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tumorous department. IIkp. Destination*.?"Say mister, are we on this side of the bridge or the other ?" asked a placid old hidy of a gentleman 011 a Court street car, Brooklyn, recently. "We are on this side," responded the gentleman, gravely. "Laws me ! Then we ain't anywhere near Greenwood cemetery yet ?" "Yes madam, we are within a few squares of it," "Sakes a massy ! I thought Greenwood was on the other side of the bridge !" "No madam, it is on this side." "Well that pesky conductor told me it was on tiie other side, when we started." "It was, madam, on the other side then, but we have crossed the bridge." "Then we are on the other side ?" "No madam, we are still on this side of the bridge. We've passed it." "And is Greenwood 011 the other side ? she asked, starting up in some alarm." "No, it is on this side." "Don't try to fool me with your nonsense!" exclaimed tne oia lauy, inuignanuy. mimi i try to make me think that Greenwood is on this side of the bridge when I know better, and don't try to make me believe I'm on this side of the bridge when I'm on the other 1 Don't ye do it ! You want to be careful how you amuse yourself with me, or I'll tit ye out with a new set of ribs!" and the old lady shook her umbrella in warning as to the source of the additional physiological development. "The idea," she continued, turning to the other passengers, "of trying to muddle an old woman that might be his mother ! I'll bridge ye both sides, in a minute. Conductor, just as I get on this side of the bridge you let me out, or this will be your tomb stone trip to Greenwood ?" And the dame straightened Isack and glared defiance, while her well meaning informant concluded that it wasn't too warm for him to walk to his destination. General Hardee and his Stragglers. We recently heard a camp anec dote, which, we think, is worthy of being preserved in print. While on a forced march in some of the army movements in Mississippi, General Hardee came up with a straggler who had fallen some distance in the rear of his command. The General ordered him forward, when the soldier replied that he was weak and broken down, not having had even half rations for several days. "That's hard," replied the General, "but you must push forward, my good fellow, and join your command, or the Provost Guard will take you in hand." The soldier halted, and looking up at the n 1 . ITeiieiiM, ttSIVCU . "Are you General Hardee ?" "Yes," replied the General. "Didn't you write 'Hardee's Tactics ?'" "Yes." "Well, General, I have studied them tactics, and know 'em by heart. You've got an order there to double column at half distance, ain't you ?" "Well," asked the General, "what has that got to do with your case ?" "I'm a good soldier, General, and obey all that is possible to be obeyed ; but if your orders can show me an order in your tactics, to double distance on half rations, then I'll give in." The General, with a hearty laugh, admitted that there were no tactics to meet the case, and putting spurs to his horse rode forward. A Happy Thought?An intimate friend of the late Rev. J. B. Wakely tells an amusing anecdote of him, as follows : The doctor was a most inimitable delineator, and fond of a good story. He related to me, with great glee, how he extricated himself once from a most awkward dilemma. Preaching in a Hudson River town on a warm summer afternoon to a congregation of farmers mainly, from the text, "If any man draw o/miI ha nloociipd in liim hn HUICV, 111Y OUill liaiil II*./ j/ICOOUIV III UltUj HV inadvertently observed, "My brethren, sheep never fight." Those who were awake looked up at him, and showed by their interest that the minister had never seen two old rams trying to butt each other's brains out. The doctor discovered his mistake as soon as they did, hut not seeing his way out of it, he related the statement with greater emphasis. Those of his audience who were awake nudged their sleeping brethren, who, on opening their eyes, looked about to see what had hapi>ened. This greatly embarrassed the doctor, and he was now sadly puzzled. He ventured, with still greater emphasis, to repeat the statement, "My brethren, sheep never tight," when luckily he saw his way out, and doubling his fist, struck it into the palm of the other hand, adding, with genuine unction, "except they first draw lxick.?Harper's Magazine. Tjie Old Veteran.?"Judge don't be hard on an old vet," pleaded a "drunk" who was arraigned at the Central Station Court, Monday morning. "Were you in the war ?" "I was, your Honor." "What regiment ?" "No regiment. I sloshed around bv mvself." "What army were you attached to ?" "None of 'em." "Were you in any battles ?" "Heaps of 'em, Your Honor." "Give me the name of any one battle." "Bunker Hill!" was the prompt reply. "Bunker Hill !" Why that battle was fought over a hundred years ago ?" exclaimed the court. "Of course she was, your Honor?of course she was. .Do you think l a be mean enough to ask you to go light on me for having sloshed around in any of these riots of the last fifty years ?" A Humorous Incident ok the Flood.? A certain boat coming up the Mississippi the other day lost her way, and bumped up against a frame house. She hadn't more than touched it before an old darkey rammed his head up through a hole in the roof where the chimney once came out and yelled at the captain on the roof. "War de hell is ye gwine wid dat boat? Can't you see noflin' ? Fust thing yer knows yer gwine to turn de house ober, spill de old woman an' de chil'en out in de flood an' drown 'em. What yer doin' out in de country wid yer damn boat, anyhow ? Go on back yander froo de co'n field an' git back into de ribber whar yer b'longs. Ain't got no business sev'n iniles out in de country foolin' roun' people's houses, nohow !" and she backed out.?Memphis Appeal. igF A good country parson preached a series of sermons on practical morality, and very interesting and instructive they were. A lad in the village who had heard only one of them was coming out of an orchard one day, his ]>ockets bulging out with stolen fruit. He met the parson, who noticed his efforts to conceal the evidences of his guilt. "Have you been stealing apples ?" asked the minister. "Yes," answered the boy sheepishly. "And vouare trying to hide them from me ?" con uv\_? _ ,, fi.n l-iii urru uir iiiau. j. ro, :m ^ oaiu tuc j culprit, brightening up, "You said last Sunday That we must avoid the appearance of evil." Childish Repartee.? Said a Sunday school teacher, "remember, dear children, that God is everywhere." The words had hardly escaped his lips, when a rougish looking little fellow rose up and said to the pastor : "Please sir, did you say that God was everywhere ?" "Yes, njy son ; everywhere." "Is he in my pocket ?" "Yes, he is in your pocket." "Well, I guess I've got you there," was the triumphant retort ; "cause I hain't got any pocket." An* Unprofitable Witness.?In the old days of body servants the subordinate was put on the stand as a witness. "Did you ever see your master the worse for liquor ?" was the sharp question of the attorney. "No, sir," was the quick reply, "but I've many a time seen him the better for it." "Well, sir, have you ever seen him intoxicated ?" was the next question. "No, sir," said the servant, with emphasis, "never in my life, because long before he reaches that state I am myself in no condition to see anything." Preventing a Panic.?The stage of a Western theatre took fire the other evening, but a panic and a rush for the door was averted by the manager, who, with great presence of mind, slipped to the front and said : "Ladies and gentlemen, we have prepared a little surprise for you. An immense kettle of whisky punch is now being heated, and in a few minutes waiters will pass through the audience and distribute it." After that the audience had to be pulled out one bv one.?Phil(ul pi phut Npv's. grading for the $afrhath. | CONDUCTED BT REV. ROBERT LATHAN. | Original.] NATURE OF GOD. It is taken for granted that there is a God. Only fools deny this. The light of nature teaches this fact, and he who questions it, doubts the testimony of his own senses, and presents an awful spectacle of moral dilapidation. The light of nature, however, gives us no certain knowledge of the nature of God. *K?a IrnAwlo^flfl xirci oi'fi wlmllv r1pnPDf]pTlt. 1." Ui una IVllV/ n ??Vv rnv Iinvi?j V*V|'V..?V?. upon the revelation which God has given of himself in his word. The works of creation and providence teach us important lessons, but they are insufficient to give lis, in our fallen state, a clear and distinct knowledge of the maker and governor of all things. No subject is so worthy of our careful study as the Nature of God. The notions which we entertain concerning the nature of the Supreme Being determines the character of our religion. In this matter, a wrong beginning is sure to be followed by nothing but wrongwrong articles of belief and wrong modes of worship, wrong hopes and wrong fears. How important, then, that we all endeavor to obtain a correct knowledge of the nature of God. "Let him that glorieth, glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord." Glorying in any other knowledge will profit us but little. We may glory in our knowledge of the natural sciences, but what will it avail us after a few transient years ? Nothing. We must, like our fathers, die, and all our merely earthly attainments must perish wifli ne hut. niir krinwledrrfi of the nature of God determines, to a great extent, our destiny for an endless eternity. From the Scriptures, our only authority on this subject, we learn, 1st. That in his nature God is a spirit. This is the definition which Jesus Christ gives of God. Matthew, 11: 27. If it be asked, "What is a spirit ?" We frankly reply that we do not know. We do not know what matter, with which we come in contact every moment, is, and how can we tell what spirit is since it is not discernible by our senses ? When we say that a spirit is an immaterial, personal and intelligent substance, we have said all that we know about the subject. Besides God, there are other spirits. Angels and souls of men are spirits. These, however, are created spirits, but God is a selfexistent and uncreated spirit ; consequently, the difference between God and these is as great as possible. They are finite, God is infinite ; they were created, God is self-existent: they are changeable, God is unchangeable. 2nd. Another thing which we learn from the Scriptures respecting God, is that he is infinite. To be infinite is more than to be ubiquitous or omnipresent. To be omnipresent or ubiquitous is to be in every place where there is anything else, but to be infinite means to be present throughout unlimited extension. The word immensity seems to give a proper idea of what is meant by infinite when applied to God. Solomon referred to the infinity of God, when he said, "The heaven of heavens cannot contain them." 1st Kings, 8:27. The Scriptures further teach us that God, in his infinity or immensity, is and always was present throughout space or unlimited exten sion, not in the sense that lie is now here and again there, or at this point at this moment, and at another point at another moment, but "that his fullness filleth all in all." James4:8. This is the feature of the Divine nature which as much, if not more than any other, distinguishes him from the Gods of Pagan nations. They were not Omniscient, neither were they ubiquitous, much less were they infinite or possessed of immensity. There were gods'of the heavens, gods of the earth, gods of the sea and gods of the infernal regions ; but even the morbid imagination of their worshipers, from which they received their existence, did not and could not impart to the gods of heathen nations, immensity. The God that reveals himself in the Bible is not only in every place at the same moment, but is where there is nothing but himself, lie is immense, without parts and indivisible. We further learn from the Scriptures, that in his nature, God is unchangeable. Immensity and unchangeableness seem to be inseparably connected. Whatever is immense or ]X)ssessed of immensity is unchangeable, and whatever is unchangeable must, from the very nature of things, be infinite. A finite being is changeable, and changeable because it is finite. God alone ie ths same to-day, yesterday and forever. He is the only being in the universe which is without "variableness or shadow of turning," he is "from all mutation free." His knowledge is unchangeable. Men and even angels learn by experience and observation, but God cannot learn anything new from either of these sources. Nothing exists at present, existed in the past or will exist in the future, which he did not always know. In his purposes God is unchangeable. "He is of one mind, and who can turn him." All finite beings that are capable of planning, change their plans, but the "counsel of the Lord standeth forever." A correct knowledge of the nature'of God, as it is revealed to us in his word, is eminently calculated to inspire us with profound reverence ; while unscriptural notions respecting the nature of God lie at the base of all false religion, and has a direct tendency to lead to Paganism. If every false religion is closely examined by the light of God's word, it will be found that its germ is mistaken notions respecting the nature of God. The God who is revealed in the Scriptures, is the God of the true Christian, but he is not the God that is worshiped and adored by all who profess Christianity. There is a trace of Paganism in us all. Aaron made a golden calf for the children of Israel. It was modeled after the gods of Egypt. God's chosen people "had mingled with the heathen and learned of them their way." Paganism is contagious. However revolting it may appear at first, its hideousness is soon converted, by our benighted minds, into a source of adoration. It is the l>ounden duty of us all, to sit down and prayerfully examine how much of our religion, both in theory and practice, we have learned from the Bible. If the investigation was made in a spirit of candor, no doubt, some of us would be astounded how little we believe and practice that is taught in the Bible, and how much we Vlieve and practice that is rml\r o clm/ln Viatfiir tliciii T^iirrim icm A minister who had lost his child asked another minister to come and preach for him. He came and told how he lived on one side of a river, and felt very little interest in the people on the other side until his daughter was married and went over there to live, and then every morning he went to the window and looked over that river and felt very much concerned about that town and all the people there. "Now," said he, "I think that as this child has crossed another river, heaven will be much dearer than ever it lias been before." Shall we not just let cur hearts and affections be set on the other side of the river V It is but a step ; it is but a veil ; we shall soon be in the other world. Christians are Christian just in the measure in which they are obedient. Faith is as obedient as it is confiding ; love is as dutiful as it is affectionate; humility is as submissive as it is lowly ; penitence is as much afraid of sinning as it mourns for sin; joy is as quick to do the will of God as it is enraptured and transporting ; and zeal is as warm and steadfast in opposing all that is wrong, as when it burns with its boldest and most active spirituality. It is a dry doctrine?a dead orthodoxy, no more resembling true piety than a marble statue does a living man?that does not express itself in obedience. JMs flf the ^egislatutf. J; OF ELECTIONS. s] . d QUALIFICATION AND REGISTRATION OF p ELECTORS. p. An Act to amend Title II, (entitled) "Of Elec- f(' tions" of Part I, (entitled) "Of the Internal Administration of the Government," of the General Statutes. PART I. 1 Section 1. Every male citizen of the Uni- P ted States, of the age of twenty-one years and ~ upwards, not laboring under the disabilities a named in the Constitution, without distinction of race or color or former condition, who shall have been a resident of the State for one year, and in the county in which lie offers to vote r' for sixty days next preceding any general election, shall be entitled to vote : Provided, That ^ no person, while kept in any alms-house or s asylum, or of unsound mind, or confined in 0 any public prison, or who shall have been convicted of treason, murder, robbery of the goods t' or chattels of another with or without vio- P lence, whether taken from the person or oth- 81 erwise, or of dueling, shall be allowed to vote. c Sec. 2. All electors of the State shall be 0 registered as hereinafter provided; and no t person shall be allowed to vote at any election t hereafter to lie held unless registered as herein c required. Sec. :J. On or before the first day of March f next, and on or before the same day in every 8 second year thereafter, the Governor shall ap- P point, by and with the advice and consent of h the Senate, if in session, and if not in session, F subject to the approval of the Senate at its * next session, and subject to removal by the s Governor, by and with the advice and consent F of the Senate, one competent and discreet person in each county who shall be a qualified vo- 0 ter thereof, and who shall hold his office at the 3 county seat, who shall be known as the Super- ' visor of Registration of such county, and whose 8 duty it shall be to supervise the registration of t such county as herein specified. The said Su- 1 pervisor of Registration shall keep a record of r all his official acts and proceedings. The term 8 of his office shall be for two years from the c date of his appointment ; he shall continue in r office until his successor shall be appointed and ^ shall oualifv. and he shall not be eligible to any 8 other office during the terra for which he is ap- 1 pointed. r The Governor shall have the authority to c appoint a Deputy Supervisor in case of the inability of the Supervisor to act; who when so ? appointed shall have all the powers and be 11 charged with the duties of the Supervisor, and ^ shall receive five dollars per diem when actual- I ly employed. The Governor shall also appoint two Assist- s ant Supervisors of Election who shall serve J without compensation, who shall sit with the , Supervisor of Election in the determination 8 of all cases of contested registration in which c the Supervisor shall refuse to register the ap- v plicant; the three Supervisors of Registration c shall sit for as many days, beginning on the second Tuesday in July, as may be necessary f to hear and determine all cases in which regis- I1 t rat ion may be refused any applicant in such f county. Sec. 4. The Secretary of State shall, by the ? 1st March, Anno Domini 1882, cause a suffi- r cient number of registration books and blanks to be prepared so that there shall be two of said books for each precinct in each county, 1 which books shall be ruled in columns, with proper headings, so as to indicate the name, 8 age, occupation, and place of residence of each ? elector, with a separate column on the right J side of the page for such entries as may be ^ necessary. Sec. 5. After the approval of this Act, the ? Supervisor of Registration, in the months of May and June next, shall make a full and * complete registration of all qualified voters, in the following manner : He shall give three f weeks' notice of the times and places of regis- h tration, by advertising in one or more county ' naners. or bv posting in a public place in each voting precinct, where no paper is published in the county. The time for registration shall not be less than one nor more than three days j at each registration precinct. Immediately f after closing the registration at the precincts, i he shall open his books at the county seat, to l correct errors in registration, and to register / such electors as failed to register at their respective precincts, and who shall then and I there present themselves for that purpose, en- t tering the names of such voters in his book for s their proper precincts. At the conclusion of s the registration hereinbefore provided for, the p Supervisor of Registration shall revise the 0 list ; and in case it be made to appear to his ? satisfaction that there is a qualified voter in a precinct who has failed to register, he may, upon such evidence as he may think necessary, ; in his discretion, permit the name of such voter to be placed on said list, and issue a certificate therefor. That for the purpose of registration, each township as now laid out and ' defined be and is hereby declared a registration v precinct, and in those counties in which there are 110 such townships, that the parish as formerly known and defined be and is hereby declared such precinct, and in the cities of Columbia and Charleston each ward shall be a 1 registration precinct. 11 Sec. 6. When the said registration shall t have been completed, the books shall be closed, s and not re-opened for registration, except for the purposes and as herein mentioned until after the next general election for State officers. After the said next general election the said f books shall be re-opened for registration of t such persons as shall thereafter become enti| tied to register 011 the first Monday in each ? month, to and until the first Monday of July, * inclusive, preceding the following general election, upon which last named day the same 1 shall be closed and not re-opened for registra- B tion, until after the said general election, and ever after the said book shall be opened for registration of such electors, 011 the days above mentioned, until the first day of July, preced, ing a general election, when the same shall be f, closed as aforesaid, until the said general elec- b tion shall have taken place. ? Sec. 7. Each elector in the State shall be required, at the time advertised for his precinct as hereinbefore provided, to appear before the Supervisor of Registration at the place advertised, and make oath before the I said Supervisor, which oath the said Supervi- S sor is hereby authorized and required to ad- if minister, that the facts then and there to be s stated by him as to his name, age, occupation, and place of residence, and duration of resi dence in the county and State are true, and thereupon the said Supervisor shall enter the name, age, occupation, and place of residence of the elector in the appropriate column in his registration book. He shall make and keep a list of the contested applications for registrations which he rejects, and report the same for hearing before the Assistant Supervisors as hereinbefore required. Sec. 8. The Supervisor of Registration shall determine as to the legal qualifications of any f applicant for registration bysummary process, . requiring oath, evidence, or both, if he deem P proper, subject to revision by the Assistant j Supervisors aud himself in all cases where he n lias refused to register an applicant. From s the decision of the Supervisors of Registration, r any applicant who is rejected shall have the f< right to a review thereof by the Circuit Court, * provided he give notice in writing to the Supervisor of his application for such review, and ^ the grounds thereof, within five days from the ^ date of his rejection, and commence his proceedings within ten days from the service of said notice. Sec. 1). Any person coming of age, and be- " coming qualified as an elector, may appear be- j1 fore the Supervisor of Registration, on any day n( 011 which the books are opened as aforesaid, ^ and take oath as to his age and qualifications as hereinbefore provided, and if the Supervisor find him qualified, he shall enter his name up- j _ on tlie. registration book of thenrecinct where- I ~ ill he resides ; such person shall have the right of appeal as aforesaid, in case the Supervisor [ shall not find him qualified : Provided, That j in case a person shall not be of age to qualify I him as an elector 011 the day of the closing of I the books of registration before any general . election, but shall be of such age as will quali- n fy him as such elector before the said general j election, and shall appear before the Supervi- ai sor of Registration, and take oath thereto, and I the SujKuwisor shall find him qualified, he shall 1 enter his name upon the registration book as j aforesaid. j Sec. 10. Each elector registered as afore-; _ said shall thereupon be furnished by the Super-I visor with a certificate, which shall contain a I -* statement of his age, occupation, and place of , f residence, as entered in the said registration j as book, and which certificate shall be signed by re the said Supervisor ; and no person shall be al-; P* lowed to vote at any other precinct than the one for which he is registered, nor unless he. _ produces and exhibits to the Managers of i Election such certificate : Provided, In case < there shall be no election precinct within any J jwnship or parish, the Supervisor shall desig- F ate in the certificate at which of the neigh- OF oring precincts the elector shall vote ; and if :iere be more than one precinct in any town- T lip or parish, the Supervisor shall likewise J_ esignate in the certificate at which of the said *lt recincts the elector shall vote. The certifiate of registration shall be of the following j )rm. Th "Registration Certificate No.?. Co. ( ? Township, Election Precinct ] 'he bearer, is a qualified voter in the above g J recinct and resides at ,in Township, ( ?and is years of age and entitled to vote Mi t said precinct. ] Registered 011 the?day of A. D., 18?. < Supervisor of Registration." j Sec. 11. That every elector shall have a tll( Fght to a renewal of his certificate without ] ie or charge, when the same becomes defaced ne y time or accident, ui>on his surrendering ] ueli certificate, so defaced, to the Supervisor 18| f Registration. ? 1 Sec. 12. In case of the removal of an elecor from one residence to another in the same QfJ recinct, such elector shall notify the Supervi- j or of Registration, and shall surrender his an ertificate of registvaton to the said Supervisor f Registration, who shall enter the fact upon ('a he registration book, and shall give such elec- bej or a new certificate in accordance with such tjj hange of residence. eri Sec. 13. In case of the removal of an elector as rem one precinct to another precinct in the an ame county, such elector shall notify the Su- fl)l ervisor of Registration and shall surrender j lis certificate of registration to the said Su- ve lervisor of Registration, who shall enter the pr act upon the proper registration book, and m hall give such elector a new certificate for the irecinct into which he has removed. ?P Sec. 14. In case of the removal of an elect>r from one county to .-another; such elector ( hall notify the Supervisor of Registration of he county wherein he is registered, and shall ? urrender his certificate of registration ; and lie said Supervisor of Registration shall there- T ipon enter the fact of such removal upon the -l egistration book as aforesaid, and shall give uch elector a certificate of transfer to the p( ounty to which such elector shall have re- pf noved, upon the presentation of which the F< Supervisor of Registration for such county F< hall cause such elector to be registered in the M irecinct of such county to which he shall have A emoved, and shall furnish such elector with a be :ertiticate as hereinbefore provided. in Sec. 15. No elector removing from one resi- pa lence, precinct, parish, ward, or county, to ?U mother shall be allowed to register or vote 'J1 vithout a transfer of registration as above irovided. i oku. iu. me supervisor ui xvcgiatiouitjii ml hall, immediately preceding each election, re- Y rise the registration of electors and mark off Fi lie names of such electors as have died and uch as have removed from one residence, pre- ^ :inct, parish, ward, or county, to another, CJ vithout notifying him and obtaining a certifi- b, :ate of transfer as hereinbefore provided. CI Sec. 17. At each and every election the Su- B1 ervisor of Registration shall furnish the manigers of election with one of the registration M >ooks for each precinct, for the care and cus- H ody of which the managers receiving the same hall be responsible, and which they shall re- y urn to the Supervisor of Registration within hree days after the close of election ; and no Bi lector shall be allowed to vote whose name is tot registered as hereinliefure provided. Y Sec. 18. The Supervisor of Registration hall receive from the State Treasury for their ompensation in the county of Charleston one housand dollars, and in each other county in ? his State five hundred dollars. The compenation for Supervisors inevery subsequent year iter the present shall be fixed by the General Assembly from time to time as maybe deemed roper. Approved February 9,1882. Ihe f fltferiUr (Sbqitiwi. 1 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: linglecopy for one year,....' $2 50 '"or six months, 1 25 i'or three months, 75 'wo copies one year, 4 00 ?en copies one year, 20 00 Lnd an extra copy for a club of ten. ADVERTISING RATES. J ONE DOLLAR per square, for the first inserion, and FIFTY CENTS per square, for each ubsequent insertion. A square consists 01 tne pace occupied by seven lines of this size type. Contracts will be made at reduced rates ] ar advertising space to be used for three, six. >r twelve months. J. J. SMITH & CO. ? ? ne CLOSING- OUT. i P> 117"E are determined to close out our entire f T stock of Dry Goods, and in order to do so re have reduced our prices on ALL LINES OF GOODS. Iress Goods worth 371 cents, reduced to 25 cents; be styles usually sold at 331 cents, reduced to 20 ents, and those usually sold at 25 cents, reduced 0 163 cents. Our Goods are fresh and of desirable tyles, and at the prices we now offer them, THERE IS A BARGAIN IN THEM. )on't fail to examine for yourselves before y<pu -? iuy. Our stock of I 5ASSIMERES AND GOTTONADES ? s full and complete. We also offer great Barains in these lines. READY-MADE CLOTH NG. ? foi Great reductions in the prices, and Bargains ofared in Gents' Ready-Made Clothing. Some co eautiful fancy Cassitnere Suits, reduced from 16.00 to $12.50. IF YOU WAST BARGAINS Al n Ladies', Misses' and Children's SHOES, Gents' HOES and HATS, comeatonce before our stock 1 exhausted. Those who come with the money G hall have the benefit of our low prices. kJ J. J. SMITH <fe CO. Bf YORKVILLE OMNIBUS. ?' is rHE undersigned would remind the public that his LIVERY STABLES, on his lot, ear the Court House, are in operation, and that he i amply prepared with HORSES, CARRIAGES, lUGGtESand WAGONS, to attend toall calls that lay be made upon him by the traveling public, pecial attention given to conveying TRAVELNG SALESMEN to any point "desired, in comirtable vehicles, and with careful drivers, [orses and vehicles to hire at reasonable prices. HIS NEW OMNIBUS lakes regular trips to and from the trains, and 'ill convey passengers to any part of the town. FEED STABLES. In connection with the Livery business, I am Iso prepared to furnish feed and stabling for orses, by the meal, day, week or month. My >ng experience in the Livery Business warrants le in ensuring satisfaction to all who may favor le with their patronage. A few second-hand Buggies for sale at a harain. F.E.SMITH. February 2 14 ly GARRY IRON ROOF^^^a " jftffl!",> Iron Ore Paint id Cement. ^j| 79 and 81 Columbus Street, djEVELAKri), OHIO. | Send for circulars and price lists. February 26 9 ly lime. THRESH ROACHED LIME forsale at my Kiln, j ; 1J miles East of Black's Station, S. C., known i the "Greene Kiln." Orders for Lime in Bar- I il9 will liavo prompt atteution. Price 23 cents >r bushel at kiln, Black's Station, S. C. J. W. RHYNE. April 6 14 iy tart i GALLONS of TAR for sale*at the New .uu Store, by JOHN R. ASHE. > tEGISTRATIOJT OF VOTERS. 'FICE SUPERVISOR OF REGISTRATION, Yorkvillk, S. C., April, 13, 1882. N obedience to the requirements of the Act of T l the last Legislature of South Carolina, I will end at the following precincts at the time stated low, for the purpose of registering the qualified ctors of sucn precinct: flock Hill, Tuesday 2nd, Wednesday 3rd and iursday 4th of May. 3oates' Tavern, Friday, the 5tb of May. VIcElwee's Mill, Saturday, the (ith of Slay. Fort Mill, Monday, the 8th, and Tuesday, the i of May. Ulay Hill, (Duff's Mill) Wednesday, the 10th of ?yBethel Church, Thursday, the 11th of May. plover, Friday, the 12th of May. Bethany Church, Saturday, the 13th of May. | Clark's Fork, (John McGill's Store) Monday, \ 3 15th of May. I T1 Black's Station, Tuesday, the lGth, aud Wed- I JL sday, the 17th of May. { exf Buffalo, (Moore's Cross Roads) Thursday, the T ;h of May. Hickory Grove, Friday, the 19th, and Saturday, a 20th of May. Blairsville, (Rainey's Mill), Monday, the 22nd May. Bullock's Creek Church, Tuesday, the 23rd, d Wednesday, the 24thof May. McConnellsville. Thursdav. the 25th. and Fri- I v the 28th of May. ^ From Saturday, the 27th of May, the books will ^ kept open at my office, in York ville, S. C., un- J the first Monday in July, inclusive, to correct rors ih registration, and to register such Electors * failed to registe. at their respective precincts, ] (1 who shall then and there present themselves * r that purpose. val In townships where there is no precinct, voters j ill have the privilege of selecting the most con- ? niont precinct ad joining. Where there are two j ^ ecincts in the same township, voters can also ^ ake their selection. ' c At the different precincts, the books will be I ^ iened at 9 o'clock A. M.. and closed at 4 P. M. , No fee for registration is required by the Act. i <, W. H. MoCORKLE, ^ Supervisor of Registration for York Co., S.O. ! , April 13 15 tf | j TAX NOTICE?1881. N conformity to law, I hereby give notice of > , the rate per centum levied on the taxable . operty of York county, for thisfiscal year com- jj\ encingNovember 1st, 1881, viz.: t v >r State purposes 4J mills on the $1. )i* Educational purposes 2 mills on the 81. j t >r ordinary County purposes, 3 mills on the 81. )r Special Railroad purposes 2 2-5 mills on the$l. aking in the aggregate 12 3-20 mills. 1 Iso, one dollar on each taxable poll. ! By Act of Assembly Taxes for the fiscal year | come due in two equal installments. The first May and the second in the Fall. Failure to' y the first installment when due, incurs a pen- j ty of 5 per cent, on it. Taxpayers can paj' both i J stallments if they wish to do so, in May. My I joks will bo opened at ick Hill, on Tuesday 2nd, Wednesday 3rd, and i Thursday 4th day of May. assey's Store, on Friday. 5th day of May. 1 orkville, on Saturday, 8th day of May. >rt Mill, on Monday 8th, and Tuesday 9th day of May. ay Hill, on Wednesday, 10th day of May. J Jthel, on Thursday, 11th day of May. over, on Friday, 12th day of May. jtliany, on Saturday, 13th day of May. ark's Fork, on Monday, loth'day of May. lack's Station. on Tuesday 18th, and Wednesday 17th day of May. oore's Cross Roads, on Thursday, 18th day of May. ickory Grove, on Friday 19th, and Saturday 2ftlh day of May orkviiie, on Monday r^nn, ana Tuesday z;iru dajr of May. ullock's Creek Church, on Wednesday, 24th d8y of May. cConnellsville, on Thursday, 25lh day of May. orkviiie from Friday 2P>th, until Wednesday st inclusive. H. A. D. NEELY, Countv Treasurer. April 0 15 " tf ATTENTION! BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS. i 1 5. M. SPRATT &.CO. KEEP on hand a large lot of DOORS, SASH AND BLINDS, LUMBER, LIME ANB LATHS, Dresaed, Tongued and Grooved ?in LOOKING AND CEILING. MOLDINGS, PINE AND CYPRESS SHINGLES, &C. J ? LUMBER YARD at C. A L. X. G. Depot. Is DOOR, SASH AND BLIND WAREHOUSE, ixt door to Court House. W Prompt and careful attention given toshipng. Complete Bills for Dwellings or Store W ooms furnished at short notice. For prices <fec., address B. M. SPRATT & CO., W Chester, S. C. February 9 5 3m RIGHT ALONG THIS WAY ! I J. D. GWIN, At the POST OFFICE, CLOVER, S. C., S receiving a small lot of GROCERIES, CONFECTIONERIES and STATIONERY, which i offers for sale very cheap for cash. Mind, >w, it is CASH and CASH ONLY ; notto-morw, or next week, or 30 days, but m CASH DOWN. ease remember tbat; for it is the most impor- nn at argument in this discourse. I am not able to LH > a time business; therefore, must sell strictly UI1 r cash. Now, neighbors, friends, kindred and cousins, I me right along this way. Call at THE POST OFFICE. J id I will serve you right. J. D. GWTN. March 2 9 tf ^ NO LADY IHOULD be without DEMOREST'S MAGA- ? ) I ZINE. It is the cheapest and best Ladies' try >ok published in thelJnitod States. It is recog- a'u zed as one of the best fashion guides, and is \ im full of interesting reading matter, onalmost pul ery subject that is of interest to theladies. Now the time to subscribe. Price only $2.00 a year, fl'lien you want any Magazine or :per pub- La bed in the Unitpd States or Canada, I will or- Tri r it foryou at publisher's price. W( SAM M. GRIST. | January 20 4 tf HI TOZER AGRICULW riTK MOST JE< AND THE MOST NOW IN SEND FOR PRICE LIST TO 1 r. S. JEFFKRYS, Aprent, Yorkrllle, S. (!. larch lfi 11 AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS AND iBOR-SAVINC MACHINERY. CALL AT THE OFFICE OF LOWRY & WALKER, ST the rear end of the "Bratton" Building, opposite the Court House. Yorkville, S. C.. and iminea line of the Latest Improved Maehinennd Farming Implements, eonsisting of temp's Manure Spreader. Smerson, Talbot A Co.'s Walking Cultivator, imerson, Talbot A Co.'s Single Reaper, ''armor's Favorite Grain Drill. Victor's One-Horse Gram Drill, iuckeye Mower. dates' Lock-Lever Hay and Grain Rake, lardwell's Thresher. Jlobe Cotton Planter. Nomas' Smoothingand Cultivating Harrow, rtonroe's Improved Rotary Harrow. 'Acme Harrow." Baldwin's Feed Cutter. IVood's Corn Sheller. I general line of Avery's Farming and Cnlti;ing Plows. ALSO AGENTS FOR hiokwalter Steam Engine. Vatertown Steam Engine. Talbot's Improved Steam Engine. Ihingle, Planing, Heading and Stave Mainery. Hour, Corn, Sugar Caneand Cotton Seed Mills. law Mills, complete. tVinship Cotton Gin. Thampion Force Pump. [ron Fencing. Elyndmsn's Iron Roofing. Little Gjant Cotton Press, Ac., Ac. iVe cordially invite the Farmers Of York counto call and examine our line of Machinery and iplements for facilitating farm labor. We will :e a pleasure in showing our goods, whether u wish to buy or not, and will make it to your erest to give us your orders. roiirnv ?, w4T.trvn XJU IT U1 UC IT nui%AJ4*? ifarch 16 -- 11 3rn THE HARTFORD Sewing1 Machine. UST PERFECTED. The Largest under Arm. The Lightest and Quietest. 'HE MOST LAVISHLY DECORATED. The Least Vibration of any. A Galaxy of New Patents. Bail-Bearing Balance Wheel. Knife edge Treadle-bearing. Newest and most Elegant Designs in Stands d Woodwork. Positive take up. Perfect Stitch. The well-known and popular 'FAMILY FAVORITE." also manufactured by us. For finely illustrated descriptions apply to . C. LATIMER Yorkville, S. C. . G. REID & CO., Rock Hill, S. C. EED SEWING MACHINE COMPANY, HARTFORD, CONN. April 0 14 tf THE OLD RELIABLE! ? ? ONE OF THE BEST NEWSPAPERS IKT TEEE SOUTH. ) SENSATIONALISM, NO IMMORALITY. - ? AUGUSTA IlJItt! lElBiSIillffllillSIIllf SUBSCRIBE FOR IT! *HE Chronicle and Constitutionalist is the oldest newspaper in the South, and perhaps i oldest in the United States, having been esilished in 1985. While thoroughly Democratic principle, it is liberal, progressive and tolerant, e CHRONICLE contains the latest news from parts of the world, and is recognized as a firstss paper. is an advertising medium, it covers the connin Georgia and South Carolina tributary to gusta. Ve endeavor to exclude sensationalism. We blish no articles of an immoral character. TERMS: il.v, one year 810 00 -Weekly, one year, 5 00 ;ekly, one year, 2 00 Address WALSH & WRIGHT, Augusta, Ga. RAL STRAM BNCiNE. 30N0MI0XL , T^T T1VTT71 LDLL JtLIN IxlIYTL, TJSE. ! FHE MANUFACTURERS, j TOZER & DIAL, Colnmbia, S. C. Om 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 OP' I JOB PRINTING in superior style, and at price* i that will compare with New York or Philadelphia t charges for the same quality of work and mate rials. We have recently made a reduction in prices for the following classes of work, to which ? we invite the attention of business men: BILL HEADS. For 500 For 1000 Half-sheet Bill Heads, $3.f>0 |6.C0 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. LKTTllR HEADS. For 500 For 1000 Commercial Note, $2.15 $3.25 Packet Note, 2.25 3.50 Letter (largosize) 3.00 5.0C * or tlio aDove worK we use a superior quaiuy - of paper, and guarantee entire satisfaction in every instance. We also give special attention to tho printingof 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 ensure accuracy. We are prepared to furnish all other kinds oi 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. ~cT& L. NARROW GAUGE EAILEOADT SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains, from Chester, 8. C., to Lincolnton, N. C., taking elTect 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 McConnellsvillo 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 5.50 P. M. Leave Pleasant Ridge 6.00 P. M. Leave Gastonia 6.80 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. Arrive at Gastonia* 8.10 A. M. ^ Leave Gastonia - 8 30 A. M. Leave Pleasant Ridge -8.50 A. M. Leave Crowder's Creek 9.00 A. M. Leave Bowling Green 9.10 A. M. Leave Clover .9.25 A. M. Arrive at Yorkville 10.00 A. M. Leave Yorkville 10.10 A. M. Leave Guthriesville 10.85 A. Mr Leave McConnellsville 10.50 A. M. Leave Lowrysville -..11.10 A. M. Arrive at Chester 11.40 A. M. 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 ana Charlotte Air-Line division of this road will be as follows: EASTWARD, Mail and Express. Mail. No. 51. No. 53. r ?A<inn.o oir o m a no a "vi xjcnvc Abinuui) .? * ia * iu? u.vw *** Arrive at Gainesville, 4.64 P. M. 7.65 A. M. Arrive at Lula, 5.20 P. M. 8.80 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 Gastonia, 2.06 A. M. 5.10 P. M. Arrive at Charlotte, 3.15 A. M. 6.00 P. M. WESTWARD. Mail and Express. Mail. No. 50. No. 52. -j 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.X5 P. M. 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. 810 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 CHERAW AND CHESTEE EXILEOADT PRESIDENT AND SUP'TS OFFICE,) Chester, S. C., Nov. 28, 1881. J ON and after November 28, 1881, the following schedule will be run on this road daily, Sundays excepted: Leave Ijsncaster Depot 8.00 A. M. Leave Miller's Statiou 8.10 A. M. Leave Waxhaw Station 8.20 A. M. Leave River Depot *...9.00 A. M. Leave Fort Lawn 9.15 A. M. Leave Cedar Shoal Factory 9.25 A. M. Leave Howze's Station 9.45 A. M. Leave Richburg 10.00 A. M. Leave McDaniePs Crossing 10.10 A. M. " Leave Knox's Station 10.20 A. M. Arrive at Chester 11.00 A. M. Leave Chester .' 3 50 P. M. ^ Arrive at Lancaster Depot 6 50 P. M. Passengers will buy tickets at all stations where sold. WM. H. HARDIN, President. January RJ 3 tf TURBINE WATER WHEEL. TTTn i io i i- t?t/-i um in vn tm_ WCj IIHVB UfJt) lo-iucu niuut iiai'u *u?BINE WHEEL, as a sample of Farrar's Invention. We are working a JSi-inch Wheel ot the same kind, and there Is no better Water Wheel made for the same money. Those who contemplate using a Turbine Wheel can do no better than to get one of these Wheels. We have Circulars giving all the details in regard to the working of it, and with the sale you have the privilege of trying the Wheel, and if it does not do as represented, the money will be refunded. Come and see the sample 18-inch R. H. Turbine Wheel, Manufactured by theSERGEANT MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Greensboro, N. C. HERNDON BROS., Agents, Yorkville, S. C. February 10 47 tf DENTAL SURGERY. Dr. J. B. PATRICK, of Charleston, SURGEON DENTIST, IS now in Yorkville, where he will remain for TWO WEEKS, and daring nts stay wm ne pleased to wait upon all who may require th"> services of a DENTIST. Being amply prepared with the best instruments and all the improved appliances, be feels warranted in assuring pprfect satisfaction. Ladies waited on at their residence. Rooms at the Rawlinson House. March 9 38 ? ly , HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE. THE undersigned offers for sale, the Lot in Yorkville, known as the "Meek Place." It is situated near the Methodist Church, and con- ? tains TWO ACRES, more or less. On the lot is a two-story Dwelling House, containing SIX LARGE ROOMS AND A BASEMENT, a lumber house, corn-crib and stable. Terms will be made easy. L. M. GRIST. CLEANSING AND REPAIRING. . THE undersigned would respectfully inform the puhlic that he is prepared to cleanse garments of any fabric whatever, rendering them perfectly clean, and if unfaded, restoring them to the original brightness and luBtre of the goods. Do not throw away your old clothes, but have them cleaned and" made to look as well as new. j Work promptly done, and at the most reasonaI ble prices. THOMAS BALLARD. September 15 25 tf J.R. SCHORR'S PHOTO-GALLERY, 1ST HOUSE EAST OF THE JAIL. A SUPERIOR Skylight, a gallery with every convenience, ana a determination to do my best, enables me to promise satisfaction to all in want of correct and nattering likenesses. Cloud v weather is as good or better than sunshine for all subjects, except small children. J. W. BAIIMAN, PRACTICAL BARBER AND HAIR DRES8ER. SHOP in SPRINGS MOORE building, on first floor, in the rear of Withers Adiokes' store. Easy shaving, fashionable hair-cutting and dressing and polite attention to all customers. Call and give him atrial. Also dealer in CIGARS and TOBACCO. March 10 10 tf WANTED. Five shares op Chester and leNOIR RAILROAD STOCK. Apply at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. July 28 30 tf