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glumanius gjepartracut. WONDERS OF THE MICROSCOPE. The other day a Detroit father purchased a microscope for his son, a boy of ten, patted the lad on the shoulder, and said to him : "My 9on, take this microscope and go out and study the beauties of nature." The boy left all other amusements for that, aud he took such great interest, and improved so rapidly, that at the tea-table, to which several visitors sat down with the family, he felt that he rau9t make some remarks. Turning to one of the ladies, he inquired : "Did you ever look at cheese through a microscope ?" "I don't think I ever did," she pleasantly replied. "Well, you just ought to see the things crawl?" "John ! John !" exclaimed the father, shaking his head at the boy across the table. Johu subsided for a minute or two, and when his mother passed the cheese around, Atmiin k/\rl r? oai/1 h'pl* n??l? cvcijr ukjkaj oaiu, luailN juU, LIU. X iCLiy soon the young student, desiring to mollify his father, asked: "Father, did you ever look at a toad through a microscope ?" "I will talk with you after supper," replied the parent, scowling at the boy. John was rather disappointed at his failure to arouse enthusiasm, and just as the strawberries were being passed around, he remarked : "Well, you just ought to look at a strawberry once through the microscope! They look ju3t like warts, they do, and you think you see bugs running?" "Jawn!" said his mother. "Boy !" warned his father. "Well, they look worse 'an flies' heads," protested the boy, who imagined that they doubted his veracity ; "for flies?" "Boy !" said the father, making a motion for John to leave the table. John left, and, as soon it was convenient for him to do so, the father escorted the lad to the wash-room in the basement, bounced him around and said : "My son, gimme that microscope, and you take the ax and go out and study the beauties of that woodpile." If that boy continues to feel the way he does at present, he will become a bank robber instead of a naturalist. War Veterans.?Several powder-begrimed veterans gathered in a certain police station, the other evening, says the Louisville Courier-Journal, to keep out of the rain for a few minutes, and while there discussed the late war. "I remember," said one, "that a bullet passed clear through George Gay's body, and never killed him. "I recollect," said another, "that a ball lodged in Bill Payson's lung, and never was taken out; but he lived." "I," said a third, "know well when the doctors thought Henry Hill's life was gone up, as a 'minie' lodged within an inch of his heart; but he lived." "Jake Johnson's head was pierced by a ball, and he lived," exclaimed the last man but one. These remarks produced considerable surprise and excited speech from all save a tall, slim and sleepy individual, who waited till his companions concluded, and then drawled, in piping accents? "Those fellows was a little tough, I allow ; but Jim Jones, who fit aside of me, was shot in the neck so that his head just hung by the skin." "Great heavings!" ejaculated all; "you don't mean to say he lived, do you?" "0, no ; he died," drawled slim and sleepy. - ? ? At the Deaf and Dumb Asylum.?Jones went to the deaf and dumb asylum the other day to inspect the institution. Upon entering he encountered a man, evidently an inmate, and he at once endeavored to explain to the man, by making signs upon his fingers, that he wanted to look through the place. The man also made signs, which Jones could not comprehend. Then Jones made other and more elaborate motions, which set the man at work with great violence, and for the next ten minutes they stood in the hall gesticulating and twisting their fingers, without being able to comprehend what the other meant. Finally Jones became angry, and, in an outburst of wrath, exclaimed : "(), get out, you idiot! I'm tired of bothering with you." Whereupon the man said, "That's just what I was going to say to you." "O, you can speak, can you ? Then why didn't you do so, and not keep me standing motioning to you ? I thought you were deaf and dumb." "I came here to inspect the asylum," said Jones, "and I took you for a patient." "That's what I came here for, and I thought you were an attendant," said the man Here Jones and the man shook hands, and huDted up a genuine attendant. Looks vs. Looking.?A Frenchman, near the Canada line, in Vermont, sold a horse to his Yankee neighbor, which he recommended as being a very sound, serviceable animal, in spite of unprepossessing appearance. To every inquiry of the buyer respecting the qualities of the horse, the Frenchman gave a favorable reply, but always commenced his commendation with the deprecatory remark : "He's not look ver good." The Yankee, caring little for the looks of the horse, of which he could judge for himself without the seller's assistance, and being fully persuaded, after minute examination, that the beast was worth the moderate sum asked for him, made his purchase aud took him. A few days afterward he returned to a col lor in KlnrK rlimrronn anrl il?>/?]urwl tu Wig OVIIV4 1U I1ICU UUU^VUU) WMV4 V4VV*?. v? that he had been cheated in the quality of the horse. "Vat is de raattaire?" said the Frenchman. "Matter!" said the Yankee; "matter enough, the horse can't see! He is as blind as a bat ?" "Ah," said the Frenchman, "vat I vas tell you ? I vas tell you he vas not look good? be gar, don't know if he look at all !" Wasn't Fooling.?A boy in St. Louis was recently presented with a jack-knife, with tvhiph hnv-likp hp nit. and marked everv thing that came in his way from the diningroom table to the cat's tail. A few days after he had become the happy possessor of the knife, his father was startled by seeing two men bringing home the young hopeful in a very dilapitated condition. His face seemed to be cut and bruised and covered with b\ood. The father, of course, was very much alarmed, and inquired of the boy who hit him. "Nothing didn't hit me, sir," the hoy answered, between his sobs; "it was only a mule kicked me in the eye." "A mule kicked you cye, eh ?" replied the father. "Haven't i a thousand times or more that mules and fe-.inowjer were n0f fit things for boys to tool wit.. What wcre doi to the mule? "I wwt foolin' with 'ira at all, said the boy; "1 . on, ( ; t0 cut my name on his back. - ? ? * ? An Indiana correspondent raentiou. tfiat at the Annual Conference Temperance Au niversary, a brother related the following: In the Conference was a minister of small proportions, but whose confidence in himself was quite sufficient. He was called upon to baptize a large, heavy woman by immersion. An officious member ventured to remark that if he needed auy assistance, he was at his service, which was declined. In the small mau and the large woman cautiously waded, but the small man slipped on a treacherous stone, and drew the large woman down with him. The large woman was recovered by the stewards, while the small man made for the other side of the creek. As he grasped an overhanging bush to draw himself out of the water, he turned to the other shore, and clearing his mouth from water, exclaimed, "Brethren, sing something appropriate." Jtgwttlttttal gepartwent. | [Original.] PAY OUT! The cry has commenced, already, amongst = a certain class of farmers, that they will not be able to pay out! This we are prepared to believe. Such has been the case for several je years. Go into a crowd of farmers and you "C| will hear one class complaining about the un- p, reliableness of labor, high taxes, the scarcity w of money, and hard times in general. The V| other class have very little to say. They are j j not able to discover the pressure of which the p other class complain* The former class ex- ^ press their determination either to sell out and ^ go to some other place, or to engage in some- tc thing else. The latter class are satished. ^ lUniaA ZtA I1BA A\* fUlO .. j ilUW, llicic Uiuob yc duiuc i;auoc iui buao || ! state of thiDgs. Some farmers are about to ^ break ; others are getting rich fast. We have ^ no hesitancy in saying that some men have made more money by farming since 1865, ^ than they ever made before. They have made C( more corn and cotton to the number of acres |j planted, and received more for what they had ^ to sell, than they ever did before. These are C( facts which no one will dare call in question. ta Why then are not all farmers in a good con j8 dition? The answer, we think, is easily giv- g en. It will be found, we are persuaded, that g( the most of those farmers who are depressed in spirits and oppressed in purse, are those who 'rl have been doing a kind of gambling business. m They have been raisingjall cotton and no sup- w plies. They give a lien at the beginning of p( each year, on the crop to be produced, for 0j supplies with which to make it. They buy C? large quantities of fertilizers and make no g{, manure on their plantations. They attempt cc te accomplish impossibilities. m It is admitted that Southern labor is not as ? good as is desirable, but if by labor is meant the negro, we are convinced that the negro, je as a servant, is more reliable than any other as laborer in the wide world. This is a bold dec- 0f laration, but we feel prepared to establish its Sp truthfulness. There is no race of people on earth, that makes as good servants as the ne- je gro. He makes himself ridiculous, we admit, je by turning politician ; but for a time we south- nj em people must bear with this. sa The reason why so many farmers are unu- ^ sually pressed, may be briefly stated. Wheu ft| the war ended many of them were hopelessly ^ in debt. They would not accept the condi- et ? * - J a_ i? a. tion ot tilings, out attempted to nve 10 me w style in which they had lived previous to the war. Instead of payiug off their old debts, cc they contracted new ones. They attempted ra to make large crops of cotton without an ear of corn in their cribs, or a pound of bacon in their smoke-houses. Shrewd traders understood this, and agreed to "run them" on the lien. Money was made by farming, but the g, maker did not have the pleasure of enjoying jg it. The remedy for the present state of things is for every man to make his own supplies and live economically. It was a great misfortune for our southern country, that our people, so soon as the war was over, commenced running se to the stores for shoes and socks; and for cloth to make every article of clothiug that is worn. During the war, southern women made good substantial cloth, and there was a time q when our people were comparatively indepen- w dent. That was the time of the war when we were cut off from the rest of the world. c( Had the South kept this up to the present }1| time, there would be less depression and oppression. Farmers cannot live as extrava- g( gantly as they generally do and pay out. It w is simply an impossibility. The South is an , old country, but the majority of the people ^ had to commence life anew after the war. aI - - nt DON'T SHOOT THE BIRDS. ~ Too many farmers encourage their sons to ta shoot the birds generally supposed to be destructive to their crops, such as crows, jays, blackbirds and sparrows, justifying themselves m with the plea that the birds ars the great marauder in the garden and orchards. Every w one who has paid attention to the matter bi knows that even crows, jays, and blackbirds, gj are productive of more good than harns, and cc that the vast and rapid increase of destructive insects, is owing almost entirely to the wan- a| ton destruction of birds which are not even ^ legitimate game. The iusectivorous, or insect P( eating birds, which include all the small cc ones, appear to have been to keep the balance b< of power in insect life, which would other- w wise multiply to such a degree as to render pj the ariculturalist's toil entirely useless. A farmer keeps a watch dog to guard his pre- f raises, and cats to kill rats and mice in his granary and barn, yet takes no pains to cher- h< ish and preserve the birds that do him more 01 good than dog or cat, working diligently as gt they do from early morning until dark, killing and destroying insects injurious to his crops, which, if not thus thinned, would even- 8e tually multiply to such an extent as to leave P1 him scarcely any crop whatsoever. There is tl -| : u :?1~ me jay ; it is saiu mat a siugie lamuj uj ja^o ; pi will consume twenty thousand noxious insects a, in a season of three months. The poor crow, despised and persecuted by nearly all, is pro- ^ ductive of some good, and is a friend to the farmer, although he finds in the latter an in- P1 veterate enemy. During the winter the crow is picks up a scanty subsistence; on the return le of spring the bare earth affords him a supply of grubs and other noxious larvae on which he fares liberally. He also acts, oftentimes, as a self-constituted sentinel, chasing the thieving hawk from the poultry yard. The w cedar-bird by the hour together, feeds on the c' all-despoiling canker worms. A single pair u of sparrows will destroy between three aud w four thousand caterpillars in a week. Many other birds destroy a like proportion. There- ^ fore, let every farmer and occupier of the soil constitute himself the protector of the birds 8( which are his chief friends. n S( Build up a Homestead.?The feeling 1 fl that you are settled and fixed will induce you J to go work to improve your farms, to plant orchards, to set out shade trees, to enclose a pastures, to build comfortable outhouses, and w each successive improvement is a bond to bind j J vou still closer to vour homes. This will w bring contentment iu the family. Your wives J n and daughters will fall in love with the coun-; t( try, your sous will love home better than the j ^ grog-shops and prefer farming to measuring : . tape or professional loafing, and you will be 61 happy in seeing the conteuted and cheerful j11 faces of your families. J n Make your home beautiful, convenient and I S pleasant, and your children will love it above ; t( all other places; they will leave it with re- j t| , gret, think of it with fondness, come back to | ] it joyfully, and seek their chief happiness j 0 ! around their home fireside. 8 Women and children need more than meat, 1 q ! bread and raimeut; more than acres of corn ; ti ! and cotton spread out all around them. Their w j'ove of the beautiful must be satisfied. Their ^ 1 ta8t" must be cultivated; their sensibilities i humorec., not shocked. To accomplish this ! good end, no..,, raugt be made lovely, con- 0 veniences multipr.^ comforts provided, and g cheerfulness fostered. u There must be both suns\.;ne and shade, lu- ii cious fruits and fragrant floweic. as well as I corn and cotton. The mind and Heart as i well as the fields must be cultivated ; and ri j then intelligence and contentment will be tht, 0 j rule instead of the exception. Stick to, im- i prove and beautify your homesteads; for with " this good work comes contentment. I p . i One cow, horse, mule, sheep or hog, well fed, is more profitable than two kept on " I the same amount of food necessary to keep ' one well. . C parting fa* the j^abbath. CONDUCTKD BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN. [Original.] JOHN 1:9. We often read over the Scripture so caressly, that we fail even to discover the diffiilties which attend the interpretation of assages. Such, we apprehend to be the case ith regard to the passage before us. By the ue light, is, beyond all question, meant esus Christ. He is called, with great approriateness, the Light; because from him proieds, as a fouutain, all spiritual light. What le sun is to the physical world, Jesus Christ is the moral world; what the sun is to the ody, Jesus is to the soul. In him is life and TfloiiD io tho true liirht. I B..?. .w - o , ecauae all other lights are either false or arrowed. With regard to this clause of the passage, lere is, however, no difficulty; but there is, jnfessedly, a difficulty in the words "which ghteth every man coming into the world." /"hat does this mean? If there is difficulty mnected with their interpretation, they certinly contain a great practical doctrine which , by most of the human family, ignored. Wy interpretation of any single passage of Bripturemust be consistent with the scope of le whole. An interpretation which is at vaance with the general teachings of the whole ust be erroneous. Bearing this in mind, it ill be generally found that the simple irajrt of the words is the correct interpretation 7 any particular passage. This being the ise, we may conclude that Christ Jesus, in tme sensC, lightens or illumines every man >ming into the world. In other words, all en are, in some sense, illumined by Jesus hrist. Two kinds of illumination are spoken 7 in the Scripture. The one is such as to ave all without excuse. The other is such i to bring the sinner to a saving knowledge 'Christ. It is the former, we think, that is oken of in the clause under consideration, hat is, Christ so enlightens all mankind as to ave them in an iuexcusable state if they rect him. Like the sun, Jesus sheds his geal rays upon all men, or rather we should .y the sun, like Jesus, shines upon all men. here is nothing hidden from his light. All e iiffebted to Jesus for some things, and one ling which all owe to him is that they are so ilightened as to be without excuse. Those ho are lost will not be able to say to Jesus, Tou never did any thing for me." On the 4Ka /innomnno fhaf TTo rlirl HI LI ?11jt, ill I Will ut. vuuov/tuuo vuuv ajlv uiu uch for them. [Originnl ] JOHN THE BAPTIST. John the Baptist was the connecting link itween the two dispensations. He enjoyed eater privileges than any of the public rainters of religion under the Old Testament mes. Hence, it is said, he was "greater than prophet." Still, as he stood at the threshold ' New Testament times, he was "the least in le kingdom of God." John the Baptist was nt as a witness for Christ. He came as an ;ent, or instrumentality,'divinely chosen, to ;ar witness of Christ, that all men, through ira, or through the witness which he bore of hrist, might believe iu Christ. Hence he is, ith propriety, called the forerunner, or the ie who runs before his master and announ;s his coming. John the Baptist, however, id another very importaut part to act in the ispel dispensation. He is a pattern to all ispel ministers, both as to who-they are and hat are their duties. If we answer correctr the questions, "Who was John the Baptist, id what were his duties?" we will have a >rrect answer to the same questions, when iked respecting a minister of the New Tes>ment. John the Baptist was a man. His father's ime was Zacharias, and his mother's Eliza5th. He was of priestly origin, but still he as a man. Like all other men, he was, by rth, a sinner, and by actual transgression, a !.? T i Irn Ho \r i f] lia iiuur iu iuc si^ut ui vjiwu. ijiiw ..v )iild have said : "I was shapen in iniquity, jd in sin did my mother conceive me." Pa. 1:4. So is every other minister of the gos2I. He is nothing but a mere man. He in boast of no higher origin than that he was )rn in sin. But, although John the Baptist as a man, he was "a man sent by God." ^e was not what he was by his own choice, though he assumed his office aud discharged s duties voluntarily. Neither was he what 2 was, by the example of his pious parents, by the course of discipline to which he was ibjected, although both these were inseparaly connected with his office ; but he "was !nt of God." He was born, educated and repared, in body and mind, for his work, by le peculiar interposition of God as a God of rovidence and grace. He was sent, not by ly created beiug, but by God. So it is with /ery true minister of the gospel. He is sent y God. He has God's work to do, and God repares him and sends him to the work. He not simply a graduate of some literary col ge and of a theological seminary; out ne is i man sent by God." Colleges and theologal seminaries cannot make preachers. They lay be to those sent by God what the desert as to John the Baptist?a place that God aooses to fit them for doing his work ; but, nless God sends them, all the schools in the orld cannot make them ministers of the New estament. It is a grand mistake for parents > suppose they can make preachers of their )08. God alone makes preachers. All raenmde preachers are, in the language of the ! iriptures, "hirelings and have no care for the 1 ock." The duties incumbent on John the Baptist, re briefly but explicitly stated thus : "There as a man sent from God whose name was j oh 11. The same came for a witness, to bear itness of the Light, that all men through him light believe."?John 1: 6, 7. All he had ) do was to testify that Jesus Christ was the lessiah, the Saviour and the only Saviour of i nners. It was through his testimony that i len were to believe, and not through the im- j lediate and direct interposition of the Holy i -ii i? i! 4 i pint, i^o man couiu ueneve whuuui me iuirposition of the Holy Spirit; but still it was irough the preaching of John, that the spirit perated. So it is with every minister of the ospel. His work is stated in the language uoted respecting the work of John the Bap- j st. The minister of the gospel is simply a| ritness-bearer for Christ. Sabbath after sabath he must bear witness for Christ, the light' f the world. The sermon, the woof and warp : f which is not Christ and him crucified, is a odless harangue. It may be beautiful in fig-; res and iu choice of words, it may be thrill-! ig in description, it may be a grand literary j roduction; but it is, withal, an . empty haangue. Preaching is simply "bearing witness f the Light." It is important that we give the clause, that all men through him might believe," its roper emphasis. God has ordained and fixed, I y an irreversible decree, that by the foolish-; ess of preaching, He will save them that beeve. We are not warranted in saying that: lod cannot convict, convert and sanctify sin- i ners, without preaching; but we are warranted in saying that He will not do it. That man who neglects the preaching of the gospel, rejects Jesus Christ. | THE COOKING STOVES manufactured atour works in Greensboro, N. 0., give universal 1 satisfaction wherever introduced. Tliey are made of the BEST SCOTCH PIG METAL, with heavier and thicker plate than any other Stove in the market, and consequently will the longer withstand heat and hard usage. They are of hand some pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal in every other respect to any Cooking Stove sold in the United States, while it is con tidently claimed that they are the CHEAPEST. All the usual pieces of ware and cooking utensils are furnished with each Stove. An important consideration with purchasers is the fact that our patterns and 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 because it t is a home production, buton accountof its intrin- ' sic merits as an article of household economy, do ^ we ask the patronage of homo purchasers. More < than ONE THOUSAND of these Stoves are now i in use, and among many others having them we I respectfully refer to the following: R. E. Guthrie, 1 D. M. Campbell, M. H. Currence, York county ; ( Mrs. Elizabeth J. Wylie, Chester; D. A. Gordon, ' > Guthriesville; John A. Brown, Rock Hill; B. P. s Boyd, Joseph Herndon, L. M. Grist, Yorkville. ^ You can save the freight from the northern cities t and the dealer's profit, which is no small item, < bv buying of us, and at the same time get a atnmr'vi fntr a T< T? MOPTJ ntTT? A Hl.lf than thnsp of northern m:tke. The following are our prices delivered at depot in Greensboro : No. 8, with 10 pieces ware and 8 feet pipe, $30 00 u ? u u it tt t? it it 26 00 Adciress, SERGEANT & McCAULEY, Greensboro, N. C. T. M. RORSON tt CO., Agents, Yorkville, S. C. JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, S. C. A. F. LINDSAY, Agent, Lowrysville, Chester county, S. C. J. L. CARROLL, Agent at Chester,S. C. W. P. HOBHS. ; the new business. HAVING become, by purchase, sole proprietor f of the YORKVILLE COACH FACTORY, , I respectfully announce that I shall conduct the business as heretofore. Resides keeping on hand a full stock of PLEASURE VEHICLES OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS, any article of special style or < design will be made at short notice and in superior manner. By havingemployed only the most ? competent workmen, in their respective branches, I feel assured that I can please the most exacting taste, both as to style and durability. Persons in want of any kind of PLEASURE CARRIAGE will do well to examine my stock. , W P. HOBRS. J "great bargains. ; T WOULD inform the public that I now haveon r RITOOTES tnfinnstvlfi. . ill which RARE BARGAINS can lie obtained. ( I will sell a tip-top Buggy lor considerably less ( than such class of work has ever been sold in this s market since the war. Call and examine my j stock and bo convinced of the truth of what I say, ( and if you want a Buggy take ndvantago of the present opportunity to secure one CHEAP. W. P. HOBBS. 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 deliv erv of work. W. P. HOBBS. ., A. WICLJFORD, I ROCK HILL, S. C. c MULES AND HORSES. I 1 WOULD respectfully inform the public that I J will have on hand and for sale at my stable in J Rock Hill, by the 20th of September, instant. a 40 HEAD MULES AND HORSES, J which will be sold at the lowest prices, and on the most favorable terms that can be afforded. The above invoice will include all grades of ani- 1 mals?good roadsters and line farming stock. A call from my old friends, whom I am ever ready to accommodate, is respectfully solicited. A. WILLIFORD. noticed ALL persons indebted to me for Horses or Mules t purchased in 1874 and due in that year, are ! requosted to pay up at once and save cost. A fail- t lire to comply may injure their credit with me ? during the present 3'ear. A. WILLIFORD. > CORN WANTED. ONE THOUSAND BUSHELS CORN wanted, 1 for which I will pay the highest cash price. f A. WILLIFORD. ~ FODDER WANTED! I WISH to buy 10,000 pounds GOOD FODDER, for which I will pay the market price. A. WILLIFORD. REMOVAL. I HAVE removed my ' r^L TIN SHOP to the residonceofMr. WILLIAM f AIKEN, six miles South J of Yorkville, and two , -'I fln^O ni"ps 12iust of PhiladelChurch, where I \ will he prepared, at all times, to MANUFAC- 1 ' TURE AND REPAIR TTN WARE, at short notice. STOVE PIPE made to order cheap, for the cash. Address J. M. ADAMS, Guthriesville, S. C. i June 3 22 tf ' THE J AS. liEFFETj 1 i Double Turbine Water Wheel, A Manufactured by * POOLE & HUNT* ! Baltimore, Md. ' 7,000 XO IF J X US ICl < Simple, Strom.', Durable, always reliable and uutia- ; Manufacturers, also, of ' Portable & Stationary Engines, Steam Boilers, ' Saw & Grist Mills, Min. ing Machinery,Gearing for Cotton Mills, Flour, Paint, "White Lead a:id I yil Mill Machinery, Hyaraulio and other Presses,&c. Shifting, Pulleys and Hangers a specialty Murliiiio made Gearing; accu| rate and of Very best finish. Bond for Circulars- , , March 2"> 12 f>m . COTTON SAW GIN^ ' Ecjual to any in the country. WITH AN IMPROVED COTTON ROLL, ' superior to any other Gin. ] manufactured iiy j J. M. ELLIOTT, I WINNSBORO, S. C. I KKKKRKXOKS: W. 1>. C/TCIglll, X\. XV. a^ciii, aim Msij. T. W. Woodward, President of the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society, Winnsboro. ; July 22 2S> 2m* BP t ] t < June 4 23 tf AUCTIONEERING. THE undersigned takes this method to notify the public that he will give prompt attention ' to AUCTIONEERING in York and the adjoining counties. Communications may bo addressed to ; him at Yorkville, S. C. S. G. BROWN. 1 March 5 10 tf 1 RAGS WANTED. a riniA POUNDS of clean cotton and lin11 li'/UU ?" Rags wanted, for which 2 cents per p< end will be paid, at the "ENQUIRER" OF KICK. > SOUTHERN LIFE INSURANCE CO. ' principal officbs ! MEMPHIS, TENN., AND ATLANTA, GA. NET ASSETS JANUARY 1, 1875, OYER #2,000,000 00. ; 1 ANNUAL INCOME, 3YEE 81,000,000 00. BRANCH OFFICE, YORKVILLE, S. C. s W. B. WILSON, President. JOHN S. BRATTON, Vice-President. J. C. KUYKENDAL, Sec. and Agent. I. D. WITHEKSPOON, Attorney. Dr. L. ALEXANDER, Med. Examiner. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE : J. F. Wallace, L. M. Grist, Andrew Jackson, T. A. McLean, S. G. Hemphill, W. B. Metta, J. T. Hart, A. Coward, C. E. Spencer. Policies transferred from Northern Companies, vithout loss or additional annual outlay. Apply o Dr. J. C. KUYKENDAL, Agent, or to HAGOOD & TREUTLEN, Gen. Agents, Columbia, S. C. August 5 31 2y STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA^ York County. fo Jonathan Galloway, Hugh A. Galloway, Alex- i = r2allrt?-q? \fnrv WvIIa Wm T. Onl- | OUUVi " **J *--V * * J ?? * loway, Wm. Galloway, Hugh B. Galloway, Elizabeth Gurley, Mary Love, James F. Galloway, Alexander Galloway, the children of Wm. Galloway, who are unknown, Elizabeth MeOill, Louisa N. McGill, Rachel I. FerSuson, Martha M. Plaxico, Louisa Matthews, ohn B Galloway, Robert Galloway, Agnes Galloway, J. Milton Galloway, and Sarah Galloway, legal heirs and representatives of Peter W. Galloway, who died intestate Greeting: FOU are hereby required to appear at a Court of Probate to be holden at York Court House, or York county, on the 15th day of October, \.nno Domini,1875, to show cause, if any you can, vhy the real estate of said Peter W. Galloway, debased, situate in said county, on Moore's Branch, vaters of Turkey creek, bounding on lands of tiugh A. Galloway, S. Moore, Alexander Galoway, of Cornelius O'Daniel's estate, of James roods, and of Samuel C. Youngblood, containing ibout two hundred and forty acres, more or less, ihould not be divided or sold, allotting to the iaid heirs of Peter W. Galloway, according to heir respective legal rights, liven under my hand and seal, this 7th dajr of September, 1875. JOSEPH A. McLEAN, Judge of Probate. September 9 38 6t COTTON GINS, HORSEPOWERS, AND steam: engines. WE are now prepared to receive orders for the immediate delivery of the above articles. THE NEEDLE GIN turpasses any Gin now made. It turns off more int, of finer texture, and Gins very rapidly. We efer to R. E. Guthrie, Dr. J. F. Lindsay and G. Li. Riddle. THE WINSHIP SAW GIN fives best satisfaction over other Saw Gins. We low sell these celebrated Gins at $3.50 per Saw, lelivered at any of the Railroad Depots or Sta.ions, in this State or North Carolina, free of any :harge for freight. We refer to John B. Whitetides, J. Ran. Wallace, F. H. Brown and T. W. Dlawson. We are also Agents for the sale of THE ERIE CITY ENGINE, ind are prepared to furnish any size that may be leeded, for ginning Cotton or other purposes. JEFFERYS & METTS. I July 1 26 tf STATEOF^OUTH CAROLINA, , York County. , fo James Merritt and others', legal heirs and rep- , resentatives of Sarah Merritt, who died intestate. Greeting: 17"OU are hereby required to appear at the Court 1 X of Probate,'to be holden at York Court j douse, for York county, on the 8th day ofNovemxir, Anno Domini, 1875, to show cause, if any ,'ou can, why the real estate of Sarah Merritt, de eased, situate in said county, on the East side of Catawba river, bounding on lands of R. S. Waren, T. C. Crook, Archibald Graham, aud Robert i Collier, known as the homestead of Sarah Merritt, ' leceased, and containing one hundred and fifty wres, should not be sold for partition amongst the ( leirs-at-law of the said Sarah Merritt, deceased. ; liven under my hand and seal, this 29th day of June, 1875. JOSEPH A. McLEAN, Judge of Probate. September 9 .'16 fit SINGER SEWING MACHINE. [WOULD respectfullj* inform the people of York county that I am Agent for the celebra- 1 ed SINGER FAMILY SEWING MACHINE, ind am prepared to sell them on most reasonable , eriiis, either for cash or on the popular monthly :NSTALLMENT PLAN. The Singer is too well 1 nil nnivnr?!?llv known to reouire anv word of 1 ominendation here. It is the MONARCH OF SEWING MACHINES, for the substantiation of vhieh assertion I refer to all who have them in lse. 1 also keep on hand a full supply of ATTACHMENTS, NEEDLES, OIL, Ac., which I sell at Manufacturer's prices. Those in want of such irticlcs can procure them, in my absence, from )r. Mav, Yorkville; L. H. Bradford, Fort Mill; r. M. Wvlie, Black's Station. E. F. BELL, Agent Singer Manufacturing Company. August2<> 34 ly JUTTED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE. COLLECTOR'S OFFICE,) 3D DISTRICT, SOUTH CAROLINA, [ Columbia, August 1!), 1875. J TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCEHN. (^TOTICE is hereby given that the following [^1 described property has been seized for violaion of the Internal Revenue Laws of the United States, and the Bonds for the costs of ;.n action in he United States Court must be filed in this office, vithin thirty days from the date hereof, or the tame will be forfeited under provisions of Sec. i3, Act July 13th, ISM, as amended, to wit: 1 Wagon and Cover, 1 set Double Harness, 2 Mules, 0 empty Spirit Casks, and 1 Pistol, seized rom Jacob Mull. L. CASS CARPENTER, Collector, 3d District, S. C. , September 2 35 3t CHESTER AND LENOIR RAIL ROAD. rHE trains over the CHESTER AND LENOIR , NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD will run laily, (Sundays excepted) as follows, making :lose connection with the trains on the Charlotte, , Jolumhia and Augusta Railroad: heave Yorkville at 8.30 a. m , Arrive at Chester at 10.30 a. in. , Leave Chester at 5.10 p. in. Vrrive at Yorkville at 7.00 p. m. A. H. DA VEGA, President. Jn no 10 23 tf COTTON GINS, WAGONS, &C. ' rtOTTON GINS that need REPAIRING, can i J be nut in good order by sending them tome, >nor before the firstof September. Farming Implements and Machinery REPAIRED at short notice. WAGONS MADE AND REPAIRED, of sealoned timber. This Department is conducted by VIr. W. F. GARVIN, who is ready to give prompt ittention to all orders for Wagons and Repairs of >thor Vehicles. Thankful to the public for the generous patronige bestowed, I respectfully ask a continuance of he same. J. ED. JEFFERYS. July 15 28 tf r. S. It. THOMSON. C. K. SPENCER. THOMSON & SPENCER, Solicitors in Bankruptcy YORKVILLE, S. C. OPECIAL attention given to filing of petitions, 5 to the prosecution of claims in Bankruptcy, tnd the collection and forwarding of Dividends to Creditors. T.1?V A fi tf I' Clil ll**l J -* v NEW STEAM MILL.THE undersigned respectfully informs the public that he now has in operation, on his place in Yorkville, a STEAM MILL, and is prepared to grind Corn, Grist, Horse-feed and Peas, The regular davs for running the Mill will be TUESDAYS AND SATURDAYS; though, for he accommodation of customers, I will always lave on hand Meal, Grist, Ac., which will be exchanged for Corn. T. W. CLAWSON. July 1 26 tf STATE7)F SOUTH CAROLINA, [N THE COURT 0T COMMON PLEA8?YORK O&UNTY. THE Creditors of WILLIAM CROOK, late of ! York county, deceased, are hereby notified ;o call upon me, at my ofllco, at York Court House, on or before the first day of October next, o present and establish their claims against the ( 3state of the said deceased. J. F. WALLACE, C. C. Pis. ! September 2 . 35 4t THE STATE GRANGETERTILIZER, AND 1 "THE CLIMAX," TWO first-class, pure bono, ammoniated Fertil- 1 izers, for sale by D. JENNINGS A SON and I. D. AIKEN, Agents, Charleston, S. C. The ilghest testimonials can be given. Please send or circular. September 2 35 3m "TRIAL JUSTICE'S BLANKS. RECOGNIZANCES, Warrants of Arrest, Summons in civil action, and Executions. For uile at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. 1 fflE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER. ! < NEW PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS! UNPRECEDENTED OFFERS! BY a very liberal contractjust entered into with the Weed Manufacturing Company, we are anabled to offer greater inducements to clubmakers than ever heretofore. READ OUR PROPOSITIONS! i b-hl : Weed Sewing Machine, No, 1.?Price, ?65. ' ' For a club of 40 subscribers, at 82.50 each, we will jive a Weed Sewing Machink of the abovestyle, the cash price of which is sixty-five dollars. Weed Sewlnf Machine, No. 3.?Price, $70. For a club of 45 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give a Weed Sewing Machine of the above style, 1 the cash price of which is seventy dollars. Weed Sewing Machine, No. 3.?Price, $75. Foraclubof50subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give a Weed Sewing Machine of the abovestyle, the cash price of which is seventy-five dollars. ^B-The reputation of the Weed Sewing Machine is equal to that of any other first-class machine in the market, and of its merits we can speak advisedly?having had one in constant use in our own family since I860, during all of which time it has never failed to work in the most satisfactory manner. i tnnn t I AVrCDQ VJUH lilOCillAL vi" r iKxio. In addition to the attractions of the Enquirer, we invite attention to our terms of subscription, and the liberal offers we make to those who may be disposed to form clubs. ( TERMS?FREE OF POSTAGE. Single copy, one year, $3 00 Two years to the same address, 5 00 In clubs, each subscriber, one year, 2 .50 ' PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS. To those willing to form clubs for the Enquirer < we make the following liberal offers: 1. For 40 subscribers, at $'2.50 each, we will give a No. 1 Weed Sewing Machine, worth $65. 2. For 45 subscribers, at $'2.50 each, we will give a No. 2 Weed Sewing Machine, worth $70. 3. For 50 subscribers, at $2.50 each, we will give a No. 3 Weed Sewing Machine, worth $75. The engravings given above in this column represent the styleofthe different machines. No. lis black walnut, oiled, plain table. No. 2 is black walnut, oiled, half case. No. 3 is black walnut, oiled, half case, with two side drawers, and with or without drop-leaf, as may be preferred. These offers are not confined to a single club, nor is there any competition invited as to who shall procure the largest club. Each and every club of 40, 45 or 50 names will be entitled to the designated premium. The machines will be shipped from the nearest branch office of the Weed Machine Company to the persons entitled to receive them, transportation charges, which will rarely exceed $5, if sent by freight line, to be paid by the person receiving the machine. The oiler made in this prospectus will be binding upon the proprietor of the Enquirer until the 15th day of October, 1875; and persons who may commence making clubs, can forward names | as rapidly as procured, io every case to be paid in advance, having until the above-mentioned date in which to complete their lists. It is not required that subscribers shall all receive their papers at the same post-office; but subscriptions must be for a term not less than one year. One subscriber for two years will be equivalent, in making up lists, to two names for one year each. Subscriptions may commence with any ncm- | ber, and the paper will be sent for a full year from the time the subscription begins. , Each club-maker will be credited with names as they shall be received; and should any fail to secure either premium by the 15th of October, 1875, but should procure ten or more subscribers, an extra copy of the paper will he given for the ten names thus procured, and for all subscriptions in excess of ten, a cash commission of twenty-five cents will be given on each name. The Enquirer is sent Free of Postage to all Subscribers. Remittances may bo made at our risk, by draft, post-office order, or in registered letter; if made 1 ntharwise. we will assume no risk. Write names plainly, giving post-office, county and State. Specimen copies of the Enquirer will be sent 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 avail themselves of our liberal offers to subscribers, we have made arrangements with the publishers of Smith's Bible Dictionary by which we are enabled to offer that valuable work as a premium to subscribers, at a cost to the subscriber 1 for the book and tiie Enquirer, of little more ! than the publisher's price of the book. Smith's Bible Dictionary is a standard work, and indis- ' pensably necessary to every student of the Bible, or to every person who desires to read the sacred volume intelligibly. The Dictionary is the work of Dr. William Smith, of the University of London, and the most eminent lexicographer in the world, who, in its preparation associated with himselfover seventy distinguished divines and authors, of both Europe and this country, in the great task of preparing a comprehensive Dictionary of the Bible, and supplying a want long felt 1 bjr the religious public. The result of these labors appeared in three large and very costly vol- ! nines, 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 our subscribers. The book contains every name in the Bible respecting which 1 anything can be said. It embraces the results of : historic research, antiquarian investigation, the study of languages and dialects, and the discoveries of the modern travelers and explorers in the Holy Land?Robinson, Rawlinson, Ferguson, Lavard, Offert and Stanley. The book is printed from new stereotype plates, on good paper, and is appropriately illustrated with over 125 Engravings of beautiful Scenes, Ancient Cities, and Memorable Places of the ! j Holy Land, descriptive Figures and valnable ] Maps. Tt contains nearly 800 closely-printed, i j double-column, octavo pages, including 24 olo- j | gant full-page, Steel and Wood Engravings. It! is printed in type of a heavy, distinct, and very legible face. The publisher's price of Smith's Bible Diction- | ary is $3.50. We will furnish a cony of the work, i 1 substantially bound in cloth, anna copy of the ! Enquirer one year for $4.50. Or for a club of , tivo subscribers'at $2.50 each, we will furniph A copy of the Dictionary to the getter up of the club. The book will be mailed, free of postage, to the person entitled to receive it, direct from;the office ! of publication. Subscribers whose terms of subscription h?ve i not expired, by forwarding the money, will re- ' ceive a copy of the Bible Dictionary, and have ; their subscription to the Enquirer extended ono , year. The cash *must hccom pahy all orders. L. M. GRIST, Proprietor, ^ Yorkville, 8. C, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OF YOBK-OOUBT OF COMMON PLEAS. 3ivens Gallaher, Surviving Administrator of Arthur Kirkpatrick, deceased Plaintiff, against Catharine Blair and William White, Administers of estate of Matthew White, deceased, Defendants.?Summons to Renew Execution. ro Catharine Blair (formerly Catharine White) and William White, Administrators of all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits of Matthew White, deceased. WHEREAS, judgment was obtaihed In the Circuit Court for the County of York, and 3tate of South Carolina, on the 19th day of March, A. D. 1809, 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 tho next Term of tho Circuit Court, to be held for said County, at tho 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 20th, A. D. 1875. WILSON A WITHERSPOON, Plaintiff's Attorneys. The Defendant, William White, Administrator ->i Matthew White, deceased, will please take notice that the summons, of which the above is a copy, was filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for York county, on the 2nd of August, 1875. WILSON & WITHERSPOON, Plaintiffs Attorneys. August 12 32 6t? STATK UJ) SUIJTtl tAKULIWA. COUNTY OF YORZ?COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Grivons Gallaber, Surviving Administrator of Arthur Kirkpatrick, deceased, Plaintiff, against Catharine Blair and William White, Aaministrators of Matthew White, deceased, Defendante.? Summon* to Rebew Execution. To Catharine Blair (formerly Catharine White) and William White, Administrators of all 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, on the 19thday of March, A. D., 1809, in the above entitled cause, against the estate of Matthew White, deceased, and exe cution waa 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 neld 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 26th, 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* "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 stringing and a new method of inserting sound board, the most important results have been obtained. "The tone is fall 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 many respects they are superior to any manufactured in America. Charles Fbadel." (The eminent and favorite Composer_and Pian ist to His Royal Highness, the uuc tiustave or Sax Weimar of Eisenach.) {Rochester Musical Times.) "The firm of Bloomfiold <fe Otis have lately made several important improvements in their pianos, placing them in the front rank of American manufacturers." {Toledo, 0., Blade.) "Bloomtield A Otis, of New York, carry away the first premiums at the Ohio State Fair as they did at tho Fair of the American Institute. Considering the fact that they met in competition all the established favorites, such as the Knabe, Donham, Liglite, Bradbury, and many others, which were skilfully handled, this is certainly a high compliment, as thelcsts were thorough and critical. {Brooklyn, N. Y. Eagle.) "The Music Committee of the Board of Education, Brooklyn, together with the lo<*l committees, after examining and thoroughly testing all the principal instruments manufactured, have purchased Bloomtield A Otis' celebrated Patent Treble Pianos for the use of the schools." These Pianos are warranted for seven yeara.__ Responsible and energetic AGENTS WANTJSU everywhere. Send for Circular and mention the name of the paper in which you saw this advertisement. ? January 28 4 tf YORK MARBLE YARD. pared to furnls^ SH' KBi W 'Hk marbCeline j|$f jl jjf^ from a ^lain slab the art, with the very best materials, and ^at as - low prices as the same class of work can be furnished anywhere in the United States. Orders from a distance promptly filled, and the same attention given to work ordered by mail as if the parties were present in person. From this date work will be delivered at any point on the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad, between * Yorkville and 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 here- ? tofore bestowed upon my establishment, my determination is to merit a continuance of the same. F. HAPPERFIELD. Jauuary 14 2 ly BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY STATIONERY, AND BOOK BINDERY. rilHANKING the public for liberal past patron* !4- -At ?mw nnmnlAtA ? X age, i now invite hlichuum w stock of STAPLE AND FANCY STATIONERY, consisting, in part, of Flat Papers, Midium, Folio Post, Dem}', Letter and Note. Blank Books, oevo 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. 8heet Music, Periodicals, Law Books, Ac., bound in any style desired. Old Books rebound and repaired. PRINTED BILL AND LETTER HEADS A SPECIALTY Orders promptly 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 TJP-STAIRS ! 1TAKE pleasure to inform all in want of PHOTOGRAPHIC PICTURES, that I have just taken possession of my NEW GALLERY, built with tine sky and side-lights,near my residence? tirst 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 vou a MASON A HAMLIN ORGAN, or an AMERICAN SEWING MACHINE, for cash or on time. J. R. SCHORB. July 8 27 tf BARBER SHOP. rflHOSE in want of an EASY SHAVE, a fash X ionauio ana styusn cui 01 nair, or ? piouont and luxurious Shampoo, are reminded that THOS. BALLARD, Professor of the ArtTonsorial, is still in business, in his old Shop next door to the Enquirer building, where it will afford him great pleasure to wait upon all who may desire his services. Razors honed and sharpened, and any other work of that kind promptly done. He may be found at the Shop on Sunday mornings from 7 to 10 o'clock. THOMAS BALLARD. June 11 25 ly NOTICE. I RESPECTFULLY inform the public that I am prepared to sharpen razors, scissors, shears and otner 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 tf tit* K, . PER Day at hoine. Terms free. Addrex* G. Stishon Sl Co.,Portland, Me. 3 ly* Ihe fotlmUe (Srnqttim. TKIIMS IIV ADVANCE ? One copy, one year, $ 3 00 One copy, six months. 150 Tl One copy, three months, 100 Single copy, 10 Two copies, one year, 5 00 Ten copies, one year, 25 00 To persons who make up clubs often or more names, an extra copy of the paper will be furnished one year, free of charge.