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Hamptons Jjepartmcat. A SOUTHERN CASE OF WITCHCRAFT. "If the town of Salenij in Massachusetts," said Bob Billingsby, "thinks she has had the J only witches in this country, all I have to say i about it is that she is simply mistaken. Now, , there was old Brother McGraw and old Sister Ilutton?" Bob's story, in short, was thus : Old Brother McGraw and old Sister Hutton were members of Philip's Bridge Church. Brother McGraw was a consistent member, but old Sister Hutton, to say the truth, was regarded somewhat as a heathen, and even addicted to witchcraft. A calf of Brother McGraw's, of uncommon promise, dwindled in spite of uncommon pains, and finally died, and the good man, j noTMiiaflAd in his mind that, his neighbor, al- i though a spiritual sister, hacl bewitched it, set out in his wrath for her house, and, taking her by the hand, gave her a violent wrench. Sister llutton reported the case to the church, and, at the conference one Saturday, Brother McGraw, being mildly remonstrated with, went so far as to say that be would have to think about it. The moderator blandly suggested to him to withdraw for a few moments, retire into the woods, reflect and pray over the mattei. He did so. On returning, the moderator and the brethren were gratified to observe the calm regret that was visible upon his countenance. This moderator was a man of power, both as to intellect and character. It was Silas Mercer. Then this dialogue enSU0(1 * "Mr. Mercer?"Well, Brother McGraw, I see you've returned, and I think you've come to a just conclusion in the matter about which you have been reflecting." He looked inquiringly at the aged brother, and the aged brother answered his inquiring look with meek silence. "I think you feel sorry, Brother McGraw," suggested Mr. M., in a kindly, leading tone. "Yes, Bro, Moderator," answered the aged brother, "wery sorry ; I'm wery sorry." Yet there was some gruff aess in his tone which led the moderator to doubt the nature of his regret. "Brother McGraw," said he, "will you let the church know what sort of sorrow it is you feel ? Is it a godly sorrow, Brother McGraw ?" Then the aged brother lifted high his head, looked the moderator full in the face, and answered : "Bro. Moderator, I'm sorry?I'm . sorry-nr-that I didn't break her neck."?Editor's Drawer, in Harper's Magazine. Coming to the Point.?Comment is often made on the curiosity cf people in the agricultural districts, but it is only right and proper that an honest farmer who addressed by a perfect stranger should weigh the subject well before giving away valuable information. The other day a Detroiter who was engineering a horse and buggy over a muddy highway in the western part of this county met a farmer and called out: "lk) you ioiks ny wnen you ^o to town The fanner put down the rail he was lifting up, took a chew of "shorts," and advancing nearer, calmly inquired: "Want to sell that boss ?" "No." "Want to buy a mate to him ?" , "No." / "Want to trade that buggy for a wagon?" / "No." / "Buying butter to ship ?" ?'""Speculating in 'taters anv ?" "No." "Anything new in Detroit ?" "Haven't neard of anything." "Traveled very far to-day ?" "About twelve miles." "Going to the city to-night ?" "Yes, if I can get there. Now, then, do you folks out here along the line of this infernal river of mud fly when you go to town ?" The man looked around, heaved, a sigh and broke off a twig to pick his teeth before answering : "Stranger, what kind of a flying machine are you peddling, and what's your very lowest figures for cash ??Detroit Free Press. Cotton Seed Oil.?Cotton seed oil is said to be as good in every way as the imported olive oil, which is very expensive and usually adulterated. Cotton seed oil is also being substituted for lard in cooking. Much of the lard sold in stores is made up of substances that would cause the public to shudder, if they knew what they were. Cotton seed oil is infinitely more healthy and purer. It is also ascertained by those who are medical authority, that cotton seed oil is equal to the best imported olive oil in allaying the cutaneous irritation caused by the bites of ticks, redbugs, and other insects that, although they are never invited, always manage to be present at picnics, at this season of the year, and take an active part in the ceremonies. It is stated that cotton seed oil has been used in another line of business, so to speak. A traveling preacher by the name of Barnes, is performing miraculous cures in Tennessee. He cures afflicted people of pride, freckles, stiff necks, rheumatism, evil tongue, red hair, itch for office, apoplexy, and a number of other maladies of a still more serious character. The miraculous cures are performed by anointing the guilty party with oil, and cotton seed oil answers the purpose better than any other. If Barnes comes to Texas, and undertakes to 011 rn oil tKnoo anftnriDcr frnm fnr lit* wiirneed a great quantity of oil, and a rise in price may be looked for.? Texas Si/tings. "Old Si" on Politics.?One of the Fourth ward politicians tackeled the old man last night, saying :? "Uncle Si, how is you gwine to vote in dis "leckshun ?" "I ain't gwine to vote no way, 'kase I ain't been heali long 'nuff ter git nachulized yit." "Well, 'sposing dat you had de age whicher way wood yer vote ?" "I'd vote wid my mouf shet and do de job airily? dat's my han".alius !" "But w'ich ticket 'ud yer vote?dimocrat 'publican or ind'pendint ?" "I wouldn't 7ote nary wun?I'se 'er scratcher from er country wtiar de seben year itch ar' politikly epidemic?an' I votes fer men an' not fer de labil what's put on de ticket! I neber goes ter sea in er bote jess 'kase hit's got er gilt figgerhead!" "Den you don't believe in stickin' ter de nominations ?" "Yas, I does?but Is'e gin'urlly de man what makes de nominashuns on my tickit, an' de sooner dat every hones' man forms hisself in a holler squar', calls hisself ter order an' nominates his own ticket unanimously, de sooner dar'll be reform in politics an honesty in de gubment!" This doctrine seemed novel to the Fourth warder, and when last seen he was evidently deeply engrossed in the proceedings of a convention of one.?Florida Times. Not Too Thin, But Too Short.?A tramp just arrived in the Island City attracted attention by the fact that all his raiment was in tatters except his pants, which was a foot too short, perfectly new, but didn't fit anywhere. "I believe you stole those pants from some store. They don't look like they belong to you," said a policeman, looking at the garments. "You darned fool, if I had stole them I'd have picked out a pair to fit me. Ain't that the way you do when you?buy your pants?" "I believe I'll arrest you anyhow," and he was marching him off when the tramp laughed i ?:,i . it Jill NUU . "Galveston is the funniest town I've struck yet." "What do you mean by that ?" "Well, everywhere else the police arrest you if they see fit, but here they arrest you if they don't see fit," and he glanced down at his abbreviated unmentionables, which struck him just below the knee, and laughed some more. The Square Man.?The square man mezzures the same each way, an hain't got no wainnv edges, nor shaky lumber in him. He is free from knots and sap, and won't j warp. He is klear stuff, and I don't care what yu ! work him up into he won't swell and he won't shrink. He iz amungst men what good kil-dried boards are among carpeuters, he won't season j krack. It don't make any difference which side ov j him yu cum up to, he is the same bigness each j way and the only way tew git at him, enny . how, iz to face him. He knows he iz square, and never spends j enny time trieing to prove it. The square man iz one ov the best shaped men the world has ever produced, he iz one ov them kind ov chunks that kant alter tew fit a spot, but yu must alter the spot tew fit him. Joi<h BUlings. ' fbe gam and Jitwide. Home Without a Woman.?In the goodness of our hearts can we not pity the occupants of a nome without a woman ? Such a home, how rayless, sad and lonely ! As bereft of charms as the rosebush without its crimson roses! Desolate as the desert without its cheery restful oasis ! Free of love's sweetest fragrance as the garden without its darling flowers ! A home without a woman! As well might day be without its blazing sun, or night without its lunar and diadem of dazzling stars! Truly are they to be pitied who live in earth's isolated retreats away from woman's loving charms. Thrice blessed is he who daily basks in the sunshiny smiles of mother, wife or sister. His home should be an earthly paradise, a fit emblem of the habitation beyond the skies. Fair readers, let your hearts go out in purest sympathy for those poor, lone beings, who have net a mother's loving counsel, a wife's holy wooing, or a sister's twining affection. Their homes are upon earth's desert waste, or along the rock-bound shores. Blot woman from existence and the world would be * - 1?- ?l?A- itt 4-V? a lirrlit nf tl lO Ill muuilgllb ailLiillt'oa. Clio 13 cuc \jl miv world, man's brightest flower, the poet's grandest theme. Wliere woman dwells not, tlie home is without its charms and angel of peace. Oh, man. be not lacking in woman's praise ; her sweet influences are as vast as the ocean and as high as the heavens. Let her name be inscribed upon the scroll of fame, and every home on earth enjoy her benighted channs. So mote it be.?Furruimj World. Intensive Farming.?By request, says the Eufuula Bulletin, we publish the following extract from a letter from Mr. Jno. II. Dent, formerly of this county, but now of Cave Spring, Ga., to Mr. B. B. Fields: "Last year I rented out my farm, except 30 acres, to a man in this neighborhood. He cultivated 110 acres, I 30 acres; I on the intensive system, he on the extensive; he ran five plows, I two, and I made more on 30 acre? than he did on 110; in fact it broke him. He had to sell all his mules and crop, which did not pay him out of debt. We both worked a splendid set of hands; all white men and boys. He paid his hands fifteen dollars per month and boarded them, and had to buy all his corn, meat and hay. I paid my hands a part of the crop, they boarded themselves, and I selling them their provisions of my own raising. Now you see the difference where one had to buy all the provisions he used and pay money wages, and the other farmed on the share system and had not to pay anything out for food supplies. My hands and mj ~olf both did well at it. So you see the results of the two systems practically demonstrated. We both had the same quality of land and the same seasons. I manured my 30 acres with manure of my own making, out of my own lot, while he bought commercial manures for his 110 acres." Health Hints to Farmers.?Pulmonary affections stand first among tlie four most common diseases of farmers, and indeed of the community at large. Two causes are assigned for this result. One is needless exposure to the wet, especially wet feet, aud another in bad posture. There is no harm in facing all kinds of weather provided one is suitably protected, but relying on his physical vigor and endurance the farmer risks the wet and cold without the wraps essential to security. The theory of hardening one so to mind neither wet nor cold is fallacious. No degree of health, strength or endurance is ever gained by getting wet through, or chilled through and through. The attempt to harden oneself in this way is a hazardous experiment. The second cause of pulmonary trouble is a stooping posture. Some work, like setting out plants, spading, hoeing, mowing and weeding, favor a cramped posture, but none of them necessitates it. Indeed, one can better bear any kind of work if he keeps his chest expanded and his lunge inflated. He can do any kind of farm work better by bending at the hip than by curving the spine and contracting the chest. The French, Swiss and German farm laborers are far more erect than American laborers. Culture of Corn.?The planting and care of corn is an occupation that but few have J achieved full success in. True it is that it is by far the largest cereal crop grown, but it is as true that better care and observance of a few "open secrets" would double the yield | without enlarging the acreage. Corn is of the i great grass family that are really ranked as . surface feeders, and when the roots are found ! at any considerable distance below the surface, . it is because they have been forced down by ' lack of sufficient fertility at the top, the very point where moisture, light, heat, and air, the great essentials, along with fertility meet, or should meet, and thus force the greatest growth. If our lands could be so rotated with crops as to prevent the growth of weeds, it is very doubtful if corn would need to exceed very limited cultivation, and that very shallow. Hie idea of the root pruning of corn is not now very largely indorsed, the roots them selves being bestfjudges of the food, amounts needed to fully develop the stalk and grain which they support. A seed bed four inches deep made very mellow and rich, will give the greatest yield of com in return for the preparations of any of the many ways of growing the crop. Salt as Fertilizer.?The Massachusetts Agricultural society has arrived at the following conclusions in regard to the manurial value of salt: That salt Las the property of hastening the maturing of all grain crops ; that wheat on salted land will ripen six to ten days earlier than on unsalted land, all other conditions being equal, that it increases the yield from twenty-five to fifty per cent.; that it stiffens the straw and prevents rust and smut ; that it checks, if it does not entirely prevent the ravages of the chinch bug, and that there is no danger of a man's pocket permitting him to put too much salt upon his land, as two barrels i>er acre will injure no grain crop. The best time to sow salt is in the spring, and it ought to be the first thing done on either fall or spring plowing, as all after stirring of the land assists in its equal distribution through the soil. The best and easiest method of sowing salt, in the absence of a machine for that purpose, is to sow it from out the rear end of a wagon, the sower using both hands while the team is moving at a slow walk. In this way thirty to forty acres can be sowed in one day. The quantity used may be from 150 to 300 pounds per acre, but the larger quantity is the better. Stained Floors.?Soft wo*d lloors treated in the following manner have given general satisfaction : Mix about equal parts of raw and burnt umber with turpentine and japan, adding a little boiled linseed oil to prevent its drying too rapidly; have the floor perfectly clean and free of grease si>ots, as they prevent the stain from drying, apply the preparation with a well-worn paint brush, rubbing it across the grain. In a few minutes, say ten, take a woolen rag and rub off all surplus color, rubbing this time with the grain. When dry, ai>ply a coat of boiled oil. This may be repeated twice a year?Spring and Fall?which is often enough under ordinary circumstances. The stain may be varied by using more or less of either color. If a dark rich color is desired, add burnt sienna. With these three colors almost any shade from oak to black walnut or mahogany may be produced.?X. Y. Tribune. Tender Feet in Horses.?A writer in an exchange says : "A most excellent treatment for tender feet in Horses is to mate a carpet for them to stand on of horse-manure and dry earth. I had a horse whose feet were bad", and after many experiments I hit upon the exact remedy, and have long kept up its use witli most excellent results. It is nothing more nor less than about two inches of dry, fibrous horse-manure with dry earth sifted over it and a layer of straw on that, till it becomes trodden down hard and smooth. Every day, and generally twice a day, the portion of it wet by the horse is removed and replaced, but most of the fioor has not been uncovered for years. The hole is filled up and patted down with a Hexamer prong hoe and a little dirt put on, and the litter at night is put over it?that's Chocolate.?To make chocolate, use one pint of milk, one pint of water, three ounces of Baker's chocolate and two ounces of sugar. Put the chocolate, which must be broken, into a saucepan, and add to it the sugar, and moisten with a little cold milk or water, and then add one pint of boiling water. Stir it over the fire until it boils, and then add the milk and stir it until it boils a second time, and then it is ready for use. JUts 0f the pegisl?t?ee. OF ELECTIONS. QUALIFICATION AND REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS. An Act to amend Title II, (entitled) "Of Elections" of Part I, (entitled) "Of the Internal Administration of the Government," of the General Statutes. PAIfeT I. Section 1. Every male citizen of the United States, of the age of twenty-one years and upwards, not laboring under the disabilities 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, j ami in tlie county in wmcn ne oners to voie I for sixty days next preceding any general election, shall be entitled to vote : Provided, That no person, while kept in any alms-house or asylum, or of unsound mind, or confined in any public prison, or who shall have been convicted of treason, murder, robbery of the goods or chattels of another with or without violence, whether taken from the person or otherwise, or of dueling, shall be allowed to vote. Sec. 2. All electors of the State shall be registered as hereinafter provided; and no person shall be allowed to vote at any election hereafter to be held unless registered as herein required. Sec. 3. On or before the first day of March next, and on or before the same day in every second year thereafter, the Governor shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Semite, if in session, and if not iu session, subject to the approval of the Senate at its next session, and subject to removal by the Governor, by and with the^idvice and consent of the Senate, one competent and discreet person in each county who shall be a qualified voter thereof, and wiio shall hold his office at the county seat, who shall be known as the Supervisor of Registration of such county, and whose duty it shall be to supervise the registration of such county as herein specified. The said Supervisor of Registration shall keep a record of all his official acts and proceedings. The term of his office shall be for two years from the date of his appointment ; he shall continue in office until his successor shall be appointed and shall qualify, and he shall not be eligible to any other office during the terra for which he is appointed. The Governor shall have the authority to appoint a Deputy Supervisor in case of the inability of the Supervisor to act ; who when so appointed shall have all the ]>owers and be charged with the duties of the Supervisor, and shall receive five dollars per diem when actually employed. The Governor shall also appoint two Assistant Supervisors of Election who shall serve without compensation, who shall sit with the Supervisor of Election in the determination of all cases of contested registration in which the Supervisor shall refuse to register the applicant ; the three Supervisors of Registration shall sit for ag many days, beginning on the second Tuesday in July, as may be necessary to hear and determine all cases in which registration may be refused any applicant in such county. Sec. 4. The Secretary of State shall, by the 1st March, Anno Domini 1882, cause a sufficient number of registration books and blanks to be prepared so that there shall be two of said books for each precinct in eacli county, which books shall be ruled in columns, with proper headings, so as to indicate the name, age, occupation, and place of residence of each elector, with a separate column on the right 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 weeks' notice of the times and places of registration, by advertising in one or more county papers, or by 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 at each registration precinct. Immediately after closing the registration at the precincts, he shall open his books at the county seat, to correct errors in registration, and to register such electors as failed to register at their respective precincts, and who shall then and tliere present themselves for that purpose, entering the names of such voters in his book for their proper precincts. At the conclusion of the registration hereinbefore provided for, the Supervisor of Registration shall revise the list ; and in case it be made to appear to his satisfaction that tliere 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 precinct, and in'those counties in which there are no 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 registration precinct. Sec. 6. When the said registration shall have been completed, the books shall be closed, 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 books shall be re-opened for registration of such persons as shall thereafter become entitled to register on 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 shall be closed and not re-opened for registration, until after the said general election, and ever after the said book shall be opened for registration of such electors, on the days above mentioned, until the first day of July, preceding a general election, when the same shall be closed as aforesaid, until the said general election 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 said Supervisor, which oath the said Supervisor is hereby authorized and required to administer, that the facts then and there to be stated by him as to his name, age, occupation, and place of residence, and duration of resiI 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 registrai tions 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 i applicant for registration by summary process, requiring oath, evidence, or both, if he deem proper, subject to revision by the Assistant Supervisors and himself in all cases where he lias refused to register an applicant.' From | the decision of the Supervisors of Registration, | any applicant who is rejected shall have the I 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. 9. Any person coming of age, and be- " coming qualified as an elector, may appear before the Supervisor of Registration, on any day on 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 upon the registration book of the precinct wherein he resides ; such person shall have the right nf Qnno'il <ic afni'ooai/1 111 poup flift Smiprvionr I shall not find him qualified : Provided, That in case a person shall not be of age to qualify him as an elector on the day of the closing of the books of registration before any general election, but shall be of such age as will qualify him as such elector before the said general election, and shall api>ear before the Supervi- i sor of Registration, and take oath thereto, and the Supervisor shall find him qualified, he shall enter his name upon the registration book as aforesaid. Sec. 10. Each elector registered as afore-j said shall thereupon be furnished by the Super-; visor with a certificate, which shall contain a statement of his age, occupation, and place of residence, as entered in the said registration i book, and which certificate shall be signed by i the said Supervisor ; and no person shall be al- 1 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 j Election such certificate : Provided, Iu case! there shall be no election precinct within any ' township or parish, the Supervisor shall deslg- | nate in the certificate at which of the neighboring precincts the elector shall vote ; and if there be more tlian one precinct in any township or parish, the Supervisor shall likewise designate in the certificate at which of the said precincts the elector shall vote. The certificate of registration shall be of the following form. "Registration Certificate. No.?. Co. Township, Election Precinct The bearer, is a qualified voter in the above precinct and resides at ,in Township, and is years of age and entitled to vote at said precinct. Registered on the?day of A. D., 18?. Supervisor of Registration." j Sec. 11. That every elector shall have a ' right to a renewal of his certificate without fee or charge, when the same becomes defaced by time or accident, upon his surrendering such certificate, so defaced, to the Supervisor -s* r? _i ox ivegisiiauun. Sec. 12: In case of the removal of an elector from one residence to another in the same precinct, such elector shall notify the Supervisor of Registration, and. shall surrender his certificate of registraton to the said Supervisor of Registration, who shall enter the fact upon the registration book, and shall give such elector a new certificate in accordance with such change of residence. Sec. 13. In case of the removal of an elector from one precinct to anotlwr precinct in the same county, such elector shall notify the Supervisor of Registration and shall surrender his certificate of registration to the said Supervisor of Registration, who shall enter the fact upon the proper registration book, and shall give such elector a new certificate for the precinct into which he has removed. Sec. 14. In case of the removal of an elector from one county-vO .another, such elector shall notify the Supervisor of Registration of the county wherein he iB registered, and shall surrender his certificate of registration ; and the said Supervisor of Registration shall thereupon enter the fact of such removal upon the registration book as aforesaid, and shall give such elector a certificate of transfer to the county to which such elector shall have removed, upon the presentation of which the Supervisor of Registration for such county shall cause such elector to be registered in the precinct of such county to which he shall have removed, and shall furnish such elector with a certificate as hereinbefore provided. Sec. 15. No elector removing from one residence, precinct, parish, ward, or county, to another shall be allowed to register or vote without a transfer of registration as above provided. Sec. 10. The Supervisor of Registration shall, immediately preceding each election, revise the registration of electors and mark off the names of such electors as have died and such as have removed from one residence, precinct, parish, ward, or county, to another, without notifying him and obtaining a certificate of transfer as hereinbefore provided. Sec. 17. At each and every election the Supervisor of Registration shall furnish the managers of election with one of the registration books for each precinct, for the care and custody of which the managers receiving the same aliii71 ho raanntiaihlp flrtd whlVh t.hev shall l-e turn to the Supervisor of Registration within three days after the close of election ; and no elector shall be allowed to vote whose name is not registered as hereinbefore provided. Sec. 18. The Supervisor of Registration shall receive from the State Treasury for their compensation in the county of Charleston one thousand dollars, and in each other county in this State five hundred dollars. The compensation for Supervisors in every subsequent year after the present shall be fixed by the Genera1. Assembly from time to time as maybe deemed proper. Approved February 9,1882. Ik f 0tMle (Srnqwim. TKRMH OF SUBSCRIPTION: Single copy for one year, $2 50 For six months, 125 For three months, 75 Two copies one year, 4 00 Ten copies one year, 20 00 And an extra copy for a club of ten. ADVERTISING RATES. ONE DOLLAR per square, for the first insertion, and FIFTY CENTS per square, for each subsequent insertion. A square consists of the space oooupied by seven lines of this size type. pgr- Contracts will be made at reduced rates for advertising space to be used for three, six, or twelve months. J. J. SMITH & CO. clos in&otjtT 1*7"E are determined to close out our entire f f stock of Dry Goods, and in order to do so we have reduced our prices on ALL LINES OF GOODS. Dress Goods worth 374 cents, reduced to 25 cents; the styles usually sold at 331 cents, reduced to 20 cents, and those usually sold at 25 cents, reduced to 163 cents. Our Goodsare fresh and of desirable styles, and at the prices we now offer them, THERE IS A BARGAIN IN THEM. Don't fail to examine for yourselves before you hn tr OlirntiV'lf of CASSIMERES AND GOTTONADES Is full and complete. We also offer great Bargains in these lines. READY-MADE CLOTHING. Great reductions in the prices, and Bargains offered in Gents' Ready-Made Clothing. Some beautiful fancy Cassimere Suits, reduced from $16.00 to $12.50. IF YOU WANT BARGAINS In Ladies', Misses' and Children's SHOES, Gents' SHOES and HATS, comeatonce before our stock is exhausted. Those who come with the money shall have the benetitof our low prices. J. J. SMITH <ft CO. YORKVILLE OMNIBUS. THE undersigned would remind the public that his LIVERY STABLES, on his lot, near the Court House, are in operation, and that he is amply prepared with HORSES, CARRIAGES, BUGGIESand WAGONS, to attend to all calls that may be made upon him by the traveling public. Special attention given to conveying TRAVELING SALESMEN to any point desired, in comfortable vehicles, and with careful drivers. Horses and vehicles to hire at reasonable prices. HIS NEW OMNIBUS Makes regular trips to and from the trains, and will convey passengers to any part of the town. FEED STABLES. In connection with the Livery business, I am also prepared to furnish feed and stabling for horses, by the meal, day, week or month. My long experience in the Livery Business warrants 1 me in ensuring satisfaction to all who may favor , me with their patronage. A few secona-hand Buggies for sale at a bargain. F. E. SMITH. February 2 14 ly GARRY IRON ROOFING COT" a Manufacturers jMgMgriMBin. of all kinds of Iron Roofing aQd Crimped Sidings, Fire.iSHBBMWttSfiPay '^BjL Proof Doors Ijgaa]. 'T and Shutters. WBSw'wwiplBBjp 1 Iron Ore Paint md Cement. ' 79 and 81 Oolumbiut Street, CliEVELAlNrr), OHIO. Send for circulars and price lists. February 26 9 ly I LIME* FRESH ROACHED LIME forsale at my Kiln, i 14 miles East of Black's Station, S. C., known i is the "Greene Kiln." Orders for Lime in Barrels will have prompt attention. Price 25 cents per bushel at kiln, Black's Station, S. C. J. W. RHYNE. April 6 14 ly TAR. , a f\f\ GALLONS of TAR for sale at the New < 1UU Store, by JOHN R. ASHE. TIB TOM ACRICDLTl THE HOST E A N THE MOST DUE NOW II SEND FOB PRICE LIST TO T. 8. JEFFERYS, Agent, Yorkillle, S. C. March If) 1 AfiRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS AND LABOR-SAVING MACHINERY. fl BP CALL AT THE OFFICE OF LOWRY & WALKER, IN the rear end of the "Bratton" Building, opposite the Court House, Yorkville, S. C.. and examines line of the Latest Improved Machinery and Farming Implements, consisting of Kemp's Manure Spreader. Emerson, Talbot A Co.'s Walking Cultivator. Emerson, Talbot A Co.'s Single Reaper. Farmer's Favorite Grain Drill. Victor's One-Horse Grain Drill. Buckeve Mower. Coatesr Lock-Lever Hay and Grain Rake. Cardwell's Thresher. Globe Cotton Planter. Thomas' Smoothingand 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 Book waiter Steam Engine. Watertown Steam Engine. Talbot's Improved Steam Engine. Shingle, Planing, Heading and Stave Machinery. Flour, Corn, Sugar Caneand Cotton Seed Mills. Saw Mills, complete. Winship Cotton Gin. Champion Force Pump. Iron Fencing. Hyndman's Iron Roofing. Little Gjant 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 giveus vour orders. LOWRY A WALKER. " K ic 11 am mat uu iv a 4 THE OLD RELIABLE! ? ? ? *> ONE OF THE BEST NEWSPAPERS UXT THE SOUTH. 1 NO SENSATIONALISM, NO IMMORALITY. t 1 axtcvttst (UIIUUIKTItlTIIIUlSn SUBSCRIBE FOR IT I THE Chronicle and Constitutionalist is the oldest newspaper in the South, and perhaps the oldest in the United States, having been es- . tablished in 1985. While thoroughly Democratic J in principle, it is liberal, progressive and tolerant. t The CHRONICLE contains the latest news from all parts of the world, and is recognized as a firstclass paper. ] As an advertising medium, it covers the cour> j try in Georgia and South Carolina tributary to j Augusta. We endeavor to exclude sensationalism. We ^ publish no articles of an immoral character. 1 TERMS: | Daily, one year, $10 00 1 Tri-Weekly, one year, 5 00 ! Weekly, one year, ; 2 00 Address WALSH & WRIGHT, Augusta, Ga. 1 IttGHT ALONG THIS WAY ! ' i ? - * ? .... J. D. GWIN,. ) At the [ POST OFFICE, CLOVER, S. C., i I IS receiving a small lot of GROCERIES, CON- j FECTIONERIES and STATIONERY, which I he offers for sale very cheap for cash. Mind, I now, it is CASH and CASH ONLY; notto-mor- I ni. narf iitaoIi fir Xf) flavS. hilt , CASH DOWN. Please remember that; for it is the most important argument in this discourse. I am not able to j do a time business; therefore, must sell strictly x for cash. Now, neighbors, friends, kindred and cousins, come right along this way. Call at THE POST OFFICE. And I will serve you right. | J. D. GWIN. ] March 2 9 tf ? "CHEEAWAND CHESTER RAILROAD. PRESIDENT AND SUP'T'S OFFICE,) { Chester, S. C., Nov. 28,1881. ] ^ ON and after NovembeP28, 1881, the following / schedule will be run on this road daily, Sun- a days excepted: a. Leave Lancaster Depot 8.00 A. M. a Leave Miller's Station 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. I Leave Howze's Station 9.45 A. M. a Leave Richburg 10.00 A. M. a Leave McDaniel's Crossing 10.10 A. M. A Leave Knox's Station 10.20 A.M. a Arrive at Chester 11.00 A. M. a Leave Chester 3 50 P. M. a Arrive at Lancaster Depot 6.50 P. M. a Passengers will buy tickets at all stations where A sold. WM. H. HARDIN, President. A January 19 3 tf J. W. BA UM A N, PRACTICAL BARBER AND HAIR DRES8ER. SHOP in SPRINGS MOORE building, on first ~ floor, in the rear of Withers Adickes' store. Easy shaving, fashionable hair-cutting and dress- r ing and polite attention to all customers. Call * ind give him a trial. ? Also dealer in CIGARS and TOBACCO. n March 10 10 w . b _______ eA FTER the expiration of thirty days, applical\ tion will be made to the Clerk of the Court li )f York county, S. C., for a Charter for SHARON d CHURCH, located in said State and county. April 27 17 51* IRALSTIMl . ] i 0 ICONOMICAL d D 2 :able engine < sr use. ! THE MANUFACTURERS, ! TOZER & DIAL, [ Columbia, 8. C. { I 0m THE ; HARTFORD . Sewing- Machine. JUST PERFECTED. ! The Largest under Arm. The Lightest and Quietest. < THE MOST LAVISHLY DECORATED. The Least Vibration of any. A Galaxy of New Patents. Bali-Bearing Balance Wheel. Knife edge Treadle-bearing. I Newest and most Elegant Designs in Stands 1 md Woodwork. ] Positive take up. Perfect Stitch. The well-known and popular i "FAMILY FAVORITE." ! i [s also manufactured by us. < I For fiuely illustrated descriptions apply to < W. C. LATIMER, Yorkville, S. C. 1 IV a "R"RTD Sr. CO Rock Hill, s.- C. 1 tYEED SEWING MACHINE COMPANY, HARTFORD, CONN. April 0 14 tf I ~C.&L. NARROW GAUGE BAILROADT SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains, f 5 from Chester, S. C., to Lincolnton, N. C., , aking etfect at 2.45 o'clock, P. M., May 2, 1882: j GOING NORTH. t jeave Chester 2.45 P. M. c jeave Lowrysville 3.15 P. M r L<eave McConnellsville 3.35 P. M f jeave Guthriesville 3.45 P. M. * Arrive at Yorkville 4.10 P. M jeave Yorkvllle 4.20 P. M. jeave Clover 5.00 P. M. jeave Bowling Green 5.10 P. M. jeave Crowder's Creek 5.20 P. M. jeave Pleasant Ridge ..5.30 P. M. jeave Gastonia 6.00 P. M. jeave Dallas 6.20 P. M t jeave Hardin's 6.45 P. M. p Arrive at Lincolnton 7.15 P. M. 8 GOING SOUTH. jeave Lincolnton, 7.00 A. M. jeave Hardin's 7.25 A. M. jeave Dallas, 7.50 A. M. Arrive at Gastonia* 8.10 A. M. jeave Gastonia 8 30 A. M. jeave Pleasant Ridge 8.50 A. M. jeave Crowder's Creek 9.00 A. M. o jeave Bowling Green 9.10 A. M. e jeave Clover 9.25 A. M. Lrrive at Yorkville 10.00 A. M. I jeave Yorkville 10.10 A. M. * jeave Guthriesville 10.35 A. M. o jeave McConnellsville 10.50 A. M. ii jeave Lowrysville -..11.10 A. M. s Arrive at Chester 11.40 A. M. Breakfast. p JAMES MASON, Superintendent. a May 4 18 tf s IICHMOND AND DANVILLE RAILROAD. - passenger department. ? [~|N and after February 26th, 1882, Passenger c LI Train Service on the Atlanta ana Charlotte b tir-Line division of this road will be as follows: C EASTWARD, v Mail and Express. Mail. ? No. 51. No. 53. c .eave Atlanta, 2.15 P. M. 5.1)0 A. M. V Lrrive at Gainesville, 4.54 P. M. 7.55 A. M. I irriveat Lula, 5.26 P. M. 8.30 A. M. arrive at Rabun Gap June 6.22 P. M. 9.13 A. M. trrive at Toccoa, 7.06 P. M. 10.06 A. M. ? irriveat Seneca, 8.24 P. M. 11.20 A. M. trrive at Greenville, 10.08 P. M. 1.25 P. M. f] irriveat Spartanburg,...11.40 P. M. 2.58 P. M. trrive at Gastonia, 2.06 A. M. 5.10 P. M. Jg trrive at Charlotte, 3.15 A. M. 6.00 P. M. tt WESTWARD. a Mail and Express. Mail. ^ No. 50. No. 52. amve Charlotte 12.40 A. M. 11.05 A. M. irrive at Gastonia, 1.35 A. M. 12.02 P. M. Lrrive atSpartanburg 4.04 A. M. 2.35 P. M. irriveat Greenville, 5.32 A. M. 4.09 P. M. pi Lrrive at Seneca, 7.15 A. M. 5.54 P. M. I irrive at Toccoa, 8.28 A. M. 7.05 P. M. a irrive at Rabun Gap Junc.9.32 A. M. 8 00 P. M. n. irrive at Lula, 10.18 A. M. 8.43 P. M. tl irriveat Gainesville, 10.51 A. M. 9.15 P. M. e irrive at Atlanta, 1.40 P. M. 12.05 A. M. tl T. M. R. TALCOTT, General Manager. V I. Y. SAGE, Superintendent. b A. POPE, General Passenger "Agent. March 9 8 tf ! nolady * JHOULD be without DEMOREST'S MAGA- i j ZINE. It. is the cheapest and best Ladies' 1 i ;ook published in the United States. It is recog- i ized as one of the best fashion guides, and Is & rim full of interesting reading matter, onalmost j w very subject that is of interest to theladies. Now j w i the time to subscribe. Price only $2.00 a year, j When you want any Magazine or Paper pub- j ~ shed in the United States or Canada, I will or- j er it foryou at publisher's price. i "1 SAM M. GRIST. | J] January 26 4 tf ? . ? ?^ # TAX RETURNS FOR 1889. AUDITOR'S OFFICE, I YobkviXjLE, S. Cm May 4lli, 1882. J kTOTICE i? hereby given that on and after THURSDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF JUNE, 882, the books of the County Auditor of York ounty, will be open for the purpose of receiving eturne of all PERSONAL PROPERTY owned iy the several tax-payers in said county, on the st day of June, 18S2, and liable to taxation. The uulitor will meet the tax-payers at the following imos and places: At Bethany, (McGill'sStore), on Thursday, 1st f June. At Bethel, (Glenn A Clinton's Store), on Friday, nd of June. At Clay Hill (Neely's Store), on Saturday, 3rd f Tntw> At Ma-ssey's Store, on Monday, 5th of Jane. At Brattonsville, on Tuesday. 6th of June. At McOonnellsville, on Wednesday, 7th of line. At J. W. Carroll's Store, on Thursday, 8th of une. At Rainoy's School House, on Friday, 9th of ung. At Hickory Grove, on Saturday, 10th of June. At Rock Hill, on Monday. Tuesday, Wedneslay and Thursday, 12tb, 13th, 14th and 15th of . une. At Ebenezer School House, on F Iday, 16th of une. At Coates' Tavern, on Saturday, 17th of June. At Fort Mill, on Monday and Tuesday, 19tb and Oth of June. -r At Black's Station, on Wednesday and Tliurslay, 21st and 22nd of June. At Whitaker, on Friday, 23rd of June. At Clover, on Saturday, 24th of June. At Yorkville, on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesiay, Thursday and Friday, the 26th, 27th, 28tb, ilth and 30th of June. At John McGill's Store, on Saturday, 1st of ru)y. At Yorkville, from Monday, 3rd of July, to (Yednesday, 20th of July, inclusive. All transfers of real estate made since last reurn, and all new buildings erected, must be relorted. All males between the ages of 21 and 60 years i:re liable to poll tax, and must make returns acsordingly. All returns must be hied in this office, on or beore WF'.DNESDAY. THE TWENTIETH DAY DF JULY, next, otherwise, fifty per cent, penal,y will attach. This will be absolute. The tax-payers will please notice that during the time that the Anaitoris at his appointments throughout the county, the booVs will not jb open at "Yorkville, as heretofore. Tax-payers will save themselves trouble by making their re- * urns at the appointment nearest their place of residence. W. B. WILLIAMS, County Auditor. - May 4 18 tf REGISTRATION OF VOTERS* OFFICE SUPERVISOR OF REGISTRATION, Yorkville, 8. C? April, 18, 1882. IN obedience to the requirements of the Act of the last Legislature of South Carolina, I will ~ ittend at the following precincts at the time stated i>elow, for the purpose of registering the qualified Sectors of sucn precinct: Clover, Friday, the 12th of May. Bethany Church, Saturday, the 13tb of May. Clark's Fork, (John McGill's Store) Monday, ;he 15th of May. Black's 8tation, Tuesday, the 16th, and Wednesday, the 17th of May. Buffalo, (Moore's Cross Roads) Thursday, the 18th of May. Hickory'Grove, Friday, the 19th, and Saturday, he20tbofMay. Blairsville, (Rainey's Mill), Monday, the 22nd >f May. Bullock's Creek Church, Tuesday, the 23rd, md Wednesday, the 24thof May. McConnellsville, Thursday, the 25tb, and Frilay the 26th of May. From Saturday, the 27th of May, the books will t>e kept open at my office, In Yorkville, S. C., nn:il the first Monday in July, inclusive, to correct srrorsin registration.and to registersnch Electors is failed to register at their respective precincts, and who shall then and. there present themselves For that purpose. In townships where there/is no precinct, voters will have the privilege of selecting the most convenient precinct adjoining. Where there are two precincts in the same township, voters can also make their selection. At the different precincts, the books will be jpened at 9 o'clock A. M., and closed at 4 P. M. No fee for registration is required by the Act. W. H. McCORKLE. Supervisor of Registration for York Co., 8. C. April 13 15 tf TAX NOTICE?1881. IN conformity to law, I hereby give notice of ; the rate pdr centnra levied on the taxable property of York county, for this fiscal year comnencingNovember 1st, 1881, vix.: For State purposes 4j mills on the $1. Por Educational purposes 2 mills on the $1. For ordinary County purposes, 3 mills on the $1. Por Special Railroad purposes 2 2-5 mills on tbe$l. Making in the aggregate 12 3-20 mills, > A.lso, one dollar on each taxable poll. By Act of Assembly Taxes for the fiscal year become due in two equal installments. The first n May and the second in the Fall. Failure to pay the first installment when duo, incurs a penilty of 5 per cent, on it. Taxpayers can pay both nstallments if they wish to do so, in May. My Books will be opened at Clover, on Friday, 12th dav of Mav. Bethany, on Saturday, 13th day of May. Clark's Fork, on Monday, 15th day of May. Black's Station, on Tuesday 16th, and Wednesday 17th day of May. Moore's Cross Roads, on Thursday, 18th day of May. dickory Grove, on Friday 19th, and Saturday 20th day of May. iforkville, on Monday 22nd, and Tuesday 23rd day of May. 3ullock's Creek Church, on Wednesday, 24th day of May. McConnellsville, on Thursday, 25th day of May. forkville from Friday 26th, until Wednesday list inclcsive. H. A. D. NEELY, Countv Treasurer. April 6 15 * tf JOB PRINTING. phWING to our superior facilities^with the best LP machine presses, an abundance of type and irst-class appointments throughout our office, ve are prepared to execute ALL MANNER OF rOB PRINTING in superior style, and at prices ^ bat will compare with New York or Philadelphia barges for the same quality of work and mateials. We have recently made a reduction in >rices for the following classes of work, to which ^ ve invite the attention of business men : BILL HEADS. rot awj ror iimi Half-sheet BUI Heads, $3.50 $6.00 Fourth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.25 3.50 Sixth-sheet Bill Heads 2.00 3.00 Monthly statements at same price of sixth-sheet till heads. We will fill an order for .bill heads, living any desired number of either size of heet at proportionate prices. LETTER HEADS. For M0 For 1000 , Commercial Note, $2.15 $3.25 Packet Note, 2.25 3.50 Letter (large size) 3.00 5.0C For the above work we use a superior quality f paper, and guarantee entire satisfaction in evryinstance;. We also give special attention to the printing of Jriefs, Arguments and Points and Autkorttiws, chick we furnish strictly according to the reqnirenents of the Justices of the Supreme Court, and n proof reading exercise the utmost care to enure accuracy. We are prepared to furnish all other kinds of minting, from a visiting card to a large volume, nd will be pleased to furnish estimates for any tyle of work desired. Address, L. M. GRIST. Yorkville. S. C. TURBINE WATER WHEEL. [T7E have one 18-inch RIGHT HAND TURVV BINE WHEEL, as a sample of Farrar's nver.tion. We are working a J3) inch Wheel t the same kind, and there is no better Water Vheel made for the same money. Those who ontemplate using a Turbine Wheel can do no etter tnan to get one of these Wheels. We have lirculars giving all the details in regard to the rorking of it, and with the sale you have the , rivilege of trying the Wheel, and if it does not 0 as represented, the money will be refunded, ome and see the sample 18-inch R. H. Turbine Vbeel, Manufactured by theSERGEANT MANrFACTURING COMPANY, Greensboro, N. C. HERNDON BROS., Agents, Yorkville, S. C. Februarv 10 47 tf HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE~ rHE undersigned offers for sale, the Lot in Yorkville, known as the ''Meek Place." It 1 situated near the Methodist Church, and con lins 1 vvu AUnbO, mure ur icaa. uu wie iui isi two-story Dwelling House, containing SIX ,ARGE ROOMS AND A BASEMENT, a lumer bouse, corn-crib and stable. Terms will be made easy. L. M. GRIST. 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 tnem to 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 reasonale prices. THOMAS BALLARD. September 16 25 tf . R. SCHORB'S PHOTO-GAIIIRY, 1ST HOUSE EAST OF THE JAIL. L SUPERIOR Skylight, a gallery with every convenience, and a determination to do my 9st, enables me to promise satisfaction to all in ant of correct and nattering likenesses. Cloudy eather is as good or better than sunshine for all lbjects, except small children. CHATTEL MORTGAGES tJfORTGAGESof Real Estate, and Titles to f J_ Real Estate. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE.