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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-04-10

AN LLECIlON OTOR1.-1n an OlQ fennSyl-
vania town, where they voted the Democrat
ic ticket sound, $50 the story goes,) in 1868
the experiment was made of putting Repub-
lican ticket in the field. A Mr.. Green was
the candidate selected, but by reason of sick.
ness he was unable to 60 to the polls on elec-
ton day. When the returns were published,
Mr. Green had just one vote.
Chagrined at this, and annoyed by the &C.
cusation that he had voted for himself, he an
nounced that if the person who had voted for
him would come forward and make affidavit
to the facts, he would reward him with suit
Of clothes.
A few mornings afterward burly Dutch
man called upon Mr.. Green, and abruptly re-
marked:
81 wants dat suit of cloes."
"Then you are the man who voted for me ?"
"Yah, am dat man."
"Are you willing to make an affidavit of it?"
"Yah. swear to en-"
Mr.. Green, accompanied by the intelligent
voter, went to the Office of the justice of the
peace, and the required affidavit was made !;
upon which the clothes were purchased and
given to the deponent. At parting, Mr.
Green said:
"Now, my friend, just answer me one ques-
tion. How came you to vote for me?"
"You wants to know dat?"
"Yes"
"And you Won't go back on de cIoes?"
"No."
"Vell," said he, slowly, and with a sly
twinkle of the eye, "den, 1 tole you-I made
a mistake in de ticket!'
sar A London detective put his head into
an omnibus, just as it was starting off, with
the remark Passengers will do we'll to look
out for their pocket books. There are two
members of the swell mob in this bus"
Thereupon grave looking old gentleman
with eyeglasses and gold.headed cane got
out saying, "If that's the case won't 60 in
this bus" He was followed by clerical
looking gentleman with white choker, who
remarked that he wouldn't ride in such compa-
n.y." And then the detective closed the door
and shouted to the driver: Cali right drive
on they've got out."
We don't mean to be unkind, but really the
story is an old one, and we have no excuse
for publishing it except that Senator Patter.
sons pathetic speech the other day about leav-
ing public life with pleasure if things were
going on in this way, and then brother Har-
lan's following him out with remarks in SIM
liar tone, recalled the circumstance.-NeaO
York Times.
sD- Beecher heard country preacher de-
liver one of his own sermons on Sunday,
and afterwards remarked to him: "That was
fair discourse; how long did it take you to
write it?"
"Oh, I tossed it off one evening when had
leisure" was the reply.
Indeed !' said Mr.. Beecher. "It took me
much longer than that to think out the frame
work of the sermon"
care you Henry Ward Beecher"
II am," was the reply.
"Well, then, said the unabashed preacher,
Cali that have to say is, that amt asham.
ell to preach one Of your sermons anywhere.
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AN ACT


Requiring bond from County Commissioners
before entering upon the duties Of their office.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State of South Carroll
ma, now met and sitting in General Assembly,
and by the authority Of the same:
Section 1. That the county commissioners
shall, before entering upon the duties of their
office, be, and they are hereby, required to
give bond for the use of their respective
counties, in the penal sum of two thousand
dollars each, with three good and sufficient
sureties, to be approved by the clerk of court
of their respective counties, conditioned upon
the faithful and impartial performance Of the
duties of their Office: Provided, That the
county commissioners of Charleston shall fur
nish bond, as hereinbefore provided, in the
penal sum of ten thousand dollars each, and
the county commissioners of the counties Of
Beaufort Barnwell and Richland shall furnish
a bond of five thousand dollars each, as here
inbefore provided: Provided further, That this
act shall not be in force until on and after the
next general election Of county commissioners.
Sec. g. That all acts or parts of acts incon-
sistent with this act are hereby repealed.
Approved January 20, A. D., 1873.
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Approved January %, A. D., 1873.
AN ACT


To amend section of an act entitled ian act to
regulate pilotage at the ports of Charleston,
Beaufort and Georgetown.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives of the State of South Carroll
ma, now met and sitting in General Assembly,
and by the authority Of the same:
Section 1. That section ! Of ian act to reg.
ulate pilotage at the ports of Charleston,
Beaufort and Georgetown, approved Februa-
ry q, 1872, be amended so as to read as fol-
lows: "That the Governor is hereby author
lied to appoint separate and distinct boards
of commissioners for the ports of Charleston,
Beaufort, Georgetown and Little River, in
Horny county, each board to consist of three
persons, of whom two shall be, or shall have
been, seafaring men, and the third full
branch pilot. The commissioners of pilotage
for the port of Beaufort shall have jurisdic-
ton over St. Helena, Port Royal, and all en-
frances southwark.
Approved February 27, A. D., 1873.
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AN ACT

To require State and County Officers elected by
the people to qualify within thirty days afterre-
ceiving official notification thereof
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives of the State of South Carroll
ma, now met and sitting in General Assembly,
and by the authority of the same:
Section 1. That from the passage of this
act it shall be the duty of each and every
State and County officer elected by the people
to qualify within thirty days after receiving
official notification thereof; and, upon the
filing of his bond, and qualifying according
to law, he shall enter upon the duties of said
office.
Sec. 2. If any officer elected by the people
shall fail to qualify, and enter upon the duties
of his office, as required by the provisions Of
this act, he shall forfeit the Office to which he
shall have been elected, and the Governor is
hereby authorized to order an election to be
holden within ninety days to fill the vacancy.
Sec. 8. All acts or parts of acts inconsist-
ent with the provisions of this act are hereby
Anproved January %, A. D., 1873.
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b9- Time wears slippers Of list, and his
tread is noiseless. The days come softly
dawning and one after another, they creep in
at the windows; their fresh morning air is
grateful to the lips that part to it; their music
is sweet to the ears that listen to it; until, be-
fore we know it, whole life of days has pos
session of the citadel, and time has taken us
for its own.
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aT It costs us much to live an earnest,
manly life, but it costs lis great deal more
not to do 80.
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AN ACT


To amend section seventh ~ chapter one hun
(3), of the General Statutes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives of the State'of South Carolina,
now met and sitting in General Assembly,
and by the authority of the same:
Section l. That section seventh, Cd chap
ter one hundred and fourth, (104,) of title
one, ID of part third, 3D. of the General
Statutes be amended so as to read as follows /:
The Sheriff of Richland county shall attend
every session of the Supreme Court, to per-
form such official services as by the said court
shall be required, and he shall be allowed,
and paid therefor, at the rate of FIVE dollars
per day. The clerk of the said court shall
give bond in the sum of three thousand dol
lars, to be approved by the chief justice there
Of, for the faithful performance Of the duties
hereinafter devolving upon him. 1t shall be
the duty of said clerk to provide for said
court necessary furniture, printing, blank
books, stationery, fuel and lights; and the
accounts and vouchers for all aforesaid ex-
penditures and service shall be certified to,
under oath, by said clerk, approved by the
chief justice, audited by the comptroller-gen-
eral, and paid by the treasurer Of the State
out of any funds not otherwise appropriated.
Approved February 81, A. D., 1873.
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in case of tenants holding under leases, they
shall not be elected until the expiration of the
same, unless they refuse to attorn to said pur-
chaser or purchasers.
Approved February %, A. D., 1873.
AN ACT
To abrogate and sink all that portion of the debt
of the State OF South Carolina incurred in aid Of
the late rebellion against the United States.
Whereas article fourteen, in amendment Of
the constitution of the United States, in Sec
ton four thereof, among other things, enjoins
that neither the United States, nor any State,
shall assume or pay any debt or obligation
incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion
against the United States, or any claim for
the loss or emancipation of any slave, but all
such debts, obligations and claims shall be
held illegal and void and whereas the con-
stitution of the State Of South Carolina, in
article nine, section sixteen, enjoins that no
debt contracted by this State in behalf of the
late rebellion, in whole or in part, shall ever
be paid therefore,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State Of South Carroll
ma, now met and sitting in General Assembly,
and by the authority of the same:
Section 1. That all of the Indebtedness and
obligations whatsoever of the State of South
Carolina, coming within the constitutional
prohibitions aforesaid, as contracted or incur
red in aid of the said rebellion, or which are
covered or described by or under such proh-
btions, or either of them, and all authority for
incurring or assuming such Indebtedness or
obligations on the part of the said State, are,
all and singular, hereby abrogaten and de-
clared and held to be illegal and absolutely
null and void.
Sec. 2. All such Indebtedness and obliga-
tions of the said State, as are mentioned in
the next preceding section shall be Immediate
ly dropped and excluded from the debt of
this State, and shall never be reckoned with
nor form any part of the same.
Sec. 8. Whoever shall violate this act shall
on conviction, be punished by a fine Of one
thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the
penitentiary for one year, or by both such
fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of
the court.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect upon its
passage.
Approved February q, A. D. 1873.
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THE MORNING STAR.

DAILY EDITION:
THOUGH only five years old, has the largest
i Daily Circulation Of any newspaper in the
State, and circulation in Wilmington fifty per
cent. larger than that of any other paper.
WEEKLY EDITION:
Now combined with the CAROLINA FARMER,
making one of the best Family Newspapers in
the South. Circulation very large and rapidly in
pereasing. s,,Dscp,pn,o,, pp,cu.
Daily Star, l year, ,::.... ...................."T 90
6 months, ,........... ....".......... 50
months, ......... w
Weekly Star, year, 90
months, hs,............."..".."". ! %
d" g. months, ,.."..... ................. 50
It may be safely asserted that no newspaper
ever established in North Carolina has made such
rapid progress as THE MORNING STAR.
NE- Send for Specimen copies.
Address, VIM. II. BERNARD,
Wilmington, N. c.
January 16 8 II
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THE Y0RKYHLLK EMQUfRER.

sold thereupon the action of the sheriff shall
be null and void: And provided, further, That
in case of tenants holding under leases, they
shall not be elected until the expiration of the
same, unless they refuse to attorn to said pur-
chaser or purchasers.
Approved February %, A. D., 1873.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-04-10

HOME READ1NG.-One of the most pleas
ant and noblest duties of the head of the fam
ily is to furnish its members with good read
ing. Let good reading 60 into home and
the very atmosphere of that home gradually
but surely changes The boys begin to grow
ambitious, to talk about men, places, books,
the past, and the future. The girls begin to
feel new life opening before them in know
ledge, duty, and love.
They see new fields of usefulness and pleas
ure and so the family changes, and out from
its number will grow intelligent men and
women, to fill honorable places, and be use
full members of society. Let the torch of in
telligence be lit in every household. Let the
old and young vie with each other in intro
ducing new and.useful topics of investigation,
and in cherishing love of reading, study
and improvement.
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soUL,srR1v1NG.-strive to prayl "Men
ought always to pray, and not to faint" 81
will therefore that men pray everywhere" i"
"Pray with the spirit" "Pray with the un-
derstanding" Labor fervently in prayer.
"Continue in prayer, and watch in the same
"Watch and pray" "Pray without ceasing."
Pray wrestling with the soul. Pray in view
of the torments of hell and the eternal glories
of heaven. Pray as you ought to pray for 50
great salvation as that offered in the gospel
of Jesus Christ. Strive to lift up the stony,
heavy heart toward the bleeding, suffering,
dying Lamb of God. Pray as being in agony.
And remember that God is working in you
both to will and to do; that "likewise the
Spirit also helpeth our infrmities; for we
know not what we should pray for as we
ought but the spirit itself maketh interces-
sion for us with groanings which cannot be
uttered" "Quench not the Spirit" He will
not pray unless you pray; you cannot pray
unless He prays. Strive through the Spirit
and by faith to look unto Jesus; receive as
yours his prayers, his labors, his suffering, his
tender pity, his everlasting love, his wondrous
grace his death, his resurrection.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-10-14
.THR ONE TERN POLICY.

The Peoria Democrat, in its zeal to be
recognized ~ . great reformer. runs,'n ito
advocacy Of the one-tsrm principle, into
untsuAble positions.
No officer should be allowed TO be his
own successor, no matter how meritorIOus
his services may have been, 10, in brief,
the position Of the Democrat We can.
not agree with our cotsmporary.
In our opinion the public might be ben
sAttsd by adopting the one-tsrm principle
in rsg ard 70 the presidency, but We are
not altogether sasisasd that such 3 rule
would do the great good its advocate pro-
s.ssss 70 believe Is would do. The prssi-
dent, with shs grsst amount Of patronage
now in hb hand, might injurs the republic
by using that patronage to further his
ovn interests Of the expense OF the pso-
rl.,a bat 70 scarcely believe he would
n. hsvs g.ss. confidence ia the wisdom
Il q. American people, and bslie's that
l. Who attempts ,hs role Of C@'sr In thu
country viii ind in the ballot Of sse s,,
erssuaa ! dagger ~ sharp and tnss v'''
e Act 8 wound - fatal, ~ that o. nfu'''
Ma Ia This ~ II may, we are hufs
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FROM MEN PHIS.
YELLOW FEVER.

hhLlO' nm
MEMPHIS, October i3.--George ID.
Plummer, . prominent Mason, and w. +.
McLefresh, . commission merchant, are
among the dead reported to-day.
The Magnolia and Tivoli, two Of the
largest beer halls in the city, both owned
by Quintall x Sons, closed this morning
for lack Of business.
IMPROVING.
A slight frost this morning inspired
hope, aud very few new cases were re-
ported up to noon. An important feature
noticeable in the disease is that it soon
runs its course to recovery or death.
Many cases attacked . week ago are ON
the street, while those attacked earlier are
still confined to their rooms. The mortu-
airy report from noon yesterday 10 noon
to-day is AZ, of which &c are yellow fever,
and from other causes, against 80 all
causes,--A6 yellow fever and 10 other
causes, from Saturday noon to Sunday
noon. Train, leaving the city continue
crowded.
ACCIDENTAL DEATH.
Last Saturday afternoon John Wilson,
a highly respected citizen, aged 60 years,
recently . prominent citizen of Marshall,
Mississippi, died a most deplorsble death
accidentally on Col. Hugh Grives place,
six miles east Of the city of Memphis, on
the Charleston railroad. Mr.. Wilson, in
company with Mr.. Grives, was hunting
birds He had discharged one barrel Of
his gun and was reloading when his dog
ran up against him, dischsrging the re-
naming barrel, the full load
STRIKING HIN IN THE TEMPLE,
ranging upward and tearing away three
inches of his skull. lie lived about five
hours and died about . o'clock Saturday
morning Mr.. Wilson has lived in this
county some years and was popular
among those who knew him.
The case of Mclean, late tsx-collector
OF Shelby county, has been
DECIDED AGAINST MN
by the supreme court.
HORRIBLE OUTRAGE.
Near Boylesville in Mskely county
West Tennessee last week, 3 or 10 armed
men went to the house of Q citizen, and
took a negro girl out into the woods and
each in turn, outraged her person. They
did not attempt to disguise themselves
and carried their victim but short dis
tsEce from the house. Her body was
found soon after the beasts had left, most
horribly mangled, and live extinct.
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FROM ST. LOUIS.
A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY

ST, Louis, October l3.-The Evening
Dispatch has = special from Carroll.on,
No, giving an account Of a terrible trsg-
edy enacted near there, ltsppesrs that
Robert Austin, . young farmer, residing
about eight miles from Carrollton, has for
some time suspected the infdelty Of hi.
wife. Friday morning last Austin left
home, saying he was going to the st, Louis
fair, and would be absent several days
He went to the depot, but returned home
after dark and secreted himself in . clos.
OF in his wife's bedroom, armed with &
double-barrellsd shotgun. Iii. wife soon
retired, and shortly afterwards Elijah
HALEY entered the room, undressed him
self, ard just as he was getting into bed,
Austin sprsDg froa his conceslment and
fired st him, but missed his aim, the sho,
entering his wifss abdomen. Austin
fred again At Haley and killed him in
stantly. The affair created intense ex.
element BY reason of the prominence OF
oil parties concerned. Young Austin IL
the son Of Col. Austin, one OF the oldss,
and wealthiest farmers in Carroll county
! HIS wife wss tho daughter Of DR.. Flour.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-10-14
IN THE MORNING.

BY publishing The BULLETIN in the
evening We can make q great deal more
money than by publishing in the morning
several thousand dollars more year;
but we now declare upon our RESPONSE
bility - . publisher that we would rather
60 up the spout of financial ruin than pub
lish any paper in the evening and 30
through what the public required us to
pass through last week. Therefore We
have issued The BULLETIN this morning,
and will continue TO issue il - . MOI ming
paper until it becomes abig thing like the
Chicago 'Timss' or sinks into its little
grave.
In addition to this let us add by way of
solicitation, 70 the Cairo public -
We are willing to be qualified that We
have done good work for Cairo. Weknow
We have, and We now, although not given
to the weakness Of blowing our own
trumpet, boldly and loudly declare We
have. We have done the city some SER
vice and it knows it. Good and now
what more The city has been rather
kind 10 US in return. We admit this. We
make the fact boast 1t 10 fact We are
proud of-As proud as Herman Meyers is Of
his latest and heaviest baby. We don't
ask the citizens 70 be much kinder than
they have been but cAndidly, II they
don't continue just rs hind - they have
been We shall. ~ sure ~ shooting, seek the
terrible spout We have indicated. Here
We have . paper A. good M any little pa
per in the state ct all times, and very
lively when We are not unindustrious
Patronize US. Come 10 cur arms with
your advertisements, and We will remain
happy, and prosper. And We have here
also JOB printing Office, second to none in
Illinois outside OF Chicago. Come 70 oul
arms with your bill heads and cards and
bills Of lading, etc., that We may grow
strong. All this We ask for the sake o
TIE BUi LETIs-thati it may be Furnished
to the people Of Cairo over their ho
cakes at breakfast We have spoken.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-10-14
FROM NEW ORLEANS.

New ORLEANS, October l3.-All in.
coming vessels report the encountering of
q terrible hurricane On the 9Th and 9Th,
The ship Corondalet from Liverpool, lost
all but her main mast muzzen and muz-
zen top mast, but arrived at Southwest
Pass. She was yesterday in company with
an unknown dismasted ship. The ship
Bremen srrivd and reports that in the
heavy storm bark WAS seen with the
main mast carried away, and two full rig
god ships with the loss Of their top mssts
and yards.
CLEARING HOUSE.
The New Orleans clearing house asso-
citation has established 2 per cent. pre-
MUM as the rate to be collected for ex-
change for the present upon bills and otes
which are made payable with exchange
on New York.
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nay, q prominent citizen Of lafayette
county. Young HALEY was a brother of
Elders Thomas and Henry HALEY, both
prominent in the Christian church. Mira
Austin died Saturday afternoon. Austin
surrendered TO the authorities.
THE dad BODY
of VIM. Seville, . machinist of Pittsburg,
formerly formsn Of the Huron works of
that city, was found in the tunnel al the
Intersection of Third street to-day. II is
that he accidently fell from the
pavement while passing along Third
street last night, there being no railing or
other guards to prevent such accidents.