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Almost Three Millions Increase in
Our Taxable Property.
A CIRCULAR TO AUDITORS.
Seuator Tillman Will Try to Rush
the Castle Pinckneyand Dispensary
Bills In Congress.
At last all the tables showing the returns
of property for taxation in this
State for this 3*ear have been made up in
the comptroller generahs office. The figures
show that there has been a total
increase of taxable property put on the
books of very nearly $3,000,000. The
total taxable property returned to the
State for .this year is $173,724,382
against $170,755,474 last year. The
moat notable increase has been in the
personalty, as a glance at the following
figures will show;
1897 189G
Personal $ 47,622,543 S 45,838,007
Baal 101,872,700 100,070,705
Bailroad 24,220,133 23,040,102
Total $173,724,382 $170,755,474
The sheets show that there have been
18,264,324 acres of land outside of the
cities, towns and villages returned for
taxation this year, valued at $5,657,760.
There were4b.416 city and town lots returned,
valued at $11,384,668. The total
Talue of all realty in the cities and towns
is $33,811,858, while that in the country
, is $68, U61,348.
For the country about 19,000 buildings
are returned valued at $11,903,570,
the cities having 34,500 valued at $22,436,005.
It will be interesting to note that there
are returned for taxation 278.784 hogs.
valued at $493,60$; 65,533 dogs, valued at
$435,085 ; 23,746 horses valued at $3,006,803
; 231,914 head of cattle, valued
at $1,005,041, and 56,216 sheep, valued
at f68,904.
The average value of property "pertaining
to manufactures" is down at
only $1,604,442 for the entire State.
^ This does not cover the value of the
buildings and plants of cotton milli
and other enterprises, but separate
tools used and such property.
. The following shows the leading taxpaving
counties of the State, giving
their total taxable property:
LV . Charleston $21,605,391
Spartanburg 10,257,189
Richland 8,068,912
Greenville 7,125,510
Anderson 6,984,898
Orangeburg 6,854,245
| it will be noticed that Charleston,
i Spartanburg and Richland counties
have upwards of nearly one-fourth of
the total taxable property in the State
and that Charleston pays a very good
cti th? tUTPH? nhout 12 per
cent.
Orangeburg has the greatest amount
* ^ of railroad property??1,401,785?and
Kichiand comes second with SI,31*3,740;
- bpartauburg has $1)12,135. Charleston
leads the State in realty, the total being
$14 ,560,175; Spartanburg comes next
with $4,805,50u, and then Richland with
r, . , $4,628,634.
Charleston stands at the head of the
list in personality, the figures being $0,218,176,
with Spartanburg second at
p 'r * $4,470, .*>4.
Richland returns 375,532acres of land
in the conntry valued at 81,225,455 and
8,750 buildings valued at $336,110, making
the total value of realty in the
county, $1,591,365. For the city and
1- towns, 2,037 lots are returned valued at
$1,213,159; there are 2,595 buildings
maea at gi,tr.?S,oiu, maxing toe vaiue
f' of all realty in the "cities, towns and
Tillages" $3,037,0t)9. The country pays
on(y a little more than one-third of the
county's taxes.
'+ The following circular has been issued
to county auditors: In complying
V with the duties required of your office
under section No. 207 R. S., 1098, will
yon please give me the number of taxpayers
placed on your additional duplicate;
also give me the number of
names turned over to'your county supervisor
as delinquent returns unaer section
3(58, li. S.. 1808.
Yours very truly,
jt ' L. P. Epton,
? Comptroller General.
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A special from Washington says:
Senator Tillman says he will go to work
S. " on the Castle-Pinckney bill at once,
? with a view to having it favorably acted
tjpon by the Senate. It will be remembered*
that he introduced the bill
in the closing hours of the extra session,
and it was referred to the military
committee. He will also try to have
his dispensary bill passed in the House
? at an early day.
r Although the question of navigation
of tho Congaree from Granby to the
Gervais street bridce has < been apparently
lying dormant the business men
interested have not been idle. They
have secured the hearty co-operation of
Congressman Wilson, who is striving
to get $260,000 appropriated for the
' purpose. He has a favorable report
lrr.vn committee and he is iroin<r to
i do all he can get the bill through this
session. ?The Register.
The colored Palmetto annnal conference
met in session in Columbia last
week with the Right Bishop <T. C. Clinton,
D. 'D., presiding. This intelligent
body is a branch of the A. M. E. Zion
church, said to be the oidest colored
Methodist convention in the world. It
was established in New York in the
year i7{H>, Bishop Varick being the nrst
prelate.
Col. James C. Oinoes, the State land
^ igent, has gotten out a neat folder,
which he is sending to many people detiring
to settle in this State. Hedeicribes
in the folder and quotes prices
pn some twenty-nine tracts, most of
shem suitable for colonization purposes.
The following charters have been
iaaned by the Secretary of State: The
?wu of ocranton. It contains 285 inhabitants.
A commission for a chartei
was also issued to the Farmers' Loan
sad Trust Company, of Anderson/the
capital stock of which if $50,000.
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Prohibitionists Talking of Mr. Childs
for Governor.
TO PAY PENSIONS PROMPTLYVlce-Presldon
af tlie S. C, Bood
Roads Association?The Pickens
Railway?Barber for the Senate.
Tn/lf*A T Q PAlli.Qn rliad in VAW
w uu^y v. u. wvui ou v*?vv* am ??v ?
York ou the 5th, after a long illness.
The body was carried direct to Abbeville,
where the burial taken place on
Tuesday, theTth. Judge Cothran was
still general counsel of tho Southern
Railway in ibis State at the time of his
death. He removed to Greenville a few
years ago. He was the last of his
generation of members of the Abbeville
bar. Judge Cothran was regarded as a
broad-minded, able man. He made a
good judge and a watchful Congressman.
Interests of a public and private
character did not suffor when entrusted
to his hands.
In view of the uncertainty as to what
is to be done in the way of legislation
on tho liquor question, the attitude of
tli? prohibitionists, who constitute a
large, if not the larger part of the voting
strength of the Democracy is of
special importance. That they are to
make most strenuous eflorts to have a
strong prohibition law passed is certain.
Organizations are being made in
every couutv, and the executive committee
intend to get out an address
some time, in which the attitude of
the prohibitionists as to the orimary
for Governor may{be defined. A number
of papers in tbo State favorable to prohibition
are urging that a candidate for
Governo' I e nominated. The Calhoun
Gazette, of St. A'atthews, in a recent
issue, has the following editorial paragraph:
"We nominate L. D. Childs
for the next Governor of South Carolina.
We want a pure, honest, upright
prohibitionist. We want a man with a
head as well as a heart He is not a
politician, bat a gentleman; not a
trickster, but au koDest man." Leading
prohibitionists in Colombia are
non-committal as to what will be done.
bat if it should be decided to run a
candidate, Mr. Childs would undoubt1
edly be the nominee. ?The Begister.
The work of distributing the pension
fund has gotten to be considerable.
There have been delays in getting out
the money in previous years, and the
pension board wants to have everything
in readiness next year for the distribution
of the fund, and has consequently
sent out the following letter of instructions:
Columbia, S. C., Dec. 4, 1897.
Mr. , Chairman County Pension
Board?Dear Sir: Your attention
is directed to Section 1 of the pension
law. 1897. which provides for a meet
I ins: of the township pension board. Yon
I will at once give notice to jour township
boards to meet on the third Monday,
January 17, 1898, and consider all
the new applications for a pension, and
revise the rolls of 1897. The township
boards will give their reasons for dropping
any names from the rolls. The
pension" boards elected in 1897 will
serve until August, 1898. The rules of
the State board, with other blanks, will
be sent you for distribution at an early
day. Any expense in postage incurred
in transmitting these blanks wilj be
paid for this office. Respectfully,
D. H. Tompkins, Secretary of State,
W. A. Barber, Attorney-General,
L. P. Eptox, Comptroller-General,
State Board of Pensions.
The following is the list of the ricepresidents
of the Good Roads Associa
tion: Abbeville, J. h. Bradley; Aiken,
T. Raborn; Anderson, W. R. Snelgrove;
Bamberg, ; Barnwell,
W. T. Carr; Beaufort, W. R. Sanders;
Berkeley, C. M. Wiggins; Charleston,
W. M. Mitoholl; Cherokee, N. Lipscomb;
Chester, T. W. Shannon; Chosterfield,
H. J. Sellers; Clarendon, T.
C. Owons; Colleton, J. 0; Griffin; Darlington,
S. Coker King; Dorchester,
Dr. W. B. Way; Edgefield, H. O.
1 Talbert; Fairfield, B. G. Tennant;
Florence, W. B. DeBose; Georgetown,
S. W. Rougue; Greenyille, J. E.
Speigle; Green woood, J. M. Major;
Hampton, J. H. Lightsey;
Horry, N. E. Hardwick; Kershaw, J.
B. Phelps; Laurens, James Downey;
Lexington, L. J. Langford; Lancaster,
L. J. Perry; Marion, W. S. Hewitt;
Marlboro, W. F. Kenney; Newberry,
Jno. M. Shumpert; Oconee, A. Lay;
Orangeburg. D. A. Porter; Pickens,
E. F. Loopor; Richland, F. H. Hyatt;
Saluda, J. W. Banks; Spartanburg, J.
S. Howie; Sumter, Marion Dorn; Union,
U. J. Bedenbaugh; Williamsburg,
B. B. Chandler; York, T. G. Culp.
It seems now that the Pickens railroad
is a certainty. The long dreamed
of and anxiously awaited scheme is
about to be realized, and the probability
is that work will be begun
shortly, and soon the quiet of the capital
of the independent State of Pickens
will be broken by the loud puff and
shrill whistle of a Southern Railway
locomotive, says the Greenville Mountaineer.
A special to the State from Chester,
says: Attorney General Barber
authorizes the statement that he will
be a candidate for congress in the Fifth
district, whether it remain as it is or
be rearranged by aot of the legislature.
Solicitor Henry has likewise declared
his purpose to run, and Congressman
Strait will stand for re-eleotion.
Former State Detective Newbold is
at his home in Chester. Ho is taking
things as quietly as he can. It is understood
that no application will be
made to Governor Ellerbe for the reward
that was offered for his arrest
Fire dostroyed the acid chambers at
the Bead Phosphate works, a few miles
from Charleston. The mill building
was saved by heroic work of employes.
Origin of fire unknown. Loss about
$60,000, which is covered by insurance.
On Dec. 81st the time for pacing
State and county taxes expires.
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Dispensary Profits to be Taken Away
From Sumter,
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A LOT OF "CUSSING."
Ex-Judge Hudson for Governor.
Crushed by a Log?Blown to Atoms
by Dynamite.
The State Board of Control at its
recent meeting decided to have the dispensary
profits taken away from
Sumter under the new arrangement
whereby the State board and the Governor
are to work together in enforcing
the dispensary law. The following
letter was read from the Sumter board:
" Sumter, Dec. 8.1897.
"Stato Board of Control, Colombia, 8. C,
"The eouuty board of control request that
the share of the net profits from the dispensary
be not paid to the city, but that a constable
be employed to suppress the illicit
sale of whisky here. The city council has
rental a store to an original package dealer.
"J. T Mayes, chairman, H. C. Cuttino,
clerk; W. J. Dink Ins."
After a brief discussion the board
unanimously agreed to adopt the suggestion
of the county board and a com
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rnittee consisting oi .Messrs. iuuds,
Cooper anil Douthit was appointed to
call on the Governor with reference to
the constable. This was done and the
Governor endorsed their action and
promised to appoint the oonstablo at
once. A member of the board stated
that some other towns would have the
same action taken in reference to them
if some improvement was not made in
the enforcement of the law.
The board gave oat that since it has
been in charge, April 1896, $242,500 has
been paid to the State treasury, .besides
this the cities and coanties have
received $200,000, making nearly $500,000
profit in less than a year. It must
t>e remembered, however, that some of
this profit "accrued" from liquor disposed
of under the old administration.
Previous to that only about $100,000
was turned into the treasury.
Another interesting comparison of
figures was given out by the board go
ing to show tho effect the original pacaage
business has bad upon the dispensary.
The comparisons are made
for the months of September, October
und November of 1896 and 1897.
The sales for 1890 were: September,
$123,076.02; October, $135,005.88; November,
$128,979.97.
For 1897; September, $86,355.80;
October, $91,899.13; November, $98,287.07.
These figures show a falling off of:
September, $37,32J. 12; October, $43,100.15;
November, S30,392.90: There is
a gain for the month of November of
nearly $13,000, a showing which ihe
members of the board consider very
encouraging.
One hundred and twenty-five pounds
of dynamite exploded from some unknown
cause near Columbia, at the
county quarry, and a negro workman
named John Bryant, was blown into
numberless pieces and his body scattered
to the four winds of the earth.
Houses were shaken as if by au earthquake.
A man standing on the bridge
spanning Smith's branch, near the
scene of the explosion, was knocked
down, and he said the bridge bonnced
up and down as if it were a rubber ball.
Several people in the city heard the explosion,
and some say they felt the earth
shake and windows rattle, though this
was not a common experience. A curious
thing was that a tree which stood
but a feet from the box on the aide of
the engine house, was hardly injured at
all, while the tool and engine houses
were shaken from their foundations, almost.
Some of the bands say that they
saw Bryant shortly before he went to
lock up the fuse, and that he was smoking.
Some time ago blasting powder
had been stored in the box, but it had
long since been used up. The only
plausible explanation of the cause, is
that some small portion of this powder
had been left in the box, scattered loose,
and that a spark from the dead man's
pipe fell on it, causing a concussion
which produced the explosion of the
dynamite.
Although a call has been issned for
the county board of pensioners to meet
on January 25, Comptroller Qeneral
F^fjon is afraid that be is going to have
considerable trouble in getting them to
assemble. The membera of these
boards get no salary, and usually receive*
lot of "cussing" for what they
do, and it is a hard matter to get men
to stand that kind of a thing long. Mr.
Epton says that the Columbia township
board have already notified him that
they will not serve, and he expeots to
receive many more letters of the same
kind. Some change in the law will
have to be made if this important mat|
tor is properly attended to.?The Register.
The Bennettsvflle correspondent of
the News and Courier, says: "ExJudge
Hudson's friends are urging him
to become a candidate for Governor,
but your correspondent is ignorant ae
to the Judge's wishes or intentions in
the matter. One thing iB certain,
should the Judge decide to make the
canyass he would be a strong candidate,
and would conduct his part of the
campaign in a most dignified an honorable
way. Judge Hudson is one of the
oKlaot and nnMat m?n in tHft'State. "
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At Youngs, Laurens county, John
Wharton, engaged in handling logs at a
saw mill on a hillside, had a heavy log
to roll o\6t him, killing him infantry.
He was an Irishman and nian of
familv.
"May I ask," said llie stranger, "what
that party of men is?" "Certainly," reI
plied Derringer Dan; "it's a vigilance
I committee. Ef you happen to think of
It, you might ask me ag'in in fifteen or
twenty minutes." "Will it be something
else then?" "Yep; coroner's Jury."?
Washington Star.
Every man has troubles of his own,
jut owing to the demands for sjmpadiy
made by other people, not every
nan has a chance tP get around to
them.
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Cotton Mill Enterprises Inaugurated
During the YearTHE
CLAIM OF JUDGE MACKEY.
Penitentiary Hoard to Dispose of Its
1,500 Kales of Cotton?Other Inter- ,
esiiug aiaic iujiio*
During the meeting of the State
Board of Control, in Colombia, last
week, the following were among some
of the amusing letters received aud
read before that body: "An amusing j
letter was received from W. B. Taylor, i
of ltocky Well, Lexington county, who
said he thought it wise to reduce the j
salary of the dispenser at Lexington, 1
who had been getting from $40 to $50
per month, besides "wood, matches,
oil, etc." He said a first-class man
could be gotten to take the job for $35
per month. The matter was referred to
the couuty board.
"A man signing himself as 'A Friend
to the Dispensary' wrote from Greenville,
eaying that it was a waste of
money to pay Clerk Harris in the governor's
office $100 per month, sineo the
constabulary force bad been practically
abolished. He suggested that the cleric
be discharged and the money turned
into the treasury, 'lhe board took the
letter jocularly, but referred it to the
governor.
"Col. Lucas, of Society Hill, wrote a
letter, somewhat sarcastic, offering to
sell the board 1,300 gallons of wine,
which ho had offered Lefoie. Ho said
that he would like to dispose of a part
of it anyway, as he needed money to
pay his taxes, lie said that he could
not understand how Vandercoek was
allowed to sell his California wine in
the State when a citizen was not allowed
the same privilege. The board having
found no demand for home made wine
and having no facilities of handling it,
was compelled to again refuse to purchase,
but informed Col. Lucas that
they would send him proper stamps to
ship it out of the State and sell."
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iuc ii/iiuwiug aic iuc wuvivu ai<;i ?;uterprises
inaugurated during the year,
the total capital stock being $l,o7u,000:
York cotton mills, Yorkville (yarns,
etc.), capital 875.000; Excelsior knitting
mills, Union (cotton and woolen
goods), capital, 810,000; Warren manufacturing
comrany, Aiken county,
8200,000; Beaufort knitting mills,
Beaufort, (hosiery) 820,OO0; 'the Charleston
mills, Charleston (reorganization)
8350,000; Grendel mills, Greenwood,
8150,000; lied Blufl mills, lied
Bluff, 850,000; Charleston knitting
milis, (reorgonization) 825,000; Elmwood
manufacturing company, Columbia
8200,000; total. 81,070,001 The
following mills increased their stock,
the total being 81,200,000: Clinton cotton
mills, increase to 8100,000; Abbeville
cotton mills, increase to 8300,000;
Lockhart mills, increase to 8050,000;
!sTorris cotton mill, increase to 8150,000;
total, 81,200,000.
The last legislature appointed a com?
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mutee 10 iook mio uie mauer 01 vue
claim of Judge Mac key for $2,500. By
a vote the legislature decided that the
claim was a just one, but for some reason
a commission was appointed to report
back at the forthcoming session.
This commission consists of the governor,
the comptroller general and the
attorney general, and they have just
completed their report, which recommend^
the payment of tha claim. The
judge has already gotten his money
lor the olaim, it is understood, but
there are still some legislators who will
want to fight the payment of it. They
will hardly succeed at this late date.
The regular monthly meeting of the
board of directors of the State penitentiary
was held at the institution last
week. It being the last meeting of the
year quite a large amount of routine
work bearing ui>on the annual report
was done. Governor Ellerbe, who is an
ex-officio member, attended and urged
the board to dispose of its cotton?some
1,500 bales- at once. The recommendation
of the board was adopted and the
ootton will be sold forthwith to the
buyer offering the best price for the
lot.
The prizss offered by the cotton mills
of Spartanburg and Cherokee counties
havo been awarded for the best yield
of seed cotton from oue acre aud five
acres. Col. T. J. Moore, of Moore's,
won the $100 for the largest yield on
five acres. In the single acre contest,
Mr. J. K. White was declared winner
of the $100. The editors of the Headlight,
the Spartan aud the Herald were
chosen to make the awards. There
were ten contestants for the one acre
and three for the five acre prize.
The late ex-Judge J. S. Cothran was
at the time of his death the general
C0HQS61 01 llie cuuiueiu utuinaj ojroiuu*
in this State. Since the announcement
of his death there has been considerable
speculation as to who would be his successor.
The general opiniou expressed
in Columbia is that Mr. B. L. Abney,
of the Columbia bar, who has been one
of the lamented general counsel's ablest
assistants, will be tendered the place.?
The State.
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The Governor has pardoned H. M.
Timmons, who was convicted before
Magistrate Mislioe in Horry county for
profanity on the public highway and
sentenced to pay a fine of ?10 or serve
fifteen days on the county chaingang.
The legislative committee charged
with the annual inspection and examination
of the afTairs of the penal and j
charitable institutions of the State has /
begun its work.
The 112th session of the South Carolina
annual conference of the M. S>
Church, South, met at Florence last
week, Bishop W. W. Duncan, D. D.,
of Spartanburg, presiding.
Blacksbnrg's
council chamber and
prison house, with all of its contents,
have been destroyed by fire.
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Lexington Farmers Holding Their
Cotton for Higher Prices,
STATEREFORMATORYENDORSED
Gets $7,000 Domages ? Wholesale
Vaccination?Sec. Wilson's Visit to
This State.
The comptroller general's statement
of all taxes due by the several counties
for the present year, now due and collectible,
has been made up and entered
upon the permanent record book. Of
the amount charged in taxes only a very
t mall proportion has yet been collected
by the county treasurers in the several
ChUUUtTB. JLiMSiy IttA-J'Uj CI OCOUIO *.v I/O
waiting for the fiDal (lay?Dec. 31?and
not a few, it is feared, will have to let
tho penalties go on because of inability
to get the ready cash with which to pay.
Last year the total amount of taxes
charged for the several counties of the
State was $2,159,065.48. This year the
total is $2,315,273.77. Tho total poll
tax for tnis year is $103,999. These
j figures embrace all State and county,
school and local taxes for all purposes,
j Charleston is the largest tax-paying
county in tho State. The following
table shows tho counties paying tho
largest amounts in taxes in their proper
j order:
Oeueral Local
Taxes. Polls. School.
Charleston $221,455.28 64.559
Kpnrtaaburg . 156 284.21 8.513 68.291.43
Greenville.... 114,594 21 6.232 1.477.00
lUcbland 106,814.63 6.C11 10,082.00
Greenville's total is so high because
of her $56,0o0 in county taxes against
Kichland's $32,000 and Charleston's
$43,000. Spartanburg's county taxes
are also very high, being $66,000.
Charleston county is credited with no
local school tax, that being managed in
the city by the municipal government.
In addition to the revenue to be derived
from the taxes as indicated above, the
| State has during the present year received
about ?1)0,000 in cash from the
dispensary; nothing will come from this
source the coming year. The insurance
licenses and special tax of one-half of
one per cent, on the gross premiums received
by the insurance companies will
net about ?7,000 more. About ?4,500
in fees from the Secretary of State's
ollice will be received.
The Rev. Dr. C. C. Brown, pastor of
theBaptist Church in Sumter,addressed
the M. E. Conference at Florence. Ho
said he represented the "navy" department
of the'Church, and brought the
greeting of the South Carolina Baptist
Convention, which met in Rock Hill.
His address was characteristic, and kept
the Conference laughing for quite a
tim? In behalf of the Baptist State
Convention he requested this Conference
to join in petitioning the Strte
Legislature to establish a State reformatory
for young criminals. The Rev.
Richard Carroll, colored, of the Baptist
Church, also addressed the Conference
in behalf of the same enterprise, and
made an eloquentjaddress. His remarks
were well received. The Conference
nnauimously endorsed the movement,
and appointed a committee to consider
the whole matter, as follows: Samuel
Louder, J. A. Rice, W. W. Daniel, L.
D. Childs, George E. Prince.
Representative Strait had an interview
with the Secretary of Agriculture
at Washington relative to the letter's
prospective visit to the agricultural
centres of South Carolina. Secretary
Wilson is greatly interested in the tea
growing and beet sugar industries. He
proposes to supply all of the South Carolina
members with sngar beet seed,
and he will also supply the experimental
stations with the same kind of seed.
While he is in South Carolina he will
visit Clemson College, and make a general
investigation of the agricultural
outlook in the Palmetto State.
Some time ago Superintendent Neal
of the State prison ordered that all the
convicts, guards and employes of the
institution be vaccinated. As a result Dr.
Pope has been kept busy, but ne has
completed his task. This was done in
view of the fact tnat smallpox was in
Atlanta. The wisdom of it appears in
the light of the many possibilities of
the spread of the scourge as evidenced
by the case at Rock Hill.?The State, i
There is a case of smail pox in Bock
Hill. The case developed in a young
inan who had been to Atlanta to have
his eyes treated. He was sick for ie\eral
days before the doctors diagnosed
the case as small pox. He has been
isolated and guards are kept arcnnd (
the building where they are to prevent
other persons from being infected.
At Charleston, in the conrt of commou
pleas, the jury in the case of Elliott
L. Mew vs. the Charleston and Savannah
road returned a verdict for $7,000.
The case was a suit for recovery of $20,000
damacesfor in juries sustained while
in the employ of the road a? conductor.
As the price of cotton is so very low,
there has been stored with Mr. W. P.
Boof, of Lexington, by the farmers of
that county, nearly two thousand bales
of cotton, awaiting a rise in the market.
Mr. George Boliver, a young man
about 28 years old, and of one of the
most prominent families in Orangeburg,
fell dead on the streets of that city.
Cause, apoplexy.
John'Wright was hanged in the jail
at Darlington for the murder of Clar
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last.
A Tarasinn who suspects that the
food or drink which lie has purchased
is adulterated, can have the article
analyzed free of cost at the municipal
laboratory. If Impurities are found th^
city undertakes the prosecution of the
tradesman, and after conviction the offender
is not only liable to fine and ir.i
prisonment, but may be obliged to dis
play in bis window a sign reading
"Convicted of Adulteration." There is
room for a similar law in this country.
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Sold?rin|i it Home.
Metals may bo aoldered at home.'
Cut off a piece of tinfoil the size of
the surface to be soldered, dip a feather
into a solution of salamtaoni&c and
wet the surfaco to be joined; then
place them in tho correct position;,
with the tinfoil between them. Placer
this on an iron hot euough to melt the ^ *j
tinfoil and, when it cools again, thn
edges will be found to be lirmly
united. t
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Physicians usually sneer at the rennted
merits of beef tea as an article
of invalid diet, and declare that by no "il
ordinary method of manufacturing ii
is any particular nutriment derivedij
Beef juice is another matter, and that
may be extracted according to tiuf
following directions: Have a juM^" ' '' [ ',
piece of beef cut one and a half inches
thick from the tender part of theround
or the rump, taking away all
the fat. Heat a frying pan and ittb it '.M
lightly with a bit of the fat, just e:.oagh
to keep the meat from sticking, but
leaving, of course, no fat in the pan..1
Lay the beef on the hot pan, adding m
little salt and cutting into it as ife-. ' J.
heats. Press with a knife and tura| . , ?B
over and over, but do not let it cook r]
much. Then take from the lireandipress
thoroughly in a lemon squeezer.', ? a!
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To Salt Beef and Dried-Beef. V.
We Have just been salting corn beer ' wj
i>y a recipe a friend gave me last year, ';?h
and as tlie meat kept the best and was ' f
the nicest wo ever had, will send it , / ? A
for others to try, writes "Aunt
to the New England Homestead. Cui
up the meat as soon as cold and put
it in a cool place where it will not '
freeze, to ripen for four to eight days,'
according to age of creature; five days .
is long enough for a two-year-oldJ , j
Then take an iron boiler two-thirdal . m
full of boiling water (be sure it boils}
and put in as many pieces of meat as
it will hold, put on tha cover and let
it boil about ten minutes, then take* /
out and put in some more fqr the same '
length of time, being sure there is si - '/S
good fire and the water is boiling hot '/
every time. This process closes the
pores of the meat on the outside and- 2mb
keeps tho juices from going into tbs- v. '
brine. When the meat that is to bs
salted has all been cooked a few min-' ,
utes, pack in the meat barrel, ptlt ont
a weight aud add the following brine^.
boiling hot: Two ounces saltpeter,
two pounds brown sugar, six pound*
coarse salt, to four gallons of water, i \9
To salt dried beef: To every thirty . 9
pounds of meat take one quart of fine
salt, one tablespoonful fine saltpeter,
and the best West India molasses, ' 'J
enough to color the mixture a light
brown. Mix and rub over each pieoe
of meat and pack in a large jar a* Wg
closely as possible .and pat on * . -,^$11
weight. In forty-eight honm turn '
over tlie top pieces, and 11 it is paosea
closs enough there will be brine
enongh to cover. In {oar to six.vfeskx J
it will be ready to dry.
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Broiled Salt Mackerel?Seleot an A.
No. 1 mackerel; soak it over night jm
cold water (enongh to cover it only),
taking care the skin lies uppermost. ^
In the morning dry it without breaking,
cnt off head and tip of tail, place ' il
it between the bars of a buttered flab '
gridiron, broil to a light brown. Lay
it in a hot dish, and dress with a little
batter, pepper. A few drops of vine- Sj
gar or lemon juice can be added when
liked.
Baked Eggplant?Cook the whole |
eggplant in boiling water until tender;
cut in two lengthwise, and carefully $
take out the inside, mash with a tablesnnnnfnl
melted batter, saltsnoonfnl
salt, dash of white or cayenne popper, '$
even teaspoonfol white sugar; return ?,
to the halves of skin, top with grated
bread crumbs, small pieces of butter
and a very slight grate of nutmeg. /
Bake in oven half an hoar and scrvn '
in the skin.
Macaroni Cream Sauce?Break one- y
quarter pound macaroni in pieces an . .g
inch long; cook in boiling, welbsalted
water (enongh to cover it) until ten- jgn
der; if maoaroni is large, almost am VV*
hour is needed; less if in small stiaksL; " ' Vv.^jj
Drain off water, put in a hot covered!
dish, and pour over it the sauoe, which
has been made thus: One teacnpfal
of milk, one teaspoonful of butter; lei - /Jf
come to a boil, and thicken with on* ^
teaspoonful of cornstarch dissolved in
one tablespoonfnl cold milk.
French Tomato Soup?One quart ot
toup stock, a pint of peeled and sliced,
ripe tomatoes; one small onion, cat
Cne (this can be slightly fried if pro- .
ferred). Put tomatoes, onion, Soup . ; ?
ifnrtlr on firs; add a dash of cavoilB* ViS
pepper, a teaspoonfnl of sugar, an erea . % >
One of salt, teaspoouful butter, saltspoonful
minced parsley. Let boil an |H
hourstrain, thicken with a tableipoonfnl
of floor, dissolved with a lit- >|
tie cold water; strain this slowly into
spup (which should be returned to pot
on the fire when strained), and stir until
flour is cooked. Served with small i
squares of bread, toasted crisp and
brown.
Lettuce Salad?Cut off the stalks
from two heads of lettuce, pick off tho
decayed and withered leaves, break
the tender green leaves apart one by I
one and remove the thick veins; p?* , i'M
the lettnce into cold water, rinse well
and let it lie in ice water for half hoarv
Shortly before serving drain the lettuce
in a colander; then put it in *
napkin, shake out well and lay it in a j
salad dish; pour over two or threo .-J
tablespoonfuls salad oil aud a litfcle
pepper aud salt; add to half cupful v.
white vinegar four tablespoonfuls cold
water and pour it over the salad; mix
it up well with two salad forks, sprinkle
over a little cracked ice and serve
at ouce. Or mis one-half gill oil with,
one gill vinegar, one-half teaspoonfnl
salt and one-quarter teaspoopful pepper,
stir a few minntes, then pour ifc
over the salad, >
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