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VOL. IV. DARLINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEJ3RUARY 10, 1894. NO 11 IK Mill Ml THE CUT. WHAT YOU KNOW AND WUAT YOU DON’T KNOW. Fersouls and Short Items of In* terest to the Local and Gener al Reader. Who’ll be our next governor ? Easter comes early this year, March 25. Washington’s birthday is the next legal holiday. Plenty of fnn at the Opera House Friday night. The early birds are beginning to haul their guano. The railroads seem to be doing a good freight business just now. The next meeting of the county commissioners will be March 1st. Mr. H. T. Harllee, of Florence county, was in the city Saturday. Mr. H. 0. Scarborough, of Bish- opville, was in the city last week. Solicitor J. M. Johnson was in the city a few hours last Saturday. Mr. C. T. DeLorme, of Dovesville, is in Columbia this week on a short visit. Mr. W. W. Coker, of the Ameri can hotel, Florence, gave us a pop call Monday. Dr. R. B. R. C. Wallace was on our streets Monday as happy ana jolly as ever. Prof. T. N. Rhodes, of the Flor ence graded schools, was in Darling ton this week. Messrs. Jesse W. Hatchell and Mack Herring, of Florence, were in the city Monday. Mr. J. DeJongh, a prominent law yer of the Florence bar, visited Dar lington last Friday. Mr. Abram Sydnor, of the Flor ence Tobacco Warehouse, spent last Thursday in the city. Mr. J. R. Coggeshall, of Florence,' it Sunday in Darlington-tisiting relati ves^anid'f-Fiendir. ■ Mr. A. C- Spain, of this city, has l>een ejemling a few days in the “city by the sea” this week. Mr. J. S. Gray, of the Flor.nce Tobacco Warehouse, was among the vieiiors to this city Monday. Mr. T. S. Stuckev, of thisconmy, lew ac-vpted a position in the audit or’s office in Sumter county. We. will venture the assertion Hi it Darlington has some as the horses as thfere are in the country. Frank Weston the Texas favorite, ESpoininrist and pennutalnr at the ‘^gjjppem House this Fi id ay night. Dr. I>i- A. Gusone, a prominent Jpe. ■tistr of Flor^bp, was among the uvato Dui'hugtoii this ueek. Mr. P. A. WiPcox. of the “baby paid his brothers, .)oiMi£»and ky. a snap visit last Saturday. Flow <1 yon expect the people to jfarthe news of your community if atu fail to send it to The IIera i.n ? The Sheiitf shipped a few pack ages of liquor, that had been seized sometime ago, to the State dispen sary on Monday. Miss Zada Hnghson, of Sumter, who has leen spending several weeks with Miss Alma McCown, left for her home on, Monday. Rey. B. F. Parrott and wife, of this county, have been visiting rela tives in Bishopville, Sumter county, during the past week. Owing to some miseonnection in the freight trains our printing paper did not arrive until the day of pub lication, hence the delay. Communications, in order to re ceive attention, must be accompanied by name and address of the writer— not necessary lor publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. There is a nuisance, dangerous to health on Cashua street, between Mowry street and Columbian avenue that should be abated immediately. Strong complaints have been made against it and for good reasons, too. Messrs. Frank and Junius Parrott left on Tuesday for Clemson Col lege. There are quite a number of other students from the county but we were not able to secure their names. The college will be full and even then will not be able to ac commodate all the applicants. We find on inquiring that the for mer manager of The Heuau) col lected a good many subscriptions and failed to credit them on tin- books. Those who hold his receipts will please present them at the office in order that they may be credited for the time they have paid. In this connection we wish to impress upon our friends the importance of being prompt in paying their sub scriptions promptly. Of course times are hard, but the money is badly needed, and while the amount is very small for each individual, m the aggregate it amounts ^o a consid erable smn.. TOWNSHIP ASSESSORS Appointed by the County Auditor for this County. Following are the names of town ship assessors, appointed by the county auditor: Antioch—J. Thos. Goodson, R H. Boswell, J. S. Hawkins. Cypress—John W. DuBose, Thos. J. McLendon, S. W, P. DuBose. Darlington—John II. Earley, J. W. Warr, W. J. Rogers. Hartsyille—E. R. Moore, W. S. McIntosh, H. Lide Law. High Hill—P. A. Wilson, F. E. Stokes, J. F. Garner. Leaveusworth—G. H. Caraway, J. W. Ferguson, J. N. Kiryen. Lisbon—J. S. DuBose, L L. Gray, J. J. Carter. Lydia—W. R. S. Lawson, Thos. D. King, C. Rbinehart. Mecanicsville—S. B. Gaudy, P. T. Warr, C. J. Milliug. Palmetto—D. M. Smoot, John Siskron, E. G. Jeffords. • Philadelphia— Walter Vaughan, W. F. Wilkes, J. P. Parrott. Society Hill—J. C. Lampley, W. C. Wilson, B. F. Gandy. Stokes Bridge—J. W. Woodham, John B. Gardner, Wesley Moore. Swift Creek—R. N. Howie, Samuel Odom, J. L. Lee. Attention, City Council. We have, a good many times, called attention to the nuisance, indulged in by nearly all house-owners, of depositing trash in the streets, and we again request that the council will take some action in regard to the matter. It is not only unsightly but injurious to health, and in addi tion to this it makes the streets muddier in wet weather and infinite ly ihore dusty when it is dry. Some of the streets are badly disfigured in this way and unless the thing is stopped we will make an investigation of every street in town and publish the names of the people that deposit trash on the streets. Old bottles are not detrimental to health, but do not furnish a very nice material for horses to walk over. The police could easily enforce the ordinance against this, and a few fines imposed will very soon put a stop to the practice. There is absolutely no excuse for it and if those who are guilty, and this includes almost every house owner, wont stop of their own accord they should be made to pay for violating the laws of cleanliness and health. The Herald proposes to keep up the fight against this nuisance Obituary. Mrs. Jane Fountain, wife of the late Capt. John Fountain, died in town on Sunday night of last week and was buried at Lowthers Hill on the following day. She was a native of Fairfield county, but had lived in Darlington since her early girlhood. She was a communicant of the Pres byterian church, of which she had been a consistent member for many years. She was noted for her hospi tality and kindness of heart, and the doors of her house Mere ever open to her friends or to tUe passing stran ger. She had reached the ripe age of 78 years, and death to her was a welcome release from the toils and sorrows of life. She leaves one child, Mrs. J. W. Fountain. 1C BELLS. Sales by tbc Sheriff. The following sales were made by the Sheriff on February 5: B. A. Early vs. A. L. Wallace—31 acres, B. A. Early, $500. State vs. G. H. Grenshaw—05 acres, J. S. Hawkins, $22. State vs. Mary E. Bateman—194 acres, Mrs. J. K. Ousley, $45. J. N. Kirven vs. W. J. How le—1 colt, J. N. Kirven, $30. State vs. Central Carolina Im provement Company—32 lots in town, Frank Williams, $75. Cigars and Cigarettes. The output of cigars throughout the country during the month of December last itmoun<cd only to 325,202,380 against 419,035,103 during the same period in 1892, showing a tremendous deertase of 93,832,723 in December, 1893, as compared with the corresponding period of the previous year. The output of cigarettes, however, during the same period, shows an increase of 4,045,120, it being 210,- 115,400 in 1893, and 205,470,280 in 1892. The adverse legislation to which the cigarette is subjected almost all over the country seems rather to stimulate its consumption instead of curtailing it.—U. S. To bacco Journal. Cards are out announcing the marriage of Mr. L. M. Nornn ut, of this city, to Miss Sallie McEachiu, of Lvurinburg, N. C., on the “Ist inst. Read the advertisement of the Book aud Toy Company in this issue. 1 They are non-stationary stationers. 1 The acid chambers of the Darling ton Phosphate Company are now completed, and running both night I and day. Get us up a club of six yearly, subscribers and you will get The! 11 era i n free for one year. j HAPPY UNION OF TWO POPU LAR YOUNG PEOPLE. Mr. J. B. Bastir, of Greenville, Weds Miss Georgic Traxler, of Timmonsville—Large Number of Relatives and Friends Present. Again the wedding bells! As their merry notes rang out on the evening of the 7th pist.. Miss Georgie Traxler and Mr. J. B. Bas- tie, of Greenville, S. C., were made one, at the residence of the bride’s father, in Timmonsville. At 8 o’clock, as Mrs. J. F. Cul pepper struck the opening chord of the wedding march, Mr. W. H. Keith and Miss Leila Nash, closely followed by Mr. D. McKenzie and Miss Julia Ragsdale, Mr. J. II. Smith and Miss Corn Ball, Mr. Aus tin and Miss Lizzie Ragsdale, Mr. Wells and Miss Cora Byrd, Mr. J. W. Ragsdale aud Miss Irene Charles, Mr. Chas. Bastie and Miss Ellen Traxler filed into the parlor and ar ranging themselves left an aisle into which the bride and groom soon ap peared and were then made man and wife by Rev. Mr. Spigner. At 10 o’clock supper was an nounced and the many friends pres ent repaired to the dining room where an elegant repast was enjoyed by all. The bride and groom left on the morning of the 8th inst, for Green ville, where they will make their future home, carrying with them the best wishes and many handsome testimonials of their many friends. Darlington’s Tobacro Crop. The tobacco warehouse has closed for the season, and the following figures will show the amount of business done. A great deal of tobacco ecus ruined by the August storm and some was shipped elsewhere, hut dc-pite this the amount handled Mas consideiahlc and the prices obtained very good. We hardly think that those who shipped to other markets have done any better tiian they could have done at home: October, 115,125 pounds for $12,054.28; November, 158,.’24 pounds for $1 l,l.‘!!M!i; December, 77,277 pounds for $4,fiU'*.34; January, 80,740 pounds for $4,005 70; February, 8,c91 pounds for $188 07. Total, 467,557 pounds for $32,087.18. The average price was 7 cents per pound. Mr. Croxton will not return next season but M ill lie succeeded by Mr. it. H. Tredwuy, of Chatham, Vn. Mr. Croxton has made a good many friends in Darlington who v. ill regret to part with him. A Pleasant Occasion. Quite a large number of young folks went over to the large resi dence of Mr. II. M. Smith, near town, on Friday night, and had a very enjoyable time. It was some thing in the nature of a sttrp.ise party, but Mr. Smith was equal to the occasion and not only gave them a warm welcome but placed his large rooms at their disposal. The even ing was very pleasantly spent and everybody had tv merry time. We regret that we could not secure the names of those who attended. Important to Taxpayers. Those persons who own pro|>erty in the State will do well to remem ber that the time for the making of returns of their property for taxa tion will expire on the 20th day of this month. This is the year when the quinquennial assessment of all real estate is to be made. It is not generally known, but the. law re quires that the auditor shall assess all real estate at the same figure as live years ago, with 50 per cent, penalty theron if the owners do not come up aud make their returns within the specified date. Tile Draining. It was a western New York far mer, John Johnston, of Geneva, who nearly sixty ye*ars ago began the first tile draining in America. The drains he made then are in good condition to-day,.and the farm has been kept up to the high degree of fertility which its first owner made for it. After land has been made ferule, if it is in a locality where it can be profitably used for producing other than gram as its staple crop, there is no trouble in keeping it fer tile. It is the grain crops that arc sold from the farm that exhaust fer tility most rapid ly. This is especially true of nnderdraiued land. It is saved from the losses by washing that take avlay fertility from soil that is not drained. Whatever fer tility a farmer puts into a drained soil must remain until it is used by crops. An exchange tells us of a man who claimed that he wa too poor to take his county paper, but alh the same lie read in a down east paper telling how to prevent horses from slobbering, and he sent $1.50 for the recipe. When the $ 1.50’s worth came it read, “Teach your horse to spit.” Take all the children to see the comical Lilipiitiun Family at the Opera House this Friday night. Have you got any friends ? Are they in town? Tell The IIek w.d. THE COTTON CROP. Returns to the Department of Agriculture for the Month of February. Returns to the Department of Agriculture for the month of Febru ary which relate to cotton give the estimates of the product' compared with last year, proportion sent to market, damaged by insects, average date on which | icking closed, etc. The following are State • averages of comparative crop: ; Virginia, 94; North Carolina, 94; South Carolina, 82; Georgia, 93; Fiorjtlav 100; Ala bama, 90; Mississippi, 104; Louisians, 90; Texas. 85; ArkanSa%*94; Tennes see, 84; Missouri, 8!..!&--jekki*- . General average, ojyjifrage for the conntry is 92.1. 'r^PfTCportioii of the crop which has been sent from the plantations and therefore in the hands of others than pro ducers, as shown by consolidated re turns of correspondents, is 92.2 per cent., leaving 7.8 per cent, of the crop still unmarketed. Correspond ents of the department assign as cause for unusually large proportion marketed that producers, owing to stringency of times, have been com pelled to part with their holdings to pay debts and meet necessary expenses. Percentage by States is as follows; Virginia, 85; North Carolina, 88; South Carolina, 90; Georgia, 92.5; Florida, 91; Alabama, 93; Mississippi, 92.4; Louisiana, 94; Texas. 92; Ar kansas, 94; Tennessee, 92; Mis souri, 92. Losses from insects have been small. Texas, Loaisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and Alabama, being the only States reporting damage from that cause. Proportion of lint to seed ranges from 31.7 to 33 per cent. Average 32.2. Price of seed varies from 15.G to 19.7 cents per bushel. Average date of the closing of picking was Dec. 2. QUARTERLY REPORT Of tire Darlington Dispensary to the State Board of Control. The following is the quarterly re port of the county dispenser to the State Board of Control. The figures Mill explain themselves and show to what extent t!>«* dispensary is being patronized; Darlington', S. C. To the State Board of Control, Co lumbia, S. C.: Herewith I beg to submit my re port for the quarter ending Jan. 31st, 1894; Amount of stock on huml Nov. 1st, ts:)3, .... $1,397 93 Amount of slock bought in quarter - -. ■ Total amount of stock bought iu quarter including amt of inventory Nov. 1,'93 - Amount sales at invoice price Amount stock on hand 31 Jan. 1894, Shortage and breakage - - Net amount stock Jan. 31, ’94 Net profits town and county Amount sales during quarter Cost of goods sold - - . . Cross profits Expenses for quarter - - - J. B. Floyd, Dispenser, II TIL Cfra MILL. HAPPENINGS AT THE FACTORY THIS WEEK. - - - 6,323 16 7,721 09 3.402 84 2,318 2i 100 76 2.211 49 1.088 05 7,081 HI 5.402 84 1,678 97 590 92 Personal Paragraphs Pertaining to Visiting People—Improve ments and Other News. [From our Regular Correspondent] Miss Loula Douglas is visiting rel atives in Florence this u-eek. Mr. E. W. Mixon, of Greeleyville, visited relatives in this vicinity last week. Chief Engineer W. G. Dickson visited his father iu Marion, last week. Mr. Jas. E. Hicks lets returned from a pleasant visit to relatives in North Carolina. Mrs. Traxler and daughter, of Timmonsville, attended the tent meeting last Sunday. Mr. M. D. Trull has purchased a fine soda fount, and is waiting on Weather Prophet llteks for further orders. Mr. J. L. Bailey, who is teaching school in Williamsburg county, is at home with his family for a day or so. Mrs. J. A. Williams, of Columbia, Mho Fas been visiting her sister, Mrs. John Hewitt, returned to her home this morning. Messrs. C. (!. Matthews and John Stokes have organized a Protestant Methodist Sunday School at the for mer's residence on old hill. Mr. C. M. Sullivan has severed his connection with this company, and Mill in the near future move to Hamburg, where he has obtained M’ork. Owing to the shut, down of the Spartan mills, caused by the explo sion there last week, there are sev eral of the operatives from that place visiting relatives and friends here. Mr. John Holt has vented the Garner store on the corner of Rail road and Law streets and has moved his stock of general merchandise from the Weinburg building on Pearl street. Mr. James A. Williams, the black smith evangelist, has stretched his holiness tent near the C. & D. depot, and is running a holiness meeting. Mr. Williams is being assisted by Messrs. II. II. Mcrrit and Johnnie Anderson. Large crowds attend every night, and there is a great deal of interest being manifested. Services promptly at 7.30 every night, aud at 2.30 every afternoon. A. r. M. NEWS CONDENSED IN FORM. Tersely Put Pertinent Facts About AH Manner of Things. California's mid-winter fair is now iu progress. The very latest is an ocean steam ship trust. Eleven inches of snow fell in New York city Jan. 27. Uncle Sam made 193,825 silver dollars in his mint last Meek. John Brock, the Wilmington, N. G., M ife murderer h is been captured. Kicks, the Western weather prophet, says we Mill have ssiow this month. The match trust dividend for 1893 was something like $1,300,000, or about 14 per cent, on the stock. A bill giving single women a right to control their own estate has liecu passed by the legislature of Ken tucky. George Washington, great grand son of Lawrence, brother of the firs’ president, died last week in Savan nah, Ga. Atlanta, Ga., 1ms invited the ! Grand Army of the Republic to hold its annual cuetmpiueut iu liut city i n M ay. Ohio’s legislature has before it a proposition to substitute chloroform for hanging as the method of judi cial executions. August! Yaillant, the anarchist who on Dec. 9 last threw a bomb into the chamber of deputies, Mas executed last Monday in Paris. New York city will at once spend $320,000 on park improvements to! provide Mork for the unemployed, ( and $250,000 soon aftenvards. John W. Love, cashier of the First Sim CM SLfli. EVENTS OF A WEEK 1\ THE PALMETTO SUITE. Darlington’s First Dispensary Trial On Tuesday F.. D. Nixon, colored, was tried bef ore Justice Floyd for vio lating the dispensary law, and us it was the first trial under the new dis pensary law there was a large crowd present to witness it. The warrant for Nixon’s arrest was sworn out by J. I. King, one of the local spies. When the proceedings began Mr. Ni tiles, the counsel for Nixon moved to quash the indictment because the warrant did not stale « hatsection of the law Nixon was charged with violating and also because tbe law was unconstitutional. Justice Floyd overruled Hie motion and went into ilie bu-inessof selecting n jury. Mr. Nettles objected to the way iu u-hieli the names were drawn, but was again overruled. The follow ing jury were finally selected: C. W. Hewitt, T. J. Brown, W. L. Kendall, It. Dickinson, W. K. Charles, O. M. Rhodes. We have not space to pub lish nil tile testimony in the ease, but (lie State, iu the opinion of the jury did not make out its ease and Nixon was acquitted. John (ireen was tried on Tuesday for assault and battery upon the person of Lawyer Williams. This grew out of the dispensary ease. Roth parties were colored. (Been was acquitted. Hawkers and Pedlers Licences. Below we give the amount of the license fees, aceorJing to a recent act ol the legislature, for itinerant deal ers in various commodities. Of course these licenses have no refer ence to regular merchants, but are only designed to reach a class of dealers who have heretofore escaped paying their share of the tuxes : Each itinerant pedler, $5; each itinerant dealer in patent medicines, $5; each itinerant dealer in musical instruments, $25; each itinerant dealer in sewing machines, $50; each itinerant dealer in lightning rods, $25; each itinerant dealer iu stoves and ranges, $25; each itinerunt.deal- er in agricultural implements for a $5 machine $5, fora $10 machine $10, for a $25 machine $25. Jingle, jingle, jingle! So they go—the lUynics; But bow bur hearts would tingle If the jiaglr was in dimes. Hanged But Still Alire. A special from Columbia, Miss., of Feb. 8, says: Win. Purvis, the young negro who Mas sentenced to hang here yesterday for the alleged j assassination lust July of William I Buckler, of Marion county, by a gang of white cappers, was duly hanged, but is yet alive. The noose parted and Purvis’s neck, instead of being broken, was only slightly abraded by the rope, ile fell on his back and remained perfectly stiii for a few moments. A man riished forward and bending over the negro asked: “Are yon hurt.” From under his black cap, Purvis replied: “For God’s sake get me out of this ” Others came up and the sheriff made ready to conduct Puryis back to the scaffold for a second attempt. Four of the board of supervisors Mere present and they called the sheriff into the courthouse for a con ference. Rev. Mr. Sisley, of the Columbia Methodist Church, made an impassioned plea to the specta tors, aud it m;is decided by unani mous vote that the execution be postponed. The negro was to-day taken to Meridian, and the facts telegraphed to Governor Stone. To Appoint a Commission. Some months ago mention was made of the request sent this State to have a commission of Confederate Veterans—South Carolina soldiers who participated in the battle—ap pointed to assist commissions from other Southern States, which were represented, in laying off and mark ing the relative positions of all troops upon the battlefield of Chick- amatigu. Governor Tillman urged the matter before the State legisla ture, and that body made an appro priation of $750 to defray the ex penses of such a commission, which is to be appointed by the governor. The goveiuor will very soon appoint the commission. Among oilier things it will visit the battlefield, locate and stake off the positions occupied by the South Carolina troops and have them appropriately marked. See Mollie Weston iu her great sensational art “Trance Vision” at •the Opera House this Friday night. White corn 75c. per bushel at Deans Bros. One hundred dozen fresh eggs for stile at 1 leans Bros. The Herald wants all the news it can get. Tell us what you know. National Bank, of Watkins, N. has skipped with $50,000. lie left a note to the effect that lie was insane. Jacob Schaefer, the billiard champion, has decided to spend the next six mouths abroad, having been offered a large sum to play ex hibition games in France. “John Brown’s Fort,” as the Harp er’s Ferry ei gine house was called, is to be taken down from its site at the World’s Fair grounds, where only eleven persons paid admission to see it, and returned to Virginia. The police authorities of Balti- tiinore are in receipt of a communi cation from John Mobley, of North Carolina, asking if there is a young woman iu the prisons of that city vfho can be released by marrying him. Dr. Talmage expects to preach his fari'M-ell sermon in .March, at the Brooklyn tabernacle, and to start, with his wife aud two daughters, on his [injected tour of the world about April 1. His itinerary will take biic westward to Honolulu, then to New Zealand, Austria and India. Y. M. lb A. UonYfittion at Sumter. Sumter, Feb. 9,—The Young Mens’ Christian Association assem bled at 8 p. m. yesterday at the Bap tist church. The meeting M as open ed by a song service led by Mr. T. II. Shuler, of Wofford College. The convention was “ailed to order by State President James Dillingham, of Charleston. S. 15. Love was chosen secretary pro tern. Tbe ad dress of welcome for the city Mas made by 51 aj. II. F. Wilson. For the churches by Rev. C. C. Brown, D. 1). These were responded to by E. K. Marshall, of Charleston. The following officers were elected for ensuing year: President, Jas. Dil lingham. Charleston; First rice pres ident, W. M. Graham, Sumter; Sec ond vice president. Dr. G. G. Palmer, Cartersvilie; Third 'ice president, Geo. S. Bearden, Newberry college; Secretary, S. B. Love, Columbia. History of the Late War. The United States government is now producing a history of the late war between the States. It has taken twenty years to compile it. The whole work when completed will embrace 120 huge ivyal octavo vol umes of 1,000 pages each,, and a gigantic atlas, and the ultimate cost will be something like $2,500,000. Each separate book in a set is three inches thick and weighs from 50 to Go ounces, and the combined weight of an entire set will lie 520 [ ou ;ds, while the volumes if set up iu a row on a singh shelf of one’s library would extend a distance of 30 feet. Eleven thousand copies will lie printed, so that the edition Mill com prise 1,320,000 books of printed pages, aggregating 1,320,- 000,000 pages of matter, exclusive of the atlas. The work Tersely Toiling of Passing Events Calculated to Catch the Eye and Interest the Reader. Aiken is to have city water-works. Clemson College will open to morrow. The Newberry College will soon issue a college journa’. \orkvilie lias decided against a dispensary by a vote of 144 to 73. Mr. S. A. Townes, the new collector of interdai revenue, was sworn into office Feb. 3. Small roller ili'iir mills have proven quite successful iu Spartanburg county. The terms of office of all super visors of registration Mill expire .March 1st. 1 he Palmetto Teacher is nmv pub lished at Greenwood, instead of Lex ington, S. C. Msj. Marion Moise, of Sumter, is spoken of as a candidate for Secre tary of State. Malcolm Johnstone, of this State, lias been nominated by the president as oons'.il to Pernambuco. Tile annual meeting of the Grand Lodge of the Royal Aj'di Masons met in Charleston this uTck. The Fanners' Association, of Ab beville county, have decided against holding a March Convention. The United Banking and Building 'ompaiiv, of Richmond, Va., has organized a branch at Florence. It is said that Representative Cooper, ot Colleton, will tie a candi date for Secretary of State. A fund is being raised at. Fioience to erect an opera house which is to be t.i\75 feet ami hold 800 people. Mi'. G. I). Bryan has been nomi nated by the President as collector of customs for the district of Charles ton. Dr. Sampson Pope, of Newberry, lias announced hnnself as a c.tudi- date for governor iu the coming election. The Slate Supreme Court lias taken a recess until April 1G, unless sooner called tog.-tlier by the pre siding justice. . Li;,’lit convicts were sent from Florence county to the State peni tentiary last week. They were all negroes except one. The Circuit Court of Appeals has decided against the State in’tlie mat ter of registering the palmetto as a whiskey trade-mark. Rev. Fi. O. Watson, of Beniutts- yille, grand chief templar, will de liver a lecture on the dispensary law in Sumter,-Feb. 22. If )L. John R. Jeffries, member of the House of Representatives front Union county, died Feb. 10, at Jonesvtlle, from blood poisoning. Marion Butler, of North Carolina, was elected president of the National Alliance. I). P. Duncan, of this State, was re-elected secretar'’ and treasurer. Rev. R. A. Crawford, a protestant minister, who had been preaching in tlie Bear Creek section of Chester field county was found dead in his bed last Friday morning. A commission has been issued to the l nion Sentinel Company, of f ni'<n, S. O., for the purpose of printing newspapers and doing gen eral job printing. Capital stock, $2,000. Gen. Carlos Stolbraml, who was chief of artillery iu John A. Logan’s corps, and who served with Sherman on ins march to the sea, died Feb. 3, in Charleston. He Mas hurried iu Columbia. ’rof. Herbert, once superinten dent of the South Carolina arsenal, was found dead in a chair iu the sit ting room of tlie Mount Vernon Hotel, Washington, 1). C., Feb. 2. He died of heart disease. i lie Greenville Guards, one of the oldest organizafons in the city of Greenville, will celebrate their 17th anniversary on the 22nd inst. Col. Janies Armstrong, of Charleston, will deliver an address. Generous Gift for Charity. At the 2Gth anniversaiy of tlie Home for Mothers, Widows and Daughters of Confederate Soldiei be impartial and non partisan. When Baby was sick, wo gave her Castoria. When she was a Child, she cried for Costorio. When she became Miss, sho clung to Castoria. When she had Chiidroa, she gave them Castoria. 0.1 I °f Gharleston, a gift of $20,0C from a Baltimorean was announce I The name of the giver is withhek saul to '['[,£ i, 0Ille j s the oldest in the Soutl It Mas founded and has been mat aged by women. It has housed hui dreds of Midows and educate nearly a thousand daughters of Coi federate soldiers. The associatio is supported by contributions of tl charitable, and up to th : s time tl late W. W. Corcoran was its mai benefactor. The gift materially udi to its fund and is the occasion i profund satisfaction.