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PL 1 whetstones as fine as Turkey stone, all of which would be profitable if they were worked, and would add to our wealth and resources. Yet they lie idle, all for the want of a general knowledge of their extent and valne. Providence has placed them here for our use, and nature holds them in store for us. If we sit idle over our mineral and manufacturing resources, here and through the Piedmont region of this State, the opportunity for enriching outside capitalists will be seized upon. The Air-Line Railroad is the gateway that is open to these enterprises. Let the Southern people get rich by availing themselves of their means, and not wait for Northern capital, but concentrate our means, if it is small, and as we advance we will be able to add to our capital. Organization is what we need so much to develope us in our different interests. I will also mention the flexible sandstone that is found here, which is a mineral curiosity in itself. Imagine a substance in appearance like a rock, that will give and is as elastic as a piece of leather. It has no value, but is an indication of diamonds, wherever found. We have had a great deal of rain this week; our water courses have been high. Farmers are idle in consequence. So we get to see our neighbors in town. Wheat is being harvested and will yield a full crop. Thus far it has not been injured by the rains. The oat crop is much improved, though cotton is unpromising. Many of our farmers have plowed up their cotton and replanted in corn. The Baptist Sunday-school, with their teachers and scholars, went out last Saturday on a fishing excursion to Broad river. Each one carried a basket of provisions. After p* roaming along the banks of the river for awhile they met at a spring near the river and spread out their cakes, and other dainties, on the green grass beneath the cool shades, and bad quite an enjoyment, socially. The scenery that met the eye, here was sublime. The river Could be seen for some distance, wending its way through the spurs and peaks of Whitaker and King's Mountain, that lost themselves on each side in the blue distance. At this point was Adair's ferry, that brings to our recollection the incidents of the bloody scenes of the Revolution, as here was the field of Horseshoe Robinson's heroic exploits, and this his place of crossing the river. Near by is the grave of Colonel Williams, who fell . mortally wounded at the battle of King's Mountain. He was brought as far before he died, as where is now the residence of A. Hardin, Esq., where his comrades in arms carried and buried him. His grave is marked by a rude stone. Mr. J. B. Mintz now owns the land where he rests, and has left a cluster of the natural growths around the grave. This is established, beyond a doubt, as being his grave, by a reliable train of testimony gotten up by A. Hardin, Esq. Our party returned in the evening, from their fishing excursion, well sprinkled by a heavy rain. They object to sprinkling, but never to a ducking. Ego. GOVERNOR TILDEN SPEAKS AT LAST. At an ovation given Mr. Hendricfcs, in New York, last week, on the occasion of his departure for Europe, Governor Tilden made a brief speech which i3 reported as follows: Everybody knows that after the recent election the men who were elected by the people President and Vice-President of the United States were "counted out," and men who were not elected "counted in" and seated. I disclaim any thought of the personal wrong involved in this transaction. Not by any act or word of mine shall that be degraded into a personal grievance, which in truth is the greatest wrong that has stained our national aunals. To every man of the four and a quarter millions who were defrauded of the fruits of their elective franchise, it is as great a wrong as it is to me, and no less to every IMP- man of the minority will the ultimate consequences extend. Evils in government grow by success and impurity. They do not arrest their own progress. They can never be limited except by external forces. If the men in possession of the government can in one instance maintain themselves in power agaiust an adverse decision at the elections, such an example will be imitated, .Temptation exists always: devices to nive the color of law and false pretences on which to found fraudulent decisions will not be wanting. The wrong will grow into a practice if once condoned. In the world's history, changes in the succession of governments have usually beeu theresuit of fraud or force. It has been our faith and our pride that we had established a mode of peaceful change to be worked out by the agency of the ballot box. The question now is whether our elective system, in its substance as well as its form, is to be maintained. This is the question of questions. Until it is finally settled there can be no politics founded on inferior questions of administrative policy. It involves the fundamental right of the people, it iuvolves the elective principle, it involves the whole system of popular government. The people must signally condemn the great wrong which has been done to them. They must strip the example of everything that can rattractdmitatioqs, /I-bey must refuse a prosperous immunity to crime.. This is not all. The people will not be able to trust t^e authors or beneficiaries of the wrong to' devise remedies, but when those who condemn the wrong shall have the power they must devise the measure which shall render a repetition of the wrong forever impossible. If my voice con Id reach throughout our country and be beard in its remotest hamlet, I would say: be of good cheer, the Republic will live, the institutions of our fathers are not to expire in shame; the 'sovereignty of the:people shall be rescued from this peril and re-established. Successful wrong never appears so triumphant as on the very eve of its fall. Seven years ago a.corrupt dynasty culminated in its power over the million of people who live in the /??tv r?f Now Ynrlc. It had conauered or bribed or flattered and won almost everybody into acquiescence. It appeared to be invincible. A year or two later its members were in the penitentiaries or in exile. History abounds in similar examples?we must believe in the right and in the future. A great and noble nation will not sever its political from its moral life. Mr. Hendricks was also called upon, and after returning thanks for the honor done him, rmade a brief address. Alluding to the Presidential election he said : The result as declared iq Louisiana and in Florida, and at Washington, is not and cannot be made satisfactory to the country, for the obvious reason that it was not true. A great and sincere people will rest their final judgment only upon the truth, and never upon frauds successful through technicality. Even should the President aud his Cabinet adopt a part or the whole of the policies and purposes for which the Democratic party has bfcsn contending for many years, and whioh became so distinctly defined last year, even that cannot remove or quiet the public discontent. The Democrats will make no factious opposition, nor will they seek to embarrass the de facto administration, but will sustain it in what is right, and for the welfare of the country, and not at all because of any fealty to the party that stands defeated aqjd condemned by the people. The people cannot allow the selection of their Chief Magistrate to become a thing of chance, or of sharp practice. The fraud now first triumphant in W American history must be assigned to its L'/ proper place araoug the crimes against popuI lar government, and made so odious that no I* party will dare to attempt its repetition. I who is made President must be inaugurated. F i UntiLtbat is settled and made sore no Democrat can be seduced from his devotion and allegiance in any way, not by allurements of office, nor even by the strong appeal :in the i abandonment by the administration of vicious principles and dangerous policies and the adoption of better doctrines and ?jdst measures. Democrats will not entrust their most cherished principles to the keeping of a power which is attained by vicious and corrupt means. They will rather continue their faith in the right of the majority to rule in accordance with Constitutional provisions. ' All Democrats rejoice with unbounded joy, that free republican governments are once more allowed in the States of South Carolina and Louisiana. They rejoice in the good fruits that must follow. They know that peace and good order will prevail, that capital will be made secure, and labor safe, contented and happy, that enterprise will revive, and the cruel burdens of the government and public corruption will be lifted from the shoulders of labor, and that production will increase and lands advance in price. But they know that in the language of liov. Morton it had become "inevitable." Good government in the States was not a free-will offering upon the altars of the country. For years the Democrats had contended in Congress aud before the people for free Republican States throughout the South, and finally it became "inevitable," because the right and truth were too strong to longer be suppressed. In this the Democrats find a reason to stand more firmly with their party. Out of power, with no patronage to dispense and no money to distribute, but animated by the spirit of our institutions, inspired by the sentiment of the right of local self-government as inherent in the people, the Democratic party, during the past ten years, has restored one State after another until now the tread of soldiers is heard in no legislative hall, but in every State the people are governed by laws of their own enacting and by officers of their own choosing. Mr. Hendricks concluded with the declaration that this occasion had more than a personal significance. It proclaimed that we had no sectional sentiment, no eastern or western policies, the east and the west and the south were one, a wise and just policy, would alike ensure the prosperity of each. 4 ? 4 ? A SUMMARY OF ACTS. .. Herewith is presented a summary of a number of important Acts passed at the recent session of the Legislature: 1. State and county officers, except members of the General Assembly and the Governor, are prohibited from absenting themselves from the State for more than thirty days in any one year, without special permission of the Governor, and violations of this act will work a forfeiture of the salaries and perquisites for the year in which such absence occurs. 2. Hereafter no person shall be appointed to 611 any county office, who is not an elector of such county. 3. Trustees of publicschools are prohibited from becoming teachers, and atiy person who shall hold the office of trustee, and at the same time teach a public school, forfeits all right to any part of the public money for the maintenance of free schools. 4. The authority to raise a local tax in school districts has been revoked by the repeal of that part of section 15, chapter 39, revised statutes, which authorized district meetings to levy such tax on the last Saturday in .Tnnp. &. Pdrsoti9 holding the office of Clerk of the Probate Court, under appointment of the Probate Judge, are prohibited from practicing in such court as an attorney or counsellor at law. 6. The pay of County Commissioners is reduced from "three dollars" per day to "two dollars," and they are not allowed pay for more than seventy days in any one year, except in Charleston county, where one hundred days are allowed. The pay of clerks of County Commissioners is fixed at two dollars per day for each day allowed by their respective Boards, but not more than one hundred days shall be allowed in any one year, except in Charleston county, where two hundred days are allowed. 7. An act to "prohibit the sale of seed cotton between the time of the setting and rising of the sun," provides that after the passage of the act, it shall not be lawful for any person to buy, or sell, or receive by way of barter, exchange or traffic of any sort, any seed cotton, between the hours of sun-dowu and sunrise of any.day.. ;Thje penalty for a violation of the act,Ms a fine of fifty dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail for thirty days, or both, in the discretion of the court. 8. The agricultural lien law and all amendments thereto is repealed, to take effect on the 1st day of January, 1878. Until the date mentioned, liens may be given a9 heretofore. 9. The per diem and mileage of members of the General Assembly is fixed at five dollars per day during the session, and ten cents per mile for the aetua! distance traveled, by the most direct rgute, .whilst gojugio returning from the place where 'the session of * ^ * * ii- ?- l u mi. - r _ tne uenerai Assemoiy ib neiu. > xne pay ior an extra session is the same as that for a regular session. 10. Sureties to the official bonds of county officers, hereafter, must, in every case, be citizens of the several counties in which their principals respectively hold office. ,, . -? ? r? * LAWS OP THE STATE. AN ACT to prescribe the mode of proving bills of the Bunk of the State tendered for taxes, and the rules of evidence applicable thereto. Whereas the corporation known as "the President a,ud. Directors of the Bank of the State of South Carolina" had become insolvent and its bills had ceased to be current as money prior to the 1st of January, 1868, and the General Assembly of the State, by an act entitled "An act to close the operations of the Bank of the State of South Carolina," ratified the 15th day of September, 1868, enacted that all bills issued by said corporation prior to the 20th day of. Decern be rj I860*- be funded, and on the surrender and delivery of said bills to the Treasurer of the State, bouds of the State shall be issued to the owner of said bills in payment and redemption of the amount of said bills, aqd that "the 16th, section of the act ratified the 10th day of December, 1812, entitled 'An act to establish a bank on behalf of and for the benefit of the ii. a - * ? J _ii ?*?. ?i *?c oiaie, UIKI tut itvu turn pmu> ui auta rviiiwu render the bills of said corporation receivable in payment of taxes and all other debts due the State be, aud the same are hereby, repealed and under said act $1,260,134.75 of the bills of the said bank were funded, and bonds of the State issued therefor, and the bills so funded, were, by joint resolution of the j General Assembly, ordered to be burnt and j destroyed, and there is reason to believe that ! said bills were not burnt or destroyed, but have since been fraudulently uttered; and ' whereas the plates from which the bills of the ; bank were originally printed are not in the i custody of the State, but are and have been for years past beyond the limits of the;State and in the custody of irresponsible parties, i aud there is reason to believe that forged bills of the said bank have been fraudulently printed aud uttered ; and whereas a large amount -^ * I- * ?r , Un oni/l Kh nt u'Om in tka irao rQ ' Ui l/fie UI1IO Ul kllG oaiu uana ukib, ui i.ijv j vuia 1861 and 1862, loaned to the government of j the Confederate States, and the payment of said bills by the State is prohibited by the constitution of the State and of the United ( States; now, for the protection of the State against bills of the Bank of the State which are not genuine, or the payment of which is prohibited by the constitution, or .which have been already funded by the State and have been fraudulently uttered, Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House "of Representatives of ! the State- of South Caroliua, now met and sitting, in General Assembly, aud by the authority of the same, That the Treasurers of the several counties in the State shall not receive in payment of taxes to the State any bills of the ' corporation known as the President and Di-: rectore of the Bank of the State of South Carolina,' whifch are not genuine and valid, or the payment of which ia prohibited by the constitution of the State and of the United States, or which have been funded by the State and since fraudulently uttered. And all bills of said corporation which shall be tendered in payment of any taxes, and shall not be received as payment, shall be enclosed in a package, sealed and sigDed by the party tendering.the said bills, and by the Treasurer to whom said tender is made; and said package shall be deposited by the Treasurer with the Clerk of the Court ofComraon Pleas for the county, who shall give duplicate certificates of the said deposit, one to the party tendering said bills, and the other to the Treasurer, to abide the decisions of the court in any proceedings which may be instituted in regard to said bills; and that in all proceedings by mandamus or otherwise to compel the reception of bills of the said corporation as a legal tender for taxes to the State and refused, an issue shall be framed under the direction of the Judge, and at a regular ^ a th r* a I terra ot toe uourt or uomraon rieaa ror me couDty wherein said bills are tendered, sh ill be submitted to a jury to inquire, and determine by. their verdict, if the bills so tendered in payment for taxes are genuine and valid bills of the said corporation, and have not been funded by the State, and since fraudulently uttered, and are bills, the payment of which is not prohibited by the constitution of the State and of the United States. And upon the trial of said issue the burden of proof shall be upon the person tendering said bills to establish that.the said bills are the genuine and valid bills of the said corporation, and have not been funded by the State and since fraudulently uttered, and that Baid bills are bills the payment of which is not prohibited by the constitution of the State and of the United States. And if the jury shall by their verdict establish that the bills so tendered are genuine and valid bills of the said corporation, and have not been funded by the State and since fraudulently uttered, and are hills the payment ef which is not prohibited by the constitution of the State and of the United States, then the Treasurer of the county shall receive such bills in payment of all taxes due the State. And if the jury shall by their verdict establish that the bills so tendered are not genuine or valid bills of the said corporation, or that they have been funded by the State and since fraudulently uttered, or that they are bills the payment of which is prohibited by the constitution of the State and of the United States, it shall then be the duty of the Clerk of the said Court to cancel the said bills in the presence of the court, and to make a sealed package of the bills and file the same in his office with the record of the case. . $ec. 2. In all proceedings by mandamus or otherwise under this act no costs Bhall be taxed or allowed against the State or any officer representing the State. Sec. 3. Nothing in this act contained shall preclude the Treasurer of any county from making such other defenses to the proceedings by mandamus, or otherwise, as the nature of the case may require. Sec. 4. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with or repugnaut to this act are hereby repealed. Approved June 9, 1877. AN ACT to utilize the convict labor of this State. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met ami sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That his Excellency the Governor be, and he is, by aud with the advice of the Senate, authorized to appoint three suitable citizens of this State, who shall constitute a Board of Directors of the State Penitentiary, with a terra of office of two years, of which hoard the Governor of the State shall be ex officio a member. The said board shall have the general supervision of the penitentiary, its inmates, property, &c., and shall meet at least once in every month, and oftener if necessary, upon the call of the Governor, and shall receive as compensation $3 per diem, not to exceed the sura of one hundred dollars for euch aud every year, to be paid by the contractor or contractors. Sec. z. i nat in case or ine neam or resignation of any member of said board, the Governor is authorized to fill said vacancy during the recess of the General Assembly. """SECT3V"THar the'said Board of Directors shall, tfs 3oen.as practicable after the passage of this act, advertise for proposals for completing the penitentiary according to plans and specifications to be agreed on and published by the said board, including the labor of such number of convicts as may be designated by said Board of Directors, together with the property, fixtures, water privileges and everything appertaining to the said penitentiary ; such ^coutract ,or contracts, if entered into by the said board, to be reported for ratification and approval by the General Assembly at the next regular session. Sec. 4. That the said Board of Directors are hereby authorized and empowered to lease or hire out upon such terms aud conditions as they may think most advantageous to the State, and that will secure the health and confinement of the prisoners, any or all other convicts in the'pehitetatiary," except the convicts under senteuce for murder, rape, arson and manslaughter, under the following rules, rpomlatioNR and restrictions, with all others imposed by the said Board ; that said Board of Directors shall make an annual report to thp General Assembly, at the regular session, of all their actings and doings,Rowing the number and'fianres of convicts Hired out, to whom hired, for what purpose and for wHfit consideration, and as often as any sums of money are received "fdr ttry labor or hire of said convicts, or any pf theiii, the same, shall be paid to the Treasurer of the State,"of which a full account shall be given in said annual report.' First, all convicts shall be safely kept within the State and humanely treated; the food, clothing, lodging, modes of puohdwoent to -W carefully provided for-in aTjy.*|jd ajf ^contract* Second, convicts shall 'not be required to labor more than ten hours a day, or oh Sundays or holidays : Provided, That convicts shall not be hired out for agricultural purposes : Provided, further, That nothffig'herem coutairfedtthairbe so construed as to affect any contracts heretofore made. Sec. 5. That the contractor or contractors shut! be reqifii4d to filter- into* bond iff -the sum of $5Q,000, with good and sufficient sureties to be approved, by the board, for the faithful performance of said contract; and any, contractor or contractors, who sball. be guilty of maltreatment, neglect or cruelty towards said convicta, shjll-bejiable to iudict meat; and on coavjdttotC^hall be punished by impri^nmjaqt^sWm ho^ipore thap twelve moi)tMitorde8s^&.b--pbe month, and jby fine not more than $T,OQO,Ttf&iPnot less than-$50, at th$ jli8ereUbfr.the court. SeC:J?L*interval between the passage'df this act anid the approval of any contract,which,toay be made under the provision^ bf this acvthe Board'of Directors be, and Pre hereby, authorized to make such temporary contracts in reference to the said convict labor as may be deemed proper and expedient; not repugnant to this act, limited to the 20th day of December next. Sec. 7. That upon the approval and ratification by the General Assembly of any contractor contracts provided for by this act, the contractor oft Cotitract/Ors' shall .relieve the State from all charges and expenses incident to the maintenance and management of the penitentiary, except such as may be stipulated to be Ijorp.e by the St&te uuder said .contract WrcPntta^ts". 1 1' ' **' s ** '* ''' ' Sec. 8. That all acts or parts of acts iijp conflict with the provisions of this aot are hereby^repealed. : , ,, .... , , . . Approved'June 8, 1877." " > * Ten yearB of assiduous activity would" tie cheerfully given bv many sufferer for that purity of blood wnicfi guarantees immunity from disease./ The lahor of a few hours will purchase that most energetic blood searcher and purifier, Dr. Bull's Blood Mixture, Jimmrial anil CmumtrriaL YORKVILLE, June 20.-Cotton 7 to 10*. LIVERPOOL, June 18.?Cotton easier; middling uplands, 5 5-lfld. NEW YORK, June 18.?Cotton dull; uplands lli. CHARLESTON, June 18.?Cotton quiet; middling, 11J. -III:..', CHARLOTTE, June 18.?Cotton?middling, 11; good ordinary, 10 to 101. Comparative Cotton Statement. NEW YORK, June 15.?The following is the comparative cottonstatement forthe week ending to-day: 1877. 1876. Receipts at all ports forthe week....9,620 9,009 Total receipts to date ,.3,896,798 4,038,058 Exports for the week, 46,485 29,395 Total exports to date, 2,905,516 8,038,228 Stock at all United States ports..313,447 345,346 Stock at interior towns 30,706 46,000 Stock at Liverpool, 1,064,000 1,028,000 American afloatfor Great Britain,..98,000 100,000 1 CHESTER MARKET REPORT. corrected weekly by the board op trade. CHESTER, S. C., June 18, 1877. . Cotton?Middling, @ 10i Low Middling, 9{ @ 10 Good Ordinary, 81 @ 91 Bacon?C. R. Sides 101 @ 11 U.ilb. O T? Sirica 01 fS 10 Shoulders, 8 (? 8$ Uncanvassed Haras, 14 @ 15 Canvassed Hams, 15 @ 16 LARD-^lh 14 @ 16} Butter?% lb., 15 @ 20 Eggs?$ dozen, 12} @ 15 Candles?Wax, $ lb., ; 40 @ 50 Sperm, $ lb., 40 @ 50 Adamantine, $ lb., 20 @ 25 Coffee?Old Government Java, @ 35 Rio, 25 @ 33 Sugar?A, 13} @ 14 Extra C, 13} @ 14 Crushed, 14 @ 16 Granulated,, 14 @ 16 C orn?1ft bushel, 95 @100 Oats?1ft bushel, l .. @ ... I'lour?Family, 1ft sack, 6.50 @7 00 Extra, 1ft sack, @6 00 Super, % sack, @ ... H/y?Timothy, @1 25 North Carolina, @1 00 Iron?Bar, 4} @ 5 Swedes, 7 @ 8 Mountain Moulds, @ ... Mackerel?Kits, No. 1 @ ... " " 2 @ ... Molasses?New Orleans, 1ft gal?bbl..65 @ 75 " " " M retail,75 @ 90 Muscovado, " " bbl.,...60 @ 65 k ? t? retail,... @ 75 Syrup, 1ft gal.?bbl 37} @ 40 u it (i retail @ 50 Nails?lOd to 60d $ keg ! @4 25 4d to 8d 1ft keg, 4.50 @4 75 Oils?Kerosine, 1ft gallon, @ 60 Train, " " @1 25 Linseed, " " 1.00 @1 15 Lubricating" " 50 @1 00 Shirting?Brown, yArd, 8 @ 9 4-4 71 " 10 @ 11 Osnaburgs" " 12 @ 14 Prints, " " 8 @ 10 Yarn?1ft bunch, @1 20 Rice?1ft lb 8 @ 10 Potatoes?Irish, $ bushel @2 00 " T" w> ?. 1 Q BTKKL?now p iu., v-, Cast, " " 20 @ 25 Salt?sack, @1 60 Bagoino?Domestic, $ yard, 14 @ 16 Borneo " " @ ... Ties? @ 6 Financial. NEW YORK, Jnne 18.-Gold 1.05ft. Religions Notice. There will be preaching at Mill Creek Church, on the 4th Sabbath, 24th instant, at 11 o'clock, A. M. A. J. McCOY. June 14 24 It The Merciful Man Is merciful to his beast. Horses and cattle are sources of profit, and for that reason (if no other) should be well cared for. By the timely use of Foutz'8 Celebrated Horse and Cattle Powders the lives of many valuable animals will be saved. For sale by JOHN C. KUYKENDAL. June 21 25 It Destroyed by Worms. Can we imagine a more horrible death: Gnawing?gnawing?gnawing, night and day until the vitals are eaten away. Shriner's Indian Vermifuge will destroy and eject those disgusting creatures from the intestines. Ask for Shriner's Indian Vermifuge. For sale by JOHN C. KUYKENDAL. June 21 26 It Angnst Flower. The most miserable beings in the world are those suffering from Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint. More than seventy-five per cent, of the people in the United States are afflicted with these two diseases and their effects: such as sour Stomach, Sick Headache, Habitual Costiveness, Palpitation of the Heart, Heart-burn, Waterbrash, gnawing and burning pains at the pit of the Stomach, Yellow Skin, Coated Tongue and disagreeable taste in the mouth, coming up of food after eating, low spirits, <fec. Go to your Druggist, JOHN C. KUYKENDAL, and get a 75 cent Bottle of Auoust Flower, or a Sample Bottle for 10 cents. Two doses will relieve you. June 7 23 eawly JH YMENEAL. Married?At the residence of tho bride's father, Mr. F. M. Walker, on the 19th instant, by Rev. L. R. McCormick, Mr. E. FRANK GLENN and Miss ADA WALKER. OB ITU ARY. Died?In this county, on the 2nd instant, Mrs. ELIZA JANE, wife of N. B. Roach, aged 38 years and 4 months. In this county, ou the 10th ultimo, ATTIE JANE, youngest child of Lewis and M. A. Parks, aged 15 months and 4 days. PIANO FOR SALE. A PIANO of six and three-fourth Rme&jM Octaves, in good order, will be sold U J 9 J J at a bargain. Price $150. Apply at the Enquirer Pfinting Office. June 21 25 2t FENCE LAW ELECTION. BETHESM TOWNSHIP. '} /'. .. .... .' /11 /1 FOR the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors of BETHESDA TOWNSHIP,Jin YorK county, a, u., a proposition to miter mo FENCE LAW, in accordance "with the provisions of the Act of the Legislature of this State, Approved June 7th, 1877, It is hereby Ordered that an election be held in said Township, ori'SATURDAY, 18TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1877, AT BETHESDA CHURCH ARBOR, near Bethesda Church,:and that the polls be kept open from 6 o'clock, A. M.f until 6 o'clock. P? M. r The form of the ballot to be as follows, viz.: Those in favor will use a ballot, either written or printed?"In favor of altering the Fence Law/.' Those opposed will use a ballot, either written or printed?"Against altering the Fence Law." Messrs. John S. Bratton, E. N, Crawford and Alfred Moore, are hereby appointed Managers to hold and conduct said election, who. immediately upon the close .thereof,, shall count toe votes and make return of the result and the ballots, to the undersigned. G. L. RIDDLE, ), County W. .T. STEPHENSON, > ROBERT HAYS, J Commissioners..; June 21 26 ,, 5t ii 'M. STRAUSS.!77"7 GREAT REDUCTION fc .... ... ...... ^ q ..i, ... r.l :pg S - in H 5 > N>. ' H fi PRICES . fS a ... H as 0 H of all my Goods. ,? < , ; ^ 2 : M. STRAUSS, g m O O % xoixonaaH xvana I. D. WITHER8P00N. C. E. SPENCER. WITHEBSPOON & SPENCER, j ATTORNEYS -A.T ZiAW, ' YORKVILLE, 8. C. = ' pgr Office in rear of Court House, If' ' ( WILI^prftotice in the Coprta of the State and the Urlited States. Special attention given to the settlement of estates-in the Probate Court, January 2S 4 . ; ly 1 w. P. GOOD, , " ATTOHN3ST AT 3jAW, yokkvilIjE, s. C., practloe in all tire Ooprta of the State, YT Prompt attention given to business.. Terms i moderate. .*...n I Office over the Store-room of T. M, Dobaop ?fe Co. i, I April 19 164 tf " KENNEDY BROS, & BARRON. "dry goods and notions. " A LPACAS, Cambrics, Calicoes, Cassimeres, J\_ Cottonades, Paper Collars, Spool Cotton, Fans, Handkerchiefs, Corsets, Corset Stays, Ribbons, Ribbon Elastic, Alpaca Braid, Needles, Alabama Plaids, Combs, Lead Pencils, bleached and brown Shirting, as low as the lowest, at KENNEDY BROS. A BARRON'S. SUNDRIES. SMOKING and Ping Tobacco, Wash-Boards, Clothes Pins, Essence Coffee, Shoes, Hats, Canned Goods, Soaps, Teas, Spices, Buckets, Hardware, etc., etc. KENNEDY BROS. A BARRON. NOW IS THE TIME fllO get a nice Sugar-Cured Canvased Shoulder; ? " il.!?-. ? wl^Af Artliol f A UlllYI BUUltJlLlllJg UOW 1U tUlO tuniAci, g^uai iw uujh and at leas money. Call at KENNEDY BROS. & BARRON'S. GROCERIES. SUGAR, Coffee, Lard, Bacon, Rice, Grist, Fish, Hams, Molasses, Salt, Rice-Flour, etc. KENNEDY BROS. & BARRON. PLOWS. 4 FEW Plows left, which will "be sold cheap, A at KENNEDY BROS. <fc BARRON'S. SHEET IRON. A LOT of Sheet Iron for sale very low, at KENNEDY BROS. <fc BARRON'S. | GRAIN CRADLES, YOU will find Grain Cradles at the Store of KENNEDY BROS. & BARRON. SCHOOL BOOKS. A FEW School Books on hand and for sale at KENNEDY BROS. <fe BARRON'S. H. F1. ADICKES. HOSIERY AND GLOVES. JUST received an addition to our stock of Hosiery and Gloves, which makes it very complete. A bargain can be had in Ladies' Brown Balbriggan Hose?6 pairs in neat box, for $1.00 only. They are in style. H. F. ADICKES. A *rr?n tt ndfTD %xAU'?aKj UilJUJCilX* GEN1 S, Ladies' and Children's Gauze Undervests Just received. A very good article for gentlemen is selling at 50 cents, at H. F. ADICKES. DOMESTICS. I INTEND to beat everybody on Domestics. The best 4-4 bleached article at 11 cents, and the best 4-4 brown, at 10 cents, ever offered in this market. H. F. ADICKES. LINEN GOODS. 1WILL venture to say that we now have the nicest selection of bleached Linen Ducks, for Gents' suits, ever offered in this market. They were bought as inducements, and will be sold accordingly. H. F. ADICKES. LADIES' GAITERS. A LOT of beautiful side-laced Gaiters. We have reduced the price to $2.50, in order to give them a start. It is the prettiest Shoe in the market for the price. H. F. ADICKES. !" YOUNG MEN. IT is only necessary for young men to come and see our Cassimeresand prices, to be convinced that they are below a fair price. H. F. ADICKES. BLUE YORK CLOTIL rAM now prepared to offer inducements in two popular goods?Blue York Cloth and Black Diagonal. Call and see them. H. F. ADICKES. LAWNS. " ~~ JUST received a beautiful seleciion of4-4 Lawns, of the best quality and neatest styles. H. F. ADICKES. MUSQ.UITO NETTING. (NREEN, White and Pink Musquito Netting IT just received and selling at the lowestjirices. H. F. ADIUKKS. CANE MATTINGS JJST received in white, and white and red checked, and will be sold at go-ahead prices. H. F. ADICKES. JOHN^KUYKENDALr^ SUBSTITUTES FOR QUININE. ATTENTION, PHYSICIANS. THAVE on hand a supply of Sulphate of Cinchonia at 75 cents per ounce, and Sulphate of Oinehonidia at $1.40 per ounce. Both of these being Sulphates, they are prepared for administration in the same way that Quinine is. The United States Dispensatory says : "It is now a well-determined fact that these alkaloids have the same remedial properties as Sulphate of Quinia, and are equally efficient as anti-periodic remedies. JOHN C. KUYKENDAL. SACHET POWDER] A SUPPLY of Sachet Powder exquisitely perfumed. Old Sachet can be refilled at a very small cost. Call at the York Drug Store. JOHN C. KUYKENDAL. RAZOR STRAPS. GENUINE Amerson Razor Straps and a full line of fine shaving Soaps, can be found at the York Drug Store. JOHN C. KUYKENDAL. PL, ASTERS? A LARGE supply of Herrick's, Allcock's and Jew David's Piasters, just in, at the York Drugstore. JOHN C. KUYKENDAL. LATEST FROM TURKEY. A REAL, genuine Turkish Flesh Towel can be had at the York Drug Store. JOHN C. KUYKENDAL. SCALP SCRATCHER. A STEEL Bristle Hair Brush, a regular scalp Scratcher, can be had at the York Drug Store. JOHN C. KUYKENDAL. KEEP YOUR TEMPEE-ATHRE BY getting a Thermometefr at the York Drug Store. . JOHN C. KUYKENDAL. JT rSTADAMS, YOR^yiLLE, a C. ' NOTICE TO HOUSE-KEEPERS. I RESPECTFULLY invite your, attention to the following list of articles, Svhichare for sale at the Yorkville Tin Factory: Basting Spoons, Stove Blaohiog, Cake Cutters, r!alr? Mnnlfl? Candle Stinlrs. E(?r Whins'. Paste Jaggers, Molasses Cups, Patty Pans, Pepper Boxes, Rattles, Whistles, Table Spoops, Tea Spoons, Toy Cups and a full assbrtmeht of-plain apd, stamped Tin Ware, 8tove, Fixtures, and so on. The very liberal patronage extended to me lnduces'the belief that my past efforts! have been appreciated; apd I think I do not exaggerate when I say that the quality of my Tin-Ware will compare favorably with any manufactured in this country. ... J. M. ADAMS, the Tin-man. ?.v.J REPAIRING ~ DONE promptly, at the YorkvilleTin Factory, by J. M. ADAMS. WANTED 500 POUNDS OF BEESWAX, AT the Yorkville Tin Factory. ?? ?* J. M. ADAMS. WANTED 10,000 POUNDS OF clean Cotton and Linen Rags, at the York ' ville Tin Factory. J;j ....J ,.l:, , i.J, M. ADAMS. THE BfJC/K-EYE REAPER AND MOWER .* -511. : ' i:\ ? it l . . "* :> -j.it !? ? j i T- h' Janow IN POSITION ,. '"I'' ' "and"' READY FOR INSPECTION. Call at the Railroad Depot and take a look. T. S. JEFFERYS, Agent. , FOR RENT OR SALE. fflHE DWELLING HOUSE AND LOT situaI ted near the Methodist Church In Yorkville. Tne bouse js ,two-storv. and oontains six large roomB and basement. The lot contains about two aorea and is well enclosed. On the lot is a well of water, a lumber house, stable, crib, etc. For further particulars, apply to L. M. GRIST. April 19 16 tf FIRE INSURANCE^ ~ THE undersigned would respectfully announce that he is agent for the following old and reliable Fire Insurance Company j ' ' : Tf?E NIAGARA, . And would he pleased to take ris^s against loss hy fire, in either of tbe Companies, whose reliability and solvency are beyond doubt. , , W. H. McCORKLE. HUNTER & OATES. CHINTZ PRINTS. SEVERAL beautiful pieces of Chintz Calico just received and for sale at the popular Dry Goods Store of HUNTER A OATES. NAINSOOKS. COME and examine our stock of Nainsooks, and you will be convinced that they -ire the cheapest in town. HUNTER A OATES. LACES, HAMBURG EDGINGS, ETC. A FULL line of Laces, Hamburg Edgings, Insertion, Embroidery, etc., always on hand. HUNTER A OATES. MUSQJJITO BARS. MUSQUITO Bars, white and red. Call and get one to keep the flies and musquitos off the baby when you lay it down in the bed for an after dinner nap. HUNTER A OATES. PIQUES. A FINE assortment of Piques, of all kinds. Plaid and Laee-striped Piques a specialty. A handsome piece of Brocade Pique, at HUNTER A OATES'. . BISHOP AND VICTORIA LAWNS. WE have added to our stock of Lawns a new supply, comprising all kinds and qualities, from the cheapest to the nest. HUNTER A OATES. SUMMER UNDERVESTS. GAUZE Undervests to suit each and every one. Something new in the way of Gent's Nainsook undervasts. These last named Goods can be seen at our establishment at any time. They are, as it were, a new departure. HUNTER A OATES. OUR GENERAL STOCK. IN making out our advertisements this week we have not attempted to enumerate any number of articles under each of the separate departments of General Merchandise. Boots and Shoes, Hardware and Crockery are comprised in our stock, but we have only mentioned a few out ef the many articles on wnicn we are prepareu iu offer special inducements. HUNTER & OATES. T. M. DOBSON & eg NEW GOODS. JUST received in our Dry Goods Department: NICE RUCHING at 75 cents. NICE PUFFING, in bolt. NICE PUFFING, in web, for making OverSkirts for Ladies and bodies for Children. The prettiest thing in town. HAMBURG EDGINGS?prettiest in town. BISHOP LAWNS. VICTORIA LAWNS, very cheap. A nice assortment of FANS. DRESS BUTTONS. CROCHET BUTTONS. PEARL BUTTONS. CALICO BUTTONS. RUBBER BUTTONS. AGATE BUTTONS. SILK COAT BINDING. WHALE-BONE. SEWING SILK, all colors. ?. All the above articles just in, bought at low prices, and will be sold at prices to snit the times. T. M. DOBSON & CO. READY-MADE CLOTHING IS selling very low, to close ont. Call and see it. T. M. DOBSON & CO. TWTTT.T.T'MTilP V flOODS. JWIXJ IJ-IAX1 AJJbV jfc wi v JUST received a lot of nice Goods in our Millinery Department, consisting, in part, of the following: Ladies' LACE BIBS. Children's QUILTED BIBS. ' Ladies' FUCHUS. Ladies' FANCY TIES. FUSCHOW LACE. White BLOND LACE. White SPANISH LACE. Black SPANISH LACE. Nice PANNIERS, from $1 to $1.50. FINE ASSORTMENT OF RUFFLING. Fine SCARFS. VALENCIENNE EDGINGS. VALENCIENNE INSERTINGS. RIBBONS, all colors. SUNDOWNS. PARIS HATS. STRAW AND LEGHORN HATS. We have the finest assortment of LACES and VALENCIENNES ever offered in this market, and at very low prices. Ladies' Trimmed Hats are VERT LOW TO CLOSE OUT our stock. Old Hats and Bonnets retrimmed at short notice and at reasonable prices. Call and Ji see '' J MISS BORDLEY. She will show you around. 'It is no trouble to open Goods at our house. T. 31. DOBSOjV & CO. AGRICULTURAL DEPOT. ,i . '> , * BENNETT & MOEFATT, General Agents " NOR Agricultnral Implements and Machines, JP such as PLOWS, CORN-SHELLERS, GINS, THRESHERS-, CUTTING-KNIVES; etc., etc. Among the machines is the vis. YALLET CHIEF REAPER AND MOWER. It saves all the grain, is light of draft and easily managed. .., j FARQUHAJPS IMPROVED THRESHER. Palmetto combined Cotton Planter, Chopper, Cultivator and Distributor. j TAYLOR'S STEAM ENGINES, upright and paralleL We learn each man to be his own Engineer. Satisfaction guaranteed. We also REPAIR GINS, THRESHERS, ENGINES, etcetera, etcetera, BENNETT & MOFFATT, ! . J-!.- I Chester, 8, C. May 3 18 ly BARNES' FOOT POWER MACHINERY*" A THIRTEEN different machines vritli which MA j Builders, Cabinet Makers, WagI T J on Makers, and Jobbers in Miscellaneous Work can compete _^J|f QUALITY AND PRICE,' W^SJwith 8team Power Manufacturing'; also, Amateurs' Supplies, Sa^r Blades. Fancy Woods and Deleigns. Say where you read this and send for Catalogue and Prices. W. F. <fc JOHN BARNES, /??' Rookford, Winnebago County, IlLi:. Jane 7 'l ' . '23 ; - 10m: ,'-' 1877. "SPRING. '..187^ WE would inform the public that we:.wiUj TT aeepror f SALE AND INSPECTION, ~ at our Millinery Store, nearly opposite Rose's Hotel, a full line of ... , , HATS, BONNETS, RIBBONS, SILKS, TIES, Flowers, Ruching, etc., etc. 1 Purchasing for Cash, we are enabled to offer de? cided n ADVANTAGES TO CASH CUSTOMERS. Hats and Bonnets remodeled and trimmed to order. Misses MA88EY & SMITH. APPLICATION FOE DISCHARGE. -VTOTICE Is hereby given that the' undersigned, JLl Administrator of the estate of B;R. MILr LER, deceased, will make a final settlement with the Judge of Probate for York county; on the 6th day of July next, when he will make application for a final discharge fVom liability as the Administrator of said estate, L. K. ARMSTRONG, Administrator. June 7 23 '6t* _ .... -1 .zuh'trtzil+'y*''. IS AUCTION SALES. SHElTirF'SSAt.Esr "D Y virtu? of writs otfieri facias ,U) me directed, |> will be sold between the legal hoara of Sheriff's sale, ON THE FIRST MONDAY IN JULY NEXT, at York Court' House, the following property to wit: ' One brown horse mule and one black mare mule, levied on as the property of John S. Bratton, Administrator, at the suit of Edward T. Atkinson, Assignee. ' ($1.20) Terms invariably cash. Purchasers who do property' bid off by them to be advertise<ftor resale attneir risk for the ensuing sales-day. R. H. GLENN, S. Y. C. June 14 ; 24 St STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1 " COUNTY OF YORK. T. T. Youngbiood against B. F. Powell.?Judgment for Foreclosure of Mortgage. UNDER and by virtue of the Judgment of Foreclosure, in above entitled cause, signed by the Hon. T? J. Mackey, Circuit Judge, and dated May 17, 1877,1 will expose to public sale, at York Court House, on the ; FIRST MONDAY IN JULY NEXT, between the usual hours of sale, one HOUSE AND LOT in the town of Fort Mill, bounded by lots of T. B. Withers, T. D. Faulkner and by the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, and I rtAnfalnlnf* ' VVUMUUlUg ONE ACRE, MORE OR LESS. Terms.?The costs and one-third of the balance of the purchase money to be paid in cash; balance of purchase money to be paid in two equal annual Installments?one and two years?with interest from day of sale, the purchaser giving bond and a mortgage of the premises to secure balance of the .purchase money. Should the terms or sale not be complied with, the property will be re-advertised to be resold on the next safes day at the risk of the former purchaser. ($10.60) R. H. GLENN, S. Y. C. June 7 23 4t ASSIGNEE'S SALE. In the District Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina. In the matter of 1 T_ t. , ? A. M. JACKSON, Bankrupt. J In Bankruptcy. BY virtue of an order from the Hon. George S. Bryan, Judge of said Court, I will sell at public outcry, at York Court House, on SALES-DAY IN JULY, NEXT, immediately after the Sheriff's Sales, the two following tracts of land, situate in York coupty, in said State, belonging to the estate of said Bankrupt, free from encumbrance. TRACT NO. 1. Being that portion of the Home place not assigned as a Homestead to the Bankrupt, containing SEVENTY-FIVE ACRES, more or less, and bounded by the Homestead tract and other lands. TRACT NO. 2. Being that portion of the Gilfillin place not sold by the Sheriff, with said place, containing FORTY-THREE ACRES, more or less, and bounded by^the Gilfillin lands, lttuua Ul JUUU uauaovu auuviUQia TERMS OF SALE. Tract No. 1, Cash. Tract No. 2, One-third Cash?balance on a credit till 1st December next, secured by a note bearing interest from date, ana a mortgage of the premises. Possession to be given 1st January, 1878. Purchasers to pay for papers. J. H. OLAWSON, Assignee, June7 . i. 23 .. 4t CLARK BROTHERS OTO FANCY 0BOCEEY DEPABTHBHT CONSISTS of Canned Goods, viz.: Tomatoes, Peaches, Strawberries. Salmon, Oysters, Deviled Ham, Sea-Foam, Twinn Brothers' Yeast Powders, Horsford's Bread Preparation, Pepper, Spice, Nutmeg, Ginger, Cloves, Mace, Starch, Kobbin's Starch Polish, a nice article for the laundry; Blueing, Tea, .Conoentrated Ley, Blacking, Axle-Grease, Table Salt, Soap, Sardines, Stove Polish, Pickles, Candies and Craokers, which we will sell to compete With any other house in the trade. !j * ^ CLARK BROTHERS. OUR STAPLE GROCERY DEPARTMENT CONSISTS of Bacon, Clear Rib Sides, Hams, Lard, Flonr, of various brands ; Sugars, Coffees, Corn Meal, Corn, Rye, Peas, Salt, Bran, Rice, Pear] Grist, Molasses, of various grades; Kerosine Oil and Mackerel, all of which will be sold at prices to suit the times. CLARK BROTHERS. OUR HARDWARE DEPARTMENT CONSISTS of refined Wagon Tire, all sizes; Steel, Steel Plows, Iron Plow Moulds, Nails, Heel-Screws,.Clevises, Grass-Rods, Trace Chains, Polroo A YOO TTorfiO QtlH Vf 111A flhOAA Horse-Shoe Nails, Chisels and Brier Cutters, which we will sell at extremely low prices. Call and be convinced.' CLARK BR0THER8. LUXURIES. FULTON market Corned Beef, fresh Mackerel, 81iced Dried Beef, Orange Marmalade and Cranberrv Sauce. These are articles seldom offered in this market. Call and get some while you have the opportunity. CLARK BROTHERS. TOBACCO, CIGARS AND SNUFF CHEWING Tobacco, from common to the best grades; Smoking Tobacco; W. T. Blackwell's Ejenuine Cigars, of various grades ; Snuff?Lorflard, in bladders, Carolina Belle in bales, and Rail Road Mills in Boxes?all offered cheap for cash. CLARK BROTHERS. ~ WASTED* EVERYBODY to know that our house is the cheapest place to buy Staple and Fancy Groceries, Hardware, Stoneware, Wooden Ware, Crockery, <So. For particulars apply to CLARK BROTHERS. GRAIN CRADLES. ! YOU can find Home-Madeand Northern Grain Cradles. Grain Scythes, Grass Scythes and Scythe Stones, very cheap, for the money, at CLARK BROTHERS. w. h. & j. pTherndon. 1 1 ' ; ; ; <; . i DO NOT DELAY "m-CAKING preparation for the sowing of yonr lYi. Millet Grass Seed. We have a good season in the ground now, and it. is not,too late for .a crop or Millet to bO.'pfit ill." SOw .'the be# lands from wbfoh you have taken yOur Wfteat.'i;Y6u will fipd it greaSy , to.your advantage to sow it. It ift ope,of, the best, paying crop^with a season, that is grown. Try it^ anyhow. We do not expect to-get'a*;or6p Of corh er cotton every yerfr. Why .not give Millet, ? ohancef; We'have the ; i SWEEPS AND PLOWS. ,.' I a AND 18-inch solid'andiDickaon.;Cotton 1 1II Sweeps,' Side and Straight Shovel* *fld Straight Mia Twlited Bulltongile Piflws. I . ,.)! > insitw. H. A j.'p: HERNDON.: TSHOE ANppA ITER TOPS, T7EPY nice Shoe, and Gaiter Tom at,.onr Store. 'Y.. &j\y Shoe-Maker can put'the bottoms oa. Wdtt ^air of French Shoe'or GaiterThps.''! ' ,/ . I ?.> ,:.H Wu:HJA J. fi. iHERNDQN. COLLARS. r,n,"'!' THE man,wjth the;apple-brandy nose, who wanted a Collar for $1.5d?a good Collar?call here, first dooir t'other side'of'the dilapidated wall. u? ?!?., W. H. A J. T. HERNDON. n 'H0ES;: YOU can buy good Hoes at our Grocery Store. V "W.K^J.P, HERNDON. . - FJL.QUR, r? Ti/TEkL, Corn, Hominy and Bran always fresh, ItJ. at - - W. H. A J. P. HERN DON'S. . - BAC0N ^p;'i|AMS,.lM.lli the best kintj^idwa^s on han^^t^ou^gtore. ^lATIMER &. HEMPHILL'.. SUNDRIES. YOU can find anything fn the way of-.Canned ' Fruit, Oystere. Salmon, Sardines; Pickles, Crackers, Candy, Shoe Blaoking, Lemon extract, ] Pepper, Ginger^ Spic?,. Ground Mustard, <Yeast Powders, Axle urease, Tonei ooap, siarcn, aoaa, Candles, Copperas, Borax1, Sulphur, Camphor, Saltpetre, <fec., at ' .,jV .LATIMER & .HEMPHILL'S. SCHOOL. BOOKS. YOU can find anything in' the way of Sehool Books, Writing Paper,'Ink, Copy Books, Pens, Pencils, Siatee, Pen-Holders, Blank Books, Mucilage, Envelopes, Ink-Stands, Blotting Paper, Ac., at ! LATIMER & HEMPHILL'S. LEMONS AN-D ORANGES. AFRESH supply Of Lemons and Oranges jnst received, at ; i . > !' y LATIMER A HEMPBILjL'S. SCYTHE STONESi' ' A FEW Scythe Stones oh hand, which will be sold cheepat J'v 1 * l-': ' ' j: !,. ;,j j^ATtMER <fc;(HEMPRILL'S. GRAMf CRADLES. TOU can find the best quality of Grain Cradles by caHIngot the Store of . LATIMER 4t. HEM P HILL. ,i , NBW GOODS. ? A COMPLETE ^esortment of Dry Goods just arriVed, and Will "be' offered very cheap for cash, at ? LATIMER A HEMPHILL^. TIS-WABfi V f ( >v Ot'v-" A COMPLETE line of Tin-Ware: very cheap, at LATIMER A HEMPHILL'S.