Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-05-01

LEGAL PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS.
Like all general rules, the following are
subject in particular, cases, to exceptions and
qualifications 4, ;.ss. n .iis.si
Ignorance of the law excuses no one
A mistake as to facts may relieve one from
the obligations Of q contract; 2 mistake as
to the law, never. :, 4si .fsi
The contracts Of a minor, unless for neces.
saries, are avoidable. ..,ssis..,
A,lunatic cannot enter into binding con.
tract. I, -a,l,s s, ,,iS5i,..e..s 81 si43 !s4a
Fraud yitiates any contract. {. asg
Drunkenness, if it amounts to incapacity,
will render q contract void. 5....
Contracts entered into on Sunday, in the
ordinary course of business, are void.
, The acts and contracts Of one partner In
the course of the partnership business, bind
all the rest.
The acts and contracts Of an agent, within
the scope Of his agency, bind the principal.
I Contracts entered into without considera-
ton, unless under seal, may be avoided.
a note, payment Of which might be sue
cessfully resisted in q suit between the origi-
nal parties, may be valid and binding in the
hands of third parties, innocent holders for
value, without notice.
A debt is not paid when a note is given and
accepted for the amount. If the note is not
paid the original debt is revived.
ie Tofrevivea debt barred by limitation, an
acknowledgment of existence as q subsisting
debt, accompanied by promise to pay, or
under circumstances from which the law will
implysuch promise, is necessary.
Part payment Of q debt barred by hmita-
tons will revive the whole debt, which will
hold good until limitations run again from
the date of such partial payment.
Each individual in q firm Is liable for the
full amount of the debts Of the firm, except
in cases Of special or limited partnership.
al Ifss debtor owe several debts to the came
creditor and pay sum Of money, he has the
right to designate the particular debt to which
the payment shall apply /; otherwise the cred.
itor may appropriate it to that Of the longest
standing, or for which he has the least secu.
rity. y p! !s.i&tai's s3iissg
a will to pass real estate must be in writing,
signed by the testator.i @ai 2 i.sA 7s5la.t3
TOMATOES F1RsT EATEN IN AMERICA
"seaweed,"' a Newport correspondent Of the
Boston Transcripts, asks for further informa.
ton concerning the first eating Of tomatoes in
America. The correspondent says: It is q
Newport tradition that tomatoes we're first
eaten 10 this country in about 1923, IN house
standing on the corner Of Come aad Mill
streets. About that time there came here an
eccentric Italian painter, Michele Felice Corne.
He bought stable on the street now called
for him and fashioned it into dwelling house,
and there lived and died. Previous to his
coming, and long after. tomatoes, then called
Glove apples" were thought TO be poisonous.
A gentleman told me to-day, that in 1919 he
brought them from South Carolina and plant
ed them in his yard, where they were looked
upon as curiosities, and priced for their beau
ty. A charming old lady also told me to-day,
that in 1924, she was sitting with sick per.
son when some one brought the invalid, as a
tempting delicacy, some tomatoes. "Would
you poison her ?" was the exclamation Of the
astonished attendants; and yet Corne, in his
section of the town, had been serving them for
a year previous. As late as the year 1889,
they were regarded as poisonous throughout
Connecticut. Corne lived, between the time
of his coming into America and hH settling
in Newport, in Salem and in Boston, and,
though Newporters cling to the tradition that
tomatoes were first eaten here, he may have
introduced them, as a vegetable, in either or
both of those cities. He prided himself on
having set the fashion Of eating them here.
''There," he said, "is that potato he grows
in the dark or in the damp cellar, with bis
pale lank roots; he has no favor; he lives
under ground. But the tomato, he grows in
the sunshine he has fine rosy color, an ex-
quisite flavor; he is very wholesome, and
when he is put in some soup you relish him."
B8 According to Prof Lawrence Smith, the
following are the requisites of good petroleum:
First, the color should be white, or light yell
low, with blue reflection clear yellow indica-
ting imperfect publication, or adulteration
with inferior oil !; second, the odor given off
should be faint and not disagreeable, and the
specific gravity at 600 Fab. ought not to be
below G.795, nor above 0.84 and third, when
mixed with an equal volume Of sulphuric
acid. of the density of 1.53. the color ought