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tumorous department. AS GOOD AS HE GAVE. Speaking of shooting ducks," says Dr. F., "puts me in mind of the great storm that occurred when I lived on the island. As you are well aware, our island was near Cisco Bay ; an awful storm arose, and was so fierce that it drove all the ducks in the bay into a pond covering about an acre, near my house. In fact, so many ducks crowded into the pond that I could not see a drop of water." "Sho," says Smith, "didn't you shoot any of 'era ?" "That's what I was coming at. I went into the house, got my double barreled shot gun and discharged both barrels right into the midst of them ; but to my astonishment they arose in the air leaving not a solitary duck on the pond." "Good gracious! You don't say so," says Smith. "Didn't ye have any shot in yer gun, or what in thunder was the matter ?" "Well, I was coming to that," said Dr. F. "It astonished me at first, but as soon as the ducks arose a few hundred yards in the air, and commenced to separate a little, ducks began to drop, and whether you believe it or not. T nicked on twentv-nine harrels full, and it wa9 a poor season for ducks, too. You see the ducks were wedged in solid on the pond, and when they arose they carried the dead oues in the air with them, and when they separated, down came twenty-nine barrels of dead ducks." "Oh," say9 Smith, "I am not surprised at that at all, or of the big lot of ducks you bagged, for it was an awful storm. I remember it well, doctor; I had at that time a corn barn full of corn ; on the outside was a knot hole and during the storm the wind blew so fierce that it blew every ear of corn right through the knot-hole; being ju9t the size of a cob the result was that it shelled every ear, leaving the corn in the barn, aud the nest morning I found my corn barn half full of shelled corn, and uot a single cob. I had a curiosity to know where the cobs had gone. "I went to the rear of the barn, and followed the line of these cobs over eleven mileB, and at a distance of five miles a large firstgrowth pine tree stood in the track, and darn me if the wind didn't drive the cobs into the tree from top to bottom. Oh,doctor, that was an awful storm." "Yes," sighed the doctor, "it was awful." A Pull-Back Incident.?The Norristown (Pa.) Herald has this: A subscriber in the country sencu us a graphic account of a thrilling but ludicrous incident that occurred in the neighborhood hist week. A fashionable city girl came out to visit her sisters. She wore a jaunty hat, a coquettish spit curl, and the pull-backedest sort of a pull-backess. On Thursday his two sisters and the city girl meandered out in the shady lane to drink in the beauties of the scenery and talk about the beaux. Presently a loud bellowing was heard, and a mad bull was seen pawing the earth on the other end of the lane, and coming toward the ladies. The country girls, admonishing their friend to "run quick," went over a four-rail fence into an adjoining field with an agility, if not the grace, of a circus actor. The city damsel attempted to "run quick," but it was a mournful failure. She was only five yards from the fence, but the longest stepsh9 could achieve was not over six inches, and her frantic efforts to escape the impending danger were painful to witness. The bull was coming nearer and nearer, with mischief in his eyes, and his tail switching ominously. For a minute or two the situation was such as would have filled a newspaper reporter with joy. But the fashionably dressed young lady proved equal to the emergency. She just laid down and rolled to the fence, and, by an overwhelming effort, "busted" the pinback arrangement, and went over the fence NMMhnMgardlcss of etiquette, or auything else, and the bull passed on with a sample of her dress on his horns, muttering all the while about the rainy spell, or something that way. The city girl says the next time she visits the country she will wear skirts expansive enough to permit her to step over a hay wagon, should npfeasitv or a cross bull reouire it. J -- ? - -- - I The Deacon's Hokse.?Deacon Smith, of Wilkinson county, says the Irwintown (Ga.) Southerner, owns, or did own, a horse, which one time in its life saved him an incalculable amount of money by its horse sense. The deacon says himself and wife, while partaking of their noonday meal, were very much surprised at the actions of their horse, which was loose in the road near the house. It would run up to the gate, neigh vociferously, and then run off again. This was repeated several times, and the deacon arose from the table to ascertain the cause of its strange conduct. He reached the door and looked out and saw, away off in the direction the horse had run, a dense smoke. He seized bis hat and ran to the place. "Gentlemen," said he, "lightninghad struck a tree and set it on fire, and the flames had communicated to ray fence around ray cornfield, containing about eight hundred bushels of corn. The fire had consumed about a dozen panels of fencing, and reached a branch. My horse, when I arrived, was standing in this branch dipping her tail in it and throwing the water on the burning fence." The crowd looked incredulous, and the deacon said: "Gentlemen, if you don't believe it, you ask Mahaly." Resigned to his Loss.?The funeral par ty had retired from the burying ground, but he lingered about like a loving widower to see the last sod put on. With his black clothes, his black silk gloves,his black-bordered handkerchief hanging carelessly in his left hand, his sombre visage, and half a yard of black bombazine wreathed around his black hat, seemed the very picture of melancholy. Presently he awoke from the reverie into which he had fallen, and said to the gravedigger : "I hope you think she Ib corafor'ble down thur; I've put in all the style I knew how; prime rosewood coffin and trimmiu's an' seventeen carriages. She oughten to be oneasy." ^jBgjj^gj^lnever bother you again," cheerk little spadesman, stepping back to see if he had built up the mound symmetrically. "Well, now, I'm glad to hear you say that," added the bereaved man, "'cause, you see, I expect to have another one afore Christmas and I don't want the sperit of this here onfort'nate to come roamin' round the house." Then he turned and walked out of the cemetery with the expresion of a man returning' from the performance of a benevolent deed. We suppose the fact will be conceded that the best husbands in the United States are raised in Connecticut. As an illustration we have the following story of a JNorwica man who recently lost his better half. Being of a thrifty turn, he was somewhat exercised by the expenses incidental to his wife's illness. A few days before her death he went to his druggist with an empty four-ounce bottle to have it refilled with a solution of hydratechloral, of which she had required a considerable quantity. With some hesitation he handed it to the druggist, saying, "Is that chloral as expensive as ever?" "The price is the same, sir." "Let ipe see ; it costs sixty-five cents to fill the bottle, I believe ?" Yes, sir." "Well, then, I guess you need not but half fill it this time. The doctor says she can't last but a day or two longer, anyhow." - ? ^ ? JBfa?- "Where are you going?" said a young geutleman to an elderly one in a white cravat, whom he overtook a few miles from Little Rock. "I am going to heaven, my son. I have been on the way eighteen years." "Well, good-by, old fellow, if you have been traveling toward heaven eighteen years, and got no nearer to it than Arkansas, I'll take another route." I Agricultural rpartwcut. [Original.] MANURE. i The original meaning of the word manure was "tooultivate with the hand." It is derived from the French word "maneuver," which ! literally means to move the hand. The word, however, has long since given up its etymological meaning, and is now universally used to denote any substance which renders soil i fertile on the application of that substance, i In other words, it is either a verb or a noun, ; and means either a fertilizer or to fertilize. In the making and applying manure, na' ture must be consulted. It is always a haz1 ardous undertaking to act contrary to the j laws of nature. Complete failure follows such an effort. It is wise to watch nature and folI low in her footsteps. A painter who would j undertake to paint a tree, not as a tree is found growing; but a tree as it exists in his imagination, might show that he could use a | brush with skill, but would be regarded as | crazy. He must copy from nature or fail. | Just so it is with the farmer in making and applying manure. If he follow nature, he j will succeed. If he do not follow nature, he will fail. Every farmer is accustomed to speak of fresh land and of old land. He speaks of one of his fields as being fresh or new laud, and ol another field as old land. The former is regarded as far more productive than the latter. The fresh field he regards as being capable of producing a good crop without any manure; but the old land must be manured or it will produce very little. Now it is evident that the words "old" and "new" in this connection, can only be used in a relative sense. Both fields were made at the same time. Abso lately, one is as old as the other. Old and new, as applied to a field, or piece of ground, has no refergj^e at all to the period of its creation. via, when used to describe a field, simply denotes that the field has become exhausted, or in plaiu speech, has lost something which it once possessed. Now what has it lost? The chemist will tell us it has lost this and that salt; but any fanner need be at no loss to tell what has taken place to cause the field to be called old. In farmer's phrase, the top surface is gone. When the field was cleared, there was a coating of black earth all over its surface. This is gone. This black earth, or top surface, was nothing but decayed vegetable matter. The more vegetable matter that had decayed upon the surface, the thicker was this coat of black earth, and the more productive was the field. Nature always makes an effort to compensate for all losses. What the trees absorb from the ground during the summer, they return in one way and another during the autumn and spring. This natural process of manuring land, or of compensating for losses, seems to indicate to the farmer the proper mode of procedure. The forest affords, for him, in abundance, the proper manure by the use of which he can make his old fields new. All he has to do is to haul leaves and decayed wood, throw the whole in a pile and let it rot, and then spread it over his old lands and they will be made fresh. If he will add to this pile his stable and cowpen manure, remembering to keep the stable and cowpeu manure deeply covered by the leaves and vegetable mold, he will have the very thing he needs to make corn grow well on old worn out land. This modo of making manuro is in aooordauce with what we see everywhere in nature. Our forest bottoms become rich by catching the vegetable matter which washes down from the surrounding hills. Manure, made as indicated, is the cheapest manure that can be made. It really costs nothing but the time and trouble of applying it. Oiling Harness.?A good harness is costly, but if properly used and cared for, will last a good many years. If neglected, it will soon need repairs, and in a short time will become utterly worthless. In caring for harnooo AMD rrpAQ fr AAin f 1Q tr> COP if. IS nmn vug ^IVCV J/VIUV IU WW WW .? .v | J. erly oiled. A work harness, in use on a farm, should be oiled twice a year?in the spring and fall. It should be taken entirely apart, the places where sweat and dirt have collected cleaned with a chip or an old case knife, then wash clean in warm water, in which a little castile soap has been dissolved. As they are washed, the straps should be hung on a pole to dry. When the outside is nearly dry, but before the moisture is all out of the leather, the oil should be applied. This may be done with a clean paint brush, which is the best thing for the purpose, a sponge or woolen cloth. A moderate quantity should be used ; and if it does not soften the leather enough, another light coating may be applied when the first one is well dried in. This is better than to put on a great deal at once, Care should be taken to obtain a good quality of oil. Neat's foot oil is the very best kind of oil for leather. There are some pat ent preparations, in which a water-proof ingredient is added to the oil, and also a little coloring substance to make the leather look black and glossy. An honest mixture of this kind is better than the crude oil. Cheap oils are generally poor. When dry, the harness should be rubbed with Castile soap, then with a dry woolen cloth. When this is done, it may be put together and used. This work should not be neglected until the hurry of planting and hoeing time, but should receive attention now.?Live Stock Journal. Chinamen as Farmers?The Natchez Courier of a recent date gives an interesting account of a number employed in Chicot county, Arkansas. They appear far more serviceable as tenants than as employees, aud in the economy of time and the facility with which .their tasks are performed, display far more ability than the negro. The terms us- j ually made are 100 pounds of lint cotton to ; the acre, the planter furnishing a mule with j which to cultivate the crop. At early dawn < the Chinaman has had his breakfast, and is in j ! the field to do his work. At eleven o'clock , : one of their number is sent in to cook their i dinner, the hour for which is announced by j j the display of a small pennant. Half an hour ' j is usually consumed at the meal, and return-1 j ing to the field, they contiuue at work until j ! dark. During ploughing time planters are | i compelled to see to it that their animals have ; j sufficient time to rest and eat, as the Celestials j ! appear to be blessed with no compunction , | where mules are concerned, and would keep j ! one unfed and at work all day did the oppor| tunity present itself. Their ploughing is j j represented to be the best, with furrows j i straight as a rule. They also seem to be adepts in the cultivation of vegetables, all 1 their gardens being kept in the most perfect j order. A supply of the principal vegetables ; j is carefully dried and kept for winter. Their J houses are described as the personification of i i neatness, every utensil being scured bright! i as silver, while their clothes are always clean, ! and in personal appearance they are never offensive. Their time, too, is fully employed,; ! it being with great difficulty they can be re- j ; strained from working on Sabbath. How Barns are Fired.?A man carries matches loose in his pocket and goes through j his stables and over his hay-mow and straw- j ' stacks. He is quite sure that his careful | habits will never let him drop one, so that something may tread on or fall on it and a fire j ensue. But some day the whole thing "goes up," and there is no end of wonder how such ' a thing could be. I fading fat the ?atkth. CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN. [Original.] THE KINGDOM OF GOD. The Bible is full of such declarations as "God reigns." It is a fact which calls for eternal gratitude. What a miserable world of anarchy and confusion this would be if there were no one who swayed a sceptre of universal dominion. It would not be extrava- J gant to conclude that man, more savage than the beasts of the field, would exterminate himself. The kingdom of God is everlasting. It will not, like earthly governments, flourish for a while and then cease. It is without be ginning and will be without end. It is a glorious kingdom. Glorious in its extent, and glorious in its order. It embraces all worlds and all creatures. It is without noise or confusion. [Original.] SIX AXD PUNISHMENT. Nothiug can be clearer than that it is the purpose of God to punish sin. It is not a mere theory, devised by a party to frighten the weak into obedience and deter the rebellious from crime. It is a deduction, legiti mately drawn from the word and works of God. The ruler of the universe so orders all things that the way of the transgressor is hard. Sin lies at his door. Men have the ability to sin, but not with impunity. It is an old adage that "murder will out." So it is with every sin, whether it be against God directly, or against our fellow men. Whatever events, in the providence of God, may take place concerning us, we may rest assured that our sins will find us out. It is the fixed purpose of God to punish siu. This is demonstrated in the daily dealings of God with the human family. Some sius are only punished, in part, in this world ; hut there is given us unmistakable evidence that every sin will be punished fully and justly. Because God is slow in meeting out vengeance upon the transgressor, is not sufficient reason for concluding that he will pass the transgressor by entirely. Punishment follows the sinner as the shadow follows the substance, and it is the purpose of him who rules the world, that such shall ever continue to be the case. The only possible way by which the legitimate consequences of sin can be avoided, is by thesiuner's accepting of Jesus Christ as a Saviour. When thus avoided, sin is still pun- j ished ; but not in the sinuer, but in the sinner's surety. Christ died for sinners. That is, he suffered the penalties of a broken law for the sinner, and in the sinner's stead. Ac- j ceptingChristas aSaviour,is not,as some seem to think, a kind of sham by which God ceases to exact all that his law requires. The justice of God is as manifest, and even more manifest in the death of Jesus Christ, than it is in the punishing of the sinner. When the sinner accepts of Christ and is saved by his blood, justice is not perverted ; but only made to flow in a different channel. The surety dies that the principal may be redeemed. Nothing can j give us so striking a demonstration of the fixed and unchangeable purpose of God to puish sin, as the fact that he spared not his own son. HOME PLEASURES. All people desire to have a pleasant home. Iu this respect rich and poor are fond, if they possess the least taste, of surrounding themselves with everything calculated to make their dwellings comfortable. By industry, frugality, and a love for the beautiful, home joys and pleasures are within the reach of all. What makes a pleasant home? Does elaborately carved furniture, gorgeous drapery, high-priced velvet carpets ? No. These certainly add to the comfort, beauty and appearance of a uice building ; but none to the real pleasures of home. Many sad hearts beat beneath velvet and lace; rustling silks, like the sighing of autumn winds through leafless trees, may but warn of a cold and cheerless winter; the flashing diamond but symbolizes the tear of want and despair. Invited guests we always entertain hospitably ; we should give joy and amusement to our children, so they may learn to entertain and make happy each other. Iustruct them in three things?industry, honesty, Godly love and reverence. Do so, not forgetting yourself, and all will be bright at your home. Could we look into many richly furnished homes, our eves would crladlv turn away from scenes of sorrow and heartless depravity. Whilst were we to visit many abodes, in which squalid poverty reigns supreme, we would be surprised at the cheerful aspect of its occupants, and the pleueant smiles of all who seem to utter ''God is good." Some wealthy homes possess no attractions for its occupants; hence, the first-class saloons, card and billiard rooms of great cities allure the sons of the rich, who form habits of intemperance, and often rush headlong into vice and an early grave. Many say, "If I was rich I would be happy." This is not so. One of the real pleasures of home is contentment. The "grumbler" never makes anybody happy. Perhaps the most disagreeable thing on earth to him is himself?though he does not know it. To possess a happy home it is necessary, as we said before, to choose three things: 1st. Industry will ward off a morose disposition, pro vide tor our wants, ana matte us maepenaeut in thought and action. 2d. Honesty?lackiug it, we can have no fellowships with the good and upright; therefore, we can have no true happiness with bad men, although possessors of millions. 3d. Godly love?without it earth offers no lasting pleasures, and the future but eternal misery. "Wisdom's ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace." ? Stand ay the Sabbath.?There is no institution of greater importance in this country than our Sabbath. And consequently there is none that ought to be guarded and defended with greater zeal and watchfulness than this. As a matter of mere physical economy and safety, every toiling and laboring citizen in the land should defend the Sabbath, and insist upon its strict observance as a day of rest. For no laboring man, under this simple view, can do without this rest. Both his mind and his body needs this. And it has beeu already demonstrated, without the least doubt, that both the health and the continuance of human life largely depend upon the proper observance of the Sabbath. But higher considerations press the claims of this day upon us. We all need a day in every seven on which to reflect upon those great questions which tend to our spiritual and eternal peace. We must briug ourselves to these questions, and without this day and i . J :* 118 sacrea mom mi Us auu mwua ui y i auc, it 10 impossible to accomplish a work so very momentous. There are just at this time many attempted encroachments upon the observance, as a religious institution, of the Sabbath day. Some are striving to turn this rest into a day of sport and pastime, and others are disposed to make it a day of profit and gain. No such encroachments as these are should be allowed. For no one can predict the fatal consequences of such an allowance. With the continued desecration of this day will come its total abolition. And this will surely be followed by its ultimate overthrow. And if you destroy your Sabbath, you undermine the Bible, the Christian church, the Sabbath school, and the religion of Christ.?Christian World. YORKVILLE ENQUIRER. VOLUME 22.-1^70. THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER, which, on f the lstof January, 1876, will enter upon the Twen- | ty-second volume, is a large, twenty-eight col- i umn paper, handsomely printed on clear, legible ' type, and devoted to the Political, SocrAL, Ao- 1 ricultural and commercial interests of the ] South. In announcing the new volume, we are i enabled to promise increased attractions in all the 1 different departments of the paper, conspicuous ' among them being the Serial Stories, wiitten ' expressly for the Enquirer. < As a non-partisan, independent family newspa- 5 per, the future editorial conduct of the Enquirer J can be as well judged by the pastas by any prom- ' ise which we might now feel disposed to make. 1 An experience of thirtv-tivc years in the newspa- , per business?of which timent least one-half has j been unremittingly devoted to the management * of the Enquirer?fully convinces the proprietor 1 that the plan he adopted on assuming control of ^ the paper, is thecorrect mode of journalism in the present day. The true mission of the newspaper t is to place before the public facts as they may exist, unbiased by partisan feelings or sinister motives; and the propriety of this course is fully attested, not only by the success of the Enquirer, which can truthfully claim thelargo?tcircnlation of any t country newspaperin the South, but also by many s other of the most popular and widely circulated | papers of the day. The course thus indicated we shall continue to pursue, aiming to publish a p LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER, s which shall boa welcome visitorto the HomeCircle, and acceptable alike to all classes of readers. 1 Hence, the news department of the Enquirer, j whether of matters at home or abroad?political or q otherwise?will be conducted with the ntmostcare, { and only facts as they seem to exist, will be presented, free from sectional or partv bins. LITERARY DEPARTMENT. ? The original Serial Stories for the new vol- c nine will possess unusual interest?being from the * pens of the most popular serial writers. With the first number will be commenced a highly exciting and thrilling story of California and frontier ;| life, by Mrs. Henry Deas, entitled t PICCIOLA, 1 ' s Which, as a vivid portrayal of life on the Pacific s coast, with adventure, crime, temptation and tri- i utnph, is one of the most sensational, yet eapti- H vating and pleasing stories of Western life vet (f written. This story will be followed by others throughout the year, of which we can mention \ the following as now ready: "THE IRON f CHEST," a story of domestic life, abounding in n mystery and seeresy; and a racy, spirited and ro- { manticstory entitled "LOST AND FOUND; Or, j the White Fawn of the Forest." In addition a in tVinuo nlher stories of unusual interest will bo t published during the volume. HISTORICAL SKETCHES < The Historical Sketches ok the Early f History ok South Carolina will constitute an t I important feature of the volume. ThcseSketches ? are written by Rev. Robert Lathan, and mm- ' mencing with the earliost settlement of the State ' in colonial times, gradually trace its rise and pro- ] gresH. To the writing and compilation of these j Sketches the author has devoted much thought ' and extensive research. Besides the colonial his- ' torv, they will contain the stirring scenes and Important evonts, the anecdotes and incidents?legendary and authentic?which have never before [, been fully published, connected with theRevoln- r tionary history of the State. Much of the mate- ' rial of these Sketches being traditional?many of i the events portrayed having never been in print? Y and written in Mr. Lathan's easy, familiarstyle, r they will be read with peculiar satisfaction, not ' only in our own State, but by every one having a just appreciation 01 me nisioryoi n nome ancestry in their struggle forlihertvand independence. CHESTER CORRESPONDENCE. To meet the demands of our increasing eiretila- n tion in Chester county, we have engaged the ser- * viees of Brainerd MoLure, Esq., who will con- r tribute a letter of correspondence from Chester r regularly each week. These letters are devoted i entirely to Chester affairs?to the interests of the r town and county?and written in the racy and , graphic style peculiar to Mr. MoLure, they cannot fail to ho of interest to our readers in Chester, as well as elsewhere in the State. THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, ; Tn addition to the above features, Rev. 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No. 8.?For a club of 20 subscribers, at 82.50 t each, we will pive a treblo silver-plated BUTTER s DISH, worth *8.00. , * No. 0.?For a club of 20 subscribers, at 82.50 ? each, we will pive one dozen solid cast steel oval- t handle TABLE KNIVES, valued at 88.00. < No. 10.?For a club of 26 subscribers, at 82.50 1 each, we will pive a troble silver-plated CASTOR !' AND FIVE BOTTLES, worth 80.00. No. 11.?For a club of 26 subscribers, at 82.50 each, we will pive one dozen treble silver-plated TABLE SPOONS, worth 312.00. e No. 12.?For a club of 26 subscribers, at 82.50 J, each, we will crive one dozen troble silver-plated n TA BLE FORKS, worth 812.00. ? No. 16.?For a club of 26 subscribers, at 82.50 jj each, we will pive one treble silver-plated CAKE ,j BASKET, worth 812.00. I, xt? i 4 D1? ? r*P QA unKonrlhnrd Jit 82.50 I 1 i>o, J-?.? I HI armiMM ?U ... each, we will give one copv of the latest edition 11 of WEBSTER'S UNABRIDGED PICTORIAL DICTIONARY, containing 1.840 pages, with .1,000 illustrations, besides four pages of colored illustrations allowing the Arms of the States and Ter- h ritories, the Arms of various Nations, the Flags |[ of various Nations, United States Naval Flags, Jj etc., the publisher's price of which is $12.00. j No. 15.?For a club of 40 subscribers, at $2.50 i each, we will give one dozen extra superfine, full oval ivorv-handle TABLE KNIVES, with ail- * ver-plated blades, valued at $17.00. Jj No. 10.?For a club of 55 subscribers, at $2.50 each, wo will give one No. 8 TROPIC COOKING STOVE, including a full set of fixtures and cooking implements. Manufacturers' price $10.00 No. 17.?For a club of 00 subscribers, at $2.50 (| each, we will give one three-quart, treble silver- ii plated COMMUNION SERVICE, consisting ot t SIX pieces, worth $40. v No. 18.?for a club of 05 subscribers, at $2.50 1 each, we will give a treble silver-plated TEA SET, consisting of STX pieces, viz.: 1 Coffee Pot, 2 Tea Pots, 1 Creamer, 1 Sugar Bowl and 1 Slop Bowl, the maker's price of which is $50. P No. 10.?For a club of 70 subscribers, at. $2.50 j" each, we will give a WEED SEWING MA- ( CHINE, Walnut Plain Half-Case, with two Draw- v. ers and Drop Leaf, manufacturer's price, $75. ? PUBLISHER'S ANNOUNCEMENT. ? Notice to Ciub-iHakert. It is not necessary that the names of a club ihould all be at the same post office. Names may >e taken at any number of places if they are all eturned by the same Club Agent. One name or either publication, for two years, will be equivalent to two names for one year each. The time for completing a club is not limited ; jut names, with the cash, should be forwarded as apidly as obtained. No Premium will be deivered until the requisite number of names has jeen returned and the full amount due for them I mid. We will be responsible for the safe transmission | )f mone3,only when sent by draft, registered leter, or money order drawn on the Yorkville jost-office. We prefer that no money be sent us . jy express unless the amount exceeds $25, and in tvery case the express charges must bo prepaid. The receipt of the paper will be sufficient evilence that we have received the subscription j )rice; but should parties fail to receive the paper uibscribed for in a reasonable time, tliey should lotify us, giving full particulars, with the amount >f money enclosed, names, post-office, Ac., that ve may ascertain where the fault lies. All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at he expense of those sending them. In sending names, write plainly, giving coun- | y, post-office and State. * . \ All subscriptionswill be discontinued at the ex>iratiou of the time paid for. : Under the present postal laws, we are required < o pre-pay postage on all papers sent to our sub- ] cribers, which we shall continue to do while the i aw remains in force, without additional charge to s he subscriber. i Persons entitled to receive Premiums, must j | ;ive full directions as to whom and how they j hall bo delivered. I The club-maker may commence sending in j lames at any time and subsequently determine < ipon the Premium, or Premiums he will select; ?ut no Premium will be delivered unless the re- * luisite number of names be sent, which must be < iaid for in advance. I A separate list will be kept for each club-maker, j vho will he credited witfi every name sent, so ( hat the number returned by any parson can be i scertained at a moment's notice. I After names shall have been entered on our j lub- books to the credit of any club-maker, they j vill not be transferred to the list of another. Our Premium List. i We have not the space to describe separately, ind in the terms they deserve, all the elegant aricles we oiler as Premiums for clubs. Besides i hoso specially described below, wo offer a treble 1 ilver-plated Butter Knife, worth $1; child's treble ! ilver-plated Gilt Cup, worth S3; hard rubber sol- < d oval-handle Knives and Forks worth So per i iet; treble silver-plated TeaSpoons, worth |6 per lozen ; treble silver-plated Syrup Cup, worth $<> sach; treble silver-plated Butter Dish, worth $8 iach ; solid cast steel oval-handle Table Knives, vorth S>1 per dozen; treble silver-plated Castor ' ind five Bottles, worth $!); treble silver-plated < Table Spoons, worth $12 per dozen ; treble silverdated Table Forks, worth $12 per dozen; treble lilver-plated Cake Basket, worth 812; extra superfine full oval-handle Table-Knives, with Mil- i rer-plated blades, worth 817 per dozen. These irticles are of the best quality manufactured, and ire rated in our schedule at manufacturers' reguar retail prices. For number of subscribers to sither of our publications to seen re any one of the Premiums, see Premium List for the Enquirer, >n the left of this column, and Premium list for i he Family Visitor on the right. Let all reneinber that our premium offer is not restricted o simply one article and one of each the specified dubs; but to the contrary, the opportunity to secure any nnmlper of Premiums is open* to all. S"or need the olub-maker confine himself to one mblication; but ho may procure subscribers for potli, receiving the respective Premiums offered or clubs to each paper. No Competition. Club-maker*. and thoee who may wish to form club*, *linuld lear ill mind that the offer* we here present do not Invite comletltion for Premium*, a* in cane of working to *ecure the .arokst ci.ub. Each club-maker pending the requisite number if subscribers will obtain the Premium offered for tlte specified lumber. There I* no limit as to the time when the club must ie completed. Send the names a* fast a* obtained, accompanied vith the cash, and the Premium will be delivered when the i-nuliiltp number of names have been returned. The cash nun. in all cases, accompany the name of every subscriber forvarded. Our Cash Presents. Do not forget tliat In addition to the liberal Premiums we offer or clubs, we will also inake a Hash Present ok Fifty Dob.ARsto the chili innkcr who shall send the largest lift of subcrihcrs to the Enquirer by the first Monday of November. 1876; md to the club-maker who shall send um the largest lint of subcrlhers to the Family Viritor by the name date, we will make i Cash Prerknt or Twenty-Five Doi.i.arr. These cash ircsents are not to be mistaken as premiums for the largest lnhs. but they will he given as a bonus for such clubs in a?di- , rioN to tlie Premiums offered. Correct lists will be kept of all lames sent to us, and the awards will lie fairly made at 12 iVIook, M.,on the first Monday of November, 1876. All names o be entered on the list must be paid In advance, at the regular lub rates for either publication. Our Cooking Stove Premium. The Cooking Stoves which wc offer as a Premium for 55 tibseribcrs to the Enquirer, or lor 66 subscribers to the Family I'tHirsiH, ntc mnmifiM tttrrH I?y fletseititt fc MfOnuky, nt Crnm?? ioro. N. C. These Stoves are made of the best Scotch pig metil, with heavier and thicker plate than any other stove in the narket, and consequently will the longer withstand heat and mrd usage. They nre of a handsome pattern and neat finish, mil warranted equal in points of appearance, durability and sulerinr cooking qualities, to any Stove manufactured in the Jnion. The stove we have selected to give as a Premium is the argest size made by the manufacturers, and with each one will ic furnished, without charge, three joints and one elbow of pipe, mil all the necessary cooking utensils, viz.: one liatn boiler, one ntlge pot and cover, one ten kettle, one round frying pan, one ong frying pan, one round griddle, one pair waffle irons, two sheet ron bread pans, one scraper and one lifter. Over five thouiand of these stoves are In use In Virginia and North and Homh ""arollna, and they give universal satisfaction. The stoves will in shipped to those entitled to receive them aa Premiums, direct rout the manufactory in Greensboro, N. C. Sewing Macmue Premium. The Sewing Machine we offer as a Premium for 70subscrlbers o the Enquirer,or for 84 subscribers to the Family Visitor, is he welt-known Weed Mnchlno and I# manufactured by the Veed Sewing Machine Company, Hartford, Conn. It la adaptd to all the wants of family sowing; It can be readily cotnprelendcd by anyone; it runs easily; Is always ready; will do any mil all kinds of sewing with less changing and fewer extra at- , aclunents; is self-adjusting; Is a two-thread Machine, making in Elastic T.oek-Ftltch ; stands solid nnd firm, with long and norny mining uiun-, miu u?> ym ?. 'everal of these Machines, during the post past year, have been lellverert to persons who have returned the requisite number of mines. To secure this valuable Premium, (or any other that we nay offer,) It is not required that all the names be sent in at inetlmc. Send the names, accompanied with the cash, a? fast is you procure them, and when the complement of subscribers s made, which need not be restricted to the same post-office, the 'remiutn will be promptly delivered as may he directed. Smith's Bible Dictionary. This Dictionary Is the work of Dr. William Smith, of the University of London, and the most eminent lexicographer in he world, who, in its preparation associated with himself over eventy distinguished divines and authors, of both Europe and his country, in the great task of preparing a comprehensive Dlclonnrvof the Rlhle,and supplying a want long felt by the religrius public. The result of these tabors appeared in three large md very costly volumes, a wonderful monument of learning. In abridgement of this great work, for populnruse, made by Dr. Smith himself, Is the one we have arranged to furnish our subcribers. The book contains every name in the Bible respecting vhlchanythlngcan he said. It embraces the results of historic esearch, antiquarian investigation, the study of languages and linlects, and the discoveries of the modern travelers and cxploers in tile Holy Land?Robinson, Rawllnson, Ferguson, Layird, Offert and Stanley. The book is printed from new stereovpe plates, on good paper, and Is appropriately illustrated with iver 125 Engravings oSf beautiful Scenes, Ancient Cities, and Memorable Places of the Holy Land, descriptive Figures and ahiahle Maps. It contains nearly 800 closely-printed, doubleoliimn, octavo pages, including 24 elegant full-page, Steel and Vood Engravings. It is printed in type of n heavy, distinct, and 'ery legible face. The publisher's price of the Dictionary Is |3.50. We will furnish n copy of the work substantially bound n cloth, for a club of eight subscribers to the Exquirer, at J?9.50 nrli, or torn rlitb of ten subscribers to the Family Visitor, at |1.50 each; the book to lie mailed, free of postage, to the person ntitlcd to receive it, direct from tlte office of publication. ? wn Webster's Dictionaries. WEBSTER'S UNABRIDGED?The most valuable seeulnr took in the English language is Webster's Unabridged Dictintiry. It is an extensive Art Gallery, containing over three hnusaittl engravings, representing animals, insects, reptiles, ilants, implements, machinery, heraldic devices, etc., etc. The ntest edition, which we give as a premium, has also four page* ' if chromatic Illustrations, representing, in their proper colors, lie flags and coats of arinu of the different nations. The Dicionary is a vast library affording information of every descripion. besides giving the orthography, pronunciation and deriva- | ion of words, It also teaches the pronunciation of Scriptural, llstorical, Geographical, Greek, Lntin and French names, and lives a variety of statistical information. It Is regarded by n uajority of English speaking people as the standard authority, mil as iias been well observed. It is the most remarkable comleudiilln of human knowledge In onr Intiguage. WEBSTER'S PICTORIAL NATIONAL DICTIONARY, ['his edition of Webster's Dictionary has been prepared exiresslv for tlte benefit of those who are cultivating English commsltinii on a broad scale, and are desirous to gain an exact iiiowlcdge of our language and a ready command nf Its various . arms nf expression. By the liberal offer we make, any student, ' ir other young man desiring to possess an invaluable book, can entire either of the above volumes. ! ? ? Three-Quart Communion Set. ( Churches misapplied with a Coniiiiiiiiton Set appropriate to J lie requirement* of the sacred rite of administering the Lord's ( Supper, ean, l>y our Premium arrangement, secure a fine, treble ilvor-plated three-quart Communion Set of six pieces, with lit le trouble, and, comparatively,at no eoat. The number of sub- ' eribers required to either of our publications, in order to secure his valuable and elegant Service can be procured in almost any ongregntion; and the members who may be thus called upon ! , n contribute their share of the expense, will receive In return I ) uure than the value of their contribution In it year's suhscrip- I I Ioii to the paper. ; I Our Premium Tea Set. We feel sure this elegant Premium, consisting of six pieces of i . Illvor Ware, viz.: a Coffee Pot, two Tea Pots, a Creamer, Su- ! ' nrand Slop Bowl, will give great satisfaction to those who may btain it. The pieces arc all of hcautiful, uniform pattern, new tyle, with raised or embossed figure work. They are not ihe ' oininon silver-washed nrticles, but tlie best treble plate, the nundatlon being white metal, so us not to show, even when the envy silver coating may chance to lie worn off In any spot by inig, hard usage. These articles, as well as all our Sliver Ware 'miliums, are innc'e by the Lucius Hart Manufacturing Compaiy, No. 22 Fulton street, New York City. Price $50. Our Silver Ware and Cutlery Premiums. With the very liberal offer which we are enabled to make, a icautifully furnished table is now within the reach of almost evrv house-keeper; and hern Is an opportunity, of which, if the olios avail themselves, they may secure, with but llule trouble, valuable set of Silver. Those articles are made for us by the J .uciuc Hart Manufacturing Company, 22 Fulton street, New i fork, and arc warranted to bo of the best treble Silver Plate. j The reputation of the Meridcn Cutlery Company, -19 Chamber* i trect, New York, from whom we buy our Table Cutlery Pre- i niums, Is also highly established for the excellency and superior ! inish of the goods they manufacture. value 01 our rremiums, We would lmpre<i? upon every one the fact that all of our | 'remlitm* are first class good*. and the price* attached to them it our 11*1* arc the regular retail price* at which the article* sell i y all dealers and the manufacturer* themselves. It I* only by lie iuo*t advantagcouH term* giv.in us by the manufacturer* that ve arc enabled to make the liberal offers we do, and we guaran- ( ee every article to be exactly a* represented. ?" ; 1 A Club and an Extra Copy. For a club of ten aulwcrlheni to either of our pnblleatlonay iaid In advance at the regular club rates, we will give, instead of | Premium, an extra copy of the paper for which the club may . nve been formed, to any who may prefer that arrangement; but . n consequence of the liberal Premium* we are now offering, we . J annot afford to give an extra copy to the club-maker who re- ' elves any Premium* enumerated on our li*t. I THE COOKING STOVES manufactured atour works in Greensboro, N. C., Rive universal satisfaction wherever introduced. Thevaremade 3f 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 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 Lhe mere cost of casting. Not simply because it iu a homo nroftiipHnri hnt.on nppoiint-of ifn irit.rin nic merit* as an article of household economy, do ure nek the patronnpe of home ^umJumn. fcore than ONE THOUSAND of these Stoves are now in use, and among many others having them we respectfully refer to the following: R. E. Guthrie, D. M. Campbell, M. H. Currence, York county; Mrs. Elizabeth J. Wylie, Chester; D. A. Gordon, Guthriesville; John A. Brown, Rock Hill; B. P. Boyd, Joseph Herndon, L. M. Grist, Yorkville. You can save the freight from the northern cities and the dealer's profit, which is no small item, by buying of us, and at the same time get a STOVE THAT IS MORE DURABLE than those r>f northern make. The following are our prices delivered at depot in Greensboro; No. 8, with 10 pieces ware and 8 feet pipe, $30 00 ii y ii ii ii ii ii ii ii 26 00 Address, SERGEANT <fe McCAULEY, rifoonciVtArrt V P T. M. DOBSON A 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. RICHMOND ADVERTISEMENTS^ TALBOTT & SONS, SHOCKOE MACHINE WORKS, RICHMOND, VA? MANUFACTURERS OF STEAM ENGINES, BOILERS, AGRICULTURAL ENGINES, CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, GRIST, BARK AND PIASTER MILLS, 8HAFTING8, HANGERS AND PULLEY8, IMPROVED TURBINE WATER WHEELS. October 14 41 ly WM. ETTENOER. H. P. EDMOND ETTENGER & EDMOND, Richmond, Ya., MANUFACTURERS OF1 PORTABLE AND STATIONARY ENGINES, BOILERS OF ALL KINDS, CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, GRIST MILLS, MILL GEABING, 8HAFTING, PULLEY8, &0. AMERICAN TURBINE WATER WHEELS, CAMERON'S SPECIAL STEAM PUMP. r?UIllL IU1 October 14 41 ly | P. F\ TOALE, Manufacturer of DOORS, SASHES, BLINDS, FLOORING, &C. Dealer in BUILDERS' HARDWARE, PAINTS, OILS, &C. S^le Agent for rhe National Mixed Paint Co. The Great American Fire Extinguisher Co. Page Machine Belting Co. SEND FOR FltlCKH. OFFICE AND WAREROOMS, Nos. 20 and 22 Hayne and 33 and 35 Pinckney Sts? FACTORY AND YARDS, Ashley River, West End Broad Street, CHARLESTON, 8. C. September 30 39 ly SOUTHERN LIFE INSURANCTCO. principal 0ffick8 i MEMPHIS, TENN., AND ATLANTA, GA. NET ASSETS JANUARY 1, 1875, OVER ^3,000,000 OO. ANNUAL INCOME, OVER 81,000,000 00. BRANCH OFFICE, Y0RKV1LLE, S. C. 3 W. B. WILSON, President. JOHN S. BRATTON, Vice-President. J. C. KUYKENDAL, Sec. and Agent. I. D: WITIIERSPOON, Attorney. Dr. L. ALEXANDER Med. Examiner. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: J. F. Wallace, L. M. Grist, Andrew Jackson, J. A. McLean, S. G. Hemphill, W. B. Metts, J. F. Hart, A. Coward, C. E. Spencer. Policies transferred from Northern Companies, without loss or additional annual outlay. Apply to Dr. J. C. KUYKENDAL, Agent, or to HAGOOD ?ft TREUTLEN, Gen. Agents, ? "T "Columbia, S. C. August 5 3L 2y BLANKBOOK MANUFACTORY STATIONERY, AND BOOK BINDERY. rjlMANKING the public; for liberal past patronT : rtr% fr n/\r?l nlflto 1 age, x now mviit' nuvuuuii w auj wui^*wv itock of STAPLE AND FANCY STATIONERY, consisting, in part, of Flat Papers, Midiuni, Folio Post, Demy, Letter and Note. Blank Books, iovo ry variety; Envelopes, Slates, Ink, Ac, Fancy Stationery, Gold Pens and Pencils, PenKnives, Writing Desks, Ac. Also, BOOK BINDING DONE, nail its various branches. Sheet Music, Periodoais, Law Books, Ac., bound in any style desired. 3Id 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 I THE JAS. EEFFEIi ; Double Turbine Water Wheel, ; J9l Manufactured by W POOLE & HUNT, ' sfffc Baltimore, Md. i fgW 7/)00 XO IF IX vast \ IH II Simple, Strong, Durable, : jr J always reliable and satis-. Ikw Manufacturers, also, of; Portable & Stationary , V^S^JSSa^Engines, Steam Boilers, i faggLjggMtt Saw & Grist Mills. Mini ; I VSUHIHfin; Uachinery,Gearing UtiMwiSl^r ^>r Cotton Mills, Flour. Oil Mill Machinery^ffio^otler Presses,&c. 8h-<fting, Pulleys and Hangers , a specialty Machine made Gearing; accurate and of very best finish. Bend for Circulars. October 7 40 6m r. 8. R. THOMSON. C. E. SPENCER. THOMSON & SPENCER, Solicitox-s in Bankruptcy TOP.KVILLE, S. C. SPECIAL attention given to filing of petitions, to the prosecution of claims in Bankruptcy, *nd the collection and forwarding of Dividends to Creditors. February 4 ft tf JOHN W. LINLEY & CO., 190 KING STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. ( ilBlWSMSTlHMt J GROCERIES AND > GENERAL MERCHANDISE. I \ETE deliver Goods free of all expense, such as | ?? boxing, (i ray ago and freight. To places where we cannot prepay freights, we give a ' COMPLIMENTARY PACKAGE OF GOODS, sufficient to cover the expense of transportation, eaual to about 71 per cent, of the entire bill. W here we have instructions to make up the complimentary package in CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE, we give the value of 10 per cent, on the entire bill. TERMS CASH, by Registered Letter or Post Office Money Order. Parties able to give Charleston acceptance, can be accommodated with 30,00 or 1)0 days' time, with interest at the rate of 12 per cent, per annum. LI8T OP NET PBI0E8. NO EXPEN8E. NO PBEIGHT. Finest quality Young Hyson, Hvson, Oolong, English Breakfast and Gunpowder Teas, $1.10 per pound; good quality Teas, all kinds, 90 cents per pound ; good sweet drawing Teas, 60 cents per pound. To any one desirous of trying our Teas, we wi)L--~ send bj' mail, postage prepaid, on money named, Beat, and quality. 3rd quality, i pound Tea, any kind, 30c. 25c. 18c. 1 " " ? " 1.20 1.00 70c. Crushed and Powdered Sugars, 131c.; Granulated A Sugar, 121c.; light yellow Sugar, 10 cents per pound; Linley's peerless Family Flour 51 cents ner pound, or 810 per barrel; good Family Flour 5 cents per pound or $9.00 per barrel; choice Canvassed Hams, 171c.; choice Tumbler Jellies, 131c.; 2 pounds Canned Tomatoes, 13ic, ; 3 pounds Tomatoes, 17c.; 1 pound Canned 8alinon, 20c.; 2 pound Canned Pine Apple, Pears, Peaches and Damsons, 23 cents per can, or $1.35 for 6 cans ; mixed Vinegar Pickles : pints 17c., quarts. 27c., gallons 60 cents, each; Condensed Milk?Eureka and Eagle Brand?25cents,each; Gantz'Seafoam. 1 pounds 25 cents, ponnds 50 cents, each; Lemon Sugar, 40c.; Dooley's celebrated Yeast Powder, 15, 20 and 40 cents per can ; Cooking Soda, 10 cents per pound ;} box Sardines 20 cents, 1 box 35 cents; Shadines, 25 cents per box; Cox's Sparkling Gelatine, 20 cents per package; Olives, 50 cents per bottle ; Capers, 40c.; Worcestershire, Walnut and Mushroom Sauces (genuine imported) 40 cents per bottle; genuine French Mustard. 27 cents per bottle ; imitation French Mustard, 20c.; French Prunes, 17 cents per pound ; Dates, 13 cents per pound; Raisins, 20c.; Citron, 40c.; Currants, 11c.; Cheese, 20c. ; Maccaroni, 20c.; Adamantine Candles, 20 and 23c. ; Baker's Chocolate, 45 cents per pound; Cocoa, 50c.; Broma, 60 cents per pound ; Rio Coffees, 23 and 26c., I>aguayra Coffee, 30c., Java Coffee, 35 cents per pound; Roasted Coffees, 5 cents per pound, additional?each grade; Durvea's Superior Starch, 11 cents per pound ; Durvea's Satin Gloss Starch (6 pouna boxes) 75 cents each; Corn Starch, 13i cents per package; Dnrvea's box Blneing, 33 cents per dozen ; Soda Biscuits, 8i cents per pound ; extra Pilot Bread, 10c.; Lemon, Cream, Wine, Ginger and other kinds, 15 * eent* ner nound: Black Pepper. 30 cents per pound ; Spice 30c., Ginger 30c.",Nutmeg $1.60 and Mace $1.80 per pound; Rice, wholeSJc., middling 7J cents per pound; Durham Smoking Tobacco, 6f> cents per pound ; Rose and Vanilla Flat Stick Candy?a very superior article?25 cents per Bound; ordinary Stick Candy, 20 cents per pound; lock Candy, 22 cents per pound; Colgate's Toilet Soaps, 25 cents per dozen cakes and upward; Handkerchief Extracts, 50cents per bottle; Cashmere Bouquet Powder, 26 cents per box ; Cleveland's Pomade Vasaline, a delightful preparation for the hair, 20 cents per bottle; Old Corn Whisky, $2 per gallon ; Gibson's Rye Whiskies, $1.80, $2.00, $3.00 and $4.00 per gallon ; Good Port ana M Sherry Wines, $2.50 per gallon ; English and Scotch Ale ana Porter, $2.75 per dozen ; Bremen Lager Beer, $2.75 per dozen; Demijohns for Liquors, extra, } gallon 40c.. 1 gallon 60c., 2 gal- fl Ions 60c., 3 gallons 75c., 5 gallons $1 each. A very extensive assortment of S CR0CKEBY AM) GLASSWARE always on hand. Plates, dinner size $1.60, Breakfast $1.30, Desert$1.00, Tea size 85 cents per dozen; Handled Cups and Saucers, 75 cents and $1.00 per set; Basins and Goblets, $1.60; Covered Dishes, 75c., 90c. and $1.00 each; Tumblers, 65c., 75c., $1, $1.25, and $1.50 por dozen ; Table Goblets. $1.20, $1.50 and $2.00 per dozen ; Wine Glasses, $1 per dozen ; Lamp Chimneys, Sun, O and A, 4 for 25 cents; Bs3 lor 25 cents; Argand Chimneys 3 for 25 cents. Nu in her less articles nnmentioned. Information cheerfully given. Remember, we prepay freights whenever the roads will allow us to do so. When wo cannot, we then allow complimentary package. JOHN W. LINLEY & CO., Key Box 184, Charleston, S. C. August 12 32 ly ^ YORK MARBLiE YARD. ^ signed respectfbl|y annon n cestha 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 heretofore bestowed upon my establishment, my determination is to merit a continuance of the same. F. HAPPERFIELD. January 14 2 ly " STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OF YOBK-IN THE COUBTOF PBOBATE. < Martha J. Murphy. Assignee, Plaintiff, against Florence Murphy, Fletcher Murphy, minor, and an infant, heirs-at-law of W. E. Murphy, deceased, Defendants....Summora/or Relief. To the Defendants: Florence Murphy, widow of W. E. Murphy, deceased, Fletcher Murphy, and another minor child, heirs-at-law of W. E. Murphy, deceased. YOU are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, which is thisday filed with the Judge of Probate for York county, S. C., and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his office in Yorkville, S. C., within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demand ed in the complaint. Dated, Yorkville, S. C., November 25th, 1875. T. J. BELL, Plaintiff's Attorney. November 25 47 6t BLAKE'S NURSERY GARDEN, CHESTER, 8. CAMSDEN A ALEXANDER'S June Peach trees, 50 cents each?the two best and earliest Peaches known ; Apple and Peach trees, 15 cents each ; Dwarf Pears, 50 cents each; Grape Vines, 25 cents; Strawberry plants, 81 per 100; Rasp- I !>erries, $1 per dozen; Evergreens. Flowering J Shrubs, Roses, Dahlias and Green-house plants M in great variety. Our long experience of twenty-three years working in the Nurseries and Gardens of South . Carolina, gives us a knowledgeof trees and plants scarcely excelled by any one. We offer for sale only such kinds as can be honestly recommended for "this section of country. Persons intending to improve and beautify their homesteads, will do well to visit or correspond with ns. W. BLAKE. October 21 42 3m SINGER SEWING MACHINE. I WOULD respectfully 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 terms, either for cash or on the popular monthly INSTALLMENT PLAN. The Singer is too well and universally known to requirt^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 uso. 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. Mav, Yorkville; L. H. Bradford, Fort Mill; J. M. Wylie, Black's Station. E. F. BELL, Agent Singer Manufacturing Company. August 26 34 ly _______ "IUST received and in my Shop, a large supply ?| of WOOD COFFINS AND CASKETS, or au sizes and qualities, already trimmed and finished up in appearance equal to metaiic cases. Also, on hand, a full assortment of METALIC CASES and CASKETS. ' J. E. SMITH, Agent. Octol)er 21 42 tf itt* S* PBR Pay at home. Term* free. Addren* yp G. Stinsos it Co.,Portland, Me. 3 ly* ?otMe Griiquiw. ~ TKRM8?IN ADVANCE t One copy, one year. $ 3 OO One copy, six months, 1 50 One copy, three months, 1 OO Single copy, lO ^ Two copies, one year,.,. 5 OO i Ten etudes, one year, 26 OO J jar* To persons who make up clubs often or more names, an extra copy of the paper will b? furnished one year, free of charge.