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gittMiWttsi ? epartment. Lobsters Extraordinary.?One of our restaurants boasts of an Irish Munchausen who acts in the humble capacity of waiter, and adds much to the entertainment of guests. One of them, being'served with small lobsters, asked, "Do you call that a lobster, Mike?" "Faix, I believe they do be callin thira lobsters here, sur. We call 'em crabs at home." "Oh," said the diner, "You have lobsters in Ireland ?" "Is it lobsters ? Begorra, the creek is full of 'em. Many a time have I seen 'em whin I've lepped over the sthraraes." "How large do lobsters grow in Ireland ?" "Well," said Mike, thoughtfully, "To shpake widin bounds, sur, I'd say a matter of five or six feet." "What! five or six feet; how do they got around in those creeks ?" "Bedad, sur, the creeks in Ireland are fifty or sixty feet wide," said the unabashed Mike. "But," said the persistent inquirer, "you said you had seen them when you were leaping over the streams, and lobsters here live in the sea." "Deed, I did, sur; we've powerful leppers in Ireland. As for the say, sur, I've seen it red wid 'em." "But look here, my fine fellow," said the guest, thinking he had cornered the Hibernian, at last, "lobsters are not red until they are boiled." "Doan't I know that ?" said Mike, reproachfully: "but there are bilin' springs in the ould counthry, an' they shwim throo 'em an' come out ready for ye to crack open and ate." and Mike walked off to wait upon the next guest, leaving his interlocutor to digest the lobster, and the story. fta?" The editor of a rural weekly thus begins his "funny column" in a recent edition : "Our readers must not expect this column to be characterized to-day by its customary brilliancy. We don't somehow feel very funny this week. Monday morning we fell down stairs with a cook stove while moving; in the afternoon two hundred and fifty pounds weight of humanity fell upon us with a horsewhip for a criticism in our last edition upon his character, and then had us arrested for assault and battery, fined $25 or jail for ten days, and bound us over to keep the peace. Tuesday our wife ran away with a butcher, who unfortunately was just about our size and could wear our clothes without alterations. Wednesday we won a lawsuit about a house. The lawyer toook the house in part payment for his services. Thursday a fire destroyed the block where our printing office is located; our building remained unscathed. Friday was election, and we ran for Supervisor. Saturday our wife came back." Any man who can write funny articles under such distressing circumstances, ought to be boxed up and marked "Permanent Exhibition Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania." B?* A colored preacher in Florida thus held forth: "My brudring, the Israelites went over the Red Sea on the ice. They got over all safe; and dat's de reason why Moses sung de song ob praise. In de morning, when de sun was up hot, Pharaoh and de 'Gyptians come wid deir great lumbering chariots of iron. Dey broke through de ice, and went to the bottom of de sea." "Stop derel" exclaimed a hearer. "I want to ask a question. I've read Geography, and Egypt's a hot country. It's under de Tropics, its near the 'Qua^^ Jam Watr Ann]/) IUI", auu UBID aiut UU ItC UCIC. nun wumu dey go over on de ice, an' dere no ice dere?" To which the preacher, responded: "I am glad you asked that question. Now I can 'splain. That comes of readiDg G'ograpby, instead of de Bible. My brudring, when de chillen of Israel go ober de Bed Sea, dat was great while ago ; before dere was any Tropics, before dare was auy 'Quat^r. Dat's de reason dere was ice my brudring." A Gloom Cast O'er the Scene.?"Beautiful, beautiful silken hair," Philip murmured fondly, toying lovingly with one of her nutbrown tresses, "soft as the plumage on an angel's wing ; light as the thistle down that dances on the summer air ; the shimmer of sunset, the glitter of yellow gold, the rich red brown of autumnal forests blend in entrancing beauty in its?" And just then it came off in his handstand he forgot just what to say next. There was a moment of profound silence, and then Aurelia took it from him and went out of the room with it. When she came back he was gone. They meet now, but they meet as strangers, and the eyes that were wont to beam upon each other with the awakened love light, now glare as though life was an eternal wash day.?Burlington Hawkeye. A Shot Above the Target.?He was a young man of a scientific turn of mind, and it was his first night out with a new girl. He remarked, as he cast his eyes heavenward and referred to the glory of the skies : "Such stupendous wonders are entirely incomprehensible ; one becomes wrapped in feelings of admiration coupled with awe, giving one a sensation of spiritual elevation, a transraogrification of earthly desires ." "It must be the fumes from the furnaces," broke in the young lady; "they often affect me in the same way. Wright's pills are good for the complaiut." She was.all sympathy the remainder of the walk, while he relapsed into a gloomy silence, and bid her good night at the gate without an attempt to renew the conversation.?Eureka (ATev.) Leader. At the dinner of the Rorasey Agricultural Society, in England, a clergyman said that the records of Komsey Abbey showed that his predecessors in the livings of St. Leonard and St. Lawrence received in the north aisle their tithes in kind. They receive every tenth cow, calf or pig. A rather pompous, tight-laced clergyman was one day called upon to christen a child, but on asking its name, the woman who brought it said, "I don't know, sir; its your child, sir!" "My child!" exclaimed he. "Yes, sir, its the tenth child, sir," replied the woman. &of* A Mississippi boatman with immense feet, stopping at a public house on the levee, asked the porter for a boot-jack to pull off his boots. The colored gentleman, after examining the stranger's feet, broke out as follows: "No jack here big nuff fordem feets. Jackass couldn't pull 'em off, massa, widout fracturing de leg. Youse better go back about tree miles to de forks in de road an' pull 'em off dar." Thirsty.?A "hard case" was interrogated, the other Sunday, by a friend who had just seen him at church, but whom he now found swallowing a glass of brandy and water at a public bar-room: "I saw yoa in church this morning listening to a discourse upon righteousness and temperance; how comes it that I now see you here drinking ?" "I always thirst after righteousness," was the answer. One day while Dickens was being taken by a photographer, the result being the wellknown picture in which he is shown writing, the artist told him that he did not hold the pen right, and suggested that he should take it more naturally in his fingers. "Just as though you were writing one of your novels, Mr. Dickens," said he. "I see," said Dickens, "all of'er twist." ?&??* Leasing, the German philosopher, being ? * ? nf kift Amrt very auseul-lli lLiueu, ? mo unu uuui one evening, when the servant, looking out of an upper window and not recognizing him, said. "The Professor is not at home." "Oh! very well," replied Leasing, composedly, and walking away; "I shall call another time." A grocer being solicited to contribute to the building of a church, promptly subscribed his name to the paper in the following manner : "John Jones (the only place in town where you can get eleven pounds of sugar for a dollar) twenty-five cents." A boy gave his teacher this illustrative definition of "responsibility: "Boys has two buttons for their s'penders so's to keep their pants up. When one button comes off, why there's a good deal of responsibility on the other button." ! She fatta and side. Questions for Farmers.?No farmer is in a position to act intelligently in the pursuit of his business, unless he can answer such questions as these: How do I stand with the world ? What am I worth ? What are my liabilities ? When and how must these liabilities be met? What part of ray property is productive ? What kinds of grain, potatoes and other produce have been most profitable, and how much per acre, in dollars and cents, will Fife or Russian wheat bring me more than some other kind ? Will it pay best to raise Berkshires, or Suffolk, or Poland China, or some other breed of hogs ? How much has the making of butter and cheese cost me, and how much have they brought ? 9 uie iu i Many farmers can make shrewd guesses in answer to these questions, but cannot give the figures to support their assertions?and such guesses are frequently very far from accurate. As a result, serious losses occur from a continuance in a course which the farmer thinks to be profitable. Now, for the remedy. Let every farmer keep a set of account books. What we mean is this ; that every farmer may, by recording all his business transactions, (one or two inexpensive books would answer the purpose,) make it possible for him to answer such ques-. tions as those suggested above, and thus place himself in a position to carry on his business intelligently and profitably.?Rural World. To Get Rid of House Pests.?Hot alum water is a recent suggestion as an insecticide. It will destroy red and black ants, cockroaches, spiders, chinch bugs, and all the crawling pests which infest our houses. Take two pounds of alum and dissolve it in three or four quarts of boiling water ; let it stand on the fire till the alum dissappears; then apply it with a brush, while nearly boiling hot, to every joint and crevice in you closets, bedsteads, pantry shelves, and the like. Brush the crevices in the floor of the skirting or. mop boards, if you suspect that they harbor vermin. If, in whitewashing a ceiling, plenty of "alum is added to the lime, it will also serve to keep insects at a distance. Cockroaches will flee the paint which has been washed in cool alum water. Sugar barrels and bpxes can be freed from ants by drawing a chalk mark just around the edge of the top of them. The mark must be unbroken, or they will creep over it; but a continuous chalk mark half an inch in width will set dep redations at naught. Powdered alum or borax will keep the chinch bug at a respectable distance, and travelers should always carry a package in their hand bags, to scatter over and under their pillows, in places where they suspect the presence of such bed-fellows. ? Where to Plant an Apple-Orchard. The best site for an apple-orchard?and we 11 1 t_ 1 1 ? li.jt. _ may aaa a peacn orcnaru?is uuuuuuieuiy u northern exposure. Experience in every direction proves this. We do not say that ap pies will not do well in valleys or southern exposures, but not uniformly so well by any means. Any one who chooses to know, ought to be informed that uniformity of temperature and retardation in budding are everything in health and promoting the productiveness of any fruit tree. An orchard planted, say in this latitude, on a hill-side, with a full northern exposure, always stands the Winter and is uniformly productive. That with a southern exposure, planted in valleys or protected by belts, is liable to constant changes of temperature ; buds early and is subject to late frosts, which prevail only in low situations, and to consequent destruction of the crop of fruit. It may be just as well for those who may contemplate setting out an orchard this Fall, to bear this in mind. All desire to know the surest way to success in any crop, and this is undoubtedly the surest way in apple growing, and in peach-growing, too.? Germantown Tel egraph. Set the Boys to Work.?It is painful to note, of late years, how many criminals come from honorable old American families. It is because they have been brought up to be "above" hard work. Meantime, sturdy for eigners, who know the worth of a home in this free country, quietly take possession of the plow, the spade and the hammer. They dig and delve as the pioneer ancestors digged and delved. Their strong-limbed boys and girltare put to the common schools till they are old enough to work, when they, too, must earn their own living and help earn that of others. From the ranks of these children of foreignborn citizens, will come the men of power who are to rule this country in the next generation. The scepter is gliding into the hands of men whose parents have brought them up to work. It must be poor comfort to those who are losing this balance of power to look around them and observe how large a number of the fashionable embezzlers, defaulters, <$;c., are the sons of old American families. The only remedy is to put the "high-toned" young American upon a farm, or in a shop and work off his weakness, laziness and wickedness. Food for Horses.?It has become quite common of late to hear of the sudden death .^?i ?1_i_ i i 4L. i oi vaiuauie nurses, auu iu? wuuuei is mai they should die so suddenly, when it was supposed that the best care was given in regard to their food, exercise, etc. The fact is that very few owners of horses seem to be aware of the great danger of feeding fine meal to horses. Many an excellent animal is taken suddenly ill, and in spite of every effort for its relief, dies in a short time, the only thing out of the way in its case having been the feeding of fine meal. The trouble is, that frequently the meal hardens, literally bakes, on the wall of the stomach, forming an indigestible mass that cannot be removed, and from the suffering it causes, there is no relief but death. The livery men in towns and j cities have discovered this fact, and for meal are substituting cracked corn, which is wholesome, nourishing and never attended with danger. It is time horse owners generally were made acquainted with these facts. Cure for Rheumatism.?The following story comes from Bohemia, and the Bohemians are known to be always strictly truthful: A woman near Prague suffered so severeI ly from gout in the arm that she could not I obtain rest or sleep, and the limb in which j the disease had settled was rendered entirely : useless. Her husband, having heard of a i countryman who had been completely cured 1 of rheumatism after being accidentally stung ] by a bee, persuaded her to try this disagreeai ble remedy, which, as he pointed out, could i hardly prove so painful as the disease. She i consented, and allowed three bees to be put j on her arm, and to sting her in several places. ! Surprising results ensued: the patient soon after fell into a long and deep sleep, the first real sleep she had enjoyed for six months, j after which the acute pain disappeared ; and, mL iL a 11 <1A/^ U?? f U n CI f HI Of Oil U I j Wlieu lue BWClllLlg jjijuuucu uj hjo onug ouu- | ! sided, the arm recovered the power of motion, I and the gout has not since reappeared. Government Whitewash.?The mixture \ 1 known as Government whitewash, because it, ! is used on light-houses, forts, and other govi eminent buildings, is made as follows : Slake ! half a bushel of good lime in boiling water in a j ' covered vessel, and strain it through a fine j sieve; add a peck of fine salt, dissolved in a ; , small quantity of hot water, three pounds of' I rice boiled with water to a thin paste, one i pound of Spanish whiting, one pound of glue softened by soaking in water and then dis solved over a waterbath, and five gallons of < hot water. Agitate, cover from dust, and allow to stand for several days; apply hot. Slaked lime or hydraulic cemeut mixed with skimmed milk makes a cheap and durable paint for out door work. $3?" A garden should not be shaded by large trees, since but few plants flourish under shade and drip, while the strong roots of trees often ' | usurp all ths soil, and appropriate to them- j i selves all the best of the garden. I grading fat iftc $aifet&. j | ? CONDUCTED BY HEV. ROBERT LATHAN. I OBEDIENCE AND THE COMFORTER. j The promise of the Comforter which our Lord gave to His disciples in one of the last moments He spent with them before His passion, follows the exhortation, "If ye love me, keep my commandments," aod seems to have close connection with it. Loving and obeying Christ, the disciples should receive God's gracious gift. It is in answer to Christ's prayer. It is the effect of His work. It is the consequence of His intercession. Not as though the Father were unwilling to grant it, but it comes to us through the Son?"that all men may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father." "The gift of the Spirit," says one, "is a fruit of Christ's mediation purchased by His mer- | it, and taken out by His intercession. iJut still, though the Comforter coraes to ub for Christ's sake, He coraes for Christ's sake in a particular order, and the order is, we must show our love to Christ" by living after new obedience. When we show our love to Christ by endeavoring to keep his commands, feiar-ing the approach of sin, and calling in the grace of God to enable us to walk in some measure and way of new obedience, then the Comforter comes." The comfort which the Holy Spirit imparts to the believer is such as is felt by a mind at peace with God and with itself. It is such a lively, satisfying comfort as that man possesses, who from his heart can say, "God is my friend and Father. He is reconciled to me, and at peace with me. He will provide for me and protect roe. All my concerns are in His hauds. I leave myself to Him, to do what He pleases with me, assured that He will do what is best 'for me. I am thankful for the favors which he bestows on me. I am contented with the portion which He allows me. Whether He give or take away, I am resigned to His will, for I know that He carelh for me, and will make all things work together for ray good, for my final, everlasting good, the good of ray soul, my salvation, through eternity." It need hardly be asked, Whether the man who can truly use this language is not a happy man, whether this is not a state of mind in which true peace and blessedness. are if anywhere, to be found ? Such, however, is the state of miud which the Spirit, in discharging the important office of Comforter, produces and maintains. This is peculiarly His office. The Father, indeed, comforts all true Christians. He is called "the God of all comfort" and 'the God of consolation." The Lord Jesus comi forts them. He is called "the consolation of Israel." But this is not enough. The Holy Spirit is emphatically the Comforter. Friends comfort, ministers comfort, the Scriptures comfort, Providence comforts; the cross of Christ comforts ; but not one of all these comforts without the Spirit. All the bliss of heaven is at His disposal, and He can take as much of it as he pleases, and give us as much as He pleases, and after we have received this he can take more and more, and give us more and more as our sorrows rise. They must rise higher than the joy of heaven before they can exceed His power to comfort. Let Christians rejoice in Christ's gracious readiuess to bestow on them so inestimable a gift. DANCING. The Chief of Police of New York says that three-fourths of the abandoned girls in that city were ruined by dancing. Young ladies allow gentlemen privileges in dancing which, if taken under any other circumstances, these gentlemen would be reported as improper persons. I have a sister who has passed away. On a marble block is written, "Willing to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lbrd." I had rather go there with my sighs, tears, flowers, prayers, and visit that little grave as a shrine, than have her present in the body, and see her one night in the dizzy and promiscuous ball room. It requires neither brains, good morals nor religion to be a good dancer. It leads to being in bad society. I never saw such a vicious crowd of young men at our college as on a night when there was to be a ball. It won't mix with religion any more than oil and wa ter will mix. As the love of one increases, the love of the other decreases. How many eminent Christians are distinguished dancers ? As certain as the atmosphere around the thermometer at zero, will freeze things, as certain as the wind that is bellying the sail win drive the boat, so certain will dancing freeze the religious sentiment out of the soul; it will drive its devotee away from the church ; it is a wind that blows in that direction. No dancing is spoken of in the Bible that was done by divine authority. In ancient times the sexes danced separately. Alcohol is the "spirit*' of beverages. Take it out, aud the young men of the laud would as soon seek a beverage in the swill tub as in the saloon. The sex is the spirit of the dance. Take it away, and let the sexes dance sepa rately, and dancing would shortly be out of fashion. Parlor dancing is dangerous. Tippling leads to drunkenness, and parlor dancing leads to ungodly balls. Tippling and parlor dancing sow to the wind, and both reap the whirlwind. Put dancing in the crucible, applying the acids, weigh it. and the verdict of reason, morality, and religion, is "Weighed in the balance and found wanting." Rev. S. J. To.mlinson, in Indianapolis Journal. Spiritual Nervousness.?There may be a nervousness about spiritual as well as physical health. There may be a too constant fixing of our attention upon our frames and feelings. It is true we must keep our hearts with all diligence; it is true we must watch, but then watching to see what is the present state of our souls is not our only duty. We are to watch unto prayer and effort. He will never do anything physically, whose whole soul is occupied with doubting whether his health will permit him to do a certain work. Nor will he do anything spiritually whose mind is occupied with doubting whether his soul is in a condition for peforming duty. A Christian must not be ignorant of his j heart. He must not couceal from himself his I manifold imperfections. But he is not to do nothing but contemplate those imperfections. He must use the means of correcting them. "Don't you feel discouraged when you get a view of your heart ?" said a Christian to his neighbor. "No," was the reply, "it makes me feel the greater need of hastening with it to Christ." ? -+ Growth of the Mennonites.?From the Examiner and Chronicle : "This sect took its origin from Menno Simmons, a Dutch j Anabaptist of the time of the Reformation. In this country their strength is largely in Pennsylvania, though thev have representa-1 ' O ^ V * tivea 111 over a dozen States. They are esti-; mated now at about 200,000, and are said to j be on the increase. In religious belief they j are a cross between the quakers and Baptists ; j holding the Baptistic views regarding the ordinances, and Quaker views regarding citizen-; ship, the duty of non-resistance, etc. They discard the Old Testament as a rule of faith [ and practice, though admitting its value as literature and history, and deny that there is any such thing as "original sin." In spite of; this, however, they are rather Calvanists than Armenians. As citizens they are thrifty,! frugal and law-abiding, and deserving and gaining the good opinion of the communities j in which they live." Clean Hands.?He who ascends into the hill of God must have a pure heart, but he j must also hare clean hands. The hands soil-; ed and stained with vice and crime are not such as will be grasped by those who are in waiting on the shining shore. But if the I heart be pure, washed by the blood of Christ, j and visited by the influences of the Holy Ghost, the hands?the outward lives?will i also be pure, and there will be a double assurance of a right to enter the holy place. foiMle iSmquim. TKRM8?IN ADVANCE : One copy, one year, $ 3 00 One copy, six months, 1 50 i One copy, three months, 75 Single copy, 10 Two copies, one year, 5 00 Ten copies, one year, 25 00 7J&&- To persons who make up clubs of ten or more names, an extra copy of the paper will be furnished one year, free of charge. Advertisements inserted at One Dollar per square, for the first insertion, and fifty cents per square, for each subsequent insertion. A square consists of the space occupied by eight lines of this size type. Contracts can be made for three, six or twelve months, and a reduction obtained from the regular transient rates. CL.ARKJBROTHERS OUR STOCK OF GROCERIES] 1*7E invite the attention of the public to our f stick ot Groceries, which is complete in every respect. OUR GOODS ARE FIRST CLASS. OUR GOODS ARE FRESH. OUR GOODS ARE CHEAP. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. TRY OUR FIVE POUND COFFEE. TRY' OUR TEN POUND SUGAR. TRY OUR CHALLENGE BRAND HAMS. TRY OUR SUGAR-LOAF HAMS. MASON'S FRUIT JARS Are said to be the best. We have a full supply, in naif gallon and quart sizes, and sell them as cheap as the cheapest. This ih the best method of preserving fruit in its green state. Come and get some while the opportunity is offered. We are still ahead on GOOD FLOUR. You can rely on us for this article, as we are up to our business in this department?always keeping the best, knowing that it is a great pacifier. We keep BAGGING AND TIES. HAVING purchased a large lot of Bagging and Ties, for cash, for the Cotton crop of 1878, we are able to offer it as follows: 300 Bundles Arrow Ties, at $2.75 per bundle. 200 Bundles Spliced Ties at $2.00 per bundle. 10,000 Yards Bagging, in 50 yard rolls, at 12} cents per yard. 6 yards Bagging and 6 Arrow Ties for $1.50. 0 yards Bagging and 6Spliced Ties for $1.40. THE BEST LEAF LARD. Just like home-made Lard. A Tierce just received, which we guarantee to be fresh and pure. An assortment of TURNIP SEED. Put up in any size packages to suit the buyer, can be found at our Store. In short, we are prepared to satisfy the wants of everybody with FRESH AND PURE GOODS, Both as to quality and prices. CLARK BROTHERS. G. H. O'LEARY. REMOVAL. I WOULD respectfully inform the public that I have temporarily removed my HARNESS, SADDLERY AND "FURNITURE! STORE to the "Bratton building," ou the corner, opposite the Court House, where I will be pleased to serve my customers, and all others wanting Goods in my line, at the lowest prices. GEORGE H. O'LEARY. _ _______ A FULL supply of my own manufacture of Saddles, consisting of Gentlemen's, Ladies', Boy's and Wagon Saddles, all of which will be sold verv cheaD. for the cash. G. H. O'LEARY. sundries. BRIDLES, Halters, Girths, Saddle Bags, Saddle Blankets, Hamos, Trace Chains, Backbands, Stirrups, Bridle Bits, Buckles, etc., etc., J'or sale at G. H. O'LEARY'S. cooking stoves. SEVERAL different brands of Cooking Stoves of the best grades, which I will warrant and sell at low figures. Also, cheaper grades of Stoves for sale at G. H. O'LEARY'S. tables, &c. ' DINING, Teapoy and Office Tables, Tin Toilet Sets, Towel Racks, Hat Racks, Suspension Spring Beds, etc., etc., at G. H. O'LEARY'S. harness. A COMPLETE stock of Harness on hand, and J\ any kind made to order, at verv low figures, at G. H. O'LEARY'S. whips and umbrellas. A LARGE stock of Buggy, Wagon and Riding J\_ Whips and Buggy Umbrellas, for sale by G. H. O'LEARY. bedsteads. A NICE lot of Walnut Bedsteads just received. Also, Maple and Poplar and Cottage Bedsteads for sale W G. H. O'LEARY. A. WILLIFOKD, FEED AND SALE STABLES. BOCK HILL. S. C. PAY UP. f U J C ir - > . v ? . ALL persons knowing themselves indebted to me for Stock bought in 1877, will be sued after the 1ST OF OCTOBER, 1878. Also, persons knowing that thev bought stock and their notes will fall due on the FIRST OF OCTOBER, had better pay up, or I will force collection. I mean business. A. WILLIFORD. FODDER. ~~ THE undersigned will pay the highest Cash Price for TEN THOUSAND POUNDS OF GOOD FODDER, delivered at his Feed and Sale Stables, at Rock Hill. A. WILLIFORD. DROVE RS7 1AM prepared to keep Drovers on the MOST REASONABLE TERMS, as I have good outside Sheds and water in the lot. A. WILLIFORD. fa-ir xjpT tfT" ^ or THE undersigned, proCMhatA\/TT* prietors of the Yorkville sale and feed staAUifiSi&r BLES, would respectfully jg~iremind those who have ^*0 bought stock from them on time, that their notes will begin to fall due at an early dav, and PROMPT PAYMENT will bo expected by all who have been favored. Let none forget their obligations to us, thereby placing us under the disagreeable necessity of forcing collections, which we will be compelled to do, if payments be not promptly made. FEEDING AND GROOMING. We would also call attention to the fact that we are well prepared to BOARD horses or mules by the day, week, month or single meal. Animals placed in our care will be well fed and well treated, at the LOWEST PRICES. Persons coming in from the country and leaving their horses at our Stables can have the satisfaction of knowing that while they will bo properly cared for, they will also be more secure than when hitched up in some back lot, liable to break loose and stray off, or bo stolen. Give us a trial, and we guarantee satisfaction. Stables near old Masonic Hall. We wish to buy Corn and Fodder, for which the highest cash prices will be paid at our stables. WHITAKER <ft WILLIFORD. September 19 2 ly COTTONGINN I i\G. HAVING bought theSTEAM MILLS formerly owned by Mr. B. T. Wheeler, on the Ches ? * 1 in ?:i ? ou v?-i. let ana ijenoir nanroau, zj muua ouutu m iuiivville, I would respectfully inform the public that I will be prepared, during the season of 1878, to GIN COTTON in the best manner and on the most accommodating terms. I will also have for sale, at the mill, BAGGING AND TIES, which will be sold at the lowest market prices. The CORN MILL in connection with my establishment, will also be run for the accommodation of the public, and for the present I will saw lumber to order, customers furnishing stocks delivered at the Mill. Having determined to render these MILLS a convenience to this section, and it also being my purpose to spare no pains to accommodate the public, a share of patronage is respectfully solicited. WM. J. JONES. August 22 34 tf """application for re-charter. i APPLICATION will bo made to the Legislature to re-charter MASON'S or WRIGHT'S I FERRY, across Catawba river, on the public road, from Yorkville to Charlotte. July 25 30 3m SERGEANT ^ GREENSBC MANUFACTURERS 0 "TROPIC^ C?? T. M. DOBSON & CO., Agen JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, A. F. LINDSAY, Agent, Mc( J. L. CARROLL, Agent, Che August 2 The Best Family The "NEvV AMERICAN" is easily lear more work with 'ess labor than any other application. AGENTS J. S. DOVEY Manager, A X A* _ vr _ 1_ ! 1 1 Ageut iur lorKviiie aoa vicinity, July 18 ~ WAGONS". Just received twenty WAGONS. One, two and three-horse WAGONS. Warranted the best and cheapest WAGONS Ever offered for sale in South Carolina. ALSO, A large assortment of CARRIAGES AND BUGGIES, With a variety of . SECOND-HAND VEHICLES, Vnrv ehenn. * J "r* ALSO, 200 Bushels of that same white May GALLAGER WHEAT that has proved itself to be the best wheat ever harvested in York county. For sale by B. T. WHEELER. DISSOLUTION OF COPARTNERSHIP. THE firm of MOORE A HEMPHILL, composed of the undersigned, merchants doing business a' MoConnellsville, in York county, S. C., is this day dissolved. All persons indebted to the firm are hereby notified that an early payment of their indebtedness is desired. Settlements can be made with J. P. .MOORE, or in his absence, with FRANCIS D. WILLIAMSor J. O. MOORE. J. P. MOORE, S. G. HEMPHILL. September 16, 1878. In retiring from thebusiness so long conducted by us at McConnellsville, we return our most sincere and heartfelt thanks to the public who have so generously patronized our house, and beg to announce that the business will hereafter be conducted by Messrs. F. D. WILLIAMS and J. 0. MOORE, under the firm name of WILLIAMS A MOORE, whom we cheerfully recommend to the confidence and patronage of our former customers. MOORE A HEMPHILL. September 19 . . 38 3t COLUMBIA FEMALE COLLEGE. OPENS SESSION SEPTEMBER 'iW|r 19,1878. Very full. Facultv of twelve members. Five Male Professors. A iKjp High Course of Study. Seven Languages taught without extra charge?a saving of $60.00 per year. Patronage from five States. Only place furnishing instruction in all the departments of Lecture System, Elocution, Telegraphy, Kindergarten, Calisthenics, Polytechnics, Ac. More advantages to be added. The Cheapest in proportion to advantages. Send for Catalogues and see for yourself. Something new, valuable, "wide awake" and up to the times. The College was never so well equipped. J. L. JONES, President, Columbia, S. C. August 15 33 tr JAMES A. GLENN, D. D. S., SURGEON AND MECHANICAL DENTIST, f~\FFERS his professional services |P to the citizens of this section. When desired, lie will visit the resi- * ' dences of patrons. Teeth extracted without pain ' by the use of nitrous oxidegas. Letters addressed to Crowder's Creek, N. C., will meet with prompt attention. Terms moderate. November 1 44 tf Iv. MARKS, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in GENERAL FURNITURE, CHESTER, S. C. January 24 4 81m METALIC CASES AND WOOD COFFINS. I HAVE on hand a good assortment of METALIC OASES AND WOOD COFFINSall styles, qualities and prices?from a FINE CASKET, with Silver-Plated Mountings, worth $'200.00, to a PLAIN COFFIN, at 87.00. I am prepared, at all times, to furnish these Coffins at my Despository, or send them anywhere in the countrv. JAMES E. SMITH, Agent. May 0 10 tf BARBER SHOE THOSE ill want of an EASY SHAVE, a fashionable and stylish cut of hair, or a pleasant and luxurious Shampoo, are reminded that TI-IOS. BALLARD, Professor of the Art Tonsorial, is still in business, in his old Shop next door to the Enquirer building, where it will afford j him great pleasure to wait upon all who may desire his services. Razors honed and sharpened, | and anv other work of that kind promptly done. THOMAS BALLARD. July 25 30 6t CLEAN SING AND REPAIRING. j THE undersigned would respectfully inform ; the public that ho is prepared to cleanse gar- ' ments of any fabric whatever, rendering them perfectly clean, and if unfaded, restoring them to the original brightness and lustre of the goods. Do not throw away your old clothes, but have | them cleaned and made to look as well as new. Work promptly done, and at the most reasona- | ble prices. THOMAS BALLARD. JTR. SCHORB'S PHOTO-GALLERY, 1ST HOUSE EAST OF THE JAIL. ] A SUPERIOR Skylight, a gallery with every [ convenience, ana a determination to do my best, enables me to promise satisfaction to all in want of correct and nattering likeuesses. Cloudy weather is as good or better than sunshine for all subjects, except small children. March 7 10 tf _IRON SAFE. A SECOND-HAND IRON SAFE for sale. Price $20. Apply at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. November 8 45 tf. fc McCAULEY, )RO? N. C., F THE CELEBRATED KESTGr STOVES! PRICE GREATLY REDUCED on Cooking and Heating Stoves, Hollow Ware And-Irons, and IgBTB Castings of al. zinds. Also, on ' I 'PLANTER'S PRIDE' PLOWS JH STRAW CUTTERS, SBy horse powers, Saw Mills, <fec. ts, Yorkville, S. C. Rock Hill, York county, S. C. Innnolloo! 11a Ynrlr nnnnfo fl P " "--I V. ster, S. C. 31 tf Buy on ly the fck. NEW Wfc AMERICAN ?gSl Only Sewing Machine ^cij;-|hr^ding^ulili MiM ^ ?as Self letting Needle. Never Breaks the Threai HE Never Skips Stitches. BBH Is the Lightest dunning. The Simplest, the Most Durable, and in Every Respect Sewing Machine! ned, does not get out of order, and will do machine Illustrated Circular furnished on WANTED. 64 . Charles Street, Baltimore, Md> X. IV. ROBERTS. 29 ly DAILY EXCURSION! THE leaders of low prices are still In existence, and are offering TUT fTRP ATTQT "BAPftATWO XXXXJ UiHUUlUUl JUi3.XbUXXJ.XllU ' ! that have ever been known. We are closing out the entire stock of Summer Goods NOW OIV HAND, At and below Cost We call the attention of every one to our large stock of Clothing, Cassimeres and Pants Goods of all kinds, WHICH WE ARE CLOSING OUT. ... . Vjli 1 l&l" We call the attention of the ladies to our stock'ot Dress Goods, bleached and unbleached goods, Parasols, Kid Gloves at 25 cents, AND A GREATMANY OTHER GOODS, All of which must be sold. We bope all of our friends will call and be convinced. A. FRIEDHAM & BRO., Rock Hill, S. C. July 4 27 tf IX THE VALLEY, CHESTER, B. C. THE subscriber is betki ndT'o/?J0 Bd WORK! dftijfa ~such as Turning, 8croll Sawing, Repairnn^Aa MADE TO order, from ootmnon ^the Walnut Chamber Suits, ' FRENCH WALNUT SUITS, TRIMMED. ft sDGcialty, Just received, another lot of METALIC BURIAL CASES, among them some line CA8KET8. Also, WOOD COFFINS AND CASKETS. All of which will be sold as cheap as can be afforded. I HAVE A HANDSOME NEW HEARSE, which can be had at funerals free of charge, in lowii ; mm ill tun vuuuuj <u a uivudimd Linugo, according to distance. You can And meat MORRISON'S OLD STAND on Depot street, one door west of Aiken's Cotton Gin Shop. J. M. PARISH. May 9 19 6m FERTILIZER FOR WHEAT AND OATS. 1 WOULD respectfully inform the farmers ol York, that I am Agent for the sale of the "ASH ELEMENT," the new fertilizer for Wheat and Oats, which, the past season, was so successfully usea in the lower part of the 8tate, where wheat-raising heretofore, has proved almost an entire failure. Planters in the low conntry are unanimous in endorsing its fertilizing properties, and it has the highest recommendations of agricultural chemist* of reputation. The following is the analysis of the Asn Element: Etiwan phosphate,.... '..800 lbs. "Kainet," or German salts, 800 tbs. Calcined marl, 400 lbs. The price of the Ash Element is $24.50 per ton, delivered in Yorkyille, payable 1st January, 1879. For further particulars respectingthis fertilizer, and circulars containing testimonials of those who have used it, apply to W. B. METTS, Agent. August 29 35 tf BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY STATIONERY, AND BOOK BINDERY. THANKING the public for liberal past patronage, I now invite attention to my complete stock of STAPLE AND FANCY STATIONERY, consisting, in part, of Flat Papers, Midium, Folio Post, Demy, Letter and Note. Blank Books, of every variety; Envelopes, Slates, Ink, Ac, Fancy Stationery, Gold Pens and Pencils, PenKnives, Writing Desks, Ac. Also, BOOK BINDING DONE, in all its various branches. Sheet Music, Periodicals, Law Books, Ac., bound in any style desired. Ola Books rebound and repaired. PRINTED BILL AND LETTER HEADS A 8PE0IALTY Orders promptlv attended to, at lowest cash prices. * E. R. STOKES, -155 Main Street Columbia S. C. DOWN WITH HIGH PRICES! CHICAGO SCALE COMPANY, 68 AND 70 WE8T MONROE ST., CHICAGO, ILL.,' Have reduced the prices of all kinds of S O A- L E S ! 4-Ton Hav. Steck or Cotton Scale, $60. FORMER PRICE, 1160. All other sizes at a great reduction. Every Scale fully warranted. All orders promply filled. Circulars, Price List, and Testimonials sent upon application. BUY THE CHEAPEST AND BEST. October 4 40 12m ROSE'S HOTEL, YORKVILLE, S. C. THIS HOUSE has been tboroughly renovated from cellar to garret, and newly furnished, including GRAFTON'S PATENT SPRING HEDS. In view of the times, our motto w a full House at a moderate price. TERMS?$1.50 PER DAY, OR 50c. PER MEAL. Sample Rooms reserved especially forCommercial travelers. HENRY W. SMITH. August 30 34 tf SHARPEN YOUR GINS. 1HAVE several IMPROVED FILING MACHINES, in the hands of good workmen, that are giving the very best satisfaction. Parties ! desiring their GINS FILED, can have it done promptly by leaving their orders with me. I ' will send an operator to the GIN HOUSE who 1 will file the Gin without removing the Saw Shalt. The work of filing, by these machines, is far superior to that done by straight Files. It leaves no shoulders cut in the blade to nap the cotton. T. S. JEFFERYS. September 12-37 tf THE PAPER TO TAKE. LONG ESTABLISHED. ENTERPRI8ING! RELIABLE! THE CHRONICLE & SENTINEL (Established 1785.),. THE COH S'iTT U T1UJN AL1 ST? (Established 1799.) TWO PAPEB8 CONSOLIDATED MARCH 18TH, 1877i The chronicle a constitution a lI8T, (Daily, Tri-Weekly and Weekly)?the only morning paper published in the City of Au- * gusta, and the only paper receiving the Telegraphic Dispatches of the New York Associated Press. The only morning paper published in Eastern Georgia or Western South Carolina. Offers greater advantages to advertisers than any paper in the Sonth. , . The Chronicle A Constitutionalist is Democratic in politics, but perfectly independent in Its comments upon men and measures. Its opinions upon all important matters are fearlessly expressed, and resolutely maintained. During the coming Winter special correspondents in Washington. Atlanta and Columbia, will keep our readers fUlly informed of the proceedings of ConOand of the Legislatures of Georgia and Carolina. Its Commercial Reports are carefully oompiled, and are full and accurate. Now is the time to subscribe. Daily, $10 per annum ; Tri-Weekly, $5; Weekly, (a mammoth sheet) $2, cash in advance. Each edition sent free of postage. Address, WALSH A WRIGHT, Managers. Augusta, Ga. July 18 29 tf A NEW AND INTERESTING FEATURE OF THE EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER. A BOUT the first of July, the Advertiser will J\_ begin the publication of a series of Biographical Sketches, giving, in synopsis, the lives of many prominent ana distinguished sons, dead and living, of South Carolina. In connection , with these, there will appear in our columns each \ week, a portrait of the Individual whose life is ^ sketched, done in the highest style of modern photographic art. From the great and good men of the past, such selections have been made as John C. Calhoun, George McDuffle, Judge A. P. Butler, Chancellor F. H. Wardlaw, Governors Pickens, father and son; Gov. P. M. Butler, Colonel of the Palmetto Regiment; Senator Louis T. Wigfall, Judge O'Neal, Gen. Waddy Thompson, Gen. James Jones, Edmund Bacon, Esq., alias "Ned Brace," of the "Georgia Scenes," Major Jack Jeter, Hon. Preston Brooks, Gov.S. D. Miller, and others, whose names we have not space to mention just now. Later we will take np such men as Hon. J. P. Carroll, Gov. M. L. Bonham, Gen. Abner Perrin, Gen. M. W.Gary,Gen. R. G. M. Dunovant,Generals Kershaw, Kennedy, Logan, Connor, Wallace, McGowan, Hagood and Bee; Col. Thos. G. Bacon, Col. Thos. G. Lamar, Col. Joseph Abney, Col. W. C. Moragne, Speaker John C. Sheppard, Col. Arthur Simkins, Gen. James Chesnnt, Hon. W. D. Simpson and others, whose names shall oocur to us in the future. Subscription Price, $2.50, per annum, in advance. Address: ADVERTI8ER, Edgefield, S. C. June?/ m a YORK MARBLE YARI>r THE; undersigned is -rj#y^afcLv still conducting the Marble Business in York7 yille, and would respectfolly inform the public ' Vim lim I that he can supply those - MEN'S OR HEADSTONES with anything ^ in bis line, and at the lowest casn prices. Monuments designed and finished in the most elaborate style, and in point J of workmanship and material warranted equal to the work of any establishment In the country. _ Head and Foots tones, in arious styles, from plain to highlv-carved work, famished at short notice, and satisfaction guaranteed. Specimens usually on hand, to an inspection of which, those in want of marble work are respectfully invited. ' ' Estimates and any other desired information cheerfully given at any time. Work delivered at any point on the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad, between Chester and Dallas, or at any place between Rook 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. P. HAPPERFIELD. January 3 1 ly HOUSE PAINTING. TIHE undersigned would respectfully inform the public that he has resumed the business of HOUSE PATNTING in alt its departments? a trade to which he has served a regular apprenticeship, under a first-class painter,and in which he has had several years' experience. Work done in the most durable manner, and at the lowest prices at which it can be afforded. MARBLING, GRAINING in imitation of different woods, and all kinds of FINE INTERIOR PAINTING done in as good style as can be done by any painter in this section *of the country. 1 can be seen or addressed at Yorkville, ana will cheerfully make estimates on work in any part of York, or the adjoining counties. TtRVRRR-Nmra?As to mv skill as a workman. T respectfully refer to the following gentlemen: L. M. Grist, W. A. Moore, Hon. I. I). Witherspoon, A. W. Ingold, J. F. Wallace, Lawson Jenkins, Col. W. H. McCorkle, Dr. H. G. Jackson, Dr. J. F. Lindsay. James L. Clark, James E. Smith, Hon. A. S. Wallace, Yorkville ; J. 8. R. Thomson, Spartanburg; R. M. Wilson, GnRton ; J. A. Brice, Fairfield; J. Harvey Smith, Chester. NELSON DAVIES. July 11 28 ' Iy IN THE DISTRICT COURT Of the United States for the District of S.Carolina. IN THE MATTER Of J. C. HICK8.?In Bankruptcy. At Yorkville, in said District, on the 5th day of September, 1878. TflHIS is to give notice that a petition has been JL filed in the said Court by J. 0. HICKS, of Greenville county, in the said District, duly declared a Bankrupt under the Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to Establish a Uniform System ot Bankrupts throughout the United States," Approved 2na March, 1867, for a discharge and certificate thereof, from all his debts and other claims provable under the said Act; and the 7th day of October, 1878, at 12 o'clock, M., is assignee for the hearing of the same, before C. E. Spencer, Esq., one of the Registers in Bankruptcy of said Court, at his office in Yorkville, South Carolina, LAM Am/1 mliAiiA Lrt iO * /*/! (fniKl tV% O *7 Oltn WliUU anu TVUU1U kUV vtouiwi9 umj nvwuu| unu shew cause, if any they have, why the prayer of thesaid Petition should not be granted. A R. M. WALLACE, U? 8. Marshal as Messenger. ^ By T. W. Clawson, Deputy Messenger. September 5 36 3t STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF YORK. WHEREAS JOSEPH F. WALLACE, C. C. C. Pleas, has applied to me for Letters of Administration, on all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits of the estate of JOEL 8. BARNETT, late of the county aforesaid, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear before me, at our next Judge of Probate's Court for the said county, to be holden at York Court House, on the 8TH DAY OF OCTOBER, next, to shew cause, if any, t why the snid Administrations should not be a g-anted. | iven under my hand and Seal, this 29th day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, and in the 103rd year of the Independence of the United States of America. JOSEPH A. McLEAN, Judge of Probate. August 29 35 6t SANITARY ORDINANCE^ A T a meeting of the Town Council, held this j\. day, the following was passed : Be it Ordained, that from the publication of this Ordinance, the owners or occupants of lots in Yorkville, be required to put the same in such condition as the health of the town may seem to require; removing and abating all garbage, stagnant water, or other nuisances, which might _ breed disease or offend the senses. And furthermore, that the Intendant be authorized to appoint aSanitarv Committee of three citizens, whose duty it shall be to inspectr said lots, and, if necessary, cause them to be put in proper condition at the expense of the persons who have failed to comply with the above requisitions. W7 IT Tntonriinr J. R. Soqorb, Clerk. August 22 34 tf BRIDGE CONTRACTS SEALED Proposals will be received by the County Commissioners of York county, until 12 o'clock, M., on SATURDAY, THE 5TH OP OCTOBER, 1878, for the building of a BRIDGE ACROSS TURKEY CREEK, on the Pinckney Road, about seven miles from Yorkville, at CARROLL'S FORD. The letting will be at the location of the Bridge, where plans and specifications may be seen, or the same may be previously examined at the office of the County Commissioners in Yorkville. By order of the Board. G. L. RIDDLE, Chairman. W. J. Stephenson, Clerk. September 5 36 5t T. sT JEFFERYS, BANKER. 1 RECEIVE call Deposits, payable on demand without notice; buy exchange and issue drafts available anywhere in the United States or Canada ; negotiate loans, and purchase United States Bonds, when desired. By Power of Attorney, Mr. T. C. DUNLAP is authorized to issue and endorse Drafts in my name. Also, to receive Deposits and enter same in Depositor's Bank Books. May 9 19 tf