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was spoken of in his presence: ''Such in
stances, while not frequent, are by no
means rare. There is law upon our stat
ute book, passed twenty years ago, which
provides that an idle, ~improvident fellow
who neglects his family, or who, through
shiftless habits, is likely. to become a bur-
den upon the community, may be sold at
auction to the highest bidder for a term of
six months. After the vagrant has work.
ed out the purchase money, any other sum
earned by him at a fair compensation is
applied by his master to the payment of
his debts or the maintenance Of his family.
The effect of the law is good. Under its
operation the lazy and shiftless Migrants
have been driven out of the State or forced
to lead a semi-industrious life. It would
be an excellent thing if it should come to
be very generally adopted"
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to the Board where any other construction has
been placed on the word income, you will
please at once notify the Board of such fact.
About two hundred applications for pensions
have already been filed in the Comptroller
Generals office, which number is being daily
increased, whereupon, writes the Columbia
correspondent Of the NcWs and Courier of last
Monday:
In view of the fact that applicants for pen
sions under the recent Act of Assembly, do
not generally understand the terms of the Act
in respect to the incomes Of pensioners, the
pension board has issued q circular asking all
County Clerks of Cour and Auditors to with
hold all applications for the present until the
board can issue regulations to govern their en-
tertainment and endorsement. A great many
of the applications forwarded to the board do
and it is estimated that if all the applications
already received or in course of preparation
are allowed, the $50, 600 appropriated for pen
sions will not last two months.
MAIL CONTRACTS.
BY the kindness of Congressman Hemphill,
we are enabled to publish the following as the
list of lowest bidders on mail routes in York
and Chester counties, under advertisement of
the Department issued last September, SER
vice on which will the first day Of
next July. Formal letters of acceptance will
not be issued to the successful bidders before
the 23rd instant:
From Rock Hill via Belmont, to Clay Hill,
two times per Week-Ella Jackson, London,
Ky, at $50 per annum.
From Yorkville via Iadok, Bethany and
Clark's Fork to Yorkville, two times per
week.. w. Dobson, Yorkville, S. G., at Sl37
per annum.
From Yorkville via Blairsville and Hood
k-.. l. D-I1 Id T.-.1. - $1,000 a. wall
J.. w. Dobson, Yorkville, at 1865 per annum.
From Yorkville via Hickory Grove and
Hopewell, to Eta Jane, Union county, three
times per week.. w. Dobson, Yorkville, at
$3.50 per annum.
From Yorkville via Bethel, Zeno, Point and
South Point, to Belmont, CASTOR county, n. G.,
two times per week.. r. Morse, Windsor,
Mo-, at $246 per annum.
From Yorkville via Fodder, Clay Hill, En-
ergy, Ranaleburg, Steel Creek and Dixie, to
Charlotte, n. G., two times per week.. M.
Thompson, Lockwood, Mo-, at $40 per annum.
From Yorkville via Tirzah, to Rock Hill,
two times per week.. w. Dobson, Yorkville,
at 1888 per annum.
From Fort Lawn via Wylie's Mill, to Lands
ford, three times per week. Not let changed
and re-advertised.
From Chester via Torbit, Wellridge and
Rossville, to Rocky Mount, three times per
week.. T. Carpenter, Washington, D. G., at
$40 per ami I'm.
From Chester via Baton Rouge, to Wilks-
burg, three times per week-Ella Jackson,
London, Ky, at S249 per mum.
From Cornwell via Halselville, C~rosbyville,
Fcasterville, Buckhead and Albion, to Corn
well, six times per week-H. O. Roop, Carroll
ton, Ca, atS513 per annum.
From Townsville via Olive, kirkpatrick
and Cotton, to Cabal, two times per week--C.
NJ. Davis, Windsor, Mo-, at SLY per annum.
From Chester via Wise and McAliley, to
Chalkville, two times per week-Andrew Eas-
ley, Black Walnut, Va, at $lS2 per annum.
From Richburg to Factory. Not let chang
ed and re-advertised
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FATAL SHOOTING AFFAIR AT Casio
NIA.-Passengers who arrived in the city
last night on the Air Line train, report
that a fatal shooting affair occurred at Cas-
toni, at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The victim was Mr.. Otto Levi, a jeweler
by trade. Levi was in an clubhouse near
his place of business, when a bullet, fired
from a gun in the hands of a resident OF
the town, crashed through the planks OF
the building and buried itself in Lewis
head. The bullet entered his head just
over the temple and penetrated the brain:
Medical aid was at once summoned, but
upon the first glance at the wound the
doctor pronounced it fatal. The bullet
lodged in the brain and no attempt was
made to probe it. Mr.. Levi fingered un-
til 8 o'clock last night, when he expired.
The accounts of the affair are conflicting.
The party who did the shooting claims
that it was altogether accidental. He says
that he was shooting at cats, and was
shocked when informed that one OF his
bullets had pierced the brain Of Mr.. Levi.
The matter will undergo a careful investi-
cation by the officers of the law, and until
the result of the investigation is known
public opinion should be suspended.-Char
lOHe Chronicle, Sunday.
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High Convincing Testimony.

We obtain knowledge from our %neighbors.
See what one of the most eminent and trusted
citizens of the United States says of the virtues
Of Westmoreland's Calisaya Tonic, and those
in need of a similar preparation should doubt
no longer. The following was written by ex-
Governor B. +. Perry:
SANS SoUCI, September End, 1881.
Messrs. Westmoreland Bros, Gentlemen-I
most cordially recommend your Calisaya Tonic.
with indigestion and dyspepsia. My son, DIR.
Hext NJ. Perry, of Philadelphia, who knows
the ingredients which compose your Tonic,
spoke favorably of it.. In the course of two
months past I have used four bottles, and am
entirely relieved. Yours truly, &c,
B. f. PERRY.
Sold by LOWRY e. starr at 81. 90 per bottle.
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CASH FOR COTTON CLAIMs.-The Wash
ington correspondent of the NeWs and Cou-
rier te%legraphs that paper under date OF
last Saturday Since the passage OF the
direct tax bill by the Senate there has been
quite a boom in Southern claims among
sreculato,s. A syndicate has been formed
to purchase all cotton claims ats per cent.
cash. Agents are being sent South to buy
all these claims from those who are willing
to sell. There is a movement on foot to
have a bill passed during the present ses-
sion to pay this class of claims, and the
general impression is that it will succeed.
Mr.. Dibble, when consulted on the SUBJ
ject, said he had heard that certain parties
were willing to pay % per cent. cash for
these claims, but he would advise those
who are not in absolute want of the money
at the time to hold off for the present.. In
his opinion a measure will pass to pay
these claims in full.
He says that he has no positive informa-
ton on the sucject, but this is merely his
personal opinion, formed from what he
has heard and observed concerning this
matter.
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Market Reports.

YORKVILLE, Feb. S.-Cotton, ct to g..
LIVERPOOL, February G.-Cotton steady
and in fair demand uplands, 5 9.l6d.
CHARLESTON, February 6.-Cotton firm ;
middling, 10l.
NEW YORK, February 6.-Cotton easy +;
uplands, 1OI. Futures closed barely steady,
with sales of III, 700 bales, as follows: Febru-
airy, 1O.45to 1O.47; March. 1854 to 1885; April,
1O.59to 1860; May, 1905 to 1906; June, 1912 to
1913; July, 1914 to 1915; August, 1917 to
1901 November and December, 9.s6 to 9.ss;
January, 9.92 to 9.94.
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NOTES.

Col. Allen, who for several months has been
timber inspector with his headquarters at this
place, is on a visit to his home in Pennsyl-
vania.
Capt. Lewis is progressing fayorably with the
Chester road bridge, across the deep cut a mile
south of the Court House, and DR.. Gorton is
moving steadily and surely towards the track
of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad under
which this cut will run.
Mr.. Z. +. Lathrop was in town last Monday
and reports satisfactory progress with the
work under contract by Smith & Lathrop.
Mr.. T. NJ. FayssouX has taken a small con-
tract on Mr.. Kinsley's work near Hickory
Grove.
The Shelby -Auro,u of last Thursday says:
"Mr. Sam Hampton was in Shelby on Mon
day. He has secured the contract for grading
six miles from Rutherfordton towards Marion.
The contract'w was sublet by Col. P. P. Dickin-
son to him. He proposes to go to work in a
short time, as soon as the necessary papers
are signed,' It is stated that j. p. Harrin is
also making preparation to go to work ON the
grading above Rutherfordton.
The Marion Bugle learns by q private letter
from John NJ. Fleming that the grading near
Praise, Pike county, kentucky, is progressing
rapidly.
The Lancaster correspondent of the Charlotte
Chronicle, writing under date Of last Monday,
saws: The steel rails OH the Charleston, Gin
cinnati and Chicago Railroad lack only twelve
miles Of reaching Lancaster, and the contrac-
tors say that they can complete the track to
Lancaster in eight or ten days, when the line
will be open between Lancaster and Charleston.
THE CONFEDERATE PENSIONS.
The blank applications for pensions which
were forwarded to Clerk of Court Wallace, TOR
distribution in this county, have been exhaust
ed, and he has written to the Comptroller-Gen-
eral for a second supply. The Clerk furnishes
us with the following list of persons whose
petitions for pensions have been formally made
and forwarded to the Comptroller-General
Men.-A. II. Merritt, S. L. Laney, DIG. Ben
nett, Robert Burns, Fort Mill IL. K. Neal,
John Childers, Hickory Grove; John \. Jones'
Hopewell; Andrew +. Lindsay; MGConneiis-
Vile; John w. Weaver, II. Murphy Gwin,
Yorkville.
Wdows.-Sarah J. Camp, Sarah =: Lynn,
Bethany Caroline C. Mcknight, Clark,s FORK +;
Margaret Z. Brown, Clay Hill; Mary r. Lind
saw, Elizabeth L. Jackson, Clover; NJ. L. er-
rift, Fort Mill ; Martha i. Minter, 4orkVllle.
To prevent misunderstanding as to the in
tent Of the Act, in reference to the "annual in
come of an applicant, the Pension Board, con-
sisting of ]. S. Werner, J. II. Earle and w. Il.
Leitner, have issued the following circular to
County Auditors and Clerks of Court:
Please take notice that the Board of Approx
al appointed under an "Act to provide for the
relief of certain soldiers and sailors and the
widows of soldiers or sailors OF the late war
between the States" approved December a,
1887, have construed the word income in Sec
tons 9 and 4 Of said Act, to mean gross income
from any source. In cases already forwarded
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SPECIALS.
Mighty Interesting Reading

In addition to the ironclad guarantee of
quality and durability that attaches to every
gallon of the Longman e. Martinez Paints sold,
the manufacturers 60 further and guarantee
as follows "Any building that is not salts
factorily painted with the Longman & Marti-
nez Pure Prepared paint, or on a0htch its use
has not cost less than If other paints had been
used, will be reprinted at our expense" Is
there any ground that this does not cover, or
any objection that is not met in advance?
Write, or call for prices and estimates on KUY-
kendall, Agent.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

NA1S al
VIM. II. Speck-Don't keep it Dark.
l.. D. Childs, Administrator of the estate OF X.
a. Springs, Observation-Disclosures for
Discharge.
w. B. Williams-Auditor's Notice.
r. NJ. Dobson & Son-Cash Racket.
H. +. Adickes-Everybody who has money to
spend will do we'll to call at the Grand
Central Fancy and Dry Goods Establish
ment.
Withers Adickes-As you Sow, in like manner
you will probably Reap.
John A. Darwin, M. D.--"Her Your Mule"
M. C. Willis-On a Boom. .
Latta Brothers---Plantation Supplies and
Family Groceries,.
Kennedy Bros. & B~arron-Brick, Brick-Aus-
tralian Grass Seed.
J.W. Observation-Disclosures Apples
Steel Horse Shoes-Harness Oil-Log and
Fifth Chains.
M. Strauss-Our Prices Cannot be Beat.
R.. Fl Glenn, S. Y. C.-Sheritf's Sale.
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INDUSTRIAL Notes.-The Chattanooga
TfadesmGn has compiled statistics from Of
fetal reports showing the growth Of cot
ton and wool manufactures in the South
ern States in the past seven years. The
increase in mills in the South during that
period was S., or 81 per cent. of spindles
.654, 026, or ZIG per cent; of looms 1874, or
90 per cent. The increase in South Caro-
lima is given as follows: Mills 107 per cent,
largest per cent. of Increase, spindles ISL
per cent, looms 95 per cent.
North Carolina has to-day so cotton mills,
against 40 in 1880; South Carolina 90
against II in 1880 Tennessee % against Is
in 1880; Georgia 55 against 4Oin 1880; Vir-
ginia - against S in 1880; Alabama 10
against 16 in 1880; Arkansas added one
mill since 1880; Kentucky 1, Louisiana l,
Mississippi 2, Maryland g..
The total number of mills in the South
to-day is PAT, and the consumption Of raw
cotton in 1886 and 1887 was 4O1 ,452 bales,
against BIG, O62, in 1884 and 1885.
The Manufuctuer's Record, published
at Baltimore, says that the best proof of
the advantages of Southern cotton manu-
featuring is the experience of those in the
business, and this experience is shown in
the constant enlargement of mills in ope-
ration. All through the South mills are
charging and putting in new machinery.
Reports from the cotton mills show that
the aggregate value Of the product of all
| the Southern mills in 1887 was about S43,-
600, 900 against 81 900, 900 in 1880.
The Piedmont Manufacturing company
of Greenville, S. c., of which Mr.. II. 2.
| Hammett, one of the most notedly success
| full cotton manufacturers of the South, is
president, have voted to build another
mill to hold 10000 spindles. This will
make three mills and $1,000 spindles under
| Col. Hammett's management.
The Clifton cotton mills, of Clifton,
Spartanburg county, cleared % per cent:
on the capital stock of the company last
year. A novel contest will take place at
the mills of this company within the year,
in the following manner: The new mill,
now already completed, will be pitted
against the old one, as to quantity and
quality, and at the expiration of twelve
months, the superintendent ofthe winning
mill will take full charge of both at a high
salary.
The Lancaster correspondent Of the
Charlotte Chronicle says: On last Friday
a few of the citizens Of Lancaster village
shaped the idea Of a cotton factory. In
a few hours something over $4,000 were
subscribed. In a few more days they
hope to have 500, 900 subscribed, when a
meeting of the stockholders will be held
and the executive plansdiscussed and ar
ranged.
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The Verdict Unanimous.

w. D. Suit, Druggist, Bippus, Ind, t~estiies:
~ can recommend Electric Bitters as the very
best remedy. Every bottle sold has given re-
lief in every instance. One man took six bot
standing" Abraham Hare, Druggist, Bell
Vile, Ohio, afirms: 1.-THE best selling medicine
I have ever handled in my twenty years expe-
rience, is Electric Bitters.'' Thousands of 9TH
ers have added their testimony, so that the YER
dict is unanimous that Electric Bitters do cure
all diseases of the Liver, Kidneys or Blood.
Only a halfdollar a bottle at LOWRY &STARR's
Drug Store.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-02-08

NORTHERN Misunderstanding an
nual conference of the Northern NJ. f.
Church in South Carolina, closed in Char
lesion on Monday last, its deliberations
having been presided over by Bishop J.. F.
Hurst, of Buffalo, n. Y. The following
are among the appointments for Green
Vile district, L. Z. Lowry, P. f.: Clover,
H.F. McIlwee; Blacks circuit, M. Little
John Deep Creek, G. w. Beckham; Rock
Hill, York Goodletts Yorkville, E. M.
Pinckney; Yorkville circuit, S. Thomas.
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APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGES.

NOTICE is hereby gwen that the undersign-
~ cd, Administrator de 6onis non, cum tesla
mento annero. of the estate of R. A. SPRINGS,
deceased, will make a final settlement with the
Judge of Probate, on Saturday, the 10th day of
March, 1888, and will apply for a final discharge
from liability as Administrator of the said es-
tate. l.. d. CHILDS, Administrator
.FebruaryS Q st
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Rock HILLS SECOND FACTORY.-On
Monday last the Secretary Of State issued
a commission to Messrs. John r. London,
w. j. Roddey, w. B. Wilson, Jr., David
Hutchinson, Thomas A. Crawford. W: NJ.
Frew, Richard r. Fewell, Arnold Fried,
HEM, A. Z. Smith and A. II. White, all
of Rock Hill, who desire to form them
selves into a corporation to be known as
the Standard Cotton Mills of Rock Hill.
The business Of the company will be buy
ing cotton and manufacturing it into yarn
and cotton cloths. The capital stock will
be 500, 900, divided into 1000.
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RuckIen,s Arnica SaIye.

The best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises,
ped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin
Eruptioes, and positively cures Piles, or no pay
required. 1t is guaranteed to give perfect sat-
isfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents
per box. For sale by Lowry STARR.
February | 5 1y
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Preaching at Beersheba.

There will be preaching at Beersheba Church,
on Saturday, the 18th, and on Sunday, the 18th
of February, instant, by Rev. w. G. NEVILLE.
During the meeting there will be a congrega-
tional meeting to make arrangements to secure
asupply. j. W.. Y. DICKSON, Clerk.
February 8 1t
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Disease lies iii ambush for the weak a feeble
constitution IS i'll adapted to encounter a mala-
rious atmosphere and sudden changes Of tenn
perature, and the least robust are usually the
easiest victims; DR.. J. II. McLean's Strength
ening Cordial and Blood Purifier will give tone
and vitality and strength to your entire body.
Two Sizes so cents and $l.O0 per bottle. Sold
NV E~TyEENDAL.
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THE JIM E A MURDER.

Many of our contemporaries, daily and week.
ly, could have copied fresh from our columns,
the account Of the homicide of Jim Beam, col
ored, at a negro dance in the house of John
Mcclure, colored, who lives on the lands OF
Loften B. Sherer, five miles west of Yorkville,
on the night of January 9th but they seemed
to prefer waiting for a sensational and in some
respects an inaccurate account of the affair
purporting to have been telegraphed to the
Atlanta Constitution from Columbia, after the
ENQUIRER was read in either city. The econ
denser' of the Nevs and Courier, however,
makes a mangling statement of the affair, in
the following few lines in last Mondays paper:
"Jim Bean, a colored man of Shelby, n. c.,
was shot at a dance at John McClure's house,
at York, on January "a. The shot was fired
by Loftin b. Sherrer, and Bean fell dead al
most instantly"
This will be news TO Mr.. Sherer. We learn
that negroes who were present and witnessed
the fatal shooting, say that when the case comes
to trial in the Sessions Court they will appear
and testify to the facts. They say they would
not appear before the jury Of inquest, fearing
they could not give the necessary bond for their
appearance at Court and they did not wish to 60
to Jail. 1t will be remembered that George
Gunthsrp and John Philips, both colored, are in
Jail, the finding of the jury of inquest being
that the fatal shot was fired by one or the other
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-02-08
SALES-DAY.

The only official sales last Monday, sales-day
for February, were the following by the
Sheriff:
Lot in the town of Rock Hill, levied on as
the property of J. P. CASTOR. Bought by w.
b. Wilson, Jr, for S25.
Narcissa Funk's interest in a house and lot
situated on the Pinckney road in the town of
Yorkville, the lot containing about one acre.
Bought by w. B. Wilson, Jr., for $3.50.
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OBITUARY

DIED-On the 9th of December, 1887, near
Beth-Shiloh Church, York county, of con-
sumption, JOHNNY +. BARNETT, son of T.
B. and NJ. A. Barnett, aged l6 years 3 months
and days.
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Frequently accidents occur in the household
which cause burns, cuts, sprains and bruises;
for use in such cases DR.. J.. H. McLean's Vol
canic Oil Liniment has for many years been
the constant ~favorite family remedy. Sold
E
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Spetial Notltss.
Religious Notice.

Rev. G. A. BLACKBURN will preach at Olivet
on Sunday next, 18th instant, at II A. M.
February 1t
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When you are constipated. with loss O fappe-
tite. headache, take one of DIR. J. H. McLean's
Little Liver and Kidney Pillets. They are
pleasant to take and will cure you. % cents a
vial. Sold by k~UYKENDAL.
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AODrOyed.

Campbell's Cough Cure is approved by and
used in the practice of the most eminent and
progressive Physicians in the county.
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COTTON SHIPMENTS.

The shipments of cotton from the depot in
this place from September lst to the 7th instant,
inclusive, aggregate 6,734 bales.
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stores are in full blast in town, and, appar-
emily with one exception, sell whisky with
impunity. The citizens submitted prop
o%sitions to aid the Council in its duty,
which are now under the consideration OF
the Council.
The February term Of the US. District
Court convenedin Greenville last Monday,
the Hon. G.. H. Simonton presiding. The
term will probably last three weeks. The
business in hand, says the NeUs, promises
to be about fifty new cases and about thirty
old ones, which have been continued from
previous terms. The majority Of the
charges are for retailing liquor and illicit
distilling, though much the larger number
are for retailing. Several cases of viola
tions of post Office regulations, among
which is the case against the eX-postmaster
at Grier's, who is charged with OBTAINING
mail matter, will excite much interest.
A Greenville dispatch to the Columbia
Register says: Ben Ross, a noted moon
sinner of the northern section of Green
Vile county, was shot and killed last
Thursday night by an unknown party.
Ross was in his bedroom, with his wife
and children, and was fired upon through
an open window and instantly killed. He
was we'll known as one of the boldest and
most successful illicit distillers in the State.
He had figured in many trials for viola
tions of revenue laws, but always escaped
punishment. At the last term of the
United States District Court a true bill was
found against him and he was out on bail
to appear for trial at the term nov in ses-
sion.
Referring to the case of County Com
missioner Perkins, the Lancaster Review
of last week says: The information that
Mr.. Perkins had been arrested in New
York upon so serious and compromising a
Charge as ''monkeying" with counterfeit
money, was received here with unbound
ed surprise and regret, for he enjoyed the
full confidence Of our citizens and was
held in high esteem by all who knew
him. Though a native Of Virginia, he
has been living in Lancaster county q
number of years, leading a quiet, sober
and industrious life. So far as we know,
the honesty and integrity of the man has
never before been questioned. His family
is a very interesting one, and much SYM
pathy is felt here for his wife and children
in their troubles.