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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-10-06

NOT HIS HANDWRITING.-Old man
Davidson, in Leake county, Mississippi, has
son in Texas. A short time ago young
Davidson got into trouble and was arrested
and fined. He had no money, and it was
90 to Jail or raise it by some means. He
told the sheriff that if he would wait until
he could write home to his father the money
would be forth coming as soon as his family
were acquainted with his troubles, and that
the mails could bring it. The sheriff sug-
gested that he telegraph to his father to
send him the money by telegraphic money
order. He acted upon this suggestion.
When the telegram reached the Mississippi
Office the operator had to send several miles
into the country to the old man. When
Mr.. Davidson read it he was confused and
could not understand it, and appealed to his
wife to assist him. She looked at the tele-
gram, and handing it back said: "John,
that amt Williams handwrite; it's trick
of some of them town folks to beat you out
of s5O." The old man thought his wife was
right. William laid in Texas Jail until
he got reply from letter.-Detroit Free
Press.
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TAX LEVIES.


IN compliance with law, | hereby give notice
property of York county, for the fiscal year COM
mencing November 1st, 1885, viz:
For State purposes, st mills on the 81.
For ordinary County purposes, 2! mills on theSl.
For Railroad purposes, 6-l0 mills on the 81.
For School purposes, 2 mills on the 3d.
Aggregating II 7-2O mills on the dollar.
In addition to the above, special levy, for
School purposes, of two mills on the dollar on
all property in the McConnellsville School Dis
trict NO. 1877 making total levy of l3 20 mills
on all property in said district.
Also special levy Of one mill ON all property
in Cherokee township, to meet the interest on
which will be due lst. January, 1887, inakinga
total levy in said township Of ~ 7-2O mills on
the dollar.
Also one dollar on all taxable polls between
the ages of 2l and go years.
The attention of ax.payers is called to Act OF
General Assembly, No. IA, section I, which
reads as follows:
'That all taxes assessed and payable under this
Act, shall paid in the following kinds Of funds
and no other: Gold and Silver Coin, United
States Currency, National Bank Notes and Cou-
pons, which become payable during the year
1886, on the Valid Consolidated Bonds of this
State, known as Brown Bonds,' and on bonds
of this State, known as deficiency Bonds"
Provided, however, that Jury Certificates and
the per diem of State Witnesses in the Circuit
Courts, shall be received for County Taxes, not
including School taxes.
Notice of appointments will be found else
H. A. D. NEELY,
Treasurer, York County.
Sentember % 80 If
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THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING

Benedict, the new Public Printer, will be
almost like Alexander Selkirk-monarch Of
all he surveys-in his new domain. The
public printing Office is nominally under
charge of the Secretary of the Interior, but
in very much the same relation as the De-
partment of Agriculture is to the Interior
Department, with powers and prerogatives
peculiarly its own, under claims of legisla-
tion preserved from time immemorial in
the various appropriation bills by Congress-
men who have had their own happy wishes
to carry out in the way of patronage at the
hands of the Public Printer. Mr.. Benedict
will have 800 men and women under him {;
brigade of regularslwell drilled and disci-
plined, and drawing salaries enough to off,
Ger the armies of all Europe. The building
in which these people are employed is $50
feet long and 200 feet wide and four or five
stories high, built expressly for colossal
printing Office. Something like a quarter
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The Murkpille &uqnirer,

+ or Lnree mOnCnS,
TWO copies one year. ........."........ W
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And an extra copy for club of ten.
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of postage to all subscribers residing in York
county, who receive the paper at post-otficec
within the county; and to all other subscribers
the postage is paid by the publisher. Our sub
scribers, no matter where they receive the paper,
are not liable for postage, it being prepaid at
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TAX NOTICE.

IN conformity to law, my books will be open
Il for the collection Of STATE AND COONI1
TAXES for the fiscal year I commencing 4G Z Noyem
OCTOBER, and will remain open until WE'D
NESDAY, TIE 18TH DAY OF DECEMBER,
1885, -,
For the accommodation Of taxpayers, will
attend at the following places, on the days named:
At Yorkyille, on Friday and Saturday, the 18th
and 10th days of October.
At Massey's Store, Ebenezer township, on
Monday the 18th day of October.
At Fort Mill, on Tuesday, the 10th, and We'd
nesday, the Goth days of October.
At Clay Hill, Neely's Store, on Thursday, the
2lst day of October.
At Thompsons Mill Bethel township, on Fri
day. the 22nd day of October.
At Bethel, Glenn's Store, on Saturday, the 23rd
day of October.
A At Bethany, McGilrs Store, on Monday; the
25th day of October.
At Whitaker, or Grover, on Tuesday, the 26th
day Of October.
At Buffalo, (Moore's Cross Roads, on Wednes-
day. the 9th day of October.
At Blacks, on Thursday and Friday, the 2sth
and 29th days Of October.
At Clark's Fork, on Saturday, the sOth day of
At Yorkville, from Monday, lst, to Saturday,
the 9Th of November.
At Hickory Grove on Monday the sth day of
At Rainey's Mill, on Tuesday, the 9th day of
November.
At J. w. Carrolls Store, on Wednesday, the
10th day of November.
At McConnellsville, on Thursday, the 1lth day
Of November.
At Brattonsville, on Friday, the 18th day of
November.
At Yorkville, on Saturday, the 18th day of No.
vember.
At Coates Tavern, on Monday, the 18th day OF
November.
At Rock Hill, on Tuesday 10Th, Wednesday
18th, Thursday 18th, Friday 10Th, and Saturday
10Th day of November
At Glover, on Monday, the 22nd day OF No
vember.
At Yorkville, from Tuesday, 23rd day of No
vember, until Wednesday, the 18th day of De-
cember, after which day the books will be closed
and the Is per cent. penalty will attach.
BY act Of the General Assembly, there can be
no extension of time on this collection.
Notice of tax levies will be published hereafter.
H. A. D. NEELY, County Treasurer.
September Is 81 II
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of a million dollars has been spent on this
buildinp in the mere cost of construction.

of million dollars has been spent on this
building in the mere cost of construction.
The presses, type, paper-cutters, engines,
machinery and all the thousand and one ac-
cessories of good printing office are valued
at million and quarter dollars. There
is not building in the country that contains
so many electric lights, and many of them
are kept burning day and night. A little
army of policemen are required to patrol
the floors day and night, winding up their
little watchman's clocks every fifteen min
utes at each end of their beat, thus showing
to their superintendent whether they have
performed their duty faithfully or not. The
Public Printer gets 81 500 year and has
private secretary who gets 81 300 and is al
lowed a carriage and team. His chief clerk
gets S2,5OO year. He has a staff of subor-
dinates, deputies, paymasters and time
keepers, who get salaries ranging all the
way from 81 200 to So, 500. The $4,000 en-
ployees 20 to work at 8 O'Clock in the morn
ing have an hour for lunch and are let out
at 5 O'Clock in the afternoon. Thus they
work two hours more than the ordinary
government clerk. There is also large
night force who 60 on at o'cock and are
let offat a. M, unless during the session
of Congress there is an excess of speeches
on the part of Senators and Representa-
tives, when the hours are heightened at
special rates. The bindery connected with
the office is one of the largest in the country.
1t employs 400 men. There are over two
hundred colored people employed in the
building. Among the compositors are
half dozen negroes.
There are about dozen women who set
type, and they do it we'll. Last winter
one of them earned at piece wages $3.50 in
single month. The average compositor
makes about 500 a month. None Of the
officers and employees in this whole build
ing come under the civil service rules.
They are regarded as skilled operatives and
are so exempted. No office in all the Gov
ernment affords such opportunities for use
under the old system of patronage in elec-
tions.
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FOR FARMERS,

The following suggestions are made fol
the benefit of planters and cotton shippers
by one who has handled cotton and seen its
condition after reaching the seaports:
1st. A bale weighing over 500 pounds is
undesirable, for the following reasons: In
handling (when it is often necessary to dc
so in great haste) it is liable to have the
bands bursted off at one or both ends, which
invariably causes loss in weight before OF
by the time it reaches the seaport or the
Northern mill to which it may be consigned
The standard weight of merchantable bale
is $50 pounds. The planter loses by heavy
bales, as the bagging and ties usually cost
less per pound than the cotton sells for.
This is so evident that it is surprising that
any farmer would be so extravagant in bal.
ing his cotton, as not to put plenty of bag
ging and ties on it.
End. Every bale should be securely sewed
up at each head or end with twine. No bale
should be considered ready for market until
it is properly sewed up with twine-not
ravel thread pulled out of the bagging.
Merchants selling bagging and ties should
keep twine on hand and call the attention
of farmers to the Importance of using twine
in putting up their cotton.
3rd. Cotton is often ginned before it is
properly dried, having been picked just af-
ter rain or heavy morning dews, being
put through the gin and cut to pieces. A
far greater amount is damaged by rushing
it through the gin running at double the
speed it should, cutting and tearing it to
pieces, destroying the fibre, detracting in
many cases &c. to 1c. per pound, from the
actual and merchantable value of the staple.
The crop of any one county alone is dam
aged by bad ginning and handling many
thousand dollars per annum, all of which is
clear loss to the tillers of the soil.
1t would astonish our farmers to know
how much is lost by careless handling, pick
ing, ginning and baling their cotton crop
1t is to the interest of our agriculturists to
husband their resources, particularly year
like the present. when there is slch short
crop of cereals. Handle your cotton so as
to get every cent out of it possible.-Er'
change.
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I,OOK AHEAD.

The story of the unhappy woman who
turned back in her flight from destruction,
and remained forever transfxed, teaches a
universal lesson. There is no subtler temp
tation than that which prompts strong men
to recall past weaknesses and former trans
gressions, and to surrender to the feeling
of Encouragement which always follows in
the train of such recollections. The men,
ory of failures and sins ought to keep us
humble, but they ought not to weaken us
it is satanic immortality of evil which
binds the load of remembered sins on the
Pilgrims back 80 securely that neither con-
sciousness of Divine love nor of genuine re-
pentance can loosen and cast it off. This
temptation to doubt the reality of sorrow
for misdoings and of the infinite compassion
which makes them, though they were scar
let, whittier than snow, comes to those who
are best equipped for usefulness and most
sensitive to their own shortcomings. Those
who are really pure at heart suffer tenfold
for their offenses, and are the easy prey of
the temptation which prompts them to
turn back when their gaze should be for
ward.
The world is slowly reversing some of its
old and false conceptions of life, and among
them the thought of human life as a con-
tinued fall from former state of health
and soundness, rather than as a possible
growth out of imperfection into strength
and purity. We do not expect the calyx-
covered bud to breathe forth the sweetness
of the flower, nor the flower to possess the
ripeness of thefruit. Neither should we look
for perfectness, for full symmetry, in de-
velopment which moves slowly, stage by
stage, through the long education of expert
ence, to remote and final completeness.
The golden age is behind us only in the
heathen myths; in the Christian prophe-
cies it always lies ahead. The lily is not
less fair or fragrant because its roots are in
the mud; its sanity purity is the whittier
because of the transformation which it has
wrought in the elements of its life. A hu-
man character, full of aspiration, drawn up
ward by all the impulses of its nature,
now that they are brought into harmony
and educated into strength, is not less noble
because of the hours of weakness through
which it has passed. If Gods promises are
true, the stains which it feels, and which
others perhaps remember, are no longer
visible to One who sees all things as they
are. The sure defense against the tempta-
tion to be weakened by the memory of past
sins is to look always ahead; to feel that
ones true life lies always in advance, and
never behind that out of ones weakness,
true penitence brings strength, and out of
ones sorrows there may be formed a crown
of joy.-ChriSti0n Union.
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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
ynpY rnuuTy- nnupT NJ COMMON pTEAs

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
YORK COUNTY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
Frances E. Patrick, Plaintiff, against T. Joseph
Patrick, as Administrator of James r. Duiin,
deceased, William D. Dulin, Mary J. Dulin,
Robert NJ. Dulin, Thomas N. Dulin and Mol
lie H. Dulin, Defendants. Summons for Re
Hef-Comptaint not Se''Ued.
To the absent Defendant above named, William
D. Dulin. ..-...--;:,s
VOU are hereby summoned and required to an
swer the complaint in this action, which is
this day herewith filed in the officeof the Clerk
of the Court of Common Pleas, for said county,
and to serve copy of your answer to the said
complaint on the subscriber at his office ir Y York-
Vile, South Carolina. within twenty days after
the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such
service and il you fail to answer the complaint
within the time aforesaid the paintiffin this ac-
ton will apply to the Court for the relief demand
ed in the complaint.
Dated Yorkville, SC, C,September %, A. D. 1885,
IT.. 81 JOSEPH F. WALLACE, c. G. c. Pls.
JAMES B. BELL, Plaintiffs Attorney.
September 20 80 ct
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SUFFERING WOMEN |!
Read what the great Methodist Divine and
Eminent Physician Says of
BRADFIELD'S FEMALE REGULATOR

ATLANTA, GA, Feb. 20, 1884.
DIR. J. BRADFIELD: Dear Sir-Some fifteen
years ago, examined the recipe Of Female Reg
ulator, and carefully studied authorities in regard
to its components, and then, as we'll as now, pro-
nounce it to be the most scientific and skillful
combination of the really reliable remedial veg
etable agents known to science, to act directly on
the womb and uterine organs, and the organs
and parts sympathizing directly with these; and
therefore, providing aspecifc remedy for all dis
eases of the womb and fthe adjacent organs and
parts. Yours truly,
p JESSE BORING, NJ. D., D. D.
Bradtield's Female Regulator is only intended
for diseases peculiar to WOMEN, and for these
is aSPECIF1C. Sold by all druggists. Send for
our treatise on the Health and Happiness of
Woman, mailed free, which gives all particulars.
THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO.,
Box %, Atlanta, Ga.
August II 32 1y
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AS GOOD AS PLAY FOR THE SINFUL
1t sounds comical to hear an ordinary con-
gregation singing "Jesus, my cross have
taken, all to leave and follow Thee !"
Think of woman with silk gown on and
a stuffed bird in her hat standing up sing
ing, "Naked, poor, despised, forsaken,
Thou from hence my all shall be. be."-Sunday
School Times.
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MARBLE YARD.

Special attention given to all kinds of Monu-
mental and Tomb Stone Work. Prices are lower
than ever before. can certainly sell you work
cheaper than any travelling agent can, for will
save you the commissions paid to them. Call
and see specimens Of work and ascertain prices.
F. HAPPERFIELD.
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LOST CERTIFICATE.

~ ter this date, application will be made to
]. J. Mcclure, Secretary Of the Chester and Le-
noir n. G. Railroad Company, for the renewal
of Certificate No. 33S for five shares in the capital
stock Of the Kings Mountain Railroad Company,
standing on the books of that company in the
name of JAMES G. LINDSAY, deceased. The
original certificate has been lost or mslaid.
j. f. LINDSAY, Admr.
September %, 1856 80 At
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IF YOU WANT TO BUY

4 N Engine, Boiler, Woodworking Machine
N ry of any kind; Saw Mill, Machine Tools or
Machinery Of any kind for wood or iron work.
ing, do not fail to consult the undersigned, who
has for sale all kinds of Engines and Boilers and
Wood and Iron Working Machinery, both mew
and secondhand, at prices that simply defy com
petition. Let me know your wants and prices
will be named. Ifyou want to sell Engine, Boil
er or Machinery of any kind, describe it and ad
dress J. N. SUTHERLAND, Bolton, S. c.
July 28 80 4m*
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PERFECTLY SATIsFACTORY.-A fresh
looking Western man, who said he was from
Peoria, ILL.,, and was on his way back from
the White Mountains, stopped at the Office
of the Fall River Line, in the Old State
House, the other afternoon and said:
81 want q stateroom on the steamer for
day after tomorrow night"
"Yes, sir"
81 want an outside room, up stairs"
eyes. sir"
'Far'arl end of the boat"
eyes, sir"
"Wind'ard side."
'sWindward side of the boat? How do
we know which will be the windward side
of the boat day after tomorrow night"
"Can't help it; the nights are hot, and if
I can't get room on the windy side of the
boat I'll go by the train," said the Western
man.
"Ah, very we'll, >" said the clerk, "I'll wire
right on to Washington and have north
west breeze, say fifteen miles an hour, order
ed for you day after tomorrow night,
sure.n
The Peoria man bought his stateroom
ticket and went away perfectly satisfied
Boston Record.
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IT OvERCAME HIM.-"Won't you join
me in duet" she said, as, seated at the
piano, she toyed with the leaves of vocal
selection.
"Why, didn't you know" he said, ''that
I have had to give up singing?"
''Is it possible?"
"Yes," he said, II spent last winter in
Minneapolis"
"What has that to do with your giving
up singing?"
1T has everything to do with it. You
know I sang entirely by ear. You know, OF
at least you ought to know, that it is very
cold up there in the winter time. Last win
ter had both my ears frost bitten, and ever
since then lost my ability to sing by ear"
ST. Paul Globe.
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TEE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
nonnry nr YnpY-n0npT NJ n0MMnN Pleas

TEE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
COUNTY OF Y0RK-CoURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Rufus G. Whitesides, Plaintiff, against Thomas
Whitesides Joseph NJ. Whitesides, Margaret
J. McGill, John B. Whitesides, J.. Meek
Whitesides, Robert w. Whitesides, Elizabeth
sides, Thomas Whitesides, Robert White.
sides, Calvin Whisonant, heirs-at-law Of
John Whsonant, deceased, names unknown,
Robert Whsonant, Warren Whisonant, CAL
vim Whisonant, Jr., Adaline McAlister, Su-
san Hambright, Margaret Wylie, Robert
Castles, Lee Castles, Betsie Whitesides, John
Carson, Rufus Carson, Margaret Carson,
Thomas P. Whisonant, Mary J. Neel, John
w. Quin, Susan A. Whisonant and Sarah c.
Whisonant, Defendants. Summons for Re-
lief Complaint not Served.
To the Defendants above named land especially
to the absent Defendants, Thomas White
sides, Kate Westerfeld. Margaret White
sides, Thomas Whitesides, Robert White
sides, the hers-at-law of John Whisonant,
deceased, names not known, Adaline Meal
ister John Carson, Rufus Carson, Margaret
Carson and Mary j. Neel:
VOU are hereby summoned and required to
answer the complaint in this action, which
is this day herewith filed in the Office ofthe Clerk
of the Court of Common Pleas, for the said coun-
ty, and to serve a copy Of your answer to the
said complaint on the subscriber at his office,
at Yorkville, South Carolina, within twenty days
such service and if you fail to answer the COM
plant within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff
in this action will apply to the Court for the re-
lief demanded in the complaint.
Dated Yorkville, S. G. Sept. 25, .. D. 1886.
e. E. SPENCER, Plaintiffs Attorney.
Septembcr2 20 80 ct
NOTICE TO NONRESIDENT MINOR DEFEND
ANTs.-To the widow and minor child of John
Whisonant, deceased: Take notice that on the
2Sth of September, 1885, an order was duly filed
in this proceeding, in the office of the Clerk OF
said Court, appointing w. B. Wilson, Sr., guar
dian ad Item for said minor defendant, unless on
or before November 10, 1886, the appointment of
some other person be procured in its behalf.
c. E. SPENCER, Plaintiffs Attorney.
September 20 80 1t
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KNEW WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT.
''This newspaper must have very gallant
editor" said Mrs. Dresser to her hus-
band.
"Why?"
because it heads its fashion column
Hints for the Dear Creatures
"Hum," said he, thoughtfully, "Dear
Creatures! That man knows what he is
talking about. I'll bet hat he's married."
Merchant Traveller.
How HE KNEW.-Bockkeeper is
shameful how the laboring men beat the
city,"
Proprietor what way?"
'In loaing. Those six men paving the
street haven't done an hours work all the
morning."
''How do you know?"
"I've been looking out of the window at
them all the mo-ning."-CaN.
p@ A clergyman's daughter, looking over
the MSS. left by her father in his study,
chanced upon the following sentence: 81
love to look upon young man. There is a
hidden potency concealed within his breast
which charms and pains me-" She sat
down and blushingly added: "Them's my
sentiments exactly, papa--all but the palms."
Exchange.