg, 4 03 A. M. Arrive at Charlotte, - 8 06 A. M. Leave Charlotte, 8 30 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 DHERAW AND DARLIffGTOF B. BOAD. PRESIDENT'S OFFICE,) Chkbaw A Darlington Railroad Co., } Society Hill, S. C., October 10, 1878. ) CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. ON and after MONDAY, 13th of October, the passenger train will run as follows: Down Train. Up Train. Leave Cheraw 8.00, A. M. Leave Florence....3.00, P. M. Leave Cash'a 8.20, A. M. Leave Palmetto,....3.20, P. M. Leave Society Hill.8.45, A. M. Leave Darlington...3.40,P. M. + Leave Dove'n 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 Caah'i 5.10, P.M. 4rrlveat Florence. 10.30, A. M. Arrive at Cheraw..5.30, P. M* The Freight Train will continue for the present io run as heretofore, except to adapt its running und stoppages to the changed schedule of the pasiAn/?aw troitiQ SCXigCl June 4 23 tf Ihe farMlt (foquim. TERMS?IN ADVANCE I One copy, one year. $ 3 00 One copy, six months, 1 00 One copy, three months, 2 50 Single copy, 10 ^ Two copies, one year, fi 00 Ten conies, one year, 25 00 -i?3~ To persons who make up clubs often or more names, an extra copy of the paper will be furnished one year, free of charge.