Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, April 06, 1882, Image 4

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Ilmuittoujg department. OLD BUT GOOD. One of the comic papers revives an old story that is better now than it was before these days of spirt-seeing and hearing. Itseemsthat an old sea captain, that had retired from service and living on a farm, had a wild harumscarum nephew living with him. He could never drive or frighten said nephew to do anything in its proper time. Among the rest he could not get him to dvive the cows up to milk before dark?he had to drive them up from a back pasture through the sugar bush. Finally the captain asked the lad if he was not afraid to go through the woods inthedark. "Fraid! What is that? I never seen a fraid," replied the boy. "Well, never mind, my lad; you will see one some of these nights, if you do not get the cows up before dark," said the captain, mean mgjy. That night the boy played until dusk before lie went after the cows, as usual. The captain took a sheet and followed him. Now, the captain had a tame monkey, who saw the performance, and monkey-like, took a table cloth and followed the captain at a respectful distance. The captain went into the middle of the woods, where there was big log by the side of the path. Going to the further end of it, he wound his sheet around him, got upon it, and stood still. The monkey got on the first end without noise, and did the same. So the parties stood when the boy came whistling along with his cows. They "shied a little uj>on seeing the ghosts, which caused the boy to look ahead. "Hello, what is that V" he shouted ; "by golly, I guess it's a fraid !" and then, spying the monkey, he sung out. "by Jerusalem, if there ain't two fraids?a big fraid, and a little fraid !" This caused the captain to look round, when he saw. for the first time, his ghostly companion. He thought it was a fraid sure enough. The old captain streaked it "for home, the monkey chasing him, and the wicked nephew clapping his hands and shouting, "Run, big fraid, run, or little fraid '11 ketch you !" ASTRONOMICAL CHANGES. Important Action of the Lime-Kiln Club. The Committee of Astronomy submitted their regular monthly report as follows: Number of dark nights since last report, twenty-two. Number of comets discovered, three, but too far off to cause any run on the bank. Lime-Kiln Club estimate of the distance to the sun, about five miles; to the moon, about the same. The committee further announced that they had changed the name of Venus to "Sarah"; of Jupiter to "Charles Henry '; of Mars to "Andrew Jackson," and of Saturn to "Sam Johnson." Astronomers throughout the coun try will please take notice ana govern tneiuselves accordingly. Further changes will be made as spring opens and the roads improve. "I notis," said Brother Gardner, as he looked carefully around him with one eye half closed?"I notis dat sartin cull'd men of Detroit demand representashun on de purleece fo'ce, an' dat a meetin' has been called to take axshun in de case. I doun' want members of dis club to mix up in de matter nohow. If de time has arrove to put black men on de purleece foee it Iras arrove to put 'em in dry goods stores, city offices, and all odder places. De attempt to bulldose de white people will be a failure. As black men we have our own field of operashuns. If de white folks doan' interfere wid us why should we interfere Wid 'em? No honest, industrious cull'd man has any lack of work or friends. Bewar' how you let de half dozen black political shysters of Michigan use your paws to pull deir chestnuts out of de fiah. We will now somnambulate to our homes. Let de band play 'Twins in de Cradle' as we go out, an' de pusson who takes mv umbrella by mistake will feel drefful oneasy befo' de week am out."?Detroit Free Press. Amusing Anecdote.?Once upon a time there was a clergyman, the Rev. Dr. T., a man of high character, and distinguished for his dignity of manner. But it was remarked that frequently, when ascending the pulpit stairs, he would smile, and sometimes almost titter, as if beset by an uncontrollable desire to laugh. This excited remark, and at last scandal ; finally, it was thought necessary for some of his clerical friends, at a meeting of the association, to bring up the matter for consideration. The case was stated, the Rev. Dr. T., being present. "Well, gentlemen," said he, "the fact charged against me is true, but I beg you to permit me to offer an explanation. A few months after I was licensed to preach, I was in a country town, on a Sabbath morning was about to enter upon the services of the church. Back of the pulpit was a window, which looked upon a field of clover, then in full bloom, for it was summer. As I rose to commence the reading of the Scriptures, I cast a glance into the Held, and there I saw a man performing the most extraordinary evolutions?jumping, whirling, slapping in all directions, and with a ferocious agony of exert on. At first I thought he was mad, but suddenly the truth burst upon me?he had buttoned up a bumble-bee in his pantaloons ! I am const tutionally nervous, gentlemen, and the shock of this scene upon my risible sensibilities was so great that I could hardly get through the services. Several times I was upon the i>oint of bursting into a laugh. Even to this day the remembrance of this scene?through the temptation of the devil? often comes upon me as I am ascending the pulpit. This, I admit, is a weakness, but I trust it will rather excite your sympathy and your prayers than your reproaches.1' Too Rich for Pumpkins.?A pretty good story is told about Land Agent Milner, of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa FeRailroad, who one day had a party of Eastern farmers in tow, trying to sell each of them a farm in the rich Arkansas Valley. Milner had taken them into his light wagon and behind his spanking team of bays had given them a grand ride lasting all day. He had done his best to make them enthusiastic by rehearsing them the stories, which he had at tongue'send, of the marvellous crops of the valley ; but to all intents it was "love's labor lost,"" for "hey would not 'thuse. This annoyed Milner, but he had his revenge in his reply to one of the party, who, with a sardonic smile asked :? "Well, Mr. Agent, is there anything that won't grow here V" "Yes," replied Mr. Milner, "pumpkins won't." "What !" exclaimed the cynical land buyers together, "pumpkins won't V" "No," replied Mr. Milner ; "there are men in this country who would give $2o0 an acre for land that would mature a crop of pumpkins. They have never been able to get a crop since I've been here' and that's ten years." "Well, how strange ! Why is it V" said land buyer No. 1. "This was Milner's chance, and, with a serious expression, he replied: "Well, sir, the soil is so rich that the vines grow so fast they wear the pumpkins out dragging them over the ground ."?Salt Lake Tribune. <gT A humorous young man was driving a horse which was in the habit of stopping at every house on the roadside. Passing a country tavern where were collected together some dozen countrymen, the beast, as usual, ran op posite tne aoor, ana men sioppea in spne 01 the young man, who applied the whip with all his might to drive the horse on. The men on the porch commenced a hearty laugh, and some inquired if he would sell the horse. "Yes," replied the young man ; "but I cannot recommend him, as he once belonged to a butcher, and stops whenever he hears the calves bleat." The crowd retired to the bar in silence. Ciiargix' de Jury.?In a country place in North Carolina, some time after the war, they elected as Justice of the Peace an old whitehaired negro, ignorant, but honest and well liked. His first case was a jury trial. After the pleading was over, the counsel informed his Honor that he could charge the jury. "Urn', Charge de jury V" "Yes, your Honor." "Wal, gemmen ob de jury, it 'pears de case am trew, an' I go to close it wid de charge. Considerin' de 'science you hub got, I tink I will charge you two dollars and a half apiece." 'What are you doing, Bill ?" "Keeping a broker's office." "Possible! who gave you a lift V" My old employer. He took his right boot and lifted me over the doorsill. Having nothing else to do I bought five dollars worth of broken bank bills and opened an exchange office." "Hoes the business pay V" "First rate. I buy pistareens for sixteen cents, and pass them off on blind fiddlers for quarters. Don't you want to go in as a partner V" "No, j not as long as stealing is more honorable." i ?be ?tm and ^irpsiic. THE HORSE'S VETK A*!) BEARTXGltEtNS. "Hast thou given the horse strength V Iliist thou clothed his neck with thunder ?" ."Who can be insensible to the magnificent utterances which in a language incapable of rendering the full beauty of the original tongue, throw all our modern i>oetry into the shade. Yet man seems to think that the Creator's idea of the horse's neck was a very imperfect one, and just as lie neutralizes by iron shoes the natural elasticity of the hoof, he by ipeans of various contrivances renders nugatory the exquisite mechanism of the bones, muscles, and ligaments from the neck to the shoulders. I wonder whether any of our readers have ever thought about the structures which enable the horse to hold its head up without fatigue. We could not do it, and if we were placed on all fours we should soon find our heads drooping from sheer fatigue. In order to see how this is accomplished, we must make a dissection of the horse's neck. If we place * *- - -a .....1 M.r. a liana 011 tne uhck 01 uur iirciv ?mu unm mc iiead forward vre shall feel a strong ligament. If the skin be reihoved from the neck of a human being, this ligament is seen to be chord like, and in t to present any very remarkable peculiarity of structure. In the horse however, it is develojied into a most wonderful elastic mechanism. Lapping over the back of the neck, it throws out a set of projections, each of which is fastened to one of the vertebra? of the neck in such a manner that, while it gives support to that particular vertebra, it works simultaneously with the others. Thus, the animal can toss or shake its head, turn it round to its flanks, or depress it to its knees, the powerful and highly elastic ligaments i>ermittiug all these movements, and by their own resistance restoring the head ami neck to their normal position when the muscles are relaxed. The weight of the head and neck is very considerable, and by their movements tlie balance of tlie body is materially aided, e. <j. in walking up a very steep bill, the horse when at liberty throws his head and neck well forward, so as to keep the weight as much as possible in front of the fore feet. In descending the same hill, the horse holds his head and neck as far back as he can, so as to throw the weight behind the fore feet. Man, however, is pleased to fancy that this freedom of action looks mean and spiritless and' tli'at a horse ought to hold up his head, 110 matter whether he is ascending or descending a hill, standing still, walking, trotting, or galloping. His model seems to be the wooden horse of the toy shops, and the nearer approach that lie can make to the still rigidity of the toy horse the better is he pleased. As if to increase the resemblance, he cuts tin mane short, "hogs" it as the expression is, so as to make it look like the strip of fur glued on tlie neck of the wooden horse. 80, besides the reins, he attaches to the bit a leathern I strip called a -'bearing rein"?I suppose because it is hard for the horse to bear?and fastens it to the saddle, so as to render the animal incapable of lowering its head beyond a certain ]?oint, according to the length of the rein. Not content with this, a still more severe instrument was invented and is known by the name of the "gag," or Bedouin, bearing rein.?Bee. J. G. Wood, in Good Words. EXHAUSTION OF SOIL. BY J. B. LAWKS, LL. I)., ROTH A MSTED, KNG lajnai. Considerable fault has been found with me for saying that profitable agriculture is foundi ed upon the exhaustion of the soil; if exhaustion is considered an unsuitable term. 1 do i not object to change the word for the reduction of its fertility. The prices of the various products of the farm are regulated chiefly by 1 the labor exi>ended on their production, and not upon the amount of soil ingredients which ! they remove from the land. If all nations agree to pass a law compelling every farmer to restore to the land the whole of the ingredients which he removed by his crops, we should not only see such a law followed by a very general and large rise in the price of our ordinary foods, but also that the relative cost of the foods themselves would be very much altered. Even without such a law we find that necessity from time to time, compels farmers to alter their mode of cultivation and cropping; thus, when they find the fertility of their land decreasing, they devote themselves to cultivating such products as contain more atmospheric, and fewer soil constituents. For instance, let us take the case of sugar beet. If the roots are sold off the farm, in each 2,000 lbs. of the dry roots about 175 lbs. of soil products will be removed frOm the land; while by the conversion of the same amount of sugar beet into beef or mutton, only about 10 lbs. of soil products will be removed ; and if the beet is converted into sugar none of the soil products need be lost on the land. For further illustration, I will follow grass through the same series. If sold as hay, seven or eight per cent, of the soil constituents are removed from the land; very much less if the grass is converted into meat; and none at all if converted into butter ; this last being a purely atmospheric product, all the soil constituents may find their way back to the land, except perhaps some small i>ortion, which, in the form of skim milk, might be used to produce pork. It takes 5 or (3 lbs. of corn to produce 1 lb. of increase in a pig; a large per centage of this increase is fat, and a farmer who preserves the blood and offal would exhaust very little of the products of his soil in producing bacon. It is the rich fatty cheese which commands the high price; and the lowpriced, skiin-milk cheese which is comparatively rich in soil products. The same law holds good with regard to flour; the finest flour is exceedingly poor, both in nitrogen and minerals ; coarser Hour contains more, and bran a still larger amount of the soil ingredients. As a man cannot exist without a certain amount of these soil products in his food, and as all his efforts in the production of his food are directed toward getting rid of such soil products, the way in which he obtains them in a separate form becomes rather an interesting physiological question.?American Agriculturalist for April. Hog Ciioleiia.?So far as we know there is no infallible remedy for hog cholera, though 1 p11ft4. many uiive jam uutim iu wic uiswtnj \il ^u^n, Keeping hogs healthy with varied diet and good water, and having salt, copperas and charcoal always within their reach, are the best preventives we have to offer. It is a contagious disease which has long been known, but rendered more common of late by importation of swine from the north, which bring and communicate the disease to the natives. Whenever a hog has the chelora badly he might as well be killed at once, and an effort be made to prevent the spread of the disease by burning up him and his excreta and everything connected with him.?Southern Cultivator. ?T Crops which are planted1 in beds or drills require a large amount of manual labor unless on ground free from the seeds of weeds. A successful cultivator of the strawberry says if will pay well to devote the season previous to setting out a plantation to thoroughly summer fallowing the ground, going over it every time with the plow, cultivator or harrow, before the weeds can get above the surface. This work is done rapidly and cheaply with horses; but if omitted a vast amount of unpleasant work must be performed the next season by hand. This management will apply to other crops, such as carrots, turnips, &c. By tillage the surface soil is kept in an open, porous condition, favorable for the dis| tribution of roots. By this means, also, caj>! illary attraction is diminished, and the land consequently suffers less from drought. The | water holding power of the surface soil is alsd increased. A still more important result of tillage is that the soil is thoroughly exposed to the influence of the air. Soils containing humus or clay will absorb ammonia from the [ atmosphere and thus increase their store of nitrogen. J ggr At no time of the year do fowls require j a mixture of food, with fresh meat at least I i twice a week, than in March or April. Masn- j ' ed potatoes, chopped vegetables, wheat, oats, ; barley, fine broken bones, and finely cut liuy I should also be used, one or the other daily, i Wheat is a special producer of eggs. In May, | insects, grass and other necessary food can he j I sought out for themselves, when they need i less attention. * * | 3ST To stop the flow of blood : Bind the cut with cobwebs and brown sugar, pressed on ! | like lint; or?if you cannot procure these? j with the dust of tea. ^ To relieve asthma: Soak blotting or tissue paper in strong saltpetre water. Dry and burn at night in the bedroom. JUte the ffegislattttf. NEW LAWS OF THE STATE. CHARLOTTE, ANDERSON AND ATLANTA R. ROAD COMPANY. An Act to charter the Charlotte, Anderson and Atlanta Railroad Company. Suction 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That James L. Clark, L.. M. Grist, C. E. Spencer, John J. Hunter, J. A. Carroll, James Mason, R. J. Latta, G. II. O'Leary, J. F. Hart, G. L. Riddle, T. W. Campbell, G. L. McNeel, J. L. Rainey, J. F. Wallace, Flemming Gardner, H, F. Adickes, Jr., J. W. P. Hope, T. S. Jefferys, of York county; J. C. Farrar, W. R. Briggs, D. II. Sheldon, W. S. Gregory, J. R. Minter, C. B. Bobo, Robert Bedsil, II. L. Goss, T. B. Jeter and F. M. Farr, of Union county; J. 1). Byrd, J. S. Craig, II. Y. Simpson, J. WouU W..Hv 1 S Wnlfp .T TT Riillivun J. 15. Humbert and William Wood, of Laurens county; W. C. Brown, A. J. Sturgis, B. B. Brazeale, J. X. Brown, W. W. Humphries, X. P. Tribble, E. M. Buckner, J. W. Prevost, Joseph McClosky, A. M. Holland and E. Preston Earle, of Anderson county, and such other persons and corporations as may be associated with them, and their successors and assigns, be, and they are hereby, created a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of 'The Charlotte, Anderson and Atlanta Railroad Company," and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, in any court of law and equity in this State, or in the United States ; may make by-laws, and appoint all necessary officers and prescribe their duties, and may accept, purchase, hold and convey any property, either real or personal, necessary for the purposes herein mentioned ; may make contracts, have and use a common seal, and do all other lawful acts properly incident to and connected with said corporation, and necessary for the control and transaction of its business: Provided, That their by-laws be not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this btate or of the United States. Sec. 2. That the said Company be, and is hereby authorized and empowered to construct, maintain and operate a railroad from a point on the Xorth Carolina State line,, between Charlotte, Xorth Carolina, and Yorkville, South Carolina, and extending via Yorkville, Unionville, Laurens Court House, and Anderson, South Carolina, to a point on the Georgia State line in the direction Of Atlanta, Georgia. Sec. :J. That the capital stock of said Company shall be one million of dollars, in shares of one hundred dollars each, with the privilege of increasing the capital to such amount as may be found necessary to carry out the intention and purposes of this Act, said amount not to exceed six millions of dollars, and the shares shall be transferable in such manner as the by-laws may direct: Provided, That when thr sum of one hundred thousand dollars shall have been subscribed to the capital stock of said Company, as hereinafter directed, the said corporators, or a majority of them shall, within a reasonable time thereafter, appoint a time and place for the meeting of said stockholders, of which thirty days' notice shall be given in such newspapers in this State as they may deem necessary ; at which time and place said stockholders may proceed to the organization of said Company, by the election of a President and nine Directors, who shall hold their offices for one year and until their successors are elected, which shall be the first Board of Directors, and which Board may, in their by-laws, prescribe tiie time and manner of holding their subsequent annual elections for President and Directors, subject to the approval of the stockholders at their ensuing annual meeting. Sec. 4. That in all conventions of the stockholders of said company, such city, town, or township as may subscribe to the capital stock thereof, may be represented by not less than three nor more than five delegates, who shall be chosen by a convention of the tax-payers of said city, town or township ; private stockholders representing their own stock in person or by proxy duly executed. Sec. 5. That for the purpose of raising the capital stock of said Company, it shall be lawful to oi>en books for private subscriptions at such times and places, and under the direction of such persons as the said corporators may appoint, and that said subscriptions to the capital stock may be made in mouey, bonds, lands, materials, and work, at such rates as may be agreed upon with said Company ; and the said Railroad Company shall have power to mortgage its property, and franchises, and issue bonds on such terms and conditions and for such purposes and uses of said corporation, as the said Company may deem necessary. Sec. (?. That in addition to the provisions contained in the preceding Section for private subscriptions, it shall and may be lawful for any city, town or township interested in the construction of said Road, to subscribe to its capital stock such sum as a majority of the voters may authorize the County Commissioners or proper authorities of such city or town to subscribe, which subscription shall be made in seven per cent, bonds, payable in such installments as the County Commissioners or proper authorities of such city or town shall determine, and to be received by said Company at par, said bonds to be made paya ble twenty years after the date thereof, and to be of the denomination of one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, and one thousand dollars: Provided, That all the moneys so subscribed by any township in York county, shall be expended in the construction of said railroad in said county. Sue. 7. That for the purpose of determining the amount of said subscriptions, it shall be the duty of the County Commissioners for each of the Counties of York, Union, Laurens and Anderson, upon the written .application of fifty voters in any township, specifying the amount to be subscribed therein, to submit to the qualified electors of each township in their respective counties, through which said Railroad may be constructed, as the case may be, the question of subscription or 110 subscription to the capital stock of said company, and they shall have power to order an election, specifying the time, place and purpose of the election, and to appoint three managers at each election precinct in said townships, who shall, without compensation, hold and conduct said election, at which election the ballots shall have written or printed thereon either the word "Subscription" or "No Subscription," the said County Commissioners having first, by a resolution of their Board, fixed the amount proposed to be subscribed, according to the request of the petition submited to them, notice of which resolution shall be given by the Chairman of the Board, in one or more of the newspapers published in the county for which he shall act, for forty days next previous to the election. And the proper corporate authorities of any city or town in any of the four counties of York, Union, Laurens and Anderson, upon the written petition of fifty voters in any such city or town, shall in like manner, and after like notice, submit the question to the qualified electors in said city or town, and declare the result as herein directed : Provided, That in the towns and townships in the county of Anderson, no election shall be ordered unless a majority of the owners of real estate resident in the town or townships to be taxed, first TiP.tftinn the Cnnnt.v Commissioners of said county, or the Council of such towns, to order an election under the provisions of this Act; and 110 subscriptions shall be made therein until the requirements of this proviso have been complied with. Sue. 8. It shall be the duty of the mangers to make returns and meet at their respective Court Houses or Council Chambers, as the case may be, and count the votes and declare the result, as in other elections, which result shall be certified in writing by the Chairman of each Board or Managers to the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, or to the City or Town Council, as the case may be. Sec. 9. In case the majority of the ballots cast shall have written or printed thereon, " Subscription," then the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, in all cases of township elections, shall be authorized and required to subscribe to the capital stock of said Company, in behalf of said township, the j sum which may have been fixed and named in the resolution of said Board, published as ! aforesaid, with interest payable semi-annually; but in all subscriptions made under the direc- j tion of a township election, as authorized by 1 this Act, it shall lie so expressed in the bonds , and coupons issued in payment of such sub-1 scription under the provisions of Section 6 of i this Act; and all tax levies for the purpose of raising funds to pay the said bonds or coupons shall be made only upon the taxable property in such township; and if a majority of the ballots cast in any city or town election shall be for subscription, the proper corporate au thorities of such city or town are authorized ' o and required to subscribe in behalf of such c city or town, as hereinbefore provided. a Sec. 10. That fot the payment of the inter- t est on said bonds; the County Auditor or other officer discharging such duties, or the city or v town treasurer, as the case may be, shall be authorized and required to assess annually, c upon the property of such city, town or town- li ship, such per centum as may be necessary to pay said interest, which shall be known and styled in the tax-books as said railroad tax, . which shall be collected by the Treasurer under the same regulations as are provided by law for the collection of taxes in any of the counties, cities or towns so subscribing, and j! which shall be paid over by the said Treasurer kto the holders of said bonds as the said inter- r est shall become due: Provided, That within ? ten years of the time said bonds shall fall due, 1 the money to pay the same shall be raised by i... '? ? 4-Kr* cmrvtn wnnimr on/1 TAO 1/1 Allt lvir (] WlAilUUIl ill H1C oauic UJCWUIC/I, unu [IIUU \/uv KJJ the County Treasurer, as provided above for J the payment of the annual interest. Sec. 11. That in collecting said taxes, the k county, city or town Treasurer shall deliver to the tax-payer a special receipt therefor, which * shall express that the amount stated therein is * the tax for said railroad ; and when any per- 0 son, a holder of such receipts, issued in his f own name, or in that of another ]>erson, and ' duly transferred to such holder by the endorse- c ment thereon of the name of the person to j? whom the same was issued, shall present an amount thereof to the President of said Company, equal to one share of the stock of the 1 said company, the said President shall cause to ? l?e issued to the holder of said receipt one share f of stock, and such person shall be a stockhold- a er in said company from the date of the scrip s for such stock so issued as aforesaid, and the * like proceedings and l ights and liabilities shall * be had, and attach-fco'tihy person who may pre- c sent such tax receiptaamounting to more than a one share: Provided, That such scrip shall not 1 be presented for any fractional parts of a share. Sec. 12. That said railroad company shall ' have every right, privilege and power necessa- ' ry for the purpose of acquiring such lands or * right of way as they may require for the loca- tion or construction of the said railroad, or for a the erection or location of depots, ware-houses, c. stations, and1 other necessary establishments, * or for extending or altering the same, and the J ' 1 4-1. ~ 1 t said company sunn utvve uie ucncuii ui ciwj process or proceeding, and shall be subject to ' all the restrictions provided or imposed in Sec- ] tions 75 to8(i, both inclusive, of Chapter LXIII k of the General Statutes. Skc. 13. Nothing in this* Act contained I shall be construed to exempt the property of < said railroad company from taxation for State ' and county purposes. ( Sec. 14. Each stockholder in the said corporation shall be jointly and severally liable to 1 the creditors thereof in any amount, (beside ] the value of his share or shares therein) not exceeding live per cent, of the par value of the 1 share or shares held by him at the time the de- f mand of the creditor was made : Provided, ' That such demand shall have been payable within one year : Provided, also, That proceedings to hold such stockholder liable therefor shall be commenced within two years after ? such debt may have become due, and whilst he remains a stockholder therein, or within two years after he shall have ceased to be such stockholder : Provided, further, That no per- , son holding a share or shares as executor, ad- j ministrator, trustee, or in any other fiduciary ( capacity, shall be liable thereon beyond the ; value of the estate held by him as such executor, administrator, trustee, or in any other ' fiduciary capacity. Sec. 15. That this Act shall be a public ; Act, to take effect on and after its passage, j and shall remain of force for the space of thirty years: Provided, That this charter shall cease and determine unless the construction of said railroad is coninienaed on or before Jan- ! uary 1,1885, and completed on or before January 1, 1889. Approved February 9,188*2. IN REFERENCE TO THE PA YMEXT OF CO UN- 1 TT CLAIMS. AN Act to define the duties of County Commis- ' sioners, County School Commissioners, and 1 County Treasurers, in reference to auditing al- ] lowing and payment of claims, and to require < annual reports of all claims audited, allowed, j and paid by them to be made to the Court ol General Sessions. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of 1 South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gener- j al Assembly, and by the authority of the same, ; That the County Commissioners of the several \ counties of the said State shall keep in their k several offices a "File Book,'* in which all claims presented for their consideration, shall " be filed by their Clerk, designating the date ' filed, by whom presented, and to whom said ' claim belongs, and the character and amount of said claims. The said clerk shall also number said claims in the order in which they are < filed, audited, and allowed, from number one j upwards. Sec. 2 That the County Commissioners shall r draw their checks upon the County Treasurers ' of their resi>ective counties, in payment of said claims, out of any funds in the treasury applicable to the payment thereof: Provided, That no such checks shall be drawn by the t said County Commissioners until they shall s have been formally notified by the County ' Treasurer that there are sufficient funds in . the County Treasury applicable to the pay- ; merit of such checks. , Sec. 3. That County Commissioners and County School Commissioners shall make an annual report of all claims filed, audited and allowed, and ordered paid by them during each fiscal year, to the Presiding Judge at the first term of the Court of General Sessions of eacli county, which shall be held after the first day of January in each year, which report shall be submitted by said Judge to the grand jury for their examination, with the assistance, if necessary, of some competent persons to be appointed by the Presiding Judge, at a compensation of five dollars per day for each day so engaged, provided that no pay shall be re- * ceived under this section for more than four days. After examination, the grand jury shall report thereon to the Presiding Judge any matter growing out of, or pertaining to, said annual report, which to them may seem worthy of the attention of the Court. The report shall thereupon be filed by the Clerk of said Court for inspection by any citizen desirous of examining the same. Sec. 4. That the County Treasurers of the several counties of the said State shall not pay any claims against their respective counties upon orders of County Commissioners except as hereinbefore provided for; and they shall make an annual report to the Presiding Judge, at the first term of the Court of General Sessions in their respective counties, which shall be held after the first day in January in each year, of the number, character, and amount of said claims paid by them on orders of County Commissioners and County School Commissioners, and to whom paid ; which report shall be submitted by said Judge to the grand jury for their examination, and shall be filed by the Clerk of said Court, and kept in his office for public inspection. Sec. o. That if after examination of said reports of County Commissioners, County School Commissioners, and Treasurers, the grand jury shall find any discrepancies between the reports, or any irregularities therein, or any embezzlements of or extravagances in the expenditure of public funds, they shall present a the same to the said Court, and such orders shall be taken thereon as shall meet the ends of justice. Sec. (>. The said reports of County Commissioners, County School Commissioners, and Treasurers, shall be published at least two weeks before the sitting of said Court, by said officers or their several clerks, in some newspaper published in said county. Sec. 7. That the County Commissioners of I: the several counties of said State shall, on or before the 15th day of November of each year, make a report to the Comptroller-General of -n the number, character and amount, of claims audited, allowed and ordered to be paid by "V them for the fiscal year ending 011 the 31st day of October preceding the said loth day of November, to be by him submitted to the Gener- " al Assembly, for their information, in his annual report; and all claims against a county not presented during the fiscal year in which they are contracted, or the next thereafter, shall be forever barred. They shall also make _ out in said report an estimate of the amount of money which it will be necessary to raise by taxation in their several counties for county purposes for the current fiscal year, which shall also be embodied in the Comptroller-General's annual report to the General Assembly. Sec. 8. That any violations of the foregoing 4 Sections, by the County Commissioners, the " County School Commissioners, and County ttI Treasurers, shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in the Court of General Sessions, the party so offending shall be sentenced, by the presiding Judge before whom convicted, to pay a fine of not less than ne hundred dollars^ or be imprisoned in the ounty jail not less than one month. It shall lso be the duty of the several Circuit Soliciors to prosecute any violations of this Act. Sec. 9. That this Act shall not take effect intil 011 and after first day of November, 18S2. Sec. 10. That all Acts and parts of Acts inonsistent with this Act be, and the same are lereby repealed. KING'S MOUNTAIN MILITARY SCHOOL. j Ln Act to incorporate the King's Mountain Mil- j itary School. Skction 1. Be it enacted by the Senate i ,nd House of Representatives of the State of j iouth Carolina, now met and sitting in Gene-1 al Assembly, and by the authority of the j ame, That Asbury Coward, Principal of j Sing's Mountain Military School, with his .ssociates and successors, bo, and are hereby ! ieclared a body politic and corporate, by the | lame and style of the King's Mountain Mili ary School, located in the town of Yorkville, j Iouth Carolina. Sec. 2. That the said corporation shall lave power, in its corporate name, to sue and >e sued, plead and lie impleaded, in any Court if law in this State; to purchase and hold eal and personal estate; to have a seal, and o make all such by-laws for the government C oni/1 nAm>A??of5An OQ m??tf liA A OOmO/l 11APCQ. 'i OUlU tv/i |n/iaiiuii uo iuuj uv uwvuivu kwsw ury, not inconsistent with the laws of the State. Sue. 3. That the said corporation shall lave power to appoint officers for said corpoation,' and professors for the said school; to 111 all vacancies as may occur anion# them, nd to remove them at discretion ; to precribe a code of regulations, and a course of tudies to be pursued by the students; to coner degrees and award diplomas, and such ther honorary distinctions to graduates as ire common in the colleges of similar grade in he United States. Sec. 4. That the corps of Professors, and he cadets of the said school shall constitute a nilitary battalion attached to the Eighth BriIrigade of South Carolina State Volunteer Troops ; the oflicers of which said battalion ihall be appointed by the said corporation and :ommissioned by the Governor. The said batalion shall be subject to the inspection of the Adjutant and Insi>ector General, and entitled o receive arms and equipments from his ofice, at his discretion, and upon compliance vitli the regulations governing such issues to state troops. Sec. 5. That the said corporation shall have >ower to take and hold, by donation, bequest, ir purchase, real and personal property, for ;he use of said College, to any amount not exseeding one hundred thousand dollars. Sec. 6. That the liability of the stockholders if said incorporation shall be the same as provided under Act of General Assembly, entitled 'An Act to conform all special Acts of incorporations to the provisions of the Constitution if the State respecting the liabilities of stockholders therein," approved February *20,1880. Approved February 9th, 1882. JlEt'01tl)8 OF JCURLIC OFFICES. \n AcTto make it a misdemeanor to allow records to be taken from certain public offices, ftr to take such records therefrom, and to prescribe a penalty for the same. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives ef the State of South Jsmriina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That if any Clerk of any Court of Reco;;d, Judge of Probate, Master, Register of Mesne Conveyance, Sheriff, County Commissioners, ir Clerk of the County Commissioners, shall tllow any record, or any part thereof, to be taken or removed from their respective offices, by any person or persons whomsoever, he shall ie deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon lonviction thereof, he shall be punished by a ine of fifty dollars for the first offence, and for the second and any subsequent offence by a fine if one hundred dollars: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be held to apply co the attendance of any of said officers, with any of the records of their respective ofices, in any Court or Courts when the actual production of such record is required by the proper process of such Court for the purpose if evidence in any trial or trials then proceeding therein. Sec. 2. That any person who shall take any record from the office of the Clerk of the Court, Judge of Probate, or Master in Equity, withiut the consent of the officer having control of ;he same, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, ?nd liable to the same penalty as provided in Section 1. Approved February 9,18S2. 8>&t IJflrlsviHr (JNipw. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Single copy for one year, ?2 50 For six months, 125 For tbr6e months, 75 rwo copies one year, 4 00 ren copies one year, 20 00 And an extra copy for a club of ten. ADVERTISING RATES. CfNE DOLLAR per square, for the tirst inser;ion, and FIFTY CENTS per square, for each lubsequent insertion. A square consists of the ipace occupied by seven lines of this size ty]>e. Contracts will be made at reduced rai?s "or advertising space to De useu u?r mreo, si*, >r twelve months. THE HARTFORD Sewing ]>T?cliine. JUST PERFECTED. The Largest under Arm. The Lightest and Quietest. THE MOST LAVISHLY DECORATED. The Least Vibration of any. A Galaxy of New Patents. Ball-Bearing Balance Wheel. Knife edge Treadle-bearing. Newest and most Elegant Designs in Stands nd Woodwork. Positive take up. Perfect Stitch. The well-known and popular "FAMILY FAVORITE." 3 also manufactured by us. For finely illustrated descriptions apply to 7. C. LATIMER, Yorkville, S. 0. 7. G. REID & CO., Rock Hill, S. C. fEED SEWING MACHINE COMPANY, I HARTFORD, CONN. April G 14 tf GIRON ROOF S' 425x''W and Shutters. t] jron Ore Paint id Cement. 79 and 81 Columbus Street, OLEVEIjATffD, OHIO. | Seud for circulars and price lists. February 20 9 ly i tbb mil liiiNiii THE MOST J? A X THE MOST DUE 1ST0"W II SEND FOR PRICE LIST TO T. S. JEFFERYS, Agrciit, Yorkvllle, S. C. March 10 1 AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS AND | LABOR-SAVING MACHINERY. ! a CALL AT THE OFFICE OF LOWRY & WALKER, IN the rear end of the "Rrattou" Building, op- | poaite the Court House, Yorkville, S. C.. and i examines lineol'the Latest Improved Machinery and Farming Implements, consisting of Kemp's Manure Spreader. Emerson, Talbot it Co.'s Walking Cultivator. Emerson, Talbot A Co.'s Single Reaper. Farmer's Favorite Grain Drill. Victor's One-Horse Grain Drill. Buckeye Mower. ( Coates' Lock-Lever Hay aud Grain Rake. , Cardwell's Thresher. Globe Cotton Planter. Thomas' Smoothing and Cultivating Harrow. Monroe's Improved Rotary Harrow. "Acme Harrow." Baldwin's Feed Cutter. Wood's Corn Sheller. A general line of Avery's Farming and Cultivating Plows. ALSO AGENTS FOR BookwalterSteam Engine. Watertown Steam Engine. Talbot's Improved Steam Engine. Shingle, Planing, Heading and Stave Machinery. Flour, Corn, Sugar Cane and Cotton Seed Mills. Saw Mills, complete. Winship Cotton Gin. Champion Force Pump. Iron Fencing. ? Hyndman's Iron Rooting. Little Giant Cotton Press, Ac., Ac. We cordially invite the Farmers of York county to call and examine our line of Machinery and Implements for facilitating farm labor. We will take a pleasure in showing our goods, whether you wish to buy or not, and will make it to your interest to give us your orders. LOWRY A WALKER. March 16 II Sin THE OLD RELIABLE! ONE OF THE BEST NEWSPAPERS IN THE SOUTH. . * * *! NO SENSATIONALISM, NO IMMORALITY. - ^.TTGrXTST^L. HUE IB HSTIIIflM 1812.: SUBSCRIBE FOR IT! j THE Chronicle and Constitutionalist is the , oldest newspaper in the South, and perhaps the oldest in the United States, having been established in 198ft. While thoroughly Democratic in principle, it is liberal, progressive and tolerant. : The CHRONICLE contains the latest news from J all parts of the world, and is recognized as a firstclass paper. As an advertising medium, it covers the country in Georgia and South Carolina tributary to Augusta. We endeavor to exclude sensationalism. We publish no articles of an immoral character. , TERMS: Daily, one year 810 09 Tri-Weekly, one year, ft 00 Weekly, one year, 2 00 Address WALSH <ft WRIGHT, Augusta, Ga. January 26 4 tf ' ATTENTION!" BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS. ' 1 - i B. M. SPRATT & CO. ' KEEP on hand a large lot of DOORS, SASH AND BLINDS, , LUMBER, LIME AND LATHS, \ Dressed, Tongued and Grooved 1 FLOORING AND CEILING. \ MOLDINGS, > PINE AND CYPRESS SHINGLES, &C. LUMBER YARD at C. A L. N. G. Depot. DOOR, SASH AND BLIND WAREHOUSE, next door to Court House. p&r Prompt and careful attention given to shipping. Complete Bills for Dwellings or Store Rooms furnished at short notice. For prices Ac., address B. M. SPRATT A CO., Chester, S. C. t February 2 5 3in ' TURBINE WATER WHEEL, j WE have one 18-inch RIGHT IIAXD TUIt- I BINE WHEEL, as a sample of Farrar's I Invention. We are working a 334-inch Wheel I of the same kind, and there is no better Water I Wheel made for the same money. Those who I contemplate using a Turbine Wheel can do no I better than to got one of these Wheels. We have I Circulars giving all the details iu regard to the I working of it, and with the sale you have the I privilege of trying the Wheel, and if it does not A ao as represented, the money will be refunded. I Come and see the sample 18-inch R. H. Turbine A. Wheel, Manufactured by theSERGKANTMANUFACTURING COMPANY, Greensboro, N. C. s HERNDON BROS., Agents, Yorkville, S. C. February 1Q 47 tf "DENTAL SURGERY^ r Dr. J. B. PATRICK, of Charleston, ti vMJr t Vt" oTTT>ni?/w 1>1?XTTTWT. I a IS now in Yorkville, where lie will remain for D TWO WEEKS, and during lii? stay will be 1> pleased to wait upon nil who may require the services of a DENTIST. Being amply prepared with the best instruments and all the improved appliances, he feels warranted in assuring perfect ~ satisfaction. Ladies waited on nt their residence. pi Rooms at the Rawlinson House. March 9 113 ly u; _____ __ p, Five shares of Chester and le- d NOIR RAILROAD STOCK. Applv at the tl ENQUIRER OFFICE. V July 28 30 tf bl irjTSTMBNCIFE. ICONOMICAL D [ABLE ENGINE ^ USE.. . f THE MANUFACTURERS, TOZER & DIAL, Colombia, S. C. v 1 Gm JOB PRINTING" OWING to our superior facilities with the best machine presses, an abundance of type and first-class appointments throughout our office, we are prepared to execute ALL MANNER OE TOB PRINTING in superior style, and at prices that will compare with New York or Philadelphia charges f6r the same quality of work ahd materials. We hove recently made a reduction in prices for the following classes of work, to which we invite the attention of business men: HI T..L HEADS. For 500 For iooo Half-sheet Bill Heads $3.50 $0.00 Fourth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.25 3.50 Sixth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.00 3.00 Monthly statements at same price of sixth-sheet bill heads. We will fill an order for bill heads, giving any desired number of either size of sheet at proportionate prices. LETTER HEADS. For 500 For 1000 Commercial Note, $2.15 $3.25 Packet Note, - 2.25 3.50 Letter (largesize) .. 3.00 5.0C For the above work we use a superior quality of paper, and guarantee entire satisfaction In every instance. Wo also give special attention to the printinaof Briefs, Arguments and Points and Authorities, which we furnish strictly according to the requirements of the Justices of the Supreme Court, and in proof reading exercise the utmost care to ensnre accuracy. We are prepared to furnish all other kinds of printing, from a visiting card to a large volume, and will be pleased to furnish estimates for any style of work desired. Address. L. M. GRIST. Yorkville. 8. C. C.& i. nasrow gauge eaileoadT SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains, from Chester, S. C., to Lincolnton, N. C., taking effect at 3.15 o'clock, P. M., December 19, 1881: GOING NORTH. Leave Chester 3.15 P. M. Leave Lowrysville 3.45 P. M. ^ Leave McConnellsville 4.05 P. M. Leave Guthriesville 4.15 P. M. Arrive at Yorkville ...4.40 P. M. Leave Yorkville 4.50 P. M. Leave Clover 5.30 P. M. Leave Bowling Green 5.40 P. M. Leave Crowder's Creek 6.50 P. M. Leave Pleasant Ridge 6.00 P. M. Leave Gaston ia 6.30 P. M. Leave Dallas 6.50 P. M. Leave Hardin's 7.15 P. M. Arrive at Lincolnton 7.45 P. M. GOING SOUTH. Leave Lincolnton, 7.00 A. M. Leave Hardin's 7.25 A. M. Leave Dallas, 7.50 A. M. Arrivo at Gaston ia* 8.10 A. M. Leave Gastonia 8 30 A. M. Leave Pleasant Ridge 8:60 A. M. Leave Crowder's Creek 9.00 A. M. A Leave Bowling Green 9.10 A. M. Leave Clover 9.25 A. M. Arrive at Yorkville 10.00 A. M. Leavo Yorkville 10.10 A. M. Leave Guthriesville 10.35 A. M. Leave McCounellsville 10.50 A. M. Leave Lowrysville -11.10 A. M. 4 n iA A W arrive ai uuester ?*. Breakfast. JAMES MASON, Superintendent. December 22 51 tf RICHMOND AND DANVILLE RAILROAD PASSENGER DEPARTMENT. ON and after February 26th, 1882, Passenger Train Service on the Atlanta and Charlotte \ir-Line division of this road will be as follows: EASTWARD, Mail and Express. Mail. No. 51. No. 58. Leave Atlanta, 2.15 P. M. 5.00 A. M. Arrive at Gainesville, 4.54 P. M. 7.55 A. M. Arrive at Lula, 5.26 P. M. 8.30 A. M. Arrive at Rabun Gap June 6.22 P. M. 9.13 A. M. Arrive at Toccoa, 7.06 P. M. 10.06 A. M. Arrive at Seneca, 8.24 P. M. 11.20 A, M. Arrive at Greenville, 10.08 P. M. 1.25 P. M. Arrive at Spartanburg,...11.40 P. M. 2.58 P. M, Arrive at Gantonia, 2.06 A. M. 5.10 P. M. Arrive at Charlotte, 3.15 A. M. 6.00 P. M. WESTWARD, Mail and Express. Mall. No. 50. No. 52. Leave Charlotte 12.40 A. M. 11.05 A. M, Arrive at Gastonia 1.35 A. M. 12.02 P. M. Arrive at Spartanburg 4.04 A. M. 2.85 P. M. a Arrive at Greenville, 5.32 A. M. 4.09 P. M. Arrive at Seneca, 7.15 A. M. 5.54 P. M. Arrive at Toccoa 8.28 A. M. 7.05 P. M. \ Arrive at Rabun Gap Junc.9.32 A. M. 8( 0 P. M. \ Arrive at Lula, 10.18 A. M. 8.43 P. M. Arrive at Gainesville, 10.51 A. M. 9.15 P. M. Arrive at Atlanta 1.40 P. M. 12.05 A. M. T. M. R. TALCOTT, General Manager. I. Y. SAGE, Superintendent. A. POPE, General Passenger Agent. March 9 8 tf j CHERAW AND CHESTER RAILROAD. PRESIDENT AND SUP'TS OFFICE,) Chester, S. C., Nov. 28,1SS1. J f|N and after November 28,1881, the following l_| schedule will be run oil this road daily, Sunlays excepted: jeave Lancaster Depot 8.00 A. M. ieave Miller's Station 8.10 A. M. ieave Waxhaw Station 8.20 A. M. ieave River Depot 9.00 A. M. ieave Fort Lawn 9.15 A. M. .ieave Cedar Shoal Factory 9.25 A. M. " a AK. A \f jeave nuwzo h p.-x? . jeave Riehburg 10.00 A. M. jeave McDanieTs Crossing - 10.10 A. M. jeave Knox's Station 10.20 A. M. irriveat Chaster 11.00 A. M. iOave Chester 3 50 P. M. irrive at Lancaster Depot ..6.50 P. M. Passengers will buy tickets at all stations where r old. WM. H. HARDIN, President. January 10 3 . tf HOUSE AND LOT FOE SALE. rHE undersigned offers for sale, the Lot in Yorkville, known as the ,4Meok Place." It t situated near the Methodist Church, and condns TWO ACRES, more or less. On the lot is two-story Dwelling House, containing SIX i A ROE ROOMS AND A BASEMENT, a turner house, corn-crib and stable. Terms will be made easy. L. M. GRIST. March 10 4 10 tf CLEANSING AND REPAIRING. rHE undersigned would respectfully inform the public that he is prepared to cleanse garlents of any fabric whatever, rendering them Brfectly clean, and if unfaded, restoring tliem to v le original brightness and lustre of the goods, o not throw away your old clothes, but have lem cleaned and made to look as well as new. fork promptly done, and at the most reasonsle prices. THOMAS BALLARD.