Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, January 21, 1875, Image 4
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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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*
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THE YORKYILLE ENQUIRER.
VOLUME 31?1 H7?ji. G
ATTRACTIVE ORIGINAL STORIES.
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ORIGINAL STORIES by some of the
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CHESTER CORRESPONDENCE.
In addition to the other features of thoENQUI- IS
RER for tho year 1S7">, wo have engaged Brai- -
nurd MoLurk, Esq., to contribute a letter of w
correspondence from Chester regularly each 01
week. These letters will be devoted entirely to
Chester affairs?to tho interests of the town and rr
county?and written in the racy and graphic style -?
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interest to our readers in Chester as well as elsewhere.
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We offer three Premiums for the three largest [!,
clubs ofsubscribers for the year 1S75, as follows: V
The first will boa CASH PREMIUM ofTIIIR- "
TV DOLLARS; the second, a gentleman's or lady's
SADDLE of the value of TWENTY-FIVE
DOLLARS; and the third, a cash Premium of
TWENTY DOLLARS. The Saddle above offered
shall be the finest and best article that can be "T
made by the well-known manufacturer, G. H.
O'Leary, of Yorkville, and its it will be made in I>
the most superior stylo of workmanship and of
the best materials, it will be fully worth the
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Under the new postage law, after the 1st of ...
January next, the postage on all newspapers
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papers are printed, will have to be pre-paid.
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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 ;;;
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In clubs, each subscriber, per year, '2 50 a]
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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 ^