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SENATOR VESTS REMARKABLE Doc
81 have dog" said Senator Vest, who had
just heard precocious crow story, "Who is
very sagacious. One morning he watched
intently while negro boy blackened my
shoes. The following morning he came to
where was sitting with blacking brush
in his mouth. You may not believe it, but
that dog got down on his launches, spit on
my shoes, took the brush in his teeth and
rubbed away like house on fire. But |
must admit that he did not get up much oi
polish. One Sunday, while I was living
at Sedalia, this dog followed me to church.
I noticed that he watched every movement
of the preacher. That afternoon l heard
terrible bowling of dogs in my back yard
I went out to see what was the matter.
My dog was in the woodshed, standing on
his hind legs on an old dry goods box. He
held down torn almanac with one fore
paw and gesticulated wildly with the 9th.
er, while he swayed his head and howled at
an audience of four other dogs, even more
sadly than the preacher I had heard that
morning." The narrator of the crow story
''threw up the sponge"
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for rent or labor being recorded or lndeXed
as at present, is especially obnoxious. Un-
der this priority law the merchant claims
he cannot advance goods to the tenant with
out the landlord will become responsible for
the tenant. Taking it in this light the
landlord will not like it at all and q grumble
from him may be looked for. Our people
have had enough already in the way or
going security for tenants as it caused them
to lose much. The impression prevails that
the General Assembly has made mess OF
the whole matter, and has made the situa-
tion far more complicated than under the
old law. The priority law will cause many
a tenant to give up his farm and become a
laborer. Time on y can tell how the matter
will work out.
[Newberry Observer
It would have been as we'll for the Leg
islature to repeal the lien law out and out.
It has rendered the law perfectly valueless
by passing the bill fixing the priority of liens.
This bill is printed in another column. 1t
gives the landlord the first lien; and this
lien is unlimited. There need he no writ
ten contract, and of course no record or filing.
The landlords la60rer has the next lien; and
that need not be recorded. Then II a mer-
chant wants to advance supplies ne can
have the next lien. But what merchant IS
going to make advances under such circum-
stances? And how is poor man, white or
black. who is not a "landlord," but who
would rather rent land than work as a 'la-
borer" for landlord, to get supplies TO run
a rented farm? We confess we cannot see.
In view of the priority law, the lien law
now, so far as the interests of the poor man
and the merchant are concerned, is hollow
mOckery. Why then leave it on the Statute
books?
TPress and Banner, December 30.]
The Legislature in it's efforts to enslave
the poor man, we fear, will yet work ruin
to the landowning class of our citizens. If
the Legislature in its wisdom had chosen to
repeal the lien law it would have been hon
est for them to do so, even If it may nave
procured hardship to many of their con-
stituents, but as the law now stands, the
best lawyer in the State could scarcely ex-
plain the status Of the poor man and whether
he has any rights at all. Neither could the
best lawyer in the State tell when the mer-
chant would be safe in trusting customers TOR
his goods. In this unsettled condition OF al
fairs, the merchant will be more cautious
about making credits, and will more GER
tainly require the landowner to waive his
prior right to rents, or else the landowner
will be compelled to put his land in jeopar-
dy to secure the necessary goods with
which to conduct the work of making the
crops. Except in rare instances, we believe
the land owner had better let his lands lie
out, than to involve his credit to supply
provisions for others to make the crops.
The great loss to the merchant attendant on
the lien law as it was, will be increased a
hundred fold, unless the landowner shall
make his claim for rent junior to that OF the
merchant for supplies. The merchant is
not so anxious to get rid of his goods as to
give them out without reasonable hope of
receiving pay for them.
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TAX RETURNS FOR lss5-s6.
OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR,
XnRK (,0IrNTY

OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR,
YORK COUNTY.
YoRKvILLE,S S. c., November goth, 1850. }
IN compliance with law, the TAX BOOKS or
u YORK COUNTY, for fiscal year 1856, will
open on the FIRST DAY OF JANUARY, 1856,
1886, after which time penalty Of fifty per cent.
will be added to the property of such taxpayers
who fail to make returns in the time prescri6ed
above. This applies as well to Real al ESTATE I
as to PERSONAL PROPERTY. There will be
a RE-ASSESSMENT of real property by the
township boards For the convenience of tax
payers l will attend at the following places and
the times stated, for the purpose OF receiving
the returns of TAX x-payers:
At Rainey' School House, on Thursday, Janu-
ary 7, 1886.
At Hickory Grove, on Friday, January 8, 1885,
At Yorkville, on Saturday, January 9, 1856.
+ At Blacks, on Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-
day, January l1th, 18th and 13th 1886.
At Moores. (School House) on Thursday, Jan
uary 14th, 1886.
At Whitaker, on Friday, January Is, 1886.
AtClarS's Fork Post Office, on Saturday, Jan
uary 16, 1886.
| At Bethel, on Monday, January ls, 1886.
! At Point School House, (Bethel, on Tuesday,
January 10Th, 1886.
At Clay Hill, on Wednesday, January Goth,
! 1885,
! At Ebenezer on Thursday, January2l, 1885.
At Massey's Store, on Friday, January Y, 1856
At Yorkvile, on Saturday, January 23rd, 1886.
At Rock Hill on Monday, Tuesday, Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday, January 18th, 10Th,
! 9th, 2sth and Doth, 1886.
| At Coates Tavern, on Saturday, January Soth,
1856.
At Fort Mill, on Monday, Tuesday and We'd
nesday, February 1st, End and 3rd, 1885,
/ And at Yorkville, from February 4th 10 fep-
ruary Goth, 1886, inclusive.
/ I request tax payers to meet me in their re-
spective townships, and thus avoid the usual rush
at the office in Yorkville.
w. B. WILLIAMS,
+.. Auditor York County.
| December3 40 tt
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THEY WERE Nor MAN AND WIFE,
"There are some queer couples in this
world" remarked Dearborn street real
estate agent. "The other day a man and
woman called to see about renting flat on
the North Side. The woman did all the
talking, and turned to the man for contir-
nation or corroboration. Healways agreed
with her and he did it very meekly.
"'Well, says the woman finally, 4 will
give you $25 for the flat, won't we, John p
"tYes'm,' replied the man.
"'And III pay my rent promptly, too'
won't we, John"
"'Yes'm.'
"'And I'll take good care of the house,
won't I, John?'
"'But,' I inquired, as is usual in such
cases, ARE you man and wife %
"sMan and wifev exclaimed the woman
sharply, indeed we are not, are we, John"'
"'No'm.'
"Whatn says I, mot man and wife?'
"'Not much. I'd have you know that in
this family we are wife and man, amt we,
Johnw
"Yes'm. '"-Chicago Herald.
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naA Western lecturer advertised "a talk
for ladies over twenty-five years of age"
Fifteen minutes after the time advertised
for the opening of the lecture the lights
were turned down, the janitor collected
the rent, and the lecturer walked to his ho-
tel, sadder but wiser man.-Burlingfon
Free Press.
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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAkOLlNA,
YORK CoUNTY-CoURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
William Caldwell, Trustee, Plaintiff, against
Mary J. Mullholland, Charles A. Mullhol-
land, John Whit Mullholland. Sarah Null
holland and Martha Kell, wife Of Banks
Kell, Defendants.-Summonstor tor Retief-Con-
plant not SerVed.
TO the Defendants above named:
VOU are hereby summoned and required to an
4 swer the complaint in this action, of which
copy is herewith filed in the office Of the Clerk OF
the Court of Common Pleas, for said county, and
to serve a copy of your answer to the said COM
plaint on the subscriber at his office in Yorkvile,
South Carolina. within twenty days after the SER
vice hereof, exclusive of the day Of such service;
and if you fail to answer the complaint within
the time aforesaid, the plaintifn this action will
apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the
complaint
Dated Yorkville, November 81, A. D. 1885.
IT.. ST. JOSEPH F: WALLACE, G: c. G: Pls.
J. C. CHAMBERS, Plaintiffs Attorney.
December 3 40 bt
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B9-A An elder in one of the churches was
last week making up club for subscribers
for Sunday-school paper. In his rounds
he called at house where he found little
girl of seven at home. He explained his
errand to her, hoping to get her name for
the list, and she replied:
swell, I'll ask mother and Pm quite
sure she'll give me the money for she says
we must patronize the peddlers who come
along or they will be driven to steal and
rob-"
He hasn't gone back to see if she sue
ceeded.
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par Moral courage is more worth having
than physical, not only because it is high
er virtue, but because the demand for it is
more constant. Physical courage isa virtue
which is almost always put away in the
lumber room. Moral courage is wanted
day by day.
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mr Nothing is so pleasant to ordinary hu-
man nature as to know itself by reflection
from others. When it turns from these
warped and broken mirrors to seek its re-
Election in the divine thought, then it is re-
deemed, then it beholds itself in the perfect
law of liberty.
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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA


THE STATE UF SOC III VE&HtV11$->'
County Of York.
WHEREAS ROBERT T.. GUTHRIE has ap-
w nlied To me for Letters of Administration
on all and singular the goods and chattels, rights
and credits Of j. HARVEY Williamson,
late of the county aforesaid, deceased. :,
These are therefore, to cite and admonish all
and singular the kindred and creditors of the
said deceased, to be and appear before me, at our
next Probate Court for the said county. to be
holden at York Court House, on the 9TH DA
OF JANUARY, 4. D., 1856, at II O'Clock, A.
NJ, to shew cause, if any, why the said Admin
istration should not be granted.
Given under my hand and seal, this 2lst day OF
december, in the year of our Lord one thou
sand eight hundred and eighty-tive, and in the
10th year of American Independence.
J. BEATTY WILLIAMS,
Judge of Probate.
81 u
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SOME GOOD ADvICE.-Two tramps, one
of them q young man, the other we'll ad-
vanced in life, had just left house where
they had been supplied with a bountiful
dinner.
II say, Bill" queried the younger of the
two, "where do you suppose We'll get sup
PERI"
The old tramp turned on him in disgust.
"Here you've just had your dinner" he
said, land you begin to wonder where you
will get supper. If that's the kind of dispo-
sition you've got, young feller, you had bet
ter quit the profession and 90 to work."
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SHE WAS DAR.-Mrs. Yerger of Austin,
having been absent for several days, return
ed to her home She was met at the gate
by her colored servant, Matilda SNOWFALL
"Has anything happened since l was
gone ?" asked Mrs. Yerger.
"De Lor', l should say sumfn happened
We came mighty nigh habin de biggest kind
OBJ fire." replied Matilda, rolling her eyes
around.
"Where?"
SIN your bedroom. You orter be mighty
gladI was dar when de fire started. Eff nit
warn't for me bein' dar de hull house would
hab been burned down befOah now"
''Soyou put out the fire?'
"Yes, mum. drapped de lamp and hit
cotched decurtain, but as luck would hab it,
was dar. If hadn't been dar when
drapped de lamp, whopee! dar's no tellin'
what mout hab happened. ."-7sras Sttings.
LEGAL NOTICE.-Maj. Gassaway, a prom
inent San Antonia lawyer, succeeded in OBJ
tanning the acquittal of a horse thief, who
was tried in the district court and for the
county of Bexar.
"Major," said the acquitted man, 81 don't
know how to pay you for your kindness,
haven't got any money just now"
swell, now that you are foot loose again
you will soon have some money, or horses,
which is just as good, but in the meantime
you mention my name to other members O1
the gang and friends, in case they need the
services of an attorney in any of the from
tier countless" said the lawyer.
cpl do it, Major. You shall have all oul
business. ."-,SJtmgs.
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ag- Where the responsibility ofthe preach
er ends, that of the hearer begins. The
preacher is responsible for the faithful de-
livery of his message the hearer for his &C
ceptance. Having done his duty, the
preacher is not responsible for results hav-
ing failed to do his, the hearer cannot rob
the preacher of his reward. 1t is this that
comforts the ambassador of Christ when
his overtures of peace are rejected by his
Lords enemies.
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C&L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD
&eseAsasss & : 80 2 8 EszEss5zsl e
GOING SOUTH.

CCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains y
= from Newton, N. c., to Chester, S. G., taking
effect at II o'clock, Noon, Sunday, November
Sth, 1885.
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ALIENS IMPROVED COTTON SEED

VNHIS Cottoni is undoubtedly the finest, longest
\ and strongest staple, and most prolific cotton
ever put on the market. 1t is distinct variety;
the staple is II inch long, it has very large bols,
and is large yielder. This cotton was grown
direct from the seed that took the first prize of
81 900 for staple at the Louisville Exposition, in
1888. and a full bale per acre has been raised on
lands planted with the improved seed.
The quantity of lint cotton from given guam
tity of seed has never been considered test of
the amount of cotton raised per acre. and its
quality is the standard of value. The ALLEN
IMPROVED will produce as much lint cotton
per acre as any other seed OH the American con-
tinent, with a market value from so to Is per
cent greater.
Price of Seed $3.50 per bushel of 80 pounds.
Address me- at Yorkville, for particulars.
BEN MOCK;
Sole Agent for North and South Carolina.
December 10 80 At
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WHICH IS THE BEST
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EVIDENCE OF TOTAL DEPRAvITY.-
'HoW is it that you can tell such WhOp'
pers ?" asked a caller, addressing the editor
ofthe fish story department.
swell, you see," replied the editor, ''oul
wife's name is Anna"
"What has that to do with it?'
ga gret deal. When we are writing fish
stories we usually have Anna nigh us to help
u.s."
The caller was carried to the hospital
american angler.
MADE HER SToP.-A very loquacious
lady calling one day to consult her physi-
clan, talked on and on with such volubility
that the latter could not get a word in edge
ways. Growing impatient he at length told
her to put out her tongue, which she did.
He then said:
"Now please keep it there until you have
heard what have got to say to YOU"
D9- Weeping Widow-"Yes, poor John
met with terrible fate. He fell from the
fourth-story window and was instantly
killed." Sympathizlng friend--'Dear,
dear, and was it so bad as that, Mrs. Lark
ings? understood that he fell only from
the third-story window."---NeW York
Times.
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APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE.
December 10

APPLICATION FOR DISCHAKGE.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned,
~ Administrator of the estate of w. BOIL
VAR BYERS, deceased has made final set
tlemcnt with the Judge of Probate for York
county, and on the 18th day Of January, 1856,
mt l2 o'clock, NJ, will make application Tor a
final discharge from liability as Administrators
of the said estate.
MARY L. BYERS, Administrators.
Decrmhor 10 so 5t
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APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned,
~ Administrator of the estate OF FAlTH1
HOUSER, deceased, has made final settlement
with the Judge of Probate for York county, and
on the llth day Of January, 1885, at II clock, A.
NJ, will make application for final discharge
from liabiltyas administrator of the said estate.
W. II. CARROLL, Administrator.
Dnromber 10 so 3C