Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, January 12, 1887, Image 4

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Ilutuorous ?rpwtmcat. Something of a Story.?As an illustration of the "colossal liars" of the west, Gen. McCook relates the following: He was traveling among the Bocky mountains and, straying one morning from the trail, stood for a moment entranced by the magnificent landscape spread before him, when he was aroaaed from his meditation by the footsteps of one of the guides who had followed Dim lest he should lose his way. "Is not this magnificent, Bill ?" exclaimed the general, anxious to share in his de , Ugh*. ' "It's mighty purty, general," said the guide, "but I km show you bigger sights nor this. Why, one time Kansas Jim and me had been trampin' three days and nights, and we eame to a plain, and right in the midst of it was a forest all turned to solid stun!" The general smiled and remarked: "1 have heard of petrified trees before, Bill." Tha guide expectorated without changing countenance, and continued, "But that warn't all, gineral; tharwara buffalo on the plain ana he war petrified on the clean jnmp, and his hnffe had kicked up a bit ol sod, and I'm blajaed ef that warn't petri/ Again thffalrF7 The general turned an amused countenance on the narrator and said: "Why Bill, the sod would have fallen to the ground by force of gravity." ' Without any hesitation Bill answered, it YITVill 4Ka mniiriHr n/OQ nofrifioH TT Oil) KlUUiai) buy 5?av *vjr *? uo pwHiuvv too!"?Boston Commercial Bulletin. It Was Carried Out.?I saw Francis Wilson happily tarn a distressing interruption one night. He was playing in one oi Colonel McCaull's companies as Prince Methusalem^ when Jack Haverly had the theatre on Broad Street, a couple of seasons ago. The andience was a good deal annoyed by the crying of a tiny infant 'way up under the roof. I imagine Frank was terribly annoyed, toe, but he showed it only by an occasional look from the corners of his eyes toward the gallery. He went on with his business and was unusally funny. Just at the point where he was impressing upon his daughter the importance of marrying the son of the neighboring Prince of great >?ealth to save her father's kingdom, the infant in the gallery set up a vigorous yell, louder and shriller than it had before ventured to emit. Frank was mad. He stopped PTiort, turned his head toward the squalling oungstsr, and in that low, dry tone of voice f bis said: "Some things are like good resolutions; they should be carried out." There was an instant's painful quiet ovei the house, broken only by the lndignanl tread of a pair of feet in the gallery, and then like a tremendous summer gust there broke over the audience a storm of applause and mingled laughter that quieted onlj when Frank came twice to tne footlights and bowed.?Philadelphia Press. * Boy and Bird.?There was an old minister who used to preach in a church ir Western New York who never allowed anj levity among his congregation, and kept s rigid watch over the young people of his charge. On one occasion a foolish youth sal in ooe of the front pews and created a stii by longing at some object that flew it through the open'window. The old minister wats purblind, but he peered over his glasses and saw something flying about the witless youth, who was fighting tooth and nail. "There! there, sonny," he said, (vith authority "never mind the bird." Then he resumed his discourse, but the !- congregation seemed more interested in the youth and his contortions than in the sermon, and he stopped and again peered oyei his spectacles at the flying object and the fl boy. "D'ye hear, sonny!" he said, in a loud voice. "Niever mind the bird." This was too much for the youth, who , answered in a shrill key: 2 "Tain't a bird; its a whacking big bumble bee, an' I'll be blamed if it's goin' to [. come tomeetin* when I dew." The controversy was stopped by one ol 4he doaoons, who removed the "bird."? ; Detroit Free Prexs. 5: '' ^ Arousing His Ambition.?"The boy is i all right," said the doctor, "but you want to talk to him and arouse his ambition. Promise you will take him somewhere ' when he recovers sufficiently to go out; talk to him about playing tag with the j boys; there are lots of ways in which you * can interest him." [. Then the doctor addressed the boy, who ; was just recovering from a fever, saying: "Chine, Mickey, cheer up, my boy; wouldn't you like to go and play tag with ; "your playmates ?" , A faint smile stole over the boy's face, but that was all. "8top, sir," said the father, "111 arouse ; him. See here, Micky," he asked, address, ing the boy, "wouldn't yez like to go out ana trow a rock through a Chineyman's j. windy." The boy immediately sat up in his bed and asked for his trousers. "I thought that ud fetch 'im," said the b father with a proud smile, "he's all right, r doctor, dear.'??Boston Courier. Si . t l Too Good a Preached.?"How do you that new minister of yours?" asked ^eacbn Snaggs of Elder Berry. / "I'ia afraid he's too powerful. We can'l /stand it." ' "How's that?" "Well, you see, he preached a trial sermon l on salvation, and every unrepentant sinnei in the audience came up and joined the ' church. So we engaged him. The nexl L^JUnnrfnv hp nrpfl<>hpd on thp rlutv nf mar. riage, and every old bachelor and widowei in the congregation hooked on to an old p maid and was married before Saturday ; night. He got a five-dollar fee out of every couple. But the worst came last Sunday. He, preached upon the duty of giving all tc 1 the Lord, and I hope I may never die il two deacons didn't sprain their backs carryr ing around the contribution baskets, they ^were so loaded down with silver. Wher ;.the congregation was dismissed it wasjusl ? like leaving a faro bank?there wasn't s cent in the crowd. The house had all the ! money. We can't stand such eloquence." An Error in the Corpse.?A little Irish story from Boston: Tim's father, a E> 'longshoreman, had mysteriousared. A few days afterward a plCKetl" ftpin the haroor. Tim ed by the police, went to the Jentined the body as that of his left an order with an undertake: m up in good style." When the brought to the house incased in a casket Tim took his sister in tc hat's not father," said she at once, jen the corpse's under jaw drop5, Tim," she said, "look at hi? never had no gold in them.': pou," said Tim, and then, "Here, le undertaker, "take this fellow d, turning to the corpse, "You e had an elegant funeral if you eld vour faw."?Philadelphia Re BH|B\stonishing Likeness.?"What a ^^autiful child ! What an entremely handB ,ome fellow!" says the gushing pastor tc She lady of the house. "Yes, he is a hand some boy, I think." "Oh, indeed he is, ? He is the perfect image of his father?the perfect image. Don't you think so?': "Well, I don't know. I nev.er saw his Blather. We adopted him."?San Franciscr, mChtmicle. a He Pleads Guilty.?Pompous Young Lawyer (to prisoner)?As you have nc counsel the court has deputed me to defend Syou. Prisoner?Am dat so ? Young Lawyer?Yes. Prisoner (to Judge)?Den I pleads guilty, vo' honah, an' frows myes'f on de mercy ot Bde ?ourt. There Was No Need to Scold.?An ^Lld gentleman in Baltimore who used to be Hroubled by young men sitting up with his |Haughters until a late hour, settled the ^ llers by appearingpromptlyat II o'clock ^ d giving each/tffTflem a ticket for a JO ^ ^t lodging^rt>use. YIe never scolded or an emphatic nttnner because there ftms of Outfitst. ? Commenting upon the statement tha , 27,900 persons in the drought-scourged dis > trict of Texas are in desperate need of foo< > and clothiDg, the Philadelphia Pi'ess say that no fitter time for giving could be foun< than the opening days of the year. Th Press concludes with these words : "Th i emergency is one of those which enforce the sense of American brotnernoou, anu in time only increases the emphasis of itsap peal to native generosity." ? A recent decision of the Supreme Cour of North Carolina declares unconstitutiona ! the law which prohibits any railroad corpo 1 ration operating in that State, from charg j ing more for the transportation of freigh [ within t.ie State, than for an equal distanc ; on any part of its line outside of the State ) The court held that the law is invalid in tha it undertook to regulate commerce betweei the States, thus usurping a prerogative o ' the general government. ? A cheese factory at East Aurora, N. Y. : is filling an order from Glasgow. Scotland 1 for fifteen cheeses, to weigh 8,500 to 4,00 ' pounds each. With the order came a pack 1 age of British got J coin, sovereigns, whicl ' are put into the curd of each cheese whei making, and will become the property o ' those who buy the portion where tney ar i imbedded. It requires the morning am evening milk of 3,000 cows to make one o these cheeses, f ?Confiding woman's idea of busines is thus humorously, it not truthfully de picted by an exchange: A FIttshing 01 broker received the following order from i ' lady who desired to make some money ii " oil: "Dear Sir?Please buy me 10,000 bar ' rels of oil at 00 cents and sell at $1.10. Itemi ' me the difference, less your commission > Upon the promptness with which you exe 1 ecute this order depends my future patron 1 age. Very respectfully." ) ? The new law in Montgomery, Alabama imposing a license tax on commercial trav ' elers, went into effect on Friday. It re tains the tax of ten dollars fixed by the oh ; law, but adds a provision that all contract ' made by traveling agents who have no ; paid the license tax shall be void as t ; both of the parties thereto. This provis ' ion is intended to enforce the paymen of the tax, which has hitherto been evade< \ in a large number of cases. | ? The Knights of Labor were at one tinn , considered a most powerful organization ; The leaders boasted of the millions of mei that stood firmly united to fight for thei , rights. They were considered a potent fac 1 tor in politics and their votes were eagerl; . sought by both parties. The order is nov . racked by internal strife and dissatisfactioi r with the leaders. These affairs have devel \ oped the fact that the millions that thi ; leaders so often boasted existed only ii \ their own minds. The order is destroye< in the Southwest, and in the East it begin to crumble, and every indication points t its early dissolution. -Ex-Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania in speaking of President Cleveland's poou I larity the other day, said: "He is becommj stronger with the masses every day. Hei | honest and is obeying the civil service law ? and that makes him some enemies amonj . the office holders, but this only makes hin ' stronger with the people. He has to rel; 1 largely upon the auvice of others, and nat | uraliy has made some mistakes. It woul< [ be utterly irapossiDienoiiomaKe some win i such a large patronage at his disposal. A 1 far as Pennsylvania is concerned, it will fa vor his renomination. There is little ques tion in my mind but that Cleveland an< Blaine will be the candidates of their re ; spective parties." . ?Congressman Springer says he intend ! to secure, if possible, the passage by thi , present Congress of his bill to provide ai ' enabling act for the admission into thi , Union of Dakota, Montana, New Mexic< 1 and Washington Territory. He says i will probably not be possible to get th< ' Committee ou Territories to report upoi the. bill, but he will try to have it substitut ed by the House for some other territoria 1 admission bill when the latter comes uj , for consideration. He thinks the idea o admitting all at once will prevent opposi tion on political grounds, as they will bi equally divided politically, and especiall: as the new States will have no voice in th< 1 Presidential election of 1888. ' ? The lesson that we are shadows ant thatsb .dows we pursue has certainly beei ! taught in Washington since Cleveland wa elected. In that time Grant, Logan, Hen dricks, McClellan, Seymour, Tilden, Han cock and Arthur, all of whom were eithe Presidents or rice-Presidents,'or sough! these high offices, have, in this period joined the silent majority. For three out o twenty-one months the White House ha been draped in mourning. Pike, of Nev Hampshire, Miller, of California, and Lo gan, of the# Senate, have died, and of th< meml>ers of the lower House, Price, o Wisconsin, Arnot and Dowdney, of Nev York, Gole, of Maryland, Hahn, of Louisi ; ana, Duncan, of Pennsylvania, and Elwood 1 of Illinois, have passed over the river. ? Governor Hill, of New York, has, grant ed a reprieve to Mrs. Druse, who was ti have been hanged on December 29, till Feb ruary 28th, next. Strenuous efforts haw 1 been made to save this woman, but it ha all been a work of sentiment, not a singl< mitigating circumstance being presented ii 1 her favor. Her crime was not only thor oughly premeditated, but wasaccomplishet with the most revolting details. The Gov ' ernor plainly says that there were no lega grounds for clemency, and interferes jus enough to place the matter directly upoi 1 the only question at issue, Shall the Stab iiaiig a wuiuaii ociiuiuriu n tiw, m*; ?<?.? f saysyes,and theGovernorexercises his pow ; erso that the condemned woman may livi until the power which makes the lav ' can decide. Governor Hill has done wise 1 ly to put this issue where it belongs. Hi action recognizes alike the demands of jus r tice and the plea of mercy. ? Father Galeote, who, on Wednesda; I was sentenced to death in Madrid, is th ' priest, who, in order to revenge himself fo | an order of suspension inflicted upon bin for immoral conduct by the Bishop of Mad | rid, shot the latter with a revolver at th ' doors of the Pro-Cathedral on Palm Sun | day last. Before being executed by mean ! of the garrotte on the plain outside Madrid Father Galeote will be solemnly and pub licly degraded from the priesthood. On th 5 conclusion of the ceremony the unfortunat 1 man will be seated on a chair with his bacl against an upright post fixed into the seal 1 fold. A steel collar, the ends of which ar 1 passed through the post, is fastened arourn ! i his neck, and as soon as the yellow bag ha ?! been drawn down over his face the execu ' j tioner gives a turn to the windlass, whicl 51 causes the steel collar to tighten, and at th 1 ' same time forces the point of ascrew agains ) | the spinal column, which it breaks. Th ) 1 body is then left during the whole day ex ' i posed to the public gaze on the scaffold, am j | is only removed for burial at nightfall. j "^One of the most interesting persons wh I ; attended the recent public receptions of th l President was Elias Polk, an old body ; servant of Ex-President Polk. This veil erable looking colored man is always recog ' j nized by the residents of Washington, be cause he has made it a point to see ever; President while he lives, and has alway 1 visited at Washington at least once durinj " every administration since the days of Mr } Polk. Elias is one of those old-time color ed people who feel that they are member ; of their employer's family, and he live ; still with Mrs. Polk, the widow of the President, at the old homestead in Nashville 5 Tenn. In lookinsr about the White IIous ' the other day he told a great many inter esting stories of the White House of forme . times and of his own experience. He ha f seen every President in Washington sine ? the days of John Quincy Adams. He cami 1 to Washington just now not merely to visi | President Cleveland, as he said, but becausi ; he considers him a typical Democrat of th' I old school. Elias Polk is 81 years of age i but like many colored men, he bears hi 1 years well and does not appear to be mor< than Go. He said that the White Hous' | had changed greatly since the old time i Speaking of his old mistress, who lives ii i retirement, receiving very little company i he said: '^she is getting very feeble am i does not wish to be troubled, and she is onl? three years older than I am," but you woult i think I^vas forty vears younger. TheTen K:alls upon Mrs inning of even i ^Uscclhmcoits fUading. t PROSPERITY OF THE STATE. The Charleston Neics and Courier of the \ 1st instant publishes an elaborate review of | the agricultural and industrial development e of South Carolina during the past year. In e an editorial analysis it says: s The review of the condition of South Care olina which is published to-day, presents to - the public some unexpected and most gratifying results. It shows a far better condit tion of things than could have been antici1 pated, and justifies the expectation that the troubles of the people are approaching a - close. t In the year 18SG, 114 miles of rail way were e built in the State, and the total mileage >. now amounts to 1,754. The freight tonnage t of the railroads has increased from 1,007,908 n in 1879 to 2,103,573 in 1880, while the total f income has increased from $4,108,010 irk 1879 to $0,429,289 in the year just ended. These X! ? -L ~ . I ? ligures siiuw in iiicuinci vn? mc giun u> ' business in the State. q In manufactures, the results are magical . and marvelous. The numberof manufactur, ine:establishments in the State has increased jj from l,2t30 in 18(50 to8,242 in 1886. The capital invested has increased from $6,931,75G to p $21,327,970. The r.umberof nandsemployed j is 33,378 in 1886, against 6,904 in 1860, and f 8,140 in 1870. The value of the product is $29,951,551. The cotton mills give employment now to 4,889 persons. Close behind them come the fertilizer factories, with pro7 ducts valued at $3,574,300. Roughly speak' ing, one person finds employment in the j: cotton mills for every thousand dollars of , capital. In the fertilizer establishments I one person is employed to every three thousand dollars of capital. This exemplifies [* the importance of cotton manufactories as furnishing abundant occupation. Taking the manufactories as a whole, one person is employed for every six hundred of capital. l> On the basis of production, each hand is rep' resented by $897. The statistics now given ' are well worthy of close consideration. 3 It is estimated that the value of agricul? tural and garden productions for 1886 was 1 $44,109,501, and the value of the corn alone n was nearly half the value of the cotton crop. " There is foocl f?r thougnt in tnis, ana mere | is still more in the little table which gives 3 the gross value per acre of the principal crops in South Carolina. Cotton is no lone ger King, at least in South Carolina. Irish * potatoes lead the list, with a value of $88 i per acre, as against $12 for cotton. r There is complaint on all sides that the * agricultural interests?the bone and sinew P of the State?are in a bad way, and perhaps v the information which is now published, 1 will show a good reason for it. It is shown, " for instance, that South Carolina consumed e last year 38,430,425 pounds of bacon, which a was made in other States. Put itat six cents 3 a pound and the cost was over $2,000,000. s South Carolina imported likewise 1,890,654 0 bushels of grain, 1,017,202 pounds of meal, together with 275,056 pounds of peas and , 16,306,100 pounds of miscellaneous provis ions. This was not a dead loss, but the five ? million dollars or more spent by South Cars olina for provisions which can 'be raised at '? home, in connection with other crops, far PT more cheaply than they can be bought, will 3 account in large measure for the present y poverty of the people. <- Looking over the list it is seen that the 1 gross annual income, the total revenue of h the people of the Statf, has steadily increased s in spite of the uniform decline in market - prices. We think it can be demonstrated * that the gross income of the people, man 3 for man, is far larger to-day than it was in - 1860. Besides this, there is the great fact that a dollar now goes farther than before. s In comparison with 1865 or 1870, it is safe to n fhof a H/\llor tn.rlav iu o<j 0-nMil ftsi fl. fiflllur C Oil J UIUUUUVIUI4 IV V.MJ ? i and a half. e As shown in our review, the total value 0 of the farm products of the State last year t was$44,109,501. This is very nearly as much e as the value of farm products in 1860. Add 1 to the agricultural products the products in - different branches of manufactures, and the 1 products of the mines and quarries, and it 3 is evident that the total income of the peof pie from the three sources must amount to - 50 per cent, more than the amount in 1860, e when the slave system was supposed to / make the State so prosperous. Here is a b rough table of the results: I860. 1886. J Manufactures, 8 8,615,195 829,951,551 , Agriculture 45,823,512 44,109,591 g Mines and Mining, 49,000 2,211,000 Total 854,487,707 876,272,052 In the mining we have included the value r of the crude phosphate rock and the prot ducts of the quarries. The outcome of it all > is almost amazing. Taking the population f of South Carolina as 703,708 in 1860, and 1,s 100,000 in 1886, the average gross income of v each person in the State was $77 in 1860, " against $70 in 1886. ef There is deep significance in these figures, r which, moreover, take no account of the v mercantile business of the State. ' Were the " amount of general business added, it would ? be reasonable to say that the gross income of the people of South Carolina, their means - of living and of spending, is considerably ^ more than it was in 1860. It is to be hoped that the good people of 5 South Carolina can find in the statements s laid before them to-day reasons for encoure agement and confidence. This will be a i great State if our people choose to make it so. - No Commonwealth in the world has more i or greater ad vantages. It is not out of place, - then, on this New Year's Day to say to the 1 people of South Carolina, who have borne t so much and have so much accomplished, 1 that they cannot better mark this time of e retrospection, and introspection, than by de^ termining with all their minds and all their - strength to make this year of grace, 1887, ? the best and most prosperous, the most ^ peaceful as well as the most profitable, that - this generation of South Carolinians has o i * ?,i ut <iwI i,Isw ? j KIIUWIJ. iVIIUf nn Aiu^y inn .?aiU) \ ?w?u uivoo j us, every one!" r ! A SOLDIER'S LIFE. j Speaking about new army recruits, the r j New York IForltf says: "No. .'13 West 1 j Houston street is the general recruiting de I pot in this city. The recruit tells whether e I he is married or single, his age, nationality - - and business. Then he is sworn in and s : turned over to a sergeant, who never leaves him until he is safely lodged in the near* est garrison. e Soldiers are enlisted for five years and ree ceive during the first two years of their ser? vice SI 3 a month pay; for the fourth year - $15 a month, and for the fifth year $10 a e month, but the third yearSl a month is 1 held back by the Government; for the s fourth year $2 a month, and for the fifth $3 - a month, which is given to the soldier upi on his discharge, so that he receives at the e termination of his five years' service the t sum of $72. Besides this they get their e uniform and outfit free. The barracks at Governor's Island are I typical of a soldier's quarters all over the ! country. Each barrack room aecommoo j dates fifteen men and serves as dormitory, e l club room and study. Each man has a nar j row bed to himself, but he has to pay for the i- ' washing of his sheets. - ' The ordinary routine is about as follows: t-1 At the sunrise gun the soldiers rise and aty j tend reveille roll-call, which is followed by s j a general police duty, consisting of making g j the beds, cleaning the rooms, fetching coals, '. j ??c. Breakfast is served about half an hour - i after roll-call. Tablecloths are unknown. s j The meal is made up of bread, coffee and s j hash. At 7 o'clock comes sick call and the i- doctor's visit. Then certain soldiers take >, ; their revolvers and guard the prisoners, e j who are set to cleaning the grounds. Three -1 times a week there is a dress parade at 1) r j o'clock, when again a general police duty s j follows. At 4.55 drill call is sounded, which e takes place every day except Saturday and e ! lasts one hour. Supper is served at 7 p. m. 11 Between tea time and tattoo the sunset gun e | is fired and undress parade is held. Tate ! too is divided into two parts. The first >, j part sounds at 9.15, when all the men's s names are called. At 9.30 "taps" are e ' sounded when- all sober soldiers are supe posed to be in bed and in darkness. . j Comparing the actual amount of hard i j work performed by a soldier with the av, | erage labor done by mechanics, the sol1J dier'slife is one of comparative ease. He f j is always protected from the weather, is i: well clothed, enjoys his warm room no mat-1 ter what the price of coal may be, has his . , meals regularly and may, on Governor's / Island, also have the use of a pretty good 1 library and all the citv newspapers. The ? ( food is plain, but wholesome, as it must pass four inspections before it is used. Domestic privacy is not recognized in a soldier's life. Married men have a hard time of it. The department does not wish its soldiers to marry. Yet there are wives of soldiers in every garrison, but they are on sufferance. Married sergeants, through j the favor of their captains, can obtain separate quarters for their families. A soldier is very much under the power of petty non-commissioned officers. In a conflict of testimony the word of a noncommissioned officer is always accepted against a private. Such a thing as social intercourse between a private and an officer could not be dreamed of. Soldiers are treated socially as if they were mere animals or did not exist. The least offences are grave offences, and from every breach of discipline there is the guard house. A habitual inebriate is kicked out of the army. Sometimes, to secure his discharge, a man will maim him?IA) f T {* /ItOA/ltTriKA#! l\/"V Irt lt<\NtT flAtlA HA 1 IT ?M!f\_ orn. Jii Mtatuvncu lit: is wiy acvticij punished. So, too, with those who feign sickness. Speaking generally of the life, an old private said: "Looking at the life of a soldier in all its aspects and comparing it with that of a mechanic, considering the amount of spare time a soldier has, his comforts, the care that is taken of him', the prospect for promotion, the United States need never be in want of honest and courageous men to fill the ranks of its army." MR. GRADY'S NEW*ENGLAND SPEECH. The annual dinner of the New England Society at Delmonico's, last evening, in celebration of Forefathers' Day, was attended by about ROO persons. Ex-Judge Horace Russell, the President of the Society, occupied the chair. Seated near him as guests of the Society,Aver* the Rev. Dr. Talmage, Henry W. Grady, of the Atlanta Constitution, Gen. Sherman, Maj.-Gen. Schofield, the Rev. Dr. H. J. Van Dyke, William Walter Phelps, and these presidents of sister societies: Thomas L. James, St. David's Society; J. J. O'Donnohue, St. Patrick's Society; John S. Kennedy, St. Andrew's Society; Carlisle Norwood, Jr., St. Nicholas' Society; Judge H. C. Van Vorst, Holland Society ; John Winslow, New England Society of Brooklyn. Speeches were made by the President and a number of the guests, including Mr. Grady, who spoke in response to the toast, "The New South," and created great applause by his remarks in favor of national harmony. .(.. r\ j.. . i. _ u:, iun ,.r i?ir. vjrruu.y iuuk mi mis icau hic wuius ??t Benjamin H. Hill in Tammany Hall in 18G6: "There was a South of secession and slavery?that South is dead. Thereisa Southof union and freedom?that South is living, breathing, growing every hour." He expressed his appreciation of the fact that he was the first Southerner invited to speak at the board of the New Kngland Society, and then said, in part: The Cavalier as well as the Puritan was on the continent in its early days, and "up and able to be about." But both Puritan and Cavalier were lost in the storm of their first revolution, and the American citizen, supplanting both and stronger than either, took possession of the republic bought by their c-tmmon blood and fashioned in wisdom, a d charged himself with teaching men free government and establishing the voice of the people as of the voice of God. [Applause.] Great types, like valuable plants, are slow to flower and fruit. But from the union of these colonists, from the straightening of their purposes and the crossing of their blood, slow perfecting through a century, came he who stands as the first tvnical American, the first who comprehended within himself all the gentleness and strength, all the majesty and grace of this republic?Abraham Lincoln. [Loud and long-continued applause.] He was the sum of Puritan and Cavalier, for in his ardent nature were fused the virtues of both, and in the depths of his great soul the faults of both were lost. [Renewed applause.] In speaking to the toast with which you have honored ine I accept the term, "The New South," as in no sense disparag ing the Old. Dear to me, sir, Is the home of my childhood and the traditions of my people. There is a New South, not through protest against the Old, but because of new conditions, new adjustments, and, if you please, new ideas and aspirations. It is to this that I address myself. I ask you, gentlemen, to picture if you can the footsore soldier, who buttoning up his faded gray jacket, the parole which was taken, testimony to his children of his fidelity and faith, turned his face Southward from Appomattox in April, 186"). What does he find?let me ask you, who went to your homes, eager to find all the welcome you had justly earned, full payment for your four years' sacrifice?what does he find when he reaches the home he left four years before? He finds his house in ruins, his farm devastated, his slaves freed, his stock killed, his barns empty, his trade destroyed, his money worthless, his social system, feudal in its magnificence, swept away, his people without law or legal status, his comrades slain, and the 1 1 ? ? ? ? ^ - 4 t- ? L ?n PK/MIL1O??Q UlirutMJS m Ulnars Iirav^ upun mn suuuiuuo, Crushed by defeat, his very traditions gone. Without money, credit, employment, material or training?and, beside all this, confronted with the gravest problem that ever met human intelligence?the establishing of a status for the vast body of his liberated slaves. What does he do?this hero in gray with a heart of gold?does he sit down in sullenness and despair? Not for a day. Surely God, who had scourged him in his prosperity, inspired him in his adversity ! As ruin was never before so overwhelming, never was restoration swifter. The soldierstepped from the trenches into the furrow; horses that had charged Federal guns marched before the plow, and fields that ran red with human blood in April were green with the harvest in June; women reared in luxury cut up their dresses and made breeches for their husbands, and with a patience and heroism that fits woman always as a gar! ment, gave their hands to work. But what is the sum of our work ? We ! have found out that in the general summing up the negro counts more than he did as a slave. We have planted the school-house on the hill-top, and made it free to white and black. We have sowed towns and cities in place of theories and put business above politics. [Applause.] Wehavechallenged your spinners in Massachusetts and I your iron makers in Pennsylvania.,1 We have learned that the $400,000,000 annually received from our cotton crop will make us rich, when the supplies that make it are home raised. We have reduced the commercial rate of interest from twenty-four to six per cent, and are -floating four per cent, bonds. We have learned that one Northern immigrant is worth fifty foreigners and have smoothed the path to the Southward, i wiped out the place where Mason and Dix' nn's line used to he. and hunc our latch I strings out to you and yours. [Prolonged j applause.] We have established thrift in city and country. We have fallen in love j with work. We have restored comfort to I j homes from which culture and elegance ' i never departed. But have we kept faith with you? In I the fullest sense, yes. When Leesurrender- j j ed?I don'tsay when Johnston surrendered, ! j because I understand he still alludes to the ! time Mghen he met Gen. Sherman last as the i I time when he "determined to abandon any ! j further prosecution of the struggle"?when j j Lee surrendered, I say, and Johnston quit, j the South became, and has been since, loyal I to this Union. We fought hard enough to ' know that we were whipped, and in perfect j frankness accepted as final the arbitrament of the sword, to which we had appealed, i The South found her jewel in a toad's head, j The shackles that had held her in narrow j limitations fell forever when the shackles of J the negro slave were broken. [Applause.] I New York Evening Pout, December 23rd. i j Business Review of the Past Year. I R. G. Dun & Go's, weekly trade review of : last Friday's date, says: "Rarely has a j year opened with greater disheartenment , than the year 188G; rarely has a year closed j with more confidence. The dishearten| ment was not wholly justified, and there is j some reason to fear that the confidence may ' be partly unwarranted. Failures for the ! vear have been fewer than in 1885, and the ! aggregate of liabilities has been smaller, j but the averages for the year have been ! scarcely lower, and for the last quarter failures have been both more numerous and larger than for the same quarter of 1885, the increase in the amount of liabilities for that period being no less than forty percent. During the past month failures have \ I occurred without auy known disturbance or depression in the more important branches of trade to cause them. They come like "bolts of blue" and seem to indicate an unexpected expansion of credits. When it is remembered that familiar causes of expansion have existed; that the currency has been largely increased, and that wild speculations ran riot, a month ago in the stock and produce markets, these failures, with their rising volumes of indebtedness, justify the fear that the confidence has grown too fast. The natural inference is that some firms, anxious to recover in a few monms tne losses 01 many weary years, have gone beyond theirdepth. How much of the unsoundness in commercialcredit has thus been produced, it is not yet possible to judge. During the past week the legitimate business has not been larger in volume. The dullness usual in the closing week in the year is proved from all quarters, but though dealers are busy in making up accounts, there is everywhere a feeling of great confidence. Trade during: the past half year has been very large, and gennerally remunerative. The prevailing tendency is to count on continued enlargement for the next season and it would be wise not to forget that it is possible to build too largely on the future even in the time of a real and healthy improvement." TOREVILLE ENQUIRER. I'roNpcctuN for 1887. EXTRAORDINARY OFFER TO CLUB-MAKERS. Tit; ee Desirable Preminins. A BUGGY, A WAGON AND $15 IN CASH. ON tho 1st of January, 1887, the YORKVILLE ENQUIRER will enter upon its thirtythird volume, and while we shall strive to make it in every respect a more acceptable weekly publication than it has hitherto been, the leading features of the paper, which have always rendered it popular with all classes of readers, will be retained. Besides the general make up of tho Miscellaneous department, which feature has given the Enquirer a distinctive character, we shall nublish SERIAL. STORIES Throughout the year, from thk pkns ok the most popular writers of fiction* in* the world, and which department alone, on account of tho character of the stories that we shall secure, will give it additional interest toall readers of light literature. In addition to the Story, Literary and Miscellaneous features of the paper, careful attention will be bestowed upon the News department, which will embrace a record of the leading events at the State and National Capitals; Congressional and Legislative proceedings ; "Scraps and Facts," being a hotch-potch of light current topics; a compend of the News Abroad and at Home; County and General Correspondence; Market Reports; Local and State News; Editorial Articles upon appropriate subjects intended to promote the welfare and prosperity of our State and people, which will, we trust, continue to render the Enquirer a welnntno nr?rl Anfarl-r>ininnr Vnmllv .Taii unal TEEMS OF 8UBSCEIPTION?FEEE OF POSTAGE. ' Single copy, one year, $2.50 Two copies, one yoar, 4.00 One copy, two years 4.00 PREMIUMS TO CLUB-MAKERS. To club-makers for the approaching volume, we offer THREE PREMIUMS for the three largest clubs, as follows : One BREWSTER SIDE BAR PIANO BOX BUGGY, worth $00. One TWO-IIORSE "OLD HICKORY" WAGON, worth $55. A Cash premium of FIFTEEN DOLLARS. Description of Our Premiums. THE BUGGY Is a first-class vehicle in every respect, made of the best materials, and is known as the piano box style, which has become the most popluar buggy now in use. It is hung on the celebrated Brewster Side bar Oil tempered springs, which are the most comfortable, and, therefore, the most widely used side spring. It is full leather .trimmed with "lazy back," Savern patent wheels, steel tire, best steel, faintail, double collar axles. It if painted a rich black. The buggy is a good one and will give satisfaction. It is worth $00. It is furnished to us by Mr. M. C. WlCLlS, successor to the late B. T. Wheeler, manufacturer of and dealer in buggies, carriages Ac., and may be seen by calling at his factory in this place. THE WAGON Is known as the "Old Hickory," manufactured by the Kentucky Wagon Manufacturing Co., of Louisville, Ky. The "Old Hickory" is recognized as one of the best wagons manuifactured in the United States. The materials of which it is made Af +1?a V?Acjf nnolihr onrl urn nnf. fnflPAf.llAr hv skilled workmen, and it is thoroughly and hanrfsomelv painted. The wagon is a two-horse, thimble skein, of two thousand pounds capacity. The lowest retail price is $55. The wagon was furnished to us by Mr. JOHN R. ASHE, the Company's agent at Yorkville. CONDITIONS. The three Premiums mentioned above will be awarded on the following conditions : The person getting up the largest club of yearly subscribers to the Enquirer, at $2.00 per annum, for each subscriber, will be entitled to the first choice of one of the above Premiums; the person getting up the second largest club, at the same price, to the second choice; the person getting up the third largest club, to the third choice. The time for completingclubs under the above offer is limited to 1 o'clock P. M., on the SECOND MONDAY OF MARCH, 1887. Competitors may begin to secure subscribers at once? the time of subscription to commence whenever tho name is handed in. The money for each subscriber is expected to be paid at thetimo the name is entered upon our books, and no name will bo counted in competition for a premium and no premium delivered until the subscription price has been paid. To persons who make up clubs of ten or more names, but who may fail to obtain one of the above premiums, wo will send the Enquirer one year free of charge, and to those who send a Cllll) oi twenty ur mure names, uut ? uu ma,y fail to pet a premium, we will forward the En*quihku one year free of charge, and a copy, one year, of any weekly newspaper or monthly magazine published in the United States, the publication to be selected by the person entitled to receive it. It is not necessary that the names of a club should all bo at the same post-oflice. Names may bo taken at any number of places. One name for two years will be equivalent to two names for oneyear each. All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at the expense of those sending them. We will be responsible for the safe transmission of money only when sent by draft, registered letter or money order drawn on the Yorkville post-office. In sending names, write plainly, giving postoffice, county and State. All subscriptions will be'discontinued at the expiration of the time paW for. A separate list will be kept for_each club-maker, who will be credited with .every name sent, so that the number sent by any one person can be ascertained at a moment's notice. Persons who commence making clubs, will not be permitted, after the nhmes have been entered 011 our books, to transfer the names to another club-maker's list. %S3r The time in which additions may be made to clubs under this proposition, will expire on the SECOND MONDAY Ofp MARCH, 1887. Therefore, porsons who dejdre the benetit of club rates, must subscribe anil pay for tho paper before that date, as after the expiration of that time it will not be furnished for less than 8-..r>0 unless new clubs are formed.| . _ All letters should be addressed to L. M, GRIST, Yoykville, S. C. Bracfc(ield's\ Female R^eg-ula^tor. THIS famous remedy mo)t happily nVets the demand of the age for worWan's pecuniar and multiform afflictions. It is nwmedy forWO-" MAN ONLY, and for one SPECIAL CLASS of her diseases. It is a specific for certain diseased conditions of the womb, and proposes to so control the Menstrual Function as to regulate all tfce derangements and irregularities of heFJVIonthlJ|' Sickness. The proprietors claim for this r?rtf?fly no other medical property. \l BRADFIELD'S FEMALE REGULATOR; Is strictly a Vegetable Compound, and is the studied prescription of a most learned physician whose specialty was WOMAN, and whose fame became enviable and boundless because of his | wonderful success in the treatment and cure of female complaints. Suffering woman, it will relieve you of neurlj-all the complaints peculiar to i your sex. For sale by druggists. Write for book on Female Diseases to ERADFIELI) REGULATOR CO., Atlanta, Ga. ! August 11 32 ly Chattel mortgages^ i MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to Real Estate. For sale at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. December 22 f>l tf i - GARRY IRON RO Manufacturers of all kinds of IRON ROOFING CRIMPED AM) CORRCOATED SIDING, Iron Tile or Slilngle, f? FIRE PROOF DOORS, SHUTTERS AC., THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS ( pgr Orders received by L. M. ORIST. May 10 Iff. . WILMS. AFTER AN EXPERIMENTAL TERM OF throe and a half months, I find mv business in a much better condition than 1 had anticipated. I am now ottering some very light stylish Buggies of my own make, quite us light as'the Cincinnati Buggies, which are much more durable. The Light Buggies Are much more in demand than the old time heavy work. II heavy work is wanted, I can supply it. at short notice. My stock on hand at this time is complete, both of my own make and Northern work. I hope all who are in need of a Vehicle of any kind, will givo me a call, and if he has the money, he can buy at a very small advance on cost. Money I want. It takes money 10 run in in uuaiuessn The Standard Tennessee Wagon Can be moved with money, when a horse or mule can't move it. HARNESS, My stock of Harness incomplete. I have now on hands a large stock of Cloth and Leather Collars, Blind-Bridles, Riding-Bridles, Whips, Double and Single Lines, and Buggy Robes. All cheap, for cash. As the Year 1886 Has Closed. I would most respectfully ask my friends who have accounts and notes' with me, to come and take them away. I would much rather have the money. I am not able to give the indulgence that Sfr. B. T. Wheeler did. ^ M.C.WILLIS. January a 31 tf RELIEF ! Forty Years A Suffer From Catarrh. WONDERFUL TO RELATE! ^TJOR FORTY YEARS I have been a victim J? to CATARRH?three-fourths of the tiui a sufferer from excruciating pains across my foreboad and nostrils. The discharges were so offensive that I hesitate to mention it, except foi the good that it may do some other sufferer. I have spent a young fortune from my earnings during my fortvyears of suffering to obtain relief from the doctors. I have tried patent medicines?every one I could learn of? from the font corners of the earth, with 110 relief. And at lasf (57 years of age) have met with a remedy that has cured me entirely?made me a new man. J weighed 128 pounds and now weigh 148. I used thirteen bottles of the medicine, and the only regret I have is that being in the humble walks of life T may not have influence to prevail 011 all catarrh sufferers to use what has cured me Guinn's pioneer illood Renkwkk. "HENRY CHEVES, "No. 267 Second St., Macon, Ga." Mr. Henry Cheves, the writer of the above formerly of Crawford county, now of Macon, Georgia, merit the confidence of all interested in catarrh. VV. A. HUFF, Ex-Mayor of Macon. A Superb Flesh Producer and Tonic 1 Guinn'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 receipt of price. Small bottles Si.00; large bottles 81.75. Essay on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. -, MACON MEDJTOJE COMPANY,, m Macon, Georgia. For sale by LOWRY & STARR, Yorkville. November 17 11 lv THE HOWE MACHINE COMPANY'S Light Running, High Arm, "NEW HOWE." WHICH IS THE BEST SEWING MACHINE EVER MADE. I CALL special attention to the following features : The NEW IIO\VE is a new macnine throughout, differing in every point from the machines heretofore manufactured by the company. The needle is self-setting. It has the most room under the arm; the perfect Howe stitch; no holes to thread, except the needle; the easiest shuttle to thread ; the most perfect take up ; the loose balance-wheel; the largest bobbin ; absolutely no vibration; the most perfect tension. It is the lightest running; noiseless, and the most pleasing in appearance. Prices within the reach of all. Call and get a descriptive circular, and see the machine, which is always on exhibition at my Photographic Gallery. PHOTOGRAPHY. I would inform the public that I am yet making PHOTOGRAPHS in all the various styles. Also, Ferrotypes and other cheaper styles of pictures. Pictures by the photographic process enlarged, and all work done in the nest style of the art at reasonable prices. Gallery on West Liberty street, near the jail. J. R. SCIIORB. J. ED JEFFERYS NEW FIRNITIRE STORE. COFFINS. A FULL supply on hands consisting of the following kinds: 'METALIC BURIAL CASES-adult sizes. WOOD BURIAL CASKETS AND CASES all sizes. (JLOSS WHITE CASKETS AN1) CASES for children. PLAIN COFFINS?all sizes. Furniture. Walnut, Maple aiul Common Bedsteads. Washstands, Tables, and a general supply always in Store. Special orders filled at short notice. repairing. All kinds of Furniture repaired. Terms lib I eml. J. ED. JEFFERYS. I \m. WEST LIBERTY STREET. 1886. Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables A RE still on a boom, and the year 188G finds me with some of the finest Vehicles ever iliown in the Livery business in Yorkville, and ; nirpasssed by none. ttveryining win ue Kept i in the best style. Give me a trial and be con'inced. Cincinnati and Columbus Buggies Of every description will bo kept. Spring Wagons, Phietons, <fcc., of the best make, always on hand. FOR FUNERALS I haveitltine Qir:en City Hearse and a Clarence Coach, whitti will be sent to any part ef the county at short notice. Terms reasonable. TA Big Bargaiu. I have a Jiimpseat Phieton and some Buggies 0n hand that I will give a big bargain in, if sold sopn to make room for my new stock. HAVE YOUR HORSES FED At the Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables, where theV will receive the oest attention. F. E. SMITH. October 1:5 41 tf VOItJIVILLK TO BULLOCK'S 1REEK. PERSONS living along the mail route from y0rkville to Bullock's Creek, and who wish tosubs?ribe f?r tbe Yorkville Enquirer for the year'188?' a"d who aro not convenient to a post offl00? are hereby informed that if they enter their ?ame3 on my Club, they cah have the Enquiiier delivered to them free of charge for such dflivery- .L N. ROBERTS. Janirar>'-'* ' 1 tf i OFIIVG COMPANY, IRON ORE PAINT |k?shhP^ And Cement. 152 TO 158 MERWIN STREET Cleveland, O. BBMr/XSjmK '2jf j2?~.Send for Circularand Pric ~T ' List No. 75. )F IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. 9 ly NOTICE TO TAX-PAYERS. Office of Auditor York Co.. > Yorkville, S. C., January 1, 1887. j THE following circular from the office of the Comptroller-General is hereby published for the information of the tax-pavers of York count}', Executive Department: ) Office of Comptroller General. > Columbia, S. C., December 27, 188<i. j Circular No. 2?Third Series. During the recent session of the General Assembly it was openly charged that at the last ptJTlUU OI llMllll^ Jll'upci t^r liJl lilAilllUlI, *"*<// ??'CO Auditors in the State required a return of the Cotton held by farmers and others on the 1st of January. If this charge is true, those Auditols to whom it applies clearly failed to carry out the provisions of the law, which requires personal property of every description to be returned for taxation. There is no more reason why Cotton or other crops should be omitted from the re- . turns, than that Horses, Cattle or other items of property should be, and the law does notexempt the one any more than the other. That there may be no further misunderstanding of this matter, Auditors are instructed that it is their duty, and they are required to list for , taxation, all personal property owned or controlled on the 1st day of January, and this is to be done whether the party owning or controlling the same owes a debt upon it or not. As the right of a party to reduce the amount of his return, by the amount of his debts, does . not seem to be clearly understood, Auditors are further instructed, that under the head of ' "Credits" are included all "legal debts, claims or demands" in favor of the party making the return, whether such demand bo payable in money, labor or other valuable thing. From such credit, and from nothing else, may be deducted the legal debts, claims or demands standing against the party. If there are no debts in his favor, the debts against him cannot be considered, and in no case is it permissible to deduct any debt, claim or demand, from the value * of real estate or tangible personal properly. Auditors are reierruu to rsuuiious iih, iui, w-? and ?20 of General Statutes. W. E. Stoney, Comptroller General. From the aboye it will be seen that the Auditor's duty is plainly defined, and in listing property for taxation during the present listing period, tax-payers \lill please govern themselves accordingly. * W. B. WILLIAMS, Auditor. January 5 1 2t TAX RETI RSS FOIl 1H86-87. AUDITOR'S OFFICE. YORK COUNTY, Yoiikvit.lk, S. C., December 1,1886; According to law, the tax books of YORK COUNTY, for the fiscal year commencing November 1st, 1886, will be open from JANUARY 1ST, 1887, UNTIL FEBRUARY 120TH, 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 1886. At Rainey's Mill, on Thursday, January 16, i 1887. s At Hickory Grove, on Friday, January 14. ' 1887. > At Clark's Fork, on Saturday, January 15, ; 1887. At Rock Hill, on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesi day, Thursday and Friday, January 17,18, ID, 20 and 21, 1887. AtC'oates' Tavern, on Saturday, January 22, ' 1887. At Fort Mill, on Monday and Tuesday, January 24 and ?5, 1887. At Grover, on Wednesday, January 26, 1887. At Moore's, on Thursday, January 27, 1887. At Black's, on Friday and Saturday, Januurv t 28 and 29, 1887. At Yorkville, from January 31, to February i 20,1887, inclusive. At which time the Books will close and penalty attach to all delinquents. All residents in York county, between the ages of 21 and 60. are liable to poll tax. W. B. WILLIAMS, Auditor. December 1 48 tl' , "CT& LTNABTROW GAUGE RTJTEOAlT SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains from Newton, N. C.. to Chester, S. 0., taking ert'ectf at 12 o'clock, Noon, Sunday, December 19th, 1886 : GOING SOUTH. Leave Newton 7.50 A. M. Arrive at Lineolnton, 0.02 A. M. Arrive at Dallas, 10.0(1 A. M. Arrive at Gastonia, 10.04 A. M. Leave Gastonia 10.44 A. M. Arrive at Clover, 11.42 A. M. Arrive at Yorkville, 12.30 P. M. Leave Yorkville, 12.40 P. M. Arrive at Gutkriesville, 1.10 P. M. Arrive at Lowrysville, 1.45 P. M. Arrive at Chester 2.20 P. M. GOING NORTH. Leave Chester, 4.25 P. M. Arrive at Lowrysville 4.58 P. M. Arrive at Gutkriesville, 5.35 P. M. Arrive at Yorkville, 0 06 P. M. Leavo Yorkville 6.16 P. M. Arrive at Clover 0.46 P. M. 1 Arrive at Gastonia, 7.42 P. M. Leave Gastonia, 7.58 P. M. Arrive at Dallas, 8.21 P. M. Arrive at Lineolnton, 9.25 P. M. Arrive at Newton ? 10.40 P. M. G. R. TALCOTT, Superintendent. December 20 52 tf "notice. ~ To All Whom It May Concern : PURSUANT to the order of the Court of Common Pleas for York county, in the caso of "Dan'l McLure etal. vs. George Steele, Adm'r, et al.," notice is hereby given that the proper parties are required to call for the following dividends, to wit: One-half Fi. Fa., Thos. Davies vs. Win. McLure and Moses Lindsay, . $592 32 Lindsay & Gordon, 50.60 James W. Nelson, 8 50 \V. B. Ashe, 26 50 S. C. Youngblood, Executor, 13 50 J. H. Tobit, 23 50 R.Springs Moore, deceased, 285 10 Heirs of Mary Nance, deceased, 12 25 And notice is hereby also given, that order will be made by the Court, at its next Term, to distribute to other creditors, who have proved claims, the balance then on hand of the fund now held to pay unclaimed dividends. York C. H., S. C., November 30, 1880. JOS. F. WALLACE, Clerk. December 1 4.8 4m ROCK HILL AND CLARK'S FORK. PERSON'S residing along the mail routes from Yorkville to Rock Hill, and from Yorkville to Clark's Fork, via Zadok and Bethany, who wish to subscribe for the YORKVILLE ENQUIRER for the year 1887, and who are not located convenient to a post office, are hereby informed that if they enter their names on my club, they can have the Enquirer delivered to them without expense for such delivery. If it is inconvenient to see me in person, pay the subscription club price at the Enquirer Office and have the name entered on mv list. WALTER'II. MOORE. DecomberS 4!) tf j?br ^orhvillr (^mjuitrt. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : j Single copy for one year, $ 2 50 I For six months, 1 25 For tliree months, 75 v Two copies one year 4 00 Ten copies one year 20 00 And an extra copy for a club of ten. 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