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Scraps and .facts. ? All the astronomers of the world no> begin their day at midnight instead of noor and will count hours of the civil day fror one to twenty-four, instead of from one t twelve. Twelve o'clock at midnight is thei "twenty-four o'clock." ? The Bank of Augusta, Augusta, Georgu suspended on Friday. Its liabilities to d< positors will only reach $20,000 and will I paid. The trouble is caused by advances t the Georgetown and Lanes Railroad ( South Carolina. The stockholders will lof every dollar they invested. ? General Joe Johnston, who is now se> enty-seven years old, does not look ovc sixty. He is as straight as an arrow, an the onlv siem oi use is seen in his silky gra hair, which flows"in silvery curls almost 1 his shoulders, and in his full gray heart Otherwise he might pass for a young man ? According to the United States Surgeo General's annual report, the death rate fr colored troops has, for the first time sine their organization, fallen below that fc white troops. Their mortality from r< ' spiratory anections?usually from pneunu nia?is more than four times as great i that of white troops. ? Win. H. Vanderbilt has written a lett( to General Grant, exonerating him from a blame with reference to the $150,000 borrov ed from the millionaire on the 4th of Ma last. He also tendered to Mrs. Grant th property transferred by the General in satii faction of the debt. After mature deli ben tion, Mrs. Grant peremptorily refused 1 accept the gift. ? In addition to the oration of the Hoi Robert C. Winthrop to be read at the ded cation of the Washington Monument, it i now announced that the Hon. John ^ Daniel, of Lynchburg, Va., has been invi ed by the congressional commission to d( liver an address in the house of represer tatives in the ceremonies to take place ther ^ on the 21st of February. ? The business failures throughout th country for the week ending last Friday, fi reported to R. G. Dun & Co., number fr the United States 429 and for Canada 28total 457; which is far in excess of any pr< vious chronicle for the same period. Th increase is largely in the South and Wes wnere Wie litiiurca arc uvvicc as iiuuiciuuo n they were during ordinary weeks in 1884. ? The horse that Wilkes Booth rode fror Ford's Theatre in his wild flight to Marj land after shooting President Lincoln even uallv came into the hands of Col. John A Peal, of Abington, Conn. Like nearly a the actors in the great tragedy, even th poor horse, met a violent death. He was favorite with Colonel Peal's family, and b< coming old was allowed to roam at wil He fell into a ditch and broke his neck. ? Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines, whose nam has been prominently before the country fc the last thirty-five years as litigant in suit to recover heavy claims from the city ( New Orleans, died in that city last Satui day. She made her will three days previou to her death,'but she was too weak to sig her name and signed with a cross. Her sor in-law, J. Y. Christmas, of Washingtor was the only relative present. ? The cold weather has caused much su fering among the poorer classes in mo* large cities ol Kansas, especially among th colored people, many of whom have receni ly come from the South and are destituU In Topeka there are seven hundred peopl receiving aid, and of these 600 are coloret It is estimated that if the cold weather cor tinues a month longer at least 3,000 peopl in Shawnee county will be compelled to as aid of the authorities. ? Developments made in the case of th negro burglars Charles Smith and Henr Davis, alleged to have been lynched by band of masked men at Clayton, Johnso county, N. C., the day before Christma prove almost conclusively that the men wei not lynched, but succeeded in making thei escape from their guards while the guarc were drunk, and to clear their own skirl the guards concocted the story that the prii oners had been wrested from them an lynched. ? The Postmaster General has notified a postmasters that certain sections of the post* laws and regulations have been amendec and prepaid letters can now be forwarde from one postoffice to another at the reque* of the party addressed, without addition* # cbargf for postage. Letters and all matte prepaid at first class rates of postage, ma be returned to the sender without additior al charge for returning. All registered mai ter may be forwarded upon the writte request of the party addressed without ac ditional charge for registry fee. ?The Baltimore Manufacturer^ Record ha given a list of the manufacturing and mir ing industries organized in the Souther States during the vear 1884. The list show 1,865 enterprises, with an aggregate capita of $106,269,500, divided among the fourtee Southern States. Alabama, Kentucky an Virginia have invested more than any r the other Southern States; but South Carol; na makes a fair showing, having in the pas year formed 53 new industries with a capi tal of $2,174,000. If in a year of depressio and hard times the South can make sue a showing what may we not expect i the flush times to come? ?The subject of divorce is attracting th attention of the governors of the State* Governor Bourn, of Rhode Island, puts hi foot down, in his message, upon the Philf delphia and New York people, who ar temporarily abiding in that State for th purpose of securing divorces. In ten yeai 2,884 applications for divorce have bee made in Rhode Island, and 2,285 grantee This shows too much domestic infelicity fc such a small State. The governor wants th laws amended so that none but bona-fid residents will be able to use the divorc courts. Governor Hoadly, of Ohio, in hi message calls attention to the increase of di vorces in that State, and insists upon th amendment of the tax laws. ? A Dallas, Texas, dispatch of Saturda says: Elders Joseph Kimley and Samue Whiteston, of the Mormon faith, passe West via the Texas and Pacific Union las night, with seventeen proselytes, eight wc men, six inen and three children, en rout to the new Mormon colony near Cruses, i the State of Sonora, Old Mexico, west of th Sonora Railroad, near the shores of th Gulf of California. The name of the ne\ colony, Elder Kimley stated, is Mount Si Young, named after the Prophet, Brighai -.Young, and the establishment of which wa the result of the severe treatment the Moi moos are receiving from the United State authorities in Utah. It was learned that a extensive proselyting movement is on foe in Georgia and the adjoining States. Th members of the party were apparently poc and very illiterate. ? Farming has wonderfully progressed, i this country, (luring the past twenty years The annual agricultural report shows thu from I860 to 1880 the value of meats increa* ed from three hundred million to eight hur dred million dollars. Of corn from thrc hnnHrorl onrl civtv tnillinn In uiv hnndrn and ninety-live million dollars; of when from one hundred and twenty-five inillio to four hundred and thirty-seven inillio dollars ; of hay from one hundred and fift> two million to four hundred and nine mi lion dollars; of cotton from two hundre and eleven million dollars to two hundre and seventy-one million dollars, and othe products in proportion, making the whol increase of value from $1,600,000,000 to S3 (500,000,000 in round numbers. More tha nine-tenths of these products are consume at home, every new manufactory opening a new and near market. ? Not since the earthquake that almo; destroyed the Italian town of Ischia in 18? and caused the loss of thousands of live has there been any great upheaval compa: able with that which has recently sprea ruin and devastation among some of th towns of Spanish Andalusia. In the ol Moorish kingdoms comprised within th? sunniest and most fertile distric of Spaii shocks of earthquake had a wide mngt In Granada many hundred lives were los and there have been ten shockssince Chris mas day. In Malaga the loss is reported i v nine hundred. In Alhama?celebrated i ^ Spanish ballads by the old Moorish wai M^^VYpe is me, Alham^jMflftfetflies hav from th HUK&feAunt ! quake was that it was marked by a series of ; shocks, continuing for three days, and that 1 . ; its effects were felt in tremblings of the ~ j earth at such opposite and remote places as x Corinthia in the Austrian Alps, and among b the mountains of Wales. 1 " ? The Philadelphia Press has been at the : pains to gather from official sources information as to the action taken by the States ! i ! of the Union in regard to the restriction of b ! the use, manufacture or sale of intoxicating J liquors. Five States have prohibitory laws? ,e | Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Iowa ( ? ! and Kansas. Thirteen are without general )f | laws upon the subject. Massachusetts, Con-! ^ necticut, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin have tried the prohibition, and finding it T" ineffective have had recourse to less drastie 1 >r measures. Twenty States and Territories J d deal with the liquor question by means of 1 y a license or a local-option system. Local- ' 0 option is the more popular system, as it con- ! 1 ~ ~ - ii m rvo t-Kn rrV* f tn rlnu) Wltll 1 L'tMieS IU UUIIIIU Uiii wco mic n^iiv iw ?vi? . the question according to the individual n convictions or needs. Rural neighborhoods ! >r and populous cities may have different :e views and interests, and it is the merit of >r the local-option method that it provides for I j- this possible difference. * ihc UarfcviUe inquirer. | N " ^ ^^i T. YORKVILLE, S. ('. : !- THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 15, 1885. ' e SUPREME COURT DECISION. < e In the Wilkes-Walker ease, appealed from j IS Chester, involving the question of the right . >r of an insolvent debtor to make an assign ment in favor of preferred creditors, the State Supreme Court filed a decision, on the 1 6th instant, in effect denying this right to insolvent debtors, and placing all creditors , in the rank and on the footing which they j n held at the time of the insolvency. Accord- ] '- ing to the decision, rendered by Melver, A. < t- J., and concurred in by McGowan, A. J., ' no preference, by assignment or otherwise, 1 e can be given by one who is insolvent. The Tun+l/k/v /li^onn + o fKfi Anininn J ^ iJUSUtt; UI.MCII13IIWIII lill. ujjimuii. I SOUTH CAROLINA'TELECTORAL VOTE. \ It appears that Mr. Rutledge, who carrie<l e theelectoral vote of South Carolina to Wash?r ington, could not present his credentials because they were sealed in the package with 1 ^ the returns, which nobody could open until j j~ the regular time for counting them. Mr. j n Rutledge received a receipt for "a package 1 said to contain the returns from South Car- 1 i, olina" received from a person representing ] himself to be the "messenger" from this ^ f; State. In view of the bungling manner in , which the vote of the State has been re- j O turned to Washington, the Greenville News ! i. facetiously and not inaptly remarks: e "We have been looking for some malic1. ious Republican contemporary to express l- wonder that a State so famous for scientific j e counting in elections as this should be unk able to count and forward her nine electo- . ral votes correctly. We do not know how ie our electoral college would have managed y if it had been confronted with eight boxes." j n LIEUTENANT ^ARLINGTON. s, The Secretary of the Navy having decided ! y that there existed no cause for court-mar- ' jr tialing Lieutenant Garlington for alleged i ^ disobedience of orders in the Arctic expedi- : s. tion under his command in 188.'!, General d Hazen has published a lengthy statement with reference to alleged newly discovered , II evidence of Lieutenant Garlington's disreil gard of orders. The evidence is the same i h which was contained in Geneml Hazen's re- i cent charges against Lieut. Garlington, and [j which the secretary of war regarded as in- ' ,r sufficient to justify a court martial. Apy pended to the statement is a letter from ( i- Lieut. Greely, written when the latter be- i lieved himself to be near death, and depos- ' j1 ited in a cairn at Cape Sabine, where it ( was found by the last relief expedition. In ,s this letter Greely charges Garlington with ( failure to obey instructions to replace the I n damaged provisions in the cache at Cape s Sabine with fresh supplies, and also charges Dr. Pavy, of his own party, with robbing ( his comrades of their food. , )f The great error committed by Lieutenant j i- Garlington was in submitting to sail on the >t expedition with sealed orders from such a < i* person as Hazen, who was thereby enabled ' n A 1 1 ^ IU |MU%v illi upcu ui siiui ^auju cm uic gauaiii ( n young officer. Had the expedition succeed- ( ed, Hazen would have claimed the credit, e as he now seeks to censure Garlington for I i. its failure. 1 i- PROJECTED RAILROADS. 1 e During the recent session of the General j ? Assembly, Acts of incorporation were grant- , ,j ed to nine new railroad companies and two : I. new tramways. The following summary >r of the names and objective points of these ! e contemplated railroads will be of interest to ' e the public. ( ? The first in importance is the Midland j i Railroad, from Greenville to Charleston, | e via Columbia, by the most practicable > route. Capital stock, $500,000 with pow- ' y i er to increase. Road to be commenced by ^ ;| j December 01, 1880, and to be completed by j ( ! January 1, 1805. | ] j.1 The Sumter and Santee Railway, from j *e the town of Sumter to such a point on the IJ n j Santee river, at or north of Vance's Ferry, ; e ! as may be selected, with the right of extend. ! < 0 ing the road to the city of Charleston, or to j ( ^ some point on the Savannah river. To be j ,{ j commenced within three years and to be j 1 completed within ten years from Decern- ! - her 24, 1884. J '*>1 The Hartsville Railroad, from Harts-j' 'j j ville, in Darlington county, to some point ] 'e on the Darlington and Cheraw Railroad, or < ,r to the Pee-Dee River, or to any points on 1 any railroads within this State, n The Augusta and Edgefield Railroad, j, s. from the town of Edgefield to Augusta, Ga., j} it by the most practicable route, with power ! to extend the road to the town of Newberry, s l- i ... ... ... , ! ( " Jsinety-MX, Aooeviueortireenwooa. ivoau | (j i to be commenced within two years from ! it the 24th of December, 1884. n The Carolina Seaboard Railway, from the n city of Charleston to the North Carolina i j" line, in the direction of Wilmington. Road 1 J to be commenced before December 81, 188(5, ' (1 and completed within ten years thereafter, j t The Glenn Spings Railroad, from Glenn , e Springs, Spartanburg county, to the city of i i" Spartanburg, and to any other point or i jj points on the same road, or any other di- ' a rection within Spartanburg county, or the , counties of Laurens, Cnion or Newberry. <t Road to be commenced by January 1, 1888, , >1 and to be completed within ten years. i 's The Eutawville Railroad, from any conr: venient point on the South Carolina Rail- j 0 way, at or near the 41-mile Station. 1 The Phoenix Railroad, from Greenwood , it by the way of Pfnenix and Edgefield vil- j i, lage to Aiken. To be commenced by Jan- 1 uary 1st, 1888, and to be completed by Jan I' uary 1st, 1890. 1 The Alma and Little Rock Railroad, from ( n a point on the State line between this State ( 1, and North Carolina, near Plainview by way i e of Little Rock, in Marion county, to deep 1 e water on the Great Pee-Dee River, in the ? county of Marion or Horry. To be com- j e pleted before January 1,1889. XhaBerkelev^w^yKiiilway, from at or > point on Cooper river or Charleston harbor, to a point on the Santee river, south of Echaw creek. The Palmetto Railroad, from Hamlet, JS\ C!., to Cheraw, S. C., to be completed within three years from December 24,1884. The tramways chartered are short lines, one in Orangeburg county, and the other from a point in Orangeburg county to San- j iy Run Baptist Church in Lexington , county. THE FIRST COTTON GIN. A few days ago a letter from President, Porcherof the South Carolina Historical So-! ciety, sent to Col. A. P. Butler, covered for j exhibition at Washington the patent issued ! by President Washington to II. Holmes, j of South Carolina, of a cotton gin, in con- f nection with which "Richland," the well j informed Columbia correspondent of the j Augusta Chronicle, furnishes the following j additional matters of interest to that paper: A/i/ir?n?nnt'inrr fho rmtmif. ? h'ttMr froill ! H.fc, ... , Hon. George H. MeMaster, by whom it was I presented to the society in 18-'{2. Colonel SlcMaster'says: "It is believed by many in this community that Whitney filched the invention from Holmes. The following is fact: James Kineaid, a soldier of the revolution, being told by his friend Holmes, who lived near Hamburg, that he had invented a cotton gin, agreed to take the gin and try it at his mill, which was situated in the western part of Fairfield District. He did so and while the mill was dosed a few hours in the absence of Kinjaid, a young man rode to the house and requested of Mrs. Kineaid permission to examine the mill. She forgetting the injunction of her husband not to permit any me to enter the mill in his absence, gave the key to the young man, who returned in a short time and rode off. Mr. Kineaid learned afterward that the young man was Whitney, and this is believed by Kincaid's descendants, who still own the mill. The original cotton gin was burned along with the mill by Sherman. Dr. William Cloud married the daughter of Hogden Holmes and preserved the parchments." It will be noticed that while the letters patent were granted to "a citizen of Georgia," Mr. Holmes was really a citizen of this State, as he "lived near Hamburg." If it is proved by this ancient document that the cotton gin was invented in this State, it will show that South Carolina has led all the States in everything connected with the production of the great Southern staple. This statement will be foreiby presented by a brief summary: South Carolina furnished the first cotton gin, and her legislature was the first to pay a royalty for its use; she made the first exportation of eotton from this country 100 years ago ; the first bale of sea island cotton was raised on Hilton Head in 1790; the finest cotton in the world is the long staple of Edisto Island, which has sold for $2 per pound when other ClJllUII^ weiy UlllJ^IU}^ IIIU^ luuc (.CIIU3 t vuv only improvement ever made upon the gin saw has recently been patented by a young South Carolinian, and the cotton harvester, the usefulness and importance of which is anly equaled by the cotton gin, is the invention of a South Carolinian; and to conclude tier work fully, she has furnished the jute for the only roll of bagging ever manufactured from jutegrown in this country. This is glory enough of itself for one proud little State.?Columbia Register. + +?+_ CONGRESS AND THE RAILROADS. The inter-State commerce bill introduced in the House of Representatives by Mr. Reagan of Texas, and passed on the 8th instant, provides that: It shall be unlawful for any person or persons engaged alone or associated with others in the transportation of property by railroad or pipe line or lines from one State or Territory to or through one or more other States or Territories of the United States, or to or from any foreign country, directly or indirectly, to charge to or receive from any person or persons, any greater or less rate or amount of freight compensation or reward than is by him or them charged to or received from any other person or persons for like and contemporaneous service in carrying, receiving, delivering, storing or handling of the same. All charges for such services shall be reasonable. And any person or persons having purchased a ticket for passage from one State to another, or paid the required fare, shall receive the same treatment and be afforded equal facilities and accomodationsasare furnished all other persons holding tickets of the same class without discrimination. But nothing in this Act shall be construed to deny railroads the right to provide separate accommodations for passengers as they :leem best for public comfort and safety, or to relate to transportation relating to points wholly within the limits of one State, provided that nondiscrimination is made on account of race or color, and that furnishing accommodations with equal comforts at the same charges will not be considered discrimination. ^>or suaii any ranroau company or us officers charge to or receive from any person who is to be conveyed from one State :>r Territory into another exceeding three .rents per mile, for the distance to be travelsled by such person. And all persons engaged as aforesaid shall furnish, without discrimination, the same facilities for the carriage, receiving, delivery, storeage and handling of all property of like character carried by him or them, and sha.ll perform with equal expedition the same kind of services connected with the contemporaneous transportation thereof, as Aforesaid. No break, stoppage or interruption, nor Any contract, agreement, or understanding, shall he made to prevent the carriage of any property from being, and being treated as, jne continuous carriage in the meaning of this Act, from the place of shipment to the place of destination, unless such stoppage, interruption, contract, arrangement, or understanding was made in good faith for >ome practical and necessary purpose, with)Ut any attempt to avoid or interrupt such continuous carriage or to evade any of the provisions of this Act. Secton 2 prohibits drawbacks or rebates to shippers. Section .'5 forbids pooling combinations. Section 4 prohibits greater charges for a ! short haul than for a long haul, which in- j eludes the shorter one one. Section 5 requires freight schedules to be publicly posted. Section (> applies this Act to all trans-1 portation whether it be confined to one or \ several roads. Section 7 provides civil penalties for in-; fractions of this law, and prescribes that no I cases brought under it shall be removed from State to United States Courts. Section s prescribes criminal penalties which may be imposed upon individuals who carry on the transportation business ! And who violate this law. Section!) declares that this Act does not| Apply to transportation wholly within one | State, and Section in defines who are embraced in the words person or persons I used herein. Tn the Senate on NYiibur. the above bill is it passed the liouse was called up ami j read by its title, when Garland addressed the House on the subject matter. He directed his argument principally against the j commission proposition. Admitting that Uongress itself might regulate inter-State j commerce, where did we find the power in Uongress to delegate its power to a com-' mission? Delegated power could not be. iub delegated. Congress would not divest. itself of its legislative power to hand it over . to any commission. It was unheard of. That legislative power should be a delegated power lodged in a commission was extraordinary, and Garland asked Senators to pause and seriously consider the bill. It not only gave the commission legislative, but judicial power. It seemed to him that the courts were competent to deal with this question, and if they were not their jurisdiction could be enlarged. He thought the bill just passed by the House of Itepre-entatives a better measure than any of the measures proposed in the .Senate. The House bill defined what was wanted and ilid not leave it to any subordinate officer or commission. It did not delegate the power of Congress to any other body, and so it left the matter within the Constitution. Phe question of what was State commerce \nd what inter-State commerce was a very lifficult one sometimes to decide. The ?reat danger in the clash between the States j < severally and the United States arose on . :his very question. He Relieved that great-1 er progress would be made by recommitting all bills and proposed amendments to the committee, who could consider them and report promptly to the Senate. After further debate, participated in by Bayard, Dawes, Cullom, Harrison, Ingalls, Slater, Maxey and Jones of Florida, a motion to recommit was rejected bv a vote of 18 to 24. Cullom said that when, after discussion, the Senate bill should be perfected, he would move to amend the House bill by substituting the Senate bill for it. Wilson's amendment, making it unlawful for the railroads to discriminate against localities or individuals, was added to the bill. Vance proposed an amendment making it unlawful for railroads to charge small shippers higher rates than large shippers * US..K iU- K:II TTn Ull 5UU]Ct'^ IU WIIIUU uiu UIII iCiai\;vt? said it constituted the coming question in American politics for the next twenty years. It may be a tentative measure, but something was necessary. The public were not willing to commit the commerce of the country for all time to the greed and cupidity of railroads, without endeavoring to protect themselves against extortion. lie acknowledged that difficulties surround the subject, but a beginning had to be made. There was 110 reason why railroads should not be as popular as they were necessary. They were public servants, and were no more justified in charging the poor man or the small shipper more for service rendered him than was charged for like service to the rich man or the large shipper. It would be like the case of a judge, who should feel justified in imposing a light penalty on a man who was olten in court because he was a wholesale offender, and imposing a heavy penalty on the man wlm w^s honest enough to be occasionally brought into court. Vance thought, however grave the difficulties of governmental supervision of railroads may be, those difficulties would be overcome, as the genius of the race to which we belong had always been equal to the redress of every grievance that had pressed upon them. George, of Mississippi, supported Vance's amendment. Unless we were prepared to say that a difference in opinion among men justified difference in charges, the amendment was right. Th$ argument that it was proportionally more expensive to carry small shipments than large ones, was an argument not Dermissibleto railroads, since they did not pretend to charge for carrying goods according to the cost of service, but according to the principle of what the traffic would bear. The cost of service had nothing to do with the railroad charges, George spoke at length upon the inevitable tendency of industry to concentration, and the severity with which that tendency bears on the weaker and poorer portion of the community, and while this tendency was undoubtedly the result of tundamental economic laws, yet human laws were the instrumentality of its expression, and human laws could regulate and direct it for the good of society. If the proposed amendment were adopted, small enterprises would he encouraged and an impetus be given to the efforts of energetic men who do not happen to have large capital. George cited many illustrations of the incongruity and discriminations of railroad charges in the South to the great disadvantage, he said, of Mississippi. Pending the debate, the Senate went into executive session. Correspondence of the Yorkvillc Knquirer. LETTKIt FROM CHESTER. Chester, January 13.?The firm of Wylie & Agurs, the dissolution of which was announced in my last correspondence, has been succeeded by the firm of Joseph Wylie it Co., the company consisting of Messrs. William Lindsay, T. B. Woods and John White. A portion of last week was spent in taking stock, which will be sold at and below cost. The new firm desires to begin its mercantile life with new goods. It is earnestly hoped that the same prosperity will attend the new firm that has attended its predecessors. Messrs. I). H. Jordoa.it Bro., of Fort Lawn, in this county, met with a heavy loss on Wednesday night. Their storehouse and stock were entirely consumed by fire, the loss amounting to $(5,000. The building was valued at $2,000, on which was an insurance of $1,200 in the Home, of New York. The stock was valued at $4,000, on which there was insurance of $1,200 in the Ilibernia, and $1,200 in the Hartford, represented at this place by Mr. \V. H. Hardin. The origin of the fire is unknown. The colored people have generally made contracts for the present year. The majority of the field hands prefer and work for a share of the crop, though some hire for standing wages. Remuneration on the latter plan has been considerably increased. A few years ago a good laborer could have been hired at $75 a year; now, the same laborer demands $100 a year. There is no scarcity of laborers in this county. In the north-eastern section many families, acting according to Greeley's advice, have gone West, but their departure has not been seriously felt. The emigration of the colored man must assume more considerable proportions before he will be greatly missed in this country. The colored people are in better financial condition now than for years. While they are not becoming more economical in their habits, they are generally working better and making some progress in their condition. The Sandy River Lodge of Masons installed their officers for the ensuing year at Armenia Church on last Thursday. Mr. J. H. Hardin was installed Worthy Master, Richard Atkinson, Senior Warden; Dr. J. M. McCollum, Junior Warden; Brooks Hardin, Senior Deacon; Alexander Gladden, Junior Deacon; Mr. Henry Hardin, Secretary; Neely Hardin, Treasurer, and Mr. J. N. Hardin, Tyler. A considerable number of Masons of the Chester Lodge were present, and assisted in the installation. Every thing passed off pleasantly. The following are the officers of the Chester Masonic Lodge for the ensuing year: J. B. McFadden, W. M.; J. W. Parker, S. W.; W. F. Babcock, J. W. ; J. A. Blake, ,S. D.; Thomas McCandless, J. I).; I. N. Cross, Secretary; J. L. Chambers, Treasurer; J. H. Crawford, Tyler. News was received here on last Saturday morning of the death of Mr. C. C. Maeoy, in Charlotte, the same morning, lie was for many years the leader of the Republican party in this county. He was the delegate from this District to the Chicago Republican Convention, ancT was the Republican candidate for Congress from this District in the late campaign. He has left considerable property at this place, which will doubtless be claimed by his Northern relatives. He was buried on Sunday by the Masonic brethren of this place. Mr. James Strieker, of our town, is dangerously ill. He has a complication of diseases. Dr. S. B. McLurkin, of our county, is in a critical condition. He is unable to digest any food. It is hoped he will be spared a long time to his family and friends, llis section of the county could ill afford to lose the professional services of so excellent a physician. Mrs. Robert Love is extremely ill. She has been suffering from chills for some time. The town election passed off yesterday without much excitement. The following ticket was elected: John Mclver, Intendant; J. L. Chambers, I. L. Gunhouse, W. H. Rosborough and and D. R. Reid, Wardens. The old council, headed by W. II. Hardin for Intendant, were candidates for re-election. The friends of the newly elected ticket made great demonstrations of rejoicing last night. Mr. J. G. Baird was inaried to Miss Laura Johnson and not Mrs. Laura Johnson, as the types made me say last week. m. A Boon Business for a Big Max.? Gen. Sherman, we observe, has written another letter against Jeff Davis. Our Washington correspondent sends us the gist of it, and some Senator has been silly enough to call for the publication of the whole letter, as though it could be of the least public importance or interest. Gen. Sherman surely knows as well as anybody in the country that the war is over. His friend, Mr. Blaine, to be sure, has not yet found it out; but Mr. Blaine is as dead as Jeff Davis, and Gen. Sherman might as well be writing letters in praise of Blaine as letters denouncing Davis. The war is over and hitting a corpse is a poor business for so live a man as Gen. Sherman.?JWw York I Tern I<1. \ J C" LOCAL AFFAIRS, j; NEW ADVE RTISEM EXTS. j * Hunter it Gates?Amusement Hall. J. Reatty Williams, Jiulge of Probate?Citation ? j" James A. Watson, Applicant?Dr. Samuel j 1 Wright, deceased. j t j J. W. P. Hope, Administrator?Notice. ! ( 1 J. Reattv Williams?Attorney at Law. j j Mav it May?The Old Doctor's Hitters?Our i Thank's. j Jones, Robertson A* Co., General Agents, Columbia, S. C.?The Domestic Fertilizing Co. | I Joseph Wylie it Co.?$50,000 Worth of Goods at | i CostI j 1 I J. R. Lindsay?Supplies. i , I J. Reatty Williams, Judge of Probate?Citation? Mrs. Cornelia J. Wilkes, Applicant?H. H. I Wilkes, deceased. |' j Berry it Barber?Hot Rolls for Breakfast. i I Lowrv it Starr?Drug Emporium. i I Parish, Mclvnight it Co.?Clothing. j j Withers Adickes?A New Departure. . Latta Brothers?We Invite Farmers. I H. FY Adickes?We Have Just Received. ' | J. It. Bratton, Administrator?Application for 1 Discharge. < I ?ii ir l. / !? 1>?M ??,1 Una/1 Tl?i? i l . i>i. I'umuiuv v. w,?jiciiuiu <v>iu i?? < j W. ('. Latimer?(luano. Hermlon Brothers?Our Bakery. EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENT. t On Friday last the Governor appointed John ] A. Barron, Esq., trial justice at this place, vice \ Wm. B. McCaw., Esq., resigned. i A CLEVER ARTIST. ! The Oeorgetown Enquirer makes the following personal notice of a visitor to that town: " , of Charleston, the polite and popular dealer in tombstones, will he in town until the lfith instant. His work seems to have given , general satisfaction to all who have entrusted him with the execution of their orders." This reminds us of the advertisement of the Chicago undertaker, who said that those who had used j his collins never wanted any others. W AT HIS OLD STAND. As will he seen by his announcement in another column, ('apt. J. R. Lindsay has again resumed business, he having bought out the stocks of ; Mr. Alfred I. Craven and Messrs. Caldwell <k . Dickson, the latter store having been in the same room formerly, and until last spring, occupied , by Capt. Lindsay; so that he has mutated to his old quarters, and in fact is under his old sign, , which had never been removed. Here he proposes to remain, and to his present extensive stock of staple and fancy groceries he will make additions, enabling him to compete for tiie share ( of the trade which his energy deserves and will command. CHURCH NOTICES. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Services " iii I..* frmrliift*>tl :it. Tirzah Church on Sunday next by Rev. J. C. Galloway, of Charlotte; and on the same day, in the church at Yorkville by Rev. 0. JO. McDonald, of Steel Creek, N. C. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. J. T. Pate, Pastor. Services in the church at Yorkville at the usual hours, morning and evening, next Sunday. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services next Sunday, at the usual hours, forenoon and evening. Baptist?Rev. J. JO. Covington, trustor. Services at Union Church at 11 A. M., and in the church at Yorkville in the evening at the usual hour. King's Mountain Mission?Rev. L. A. Johnsou, Pastor. Services at King's Mountain Chap- ' el next Sunday at 11 A. M. _ TRIAL JUSTICES. ' Up to this date only four trial justices of the recent appointments by Governor Thompson for York county have properly qualified for entering upon their otlicial duties. These are S. M. Fewell, of Rock Hill; W. I). Camp, of Black's Station; J. S. Lewis, of Yorkville; and J. P. Blair, of Bullock's Creek. Nearly all of these commissions for York county are re-appointments of former ollicials; but the opinion is expressed that their former commissions expired with the rising of the General Assembly, and consequently they are not properly qualified to discharge the duties of trial justice until they have taken the oath of ofiice under rc-appointment. The Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions is the only olfieer authorized by law to administer the oath of ofiice to trial justices. Alluding to this fact, the Columbia Iicf/ixtcr of Sunday, says: "Notwithstanding the requirement of the General Statutes, and the . plain instructions sent out from the Secretary of State's ofiice, quite a number have recently taken these oaths before Notaries Public and others not authorized to administer them. In every case they are returned to the parties to go before the proper orticcr." EXAMINATIONS OF TEACHERS. 1 llC UOllIliy DOiiru til J'j.\aiuiiiuiat cvuioiotui^ of Rev. D. Harrison, County School Commissioner, and Rev. T. R. English and C. E. Spencer, Esq., have concluded their labor of grading the examinations of applicants for certificates of touchers of free public schools. About thirty renewals were made of certificates, and in addition to this number there were f>4 applicants, to 44 of whom certificates were granted as follows: First grade?Miss Rosa Hobbs, Miss Lula M. Roberts, Miss Sue L. McFarland, James A. Watson, L. Shurley, 15. P. Alston, John E. Mason, Miss Mattie J. Itattaree, W. J. Bowen, Miss Hattic L. Rattaree, A. A. Dwyer, Miss Lilla Ratchford, C. L. Ratchford. Second grade?E. P. Castles, W. J. C'aveny, Miss Maggie Mcllwain, A. J. Pride, I). M. Hughes, J. Iv. Wilson, J. M. Long, R. A. Hagins, James McAlily, Miss Tirzah A. Templeton, Miss Janie S. Thomasson, J. R. Bell. E. F. M. Nix, Miss Mattie A. Love, John R. Alexander, Rev. R. S. Ferrell. Third grade?R. F. Gibson, L. F. Williams, P. F. Blake, Rev. H. Blake, John Ford, R. I. Apostle, Amelia E. Hill, E. C. Hill, J. S. Hill, Letha Young, J. E. Wherry, S. W. Newton, J. . W. Herron, J. R. Bryant, Ella Lyttle. MEMORIAL WINDOW. A beautiful memorial window has been placed in the southern! of the Episcopal church, in rear of the chancel, in memory of the late Roberts P. Johnson, formerly rector of the church. The window is of stained glass, 19 feet in height, and is beautiful in conception and artistic in execu- 1 tion. The central figure represents the Saviour < bearing in his arms a gentle lamb. This figure is surmounted with a descending dove, and beneath the central figure is a monogram of the 1 initials I. Iff S.?Jesus, Saviour of Mankind? ! folloucaKby the text, "I am the good shepherd." The mfscription reads: "Erected A. I). 1884, in memory of our friend and pastor, Rev. Roberts | P. Johnson." The window was made in New ' York city and cost $24."i, and is a fitting tribute ' to the memory of a pastor who endeared him- ' self to his congregation and was greatly admired by the entire community of which he was long ( an honored and respected member. On Sunday ( last, Rev. E. N. Jovner, the present rector, de- < livered an admirable discourse founded on the text inscribed upon the window, and depicting | in proper terms the Christian virtues character- , istie of him whom the window commemorates. ] A NEW ENTERPISE. , We were pleased to meet in town, last Monday, Dr. T. C. Robertson, who recently removed from < inn fVtlnmVmi iii which citv. liv his i enterprise and energy, he is making his presence felt, as the following, from the Columbia corrcs- I pondenee of last Friday's Xeirs and Courier, clear- I ly indicates: i For more than a month past the advertise- ' inent of an application for charter for the Do- ~ niestic Fertilizing Company has been published, < and on last Monday the charter was granted by ( the Clerk of Court and accepted by the company. |, Columbia has gained a new and valuable enter- j 4 prise. The charter was procured by prominent ! J business men of Columbia and Hock Hill. Mr. ( John It. London, of Rock Hill, was elected prcsi- : 1 | dent, Messrs. Jones, Robertson tfc Co., ofColum- I ( | Ida, being the general agents. j The works of the company are located in the j j | brick building adjoining the Union passenger , , j station at the foot of Iiervais street, which was j formerly jointly used as a transfer house by the [ Columbia and Greenville and the South Carolina Railways. The factory is lf>0 feet long and 40 J feet wide, has a platform on each side of it, and in j its rear another platform of the same dimensions as the building. The site is probably the most eligible one in the city, as trains from any rail- I J road entering Columbia can be loaded on either j ' side of it, and it is but a stone's throw from the >s freight stations of three roads. j Work was begun yesterday, and by this morn- j j ingsix carloads of fertilizers were slapped. The ( factory lias a capacity of from 7(1 to 100 tons a dsiv and has orders ahead which will keep it . busy, night and day, for a mouth to come. For 1 more than four months preparations for the I work have been going on quietly under the di- ] rection of Jones, Robertson it Co., and to-day I g Columbia finds the new company an established * institution, commanding at its inception a large ( and valuable business. The company manufactures acid phosphates, and sells besides, cotton j ^ seed meal, kainit, and the leading ingredients of j fertilizers. t In the work of pulverizing, manipulating and ' j mixing fifteen hands are busily employed, and v the warehouse is already filled with the product. ; The shipments are being made to all parts of the , upcountry. Under its capable and progressive j ' management, and with its excellent facilities, j t low freight rates and promising patronage, this I C ie\v Columbia enterprise will unquestionably . e uicceed anil prove of larg? permanent value to r lie city. ; ft Mr. London, the president of this conipaniy? i3 i d i citizen of Rock Hill and well and favorably ' t" cnown throughout the upper counties as an ex- o ellent business man, while the names of the ; t-1 ither members are sulHcient guarantee ol the : e eliability and high standing of the company. v AMERICAN LEGION* OF HONOR, j j S Yorkville Council No. 1121, of the above oi|'er f< s in a flourishing condition, numbering 03 irP1" | H iers. On Friday night last the ollicers foJbe | iresent year were installed, the installation j . mionies being public, to witness which th^M*" ; ers of other fraternal societies in town 4 B'0 | 0 nvited, several of whom honored the oc^^lP j ^ .villi their presence. At the conclusion ornlnLL, nstallation cereinonics, the otlier work of the | Jouncil having previously been done, a coll*- j ^ ion was served, and the members and their in* | v fiteil guests repaired to the festive board for toe ^ injoyinent of the bountiful repast prepared by ^ ikillful caterers. t> ('losing tlie festivities, Past Commander E. M- jLaw offered the following sentiment : "The frft- , n ernal and charitable organizations represented ^ tore to-night?Engaged in one of the noblest of {3 111 man undertakings, and based 011 principles j| tvhich underlie the well-being of all Christian n (immunities, may* the bonds of good fellowship t< letween them be drawn closer by time, may ;hcir usefulness never bo impaired, and may S ;heir efforts in the common cause he crowned a ivith abundant success." a This was responded to in graceful terms by a Major Jas. F. Hart, on behalf of the Knights of e Honor, (he being a member, however, of both ft orders) and with his remarks one of the most pleasant meetings in the1 history of Yorkville d Council was concluded. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. \ ? Hays the Abbeville Medium: "A number J pf the opponents of the lien law have been v in town the last few days trying to get sup- 0 plies on liens." a ? The South Carolina college has reopened r ifter the Christmas holidays with ati enrolment of 100 students, an increase of seven since the recess. t ? There have been rumors of an attempt to rescue J. C. Ferguson, the man who shot i Benedict in Abbeville, and the jail is guard- " ed by militia. " ? Anderson Intelligencer: The cyclone sea- t son is approaching, and it is said that some r of our citizens are repairing their pits so as {i to make them secure. ; ? Florence Time*: On Tuesday last, over c 100 negroes left Florence for Arkansas, and s they go in companies every day. So far we b have heard of no lack of labor for the next o year, and this exodus is having no effect whatever on the farmers. ? Belmonte cotton factory, at Sumter, was sold last week by the sheriff under an ex- : ecution, and was bid off for $15,000. The purchaser is responsible for a bonded debt of 1 $15,000 additional, which makes the purchasing price $30,000?less than half its real ^ value. It was bought by a syndicate of Sumter men. 11 ? Five of the six prisoners in Camden n jail made their escape on Saturday night by 5 cutting a hole through the ceiling in their cell and letting themselves to the ground ; by a rope made of blankets torn into strips 1 and twisted together. The last one fell to t| the ground by the breaking of the rope, and \ sustained such injuries as necessitated his t being dragged several hundred yards. t< ? Says the Columbia Register: The Sinking Fund Commission, at its last meeting, reduced the fees for land titles and deeds is- ' sued by the Commission through the Secre- ? tary of State's office from three dollars to q fifty cents. This will be a help to those who \ have their lands forfeited and who want to 1 redeem them, as well as to parties wishing S to purchase. ?A pistol ball was fired into the editorial '] rooms of the Lancaster Review on Thursday . night last. The editor says: "we are inclin- ' ed to the opinion that it was an accidental shot, for we are too charitable to think that : there exists a creature in human form so low, so base, so cowardly and so infernally a mean an(JUneakiQg n? ,t? attempt injjuuuL?? manner to bulldoze an inoffensive newspa- \ per man." ? On the 5th instant, the Stewards (or part of them) of the Chesterfield Circuit met in the Methodist Church at Chestesfield, to de- termine whether they would accept the preacher whom the annual Conference had J sent to preach to the people of Chesterfield ' Circuit. The result of it was that the Rev. ^ .J. W. Mcltoy, the preacher sent them, was * rejected, and consequently the Chestefield l Circuit has no preacher. 1 ? The meeting of the Directors of the Ash- ' ville & .Spartanburg railroad ajourned on Saturday until the 3rd of February without doing any business. .Superintendent Ander- j son says that they will wait until the United j1 States Supreme Court decides the ease in re- s gard to the bonds. This will be done, he j thinks, in March. There was a tailing on in freights and fares on the road last year. The running expenses were also cut down, ' but still there is a deficit of $5,000. ? Henry Sims, colored, while drunk at Peak's Staton, Lexington county, on the i day after Christmas, attacked town marshal W. E. Howell while in the performance of his duty, jerking his club from his hand and striking him on the head with it. The marshal thereupon shot him in theshoul- ^ ders with a revolver. Sims was taken to j jail at Lexington the day after the occur- ( rence, and is now serving out a sentence of v thirty days for resisting an officer. Dr. C. ? E. Lephart has removed one of the balls {' from Sims' shoulder; and the other still remains in him. MERE-MENTION. * The rents and premiums in Plymouth I Church this year will be $27,250, a decrease ^ of $7,600 from last year. The diminution is > Beecher's punishment for supporting Cleve- i: land. A. M. Scales will be inaugurated I Governor of North Carolina on the 21st in- 1 ritant. A life insurance man calculates ? that in 193ft there will be living 1,20.'} sur- J.1 vivors of the late war. A fire broke 9 out in Durham hist Friday night, destroying ii a large tobacco warehouse and contents, and an extensive tobacco factory, besides dam- l aging other buildings. Loss, $74,000; in- | surance, $62,000. The Charlotte Observer learns tluit Rev. O. F. Gregory, pastor of the Baptist church in that city, has received a call to the pastorate of the Valence street Baptist Church in New Orleans. He has not yet given a reply to the call. The universal cotton-convention at New Orfcarr-r \ on February loth will be attended by rep- j resentatives of every cotton growing coun- u try in the world. Grover Cleveland re- n signed the Governorship of New York last o week in the following laconic message: h 'To the Legislature: I hereby resign the j " office of Governor of the State of New * York." During the past week, the Wa- j toasluand other Western Rivers have been j k 1 1?1 1 *-1? Akrt... .\m/1 n?n rr/\y*trdr\ u*lth 1 flOOHUU uy IIIO WlitW illlU .lie v? mi ice. Much damage isbeing done. George , w P. Krwin has been elected Speaker of the i New York House of Representatives, from ! _ which, the politicians say, is assured the | 1 election of Levi P. Morton, Blaine's man, ; is United States Senator, and the defeat of j Arthur. The anniversary of trie battle ; if New Orleans was magnificently eelebra- / :ed by the Democrats of Ohio and Illinois, " )ii Thursday. Airs. Lockwood has sent H i petition to Congress, praying tint body o see that the votes cast for her in the late | Presidential election be counted. The Columbia Seminary.?Re*. Dr. J. j [I. Mack, one of the directors of tie Theo- < < ogical Seminary in Columbia was n Charotte, X. C., last Friday, and to a fipresen-1 ative of the Observer communicated the 1 ollowing facts in regard to the affairs of the f seminary that will be of interest to the jublic and that will correct some erroneous mpressions that have prevailed in thi minds \ >f the people: ,] In the first place, Dr. Alack said, tie sem- h nary has not closed as has been rtported, "it: >ut is now in a better condition ;han it af las been for some time, a number if new itudents having lately been received. All !U he old professors except Prof. Wcodrow, sa ire still in the seminary as usial and j" vill remain until their successors aie elect- oi (d. When Prof. Wood row was expelled, sli he other professors resigned and tleir res- sli gnation was promptly accepted, tlo'ugh it <i! vas agreed that the professors shoild hold >n for a brief season. A meeting of the ! >oard of directors is to be held in .Augusta, | ; la., on the 28th of this month, at wliich an ntirely new corps of professors ,vill be i lected: Dr. Mack stated, that the seminay never had brighter prospects than it has t present and that the recent summary enling with Prof. Woodrow by the direcors meets with the hearty endorsement f all the friends of the seminary. All rouble is ended and the seminary is now ntering upon a new and successful era, rith the prospect of increasing usefulness efore it. The report that the doors of the eminary had been closed was entirely unfunded, and it is rather strange that it renained uncontradicted for so long a time. The Blair Bill, and What it is Vortii to the South.?The total amount f money appropriated by the Blair bill, s it passed the Senate, is $77,000,000, to be istributed over a period of eight yearn, as jllows: The first year $7,000,000, the secnd year $10,000,000, the third year $15,000,00, >the fourth year $10,000,000, the fifth ear $11,000,000, the sixth year $9,000,000, he seventh year $7,000,000, the eighth year 5,000,000. The sums so appropriated shall be paid oift in the several States and Teritories in that proportion which the whole uuiuci ui persons in eacn wno, Deing 01 he age of 10 years and over, cannot write, ears to the whole number of such persons 11 the United States," and the apportionnent is required by the terms of the bill ) be made "according to the census of 1880." The total number of persons in all the tates and Territories "who, being of the ge of ten years and over, cannot write," is, ccording to that census, 0,230,058. The mount to be distributed, therefore, in ight years, under the terms of the bill, is bout $12.33 for each illiterate person. The total number of persons of the class escribed in the Southern States of Alabana, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, faryfand, Mississippi, Msssouri, North Jarolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia?is 4,470,865. it $12.33 for each illiterate, these States irould be entitled to receive $55,125,765.45, r a little over five-sevenths of the amount ppropriated for all the States and Territoles. Killed By a Persimmon Seed.?A litle boy eight years old, son of Wm. Allen, iving near Dallas, swallowed a persimmon eed which lodged in his windpipe. At rst it produced only occasional trouble, nd it was hoped that nothing serious rould follow. On last Saturday, however, he child was seized with choking spells, iroduced by the swelling of the seed in the windpipe, which increased in violence unil Sunday evening when it died from suflfoation. Cutting into the windpipe was reorted to on Saturday before the child died, mt too late to do the little sufferer any pod.?Gustoiiia Gazette. Jftnaittial an!) Commercial^ YORKVILLE, January 14.?Cotton 10.15 to 0.25. CHARLESTON", January 12.?Cotton quiet, fiddling 10$. CHARLOTTE, January 13.?Cotton quiet and lominal at 8$ to 10.40. LIVERPOOL, January 12.?Cotton steady and narket somewhat inacti'ye. Middling uplands, 15-16d. NEW YORK, January 12.?Cotton very dull, fo spot sales. Middling uplands. 11 1-16. Fuures closed quiet with sales of 49,600 bales, as ollows; January 11.04 to 11.05; February 11.03 a 11.04; March 11.08 to 11.09; April 11.20 to 1.21; May 11.33 to 11.34; June 11.45; July 11.55 o 11. 56 ; August 11.(55 to 11.66; September 11.30 0 11.35 ; October 10.80 to 10,86. Comparative Cotton Statement. NEW YORK, January 9.?The following is he comparative cotton statement for the week nding January 9: 1885. 1884. teceiptsatall ports for the week, 1:14,578 90,066 "otal receipts to this date 3,196,189 3,598,035 Exports for the week 141,489 159,450 'otal exports to date, 2,439,277 2,034.526 itockat all U. S. ports 979,299 1,198,168 itoek at all interior towns 181,605 200,746 Itockat Liverpool 698,000 696,000 Lnierican afloat for Great Britain 310,000 305,000 HYMENEAL. Married?On the 7th instant, near Yorkville^V. t the residence of Mr. H. Keller, the bride's tep-father, bv Rev. T. R. English, Mr. G. P. aiflT Miss JOSEPHINES. DERRER. ill of this county. OBITUARY^ Died?In Ebenezer township, on the 1st day of lanuary, 1885, after a lingering illness of live aonths, MARY CATHCART, daughter of Mr. Villiam J. and Mrs. M. J. Miller, aged eleven ;earsfive months and sixteen days. In this county, near Hickory Grove, on the 9th instant, of affection of the brain, CHARLES 'V. FOSTER, aged 43 years and 8 months. notice. ~ 1 LL persons indebted to the estate of R. L. lTL HOPE, deceased, either by Note or Account, re hereby notified that the same must be settled >y the 1ST OF MARCH, 1885. All claims not ettled by that time, will be given to an attorney or collection. J. W. P. HOPE, Administrator, .lanuary 15 3 3t j. beatty williams, attorney at law, Yorkville, S. C., 117ILL practice in the Circuit Court of York TT county. Prompt attention given to collections. January 15 3 ly* applicationTok discharge. NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned, * Administrator of the estate of Mrs. JANE DUSART, deceased, has made a final settlement fith the Judge of Probate for York county, and nMondav, the 16th day of February, 188o, will aake application for a final discharge from lia'ility as Administrator of said estate. J. R. BRATTON, Administrator. January 15 3 5t ""(wuu nunin ur .11 tusi. BAYING bought out the interest of J. L. Agurs in the firm ot "YVYLIE A AGURS we rill close out the entire stock now on hand IT COST FOR CASIi. The stock is very com'tete inallthe departments, including Groceries, >ry Goods and the elegant stock of Clothing of food A Woods. It is a rare thing that such a Uck of goods is thrown on the market on such t'ftns. Merchants will have an opportunity to tplenish their stocks and consumers a chance to 'pply their family wants on terms that may |(t occur again in years to come. Members of the Firm.?Joseph Wylie, Win. Aidsay, T. B. Woods, John G. White. JOSEPH WYLIE A CO.. Successors of Wylie A Agitks. January 15 :l 2t irliE_OLI> DOCTOR'S O. D. B. BITTERS. l/JWY A MAY, the energetic Druggists, will I. commence on the 1st of February, to manhcture their well known Bitters, under the Jnie and style of Old Doctor's Bitters, or title p. B., guaranteed to cure Dyspepsia and the trious forms of Indigestion and Bilious disor^ generallv. For Chills and Fevers we only 'ft one trial if directions are followed as given r each bottle. Samples given to all who prefer 'rial for first. Try home remedies where you >ow the medicines are pure, hook out for our great advertisement next . *k. MAY A MAY. 'anuary 15 :i lit THE DOHESTIC FEKTII.I/1XG CO. OF Columbia, ?S. ('.. jPFERS to the Trade; ;s?h Grade Aminoniatod Fertilizers, High Grade Acid Phosphate, Genuine Imported German Kainit, ('otton Seed Meal, Muriate of Potash and Nitrate of Soda. H'ompt Shipments made, and Goods and Pri^ Guaranteed. JONES, ROBERTSON A CO., General Agents, Columbia, S. C. January l"> 3 4m HE STATE OF SO I TII CAROLINA, York County. J^HEREAS JAMES A. WATSON has ap[j plied tome for Letters of Administration, ' 4oni? 11011, cum tcstamcnto annexo, on all and "Inlar the goods and chattels, rights and credI>r. SAM'L WRIGHT, late of the county wesaid, deceased: ' lose are, therefore, to cite and admonish all .. singular the kindred and creditors of the *i deceased, to be and appear before me, at our , i? Probate Court for the said county, to be . Jjden at York Court House on the 31ST DAY ' JANUARY, 1885, at 11 o'clock A. M., to x-N ev cause, if any, why the said Administration 01ld not 1)0 granted. j"6'1 under my hand and seal, this l.'lth day of G'jUary, in the year of our Lord one thousand ^ht hundred and eighty-live,and in the 109th ' ?arof the Independence of the United States "America. J. BEATTY WILLIAMS, t Probate Judge of York County. bhuarv 15 a at /