Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-05-04

successful trial demonstrates that trains can
be pushed through any blockade ever likely
to impede any road. The change coming
down the mountains was as great as coming up
them. In the valley of Salt Lake, farmers
were ploving, and the atmosphere mild.
Starting out again in q few hours, the deep
SHOWS were encountered on the Wasatch range,
so deep that at some Of the villages the comb
of the roofs of some of the houses could only
be seen.. But there was no obstruction yet
the cars crowding along snow-banks as high
as the roofs was interesting to the passengers.
Denver Colorado Ne.ss.
SOUTH CAROLINA LAWS,
PASSED AT THE RECENT SESSION OF THE Leg
~ IsLATURE.
An Act to authorize Trial Justices to grant New
Trials. .s esh
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 l. That any trial justice court Of
this State shall have power to grant new
trial in any case tried in the said court for
reasons which new trials have usually been
granted in the courts Of law Of the United
States: Provided, however, The case tried
shall only be heard and tried anew by the
trial Justice before whom the case shall first
be tried ,5@- s,sss '5,.
SEC. 2. That no motion for q new, trial
shall be heard unless made within Eve days
from the rendering of the Judgment. = e
Sec. 8. That the right Of appeal from the
judgment shall exist for FIVE days after the
refusal Of motion for new trial. 'n39
Approved February "a, 1876. t.,'.'
An Act to amend Section 2s, Chapter 12s, Of the
General Statutes, relating to obstructing Rivers
or Creeks. a.ys, .e,,ga l 80 j, Irlyt .f.,.I +.
Be i enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State ofSouths Carolina,
now met and sitting IN General Assembly,
and by the authority of the same: a,t s.
SECTION l. That Section "a, Chapter 129,
Of the General Statutes of South Carolina, be
amended so as to read as follows: whoever
shall cut down, throw Or, fall, or cause to be
cut down, thrown or fallen into any river or
creek or cut in this State any timber or tree,
and shall leave the said timber or trees in such
river, creek or cut for the space Of eight and
forty hours, shall be deemed guilty ofsa mis-
demeanor, and upon conviction thereof before
q trial Justice or other proper officer having
jurisdiction in such cases, shall be fined not
exceeding twenty-five dollars, or imprisoned
not exceeding ten days, the fine in such cases
to be disposed of for the benefit of the poorof
the county where the ofense was committed.
Approved February 8, 1875. q. IS,
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AN Tteoncerning hawkers and peddlers.
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives Of the State Of South Caro-,
lima, now met and sitting in General Assem-
bly,, and by the authority Of the same:
=. SECTION /. That before any haHker or ped
dler shall expose to sale, or sell any goods,
wares or merchandise in any county in this
State, such hawker or peddler shall first ap-
ply to the clerk of the Court Of Common
Pleas and General Sessions of such county for
license for the sale of his or her goods,
wares, or merchandise, and the said clerk, up
on the payment to him by such hawker or
peddler of the sum of ten dollars, shall there
upon issue to such hawker or peddler a IL
cense, authorizing the said hawker or ped
dler SO to expose to sale, and sell such goods,
wares, or merchandise within the limits of
the county wherein such license shall begrant-
ed, for the term Of one year from the date
thereof, and no longer. i avg,
SEC. 2. That such license, go. granted as
aforesaid, shall not be construed to authorize
or permit any other person to sell or expose
to sale any goods, wares and merchandise ex-
cept the person to whom and in whose name
it shall have been issued; that it shall not be
lawful to transfer such license BY assignment,
endorsement, delivery, or otherwise, so as to
enable any other person to use it for such
purpose. 3i. ~ @tts ta"ae.,. -
SEC. 3. That if any hawker or peddler, from
and after the passage of this act, shall sell or
expose to sale any goods, wares or rnerchan-
disc in any county in this State without hav-
ing obtained license for that purpose, &C.
cording to the provisions Of this act, he or she
shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanof, and
upon conviction thereof shall be punishedby
in the county Jail for term Of
one month or fine Of fifty dollars, or both,
at the discretion of the court. I 't9a 80
Sec. 4. That the provisions Of this act shall
not extend to venders Of fruit, fruit trees,
maps, newspapers, magazines, books, vegeta-
bles, tobacco, provisions of any kind, or agri-
cultural products, or the products. of nurse
ries, or to sales by sample BY persons travel
ing for established commercial houses, or to
sales Of staple articles manufactured in this
State. 7. IL. a!ts
SEC. 8. That all moneys collected under the
provisions of this act shall be turned over to
the county treasurers of the several counties
to be applied to school purposes. % gis
Sec 6. That all acts and parts Of acts in.
consistent with this act, be and the same are
hereby repealed. This act shall not take eff
feet until ninety days after its passage.
Approved February 24th, 1875.
GROWING OLD.-Do we notice how much
more rapidly each succeeding year seems to
pass away? Can we remember how, in our
childhood, the term of year appeared inter-
minable, and we conld compress into that
great space almost any amount Of work and
play? But now we become so engrossed that
holy days and holidays are alike invaded
and after all is done, how much is left un6n-
ished, and how many schemes remain untried!
"It is the solemn thought connected with mid
die life" says the late F. w. Robertson, "tbat
life's last business is begun in earnest; and it
is then midway between the cradle and the
grave, that a man begins to marvel that he
let the days of youth go by so half enjoyed.
It is the pensive autumn feeling, it is the SEN
sation Of half sadness that we experience
when the longest day of the year is past, and
every day that follows is shorter, and the light
fainter, and the feebler shadows tell that ma
ture is Fastening with gigantic footsteps to his
wintry grave. So does man look back upon
bis youth. When the FIRST gray hairs become