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Mumoroiis Department. HE FINALLY WENT. Yesterday afternoon an old man appeared before the Detroit and Lansing Railroad ticket window at the Central Depot and asked: "What you charge for a ticket to Lansing ?" "Two-sixty," replied the agent, wetting his thumb and reaching out for the money. "Two dollars und zixty cints !" exclaimed the stranger, pulling his head out of the window. "Yes, sir, that is the regular fare." "Then I stbays here by Detroit forty years!" said the man, getting red in the face. "I haf never seen no sush'n swindle as dat!" "Two-sixty is the regular fare and you will have to pay it if you go," replied the agent. "I shust gef you two dollar und no more," said the stranger. "No ; can't do it." "Veil, den I sthays rait Detroit, till I dies," growled the old man, and he went away and walked around the depot. He expected to be called back as he left the window, as a man is often called back to "take it along" when he has been chaffing with a clothing dealer. Such an event aia not occur, ana, alter a tew minutes, the old man returned and called out? "Veil, Igef you two dollars and ten cents." "No, can't do it," replied the agent. "Veil, den I don't go, so help me grashus ! I have lived in Detroit three yare, uud shall bay bolice tax, sewer tax, und want to grow up mit dis town, und I shall not be swindlet." He walked off again, looking back to see if the agent would not call him, and, after a stroll around he returned to the window, threw down some money, and said : "Veil, dake two dollar uud twenty cints and gif rae'n dickette." "My dear sir, can't you understand that we have a schedule of prices here, and that I must go by it?" replied the agent. J T -1.1 .. ri i 'i J I veil, uen, 1 scnays mic .uetroii von uousand yare!" exclaimed the stranger, madder than ever. "I bays bolice taxes und sewer taxes, und I shall see about this by the Sheaf of Bolice." He walked off again, and as he saw the locomotive backing up to couple on the train, he went back to the window and said : "Gif rae'n dicket for two dollar and thirty cints and I rides on de blatforra !" "Can't do it," said the agent. "VeU, den, py golly, I spikes to you what I doses! Here is detn two dollar and sixty cents, and I goes to Lansing and never comes back. Xo, sir, I shall never come back, or I shall come rait de blank road. I bays taxes by dem bolice, and by dem zewers, und I shall show you dat I shall haf noddings more to do rait dis town!" He went on the train. "SOLD, BY^THUNDER. ' One night, recently, a Whitehall gentleman was on the Troy train, returning home. At Saratoga, a gentleman from Rutland took a seat behind the Whitehaller. In a few minutes a conversation was opened between the two. Ascertaining that our friend was from Whitehall, the Rutland geutleman asked him if he knew Wilkins, the editor of the Times. "Know him ! I ought to know hira, for he is very intimate with my wife." "You don't say ?" replied the Rutland man, in astonishment. "Yes, sir. I don't want it repeated, but I have indisputable evidence that he has been on terms of the closest intimacy with her." "But, my friend, you don't live with the woman ?" "Yes, sir; strange as it may seem, I do. 0 sir, you little know what a man will put up with from the wornau he loves. This intimacy has been carried on for years, and yet by the love I bear the woman I have never yet broken with my wife." "But you cannot possibly put up with such conduct on the part of your wife? If she is intimate with Wilkins, I should think you would brand the villain before the world. I would not submit. No, sir: I would not!" The Rutland man had worked himself up to a pitch of excitement, when the train stopped at Whitehall. "Good night, sir!" said the Whitehall gentleman. "I hope we will meet again. I thank you for the interest you have taken in my affairs and the two gentlemen shook hands Just then the conductor entered the car, and the Rutland man stepped up and asked him who the gentleman was he had been conversing with. "That man," said Conductor Holcomb; "don't you know him? That is Wilkins, editor of the "Whitehall Times." "Sold, by thunder!" said the Rutland man, putting his fingers in his pocket and taking out something. "Mr. Conductor, will you please give him this card and accompanying five dollars, and tell him to send me his paper so long as the money lasts ?" A RAFFLED BOOK AGENT. A very prepossessing young lady, canvassing for a popular book, stepped into the office of a prominent real estate broker, the other morning, and finding no one in but the broker, and he apparently at leisure, asked him to look at her book. The gentleman politely informed her that it would only be a waste of time, as he could not purchase it. "0 ! never mind that," ejaculated the vivacious young woman ; "it won't cost any thing to look at it, even if you don't buy. I should like to have you read some portions of it and see what it is." The accommodating broker took the volume, and, glancing at the title page, commenced a perusal of the introduction. This finished, he began at the first chapter and read carefully and lesiurely along. T, 1 i til 1 1 it was aoout nine ociock wnen ne commenced, and an hour passed silently away. Then the book agent began to exhibit signs of nervousness, which were apparently unnoted by the broker, for he never raised his eyes from the volume, but read steadily on. Eleven o'clock came, and the lady began to walk rather smartly about the room, glancing occasionally out of the windows. At noon the broker was still reading, and the agent wore a decidely troubled countenance. A few minutes before one o'clock the broker laid the book down, leisurely donned his overcoat and hat, and remarked, "That is a very good book. I am sorry that I cannot read more of it, but I am obliged to go to dinner. If you will call in this afternoon I will read some more of it." The expression on the lady's face as she put that book into her satchel and departed is indescribable, and it is needless to add that she did not appear in the afternoon, and the broker can't tell for the life of him how the story turned out. Seeinc the Ktnt;.?A gentleman at Washington was requested by a friend to join him on a visit to the depot to witness the arrival of the King of Sandwitches. "No, sir not much,"growled the gentleman. "Have you ever seen a king in your travels?" inquired the friend, marvelling somewhat at his short answer. "Yes, sir," replied the gentleman. "I was once guilty of seeing three kings." Then after a moment's pause, went on to say, "And they cost me one hundred and fifty dollars, sir. Those were war times, however." His friend suggested he must have been in bad company. "Well, I don't know," says the gentleman ; "I thought I was in pretty good company at the time. I called to see those three kings in company with three queens, another king and an ace spot, and have never had any desire to see one of the royal family since." His friend saw the point, said he passed, and shuffled off. What He Could Do.?A youth who attended a revival meeting for the fun of the thing, inquired of the minister, "Whether he could work a miracle or not?" The young man's curiosity was satisfied by the minister kicking him out of church with the malediction, "We cannot work miracles, but we can cast out devils!" ; fteadittg for the fabbath. | CONDUCTED BY j REV. ROKEIIT LATHAN. [Original.] | BEWARE. j They are well guided whom God guides, i | With great propriety, and with absolute truth, i j we may all say, "by the grace of God I am | j what I am." Were it not for the power of j God's convicting and converting grace, none j of the human family would ever forsake their | I sins and turn unto the Lord. Were it not! i for the sustaining grace of God, all the con| victed and converted would return to their j evil ways as the washed sow returns to wal- i ; lowing in the mire. Were it not for the res- | I training grace of God, all men would be, so j far as they could, sinners in the sight of God. The reason that some men are truthful and /-vfV*A**c? r>/\f fV\ of cntrtn man o ra Virvnnat Ollfl I Wtli^lO 11VU lUOO OUIII^ IllUii UIV IIVUVOU III1U others dishonest, is that some men are restrained by God's grace, and others are not. When we hear of some one committing a crime which consigns him to hopeless infamy and shame, we should reflect that the only reason that we are not in a similar condition is, God ha3 restrained us. We should remember that it is wholly of grace that we are out of the region of hopeless woe. We should beware of the dangerous delusion of depending on our own streugth. f Original.] REPENT. No man can enter heaven unless he repent. This is a personal change. It admits of nothing that has the semblance of proxy. Parents cannot repent for their children ; neither can children repent for their parents. Every one must repent for himself. It is to be feared that a large number of the human family have very incorrect ideas respecting that important subject. No doubt, many think they have repented, because they have connected themi m it i i n i! i selves wun tne cnurcn. lyounecuug ourseivus with the church is one thing, and repenting is another. Under ordinary circumstances, all who repent connect themselves with some branch of the church, but many make even a creditable profession of religion who are strangers to the saving work of repentance. There is a difference between the meaning of the words repentance and repeuting, which should be carefully noticed. Repentance is the gift of God. Christ was exalted by the right of God to be a Prince and a Saviour to give repentance. Acts, v: 31. Repenting is the work of a sinner. God gives the sinner the ability to turn from his sins. This is repentance. When the sinner exercises the power given him, that is repenting. The capability to repent is included in that work of God's grace which is usually called regeneration. It is clear that none except those who are regenerated by God's holy spirit, can, in the strict scriptural sense of the word, repent. Repenting is the act of forsaking sin. We are not, however, to conclude that it is simply a negative state of mind. It is ceasing to sin, and learning to do well. Repenting does not consist in a single act, but in a series of acts, continued as long as we live. As long as we live we will have some sin?sotne transgression of God's law for which we must at heart be sorry, and from the practice of which we must cease. SOCIETYTX CHRIST. That which leads young people astray, is not so much any concrete form of pleasure as it is evil companionship. The devil's choicest emissary is a bosom frieud, and that which is sapping the life of the church is that its members find their bosom friends in those who know nothing of a Christian's faith and a Christian's Saviour. I can imagine even a theatre that would be pure and virtuous, but I cannot imagine an evil companionship that would be pure and virtuous. I would far rather have ray child live among Christians* I meau real Christians, who played all sorts of games, than to live among Christless people who carefully abstained from playing any games. I am afraid that many Christian teachers do not make this just dscrimination, and hence fulminate against this or that outward form of amusement, when the serpent in the whole thing is evil companionship. It should be the constant care of Christian parents to see that their children, while yet small and under complete control, have the companionship of such children as belong to decidedly religious families, and, as they grow older, to strengthen the tendency thus foTrned, to union with a godly society. But oh ! what objections arise to this plan ! "The rule would keep my children from intimacy with some of the very cynosures of wealth and ton. And just think of my bringing them up as Ciuderellas! And then, too, what a sour-visaged generation would I rear, only fit for funerals and praver-meetiugs! Be>ide3, Christian youth are so dull and stupid. If I wish my children to have wit and snc.p, they must go elsewhere to get it." This i-? the familiar style of repartee which a faith fid man meets when he endeavors to show a young Christian mother or father what the claims of Christ are upon the parent. It is vain to show the falsehood of some of the statements and the vanity of others. The ears are deaf. The trouble is, the heart is set on the tinsel of fashion, and everything is distorted by this radical perversion. Christiau society does seem stupid and prayer-meetings very melancholy things to a man who is inhaling the nitrous oxide of a j worldly society. Sober things are miserably dull to a drunken man. But, after all, the sober things are the best. But even when Christian pareuts are not themselves plunged up to the neck in worldliness, they are often willing to let their children jump in. "It is liberal," says the devil. "* ' ? ? ? 1 P t? 1.4 . Ana they take mm to oe an angei 01 lignc; and so reluctantly they say, "We-e-ell, yes and away the son or the daughter hies to the school of iramorals. How often we find that the Christian parent is an invertebrate animal! Now I take it that fun and frolic and every other innocent good thing is at home among , consistent Christians, and, what is better,! Christ is there too. Is mirth sanctified no I longer mirth? Is merriment that recognizes | Jesus no longer merriment? The very pith of the Christian's happiness is, that whether he j eats or drinks, or whatever he does, he can do all to the glory of God. What a dreadful 1 misconstruction it is that confounds godliness and gloom ! Let us teach our young people j from the beginning on this subject, before the ' world gets its lie in their heads, that sets them ; a longing for Moab or Philistia. Let home | be made both Christian and cheerful. The : two adjectives should never be separated. \ i Under such influences let our young people . [ be brought up with as little idea of joining the gay idlers of the world as of joining the j pot-house politicians. Let their tastes be j formed in a Christian mould, which discrimi- j nates between recreation and indolence, be- j tween joyousness and gayety, between manli- j I ness and worldlincss, between social activity I and fashionable society, between healthy exi citement and dissipation. Now the key to all this is the deliberate ! j formation of Christian acquaintance. Refine-' j ment need not be sacrificed, nor education, ! ~~^" 1 Pof Knr\o o 11 nrrnr line I HOT SjJUClUl UlSLCS. I (;ujaj/o uii VI i VI i*??v ; ! sometimes been made just here, and the inno-, ' cent demands of the character and disposition have been ignored and rudely shocked, i There is abundance of good material for every | Christian family to use in this most importI ant work of anchoring young hearts amid | Christian influences when their social instincts are strongest. Let the Lord's people draw j together. They are a large host. "He that walketh with wise men shall be wise ; but a companion of fools shall be destroyed." jProv. 13: 20. "Bo ye not unequally yoked with unbelievers." 2 Cor. 6 : 14. The Old I , Testament and the New are all one. It is in ; a separation from the world and a separation junto Christ, that the highest typeofChris! tian character, with its peace and power, its i glory and gladness, is found. / WZJ 1^/ Vjfruj GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. [continued from first page.] of the people affected by these appointments. This impossibility becomes more apparent when the Governor finds himself surrounded and trammeled in the discharge of his duty in this respect, by what are considered his obligations to the political party to which he owes his election. The people of the.several counties are certainly bettor qualified to select these officers j than any central appointing power can lie, and ! they are more certain to act in the spirit of a ! desire to secure the welfare of their local com-1 raunity than any Governor can be expected j tube. Their knowledge is greater, their in- j. terest is greater, and hence their selections j will be better. It is sometimes suggested that: if these officers were elected by the people, ;. their removal, if found unworthy, would be!; too difficult. The answer is, that the fact of j the difficulty in procuring their removal would ; in the first place, produce that very caution in j making the selection which is needed. But, j in the second place, there need be no undue I! delay in procuring the removal of unworthy' justices of the peace. They can, under the. constitution, ne removed ov ine prouuasui mi- i peachinent or address, and I see no difficulty in providing by statute that an indictment for any misconduct should work the suspension, and a conviction of such offense should work a forfeiture of the office. No officer ought certainly to hold his office by a weaker j tenure than this. If the constitutional sys-1 tern shall, after fair trial, prove to he objectionable, the constitution can be so amended as to put an end to the system and substitute abetter system. My deliberate conclusion, after a careful consideration, is that the general assembly is bound by the constitution to provide for the election by the people of the several counties of justices of the peace and constables, and I make that recommendation without hesitation. Registration of Electors.? In my inaugural address, I recommended that the provision of the State Constitution which makes it the duty of the General Assembly "to provide, from time to time, for the registration of all electors," should be no longer disregarded. I have observed the discussion which this recommendation has occasioned, but I am unable to feel the force of any arguments drawn from considerations of political policy, when opposed to a plain requirement of the Constitution. If it were demonstrable that party advantage would arise from the neglect of this retirement of the Constitution, it would not have a feather's weight in deterring me from carrying into effect the Constitution which I have sworn to support. But it is idle to urge that a registration of electors is an obvious measure of justice. It will not prevent all election frauds, but it will go far towards that end, and will tend to give a degree of confidence in the result of our elections, which has sometimes been wanting. In conclusion, I feel warranted in congratulating the general assembly and our fellow citizens generally, on the evidences already presented of a purpose on the part of all good citizens to aid the present administration in its efforts to restore and euforce good government in our State. It is not too much to say that every substantial interest of our people lias already revived, under the belief that our public trusts will be honestly administered. I acknowledge with gratitude, in the common interest of our whole people, the many proofs which I have received of the sincere purpose of those who did not support me in the late election to sustain the measure and policy announced in my inaugural address. It betokens a practical unification, in its best sense, of our two races. So long as I can he the instrument by which such results are promoted, I shall not be disturbed by the unfriendly criticisms ofthe few who may charge me with lack of partisan zeal. My political principles will never be concealed nor compromised, but whenever the necessities of any political party shall require me to disregard or abuse my public trusts, then my allegiance to that party will cease. All my recommenflnti'rinc nnw nnd heretofore made in the di rection of public economy, have been made in good faith, nor shall I be satisfied, to borrow the language of another, with "that vague and verbal economy which public men are ready to express with regard to public expenditures, but only with the earnest and inexorable economy which proclaims its existence hy accomplished facts." The most auspicious day for our State will be the day which finds all our people so united in their regard for the public weal that the advent to power of any political party shall not endanger the liberties or the material interests of any class of our fellow-citizens. D. H. CHAMBERLAIN, Governor. O.v the Right Track.?So far the administration of Governor Chamberlain, of South Carolina, has given unexpected satisfaction to the respectable people of that State. At a recent meeting of the council of the Abbeville Patrons of Husbandry, a resolution was adopted to the effect that "the agriculturists had occasion to cheer up under the brightening prospects of the future, as indicated by the statesmanlike utterances of Gov. Chamberlain," and earnestly expressing the hope that, as he has the power, he will see ' i i 1' 1 C ; ttnit tne peopie are reneveu irom oppression | and misrule. This resolution having been ; communicated to Governor Chamberlain, he ! responded as follows : | "I consider myself fortunate to have been able to deserve the commendation expressed in your resolutions. For the agriculturists of our State, as for all who are engaged in producing the wealth of the country, I have the most cordial respect. If my administration : shall command their approval, it will be a source of great satisfaction to me. The course that I have marked out in my inaugural will be carefully followed by me, unless better ; modes of reaching the desired ends shall be pointed out to me. In all this I trust I shall continue to receive your approval aud support." Governor Chamberlain is on the right track, and if he steadily persists in the course marked out, his administration may prove a blessing to South Carolina.?Balthnoic Sun. Daxcehous Stimulants.?That man is nothing less than a deliberate suicide who j drinks tea, coffee, or ardent spirits of any ! kind, to induce him to perform a work in ; hand when he feels too weak to go through : with it without such aid. This is the reason ! that the majority of great orators and public ; favorites die drunkards. The pulpit, the | bench, the bar, the forum, have contributed 1 their legions of victims to drunken habits. I The beautiful woman, the sweet singer, the conversationalist, the periodical writer, has !1 filled but too often a drunkard's grave. The best possible thing for a man to do when he feels too tired to perform a task, or too weak to carry it through, is to go to bed and sleep ; a week if he can. This is the only true recupe-1 ration of hrain power; the only actual re-1 "n,fni Lroiti fntv-PQ hnniiiisp. dnrinp- sleen. the brain is, in a sense, at rest, in a condition to receive and appropriate particles of uutri- ' nicnt from the blood, which take the place of those which have been consumed iu previous j labor. Mere stimulants supply nothing ; they only goad the brain, force it to a greater consumption of the substance, until that sub-! stance has been so fully exhausted that there is not power enough left to receive a supply ; just as men are sometimes so near death by . thirst and starvation, that there is not strength j enough left to swallow anything, and all is 1 over. The capacity of the brain for receiving recuperative particles sometimes comes on with the rapidity of lightning, and the man ; becomes mad in an instant; in an instant falls into convulsions, in an instant loses all sense, and lie is an idiot. We repeat, there is a re newed force for the brain only in early and abundant sleep. Jfe?" If you have a good sister, love and cherish her with all your heart. If you have none, why then love and cherish the good sistor of some other man with all your heart. I ;j NEARLY all diseases originate from Tndigestion and Torpidity of the Liver, and relief is always anxiously sought after. If the Liver is Rejrtilated in its'acfiuti, health is almost invaria- | hlv secured. Want of action in the Liver causes [ Headache, Constipation, Jaundice, Pain in the J Shoulders, Couirh, chills. Dizziness, Sour Stom- ] aeh, had taste in tiie mouth, bilious attacks, palpi- j I tation of the heart, depression of spirits, or the j hhio-;, ami a hundred other svmploins, ior which i g SIMMONS* LIVER REGULATOR is the best remedy that has ever been discovered. It acts mildly, effectually, and being a simple vegetable tl compound, run do no injury in any quantities ?; that it may betaken. It is harmless .11 every way. In It has been used for 10 years, and hundreds* of the 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 110 drastic violent medicine, Issure to cure if taken regularly, Is 110 intoxicating beverage, -p Is a faultless family medicine, X Is the cheapest medicine in the world, Is given with safety and the happiest results to the most,delicate infant. Docs not interfere with business, Does not disarrange the system, _ Takes the nlaco of Quinine and Ritters of every Ikind, " Contains the simplest and best remedies. For sale by all Druggists. March 20 13 ly* ??mam mm mm ?n??a?? m ??a?? THE YORKYILLE ENQUIRER. VOLUME 31?1 H7?ji. G 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 nromi.se greater at tractions, t owing to increased facilities in every department, 1 than we have heretofore been enabled to present. As a non-partisan independent family newspaper, the future editorial conduct of t)ie ENQUIRERean bo as well judged by the past, as by any promise which we might now feel disposed o to make. An experience of thirty-four years in A the newspaper business, seventeen of which have been unremittingly devoted to the management of the ENQUIRER, fully convinces the proprietor that the plan he adopted on assuming control T of the paper, is the correct modo 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 tliis course is fully attested, not only by the success of the ENQUIRER, t which can truthfully claim the largest circulation I 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 pub- P lisha LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER, which shall be 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 homo 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 day, and in the lirst number of the new volume will be com- menccd 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 securer! as a regular contributor to the Literary Department of tho ENQUIRER. This story, entitled "THE SEVEN SISTERS OF YORK/5 will be followed by others, of which we may men- tion as the titles?"UNCLE BRAINERD'S WILL;" "SLEEPY IIOLLOWand a highly sensational story entitled "ZANITA, THE CIRCUS GIRL," ? Abounding in romantic adventure and exciting ti incident, and portraying in vivid style tho tempta- or tions and triumphs'ofa beautiful actress. tl THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, i Rev. Mr. Lathan will continue his regular contributions to the "Sabbath Reading" and "Children's Department," which, under his manageincut for the past five years, have been an impor- | tant feature of the ENQUIRER; and with the J usual melange of Miscellaneous Reading adapted 1 to all tastes; tho Agricultural Department, con- " tabling practical and useful information for the !l farmer and house-wife: a column of Humorous y Readme: every week; ''Scraps and Facts," einbracing light current topics; a corn pond of News n Abroad andnt Home ; Correspondence; Commcr- l'( cial and Market Reports; Editorial Articles on J appropriate subjects, intended to promote the welfare and prosperity of our people, wo hope to u make the ENQUIRER replete as "a map of busy w CHESTER CORRESPONDENCE. 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The premiums will be awarded to the successful competitors at one o'clock, p. in., on the FIRST MONDAY IN MARCH, 1875. NO POSTAGE ON THE ENQUIRER. Under the new postage law, after the 1st of ... January next, the postage on all newspapers 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 1 THESUBSC 111HERS FOR THE SAME ; so that the only cost of the ENQUIRER to a mail sub- "| seriber, whether in the county or out of it, will be | at the following tl terms s ;;; Single cop}* one year, ? 3 00 In clubs, each subscriber, per year, '2 50 a] How to Rkmit.?Money may bo forwarded at J., our risk by draft, post-ollice order, or in registered letter?otherwise we will assume no risk. Write names plainly, giving post-ollice, _ county and State. .pfi- Specimen copies of the ENQUIRER will be sent to any address on application. Address *" all letters to L.. 31. GRIST, Proprietor, Yni'lfvilln S. P. C. APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE. c NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned, Administrator of theestate of K. J. EOS- '> TEIt, deceased, will make a final settlement C with the Judge of Probate for York County, on ti the llth day of February, next, when he will make application for discharge as Administrator of the said estate. J. A. CARROLL, Administrator. 1 January 7 1 at ? FAIR WARNING. t! ALL persons are hereby cautioned not to hunt, fish, cut timber, pass over, or otherwise tres- C pass upon my lands, without having firstobtained my consent, as I will prosecute, to the full extent of the law, all who do so. JOEL W. RAWLINSON, January 7 1 Jt j IMPORTANT NEWS TO PLANTERS! GREAT DEDUCTION IN PRICES ! j In view of the low prices obtained for Cotton io present season, and in order to place onr nanos within the reach of every planter, we ive greatly reduced onr prices. They will he sold as follows: T H 3E5 CAROLINA FERTILIZER, CASH PRICE, TRTON OF 2000 POUNDS, $46. Payable May 1st, 1875. '1'i.nK ntitc, >ER TON OF 2000 POUNDS, $53. Payable Nov. 1st, 1875, free of Interest. THE IRADLEY'S PATENT PHOSPHATE. Cash Price, ?ER TON OF 2000 LBS., $46. Payable May 1st, 1875. Time Price, >ER TON OF 2000 LBS., $53. Payable NovMst, 1875, free'of Interest. 'HE PALMETTO ACID PHOSPHATE. Cash Price, >ER TON OF 2000 LBS., $30. Payable May 1st, 1875. Time Price, >ER TON OF 2000 LBS., $35. Payable Nov. 1st, 1875, free of Interest. 'HEIGHT AND DRAYAGE TO BE ADDED. Call nn Agents for Almanacs and Information. FOR SALE BY CLARK BROTHERS, Yorkville, S. C. J. M. IVY & CO Rock Hill, S. C. GEO. W. WILLIAMS & CO., Proprietors, Charleston, S. C. January 14 2 4m W. P. IIOBBS. _ DISSOLUTION OF COPARTNERSHIP. rHE firm of CONNER, HOBBS & DOBSON has been dissolved by mutual consent, and le business of the late firm passes into the hands f the undersigned, who assumes all existing con- j acts, and to whom all indebtedness to thecon?rn must be paid. It is imperatively necessary I i.at the business of the late firm bo speedily [osed, and all persons on whom we have claims ro requested to call and settle at once. W. P. IIOBBS. THEI^EW BUSINESS. IAVING become, by purchase, sole proprietor of the YORKVILLE COACH FACTORY, respectfully announce that I shall conduct the usiness as heretofore. Besides keeping on hand full stock of PLEASURE VEHICLES OF ALL INSCRIPTIONS, any article of special stylo or esign will be made at short notice and in supeor manner. By havingemployed only the most nnpetent workmen, in their respective branches, feel assured that I can please the most exacting iste, both as to style and durability. Persons in ant of any kind of PLEASURE CARRIAGE ill do well to examine my stock. W. P. IIOBBS. REPAIRING, 3 EPAINTING, Ac., done, as heretofore, inthe | .1, best style and at the lowest prices for cash, j hioh, in all cases will ne expected on me iienv ry of work. W. P. IIOBBS. :he stono phosphate co. J OF CHARLESTON, S. C. rILLIAMS, BLACK & WILLIAMS, Agents, No. 3 Cotton Exchange, SOUTH ATLANTIC WHARF. These First Class Fertilizers, carefully prepared ndcr the special supervi sion of our Chemist, Dr. T. J U LI EN RAVENEL, are now offered at reuced rates. THE STONO SOLUBLE GUANO Is a thoroughly-ammoniated Fertilizer. .'he stono acid phosphate i excellent for composting, or in the drill with seed. Special rates will be made with all purchasers ir Cash Orders. Address E. C. WILLIAMS, Treasurer, Key Box 4S<1, Charleston, S. C. EFFERYSct METTS, Agents, Yorkville, S. C. January 7 1 3m TATE OF SOUTH CAROEINA^ YORK COUNTY. niTHEREAS J. F. WALLACE, Clerk cf the f? Circuit Court, has applied to ine for Letxs of Administration, on all and singular the wds and chattels, rights and credits of Mrs. AROLINE LOWRY, late of the county aforelid, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all id singular, the kindred and creditors of the tid deceased, to he and appear before me, at our ext Judge of Probate's Court, for the said counr, to he Iiolden at York Court House, on the 2(>TH AY OF FEBRUARY, next, to shew cause, it ly tho3r can, why the said Administrationshould it be granted. iven under my hand and seal, this Mth day of January, in the year of our Lord,one thousand eight hundred and seventy-live, and in the !?f>th year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America. Joseph a. Mclean, Judge of Probate. Jan liar}' 14 li t?t IN THE PROBATE COURT, YORK COUNTY. .A.Roberts and others, against Harriet Parks and others. [JURSUANT to an order made in the foregoing L cause, all persons holding demands against leestate of THOMASC. PARKS, deceased, will )inc forward and establish the same before me, ; my office, in Yorkvilie, S. 0., on or before the ith day of February next, or be debarred from ay distribution of the assets realized from the do of lands of deceased. J. A. MoIjKAN, Probate Judge. York County. January 7 1 fit J. S. It. THOMSON, KililClTOR INBANKRUPTCY, YORKVILLE, S. C. 4 PECIAL attention given to liliiig of petitions, 5 to the prosecution of claims in Bankruptcy, ad the collection and forwarding of Dividends to reditors. When I am absent from Yorkvilie, all usiness, of the kind above mentioned, left for le with C. E. SPENCER, Esq., (at Law Office of lawson & Thomson) will receive prompt attenon. March 12 11 tf NOTICE. VOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned will make application at the next session of io Legislature of South Carolina, for the re-char- ] r of THORN'S FERRY, on the Catawba River, | n the road leading from Yorkvilie, S. C., to j harlotte, N. C. SARAI1 THORN. | October 20 44 3m HEATING STOVE. \ SMALL HEATING STOVE for salo. Apply at this Oflloe. JOHN H. ADAMS. I FALL AND WINTER GOODS!* THE undersigned would respectfully announce to his friends and the public generally that his stock of FALL AND WINTER COOLS is now complete having been purehased in the northern markets, from first dealers, by that experienced and judicious buyer, COL. MoC'ORKLK. In my stock may he found a full and complete line of DRESS GOODS, Including black and colored Silks, Velvet, Velveteen, Serges, Sateens. Poplins, Valours, and a ; great variety of Cotton Prints, of all qualities and at all prices. WHITE GOODS, j In full variety, Ribbons, Hosiery, Gloves, Hand- | kerchiefs, Table Damask, Hats, Flowers and | Feathers, and a general stoek of Fancy Articles, j Besides the above, in my stock may be found I a complete assortment of | GOODS FOR GENTS'WEAR, Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Jeans, Tweeds, Cassir meres, Cloths, etc., Shirts, Under-Clothing, and a full assortment of Gent's Furnishing Goods. My stock will bo kept full during the season, and will embrace every article usually kept in A FIRST-GLASS ESTABLISHMENT, to an examination of which the public aro respectfully invited, feeling confident, as I do, that the inducements I can otTer are second to none in the market. JOHN IT. ADAMS. Nos. 3 Broad Street and 109 East Bay Street, CHARLESTON, S.C. STiraiiis First-Class Work OUR SPECIALTY, YET, BY USING CHEAPER GRADES OF STOCK. WE CAN FURNISH WORK AT LOWEST LIVING PRICES. FINE FASHIINABLTSIATIONERY, Piries Paper and Envelopes. Redding and gall (Invitations ON THE BEST STOCK AND PRINTED IN THE LATEST STYLE. i ?? 4 September 10 37 tf A. WIliLIFOBD, ROCK HILL, S. C. LIYERY AND SALE STABLES. THE undersigned gives notice that he is still in the above business, at Rock Hill, and has constantly on band a tine lot of HORSES AND MULES, Of all grades, from the nimble trotter and steady pacer to the sturdy farm and draft horse. Hi's Mules are as intelligent, as faithful and dilligent, as can be found in any equine collection, and he feels warranted in assuring the public that he can give as good bargains in horseflesh as can be obtained anywhere in the State. JbJAUJtliLll IrXl^ or. Besides the business of selling horses, Ialsobuy and swap. While I don't deny that I can be beaten in a swap, yet to keep things lively I am always ready for a trade. So give me a call, all ye who wish to buy, sell or swap. HORSE DROVERS Will, at all times, find ample accommodations at my Stables for their stock?attentive ostlers, clean, airy stables, plenty of provender, and reasonable charges. LIVERY DEPARTMENT. Horses and Vehicles hired, and careful drivers to convey travelers to any point. This branch of my business is never neglected, and I am prepared at all times to furnish easy saddle horses, or teams and carriages, at the most favorable prices. A. WTTJ IFORD. Rock Hill, S. C. December 10 f>0 ly ~ THE GREAT SOUTHERN DRY GOODS HOUSE, FURCHGOTT, BENEDICT & CO., 275 KING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. The Cheapest Dry Goods, Oil Cloth, jVEatting-s, Notions, Carpets, Ru^s, Etc., THIS SIDE OF1 NEW YORK. For prices, see Special Notice. September 10 37 (im ~ C. WEST & SONS ALADDIN s%"irILti THE BEST OIL IN USE. WARRANTED 150 DEGREES FIRE TEST WATER WHITE IN COLOR. FULLY DEODORIZED. AND IT WILL NOT EXPLODE. It burns in Coal Oil and Kerosene Lamps. TRY IT. A3k for "Aladdin Security," and take no other. C. WEST & SONS, ri 113 and 115 W. Lombard i$t. Baltimore, Md. Dec 24 52 6ms fci;|TBATTO5ADLEj THE LEADING INSTITUTION IN THE U. S. ??irijop Voonfinna Send for Catalogue riinc/nii mu |_ and College Documents. For Splendid Speeimens of Penmanship, enclose two P. O. Stamps. Address W. H. SADLER, President, Nos. f> A 8 N. Charles St., Baltimore, Md. January 1 1 tf fs<] ii n n yj 11 &vi i ^ [tf iTi fciti' i I ^ n June 4 23 tf AUCTIONEERING. TIIE undersigned takes this method to notify ; the public that he will give prompt attention i to AUCTIONEERING in "iork and the adjoining counties. Communications may be addressed to him at Yorkville. S. C. S. G. BROWN. March 5 10 tf f ~ AGRICULTURAL LIENS, MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to Real Estate. For sale at tho ENQUIRER OFFICE. January 14 2 tf fllHE COOKING STOVES manufactured at our ^ X works in Greensboro, N. C., give universal I satisfaction wherever introduced. They are made V of the BEST SCOTCH PIG METAL, with heav- J ier and thicker plate than any other Stove in the market, and consequently will the longer with- stand heat and hard usage. They are of hand some pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal in every other respect to any Cooking Stove sold in the United States, while it is confidentlyclaimed that 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 j sizes are never changed. Should a piece get acci- dentally broken at any time, we can replace it at the mere cost of casting. Not simply oecause it 1 4!? r\n onnnnnt nf ita intrin is a nome pmuimiuu, uuw./.. ? sic 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, ;l Guthriesvillc; John A. Drown, 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 STOVE THAT IS MORE DURABLE than those of northern make. The following are our prices, I delivered at depot in Greensboro : No. 8, with 10 pieces ware and 8 feet pipe, $30 00 i< j n <> ?? " << << >< 26 00 Address, SERGEANT A McCAULEY, Greensboro, N. C. JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, S. C. Eflma ' GRAND, SQUARE, AND UPRIGHT PIANOS 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 a the very best materials and the most thorough t workmanship will permit. The principal pianists I and composers and the piano-purchasing public, of the South especially, unite in the unanimous verdict of the superiority of the STIEFF PIANO. The DURABILITY of our instruments is fully established by over SIXTY SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES, in the South, using over 300 of our Pianos. Sole Wholesale Agents for several of the prin- . cipal manufacturers of Cabinet and Parlor Organs. Prices from $50 to $000. 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 names of over 2000 Southerners who have bought and are using (he StiefT Piano. CHAS. M. STIEFF, Warerooms, No. 9 North Liberty Street, ? ? mTU/wiP un UALi A UltfllL., mui Factories, 84 and 80 Camden St., and 45 and 47 Perry St. May 21 21 ly "soluble pacific guano. 948 Cash ; 953 Time, without Interest. PACIFIC Gnano Company's Compound Acid Phosphate of Lime for Composting with Cotton Seed?$30 Cash; $35 Time, without Interest. To accommodate Planters, they can order now and have until 1st April to decide whether they will take at time or cash price. When delivered r from factory by carload, no drayage will be charged. This Guano is now so well known in all the Southern States for its remarkable effects ^ as an agency for increasing the products 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 put into market this season are, as heretofore, prepared under thesuperintendenceof Dr. St. Julian Ravenel, Chemist of the Company, at Charleston, 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 A CO., General Agents Baltimore. November 20 48 3m music hath charms. &c. WITH pleasure I inform all who desire to give their children a chance for a musical education, but whose means are very limited, that I have made arrangements with the celebrated "Mason A Hamlin Organ Co.," to supply persons with their unrivaled instrument, either at lowest factory prices, for cash, or on monthly or quarterly 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, becomes the owner of the Organ without further payment. Call and enquire for particulars and see the new styles, at my Photo gallery, in the Adickes' building, where I may be 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. ft. sununn, P. S.?Notwithstanding all the misrepresentations and "gab" of smart agents of the "Ring" companies, I still insist that I have the best and cheapest Sowing Machine (the American) to offer, and I am ready to prove my words to all who seek for the triith in the matter. J. R. S. TO TEXAS AND ARKANSAS. THE completion of the TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILROAD enables the Kenesaw Route, via Western and Atlanta Rail Road, to offer tho 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 $5 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 B. W. WRENN, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, Atlanta, Ga. September 24 39 tf STXTEOF SOUTH CAROLINA, Columbia, April 24th, 1873. THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER is hereby designated as the newspaper for the publication of all Legal Notices and Official Advertisements for the county of York, under the Act approved February 22nd, 1870, entitled "An Act to regulate the publication of all Legal and public Notices, and the order heretofore issued designatingthe "Carolina New Era" as the official paper for the county of York is hereby rescinded. Bv order of tbo Board. H. E. HAYNE, Secretary of State, and Secretary of the Board. I HENRY E. HAYNE, Secretary of State, and Secretary of the Board, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Original on file in my office. H. E. HAYNE, Secretary of State. BARBER SHOP. THOSE in want of an EASY SHAVE, a fashionable and stylish cut of hair, or a pleasant and luxurious Shampoo, are reminded that THOS. BALLARD, Professor of the ArtTonsorial, is still in business, in his old Shop next door to the Enquirer building, where it will afford him great pleasure to wait upon all who may desire his services. Razors honed and sharpened, and any other work of that kind promptly done. TT - ? - * 3 *-3 01,?? CnnHav tMAm. lie may lie niuiui hi me ohujjuu uuhuuj -ingsfroui 7 to 10 o'clock. . THOMAS BALLARD. June 11 25 ly RAGS WANTED. A n AAA POUNDS of clean cotton and linlU.UUlJ en Rags wanted, for which 2 cents per prund will be paid, at the F 1 "ENQUIRER" OFFICE. Janaury 7 1 tf ?he ^otferiUc r TEltMS?IN ADVANCE : One copy, one year $ 3 00 One copy, six months 1 50 Ono copy, three months, 2 50 Single copy, 10 Two copies, one year, 5 00 Ten conies, one year, 25 00 p.??- To persons who make up clubs of ten or more names, an extra copy of the paper will be ^