Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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JJcpartttteiit. ! Having Fun With the Fare-box.?In ! ] some of the St. Louis one-horse ears there are brass nickel carriers that run the whole length of the car. From any part of the car you can drop a nickel into one of these car- i rlere and then watch it as it rolls along on i its edge down the incline and finally goes i rattling into the fare-box. I saw a wild t western ranchman come into a car, and after putting his fare in the ordinary way he noticed a new-comer drop a nickel down the ( elevated railway. The device aroused his t utmost admiration. He at once changed a , couple of dollars into 5-cent pieces. Then < he took his place ax the door and started two nickels simultaneously down each side | of the car and offered to accept bets as to which would get into the fare-box first. He kept this up until his $2 worth of coin was gone, and wound up by saying: "Wall, that's the durndest contrivance I ever see." Detroit Free Press. ?- - . Willing to Quit.?A good story is told of an interview of W..H. H. Bingham with one of the state boarders at Windsor. Some of the prisoners were at work lathing the guard room during a recent official visit of i the governor, and the latter was inspecting the progress of the work. After contemplating the process for a few minutes, Governor Bingham remarked: "See here, my man, you are laying those laths too near together; thatsort of work will never do." The prisoner calmly laid down his implements and said: "Governor, I am willing to be turned off and discharged if my work don't suit; I never applied for this job or the situation, and if my work isn't satisfactory, I am willing to quit." The offer was not accepted.?Montpetier (VI.) Journal. [ ~ A Great Secret Out.?Pretty girl? "An old woman told me to-day that I ought to get some love powder, and she said she guessed you kept it." Druggist?"You can make it yourself by mixing half a teaspoonful of sugar with a? a minute quantity of powdered starch." "Yes, ami how will I give it to him ?" "Yon must Invite him to supper which you prepare, and slip it into his coffee." "And will it make him want to marry me?" "iTi ?>11 ie ii t~ 1 J I 1 "it Will II HID WUW IS KUUU UllU CVCIJ" I i thing else well cooked."?Omaha World. ' i ? i A Beau Gets Even With a Belle.? 1 She wasn't very young,-but she had money. 1 He didn't want the earth. < "Dearest," he began, but she stopped him. "I anticipate what you are about to say, Mr. Sampson," she said, "and I would spare four feelings, for it can never, never be. esteem you highly, and will be a sister ft to?" "I have four sisters already," he replied bitterly, "four grown sisters and life is a hjdeous burden. But, oh, Clara," he went on passionately, "if you cannot be my wife will you not give me a mother's protecting lover I'm an orphan." , A Dangerous Experiment.?Parson Squire?"I tinderstand, deacon, that the church carpet is being ruined by the water from dripping umbrellas." Deacon Goode?"It is so, parson, and something has got to be done." "Why not have a rack in the vestibule and leave the umbrellas there instead of carrying them to the seats?" "I am afraid it would destroy the solemnity of the benediction." v "You think so?" "Yes everybody would want to be first out so as to get the best ones."?Christian Intelligencer. I?-"Did father iqiure your feelings last night when he asked you out in the hall?" said a fair damsel of G street to a clerk in a Seventh street dry goods store. "Yes," he replied in bitter, revengeful tones, "but I can , forgive him that for your sake, dear." "Then you will come again?" she asked, bopefbllyand brightly. "Yes love, I will cbme again." "When, Harry, when?" "When your pa is in the cold, cold ground, Annie." "No sooner than that?" she asked, with tears in her eyes. "Well," he "vjjtaid, forgivingly, "for your sake I might be induced to come to his funeral."? Washington Critic. < 1 ' -- . * 1 U.n itr.m, nnn,r.Tinr.T, A fn... nonnlnVu 1 mo ?f lr Cj a u >yur*i\rjiJ*?n. icw cvuuiugo i . ago a fine looking, well dressed negro, black as black can be, entered a drug store and inquired semi-confidentially of the clerk : "I>o you keep lampblack?" "I can give you some," was the reply. "How much do you want?" "Well, you see, sah?ah?is , it very nice? I would like a little, sah? . in a pretty box?like these," pointing vaguely at boxes containing toilet articles in the show case. "Well," said the clerk, dubiously, "I dunno; what do you want it for?" "For de toilet, sah ; for my wifeshe powdahs, sah!"?Buffalo Express. The Special Use of Flies.?"Yes, Bobby," said the minister, who was dining with the family, "everything in this world has its use, although we may not know what it is. Now, there is the fly, for instance. You wouldn't think that flies were good for anything, yet"? "Oh, yes, I would," interrupted Bobby. "I know what flies are good for." "What Bobby?" "Pa says that they are the only thing that j keeps hiurs awake when you are preaching." j ? .Meteorological item.-An Austin clerk is in the habit of drawing his salary for Several months in advance. A few mornings ago, he came down to the store a half hour later than usual. "What makes you so late?" asked the ; proprietor. "It was so chilly I didn't like to get up." | "I don't see how you came to find it. cold," growled the boss. "You drew your ; salary for next July, yesterday."? Texas \ Siflings. i j j^*"I understand you've got a horse to j .. trade, Mr. Pixley." ;1 "Yes, I have." ! 1 "What's your reason for wanting to dis- j pose of hin^ ? Is he sound ?" I "Sound as a thunder clap, but he's too j young for an old man, and I've got to get j rid of the beast, or I'm afraid I won't live ; to die of old age. He's already broke three j riD8 lor me, smasnea my loot anu spraineu j my spine. Otherwise he's a powerful good hoss." 1 i So He Will.?Mrs. Donovin?"Good ' marnin' to yes, Mister Murphy; sure 'tis 1 an early bird you are this blessid marnin'. i( Mr. Murphy. Thrue for yez Missis Dono- 1 I vin; but 'tis a trifle more than a day's job 1 W Oi have here, so Oi sez to meself Oi'U jist I ~ shtart in an hour befoor Oi comraince, an' ' worruk an hour or so afther Oi quit, wid ! maybe the laste bit in the wurruld while 1 Oi'm restin' at noon, an' so Oi'll have it, * done betwixt daylight and darruk. L A Gre>t Inducement.?"Now, Johnnv, take your medicine like a good boy. ; BjP-v" Mamma will put a penny in your bank ev- j ery day if you do." ; "What will oo buy wif it when oo gets lots ?" "Johnny can buy mamma a new bonnet when he gets enough saved." j, Johnny swallowed his dose.?St. Louis j Chronicle. Knew Her Husband.?Mr. Winks? : Great Scott! There comes Jinks. He has V a bill against me. Tell him him I am out. i\ Mrs. Winks?Well, I'll tell him you have ' |l just gone down to pay a bill. Mr. Winks? No, no. He'll know you're lying then. 1 Tell him something he can believe. Mrs. Winks?Well, I'll tell-him you're on an- j' ^ other spree, dear. I?-Mrs. Yerger, of Austin, rebuked her servant, Matilda Snowball, for being too ; fond of company. i N "You have four or five men visiting you ^ every night in the kitchen. That will i j never do." 11 "Dat's all right. Dey all wants to marry ! me. I don't 'low none oders ter hang round '] de premises." j < *'*- M 19" Customer (to photographer)?I don't I think the picture does me justice. Photog- ] rapher?My dear sir, if photography did < justice to every one who has his picture 1 taken, the art would soon grow unpopular. I fjtetianal jtffaiw. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. The message of President Cleveland, read >efore both houses of Congress, 011 the first lay of the present session presents in a satsfactory manner the friendly and amicable elations existing between the United States ind all foreign powers, closing this branch )f the subject with the following reference ;o Mexico: "Incompliance with a resolution of the Senate, I communicated to that body on \ugust 2, last, and also to the House of Representatives, the correspondence in the case >f A. K. Cutting, an American citizen then mprisoned in Mexico, charged with the lommission of a penal offence in Texas, of ivhieh a Mexican citizen was the object. \fter demand had been made for his release he charge against him was amended so as n innlnflo q violation of Moxioan l;iVV with n Mexican territory. This rejoinder of aleged offences, one within and the otherex:erior, induced me to order a special invesigation of the case, pending which Mr. Cutting was released. The incident has, towever, disclosed a claim of jurisdiction ^Mexico novel iu our history, whereby my offence, committed anywhere by a foriigner, penal in the place of its commission ind of which a Mexican is the object, may, f the offender be found in Mexico, he there iried and punished in conformity with Mexican laws. This jurisdiction was sustained by the Courts of Mexico in the Cutting case, ind approved by the executive branch of ;hat Government, upon the authority of a Mexican statute. The Appellate Court in releasing Mr. Cutting decided that the abanionment of the complaint by the Mexican ritizen aggrieved by the alleged crime, (a libelous publication,) removed the basis of further prosecution, and also declared justice to have been satisfied by the enforcement of a small part of the original sentence. The admission of such a pretension would oe attended with serious results, invasive of the jurisdiction of this government, and highly dangerous to our citizens in foreign lands. Therefore, I- have denied it, and protested agaiust its attempted exercise as unwarranted by,the principles of law and international usage. A sovereign has jurisdiction of offences which take effect within his territory, although concocted or commenced outside of it, but the right is denied of any foreign sovereign to punish a litizen of the United States for an offence A! Aiif JOIIlUJIlieu Ull UUL SUll iui v luiaviuu ui uui laws, even though the offence be against a jubject or citizen of such sovereign. The Mexican statute in question makes the claim broadly, and the principle, if conceded, would create a dual responsibility in the ntizen and lead to inextricable confusion, Jestructive of that certainty in the law which is an essential of liberty. When citzens of the United States voluntarily go into a foreign country they must abide by Ihe laws there in force, and will not be pro;ected by their own government from the :onsequence of an offence against those laws jommitted in such foreign country. But ;he watchful care and interest of this government over its citizens are not relinquished because they have gone abroad, and if barged with crime committed in a foreign and, a fair and open trial, conducted with lecentregard for justice and humanity, will pe demanded for them. With less than this heir government will not be content when ;he life or liberty of a citizen is at stake. Whatever the degree to which ultra-territo ial criminal jurisdiction may have been ormerly allowed by consent and reciprocal igreement among certain of the European States, no such doctrine or practice was ever snown to the laws of this country, or of that xora which our institutions have mainly peen derived. In the case of Mexico there ire reasons especially strong for perfect harnony in the mutual exercise ofjurisdiction; lature has made us irrevocably neighbors, ind.wisdom and kind feeling should make is friends. The overflow of capital and en:erprise from the United States is a potent actor in assisting the development of the esources of Mexico, and building up the prosperity of both countries. To assist this rood work all grounds of apprehensions for ;he security of person and property should pe removed, and I trust that in the interest pf good neighborhood that statute referred :o will be modified so as to eliminate the present possibilities of danger to the peace )f the two countries." He recommends the revision of the exsting legislation concerning citizenship ind naturalization, and says: "We have reaties with many States providing for the enunciation of citizenship by naturalized diens, but no statute is found to gi ve effect o such engagements, nor anv which pro j 1- 4.? i ziaes a neeueu*ceiiutu uuicau mi mc jcgioration of naturalized citizens. Experience suggests that our statutes regulating extraction might be advantageously amended >y a provision for the transit across our territory, now a convenient thoroughfare of ravel from one foreign country to another, >f fugitives surrendered by a foreign govern men t to a third State. Such provisions ire not unusual in the legislation of other oun tries. and tend to prevent the miscarriage of justice. It is also desirable in orler so remove-the present uncertainties that luthority should be conferred on the secretary of State to issue a certificate, in case )f arrest, for the purpose of extradition to ;he officer before whom the procceeding is pending, showing that requisition for the surrender of the person charged has been luly made. Such a certificate, if required :o be received before the prisoner's examnation, would prevent a long and expensive judicial inquiry into a charge which :he foreign government might not desire to sress. I also recommend that express provisions be made for the immediate discharge from custody of persons committed for extradition where the President is of jpinion that the surrender should not be made." Of the public finances, he says: "The report of the secretary of the treasury exhibits in detail the condition of the public inancesand of the several branches#!' the rovernment related to his department. 1 .^specially direct the attention of Congress :o the recommendation contained in this ind the last preceeding report of the secretary touching the simplification and imendment of laws relative to the collec:ions of revenues, and in the interest of jconomy and justice to the government I hope they may be adopted by appropriate legislation. The ordinary receipts of the government for the fiscal year ended June JO, 188G were $336,439,727.06 and of this imount $192,903,023.41 was received from lustoms and $116,805,936.48 from internal revenue and the total receipts as here stated ivere $13,749,028.68 greater than for the previous year. The increase from customs was $11,434,084.10. And from internal revrevenue $4,407,210.94 making a gain in these items for the last year of $15,841,296.04 but \ falling off in other resources, reduced the total increase to the smaller amount mentioned. The expense at the different custom houses, of collecting this increased cus toms revenue, was less than the expense attending the collection of such revenue for the preceding year, by $390,008 and the increased receipts of internal revenue were collected at a cost to the internal revenue bureau of $155,944 99 less than the expense of such collection for the previous year. The total ordinary expenses of the government for the fiscal year ended June (10,1880, were $242,485,138.30, being less by $17,788,787 than such expenditures for the year preceeding, and leaving a surplus in the treasury at the close of the last fiscal year of $93,958,588.50 as against $03,463,701.27 at the close of the previous year, being an increase in such surplus of $30,492,817.29." He recommends a reduction of the revenues and the application of the large surplus in the treasury to the extinguishing of the public debt. Of the evil of Federal taxation, he says: "But it is not the simple existence of this surplus and its threatened attendant evils which furnish the strongest argument against our present scale of Federal taxation. Its worst phase is the exaction of such a surplus through a perversion of the relations between the people and their Government and a dangerous departure from the rules which limit the right of Federal taxation. Good government, and especially the government of which every American citizen boasts, has for its objects the protection of every person within its care in the greatest liberty consistent with the good order of society, and his perfect se- t curity in theenjoyment of his earnings with i the least possible domination for the public | c needs. When more of the people's sub- ; c stance is exacted through the form of taxa- 11 tion than is necessary to meet the just ob- j ligations of the Government and the ex- ! 1 pense of its economical administration, f t such exaction becomes ruthless extortion ' r and a violation of the full fundamental t principles of free government. The indi- a rect manner in which these exactions are { made has a tendency to conceal their true character and their extent. t "But we have arrived at a stage of su- c perfluous revenue which has aroused the a people to a realization of tho fact that the i amount raised professedly for the support r of the government is paid by them as ab solutely as if?added to the price of the ( things which supply of their daily wages? t it was paid at fixed periods into the hand 1 of the tax-gatherer. Those who toil for i daily wages are beginning to understand r. that capital, though sometimes vaunting t its importance and clamoring lor tne pro- i c tection of the Government, is dull and 11 sluggish till, touched by the magical hand ? of labor, it springs into activity, furnishing t an occasion for taxation and gaining the < value which enables it to bear its burden, i and the laboring man is thoughtfully in- f quiring whether, in these circumstances and j considering the tribute he constantly pays f in the public treasury, as he supplies his daily wants, he receives his fair share of i advantages. c "There is also a suspicion abroad that the surplus of our revenue indicates abnormal ( and exceptional business profits, which* t under the system which produces such sur- j plus, increase with corresponding benefit j to the people at large. The vast accumu- * lations of a few among our citizens whose t fortunes, rivaling the wealth of the most i favored in Anti-Democratic nations, are i not the natural growth of a steady, plain ( and industrious republic. - t Our farmers, too, and those engaged di- 1 rectly and indirectly in supplying the pro- t ducts of agriculture, see that, day by day, i and as often as the daily wants of their 1 households recur, they are forced to nay ( excessive and needless taxation, while I their products struggle in foreign markets 1 with the competition of nations which, by c allowing; a freer exchange 01 productions tha'n we permit, enable their people to sell for prices which distress the American farmer. As every patriotic citizen rejoices in the constantly increasing pride of our people in American civilization and in the glory of our national achievements and progress, a sentiment prevails that the leaching strings, useful to a nation in its infancy, may well be to great extent discarded in the present stage of American ingenuity, courage and fearless self-reliance; and for the privilege of indulging this sentiment with true American enthusiasm, our citizens are quite willing to forego an idle surplus in the public treasury, and all the people know that the average rate of Federal taxation upon the imports is to-day, in time of peace, but little less, while upon some articles of necessary consumption it is actually more than was imposed by the grevious burden, willingly borne, at a time when the Government needed millions to maintain by war the safety and integrity of the Union." A revision of the tariff isalso recommended, and as affecting the laboring man he says on this question: "Due regard should be also accorded in ! any proposed readjustment to the interest of I American labor, so far as they are involved. i We congratulate ourselves that there is < among us no laboring class fixed within un- ' yielding bonds and doomed under all condi- ( tions to the inexbrablefateof daily toil. We < recognizeinlaborachieffactor in the wealth < of the Republic, and we treat those who 1 have it in their keeping as citizens entitled 1 to the most careful regard and thoughtful at- ' tention. This regard and attention should < be awarded them, not only because labor is the capital of our workingmen, justly entitled to its share of government favor, but for the further and not less important reason 1 that the laboring mau, surrounded by his i family in his humble home, as a consumer, i is vitally interested in all that cheapens the < cost of living, and enables him to bring I within his domestic circle additional com- < forts and advantages. This relafion of the I workingman to the revenue laws of the i country, and the manner in which it palpa- i bly influences the question of wages, should i not be forgotten in the justifiable prominence given to the proper maintenance of 1 the supply and protection of well-paid labor; 1 and these considerations suggest an arrange- i merit of government revenues. i "But our farmers and agriculturists, those | who from the soil produce the things consumed by them, are perhaps more directly and plainly concerned than any other of our citizens in a just and careful system of Federal taxation. Those actually engaged in and more remotely connected with this kind of work, number nearly one-half of our population. None labor harder or more continuously than they. No enactments limit their hours of toil, and no interposition of the government enhances to any great extent the value of their products.. And yet for many of the necessaries and comforts of life, which the most scrupulous economy enables them to bring into their homes, and for the implements of husbandry they are obliged to pay a price largely increased by an unnatural profit, which by the action of the government, is given to the more favored manufacturer. I recommend that, keeping in view all these considerations, the increasing and unnecessary surplus of the national income, annually accu- ' mulating, be released to the people by an j amendment to our revenue laws, which shall cheapen the price of the necessaries of i life and give freer entrance to such import- i ed materials as by American labor may be I manufactured into marketablecommodities. < Nothing can be accomplished, however, in 1 this much-needed reform unless the subject I is approached in a patriotic spirit of devo- ] tion to the interests of the entire country, I and with a willingness to yield something I for the public good." On the question of silver coinage he says : ' "During the fiscal year ended June*30, 1 1886, there were coined under the compulsory silver coinage Act of 1878, 29,838,905 sil- 1 ver dollars, and the cost of the silver used I in such coinage was $23,448,960. There had 1 been coined up to the close of the previous 1 fiscal year, under the provisions of the law, 1 203,882,551 silver dollars, and on the first day of December, 1886, the total amount of such ( coinage was $247,131,540. "The director of the mint reports that at ( the time of the passage of the law of 1878, > directing this coinage, the intrinsic value of the dollars thus coined was ninety-four and one-fourth cents each, and that on the 31st day of July, 1886, the priceof silver reached f the lowest stage ever known, so that the in- i trinsicor bullion priceof our standard silver ( dollar at that date was less than 72 cents. ( The price of silver on the 30th day of No- < vember last was such as to make these dol- | * * " " a ^ 1 _ rnu? lars intrinsically worm ittceniseacu. mese differences in value of the coins represent the fluctuations in the price of silver, and they certainly do not indicate that compulsory coinage by the government enhances the price of that commodity, or securesuniformity in its value, and every fair and legal effort has been made by the treasury department to distribute this currency among the people. The withdrawal of United States treasury notes of small denominations, and the issuing of small silver certificates have been resorted to in the endeavor to accomplish this result in obedience to the sentiments of the representatives of the people in the Congress. On the 27th day of November, 188G, the people held of these coins, or certificates representing them, the nominal sum of $166,873,041, and we still had $79,464,.'145 in the treasury, as against about $142,894,055 in the hands of the people and $72,865,376 remaining in the treasury one year ago. "The director of the mint again urges the necessity of more vault room for the purpose of storing these silver dollars, which are needed for circulation by the people. "I have seen no reason tochange the views expressed in my last annual message on the subject of this compulsory coinage, and I again urge its suspension on all the grounds contained in my former recommenuauou, i reinforced by the significant increase of our gold exportation during the last year, as ap- t pears by the comparative statement here- ( with presented, and for the further reason i that the more this currency is distributed s among the people the greater it becomes i our duty to protect it from disaster; that we c now have abundance for all our needs, and j hat thero seems but little propriety in buildng vaults to store such currency, when the ?nly pretence for its coinage is the necessity if its use by the people as a circulating melium." He reviews the report of the Secretary of iVar, and approves various recoramendaions it contains for the improvement of the nilitary service, among the recommendaions that officers be required to submit to in examination as a preliminary to their >romotion. He also reviews at length the reports of he postoffice department, the department >f justice, tho department of the interior, md some special recommendations for the mprovement of the service of the departnents is urged. A hopeful view is taken of the condition >f the Indians, and attention is directed to he fact that very few of them are now trou>lesome, and that most of the tribes are subnissive to the control of the government, rhey have, as the President says, a peculiar :laim upon the fostering care and protection >f the Nation; The government cannot reieve itself of its responsibility until they ire trained and civilized so as to be able to ako care of themselves. The maintenance )f the rights of actual settlers upon governnent lands is commended to Congress, and ippropriate legislation is suggested for the protection of the national domain from speculative corporations and individuals. The manifold abuses under the existing pension laws are shown and correctives recommended. On the absorbing questions of labor and capital he says: "The relations of labor ;o capital and of laboring men to their employers are of the utmost concern to every patriotic citizen. When these are strained ind distorted unjustifiable claims are apt :o be insisted upon by both interests, and n the controversy which results the .velfare of all and the prosperity of the ountry are jeopardized. Any intervenion of the General Government within the imit of its constitutional authority to ivertsucha condition should be willingly iccorded. In a special message transmit:ed to Congress at its last session I suggested the enlargement of our present labor pureau and adding to its present functions ;he power of arbitration in cases where iifferences arise between employer and employed, and when these differences reach such a stage as to result in the interruption >r commerce Decween me ouues, uiq amplication of this remedy by the General Joyernment might be applied as entirely .vithin the constitutional powers, and I :hink we might reasonably hope that such irbitrators, if carefully selected and if en:itled to the confidence of the parties tc >e affected, would be voluntarily called to she settlement of controversies of less extent and not necessarily within the domain >f regulation. I am of the opinion that this suggestion is worthy the attention ol the Congress. But after what has beer. Jone by the passage of laws, either Federil or State, to relieve a situation full ol solicitude, much more remains to be accomplished by the reinstatement and cultivation of a true American sentiment, .vhich recognizes the equality of American citizenship. This, in the light of traditions ind loyalty to the spirit of our institutions, would teach that a hearty co-operation on the part of all interests is the- sure path to national greatness and the happiness ol ill our people; that capital should, in recognition of the brotherhood of our citizenship and in a spirit of American fairness, generously accord to labor its just compensation and consideration, and that contented labor is capital's best protection and raithful ally. It would teach, too, that the liverse situations of our people are inseparable from our civilization, that every citizen should in his sphere be a contribator to the general good, that capital does not necessarily tend to the oppression ol abor, and that violent disturbance and disorders alienate from their promoters true American sympathy and kindly feeling.'1 Of civil service reform he says: "The continued operation of the law renting to our civil service has added the most convincing proofs of its necessity and usefulness. It is a fact worthy of note thai every public officer who has a just idea ol uis duty to the people testifies to the value >f this reform. Its staunchest friends are round among those who understand it best, ind its warmest supporters are those whc ire restrained and protected by its requirements. The meaning of such restraint and protection is not appreciated by those whc want places under the government, regardless of meritand efficiency, nor bv those whc Insist that theselection for such places should rest upon proper credentials showing active partisan work. They mean to public offices, nevertheless, the only opportunity offered them to attend to public business, and they mean to the good people of the country the netter performance of the work of theii government. It is exceedingly strange thai the scope and nature of this reform are sc little understood, and that so many things not included in its plan are called by its name. When cavil yields more fully to exunination the system will have large additions to the numbers of its friends. Out civil service reform may be imperfect in jome of its details, it may be misunderstood ind opposed, it may not always be faithfully applied, its designs may sometimes miscarry through mistake or wilful intent, il may sometimes tremble under the assaults nf its enemies or languish under the misguided zeal of impracticable friends, but il the people of this country ever submit tc the banishment of its underlying principle from the operation of the government, they will abandon the surest guarantee of the safety and success of American institutions. [ invoke for this reform the cheerful and ungrudging support of Congress. I renew my recommendation made last year that the salaries of the commissioners be made ?qual to those of other officers of the government, having like duties and responsibilities, and I hope that such reasonable appropriations may be made as will enable them to increase the usefulness of the cause they have in charge." Tho nnfonl, nflli'P is nnw nnl v thrpp month? Dehincfin its work, less than in years, and ivill soon be squarely up with it. Attention is called to the United States Supreme Court decisions depriving States ol power to regulate railroad charges beyond :heir limits, and Congress is recommended :o assume control of the matter so relegated to it. He urges that payment of all the balances lue to depositors in the Freedman's Savings Bank be provided for, and closes with reference to the control of the affairs of the District of Columbia. CLUVEKIl'S TO HANOI. On the 7th instant Governor Lee, of Virginia, sent a letter to the counsel of Clurerius, who is now in the Richmond jail unler sentence of death for the murder of his cousin Fannie Lilian Madison, in which he >ays that he has given the statements, and :oall papers and petitions presented for Executive clemency in behalf of the prisoner, he careful consideration which their importance demanded. The Governor then idds: "The prisoner came from the judicial to :he executive department of the government, marked guilty by the judges and ury. Starting at that point therefore, I lave been diligently studying the record, A'hile industriously seeking information . ? / I oil nfhor umirnfie wHinh U1U rv 1UCIILC II Will (111 W illVI uvutvv^, f. ...V.. night conclusively prove to my mind that :he verdict of the court was an error and :hat, therefore the sentence pronounced by :he Court of Hustings, and affirmed by Virginia's highest court, must not be set aside jT commuted. "With an earnest desire to faitfully execute without fear or tavor the laws of the State, impartially to all, with the most profound sympathy for those upon whose learts this blow must fall, with a clear conscience that I am discharging my duty to ;he people of my State as my God has ?iven me strength to see it, I now write to you to inform you that I have not been tble to reach a different conclusion from :he courts, and therefore, the case of Thomis J. Cluverius is not one in my opinion :o call lor executive interference, either by he exercise of pardoning power or by computation of sentence." The Governor's decision was conveyed to ;he jail by Judge W. W. Crump, senior counsel, and his son, Beverly T. Crump, who icquainted the prisoner with it. Cluverius stood the ordeal with the same fortitude vhich has generally characterized his conluct since his arrest, and during his trial. \fter his counsel left him, however, it was plainly apparent that the awful news he had I heard had a marked effect, and that it was ; as much as he could do to maintain his wonted composure. Shortly after the counsel left the cell several reporters visited the jail and made an ; effort to see the prisoner, but when informed j of their object by the "death-watch," Clu! veriussaid, "I do not want to see anybody.' He was seated in an arm-chair with his elbows on his knees and his chin buried in his hands. Seeing the reporters at the door ol his cell he changed his position and endeavored to appear calm and collected, but it was i evident that the blow had struck home. On Wednesday the counsel presented f petition for respite, which the Governoi granted, appointing the l-lth of next Janu ary as the day for the execution. YORKVILLE ENQUIRER. Prospectus* for 1887. EXTRAORDINARY OFFER TO CLUB-MAKERS. Three Desirable Premiums. "A BUGGY, A WAGON AND $15 IN CASH ON the 1st of January, 1887, the YORK VILLI ENQUIRER will enter upon its thirty third volume, and while we shall strive to mak it in every respect a more acceptable weekb publication than it has hitherto been, the lead ing features of the paper, which have alway , rendered it popular with all classes of readers will be retained. Besides the general make u] of the Miscellaneous department, which featur has given the Enquirer a distinctive character we shall publish m SERIAL STORIES , Throughout the year, from the pens ok thi | most popular writers of fiction in th] ' world, and which department alone, on accoun of the chal-acter of the stories that we shall se ( cure, will give it additional interest toall reader i of light literature. In addition to the Story Literary and Miscellaneous features of the pape*i careful attention will be bestowed upon th News department, which will embrace a recon of the leading events at the State and Nationn Capitals; Congressional and Legislative proceed 1 ings ; "Scraps and Facts," being a hotch-potch c light current topics; a compend of the New Abroad and at Home; County and General Cor respondence; Market Reports; Local and Stat News; Editorial Articles upon appropriate sub jects intended to promote the welfare and pros perity of our State and people, which will, w trust, continue to render the Enquirer a wel come and entertaining Familv Journal. TERM8 OF SUBSCRIPTION?FREE OF POSTAGE. , Single copy, one year, 92.." Two copies, one year, 4.C 1 One copy, two years 4.C PREMIUMS TO CLUB-MAKERS. To clnh-niakers for the aDDroaching volumt ; we offer" THREE PREMIUMS for' the thre largest clubs, as follows : One BREWSTER SIDE BAR PIANO BOI BUGGY, worth 800. One TWO-HORSE "OLD HICKORY" WAG , ON, worth 855. A Cash premium of FIFTEEN DOLLARS. ; Description of Our Premiums. 1 THE BUGGY J Is a first-class vehicle in every respect, made c the best materials, and is known as the piano bo ' style, which has become the most popluar bugg now in use. It is hung on the celebrated Brews ter Side bar Oil tempered springs, which are th most comfortable, and, therefore, the most widt ly used side spring. It is full leather trim | med with "lazy back," Savern patent wheeh steel tire, best steel, faintail, double collar axles It is painted a rich black. The buggy is a goo one and will give satisfaction. It is worth 86< ! It is furnished to us by Mr. M. C. WILLIS successor to the lute B. T. Wheeler, manufactu - rer of and dealer in buggies, carriages <fcc., an . may be seen by calling at his factory in thi . place. j. THE WAGON . Is known as tho "Old Hickory," manufacture by tho Kentucky Wagon Manufacturing Co., c i Louisville, Ky. The "Old Hickory" is recognis ed as one of the best wagons manufactured in th United States. The materials of which it is mad are of the best quality and are put together b ! skilled workmen, and it is thoroughly and hand | somely painted. The wagon is a two-hors< . thimble skein, of two thousand pounds capacitj r The lowest retail price is 855. The wagon wa 1 furnished to he by Mr. JOHN R. ASHE, th ! Company's agent at Yorkville. CONDITIONS. i The three Premiums mentioned above will b . awarded on the following conditions: i The person getting up the largest club of ycai ly subscribers to the Enquirer, at 82.00 pe annum, for each subscriber, will be entitled t ' the first choice of one of the above Premiums > the person getting up the s ind largest club, a I the same price, to the secoim choice; the perso j getting up the third largest club, to the thir choice. I The time for completing clubs under the abov offer is limited to 1 o'clock P. M., on the SEC ' ONI) MONDAY OF MARCH, 1887. Competi ' tors may begin to secure subscribers at once' tho time of subscription to commence wheneve t tho name is handed in. The money for eac i subscriber is expected to be paid at the time th , name is entered upon our books, and no nam will be counted in competition for a premiui and no premium delivered until the subscriptio " prico has been paid., To persons who make up clubs of ten or mor ' names, but who may fail to obtain one of th t above premiums, we will send the Enquire I one year free of charge, and to those who sen a club of twenty or more names, but who ma <v.:i /% not n nrainiiim wo will forward the En ' quiRer onfe year free of charge, and a copy, on ' year, of any weekly newspaper or inonthl, I magazine published in the United States, th . publication to be selected by the person entitle* f to receive it. ( It is not necessary that the names of a clu , should all be at the same post-office. Name ; may be taken at any number of places. On name for two years will be equivalent to tw > names for one year each. All subscriptions must be forwarded to u [ at the expense of those sending them. We will be responsible for the safe transmis . sion of money only when sent by draft, regis | tered letter or money order drawn on the York ! ville post-office. In sending names, write plainly, giving post office, county and State. All subscriptions will be discontinued at th i expiration of the time paid for. [ A.separate list wjdl be kept for each club-ma ker, who will be credited with every name sent so that the number sent by any one person cai ' be ascertained at a moment's notice. Persons who commence making clubs, wil not be permitted, after the names have been on i tered on our books, to transfer the names t ? another club-maker's list. The time in which additions may be mad to clubs under this proposition, will expire 01 the SECOND MONDAY OF MARCH, 1887 Therefore, persons who desire the benetit o club rates, must subscribe and pay for the pane I before that date, as after the expiration of tba l time it will not lie furnished for less than 82.5 unless new clubs are formed. All letters should be addressed to L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C. RELIEF! I Forty Years A Suffer From Catarrh I WONDERFUL TO RELATE! 1 ^1710It FORTY YEARS I have been a victin _E to CATARRH?three-fourths of the tiini a sufferer from excruciating pains across nr forehead and nostrils. The discharges were s^i , offensive that I hesitate to mention it, except fo the good that it may do some other sufferer. ] have spent a young fortune from my earning! during my fortvyears of suffering to'obtain re 1 lief from the doctors. I havo tried patent medi r cines?every one I could learn of?from the foui ! corners of the earth, with no relief. And at las I (57 years of age) have met with a remedy tha : has cured me entirely?made me a new man. j weighed 128 pounds and now weigh 14(5. I used I thirteen bottles of the medicine, and the only re ! gret I have is that being in the humble walks o ; life I may not haye influence to prevail on all ca ,, tarrh sufferers to use what has cured me Guinn'! j Pioneer F.lood Renewer. "HENRY CIIEVES, "i"SO. 'Ml necouu ov., mwun, vjrti. Mr. Henry Cheves, the writer of the above for merly of Crawford county, now of Macon, Geor gia, merits the confidence of all interested in ca tarrh. W. A. HUFF, Ex-Mayor of Macon. ! A Superb Flesh Producer and Tonic | Gui mi's Pioneer Blood Renewer ' Cures all Blood and Skin Diseases, Rheumatism Scrofula, Old Sores. A perfect Spring Medicine If not in your market it will be forwarded on re ceipt of price. Small bottles ?1.00; large bottle: 81.75. Essay on Rlood and Skin Diseases mailec ; free. MACON MEDICINE COMPANY, Macon, Georgia. ! For sale by LOWRY & STARR, Yorkville. j November 17 11 ly I "MOORE COUNTY GRIT" The bent Millstone in the World for Table Meal Samples of rneil sent on application. Send fof -prices on Portable Corn Mills, Upper and Under Runners and Millstones. We are agents for Engines, Boiler*, Saw Mills, Cotton (?ins, Flaners, Shafting, Pulleys, to., also for Itoller-Mill Outfits which save SO to cents for the miller in every barrel of flour he makes. Write stating what you want and terms you wish to bttv on. Give references. Address, North Carolina MM* Stone Co., Parkewood, Moore Co., N. C. i June 23 25 fim* / ./ I GARRY IRON ROC 5 Manufacturers of all kinds of IRON ROOFING , CRIMPED AND CORRUGATED SIDING, Iron Tile or Shingle, jpBnfpSSiimgg FIRE PROOF DOORS, SHUTTERS AC., THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF I Orders received liy L. M. GRIST. May 10 TAX RETURNS FOR 1886-87. I AUDITOR'S OFFICE, YORK COUNTY, r | Yorkvii.i.k, S. C., December 1, 1880. According to law, the tax books of , YORK COUNTY, for the fiscal year com- ] ' inencing November 1st, 1880, will be open from - JANUARY 1ST, 1887, UNTIL FEBRUARY 20TII, 1887, inclusive. The Auditor will attend at the following places and times to take the tax. returns of the several tax-payers of York county for the fiscal year 1880. At. Ynrlrvilln r>ti SJatnrrlnv .Taniuirv 1. 1887. At Bethany, on Monday, January 3,1887. At Clover, on Tuesday, January 4, 1887. At Bethel, on-Wednesaay, January 5,1887. At Thompson's Mill, on Thursday, January ?, 1887. At (May Hill, on Friday, January 7, 1887. AtNeelyifc Son's Store*, on Saturday, January ! ' 8, 1887. At Massey's Store, on Monday, .January 10 1 3 1887. I At McC'onnellsville, on Tuesday, January 11, ' o 1887. 1 V At Bullock's Creek Church, on Wednesday, - January 12, 1887. 8 At Rainey's Mill, on Thursday, January 13, i, 1887. p At Hickory Grove, on Friday, January 14, e 1887. ', At Clark's Fork, on Saturday, January 15, 1887. I At Rock Hill, on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, January 17,18, 19, ' R 20 and 21, 1887*. E AtCoates' Tavern, on Saturday, January 22, t 1887. i- At Fort Mill, on Monday and Tuesday, Janus ary 24 and 25, 1887. ', At Grover, on Wednesday, January 26, 1887. , At Black's, on Thursday, Friday and Sature day, January 27, 28 and 29,1887. d At Yorkville, from January 31, to February il 20, 1887, inclusive. j At which time the Books will close and penalit ty attach to all delinquents, s All residents in York county, between the - ages of 21 and 00, are liable to poll tax. e W. B. WILLIAMS, Auditor, i- December 1 48 tf - W. G. REID Ac CO., 0 ROCK HILL, S. C., 10 *1 Manufacturers of and Dealers in )t Wagons, Bnggies, Carriages, Lumber, &c. e ^ rpHE only dealers in the State, outside of the J. city of Charleston, who buy the above goods by the car-load, and are, therefore, prepared to otter bargains nowhere else to be obtained. DEALERS IN Stoyes, Sewing Machines, Furniture and House x Furnishing Goods of all kinds. y ie Pianos and Organs. iGive us a call, or write for prices before buyfj lngany of the above-named goods. ). ,5: ALL GOODS WARRANTED d 8 And satisfaction guaranteed. W. G. REID & CO. October 20 42 3m d J JOHN R. ASIIE. W. JI. ASHE, JR. e ASHE Ac ASHE, y McConnellsville, N. C. I] COTTON GINNING, &C. s "UIJ'E heroby beg to inform the public that we o \f are fully prepared to Gin Cotton, Grind Corn and furnish Brick in any quantity. We have nothing but first-class machinery and don't hesitate to say that we can do you better work e than any competitor. We will run an eightysaw new Pratt Gin, and have it geared t<? - run slow and gin on the old horse-power style, sr making a finer sampleand cleaning the seed beto ter than the present usual method of ginning i; cotton. it We have our Corn Mill ready to mash corn and n deem it unnecessary to say more than that our d machinery was prepared and put in motion by J. WYLIE WELLS, which alone is sufficient e- guarantee for first-class work. J- We have one quarter of a million of Brick i- now ready for market, and will be pleased to - serve any party with both plain and pressed >r Brick in such quantity as they may want. We h will ship Brick to any point to which we can e make satisfactory freight rates, e We will meet any competition in our merchann dise business and guarantee satisfaction in every n instance. Give us a showing all round. ASHE & ASHE. u ~ T. 8. JTEFFERYS. AGRICULTURAL HALL. e i y A FULL STOCK OF I S SASH, HOORS AND BLINDS, b Engine Fittings, Babbit Metal, i I ROLAND CHILLED TURN PLOWS, Thomas Harrows, , RANDALL DISK HARROWS. " " ALSO, Two Second-Hand Engines on Hand, j Which I will sell very low. e " 5 Don't Forget to Pay Your Gnano Notes. ? T. S. JEFFERYS. ] > " SUFFERING WOMEN!~ j 0 Read what the great Methodist Divine and ? Eminent Physician Says of 1 BRADFIELD'S FEMALE REGULATOR! r t Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 20,1884. 0 Dr. J. Bkadfield : Dear Sir?Some fifteen years ago, I examined the recipe of Female Regulator, and carefully studied authorities in regard to its components, and then, as well as now, pro? nounce it to be the most scientific and skillful " combination o^ the really reliTOle remedial veg etable agents known to science, to act directly on the womb and uterine organs, and the organs and parts sympathizing directly with these ,* and, . | therefore, providing a specific remedy for all disI eases of the womb and of the adjacent organs and < I parts. Yours truly, I JESSE BORING, M. D., D. D. 1 0 | Brad field's Female Regulator is only intended ? . for diseases peculiar to WOMEN, and for these S 5 is a SPECIFIC. Sold by all druggists. Send for 1 r J our treatise on the fleillth and Happiness of J 1 i Woman, mailed free, which gives all particulars. r ! THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., " | Box 28, Atlanta, Ga. j i August 11 82 ly t THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ( f I York County. J WHEREAS JAMES F. M. ALEXANDER , has applied to me for Letters of Admint ' istration on all and singular the goods and chat- c - tels, rights and credits of SAMUEL HOWELL, c i late of the county aforesaid, deceased. ^ These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all t and singular the kindred and creditors of the g said deceased, to be and appear before lnc, at our g - next Probate Court for the said county, to be t - holdeii at York Court House, on THURSDAY, t - the 23RD DAY OF DECEMBER, A. D., 188(1, ; at 11 o'clock, A. M., to shew cause, if any, why c j the said Administration should not be granted, g Given under my hand and seal, this 8th day of t December, in the year of our Lord one thou- t > i sand eight hundred and eighty-six,and in the ! *lllth year of American Independence. c - j JOS. F. WALLACE, , J I C. C. Pis., and ex officio Probate Judge. 1 December 8 41) 2t | ROCK HILL AND CLARK'S FORKT" t PERSON'S residing along the mail routes s from Yorkville to Rock Hill, and from s Yorkville to Clark's Fork, via Zadok and Bethany, who wish tosubscribe for the YORKVILLE a i ENQUIRER for the year 1887, and who are not t j located convenient to a post office, are hereby ^ informed that if they enter their names on my t I club, they can have the Enquirer delivered to l them without expense for such delivery. If it t : is inconvenient to see me in person, pay the t ! subscription club price at the Enquirer Office s and have the name entered on my list. WALTER II. MOORE. c December 8 49 tf a y )FING COMPANY, IRON ORE PAINT And Cement. 152 TO 158 MERWIN STREET 4 Cleveland, O. W xifc Wj2^r Send for Circularand Price W * List No. 75. IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. V 9 ly \ W. C. WILLIS. NORTHERN AND WESTERN BtlGGIES. SINCE I began business in September last, I have added some very nice Northern and Western Buggies to my stock. I defy competi:ion, and would ask persons wishing to buy to j* give me a call, and enjoy a look. I am determined to make the price suit the times, when ihecash is offered. I am Determined To Roll The Wheel, \ # A.nd would most respectfully ask my friends to ajive me a helping hand. I am now handling the celebrated light-running Thimble-Skein TENNESSEE WAGON. For cash they can be had cheap. I am making Repair Work a specialty. I have good and experienced workmen and work will be done at nhort notice. I have on hand a splendid assort- . mentof M Single and Double Harness, ] Made by hand, and of the very best material. Give me a call before doing worse. j M.C.WILLIS. * November 17' 31 tf 1 F. HAPPER FIELD. A FRESH GROCERIES. MY full stock of Groceries consists of the best goods that can be bought, and will bo sold as low as any other house will sell you. HARDWARE. A full supply ot Hardware, including Plow Fixtures and all other articles in that line'required in agricultural operations. * BOOTS AND SHOES. A large lot of all grades. Call and examine them before buying. I will take pleasure in showing them and can save you money. TOBACCO AND CIGARS. A full line of Chewing and Smoking Tobaccos, Snuff and Cigars. ' MIBBLE YARD. Special attention given to all kinds of Monumental and Tomb Stone Work. Prices are lower than ever before. I can certainly sell you work cheaper than any traveling agent can, for I - will save you the commissions paid to them. Call and see specimens of work and ascertain nrices. F. HAPPERFIELD. 1886. WEST LIBERTY STREET. 1886. Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables ARE still on a boom, and the year 1886 finds me with some of the finest Vehicles ever shown in the Livery business in Yorkville, and surpasssed by none. Everything will be kept in the best stylo. Give me a trial and be convinced. Cincinnati and Colnmbns Buggies Of every description will be kept. Spring Wagons, Phaetons, <fcc., of the best make, always on hand. FOR FUNERALS I have a fine Queen City Hearse and a Clarence Coach, which will be sent to any part ef the county at short notice. Terms reasonable. A Big Bargain. I have a Jumpseat Phaeton and some Buggies on hand that I will give a big bargain in, if sold soon to make room for my new stock. HAVE YOUR HORSES FED At the Yorkville Liverv and Feed Stables, where ^ they will receive the best attention. f F. E. SMITH. October 13 41 tf THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, York County. llfHEREAS Dr. JOHN P. HAMBRIGHT T? has applied to me for Letters of Adminis:ration on all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits of EVANS MURPHY, lateof :he county aforesaid, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all ind singular the kindred -and creditors of the jaid deceased, to be and appear before me, at our next Probate Court for sain county, to be holdm at York Court House on the 22ND DAY OF DECEMBER, A. D., 1886, at 11 o'clock, A. M., ;o shew cause, if any, why the said Administra;ion should not be granted. liven under my hand and seal, this 6th day of s December, in*"the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, and in the 111th year of American Independence. JOS. F. WALLACE, C. C. Pis., and Judge of Probate ad interim, York countp. December 8 j~ 4!) 2t if. E. FIHTLEY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Yoivkvllle, S. C. WILL practice in all the Courts of the State. %&!- Collections a'specialty.- v October 13 41^ 3m d Ibr f orMlr inquirer. TKItMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Single copy for one year, 8 2 50 For six months,:. 125 For three months, 75 rwo copies one year 4 00 ren copies one year -20 00 And an extra copy for a club of ten. 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