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THE PALMETTO SHIELD. VOL. a.! OF i' GAL ADVERTISEMENTS Fherir# Pate*. (: da>*) p-rlrvy $2 50 “ *( ! ay) p*r lew 500 Tax C<>'lectors’ vies (3u ri y) per levy S 60 >.<li¥iir'#trHtor.. l.srCU’crs r Guar di>in Sales, (40 days) p-.r quare—lo lines N npsrie' 5 00 Notice to Debtors i g • rediter* (30 day* 6 00 Leave to s- II Rest K ;te (8J days)... 500 C ration-Letters of Administration (30 days V!-- ' “ 61 Guardianship (30 days) -3 00 Letters D’smission of Administration . JO days) 5 00 i-’ X “ Guardianship (90 days 5 00 Ns*ray Notices—Cattle (1 insertion)..- 500 “. •* Horse or Mole (60 days) 6 00 ol Homestead on Personali " ty <8 w'ks • a oo IJivorce Notices (lam4in) 5 00 • sot in space constitutes a square. \ll legal advertisements enumerated ft jve will be charged $5 00 per square for 4 ! isertions. HATES OF ADVERTISING. Square, first insertion $1 00 acn subsequent insertion 50 Square, six months 9 00 Square, twelve months 12 00 ' Sf- Liberal deduction will be made for con trast advertisements. yafi* Enough to pay for composition will be charged for change of advertisements, _ Jt£s~ All articles published for the benefit o iPparties or Individuals, at their cwn solicitation pill be charged for as advertisements. ATES OF SUBSCRIPTION 3ne copy of the paper one year, t 2 00 Three copies of the paper one year 5 00 ITive copies of the paper one year, 8 00 Ten copies ot the paper one year 15 00 Invariably in Advance. JW solicited from all sec tiona, but in no instance will they be inserted without the name of the writer accompany them. war Address all communications to O. A. CANTRELL. BT MART 8. DODOS. the vaaities’of-earth, Wel.'ijnof all the strivlng'after good, We stej as impotent children little worth IJmo the shelter of thy Fatherhood, And cry, Uplift ns with thy strength who else "must die. Weary of high Imaginings'*! lives, That wholly fail/ia light <ft thy pure brow We turn abashed from what our folly, strives. * To wnnlate snd reverently bow, And cry, Thery is none good but fthou. [O Lord, most high] Weare eleven love that,lures us on TotMps we’ve four.d, at last, our soul’s Ideal. Weary, unsatisfied, and/ etalon^ Though it has blest us w itb its pretence real, We cry. One love alone, ..thine, Lord, can satis f y Link Upon Link. The editor of The Courier, Louiiburgi •N. C., findejault with farmers there iib< nt btftaufte, in ct mnion with too many Southern agriculturists, they “handle money merely in the capacity of agents forf Western poik raisers. 1 ' lie would have them adopt the better sy stem of growing less cotton and more com. This would Gil their barns with yellow grain, theTr fields with -cattle and flocks of sheep, enablejthcm to keep thtir'legal teners at home, and give them a [feelii g >f indecent!' ■cnee which cannot well exist when they have to rely upon strangers and spec olatorg for their support- The Couri er points out thatj there is as much jnoney sitd coasid-iable mire profit in fewer cotton bales; that every pound ■of meat theSourtheru farmer buys from remote markets lowers the price ol bis great staple*and raises the price of provisions. These things have been said before, hut the editor has no faith that his constituents will heed the re peated call. Ou the contrary, as he affirms, “they have leafhed to travel a certain road and are not to ! c convinc ed that there better way.” Tlibtort is Rhymb. — Commit the fob lowiiis to memory, and 'Jrou will'bave at your "tongue’s end the names ol the Monarch* of England from the dime of the conquest of the present date: First William the Norman, then Wil liam his sou. lleiir:, Stephen and Henry, then Richard and John. Next Heary the Third, Ed wards,’, one fwo and three- Aud again after Richard, three Hen wo Edwards, third Richard, it rightly I guess. Two Hearys, sixth Edwsrd, Qseeus Marv and Bess. Thea Jamia the Scott, then Charles whom they slew. Then followed Cromwell, another Charles, too. Next James, called the second, ascend ed the throne. Then William and Mary together come an, , _ Till Anne, Georges four, and fourth fPilliat* all past, 4flk)d sent them Victoria, youngest gad >*st, ORDINANCES OF PALMETTO. Be it ordained by the Commissioner* of the town of Palmetto. Sec. Ist. No person shall do, or cause to be done, any labor on the Sabbath day, unless* it l>e work or n 'cvssity, any person violating this section, sliaii pay a fine not to exceed ten dollars and costs or imprisonment not exceeding five days in calaboose. Sec 2 N < person shall write, paint, draw or cut any letter or letters, word or words, or devices, or in any man net mutilate or deface any public buihlirtg, or church, or any shade tree, on any public Street under a penalty oi five dollars, or confined in calaboose not exceeding five days and all costs. Smc. 8. That any person who shall fasten any horse or animal to any shade tree, o fence, or to any thing oil or by the side walk, shall pay a fine, of not exceeding two dollars and costs, and the Marshal shall in every case seize the horse or other animal and re tain it until the fine and coats ara paid. Sec. 4. No person shall put any ob structions in any public strict, or on any side walk except in case ot build ing, any person who shall place any obstructions as aforesaid, refusing or failing to lemove the same in ten hours after being notified, by the Mar shal, shall pay a fine, not to exceed five dollars and costs. Sec. 5. Any person, or persons who shall drive a vehicle, or ride in a dis oidcrly manner, through the streets, or who shall ride on or place any ve liicle on the side walk, shall pay a fine, not exceeding two dollars and costs, or confined in calaboose, until the fine and costs are paid. Sec. 6 No person or persons shall keep a disorderly house, < r houses ot ill tame, any h use or houses that is inhabited by disorderly persons ol irn moral character, shall be considered a disorderly house, or houses of ill-lame, and any or all inmates of such house or houses, shall he consideicd the keeper or keepers of the same, and subject to the penalties of this section. And any person or persons who shall rent or cansc to be rented, any house or bouses, to bo used as disorderly house or bouses of ill-fame shall be considered a keeper or keepers of the same, any person vioalating this sec tion shall pay a fine not less than ten dollars, for each violation, or confined in calaboose at the discretion of the Council, Sec. t. Any rj/erchnnt, or'dealbr in any kind of Merchandise, who shall keep open doors on the Sabbath day or cause the same to he done; or trade or trafic, shall pay a fine of not less than five dollars and cost, or be con fined iu Calaboose at the discretion of the Couucil. Sec. 8. Any person who shall be guilty of any act of public indecency, or using obscene, vulgar, or profane language, oi of quarrelinpor fighting, or act in a disoidaily manner shall pay a fine not excel ding ten dollars aud cost, or be confined in the calaboose at the discretion of the Council. Sec. 9. Any person who shall make any unnecessary noise at night to the disturbance -f any of the citizens, shall be fined live dollars and cost. Sec, 10. Any person who may be found drunk and acting in a disorderly mauner, or lying down on the streets shall be arrested l>y the Marshal and confined in the calaboose until sober, and shall pay a fine not exceeding five dollars and cost. Sec. 11. Thai no person shall dis charge any kind of firearms, within two hundred yards of any occupied house, within the corporate limits of said town, (unless good and sufficient reason is given,) in di r a penalty of not less than one dollar, nor tin ic than five dollars. Sec. 12. The Commissioners may grant license to retail ardent s; irits in said town, on application made. All persons to whom they grant such li cense, shall pay to theCleik fifty dol lars per annum ; said amount to be paid quarterly All applicants shall give bond with approved security, in a sum not less limn five hundred dol lars, and take the oat!) required by law. Sec. 13 If any person shall in said town retail ar sell in quantil es less than one quart any ardent spi. ts without having obtaiued such lie ■ paid the required tax, given the rec ir ed bond and taken said oath he or .eu may be fined not more than one ne dred dollars and c st, or confiuc in the calaboose at the discretion o ft Council. Sec. 14 No license shall be traDg ferable. No license shall protect mor than one place and that place decide in said license, and no ardent spirit shall be retailed the streets of said town, any persons violating this sec tion, shall pay a fine not exceeding two hundred dollaes, or be confined in the Calaboose At the discretion of the Coun cil. Sec. 15. That every owner or pro orietor of a billiard, pool or bagatelle table on which billiards,pool or bagatel' is played, shall apply to the Clerk and obtaiu license, for which shall be [aid tea dollars per annum. Any person violating this section shall pay a fine of twenty-five dollars, and such hi! liard, pool or bagatelle table, shall be •object for the payment of such fie. PALMETTO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1873. Sf.c. 16. All persons who are en gaged in any mercantile trade id any kind, in said town, owners of livery stables, artists, and all others who trade upon the streets, without having paid a lax as merchants, And every proprietor * r owner of a hotel, or house of public entertainment, shall apply to the Cleik aud abtaiu license for the same. Which license shall he ten dol lars per annum, also every black smith shop, wood shop, barber shop, shoe shop, 1 uggy shop, cabinet shop and silver or gun smith ; the proprietor shall apply to the Cleik and obtain license, tlieref r, which license shall be five dollars per apnnin All law yers, doctors and denti ls, shall obtain license from the Cleik, fir cariving on their profe.- sion, w-bicli.,}: cense shall be five dollar.,, and executions may issue against any and all such prisons who fail, or refuse to obtain license herein, specified. Sec. 17. Every male citizen liable to road duty, under the laws of th s state, and a resident of Palmetto, shall be subject to a street tax of three dol lars per annum, to be paid into the town Treasury by tlie Ist day of April in each year, all persons subject to aid tax, and lefusing to pay by liie required time, shall be subject to double lax, with costs of collection by execution Sec. 18 It shall be the duty of the Clerk lo receive from every person in said town, a list of their real estate and its value, he, she or they may have, or hold in their own rights or the rights of another person on Ist day of June in each year, and return llio same to the board of Commissioners, by the Ist da\ August thereafter; and should any per son fail, or refuse to return tlieii real estate at its value at the time specified, or shall returu it at less than its real value, on such information being had by the board of Commissioners it shall be their duty to appoiutthrec free hol ders who shall assess tlte value,of such real estate as may be neglected, or fraudulently returned, and return the same to the board of Commissioners And all property assessed and returned by said free holders, shall be double taxed. The board of Commissioners shall levy such a per cent, on the the property, given in as they may deem right and proper, for defraying the necessary expenses of said town. And the Marshal shall collect the taxes so levied, by the fifteenth day of Octo ber of each year. Sec. 19 No blacksmith shop or plank k’.ln, shall be erected yilhiu feet <>f any dwelling house,' store house, or other buildings of value, within the cor porate limits ol said town. Nor shall any house be occupied us such, unless made fire proof; any person violating this section shall be fined not less than ten dollar*, and the plank kiln, or shop shall be subject to the payment of said fine and cost. Sec. 20. The commissioners may pass such rules as they may beeni nec essary for the government of the board, and such rules shall be record ed by the clerk, in a book to s be kept for that purpose, an and such rules shall be strictly adhered to at all regular and called n cetings. Sec. 21. No peddler or t: aveler shall offer for sale any goods, wares or mer chandise, within the incorporation limits of said town without first oh tabling i. m the clerk of Council a li cense, f or which she or they shall pay the sum of five dollars, and clerk’s fee, for each cud every day, be she or tlu-y shall offer any goods, wares or mer chandise for sale, any persen violating this section, shall be fined not exceed ing ten dollars or be onfined iu calu boos. , at the discretion of the Council Sec. 22, All shows or exhibition ol animals, slight of hand, legerdemain tricks ol auy kind, owners t>r pro prietors of same shall pay a license, sot exceeding twenty-five dollars, for each daay’s pei form unco, any person violating this section, shall pay a fine of fifty dollars and costs, or be con fined in calaboose at the discretion of the Council. Sec 23,, If any animal thall die in said town, it shall be the duty of the Marchal to notify the owner, of such dend animal, to remove the same out of the incoiporale limits of said town and upon 'failure or refusal of said owner to do the same, within ten hours after being notified by the Marshal shall pay a fine of five dollars and the Marshal shall cause the same to be re moved at the expense of the owner. Sec. 24, If any persou or persons shall resist the authority of tile Mar shat or molest him in the performance of his Jofficial duties, be or they shall pay a fine, of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars, at the discrc tion of the Council. Sec. 25. In case of distuibance of the peace in said town, the Marshal or any one of the commissioners, may Summons to his aid any uumberof citi zens, of said town, and any citizen fail ing or refusing to obey said summons, to render the assistance so required shall be fined a sum of not less than ten dollars, nor exceeding tweDty-five dollars. Sec. 26. No person or persons, with in the incorporate limits of said town, shall bet at any game of cards, or game of any kind, any person violating this sect 'on, -shall pay a fine of not less than five nor exceeding twenty five dollars, or be confined in calaboose at the discretion of the Council. Sec 27. Any proprietor of any pool billiard or bagatelle table, allow ing any person or persons to bet at any game played on same or allowing bet ting at any g nne of cards or other games of any kind in their own h use or houses occupied l.y them, sh-tll pay a fine of not less than twenty dollars, nor .exceeding fifty dollars, or confined in calaboose at the discretion of the Council. Sec. 28. No person or persons, shall within tt e incorporate limits of said town, play at any game of cards, mar bles or game of any kind, lor amuse ment or otherwise on sabbath. Any person violating this section, shall pay a fine of not less than five nor more than fifty dollars, or confined in cala boose at the discretion of the Council. Pec 2tKProm and after the adoption of this section, it shall be the duty of the Marshal to take up all ho: ses or mules running at large iu the town of Palmetto, and keep them at the expense of the owner, until the owner pays a fine of fifty cents. Sec. 30 All dealers iu ardent spir ts are forbidden to sol! any spirituous liquors on the Sabbath, or keep open doors. All who violate this section, shall be fined a sum not exceeding ten dollars, or imprisoned in the calaboose at the discretion of the Council. Sec. St. So much of section 15 of these Ordinances, as pertains to the amount of tax levied on Billiard Tables is hereby repealed,mid the tax per annum on such tables, from and after this date, shall be twenty-five dollars. Sec. 32 Be it further ordered that all wine ses summoned by the Mar shal to appear before the Council, to testify, shall be fined not exceeding twenty-five dollars, or thirty days con finement in the Calaboose for contempt if they fail to appear., Sec 33. Any person who shall be guilty of using fire-works, of any dis cretion, within the incorporate limits of Palmetto, shall be fined five dollars or imprisonment in C iTabooEe, at the discretion of the Council. MARSH Al ’S FEES. % For serving Summons each case 25 els For each additional copy, when there are more teaii one defendant, 15 cts. For serving Subpoena on witnccs 25 cts For taking boiid tb apppear before the Council, $1 00. F r attending trial, 25 cts. For serving fi fa, 50 cts. For making deeds to real estate o‘ personal property when requested, $2 00. Ejecting occupants of houses of ilfame $2 00] Foi arresting persons and confining iu the Cal iboose, $1 00 For arresting and bringing before tlie Commissi, nets, $1 00. For receiving prisoners in Cala boose, 50 cts. F r dieting prisoners per day 50 cts. Foi settling fi fa. if paid before Bale $1 OC. For collecting tax on real esate 2Jpr ct CLERKS FEES. For issuing License to retailers, $1 00. For taking-Bond, 60 cts.. For issuing License to Auctioneers, $2 00. For issuing license, to Shows other preformances,s, $1 00. For issuing all other License requir ed by Ordinances, $1 00. For each case tried by Council, 5.0 cts, “ issuing fi fas, 50 cts. “ every Subpoena ticket, 15 cts. ‘< B jgniug instruments of writing when it be COfnea Necessary for clerk’ B official signature,sl,oo. For receiving tux returns, on real es tate 21 per cent. Council for .873 W. W. Floyd, Chairman S. Zellars, Treasurer, 0 T. Smith, Thus. H Menefee, T. D. Longino, T W. Hood, Marshal, E R. Thornton, Clerk. A Well known bald headed bank, er, who always pries himself on being a self made man, during a recent talk with a friend had occasion to remark that he was the architect of his destiny. „What a- did you s- say?” asked a friend who stutters. ” I say with pride that lam a self- made man that I made my self. Hold, interrupted a Iriend, w-while you were m making yourself, why the dickens a- didu- t t you p put some m-m-more h-liair on the • to top of y- y ur head?” I.ITB3AL ANSWER. A lady noticed a b.y spr liking salt on the sidewalk Intake off the ice and remaiked to a fiie and, pointing to the salt: “Now that’s benevolence.” “No, it ain’t,” raid the boy, some what indigoaiitl":t. salt.” So, when a lady asked her 8 rvant giil if the hired m >n cleaned the snows off with alacrity, she replied : “ No, tna.arn he used a ah< v< 1 : The same little turn of mind which we hav been illustrating is sometimes used intentionally, and thus become the property of wit ins lead of blunder. Thus we hear ol a very ( elite aud im pressive gentlemin who said to a youth in Hie street: “B.*y, may I enquire whe;e Mark Robertson’s barber shop is?” “Certainly,sir,” replied the boy, very respectfully. “VS’ell, sir,” said the gentleman after waiting awhile, “where is it ?” “I have not tae least idea,” said the urchiu. There was another boy who was ac costed by an ascetic middle-aged wo man: “Boy, I want to go to Dover street ’’ “Well, mu,am,” said the boy “why don’t you go’ then ?” One day at Lake George a party of gentlemen strolling among the beautiful islands on the lake, witti b ad luck, c-s pied a little fellow with a red shirt aud straw bat, dangling a tins over the side of a boat. “Hallo, boy,” said one of them, “what are you doing ?” “Fishing,” come the answer. “Oi course,” said the gentleman, “bnt what do y< u catch ?” “Fish, you fool l What do you sup • pose ?” “Did any of you even see an ele phant's skin 1” inquired a teacher of au infant class. “ I have,” said one. “Where ?’ a ked t lie teacher “On the elephant,” said the boy, laughing. Sometimes this sort of wit degene r ates, or rises, as the ease may be, into punning, as when Flora pointed pen sively lo the heavy masses of clouds iu the sky, saying : “I wonder where those clouds are going ? her brother replied : ‘I thiiik they are going to thun der” Also the following dialogue : “How do you 6ell your wood ?” “By the cord.” “How long has it been cut j” “Four feet.“ “l meat how long has is beeu since you cut it “No longer than it is now. Aid al-o when Patr ck 0 Flynn was si en with his collar bosom sadly be giimmed and was indignantly asked by his officer; “Patrick 0, Flynn, how long do you wear a sliiit? “Twenty-eight iuches, sir !,, This reminds one of an instance which is said to hive occur ed ;n Chatham street, New York, where a countryman was clamorously beseiged by a shopkeeper : “Have you any 'shirts ?“ asked the countryman “A splendid assortment. Walk in sir. Every slyle. The cheapest iu II e market sir." “Arc. limy Clean? “To be sure sir. “Then, said the countryman, with great gravity, ** ,o i had better put on one, for yo r.itd it. A lady was told the other and iy by a traveling gentlemen (traveler, you know, are proverbially given to fab licationt that every lady who bad a small m .uth was provided with a hus band by the Gove, nmeut. “ Itli i t pothible?‘*saiil the lady, making her mouth as little as she could The gen tleman added, u that if she had a large mouth, she was with two husband* “ M-y-g-r-a-c-i cn-s," exclaimed the lady, at the same t ime throwing her mouth open to the full extent. The gtn tlcnian become much alarmed m.ide his escape, aud has not been li card of since. A New England paper,, relates the f Bowing:” A couple of girls put 0 bnll frog ia a hired man's bed to see if they could not get him to talk Daniel threw the frog out at the window and never said a word. Soon after he put a half bußhel of chestnut burr 8 in the girls’ bed, and about the tim e he thought they would make lea-t shadow,. Daniel went to the door and r at ied it furiously. Out went the candle and in went the girls; but thay dida't stick, thought the burrs diff. Calling to them, he beggerd them to be quiet, for he onley wnted to know jf they had seen any thing of tha l pesky bull frog. He'd gin two dollars, tew find it." It is difficult to say which is th most inspiring, the tap of the druna o a keg of fresh lager beer. NO 40. TO SECURE MUTUAL UAIVINESS. Happiness b twen bush.m l and wife can gnly be secured by that const mt tenderness and care of the parties for each other which are based upon wa in and demonstrative love. The lieait de. mauds that the rnan shall not sit re. ticent, self- abiorlied, and silent in the midst of bis family. The women who forgets to note and provid : lor her Inis, band,s tastes and wishes, renders her home undesirable for him. In a w it@,i ever present and ever- demOusti.Uivol gentleness must reign, or else starves. Noth ng can be in >re pn>V.iking th hi hinder a questioner for e:p lan nib n when you cannot help him A h inter in a furious hurry after game called our to a gawky youngster. •'Hellow, hoys, did yon see a rabbit ci >ss the road here just now?” A rabbit?,, ,Yes, be quick a rabbit. Was it a kinder gray varmint. yes. A longish creetnr witli a short tail yes be quick, or he,II get into his, hole, had it long legs behind, with big ears. Yes. And sorter jumps when it ruin. Yes. ' . , Well, l huiiit seen n > such ere* lei* A novelty of s'liciJo is repi.to I from Paris. Two elderly lilies, a:s lets, M.'sd ones C.destine mi l J ulio Rate!, were discovered dead, both having swallowed a strong <1 >*j of laudanum. Too reason of this family fdode.se is curious—b itii elderly Lt. dies were in love w-tii the same young an. Il he. too could have been persuaded to joiu iu thjr near loves sacrifice, it would have been still more complete aud interesting; but. then it is highly probable that the y<> nth was in love with neither Celestiue nor J nlic. Matters go awry that way usually. A temperance lecturer diseaniin g syr the snperioi advantage ot cold water remarked, When the world hud become 1 so corrupt that the Lord could do noth ing with it, i e was oblige! to give i t a thorough sousing with cold water Ye s, replied a present; lut it killed e ery living critter on the face of the earth. A western editor lately gave- notice that he intended to spend SSO for.- a new head,, for iiis paper 1 Thcajext day one of his subscribers droppe I hint the following note: „D >n,t do it 1 Bet' ter keep the money and buy a ue-w bead f- r the editor 1 „ A nmu sent e note to a rich, n ;ig'.c borwith whom he was on friendly terms to borrow au asp for a few h >tir* 1 'i'■ ■ worthy old man was no scholar* a.> ' happened to have a guest sitting wil.i him at the time, that be did not wis.fi to expose bis ignorance to 1 Opening tile cote and pretending to read it, after reflecting a moment, turned to tlie ser. vant, Very w. 11, says lie, tell your ma ter that 1,11 com myself, presently, Our country, it is said, has had but one black eyed President. That was General Harrison 1 Do try to talk a little commur souse, exclaimed a sarcastic young lad'y to a visitor Ob!. as the reply, b-u* thus would be taking an unfair a ad vantage of you, ■ - -♦ ♦ .i .. ii. A wise old gentleman who kuevr all about it no retiring from business-gave the following sage advice to bis son and successor: “Common s use, niy son, is valuable in all kinds of busi ness, except love tnakiog.” Sniffles says we are likely 10. have an early spring as tile bark ou tbu north side of the dog is thinner tli iil usual. A ji'dgE, iu retuaiidiug a crfiahial called him a scoundrel. The prisoner replied : “Sir, I am uot as big a scoundrel as your houor,” )e the culprit stopped, but finally added.— I kes me to be. “Put your worda closer together, said the judge. A colored preacher, m uiscoursiag to bis people on the efficacy of earnest prayer, delivered himself iu this man ner: “I tell you brederti, “is- prayed that gibs de debit and locked jaw.** How to make a hot-bed—Go to sleep itb a lighted cigar iu your mou