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1^ r' 2_ . H ^i^LLE^j r. : HB The cold wave predicted by the Signal Service on Saturday^ came promptly on time and is wiife/5M^vet. it bein&r the coldest E speH^of^U^/wlnter, The thermometer al Of 7? a^ve zero, which is as low as the t ?#**** Chester county on the night h^be^pt^ember last, appeared be'JaSge'Witherspoon, in this place on the 3ialfpapplication for bail. After hearthe testimony elicited at the coroner's H Bluest, the Judge made an order granting I^HPpaO ta*jifepnd of four thousand dollars. fourth.pegeof this | Since that notice was prepared and printed ^ ^?0 :^8 made the following changes which ^^^B^Hppear in his regular notice after this HK ArMoore's on Thursday, January 27. IBHSlack's, on Friday, January 28 and 29. BBf - CHANGES AND REMOVAIiS. ft v^ery few business changes have occurred A^orkville with the opening of the year. KJr. Withers Adickes isclosingout his stock ^BppA the Bratton building on the corner, and QBrdiscontinue the business ho has been HjBqductlng there. He will vacate the house HBSp^ta week, immediately after which, and the present week, Mr. M. Strauss I will move into it with his stock of dry ^^R|p'<Bev> J. C.Galloway has bought the fvli&ouse and lot belonging to the Edward K > Moo re estate, on Liberty street, and will kipr the1bai^ist*church7 It Rev. F. C.; Hickson, the new pastor of HEr Union aod Ybrkville Baptist congregations, ^H|arrived here last Friday and preached at fj^BV-Unioir Church on Sunday aDd in the church I^Hppf^forkvJlle on Sunday night, impressing R|. vety favorably those who heard him. Mr. ^K' U^bon is a native of this State and for two years has been engaged in mission Bfifp work in China; but about the first of last November he returned to his old home at ||MpWtlJtston, his health having broken down Bkv'Io the trying climate of Canton, in conseI iv. quence of which his physician urged his reptfuro home. Mr. Hickson enters upon his new field with earnestness and will receive JBpa cordial welcome. He is at present boardrlng at the Parish Hotel, having left his at Williston, but will be joined by the primary election. * On Thursday last, a primary election was ^Bk^kgkftat the various precincts in this county, ^^^^nM^^orpoee of electing for recommendaSite' to- appointment - by the Governor, a I te^rPtob^elo fill the term for which j^HPHfa&laleJ. Beatty Williams was elected at last general election; and also to elect H^^Jbrrecomraendation to appointment, a Trial for each township nnder the new few governing the trial justice system in K On Friday, the Democratic Executive I .Committee, R. H. Glenn, Chairman, met ^BL'for the purpose of canvassingthe vote. The B following members of the committee were HR? ^fresent: Black's, W. S. Byers, representJoseph Black; Bethel, W. E. Campbell; HKf* Bethany, T. P. Whitesides; Blairsville, R. ^Hp~T. Biggins; Buffalo, W. D. Camp; Clay ? Hill, D. A. A. Watson; Clover, D. J. JackI son; Clark's Fork, R. J. Love; Hickory Grove, B. G. Whitesides, representing.J. C. Chambers; McElwee's Mill, J. L. Starr; ||K Bock Hill, Iredell Jones; .Yorkville, J. A. Bollock's Creek, Coates' Tavern, Fort McConnellsville and Thompson's Mill BK^Twere not represented. B^B| ^Returns from all the precincts were re^^B ceived except Fort Mill, Thompson's Mill B and Coates' Tavern, and after canvassing those received, the committee adjourned Sk until 1 o'clock P. M. last Monday. On Monday the committee met according P lo adjournment and was constituted the flBJ. same as on Friday, with the exception that p kr. Ellas Inman represented Mr. Riggins, HDL j>f Blairsville. Bk - The returns from the remaining precincts were duly canvassed, and as to the vote for Judge of Probate, found to be as. follows: ^ ^ j a C J3 - g S C ? 22 ^ ? ? c ? c K. PRECINCTS. ?| ft | J f jj * 5,^ < Eh* ^ SJ 'j2 ^ ^ Blaek's. 44 106 40 00 00 4 Si 4: 20T ^ ^Bethel 8 00 11 14 00 00 00| 00! 33 Ifflf Bethany 50 410 1 00' 3' 00 1 69 ^H|; BlairsviUe 23 28 12 1 00 00 00 00i^2 l^Hb Bnfiklo 00 00 8 00 00 00 21 0T 29 B^B^Bnllock'8 Cr'k... 254 5 00 00 00 2^9 72 Clay Hill 7 1 4 6 00 J5"00 2 35 Clover 14 41 14 lMM'16 00 00 87 HL^MiMLTttyern... 30 l .OO^fOO 5 00 00 56 1 00 1 00 1 44 8M)0 40 39 63 2 00 5[ 157 HK^iokory Grove.. 58l 43 00 OOj 5 00; 4 8; 118 BBwSm'I 2' 4 2 12 3 00! 00 00 23 -MoCoiinell's 8 54 5 3 4 3 2 2i81 K-S^Sm..so is 28182 oo n 3 00 331 HK Thompson's 2 7 00 00 00 14 00 00j 23 ^B kyMe 106 20 145 6 _46 J> _7 _2jj?8 Totals 490 378|325 285 121 80 42 34|l755 MB Mr. Kennedy was declared duly elected B for recomtoendation for the appointment. jK^- The returns of the balloting for trial jus BB^^^ere next canvassed, and the fact was ^H^^HBWforethe committee that a nupiber ^^H^ffl^ndidates for this office had failed ^Bto compl^with the requirement of signing IflKlhepledge, the limit for which expired at G Bp. M. on the 23rd of December. The returns were then canvassed with the follow ing result: R Bethel Township?Perry Ferguson, the ^B only candidate, received at Bethel, 29 voles; at Clay Hill, 10; Thompson's Mill, 23? total, 62. Mr. Ferguson having complied ^B with the rules, was declared elected. ^B Bullock's Creek Township?J. P. Blair ^B?received at Blairsville, 33; at Bullock's Creek, 68?total, 101. W. A. Robinson reW^m celved at Blairsville, 26; at Bullock's Creek, |^B4?total, 30. Mr. Blair was declared elected. HK' Catawba Township?Wm. Whyte receivj HI ed at Rock Hill, 105 votes; at Coates'TaB BBern, 25-total, 130. J. A. WesthjjB^B ^B celved at Rock Hill, 54; at Coatesj^^HB ^ 27?total, 81. W. S. May receivedHj^H ? at Tavern, 4?toj^^^^B declared elected.^^^^^BI I^^^HB^Ber Township?J. ^BBBBOlay Hill, 2'votcs^^BMB^H BBu M. BI 94 votes; S.II. Epps, 64. ?Mr. Culp was - declared elected. I Cherokee Township?A. J B. Crosby re- s ceived at Black's, 105 votes* at Buffalo, 6? total 111. W. D. Camp received at Black's, 85 votes; at Buffalo, 22?total, 107. A let- . ter, and also a telegram, were received by the Chairman from Mr. Crosby, positively declining, under the circumstances, to serve, whereupon Mr. Camp was declared elected. York Township?J. B. Bell received 210 votes; J. S. Lewis, 92. Mr. Bell was declared elected. j King's Mountain Township?John A. t McMackin received at Bethany, 77 votes; v at Clover, 14; at Clark's Fork, 30?total, 8 121. E. F. Bell received at Bethany, 2; at 8 Clover, 68: at Clark's Fork, 0?total 70. , ? fi.. i.U ~ 1 Mr. ?sen, wno receivea a minority ui me vote cast, had signed the pledge, while his ? opponent, Mr. MacMackin, had not. The r i question arose as to what should be the de- c , cision of the committee, when Mr. Jones . moved that a new election be ordered for 1 ' King's Mountain township. This motion " ' evoked considerable discussion, and on be- [ > ing put to the committee, the vote stood 6 to a ) 6. The Chairman gave the casting vote in fl favor of ordering a new election. a Broad River Township?G- C. Leech re- c ceived 54 votes; John Ramsey, 49; J. C. Chambers, 16. Neither of these candidates ! having complied with the rules, it was or- c ' dered that a new election be held for Broad ' River township. J i Bethesda Township?W. S. Adams re- e ceived at McElwee's Mill, 21 votes. O. L. j , Sanders received at McConnellsville 48. A. r . L. Nunnery received at McConnellsville, i ' 4. Neither of thesdcandidates having com- r plied with the rules, a. new election was or- ? tiered for Bethesda township. f y On motion,Jt^jams-?rdered that the elec- \ H tiuu-mr Kfa^CMottntaia,^BiTWil~RrverTto?- * Bethesda townships be held between the. hours of 9 A. M., and 4 P. M., on the 14th t instant, under the same rules governing the ? primary precedingthe last general election; u that candidates in the above townships have c until 6 o'clock P. M., on the 11th of this ? month in which to sign the pledge, in the c presence of the Secretary of the Executive Committee; a list of those signing to be J] published on the 12th; and that the returns s of the voting shall be made to the chairman v and Secretary of the Committee, who are ? empowered to declare the result, on Satur- a day the 15th instant. h COUNTY AFFAIRS. ~~ jj On Mnndftv last the4 new board of county li commissioners was organized. The board * consists of Messrs. James B. Allison, Robert tl W. Whitesides and Edward R. Mills. * Messrs. Allison and Whitesides are their f, own successors, and Capt. Mills was elected s at the last election for his first term. The ? bonds are in sum the of $2,000 each, wfth the p , following sureties respectively : ^ P J. B. Allison?J. Wistar Allison, Rufus # M. Allison, James M. M. Cain, John L. Da vies. 8 R. W. Whitesides?Robert J. Love, John C B. Whitesides, James M. Whitesides, Ru- a fus G. Whitesides. a ; E. R. Mills?John Rattarree, A. D.Holler, ? J. Leonidas Moore. R The new board elected R. W. Whitesides, chairman, and J, B. Allison, clerk. C. E. P Spencer, Esq., was retained as legal coun- q selor of the board. Dr. J. F. Lindsay was d re-elected physician for the poor house and 1 jail, and James Dillingham keeper of the p poor house., ' * Rev. Louis A. Johnson has assumed the [j duties ofCounty School Commissioner, vice e D. Harrison, commissioner for the last term, t: Mr. ^Johnson's bond is in the sum of $1,000, ? with the following sureties: F. Happerfleld, p W. L. Goforth, J. W. Dobson. P o SALES-DAY. s .On-Monday last, sales day for January, t the following property was sold by the " Clerk of the Court: a At the suit of Francei E. Patrick vs. c Joseph Patrick and othersftract of 110 acres bought by J. T. Patrick af $9.50 per acre. At the suit of Anderson Earwood vs. j, Betsy Carroll and others, tract of 125 acres; v bought by Anderson Earwood at $2 per acre. G At the suit of Lueretia Giles vs. John n Alderson and others, tract of 105 acres; bought by B. D. Spring at $9 per acre. ? At the suit of Edward Latham vs. Cla-. ^ rinda Latham and others, tract of 56 acres; tl bought by L. C. McElhaney at $6 per acre, n At the suit of David H. Miller vs. J. B. f Miller and others, three tracts; No. 1, 29 b 1-10 acres, bought by W. B. Wilson, Jr., J? at $1 per acre ; tract No. 2,106 acres, bought [J by W. M. Frew at $1.75 per acre; tract No. v 3,10 acres, bought by J. B. Miller at $32 n pej; acre. n The lands belonging to tne estate 01 it. a ' G. McCaw, deceased, were offered by John G Bratton and Mrs. Belle M. McCaw, execu- v tor and executrix of the estate, and bid off " by G. L. Kiddle for Mrs. McCaw at $10 per ti acre. Several buggies, a number of cattle and a other personal property, under foreclosure of chattel mortgages, were sold, bringing ii prices commensurate with the stringency of J" the times. ? CHURCH^XOTICES. Presbyterian?Rev. T. It. English, Pastor. t< Services next Sunday at 11 A. M. and 7 P. M. tt Sunday-school at 3 P. M. Prayer-meeting to- tl morrow evening at 7 o'clock. 0 Methodist Episcopal.?Rev. W. W. Daniel, ^ Pastor. Services next Sunday at 11 A. M. and a 7 P. M. Sunday-school at 3 o'clock P. M. o Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. Galloway, Pastor. Services at Tirzali next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Sunday-school at v 3.30 P. M., the bell ringing at 3 o'clock. tt Baptist.?Rev. F. C. Hick son, Pastor. Ser- tl vices next Sunday at 11 A.M. Sunday-school K at 9.45 A. M. n Episcopal?Rev. E. N. Joyner, Rector.?Sun- f, "tiaytschool at 3 o'clock, P. M. Bell rings at 2.30 st o'clock. ft Kind's Mountain Mission?Rev. L. A. John- ! " son, Pastor. Services at Philadelphia next Snu- " day at 11 A. M. Si -PERSOSAIj MENTION. j." i/ Mfes Emma Roach, of Rock HilV,. is in York- n ,*ille, visiting Miss Rosa Lindsay. x oi Miss Jennie Marshall, of Fort Mill, has been spending the holidays with Miss ,Tennie\May ^ Clawson of this place. v. i j Mrs. H. A. LeSassior, of New Orleans, La., in Yorkville, visiting her daughter, Mrs. Wm. re B. McCaw. . , ? , cc For the Yorkville Enquirer. si THE DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. id Clover, S. C., January 4. ?' Editor of the Enquirer: I am like I',1 Bill Arp was on reconstruction: "me and ? my folks are perplexed," and we are per- ai plexed over the recent ruling of our Dem- cc ocratic Executive Committee in regard to 'le the election of trial justice in King's Moun- P' tain township. The rules governing said ^ election, as published in the Enquirer of the 15th and 22nd ultimo, read that no man u shall be voted for who has not complied with said rules by 6 P. M. on Thursday the 23rd. <1< Now, in our township we had two candi- ^ dates?E. F. Bell, of Clover, and J. A. McMackin, of Bethauy. The former had com- \ plied with the rules of the party; the latter ^ had not. Now here is the point we don't W understand: When the'committee ruet to re declare the result of the election held December 30th, it was found that J. A. Me- jM Mackin was elected by a decisive majority, [! but a part of the committee claimed that p( i NMr. Bell was the only legal candidate and tt i Wished it to be so announced. Butthemajor- ci ! ity of the committee, it seems, claimed that b< j theSiules above referred to did not apply to *r I trial Hustices, and that Mr. McMackin was Ij ! elflMfe and instead of declaring one or the t] ^^^^Bcted, they send it back to the town- i fl^^^^Banother election, and appointed si as the time. ci ^H^^nUmited knowledge of such mat- al sec where they get the right ^^^H^^^Busion, to say nothing of the ^ another election. If said a] justices, E. F. Bell was McMackin was c< in a season will do, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^Bolding five or dignity there m^BH|HHH^H|^mioree]ections THE STATE LEGISLATURE. iYNOPSIS OP THE ACTS OP GENERAL AND LOCAL INTEREST. Ln Exhaustive and Interesting Review, by Senator Black, of the Work of the General Assembly. [Correspondence of the Yorkvtlle Enquirer.] Black's, S. C., January 3. Editor of the Enquirer: According to rour request, I will make the best effort I can o give your readers a brief synopsis of the rork done by the General Assembly during the ession just closed. As I have said on previous imilar occasions, any synopsis of the Acts nust necessarily be imperfect, and in matters if dotail inaccurate, owing to the fact that many mendments are made to the bills after they are >rinted,and for which I have to trust my mem>rv entirely. 'riiero were in nil one hundred and forty-one i.cts passed. Of these, twenty-nine were gener,1 Acts; thirty-six relate to county matters; sixeen to railroads; twelve to ^municipalcharters ; wenty-nine to miscellaneous charters; seven to' tock law exemptions ; two to constitutional .mendments ; four relate tothe regulation of the ale of liquors, and six are of a miscellaneous haracter. ACTS or A GENERAL CHARACTER. Among the most important Acts of a general haracter are the following: An "Act to provide for transporting persons onvicted to the Penitentiary by the penitentiay guard." This Act makes it the duty of the ierk of the court, immediately after the adournment of the Court of General Sessions, to lotify the superintendent of the penitentiary of he number of'porsons sentenced to imprisonnent therein, and provides that the superintenlent of the penitentiary shall send a suitable mmbor of guards to convey said convicts to the lenitentiary at the expense of the State. This result.saving several hundred^doHars jin- , !y1york<oonnty wasa?>out?260lastyear?1^11^6^ An "Act to regulate the time for collecting axes by execution or distress." This Actprolibits county treasurers from proceeding to colect delinquent taxes by execution or distress intil ten days after the addition of the 15 per ent. penalty, so that the delinquent taxpayers hall have an opportunity within such time to ay the taxes and penalty without additional osts or expenses. An "Act to regulate the issuing and service of warrants in criminal cases." This act provides hat no Trial Justice shall permit a constable to wear out a warrant in any criminal case except fhere the constable has been personally affectd by the offence charged, and prohibits a trial .istice from deputizing any person swearing out warrant in any case to serve the same. An "Act to tlx tne iee ior dieting prisoners a county jails." This act fixes the fee for dietag prisoners in county jails at thirty cents per av. As I see in several of the newspapers pubisned in the State, unfavorable comments on the ction of th9 Legislature in reducing* the fee ar dieting prisoners in jail from thirty-five to birty cents per day, claiming that it will work n injustice and hardship toward the sheriffs of be State, it may not be amiss to tfhow some acts sustaining the action of the General As- . embly in passing this bill. The superintendent f the State penitentiary shows, in his annual eport for the past fiscal year, that the entire exenses of the institution, including cost of masrial used in the penitentiary, medicines ana ledical attendance, wages of guards and foreaen, and other charges, amount to 211 cents ?r capita per day. The annual report of the uperintendent of" that noble charity, the South larolina lunatic asylum, where those unfortunte people are provided with every comfort and musement that can bo devised for their benefit nd pleasure, shows that it costs the State only 3ii cents per capita per day, and upon these rounds the Legislature thought there was suficient margin in 30 cents per day for feeding risoners in jails. An "Act to amend sections 1309 and 1342 of the loneral Statutes relating to hawkers and pedlers." Section 1 of this Act so amends Section 339 of the General Statutes as to authorize the lerk of the court for each county to issue a icense to hawkers, and peddlers to be available within the limits of his county and to be of r>rce for one year, and fixes the charge for'such icense at one'hundred dollars, to be paid to the ounty treasurer for the use of the county. Secion 2 of this Act amends Section 1342 of the Gen ra( Statutes so as to providethat no license shall >e required of any vender of fruits, maps, newsapers, magazines, books, vegetables, tobacco, irovisionsof any kind, or agricultural products, r to sales by samples by persons traveling for stablished commercial houses, or to sales of taple articles manufactured in this State. I hink this law, if rigidly enforced, will prevent aany of our people being swindled by itinerant leddlcrs, and who carry out of our State annully large sums of monoy for which in many ases they leave no equivalent. "A Joint Resolution to extend the time for he payment of taxes for the fiscal year comnencing November 1st, 1886." This Joint Resoution extends the time for the payment of taxes without penalty, and directs the Comptroller leneral, where penalties have been imposed for on-payment, to remit the same. An "Act to create the treasury reserve fund nd to provide for the control of the same." 'here are in the treasury of the State, various urns of money arising from various sources bat is to say, "Funds of the sinking fund comlibsion, $43,667.18; United States direct tux re iindei, 839,244.39; interest appropriated for onds not yet funded, 8186,000.00; making a toil of 8271,911.57. It being desirable thht in the itnra nn fnllActinn of taxes shall be made in lie Spring, but made at the end of the fiscal ear, which is in the Fall, and if no collection be lade in the Spring provision must be made to leet the interest on the bonded debt of the State nd the salaries and other expenses of the State lovernment, the State treasurer is directed, rhen there are no other funds in the State treasry, to use this fund for the purposes before auied, replacing the amount paid out from the ' ixes when paid in. An "Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to inend Section 1830 of the General Statutes in reition to partition." This amends the Section bove referrod to by adding a proviso that nothig contained in- that Section shall be construed j affect the power of theCourtof Common Pleas , > dispense with the issuing of a writ in cases rhere, in the judgment of the Court, it would , ivolve unnecessary expense to issue the same, ] nd gives the Court the power, without recourse 1 i said writ, to determine by means of testimony i iken before the proper officer and reported to < je Court, whether a partition in kind among the < arties be practicable or expedient, and in cases , here partition in kind cannot be fairly and fjually made, to order a sale of the property and j division of the proceeds, according to the rights ] f the parties. j An "Act to amend an Act entitled An Act to reg- > late the admission of foreign surety companies | > do business in this State." This simply pro- t ides that the Act, of .which this Act is amenda>ry. shall not apply to surety companies so far as j leir giving surety for clerks and officers of t anks and banking institutions and railway j iinpanies is concerned. t An "Act to punish the stealing of melons or uits." This Act makes it a misdemeanor to eal melons or fruits, whether severed from the eehold or not, and punishable by imprison- t lent for not more than 30 days, or by a fine of ot more than fifty dollars. * " t An "Act to amend Section 481 of the General t tatutes in reference to the salary of the. Lieuten- i it-Governor." This Act reduces the salary of t io Lieutenant-Governor from ?1,300 per an- t inn to double the per diem of a member 1 f the Legislature during the session. This : ould make his salary about ?.300. The only 1 uty the Lieutenant-Governor has to perform, * Kc'ept in case of the disability of the Governor, i to preside over the deliberations of the Senate. * An "Act to amend Section G18, General Statutes, ( ifaffiig to repafr or A rgil ways; ~ TCits aincuus J ( jction 618 so as to make it provide that the <] >unty commissioners shall take charge of and f< iperintend the repnir of the highways; that the J ridges shall be repaired under their snpervis- f m ; that the expenses of the same shall be paid c it of the money in the treasury raised and ap- t ropriated for this purpose, and all the work on c le bridges, the cost of which shall exceed ten s hilars, shall be done by "contract. When the E nount exceeds one hundred dollars the county immissioners are required to advertise in at *) ast one of the papers in the county. Said pro- G Dsal shall in all such cases be accompanied by j vo or more sufficient sureties. When the / 5" limn nnfi hnndrfid dnllnrs nnrl ) t lore than ten dollars, they are required to adver- J\ \ se the same in three public places, one of whicl/ 1 iust be at the place where the work is to hp sne, at least ten days prior to the time wh/on le work is to bo let. j An "Act to amend section 24517, General Hjattes in relation to setting tire to grass." PThis ct simply amends section 2497, General Statutes v adding after the word "maliciously^" the ords "or negligently," so as to make a/person (sponsible for negligence in setting out/fire. An "Act to define and prescribe the manner of : jpointiug commissioners and the issuing of j ie writ for the admeasurement of dcnver in the I ircuit Courts." Thisact provides /that the ap- i ointment of commissioners and the issuing of ie writ for admeasurement of dower in the rcuit courts shall conform as nearly as may 3 to the law regulating the allotment of dower i the Probate. Court, as prescribed in Section XXXIX General Statutes. < An "Act to^fix the manner of publication, of ie annual reports oK^county oflicers." Soction of this act requires that county commissioners lall hereafter keep an afr?>unt of claims audit-"1 1 and allowed by them agalf^st the several funds ppropriated for county purposes, in accordance , ith a form to be prescribed by the Comptroller eneral. Section 2 of this Act repeals so much f Section Oof the Act of thp General Assembly, pproved 9th February, 188& as requires the anual reports of the countyYcommissioners and junty school commissioners to be published in newspaper, but requires the county eommisoners to make out and t&lo with the clerk of i ie court, a full statement :pf all claims approv- j 1 by them and not paid, ano^lso of nil outstand- ! ?g contracts not passed utyon. Hereafter the junty treasureFs^nort wfW be the only report officers. This - will result in. saving some money io the county and will not work any injury, as the county treasurer's report embraces the school commissioner's and county commissioners' reports, and are unnecessary. An "Act to establish the South Carolina agricultural farm and stations." This Act authorizes and directs the State Board of Agriculture to locate and establish two experimental farms and stations, the object of which is to determine the capacity of new plants for acclimation, the manurial value of fertilizers and composts, to ! test the purity and vitality of seeds, the growth, , requirements and .comparative value of different t crops, studying the economic production of m ilk : and butter, and conducting such other tests, in- [ vestigations and experiments in the field as maybear upon questions connected with either the science or practice of agriculture; that as soon as practicable after the passage of this Act the State Board of Agriculture shall give ninety days' notice in at least three newspapers of this State that they \^ill receive from counties, communities and persons, bids or proposals to donate lun/la an A In? 11A S flm nnrnnoAfif ,w"ua ?nv*. 1-ruiumigo VI U1U1IOJ lUl vuw J/U* j/wWw establishing said experimental farms and stations. The Act further provides that one of these experimental farms and stations shall bo established in thftPiedmont region of the State and one in the "lower tier of counties. The Act appropriates ten thousand dollars out of .the funds raised by the privilege tax on fertilizers, if so much bo necessary, for the maintenance of the experimental'farms and stations. The Act further directs that the Board of Agriculture may have reference, in selecting the sites for said experimental farms, to the healthfulness of locality and the adaptability of the land to represent the variety of the soils* of the State. While in the Southern States experimental farms are to a certain extent an experiment, y<U their usefulness tp the farming interests in the Northern and North-western States have long since ceased to be problematical, and they have taken their place an important factors in the full development of the agricultural interests of those regions. Could not some town or community in York .county make a proposal of land aDd money *ujd-secure the location of one iif 11 in in ihati'liil fi'i'ilnn and stations t: L wrtuTcI beared it located aTor near xorkville, where it could not fail to .be of great benefit to the farmers of our county. Our farmers could see the result of the experiments made, and profit thereby, without the expense of making them on their own farms. I hope the experiment may prove as successful and profitable as its most ardent promoters think, as there is no pursuit which , more needs and deserves the fostering care of our government than that of agriculture. v An "Act relating to the assessment and collection of taxes in certain portions of the counties of Charleston, Berkeley and Colleton." This Act provides that the property in the above named counties, damaged by the earthquake, shall be re-as9essed in January next for taxation." The sectiqn providing that taxes now due on property that was damaged should be refunded in proportion to the injury sustained by such property, was 9tricken out, and these counties simply get a re-assessment. This is as it should be, as those people enjoyed the use of their property for nearly the entire fiscal year just passed, and could, with ilo more justice, claim a rebate than could many 6T our farmers who suffered by the unprecedented floods of the past year. An "Act to amend Section 200 of the Code of Civil Procedure-'telating to arrest and bail." This Act provides that in an action for the recovery of damages in a cause of action not arising out of contract, when the defendant is a non-resident of the State, or isabout to remove therefrom, , or when the action is for an injury to person or character, or for injury to or wrongfully taking, detaining or converting property, the party may be arrested and held to bail. An "Aat to regulate the public printing in this State." This has reference to the printing done for the State, such as Acts and Joint Resolutions of the General Assembly, annual and other reports of State officials, and is intended to economize in the expense of the same by prohibiting any State officer from embracing in his report the report of any otlfer State officer, which is required to bo published by law. It also provides that no unnecessary "fat" shall be allowed in publishing these reports. An "A?ct to amend Section 1470 of the General Statutes relating to running trains 011 Sunday." This Act allows railroad corporations to run such freight trains 011 Sunday aB may be in-transitu, which can reach their destination by 0 o'clock A. M. Ah "Act to amend section 1042, Chapter XX, General Statutes, "entitled "Of the University of South Carolina."1' This Act simply abolishes free tuition in the South Carolina University, and requires the payment of a tuition fee of forty dollars and a matriculation fee of ten dollars, except that it allows the faculty of the University to grant beneticiary scholarships, without the payment of any fees, to such of the competent anh deserving youths of the State as shall make it appear .to the satisfaction of the faculty, after a careful examination under such regulations as the trustees of the University shall prescribe, their own inability or the inability of their parente or guardians to pay such, tuition. An Act to allow'persons who may have-entered the army diinil||ttbe^4?te-oivil war, from any other State, and who shall have resided in this State for a-period of ten years since the close of the civil war, and who nave lost their legs or arms or have been permanently disabled in their legs or arms duringsuch service, to come within the provisions of the Act to provide artificial limbs for all soldiers of the State who may have lost their legs or arms or been permanently disabled in their legs, or arms, by furnishing satisfactory proof that they have resided in the State ten years since the close of the war, and that no such assistance has been furnished such applicant by any other State. The Constitutional amendment authorizing the < General Assembly to apportion the representation in the House of Representatives by the UnitedStates census, adopted at the last election, ( as also the Constitutional amendment in relation to State bonds, adopted at the same time by a ' vote of the people, were ratified by the General Assembly. An "Act to provide for the formation ofSertaiir corporations under general laws." The ob- i ject of this law is to prevent so much of the time and work of the Legislature being devoted to the granting of charters for minor purposes, and provides that two or more persons desiring to form themselves into a private corporation for the 1 purpose of carrying on any manufacturing, min- > ing, industrial, labor, immigration or other like business, in this State, may file with the Secretary of Stato a written declaration setting forth their . names and residence, the name of the proposed corporation, tho place at which it proposes to no business, the purpose of the corporation, &c. The Secretary of State is then authorized to issue to them a commission constituting them a board i cf corporators. So also in tho case of persons .iesiring to form themselves into achurcli, cemetery company, Free Mason or Odd Fellows or Knights ol Pythias Lodge, fire or hook and ladtier company, or any charitable, educational, or roligious society. The Act goes on to recite what powers such organizations so chartered by the 1 Secretary of State shall have and what limita- ( ions, liabilities and restrictions shall apply to ? -hem. The Legislature refused to mako any appro- , ^nation, either of money or convict labor, for lie Columbia Canal. It is to be hoped that this < s one drain upqn the resources of tho State 1 reasury that is stgpjied for all time. 1 ACTS OK A LOCAL CHARACTER. Among the Acts relating to County affairs are j he following as being of interest to our county: ' In tho Supply Bill the tax levy for York coun- 1 y for this year is fixed at ten and leven-twen- 1 ieths (10 7-20) of a mill, divided asoollows: 41 { nills State tax; 2 mills school tax; VlOofamill , o pay interest on railroad bonds; b-lOof a mill o retire railroad bonds; 2 V mills county tax. In Cherokee township there is a special levy of < !1 mills to pay interest on $lfi,(!Gt> of township J londs, issued in aid ofthe Charleston, Cincinnati 1 tnd Chicago Railroad. . < An "Act to ratify and confirm the Act of con- ( lolidation of the Charleston, Cincinnati and i Chicago Railroad Company to and with theRuth;rfoTd Railway ^onstructinn Company and the 1 ilutherfordton, Marion and Tennessee Railway 1 Company." This Act ratifies and confirms the i \ct of consolidation as above recited and con- 1 i*ms and validates all agreements, contracts, l&vises, conveyances, indentures or other acts or ( bjings uoife and performed by said consolidated . Ompany under its new name prior to the pas- : fage of this Act, so far as the same may be done ' i>y law. ( j An "Act to alter and amend the Charter of the 1 i'oung Men's Loan and Trust Company of Rock i Hill, and to change the name thereof to 'The, f Saving's Bank of Rock Hill.' " ~~ y < A n "Act to prohibit the county commissioner? if York county from granting aid to the outside ? soor, exceptas'herein provided." ThisActpro- 1 libits tho county commissioners of York coun- 1 -y from appropriating or expending any money t 'or the relief or support of the outside poor, ex"-^ J ;ept for those who/uive been disabled by wounds | if the war or by diseases contracted in conse y juence of their service in the same. While this/ , nay prove a hardship in a few individual cases, ^ret it must he conceded by all that if the present ivstem of granting aid to those who apply by t fetition be continued, and the amount tiuis ex- i icnded be increased in the same ratio, it will rejuirc but a fqw years to amount to a sum as large j is is now required for our ordinary countj' ex- j oenses. The truth is, we must have some other grounds upon which to draw money out of the l i ounty treasury than a riiere petition signed by i few persons. * i An "An Act to authorize and require the I j lounty commissioners of York county to sub- ! ? nit to the qualified voters of Broad Kivcr and ] bullock's Creek townships, in York county, the ! piestion of transferring the subscription here- j ( xifore voted to the C., C. A C. R. R. Company, | 1 ?fter a limited period." This Act requires the t iounty commissioners, upon the petition of i Ifty freeholders in either Broad River or Bui- | ock's Owjek township, to submit the question of ] ransferringto any other railroad company the / subscription heretofore voted by said township r\ o the C., C. & C. R. R. Co.: Provided, that the -1 1., C. & C. R. R. Cb. shall have until theexpira- 1 ion of the time aamed in the contracts and S igreoirients made by and between the county j lommissioners anil the C., C. & C. R. R. Co., in y vhich to comply v ith tho terms and conditions ( >f said subscriptions as voted. It further pro- , rides that if a ma ority of the qualified voters 1 >f said townships or either of them, .-hall, at 1 ho oloofion hold f ir that purpose, vote in favor ] ^?I ^ AV of the transfer of said subicrfptiori, it shall i J be the duty of the county commissioners to 1 q transfer the subscription to any other rail- j t road company whicli shall accept the same ; * and obligate itself toconstrncta railroad through : said townships; but provides that such election s shall not be held until after the expiration oftHe S time named in thacontrnct between the C., C. A j C. R. R. Co., and the county commissioners in t regard to said subscriptions. It further pro- i f vides that if said subscription shall be transfer- [s r^d-to any other railroad company, the county commissioners shall place the bonds of said \ townships in the hands of a trustee who shall be a resident of this State, and the bonds to be de- j liverable only upon the following terms and '1 conditions, to-wit: When sections of five miles ; shall have been completed, the trustee shall de- ; liver an amount of bonds which shall bear the j t same ratio and proportion to the whole amount' <j of the work, as the said five mile section shall ! beartothewholenumberofmilesofsaidrailroad ; company running through the township. This 1 Act further provides that upon a petition sign- } ed by a majority of the freeholders of York j township, and presented to the county comrais>- t m AMA MAAr.:MA/l 1 AlAAfiAM Biuiima, tucj 010 luijuuuu iu uruur an cicuuuu in York township, upon the question of changing the conditions of the subscription of seventy- r five thousand dollars heretofore voted in aid of j 8 the Charleston, Cincinnati & Chicago Railroad j > Company, so as to remove the condition that the I j said railroad company shall build their line from ^ Black's to Yorkville, by the survey of Decem-V ber, 1885, or whrtt is commonly known as the y "Direct Line," and allow the railroad comp^nv,^ to build their Due by the most practicable route t trom Black's to Yorkville. The Act further J provides that York township may also, at the c same time, vote upon the question of changing j the amount of their subscription from seventyfive thousand dollars to any other amount as a s condition of their consent to a change in the C route from Black's to Yorkville. The Act further provides that if a majority of the qualified c voters of York township shail vote in favor of ^ such change in the conditions of their toimer subscription, and shall vote in favor of a simlley 1 subscription, that the county commissioners V shall, before issuing the new boqds. requirejhat, ijj file lork^ownsHTpbonds, now in trust, bejre^ 1 turned to them ana cancelled. t An "Act to limit the number of trial justices in York county, fix their territorial jurisdiction and provide for their compensation." This Act 1 has been so fully discussed in my letters to the C Enquirer, that it seems unnecessary to give a c full synopsis of it hore. It is sufficient to say ] that it provides for one trial justice for each town- r ship, and confines the jurisdiction of the trial * justice to the township for which he is appointed, . except in such cases as are named in the Act. In ' case of the absence, sickness, death or.incapaci- J ty to act, by reason of interest or otherwise, the \ party seeki'ngthe warrant shall make an affidavit*, . to the fact beforo the nearest trial justice, who is % then authorized to act. The Act does not prevent, . two trial justices sitting together, or for the re-f * movalof cases from one trial justice to another, in cases as is now provided by law. Nor does it S prevent trial justices from endorsing warrants t to be served anywhere in the county. In cases g cognizable by tho Court of General Sessions, each ? trial justice has jurisdiction throughout the ^ county. The salary of the trial justices for York and Catawba townships is seventy-five dollars c each ; for Cherokee township, sixty dollars ; and C for all of the other townships, fifty dollars each. For constables' services eaoh trial justice in tho c county is allowed the uniform sum of sixty dollard. TIia ahpritf id nnt, allowed nnv nav from the county for service of summons Irom trial s justices. The trial justices are required-to col- t lectand pay into thecountv treasury the fees and 1 costs to which they and their constables would be s entitled, but for the passage of this Act, not only j in all cases tried, but in all cases compromised, . and tosend up to the clerk of the court a certified } transcript of their criminal docket, showing the J amountof costs taxed in each case tried by them, C and the amount collected thereon, for tbeinspeotion of the grand jury; such transcript to be r sent up ten days before each term of the Courtof f General Sessions. e The bill to rijfund the taxes to farmers of * York, Lexington and Greenville counties, on 1 cotton assessed in their hands last January, pass- ? ed the Senate, but failed to pass the House, for i the reason that it was not reached on the House { calendar before adjournment. It is due to the j York' delegation in the House to say that it was * no fault of theirs that the bill was not reached.They made several ineffectual efforts to have it I taken up out of its regular order and have it ? passed. It goes over on the calendar to the next session, and I think will pass the House, when ^ those who paid this tax will get it refunded, i Bnt our farmers should bear in mind that the . Legislature cannot exempt cotton from taxation, j under the provisions of the constitution, any t more than it can rice, corn or any other personal 1 property, and that this bill refunding the cotton ( tax last year was favorably entertained only for ^ the reason that it was unequal, as the auditors of { other counties of the State did not require it to , be listed for taxation. ' All of the proposed constitutional amend- ^ ments were continued to the nextsession. Noth- t ingooukl be goinod by passing them at thisfses sion, as they cannot be submitted to the people until the next general election. John G. Black. r Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. j. LETTER FROM FORT MILL. 1 Fort Mill, January 3.?Holiday ftsiivl- f ty and holiday fare are once more goue by. * Nobody seems to bear any grudge against \ the exit; but everybody, is waiting for j something to turn up, and it does not dif- * fer much what it may be?anything for a change. You cannot expect news at this season ; ^ for these are dull times and this is the coldest day of the winter; so there is not much ? associating or talking. Everybody is try- . ing to keep warm. Col. Black is here to-day, christening the " tobacco factory, and many jovial stories ? are enjoyed by those who have met him. J What are we to do for fun ana loour ; Last week farmers were planning to sow J oats to-day ; but a man told me that he J could not drive a nail in the ground with * a sledge hammer. I did not try it myself, ? but nobody has disputed it. Three firms have dissolved in the past week at this place. All parties will remain ? except Mr. A. C. Springs, of Springs Bros., \ who, it is said, will go to Colorado. , Happj^New Year to the Enquirer and : its many readers! Anon. 1 Correspotidence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. Rock Hill, January 3.?The New Year \ was ushered in at this place by the ringing a if the church bells. Just as the town clock J stuck the hour of 12 the bells began to peal t forth, welcoming the dawn of another year, a The day was passed quietly, the only places i dosed being tne post office, telegraph office c ind the depot. The forenoon was rainy, s but later in the day the sun came out. s Our/tttizens had the pleasure of enjoying l1 i beautiful Christmas service at the Presby- v rerian church in this place on last Tuesday g light. The service consisted of several o hymns and carols by the scholars of the J sunday-school. Rev. Mr. Jennings, the F pastor, sung very sweetly several solos, a Rev. Mr. Joyner, rector of the Episcopal * fiiurch, addressed the children of the school, c His address inspired not only the children, t lut the older people. After the address jach scholar stepped forward and placed t ipon the table an offering, and the contri- J jutions were sent the next day to bedistrib- t Red among the orphans at Thornwell Or- c ihanage. The gifts filled two large boxes, t md will no doubt give much pleasure to the a ittle ones who receive them. b The primary election on Thursday, to re- ii . ommend for appointment a probate judge e 'or the county and a trial justice for Cataw- c " rl rUnnnr.o. fnnmoKinu nocsorl nff nni- fcl Jcl (illll IV )T ligilip^ puyjvw v. v.. itly. All were in a good humor. The day c yas very disagreeable, which prevented a I (umber of voters from coming to the polls, n Dr. J. \V. Bradfield, who has been prac- ii icing medicine in this place for the past K ,'ear, left here on Friday last for Uniontown, ti \la., which place he will make his future fi lome. During the Doctor's sojourn here he 2 nade many friends who regret to see him S eave. a Harnett Fewell, son of Mr. S. M. Fewell, 1I ,vhile carelessly handling a parlor rifle last y Thursday morning, shot himself in the foot, c The ball struck the second toe and passed tl ;hrough it. The wound, while not serious, ci s painful. v Most of the merchants are busy takingan a nventory of their stocks of merchandise, I n hope of ascertaining "what is gained tl md what is lost." h When Jim Scott, colored, went to hisdom- si cile, on Wednesday night, expecting to en- ri oy a night of rest, he found his wife and e ill his household goods gone. Next motn- ii ng he found his goods scattered over his ti )wn and his neighbors' yards. As yet his p ?vife has not returned to his bosom. Jim e ind his wife have not been living amicably > \arsome weeks. p Xiss Janie O. Barber, second daughter of S nr. Ferguson H. Barber, died on Friday tl light last at the residence of her father, in tlichburg, in the 23rd year of her age. Her cl emains, accompanied by the family and I lome friends, were brought to this place in b i special coach attached to the 5 P. M. train, 11 .vhere they were met by a large concourse v if loving friends and citizens, and taken to a Laurelwood Cemetery and laid at restl The a uneral services were conducted bv Rev. v Vfr. Cauthen, presiding elder of thishircuit. a L? . J J .1 Ifss Barber was a great favorite in our f omrounity, having once lived here. Heu* ( >leasant manners and genial disposition t von Tor her many friends who received thi? f ad news of her early death with heartfei L 1 orro\V. \ | This morning is decidedly the coldest oi i he season, and every one is hugging the! ( ire.- Hal. fj i ? 1 I ? SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. |M ? Measles of a most violent type is raging ' n the Feasterville section of Fairfield i ^ ounty. \ ,'r I 1 ? Fire at Lancaster Tuesday night of last I veek destroyed the drug store of Crawford ] f i Bruner. Loss about $2,000; insurance'i> 11,500. ? )i ? John S. Reynolds, Esq., for the past ten !ij rears one of the editors of the Winnsbora;;t Vews, having severed his connection with lj hat paper, has moved to Columbia. i p-Deputy Revenue Collector J. L. Black nade a Christmas raid among the moon- 1 hiners of a section 25 miles above Green- 1 rille and destrpyed three active distilleries I ind over 2,000 gallons of beer and mash, J iggregating $300 or $400 in value. i ?- At George's Station on Tuesday, a sad 1 Iccident occurred. Sidney B. Abbott, a r >right young man about;-24 years of age, J ocal editor of the GeorgeV JVeics, was run * ver by a horse and instantly killed. He c lad just won the first prize at a tomapament I md crowned the queen when the accident J tccurred. His neck was broken. "V j1 ? On Christinas afternoon, a difficulty oc- 1 turred at Mr. Dave Ruffs about nine miles , rom Newberry, between Bachman Lomi- ( lick and Robert Sligh, in which Lorainick | vas cut in the left side within an inch of , Ifhis heart ^jchjfos th'pqght waU provftL arar. ^Both are young,rtien and were under * he influence of whisky. f ? Special detective H, T. Harris, of Ca- t awba county, N. C., made a raid last Fri- g lay in Fishing Creek Factory in search of t me Thomas Brinkley, ^ho is wanted in j ^orfh Carolina for the murder, on Christnas day, of Pearce Harmon. Although he search was fruitless thecriminal is close- '& y pursued and will, perhaps, be taken soon, t :t is understood that there are several re- t vards offered for his arrest. 1 ?Alexander Austin, a seventeen year old oil of JohqJET. Austin, of Anderson couny, accidentally shot and killed himself ( Wednesday while out hunting. He and ( lome other boys had found a squirrel up a 1 ree. Young Austin fired atr the squirrel mdmissed it. He was going backward to ( ret another shot at it and felfc over a log. 3is gun was accidentally discharged, the . :ontents taking effect in his neck just un- ] ler his chin, killing him instantly. ?The Winnsboro News says that labor- ] srs are scarcer in the north-western section j >f Fairfield county than they,have been for ^ i number of years. It seems to be due to . lfe fact that agents from the Wester^ States rnve been recently stirring up the negroes, ind persuading them to try their fortunes . n the West. It is said to be almost im- ; jossible to get any laborers for wages. ] rhey are also scarce in other sections of the . :ounty. * . ?Says the Barnwell People: So far, only ; >3 persons, all told, have gone to Arkansas rom the line of the Port Royal railroad? ( io we learn from a thoroughly reliable and veil informed gentleman?and they have ; rnno nnf frnm riiocofiufaptinn vvlfh thp piorhf, 1 )ox law or the priority lien law, but be- < :ause of hard times and the desire for new ;hings. If similar inducements were of credit would be easy to get more white jeople to go than the colored people who rnve already taken their departure. ?Charleston News and Courier: The flight* )f stone steps running from the basement ' o the fourth floor of the old Elliot mansion ' n George street, now owned and used by , he Charleston water works, has recently jeen pulled down, and a substantial wood- ; ;n stair case erected in its place. The stone ,vas brought here from England many years i igo, and the work is said to have cost $11,-' K)0. It was probably the only gtone stairvay of the kind in any private house in j he South, but \yas so damaged by the < ;arthcMake that It had to be tnken down. 1 V ?* MEftE-MENTION. j TheyLegislature of North Carolina will < neet to-day. In the Senate the Democrats i rave a good working majority, but in the i louse the Independents hold the balance of { jower. Mr. E. C. Kuykendal, a well ' mown citizen of Mecklenburg county, N. C., lied on December 27th, at his home near i-Iatthews' station, of bronchial affection. Je was in his sixty-seventh year. Eighty nillion dollars a year are paid by the Fediral government in salaries to appointed ifficers, and about one hundred and thir- ( y million dollars to officers in city, town 1 ind State Governments. The Sunday ' aw enacted by the Legislature of Lou- ( siana goes into effect on the 31st instant, md a large number of persons keeping s tores, saloons, Ac., in New Orleans, propose j o test in' the courts its constitutionaliy. " The manuscript of John Knox's t amous sermon, preached in Edinburgh in t 565, for delivering which he was forbidden < o preach for a season, was lately sold for J !2,075."*v"GeneraI Logan was the thireenth member of the present Congress to ( lie. The weather is unprecedently i old in the North-west. On Monday the emperature was 28? below zero in Indiana; i 0? below at Watertown, N. Y.; 12 below at < Detroit; and as far south as the city of Mexco thin ice was formed. j ? ? j Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. . LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, January 3.?On Chistmas night . n the eastern portion of this county Thoms Agurs, colored, shot and killed Ray JcC'lellan, colored. The former had been ( o Rock Hill the same day, and stopped j ,t McClellan's house. They were in the j 'ard talking about th,e emigration of col- t red people to Liberia. Agurs said he had t een at Rock Hill that day 50 cars on the , ide track, on which the emigrants would eave. McClellan remarked he hoped they vould arrive safely in Liberia. Agurs . ;ave expression to the same hope, and with- j ut any warning drew his pistol and shot t JcClellan. Testimony to this effect was > iroduced at the coroner's inquest. The sad ( ,flair is involved in great mystery. Since ^.gurs' arrest and confinement in jail he laims that McClellan was improperly in- J iraate with his wife. , | On the same night, in the same portion of ] he county, James Pratt, colored, shot Tony Nicholson, colored. The latter was trying o make peace between Pratt and another olQT?(| man when he was shot. It seems c hat Pratt caused the difficulty by knocking i , bone out of the mouth of his colored < rother, at the same time adding insult to 1 njury by remarking that he was always ating. These two were on the point of olliding, when Nicholson jumped between 1 hem. Pratt drew his pistol and in the onfusion that ensued Nicholson was shot. t t was thought at first that his wound aight prove fatal, but he is slowly recover>Mr. Joseph Stone, of the western por- C ran of this county, died on last Monday " rom the effects of measles. He was about 3 years of age and was the son of Moses . tone. 1 .Col. \V. 11. Dayie, of Landsford, planted 0 ist year fourteen acres in tobacco, which 1; ielded 400 pounds per acre. A portion 9 ured well and will bring a good price in I tie market; another portion which did not 0 ure well, will bring a poor price. Col. Da- j, ie says that the land of Chester county is t s good for growing tobacco as any land, tl n connection with this industry he says ( tie great want is experienced hands. He r as only one hand who thoroughly undertands the curing process, and while he is esting the tobacco suffers for want of prop- ?. r attention. In his opinion tobacco-grow- h ag will not be successful here until it is j, lore generally cultivated, and hands ex- v erienced in the work become more num- / rous. fi ..Mrs. Youngblood took charge of the h ostoffice at this place on New Year's day. I! he will be assisted in the management of ? tie office by, Mr. John McKie. ^Vfecording to an amendment to the town a harter passed at the late session of the i^gislature our municipal election will not a^eld in January, but in May, and the in- ? tant and wardens elected at that time ~ serve for two years. It is an excellent j, mendraent, as it removes the necessity for r n annual election, accompanied every year fs dth moye or less excitement and unpleas- b ntness. The amendment also provides 1 ... br?J^^pldingover of the present town >fficials i&til May. The charter was farmer ameided by investing the municipal luthoritief ,with the authority of trying violators tf town ordinances. Heretofore lersons of this description have had the ight of seWting their own jury from the :itizens of \he town, and the consequence ivas that it was almost an impossibility to secure a conviction of any one charged with violating a iown ordjnance. This amendnent was (fctained, '.it is said, with the /iew of convicting the offenders of the vhisky.law.! Treasurer NbFadden collected up to January 1, $48,8115.56, leaving a balance of $6,)60 still uncollected. Of this amount $11, 184.22 was railroad tax. Chester has one of ;he best couity treasurers in the State. He thoroughly understands his business, ind is at the same time very aecommodatng to taxpayers. >r. ^ i * + ? ? A Richmond dispatch says: "Cluverius, he condemned murderer of Fannie Lillian Madison, has sent out circulars to the mem>ers of the General Assembly fer the pur Jose 01 gelling mem iu sign u peuuou uskng the Governor to grant him a reprieve intil they meet. When the Legislature neets Cluverius hopes that they will recomnend the Governor to commute his sentence o life imprisonment. Unless the Governor rails an extra sessibn, which? however, it is >robable that he will do for the considera;ion of important State matters, the Legisature will not meet until it assembles in egular session in December, 1887." \ ?h ?. * ?-? ? Th^ county Judges of thedrought-strick?n districtof TexaLmetln the Court House n Albatfy Jatet. Friday. Twenty counties vere represented. They report an aggre* ind clothing; Th^ will make an official eport, and publish hn appeal to the legisiaure, and ask for. tfle endorsement of the governor. They' will also make an appeal 0 all charitable people for immediate re -? ? Six Million%Ba1e&-?The Atlanta Conilitnlion prints an article from J. H. Stewart, 1 well-known expert; in^which the last cot:on crop is claimeo-to'reach only six million )ales. A Large Owl.?Mr. W. Gaines Brown, >f Hopwell, in this county, while hunting, )n New Year's day, shot an owl that meastred 54 inches from tip to tip. new advertisements. 2. E. Spencer, Attorney?Cherokee Factory ?'i Stock?Farm Loans. I. N. Roberts?Yorkville to Bullock's Creek. CM.. Johnson, School Commissioner?Notice to i School Teachers. H.F. Adickes?Grand Central, Ac. r. !M. Dobson & Co.?At Cost. Hunter & Oates?A Happy New Year. W. C. Latimer?1887. I. L. Adams and J. Hope Adams?Administrators' Notice. iv; B. Williams, Auditor?Notice to Tax-Pav""" 01*3. Lindsay A Moore?A Surprise. Withers Adickes?1887 fe Here. ry\r .(r Qtorr HVrinAfinm 1W.QT UV H 1 Jf IV Uiui? JL/I Ug UUI^/Vi 1UUI| KA'I John C. Kuykendal -Tie Old Year. John F. Wilkerson?Administrator's Notice. Nancy R. Hood, Executrix?Est. of J.-P Hood. Wm. E. Rose, Administrator?Estate of Joseph Rose, deceased. 3eo. W. S. Hart, Administrator?Estate of Wm. G. Durant, deceased. M. C. Willis?After an Experimental Term. Kennedy Bros.A Barron?1887. 3. H.'O'Leary?A Cardof Thanks to the Trade. J. W. Dobson?Molasses. UtarW Reports. YOftKVILLE, January 5.?Cotton, 84 to 83. NEW YORK, January 3.--Cotton firinjmidiling uplands, 9J. Futures closed steady, with rales of 33,700 bales as follows: January, 9.54 to ).56; February, 9.64 to 965; March, 9.75 to 9.76; April, 9.87 ; May,.9.97 toi>.98; Jufte, 10.07 ; July, L0.15 to 10.16; August 1121 *o 10.22. CHARLESTON, January 3.?Cotton quiet; middling 9J. Comparative Cotton Statement. NEW YORK, DefcejjjbarSl.?The following is ;he comparative cotton statement for the week 3nding December 31,18861 1886. 1885. Keceij)ts.ata!l portsforth?veek.2.,,6.328 191.388 I^tal receipts to this date.: 3,7 >,051 3,565,910 Exports for the webk....j 109,506 99,068 "?' rotal exports to date~....~ 2,300,496 2,005,292 Stock at all United Statesaorts. 1,107,884 1,135,457 Stock ;in interior towns. 228,226 269,894 Stock at Liverpool u 672,000 541,000 Stock afloat for Great Brtain... 285,000 215,000 Sptrial lotites. : - J 1 'Tribute of RoNpcct. Whereas, death has for tie first time invaded >ur ranks and removed frcjn our midst our es;eemed Brother, JOSEPI NEIIj, a worthy nember of Beersheba Agricultural Club, who lied November 28th, 1886 jltherefore, be it * Resolved, That as an Al|-wise Providence has seen proper to visit tha bereavement upon is, that wo humbly subpit to the will of the Divine Ruler. Resolved, That in the leath of our brother, ;his club has lost a good ;nd faithful member; he Presbyterian church adevoted member; the lommunity an honest aui upright citizen ; his fiiildren a kind father; and his wife an aflfec- ./ ionato husband. Resolved, That we tendeiou.* heartfelt sympathies to the bereaved family and commend them :o Him who doeth all thing well. Resolved, That we wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days h memory of our debased brother. Resolved, That a page olour record be dedicated to the memory ofour feceased brother, and ;hat a copy of these resolutions be furnished the family of the deceased, awlalso acopvbe sent to ;he Yorkville ExQUiRi Kfor publication. R. N. McELWEE, President. E. P. Castt.es, Secretary. Notice to Schoo) Teachers. It is possible that at tje next examination )f applicants for position as .teachers in the public aclioolfl, something like the following jroblems in Mathematicsiwill be submitted by he new Superintedent of Education. In order o economize ine vaiuaoierime of the applicants ve give the correct answgs to each problem. PROBLEM 1ST. If 1 Gal. of Longman & Martinez Paint at 81.75 >er Gal. will require 1 Gal of linseed oil at GOc ier Gal. to thin it to the goper consistency for *tpplication, thereby making 2 Gals of Paint, ,vbat is the cost of thi 2 dais, of Paint by the jtallon ? \ I Ansivcr?81.17}. PBOBLEM2ND. If 1 Gal. of other Jira|ds of so-called <jood nixed Paint costs 81.75 pjr Gal., but will not iear any addition of oil a turpentine, what is he difference per Gal. inmost, in favor of the Longman A Martinez Paip? Anstkr?57h per Gallon. PROBLEftfeRD. What would be the diffefence in cost in favor if the Longman it; MnrtinsLPulnt, in tbo paintng of a house that wouli require 20 Gals, of SH ither brands of so-called }ood mixed Paint at he prices mentioned ? ' Answer?$11.50. H REYIEV. BE What does the foregoing leach in regard to the ffi| L. & M. Paint? Answer?'thatit is the cheapest. 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