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THo IM_ TLIIRS WEDNIESDAY, FEb 3. 1886. B. S. D!NKiNS ditcr. A WORD ABU! Or MISsioMERS. Our County Commissioners are a Sear old. The presuntion with the peope is natural, that with their prac ical experience they are wiser and more fufly able to discharge their d"ty as Commissioners, omitting the grave blunders of their first year in office. Like their predecessors they have contracted debts largely in ex eess of the appropriation by the Leg islature. The poor were fed and clothed, water courses bndged and %hvold bridges repaired, the machin ery of the County was kept in motion apparently the times were prospering. The paupers were happy, the saw and hammer were continuallv heard on the puie domain.' To the music of these evidences of prosperity we glided harmoniously to the day of recloning, when the Court expenses, the cost of the new bridges and the luxuries to the poor; all had to be paid. Then the crash came. The startling fact came to light that the County had again been plunged in debt. When ever the- Commissioners came togeth er they wcre besieged by an army of men clamoring for the money they hid -fuxnished the County and re muneration for the work they had done. In thus writing it is not our objec f6 censure the Board for this misert ,able state of affairs. Though mistak e*tin their duty, we -elieve, they act ed from the best motives, and besides they only followed in the wake of all former Boards since '76, which has been to contract obligations regardless of the wherewith to liquidate them. It is unneces'ary to repeat here, as the resultrof this injudicious manage ment, the deplorable condition of the Cuity fmances. With a years experience and the light before them, it is to be hoped that the scales have fallen from the eyes of the present Board, and that they properly understand the functions of their ofice. They are.4iJ.-stra . tos, cho . ple, to expedi nd a sum of money, appro pited by the Legislature, for the benefit of the County. At the begin Zing of every year they should en quire-into the tax levy, make an esti mate of what is likely to be collected, and then limit their expenditures to that amount For the present year the Legislature has provided a 4 mill levy to meet the current expenses. 'This levy on $I,600,000, the assessed valuation of the County property, will .raise in the neighborhood of $6,400. Now we wish to impress upon the Board that their duty extends no farther than the judicious disburse-! ment of the sum they have good reas on to expect will be realized from this 4 mill levy. The old bridges may fall to pieces or new ones demanded; the *wals of the poor Asylum may rever the poor shiver and die for the want of proper clothing, but unless the means are at hand the Commission ema have not the power to provide a remedy. Let the fault go to the door of those who are at fault, those whose duty it is to provide a suflcient tax to meet the needs of the County. LETTER FRO31 FLORIDA. DE.a Mat. EDITr: I promised to .write you an occasional Florida letter, and will attempt a first hasty compli ance to-night. .. There has been mnore.if out the State of Florida.-han any other State in t onil and no two writ 11 -ea( agreed in their opinions, many doing her more and many less, than justice. A calm and disinterest -ed consideration of her claims exhib its Florida as a country of strange an titheses. Superficially observed, seem 'ing an area of little more than des olation, but upon deeper examination, <Tlemonstrating an ability to maintain a large population by the diversity of -her resources and her splendid possi bilities. The fertility of the Hammock soil is wonderful, and althoug~h the orange industry has crowded out ev ery other enterprise, and seems to nb sorb all the wealth and labor of the* State, yet if the orange should prove ~-diuein the future the State still oe facilities-of the highest charac ter, ~san agricultural and stock coun try, thast renders her easily self sus taining, outside of her cityron fruit. Yet most of the fertile land is lying' idle-little bein'u cultivated except for the fruit and early vegetables. Some of the older farmers, who refuse .to run after strange Gods, still adhere! to the old way of making a living, and although their farming operations are carried on in the most primative, ante bell-um manner, yet they succeed splendidly. Candid men will tell you that it is the easiest country in the world to make a living in, nevertheless you~ find these very men struggling with~ dissatisfaction-because they do not -grow rich in a few years by orange groves. An intelligent farmer with a small quantity of land can easily sus tain his family by the products of his ply of beef, pork and poultry, all his vegetables, rice, syrup, and fill his cupboard with canned tomatoes and peaches, preserved figs and pears-be sides raise his long staple cotton for the "hoodle." In the above enumeration I have only inentioned products that are ac taallv raised here, and a6re comuon to most of the Southern States--and not such as are peculiar to Florida olue, and are yet in an experimental state, in the hope that foitunes may bc made from them. Our rich gener ous soil here is cmphatically mother earth--generous to the last degree when kindly used and when we re gard her surroundings of garden, orchard, and ield as our home. Large plantations have not been homes-but merciv machines for the production of so much material to be converted into gold, and the laborer has been a part of the machinery. So long has this been the case, that the old population of Florida have heretofore regarded the thrifty farm er from the North and West, work ing with his own hand, as little better th-an the neulo laborer-but all that has now changed, end the Florida planter is now glad to learn of the Northern methods and machinery for making erons. South-Florida is be ing rapidlv settled up by these thrifty voung fariners, from the North and 'West. Thev are an intelligent and genial people, prone to criticise every thing Southern-full of bombastic I-aperings, yet always willing to im part what they know, and they are teaching the people thrift and enter The negro here is like the negro everywhere, when intelligently guided, he is an excellent servant to the set tler, and as the number of farms and gardens are increased they are becom ing more and more distributed over the country, thus rendering them more tractable under the dicipline of the whites. This letter is not intended as a source of general information about Florida. In the future I will select such subjects as I think will most in terest your readers, and write them up. Such subjects, for instance, as the scenery and famous winter resorts, and the many mad freaks that nature has been guilty of in her ge ological formation of the State, the wonderful lime sinks, crystal waters of her round lakes, the sudden appear ance of large streams deep enough to float a steamer, out of the bowels of the earth, and their equally sudden disappearance-the weird deep shad ows of the dense hammocks where na ture makes all her own, and shades are eternally grouped-the sle ~ w and I am done. A man who finds it a terrible task to cut down one pine tree is not exactly thekiind of person to undertake the job of making a profitable orange grove without plen tv of money-whilst it is a work that cannot best be done by individual ef fort, even if men of the sturdy breed of the old pioneers engage in it, yet every lick made by the propriety, makes the grove that much the more profitable, inasmuch as it reduces the expenses and saves the interest on his money. I fear too, that the poetic vis ion of orange groves breathing per fumed air beneath ever sunny skies, have a tendency to attract settlers whose bands arc not accustomed to the helm of a wood choppers axe, or the handle of a ditcher's spade. rather thanthe sturdy fellows fit for pioneei- work. Florida has unquesticrably been made the scene of vast land-specula tions that will not bear examination, by which many have suffered, and many rascals have profited. Never theless it has advantagss that many visitors and settlers have found sub stantial, and the ill-success of a few misdirected experiments, while valua ble as warnings, ought not to preju dice people against a careful examini ation of the many and great advantag es offered by the State. Many have reaped already a rich harvest from the or-ange grove by honest effort and labor, and although, as yet, little more than experimental I believe that oranges will remain as they now are, the prime factor in the wealth and p.sperity of Florida. However as a bu~nhe gsar ing to the capitalist than to the poor. Let me close this rambling lettei, in which I have nicely succeeded in what I intended, viz. :tell nothing definitely-by saying for the benefit of those of your readers who may have interests in Florida, that the orange trees have been but little, if at all in jured, and the recent cold wveather, while it has been in a measure disas trous by driving away a great deal of, apital from the State, has, on the other hand, been of untold good in its tendency as a warning to the peo pl, not to put tlwir whole t-:ust in oranges alone-but to diversify their work, etc. WASH INtTON LETTER. WsHS~roN, JAN. 30, 1886. Eulogies of Vice-President Hen dricks, debates over the coming com mon wealth, Dakota, and executive sessions have consumed most of the time in the Benate this week. - An op portunity to do some much needed scolding was also taken advantage of by several aggrieved Senators. One of them lectured the Senate for ad orning over from Thursday to Mon day, as has been its habit of late, when there was so much important business on hand. He supplemented iis remarks with a resolution provid ing that hereafter the yeas and nays shall be called on motions to adjourn over a legislative day, thus putting the people's representatives squarely on record when they vote to waste Another Senator scolded the en graving clerks of the House of Iep resentatives for senling over to the Senate, bills made up of bad spelling. It was an offense, an insult to the lat ter august body that could not be for given. He congratulatcd the, Senate upon the good spelling of its emloy es, and the afnair was a kind of love feast at the expense of the House. Tbe debaic that has been inaugur ated in the Senate over the admission of Dakota, promises to bo long and interesting. The question has become a party one, and the bill will pass the Senate by the Republican vote. The Democrats count upon beating the bill in the House. They claim not to base their opposition upon a deni:l of the right of Dakota to statehood. They admit that in population, wealth, etc., the territory is entitled to become a s'ate; but they assert that the peo ple of Dakota have not complied with the legal preliminaries. It is prob able a compromise will be proposed in the Senate looking to the admission of MYontana, which is a Democrafic territory, along with Dakota. One plan suggested is to admit Dakota, Montana and Washington Territones. Dakota is Republican, Montana Dem ocra ic, and Washington is doubtful politically. The p-oceedings of the lower House of Congress so far, this week, have not been marked by any legislation of im portance, nor by any important de bates. Routine business and petty wrangles have filled its record. The demands upon the time of Congressman made by their constitu ents are such that most of them are under the necessity of employing clerks. The duties of these clerks are, mainly, to look after pension and other claims. It is now proposed to employ 325 extra pension clerks, (there are just three hundred and twenty-five members in the House) one to be assigned to the business of each Congressional district under the direction of the Representative of that district. Many members do not favor this plan, however, and prefer to deal with the matte Crsman's lot is not a per TfectlV easy one, as will be seen by som c samples of information they are expected to furnish their constituents. A Western member remarked, holding some freshly opened letters in his hand, "If there is any thing in the world that my people do not write to Congressmen about, I *ould like to know what it is. Here is a letter from a citizen in fhy district, who re quests me to write to the American minister at Rome to send him an Italian queen bee. Here is another from a woman whose husband left her seven years ago, and she has not heard from him since. She asks that* I find out his present address at the census office and send it to her." The question of abolishing secret: session has again been up in the Sen rate, again met with opposition. The] opinion outside of the Senate is that very little business is transacted there in secret that might not as well be considered and acted upon in the presence of full galleries. A minor, but not a trivial consideration is the c.onvenience that open executive ses sions would afford to the thousands of people from all parts of the United States who come to W ashington to see Congress. Hundreds of them at a time, aggregating hundreds of thous ands in the course of a year, are hus tled out of the Senate galleries every day because a Senator desires to stop legislative business in order that - his -d Jones ' firme as postmasier at - Jonesville. The people feel disappointed, of course, and Senators themselves ac knowledge that there is a great deal of unnecessary interference with the comfort and convenience of visitors for very inadequate reasons. Busi ness seldom comies up that could not be attended to before all the world without injury to public or private interests. The State of South Carolina, CLARENDON COUNTY. L NDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A POW er of sale included in a mortgage deed e secuted by Pinckney Waities to C. E. . Ivy, on the 17th day of February. 1886-to secure the payment of a bond executed on that ay, anid recorded in the Office of Reg ister of MIesn~e Conveyance, for the County and State aforesaid, in voltume "31. MI.." at page 57. on the 17th day of Februalry 1885, which deed of mortgage and bond, for which it was given to secutre, have been duly as signed to me, Nicholas Stannea, and default having been made therein and there being past due upon said bond and mortgage the sum of Seventy-two and thirteen hundredths dollars, with interest thereon at the rate of ten per cent. per annum, from the second day of December, 1885, I will sell at pub lic auction, before the Court House door in M1anning, in the County and State aforesaid, on the first MIonday (being the first day) of MIarch, 1886, within the usual hours of sale, to the highest bidder for cash, "All that piece, parcel, or tract of land situate," (in said County and State) "and being near Wyboo Swamp, waters of Santee River, con taining Twenty acres, (it being the one-third interest of the undivided plantation of Ben jamin Waitics deceased, containing sixty acres, more or less, and bounded oL the North by lands of Peter Clark, on the .c~ast by lands of Josiah or Cyrus Brunson, on the N.uth by lands of Wesley Levy, and on the West by lands of Daniel James." Purchas er to pay for papers. NICHlOLAS STANNXEA. Feb. 1t, 1RMA. Grand Closing( Out SALE KIohn, Furcho-otti and enedict's The Balance Oour Is now offered EBelovw Cost ! wo1 blanketsl at 83.95845 and $5.50. 500 Pieces d ress goods at 9. 11,18,18 and1 F~iner goods at 50 cents on the 9Dollar. Chl~dren's Ciaaks and Havloks, ages 4 and 6 Years, at 2.00 $2.50 $3.00 and $3.50. 500 Balmoral Skirts at 34 and 56 cents. 500 Child's and Ladies' Knitted Jackets, Nubias, etc., at your own prnces. 100 pieces Wool Flannels from 12 cents, up. 5000 Gents' Undervests.. frpm 20 cents, up. 250 Shawls at 23, 48, 71 and 98 cents. 500 Pieces Pants Cloths. Below Cost ! Below Cost!! Domestic goods cheap er than elsewhere. Balance of Carpets, RuPiano { Canton Flan nels, Comn-s forts, Ladies' Wraps, Vel vets, Silks, Hosiery, And thousands of other winter GOODS, ALL BELw COSTr! BELOW COST! On account of the want of room for Our Spring importation. P. S -Evening silks, for Balls and Parties a . specialty. Come and see,' our wonderful Eargains with out fail. Resp~ectflly, EOHIN. FUIRCHGOTT & BENEDICT, CHARLESTON. S. C. m_ - L .:3 -a aa Do you herar a bie noise way r, good people ? TLat's us, sihout iug Happy New Year ! to our ten thous and patrins in Texas, Ark., La., -Iiss., Ala., Tenn., -a.N. C., S. C., Ga1.,9n Fla., from our Grand New Temple of Music which we are just settled in after three months of moving and regula ting. Hallelujah! Anchorcd at last in a manunoth building, exactly suited to our needs and inunense business. Just what we have wanted for ten long years, but could'nt get. A magniticent double store. Four stories an(d basement. 50 feet front. 100 feet deep. Iron and PIate 'lass front. Steam heated. Elec tric light ed. The Lrgest, Finest and most complete House in America. A fact, if we do say it ourselves. Visit New York, Boston, Cincinnatti, Chicago, St. Louis. New Orleans, or any city on this Continent, and you will not find its equal in size, impos ing appearance, tasteful arran gement, legant fittings, or stock carried. BUSINESS And now, with this Grand New Mus ic Temple, afiording every facility for the extension of our business; with our :200.000 Cash capital, our $100, 000 stock of Musical wares, our eight branch houses, our 200 Agencies, our army of employes, and our twenty years of successful experience, we are prepared to serve our patrons far bet ter than ever before, and give them greater advantages than can be had elsewhere, North or South. This is what we are living for, and we shall drive our business fromow on with tenfold energy, . 1W4h heart -iu uncere thanks to all natrons for their good will and liberal support, we wish them all a Happy New Year. Luddan & BSaISs Souther MUSic House Savannah, Ga. P. S. If any one should happen to want a Piano, Organ, Violiu, Banjo, recordeon, band instrument, or sheet music, Music book, picture, frame, Statuary, art goods, or artist's mate-ri ils, we keep such things, and will tell you all about them If you will write as. L & B. S. . H Wulbern & Pieper Wholesale Grocers, AND DEALERs IN Provisions, Liquors, Tobacco, Etc. [67 & 1.69 East Bay Charleston, AS. C. N.A. Hunlt& Co U7olesale BOOTS and SHOES Nos. 161 & 163 Meeting street Charleston, S. C. henry Bischofi Wolesale Grocers and DEALERS IN CAROLINA RICE CHARLESTON, S. C. 3J. NATHAN & SODEALER IN :arriages, Buggies, Harness AND WAGONS, ~Q'Meeting and Wentworth sts. CHARLESTO, g. o. Stono Phosph~ ESTABLIS" MANU1FACTURtE Soluble Gufai Leid Phosphate, Dissolved B KeeD always on hand for sal Kainit, (P Imported direct from Gern A high grade of Dried Blood, Ground Cotton Seed Meca M. I..e TRUM~BO, HINSOI actors and Commission Me: STOT BROWN'S JAN, 13. F. J. PEZER, President. ATLANTIC PHIOSPI 0I CHARLESTi Manufacturers of Standard Ecrtilizers AINIT. PELZEB T Jan. 13. Brymn' Wharf ESTAULISHED 1836. GA~aIiGTN, TiiMAS & CO., 251 King Si. CfAR.LEsrox, S. (. Wathes, Jewelry, Silver and Silver plated ware". Special attention paid to Watch repairing. Jan 13. McGahan, Bates & Co. JOBBERS OF Dry Goods, Notions, Clothing, Nos. 220, 228 and 230 Meeting St., CHARLESTON, S. C. Dr H BAER, Wholesale Druggist, Nos. 131 & 133 Meeting street, Charleston, S. C. Dealer in Drugs, Medicines, Foreign and Domestic Chemicals, Glassware, Spices, Brushes, Essential Oils. Sur gical Instruments, Perfumery, Fancy Goods, SHOW CASES, of all sizes, and all articles usually found in a First-class Drug House. Prices low Quick sales and small profits. THE Wilcox and Gibbs Guano Co's High Grade Fertilizers. NTILCox. Grms & Co.'s Manipulated Guano, for Cotton, Corn, Tobacco, Wheat, &c. WILCoX, Gnii & Co.'s Superphosphate For Compostiug. -:o: We Lave in stock all the best varieties of Animoniates and Potash Salts. :KAINIT: Best German, of our direct Importa tion. Land Plaster, Best Nova Scotia. For sale at very low prices for cash, by the Wilcox, Gibbs guano Co. 148 Bay St., SfANAu, GA., and 78 (New No. 14fl) East Bay St. Jan 13. 6 t. CDLESTL, S. . George W. Steffens, WlHOLEsALE GROCER, Auction and Commission Merchant and LIQUOR DEALER. 197 & 199 East Bay, Charleston, S U. ? Agent for the Clayton & Ruhssel Bit ters and the cek . J S PINKUSSOHN & BROS Allegro Cigar Factory, 47 Hayne St., Charleston, S. C. and 1059 & 1061 Third Av. N. Y. Mantoue & Co. Manufacturers of Cigars, Importers and wholesale dealers in Liquors, Wines, &c. 155 East Bay, Charleston, S. C. Cigar Factory, N. Y. O RDER Your Seed Potatoes, Bananas, Orangew. Coena nuts, Apples and Fee nuts, full stock of Fruit always on hand. HENRY BAYER 217 East Bay., Chairleston, S C S, A. NELSON & Co. Wholsale dealers in BOOTS and SHOES, No. 31 Hayne St., C'harleston, S. C. Goods~ direct from the MLoufacturers. We guarantee to sell as low in prices as any house in our line in the Union. Jan 13 SJ R. MARSH.4LL & 00., J. HARDWARE MERCHANTS. 139 Mrrris SmrEr, Charleston, S. C. Sole Agents For STARKE'S DIXIE PLOUGHS, WAT T PLOUGHS. AVERY & SON'S PLOUGHS DOW LAW COTTON PLANTER AND GUANO DISTRIBUTORS. Iron Age Harrows~ and Cultivators, Roman Plough stock, Washburne & Moem's Galvanized Fence Wire, Cham pion Mowers and Keapers. AND WATSON'S TURPENTINE TOOLS Manufactured in Fayetteville, N. C. Every Tool absolutely warranted and if broken will be repiaced. Also Dealers In GENERAL HARDWARE, AGRICULTURAL STEELS Hoop Iron, Hors and Mule Shoes, Wood and Tinware, Coopers tools. Miners To.>s, Cutlery. Guns and Sport ing Articles. ~ade on application. Tom, S. O. lE D 1870 0, (HIGHLY AMMONIATED.) one, Ash Element, Floats SGelluine Ger111n otash Suits.) iany, for the Company. Fish Scrap, South Carolina Marl, LFOR SALE BY i MANNING, S. C. I & COMPANY, rchants, Cotton and Naval 3ES, WHIAIRF CHIARLESTONv S. C. F. S. RonGElis, Treasurer. TATE COMIPANT, 2N S. C.L md Importers <fPUCRE G EJR3fAX ODGERS & Co., Gen. Agents (:HA.RLESZ'nY R H E N R E i Z, DIMPORITER AND DEALER' IN Foreign a nd Domestic Fruit, Apples, Oranges, B1:manas, Cocoa nuts, Lemons, PineLpples, Potatoes, Onions, Peannut, Cabbages &c. S, E. crn r Meeting & Market Sts, Charleston, S. C. D. BENTSCHNER & CO. CLOTHING, Furnishing Goods and Hats FOR MEN, YOUTJHS AYD BOYS, 230 King Street, CIARLESTO.V S. C. TO THE PEOPLE OF CLARENDOY. Having made arrangements with the best distilleries, I am now pre pared to furnish my customers with the Purest Distilled Liquors .:o: My stock is now complete with the choicest branls of Whiskies, Brandies, Wines, Cordials, Beer, Ale, Porter, Etc. Etc. I have in stock a magnificent line of Cigars and Tobacco in which I defy competition. ? Liquors~ for Jdicinal pur poses, a -specialty. I also take pleasure in introducing the Kurnitz kie's celebrated Wire Grass Bitters; also the Carolina Ginger Tonic. These Bitters and Tonics are noted for their medicinal My Pool and Billiard tables AnE 4N-w AND FIRST-CLSS. Thanking the public for past pat ronage and soliciting a continuance of same, I remain, Rlespectfully, S. WOLKOVISKIE, AGT.. .Jan6 AFFLICTED SUFFER NO MORE. Dr. Howard's Family Mq[edicines are now for sale by JG. Dinkins & Co., at Manning. Liver, Kidney and Dyspepsia Pow lers. cures chills, pains in the baek and side, Liver complaint, dyspepsia, retention or suppression of urine, con stipation, nervous and sick headache price, per boxc 50 cts. Dr. Howard's Infallible remedy for Worms. Ex pelled :319 large worms from four children in Clarendon County, after using second dose. Try this great worm medicine, it is pleasant to take and perfectly harmless. Price per box 25cets. AGENTS WANTED To sell these great medicines. Address, Dr. J. MENTER HowiED,, Mt. Olive, N. C. PATENTS CAVEATS, TRD MARKS AND CDPYRiSHTS Obtai ned, and all other business in the U. S. 1Patent Office attended to for MfODER A TE FEE'. bend I[0DEL OR DRAWING. We ad vise as to paitenability free of charge;- and wve maike So' (7!AIN E UNLESS W E GB T.1I\ 1 AlTINT. We refec here to the Postmaster, the Supt. of MIoner Order Div., and to officials of the U. S. Patent Office. Por circular, advice, terms and references to actual clients in your own State or County, write to C. A. SNOW & CO., [)pposite Patent Office, Washington,D. C. C. Bart & Co.. IPOR~TERS AND WHOLES ALTE DEALERS IN FR UIT 77. 79 &~ 81 MIarket St. 'CJgARLESTN, S. C. NOTICE' Is hereby given that the undersigned nembers of the Mlanning Baptist Church iill apply to JTames E. Davis, Esq., Clerk of he C'ourt, for Clarendon County, on the 30th ay of January 1886, for a charter for said Ianin~g Baptist Church. W. .T TOUcznBY, T. A. BnADHAnt A. J. TINDAL, 1B. A. WALERn, W. JT. D.,NEI.S, D. J. BRnHAr, D). W. ALDEr3AuN, P. W. JAY.oE,' J. C. SrEzs. MIanraing, S. C., Dec- 28, 1885. M ACME PENETRATIVE. - T"~%~ POSITIVEL BURNS No crude petroleum. ' *te stmandA a& 5o,wll burnt, . / ROOTSANA.L, CR EEN OR DRY. 1enetr.tive SOburn1 Asent aasede N F.EC.Fros&CQA