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■ m n** w»v VOL. HL iiL DAIILINOTON, SOUTH CAliOLI^A, F1UDAY, AUGUST 17, 1893. NO. 51. CURRENT TOPICS. ™ . MEAT SUPPLY. WMAflfWrfcNOWANBWBAT YOU 8k«M liens of !■- lereit (o 1M Local in* General Sender. Mr. and Mrs. Moorhead is yisiting in Anderson. Miss Clara Ward is yisiting friends in Bpartsnbnrg. Mr. M. Bonnoit left on Wednes day for Asheville. Mrs. John D. Baird is spending a while in Greenville Miss Sadie Dargan is yisiting frietids in Spartanburg. Mr. Henry M. Smith has returned from the World’s Fair. Mr. R. I* Dargan has returned l ,yj8i* to Sumter. , ; Master Albert Woods has retained (ran a trip to Saratoga. Dr. W. W. Garner has returned (ran a visit to Kershaw. Mrs. A. 0. McFall is spending a (ew weeks in Greenville. Mrs. Hearon and Miss Mattie have gone on a visit to Ghariotte. Read advertisement of Columbia Female College in this issne. Miss Zada Hughson, of Sumter, is visiting Miss Rosa McCown. Miss Judith Hodges, of Sumter, is visiting Mrs. J. H. Sanders. Qapt and Mrs. Thompson have returned from Cleveland Springs. Mrs. H. A. Edwards is visiting friends and relatives in Anderson. * Mr. J. D. Tretathan, of Flor- enee, spent Wednesday in the city. Misses Beesia and Mary Lucas, of gotta? Hill, are visiting Mrs. Mrs. J. Mi Waddell and her two daughters went up to Cleveland Springs on Tuesday. Mr. J. A. Blackwell, of Williams burg county, is on a visit to his brother, Mr. J. W. Blackwell Mr. W» F. Early has returned ' (Tom the World’s Fair, and advises every one to go who can do so. Editors Waddy Thompson, of the Kews, and W. D. Woods, of The HibalJ), left on Wednesday for the Warld’s Fair. Mr. L Lewenthal left this week for Northern markets, where he will purchase his stock of general mer chandise. Messrs. P. C. Beck & Bro., are re ceiving a full line of staple and fancy groceries, and will convert their old saloon into a flrat-olass grocery. Mr. S. A. Woods has gone to New York to purchase his fall stock. He Will spend a few days at Saratoga Springs before commencing the Work of buying. There is a movement on foot to have a grand bioyde tournament at the race track some time during September! A meeting of the Wheelmen will be held to-day. The town authorities on Saturday made arrangements for the purchase ot a hook and ladder. The ma chine will coat $385 .and will have all the modern improvements and appl jgnees, Mr. I. Lewenthal has removed his Stock of general merchandise to old stand of Marco & Lewenthal, on the west side of the square, where he will be pleased to serve his friends and patrons. Rev. Edward McCrady, assistant rector of St. Matthews Episcopal church, at this place, has accepted u oatl to Trinity church, at Abl eville. He will conduct his farewell services at this place next Sunday evening. Mr. Walter & Parrott has opened a grocery store in the room lately oc- enpledby Mr. I. Lewenthal. Mr, Parrott will endeavor to satisfy the demands of the inner man, at pdoes to suit the times. The Enterprise Hotel is ofiered for nat, end possession given on Sep- fowiber 1, This is an opportunity (or some one to make money. The (cat is very reasonable, and includes the use of the hotel furniture. Read «*d w in another column. An excursion will be run to Rul gnrjnga, N. 0., on Thursday next, the 0,8.* N., Railroad. The : **<£*,; ticket from Lamar, Syracnse, Dar lington and Mont Clare will cost tl. The train leaves Lamar 8.05 i. m., Syracuse, 8.10, Darlington, 8.35, Mont Clare, 8.50, and return ing will leave the Springs at 6 p. m. Tie iisieVu Way The bureau of engraving and print ing is working two hours a day over time in an attempt to hastily supply fr<bHtinn»1 notes for circulation. In addition to its regular work this in crease of time will permit the issue of 180,000 notes a day, the face velue of which will be shout $1,500,- OQO. If the banks and government can keep this gait the currency fam- S lne will soon be a thing of history. This is encouraging; but the iznpor- remains, how is a per- of the supply without bumw**** 1 The Result af a Successful Contist •u the Florence Track. Durliugtou News. . , A good crowd atteuded the Flor ence bicycle races last Friday, thoogh the number was not as large as was expected. The contests wen- exciting and were watched with in terest by the spectators. The suc cess of the races reilects credit upon Messrs Trevatben and McCreight, under whose management the meet was conducted. The following is the result of each race: First raed, two mile open: Won by Clarence Kike, 8. Manne second, ll M. Norm.nt’s pedal came loose and he dropped out.- Time, 5.09 i, Second race, one quarter mile boys: Won by Paul Brown, Ernest McCullough second, Cephus Hill third. Time 35 seconds. Third Race, half mile No. 1 Ramblers: Won by J. E. Wingate, Platt Morgan second. Time, 1.18}. Fourth race, one mile open: Won by L. M. Norment, S. Manne second. Clarenoe Hike bent his pedal in a fall at the start and dropped out. Time, 8.88. Fifth race, half mile boys: Won by Carl Hewitt, Ernest McCullough second, Cephus Hill third. Time, 1.101. Sixth race, half mile: Won by Clarence Rike, A. H. Moore second. Time, 1.10. Seventh race,. one-quarter mile for purse: Won by Carl Hewitt, Paul Brown second. Brown lost control of wheel and fell off. Time, 381 teconds. As will be seen from the abofc the following Darlington boys won prisci; L M. Norment, silver medal; B. Manne, gold pen and silver match box. Ernest McCullough, bicycle bell and baseball; Carl Hewitt, bi cycle cap and $8.50 in cash. New Euterpriies in the South. Reports from the Southern States during the past week have been no table, not only for the number of new business enterprises but also for improvements to factories and other >lants already in existence. Exten- tons and additions qfe being made which would not be heeded except to meet the demands of increased business. Among these are noted the additional buildings of the Lang ley Manufacturing Company, Au gusta, Ga., which will give, employ ment to 350 more hands, and the additional buildings being erected fay the Reymann Company, of Wheel ing, West Virginia. The demand for municipal im- irovements is increasing, and the Manufacturers’ Record this week publiines requests from Punta Gorda, Florida, for estimates on an electric light plant, from Front Royal, Vir- K ia, for ice machinery and from tnklin, Kentucky, for a water works and electric light system. A partial list of the new enter- paises in tiie South is appended: Bower Mills, Missouri—F. G. El liott will open several lead mines. Key West, Florida—Smith,Curry & Co„ are building an ice machine plant. Lapidum, Maryland—Spencer & McGenigle are about to open a large canning; fretory. Abbeville, South Carolina—Work has begun on a locomotive found home and railway repair shops for the Georgia, Carolina and Northern rail rood. Ladonia, Texas—The Crews Lad der Manufacturing Company will begin the manufacture of ladders. Keyser, West Virginia—A. C. Scherr & Bro., are buildsng a woolen mill Greenville, Alabama—A canning factory is to be erected at Greenville for packing all varieties of fruit. Iverness, Florida—J. R. Biggs & Co., are about to open phosphate mines. Natches, Miss.—Dreyfus Bros., propose to establish a wugua. factory at Nate hex. Joplin Missouri—The Wyandotte Mining Company is preparing to open several veins of lead ore. Lynchburg, Virginia—John Katz, Jr., is to have a tobacco factory 60x 38 feet and three stories high. Houston, Texas—The Magnolia Brewing Association is erecting a bottling plant. The public schools of this coun try have 380,000 teachers and 13,000- 000 pupils. Mrs. Harriet Strong, of Whittier, Cal., last year imported pampas grass from South America to her rancho and raised three million plumes. They make handsome decarotions. One million of them were sent to the World’s Fasr. She has exported over 090,000 tc Europe. The State farm at Roanoke, N. O., employs more than eight hundred convicts, who have under cultivation about six thousand acres. There will be an enormous crop’this season. The corn field contains about two thousand acres, and will yield about one hundred thousand bushels; the WOES IT PAY TO KEEP SMOKE HOUSES IN THE WEST! well; that he sh 1 1 think about ibe' fellow Who told liis allimiced who wanted to fcnou In.w they would live after getting married, that if niie would fiirnifli the bread be would hustle mound and try to get the water. If only the water was to furnish perhaps we could that. The fact is, 1 know nothing that yields a larger or quicker income than the hog under fairly intelligent and diligent man agement. 1 do not propose to give directions for their care and treat ment. Every ,farmer of common sense can quickly learn this when lie makes np bis mind to try il I f 1 thought the neglect Of the hog arose from igwrotpee of liis proper man- an l it is not should have forced to ac- hogs had not .this summer, fc spring to a not long since sy were thriv- had not done them up in his it was a bod u he wigt off long explanation of what he going to do hereafter in the way of preparing pastures. Now I am aware he knew a dozen years ago that he could not raise hogs to profit without pasture, and yet neglected to give them one. If I tell you that hogs pay best when fed well from the beginning, amfkilled at an early age I simply tell you what you have often heard, aifd what you probably all believe. If I should say that hogs will eat anytlSug from a worm or a bug up to an ear of corn I tell you what all know. *Jf it be true that the man who knows his duty and does it not, shall be beaten with many stripes. Then it must be true that wc knew our duty in this mat ter, for we are certainly getting many stripes. For twenty-five years we have been taught by our Lest men that we were makiiig a great mis take m keeping our smoke-houses so far from home, and -yet through some strange hallucination we have continued to do it Where is the excuse for it? I hare sought dili gently for it, and have been able- to find none, save that of indolence. It is acknowledged by oil that the man who lives at nomj is^the sweeuful man. In iky- experience i Tiave felt better when my smoke house was well Milled. The high price of bacon th|p year has been a source of auxiouillare to many. To me it has been a source of profit that we should make it at. home, ,o not want to ’ b» understood to mean that we shqpld rely entirely oh 1 it, as many now do, for it is is mys tery to me how any one can consent to do without the cow. There hi been no time since 1 began busim that you could not find oows on place, and I hope there never will such a time. I do not esteem|tt cow so much as a pr«*jucer of meal, but uau producer of a substitute meat, for it is esi-eniu that you can make the meat consumption much leas if yon have plenty of milk and butter. I often hear men say they can’t afford to keep a cow. When I hear a man say this J just think he has aodght waftern bacoti’mitil he Is about busted or his mind has bcea impaired by the ovar*coiiRuniption of dried, salt sides. A farmer who cannot keep a cow is too poor for anything or too lazy to knock a fly off his nose. I do not know any thing that is easier to keep than a cow, nor anything that I regard S iqiptfwt a well-regulated itgSl.g Jersey oow four qforlfiT). I have had plenty question of simple profit and 'oss of TOifirVbid mi tier all tills li me, aud « Ti 1 » i Ikoir.i QJ Au Interesting Paper Rend by Mr. J, Mi. Beasley Before the Darlington Agricultural Society. Mr. President: It seems to me that this ques- tiou is a very truly aud important one. I cannot think of any qustion more closely connected with our nmterial prosjierity than that of our meat supply. Bacon seems to be an absolute necessity with our people, and many thousands of dollars are annually spent for it We talk about high tariff and? free silver and other monetary conditions that, J; hare no dotb^^sflect onr business unfavorably} bin no amount of financial legislation can give ns the snccesa we deserve as Iqug as we pur- soe the ptesent system of-raisiug cot ton to buy food supplies. I do not discourage such discussion, bpton the contrary think : * right and the duty of every man to interest him* self therein; but there are many qiv tions of farm management and pro duction just as important to us and os well worthy the serious considera tion of the most talented amongst us. Of these is the one now under discussion. I do not understand that yon mean to ask, whether bacon or same other meat is the cheapest for our section, for the hog has always been on? main reliance, ami probably alw»y» will be, eo that the real question seems to be, shall wc raise our own bacon, or continue to buy it from the West ern fanners? The argument has been frequently made that it is cheap er to buy it, but I doubt that many will be found to support this theory after the experience of this year. It is a humiliating spectacle to me to see a poor fellow take his little piece of bacon, bought at 16 8-3 cents, and trudge home fifteen or twenty miles behind a poor mule that has beeu plowed to death to make cotton to pay for the little piece of bacon. But more humiliating must it be to the man himself “to find when he gets to town that the bacon is out or his lien has expired, and he must go home empty and put his wife and children, m well os bimsel, on dry bread for a while. It scents to me that this practice of buying fropi abroad tas gone far enough. 1 can not beip HiWking that our people are being degraded by it I do not believe that a man can preserve a proper self-respect under existing conditions. We all know how humiliating it is not to be able to pay a debt,when it is dtfe. “The borrower is servant to the lender.” With the uncertainly of crops and prices we are often' sub jected to this unpleasantness, and worse still, we are often forced to ask for further help when we owe for meat pud bread that is eaten, up. Men, may come to the' front jjtbero they can stand this, fof it is suiS that “we can get used to anything,” and 1 fear that many of our people have already oome to it, but to Jiy mind it is a fearful condition to bn in. To say that It itiiles, ehterpalBC bml' pro gress is putting it very mildly. 1 believe it is a mill-stone about our necks, sending us deeper and deeper into the ocean of despond and degredation. Now, sir, I do not de rive this conclusion from fine spun thoories, but from cases of absolute distress that make my heart sick and that would make me helpless for the future, were it not for the conviction that we will yet see the error of our ways and amend them. So then I hold that it is rut TEMPORARY COIN. manhood and i ndcpendcnce. I know men who admit the fallacy of buy ing instead of raising their bacon, and yet continue to buy it. To say that tiiis course is the result of absolute laziness would probably be ptattfng it tdk -Strong. bu$ is certain that tne keeping of any kind of stock require* care and attention to details not agreeable to our ^indolent man. .A frieud once told mo that he knew it was cheaper to nuso horses than to buy them, but he was too lazy to raise them. lie said that they required attention every day, and he did not always feel like giv ing it to them. He acted on the t .rinciplc of doing little aud having ittle, rather than doing much and having more—a principle which, if adopted by all, will make any coun try a poor one. Nothing to me seems so poor as a plantation without slock—nogs, cat tle, etc. It has always been pleas ant to me to remember that my stock are always working for me. I sup pose there are people who have never thought of such thing. I call my hogs my meat factory and it runs day and night. The hogs furnish all the machinery, nature supplies I furnish haye sold enough of hor offspring to pay for bur twice. I have the cow aud a few calves now worth certainly al 11 hat I paid for her. W ith cotton w ed meal ami hulls there is certainly ho reason why a man shall not keep cows,* Now X am gifad to report that io tny community there is increasiug interest in both cattle and hogs, and I believe the time is rapidly coming when wc will not b* called cotton tote any more, and it would be a source of pride to me if I should know that the seme thing can be said of the whole county. Lily Langtry was t^e first woman to take naturalization papers in the United States and Mr? Wilier, who took the same step at Baltimore lost week, the second. HIE SCHEME OF SENATOR GOR DON, OF GEORGIA. Tv Relieve the Financial Strin gency in Fifteen Days—Sus pension of the State Bank Tax. There was a marked falling off i the number of silver petitions pre sented to the Senate on Wednesday not more than half a dozen being sent up for reference to the finance committee. Mr.- Gordon introduced a bill, and, before its title was read, went on to explain aud advocate it It nob he said, a panacea for all ills, but he Believed solemnly was enacted into law it Wdnld end the panic in fifteen days. That was a statement to which the Senate would agree when it knew what the bill was. It was a bill, not to repeal the ten per tax on State banks, but to suspend its op eration for six months. The effect of it would be this: The cotton crop was to be moved. Only yester day a telegram had been sent from the cotton centre w/th a request that something be done in the Trea sury to have bills of lading authen ticated changeable for money, or to have some course provided to move the cotton. The bill would enable the banks of Savannah, for instance (the cen tral port for cotton), to issue for the time being their individual notes. The programme was this: Bank A with a capital of $100,000, would issue notes to the amount of 80 per cent of that capital. There were six such banks in Savannah. All of them would endorse the bills of each. In addition to that, collateral security would be put up, This would be true us to all the State banks of Savannah, so that, within ten days, there would be at least $600,080 additional money in cir culation in that city. It would not be, perhaps, money; but would be the notes of the individual banks, and would be good for paying debts there and elsewhere. So it would be in all other cities. . If objection were made thst the repeal of the tax on State bank circulation would en courage the establishment of State banks, the reply was that no one would think of-taking a dollar of stock in a new bank that would be wiped out of existence by the expi ration of the provisions of the act. Only last night he had had a con ference with a large number of as able bankers as there were in the country, and they all were of the opinion that the circulation thus provided would relieve Georgia, Texas, Mississippi, and all the cot ton states within a few days after ranoval of the embargo on the t of the cotton crop. It matter of gigantic moment to states. The ban?s were to-day .telv not only without ability provide the money for moving the cotton crop, but they wore vkh- yut ability to command their own Tying on deposit in the city of New York. The checks wl 'oh *hey drew ou their own deposits iu the New York banks were paid in seine other way than in the circulating medium. JLTie bdl be introduced would sup ply temporary currency, which would pay every dollar of Indebtedness in any state that happened to possess it. There was no merchant iu any of the towns of that region who would not recognize the fact that notes of any bank to the amount of 80 per cent. of its capital wuiild be good in themselves. But, iu addition to that, the banks would have to put collateral, and the other banks would enuorse its notes. There was bet ter money iu the country than these notes would be. They would be equivalent to a shipload of gold, and would at once move the entuo cotton crop and relieve the commercial stringency. He asked the' serious attention of the Senate to the bill. While be knew that his remark that it would relieve the panic iu fifteen days was calculated top revoke a smile, he still undertook to say that it would re lieve the panic in Georgia iu ten days after its passage, it would do the same in every Southern State. They never had a defaulting bank in the city of Savannah, except when they were wiped out of exis- teme during the war. He asked the reference of the bill to the finance committee, and he asked that committee to report it buck promptly. If the last annual report of its attorney general be tfno the people of Michigan must be very depraved. He states that one out of every hundred of the State’s Inhabitants was arrested ou a criminal charge, while oue out of every one hundred ami fifty was convicted. luaremut luilftary cycle race, by retiys,' from Vwme to Kiageufurt, the water and r.i*. while the food only, and tha: composed the distance of 838 miles, was oov- largely of the crudest material, much qcd bt/{ddlIB eqiy pcd to &o cotton crop will be about one thou-i of winch without the hog would i nn tedycV Hamlai d, iti lf houn and 1 sand bales. More than thr e thou-1 to waste. ; niTOuR?, h rate of fourteen m.kfiati sand bushels of wheat have Teen If your cotton factory, sir, would hour. Tbisis twwrad A half miles harvested and the pea crop will work on the same principle you faster than the tijjjy qf tiie winnef amount to about ton thouiwnd would soon make » fortuut'. Whenpthcreceut oy|krj^} f tp buMl, Through Tars to Chicago and the World’s Fair. The Queen and Crescent Route*, widely known as the road running the “Finest Trains in the South,” in the field to carry everybody jrv^i the South to the World's FaiJ at Chicago. No part of the Southern country is left uncared for by. this great railway and its connections. The Through Car System is an admirable exposition of the wonderful capabilities of American railroading. From New Orleans and Birmingham Through Sleeping Cars run daily via Cincinnati to Chicago without change From Staeveport, Vicksburg and Jacksou another Through Sleeping Car Line comes to join and become a part of the magnificent Vestibuled Through Trains, which passing through Birmingham and the fa mous Wills Valley of Alabama, is joined at Chattanooga by the train from Jacksonville, Fla., Brunswick and Atlanta, Ga., over the E. T. V. & Ga. Ry., aud proceeds north over the beautiful Cincinnati Southern, through the grandest natural scenery and most attractive historical coun try in the world, to Oakdale, where two magnificent Pullman Cars are received, coming from the Richmond & Danville System from Charleston, S. C., through Columbia, S. C* the beautiful French Broad country, and Asheville, N, C., and Knoxville, Tenn., one car to Cincinnati, the other via Louisville to Chicago. The Sleeping Cars from Jacksonville, Sa vannah and Macon also run through to Chicago via Cincinnati without change, The time to Chicago is made so as to afford the most convenient hours for departures from the principal cities, and arrivals in Chicago, Passengers can purchase tickets good over one line north of the river, und returning via another if they desire a variable route without ex tra charge. Ur they can go via Cin- cinnat’, returning via Louisville or vice versa. Round trip tickets On sale at re duced rates. Agents of the Chicago line will, on request, assist in look ing up rooms or accommodations fox- visitors to the Fair. Everything that au almost perfect system can devise to deserve the praise and patronage of the travel ing public has been provided. Any of the agents of the company named below, will cheerfully give ail possi ble information or assistance. R. H. Garratt, New Orleans, La.: ]. Hardy, Vicksburg, Miss.; J. R. McGnggor, Birmingham, Ala.; E. T. Charlton, Chattanooga, Tenn.; W, D. Cozatt, Juuotion City, Ky.; D. G. EiLviuds, Cincinnati, Ohio, or any agent, of the E. T. V. & Ga. Ry. Patent for Trade Mark Refused. Governor Tillman has applied to the United States patent office for permission to use the palmetto as a trade mark for the Saach Carolina j dispensaiy whiskey. Tne ptent of ficers aie reticent on the subject and say that it ia u<»t prop,- In..- give out infuiuiuUoii concrii trade marks until they arc issued. Then-the subject is a public one. The facts in the ease are that some time ago Attorney General Townsend, of South Carolina, came to Washington, and it is reasonably thought now that his mission v.-ns to secure the trade mark desired. The examiner to whom the application was referred denied it. lie main tained that the statute provided for the issue of trade marks only to per sons, linns and corporations, and that a state is neither. Mr. Town send then applied to Commissioner of Patents Seymour, The brief sets forth that u trade mark is incidental to the right of I trade, and that a trade mark cannot be denied to a slate without- a •hni.v: f a Stale’s right i > tse (t then reasons that the right of •. state to trade is not disputed, and cites lh< J mail service, the Government curt;o! of railroads iu Germany, of tobacco in France and the wines iu Hnngr. v- The commissioner’s decision ns to whcthei the trade mark .ought shall issue will be made public w'thin a few dnye. Teachers' Association. The court house on last Satorday was filled with members of the Dar lington County Teachers’ Associa tion, In the absence of the presi* president, Mr. H. C. Burton was elected temporary chiirman. The first subject, “What is the best method of teaching the fundamental rules of arithmetic ?” was discussed by Miss Sue C. Burton, Miss Sallie McCall and A. J. A. Parrott. The second subject, “Is the use of the diagsam advantageous in teaching grammar?” was discussed by Miss Sue C. Burton. Miss Fannie Dul- rymple. Miss Mamie White uid A preparation or injections of car- others The thiid aud host subject, bolic acids are extremely dangerous. “Should history and geogi'.ipny be Try Japanese Pile Cure. Positivelvltaueht collaterally:’ was discussed ruarantead by Dr. J. A, Boyd. by Misces Burton, Utdwmple; Me *’ ■ \ !Call, Wnite riv’ SL. Parrott. The time for the' next meeting ON THE HILL HAPPENINGS AT THE FACTORY THIS WEEK. Personal Paragraphs Pertaining ta Visiting People—Improvements and Other News. Mrs. Rosa Smith is visiting her parents at Mullins. II. A. James aud C. A. Snllivr.n are at Chimney Rock, N. C. M r.'Js^W. Sutton is erecting a photograph gallery on Railroad street. Mr. Levi Pope and three of hia children are quite sick with the fever. Misses Ella Padget and Ella Bute Wl ler spent lust week with friends at Marveu, N. C. Chief Engineer Dickson has Just returned from a week’s vacation spent in Marion with his father. Mr. Bill Batten, of North Caro* lina, has returned to his home after a very pleasant visit to friends and relatives here. Mr. J. S. Melton and family have returned from Rockingham, N. C., where they have been spending a week with relatives. Mr. Tom Cook has moved his stock of merchandise from Mont Clare up here, and will hereafter do business in Garner’s store, corner of Railroad and Law street. ~~A SbuH Fire. A small bouse on Dr. McGirt’s place caught lire on Saturday, but watt extinguished before any special damage was dons, It originated ft a defioctive flue, and baa the Bro started at night the building would probably have been consumed. It the insurance companies would ro* quire their agents to have every house carefully inspected before taking a risk on it, fully tblwe-fOMthi of the {iref! that oc6ur could ho avoided, It yery often happens that a fire that results from carcleesneM or a defective line is charged to in* ccndiarism. It would pay the initt* runce companies five times over to have a careful and conscientious in* spector and to positively refuse to insure any building until it was givtft a careful inspection, The large rat* ' *• jority of architects are either igno rant or careless and unless they an made to put up buildings properly, fires will keep on increasing. Thi* is a matter iu w hich every property holder has a vital interest as every fire that occuis has a tendency to increase the rates of insurance. No good life insurance company will take a risk without having the ap* plicaut subjected to a rigid expmina- tion, and there is no good reason why a fire insurance company should not <h the same with reference to a building, ft is very true that wero this rule adopted a good many build ings would be uninsured, but this would be the fau, of the owners aud iley would lu-vc no one to blame except themselves; but on the other hand the msurance ou buildings rhi.t, -there is i^reiii, loom lor retorm just here, and we trust that a change may soon be made. It should be the duty of the authorities of the citiea and towns to se vt valuable property is not eu< angered by those who are too careless or selfish to keep their oiiildings in repair. There are twe striking illustrations of this sight in our midst that should be looked after Immediately. One is the case of a very small and worthless out building covered with rotten shin gles, that a spark would ignite as easily us it would loose cotton, which L a constant m.-nace to two nice new residences, to 5 ay nothing of other property that might be involved. The other is a very small building, not worth fifty dollars, and also cov- ered with rotten shingles,' that is allowed to stand and endanger the largest and moat valuable blocks of buildings on the square. If any prisons who aro interested wish to ave these two fire traps pointed out rre will tnki pi-.Nwure in locatiug Ayer’s Ague Cure is an antidote for malarsa sad all malarial disauecs, whether generated by swamp or sewer. Neither quinine, arsenic, nor any other poisonous drug enters into the composition of this remedy. Warranted to euro fever and ague. would soon make a fortune, ntieuithurect I kw a ipu wy wnv* uWe b«f&*4|u, •SjjM .irwwBJ ' KHTWYS DU RE, the.great Gough Mid Group7 Cure, ii in great ‘ ‘ -Fwlta-ii2*f»iitiHus twenty OttWwv l(?ve f Lq ■ ■ 'H' ’** rev the ilex will be fixed by the School Commis sioner and announced iu the county pairers. Due notice of the pro- jwapte win *1»0 he given, Uh'JlU ttaiiingtou lounij DispeKitAiryi The Darlington County Board of Control met last Tuesday, and passed upon Dispenser Floyd's tt* port. Mr. Floyd’s bond was strength ened by adding the natnes of Messrs. J. P. Kervin and J. M. WoddUI. The report was only for nine dam in July, being the age of the dupen- sary, and is as follows: Value of Lquors and beer mt from the State dispensary, $l,4884l?« Number of requests, 1,083; amonnt ®f liquors, beer, etc., sold, 104 gal lons aud 5 half pints; value of liquors, beers, etc., sold, $337.03; cost of liquors, beers, etc., sold, 8857.00; gross profit, $79.13. The l expenses are as tjllows; Board and j clerk services, $68.20; office furui- ! inre, ql ’5.50; stationery aud stamps, j $8.50; clerk lure, $8.00; sundries, ; $1.80; hauling', $ L50; insurance, j $30.00; refrigerator, $80.00; rent, >85.00, i... king the total jexpinses, $r,o.90. This docs not include the salary of the dispenser, which will be .liked by the State Sottf of ^ jtTOi .Tl*. •r