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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-12-10
\ FINE Variety OF COTTON.

Attention is directed to the advertisement of
Mr.. Ben. Mock, offering to the planters of North
and South Carolina Aliens improved cotton
seed. Mr.. Mock has large number of testi-
monials from planters in this and other States,
and all speak in the highest terms Of the variety,
endorsing it as coming fully up to all the points
of eXcellency claimed for it, Among the testl-
monials is one from Mr.. r. r. McCorkle, pro-
gressive young farmer near town, who planted
small quantity Of the seed last Spring and is
highly pleased with the result-both as to quail
tv of lint and quantity of yield.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-12-10

SANS SOrCI, September End, lSS4-Messrs.
Westmoreland Bros, Gentlemen Il most cor
daily recommend your Calsaya Tonic For
several years past have been troubled with in
digestion and dyspepsia. My son, DR.. IIext NJ.
Perry, of Philadelphia, who knows the ingre-
dients which compose your Tonic, spoke favora-
bly, Of it. In two months have used I bottles
and am entirely relieved. b. T.. PERRY.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-12-10
ANIIISENfENTS.

The drawing room entertainment given in
Hunter & Oates opera house last Friday night
by Mr.. Harry Brown, assisted by Miss Nellie
Claire Miss Nina Ritchie and Mrs. 5. B. Mcll-
reth, all of the Standard Dramatic Company,
was, as the bills represented, recherche enter
tainment and quite satisfactory to the audience.
Mr. Brown is a veteran actor and was ably sup
ported. "Dclicate Ground and "Forty Winks'
were the plays presented, interspersed with Sc
lect recitations by Mr.. Brown. The stage was
properly set for the plays, and the ingthrough-
out was exceptionally good. AS Pauline in
"Delicate Ground,' Miss Nina Ritchic won the
plaudits of the audience. Young as she is, she
acted her difficult part with confidence, ease,
and Il piquancy that pressage for her bright
future in the dramatic profession. In "Forty
Winks' Miss Nellie Claire displayed considera-
bic art. Both of the young ladies are actresses
of decided merit, as is also Mrs. McElreth. Mr.
Brown, in the title role of each play, fully sus-
tanned public expectation.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-12-10
Cross Examination.

\ housckcepcr ovcrhauling her silver and
tin ware, table cutlery and glass and finding
them all dingy and rusty would be Il cross eS-
animation, Wouldn't it? No such thing occurs
in families that use Lusrabo. Lustrabo sold in
town only by kuykcndal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-12-10
Direct Testimony.

The direct testimony of every person who has
used the Piedmont Beauty Tobacco is, that it is
the best chew for the price in the market. Two
"old boys told us few days since, 'pintedly 1t
was the best they had seed since the war; And
bear in mind, brethren, that the p. b. can be had
in town only Of kuYkcndal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-12-10
LECTURE ON CHINA.

On this wednesday, evening, at 40, Rev.
John Davis, D. D., Of the Presbyterian Church,
who for seven years has been laboring as mis-
sionary in China, will deliver a lecture in the
Presbyterian Church on the customs of that
people and the progress Of Christianity in their
midst.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-12-10
LAND SALE.

By the advertisement Of Mr.. /. J. Dickson,
agent, offering for sale at auction tract of land
known as the 'Lockhart place." it will be seen
that the sale will take place at the Court House,
on the first Monday of January next. -
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-12-10
COMPLIMENTARY HOP.

4 hop, complimentary to several newly mar
ried couples in our midst, will be given by the
young gentlemen, who are yet out of the matri-
monial moose in Bratton's hall tomorrow night.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-12-10
MERE.MENTION.

Ferdinand Ward shows, by Gen. Grants
own bank book, that he received $242, 900 in
good money against $780, put in.''''' a
general snow storm prevailed throughout
the Northwest last Friday. .'''''''"The total
vote cast in the election Of Governor of
Virginia was 2G9,07l, of which FitZ Hugh
Lee, Democrat, received 152,544, John S.
Wise, Republican, 46,410, and scattering,
17.'"'"Some of the sheriffS in Pennsylvania
make from 900 to $40, 900 a year. Flor
ida hotel keepers expect quarter of mil
2,?27 National banks in the United States.
About $50 were started last year. All are
reported to be in good condition. ''"'ir'The
Sultan of Turkey has 260 wives and his
personal expenses are about $l2OOO,O 900 a
year. .''.'".Prohibition is in effect in 1l0
counties of Georgia. .'''''''''The indications
are that John w. Daniel, the Kings Noun
tain centennial orator, will be elected Z.
S. Senator from Virginia to succeed Ma
hone. .'.'',; ;Bernhardt q. Berger, Of the fl-
nous family of Swiss bell ringers, died at
Thomasville, Ga, of consumption. a
State Prohibition Convention will be held
in Greensboro, Y. c., tomorrow. Charles
Jones Soon, a young Chinaman educated at
Trinity College, Joined the n. c. Conference
at its recent session in Charlotte, and has re-
turned to China as Il missionary.
TIE SOUTII CAROLINA CONFERENCE
The annual session of the South Carolina
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, convened in Columbia yes
terday. This will probably be one of the
most important sessions of that body ever
held. BishopJ c. keener, ID. d., of New
Orleans, will preside. The Rev. r. A.
Young, ID. d., missionary secretary of the
board of church extension, is also expected
to be present.
Besides the regular routine work and the
appointing of the preachers to their places
Of work for next year, the Conference will
have several other matters OF very great
importance before it. An editor will be
elected for the Southern Christian .AdrOcdte,
and delegates will be elected to the General
Conference of the Church which will meet
in Richmond, Va, next May.
ton for the education of colored teachers
and preachers, will be presented and the
Conference will be asked to make contri-
button to aid in securing an endowment of
$25 900, which has been promised by a gen
tleman in Missouri on condition that the
conference raise $4,000 to secure suitable
building for the Institute. This amount
has been divided among the different con-
ferences, and thus far all the other confer
enccs that have been held have paid the
amount assessed upon them.
A mutual insurance society, known as
the Conference Brotherhood, will be form
ed. The object Of this society will be to
provide, by small assessment on the death
of 4 member, for the family Of the deceased
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-12-10
The Verdict.

The popular verdict is that j. I. c. Harness
oil is the best for leather. Clean, softening, wa
ter proof Just the thing for shoes in wet wealth
or. Sold in town only by Kuykendal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-12-10
Judges Charge.

Judges of Cigars all over the L. S. charge all
lovers of Il good smoke to use the Tansills
Punch all Havana filler, and sold in town only
by kuykcndal,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-12-10
UNTIL JANUARY 1ST, 1885.

We will furnish the YoRKvILLE ENQUIRER
from this date until January 1st, 1886, for 10
cents, the cash, in all cases, to accompany the
subscription.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-12-10

member. The proposition to change the
name of the church SO as to omit the word
South will be submitted to a vote, and will,
in all probability, be unanimously rejected.
None of the other conferences have consent
ed to the proposed change in the name of
the church,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-12-10
MOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

The Edgefeld Chronicle says that the
Courthouse in that town is the shabbiest
and tlthiest courthouse in the State, and is
a disgrace to so large and populous a coun-
ty as Edgefeld. This is a plea for a new
court house.
- The Winnsboro Neus of Thursday says:
Another squad of colored people, we are in
formed, will leave for Arkansas early next
week. 1t is just a matter of time until they
will long for the cotton fields of the old
Palmetto State.
Charlie Sauls and Joe Halford, aged
about fourteen, have disappeared from their
homes in Waterboro. They are sons of
well-to-do and respectable parents, and their
leaving is unaccounted for, only on the
ground that they are reckless boys.
The Town Council of Abbeville having
passed stringent ordinance againt the sale
have jointly obligated themselves not to
except on a physicians prescription.
- The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Charlotte, Columbia G. Augusta Rail-
road Company was held in Columbia on the
End instant. After the stockholders meet
ing the board of directors met and re-elect-
ed all Of the old officers.
The Asheville and Spartanburg Railroad
is reported to be progressing finely. An
official on the construction force states that
only one half mile of track between Ashc-
Vile and Hendersonville remains to be
graded, and there are only four miles of the
track to be laid.
The Mayor, police and business men of
Edgefield have published an affidavit de-
nying that there was revelry by anybody in
that town on the occasion of the release on
bond Of the Culbreath lynchers. They pro-
nounce the reports sent out by newspaper
correspondents as "false and slanderous."
- About forty families left High Point,
Laurens county, last week, for Arkansas.
Several negro families also left the county
for homes in the West. The Herald says
an emigrant agent was in the county week
before last quietly working up an exodus
among the colored people.
"A colored man was arrested in Charles
ton last week who confesses his implication
in the murder of Constable Blackwell in
Edgefeld county last October. Blackwell
was sent to arrest some disorderly negroes,
and they barricaded themselves and fired on
the officer, killing him. The murder caused
great excitement at the time.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-12-10
S.ALES-DAY.

AS is always the case ut this season OF the year,
there was large attendance of persons i'll town
last Monday, sales-day for December. Some Of
the crowd evidently not having faith in the cili-
cacv of the Irish granger pig at 1orkvillc, pru-
tlcntially armed themselves in advance with
few rounds of starlight" and though in alleys
and out-of-t thc-way places the crystal beaker-
which is the poctical simile for black bottle of
bug -uicc-passed from lip to lip, imparting
cheer and inspiration, there was no disturbance
worth mentioning. Towards evening the police
ran in few who had "bathed their dropping
spirits in delight beyond the bliss Of drcams,'
but the captures were easily effected, the vic
Tins of hilarty having reached the point, when,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-12-10
TAX COLLECTIONS.

Total, %
The number of delinquents is about the same
as last year, and the sum uncollected is probably
no larger.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-12-10

LETTER FROM CHESTER.

CHESTER, December DIR. John f.
Walker, formerly of this place, was recent
ly appointed an assistant surgeon in the
Emigrant Hospital in New York. Last
year he had a position in the Colored Home
and Hospital, located in the same city. He
is son of Mr.. John Walker, for many
years the Sheriff of this county. His late
appointment is an indication of his attain
ments in his profession. His many friends
honor that has been conferred upon him.
James Wilson, colored, was dangerously,
if not fatally injured on last Tuesday by an
old gin'with which he and some other COL
ored boys had been tampering. Mr.. John
Flennikin, on whose plantation he was en-
ployed, thinks there is little hope of his
recovery.
Our community was again agitated with
the whisky question last week. Two petit
tions were in circulation, the signers of one
asking of the legislature the submission to
the popular vote the important question of
license or no license Of the sale of intoxicat-
ing liquors in the town of Chester; the sign
erS of the other petition asking the Legisla-
ture to continue in force the present Act,
prohibiting the sale of spirituous liquors in
the town of Chester. The advocates of IL
cense say that if the question is submitted
to the popular vote, and decided against
them they will quietly acquiesce in the de-
ciSiOn of the people, and aid in securing an
enforcement of the law. AS the present
arrangement fails to prevent the Sale of IL
quor in our midst, it might be best to leave
the question TO the vote of the people, and
then carry out in good faith whatever is de-
termined upon.
A sunlight exhibition by means of a mag
ic lantern was held in the skating rink on
last Thursday evening. There was fair
attendance at the entertainment. Many
time. They will, however, be on hand
next Thursday evening, when another ex-
hibition will be given. In addition to the
views advertised in the programme others
will arrive in time for the next exhibition.
Mr.. WitheroW is expected to deliver lect-
ure at the entertainments in connection with
the historical views that will be exhibited.
Bishop Keener, of the Methodist Epis-
copal church, preached a splendid sermon
on yesterday at the court house. This able
divine was favored with the presence of a
large congregation. There were four ac-
cessions to the church, three gentlemen and
one lady.
A considerable number of colored people
are on the eve of leaving the Feasterville
neighborhood for Louisiana. According to
my information, about forty families will
endeavor to better their condition in this
way.
This being sales-day, a considerable num-
Der of people were in town. A large
amount of land was sold at reduced prices.
This was due to the low price of cotton,
and the consequent scarcity of money. The
number of acres of land sold to-day was
about 5000, a good part of which was
situated on the waters of Broad River.
NJ.
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RIGHTS OF THE RAILROADs-AN M
PORTANT DECIsION.-On Saturday night
the Supreme Court filed its decision in the
case decided some time since by Judge
Witherspoon, in which he sustained the
Columbia and Greenville Railroad in their
refusal to contribute their proportion to
the salaries of the Railroad Commissioners,
and pronounced that portion of the act un-
constitutional.
The suit was brought under the provis-
ions of the ''act to facilitate the collection
of taxes" incorporated in section PCS of
General Statutes, by the Columbia and
Greenvile Railroad Company, an incor-
pOrated company operating railroad with
in the state, to recover the amount assessed
and charged against it as its just proportion
of the expenses OF the Railroad Commits
sion, according to its gross income proper
toned to the number of miles Of road in the
State operated by it, under the order of the
Comptroller General, in accordance with
the requirements of Section l453 of General
Statutes, and paid to the County Treasurer
of Richland by said company under pro-
test
The case was tried in the Court Of Com
mon Pleas of Richland county on the 2Sth
of April, 1885 before Hon. l. ID. Wither-
spoon, presiding Judge, and jury.
The presiding Judge charged the jury
that the assessment made and the amount
collected from the plaintiff under section
l453 of General Statutes is the imposition of
an extra additional tax, illegal and unjust,
and in violation of the constitution of the
State, Article l, Sections % and 3G, and
Article IN, Section l, and instructed them
to find a verdict for the plaintiff for the
amount demanded in the complaint, to-
wit, 81 ,0355l as assessment and S25S0 pen
atty on one-half of that amount for non
payment in May, lSS4).
The jury found verdict for this amount,
and Judgment was entered for the same.
From this judgment an appeal was ta-
ken in behalf of the defendant to the Su-
preme Court of the State.
The opinion of the Court is delivered by
Iusticn McGOWan and cOncurred in by the
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-12-10

TIE ELECTION OF JUDGEs.-The reel
ction of Chief-Justice Simpson and of Cir
cult Judges Presley, Aldrich, Hudson,
Witherspoon, Wallace and Cothran by the
Legislature, and virtually without dissent,
is something more than a renewed vote OF
confidence in the learning, industry and
integrity of the bench. 1t is, besides, a
significant declaration that the direct rep
House of Representatives, have no love of
change for the sake of change, and that in
the case of the Judges at least, the political
rule of rotation in Office should not apply
UnlIestOn NcarS md COlniT.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1885-09-17
LEGAL NOTICE.

J.W. Quill1n and l.. E. Quillin, who re-
side in Girard, Crawford county, State of
Kansas, will take notice that on the 2Sth
day of April, 1883, John NJ. Buchanan filed
his petition in the Court of Common Pleas
OF Hooking county, Ohio, in case No. l52S.
against the said j w. Quillin and l.. E.
Quillin, which is in substance, That on the
2d day of December, 1884, the said J w,
executed and delivered to the plaintiff, he
said John NJ. Buchanan, their mortgage
deed on the following described premises,
to wit. Being lot number twenty three
(23), in the town of South BlOOrnIngviile,
Hooking county, Ohio, being IL part of Sec
tion number twenty i2O), range eighteen
(lS), township eleven Qi), and said 10 con-
tain one half an acre.
indemnify the said John NJ. Buchanan for
becoming surety on a prOmissory note ex-
ecuted and delivered by the said J. w.
Quillin to the First Bank of Logan, dated
November Goth, 1884. and calling tor Two
Hundred and Fifty (S250.O0) I'oliars, payable
in four months from the date thereof With
interest after maturity at the rate OF per
cent per annum. That the said John NJ :.
Buchanan was on the 2Sth day of April. 1855
compelled to pay and did pay as such sure
ty the said sum of Two Hundred and Fifty
Oilars, with accrued interest thereon at 5
per cent. per annum from the 2d day OF
April, 1855, no part OF which has been re-
paid him.
The prayer of said petition is that said
mortgage may be foreclosed and said prem
ises sold, and the proceeds applied to the
payment of said sum of two hundred and
fifty dollars ana interest thereon at the
rate of s per cent. per annum from the "a
day of April, 1857, and f0r such other relief
as is proper.
The said j. W. Qullin and l.. E. Quillin
are required to answer on or before the
7th day of November, 1885, or judgment will
be taken against them,
JOHN NJ. BUCHANAN.
By Wright s. Lowry, his Attorneys.
Sept. lO, lSS5-6w
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1885-09-17

There is popular belief that
potatoes are more exhaustive Of
fertility than other rops,especil-
ly corn, with which they are
most frequently compared On
soils that are deficient in vegeta-
BILE matter potatoes have the
great disadvantage of not return
ing any straw or other feed to
keep up fertility. IS they exhaust
the soil Of potash they are injur-
ious to sandy soil which is gener-
ally deficient in that mineral. But
on heavy land potatoes are a bet
ter crop to fit the soil for subse-
qnent seeding thsn any other.
The greater amount of cultivat
ion which this crop requires in
growing and harvesting breaks
down the Jumps and prepares it
for anything that may follow it.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1885-09-17
Legal Notice.

Charles Lance, q minor over fourteen
years of age, one of the heirs at law of John
S. Lance, deceased, w hose place of residence
il unknown, but supposed to be in the
STATE OF Illinois, Will take notice that John
W. Roisten, AG mir nistrator OF tie estate of
ohn ). Lance, late of Hooking county, o.,
deceased, on the 18th day of August a. d.
1885, fled his petition in the Probate. Co.lr.
within and for the county vf Hooking anti
state OF Ohio. alleging that the perso nal
estate of said decederi is insufficient 10 pay
his debts and the charges q: adIiIu ists-ring
his estate; that he Gied seized of the fol-
lowing described real estate situate LII said
county, to wit. The east half OF the south
east quarter, and the southeast Qiliis Ter OF
the northeast quarter OF section th.rty-@ne
(3l), township fourteen tiD. range S;.ye.fr-
teen (iT); also the soutnwes, quarter of the
northwest quarter of section tbirty-tvo
(,12l, of the same township ana range, con
tanning 100 acres more or less.
The prayer OF said petition is for the sale
OF s:tid real est:te tor the p3ymV'.t O. tie
0SbtS and charges aforesaid. &cc0ruii, TO
law, and ior ali other proper Ieiiet.
Said Charles Lance vii. further take nn-
Ecc that he mas been nlaCe u parry .G-
fenGsnt 10 said pc, itiOn, and that lie IS re-
Quifea To answer the s.. Ine on or before the
viE cay OF October, y. D. 1885
JOHN ". ROL&TEN.
Admir- OF The estate OiIohn ;. Lance, decd.
q. W. H. Wright, Attorney.
August l3-6w
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1885-09-17
Hardcsty's Encyclopedias.
Historical and Geographical.
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The publishers of the educa-
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complete edition Of that valuable
work in connection with a mill
tary history of the State.
This Encyclopedia is emphat
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for the use of the American states
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ireside. 1t covers the time from
the period when the red man
ruled with undisputed sway over
this now populous land down TO
the present year, and has been
prepared by competent histori-
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cred their facts and data from the
best and most Authentic sources.
a Special Edition for your
County, should we meet with
sufficient encouragement to war
rant its publication, will contain
department devoted to a record
Of its part in the suppression Of
the Rebellion. This record will
be The active service Of lis boys
in blue on the field, and will he
gathered. not fro:M old newspa-
per clippings which were written
in editorial sanctums safely dis
tant from the whistling of the
bullets, but from the reminis-
cence gathered by our historians
from the ex-soldiers themselves.
We intend to give as complete a
record as we can obtain from the
soldiers who served from your
county in that war. It's value
will depend Oh its accuracy, and
that can be best secured by The
cooperation of those who parti-
cipated in the drama of the war.
and in whose memories its events
are living facts. Our loca! his
torians are now in your county
compiling such a record. and we
ask for them the assistance of all
who were participants in that
war, or from whose homes went
our loved ones to offer up their
lives on the altar of patriotism
We solicit the interest Of Post
Commanders 6. A. Il. and Com
rades. and with their assistance
will give in this department a
history Of the Posts of the county
from their organization to the
present year.
Our local historian is instruct
ed to visit every eX-soldier living
in the county, and the relatives
of every deceased soldier, and
compile for this history the re-
cord of each one.
We solicit your careful exam
ination of the sample that will
be submitted to your inspection
by one of our assistant county
historians.
Mr.. Washburn will be in our
county for the next two weeks,
and will solicit subscriptions anil
information. We most |
cheerfully recommend the work
to our readers.