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WEDNESDAY, D. 23, 15. B. S. D'NKNS, Editor. CQUNTY TAXES. Again the saue odd story is repeat ed by the County Cownissioners to claiiants, "we can't pay your clims. there is no money in the Tre"asury. Their story is too true. rom the tax. levy of the last fiscal year the Treasur er his reported but $5,3% to meet a registered debt of over C7,G1. This deficit, to pay which there is no prospect, is largely due to pers)ns in narrowed circumstances, who no doubt have depended upon what is owing them by the County, to meet' pressmng debts, or perhaps supply them the necessaries of life. Is it wisdom or economy for the Commissioners to contract these obligations when thc means of meeting them is clearly want ing ? Is it just to entice men who ie pend upon their daily exertions procure a livelihood for themselves; and families, with promises of remun oration, to spend their money and time for the County when to compensate them is imposible? No! Bettcr let us stand still and every nian's law anJ protection be his will and ability. The present state wcld be less de plorable, but for the fact that for sev eral years past, owing to the inisnuiu ciency of the tax for ordinary County purposes, heavy balances lave been; accumulating until our finances are nearing a condition unsurpassed by the dark period ante to "76.' A speedy and radical change has be come necessary, or comiplete bankrupt cy and demoralization will be the in evitable result. By means unknown to us, the current expenses must be curtailed, or then the ordinary tax be made equal to the dewand upon it. As we now stand the Commissioners would act in accordance. with law and right, were they to refuse to contract debts further than they are assured the tax levy will liquidate. More might well and properly be written on this subject, but we have no doubt that with their experience and the light before them our Legislators ill fail to see that it is a paramount duty, they owe to their County, to pvide against this evil in the future. Lien Law. Farmers and merchants have been watching with keen interest the action of the General Assembly in regard to the Lien Law. A strong effort was made to procure its repeal, and a bill to that effect met the approbation of the Lowei House by a large majoritv, but was vetoed by the Senate. The following bill by the latter body is the . legislation on the subject to this time: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa'ives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by -the au thority of the same: SEenoN 1. That from and after the .e of this Act the landlord shall vea lien upon the crons of his ten ant for his rent in rprefei-enee to all other liens. That laborers who assist in making any crop shall have a Jien thereon to the extent of the amount due them for such labor next in prior ity to the landlord, and as between such laborers there shall be no prefer nce. That all other liens for agricul tural supplies shall be paid next after the satisfaction of the liens of the land lord and laborers, and shall rank in otherrespects as they do now under exsting laws. SEC. 2. That no wvriting or record ing shall be necessary to create the -liens of the landlord, but such lien shall exist from the date of the con trac, whether the same be in writing or verbal. SC. 3. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with or supplied by this Act be, and the samno are hereby, This inno wise affects the rights of the landlord or laborer, and all that ba been accomplished is to open wid :sr the door for fraud. The Lien Law aa provided food for many and per. %aps made as many more homeless. At any rate it still adorns our Statute ook, and the wisdom of the Senate would have been as unquestionablc had they allowed the matter to remaim i aatu quo. JORDAN PENCILINGS. Mr. Editor: Our vicinity has been very devoid of any local news, of an exciting nature, since the daring and bold-faced robberies committed on the 4th inst., by three black villinious gedan account of which has already ben published in the Turns. A negro boy, who lives near Jordan, has twelve toes, six on each foot. He has an aunt who has eleven toes. Is this a freak of nature, evolution of the toe, or just a multam-toe breed ? ,Mrs. J. M1. Sprott has received a box of very large oranges, a present from a cousin, Mr. Samuel E. John son, who left Jordan, for Florida. last winter. Mr. Johnson writes that he is well pleased ' he Peninsula State, but his heal not as good there as here, and 'e~ets to return to Jordan next spi' The Magic LanteiW enes, exhibit ed by Prof. Lanham on the evening of the 12th, were skillfully execut ed, taste fully selected, and aptly displayed, but, as the evening was very cold, the spectators were not numerous. Miss Laura Burgess has been spend ing some time with her sister, Mrs. L. L. Wells, at Jordan.. Hog cholera is unusudy prevalent and its ravages are ser-ious iand wide ly disseminated. It seems, irom the speedy work of havoc the contagion is doing among the swine of some farm ers, that it is a malignant type of the infection. Mr. Jos. Sprott, Sr., has made forty three gallons of excellent wine, and tt~e vines from -which the grapes were atheed cover less than one-eighth luerative busine.s than rVising cottoni Mr. and Mrs. 'William Brown, ofi Sumter, are visiting :il' thire atives at and near .Iorden. reo Jordon, Dec. U. "-Z FRMDEETSFRoM Z!R ST 3- 1 Mluch pre ar ion is. ig ad the "ClIrist'ire which I madie mention in a O lCr. As addi tional ClVi: r t youn gen tlemen "f ('u 'esire to et up a tournam. u a:d wm,.d 1he pleased to have y'una.tlemen of surrounding couni v i . hould anv desire so .t will communiete with Mr. C . n before the 2:Tr inst. r . .loy is wonderfuilly i p ns dweingI , w hich will be, when ':mpeted as per his plans. one o01the ie buildings in town. Other improvements are being made in m: ern pasof the town. Our thorough-going and entcrpri ing citi::en and luberman Mr. R R .tundius is moving his mill fromx the woos-about two and a half mi to the town--and expects soc'n to be able, by attaching otuer maeC:iiuery, to furuid lumber ready titted for the builders use. I suppose von have seecn from the papers t'a t here is an efo rt being ie ic to incorl)oratu Foreston. TIS i it h ld be. as our citizens abst without pro.etion, and ths beIng a considerableC tr-ole centre Lm"yprsoNs of :l. classes congregate here on Saturdays and other public uavs. \ jusfice i:: still needed and wanted here. Our citizens ntve amn n t'ionled the Legislatare. As an evi deCce of tis need we cit a caC. A ie'ro calling h, aselfill Young, stole a pair of pants from Mr. Sprott, and susnicion pointilg to him so strongly, he confessed and upon being allowed his choice of V stripes or be indit ed. took the ilgging. .This choice I should not have been given, and wonkd not were it not for the distance and expense of going to Manning. 0th ers milght be cited but enough has al ready been said to satisfy any reason able person that Foreston is without suilicient legal protection. Our visitors are many-among whom we note for this week-Mr. J. A. M. Cannon, formerly of this place, now of Ga. Mr. Cuningham, of Wil liamsla'ry H:rald.' M1r. Nettles, of the Clar a E -rjse. 3r. J. C. Laii ham, of Summnerton, and others. By the way, we hear that the "Magic Lau tern" entertainment given by the last named gentleman. on the night of tie lith ilst. was quite pretty and also a success-but as we wcre not favoredl with a conpl Vu' we refuse to pufil it much. We have also heard that Mr. L. has fallen in love with F'oreston and is likely to be lost to Surumeton. Cremation Again. The United States crematory, which has just been completed, is on a hill, at Fresh Pond, L. i, about 10 yards from the railroad station. It is of wh'ite marble, 17 feet high, :30 fe wide, and 70 feet long. The retort for burning the bodies of the dead is in a room in an. adjoinine building. Iu this room tfie body intended for inci eration will be laid in a cofriin-shaped eraddile made of chilled Norway iron bars. The cradle will be placed upon the rollers of a movable frame, which Iframe will be pushed also on rollers up to tho furnace and projected through the furnace door. The cre mation of a body will require at least two toils of cotl. Tests have been made with the bodies of hogs, live! hundred pounds in wveigtht, which have been reduced to ashes in two minutes. A large number of bodies have accu nmulated awaiting the finishing of this crematory. The expense of funerals will be reduced to a maininum by this means of disposing of the dead. In stead of elaborate marble shafts and mausoleums, the ashes of the departed will he preserved in urns, upon which will be graven such rerds as the frends wish to preserve of the dead. A -ll this~ seems, as indeed it is, the re .ial of heathen or pagan burial, bgut then, in all our graveyards are ronun iscences of the ancient religions. The uprigh~t shaft, so commion in our cemne teies, ILntdaUe the Egyptian pyra i ds and is emblematic of a worship which flourished centuries before the Christian era. .Jav Gould hats prepar ed a miausoleam for himnsdf at \\oo' - lawn Cemetery, near New York City whc saclose reproduct ion of the Corinthian temple, which dates ba k to ancieut Greecee. A muode rn exap of it is to be found in the Roman C.th olic church: the Madeiue of Paris. Nearly every form of tombh used i our Chbristiau churebyards has its pro totype in the cities of the dead, wich' antedates the Christian era.-Fr. m A FRIENDLY L ETTER. FFTu AvExue: Ham '. Y. *A ugust I, 188. To Tim Sin I '.j' *Co--.-Cen ae men : our rcfeedy is certainly one of' the great -.lscoverie of the niueteenth century. For eradicating blow oil son it has no equal. A friend wh~o had been a great sufferer from tht disease, contracted during the war o. will be~ gld to knowv ha:, by the ue of your remnedy, cleansed his sy te* entirely of that and miercuil rhcmaini, so that his skin an tongue and breath are as pure a. chid' without the least taint. He dires me~. t to say this to you, and to Ithank von with all the sincerity of0 grateful heart and healed body' for giving p~oor, frail humanity so ei'eciive a remedv for a disease hitherto regard ed incurable. Let every one smimar ly aflited take your remedy, andt they surely will be weh again. In his be half,~and to encourage others, I glad lv write and sign this. - Very respectfully, L.Waxrr1: Syzrs. (I s)'1i*' t~me a" of a1' C tfleet. w1rios V(11!1 bi.s o1nne, 1 iptouii>. T'en_. ni lc-r dtv of *tw* S MyT cancer i., cn ic.', gonc" leaviflTUI n1~ a vC little efi . There is a -enl main i thi~s vi ifllty AVho W.1': p'It a IIIV iti iiI 11atisnt, Who at rn; sn1;z-(eitiOii took ~.~.S. H.C 11 0 cntjre(ly cu1 ..i LLeiVC andi a,)(- to at i ' ud to all kindls 'iMc. with unuch stI.dsfcu and ' hir g~reat reli(,f? !:or Sale by- all (lragzists. Fois ou Dloodl and Skin])'iis nail -d froe. - THE SIFT SPECIFI1c Co., D~rawer 8,Atlanta, G N. Y. 1.57 IV 2*0rtl St. SHERIFY~ f ~ 3A)q LES.T T) i~lzT. T-;(;LL & Co. ~,r~o~r fi .iYo Yor.p vir'i of -milor- 1" i'i 'it Of th e M 0rt,, L', o i w -1,t . 1. 1t.- .t. 'ho 1! ;M . r -z t h- C . ii. 1! "10' I 'i 'i u r'1 0 (o1- iC0 ro tr o',n cooolii- k, 7v th ,.'Itxyt oa. oe J n orso ti l t . t( l".C ol c Iogn to ~ o~~ 1ii! I' !.nT' vt~rso :-. n- i i. c.,E E~ DCC"i. nh 01~ .1,o An I . k - tir. tol C. r CA~. ) Sp,)4, rop-ar. 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L : C 00.I A E -. :: t A Acids, 1,;ft. u. tonll - Me ottom 4ues-ca Goods. ree GUARATEPREP RED To last LONG ER tim an v~red Pt 0r'atiy Paint HIS M ixe A- Pure White the mo A R Li Fad, Pure exp Oe n I - si nwl O eed Oil P1aiter irm vd Pure If after anyv rea al lon hu of time it 'ouldi be proven Ifthe.~ m~ oiI Lead~. e~O~ oIt ) oh property as I has been paint. Wi i W!, at o Nr expense jith such White Lead or of r Pi s the property ower select. 7 77 TWOW dAgent. Dele inPAINTS, OILS, C LhASS & N. P. Constantir on hand a full supp1l of strictly pur PARIS GRIEEN. WITH BUTTON OLE -J R p __- e n rAr - oans O0,Wnoamhs n .mare~*, . ----lr St ionry - Ies Etc. at any hour.and ett -~ - o' ett 01. ble, - nola Urteder.id sh , -. Billinis n Pi Viegsg~' ss Tbles rr - anthe Dns "THE PAL AC'' is ide: ietidnajiin or o WMarch 4 sqarfre' ''-Cbe WneAe Ubil Marcrs square1 'y