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jiumijfdttsi ?cpattmc?i. Wrong Kind of a Shirt.?It was a respectable-looking colored man who brought his washing home. "Your wife is a good washerwoman, isn't she ?" said the young bachelor to the polite and obsequious man. "Yaas, sir; she commonly always gives satisfaction," replied the husband of the laundress. "Well," resumed the young bachelor, in his blandest and most insinuating manner, "you can tell your wife that I esteem her very highly as one possessing many womanly and Christian virtues?a domestic gem and household ornament, a social luminary and moral beacon, an exemplary Christian, a gentle, loving wife, a washerwoman among 10,000, and altogether lovely; but there is one objection." "What's that, sah ?" inquired the smiling African, who had been showing two rows of spotless ivories, and a cavernous opening at the head while his wife was being so extravagantly eulogized. "What'sdat, boss?" "She puts all the starch in my socks, and none in my shirts ; she washes or irons all the buttons off, and forgets to replace them ; exchanges my clothes for those of some other patron, and, if you'll lock at this (holding up a garment) you'll see how inconvenient it would be to wear either pantaloons, cuffs or collars, with such a shirt as she sends me. It may be that she cuts off the arms and collar to make the tail longer, but I can't see what the deuce she should want to rufile the edges for." The darkey looked a little disgusted as he wrapped the garment up to take it home, and he only said : "Idea sending a man dat kin' o' shirt!"?Vicfaburg Herald. +. ^ ? No Accommodation*.?The other night, while oue of the coroners was enjoying his first hour's sleep, a great knocking on the door aroused him, and he put his head out of the window and inquired what was wanted. "Come down, coroner?your services are required !" was the answer. The official hurriedly dressed, descended, and as he reached the gate he inquired : "How far is it ?" "0, only a block and a half," was the re At UUUiU ut a guvu jvnw u mi^ vuivi j uuvivv should make a mistake, and swear in the bestlooking man for governor." "Yes," the governor promptly replied ; "and it would be a greater joke if be should swear in the houestest man as treasurer." The colonel stopped the conversation. A Busy Man.?A citizeu of Vicksburg, who wanted a few hours' work done about his yard the other day, accosted a colored man, and inquired if he would like the job. "I'd like to do it, but I haven't time," was the answer. "Why, you don't seem to be doing any thing." "I don't, eh? Well, now, I'ze gwine a fishin' to day. To-morrow I'ze gwine over de river. Next day I'ze gwine a huutin'. Next day I'ze got to get my butes fixed. Next day I'ze gwine to mend de table, and de Lawd only knows how I'ze gwine to get frew de week onless I hire a man to help me!" The Peroration.?"And when in after days," said a learned counsel in the court, "we meet together around the social health, where I shall no longer be oppresed by the heart and burden of the day ; and you, gentlemen, will find yourselves in other scenes than this, at rest from arduous labors ; then, as we talk together of by-gone times, may you be able to say that the first thing you did on returning to the jury-room, was to unanimously agree that you could place no reliance whatever upon the testimony of that man, John Smith." Pi/.exed.?An old fellow prowling through the alley by Moffat building the other day, came upon a lot of half decayed oranges which had just been thrown out. He was sorting them over when a boy came along, and taking In the situation in an instant, he shouted : "Them's put there to pizen dogs, mister, and if you bite in one of'em yor're a dead mau." The old fellow moved off, and the boy sat down and stuffed himself until he was orange colored clear around behind his ears. They Fixed it.?Two boys, packed away in a sugar hogshead behind one of the stores yesterday, were heard talking as follows : First boy?"So you have to work in the garden, eh ?" Second boy?"Yes; and it's just killing me by inches!" First boy?"I see it is ; but we can fix it. I'll come around there to-night and hoe up all the cabbages, and you git up afore daylight and pull up all of the onions, and then we'll have good times all the rest of the summer." Ax Eye to Trade.?"Papa, did you see those nice little guns down to the store ?" asked a little six-year-old boy. "Yes, Harry, I saw them. But I have so many children to feed and clothe that I cannot afford to buy you one," replied the father, seriously. Little Harry glanced at the baby in the cradle with no loving expression on bis face. Finally he said: "Well, papa, I'll tell you what you can do ; you can swap little Tommy for a gun." I'1 J' The caller finally opened a gate, passed around to the summer kitchen, and as the coroner followed him in he said : "I've been threatening to move that infernal old stove over into the corner for more than a month, and now if you'll take hold we'll have 9orae beer afterwards." The coroner went right home, and when his wife asked him if it was suicide or an accidental death he replied : "Don't talk to me?I'm sleepy. ?. * Ready for Her.?The other day a Detroit mother poured some ink on the pantry shelf near the sugar box, and went up stairs, leaviug her small son playiug with the cat. When she came down the boy sat by the wiudow, wearing a placid, innocent look, but there were ink-stains on his fingers. "There ! you've been at the sugar," she exclaimed, as she seized him by the collar. "Mother, do you think I'd steal sugar?" he asked, in a tone of surprise. "Look at those stains on your finger. What made 'em ?" "T'hnco efaina mntVior "Yes, those stains." "Well, I cannot tell you a bold lie, mother?I think I've commenced to mortify." She wasn't quite sure, and he was allowed to go out and play circus. + A Child's Lesson.?A Louisville parent; who is much given to the very thoughtless habit of swearing whenever his temper is ruffled by even the smallest circumstance, was trying to pull on a pair of wet boots the other day. He was much vexed, as usual, but the presence of his little four-year old boy "Caused him to restrain the tide of oaths that were pressing hard for an outlet. Charlie evidently comprehended the situation, and remarked to his papa that there was only one way to get them on. Pausing a bit for breath, and expressing his impatience for a moment, he said, testily : "What do you know about it?" "Do you really want to know papa?" "Yes; out with it!" "Well," said the precocious Charley, "just cuss 'em on, papa." The father doesn't "cuss" any more now? at least when he's at home. 0 ? The Governor's Joke.?When Governor Harvv and Treasurer Hayes, of Kansas, were about to be sworn into their respective offices en the second Monday in January, 1870, they met in the governor's private room. While waiting for the Supreme Court judge, who was detained for a few moments beyond the appointed time, the treasurer-elect said, lit* ..?..1.1 V? If fL j^ricttltol, Department. j [Original.] STARTLING FACTS. There is more gold in the old fields of South : i Carolina, thau has ever been dug out of the mines of California! Every acre of South Carolina will yield, annually, if its surface is J broken six inches deep, fifty dollars clear of all expenses. Wear out every acre of land in the State, and let it lie for fifteen years, and it will be as good as it was when the virgin for- rj est was first cut down. The farmer has fewer ^ difficulties with which to contend in South j Carolina than in any other State in the Union. ^ Never, since the State was first settled, in 1670, has there been a total failure of the crops. If ^ it was too dry for the up-lands, the bottoms ? made a tremendous crop. If it was too wet r for the low-lands, the uplands brought forth in | handfuls. This is a fact which is often ig- t ! nored. . It is worthy to be remembered, that it has [ never been known that an Irishman ever came j ^ to South Carolina who did not accumulate a j f considerable fortune, provided he was not a ; t drunkard. It did not matter how poor he < was when he came ; if he would abstain from fc whisky he grew rich. Another startling fact is, that nine-tenths j of the farmers of South Carolina do not work ? more than eight mouths out of the twelve ; and that they spend more during the four idle t months than they make during the eight months that they work. This is one cause of j the hard times. With farmers, as with other j men, the devil always finds some mischief for idle hands to do. It is a fact to be deplored, that South Carolina farmers do not, as a class, i think much about their occupation. They t are not fond of making experiments. j [Original.] 1 IMPROVEMENT. f The past ten years have been a period of ( sore trial and yexation to most South Caroli- j na farmers. For a period of more than one i * ? 1 1. 1 D/?C 4.L _ hundred ana nicy years previous iu ioou, me ( labor of the State had been performed by t slaves. A few white men, and, at one time, a j still fewer number of white women, labored ? on the farm ; but for the last century it was j not regarded as reputable for a white man to j plow, and it was regarded as bordering on in- t famy, to see a white woman with a hoe in her j hand. Even the slaves of the State, looked ? down, with contempt, upon those whites who , labored. One hundred and fifty years ago, in 1710, there were 4,100 negro*slaves in South Carolina, and 1,100 Iudian slaves, together with 120 white servants. The free white population was only 3,960. Thus, we see that the slave population, at that early day, want* * ed but a little of being twice as large as the ! free white inhabitants. From that day on | the number of slaves increased steadily. It J was regarded, for a long time, as barely hon- i orablefor theowuer of a farm to superintend 1 it; but to hold the plow was quite a different } thing. This fact, of itself, accounts for the ! present condition of things. The young 1 white men of South Carolina, as soon as the war was over and it became evident that the J negro was, to all intents and purposes, free, 1 began with a zeal worthy of a better cause, to ( look out for some position in which they could [ make bread aud not be forced to scratch their 1 hands or soil their clothes. The first year or two after freedom came to ( the negro, the negro women all turned cooks, ^ * ?J m a?% f nwnA/1 moAkoni/to Tf moo *tiuu u1c 11 eg i u uieu IU1UCU LUCUiiau iv/O. jl v nao strange to see a huge negro woman who had f been accustomed, all her life, to cook nothing ) but bacon and corn bread, offering herself as 1 a pastry cook. It was just as ridiculous to . see an awkward field hand attempting to play 1 the part of a house-carpenter. Distressing as 1 the times were, even the soberest could not r suppress a smile when such a creature was f seen at their doors with saw and hammer 1 slung over his shoulder, and a lead pencil ^ neatly adjusted behind his ear. Ridiculous, absurd and laughable as it was ^ for the poor ignorant negroes thus to act when j, turned free; it was no more so than the way g in which a large number of the whites acted, j The country .was soon flooded, not only with 'J cooks and mechanics, but with school-teachers, c clerks and shop-keepers. It has often been c said that times always produce men to meet J present emergencies. Certain it is, that the t few year3 after freedom came to the negr.o, ( produced more school-teachers, clerks, and j office-seekers amongst white boys, than had { been produced in South Carolina from the 3 time that William Sayle landed on Ashley a river, up to that moment. Striplings who j had spent their school days in following t hounds, or in more infamous pursuits, got up v an agreement in which it was proposed to t teach the children of the country "redin, ritin v and rithraatic." One good, sober-sided igno- 1 ramus prosecuted, with success, his claims to j one of the most important and honorable offices in the State, whilst he persisted, during , his official career, in prefixing the following r to many instruments which proceeded from 1 his office: "Aperd befoar mea an was dooly c sourn." 1 This is only a sample. Boys, as if by mag- ' ic, became adepts in all the arts and sciences. t They knew how to do everything, but work ; \ and were ready to do anything but make e bread by the sweat of their face. They were c ready to teach school, sell dry goods or whis- 8 ky, practice law or physic, superintend a sun- ^ day-school or preach, or do anything but hold the plow or drive the plane. Such was the v spasmodic results of freeing the negro. It o I drove both negro and white man to the bor- r j ders of desperation ; or if not to desperation, 0 j to the most ridiculous follies. These days of absurdities are fast passing ! away. They will soon begone, and will serve c ; no other purpose than for future generations r to laugh at. Self-constituted cooks and jack- e leg carpenters, among the negroes, have either 1 ; fallen, or are fast falling back into the class r ! of humble field hands ; and the literary asses and office-seeking jackanapes, among the g j whites, are leaving the groves of the learned, ( and the counting-rooms of the merchant, for t : the beauties of the corn-field. The tables are t i turning. It is no longer a disgrace to work; I ; but to be idle is becoming to be infamous. ( This is a grand improvement. A brighter j day is coming. We will have good times yet. ( The fields of our couutry will be enriched, t and a land for ten years cursed with drones, j s idlers and impostors, will soon be made by 8 ! art, what God made it?a good land?a land which is fanned by as pure air as any on the ^ globe, and from whose hills sparkling foun-11 tains burst to quench the thirst of man and j r : beasts j j South Carolina has been cursed with raon- j s grel politicians and a class of would-be aris- j( tocracy, but their days are numbered. Their ! ? race is run, and their latter eud will be j g shame ; and the time is not far distant, when ' t the rewards of honest toil will be distributed V j ; K to the men of industry and economy. | r ! i Common wheat flour, made into a paste, 11 I with cold water applied dry, will take out c grease spots without injuring the most delicate I a i fabric. I ? parting for the $abhath. CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATH AN. [Original.] FRUIT-BEARING CHRISTIANS. "Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bring orth much fruit and ye shall be my disciples." fob n 15:8. Most of us who profess to be followers of Tesus Christ, would do well to give these vords of the Saviour our prayerful attention, rhe relation which exists between God the ather, Christ the Saviour, and true Christians, s stated iu the previous context. It is this: Christ is the true vine, God is the cultivator, ind believers in Christ are the branches, rhe test of being iu Christ is stated to be 'bearing much fruit." The fruit meant is, epentance, faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, nid a godly life. Evidently these three hings are wanting to a deplorable degree iu he lives of most professors. "By their fruits," ays the Saviour in another place, "ye shall mow them." Here it is said if ye briug forth nuch fruit?if your lives abound in repenance, in constant dependence by faith on the rnviour, if you are humble, laborious followirs of Christ, then ye shall be, or appear to be, ind be conscious that you are my disciples, tfo more reasonable test could be applied; tnd yet when applied, many must come uuler the head of dead branches?barren Agrees. Many of us rarely are sorry in the ight way for our sins. We hang our heads n shame when our sins are exposed to the knowledge of our fellow men. Then we are :orry that we are disgraced ; but we are not lorry that we have offended our heavenly ather. Our faith is less than a grain of rausard seed. We murmur and repine, and re)el against the providence of God. In our iglorance we often think we could manage the iffairs of the world much better than God loes it. This is not all; our lives are in every mrticular like the lives of our neighbors. We go to church and support the gospel. So lo they. We support a fair exterior. So do hey. They do every thing we do; and when t is asked, what do ye more than others, we ire silent. We can think of nothing save a rnrren profession that marks us as Christians, [t is to be feared that many of us have a name ,o live, whilst, in reality, we are dead. We Hive never ueeu euuvoucu , uc*v*> wuij oined the church. We have uever repented ; ve have only reformed. ? ? t * [Original 1 DEATH. It is not pleasant to think about death ; jut pleasant or unpleasant, the subject is breed upon us. In its sway over the hunan family, death reigns with marked impar;iality. There is no discharge in that war. No favors are shown the rich, and no pity is extended to the poor. The rich and the poor, he old and the young, the strong and the veak, the honored, and the dishonored, are uowed down alike, as if no differences exsted amongst the human family. It is customary to call death a monster. And so it is. It is the first-born of sin ; but .here are greater monsters in the world than leath. An interest in the Lord Jesus Christ ieprives death of its sting and the grave of ts victory. To those of the human family vho have no interest in the Lord Jesus Christ, leath is a monster, aud the grave is an awful dace. It separates the nearest friends, and levers forever the teuderest ties, lo such leath is, in reality, a parting without any relnion. When the wicked man dies, his soul s driven to that place where God has forgoten to be gracious, and his body is laid away u the grave, as in a prison, there to be kept intil Jesus shall come to judge the world in ighteousuess. Then it will be raised up, and oul and body will be united and driven away nto unquenchable fire. This makes death to he wicked man a terrible thing. Not that le dreads it, for many ungodly raeu do not ear death; but it really is a fearful thing, [o the believer in Christ it is made a real blesshg. Were there no such a thing as death, ind other things continued'as they are at iresent, this world would not be inhabitable, die world would literally be full of old, worn >ut, emaciated men and women, who would last a gloom over the whole globe. Every louse would be crammed to its utmost capacty with the living skeletons of human beings, he powers of whose senses had departed. )ur cities and large towns, and even couutry daces, would be tilled with multitudes of old >ersons whose very existeuce would be a ource of misery to themselves, and of gloom nid sadness to the young. It is sad that children are called upon to ay the bodies of their aged parents away in he grave thereto moulder into dust; but it vould be more sad, were they to continue in his world for countless generations afflicted vith the wasting infirmities of old age. Death s a kind of scavenger that carries away the efuse matter and worn out members of the mman family. It is a penalty?the wages of in?but a kind and merciful God, in it as in nauy other things, brings light out of darkless, and order out of confusion. In one word, ie brings good out of evil. The old wear ?ut and they must all die. It is a blessed hing that such is the case. Were all the hunau family since the days of Adam, up to the iresent moment, still living upon this earth, his world would present a haggard sight vhich no language can describe. Lgypt, covired with frogs, would be a lovely place in :oraparison with the world we inhabit were uch the case. Notwithstanding all this, there is something ; -ery solemn connected with death. In the j irder of nature it stands in close connection J vith the resurrection and final judgment. The : irder that God has fixed, is life and death, ! esurrection and judgment. Life, be it long ir short, is the only period that is afforded us j o prepare for eternity. When death lays his ' cy hand upon us, it changes our countenance j ,nd sends us away from this worid of gracious | iDDortunities. It is then eternally too late to ! epeut. At that juncture of affairs God ceass to offer pardon. The Lamb of God beloraes the lion of the tribe of Judah. To the ighteous, hope becomes a reality and faith a 'ruition. To the ungodly offers of mercy cease o be mirae, hope dies and their sin-cursed ouls are met by the frowns of a righteous jod. Then commences the ineffable bliss of he believer, aud the weeping and gnashing of! eeth of the gospel-despiser. That was a wise j >rayer which the ancient poet and patriarch ' iffered up when he besought God that he ! night be enabled so to number his days that ' te might be enabled to apply his heart to wisloin. Not what the world calls wisdom ; but! he true wisdom, the salvation of the immortal oul through the peace-speaking blood of Je us Christ. To die with an interest in Christ Jesus is ! ;reat gain ; but to die in our sins is to lose all. Alien we take a proper view of death and he connection in which it stands with the esurection and the fiual judgment, it is a subect about which we should often think. We hould reflect that when we stand over a fresh lug grave which is soon to receive a lifeless j :orps, that this fact announces to us another act of awful solemnity. It tells us that mother immortal soul has gone to heaven or j o hell, and that another frail body is soon to >e laid in the grave, there to remain until the esurrection, when soul and body will be again j inited and share similar joys, or suffer sirni- : ar woes. To die is a solemn thing ; but to , lie and go to hell aud live with spirits lost in j , pit of endless woe, if thought of aright, must; ill the soul with horror. I JOHN W. LINLEY & CO., 190 KING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. iineBHimiiin. GROCERIES " AND J GENERAL MERCHANDISE. { i WE deliver Goods free of all expense, such as boxing, dray ape and freight. To places r where we cannot prepay freights, we give a ? COMPLIMENTARY PACKAGE OF GOODS, t sufficient to cover the expense of transportation, v eoual to about 7i per cent, of the entire bill. v Where wo have instructions to make up the complimentary package in CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE, we give the value of 10 per cent, on the entire bill. 1 TERMS CASH, I by Registered Letter or Post Office Money Order. I Parties able to give Charleston acceptance, can t lift accommodated with 30,no or 90 days ume, wun n interest at the rate of 12 per cent, per annum. s LIST OF NET PRICE8. NO EXPENSE. NO FREIGHT. a Finest quality Young Hyson, Hyson, Oolong, ^ English Break fast and Gun powder'teas, ?1.10 per pound ; good quality Teas, all kinds, 90 cents per pound ; good sweet drawing Teas, 60 cents per n pound. To any one desirous of trying our Teas, we will -> send by mail, postage prepaid, on receipt of v money named, e Ue*t. 2nd quality. 3rd quality. i pound Tea, any kind, 30e. 25e. 18c. * 1 " " " " 1.20 1.00 70c. Crushed and Powdered Sugars, 131c.; Granulated A Sugar, 121c. ; light yellow Sugar, 10 cents per pound; Linley's peerless Family Flour 5 cents -i per pound, or 89.25 per barrel; good Family Flour J 23 pounds for 81, or ?7.75 per barrel; choice Canvassed Hams, 161c.; choice Tumbler Jellies, 131c.; 2 pounds Canned Tomatoes, lSJc.; 3 pounds To- "1 matoes, 17c.; 1 pound Canned Salmon, 20c.; 2 J pound Canned Pine Apple, Pears, Peaches and ' Damsons, 23 cents per can, or $1.35 for 6 cans ; ? mixed Vinegar Pickles : pints 17c., quarts 27c., 1 gallons 00 cents, each; Condensed Milk?Eureka and Eagle Brand?25 cents, each; Gantz'Seafoam. 1 pounds 25 cents, pounds 50 cents, each; Letnon a Sugar, 40c. ; Dooley's celebrated Yeast Powder, 1" 15, 20 and'40 cents per can ; Cooking Soda, 10 cents c per pound ; i box Sardines 20 cents, 1 box 35 cents; t Shadines, 25 cents per box; Cox's Sparkling Gel- j, atino, 20 cents per package; Olives, 50 cents per bottle ; Capers, 40c. ; Worcestershire, Walnut and Mushroom Sauces (genuine imported) 40 cents per ii bottle; genuine French Mustard. 27 cents per S bottle; imitation French Mustard, 20c. ; French Prunes, 17 cents per pound ; Dates, 13 cents per pound ; Raisins, 20c.; Citron, 40c.; Cu rrants, 11c.; Cheese, 20c.; Maocaroni, 20c.; Adamantine Can- 8 dies, 20and 23c. ; Baker's Chocolate, 45 cents per f pound ; Cocoa, 50c.; Broma, 00 cents per pound ; 1 Rio Co (lees, 23 and 20c., Laguayra Coffee, 30c., Java Coffee, 35 cents per pound; Roasted Coffees, 5 cents per pound, additional? each grade; Dur- t yea's Superior Starch, 11 cents per pound ; Dur- f yea's Satin Gloss Starch (0 pound boxes) 75 cents s each; Cornstarch, 13) cents per package; Dur- t yea's box Blueing, 33 cents per dozen ; Soda Bis- | units, S) cents per pound ; extra Pilot Brca:l, 10c.; v Lemon, Cream, Wine, Ginger and other kinds, 15 c cents per pound; Black Pepper, 30 cents per pound ; Spice 30c., Ginger 30c., Nutmeg ?1.(50 and Mace ?1.80 per pound ; Rice, whole 8 Jc., middling 7A cents per pound ; Durham Smoking Tobacco, t 05cents per pound ; Rose and Vanilla Flat Stiek t Candy?a very superior article?25 cents per / pound; ordinary Stick Candy, 20centsper pound; c Rock Candy, 22 cents per pound ; Colgate's Toilet 1 Soaps, 25 cents per dozen cakes and upward; Handkerchief Extracts, 50 cents per bottle; Cashmere Bouquet Powder, 25 cents per box ; G'levc- e land's Pomade Vasaline, a delightful preparation for the hair, 20 cents per bottle; Old Corn Whis- t Icy, ?2 per gallon ; Gibson's Rye Whiskies, $1.80, ?2.00, ?3.00 and ?4.00 per gallon ; Good Port and " Sherry Wines, ?2.50 per gallon ; English and Scotch Ale and Porter, ?2.75 per dozen ; Bremen Lager Beer, ?2.75 per dozen; Demijohns for Liquors, extra, A gallon 40c;. 1 gallon 50c., 2 gallons (50c., 3gallons 75c., 5 gallons ?1 each. A very extenstve assortment of CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE always on hand. Plates, dinner size?l.00, Breakfast ?1.30, Desert?1.00, Tea size85eents per dozen ; Handled Cups and Saucers, 75 cents and ?1.00 per set; Basins and Goblets, ?1.60; Covered Dishes, 75c., 00c.and ?1.00each; Tumblers, (55c., 75c., ?1, ?1.25, and ?1.50 per dozen; Table Goblets. ?1.20, ?1.50 and ?2.00 per dozen; Wine Glasses, ?1 per dozen ; Lamp Chimneys, Sun, O and A, 4 for 25 emits ; us3 lor iio cents; Arcana uiiiuinuys o ior 25 cents. Numberless articles unmentioned. Information cheerfully given. Remember, we prepay freights whenever the roads will allow us to do so. When we cannot, we then allow complimentary package. JOHN W. LINT^EY & CO., Key Box 184, Charleston, S. C. August 12 32 ly SOUTHERN LIFE INSURANCE~CO. principal officks t MEMPHIS, TENN., AND ATLANTA, GA. NET ASSETS JANUARY 1, IS75, OYER ^2,000,000 OO. ANNUAL INCOME, OVER 81,000,000 00. BRANCH OFFICE, YORKVILIE, S. C.: W. B. WILSON, President. JOHN S. BRATTON, Vice-President. J. C. KUYKENDAL, Sec. and Agent. I. D. WITHERSPOON, Attorney. Dr. L. ALEXANDER, Med. Examiner. < EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE : J. F. Wallace, L. M. Grist, Androw Jackson, J. A. McLean, S. G. Hemphill, W. B. Metts, J. F. Hart, A. Coward, C. E. Spencer. Policies transferred from Northern Companies, without loss or additional annual outlay. Apply to Dr. J. C. KUYKENDAL, Agent, or to TT A flOOn At TREUTLEN. Gen Agents. f Columbia, S. C. August 5 31 2y A. WILrLIFORI~ 5 ROCK HILL, S. C. MORE YOUNG HORSES. I NOW have on hand, at; my Stable in Rock Hill, S.C., SIXTY HEAD of young and fat Kentucky Mules and Horses? among them some good saddle and harness animals, which I will sell ON TIME, payable first of October, 1875, the payments to be satisfactorily secured ; or I will exchange them for old ones, on reasonable terms. ^ A. WILLI FORD. NOTICE. A LL persons indebted to me for.Horses or Mules /\ purchased in 1S7-1 and due in that year, are requested to pay up at once and save cost. A failure to comply may injure their credit with me during the present year. A. WILLIFORI). CORNWAVTED." ONE THOUSAND BUSHELS CORN wanted, for which I will pav the highest cash price. A. WILLIFORD. FODDER WANTED. , I WISH to buy 10,000 pounds GOOD FODDER, for which I will pay ?1.50 per hundred pounds, i A. WILLIFORD. YORK MARBLE YARD. TIIK un,lort signed respectfuliww'Mfym1 v announces thatill lit. I In a h- hiiWr.t??' i i J Ml Wn Ln iq sit.i 11 M pared to furnish anything in the MARBLE LINE from a plain slab to a costly nionu- f ment, executed in the best style ol d the art, with the very best materials, and at as < low prices as the same class of work can bo fur- c, nishcd anywhere in the United States. Orders i from a distance promptly tilled, and the same at- /, tent-ion given to work ordered by mail as if the [ parties were present in person. From this date a work will be delivered at any point on the (/'hostel* and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad, between Yorkvilleand Chester, or at any pbtce between Rock Hill and Wiunsboro, 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 con tin nance of the same. F. HAPPERFII3LD. January 14 !J ly J. S. It. THOMSON. C. E. SPENCER. THOMSON & SPENCER, Solicitors in Bankruptcy YORKVILLE, S. C. L SPECIAL attention given to filing of petitions, I to the prosecution of claims in Bankruptcy, t< and the collection and forwarding of Dividends to i ci Creditors. li February 4 5 tf AG RICU LTUUA LLIEN S, j MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to 1 Real Estate. For sale at the I ENQUIRER OFFICE. o. W. P. HOBBS. 11 THE NEW BUSINESS. HAYING become, bv purchase, sole proprietor of the YORKVILLE COACH FACTORY, respectfully announce that I shall conduct the msiness as heretofore. Besides keeping on hand full stock of PLEASURE VEHICLES OF ALL )ESCRIPTIONS, any article of special style or lesign will be made at short notice and in supeior manner. By havingemployed only the most omnetent workmen, in their respective branches, feel assured that I can please the most exacting aste, both as to style and durability. Persons in rant of any kind of PLEASURE CARRIAGE rill do well to examine my stock. W P. HOBBS. GREAT BARGAINS; r WOULD inform the public that I now haveon l>nnrl q Int nf HTTfJfJI FN timuhcrl in fine stvlft. n which RARE BARGAINS can be obtained, will sell a tip-tup Buggy for considerably less ban such class of work has ever been sold in this uarket since the war. Call and examine my tock and be convinced of the truth of what I say, nd if you want a Buggy take advantage of the iresent opportunity to secure one CHEAP. W. P. HOBBS. REPAIRING, p aEPAINTING, ?fcc., done, as heretofore, inthe t best style and at the lowest prices for cash, rhich, in all cases will be expected on the delivrv of work. W. P. HOBBS. 'The sweetest, most powerful and durable now in use." BLOOMFIELD & 0T[S, SEW SCALE PIANOS, 200 EAST 19TH ST., NEW YORK. EMBRACING new and most valuable Patents, giving a greatly improved treble; also, by a lew manner of stringing and a new method of inerting sound board, the most important results lave been obtained. "The tone is full and sonorous, with a sweetness ,nd delicacy of touch that cannot be surpassed. I lave tested them as I would a Grand, for points ?f delicacy and strength, and they have stood the est in every way. In many respects they are superior to any manufactured in America. Charles Fradel." (The eminent and favorite Composer and Pian-st to His Royal Highness, the Due Gustave of g lax Weimar of Eisenach.) t (Rochester Musical Times.) "The firm ofBloomfiold it Otis have lately made everal important improvements in their pianos, dating them in the front rank of American manifacturers." (Toledo, 0., Blade.) "Bloomtield it Otis, of New York, carry away he first premiums at the Ohio State Fair as they lid at the Fair of the American Institute. Con udering the fact that they met in competition an he established favorites, such as the Knabe, Duniam, Lighte, Bradbury, and many others, which vere skilfully handled, this is certainly a high ompliment, an thotests wore thorough and critical. (Brooklyn, N. Y. Eagle.) "The Music Committee of the Board of Educaion, Brooklyn, together with the local commitces, after examining and thoroughly testing allthe mticipal instruments manufactured, have purhascd Bloom tioldifc Otis' celebrated Patent Treble ?ianos for the use of the schools." These Pianos are warranted for seven years. Responsible and energetic AGENTS WANTED i very where. $?? Send for Circular and mention the name of ho paper in which you saw this advertisement. January 28 4 tf ^ j Nos. 3 Broad Street and 109 East Bay Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. s STAIIOIERS 3 First-Class Work OUR SPECIALTY, r YET, BY USING CHEAPER GRADES OF STOCK, t WE CAN FURNISH WORK AT v LOWEST LIVING PRICES. fine fashionaETstationeby, ? Piries Paper and Envelopes. c Redding and ?all invitations 6 ON THE BEST STOCK AND PRINTED IN THE j, LATEST STYLE, t ? t September 10 37 tf y iOTTON SAW GINS, 1 Equal to any in the country. j with an improved cotton roll, t r superior to any other Gin. a MANUFACTURED HY a t. m. elliott, ' WINNSB0E0, S. 0- c s References : W. b. Creight, r. r. Agent, and * laj. T. W. Woodward, President of tlio State f Lg'ricultural and Mechanical Society, Winnsboro. July 22 29 2m* F I TIIE J AS. LEFF EL f Double Turbiuc Water Wheel, ra Manufactured by i a i If POOLE & HUNT. ! I |JlL Baltimore, Hd. tvV 7,000 XOW12T USE I 0 ill , Simple, StronDurable, n I always reliable and sulls- e ' Manufacturers, also, of jfcir? Portable & Stationary ' . VrLdr'" 8t>lT'^ri Tir"i Steam Boilers, \rr Ar ftricf Ir'Sllo Min. xSj^^FEB^BSring Machinery,Gearing > P for Ootton Mills, Flour. | ? n-1 PaJrnti White Lead and Oil Mill Machinery, Hydraulic and other > a Presses,&c. Shifting, Pulleys anil Hangers 1 I a specialty nfnchlne made Gearing; accu- i i. mto and of Very beat fiiifch. bond for Circulars* ! __i March 25 12 6m I REMOVAL. I HAVE removed my }, cfV jK TIN SHOP to the re.sideuceofMr. WILLIAM v }Wm5& 't tjfgfe^a AIKEN,nix miles South 0 of Yorkviile, i nd two a miles Eaat of Philadel- !.' 'P'"a Church, where I . '35 will bo prepared, at all . times, to MANUFACTURE AND REPAIR ? .'IN WARE, at short notice. STOVE PIPE made to order cheap, for the ash. Address J. M. ADAMS, . Guthriesville, S. C. ' June 3 22 tf (] CHESTER ANDTENOIR RAII^ROADT ? vv^, !; rHE trains over the CHESTER AND LENOIR a NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD will run n aily, (Sundays excepted) as follows, making a lose connection with the trains on the Charlotte, <* !olit 111 l?ia. and Augusta Railroad: ? ,cave Yorkville at 8.30 a. m li , rrivo at Chester at 10.80a. 111. * ii'avo t'hostorat 5.10 p. m. r i rrivo at Yorkvillo at 7.00 p. m. f A. H. DAVEGA, President. L Juno 10 2.3 tf o v, A I A d rr r-? b u a June 4 23 tf f|! AUCTIONEERING. ? rllE undersipned takes this method to notify j Cl the public that he will pive prompt attention i i AUCTIONEERING in York and the adjoining P unities. Communications may be addressed to im at Yorkville, S. C. S.G.BROWN. March 5 10 tf " INEGOLD OPERA CHAINS, " I^OR Ladies, and handsome Vest Chains for y P Gentlemen, at R. BRANDTS Jewelry Store, yposite the Court House, Chester, S. C. CHE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER. SJ0 * Giv< NEW PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS! i ( UNPRECEDENTED OFFERS! | * To ( BY a very liberal contract just entered into with , the Weed Manufacturing Company, we are ( nabled to offer greater inducements to club- i oakers than ever heretofore. ..... \s READ OUR ^ROPOSITIONS! ^ Weed Sewing Machine, No. 1 .?Price, $65. For a club of 40 subscribers, at 82.50 each, we will ;ive a Weed Sewing Machine of the abovestyle, he cash price of which is sixty-five dollars. "IV< Weed Sewing Machine, No. 2.?Price, .970 j For a club of 45 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will T1 pveaWEEDSEWiNGMACHiNEoftheabovestyle, of J he cash price of which is seventy dollars. t?ce H^J.lllJ,".-.T|i|^ 85 Weed Sewing Machine, No. 3.?Price, $75. pjjj Foraclubof50subscribers, at$2.50 each, we will 0: rive a Weed Sewing Machine of the above style, pric ho (mhIi nrice of which is seventy-five dollars. ^SB~The reputation of tho Weed Sewing Maihino is equal to that of any other first-class mabine in the market, and of its merits we can peak advisedly?having had one in constant nse n our own family since ISfifi, during all of which J ime it has nevor failed to work in the most sat- ? sfactory manner. ? OUR LIBERAL OFFERS. Q C In addition to the attractions of tho Enquirer, ? t re invito attention to our terms of subscription, fcj nd the liberal offers we make to those who may ie disposed to form clubs. ^ ^ TERMS?FREE OF POSTAGE. $ lingle copy, one year, $3 00 9 Q .'wo years to the same address, 5 00 Q " n clubs, each subscriber, one year, 2 50 m PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS. Q ? To those willing to form clubs for the Enquirer g ire make the following liberal offers: ^ k 1. For 40 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give * Jj , No. 1 Weed Sewing Machine, worth $65. Q C 2. For 45 subscribers, at $2.50 each, wo will give C , No. 2 Weed Sewing Machine, worth $70. 3. For 50 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give ^ , No. 3 Weed Sewing Machine, worth $75. ? The engravings given above in this column repesent the styleofthe different machines. No. lis tlack walnut, oiled, plain table. No. 2 is black valnut, oiled, half case. No. 3 is black walnut, liled, half case, with two side drawers, and with r without drop-leaf, as may be preferred. of tl These offers are not confined to a single club, ier f mr is there any competition invited as to who Inar hall procure the largest club. Each and every stan lub of 40, 45 or 50 names will be entitled to the lesignated premium. in tl The machines will be shipped from the nearest that (ranch office of the Weed Machine Company to P'?c he persons entitled to receive them, transports- ^!jj ion charges, which will rarely exceed $5, if sent ?y freight line, to be paid by the person receiving den he machine. the The offer made in this prospectus will be bind- is a ng upon the proprietor of the Enquirer until s'c \ he 15th day of October, 1875; and persons who nay commencemakingclubs, can forward names jn u s rapidly as procured, in every case to be paid in resf tdvance, having until the above-mentioned date D. ' n which to complete their lists. q It is not required that subscribers shall all re- poy eive their papers at the same post-office; but sub- Yoi criptions must be for a term not less than one and rear. One subscriber for two years will be jquivalent, in making up lists, to two names or one year each. i0i Subscriptions may commence with any num- -y0 >er, and the paper 'will be sent for a full year 1 t,' rom the time the subscription begins. . Each club-maker will be credited with names s they shall be received ; and should nnv fail to t j eeure either premium by the 15th of October, 1875, jAp ?ut should procure ten or more subscribers, an ^ xtra copy of the paper will bo given for the ten ter j iames thus procured, and for all subscriptions in xcess often, a cash commission of twenty-five ents will be given on each name. The Enquirer is sent Free of Postage to an! ll Subscribers. ? Remittances may bo made at onr risk, by draft, I * ost-ofHce ordor, or in registered letter; if made J therwise, we will assume no risk. Write names plainly, giving post-office, county , nd State. W Specimen copies of the Enquirer will be sent nm D any addross on application. ?*Pj LNOTHER SPLENDID OFFER. thFi premiums to single subscribers. vic For the advantage of those who are inaccessible H 4 iy a elub-makor, but may yet wish to avail hemselves of our liberal offers to subscriliers, ^ ' re have made arrangements with the publish- , rs of Smith's Bible Dictionary by which we __ re enabled to oiler that valuable work as a prouium to subsoribors, at a cost to the subscriber irthe book and the Enquirer, of little more I ban the publisher's price of the book. Smith's *-. liblo Dictionary is a standard work, and Indialensably necessary to every student of tho Bible, jj , r to every person* who desires to read the sacred t !i olume intelligibly. The Dictionary is the work , f Dr. William Smith, of tho University of Lon- " on, and the most eminent lexicographer in the ' . rorld, who, in its preparation associated with Yv limselfover seventy distinguished divines and , ' uthors. of both Europe and this country, in the ? reat task of preparinga comprehensive Diction- j ry of the Bible, and supplying a want long felt y the religious public. Tlie result of these lanr,nn.nuul in tliroo laro-A anil vfirv msHv vol .Iinmipw.. -?n~ ~-.r - - I - T. lines, a wonderful monument of learning. An I I r bridgement of this great work, for popular use, j A'1 riadebv Dr. Smith himself, is the one we have | j1"-1. rranged to furnish our subscribers. Tho book j "oni ontai'ns every name inthe Bible respecting which I s',H,r nything can bo said. It embraces tho results of | 8au* istoric research, antiquarian investigation, tho ] tudy of languages and dialects, ami the diseovc- | ios of tho modem travelers ami explorers in tho i loly Land?Robinson, Rawliuson, Ferguson, j jayard, Olfert and Stanley. j A f The book is printed from new stereotype plates, j IL n good paper, and is appropriately illustrated j por 1 rith over 125 Engravings of beautiful Scones, ; Liicient Cities, and Memorable Places of tho j Ai Toly Land, descriptive Figures and valuable i z: laps. Tt contains nearly 800 closely-printed, 1 ouble-column, octavo pages, including 24 ele- ; T> 1 ant full-page, Steel and Wood Engravings. It JL\ i printed in typo of a heavy, distinct, and very sale iglble face. Tho publisher's price of Smith's Bible Dictionry is 1:1.50. Wo will furnish a cony of the work, , n'hstantially bound in cloth, and a copy of the Inquirer one year for 94.50. Or for a club of,**** ve subscribers'at 92.50 each, we will furnish a Hyl npv of the Dictionary to the getter up of the club. The book will be mailed, free of postage, to tho erson entitled to receive it, direct from the office n f publication. ! Subscribers whose terms of subscription have Jr ot expired, bv forwarding tho money, will re- ^.no Bivo a copy of tho Bible Dictionary, and havo leir subscription to the Enqitirbr extended one i/* 0 ear. The cash must accompany all orders. L. M. GRIST,Proprietor, r^l Yorkville, S. C. furu ATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. iUNTY OF YORK?COURT OF 00MM0H FLEAS, ms Gallaher, Surviving Administrator of Arthur Kirkpatri(;k, deceased Plaintiff, against Uatharine lilair and William White, Administers of estate of Matthew White, deceased, Defendants.?Summons to Iteneio Execution. Catharine Blair (formerly Catharine White) and William White, Administrators of all and singular, tfie goods and chattels, rights and credits of Matthew White, deceased. 7"HEREAS, judgment was obtained in the Circuit Court for the Countv of York, and e of South Carolina, on the 19th day of March, ). 1869, in the above entitled cause, against jstate of Matliew White, deceased, and execuwas duly issued thereon, but the active enerhereof has now expired, and it is desired to s the same renewed. therefore, You are summoned to appear ic next Term of the Circuit Court, to be held aid County, at the place of holding the same, then and there show cause, if any you can, said execution should not be renewed acing to law. jted July 26th, A. D. 1875. WILSON & WITHERSPOON, Plaintiff's Attorneys. le Defendant, William White, Administrator lattbew White, deceased, will please takenothat the summons, of which the above is a t, was filed in the office of the Clerk of the rt of Common Pleas for York county, on the of August, 1875. WILSON <fe WITHERSPOON, Plolntiffa A ugust 12 32 6t* ATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, UNTY OF YORK?CO (JET OF COMMON PLEAS. sns Gallaher, Surviving Administrator of Arthur Kirkpatrick, deceased, Plaintiff,.against Catharine Blair and William White, Amninistrauors of Matthew White, deceased, Defendants.? Summons to Rebcw Execution. Catharine Blair (formerly Catharine White) and William White, Administrators of all ana singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits of Matthew White, deceased. THKREAS, judgment was obtained in the ' Circuit Court, for the County of York, and eof South Carolina, on the 19th day of March, )., 18(59, in the above entitled cause, against estate of Matthew White, deceased, ana exeon was duly issued thereon, but the active rgy thereof has now expired, and it is desired ave the same renewed. ow, therefore, You are summoned to appear ie next Term of the Circuit Court, to be held ?aid county, at the place of holding the same, then and there shew cause, if any you can, t said execution should not be renewed acling to law. ated July 26th, A. D. 1875. WILSON A WITHERSPOON, Plaintiff's Attorneys. lie Defendant, William White, Administrator latthew White, deceased, will please take nothat the summons, of which the abeve is a v, was filed in the office of the Clerk of the rt of Common Pleas for York county, 8. C., he 2nd of August, 1875. WILSON & WITHERSPOON, Plaintiff's Attorneys. ugust 12 32 6t* Bank book manufactory STATIONERY, AND BOOK BINDERY. HANKING the public for liberal past patronage, I now invite attention to my complete k of TAPLE AND FANCY STATIONERY, sisting, in part, of Flat Papers, Midium, Fo?ost, Demy, Letter and Note. Blank Books, e ry variety; Envelopes, 81ates, Ink, Ac, * icy Stationery, Gold Pens and Pencils, Penves, Writing Desks, Ac. Also, N BOOK BINDING DONE, 11 its various branches. Sheet Music, Periods, Law Books, Ac., bound in any style desired. Books rebound and repaired. NTED BILL AHD LETTER HEADS A 8FE0IALTY rders promptly attended to, at lowest cash :es. E. R. STOKES, 155 Main Street Columbia, S. C. 'arch 25 12 tf t A EIE COOKING STOVES manufactured at our works in Greensboro, N. 0., give universal (faction wherever introduced. They are made he BEST SCOTCH PIG METAL, with heav ind thicker plate than any other Stove in tho ket, and consequently will the longer witlid heat and hard usage. They are of band e pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal / very other respect to any Cooking Stove sold leUnited States, while it is confidentlyclaimed they are the CHEAPEST. All the usoal es of ware and cooking ntensils are furnished 1 each Stove. An important consideration 1 purchasers is the fact that our patterns and s are never changed. Should a piece get accitally broken at any time, we can replace it at mere cost of casting. Not simply oecause4t home production, buton accountofits intrinnerits as an article of household economy, do ask the patronage of home purchasers. More 1 ONE THOUSAND of these Stoves are now ,se, and among many others having them we >ectfully refer to the following: R. E. Guthrie, M. Campbell, M. H. Currence, York county; i. Elizabeth J. Wylie, Chester; D. A. Gordon, hriesville; John A. Brown, Rock Hill; B. P. d, Joseph Herndon, L. M. Grist, Yorkville. i can save the freight from the northern cities thndealer's profit, which is no small item, buving of us, and at the same time get a >Yfe THAT IS MORE DURABLE than those orthern make. The following are our prices vered at depot in Greensboro: 8, with 10 pieces ware and 8 feet pipe, ISO 00 7 <? 44 44 44 44 44 44 26 00 tldress, SERGEANT A McCAULEY, Greensboro, N. C. J. DOBSON <fe CO., Agents, Yorkville, S. C. IN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, S. C. . F. LINDSAY, Agent, Lowrysville, Cliee ounty, S. C. SKY LIGHT, D NO MORE CLIMBING UP-STAIRS ! 'AKK pleasure to inform all in want of PHOTOGRAPHIC PICTURES, that I have just n possession of niv NEW GALLERY, built i fine sky and side-lights,near my residence? house east of the jail, and only a few hunI yards from the Court House corner. An ?rlenoe of 28 years ana every convenience ior ness, will enable me now to do better work l ever before. amen and Photo-Albums, Stereoscopes and .vs always on hand. am also* prepared to sell vou a MASON" A MLIN ORGAN, or an AMERICAN SEW1 MACHINE, for cash or on time. J. R. SCHORB. dy 9 27 tf BAR B ER SHO P. " EIOSE in want of an EASY SHAVE, a fluhionable and stylish cut of hair, or a pleasant luxurious Shampoo, are reminded that IS. BALLARD, Professor of the Art Tonneis still in business, in his old Shop next door i? Enquirer building, where it will afford great pleasure to wait upon all who may deli is services. Razors honed and sharpened, any other work of that kind promptly done, e may be found at the Shop on Sunday mornfroni 7 to 10 o'clock. THOMAS BALLARD, ine 11 25 ly SOTICE^ LESPECTFULLY' inform the public that I m prepared to sharpen razors, sciasors, shears other line-odged instruments. Prices?for ngand sharpening razors, 25 cents, and for pening scissors or shears, 10 cents each, and .faction guaranteed or no charge. TOM BALLARD, Barber. ibruary'JS 8 ' tf RAGS WANTED. POUNDS of clean cotton and lin- ' 0,1 Ratf* wanted, for which 2 cents jrund will be paid, at the "ENQUIRER" OFFICE, iril 15 15 tf RIAL J IIS TIC E'S BLABTKSTECCXiNIZAN'OK.S, Warrants of Arrest, Summons in civil action, and Executions. For at tho KNQUFRER OFFICE. * , dht'Mfk PER Pay at Inline. Tf mm free. AdJrena P ,0 G. Stinko* ic Co., Portland, Me. 3 ly* tf ?0fferiUe ^uquiret. TIG IIMS?IN ADVANCE i copy, one year, $ 3 00 copy, six months, 1 50 copy, three months, l go 1g copy, 10 copies, one year, 5 00 copies, one year, 25 00 -To persons who make up clubs often or ? names, an extra copy of the paper will be ished one year, free of charge.