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Sfamcrousi ?epattwent.; IX OX I ox THEBE IS STRENGTH., v - ' * " fc ? - / The Governor of Ohio, whom a great many people irreverently caFl "Old Bill Allen," in his younger days had not only a voice closely allied to seven-fold thunder, but was' a shrewd practical lawyer. His rude demolition of sentiment once gained him a case. General Murphy, a member of the Chillicothe bar, thirty years ago was one of the most noted advocates that rode the circuits of Ohio. He could weep profusely over the most hardened criminals and sbed quarts of real tears whenever the occasion required it. The results was that he usually carried the jury with him. On one occasion General Murphy was engaged to defend a noted horse thief in Itoss county, while the State secured the services of Gov. Allen. The usual routine was gone through with, and the prisoner's guilt tlfiin ?? / >1 AO *>1 r. /lorvt AnnfwA^A/] U It f AHA *?0 1 ?? U3 pictl-j tiCftlJJ UCUJUUObI flLCllj UUt UOllCiat Murphy relied upon working up the sympathies of the jury. His effort was unusually brilliant, and toward the close of his appeal tears rolled down his cheeks in torrents, while the jurors rubbed their eyes with their cuffs. All this time Allen sat stiff and upright, glaring with dry and frozen eyes upon Murphy. When the latter wound up with a final burst of eloquence and tears, which left the whole audience sniffling, Ohio's tall Governor, that was to be, straitened himself to his fullest height, and pointing his long bony finger at the jury, said: "Gentlemen, there is such a thing as blotting out justice with tears and confounding judgment with very much weeping. General Murphy understands this better thau any living man. But before his tears work an absolution of the sin hardened criminal at the bar, and cheat the state prisou of its dues, I wish to show the fountain from whence these tears flow so copiously." With one swope of his long right arm he was down in General Murphy's coat pocket and withdrew an immense red onion, denuded of its outer covering, and holding it aloft before the eyes of the astonished jurors, he continued : "The ancient Egyptians worshipped the onion because it was typical of .1 - ?i Tr :? / L me ceiesnai spnerea. nere iu vyuiu ?c u?vc good reason to curse it, because in General Murphy's pocket it has so often cheated the gallows and the prison of their dues." The prisoner was convicted, and Gcueral Murphy never rubbed his handkerchief on a peeled onion again when Old Bill Allen had the other side of the case. DEPRECIATION OF VALUE. A very intelligent old darkey was met by an ante bellurn friend the other day, for the first time since the war, and the old man's delight in seeing one of the Massa's tickler friends in old times was unbounded. After a hearty hand-shaking and a protracted laugh peculiar to the Southern darkey, the gentlemau asked : "Weil, Uncle Joe, how are you getting along in the world ?" "Sorter slow Marse . Been had rheu matiz right smart lately, and things ain't going exactly right any how," replied the dar key. "A great many changes have taken place since I last saw you, Uncle Joe. Death hae taken your old master away, the family are scattered about the four quarters of the globe the farm is divided up, and strangers occupj the old house. It makes one feel right sad Uncle Joe, to think of the changes that have been wrought by old Father Time." "Yaas," replied Uncle Joe. "You 'member when I was a slave I worked hard at odd times, and made money 'nuff to buy myself I paid old massa 81,000 for ray freedom." "Yes," said Mr. , "I distinctly remera ber it." "Wish I had dat money now," mused the olc darkey. "Well, yes," replied Mr. ; "it would be quite a fortune for you." "Lots 'o fortune, Sar," said the old man mournfully, "and every time I think about it I kinder rue de bargain. Nigger was wufl a thousand dollars then, but now he ain't wuff a cuss. Mighty changes in this world, massa."? Vichburg Uerald. How He Made Himself at Home.? "Make yourself at home," is a common form of hopitable welcome; but the invitation maj be awkwardly taken advantage of if youi friend happened to be odd. "The Nashville Banner says : The eccentric "Brother Carr," whose name has become a nousenoia wore in mis city, once paid an informal visit to a good religious family, as he was in the habit of doing when he came to Nashville. The lady of the house came iu, but after some time excused herself to atteud to some household duty, but begged Brother Carr to make himself at home. When she returned she found the reverend gentleman on his knees in front of the fireplace, taking up the ashes. Perfectly taken aback at this spectacle, she said: "Why, what in the world are you doing?" He answered: "You told me to make myself at home; and, if I were at home and the ashes needed taking out as badly asyour's, I would do it myself." She was not much comforted to find that he had been out in the back yard, and had hunted up an old ash pan with as much idea of being at home as she could have possibly desired. A Bald Head?It has been generally supposed that a bald head was of no account, even to the owner, but Vicksburg stands up and remarks to the contrary. The other day a resident of that city went up to Thompson's Lake to get a shot at the big alligator, and while eating a cold bite iu the shade, a man jumped over the fence, presented an old array musket at his head, and cried out: "Stranger, unkiver yer head !" The Vicksburger was dumbfounded, but made haste to remove his hat and exhibit a pate which shone like a newly-polished pilpaw. "Stranger, that saves ye?" continued the man, as he shouldered the musket; "I thought ye was the red-headed peddler who charged iny wife seventy-five cents for a testiraent which hasn't got a darned picture in it!" By The Roots.?A geutleraan, wishing some bushes removed from bis garden, tola his gardener to pull them up by the roots. Some time after, he went into the garden, and fouud the gardener digging trenches around the bushes. "Why, George," he said, "you need not dig around those small bushes in that way. I am sure you are strong enough to pUl them up by the roots." "0, yes, sir," replied the gardener, "I am strong enough, but-1 oust dig a little before I can get hold ^the toots. If you had told me to pull by the branches, I could easily --'moved them without digging." Op<??UR8f k*111 j'n.?A middle-aged woman fell as she was deso..^ a pairofstaire on Jefferson Avenue yesterj5 and the first man to help her reach her feet a banker who happed to be passing. "Did you fall, madamhe inquired, seized her arm. "Fall! Of course I fell, you fool, you You don't suppose I'd sit down here to rest do you ?" she snapped. He didn't say. Left Behind.?An Irishman got out of his carriage at a railway station for refreshments, but unfortunately the bell rang and the train left before he had finished his repast. "Hould on!" cried Pat, as he ran like a madman after the car, "hould on, ye murtherin ould stame iujin ; ye've got a passenger on board that's left behind." S&~ "It is a settled principle, your honor,' said an eminet lawyer, "that cause alwayi produce effects." "They' always do for the lawyers," responded the judge; "but I've sometimes known a single cause to deprive a client of all his effects." -4 ! JUtintltel f cHartwcilt. ^ f " ' IP> 7 2. > <t ? ,_j [From (lie Southern Plainer and Farmer. /.rr'MJr COST OF FENCING. When I look around me in this eulighteued nineteenth century, with my political economy study capon, and see the stupendous folj lies of people, for want of what they always claim to have in a high degree, a little c^mraon sense, and the waiit of sensible concurrent action to achieve important results, I have no hope of a millennium in agriculture, or anything else, and believe the "dies ine" will come and find the fool-killer's work not half ae! complished. In this day of degenerate politicians, how! ever, who never attempt to enlighten the peo| pie, but follow iu the wake of crude public j opinion, as sharks in the wake ofa vessel'; who listen for the "vox populi" with ears as erect as a wild Indian who catches the sound of his ; game upon the passing breeze ; who are all for ' personal success, and nothing for principle or me cuuiiuuu weai?mere jb uu iiupe iur ub i but to await a change in the tide, and hope I almost against hope, that a better day will j dawn. Some year or so or ago there appeari ed in an agricultural paper the broad asser| tion that the cost of fenoiug in the State of j Pennsylvania was equal to the whole value of the live stock in the State. This was so remarkable a statement as at once to attract our attention. | ( { / ) j ' f \ To make some approximate estimate of the cost of the fencing to the people of Virginia, is the object of the preseqt^ article,, and whilst the data are insufficient or not sufficiently accurate, perhaps, to arrive at a high degree of approximation, low estimates h*v? been advisedly taken, that the actual costs shall rather exceed than fall short of the results obtained. ... .... .. From the statistics of Agriowlture in 1870, we find that in* the State of Virginia, as at present organized, there were 73,849 farms of all sizes; and that of improved lands, exclusive of wood lauds and other unimproved lands, there were 8,165,040 acres. This gives , 110 acres as the average size of the farm of improved lands necessitating a fence. If we I add ten acres additional to cover the wood I and other lands under fence, we may safely I assume, we think, that the averaire farm in our State requiring to be enclosed is about 120 acres, or 1200 square four-pole chains. If we suppose this farm to be in the form of a square which, of quadrilaterals, gives the minimum feucing for the area enclosed, the side of the square would be 23.64 chains, or as a very close approximation, 762 yards. If divided into six rectangular tields, the amount of fen1 cing required would be seven times as much, 1 or 5,334 yards. Allowing 400 rails for every hundred yards of an ordinarily good fence, we have, to enclose properly the average farm, 21,336 rails. The rails are worth per hundred in both the timber and mauliug about 81.10 say, upon an ' average through the State ; though as we have uo means of verifying this hypothesis, it may not be a very near approximation, yet the true value would probably exceed the amount assumed as our basis, as 100 good railjB would make a cord or more of wood, and the cost ol ' mauling is from 50 to 75 cents per hundred ' in different sections. This gives say, 235 dollars as the cost oi ' the rails necessary to enclose the average square farm. But this beiug the most eco| nomical form of enclosure for four-sided areas, ' and not adhered to in practice, we may safely assume in consideration of the crooked fences j and irregular forms of our fields, 8250 dollars as a still closer approximation. Now comes ' in the additional expense of hauling and fen i .L. J:_4 CIDg. >v e suppose hi me average uisinuut for hauling rails at different seasons of the year, nine loads per day with a two-horse team, and 33 rails at a load would be a suffiI ciently high estimate. This would make 300 rails per day. If we assume the cost of hauling and the addition expenses of fencing the ' 100 rails to be two dollars, a low estimate, the f cost of fencing the 21,336 rails would be 142 dollars, and allowing the small amount of eight dollars for the irregularity of fields as ' above, 150 dollars. Thus we have 400 dollars as an approximate result for the outlay necessary to fence in 120 acres of land with a good new enclos, ure into six fields. It would therefore require an outlay to en, close the 73,849 farms in the manner and upon the basis adopted, $29,539,900, or twenty, nine and a half millions of dollars. The value of all the livestock in the State by the ! same census was $28,187,669?over twentyeight millions. Even if a four-field enclosure be adopted, the expense would be six-sevenths as much, or it would do away with only one division line, and the cost would be over twenty-five millions. We may safely assume, then, that the cost of good new enclosures for all the farms of the State equals the value of their live stock. Granting that these enclosures require to be replaced every twelve years, we have here a little item of nearly two and a half millions of annual expenditures sunk in ! fences to keep out stock, two millions of which could be saved by requiring all farm stock to be fenced in, in standing pastures, or by moveable fences that could be durably con structed. It should be observed also that the smaller the farm the greater the relative expense, as it requires just half as many rails to enclose 25 acres as prescribed, as it does to enclose 100 acres. The poor man and small farmer is thus much more interested in this matter than he has ever been taught to cousider, but i as we said before, our public men and lawmakers never attempt to teach the people up to economic laws, but rather mount the rostrum to teach them how to vote. We omit here the losses incident to our agriculture from successive droughts, which by some are supposed to be due in part to the destruction of our forests. This is, however, controverted. Though we have paid no special atteution to this subject, either as to its AAnmktt aw nfofiofi/ia if ora onv ynliu. [JI1UU9UJJU v \JI Oiauoui/O, 11 bugiu c*i ^ uuj IUIM ble?which we doubt. Yet one fact is worthy of consideration, and that is, that waters which fall to the earth are rapidly collected into streams and move off to the ocean presenting very little surface for evaporation, whilst the immense amount of water caught aud held for evaporation by the great forests of a contineut, cau be better appreciated by the little urchin, who inveigles his playmate under a tree to shake down a heavy shower upon him, than the philosopher who has forgotten his boyish tricks. But we leave this to the philosophy that rides upon the wings of the wind, and shoulders all responsibilities upon the gulf stream. What say the editorial fraternity of your city, yourself included. We believe they all speak ex cathedra on kindred subjects, and English Grammar. C. J. KEMPER. Fresh Air for Horses.?Horses, as they roam wild over their native plains of Arabia and Persia, or over the prairies of Texas and Mexico, are not the delicate and diseased animal we find in our stables, and the great reason for this is that in their wild state they have abundance of exercise and fresh air. "k Erse's excrement decomposes rapidly and nils the ofokln arith ammnnin. arid n&rbonic acid. We\*ar sometimes said that a horse stable is a he^ky place, and the care of horses a healthy bujne8Si Let those believe , this who can. A groom ,pay be healthy in consequence of his exercise *ad drives, but [ not in consequence of his conti^^ent in a [ stable. In most of the stables which see, ! | we should never set our foot if we could aVoi<j 1 i it. We should expect to carry away in our | | clothes and hair enough ammonia to manure ! a small potato patch. A person may become accustomed to breathe this vitiated air and ' not mind it, just as he can become accuss tomed to the smoke of tobacco ; but that am5 monia or tobacco smoke improves the healthj fulness of the air, is too big a dose of falsehood l for us to swallow.?Alexander Hyde, in New York Times. j Reading Iff* OOJfDUCTKD BY * *" " ' j REV. ROBERT LATHAN. [Original.] "I WISH I WERE A CHRISTIAN." I These, or words of similar ; import, are not ( (infrequently heard. It is no uncommon thing i i to hear persons publicly declare that they are J | not, but they sincerely desire to be Christians. * 1 Itseems uncharitable to question either the 1 honesty or sincerity of any individual. This j we will not do; but there is something strange, j something inexplicable about the condition J <jf?he mau *who'desire$ to,be a Christian and J ! yet is not. If he desires to be a Christian, why ; * is he uot? Who or wlmt.preveuU him. from j being a Chris tiay ? Upon whom does the j j 'blame of this tnihg rest ? The excuses which men offer for not ma- king a public profession of religion are often . j weak and silly. We have heard of individ-1 j uals who objected to connecting themselves | with any branch of the Christian church be- ( cause they found something defective either ' , in-the jrioctrines or in the mode of worship of all denominations of Christians. This is true. Christ gave the world a perfect church, just as 1 God gave us a perfect world ; but the latter was marred by man's sin'and the former corrupted by man's innovations. There is not < an iustitution on earth?human or divine? with which man has had any thing to do, but he has, in some way or other corrupted. There ( is nothing on earth perfect, in" the' sense that it is not in some way or other corrupted by man. But with all the innovations which man has made, the church is the. purest institution itf the World. 'The individual who objects to the church on account of human cor; ruptiona, to be'consistent, must object to every j institution and relationship which exists amongst men.' He who refusesi to connect himself with the church because of defects, ] should cut himself off from all connection with any and every member of the human family, J and isolate himself from all association with any of his race. Really, to harp about corruption in the church, is as silly as it is fallacious. There is less error in the church, as it now exists amongst men, than can be found ?.u'tUA ttu y |iiatc cisc uciitain liio sinning ouu. * Alt tliafethose ?who say tbey wish'they were Christians mean, is they desire the present comforts which Christians enjoy anil, the eter, nal joy which awaits them in another world. They love the ways of the world and the carlial pleasures of sin. They have rto*eal dosire 1 to serve God. They dread the punishments which follow siu, but they love ardently the ' practice of sin. There is not one holy desire , in their breasts. .Their desires are selfish. ; They would not, for auy consideration, abani don the practice of sin. If in reality they desired to be Christians, then they would be Christians, for there is uo barrier in the way . but their desires. s [Original 1 NOT SAVED. 1 "The harvest is past, the summer is ended, ( and we are not saved." Jeremiah 8: 20. No , doubt these words will be, in substance, rei peated by countless multitudes of our race. In grace as in nature, there is seed time and 1 harvest. Spring, summer, autumn and win1 ter. He thatbeiug often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy. Prov. 29 :1. Such is the condition of things. God is long-suffering, i i slow to wrath and of great pity, but there is . a point beyond which the offers of grace do not extend. The Lamb of God is also the j j Lion of the tribe of Judah. He who to-day i offers pardon through His peace-speaking 1 blood, being spurned and despised, may, to. morrow, hurl the guilty soul into hell. Then, J in accents of woe, the soul will begin to re- i peat the words of the prophet: "The harvest ( is past, the summer is ended and I am not saved." How sad to see an immortal soul banished to that gloomy abode of sin and hopeless sorrow. How agonizing to part for- , ever from all that is good. t i That such will be the final destiny of ] "many" we are assured by our Saviour. What J proportion of the human family will be saved, 5 no one can say. We are warranted, however, 1 in saying that Jesus will say to many on the great day of final, assizes, "I never knew you. j Depart from me ye cursed." ,, Now, every sensible man must admit that ' there is something awful in the thought of going to hell. Men may say they are not afraid to die, and no doubt there are some so i far from being afraid to die, that they desire to die; but no sane man can say he does not fear to go to hell. Instinctively the soul shrinks back from such a thought. Devils dread God's wrath. Hell is as full of fear as t it is of suffering. Fear will never cease to 't exist iu the world of woe. Hope dies, but ? fear?dread, immortal fear?grows and Hour- j! ishes. Why then should any, at last, when too ] f late, exclaim lost? Who will be blamed for ! the loss of an immortal soul ? It is not on account of any defect in the plan of salvation. No one will be able at last to complain that he is lost because of some defect in the pro- ' visions of the gospel. Neither are any lost on account of the inflexible decrees of God. 1 In 110 place in the word of God, so far a3 we : s know, is it said or even intimated that men I J are lost because of the decrees of the Almighty, i < This is your condemnation or this is the rea-;. son that the sentence of your condemnation | t will be executed. "Light has come into the I . world and ye chose darkness rather than J 1- A! 1 ?,1 l < ilgni. i>LUU aiu UUUUUlUliuu utwiuau iiicj nic sinners, and they are driven into the pit of perdition because they reject the Saviour. Thk Contrast.?A faithful Christian uses , Jj the name of God reverently, spreads his word ? before him, calls on him from the heart? ( praises him, confesses him. The wicked man does exactly the contary; treats God's word as a fable, blasphemes him, ' curses meu j A Christian holds the office of the preacher j dear, hears and learns God's word with ear- '' nestness and diligence. j1 The wicked does the contrary; despises the 1 preacher's office, hears God's word carelessly,' j 1 or notat all. A true Chrstian honors and obeys, for God's i sake, parents, magistrates, ministers, teaclier9. 1 The other obeys not parents, serves and ;' helps them not, nay, dishonors, despises, and t troubles them; despises them when they are I old, infirm, and childish ; obeys not authority. 1 1 A man of true heartenvies not his neigh- j { ' bor, speaks not evil of bita, bears no ill-will against him, desires no revenge, helps him as 1 . much as he can. The other hates, envies, rejoices in his j | neighbor's trouble, is busy with slanderous re-1 | ports. ! f j A God-fearing mau lives temperately and , ' | "hastely ; the other the contrary, in thought, J 1 woH, and act. ! A go^d man maintains himself by labor, lends, helps, and gives to the needy. j The other taU<s every advantage. A good man speaks evil ot no man?yea, even if he ; knows that his neighbor is guilty, he covers j his sin with love. I The other backbites, detracts, misinterprets 1 c I betrays. j ' A. WILLI FORD, ! KOCK HILL, S. C. MORE YOUNG HORSES. [NOW have on hand, at my Stable in Rock Hill, S. C., "SIXTY HEAD )f young and fat Kentucky Mules and Horses? ' imong them some good saddle and harness aninals, which I will sell ON TIME, payable first of October, KJ75, the payments to l>e satisfactorily se ured ; or I will exchange them for old ones, on easonable terms. A. WILLI FORD. NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to me for Horses or Mules purchased in 1874 and due in that year, are equested to pay up at once and save cost. A fall* ire to comply may injure their credit with me luring the present year. A. WILLIFORD. CORN WANTED. ONE THOUSAND BUSHELS CORN wanted, for which I will pay the highest cash price. A. WILLIFORD. FODDER WANTED. [WISH to buy 10,000 pounds GOOD FODDER, for which I will pav$1.50 per hundred pounds. A. WILLIFORD. SOUTHERN LIFE INSURANCE CO. principal okkicks : MEMPHIS, TENN., AND ATLANTA, GA. | NET ASSETS JANUARY 1, 1875, OVER J^2,000,000 OO. ANNUAL INCOME, OVER >*1,000,000 00. BRANCH OFFICE, Y0RKV1LLE, S. C.: W. B. WILSON, President. JOHN S. RRATTON, Vice-President. J. C. KUYKENDAL, Sec. and Agent. I. 0. WITHKRSPOON, Attorney. Dr. L. ALEXANDER, Med. Examiner. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE : J. F. Wallace, L. M. Grist, Andrew Jackson, I. 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 :o Dr. J. C. KUYKENDAL, Agent, or to 1IAGOOD it TREUTLEN, Gen. Agents, Columbia, S. C. August 5 31 Uy COTTON GINS, HORSE POWERS, ANI) STEAM ENGINES. \\TE are now prepared to receive orders for the f f immediate delivery of the above articles. THE NEEDLE GIN surpasses any Gin now made. It turns off more lint, of liner texture, and Gins very rapidly. We refer to R. E. Guthrie, Dr. J. F. Lindsav and G. L. Riddle. THE WINSHIP SAW GIN gives best satisfaction over other Saw Gins. We now sell these celebrated Gins at $'}.50 per Saw, delivered at any of the Railroad Depots or Stations, in this State or North Carolina, free of any charge for freight. We refer to John B. Whitesides, J. Ran. Wallace, F. H. Brown and T. W. Clawson. We are also Agents for the sale of THE ERIE CITY ENGINE, and arc prepared to furnish any size that may be needed, for ginning Cotton or other purposes! JEFFERYS ?fe METTS. July 1 26 tf YORK MARBLEVARD^^ mESs to a costly monuthe art, with the very best materials, and at as low prices sis the same class of work can be fur-: -1 ' I?? ITnifn/l fttufna HpflAry IIISIKHI (WIV ? ilCiu in hid vyiuwu w. v.v. ^ Irom a distance promptly tilled, and tlie same attention given to work ordered by mail as if the parties were present in person. "From this date work will be delivered at any point on the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad, between Yorkvilloand Chester, or at any place between Rock Hill and Winnsboro, on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, free of charge for transportation. Thankful for the patronage heretofore bestowed upon my establishment, my determination is to merit a continuance of the same. F. HAPPERFIELD. January 14 2 ly SINGER SEWING MACHINE. I WOULD respectfully inform the people of York countv that I am Agent for the celebra:ed SINGER FAMILY SEWING MACHINE, ind am prepared to sell them on most reasonable erms, either for cash or on the popular monthly INSTALLMENT PLAN. TheSinger is toowell md universally known to require any word of ommendation here. It is the MONARCH OF SEWING MACHINES, for the substantiation of vhich assertion I refer to all who have them in ase. I also keep on hand a full supply of ATTACHMENTS, NEEDLES, OIL, Ac., which I sell at Manufacturer's prices. Those in want of such trticles can procure them, in my absence, from Dr. May, Yorkville; L. II. Bradford, Fort Mill; r. M. Wylie, Black's Station. E. F. BELL, Agent Singer Manufacturing Company. August 2(i 34 ly JNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE! COLLECTOR'S OFFICE,) an nTSTUTCT SOUTH CAROLINA. ) Columbia, August 1!), 187;"). ' J TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. J^rOTICK is hereby given that the following [N described property has been seized for violaion of the Internal Revenue Laws of the United States, and the Bonds for the costs of an action in he United States Court must lie filed in this office, vithin thirty days from the date hereof, or the same will be forfeited under provisions of Sec. Act July 13th, ISM, as amended, to wit: 1 Wagon ami Cover, 1 set Double Harness, 2 doles, ? empty Spirit Casks, and 1 Pistol, seized rom Jacob Mull. L. CASS CARPENTER, Collector, 3d District, S. C. September 2 35 3t COTTON GINS, WAGONS," &C. COTTON GINS that need REPAIRING, can be put in good order by seeding them to me, m or before the first of September. Farming Implements and Machinery REPAIRED at short notice. WAGONS MADE AND REPAIRED, of seaioncd timber. This Department is conducted by dr. \V. F. < i ARV1N, who is ready to give prompt ittcntion to all orders for Wagons and Repairs of ither Vehicles. Thankful to the public for the generous patrongo hestowod, I respectfully ask a continuance of he same, J. ED. JEFFERYS. July 15 28 tf . S. It. THOMSON. O. B. SI'KNCEB. THOMSON & SPENCER, Solicitors in Bankruptcy irAiiiririt rtn cs t\ lUiinMLijc, n. v. ClPKCIAL attention given to tiling of petitions, 3 to the prosecution of claims in Bankruptcy, ind the collection and forwarding of Dividends to creditors. February -1 .1 tf NEW STEAM MILL. rim undersigned respectfully informs the public that he now has in operation, on his ilace in Yorkville, a STEAM MILL, and is pre?ared to grind Corn, Grist, Horse-feed and Peas, rhe regular davs for running the Mill will lie rUESDAYS AND SATURDAYS; though, for ho accommodation of customers, I will always lave on hand Meal, Grist, Ac., which will be exhanged for Corn. T. W. CLAWSON. July 1 2<? tf STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA^ N THE COUET OF COMMON PLEAS?YOEK COUNTY. 11HE Creditors of WILLIAM CROOK, late of York county, deceased, are hereby notified o call upon me, at my office, at York Court louse, on or before the first day of October next, o present and establish their claims against the (state of the said deceased. t nr a t r a nw r? n Pio tl, P yVALilJAVjW, V. V. A !? September 2 35 4t rHE STATE GRANGE FERTTUZIr; AND "THE CLIMAX." r\VO first-class, pure bone, ammoniuted Fertilizers, for sale by D. JENNINGS & SON and I. D. AIKEN, Agents, Charleston, S. C. The lighest testimonials can be given. Please send or circular. September 2 35 3m C.E.SPENCER, ATTORNEY AT 3LiAW YOllKVILLE, S. C., ITITILL practice in the Probate and Circuit f f Courts of the State, and in the District Court ?1' the United States. January 7 1 ly TEE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER, NEW PREMIUMS FOB CLUBS! UNPRECEDENTED OFFERS! BY a very liberal contractjuHt entered intotvitl the Weed Manufacturing Company, we gr< , enabled to offer greater inducements to drib makers than ever heretofore. READ OUR PROPOSITIONS! Weed Sewint Machine, No^ 1.?Price, $65. t For a club of 40 subscriber*, at$2.50each, we wil give a WkedSkwing Machine of theal>ovestyle the casli price of which is sixty-five dollars. Weed Sewing Machine, No. 2.?Price, $70. For a club of 45 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we wil give a Weed Sewing Machine of the above style the cash price of which is soventy dollars. Weed Sewing Machine, No. 3.?Price, $75. Foraelubof50subscribers, at $2.50 each, we wil give a w ked sewing machineoi me aoove siyn the cash price of which is seventy-five dollars. p&'Tha reputation of the Weed Sewing Ma chine is equal to that of any other first-clans ma chine in the market, and of its merits we ca: speak advisedly?having had one in constant ns in our own family since 18(56, during all of whic! time it has never failed to work in the most sal isfactory manner. OUR LIBERAL OFFERS. In addition to the attractions of the Enquire* we invite attention to our terms of subscription and the liberal offers we make to those who ma; be disposed to form clubs. TERMS-FREE OF POSTAGE. Single copy, one year, $3 0 Two years to the same address, 5 0 In clubs, each subscriber, one year, 2 5 PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS. To those willing to form clubs for the Enquire] we make the following liberal offers: 1. For 40 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will giv a No. 1 Weed Sewing Machine, worth $65. 2. For 45 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will giv a No. 2 Weed Sewing Machine, worth $70. 3. For 50 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will giv a No. 3 Weed Sewing Machine, worth $75. The engravings given above in this column rep resent the style of the different machines. No. li black walnut, oiled, plain table. No. 2 is blacl walnut, oiled, half case. No. 3 is black walnui oiled, half case, with two side drawers, and wit] or without drop-leaf, as may be preferred. These offers are not confined to a single clut nor is there any competition invited as to wh< shall procure the largest club. Each and ever club of 40, 45 or 50 names will be entitled to th designated premium. The machines will be shipped from the neares branch office of the Weed Machine Company b the persons entitled to receive them, transports tion charges, which will rarely exceed $5, if sen by freight line, to be paid by the person receiving the machine. The offer made in this prospectus will be bind ing upon the proprietor of the Enquirbb unti the 15th day of October, 1875; and persons wh< may commencemakingclubs, can forward namei as rapidly as procured, in every case to be paid ii advance, having until the above-mentioned dab in which to complete their lists. It is not required that subscribers shall all re cei ve their papers at the same post-office; but sub m?uf Ka far it term nnf. Iams than oni ! 9U1 iptlUHO iiiunv ww .w? ? .v.... ?~- ? year. One subscriber for two years will bi equivalent, in making up lists, to two name! for one year each. Subscriptions may commence with any num ber, and the paper will be sent for a full yea: from the time the subscription begins. Each club-maker will be credited with name as they shall be received; and should any fail t< secure either premium by the 15th of October, 1875 but should procure ten or more subscribers, ai extra copy of the paper will be Riven for the tei names thus procured, and for all subscriptions it excess of ten, a cash commission of twenty-fiv< cents will bo given on each name. The Enquirer is sent Free of Postage t< all Subscribers. Remittances may be made at our risk, bv draft post-office order, or in registered letter; if uiad< otherwise, we will assume no risk. Write names plainly, giving post-office, count} and State. Specimen copies of the Enquirer will be sen to any address on application. ANOTHER SPLENDID OFFER, premiums to single subscribers. For the advantage of those who are inaccessible by a club-maker, but may yet wish to avai. themselves of our liberal oilers to subscribers we have made arrangements with the publish' ors of Smith's Bible Dictionary by which wt are enabled to oiler that valuable work as a premium to subscribers, at a cost to the subscribe! for the book and the Enquirer, of little mort than the publisher's price of the book. Smith't Bible Dictionary is a standard work, and indispensably necessary to every student of the Bible, or to ovory person who desires to read the sacred volume intelligibly. The Dictionary is the work of Dr. William Smith, of the University of London ?ml tlm most eminent lexicoeraDher in tlx world, who, in its preparation associated witt himselfovcr seventy distinguished divines and authors, of l>oth Europe and this country, in the great task of preparing a comprehensive Dictionary of the Bible, and supplying a want long fell by the religious public. The result of these lalx>rs appeared in three large and very costly volumes, a wonderful monument of learning. An abridgement of this great work, for popular use, made by Dr. Smith himself, is the one we have arranged to furnish otir subscriliers. The lx>ok contains every name in the Bible respecting which anything can bo said. It embraces the results ol historic research, antiquarian investigation, the study of languages and dialects, and the discoveries oftho modem travelers and explorers in the Holy Land?Robinson, Rawlinson, Ferguson, Layard, Offert and Stanley. 'the book is printed from new stereotype plates, oa good paper, and is appropriately illustrated with over 125 Engravings of beautiful Scones, Ancient Cities, and Memorable Places of the Holy Land, descriptive Figures and valuable Maps. It contains noarly 800 closely-printed, double-column, octavo pages, including 24 elegant full-page, Steel and Wood Engravings. II is printed in type of a heavy, distinct, and very legible face. The publisher's price of Smith's Bible Dictionary is 93.50. We will furnish a copy of the work, substantially bound in cloth, ana a copy of the Enquirer one year for 94.50. Or for a club ol five subscribers'at 92.50 each, we will furnish a copy of the Dictionary to thegetter up of the club. The book will be mailed, free of postage, to the person ontjtled to receive it, direct from the office of publication. Subscribers whose terms of subscription have not expired, by forwarding the money, will receive a copy of the Bible Dictionary, and have their subscription to the Enquirer extended one year. The ca?.h must accompany all orders. L. M. G RIST, Proprietor, Yorkvllle, S. C. W. P. HOBBS. THE NEW BUSINESS. HAVING become, bv purchase, sole proprietor of the YORKVILLE COACH FACTORY, 1 respectfully announce that. I shall conduct the business as heretofore. Besides keeping on hand a full stock of PLEASURE,VEHICLES QE-AJ,L DESCRIPTIONS, any article of special style or design will be made at short ftotibe and in superior manner. By havingemployed only the most competent workmen, in their respective' branches, ' I feel assured that I can please tne most exacting taste, both as to style and durability. Persons in want of any kind of PLEASURE CARRIAGE win cio wen to examine my siock. W P. HOBBS. 1 GRE^T-B ARGAINS. IWOULD inform the public tliat I now haveon hand alot of BUGGIES, finished in finestyle, m "which RARE BARGAINS can be oTSGined. I will sell a tifr-6op Buggy f?r <Soh*i(terably less than such class of work has ever been sold in this market since the war. Call and examine my stock and be convinced of the truth of what I sav, and if you want a Buggy take advantage of the present opportunity to secure one CHEAP. W. P. HOBBS. I *7 REPAIRING, REPAINTING, Ac., done, as heretofore, inthe best style and at the lowest prices for cash, which, in all cases will be expected on the delivery of work. W. P. HOBBS. The sweetest, most powerful and durable now in use." , , BLOOMFIELD & OTIS, NEW SCALE PIANOS, 209 EAST 19TH ST., NEW YORK. EMBRACING new and most valuable Patents, giving a greatly improved treble; also, by a new manner of bringing and a new method of inserting Mound board, the most important results have been obtained. | "The tone is full and sonorous, with a sweetness and delicacy of touch that cannot be surpassed. I have tested them as I would a Grand, for points of delicacy and strength, and they have stood the test in every way. In mimy respects they are superior to any manufactured in America. Charles Fradel." i (The eminent and favorite Composer and Pianist to His Royal Highness, the Due Gustave of ' Sax Weimar of Eisenach.) (Rochester Musical Times.) "The tirm of Bloomtield A Otis have lately made several important improvements in their pianos, placing thorn in the front rank of American manufacturers." (Toledo, O., Blade.) "Bloomtield A Otis, of Now York, carry away the first premiums at the Ohio Stato Fair as they did at the Fair of the American Institute. Considering the fact that they met in competition all the established favorites, such as the Knabe, Dunham, Lighte, Bradbury, and many others, which were skilfully handled, this is certainly a high compliment, as the torts were thorough and critical. (Brooklyn, N. Y. Eayle.) "The Music Committee of the Board of Education, Brooklyn, together with the local committees, alter examining and thoroughly testing all the principal instruments manufactured, have purchased Bloomtield A Otis' celebrated PatentTreble Pianos for the use of the schools." These Pianos are warranted for seven vears. Kcsj>on8iblo and energetic AGENTS WANTED everywhere. pBr Send for Circular and mention the name of ij the paper in which you saw this advertisement. , January 28 4 tf h? ' Nos. 3 Broad Street and 109 East Bay Street, 0 CHARLESTON, S. C. | STITIOIllS : ^ b7*?i?s ? First-Class Work OUR SPECIALTY, ^ YET, BY USING CHEAPER GRADES OF STOCK, J WE CAN FURNISH WORK AT b LOWEST LIVING PRICES. s fine fashidnwlTsiationehy, g Piries Paper and Envelopes. Redding and (Ball invitations ' ON THE BE3T STOCK ANO PRINTED IN THE ' LATEST STYLE. t *c; f September 10 37 tf COTTON SAW GINS, 1 Equal to any in the country. 5 WITH AN IMPROVED COTTON ROLL, 9 j superior to any other Gin. 0 MANUFACTURED BY J . JM. JL JL , WIHNSBOEO, S. C. B j. References : W. b. Creight, R. R. Agent, and ' Maj. T. \V. Woodward, President of the State 3 Agricultural and Mechanical Society, Winnsboro. July 22 29 2m* r f THE J AS. LEFFEL 3 i Doable Tarbine Water Wheel, 1 5 I JfL Manufactured by |f POOLE & HUNT, l JL Baltimore, Md. 1 III 7,000 SOW IX USEt l 111 n Simple, Strong, Durable, B I ahvays reliable and satisManufacturer*, also, of 3 i iS^SEggWbPortable & Stationary \~\J wBfj nD11 Steam Boilers, I & Grist Mills, Min| fSSaSfir :forCotton Mifl's, Flonff Oil Mill Machine^^Hyjraullc6 an dither . Presses,&c. 8hafting, Pulleys and Hangers 1 a specialty Machine mado Gearing; accurate and of very best fiulsh. Boud for Circular,. J , March 25 12 Om 3 REMOTAL. I HAVE removed my > <-*. rsF"** TIN SHOP to the resigSflKgLas|yQ dence of Mr. WILLIAM AIKEN,six lniles^South TURK ANDAREPAIR TIN WARE, at short notice. STOVE PIPE made to order cheap, for, the cash. Address J. M. ADAMS, (luthriesville, S. C. T.,?? o 99. tf ; CHESTER AND LENOIR RAIL ROAD. THE trains over the CHESTER AND LENOIR NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD will rnn : daily, (Sundays excepted) as follows, making 1 i | close connection with the trains on the Charlotte, f Columbia and Augusta Railroad: 1 > ; Leave Yorkville at 8.30 a. ni 1 j Arrive at Chester at 10.30 a. in. > Leave Chester at 5.10 p. m. i ! Arrive at Yorkville at 7.00 p. ni. A. H. DAVEGA,: President. , ! June 10 23 ' tf i! AUCTIONEERING. ! I rriHE undersigued takes this method to notify 1 1 .1 the public that he will give prompt attention ' to AUCTIONEERING in York and the adjoining < counties. Communications may be addressed to j t I him at Yorkville, S. C. S. G. BROWN. < II March ft 10 tf ? FINE GOLD OPERA CHAINS^ ' 17JOR Ladles, and handsome Vest Chains for r Gentlemen, at R. BRANDT'S Jewelry Store, i opposite the Court House, Chester, S. O. I ^ii?I statje; of south Carolina. COUNTY OF YORK-COURT OF COMMON PLEAB. Givens Gallaher, Surviving Administrator of Arthur Kirkpatrick, deceased Plaintiff, against Catharine Blair and William White, Administora of estate of Matthew White, deceased, Defendants.?Summon* to Renew Execution. To Catharine Blair (formerly Catharine White) and William White, Administrators of ail and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits of Matthew White, deceased. WHEREAS, judgment was obtained in the Circuit Court for the Countv of York, and State of South Carolina, on the 19th day of March, A. D. 1W>9, in the above entitled cause, against the Estate of Mathew White, deceased', and execution was duly Issued thereon, but the active energy thereof has now expired, and it is desired to have the same renewed. . , ( Now, therefore, You are summoned to appear at thf* next Term of theOlrcuit Court, to be neld forsaid County, at the place of holding the same, and then and there show cause, if any you can, why said execution should not be renewed according to law. ' " ?! Dated July 2<lth, A. D. 187/>. WILSON WITHERSPOON,, , Plaintiff's Attorneys. The Defendant, William White, Administrator of Matthew White, deceased, will please t^ke notice that the summons, of which the above is a copy, was tiled in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for York county, on the 2nd of August, 1875. WILSON & WlTHERSPOON, Plaintiff's Attorneys.' August 12 > 32 Gt* THE COOKING STOVES manufactured atour works in Greensboro, N. C., give universal satisfaction wherever introduced. They are made of the BEST SCOTCH PIG METAL, with heavier arid thicker plate than any other Stove in the market, and consequently will the longer withstand heat and hard usage. They are of band some pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal in every other respect to any Cooking Stove sold in the United States, while it is confidently claimed that they are the CHEAPEST. All the usual pieces of ware and cooking utensils are furnished with Stove. An imDOrtant consideration with purchasers is the fact that oar patterns and sizes are never changed. Should a piece get accidentally broken at any time, we can replace it at the mere cost of casting. Not simply Decauae it is a home production, buton accountof its intrinsic merits as an article of household economy, do we ask the patronage of home purchasers. More than ONE THOUSAND of these Stoves are now in use, and among many others having them we respectfully refer to the following: R. E. Guthrie, D. M. Campbell, M. H. Currence, York county; Mrs. Elizabeth J. Wylie, Chester; D. A. Gordon, Guthriesville; John A. Brown, Rock Hill j^B. P, Boyd, Joseph Herndon, L. M. Grist, Yorkvjlle. 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 e#' Z^onnt in rJroontiV\AI?n d UOUVCI CU fXV i?? v>< wvuvt/w?w _ No. 8, with 10 pieces ware and 8 feet pipe, $30 00 it y ii ii ii ii ii ii A 26 00 Address, SERGEANT A McCAULEY, , Greensboro, N. C. T. M. DOBSON A CO., Agents, Yorkville, S. C. JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, 8. C. ! A. F. LINDSAY, Agent, Lowrysville, Chester county, S. C. J. L. CARROLL, Agent at Chester,8. C. : STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF YORK?COURT OF COMMON PLEA8. Givens Gullaher, Surviving Administrator of Arthur Kirkpatrick, deceased, Plaintiff, against Catharine Blair and William White, Administrators of Matthew White, deceased, Defendants.?Suvinwiut to Itf hew Execution. To Catharine Blair (formerly Catharine White) and William White, Administrators of ail and singular, -the goods and chattels, rights and credits of Matthew White,deceased. WHEREAS, judgment was obtained in the Circuit Court, for the County of York, and Stateof South Carolina, onthe Pith day of March, A. D., 1889, in the above entitled cause, against the estate of Matthew White, deceased, and execution was duly issued thereon, but the active energy thereof has now expired, and it is desired to have the same renewed. Now, therefore, You are summoned to appear at the next Term of the Circuit Court, to be neia for said county, at the place of holding the same, and then and there shew cause, if any you can, why said execution should not be renewed according to law. Dated July 2fith, A. D. 1875. WILSON A WITHERSPOON, Plaintiff's Attorneys. The Defendant, William White, Administrator of Matthew White, deceased, will please take notice that the summons, of which tne abeve is a copy, was filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for York county, S. C., on the 2nd of August, 1875. WILSON A WITHERSPOON, Plaintiff's Attorneys. August 12 32 6t? BLAAKBOOk MANUFACTORY STATIONERY, AND BOOK BINDERY. THANKING the public for liberal past patronage. I now invite attention to my complete stock of STAPLE AND FANCY STATIONERY, consisting, in part, of Flat Papers, Midium, Folio Post, Demy, Letter and Note. Blank Books, oeve ry variety; Envelopes, Slates, Ink, Ac, Fancy Stationery, Gold Pens and Pencils, PenKnives, Writing Desks, Ac. Also, BOOK BINDING DONE, in all its various branches. Sheet Music, Periodicals, Law Books, Ac., bound in any style desired. Ola Books rebound and repaired. PRINTED BILL AND LETTER HEADS A SPECIALTY Orders promptlv attended to, at lowest cash prices. * E. R. STOKES, 155 Main Street Columbia, S. C. March 25 12 tf SKY LIGHT, AND NO MORE CLIMBING UP-8TAIRS ! - 'n* vv nlouonro fo inform nil In want of PHO 1 TOGRA PHIC PICTUR ES.that I have just taken possession of my NEW GALLERY, built with tino sky and side-lights,near my residencefirst house east of the jail, and only a few hundred yards from the Court House corner. An experience of 28 years and every convenience for business, will enable me now to do better work than ever before. Frames and Photo-Albums, Stereoscopes and Views always on hand. I am also prepared to sell you a MASON ?fc HAMLIN ORGAN, or an AMERICAN SEWING MACHINE, forcash or on time. J. R. SCHORB. July 8 27 tf 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 Enquirkr 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. He may be found at the Shop on Sunaay mornings from 7 to 10 o'clock. THOMAS BALLARD. June 11 25 ly NOTICE^ 1 RESPECTFULLY inform the public that I am prepared to sharpen razors, scissors, shears and other fine-edged instruments. Prices?for honing and sharpening razors, 25 cents, and for sharpening scissors or shears, 10 cents each, and satisfaction guaranteed or no charge. TOM BALLARD, Barber. February 25 8 tl" RAGSWANTED. A f\ POUNDS of clean cotton and linlU#UUy en Hags wanted, for which 2 cents per prurid will be paid, at the ^'ENQUIRER" OFFICE. TRIAL JUSTICE'S BLANKS. RECOGNIZANCES, Warrants of Arrest, Summons in civil action, and Executions. For ?ile at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. tit* tL . tit*f3ti\ i'ER Day at home. Term* free. Addreim ^^"o.Stinhon fc Co.,Portland, Me. 3 ly? She ^orlnillr tfwggjtarr, T ICTIMW?IN ADVANCE , Dne copy, one year...... $ 3 00 Dne copy, six months, ] 50 Dne copy, three mouths, 100 Single copy, 10 rwo copies, one year, 5 00 ren copies, one year, 25 00 jb&'To persons who make up clubs often or more names, an extra copy of the paper will be tarnished one year, free of charge.