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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-09-05

A FAMILY TRAIT.-Hark to the expert
ence of Barrick Offutt, of New Orleans. He
loved not wisely, but too WELL He could not
appreciate the loveliness Of his fancs, if he did
not compare it with that of others.
He was walking up Charles street, day or
two ago with fair ballet girl, when he was
suddenly confronted by his dulcinea. He had
talked to her of a pretty sister, and evidently
she supposed this to be the person. She stop
ped, smiling, expecting an introduction, but
Barrick hesitated, 10th to give it.
"Your sister, belive?" said the lady.
"Ah, yes-no! Another person." said the
sorely troubled swain.
"Not his sister, I assure you, interrupted
the ballet girl. - .....
."Indeed!" - :
mo, ma'am, I'm the young mans"
"What?" coldly intervened the dulcenia.
"Aunt" hastily replied Barrick she's my
aunt"
"She's very young for such relative"
"Yes,"' said Barrick, "they are always
young in my family"
This settled the difficulty. There were no
inquiries made.
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Qhildreu's department.
TELLING FORTUNES.

TELLING FOhIONCSs
I'll tell you two fortunes, my fine little lad
For you to accept or refuse:
The one of them bad, the other one good:
Now hear them and say which you choose
I see by me gifts, within reach of your hand
A fortune right fair to behold;
house and a hundred good acres ofland,
With harvest fields yellow as gold.
I see great orchard, with boughs hanging down
With apples, russets and red;
see droves ofcattle, some white and some brown,
But all of them sleek and we'll fed.
see droves of swallows about the barn door,
See the tanning mill whirlng so fast;
see them threshing wheat on the floor
And now the bright picture is past.
And see rising disn,ally up in the place
the beautiful house and the land,
A man with fre-red nose on his face,
And little brown jug in his hand.
Oh I! if you beheld him, my lad, you would wish
That he were less wretched to see;
For his boot toes they gap like the mouth Of fish,
And his trowSers are out at the knee!
In walking he staggers, now this way, now that,
And his eyes they stand ont like bugs;
And he wears an old coat and battered-in-hat,
And think the fault is the jugs.
For the text says the drunkard shall come to be
poor,
And that drowsiness clothes men with rags,
And he doesn't look much like man, ain sure,
Who has honest hard cash in his bags.
Now which will you have2 To be thrifty and
snug,
And to be right side up with your dish;
Or 60 with your eyes like the eyes of a bug,
And your shoes like the mouth of fish?
ALICE CARY.
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why did you leave? Because 1 was informed
from reliable source that many thousands
more troops were to be hurried to the upper
counties that the writ of habeas corpus would
be suspended and martial law declared, and
that I was to be among the first to be arrested
by this armed force. If an impartial officer
had been in command of the troops in York
Vile, I certainly should have remained but
when partizan like Major Merrill is placed
in command, with absolute power, I object to
the trial. But I hold myself at all times
answerable to the people of my county and
State, for all of my acts, and am willing to 60
before the regular court of York county, hav-
ing jurisdiction, (where the characters of all
parties are known whenever called. But I
am not willing to go before Loyal League
jury and a partisan judge The jury "is call
ed to convict; the judge to sentence"
J. w. AVERY.
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AFTERNOON SESSION.

At the appointed hour the chairman called
the convention to order The committee on
proxies reported sc shares represented in per-
son and 63 by proxy, making total of 149.
On motion to elect President, the conven-
tion proceeded to ballot. DR.. A. H. Davega,
of Chester, receiving eighty-six votes, ma
jority of the stock present, was declared
elected.
On motion, it was ordered that one director
be elected from each county. B. T. Wheeler,
of York county, S. c.; o. G. Ford, of New
ton; J. F. Smyre, of CASTOR, and W. H.
Motz, of Lincoln, N. G., were elected direct
ors by acclamation.
The chairman of the committee to prepare
business for the convention, reported the fol-
lowing resolutions which were adopted:
Your committee suggest the following reso.
lutions bearing upon section of the Charter
to wit:
Resolued, That no call shall be made upon
the subscribers for money until 1000 shares
of bona tide, solvent stock shall be subscribed,
in the mode and kind provided for in the
charter.
Resolved, That the president and directors
Of the company are hereby instructed to open
negotiations with the Kings Mountain Rail
road Company, with the view of ascertaining
the terms upon which said company is willing
to surrender their road to the Carolina Narrow
Gauge Railroad Company. And in case any
arrangement satisfactory to said president and
directors can be made, the president is hereby
directed to call a meeting Of the stockholders
of the company to consider and pass upon the
same, as soon as practicable, after giving
twenty days notice.
Resolved, That if it be found impracticable
to make satisfactory arrangements with said
company, then it shall be the duty of said
president and directors to take the necessary
steps to obtain charter for Narrow Gauge
Railroad from the legislature of South Caro-.
lima, leading from the town of Chester to the
town of Yorkville, and thence to the North
Carolina State line, at the point where the
Carolina Narrow Gauge Railroad commences.
On motion, the following committee was
appointed by the chair, to report a code Of
bylaws for the company, and ordered to re,
port at the next meeting: W. H. Brawley,
W. H. McCorkle, DR.. Geo. Michael and B. S.
Guion.
On motion, the following resolution was
passed:
Resolued, That the president and directors
proceed Immediately to appoint Commission
ers in each county, to receive subscriptions to
the capital stock Of the company, and to take
measures to secure any necessary legislation
and that as soon as in their judgment suf6.
cient amount is subscribed, that they do call
meeting of the stockholders of said com.
pany.
There being no further business, the con.
vention adjourned to meet at the call of the
president. 0. G. FORD, Chairman.
JNo. G. JUSTICE, Secretary.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-09-05

other Machines, while in several particulars It is
SUPERIOR and is sold at less price than other nr'
class Machines. But our Combination AMER,
cam will, in addition, make perfect button ana
eyeet hole, and do overseaming. Al persons
who think we claim too much for TINS Machine,
are invited to call and see for themselves. Let
not prejudice hinder you from getting the pest @
Machine in the market. We are sole Agents 1or
York county. a.,
We continue, also, to act as Agents for the
MASON d HAMLIN ORGAN co. Their In
struments have no superior for beauty sweetness s
dispensable to Churches, Sunday Schools, &C.,
they also afford to homes rational pleasure, ana
an easy means for developing musical talent that
no head of a family ought to neglect.
At the same time we continue to perpetuate
your beauty or ugliness, as the case may be, upon
Paper, Metal or Porcelain, by means OF PHoIo-
GRAPHY in all the various styles. .
We have now on hand a fine lot OF STEKEO-
SCOPIC VIEWS of the Yosemite. PACIFIC hail
road, White Mountains, &C. also, nice ALBUMS,
J. r. SCHORB & SON.
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BOYHOOD OF CALLED.

There was once man named Galileo, who
loved the stars, and found out much that was
new and strange in the skies; and it was he
who first made it known that the earth moves.
He was born in Italy three hundred years
ago.
He was poor boy. With his knife he
made ships and men out of wood, and he
would melt lead and run it into molds that
he had made. He had such skill that he
could mend the toys which the boys would
break, and they would bring them to him,
that he might make them whole and sound.
When they would whip their tops, he would
stand by and think what it was that made the
tops move.
He wished to come at the truth Of all things
he saw. But the dear friends in his home on
the banks of the Arno were poor, and though
they had hopes for the boy whom all tongues
praised, they knew it would cost too much to
send him to a good school away from home.
So he was keptat home for time, and taught
there.
His parents at first thought it would be a
good thing if their son would learn to buy and
sell, so that his gains would raise them up
once more. But as the boy still loved his
books they said "Let him 60 on with them
we will try to send him to a great school as
soon as we can"
His father raised some funds and sent him
to Pisa, where great school for young men
was kept. It was hoped the boy would learn
to be doctor, and know the use of drugs, and
the way to bind up wounds and to cure the
sick.
But the boy did not like to be tied down
to books that told Of drugs, and the way to
make sick folks we'll. 1t seemed to him like
going round and round in ring, as a mill
horse does. He saw too that the men who
taught his class did not know much. They
were as wise as any in that day, but he could
see they were blind guides at the best.
One day he was in the grand church in
Pisa, where he saw the great lamp swing as il
hung from the roof by a cord. From this he
found out how things swing to and fro, and he
gave to the world the law Of the pendulum
by which clock work is made to 60 right.
When Galleo was forty-fve years old he
was in Venice, and he heard there that man
in Dutch town had made tube with q
piece OF glass in each end, which, when rails
ed to the eye, made things look larger. He
went 70 work at once, and made tube Of
lead and put in each end piece Of glass
such as you have seen in pair of specs
With this tube, the things at which he looked
seemed to be three times as large as before.
By means of this tube, which we call tel
escope, the face Of the moon was seen to be
made up ofhills and wales, and plains, like oul
own earth. Jupiter was seen to have four
little moons. Venus looked like moon with
horns, and from this fact she was known to
be like a ball. And new stars were seen in
the sky.
Galileo Galileo-for that was his name in
full-was one of the greatest men that have
ever lived.-Yoang Folks Nesus.
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PROMISING.

"How obliging Ed. Dayton is," said Mar
tin Wells to Will Buchanan one day when
they left the school-house together. "He
says he will lend me any book he has, and he
has so many nice ones. He promised to bring
Carolina tomorrow. Inever could finish it,
because I didn't get the magazine"
20, yes, he's very good about making
promises p said Will, dryly.
"And he said he would get me ticket to
the Mercantile Library, or speak to his faith
er-he's one of the managers. There's some
arrangement by which they give tickets to a
certain number of boys. Wasn't it kind of
him"
Martin was stranger in q strange place,
with little money to spend, and Ed. Daytons
pleasant words and obliging offers had made
strong impression upon mind naturally
sensitive and grateful.
20, certainly, very kind of him" said Will,
who knew pretty we'll the nature of Ed. Day
toms promises, but would not prejudice a
stranger against schoolmate.
$50 different from John Fitz ADAM" con-
tinued Martin; II wanted to see 'Atkinson's
Siberia and I knew that he had it, and I
did venture to ask him to lend it to me this
week; and all he said was he couldn't prom
ise.' It's the first time ever asked favor
of any one in this school" said Martin, proud
ly;"I guess it will the last"
otis not like John to be stingy," said Will,
and then the boys parted.
The next morning Ed. Dayton had forgot
ten to bring "Carolina," and then Martin,
two days after, ventured to remind him of
his promise, he said that the book was his
sisters and that she did not like to lend her
books.
Seeing the state of the case, Martin said
nothing about the library ticket, of which he
heard nothing more, to his very great disap-
pointment, for he dearly loved books.
He was going home Friday night, feeling
rather tired, homesick and lonesome, when
John Fitz Adam came running after him
with book in his hand. "Here's Atkinson, I"
he said, out of breath 81 couldn't promise it
the other day, because I didn't know whether
father wanted to send it away to grandma or
not, and it was lent to my cousin, but it came
home last night, so it's at your service, and
keep it as long as you like"
20, thank you!" said Martin, Frightening,
and regretting his hastY Judgment o. John.
then the boys parted, and presently said Mar.
tin, "John, I'm sure you are very good )" and
was joined by Ed. Dayton.
ri think Fitz Adam is a regular mean fel-
low," said Ed. 81 just asked him this morn
ing to look out some references for me in
some books I know he has at home, and he
wouldn't promise to do it, because he said he
thought his father wanted him this evening.
I'd like to see the time when I couldn't prom
ise to oblige friend" .
"And I'd like to see the time when you'd
keep your promise" thought Martin. eff
people always keep their promises, they are
generally rather careful how they make en-
gagements. 1t don't cost any one much to
promise who never performs"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-09-05

How VALUABLE IS THE RESULT OF La
BORA mass of iron ore, worthless at the
mine, may be worth few cents after taking
it out, a few dimes after carrying it to the fur
mace, a dollar after being made into pig-iron,
and five dollars after being puddled into
wrought-iron when worked into horse-shoes,
it is worth ten dollars; made into pen knife
blades, it is worth three hundred dollars !;
made into needles it is worth three thousand
dollars; and made into balance springs for
watches, two hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars. And so it is with everything; all VAL
ues are the result of labor. Even when
town or city lot raises in value, it is the result
of the labor of those who improve the neigh
boring land by which the owner Of the lot is
q painer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-09-05

PLAIN SAUcE-AN INTERVIEW WITH "A
HOTEL CLERK.-To make good jam-ask
any horse-ear conductor. To boil tongue
drink scalding coffee. To make good broil-
leave letter from one of your old sweethearts
where your wife can find it. How to make
an Indian loaf-give him a gallon of whisky.
A plain loaf-a visit to the prairies. To
"bone" turkey-take it when the poulterer
is not looking. To corn beef-feed your cat
tie at brewery. How to select foul-ask
the umpire of baseball match. A plain
stew-a trip in an old-fashioned street railway
car on warm day. How to dress beats-a
horsewhip is good thing to dress beats with,
especially if he be dead beat.
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COMMUNICATION FROM MAI. AVERY,

Mr.. Editor Under the peculiar circum-
stances of the case, and for fear that too
protracted silence might be interpreted as
some evidence Of truth of certain reports, in
dustriously and recklessly asserted by Gov
ernment officials and personal enemies, alleg-
ing that ri was the chief of an extensive con-
spiracy of political character to overthrow
Radical Grantism and prevent the freedmen
from voting, and that in pursuance of this
conspiracy, divers persons Of color were killed,
many whipped, and innumerable schools
broken up" now make this communication
to the public. Sir, the facts are, never was
member or chief of any organization, club
or conspiracy for such purposes and objects,
either directly or indirectly, and never have
ordered, aided or abetted the killing or whip
ping of any one, (black or white) because of
his politics, or for amy other reason whatsoever.
That was the member of an organization in
the winter and early spring of 1871, for self
protection, especially against fire, is most
true. 1 then thought it absolutely essential
I think so still-and for the following reason {:
Thirty thousand negroes had been armed
with improved breach-loading rifles, and sup
piled with fixed ammunition; the prejudices
and passions of this armed mob were contin-
ually melted and infamed against the native
whites by Radical adventures of the most
dangerous, unscrupulous character. An infu-
entail Radical leader, (now candidate for
Governor) in public speech in Yorkville,
urged his hearers to carry the next election
"even if it was necessary to make the ashes
so thick in York that the grass would not
grow" The air was thick with the most
alarming rumors. Acts of violence, incen-
diarism, &C., were of frequent recurrence, and
there was serious danger of collision between
the two races. Under the circumstances,
thought it proper for us to look to the protec-
tion of our families and our homes, and to
defend them against any possible contingency.
AS to the so.called ku.klu raids, [ had moth
ing to do with them, and am satisfied that
did far more to suppress them than Major
Merrill, with all his troops, who came thun-
dering down after the "war was all over" and
makes big blow of having stamped out the
ku-klux, when the fact. are, as Is nell knoaun
in York, that all parties were quietly settling
down to work, and peace was dawning on the
land, in spite of the lying dispatches sent to
the government of continued outrages. But
"you broke up many colored schools" Well,
Iknow something about that I wss in favor
of separate schools for the races, and advanced
means to one teacher, who calculated to re-
pay me from his salary; but when payday
came there was no money for any not in the
ring. In my business as merchant. have
frequently been profered the certified &C
counts of those poor free school teachers at
from thirty to fifty cents on the dollar The
ku-klux "broke them up" did they? The
thieving scallaauag and carpet.bag officials stole
the money. That's ,ohafs the matter. 1t will
all come to light in time. But, if innocent,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-09-05

MODEL OBITUARIES 5: 1924 !:
"And all the days of Enoch were three hun
dred and sixty-6ve years and Enoch walked
with God, and he was not for God took him" )"
Genesis %: 1-2: "And Sarah was a hun
dred and seven and twenty years old ; and
these we're the years of the life of Sarah. And
Sarah died in Kirjath-arba the same is He
bron in the land of Canaan and Abraham
came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for
her."
Genesis 25: 8: "Then Abraham gave up
the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old
man, and full of years and was gathered to
his people" ,
Genesis 40: 80: "And when Jacob had
made an end of commanding his sons, he gath
cred up his feet in the bed, and yielded up the
ghost, and was gathered unto his people,"
In the 34th chapter of Deuteronomy in
seven short verses, the obituary of the illus
trious law-giver, Moses, is written. The obit-
uary of the patient man of Uz is given in two
verses in the AID chapter of Job. In I. King
2: 10-11, we have the obituary of the most
illustrious of Israel's kings.
Those who write obituary notices with do
we'll to take these as their model. They do
not parade before the world the grief of loved
ones which naturally seeks retirement nor
do they contain word of fulsome eulogy or
of unkind criticism, to which exception can
justly be taken either by the friends or the
enemies of the deceased. And in the eyes Of
editors, their brevity is not one of the least Of
their virtues Christian Observer
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REMARKS OF JOHN NEwToN.-A Chris
tian should never plead spirituality for being
sloven; if he be but shoe.cleaner, he
should be the best in the town.
My principal method of defeating heresy is
by establishing truth. One proposes to fill a
basket with tares. Now, if I can fill it first
with wheat, I shall defy his attempts.
There are critical times of danger. After
great services, honors and consultations we
shall stand upon our guard, Noah, Lot, Da-
vid and Solomon fell in these circumstances.
Satan is foot-pad. A food-pad will not at
tack man in going to the bank, bit in re-
turning with his pocket full of money.
Christ has taken our nature into heaven to
represent US. He has left US on earth with
his nature to represent Him.
If we were on the watch for improvement,
the common news Of the day would furnish
it. The falling of the tower in Sloan and
the slaughter Of the Galileans were the news
of the day which our Lord improved.
Much depends on the way we come into
trouble. Paul and Jonah were both in the
storm, but under very different circumstances.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-09-05

~A yankee passing along the street was
painfully bitten by an ugly dog. A single
blow of a heavy stick, skillfully aimed, was
sufficient to kill the animal instantly. But
the enraged pedestrian still continued to pum-
mel the corpse till little of thecanine remain
ed. Atleng 9Th he was accosted with: "What
are you about? that dog has been dead these
ten minutes past" II know it," was the re-
ply, "but I want to give the beast realizing
sense that there is punishment after DEATH"
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How TO START A PRAYER-MEET1NG.-
Let the few hearts that feel the need of it
gather together, having first, each one, sought
the Lord in private. If a regular service
cannot be maintained at the church or vestry,
let neighbors meet in each others houses.
No matter how small the number, let the joint
pleading continue Seize and hold the prom
ise. Pray for that which lies nearest to you
first. Let judgment begin at the house of
God. Do not be 80 anxious to follow par.
ticular bill of fare that you shall ignore your
most conscious needs. Expect blessing
when you pray. Take it when it comes, and
use it for Christ.-Presbyterian.
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pa% The women of Carthage, Indiana, have
abolished all liquor saloons in that town, and
the thirsty Carthaginians will hereafter be
compelled to resort to the private bottle
Some sixty indignant matrons visited the
dramshops and besought their owners to aban.
don their vile business, and failing in their
mission, they formed in solid phalanx, marched
to the misery mills, one after the other, smash.
ing the furniture and leaving havoc behind
them in every case. '.rs ...'s, /