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Humorous grpartmrui. WHY AUNT SALLIE NEVER MARRIED. "Now, Aunt Sallie, do please tell us why you never got married. You remember you said once that when you were a girl you were engaged to a minister, and promised us you would tell us about it some time. Now, aunt, please tell us." "Well, you see, when I was about 17 years old I was living in Utica, in the State of New York. Though I say it myself, I was quite a good looking girl then, and had several beaus. The one that took my fancy was a young minister, a very promising young man, and remarkably pious ana steady, tie tnougnt a good deal of me, and I kinder took a fancy to him, and things went on until we were engaged. One evening he came to see me, and put his arms around me, and kind o' hugged me, when I got excited and somewhat flustrated. It was a long time ago, and I don't know but what I might have hugged back a little. I was like any other girl, and pretty soon I pretended to be mad about it and pushed him away, though I wasn't mad a bit. You must know that the house where I lived was on one of the back streets of the town. There was glass doors in the parlor, which opened over the street. These doors were drawn to. I stepped back a little from him, and when he came up close I pushed him back again. I pushed him harder than I intended to ; and don't you think girls, the poor fellow lost his balance, and fell through one of the doors into the street." "Oh, aunty ! Was he killed ?" "No, he fell head-first, and as he was going I caught him by the legs of his trousers. I held on for a minute, and tried to pull him back, but his suspenders gave way, and the poor young man fell clear out of his Dantaloons into a parcel of ladies and gentlemen along the street." "Oh, aunty! aunty! Lordy !" "There, that's right; Squall and giggle as much as you want to. Girls that cau't hear a little thin or liUp that, without t.p.arinc around w " ? v - & O " | the room and he-he-ing in such a way, don't know enough to coroe in when it rains. A nice time the man that marries one of you will have ? Catch me telling you anything again." "But, Aunt Sallie, what became of him? Did you ever see him again Y' "No; the moment he touched the grouud he got up and left that place in a terrible hurry. I tell you it was a sight to be remembered. How that man did run ! He went out West, and I believe he is preaching out iu Illinois. But he never married. He was very modest, and I suppose he was so badly frightened that time he never dared trust himself near a woniau again. That, girls, is the reason why I never married. I felt very bad about it for a long time?for he was a real good man, and I've often thought to myself that we would have been very happy if his suspenders hadn't gave way." RECENT POST-OFFICE RULEvS. Old maids are unmailable. Eggs must be sent when new. A pair of onions will go for two scents. Ink bottles must be corked when sent by man* Parties are compelled to lick their own postage stamps and envelopes ; the postmaster cannot be compelled to do this. As all postmasters are expert linguists, the address can be written in Chinese, Choctaw, or any other language. It is unsafe to mail apples, or fruit trees with the fruit on, as some of the office clerks have a weakness for such thiugs. John Smith gets his mail from 674,762 post-offices, hence a letter directed to John Smith, United States, will reach him. An arrangement has been perfected by which letters without postage will be immedi ately forwarded?to the dead letter office. Nitro-glycerine must be forwarded at the risk of sender. If it should blow up in the postmaster's hands he cannot be held responsible. It is earnestly requested that lovers writing to their girls, will please confine their gushing rhapsodies to the inside of the envelope. When eggs are sent through the mail, and chickens are hatched out on the journey, the chickens become the property of the government. When watches are sent through the mails, if the sender will put a notice on the outside, the postmasters will wind it regularly and keep it in running order. When letters are received bearing no direction, the parties for whom they are intended will please signify the fact to the postmaster, that he may at once forward. . Spring chickens that are old enough to vote, when sent by mail, should be enclosed in boxes bound with iron to preveut their tender bodies from beinsr injured. o %/ When candy is sent through the mails, it is earnestly requested that both ends of the package be left open so that employees of the post-office may test its quality. When you enclose a money order in a letter, always write full and explicit directions in the same letter, so that any persou getting the letter can draw the money. Ducks cannot be sent through the mails when alive. Their quacking would disturb the slumber of the clerks on the postal cars. This rule, however, does not apply to a "duck" of a bonnet. Letter carriers are required to have penetration enough to know when letters should be delivered to jealous wives, hence if he delivers a letter from your girl to your wife you can have him discharged. A LITERAL MEXICAN. Wickedly anxious to obey orders to the letter, was a Mexican taking the 6tand in a'New York police court as a witness in an assault case. Having informed the judge that he spoke English, he was told to state what he knew of the affair in question. Thereupon the prosecuting attorney, an Irishman by birth, quite unnecessarily intervened with: "Ye onderstand, sor, that ye or to go on, and state to the coort what ye know about this case, in your own language." "You want me to tell the story in my own language?" asked the witness. "Yes, sor, I do," replied the lawyer. The Mexican began : "Este mujur venia a mi casa?" "What is that ye're saying?" exclaimed the attorney. "I an) speaking in my own language, as you requested me to do," was the reply. "I didn't mane for ye to spake yer own ' Inncriiacrp whpn I Raid for ve to snake vour 1 * *b t) " w # / i I own language," exclaimed the legal gentle-1 man. "Can't ye spake to me as I am spakin' i to ye?" "I can try, sir," said the Mexican, and he ' went on with his 6tory thus: "Well, thin, yer Honor, this man and this woman kem to my house, and sez the man to the woman, sez he, "I want to spake wid : ye," sez he." Here the indignant examiner broke in with, "What do you mane by spaking in that way ?" "Shure, sor," responded the witness, "ye j axed me to spake in the language ye use j yourself, an' shure I'm thryin' to oblige ye." j Then the judge thought it time to inter-: fere, and bade the Mexican to talk English. "With pleasure, your honor," said he. "I should have done so at first, but the learned gentleman seemed rather particular in regard to the language in which he wished me to : give my evidence." A school teacher, who had just been ' telling the story of David, ended with, "And I all this happened over three thousand years ago." A little cherub, its blue eyes opening with wonder said, after a momeut's thought, i "Oh, dear, inarm, what a raomory you have got!" ' DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION. [continued from first page.] Nominations were closed, and the vote was taken with the following result: Sims 63 Lipscomb 40 Howard : 32 Scattering 2 I Total vote cast 146 Necessary to a choice 80No candidate having received the majority of the whole vote of the Convention, the chair announced that there had been no election. Another vole was then had with the following result: Sims 72 Lipscomb 37 Howard 26 Total vote cast 145 Necessary to a choice, 80. ? There still being no election, another vote was ordered. Col. Howard being withdrawn from the contest, this vote resulted: Sims 01 Lipscomb 62 Total 143 Necessary to a choice, 80. Col. R. M. Sims was, consequently, declared duly nominated for the office of secretary of State. On motion of Mr. Livingston, of Oconee, the nomination was then made unanimous. Gen. W. L. T. Prince then nominated Col. J. C. Coit for the office of comptroller-general. This gentleman, he said, possessed peculiar fitness for the office. He happily com bined unassuming modesty with spotless integrity and comn.andiug ability. He was in the highest degree capacitated to adorn any office which the people might confer upon him, aud his vast experience in dealing with the financial affairs of the State qualified him eminently for the office of comptroller general. On the field of battle he had stood by the guns of his country with undaunted courage and enduring devotion, and in the midst of the perils which had encompassed the State since the war, in the Legislature and out of it. he had nroved himself eaual to anv resDon "? rm - j * * sibility which was imposed upon him. It might be said truthfully that he had accomplished for the State in his comparatively shortservice, more than most men accomplish in a life-time. He hoped that the nomination would be by acclamation. J. C. Sheppard, of Edgefield, seconded the nomination of Col. Coil, and there being no opposition, he was unanimously nominated by acclamation for the office of comptroller-general. Mr. George E>. Bryan, of Charleston, then nominated Col. Y. J. Pope, of Newberry, for the office of attorney-general. Mr. George Johnstone expressed the gratitude of Col. Pope for the honor which had been done him, but announced that he had been requested by that gentleman to say that he was not a candidate for the office. Col. Win. Elliott, of Beaufort, nominated the Hon. Leroy F. Younmus, the present attorney-general of the State. It would be ns<dess, he said, to comment upon the great ability and scholarly attainments of Leroy F. Youman9, or to recount his distinguished services to the State and to the Democratic party. They were too well known throughout the length am. breadth of the State to need repetition. IL felt free to say that no attorney-general of S* Uh Carolina, or of any other State, except the Mstinguished gentleman who had preceded him, had been called ms\r> fr. ?l,o intoroef nf thp Sfnfp uuder circumstances more arduous or more responsible. In every county in the State, in the campaigns of 1876 and 1878, his eloquent voice was heard pleading the cause of the Democracy from the mountains to the seaboard. The old county which proudly claims him as one of her sons again presents him to this Convention for its suffrages. Col. James H. Rion seconded the nomination, and on motion of Mr. W. M. Muckenfuss, of Charleston, Gen. Youmans was nominated unanimously by acclamation for the position of attorney-general. . Mr. Cleveland, of Spartanburg, placed in nomination the Hon. Hugh S. Thompson, of Columbia, for the position of superintendent of education, which office he now so acceptably and efficiently fills. It would be uselens bp said tn cnmment unnn the verv hitrh ' qualification possessed by this gentleman for the office named. His past record was a sufficient guarantee for his future conduct. Gen. Garlington, of Greenville, and Dr. Talley, of Columbia, seconded the nomination, and Maj. Thompson was unanimously nominated by acclamation. Mr. George Johnstone, of Newberry, rose, he said, to nominate one of the most distinguished soldiers and citizens of South Carolina, for the position of adjutant andinspeciorgeueral?one, he said, whose life was identified with the military record of the State, and whose country's history was written upon his person. A gentleman whose virtues in pri vate life were only equaled by his courage on the field of battle. When quite a young man, on the bloody fields of Mexico, he displayed a heroism that was heralded throughout South Carolina as one of her proudest achievements in the Mexican war. Returning to Soutli Carolina, his fellow-citizens returned him as a member of the Legislature. There his ability immediately made itself felt, and he was at once placed on a commission to revise the military law of the State. It is no detriment to the others on that commission to say that he exhibited in this field marked ability. In 1860, when a Continent trembled with tko r. 1 i Iro trpn/1 (if 3 000 000 inpll hp sprang into the contest, and headed one of the first regiments that went from South Carolina. He participated in all the bloody scenes of the Western army, and his gallantry upon the field of Chickamauga can be pointed to by his friends as one of the most brilliant pieces of heroism of the war. On this bloody field a large body of the Confederate forces were commanded by him as brigadier general. After the war he engaged in planting, and has done much to promote the interests of the agricultural classes in the lower counties. He was in every way peculiarly fitted for the position of adjutant-general of the State. He referred, he said, to Gen. Arthur M. Manigault, of Georgetown. Mr. James Walsh seconded the nomination. Mr. Massey of York, placed in nomination Capt, Wylie Jones, of Columbia, a young man who would reflect, he said, as much j credit upou the State as adjutant-general as he \ he had reflected upon himself as commander I of the Governor's Guards. Mr. Andrew Crawford, of Columbia, sec- j onded the nomination. Mr. Joues, he said, i was a representative of the young men of i South Carolina, and his nomination would be ! i_..A _ c.i. ?..j ! out H just ICUUgWI tlllll Ui Ult'li U1IOU1U3U UUU patriotic devotion to the State since 1861. Mr. George D. Bryan, of Charleston, stated that as a representative of the young i men of South Carolina, and as one who had the honor to be at the head of one of the i military companies of Charleston, composed i of young men of the State, he rose to second i the nomination of Gen. Manigault, a man whose great experience in military affairs | rendered him peculiarly fitted for the task-' of reorganizing and elevating the condition of the military of the State. Such a man was | needed by the young men of the State at this time, and it was in their behalf that he advocated the nomination of Gen. Manigault. Mr. Saumel Dibble nominated Col. A. D. Goodwyn, of Orangeburg, one he said, well qualified by long and faithful service in the tented field to discharge the duties of adjutant and inspector-general. He had served the State with rare devotion from the firing of the first gun to the close of the disastrous struggle, and had earned for himself an en- j t viable record as a g*?llaut soldier at the battle of Manassas. Mr. Mellichamp, of Orangeburg, and Gen. Prince secouded the nomination of Col. Goud win. Nominations were then closed, and a vote J was taken with the following result: * Manigault 72 * Jones 40 Goodwyu 29 S Total vote cast 141 ( Necessary to a choice, 80. . There being no election, another vote was i taken with the following result: 1 Manigault 91 1 Jones 35 i Goodwyn 12 ] Total vote cast 138 . j Necessary to a choice, 80. Gen. Manigault was accordingly declared ! duly nominated for the office of adjutant and j inspector general. On motion of Mr. W. M. Muckenfuss, of Charleston, the nomination was theu made unanimous. ( Mr. Earle, of Sumter, then nominated Mr. [ J. Peter Richardson for the positiou of State : treasurer. Mr. Gilland, of Williamsburg, 1 seconded the nomination, and there being no j opposition Mr. Richardson received tlje nom 1 ination unanimously by ucclamation. This closed the nominations. Gen. Gary 1 and Messrs. Allen and Callison.of the Edge Held delegation, refused to vote for any of the uominees of the Couventiou. Mr. .T. C. Shennard offered the following ' ^ ? " II W J resolutiou, which was adopted : , llcxolved, That the thanks of this Convention < are due, and are hereby cordially tendered to the president of this Convention, Col. J. S. Cothran, for the able, effective and impartial manner in which he has discharged the duties of his position, and that the thanks of the Convention are also tendered to the worthy secretaries, Messrs. D. P. Duncan and J. AncrnmSimons, for the satisfactory and efficient discharge of the duties of their office. Ou motion of Mr. Alfred Aldrich, a committee of three was then appointed to notify the nominees of the action of the Convention. The committee consisted of Messrs. Alfred Aldrich, J. D. Blanding and George D. Bryan. After a short interval, the committee returned, accompanied by Gens. Hagood and Kennedy, who were received with continued applause. After a brief and appropriate introduction by the chairman, Gen. Hagood said: GEN. HAGOOD'S ADDKESS. It is with feelings of profound gratitude for the personal honor conferred, and with a deep sense of the responsibility imposed, that I accept, gentlemen of the Convention, the nomination you have been pleased to make. Your selection might well have fallen upon one worthier of your choice, for the time has come again when no son of the State could look to a higher position than that in connection with which you have named me. It was only in the dark days of our history, when the alien and the dregs of our own population rioted in power, that shame was ever suffered to approach South Carolina's Executive. A long list of illustrious names adorned it in the better days of the past, and Hampton and Simpson have tilled it in the present. However I may fail, if your nomination becomes an election, in the ability with which, as compared with these, the trust be discharged, I confidently pledge you that the banner you place in my hand0 will not be lowered, and that 110 shadow of dishonor or taint of personal ends shall dim its folds. You have not, gentlemen, called me to lead a holiday pageant. The destinies of our people for weal or for woe are involved in the success of the political struggle in which we , are about to embark. The redemption of the State from the rule of Radicalism was worked out in 1870 by efforts made in the white { heat of revolutionary fervor. It was maintained in 1878 by a triumph won over an opposition not yet recovered from the demoralization of defeat. It must in this year be secured by a conclusive victory, if the efforts of < the past are not to go for naught. But your ] .opponents are nerved by the knowledge that i they are now fighting for their life, and they 1 may be backed up by powerful extraneous aid. 1 One more crushing defeat and Radicalism as < a party, such as we have known it, will cease " to exist in South Carolina. < But it may be that in this Presidential year i one of the great National parties will find its I lease of power dependent upon the restora- j tion to rule in our State of the hybrid concern, which here assumes and disgraces its < purpose regardless of the local ruin it will f inflict. It is tlie part of wisdom to be pre- \ pared for this, and to marshal our forces to i meet it successfully. We cannot rely upon < i 1. - J? 10m , nit; leivui ui loiu. ouuu cjiuiio tuc ihji? io peated in a generation. "We can only succeed ? by thorough organization and diligent work, i and in preparing for this, you have, in my 3 judgment, seized upon the true plaii of 1 battle. When the canvass, with its dirturb- 1 ing inlluences, is limited to the short period 1 necessary for the only purpose it can effect, i the arousing and solidifying our friends for 1 the final effort, you have given the time to do ( the work which will be most powerful in accomplishing the result. This is a contest to be won by votes. There is a portion, of our people who are 3 reliable to a man, and who need no summons < but that of the Democracy. To bring these to i the ballot box is the only problem. A very r< large part of the remaining portion of our < people have now voted with the Democracy t in two successive campaigns. Wehaveonlyto t poll the same votes and to supplement their t number. The time you have wisely given to ? the purpose will enable your executive author- < ities, both State and county, to quietly and t patiently organize our forces to move when the signal is given. An opportunity is af- 3 forded to recruit our ranks by the exertion of the full influence of the individual Democratic voters, that "each man a man" policy, which we have before found a powerful factor f of success. Accepting in perfect good faith ? the enlargement and debasement of the suf- j frage which events have compelled, we will j and must preserve the life of the Common- ' wealth by keeping its control in the hands of 1 its better element. Seeking to deprive no } man of his francliise, conceding freely to all men their rights under the law, the God-given J right of self-preservation remains, of which J neither laws nor constitution can deprive a J people, and we will assert it by those appeals j to reason, to interest and to personal associa- _ tions which influence men everywhere. We J have found them potent before, and we will * find them potent now. I have spoken of the J approaching canvass only from our local stand- J point, because the necessity of local success t is to us supreme. But our interests and wel- 1 fare cannot be dissevered from the National } Democracy. Until the General Government ] is restored to the methods and doctrines of 1 its founders, until the American dotrine of local government in local affairs is again made 1 the keystone of the structure, until there is 1 blazoned upon its portals once more, that c "the powers not delegated to the United ^ States by the Constitution nqr prohibited by it to the States are preserved to the States 1 respectively or to the people"?until this is \ done, the position of civilization iii South *Carolina and of all that makes the State fit for 1 freemen to live in, is at best but that of armed c neutrality. Our people want peace. They ] want repose from revolutionary methods. ' Ravaged by war and stricken and stunned by 1 Federal legislation. thev have staiurered to their feet and ask only to be let alone in their c progress of recuperation. The freeman wants v it that he may qualify liimself by education ^ for the duties impose upon him, and tliut he 0 may enjoy in material and moral progress the J opportunities of the higher plane to which he * has been elevated. God grant that this peace in its fullest development may not be far distant, that the doctrines of conciliation and j* good will and harmony among all classes, of J: our citizens set forth in the platform of 187(5, 1 and faithfully acted upon by the Democracy 8 for the last four years, may be carried to a 1 fuller fruition. I ^ It is upon that platform of pure government, 11 ad in blistered by competent officials, of eco- j11 nomic administration, of equal rights before j 8 the law and of harmonious progress, that we j ^ stand to-day as we did then. It is to these J j: ends that I invoke your efforts in the apr i . preaching political struggle, and should sue-!1] cess, as I am assured it will, attend the result, you have the assurance of every act i j and utterance of my political life that 1 will, I * so far as in me lies, faithfully execute your j " beliests. ! J Gentlemen, I bid you adieu, to meet again 1 \ when South Carolina expects every son to do ' his duty. When the history is written let : it not be said tljat you or I or any other of s those entitled to her name and inheriting hep ; p fame, have failed to respond to her summons, F GENERAL KENNEDY'S ADDRESS, j Gen John D. Kennedy was then introduced A to the Convention and spoke as follows: Gentlemen of the Convention: I thank you for the honor conferred upon me in placing me second upon the State ticket, I endorse the remarks of our distinguished nominee for 1 Governor. They are words of wisdom, and ft his counsel, admonition and exortation must o iddress themselves to every thoughtful man. ; Jool, sagacious, and yet bold, the Democracy j )f Carolina under the leadership of Johnson Kagood will march forward to overwhelming uiccess. We must, however, gentlemen, have I :horoughness of organization, efficiency of ' iiscipline and entire devotion to duty to vchieve this grand result. We must furthermore sink so much of our individuality as may be necessary for the common good, and follow the advice and direction of those appointed to 1 jhape our policy and guide our action. I know that I address men who love South Carolina so dearly they will regard no sacrifice as too great, no work too onerous, no responsibility too imposing, to do all and dare all to maintain and perpetuate Democratic supremacy in the State, which means the welfare of all her people of both races. Let harmony and conciliation mark our course. I pledge myself to devote whatever af talent I may have and all the time that may be necessary to achieve the triumph which I know awaits us. When the sun rises the day after the election may our standard float over the last rampart of Radicalism in this State, proudly, but peacefully and benignly, and cover beneath its protecting folds every citizen of this Commonwealth. The Convention then adjourned sine (lie. THE STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. The members of the Democratic State Executive Committee met subsequent to the idjournment of the Convention, and elected [ien. John Bratton, of Fairfield, chairman and Col. John C. Haskell, of Columbia, secretary. TilE GRAND OLD FAJTH. The clouds are gold, the hills are gray, The sun steals tenderly away, As loth to leave these solitudes, \A7hom miltr ui Innl oaIusA TV iJUl \J WHIJ I711D1I t> 1 lAllU > O U1UUU9, As home with loitering tread I go, I hear my mother singiug low ; Through the half-open window, floats The tremulous sweetness of her notes; She sings of trust, and joy and love, Of toils below?of rest above; Of all her cherished hopes .of heaven, And of the faith to saints once givon? The grand old faith. The gentle strains?I love them still? "Dandee's" low plaint, and "Golden Hill," They were my cradle-songs?I see The blue-eyes smiling down on me, (Dear eyes, now dim, yet brighter far To me, than heaven's brightest star), And sinking into dreamland, hear The last, clear, silvery note or "Mear," But when the boy too old to rest His helpless weight on mother's breast, Grew clamorous for stories, then Came long array of Bible-men, Who slumbering centuries have trod And battled for the faith of God? The grand old faith. Strange tales she told, of conflict's din, Of souls victorious over sin, Of sword and rack, of flood and tire, Of Jewish clan, of Scottish lyre, Of Roman hate, of paynim fell. Of Turk, Crusader, intidel; Then to some silent ciiamber, led Her boy beside the Christian's bed ; And made hiin mark the prayerful breath, The conscious majesty of Death ; The willing heart?the kiiidlingeyo Uplifted to the opening sky; And asked with accents hushed and sweet, What power sustains his sinking feet. "Faith!" was the whisper clear and low. Would God that all the world might know This grand old faith. KING'S MOUNTAIN CENTENTIAL. Letter from Col. Asbury Coward Acknowledging tiie Generous offer of Assistance from the Washington Light Infantry. The following letter has been received by .T tir T w??Vv Lilt: ?Y UblllllglUU IIUUIIL1 illiu J3 published at the request of Capt. GeorgeD. Bryan, commander of that company: Yokkville, S. C., May, 25, 1880. To the Officers and Members of the Washington Light Infantry, Charleston, S. C.: Gentlemen?The News and Courier of this late, just received, contaiusthe resolutions in reference to the King's Mountain Celebration, Adopted at the last regular meeting of your spirited corps. In advance of the meeting of the Association, I hasten, in its name, to weliome most cordially your tender of the Eutaw Flag with a guard of honor for the celebration lay, and to accept most gratefully your offer is a committee to raise funds in Charleston for the monument proposed to be erected on King's Mountain, &c." Although the action is too characteristic >f your patriotic company to occasion any surprise, I cannot refrain from saying that it thrills me with emotionsof joy and pride. You lave of your own motion sounded the key-note >f this memorial movement, which is to be nainly a spontaneous, popular tribute to the splendid assertion of liberty-loving, Aryan nanhood on King's Mountain one hundred rears ago. For one hundred years that moun:ain, eloquent in its solitude, has stood as Suture's monument to the deed of patriotic leroism accomplished there. Let us now make t vocal with the eloquence of human art, and ;hus proclaim to future ages that at the end )f the first century seif-abasement had, not yet "Paved the way To villain-bonds and despot's sway." Your own wisdom, and the co-operation of rour old commander, the energetic and saganous mayor of your city?who is likewise a nember of the association?render superfluous tny suggestion from me as to the mode of loing the work you have generously underaken. In conclusion I must express the hope hat when the crimson flag that gleamed brough the smoke at Cowpens and Eutaw (hall add its lustre to the august ceremonies >f Octocer 7, its guard of honor will lie your mtire corps, with all its veterans too. With great esteem and admiration, I am, ,'our obedient servant, A. Cowaiid, Chairman Executive Committee. Keeping Sunday.?The question how to lecure a proper observance of the Sabbath vithout infringing on the rights of the citizen s a very difficult one, but it is one which is at his time occupying the minds of very many ;houghtful men all over Christendom, and vithout doubt the result of their cogitations will be sooner or later to find its solution. There are, certainly, conscientious differences )f opinion as to what is the right way to spend his day, but there are people who are in the labit of indulging in amusements or occupa,ions such as> card playing or drinking, which hey know and every one else knows are wrong mu demoralizing to the community, and which end very strongly to do away with the day as in institution altogether. These people claim hat they have a right to do as they please in his respect, as citizens of a free country. Ynd just here there comes in the question how o induce them to discontinue a practice which s injuring the body politic, without trespassng upon their rights as citizens. Until that question is better answered, pubic opinion must be looked to as a corrective, f this is temperately, politely, but unequivocally expressed through the press and by inlividuals, its power can reach very many. Then again let the voters of the country, who lave a right to vote as they please, resolve lever to cast a ballot for a man who makes hinday a day for sport, and we will find nany an aspirant for political honors, great >r small, suddenly withdrawing his countelance and support from the circles where he s now seeking popularity around the card able and the bottle 011 the Lord's Day. The Sabbath is one of the sacred landmarks if our national faith, inseparably co-existent nth the spirit of Anglo-Saxon lilierty, and vhen the one disappears beneath the wanes f popular debauchery and frivolity, the other rill have expired beneath the wheels of the riumphal car of tyranny. A Parable for Communists.?Ilere is a hoe-shop. One man in the shop is always msily at work during the day?always indusrious. In the evening he goes courting a ;ood nice girl. There are five other men in he shop who don't do any such thing. They pend half their working hours in loafing and heir evenings in dissipation. This first young nan by and by cuts out from those others and | etsa shoe store of his own. Then he marries his girl. Soon he is able to take his wife out o ride of an evening. The five laborers, his owner companions, who see him indulging 11 his little liixury, retire to a neighboring sajon and pass a resolution that there is an ternal struggle between labor and capital, 'h'Oiu one of Boh IngersolVs Speeches, Hike inquirer. 1 TE11M8 OF SPBSCIUPTION: ingle copy for one year, 92 50 'or six months, 1 585 "or three months,.,.,,,,,,...., 75 'wo copies one year,.....,.,, 4 00 'en copies one year, .. 520 OP iiid an extra copy for a'club of ten. ADVERTISING RATES. ONE DOLLAR per square, for the first ipseron, and FIFTY CENTS per square, for each ub-cquent insertion. A square consists of the pace occupied by seven lines of this size type, i par Contracts will be made at reduced rates >r advertising spnco to bo used for threo, six, I r twelve months. I THE YORKTILLE ENQUIRER FOR 1880. - - - PREMIUMS TO SUBSCRIBERS. Seventy-Seven Prizes to be awarded to Subscribers. REDUCTION IN SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. TE1S8F SliMHlEE IE FOSTABE. Having perfected arrangements for reducing the expense of publication during the year 1880, we have determined to give our subscribers a share of the benefits, and announce the following reduced rates, to yearly subscribers?subscriptions, in all cases, to be paid in advance: Single copy, one year $2 50 Two copies, one year, 4 00 Ten copies, one year 20 00 And an extra copy to the person securing a club of ten names and paying the subscriptions on the same in advance. PREMIUMS'TO SUBSCRIBERS. In order that our subscribers may have the opportunity of receiving Prizes, we have determined to distribute the following articles by lot, at 10 o'clock A. M., on the FIRST SATUItDAY OF OCTOBER, 1880: THREE Weed Sewing Machines?fancy half case, wun arop leui aim two urawers, me reiaii price of each of which is $50. TWO No. 8 Tropic Cooking Stoves, with fixtures complete, the retail price of each of which is $25. SEVENTY-TWO Four-bladed buckhorn handle Pocket-Knives, manufactured by William Thomas Staniforth, of Sheffield, England, the retail price of each of which is $1.50. The Sowing Machines and Stoves are fully described elsewhere in this prospectus. The Knives will be manufactured by the celebrated cutler, William Thomas Staniforth, Sheffield, England, and imported to our order expressly for this purpose by Messrs. Hart (fe Co., hardware importers, of Charleston. The cutlery made by Stanilbrth is of the best quality, and wherever used gives universal satisfaction. This knife, made to our order, is of convenient pocket size, contains two large and two small blades, is made of the best materials, finished in a superior manner, and is warranted to be equal to any pocket knife that usually retails in the stores at $1.50. In the distribution of the above Prizes, the following plan will be observed: The names of all persons who pay for one year's subscription, whether in a club at $2, or as a single subscriber at $2.50, between this date and the first Saturday of October, 1880, will be printed on slips and placed in envelopes of uniform size and deposited in a cylinder prepared for the purpose. Siips of paper of uniform size, to the number of seventyseven?one for each prize?enclosed in similar envelopes, will also be placed in another cylinder, with the words "Sewing Machine" printed on three of them; "Cooking Stove" on two; and "Pocket Knife" on seventy-two of (hem. On the day designated, after thoroughly mixing the envelopes in each cylinder by revolving the same, an envelop will be taken "from each cylinder, and the name of the person drawn from the cylinder containing the names, will be entitled to the Prize drawn immediately succeeding from the Prize cylinder. The cylinders will be revolved and the envelopes containing the numbers and names thoroughly mixed preceding each drawing. The drawing will be conducted by three responsible and reliable citizens, and the opportunity afforded for any subscriber to be present mi 1 J. ii., J wno irifiy nesire u? no no. i ho rnMuitm tnwumwing wilf he published in the Enquirer of the succeeding week, accompanied by h statement as to tlie fairneso of the drawings and awards. Persons subscribing for the Enquirer and having the paper sent to other addresses than their own, shall be entitled to the advantages offered by the prize drawing, provided they give notice previous to the drawing that such is their desire. Subscribers who seenrethe Sewing Machines or Cooking Stoves, will have them shipped to their order at their expense for freight; the Sewing Machines from New York, and the Cooking Stoves from Greensboro, N. C. The PocketKnives will be delivered at our pihlica- ion office, or sent by mail at our expenso, at the risk of those entitled to receive them; or they will be sent in registered package on receipt of 10 cents to pay the registration fee. All letters should be addressed to L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C. January 2 tf AGAIN THE SCENE~ CHANGES! WE CANNOT SING THE OLD SONGS In the old place any longer. It's too small. Not half large enough for our family, household goods and trade; therefore, we shall break camp July J, next, and establish new musical headquarters in the handsome NEW DOUBLE STORE COR. CONGRESS AND WHITAKER STS. Where we shall have the largest and finest Musical Warerooms in the entire South. Before we go, wo must, to save heavy expense of labor and removal, close out our entire stock of Pianos and Organs now on hand and to arrive prior to July 1. To do this we shall inaugurate forthwith a mii mil in nit Commencing May 15 and ending July 1, during which time wo shall sell at Manufacturer's Wholesale Rates. 10 Favorite Pianos. 27 Chickering Pianos. 21 Lighte & Co. Pianos. 50 Mathushek Pianos. 5 Hallet & Davis Pianos. 62 Southern Gem Pianos. 28 Guild, Church <fe Co. Pianos. 44 Sterling Co. Organs. 100 Peloubet & Co. Organs. 120 Mason & Hamlin Organs. All new and just from Factory. Also'100 Second Hand Pianos and Organs. Most all of them used only from one to six months and precisely as good as new. DON'T MISS THIS CHANCE To secure A tine instrument "awful" cheap. Write for Clearing Out Sale Circulars and Price Lists and be quick about it. The sale ends July 1, positively. Address LUDDEN ABATES, SAVANNAH. GEORGIA, WHOLESALE PIANO AND ORGAN DEALERS. May 27 38 9m ROBERT J. HEBNDON, Late Student of Poston Conservatory of Mtialo, TEACHER OF BRASS BANDS, AND THE CORNET. Music arranged to order for any number of Instruments. Terms moderate. .Agent for all kinds of first-class BAND INSTRUMENTS. April 22 17 ly IVO DO UBT THE NEW FARQl IS the BEST AND CHEAPEST MACHINE < it has been used. For descriptive Catalogue a BENNE1 May 13 Gr. aO'LEABY. ' just arrivtedT SOME handsome now CHAMBER SUITS, latest styles, Ht lowest living prices. Call and see thein. Also, some Ratan Chairs, exceedingly pretty and quite new in this market. Constantly on hand, Wardrobes, Bureaux, Washstands, Cane and Ratan Rockers, Chairs of various styles, and a new supply of Pictures. G. H. O'LEARY. cooking stoves. rpHF. Iron King and Elmo Cooking Stoves on l hand and for sale. Any piece of these Stoves replaced when worn ont, or any of the pieces of tlio fifty different styles of the Charles Noble & Company Manufacture of Stoves, can be had by calling at G. H. O'LEARY'S. "saddlery department. I HAVE a number of Saddles of my own manufacture, which were made before the recent advance in leather, and which I will sell at the old price. Now is the time to buy. G. H. O'LEARY. harness, bridles. &c. BUGGY and Carriage Harness, Riding and Blind Bridles, Halters, Collars, Whips, Plow Backhands, Humes, Trace Chains, Saddle Blanket, etc., at G. H. O'LEARY'S. furniture department. 1AM constantly receiving new goods in the Furniture Department, in all its branches. Call and see me; 1 never fail to please and seldom fail to sell. G. H. O'LEARY. clocks. SETH THOMAS' one and eight-day Clocks for sale by G. H. O'LEARY. BEDSTEADS AND MATTRESSES VIEDSTEA DS, handsome and plain, to suit all 1J classen. Mattresses cheap, at GEORGE II. O'LEARY'S. REMOVAL. THE YORK MARBLE YARD. I WOULD respectfully announce that I have REMOVED MY MARBLE WORKS to the new building South of Wheeler's Coach Factory, on my own premises, and near the Railroad depot, where I shall hereafter be better than ever heretofore prepared to furnish MONUMENTS, TOMB STONES, or ANYTHING IN MY LINE, as low as the lowest. As an evidence of this, lean furnish Tomb Stones for CHILDREN from $3.00 upward; for ADULTS, from $8.00 upward. Monuments and Tomb Stones designed and finished in the most elaborate style, ana in point of workmanship and material, equal to the work of any establishment in the country. Specimens always on hand, to an inspection of which, those in want of marble work are respectfully invited. Estimates and other information furnished on application. work 'delivered at any point on the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad, between Chester and Dallas, or at any place between Rock Hill and Winnsboro, on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, free of charge for transportation. Thankful for the patronage heretofore bestowed upon my establishment, my determination is to merit a continuance of toe same. F. HAPPERFIELD. March 11 11 tf THE BICKFORD AUTOMATIC FAMILY KNITTEB. oS 'p~*i Knits all sizes of work, narrows and widens it; Hhapes all sizes complete. Kvits over 50dift'erenf garments, Socks, Stockings, Mittens, Leggins, Wristlets, Gloves, etc. It knits every possiblo variety of plain or fancy stitch. 75 per cent profit in manufacturing knit t*oods. Farmers car treble the value of their wool, by converting it into knit goods. Agents wanted in every State, County, City and Town, to whom very low prices will be maan. For full particulars and lowest prices for the best Family Machine, send to tUCKi?'L>KL> MAUDliK ft Mru. Brattleboro, Vt. February 2G 9 ly "WAGONS. JUST received, a Car load of those Superior Tennessee Wagons. I have sold nearly one hundred of them and never have heard one word of complaint, troin any purchaser, about them, which I consider one. of the BEST RECOMMENDATIONS that could be bad. Persons wanting good Wagons would do well to buy at once, as there is no difference between Cash and Credit price. My object. IS TO ACCOMMODATE FARMERS, Without making them pay high prices These Wagons are all marked at a very small advance on cost, and the marked price will buy them, either on CASH OR NOTE. Also, Carriages, Phaetons, Buggies, and every variety of vehicle needed, can be found ai the Carriage Factory of B. T. WHEELER. May 13 20 tf SIMtes'HSTO'nfll IfenTonsl |j| JeSIS fj ? SSI pi foifcd ^?528* touted THE AMERICAN SEWING MACHINE IS as good as any on the market. The ladies like it and recommend it. For sale by KENNEDY BROS. <fc BARRON. GARRY IRON ROOFING CO., and Cement. 79 and 81 Oolumbua Street, OliBVllli A TVTO, OHIO. Send for circulars and price lists. February 2fl 9 ly KliEXS UNI IN UNS COBMRE."-Tha location ot an ixctl JYL lent Iniitutiua of Learning near a celebrated Fountaia of Health afford, an miliaria] opportunity to young pcraon. in inarch of health and education together. Heinle, having daily corn to the WittUmtOO ChWjboiU SfHof, the pupil* of the VTiLLiaaa-niji Frmi.r Cor.trxia devote a few minute* evi try morning and afternoon to light CaU&hinir. ?nd. the boarding pupil, enjoy alio the lystematio me of Dr. J una. lon'i HttLTir LtiT. CIdu StudyKoornI*largo, thoroughly van. tilatcd, end lighted from the left and rear. Every pceiible at* tendon ie given to llioea who may be lick.?|*- > tW ll>. .bow, with Mvrrml other y.ix.bl. ftcuuia Kaareaa, ? itlly iiplaiMd hnrxv CMilorrau, Kent for oee. ud naaaln. IL . hi.i?tl??l??>i.nMU?w?W?le?a August 28 35 eawly OLD NEWSPAPERS, OF large size, suitable for wrapping, for sale at one cent each, at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. ABOUT IT. 4 THAR THRASHER 3ii the Market. They will have no other wherever nd PricB List, apply to [T A MOFFATT, General Agents, Chester, S. C. 20 3tn TAX RETURNS FOR 1880. AUDITOR'S OFFICE,) Yorkvijlle, S. C., May 6th, 1880. J NOTICE is hereby given that on and after \ TUESDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF JUNE, 1880, the books of the County Auditor of York county, will be open for the purpose of receiving returns of all PERSONAL PROPERTY owned by the several tax-payers in said county, on the 1st day of June, 1880, and liable to taxation. The Auditor'will meet the tax-payers at the following J times and places: At Rock Hill, Catawba township, from Tuesday, list, to Saturday, 5th of June, inclusive. At Massey's Store, Ebenezer township. Monday, June At Ebenezer, Ebenezer township, Tuesday, June 8. At Fort Mill, Fort Mill township, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, fltb, 10th and 11th of June. At Clay Hill, Bethel township, Saturday, June 12. At Bethel, Bethel township, Monday June 14. At Bethany, King's Mountain township, Tuesday, June 15. At Clover, King's Mountain township, Wednesday, June 16. At whitaker, Cherokee township, Thursday, June 17. At Black's Station, Cherokee township, Friday and Saturday, 18th and 19th of June. At Hickory Grove, Broad River township, Monday and Tuesday, 21st and 22nd of June. At J. W. Carroll's Store, Bullock's Creek township, Wednesday, 23d of June. At Blairsville, (Rainey'sStore) Bullock's Creek township, Thursday, June 24. At McConnellsville, Bethesda township, Friday, June 25. At Brattonsville, Bethesda township, Saturday, June 26. . ai loravnie, *oric townsnip, irom raonuay, 28th of Jnne, till Wednesday, 21st of July. All males between the ages of 21 and 60 years are liable to poll tax, and must make returns ac- / cordiogly. All returns must be filed in this office,on or before WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY-FIRST DAY OF JULY, next, otherwise, fifty percent, penalty will attach. This will be absolute. ?39" The tax-payers will please notice that dn-. - i ring the time that the Auditor is at his appointments throughout the county, the books will not be open at Yorkv'lle, as heretofore. Tax-payers will siave themselves trouble by makingtbeir returns at the appointment nearest their place of residence. C. S. WILSON, Auditor for York county. May 6 19 8t STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUHXY OF Y0BK-00UBT OF 00KM0H PLEAS. t Jane E. Wright, Plaintiff, against Win. Warlick, and others, Defendants.?Summons for Relief. (Complaint not Served. To the Defendants, Wm. Warlick and others. ^ "OTOU are hereby summoned and required to anX swer the corn plaint in this action, which Plaintiff filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the said County, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint, on the .-ubscriber, at his office, or office ofthe Clerk -* of the Court of Common Pleas, in Yorkville, 8. C., within twenty days after the service hereof, ex- * elusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiffs in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. , Dated Mav 18lh, A. D., 1880. J. C.CH AMBERS, Plaintiffs Attorney. Jos. F. Wallace, C. C. C. Pls. To James Warlick and Sarah Jane Hickman, abseru Defendants; Take notice that the complaint and summons in the above entitled action, was filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for York County, South Carolina, on the I7tb day of May, A. 1)., 1880. J. C. CHAMBERS, Plaintiff's Attorney. ^ Mtiiy 20 21 6t C. & 1. HARROW GAUGE EAILEOAD. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, 1 Yobbiville, S. C., May 26, 1880. J rilMK loiio'viiig iseueauie 01 me i>ihii hiiu ruaJ. uenger Trains will take effect at 2 o'clock, p. m., on the 27th of May, 1880. GOING NORTH. Leave Chester at 2.00 P. M. r ?r OQR P M - UCUVtJ um I JTOVIJJU at a. Leave McConnellsvilleat 3.00 P. M. Leave Guth-iesville at 3.10 P. M. Arrive at Yorkville at ...3.40 P. M, Leave Yorkville at 3.50 P. M. Leave Clover at 4.35 P. M. Leave Bowling Green at 4.46 P. M. Leave Crowder's Creek at 4.55 P. M. Leave Pleasant Ridge at 5.10 P. M. Arrive at Gastonia at 5.30 P. M. Leave Gastonia at 5.40 P. M. Arrive at Dallas at 6.00 P. M. going south. Leave Dallas at a 6.00 A. M. Arri ve at Gastonia at 6.20 A. M. Leave Gastonia at 6 40 A. M. Leave Pleasant Ridge at 7.00 A. M. Leave Crowder's Creek at..; 7.15 A. M. Leave Bowling Green at 7.25 A. M. Leave Clover at 7.40 A. M. Arrive at Yorkville at 8.20 A. M. Leave Yorkville 8t 8.30 A. M. Leave Guthriesville at - 9.05 A. M. Leave McConnellsville at 9.20 A. M. Leave Lowrysville at 9.40 A. M. m Arrive at Chester at 10.10 A. M. JAMES MASON, Superintendent, Mf.y 27 22 tf ATLANTA AND CHARLOTTE AIR-LINE RAILWAY. PASSENGER DEPARTMENT. Atlanta, Ga., December 29th, 1879. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. ON' and after January 1st, 1880, trains will run on this road as follows: DAY PASSENGER TRAIN. (eastward.) Arri ve at Gastonia, 2.16, P. M. Leave 2,17, P. M. (westward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 11.37, A. M. Leave 11.38, A. M. NIGHT PA8SENGER TRAIN. (eastward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 2.16, A. M., Leave 3.17, A. M. (westward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 1.08, A. M., Leave 1.09, A. M. LOCAL FREIGHT TRAIN. (eastward.) Arri ve at Gastonia, 2.45, P. M., Leave 2.58, P. M. (westward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 7.16, A. M., Leave 7.30, A. M. THROUGH FREIGHT TRAIN. (eastward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 5.55, A. M., Leave 5.55, A. M. ' (we8tward.) Arrive at Gastonia. 5.00, P. M., Leave 5.00, P. M. > Connecting at Atlanta for all points West and , Southwest. Connecting at Charlotte for all Eastern points. Through Tickets on Bale at Greenville and Spartanburg to all points East and-West. G. J. FOREACRE, Gnn'l Manager. W. J. Houston, Gen'l Pass. <fe Ticket Agent. January 1 1 tf GEORGE T. SCHORB, PHOTOGRAPHER, CHESTER, 8. CAROLINA. 1JICTURES taken in all kinds of weather, and pains taken to please every cu stomer. Old Pictures COPIED AND ENLARGED, as low hs can be done in any city, North or South. Have on baud a fine selection of CHURCH AND PARLOR ORGANS, which are offered very cheap. Instruments guaranteed to be firstclass, ~ .. , of ft.A PHtvm. uau ana see ior yuumcivca, - ? GALLERY, opposite tbe "Cotton Hotel.'' Also, authorized agent to receive Subscriptions, Advertisements and orders for Job Work for tbe Yoricvillk Enquirer. GEORGE T. SCHORB. February 13 7 f , . A