Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, January 13, 1892, Image 4
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A FUNNY BACKWOODS MARRIAGE.
BY THE MINISTER'S WIFE.
One day in early winter my husband re- i
ceived a summons to Burk's settlement to
unite a couple in the holy bonds of wedlock, ]
and it was especially requested that his wife :
should accompany him, as he would be ex-!
pected to stay all night and join in the
festivities. It was twenty miles to the set- j
tlement, and we reached the log house of Mr.
Burk, the father of the prospective bride,
about noon. A dozen tow-headed children
were at the door waiting our arrival, and they
telegraphed the news instantly?"Marm,:
m&rm! here's the elder and his woman!?
They're nothing but folks; she's got a man's
hat on and a turkey wing on front of it! His
nose is just like dads?crooked as a cow
horn squash." Alas, for Mr. Morrison's
aquiline nose, of which he was a little vain.
('Rom " a shrill female voice from the
interior of the cabin, "run quick and catch
the old rooster and I'll have him in thS pot
in a jiffy. Sal, you quit that churn and
sweep the floor. Kick that corn dodger under
the bed. Bill, you wipe that taller ofTn
the cheer for the elder's wife and be mighty
spry about it too." Further comment was
cut short by our entrance.
Mrs. Burk, in a calico short-gown, blue petticoat
and bare feet, came forward wiping
her face on her apron. "How d'ye do elder V
How d'ye do, inarm? Must 'scuse my
head?haint had a chance to comb it since
last week?work must be did you know;
powerful sharp air, ain't it? Shoo there! i
Bill drive that turkey out'n the bread trough,
will yer ? Sal, take the baby's things. Set
right up to the fire marm. Hands cool ?
Wei, jest run 'em through Bill's ha'r; we
keep it long for the purpose.
Bill presented his shaggy, red head, but
I declined with an involuntary shudder.
"Lawk, if she ain't actiwally a shiverin','
cried Mrs. Burk; "bring in some more wood.
Here, marm, take this hot corn dodger in
yer lap?it's good as a soap-stun." At this
juncture a fearful squall announced the execution
of the doomed rooster, and shortly afterward
he was bouncing about in a fourquart
kettle, hung over the fire. Sal returned
to her churn, but in the excitement ,
due to this unprecedented occasion, she uyset
it, and the milk went swimming out over
the floor. "Grab the ladle, Bill," cried Mr ;.
B., and help dip it up. Take keer! Don t
put that snarl of ha'r in. Strange how nasty
boys will be! Dick, do keep your feet out'a
the butter milk, or it won't be fit for the
pigs, when th' butter's gathered. Drive th.-.t
hen out, quick! She's picked up a pound
a'ready?there, Sal?now try and be a leetle
careful?if you are gwine to be spliced tcrmorrer,
yer needn't run crazy about it."
"You better dry up," answered the bride
elect, mumping away at tue uuum. uy t..ic
time I had fairly warmed, dinner was ready,
and you may be sure I did not injure mys< If
by over-eating. Night came on early, ai:d
after a social discussion of the event of the
morrow, I signified my wish to retire. Sal
lighted a pitch knot, and began climbing a
ladder in one corner of the room. I hesitated.
"Come on," she said, "don't be afraid.
Sam, Bill, Dick, and all the rest of you dunk
yer heads while the elder's wife goes up!
Look out for the boards, marm, and mind,
or you'll smash your brains out against the
beam! Take keer of the hole whar the
chimbly comes through!" The warning
came too late. I caught my foot on the end
of a board, stumbled, and fell headlong,
< through what seemed to me interminable
space, but it proved to be only the room
which I had left, where I was fortunately
? saved from broken or dislocated bones, by
Bill, who caught me in my descent, and,
setting me on my feet, remarked, coo'ily,
"Yer better take the ladder next time."
It was duly commiserated and at last got
to bed, but the less said about that night the
better, for Bill, Dick and four others slept in
the same room with us and made the air vocal
with their snoring. At last I fell asleep
and was dreaming of being fired from a columbaid,
when my husband awakened ae
with the information that it was morning.
The marriage was to take place before bre ikfn?t.
and Sallv was alreadv dressed in lier
bridal robes when I descended the ladder.
She shone magnificent in green calico over
crinoline which displayed itself in several
places fully four inches below, a white apron
with red strings, blue stockings, a yellow
neck ribbon and white cotton gloves. Her
reddish hair was fastened in a pug behind,
lavishly adorned with the tail feathers of the
defunct rooster. When it was annoui ced
that Lem Saunders, the groom, was coming,
Sal dived behind a coverlet which hung
across one corner of the room to conceal
sundry-pots and kettles, and refused to cume
forth. Mr. Saunders lifted one corner of
the curtain and peeped in, but quickly retreated
on Sally's sharply advising him "to
mind his own business."
Lemuel's quaint form was clad in a sui t of
blue with brass buttons which had been made
for his grandfather on a similar occasion.
His hair was stiffly greased with tallow, and
his feet encased in skin pumps. Very soon
the wedding guests began to arrive and the
room was well filled. "Now elder," cried
the jubilant bridegroom, "drive ahead: I'm
able to pay for having the job done up nice,
do you hear? Come, Father Burk, trot out
your gal."
* But Sally refused to be trotted out; she
would be married where she was or not at
all. We argued aud coaxed, but of no avail,
and it was decided to let her have her way.
Mr. Morrison stood up. The couple joined
hands through a rent in the curtain, and the
ceremony proceeded till the solemn question
was propounded, "Lemuel, will you have
this woman to?" when down came the curtain
enveloping both minister and bridegroom
in a cloud of dust. Dick had climbed to the
loft agd cut the string which held it. They
crawled out looking decidedly sheepish, and
Sally was obliged to be married openly, In
answer to the momentous question Lem responded
: "To be sure! What else did I
come here for?" And Sally : "Yaas, if ye
must know." "Salute your bride," sai-.t Mr.
Morrison, when all was over. "I'm ready
to do anything, elder," said Lemuel, "skin
me if I know what that is. Just show me
how and, I'll do it if it kills me." Mr. M.
drew back nervously; but Sally knew how,
evidently, ior sne maue a aasn at mm. ana
throwing her arms around his neck, gave
him a kiss that made the very windows rattle.
"I vum if I can't beat that," cried Lem
excitedly; and, hastily taking a bite fvom a
chunk of maple sugar he drew from, his
pocket, and lunging forward to seize me,
he mashed my collar, broke my watch-guard
in a dozen pieces, tore down my hair, and :
finally succeeded in planting a kiss on my
nose, greatly to the delight of the company.
Then he turned to my husband: "Now,
elder, what's the damage ? Don't be afraid
to speak out." Producing a piece of fur:
"There, elder, there's a muskrat's skin, and
out in th' shed is two heads of cabbage, and
and you're welcome to the whole on't." My
husband bowed his thanks. The young |
people began the dancing and Mrs. B. went
to getting breakfast. At my earnest request
our horse was harnessed and we took our
departure, for I felt sure that I could not
live through another meal in that home with
a sound stomach.
I have since heard that Lem said if he j
had seen the elder's wife before she was
married, "Sal might have gone." Alas!
"Of all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these: It might have been."
9 + 9
Expected Hfcit to Help Some.?Silas is
a country character, who means well. He >
tries to earn a living and "tinkers around" j
at odd jobs and chores and whatever else
he can get to do; but he works a good deal
as he talks, with a painful drawl that 13 very !
suggestive of that state of natural restfulness !
which his ilk call "born tired." Silas '
came to mend a fence the other day for one (
of his patrons in the suburban village where j
he belongs, with a peculiar air of festivity 1
about him. He had on a bright new neck- \
tie of Japanese silk, and his honest face was 1
covered by an expansive grin all the time !
that he was receiving his orders.
"You seem happy, Silas," said Mr. Blank,
with some curiosity, when he had finished 1
about the fence. ]
"Ya-as," drawled Silas. "Ya-as, I've '
been a gettin' married this morniu'." I
"Married? You? Why, Silas, man alive, '
what on earth have you gone and done that '
for? You can't support yourself as it is !" 1
"Well," said Silas, "I ken pooty near sup- I
port myself, 'n' I think it is a durn pity if she (
can't help some." 1
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f28T "Papa," said little Freddy, whose j
nautical kuowlege, is a little mixed, "when
ships beat their records do they do it with <
their spankers?" 1
ibc <f?tm and Jitisidc.
COTTON ACREAGE.
We have read a good deal of late, pro and
con, about reducing the acreage of cotton.
It can be done and the same amount produced,
by working on the intensive system,
which decreases the cost of production. As
I understand it, intensive farming means
small farms highly fertilized and scientifically
and energetically cultivated. And nowhere
else can it be done more intelligently
than on the small farm, for the labor and
team can be handled more intelligently and
systematically on a small farm of one hundred
acres than it can be done on a farm of
three hundred, because the whole is directly
under the eye of the superintendent, and the
result is, more work and better work is accomplished
in the same period of time.
Then the crops can be gathered and boused
in a better condition, which increases the
quality of the products as well as the quantity,
and, therefore, when brought into competition
with the inferior articles of the big
farm, better prices arc secured and peace
and harmony exists between the seller and
buyer. The days of large farms are fast
passing away, in my opinion, for taxes are
increasing every year, and to have a large
tract of land not paying interest on capital
invested is not wise farming, and small farms
are taking the places of large ones. And it
don't take much of an expert to see the
prosperity of a community of mtensive farmers,
for their farms and prodi ;ts are au advertisement
of their skill an i energy, and
the characteristics of such fai "ers will add
to the material wealth of thv country, and
settle the labor problem soon r, for a community
of idle, thriftless people can never
hope for prosperity in which good morals
and religion and law are held in contempt or
ignored. Only order and progress will convert
idle laborers into a property-owning
people, and it will make them mere identified
with the true interests of the country
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gether pnd each one will contribut< his quota
of labor in the upbuilding of the ;eneral ininterest
of the whole community iu which
they live. Then the true virtues of selfreliance,
economy and industry will be
brought out in his character, and he will
strike harder and more zealously for himself,
when before he struck against the interest of
his employer.
Then, if the above is correct, let us have
small farms on the intensive system and
people to own and till them, and all will
pull together for the general good and the
upbuilding of the whole country. We must
not decrease our production, but must increase
the quality to a higher standard if we
expect to enhance the value of our products.
Russia, in a few years, will drive all foreign
cotton out of her ports by her own production
in Asia, and claims that it as line a grade
as any grown in the South. Mr. Goujon declares
he can produce a superior quality of
cotton from the plantations he proposes to
establish in Asia, and says that it is not a
leap in the dark, because cotton fields have
flourished with excellent results in the
region he intends to cultivate/ The only
drawback is drought, and that, he says, can
be overcome by irrigation. He claims that
land is much cheaper and that he can get
all the labor he wants at 20 cents per day,
and transportation facilities will be excellent
for transporting the crop to mar ;et, and the
United States cannot compete with them,
and he can see nothing but immense profits
in store for their products. If the facts have
been clearly stated by Mr. Goujon, he can
produce cotton at 5 ceuts with a good
profit.?"Deaf Mute," Pansy, Ark.
mnu Citiidi Tottp?Ar shade trees
they are especially desirable about the home
lot. They are of rapid growth, and are
easily grown from the seed; their broad
leaves, while adding much to their beauty,
and better adapted for shading than those
of many other trees; their flowers, while in
season, are both pretty and fragrant; the
trees will bear cutting in better than most
others, and can be pruned even to the trunks
every season if desirable, and will but
throw out the better growth. They preseut,
the first season, quite a unique appearance
with great clusters of tropical-like leaves
that soon develop into branches.
Every farmer knows, who has raised the
trees, that they make the best fence posts,
and that a fence thus provided will outlast
three others, the wood is so indestructible.
Branches trimmed from the main stem and
used as props for Lima beans in the garden
have been in use for many years and are as
good as ever. It is said to be the firmest
and best wood for the use of railroad ties
and for whatever use an indestructible wood
is needed.
Why, then, should we not grow more catalpa
trees. They are good shade trees for
the street, invaluable at home for the same
purpose, while as ornamental trees they
have always won favor. I never look at
the trunk of some old catalpa tree but I
think of the boon it will some day be to the
economical fencemaker?that is, if fences are
in vogue in the future.?Vick's Magazine.
Read and Heed.?a man is responsible
for not knowing what he might have known.
This will fix a dreadful responsibility upon
some, of us. We will not be allowed to
plead that wc did not know better when we
necrlected the opportunity . to cain such
knowledge. When an opportunity once
passes it is gone for ever. Another may
come just like the one past, hut it will not
be the same opportunity. The young do not
fully appreciate this, but they might be taught
to realize it nearer than they do. Parents
fail to seize the passing privileges and opportunities
to educate their children. In some
instances they fail to supply their children
with sufficient and proper books and papers.
A newspaper is an educator. No family
should be without one. Children will learn
to read with very little help if provided with
proper reading matter. That man or woman
has a false idea of economy who thinks it
does not pay to buy books (that is, good
books) and take papers, not too many, but
enough. It would be a good Christmas gift
or birthday present to send a good paper to
your boy or girl for a year. Such a course
would give handsome returns. Parents, try
it. Subscribe for a paper for your boy or
girl, and you will be pleased with the
result.
Teach Your Little Ones to Work.?
I mean little girls. As mothers are apt to
get sick, and then household affairs generally
get in disorder unless somebody is acquainted
with the outs and ins of household
business; there is every argument to prove
that it is first-class economy and business
sense to educate children in that sort of
work. Nothing worries a household more
than to see children driven to work, and
nothing worries a child more than to be
driven to work when she knows just enough
about it to get a scolding and too little to
make it interesting to her. A girl that
knows how to make good buscuit, good coffee
and good anything else, will like to show
the elders in the family how well she can
do it, when her mother is laid up in a sick
room, especially if her father and brothers
praise her a little. If she is shown how to
do it, when the domestic sky is calm and
serene, she will kirow how to be useful when
the storms come and everything is in confusion
from sickness.
How to Render Fabrics Incombustible.?Many
deaths would be prevented if
ladies engaged in household work would
wear incombustible and non-inflammable
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garments, me process ui ?u ui-duu^ mtvuo
and cottons is very simple. Steep the goods
in a 7 per cent, solution of sulphate of ammonia,
or a 20 per cent, solution of tungstatc
of soda and then dry them. If they
are now held in the flame of a candle or gas
lamp they will not take fire. That portion
afthe fabric which was in contact with the
light will become charred, but it will not
inflame, and hence the burning state will
not spread to the rest of the garment. Steeping
in borax and hot water will have a
similar effect.
writer well says, for it is in accordance
with all experience, that farmers who
[>ut their farms largely in grass and upon
which good stock is kept, are constantly
growing richer. This is particularly the case
where sheep are kept. Farms that are
turned over every year and the crop hauled
to market, in time become worn out. Stock
growing involves less labor and less machinery,
and in the long run brings better
profits than any other branch of farming,
but every market report teaches that
good blood must be used instead of scrub.
Well bred live stock judiciously purchased
and properly handled should be found
upon every farm.?Ex.
^tisfclliWfous ftcadinij.
ANGELS.
BY REV. R. LATHAN, D. D.
Written for the Yorkvllle Enquirer. i
The word angel is one of frequent occurrence
in the Scriptures. In the New Testament
the word so translated (angelos) is |
found 186 times. Its proper meaning is
messenger, and it is so translated in Matt.
xi, 10; Mark i, 2; Luke vii, 24-27; ix, 26 ;
II Cor. xii, 7; and James ii, 25. It is only
from the connection in which the word is '
found, that- we are able to decide what is the
character of the messenger. In Matt, xi, 10, '
and Mark i, 2, the reference is to John
the Baptist. In the Old Testament, some- I
times the elements are called angels or
messengers. In Psalm civ, 4, it is said God i
makes his angels spirits, and his ministers
a flaming fire. In this place it is highly i
probable that the meaning is that God makes
the winds his messengers and the lightning .
his ministers. In the Old Testament the
word angel, or messenger, is sometimes applied
to a whole class of individuals, as the
priests. Hence in Mai. ii, 7, it is said they?
the people?should seek the law at the !
mouth of the priest, for he is the messenger,
or angel, of the Lord of Hosts. Generally,
both in the Old Testament and in the New,the
word angel denotes a spirit, or a creature of i
a kind of existence different from those having
material bodies. A spirit, says our Sav- ,
iour has not flesh and bones.
That spiritual beings arc frequently (
mentioned in the Bible, no one who has ,
read or heard the Bible read, will for one
moment deny. No attempt will be made
to define the word spirit. It cannot ,
be defined. The same is true with respect
to matter. We speak of matter as
having certain properties, but that is not a 1
definition. It must be evident to any one
who will reflect upon the subject for a moment,
that all that can be known about an- <
gels, is what is revealed in the Bible, and 1
what is there revealed is incidental?always
in someway connected with man. Nothing i
is said with respect to the creation of angels. ]
We are nowhere in the Bible told, in so
many words, when angels were created, i
Some commentators have jumped to the con- <
elusion that they were created on one of the
six days of creation. This is nothing but (
conjecture. We may safely conclude that ,
the earth which we inhabit, and all that system
of which the earth forms a part, was
created during the six creation days, but we
have no right to conclude that the system to
which the earth belongs is all that God created,
nor are we warranted, from anything
narrated in the Bible, in concluding that angels
belong to this world to the exclusion of
any other. For any thing that we know,
angels may be messengers sent out by the
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ions of which we know, and can know, noth- ;
iug.
We know that angels were created before
man, and we know, further, thatsome of the
angels fell before man was created ; but how ]
long before we can only conjecture. It is
said that the devil was a liar from the
beginning. Not from his beginning, for then
it would have been impossible for him to .
have fallen; and besides,the Scriptures plainly
teach that the devil did fall. From the
beginning then must mean either from the
creation of our world, or from the creation
of man. It seems reasonable to suppose that
the devil and those angels who fell with him,
did not remain long in a state of holiness. 1
The fact that some of the angels fell and
some did not, warrants the distinction which
we find in the Bible?the Lord's angels and
the devil's angels. If the question be asked,
"How was it possible for holy angels to sin ?" 1
it is replied that in every creature, no matter
what be its sphere of elevation, there is a
defect. Not that it was not so endowed
as to be able to subserve the purpose for i
which its maker designed it. Still, the sim- i
pie fact that it is a creation, shuts it out from
being, or even attaining absolute perfection. \
God is the only being in the universe who is, i
or can be, absolutely perfect. Angels fall, |
then, because since they are creatures, it was
possible for them to fall, and God, in his (
sovereignty, permitted them to fall. Those ,
angels who did not fall were, by God, con- j
firmed in holiness. It is this confirming in
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of men from violating God's law even in
heaven.
It is a rather remarkable thing that although
angels are often spoken of in both
the Old Testament and in the New, that '
particular names are given to none of them I
but two?Michael and Gabriel. It is no less
worthy of note that these names are found
in no part of the Old Testament except in '
the prophecy of Daniel; and in the Now Testament
only in the gospel of Luke, epistle of <
Jude and book of Revelation. The name
Michael is found only in the tenth and ]
twelth chapters of Daniel, and in Jude, and 1
in tliQ twelfth chapter of Revelation. The i
name Gabriel occurs only in the eighth and
ninth chapters of Daniel, and in the first ]
chapter of Luke. Gabriel was sent to an- i
nouuce the birth of John the Baptist, the ,
forerunner of the Messiah, and it was Gabriel
who was sent to make known to Daniel when ,
the Messiah would come to set up his king- ,
dom. Gabriel is a created angel, but Michael
most probably is Jesus Christ, the Saviour of
sinners. His name, who is like God, suggests ,
this, and the attributes and works of Deity
are ascribed to him. Daniel describes Michael
as the great prince, as he who stands up for
the children of thy people, and the first of
the chief princes, and the description of Michael,
as contained in Daniel, x, 5-0, is nearly
identical with the description of the Saviour
as contained in Revelation i, 13-17 and ii, 18.
The name arch-angel occurs but twice in
the New Testament, and in both instances in
the singular number. In Jude ix, Michael
is called the arch-angel, and in I Thess. iv, 10,
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himself.
It is admitted that we hear from the pulpit
much said about arch-angels, but much
that is said is strained and far fetched. It j
is claimed by some that because seven angels
are mentioned in Revelation, viii, 2, that
there are seven arch-angels who have dominion
over the seven orders into which
angels are divided. This is all stuff, for
which there may be a foundation in Kabinical
and Scholastic books, but none in the Bible.
The fair inference is that Jesus Christ is the
only arch-angel. At any rate it is clearly
uuscriptural to speak of arch-angels, for there
is but oue mentioned in the Bible. This
does not conflict with the idea that there are,
in some sense which we cannot well understand,
different orders of angels. Several
passages in the Scriptures seem to favor this
idea, but no passage teaches that there is
any particular number of orders, or that;
there is an arch-angel for each order.
It should be remembered that the lan-!
guagc used in the Scriptures in describing i
angels, is used by way of accommodation, j
much in the same way that language is used i
in speaking of Clod. We hear often of angels
flying, and in carrying out this idea of
flying, we often see angels painted with
wings. This is calculated to mislead. Who
could paint an angel ? The thing is impossible.
It would be far easier to paint the
j track of a bird through the air. Who could
| paint the wind, much less an angel?
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"1*11 k wills ok 1>oah am) jauoij.? 1 ho
origin of testaments is lost in obscurity, but
doubtless tliey followed soon after tbe first
institution of private property. Euscbius j
says that Noah made a will soon after tbe I
flood wherein be disposed of tbe whole!
world. He was certainly possessed of a j
considerable landed estate, but Eusebius's
story of tbe testament in writing and witness-:
ed under bis seal, needs confirmation.
In the forty-eighth chapter of OScncsis, I
however, we do find mention of a will, j
wherein Jacob bequeathed to bis son Joseph 1
twice as much as to bis other children, j
This was not a testament in writing, but aj
verbal or "nuncupative" testament, declared ;
by tbe testator "in extremis" before witness-1
es, and depending upon oral testimony.
Such "nuncupative" testaments were at I
one time recognized in English law, but in j
the eighteenth century Blackstonesays they
were fallen into disuse, and hardly ever
heard of.?All the Year Hound.
SlioK Sizks.?A third of an inch gives us a j
full size in length of shoe; a sixth furnishes
tbe intermediate point between two sizes,
the saving of which is desirable, if practicable
; a small fraction of breadth goes a good
way in securing comfort, and in girth of ball
or instep an infinitesimal part of an inch is
sometimes an ell of freedom ; a quarter of an
inch is a good deal of letting down or elevating
at the heel, and a sixteenth is readily
perceptible at tbe sole. I'or these reasons
sudden and extreme changes in size or weight
of shoes are injudicious.?Shoo and Leather
Reporter.
Wansidc #atltc??gs.
BfiT'In Palestine there are 78,000 Jews.
8fi?" New York has 12,000 telegraph boys.
B@T A lump of coal weighing a ton was recently
mined in Wyoming and sent to Denver.
8$^" Man suffers most from imaginary troubles.
8ST Intensely cold weather prevails in England.
BST One of the best tests of religion is the
collection basket.
&3P Yawning is caused by a deficiency of
air supply to the lungs.
SST" The population of America increases
by 7,000 persons a day.
BSST The Vatican contains 208 staircases,
and 1,000 different rooms.
SST The choir of the Mormon temple in
Salt Lake City is 300 strong.
06?" Sixteen tons of steel pens are exported
from Birmiglmm, Eng., weekly.
fiST" The California State prison has a convict
who is over 100 years old.
8?" The South has now 1,200,000 more
spindles than it had a year ago.
86F" The mail train is seldom late, but the
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train ot a temaie is always ucmuu.
8fiT Throughout the entire world about
thirty-five million people die every year.
Munich is tcsend to the World's Fair
i microscope which magnifies 16,000 times.
8?" Did it ever occur to you that no man
can "raise the devil" without lowering him5Clf
?
8?* The taxable value of property in Tcxis
is $72,656,000 larger this year than it was
last
8ST Nearly a million copies of a vile WBk
assailing Christianity has been circulated in
China.
8@"* Newark, N. J., is showing a death rate
of thirty-eight per 1,000, and folks stand
oghast.
8?" Defiance, la., has a man five feet six
inches in height, who weighs but sixty-five
pounds.
8?" When a man speaks the truth you
may count pretty surely that he posseses most
other virtues.
06?"'The man who goes to church with
squeaky shoes goes to the right place. His
sole needs attention.
8?? The raven is the only bird known to
the entomologists which is a native of every
country in the world.
8?? A Nebraska farmer has been acquitted
of killing a book agent who persisted iu forcing
his book on him.
8?" Under the new State constitution there
will only be one election in Mississippi between
now and 1895.
86?" A young lady remarks : "Man proposes,
but it sometimes takes a great deal of
encouragement to get him to do so."
86?" On account of the McKinley law the
Liverpool chamber of commerce has decided
not to send an exhibit to the World's fair.
8?" The Knight's of Labor, of Fort Worth,
? ' ' i -!i- PTA
rex., report tnat in mat city over ou pci
cent, of the working people are out of employment.
A Connecticut man has invented a
machine which automatically feeds his chickens
at night and morning. It is run by
clockwork.
B6T One of the latest discoveries of the
scientists is that the germs of yellow fever
may be conveyed from tropical countries in
the plumage of birds.
BaP* The frog, owing to its peculiar construction,
cannot breathe with the mouth
open, and would die from suffocation if it
were kept open forcibly.
B6T" We should always extend a helping
hand to the man who is trying to come up
from the gutter, provided he doesn't bring
the gutter up with him.
&8P As an indication of advancing civilization
among the red men, it is announced that
the Yuba Indians, of California, are about to
build a theatre of their own.
BSSf It is said to be a fact, though not generally
known, that the light of the sun and
the moon exercises a deleterious effect on
knives and other edged tools.
A man may go to heaven without
health, without riches, without honors, without
learning, without friends; but he can
never get there without Christ.
BGF Money is so scarce in Cuba that the
brigands are compelled to let their prisoners
go again, finding neither money on their
persons or friends to ransom them.
B6T Canada'a annual Christmas poultry
train came this year from Ottawa to Boston.
The value of the cargo at the frontier was
$26,000 and the duties were $8,750.
86T "Whatever made you make Brackins a
present of a pocket-comb ? He's as bald as a
billiard ball." "That's just it; I want to
nnolrQ him tln'nL- T novfiv noticed it."
6QT The spread of the grip continues to
be reported from various parts of the country.
The disease, as a rule, appears to be
of a milder type than it was last year.
8S5" There are about 30,000 locomotives in
the United Stntes?being one to every five
miles of railroad?and 1,100,000 cars of all
kinds, of which 27,000 are passenger coaches.
BfiT" During the recent terrific storms on
the Atlantic, it is stated that a number ol
ocean birds were driven from distant seas
and America and other continents to England.
fiST The trouble with most young men is
that instead of starting at the bottom of the
ladder and climbing up gradually, they want
to begin at the top. The result is usually a
tumble.
06T" An illiterate farmer who wished to enter
some animals at an agricultural exhibition,
wrote as follows to the secretary
"Euter me also for a jackass." And he took
the prize.
66T" If a man shamefully abuses his wife ir
Butte, Mont., half a yard of crape is tacked
on his door as a reminder that any trouble
in the future will be followed by a call by
an undertaker.
0ST1 Two men are now living who rode on
the first locomotive ever run in this country,
They are the Hon. Otis Avery and the Hon.
John Torrey. It was the trial trip made in
Honsdale, Pa., their home, in the year 1829,
087? Pennsylvania has twelve towns oi
postofiices with very peculiar names, viz.:
Stumptown, Bullskin, Shintown, Jugtown,
Puckerty, Sin, Sis, Scrubgrass, Her's, Man's
Choice, Maiden's Choice, and Bird in Hand,
PaF The happiest people in the world arc
those who look on the bright side of everything.
They that always expect the best
generally make the best of what they get,
A grumbling person is as a stormy day, a
cheerful one as sunshine.
Bay" The Winchester (Ky.) Democrat says
that a grocer of that town recently received
the following order: "Dear Sir : Please send
me 4 pounds of cole and some te. My wife
had a boy last nitc also 1G pounds of cheese
J * tun if/wl 7 1 ItAlltwIu (inrl
UI1U tl lilt llilf. 1IU ?? ajui I O j'v/unuo UIIV4
u hatchet and nails."
Forty reputable insurance companies
in New England went out of business in 1S91
because they did not get premiums enough
to pay losses and expenses. The year was
hard for all insurance companies, and increased
rates arc expected.
fifciT Whips may he very expensive. One
presented to Win. H. Vandcrbilt cost $2,000,
W. K. Vandcrbilt has one that cost $350.
Pierre Lorillard has one, with a carved ivory
handle, that cost $500. Whips that cost
from $25 to $100 arc favorite articles for presentation,
and America leads the world in
making them.
862f" A minister, who had been accused ol
preaching a sermon that was not his own
went to the parishioner who had made the
charge, and asked him to retract. "Well,'
said the parishioner, "I thought, when 1
heard that sermon, that it was taken from ,i
book I had at home; but I went home and
looked in the book?and it was all there."
It is said that the Japanese practice relined
cruelty to delight their palates. They
believe that the lish called dai is most delicious
when eaten alive. An expert Japanese
carver can dexterously remove five-sixths
of the edible matter from its bones without
touching a vital part. During this cruel
operation the lish is kept alive by wet sea
weed, which, being placed over the gills, enables
it to breathe.
Rift" European ladies are often invited tc
visit the harems of the rich Moors of Morocco,
and, says an exchange, some time age
one of the inmates?a beautiful younggirl?
fainted at the sight of one of the lady visitors
removing her gloves. The young lady
thought she was removing a thick skin from
her hand, and the sight frightened her si
much that it was sometime before she could
regain consciousness.
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Absolutely Pure.
A cream of tnrlnr baking powder. Highest of all
In leavening strength.?Lntest U. S. Government
Food Report
RICHMOND AND DANVILLE R. R. CO.,
SOUTH CAROLINA DIVISION,
PA HSEXd Kit I) EPA Tf TMEXT.
CONDENSED Schedule In effect November 15,1891.
Trains run by 75th Meridian time:
south bound.
| No. 9. | No.ll. | No. 87*
stations. Dally. Dally. Dally.
LvNew York 12 15ngt 4 30 pm 4 30 pm
Lv Philadelphia ; 3 50am U 57pm 0 57 pm
Lv Baltimore I 0 50 am 9 45 pm 9 45 pm
Lv Washington... 11 10am 11 20pm 11 00 pm
Lv Richmond 1 3 00pin 3 20am, 3 20am
Lv Greensboro j 10 40 pm 10 20am 7 10am
Lv Salisbury 112 40 am 12 05 pm 8 28 am
Ar at Charlo tte. 1 2 00 am 1 30 pm 9 35am
fcv Charlotte 1 2 10am 1 50pm
Lv Rock Hill i 3 03am 2 43pm!
Lv Chester | 3 44 am 3 28 pm ?...
Lv Wlnnsboro 4 40am 4 20 pm!
Ar at Columbia.... 1 0 07 am 5 59pm| ?...
Lv Columbia 0 25 am 6 15 pin,
Lv Johnston's 8 12 am 7 52 pm
Lv Trenton 8 28 am 8 05 pm'
Lv Granltevllle 8 55 am 8 37 pm!
Ar Augusta ; 9 30 am 9 15 pm
Ar Charleston 11 35am 10 15 pm
Ar Savannah 1 0 20 pm 0 00am;
north bound.
J ( No. 10. i No. 12. j No738*
"stations. "" f Daily.'! Dally. | Dalfy.
Lv Savannah 0 40pmJl 30pm|
Lv Charleston, 5 00pm 0 00am'
Lv Augusta.... J 7 00 pm 2 00 pm'
Lv Granltevllle ! 7 55pm 2 32pm'
Lv Trenton 8 38 pm 3 00 pm
I" Tr.Vincl/vn'11 8 52 Iim 3 131)111
Ar Columbia 10 40 pm' 4 55pm
Lv Columbia 10 50 pm. 5 05pm]
LvWinnsboro 12 2(1 am 0 33pm
Lv Chester 1 21 am 7 27pm:
LvRock Hill 2ttlam 8 07pm:
Ar Charlotte [ 3 05 am 0 00 pm
Lv Chariots 7 00 am 0 30 pm 9 20 pm
Lv Salisbury 8 37 am 11 08 pm 10 29 pm
Lv Greensboro 10 30um 12 52am 11 54 pm
Ar Richmond 5 30pm 7 40am
Ar Washington 9 45pm 11 50am 8 38am
Ar Baltimore 11 25pm 1 20pm 10 03am
Ar Philadelphia 3 00am 3 47pm 12 35 pm
ArNew York i 0 20am 6 50pm 3 20 pm
Vcstibuled limited.
SLEEPING CAR SERVICE.
On trains 9 and 10 Pullman sleeping cars between
Danville, Va., and Augusta, Ga.; and Augusta, Gn.,
and Greensboro, N. C.
Train 12 connects at Charlotte with Washington
and Southwestern Vestibuled limited train No. 38,
northbound, and Vestibuled train No. 37, southbound.
Also with No. 12 main line, for all points
north and east.
For detailed information as to local and through
time tables, rates, and Pullman Bleeping-car reservation,
confer with local agents, or address?
J as. L. Tayi,ok, Gen. Pass. Agt.. Atlanta, Ga.
W. A. Tukk. Ass't Gen'l Pass. Agt., Charlotte, N. C.
J. A. Donssojr, Superintendent, Columbia, 8. C.
W. H. Gkbk.s*, General Manager, Atlanta, Ga.
Sol. Hans, Traffic Manager, At Inula, Ga.
December2 43 tf
C. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD.
SCHEDULE of Mall and Passenger trains from Lenoir,
J>". C., to Chester, S. C., and from Chester to
I Lancaster, daily except Sunday, taking effect December
20th, 1891.
south hound. J No. 1L
, I Leave Lenoir 7 loam
Leave Hickory 8 25 am
Leave Newton 9 02 am
Arrive at Lincolnton, ; 9 55am
Leave Lincolnton 10 03am
; Leave Dallas 10 50 am
Arrive at Gastonia, 11 03am
Leave Gastonia 11 08 am
I Imvh Clover 11 49 am
Leave Filbert 12 07 pm
Leave Yorkvlllc 12 22 pm
Leave Guthrlcsville 12 4(1 pm
leave McConnellsvllle '12 55pm
leave Lowrysvllle ' 1 13pm
Arrive at Chester... j 1 13 pin
nokthiiouni). | najsjf
Leave Chester 11 50am
Leave Lowrysvllle 12 20 pm
Leave McConnellsvlIle 12 37 pm
leave (iuthrlcsvllle 1 12 10 pm
Leave Yorkvlllc 1 00pm
Leave Filbert, 1 20pm
Leave Clover ' 1 44 pm
Arrive at Gastonla, 2 24 pm
, Leave Gaston la 2 45 pm
leave I Ml lis 2 58 pm
Leave Llneolnton 3 44 pm
Leave New :on 4 40 pm
Leave H lck ory 5 20 pin
Arrive at I.enolr 0 30pm
No. 0. | Clieraw ?fc C?licstcr. | No. 10.
3 45 pm Leave CHESTER Arrive >10 43 am
4 25pm KNOX'S 10 0:1am
4 47pm! UIC'HHUR(} 0 40am
5 10pin BASCOMVILLE 0 25am
5 33 pm' FORT LAWN ...! 0 00am
0 22 pm .... Arrive LANCASTER leave J1 20am
JAS. L. TAYIX3R, Gen.Pans. Agt., Atlanta, Gn.
W. A. TURK, Ass't Gen. l'ass. A?t., Charlotte, N. C.
J. A. DOPSON, .Superintendent, coiunima, o.
\V. II. GR EEN, General Manager, Atlanta, Ga.
HOI. HASH, Traffic Manager, Atlanta, Ga.
December 21 40 tf
/^MOTHERS'!
| FRIEND" |
1 1 rfWWL Young I
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j Makes Child Birth Easy.!
| Shortens Labor, 5
| Lessens Pain,
Endorsed by the Leading Physicians. J
, ? Book to "Mothers" mailed TREE. 5
I BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO.
ATLANTA, GA. *
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. {
March 25 7 eomly
W. H. IT IC KLIN,
(iUTHKIESVIl.LE, S. C.
II BREEDER OF REGISTERED JERSEY CATTLE.
THE splendidly-bred Cooinassic Hull, MAY'S
KING KOFFEE, No. 20,004, .stands at the
head of my herd. TWO YOUNG BULLS and
a few CHOICE HEIFERS FOR SALE at fair
prices. All arc entitled to registry in the Anieri
lean Jersey Cattle Clult Register.
Also pure-bred JERSEY RED HOGS. Write
'' for what you want.
! September 51 .'11 tf
UNDERTAKING.
I ^iijaaBBao^Wiaaagwa
| T AM handling :i first class lino of ('OKKINS
, I X AND CASK UTS which I will soli at the very
' | lowest prices. Personal attention at all hours.
' | I am prepared to repair all kinds of Furnittire
! | at reason aide prices.
J. ED JEFFREYS.
( " llXOIAMiK DANK,
: Yorkvillie S. C.
, |T. S. JEFFERYS President.
, I JOS. l'\ WALLACE Vice-President.
j Fit AN K A. OILRERT, Cashier.
I Organized September 1, 1HK7.
THE HANK will receive Deposits, hny and
sell Exchange, make Loans and do a genoj
nd Ranking Ihisiness.
' The otliccrs tender their courteous services to
its patrons and the public generally.
' JiKi" banking hours from !l A. M. to it. P. M.
,1 ' January 7, 1SJH*. 4S tf
! NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
i Jos. E. Wallace, Administrator, against Kate
! Williams Russell and others.?Complaint for
r belief.
1 rpiIE Creditors of K. IIA PPERFIELD, dei
X ceased, are hereby notified to present their
> I claims against him before me, at my otlice in the
i Court House, at Yorkville, S. C., on or before
jSA'ITHDAY, THE2.IHD DAY OF JANl'A|
KY, A. I>? ISJUJ, or be debarred from all benefit
i, under the decree in the cause as entitled above.
| I W. RRoWN WYLIE, C. C. Pis.
December ! H 7t
. J l>. K. KINI.KV. J. S. ItHICK.
KINIJA ItHICK,
. I ATTOItMAS AT I. AW,
Yorkville. S. ('.
ALL business entrusted to us will bo given
prompt attention.
i OFFICE IN THE lU ILDINO ATTIIE HEAR
I OF M. A II. C. STRAl'SS'S STORE.
.1 January 7 1 tf
' .IOH PRINTINO.
rpiIE ENtH'IRER OFFICE being now sup?|
1. plied with a SPLENDID OlTFIT <?F
i MODERN Jol! PRESSES and TYPE OF
(THE LATEST STYLES, all JO 15 PRINTINti
' I usually required in this section, will be oxocii
ted in the REST MANNER and at FAIR
i ' PRICES for the material used and the character
, | of the work done.
l | TWO I ROOM COTTACJES TO RENT.
> ! S \N E of them on ('levcland avenue; the other
i V/ on Piiickney street. Roth have wells of
water on the premises and are comfortable buildings.
For terms apply to T. R. McCLAIN.
ti corbin Ik harrow
0
Is the Best Farming Implement in
the World.
MORE than two years ago I comnionced to
handle the Corbin Disk Harrow and in
connection with my first announcement published
testimonals as to its value as a farming implement
from several of the best farmers in York
county. Their statements struck a great many
of the farmers who had never used the Corbin
Harrow as boing absurd, and for the first twelve
months my sales were few and far between, not
paying expenses of the business. The next seai
son my sales were more than thrco times as
great as the first season, and the sales for the present
season, judging by tho number of sales since
, October 1, bid fair to exceed the sales of last season,
notwithstanding the fact that the cotton crop
is not more than one-third as large as last year,
and tho price one-third less. This last statement
is only made to prove that the farmers have come
to realize that tno apparently extravagant statements
about tho Harrow are absolutely true.
One of tho strongest recommendations of the
Harrow is its wonderful power as a MONEY
.SAVER, and this alone should commend it to
overy farmer. When it comes to quality and
ouantity of work there is no comparison between
tne Harrow and any other mode known in this
section.
Below will be found tho testimony of several
representative and well known farmers. I could
furnish several columns of the same sort of evidence,
but hardly think it necessary. Read
what they say, and bear in mind that the statements
they make aro made from a disterested
standpoint:
Hickory Grove, 8. C., March 23,1891.
I Mr Sam M. f.RisT. Yorkvlllc. S. C. : Dear Sir?I
bought a No. 7 Corbln Disk Harrow from you In October,
1889. I wns delighted with It the nrst time I
tried It. I now consider It an Indispensable Implement
on the farm. No fanner who looks after his own
Interest can afford to be without It. To give an idea
of its value at this time, when every farmer Is so far
behind with his work, I will say that I can take my
Harrow, with one hand and four mules, and put 300
to 400 pounds weight on the Harrow, and break eight
acres of corn-stalk, cotton-stalk or stubble land In one
day, and prepare It deeper and better In every way
than ca.n be done with eight mules and eight hands
In the ordinary way. fl have a weight box on my
Harrow. It Is the length of the beam, and Is 9 Inches
wide at the bottom, 11 at the top, and about 10 Inches
deep. It Is fastened on to the beam with bolts.]
Last spring I plowed up my cotton stalks, and with
the Disk Harrow and two mules, cut up the stalks
and pulverized my land to the depth of Ave Inches at
the sameopcmtlon, and at the rate ofan acrcan hour.
Wheat and oats can bo put in with It much better
than In the ordinary way. One hand and two mules
Is all that Is necessary to put In eight to ten acres a
dny.
The best prepared land I have ever had was a piece
of weed stubble turned In the fall and cut up wltn the
Corbln Harrow In the spring.
In conclusion, let me say that the Harrow thoroughly
breaks and pulverizes the land and leaves It In a
porous condition. Land that has been pulverized
with a Corbln Harrow will not bake.
Respectfully, W. 8. Wii.kerson.
Grover, N. C., July 10,1889.
8am M. Grist, Yorkville, 8. C.: I)ear81r:?I have
owned a 10-lnch Corbln Disk Harrow for the past four
years and have put It to every possible test and it has
given entire satisfaction. I had long felt the need of
a harrow that would pulverize the soil thoroughly
from four to six Inches deep, and realized that tills
could not be done by any drag or tooth harrow, for
they only pulverize the surface, leaving many clods
or lumps untouched, and these clods would be worked
to the surface In cultivating the crop : and all Intelligent
farmers know that cloddy land does not give the
best results. Hence the great Importance of a Harrow
that will pulverize the soil as deep as the plow goes.
My Harrow will thoroughly pulverize to a depth of
seven Inches. I want nothing better In stalk land In
putting In wheat or oats than the Corbln Harrow, for
it not only does better work than a plow, but it is so
much faster, cutting six feet at a time, and all (armcrx
know the Importance of saving time at the season
when these crops are usually sown. I venture the assertion
that no farmer who owns a Corbln Harrow
would be without it for twice Its cost. Two great advantages
the harrow possesses over most Improved
farming Implements Is its simplicity and durability.
An vsleeny-neaded free negro can oj)erate it If he has
sense enough to drive a wagon. I have prepared stubble
land for planting, where there was no rocks or
stumps, with my harrow, by harrowing it twice,
crossing the first work with the last, as well or better
than I have ever done with a plow. Much more
might be said about the Corbin Harrow but I think I
have snid enough to induce farmers to inquire into
its merits. All who investigate will lie converted.
Very Respectfully, Felix H. Dovkh.
Yorkville, S. (A, May 15,181)0.
Sam M. Grist, Yorkville, S. 0.: Dear Sir?It gives
inc pleasure to add my testimony as to the worth of
the Corbin Disk Harrow ns a farming Implement. I
have used the Harrow purchased of you last fall for a
variety of purposes, and in no single instance has it
failed to do all that is claimed for it by the manufacturers
and by the farmers whose testimony you have
already published. Last fall I plowed a piece of
ground on my place that was covered with weeds, and
had also a considerable amount of wlregmss on it,
and when the plowing was finished, it was exceedingly
rough?in places the furrow would turn for twentyfive
or thirty yards without breaking. I then went
to work with tlie Harrow, and after going over the
ground two or three times, I hnd it in as good condition
ns an ordinary garden Is after being spaded and
raked, and I am now cultiveting this land and it is
still soft and mellowand easily worked. I also broke
my cotton stalk land and then pulverized it and cut
up the cotton stalks with the Harrow. I find a wonderful
difference In working land that has been harrowed
und that which lias not. The more I use my
Harrow the better I like it. It is my purpose to sow
my small grain with it next fall, and for two reasons:
First, I can sow it better, and, therefore, get better results
; and second, I can do It at about one-fifth the
expense and in one-fifth of the time, as compared
with the ordinary mode of sowing grain. No farmer
can afford to lie without t lie Corbin Harrow, and the
sooner the fanners find tills out the better. I would
not take five times the cost of my Harrow for It and
do without it. I shall be pleased to give my friends
any further information they may desire.
Respectfully, R. H. Glenn.
Yorkville, s. C., July 8,18S9.
Sam M. Grist, Yorkville, S. C.: Dear Sir:?In reply
to your inquiry as to what I think of the value of
the Corbin Disk Harrow ns a farming implement, I
would say that I consider myself Incompetent to do
the implement Justice, but will try to give some idea
of my estimate of its value. I consider the Corbin
Disk Harrow to be the most valuable farming implement
I have ever used, or ever expect to use. There
Is no other lmplementof which I have any knowledge
that will do as many different kinds of work, or do
the work as well. There is no Implement which will
do equal service that I have overseen, that Is so simple
in construction or which is less liable to get out of
order. It is one of the few improved farming implements
which can be used to advantage by the ordinary
negro. The Corbin Harrow will more than pay
for itself in one season If given half a chance. I now
have on my farm a Hi-Inch, 12-dlsk Corbin Harrow,
the original price of which was 840, and although the
implement has been in use nearly five years, if it was
Impossible to get another. I would not take five times
its cost for it. In conclusion, let me say that some of
my assertions may sound extravagant to some of my
brother farmers who are not familiar with the Corbin
Harrow, but I will say to those who may doubt any
of my statements, that I will take pleasure in demonstrating
the truth of cacli and every assertion to the
entire satisfaction of all who will call at my farm near
town. I hone to see, or hear, at an early day, of a Corbin
Harow being on the farms of hundreds of farmers
in this section. Very respectfully,
\V. M. Walker.
Chester, S. C, March 27,1810.
Sam M. Grist, Yorkville, S. C.: Dear Sir: I have
owned a Corbin Disk Harrow for several years, and
consider it the most useful and economical farming
implement of which I have any knowledge. Mr.
Corbin has done more for the farmer than all the
politicians, reformers, etc., combined. He has done
something practical. No farmer can fall to bo benefitted
by the use of the Harrow, and the more it is
used th'cgreater the benefit or profit. It is almost the
only so-called Improved farming implement that I
have ever seen that would do all its manufacturers
claimed for it, and the only one that would do more.
Every farmer should have one and a man who is able
to buy fertilizers for his land is more aide to buy a
Corbin Disk Harrow. The time will conic when the
Corbin Disk Harrow will be considered as much of a
necessity on the farm as the wagon, sewing machine,
cooking stove, audi might say, the plow; and the
sooner it comes the better for the farmer. It only
takes a farmer, who lias been accustomed to the old
: way of doing tilings, about one iiour to realize how
much time and labor lie lias literally wasted before
I lie used the Corbin Harrow. In conclusion, let me
suy that I would not pretend to larin witnoiu u.
Respectfully, \V. Holm us Hakdix.
I don't know that the genuinessof the above
testimonials will be doubted by any person who
may read them, but in ease anybody should
question till or either of them, I will say to such
person if you will take it upon yourself to visit
| cither or all of them and tititt that the statements
j are not those of the alleged writer, I will eheeri
fully pay all your necessary traveling expenses
I and a reasonable sum for your time. Is this a
| fair oiler?
| Ifyou have tin Corbin IIenow you should have
| one. You will save money by buying now.
SAM M. lift 1ST, Sole Agent,
Yorkvillo, S
December li'i 4?i tf
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trade for about four or five years, but the reputation
of their work is fast spreading in every
direction. They build as durable, as fine and as
well finished work as is cither made or sold in
the South. At least that is what those who claim
to know, say about it.
We Have Determined
This year to offer one of their celebrated Buggies
as a premium to the club makor who may secure
and pay for the largest number of NEW SUBSCRIBERS
between NOVEMBER 1, 1891, and
the SECOND MONDAY IN FEBRUARY, 1892,
up to 1 o'clock, p. m., and wo would call the
attention of all who. desire to compete for this
very desirable premium to what is said in reference
to it in our regular prospectus.
The following letter from the Holler A Anderson
Buggy Co. explains itself:
Office of HOLLER & ANDERSON BUGGY CO.
Manufacturers of Fine
Buooiks and Carts, Surreys and Ph.etons.
Rock Hill, S. C., October 0,1891.
Mr. L. M. Grist, Yorkville, S. C.:
Dear Sir?In accordance with agreement we
The Best Bargain Ever Ofl
A $45? SEWING M
INCLUDING ONE YEAR'S SUB*
WE have made such arrangements as enable u
CIIINES at lower rates than ever before I
crs the advantage of the unprecedented Imrgai:
Th ip Machine is made alter the latest models i
in shape, ornamentation and appearance. All
the Singer, and are constructed of precisely the f
The utmost care is exercised in the selection of tl
is purchased. Each Machine is thoroughly welln
ness, and no Machine is permitted by the Inspect
tested and proved to do perfect work, and run lig
THE CHICAGO SINGER MACHINE has
ance Wheel, so constructed as to permit windinj
Machine.
The Loose Balance Wheel is actuated by a soli
to the shaft outside of the balance wheel, which 1
spring. When a bobbin is to be wound, the boll
wheel, and turned slightly to the right or left, w
tilled. Where the Machine is liable to bo medd
' ? * * .1.xr,?.l,S?n
mo wneci wneu iuji in ww, su mm uiu .'iiK.ui.v v.
The thread eyelet and the needle clamp are ma
convenience.
Each Machine Is Furnished Wi
1 Foot Henuncr, (J Hemmers, all different
1 Gauge, 1 Tucker,
1 Package of Needles, 1 Thread Cutter,
1 Throat Plate, 1 Oil Can tilled with Oil,
The driving wheel of this Machine is admitted
venicnt of any. The Machine is self-threading, 1
made of the best material, with the wearing part*
has veneered cover, drop-leaf table, 4 end drawer
warrant every Machine for live years.
This valuable Sewing Machine is GIVEN AS
to THE YORKVILGE ENQUIRER at $1.75 ca
each, and $8.00 additional.
Price, including one year's subscription to Till
Our price?$16.00?is for the Machine well crate
all attachments and accessories. The Machine v
maker, as the case may be, and the freight will hi
The manufacturers write us that the freight to at
Give name of freight station if different from pos
March 18
GARRY IRON RO
Manufactures all kinds of am
IRON ROOFING, MMtiBk
j CKIMl'KD AND COKKUOATKD SIIJINCJ,
Iron Tile or Shingle.
! KIKK I'KOOK Doolts, SUt'TTKIIS, AC.,
THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS (
,x__ i 1 1... 1 \f /!I)TC'P
jpta' wruers nri'ivi'ii uj u. .? . unwi,
March 18
LIVERY AND FEED STABLES.
I WOULD respectfully announce to my old
friends and the traveling public that I have
j returned to Yorkville, and in the future will give
iny personal attention to the LIVKUY AND
FKLD STABLKS so long conducted by inc.
| Determined to merit public patronage, I hope to
receive a share of the same.
31Y OMNIBUS
! Is still oil the street, ready to convey passengers
I to all departing trains, or from the trains to any
! part of town.
FOR FUNERALS.
: I have an elegant 1IKAHS10 and also a ('LA It|
KNCK COACH which will bo sent to any part
| of the county at short notice. Prices reasonable.
1 Buggies and other Vehicles
J On hand for side. Bargains in either new or
| second-hand vehicles.
! HAVE YOUR HORSES FEI)
i At the Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables where
l they will receive the best attention.
I * F. K. SMITH.
| PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY.
IMroUOUUIILY fitted up with new baek.
grounds, accessories, Ac., and with a tine
i sky-light, I am prepared to take apicturo in any
j style of the art, as well executed as can be done
j elsewhere.
| CHILDREN'S PICTURES A SPECIALTY.
Bythedrv plate process I can take them instantly;
makes no dill'uronee about lairorcloudy
I weather.
1 do all my own printing and finishing, and
there is very little delay in delivery.
ENLARGED WORK.
Pictures copied and enlarged and finished in
1 the highest style to be had, and prices reasonable.
! (live me a call and see specimens of work, at
i inv <iallerv on West Liberty street, near the jail.
J. It. SClloHB.
o.oo
GIVEN AWAY
t Club of NEW Subscribers
LE ENQUIRER.
mail electrotype of buggy by this mail. The
electrotype showH the body hung oil "American
Queen" .springs. We can mrnish it on the Brewster
spring; or on the Brewster and King combination
spring. We make bodies 18, 20, 22 and
24 inches wide by 50 inchesjlong, and paint and
trim in any desired color. The price of this job
at retail is $90.00, open.
You qiay say to your club makers that wo
fully warrant tho buggy that you offer as a premium
to be our best make, and that means that
? /! mm ronton it to be second to none for the
money, and better than many. Our buggy baa /i
points of excellence that are found in no other on *
the market, and up to any in all points. Tbe
finish is as good as the best. Samples may be
seen at our repository here, and also at the place
of business of Messrs. Riddle & Carroll, our
agents, Yorkville. Yours very truly, ^
HOLLER & ANDERSON BUGGY CO.,
Dictated by J. G. Anoerson, Manager.
The Opinion of a Liveryman,
Liverymen are generally supposed to be judges
of work and the following letter from a welL
known liveryman of Rockingham, N. C., would
indicate that he considers the Holler A Anderson
Buggy Co.'s work as the very best. You will
observe that he does not say that it is as good or
equal to any he ever saw, but the BEST:
"Rockinoiiam, N. C., July 27, 1891.
Holler & Anderson Buggy Co., Rock Hill, S. C. >
Gentlemen?You will please find enclosed
check for full amount. Your buggy gives entire
satisfaction, and is the best;finisuea buggy that
ever was in our town.
(Signed), M. L. HINSON."
fcSr- Other testimonials equally as strong astne
above can be produced if wanted.
No definite number of subscribers will bo necessary
to secure this Buggy, but it will be
awarded to the club maker who may return and
pay for the largest number of NEW SUBSCRIBERS
between November 1,1891, and the
second Monday in February, 1892, up to 1 o'clock
p. m., whether that number be TEN or ONE
HUNDRED. LEWIS M. GRIST.
. nL y
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fered in Sewing MachinesACHINE
FOR $16?
ICRIPTION TO THE ENQ.UIRER.
s to offer the CHICAGO SINGER SEWING MAfor
ii GOOD MACHINE,and we offer our readies.
of the Singer Machines, and Ih a perfect facsimile
the parts are made to gnu go exactly the same as
?une materials.
lie materials used, and only the very best quality
indeatul is fitted with the utmost nicety and exactor
to go out of the shops until it has been fully
litana without noise.
a very important improvement in a Loose llalz
bobbins without removing the work from the
ill bolt passing through a collar securely pinned
)olt is lirinly held to position by a strong spiral
t is pulled out far enough to release the balance
hero it is held by a stop-pin until the bobbin is
lied with by children, the bolt can bo lelt out of
innot be operated by the treadle,
de SELF-THREADING, which is a very great
tli the Following Attachments:
widths, 1 Screw Driver, 1 Foot RufHer,
1 Wrench, 1 Gauge Screw'
1 Check Spring, 1 Binder,
1 Instruction Book, 5 Bobbins.
to lie the simplest, easiest running and most counts
the very best tension and thread liberator, is
i hardened, and is finished in a superior style. It
s and a center swing drawer. The manufacturers
A PREMIUM FOR SIXTY yearly subscribers
eh; or for THIRTY yearly subscribers at ?1.75
i3 YORKVILLE ENQUIRER, $16.00.
J, and delivered on board the cars in Chicago, with
, ill bo shipped direct to the subscriber or clube
paid by tho person who receives the Machine,
ty point in this section will average about $1.50.
it ollice address.
L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C.
i: tf
OFIiVGr COMPANY,
HUtN OR^P^INT
)F IKON ROOFlXti IX THE WORLD.
is tf
THE PARISH HOTEL.
w IIEX you conic to Yorkville, you are in
vitcd to stop at TIIE PARISH HOTEL.
YOl* WILL HE ROYALLY TREATED.
The building is located in the business portion
of town. The rooms are largo and provided
with every comfort and convenience.
TIIE TAI1LES are supplied with THE REST
the season all'ords, prepared by experienced
cooks, and served bv polite and lively waiters.
LAROE SAMPLE ROOMS lbr commercial
men. We study to please.
Mrs. (\ O. PARISH, Manager.
March 4 4 tf
ahc ilovlaiUr inquirer.
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< >ho copy lor two yours, 11 SO
For six months I oo
For throo months .10
Two oopios lor ono voar, II ftO
Ton oopios ono year, II ftO
And an oxtra copy lor a oluh of ton.
A 1> V KIITISKM i :\TN
Insortod at Ono Dollar ]>or square for the first
insortion, and Filly Fonts por scpiaro for oaolt
subsequent insertion. A square consists oftlio
space occupied l?y eight linos of this size typo.
.Pti" Contracts for advertising space for throe,
six, or twelve months will he made on reasonable
term.
./W" Trilnitos of Kospoot and Ohitnarios will
lie charged for at the rate often cents per lino. I
before they will he published, satislaetory arrangements
must he made for the payment of
the charges. Notices of deaths will he inserted
< gratuitously, and such information is solicled,