Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, September 23, 1875, Image 4

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Humorousi department. What a Quaker Did.?A genuine bully called upon a "Friend" avowedly to thrash him. "Frieud," remonstrated the Quaker, knocking down his visitor's fists, "before thou proceedest to chastise me, wilt thou not take some dinner ?" The bully was a glutton, and at once consented, washing down the solids with libations of strong ale. He rose up again to fulfill his original errand. "Friend," said the Quaker, "wilt thou not first take a punch ?" and he supplied an abundance of punch. The bully, now staggering, attempted to thrash his entertainer; but quoth the Quaker, "Friend wilt thou not take a pipe?" This hospitable offer was accepted, and the bully, utterly weak, staggered across the room to chastise the Quaker. The latter opening the window, and pulling him toward it, thus addressed him : "Friend, thou earnest hither not to be pacified. I gave thee a meat-offering, but that did not assuage thy rage ; I gave thee a drink-offering, still thou wert beside thyself; I gave thee a burnt-offering, neither did that suffice; and now will I try a heave-offering;" and with that he tossed him out of the window. An Insurance Agent's Boy.?A few days ago an insurance agent hired a boy to mind his office and run errands, and he had a long talk with the lad, telling him what he must do and what he must not do. The boy got along all right until yesterday, when the agent entered the office, and found him up to deviltry. "See here, ray boy," said the agent, "didn't I tell you just what you'd have to do, if you staid here ?" "You did," replied the boy ; "you said I mustn't sing or whistle; that I mustn't have boys up here ; that I was to come at eight, and quit at five; that I was to keep up the fire; sweep out, run errands and be civil; that I was to be careful and lock the door, scrape my feet on the mat, keep my knife from the furniture, and not idle ray time away. You told me all this, but you didn't say a blamed word about my not pouring ink on the cockroaches." Youthful Candor.?Me and Bill went to the fair?also to the cattle show. We went with John in the cart. A cattle show and fair is where they trot horses. They sell pools. Pools at a cattle show "encourage the honest farmer, and develop that noble animal, the horse." I read the last part of that in the paper. The honest farmer has a red face and wears a white hat. He smokes and swears. The best way to develop a horse is to hire the driver on the other side to let yours beat. A driver that can scream and scare the other horses is bully. If he can smash another fellow's wheel and not tip over bis own sulky, he gets the first prize. The place to do that is on the home-stretch. The home-stretch is next the judges' stand. The judges don't stand all the time?I saw one judge sit down and squint at the horses through the bottom of a tumbler. When I grow up, I mean to study law and be a judge. An Accident Policy.?In the city of Cincinnati is an elderly life-insurance agent, who is very persistent when approaching any one on the subject of life-insurance. After pestering a certain merchant who did cot wish to be insured, he made a second call, and again broached the subject, which roused the merchant's ire, and he angrily bade the bore to leave the store and never show his face there again; if he did, he would be booted out. The agent turned to go, and had almost reached the door, when he turned back, aud going up to the angry man, put his hand on his shoulder, and said, "Had you not better take out an accident policy before you attempt to kick me out ?" The soft and winning manner in which the suggestion was made molified the tradesman, aud he took the life policy. A Dreadfully Mean Man.?Old Ira Thornton was a dreadfully mean man, and had difficulty, sometimes, in drawing his breath, because he begrudged the air necessary for that operation. One day the old fellow was at work upon the high beams of his barn, when he lost his balance and fell heavily upon the floor twenty feet below. He was takeu up for dead, with a fractured skull, aud carried into the house. All efforts to bring him to consciousness were unavailing, and the doctor was called. Finally, the doctor having trepanned him, turned and asked Mrs. Thornton for a silver dollar to put in where the piece of skull was wanting. At this remark, Ira, who had been breathing heavily, turned in bed and groaned out, "Wouldn't m nonf Hri n? wpll ?" ? ^ Wished she was a June-Bug.?It was over iu Davie, so Bob Long says, and she was attending a revival of religion, and had worked herself up to the extreme point of going to the good place in a moment, or sooner, if possible. As her friends around her gave vent to their feeling, she likewise did the same, and exclaimed: "I wish I was a June-bug !" A brother of sable hue standing near inquired : "What you want to be one for ?" "That I might fly to my Jesus." "You fool nigger, peckerwood ketch you 'fore you git halfway dar."?Statesville American. Too Expert.?James Warton, wealthy, but with a reputation for fastness, married recently. On the morning after the wedding, the bride asked her husband to perform an office of the toilet for her made necessary by the absence of her maid. Her husband did it willingly, and when it was concluded was astonished to fiud his pretty wife in tears. "Why, my own precious," said he, "what is the matter with her hubby's pet ?" "Oh Jimmie, Jiramie !" replied the poor girl, crying as if her heart would break, "If you hadn't laced a thousand corsets you never could have done it like that." + Her Father.?A girl witness in a hard case was descanting on the meanness of one of the parties to the suit. "Why," said she, "when his wife died, he sent a man with fifteen dollars to get a coffin. He could not get a good one for fifteen dollars, and he paid eighteen dollars for the coffin. And when he got back the widower was awful angry, because he paid the extra three dollars." And then this artless young lady remarked, "If it had been my father, he wouldn't mind paying forty dollars for a coffin for ma." His Belief.?A gentleman wishing to discover the religion of an Irish guide, inquired, "Paddy, what's your belief?" To which Paddy replied, "Wisha, then your honor, but I'm of my landlady's belief." "'I ? ? . n.jj.dn I'll " >Y nat s mat, .raciuy i ??isuu, uuu x n lcji you. I owe her five half years' rent and she believes that I'll never pay her, and that's my belief too." ? ^ ? "Well, Tom," said a blacksmith to his apprentice, you have been with me now three months, and have seeu all the diferent points in our trade. I wish to give you your choice of work for awhile." "Thank'ee sir." "Well, now, what part of the business do you like best?" "Shuttin' up shop and going to dinner, sir." Seventeen Reasons.?"Stranger, will you try a band with us at poker ?" "Thank j you, gentlemen, but there are seventeen reasons why Icannot accommodate you now." "Sev-; enteen reasons for not playing cards ! Pray, what are they ?" Why, the first is I haven't' any money." "Stop ! that's enough ; never i mind the other sixteen." He Had Got to It.?"Frank,"saidan affectionate mother the other day to a promising boy, "if you don't stop smoking and i reading so much you will get so after a while that you won't care any thing about work." j "Mother," replied] the hopeful, leisurely re-: moving a very long cigar, "I have got so ; now!" i jlgtifultal Department. ABOUT HORSES. Horses, besides having good memories, have strong attachments and feel the loss of an old companion. We have known horses refuse to eat when separated, and when brought into adjoining stalls commence eating as though nothing had been wrong. Horses possess a good deal of human nature, or human nature ' possesses a good deal of horse nature. Be-! fore you have properly mated a horse which I has lost a mate, he will have to forget his old j associate and become acquainted with his new j friend. In many cases it would be almost as well to sell a well-mated team for the price one gets for one horse, rather than to be at the expense of trying to mate the one that is left. When circumstances compel the bringing together of two strange horses, it would U?. Ami n sJovro fn nnf An norv 11crht I uc UWL, 1U1 a ion uajo, uv ^/uv vu ?v?j *?>"" loads till they get acquainted and gaited ; one, perhaps, will have a short, quick step, the other a longer and slower one. In order that two horses should do all that is possible to be done in lifting off a load and taking it up hill, it is necessary that they act as one horse, step evenly together, fore feet and hind feet alike projected, and both on j their feet together. To attain this is the great j secret of good driving, and if the man has four horses, the skill required to make four pull as one is more than doubled. The man who can handle a dray team of either two or four horses well, ought never to take a second place among the drivers of fast horses or carriages or coaches; the first place belongs to him who can certainly make the horse most serviceable. String or tandem teams are never as good as double teams. When turning corners it is rare that more than two can draw, and it too often occurs that this is the case when the whole team is most required. In all that we have said of double teams, do not let it be understood that we at all underestimate the skill required in driving a single team. If we have a fast horse which we want "to get and go" in three minutes, we would not let any boy handle it. We should entrust hira to none but a regular professional. But if we have a valuable dray horse, one which can take through the city of Bostou from a ton to a ton and a half of merchandise, we entrust that horse to any boy who comes along; and we are fortuuate, indeed, if we do not soon have a worthless horse. Eggs for Daily Food.?Would it not be wise to substitute more eggs for meat in our daily diet? About one-third of the weight of an egg is solid nutriment. This is more than can be said of meat. There are no bones or tough pieces that have to be laid aside. A good egg is made up of ten parts shell, sixty parts white, and thirty parts yolk. The white of an egg contains eighty-six per cent, water, the yolk fifty-two per cent. The average weight of an egg is about two ounces. Practically, an egg is animal food, and yet there is none of the disagreeable work of the butcher necessary to obtain it. The vegetarians of England use eggs freely, and many of these men are eighty and ninety years old, and have been remarkably free from illness. Eggs are best when cooked four minutes. This takes away the animal taste that is offensive to some, but does not harden the white or yolk so as to make them hard to digest. Au egg if cooked very hard is difficult of digestion, except by those with stout stomachs; such eggs should be eaten with bread and masticated very finely. An egg spread on toast is food fit for a king, if kings deserve any better food than anybody else, which is doubtful. Fried eggs are less wholesome than boiled ones. An egg dropped into hot water is not only a clean and handsome but a delicious morsel. Most people spoil the taste of their eggs by adding pepper and salt. A little sweet butter is the best dressing. Eggs contain much phosphorus, which is supposed to be useful to those who use their brains much. m Check Reins.?In these improving times many persons have discovered the unnecessary use of the tormenting bearing rein. Coachmen are convinced that it is fatiguing, and a hindrance to horses in putting forth their strength, especially in ascending hills, when they naturally require all their power, the free use of their head assisting them with a heayy load. I have seen the corners of their mouths cut through and become inflamed from the friction of the bit, in their efforts to get on with a tight head rein; while others, especially many poor cab and omnibus horses, have swollen and sore mouths, indicating the misery they endure from a misfitting, uneasy bit, which is often unnoticed and disregarded by master and driver! My friends, if you wish your horaes to go on, do not hold them so tight in hand ; give them a long rein and see with how much greater ease and comfort, and safety, they go; for should they by chance slip, they will not fall, having the power to recover themselves hy the looseness of the rein, as a man would do by extending his arms?let your horse see bis road, and he will avoid all things in his way, do his work better, and with less fatigue to himself?try it. Many horses suffer greatly in the throat and withers by their heads being forced from their natural position?this many men are unconscious of, or I am sure they would give the noble animal relief while standing in pain for so many hours together. Without these an- > uoying reins, a horse will sooner recover his I breath, aud enjoy relaxation and comfort at j every stoppage. +, ? rni n ?.i . ii. . "r* _ 15alky horses.?ine society ior me rre-1 ventiou of Cruelty to Animals, puts forth a ' set of rules for the treatment of balky horses: 1. Pat the horse upou the neck: examiue j the harness carefully, first one side then the j other, speaking encouraging while doing so ; j then jump into the wagou and give the word go; generally he will obey. 2. A teamster in Maine says he can start the worst balky horse by taking him out of the shafts and making him go round iu a circle till he is giddy. If the first dance of j this sort doesn't cure him the second will. 3. To cure a balk horse, simply place your ; hand over the horse's nose and shut off his wind until he wants to go. 4. The brain of a horse seems to entertain but one idea at a time ; therefore, continued whipping only confirms his stubborn resolve. If you can by any means give him a new subject to think of, you will generally have no j trouble in starting him. A simple remedy is j to take a couple of turns of stout twine arouud j the foreleg, just below the knee, tight enough ! for the horse to feel, and tie in a bow knot. At the first check he will generally go dancing off, and after going a short distauce you can ! get out and remove the string, to prevent! injury to the tendon in your further drive. 5. Take the tail of the horse between the hind legs, and tie it by a cord to the saddle girth. 6. Tie a string around the horse's ear close to his head. Potash in Wheat?Why is it, when growing wheat or rye is being struck with rust, that a little plot here and there where stumps, logs or brush have been burned to ashes, will be bright and free from the attack of rust? Because the growing plants employ potash and silica not only to give stiffness and rigidity to the straw, but to form, as it were, a glassy coat of mail over the surface of every leaf, glome and straw to fortify the tender and delicate parts against the at- j tack of spores that are floating in the atmos- ! phere. We all know how readily substances ; in the atmostphere are turned away when they come in contact with a glassy surface. ] Potash and sand are the essential element of glass. The roots of growing plant have the power to employ the sharpest sand and potash to form a thin, elastic glass covering, which is spread over the Burface to exclude moisture, and to repel any attack of fungus, j If stove polish is mixed with soft soap, the lustre appears immediately, and the dust of the polish will not fly around as is usual. Heading fat the Sabbath. CONDUCTED BY HEV. ROBERT LATHAN. [Original.] SUPPORT OF THE GOSPEL. The church, as well as the world, needs to be enlightened on the subject of supporting the gospel. Evidently, a considerable number of persons who, it may be said have been members of the church all their lives, have no just conception of what is meant by supporting the gospel. What their notions respecting this subject are, we will not undertake to say, further than that they are unscriptural. Every individual who has read the Bible, must know that God commands us to honor Him with our substance. A free salvation does not mean that we are required to do nothing, and to sacrifice nothing, in order to be saved. Jesus Christ, by his death and suffering, made an atonement for sin, so that, with all propriety, it is said that pardon and forgiveness are granted to us without money and without price. It costs us nothing to be redeemed ; but it cost God the blood of His own son. In the application of redemption, we are laborers together with God. We may, with due regard to truth, assert that unless we work together with God, we cannot be saved. There is nothing paradoxical in this. The providence of God furnishes countless illustrations of the same general principle. God gives the human family the earth. He softeus it with showers and warms it with the genial rays of the sun, and causes it to bring forth bread to the eater and seed to the sower ; but in this, man is a co-laborer with God. We must go into the vineyard of the Lord and work. Such is the ordinance of God. It is useless to say that God being omnipotent, does not need man's assistance?that He can do all the work Himself. It matters not to us what God, in His omnipotence, can do. The question of importance to us is what He, in His wisdom, has determined to do, and what not to do. Now, God has plainly declared that, by the preaching of the gospel, He will save those who believe. The gospel cannot be preached without human support. In supporting the gospel, we are living in obedience to the will of our heavenly father. This support must be rendered willingly, and to the amount of our ability. As the Lord blesses us, so are we to support His gospel. We are not asked to do impossibilities, but we are regarded as stewards, and expected wisely to expend whatever is placed in our hands, for the advancement of our master's kingdom. Iu another important respect, men have mistaken notions concerning the support of the gospel. Too many, we fear, are prone to look upon whatever material aid they may render for the propagation of Christ's kingdom, as a tax imposed by the officers of the church militant. This a mistake of no ordinary magnitude. Supporting the gospel with our substance, is as much an act of religious worship, as is the preaching of the gospel, singing praise to God, or offering up supplication to him. There may be a difference in the solemnity connected with these several acts of religious worship, but all, nevertheless, are devotional acts and all are commanded by God. * * ? - A iL-1 t_ _ X Again, Diners seem 10 tnius uiat wnaujver material aid they may contribute to the support of the gospel, is so much contributed to support the raiuisters of the gospel in leading lives of luxury and ease. This is a thrust aimed at the ministers of the gospel; but the blow falls upon the head of the Lamb of God which takes away the sin of the world. It is indirectly abusing the master by abusing the servant directly. Ministers of the gospel are but men?frail, fallible men?men, constantly making great blunders and committing heinous sins; but, as a class, ministers of the gospel are not rich?neither do they live in luxury and ease. Often, their meat is locusts and wild honey. Some meu, no doubt, preach Christ for gain ; but not many. No sensible man ever chose the office of the ministry that he might accumulate a fortune. In one word, we may couclude that the support of the gospel is an act of religious worship?an appointment of God ; a part of the plan which God has chosen for the evangelizing aud Christianizing the world. Our Sorrow Shall Have ax Exd.?"The Lord turned the captivity of Job." So then, our longest sorrows have a close, and there is * Arlnnf ka r\f ami* it UUIIUIIJ LU tUC piwiuuuncou uv^nio wi uui misery. Our winters shall not frown forever; summer shall soon smile. The tide shall not eternally ebb out; the floods must retrace their march. The night shall not hang its darkness forever over our souls; the sun shall yet arise with healings beneath his wings. "The Lord turned the captivity of Job." Thus, too, our sorrows shall have an end when God has gotten his end in them. The ends in the case of Job wero these, that Satan might be defeated, foiled with his own weapons, blasted in his hopes when he had everything his own way. God, at Satau's challenge, had stretched forth his hand and touched Job in his bone and in his flesh : and yet the tempter could not prevail against him, but received his rebuff in those conquering words, "Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him." When Satan is defeated, then shall the battle cease. Sunday and Health.?"The first general law of nature by which God prevents man from destroying himself, is the alternating of day and night, that repose may succeed actiou. Buteveu this will not sufficiently restore its balance for a long life. Hence, by the bounty of Providence, one day in seven is thrown in as a day of compensation, to perfect by its repose the animal system. I consider, therefore, that in the wise and good provisions of Providence for the preservation of human life, the Sabbatical appointment is not, as nas Deeu sometimes theologically viewed, simply a pretext partakiug of the nature of a political institution, but that it is to be numbered among the natural duties, if the preservation of life be admitted to be a duty, aud the premature destruction of it a suicidal act." Salvation by Grace.?Compliance merits nothing. J)o you acquire any merit by accepting an invaluable gift on the terms and condition of the giver? There is much to be done by you for the salvation of your soul; but you merit nothing by the doing of it. The very gist of salvation consists in being in j a right state of heart toward God; and a ! prominent aud important part of that right state of heart consists in the prompt and utter j | abandonment of all pretension to merit. Re- j 1 member, you can never earn salvation by any } good works. "For by grace are ye saved, ! | through faith ; (i. e., by the undeserved favor of God,) "and that (the faith) not of yourselves, (for even the faith is not of your own producing) it is the gift of God." S6T A Christian pound weighs sixteen oun-' ces, down weight; a Christian yard is thirty-! six inches, cloth not stretched ; a Christian . ton is 2,000 pounds, not "estimated," but; weighed. jfor We had better be esteemed "righteous i over-much," than to get to the very gate of heaven and find, when it is too late, that our righteousness was inadequate to gain admittance there. tsSif We should act with as much energy as those who expect everything from themselves; j and we should pray with as much earnestness J as those who expect everything from God. I THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER. # - NEW PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS! UNPRECEDENTED OFFERS I BY a very liberal contractjust entered into with the Weed Manufacturing Company, we are enabled to offer greater inducements to clubmakers than ever heretofore. READ OUR PROPOSITIONS! Weed Suwiiis Machine. No. 1.?Price, .$65. For a club of 40 subscribers, at 82.50 each, we will give a W kkd Sewing Machine of the above style, the cash price of which is sixty-live dollars. Weed Sewing Machine, No. 2.?Price, $70. For a club of 45 subscribers, at ?2.50 each, we will give a Weed Sewing Machine of the abovestyle, the cash price of which is seventy dollars. Weed Sewing Machine, No. 3.?Price, $75. For aclubof 50 subscribers, at 82.50 each, we will give a Weed Sewing Machine of the above style, the cash price of which is seventy-five dollars. ^ar-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 1806, during all of which time it has never failed to work in the most satisfactory manner. OUR LIBERAL OFFERS. 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For the advantage of those who are inaccessible hv 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 Rirlk Dictionary by which we are enabled to offer that valuable work as a premium to subscribers, at a cost to the subscriber for the book and the Enquirer, of little more than the publisher's price of the book. Smith's Bible Dictionary is a standard work, and indispensably necessary to every student of the Bible, I 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 Diction- j ary of the Bible, and supplying a want long felt - ? ** * v? mi.. ?-.,14. 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Tt is printed in type of a heavy, distinct, and very legible face. The publisher's price of Smith's Bible Dictionary is $3.50. We will furnish a copy of the work, substantially bound in cloth, and a copy of the Enqitirkr one year for $4.50. Or for a club of, five subscribers'at 82.50 each, we will furnish a i copy of the Dictionary to the getter up of the club. The book will be mailed, free of postage, to the person entitlod 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 cash must accompany all orders. L. M. GRIST, Proprietor, Yorkville, S. C. SOUTHERN LIFE INSURANCE CO. ' PRISCIPAL OFFICES: MEMPHIS, TENN., AND ATLANTA, GA. ' NET ASSETS JANUARY 1, 1875, 3 OYER #3,000,000 OO. ANNUAL INCOME, \ OVER SI,OOO,000 00. J ri BRANCH OFFICE, YORKYILLE, S. C.: W. B. WILSON, President. i JOHN S. BRATTON, Vice-President. ! J. C. KUYKENDAL, Sec. and Agent. < I. D. WITHERSPOON, Attorney. Dr. L. ALEXANDER, Med. Examiner. V EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE : ( J. F. Wallace, L. M. Grist, Andrew Jackson, ( J. A. McLean, S. G. Hemphill, VV. B. Metts:, J. F. Hart, A. Coward, C. E. Spencer. Policies transferred from Northern Companies, without loss or additional annual outlay. Apply t to Dr. J. C. KUYKENDAL, Agent, orto ' HAGOOD <fe TREUTLEN, Gen. Agents, 1 Columbia, S. C. August 5 31 2y STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, York County. To Jonathan Galloway, Hugh A. Galloway, Alex- , ander Galloway, Mary Wylie, Win. I. Galloway, Wm. Galloway, Hugh B. Galloway, Elizabeth Gurley, Mary Love, James F. Galloway, Alexander Galloway, the children of Wm. Galloway, who are unknown, Elizabeth McGill, Louisa N. McGill, Rachel I. Ferguson, Martha M. Plaxico, Louisa Matthews, John B Gallowav, Robert Galloway, Agnes Galloway, J. Milton Galloway, and Sarah Ilollnwutr 1 a era 1 hniru anil rflnrPSPnffttivfiM nf Peter W. Galloway, who died intestate:? Greeting : TOU are hereby required to appear at a Court of Probate to be holden at York Court House, for York county, on the 15th day of October, Anno Domini,1875, to show cause, if any you can, why the real estate of said Peter W. Galloway, deceased, situato in said county, on Moore's Branch, waters of Turkey creek, bounding on lands of I Hugh A. Galloway, S. Moore, Alexander Gal- i loway, of Cornelius 0'Daniel's estate, of James Goods, and of Samuel C. Youngblood, containing i about two hundred and forty acres, more or less, i should not be divided or sold, allotting to the i said heirs of Peter W. Galloway, according to : their respective legal rights. Given under my hand and seal, this 7th day of September. 1875. JOSEPH A. McLEAN, Judge of Probate. September 9 36 6t COTTON GINS, HORSE POWERS, AND j STEAM ETVGMTVES. WE are now prepared to receive orders for the ] immediate delivery of the above articles. < THE NEEDLE GIN surpasses any Gin now made. It turns off more lint, of finer texture, and Gins very rapidly. We refer to R. E. Guthrie, Dr. J. F. Lindsay and G. L. Riddle. THE WINSHIP SAW GIN gives best satisfaction over other Saw Gins. We now sell these celebrated Gins at $3.50 per Saw, ' delivered at any of the Railroad Depots or Sta tions, 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 are prepared to furnish any size that may be needed, for ginning Cotton or other purposes. JEFFERYS <fe METTS. July 1 26 tf STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, York County. To James Merritt and others, legal heirs and representatives of Sarah Merritt, who died intestate. Greeting: YOU are hereby required to appear at the Court of Probate, to be holden at York Court House, for York county, on the 8th day of November, Anno Domini, 1875, to show cause, if any you can, why the real estate of Sarah Mer~itt, deceased, situate in said county, on the East sine of Catawba river, bounding on lands of R. S. Warren, T. C. Crook, Archibald Graham, and Robert Collier, known as the homestead of Sarah Merritt, deceased, and containing one hundred and fifty ( acres, should not be sold for partition amongst the heirs-at-law of the said Sarah Merritt, deceased. Given under my hand and seal, this 29th day of June, 1875. I JOSEPH A. McLEAN, Judge of Probate. September 9 36 6t filVCFR SEWING MACHINE. I WOULD respectfullj' inform the people of York countv that I am Agent for the celebrated SINGER FAMILY SEWING MACHINE, and am prepared to sell them on most reasonable 1 terms, either for cash or on the popular monthly INSTALLMENT PLAN. The Singer is too well and universally known to require any word of commendation here. It is the MONARCH OF SEWING MACHINES, for the substantiation of which assertion I refer to all who have them in use. 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 articles can procure them, in my absence, from , Dr. May, Yorkville; L. H. Bradford, Fort Mill; J. M. Wylie, Black's Station. E. F. BELL, Agent Singer Manufacturing Company. August Mi 34 ly "CHESTER AND LENOIR BAIL ROAD. THE trains over the CHESTER AND LENOIR NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD will run daily, (Sundays excepted) as follows, making I close connection with the trains on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad: Leave Yorkville at 8.30 a. m Arrive at Chester at 10.30 a. m. Leave Chester at 5.10 p. m. Arrive at Yorkville at 7.00 p. in. A. ?1. DAVJiitjA, iresHieui. June 10 23 tf COTTON GINS, WAGONS. &C. COTTON GINS that need REPAIRING, can ; be put in good order by sending them to me, . on or before the lirstof September. Farming Implements and Machinery REPAIRED at short notice. WAGONS MADE AND REPAIRED, of sea sonod timber. This Department is conducted by ' Mr. W. F. GARVIN, who is ready to give prompt ' attention to all orders for Wagons ana Repairs of other Vehicles. Thankful to the public for the generous patronage bestowed, I respectfully ask a continuance of ? t rn ivpii'tf.pvs tue sumo. ?. uu. ? - w. July 15 28 tf J. S. R. THOMSON. C. E. SPENCER. THOMSON & SPENCER, j Solicitors in Bankruptcy YORKVILLE, S. C. SPECIAL attention given to filing of petitions, to the prosecution of claims in Bankruptcy, 1 and the collection and forwarding of Dividends to i Creditors. February 4 5 tf NEA\rSTEAM MILL. THE undersigned respectfully informs the j public that he now has in operation, on his j place in Yorkvillc, a STEAM MILL, and is pre- . pared to grind Corn, Grist, Horse-feed and Peas. The regular davs for running the Mill will be . TUESDAYS AND SATURDAYS; though, for the accommodation of customers, I will always have on hand Meal, Grist, Ac., which will be exchanged for Corn. T. W. CLAWSON. ' July 1 26 tf i STATE OF^SOTITH CAROLINA, IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS-YORK COUNTY. 1YHE Creditors of WILLIAM CROOK, late of York county, deceased, are hereby notified to "call upon me, at my office, at York Court . House, on or l>efore the first day of October next, | to present and establish their claims against the i estate of the said debased. J. F. WALLACE, C. C. Pis. September 2 35 4t THE STATE GRANGE FEinUZER, , ANI) "THE CLIMAX," TWO first-class, pure bone, ammoniated Fertil- ! izers, for sale by D. JENNINGS A SON and J. I). AIKEN, Agents, Charleston, S. C. The highest testimonials can be given. Please send ( for circular. ! September2 35 3m 1 mi if n n 1l\ 11 a't'i i ? ici iT; n\r; i c i a WjOtASIAiflil^zjB9nijU?uu2kMH f*1^T>l4ll8lKLM45HaiBfcl>"<il inilflf H ] June 4 23 tf AUCTIONEERING. THE undersigned takes this method to notify tiie public that he will give prompt attention j' to AUCTIONEERING in York and the udjoining counties. Communications may be addressed to him at Yorkville, S. C. S. G. BROWN. March 5 10 tf RAGS WANTED. A n nnn POUNDS of clean cotton and lineu for which 2 cents per pound will be paid, at the "ENQUIRER" OFFICE. i FHE CHESTER FURNITURE STORE! R. BRANDT, Proprietor. chairs. BLACK Walnut, Oak and Maple, Cane and Wood Seat Chairs, at the CHESTER FURNITURE STORE, opposite the Court House. lounges, JiOFAS, Rocking and Easy Chairs, Bedsteads. 3 Bureaus, Dressing Cases, Cradles, Cradle and Rocking Chair combined, (a most excellent thing or those who want to have an easy time to put ho babies to sleep) at the CHESTER FURNIrURE STORE, opposite the Court House. i parlor brackets, BOOK Shelves, Wall Pockets, Hat Racks, round and fancy Tables, Chromos, cheap and Ornamental, opposite the Court House, at the CHESTER FURNITURE STORE. dining room furniture. riOLID Walnut and painted Chamber Sets, Di5 ning Room Furniture, Sideboards, Sofas, etc., >pposite the Court House, at the CIIE8TER FURNITURE STORE. picture"cram es. ~ bl 1U1, YT2UUUL HUU KIUUIllUU IVU^Cnut/U JUUUA' I IT ing Glass and Picture Frames, on band and ! nade to order, opposite the Court House, at the CHESTER FURNITURE STORE. COFFINS. METAL and Wood Coffins constantly on hand, opposite the Court House, at the CHESTER FURNITURE STORE. W. P. HOBBS. THE NEW BUSINESS. ITAVING become, by purchase, sole proprietor ll of the YORKVILLE COACH FACTORY, Frespectfully announce that I shall conduct the business as heretofore. Besides keeping on hand a full stock of PLEASURE VEHICLES OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS, any article of special style or lesign will be made at short notice and in superior manner. By having employed 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 will do well to examine my stock. W P. HOBBS. GREAT BARGAINS. I WOULD inform the public that I now haveon hand alot of BUGGIES, finished in fine style, in which RARE BARGAINS can be obtained. I will Hell a tip-top Buggy for considerably less than such class of work has ever been sold in this market since the war. Call and examine my uf/NrtG on/1 Ko nAnvinoo/1 nffhft trnfh of what. T QflV 91/l/VIV aiiu UO Wt* ? im vu V* ?>1V V* w*>? w* ?T ?? , J and if you want a Buggy take advantage of the present opportunity to secure one CHEAP. W. P. HOBBS. REPAIRING, T| EPAINTING, Ac., done, as heretofore, inthe rl, best btyle and at the lowest prices for cash, which, in all cases will be expected on the delivery of work. W. P. HOBBS. A. WIL.LIFORD, ROCK HILL, S. C. MULES AND HORSES. X WOULD respectfully inform the public that I I will have on hand and for sale at my stable in Rock Hill, by the 20th of September, instant. A f\ UP A "n "MTTT PQ AKFTl TTH'RS'PS t\J LLXJJXU ILL U JJJJkJ urn/ ixv/iwjuu) 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 animals? good roadsters and fine farming stock. A call from my old friends, whom I am ever ready to accommodate, is respectfully solicited. A. WILLIFORD. NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to me for Horses or Mules purchased in 11174 and due in that year, are requested to pay up at once and save cost. A failure to comply may injure their credit with me during the present year. A. WILLIFORD. CORN WANTED. ONE THOUSAND BUSHELS CORN wanted, for which I will pay the highest cash price. A. WILLIFORD. FODDER WANTED^ I WISH to buy 10,000 pounds GOOD FODDER, for which I will pay the market price. A. WILLIFORD. BARGAINS! BARGAINS!!" 1" WOULD respectfully invite all persons who J_ desire liuuus unrjAr run uaod, to v?u it once at the old staud of JOHN H. ADAMS, DECEASED. The stock must be sold without delay, and a flhe apportunity is presented to the customers of the bouse, and others, TO SECURE EXCELLENT BARGAINS. J. L. ADAMS, Administrator. July 29, 1875. 30 tf HATS. A GOOD assortment of Hats may be found at the old stand of JOHN H. ADAMS, which will be sold cheap for cash. BOOTS AND SHOES^ OF the latest styles, may be purchased cheap, for cash, at the old stand of JOHN H. ADAMS. CLOTHING. A GOOD assortment of Ready-Made Clothing, of good material and well made, can be found it the old stand of JOHN H. ADAMS. DRESS GOODS, CASSIMERES, AND every description of Dry Goods, can be found at the old stand of JOHN H. ADAMS, which will be sold cheap for cash. HARDWARE. A GOOD assortment of Hardware and Cutlery can be found at the old stand of JOHN H. A.DAMS, which will be sold cheap, for cash. G. H. O'LEARY, MANUFACTURER. SADDLES. I AM selling my best quality of Saddles for less money than ever before, and urn manufacturing a cheaper quality of Saddles, which I will sell very low, for the cash. G. H. O'LEARY. HARNESS AND BRIDLES^ CARRIAGE, Buggy and Wagon Harness; Bridles, of all kinds, and at prices to suit the times. Forsaleby G. H. O'LEARY. WHIPS AND UMBRELLAS. A SPLENDID stock of Buggy Whips, Wagon Whips, Buggy Umbrellas, and everything that is usually kept in a first-class Saddlery establishment. G. H. O'LEARY. REPAIRING. REPAIRING done promptly, the best materials used, and prices reasonable. G. H. O'LEARY. GUNS MADE AND REPAIRED BY t. n. bennett, chester, s, c. I HAVE been for so long a time MAKING AND REPAIRING GUNS that I can give i guarantee that my work will give entire satisfaction. August 26 6 ly "red rustproof oats for saleT" a BUSHELS RED RUST PROOF OATS l I III for sale at $1.00 per bushel. Also, 100 bushels NORWAY OATS, at $1.00 per bushel. Apply to T. W. CLAWSON. July 30 tf watches! ~ ENGLISH, American and Swiss Watches, in Gold and Silver Cases, Key and Stern Windars, at R. BRANDT'S Jewelry Store, opposite the Court House, Chester, S. C. "watches, jewelry and clockst FOR sale and repaired. Work warranted at R. BRANDT'S Jewelry Store, opposite the Court House, Chester, S. C. plated ware. SOLID Silver and Plated Ware, Ice Pitchers, Fruit Stands, Cake Baskets, Castors, Goblets, Cups, etc., at R. BRANDT'S Jewelry Store, op posite the Court House, Chester, S. C. fine gold opera chains, FOR Ladias, and handsome Vest Chains for Gentlemen, at R. BRANDT'S Jewelry Store, opposite the Court House, Chester, S. C. forsale. A 45 SAW COTTON GIN, 2nd hand, and in good order. Apply to J. E. JEFFERYS. September 9 36 tf "trial justice's blanks. RECOGNIZANCES, Warrants of Arrest, Summons in civil action, and Executions. For iale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. THE COOKING STOVES manufactured at our works in Greensboro, N. C., give universal satisfaction wherever introduced. They are made of the BEST SCOTCH PIG METAL, with beav ier and thicker piate man any otner aiove in mo 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 confidently 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 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 TH0U8AND 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; B. P. Boyd, Joseph Hemdon, L. M. Grist, Yorkyilie. 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 delivered at depot in Greensboro: No. 8, with 10 pieces ware and 8 feet pipe, $30 00 u 7 u ?? (i i< ?< n c* 26 00 Address, SERGEANT & McCAULEY, D f A AD aViAffi M T. M. DOBSON <fe CO., Agents, Yorkville,' S. C. JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, Rock Hill, S. C. A. P. LINDSAY, Agent, Lowrysville, Chester county, S. C. J. L. CARROLL, Agent at Chester,S. C. "The sweetest, most powerful and durable now in use." BL00MFIELD & 0TI8, NEW SCALE PIANOS, 209 EAST 19TH ST., NEW YORK. EMBRACING new and moat 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 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 many respects they are superior to any manufactured in America. Charles Fradel." (The eminent and favorite Composer and Pianist to His Royal Highness, the Due Gustave of Sax Weimar of Eisenach.) , j (Rochester Musical Times.) "The firm of Bloomfield & Otis have lately made several important improvements in their pianos, placing them in the front rank of American manufacturers." (Toledo, O., Blade.) "Bloomtield & Otis, of New York, carry away the first premiums at the Ohio State 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 thetot/a -werethorough and critical. . {Brooklyn, N. Y. Eagle.) "The Music Committee of the Board of Education, Brooklyn, together with the local committors nftrr nxamininif and thorouohlv testing all the principal instruments manufactured, have purchased Bloom field A Otis'celebrated Patent Treble Pianos for the use of the schools." These Pianos are warranted for seven years. Responsible and energetic AG ENTS WANTED everywhere. Send for Circular and mention the name of the paper in which you saw this advertisement. January 28 4 tf YORK MARBLE YARTh I ville, and is prejPare" 40 ^uniish Srfpi || 'a MARBLE LINE v:' I j yk from a ^a*n the art, with the very best materials, and at as low prices as the same class of work can be fbr ' -J 1 Utoim. OrHnrs IllMIllMJ HIIJ1VUCIO 111 UIO UIIIl^u 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 heretofore bestowed upon my establishment, my determination is to merit a continuance of the same. F. HAPPERFIELD. January 14 2 ly BLANK BOOK 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, Periodicars, Law Books, Ac., bound in any style desired. oiH rolmiinrl and renaired. PEINTED BILL AND LETTEE 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 UP-STAIRS ! 1TAKE pleasure to inform all in want of PHOTOGRAPHIC PICTURES, that I have just taken possession of my NEW GALLERY, built with fine 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 A 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 ajpleasant 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 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. February25 8 t- ; tf FURS T~~ CAN be bought at almost any price, from T. M. DOBSON & CO.' ' dt* K. . PER D?y at borne. Term. free. Addre*. G. Stikuon k Co.,Portland, Me. 3 Ijr* She f orhvillc inquirer. TEKM8?IN ADVANCE : One copy, one year 3 00 One copy, six months, \ 50 One copy, three months, 1 00 Single copy, , 10 Two copies, one year, 5 00 i Ten copies, one year, 26 00 I ^sfir To persons who make up cluba of ten or I more names, an extra copy of the paper will be I furnished one year, free of charge.