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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-07-02
TOWNSHIP SCHOOL TAX.

Under the law providing for the support
and maintenance of the public schools, last
Saturday was the day fixed for the voters of
each township throughout the State to assem-
BILE and determine what tax, if any, should be
assessed for that purpose. In accordance
with the provisions of the law, a number of
the voters of York township assembled in the
Court House, but failing to organize the
meeting, as provided, no assessment was made.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-07-02

IMPORTANT DEcIsIoN.-We take the fol-
lowing from the Anderson C0nseruator, which
is of much Importance to our farmers. They
now have the means Of controlling labor to a
certain extent and making it more reliable in
the future:
The most important case was probably the
State vs.. Joseph Watson, for violating. con.
tract. The defendant was laborer, and had
entered into written contract executed &C.
cordng to law before Trial Justice, to per-
form labor for Mr. Burt, Of this county, on
his farm. The defendant violated his contract
by leaving the employment of MIR. Burt, and
was convicted of the offense before Trial JUS
tice Breazeale. His attorney appealed on the
ground that the act creating the law was un-
constitutional, Oh account of the lack OF re-
ciprocity-that is, it inhicts one penalty upon
the employer, and different one upon the
employee The court, however, overruled the
point and sustained the conviction, holding
that there was no lack of reciprocity, as the
offenses themselves were different In SEN
fencing the prisoner, his Honor spoke words
of truth. when he said that the interests of
the country require that both parties should
be required to perform their contract, and it
is to be hoped this case will be warning to
others, and that this offense, which is so prev
alent, is for the future at an end. Inc sen,
tence was that the defendant pay S25 and
the costs, by the 1st Of October next, and re-
turn to his master, or that he should be i'm
prisoned for three months. This Independent
action of the judge is highly commendable,
as it gives assurance to the employer that
when he contracts for labor that he shall re-
ceive it, and to the laborer that he shall re.
ceive the stipulated compensation for his
labor.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-07-02

asy A remarkable case has just been tried
in London, and the accused acquitted. A
Young man, aged twenty-one years, was
charged with the murder of his aunt, a mar
ried woman, with whom, as we'll as her hus-
band, the prisoner had always been on friend
" and even afectionate terms. She was
found hanging to the balusters of the house,
where herself and the prisoners mother and
sister lived, her feet touching the ground:
The accused told three different persons that
he hung his aunt but the evidence was other
wise, and the jury acquitted him, with the
belief that, upon his going hastily into the
house, he became so surprised and alarmed
at the sight of the dead woman that ne was
seized with the hallucination that he himself
had hanged her. Just how long it would
take to educate an American jury up to the
"hallucination" business is not known.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-07-02

WHITTIER AND THE ABoL1T1oN1srs.-l
his letter to the reunion of Abolitionists in
Chicago, Whittier wrote: "For myself, l bow
my head in silent thanksgiving, profoundly
grateful that I have been permitted to outllve
the great wrong, and to see the flag Of my
country float everywhere over freemen:. The
end has been reached-not, as we hoped,
through the peaceful ways of argument ,ap-
peal and constitutional legislation out
through the Red Sea of Revolution. At an
awful cost the evil has been extirpated ; and
we still feel the consequences of the terrible
struggle. AS Abolitionists we have never
hated the people of the South, and it is now
our duty and privilege to convince them of
this by generous and magnanimous dealing.
Let all revenge and malice and evil speaking
pass away, and let it not be our fault if we
are not henceforth united people in feeling
as we'll as in name"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-07-02
COTTON BLOOMS.

Richard Conn, colored agriculturist, near
Blairsville, sent to our office last Monday two
cotton blooms, the first we have heard of IL
this county the present season.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-07-02

p@ Since the adjournment Of Congress the
Executive Offices have been besieged by mem,
bers who are busily engaged in taking care
of their constituents.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-07-02
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADvERTIsEMENTs.

w. H. 81. P. Herndon-After this Month-We
Will Do Ito Give away-Fl0ur-Please
Come-Always on Hand-Get the Best and
the Cheapest.
John C. Kuykendal, Agent-Protect your Houses
j. H. Clawson-Assignees Sale-In Bankruptcy,
In the Matter Of H. T.. McFadden, Hamil'
ton Wilson, Bankrupts.
J. C. Ii. Duff, Clay Hill-Flouring Mills, &c.
w. II. McCorkle-Notce.
T. S. MISUNDERSTANDING, Masonic Meeting.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-07-02
NEW HOTEL.

Mr.. Thomas Davies has leased the brick
building, known as the "old JAIL" on the
corner Of Main and Liberty streets, for the
purpose of converting it into hotel, and will
open for the reception of travellers at an early
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-07-02
CARD FROM J. N. McELWEE, Jr., Esq.

To the People OF York: whereas am IN
voked by many persons, both white and COL
ored, to suffer my name to be used as can
didate for to represent you in the House Of
REPRESENTATIVES at the next October election,
induces this communication. / am Of the
opinion that you all, or nearly so, know me
and my political opinions, without any fur
ther remarks from me. Yet it must be dis
tinctly understood that I am no social equali-
ty man. Every tub must stand upon its own
bottom. The negro or nigroeur is al element
among US, and we must and shall do him
right before the law This is nothing but
lust, and he must have this, or he cannot live
among US in this country. And in turn, ne
must do the same with us, or he will be en-
tirely ignored and left to weigh himself in his
own balances Our laws must be impartially
administered, and so made as to regulate and
inforce all local and pecuniary rights. This
is nothing but right; and he must have this,
or he will not be able to compete with others
for a living.
There is one thing certain, that he is one
among US, and will suit us as laborers far
better than many that are coming among US,
if he will only allow himself to conform to
planters and farmers rules and discipline in
the general management of their farms, dc.
believe they should have their own schools,
churches and farms, where and when they are
able, and be shielded in their enjoyment of
them, with all the municipal privileges incl
dent to their separate nationality, and that
the same laws shield and protect the white
man and Indian in the same way and manner,
90 as not to interfere with each others rights.
By doing this, we can all live in this country
and be reciprocally beneficial to each other,
with as much ease and comfort as we have
ever been, and I believe more so, and be as
free as the waters that run down their chan
ne!s. We must regulate our whole system OF
labor in the same way, or we will all be
ruined-black, white, ringstreaked and all
others. Yours respectfully,
JONATHAN N. McELwEE, JR.
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A PLEASING INc1DENr.-Hon. w. D. Por-
ter received op Thursday last communica-
tion from VIM. W. Belknap, Esq, Secretary
of War at Washington, in which he stated
in substance that during the burning Of Co.
lumbia, he being then in command OF the
Fourth Division of the Seventeenth Army
Corps of the Army of Tennessee, had person
ally rescued from the old capitol building,
just prior to its destruction, copy OF the
Rules of the House of Representatives and
Senate ofSouth Carolina, bound in one vol
ume, with the various acts and resolutions
containing standing orders and the Constitu;
tion of the State and Of the United States, and
STAMPED Hon. w. D Porter, President Of the
Senate. That he had retained the volume as
reminiscence of the war, but during recent
visit of Mr.. Porter to Washington he had
mentioned the fact, and now took the oppor-
tunity of returning it to its rightful owner
The book is in perfect state of preservation,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-07-02

willreceive prompt attention, and satisfaction
as to quality of work, guaranteed in every
instance. Particular attention given to fine
work in colors.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-07-02
JOB PRINTING.

Having determined to devote more atten-
ton hereafter to job printing than we have
done in the past, we would inform the public
that our office is now we'll supplied with new
type of the latest styles, and the best ma
chinery in use; and with choice stock Of
inks, cards, papers, &C., we are prepared to
execute as good work as can be done any
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-07-02

1872 had to rely solely upon its income from
taxes for support, whereas the Governments
previous to that period supplemented their
receipts by the sale Of State bonds at one
third and one-half their face value. Many
reforms had been accomplished in both the
executive and legislative departments. In
the maladministration of the State previous to
1872, the chief difficulties had been of fna
cal nature-the large issue of bonds, and the
loose method of collecting taxes, and the still
looser method Of disbursing them when COL
lected. In the executive department the re-
forms referred to have taken place in the Comp
troller.G Generals and Treasurer's Offices. The
consolidation of the Auditors Office with that
of the Comptroller.general gave to his depart
ment the sole charge Of the collection Of the
taxes. The laws governing such collections
were of the most complicated character, and
in many particulars their efficiency depended
entirely upon the manner of their application.
They had been administered with an ability
and fidelity that would do credit to any State.
Every County Auditor and Treasurer was re-
quired to give faithful account of the per-
formance of the duties of his office, and in
most cases such an account had been given.
But the Office that had especially required
thorough reformation was that of the Trea-
surer, who was responsible for all the disburse-
ments of the public funds. The officer who
had charge of the department prior to 1874
disbursed the public moneys in accordance
with the laws then existing, which we're
drawn in the most careless manner, admitting
of almost any construction that might be de.
sired. When there was no law that would
authorize him to do what be wished, he acted
in accordance with his own interests and
those of his friends At that time there were
two classes of appropriations specific and
general. Specific appropriations limited the
amount to he paid, while those Of a general
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-02-28
ALBANY REGISTER.

II the hay is timothy, orchard grass,
mlllct, or Hungarian, 800 feet will
make a ton, or cube eight feet each
way. If the stack is very solid. and
was cut when dead ripe, $50 feet will
make a ton. or a cube of seven feet
each way. lfthe hay is mixed with
clover. about 200 feet. or a cube of
nine feet each way, will make a ton.
Ifit Is all clover, or light meadow
grass. or redtop, 500 feet will be re-
quired to weigh a ton. unless it is
pressed very hard. when some allow
ance must be made. These estimates
are made from notes of great many
stacks and mows Of yarious'kinls, and
will give a fair average.
Tonic FOR HORSES. If a horse is
very low in flesh and spirits. give him
one button of nox-vomica every other
day until he has taken three buttons.
They should be beaten or flied, and
should be given (wllen the horse is
hungry in meal or ilominy. Be sure
he eats il all. II. however. he should
leave portion. drench him with
what remains. after mixing it with
water and putting in a bottle. Then
give him Il tablespoonful of the follow
ing mixture once week one-fourth
Of a pound of saltpeter. one-fourth
pound alum. one-fonrth pound sulphur.
one-fonrth pound ginger, well pound
ed and mixed. He should be.exercis-
ed moderately. or put at light work
he should have his usual food left in
his trough. In four weeks the horse
will probably be i'll a thriving condi-
ton; if not, continue the mixture.
The nox-vomica should be Omitted
unless the horse is lna a very bad con-
dition. as there is some danger in Civ
ing it toa horse in tolerble health.
If convenient, have his corn ground to
hominy, Snd mix with it one-third
shelled oats. Twelve pounds per day
of this mixture eight pounds hominy
and tour pounds oats is a fair allow
anee for a work horse. This mixture
san excellent tonic and Alternative,
and may be safely and adyantageously
given to horses and mules at any time,
and will improve their condition. par
ticnlarly in the spring when they are
shedding their coats, and often lose
their appetites. Tie same applies to
cattle. Both should have salt aud
ashes or weak lime equal quantities.
given them regularly every week.
FireSide Friend
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-02-28
Home Interests.

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SCALLoPED OYSTERS. Toast several
pieces Of bread brown and butter them
on both sides take an oblong dish and
put toast around the sides instead of
the crust, pour yonr oysters into dish
and season with salt, pepper, butter or
mace crunb bread in the top and
bake in quick oven one quarter Of an
hour.
ICING THAT WILL NOT BREAK
Take one pound Of pulverized sugar
and the whites ofthree fresh eggs, well
beaten. Mix them together, and flavor
with the Juice of one lemon or add a
teaspoonill OF strong cider vinegar.
Pulverize one teasponful of wheat or
corn starch aud add to it. Flour the
top of the cake as soon as it Is taken
from Che oven. and put on the icing
with large bladed steel knife. first
pnttins into warm water and then
smoothing the frosting With it.
BCCKWHEAT bran, when ted to
cows. will produce rs large a quantity
Of milk, but the milk viii be as thin
as water and OF a blnish color. Meal
of peas, wheat and corn will make the
richest milk. and Of a yellow color.
Meal Of peas and wheat bran will
make excellent food.
GINGER CAKE, PLAIN AND GOOD
Into two quarts Of flour rub well a tea
spoonful Of soda, and. when well mix
ed, two teaspoonsful of cream oftarter;
then either powdered cloves or ginger
to taste; cut fine. 10 one teaalpfltl
Of butter, or lard and butter mixed,
addtwo teacQpfnls Of ofmolasses. Iftoo
stiff, add 4 little more molasses ; If too
soft, add -four until the proper consis-
teDcy to roll out. Cut in round cakes,
aud bake in a quick oven. Cloves and
no ginger make a delightful cake.
MEASURING Hay. TO measure the
cOntentsofa a stack of hay proceed as
follows lfitis q round stack. k.tapering
to point from the ground. measure
the width halfway between the ground
and the peak of the stack; multiply
this width by itself. and divide the sum
by 1854 this will give the average
area of the surface covered by the
stack. Then multiply that by the
hight from the ground to the point
wliefe Che width was measured. If
these measurements are feet, the sum
found Il tl cablc feet IN ths stack.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-02-28

Robert McWade's Grip Van
Wmkle" is considered by many
to be equal to .Jetferson's.
The grand musical Festival at
Zurich, in 1874, will take place on
the llth-l4th of Jnly.
James Parton has written a
biography Of his wife "Fanny
Fern" who, as is well known, was
a sister Of N. p. Willis.
Gilmore's 22d Regiment Band
are to play in concert in St. Louis,
Chicago, Cincinnati and elsewhere.
The Vokes Family are setting
New Workers wild by their ex-
tfavaganza "rhe Babes in the
Wood"
Boncicault recently held no less
than four New York theaters sim
ultaneously with his plays.
Pennsylvania girls are not al
lowed to sit up with their beaux Oh
sunday night. Mondays wash is
the reason.
An Iowa farmer. who has been
married only seven weeks and has
had to buy wig, offers to bet that
his wife can whip panther.
Mrs. Smith says her husband is
like a tal.ow candle, because he
always will smoke when he is 60.
lug out.
The lady who obtained $4,000
for breach of promise says she is
ready for another at the same price,
ten per centum off for cash.
y widower replied to a sympa-
thizing visitor at a funeral Of his
wife, "Well, yes, | shall miss her;
she was very expensive woman"
Don't strain your voice scoIding
your children. The little wretcbes
won't appreciate your sacrifice.
"Who cuts your clothes,
Tommy?' asked a visitor of
curiously ragged boy. "WelI,"
said he ingeniously, "ma cuts my
pants, and pa cuts my jackets"
A little girl of eight or ten
Summers being asked what dust
was, replied that it was mud with
the juice squeezed ont.
Tin bustles holding a gallon of
.whiskey, can be purchased by
Buffalo ladies who want to smuggle
Canada liquor.
A loving Edinburgh mother paid
$4 postage on q shirt to her dear
boy in ST. Paul which be could
have bought IN the latter city for
half the amount.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-02-28


LET THE SOIL SLAKE.-The long
continued rain, says tie Record,
have packed the soil very closely
together and to very great extent
excluded the air. When plowed
up, therefore, it seems to undergo a
process Of slaking. The air pene-
trateS it, carbonic acid gas is gener-
ated and the particles of the soil
separate and fall apart like the
stone lime when sprihkled with
water. Until this operation has
taken place it is not fit to receive
the grain and should not be sown.
Nor is soil in proper condition to
plow or cultivate III any manner
until 1t is sufficiently dry to 60
through this slaking process. This
process will take place much faster
and more perfectly on a sunny day
than III cool or clondy weather If
however, the soil be pIowed whep
too wet, it is pressed together tight
er, and, Instead of slaking, bakes
and forms clods, and the sun assists
in this process also. ClodS SO form
ed are frequently so had and COM
pact that the air cannot penetrate
them aud sometimes will remain
unslsked for years, rendering the
surface Of the land uneven aud hard
to work, and holding bound up
within themselves a portion of the
natural fertility. While we appre-
ciate the natural desire Of tie farm.
ers under the present situation to
push forward the seeding, we can
but caution them against blowing
before the soil is III proper condition
to 60 through the necessary slaking
process, against putting the seed
in until that process has taken
place.
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The following paragraphs are ta-
ken from the Agricultural column
Of the Record
ALFALFA HAY FOR HOGS.
1t is a strange sounding PROPOSE
ton, to feed hogs with hay, but we
have experience in this line, and
however strange or odd it may
seem it is, notwithstanding, fact
that hogs will not only eat alfalfa
hay, but that hogs will do well on
it. We first discovered the fact BY
throwing a lot ofalfalta chat, from
which the seed had been cleaned,
over to some hogs fol- a nest, when,
to our surprise, they devoured it
with as much greediness as they
would 10 much oats Or barley. Our
own experience and observation
since has proved to us that gool'
alfalfa hay with plenty of water,
will keep hogs in a good growing
condition all through tile winter.
They may b foddered ii the same
way you would fodder sleep or cat
tie, but il cut up with a cutting
machine and wet before feeding
they VIII eat II cleaner md do bet.
ter oB III
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-02-28

warm soil and in q protected local
ity in the fall of the year they will
grow all winter and furnish green
peas and salad almost as Soon as
the ground is in good condition for
planting IN the spring. The same
advantage msy be gained with po-
tatoes, especially the Early Rose
variety. If planted while the
ground is warm the first rains will
bring them up and it is probable
that before the troSts aud cold rains
set in small tuberS will have formed
on the roots, and il atterthat the tops
are cut down by frost the tubers
are not hurt, but only delayed, and
at each warm spell all winter the
tops will come to the surface again
aud renew their effi.rts at growth;
and when the spring fairly sets in
they spring up luxuriantly and the
tubers III two more weeks are large
enough to eat. We have two or
three acres OF the Eary Rose pota-
toes now in this very condition that
were planted for a second crop last
July, but which Oh account Of the
dry season did not come up at that
time They came up, however,
after the first rains aud have now
tnbers on them as large as robins'
eggs. If the farmers viii 60 to
work in earnest and learn how to
manage, they can all have flourish
ing and paying vegetable gardens.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-02-28

To KILL INSECTS ON TREES OR
PLANTS
Make a wash as follows: One
pound Of potash dissolved, one
pound Of bitter aloes dissolved, two
gallons of strong soapsuds. For
borers in trees add to the above
enough Stacked lime to make a good
white-wash, and apply the mixture
in the spring and once OF twice dur
ing the summer. As a matter OF
precautionit would be well for all
those who have set out trees during
the winter to give them a coat OF
the above mixture in the spring,
say in April, and another in June,
and another in August. Add to
this precaution a good mulching of
coarse manure around the tree, and
there will he out little danger from
sun scald or insects.
THE BEATRICE PEACH.
This is one of the earliest peaches
known, in fact, the earliest, being
full twenty days earlier than the
IIale's Early. 1t is Of medium size
deep red, firm meated and of good
flavor. 1t was originated, We be-
lieve, in England. With this early
peach and the Salway, a very late
peach, the peach season has been
extended nearly two months. The
Salway is a very large, yellow
peach, with dull red cheeks, and is
a most excellent peach for eating or
cooking purposes. No person is
prepared to ENJOY the peach season
who has not in his garden or orch
ard both Of these new and excel
lent peaches.
TIME TO SOW ALFALFA.
Alfalfa seed may be sown at any
time from this to April. On dry,
warm land the sooner it is Sown the
better, as a larger crop will be Sc
cured the first season. 1t should
also be Sown early on alkali soil, as
in this sojl it requires a good wash
ing rain to make, it sprout before
the dry weather sets ii. On deep
aIluyial soil that holds moisture
well to the surface it may be sown,
and will grow successfully in April.
Not less than twenty pounds should
be sown to the acre. The ground
should be well pulverized before
sowing, aud tile seed >lould be put
in by a brush or board drawn over
the land. A harrow will cover the
seed too deep in mellow land.