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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-11-10
OBITUARY.
DIED-In Bethesda township, October 9Th, 1881,
Mr.. JACOB MICHAEL MENDENHALL, in

OlEU-1u DotucSud IoN lSulp, SCeoUoi Otus 1901,
Mr.. JACOB MICHAEL MENDENHALL, in
the thirty first year of his age.
The deceased was the second son Of Mr.. Robert
and Mrs. Evalina Mendenhall-with whom he
continued to live, in the old family home, until
the time of his death. Modest and unassuming in
his ways, he was beloved and esteemed by all who
knew him. To the strictest integrity of charac-
ter, was super-added the higher adornment Of a
Christian profession, which manifested itself in
his daily life, and was his chief and only support
when passing through the "Valley Of the Shadow
of Death" He united with the church Of Be-
thesda, on the 18th of May, 1877, and continued
worthy and consistent member Of the same until
called home, as we trust, to the "Church Of the
First Born" above.
1t was during the great revival meeting at
Bethesda, when ffty-one precious souls were
added 10 that church. that he was stricken with
the disease which carried him off. Itwas on Satur-
day night September 18th, after returning home
from preaching-the very night on which his ven-
erable father made public profession of his faith
in Christ. and in which the unity Of the family in
the bonds of faith was completed-that the mes
senger of death knocked at his door. After lin
gering few short weeks, during which he suf-
fered Intensely, the voice of the Master was heard
calling him home, on the night of October 9th.
Thus has passed away from earth, and in the
very prime Of early manhood, one who filled we'll
his sphere in life, and who will long be mourned
by loving, sorrowing household, and by large
circle OF sym mpathising friends.
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PENITENTIARY UONVICTS.

On Tuesday last the following convicts,
sentenced at the recent term of York Circuit
Court, were taken to Columbia by the Sheriff
of the county, to be committed to the peni-
tentiary:
Toney Bennett and Charles Childers, house.
breaking, sentenced for life ; Lewis Brum.
field and Peyton Berry, larceny, each for one
year John Crawford and Margaret Dancy,
miscegeneration, each for one year. Of these
prisoners all are colored except Margaret
DancY.
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TAX COLLECTIONS.

The total amount of tax collections for
this county, at sun down on Tuesday, inclu'
ding the May collection, aggregate 3,9O4.-
lib. Notwithstanding the hard times con-
sequent upon the short crops, &C., the people
of York have paid up their taxes with near
about the same promptness as in previous
years-there being only about $3.50 remain
ing unpaid. Delinquents are reminded that
the extension of time expires to-day, after
which the penalty will attach.
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CHURCH NOTICES.

Services will be held in the churches next
Sunday as follows:
Methodist Episcopal. Services at Kings
Mountain Chapel next Sunday, in the fore.
noon, by Rev. DR.. Griffith, and at night in
the church at Yorkville.
Church of the Good Shepherd -Episcopal-
Rev. R. P. johnson, Rector. Services at
the usual hours, morning and afternoon.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian-Rev K.
Latham, Pastor. The pastor will ill his reg
ular appointment at Tirzah. preaching on
Saturday. Communion service on Sunday.
Presbyterian-Rev. T. R. English, Pastor:
Services at the usual hours, morning and
evening.
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schoolsof the North !; but it was useless to talk
of raising that sum in an impoverished section
He said that in the South swarms of neglect
ed children are growing up into hordes of ig..
norant, idle, and, too often, depraved and
goddess men and women. The education ct
these people will repay the General Govern
ment in more thorough development OF in
dustries, in fewer demands of poverty, in bet
ter social order, more intelligent use of the
franchise, and in ckingimprovidence, waste
and vice.
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TOWN TAX.

~ Gil of Yorkville, by resolution, have levied a
tax of two (2) mills for ordinary purposes, and
two (2) mills to pay the debts mentioned in the
recent Act of the General Assembly, on all the
taxable real and personal property within the IN
corporate limits of Yorkville, on June l, 1881.
The tax will be due and payable from October l.,
1881, to November 80, 1881.
The Books, for the collection of the above tax,
will REMAIN OPEN UNTIL NOVEMBER
BOTH 1881. After that date the penalties provided
by law will be enforced against all delinquents.
+. HAPPERFIELD, Town Treasurer.
November 10 10 st
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MIDLAND N. C. RAILROAD.

Mr.. Robert j. Latta, of this place, who
with Col. F. Gardner, has been engaged with
the engineering corps of the above road, has
returned home, the engineering party having
been dismissed for the present, after making
surveys from Salisbury to Goldsboro, and To-
eating portion of the road. Speaking of
the progress of the work on this road, the
Goldsboro Messenger says:
The work of grading has been accomplish
ed to point some seven miles from Colds
boro, and within about two miles ofthe John.
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KNIGHTS OF HONOR.

MEMBERS of Home Relief Lodge No. 3S9,
Nl Knights Of Honor, are hereby informed
that the NEW BENEFIT CERTIFICATES will
be ready for exchange for the old certificates at the
next meeting of tho Lodge, FRIDAY NIGHT,
18TH INSTANT. Members are requested to at
tend in person, and it is imperatively required
that the old certificates be returned before the
new ones are granted. The exchange cannot be
made by proxy, as the recipients name must be
witnessed by the Dictator and the Reporter.
A. w. INGOLD, Reporter.
T. G. DUNLAP, Dictator.
November 10 45 2t
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uHANDYn POSTAL BOOK.

A valuable little work, entitled Handy
Book of the Postal Service of the Charleston
Is. c. Post Office" has just been issued by
W. N. Taft, Postmaster of that city. Be-
sides showing in concise and convenient FORM
the general postal facilities that may be had
at Charleston, the book contains much postal
information of general character, and will
prove "handy book" of reference to the bus-
ness man.
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United STATES COURT JU

UNITED STATES COURT JURORS.
Of the grand jurors drawn last Monday
to serve at the November term of the United
States Circuit Court, which convenes in Co.
lumbia on the 2Sth instant, the following re-
side in York county John NJ. Clinton, John
T.. Watson, J. Bolivar Scott.
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ALsroN, FAIRFIELD Co., S. c., Feb, 1880.
DR.. L. r. HILL: Dear Sir-I am proud to
say that your medicine has done more for me
than all the other medicines have ever tried.
1 pronounce your HEPATIc PANAcEA supe-
rior to all for Liver, Stomach and Dyspepsia.
Yours respectfully, j. S. SWYGERT.
a9- For sale by JNo. c. KUYKENDAL.
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LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADyERTIsEMENTS.

R. Latham, School Commssioner-School Notice
r. s. Jefferys, Agent-Look Sharp:
r. H. Glenn, s. Y. C.-Sheriffs Sales.
Colcock, Miller & Co.-New Firm.
A. w. Ingold, Reporter-Knights Of Honor.
NJ. Strauss-Cal and See.
F. Happerfield, Town Treasurer-Town Tax.
J. M. Adams-A Revolution in the Tin Business
JOS. F. Wallace, G. c. Ps.-Clerk's Sales.
Hunter, Oates & Cove Would Call.
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PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

The series of meetings at the Presbyterian
Church at this place closed last Friday night.
As result of the meetings there was an &C.
cession of Al to the membership Of the
church-32 by profession and by letter.
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SCHOOL NOTICE.

YEyHE TRUSTEES AND PATRONS of School
4 District, No. 10 (Bullocks Creek,) will meet
me at Mr.. Samuel Blair's ON Tuesday, the 18th
instant. Those of School District No. 9, (Broad
River,) at Hickory Grove, on Wednesday, the
10th instant. Those interested will please be
promptly presenta at 10 o'clock, A. M.
r. LATHAM, School Commissioner.
Noyember 10 q 1t
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COTTON SHIPMENTS.

The shipments of cotton from the depot at
this place for the week ending last Monday,
amount to 554 bales. Total shipments since
September 1st, 2,179 bales.
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GARFIELD MONUMENT FUND.

The designated time for receiving SUBJ
scriptions to the Garfield monument fund ex-
pired last Monday. The amount subscribed
in this place was $500.
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TRIAL JUsTICE APPOINTED.

TRIAL JUSTICE APPOINTED'
The Governor has appointed Joshua D..
Gwin, of Clover, trial justice for Kings
Mountain township, in place of Z. D. Smith,
resigned
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SALES.DAY.

Monday last-sales.day for November-was
rainy, wet and disagreeable day out OF
doors, but Notwithstanding this fact, there
was very large attendance of people in town.
The following property was sold by the Clerk
Of the Court:
A tract of land belonging to estate of John
NJ. Howe, deceased, at the suit of Alex. Few
ell, to foreclose mortgage, containing oo3
acres. Bought by Mrs. Ada 4. Witherspoon,
at $3.50 per acre.
Tract belonging to the estate of Abner
Stewart, deceased, containing l2O acres-sold
for partition--bought by Mrs. Hannah
Greene, for 1902.
The following sales were made by the Sher-
if:
Tract levied on as the property of David
H. Smith at the suits Of R. M. Cross and
others 80 acres. Bought by r. M. Cross
for $35.
All the right, title and interest of Thomas
P. Black, deceased, in two tracts OF land IN
York county, one tract containing 81 acres,
and the other 149 acres, levied on at the suit
of John G. Black, assignee, against Joseph
Black, administrator of #. P. Black, de-
ceased. Bought by DR.. j. G. Black tor
$4,000.
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A NEW FIRM.

The announcement appears in our adver-
tising columns to day Of new 6rm-Messrs.
Colcock, Miller & Co., who have bought out
the grocery department of Hunter, Oates q
Co., and will continue the business in the
same house as heretofore occupied by their
predecessors. The gentlemen composing this
firm require no recommendation at our hands.
Mr.. j. D. Colcock is we'll known as an affa.
BILE, accomplished business man, of several
years experience in the mercantile business ;
Mr.. Sam. L. Miller has been connected with
the house since it was first established, under
the firm name of S. J.. Miller & Co.. and
Mr.. B. N. Moore, who constitutes the "com-
pany" of the firm, is we'll and favorably
known as popular salesman, lately connect
ed with the house of H. F. Adickes, Jr. These
gentlemen have the energy to prosecute an
extensive and prosperous business and to
make their enterprise complete success.
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GontllRrtial.

YORKVILLE, November 9.-Cotton from 7
to 103.
CHARLESTON November, 7.-Cotton quiet
Middli g, liz to 1T.
LIN JRPOOL, November S.-Cotton firm.
Uplands, 6 J. l6d.
NEW YORK, November 7.-Cotton quiet.
Middlng, 1ls. Futures closed weak. Sales 68,-
900 bales as follows: November, ll.46 to ll.48 {;
December, l1.59 to 1l6O; January, Ills to ll.79;
April, 1924 to 1925; May, 1874 to 1895; June
l2.44 to l246; july 1854 to 1856; August, 1858
to 1856.
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soldiers on the whole trip, there is no ques
ton. An investigating committee has been
appointed to 60 to your city and inquire about
the charges made against the Ninth Regi'
ment, and it is determined that any miscre
ants shall be severely punished. The better
class is heartily ashamed of the regiment, and
trusts that the citizens of Richmond will not
Judge our people by few unprincipled fel.
lows for whom we have no word of excuse. u
A Richmond dispatch of Saturday says
that the commission concluded taking evil
dence in that city on Friday evening. On
Saturday the commission visited several places,
where, in the course of the investigation, it
was developed members of the regiment had
damaged property and committed other wan
ton acts, and at 5 o'clock will leave for home.
There is nothing to base an opinion on as to
what recommendation the committee will
make in their report, as they have made no
statement whatever in regard to the matter.
An astonishing amount of testimony has been
taken by the commission. The quantity and
character are much greater and more damag'
ing than was even anticipated by previous
representations.
Confederate Bonds in Washington.
- A reporter of the Washington Post has
interviewed number of officials and others
in Washington on the subject Of the sudden
demand for Confederate bonds, and the fol.
lowing is the substance of the information he
obtained:
A prominent ex Confederate was interview
ed on the subject. 81 Think" he said, "we
fellows have millions of gold to our credit
over in Europe; how much ouly the Lord
and Judah P. Benjamin know. The trouble
is those confounded Englishmen won't give
it up. l think the Bank of England ought
to be garnisheed in the name of the surviving
braves of the Confederate army. The good
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-01-27
Laugh While You Nav.

A little girl seeing two love birds billing
and cooling, was told that they were making
love. Why don't they marry?' she asked.
then they wouldn't make love any more ~
A fond mother said to her little son:
Tommy am going to give you little
companion soon, which would you prefer,
little boy, or little girl?" We'll, moth
er, replied Tommy, IF it's all the same to
you, would rather have little donkey"
He stood twirling his hat in his hand in
the hallway. It was about time for the
morning stars to begin their song together
well, and he moved one step nearer the
door. "Well. she replied, as she stepped
to the door also. We'll, must be going
If THAT'S right, John, if and she
leaned her head on his shoulder |'If-~you
-have-any -conundrums--to- ask-ask--
them-now." He was measured for new
hat and pair of kid gloves on that same
day.
tits astonishing how completely some pee-
pie can be absorbed in their own thoughts.
A prominent candidate, who gives up the
whole of his mind to politics, met a prom
lnent church member, who remarked that
his church had just got new organ. Il
hope it will support the regular nominees, "
was the absent minded reply.
Boston Post: Fashion is often the result
of accident. A South, End woman's hat blew
off the other day and was run over by a
horse-car, hack and II wheel barrow, be-
sides being stepped upon four times before
she recoverable She had to wear it home,
though, and seven milliners who saw ii
thought it was new style and went to max
ing hats with just the same jams in them
The worst cut up man of the hour, accord
ing to the Cleveland Voice, is that Western
reporter who, in describing the appearance
of the belle Of the town at local picnic in
tended to say that she looked au fait, but
of course, the types had to get it "all feet
Grand old bluffs along the Mississippi
remarked traveller to we'll dressed by.
stander on the levee. EYES," was the repl,
| ''but not so many as there used to be wher
a fellow with nerve and pair of duces
could beat full hand"
How came these holes in your elbows?'
said a widowed mother to her only son
ooh, " mother, hid behind the sofa whe1
Col. Gobler was saying to Maria that he't
take her even if you had to be thrown in
and he didn't know was there; and SO
held my tongue and laughed in my sleeves
! till burst 'em."-[ Litles Living Age.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-01-27
WASHING DAY.

Boys iCan DO It--Don't Wash Before Eating
From the New York Tribune
One of our Western correspondents sends
us his method of washing. He proves the
truth of what has repeatedly been SAID in
this column, that boys can wash as well as
girls, and iron too. Why not? Are our
American young men less docile and teach
able than the Chinese? We know two bows
that do the weekly washing of their family,
and are mot ashamed to show clothes-lines
with anybody" What is more, their clothes
are futtering on the line and coquetting
with the morning breezes long before any
of their neighbors' are. These boys do
starching, hanging out and all. They can
iron starch clothes, too, with any laundress,
but their sisters do this as their share of
the labor. This work doesn't hurt these
two boys bit. They go to their mathe-
NAUTICAL and classical studies with as much
zest when washing is over az if they had
been out snowballing or skating and stand
at the head of their respective classes, too.
Some ambitious housekeepers rise long
before daylight and get their washing done
before breakfast. This is well enough pro-
vided they preface their work with a nour-
ishing meal. It is very injurious for any
one to work hard on an empty stomach.
Time saved in neglecting to feed oneself is
trebly lost in the end. Those who have
young children and wash while the children
are in bed to prevent Interruptions to their
work, must see to it that they are in good
working condition and not waste their vital
powers by going without needed sleep or
food. In families where the children old
enough to help are in school during the
week, Saturday is the best wash day. 1t
gives them a chance to vary their school day
tolls and to rest from them over the Sabbath,
and to begin the week study fresh and Wig
orous. Housework, far from injuring stu
dents out of school, does them good; it
makes them practical and versatile, but it
should not be allowed to interfere with their
studies. We are always glad of practical
suggestions that will render this darkest
day of the week brighter..and less fatiguing.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-01-27
Miscellaneous Matters.

Louisiana has now as many inhabitants as
Maine and New Hampshire combined.
while Texas has more than Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont and Rhode Island
together.
The New York Times, in demonstrating
that prices are as low now as before the wa,
clothes an ideal man at cost as follows:
Suit, 1926; ulster, $40; hat, 1925; under
clothing, $3.50; shoes, 50; gloves, so cents ;
linen, $3.50, thus clothing him from head
to foot, for $53 .25; and this, it AYERS, is not
more than so per cent of what the same
goods would have cost ten years ago.
Canada, with no more population than
the State of New York, has 5000, O00, 900 of
a public debt-a much larger debt pro-
portionately to the ability of the country to
pay it, than that of the United States And
still scores and hundreds Of millions more
for Canadian Pacific Railway are talked of.
During the past year fifty-nine national
banks, with an aggregate capital Of 81, 274,-
aggregate capital of 81 ,O46, 900, went out of
business, and three banks, with capital of
$500 600, went into bankruptcy. The net
increase of national bank notes circulation
during the year was 50, 258, 727.
AAOA1do OOIWlu, VI OuAO, GudI famous
public speaker, once said: ''The trouble
with members of the bar is that they don't
get down low enough. They shoot over the
heads of the twelve numbskulls before
them. I have seen Ewing, Stanbery and
Hunter, leading luminaries as they are,
dumbfounded at being beaten by some
stump tailed, penny royal bull Of a country
attorney with no more law in his head than
a snake in dog days. never score sue
cess in jury trial that don't feel humili-
ated. Even if my side has the right, know
l have used means to win that ought to
shame down east stock peddler."
Big stories are told by the Albany jour-
nal of the profits of the ice business. The
gist of one told last summer was that deal
er down at Castleton had pocketed $50, 900
on small investment. This incident might
have been true or false It is certain that the
field has lately looked very inviting to CAPT.
talists. The ice houses Immediately about
Albany have SO multiplied that they can
hold 100, 900 tons more now than they could
one year ago. There are at present 5000
men and boys and 800 horses at work on
the river housing ice. The harvest when
completed will reach $500, 900 tons. The
total cost of gathering it will be 81, 900, 900.
Last winter only $50, 900 tons were gathered.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-01-27

another light glass of wine in compliment
of the season, then shook hands ali round.
and said:
"Gentlemen, let your mirth be seasoned
with moderation, all your contests with
kindness, and so strive, in season and out.
that all your days shall produce good citi.
zenship. am deeply obliged to you all
for the hearty fairness and squareness of
my reception to-day. Good-by."
It is needless to add that the ''bit of a
chapel" was entirely finished, and that
Nate Smith, with "the boys" drops in now
and then on Sunday-"rot," as he says,
"that care for hallelujah in Latin, but Just
to give the padre send off.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-01-27
RAILROAD NEWS.

Mr.. F. G. Butterfeld who for seven years
past was master mechanic of the St. Paul &
Sioux City road, has accepted position on
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, in
charge of machinery on the Iowa and Da-
kota division.
The stock Of the Mexican Central rail-
road, to the extent of fiue millions, was
thrown upon the market in Boston. Jay
Gould gobbled over two millions of it. and
Gen. Grant took ten blocks, four thousand
five hundred dollars being allotted to the
block. These were no uoubt paid for by
Gould, who proposes to make the general
president of the company.
The Green Bay & Minnesota railroad has
been sold by United States Marshall Fink
to John I. Blair of New Jersey, one of the
largest bondholders of the road. Mr..
Blair says the road has never paid
all the surplus being eaten up in improve
ments: The road will be given new name :
new bonds will be issued and the road ex-
tended and made profitable. The price
paid was $2,OOO,0O0
It is stated that the building of the
new double track railway line from New
York to Chicago and Omaha has, it is un-
derstood been definitely arranged.
Articles Of incorporation of the Lake Park
4 Crookston Air Line railway have been
filed for record in the Office of secretary of
state of Minnesota. The capital is fixed at
$2.OOU, 900, and the Indebtedness is limited
to that amount by the articles. The objects
of the corporation are the surveying, locat-
ing, building and constructing single or
double track railroad from the town of Lake
Park in Becker county, Minnesota, by way
of the city of Crookston in the county of
Polk in said state, to a point Oh the Red
river north Of township ISL; and also a
branch from Crookston in a northeasterly
direction on the north side of the Red Lake
river to Thief river.
A Milwaukee special says: It turns out
that the recent boom in Wisconsin Central
stock has a more substantial basis than
mere speculation The common stock
suddenly jumped from to %, with pros
pect of going still higher in the market, as
soon as the public is assured of the result
OF the recent negotiations and arrangements
entered into between the Central and the
Northern Pacific, for uniting those roads
at Ashland.
Geo: W. Merchant, superintendent of
the Sioux City & Dakota division of the
Chicago, Milwaukee Il St. Paul road, has
resigned to accept the position of general
manager Of a road in central New York
His place here will be temporarily filled by
4. W. Sanborn, now superintendent of the
Iowa d Dakota division of the Milwaukee
road.
Rumors areagain current that the Mil
Waukee and st. Paul railroad is intent up
on getting control of the Northern Pacific.