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THE TAX LAW. I BOW TH1 TilM ABB TO BB C01XBCTBD. The Act relating to the forfeited lends of tbe 8tete steods es follows, after the em endments made at the recent session of tbe General Assembly : tbb vobvxited labds. An Act in relelion to Forfeited Lends, Delinquent Lends, end Collection of Taxes, approved 24th December, 1887, as amended by an Act approved 24th December, 1888. Section 1, Be it enacted by tbe Senate aad House ef Representatives of the 8tate of Sonth Carolina, now met and Bitting in General assembly, and by the authority of tbe some. That hereafter, immediately upon the expiration of the time allowed by law for the payment of taxes in any year, the county treasurer of oaoh county shall, and la hereby authorixed and directed to, istue in the name of the State a warrant or execution in duplicate against each default ?B ..a ... uio iivuuv/, signeu ?j mm in bis official capacity, directed to the sheriff f hie county or hie lawful deputy, requiring and commanding him to levy the tame by distress and sale of so much of the defaulting taxpayer's estate, ret! or personal, or both, as may be sufficient to satisfy the taxes, State, school, county and special, of such defaulter, specifying therein the aggregate amount of all his taxes, as well as the amount to each fand; wbieb warrant er execution shall run substantially in these words (filling the blanks to suit each case,) viz: treasurer for the county of to the Sheriff of. county, or to his lawful deputy: Whereas has been duly assessed the sum of. dollars for defraying the charges of the Stale, school, oounty and special, tor the fiscal year beginning November 1, 18... as fellows, to wit: For the State, dollars, for public sohool, dollars for county dollars for special dollars, which has neglected to pay : These are, therefore, in the name of the State, strut ly to chargo and command you to levy by dietress and sale of the personal property, and if sufficient personal property cannot be found, then by distress and sale of the land of the said the sum of dollars, together with dollars; the charges hereof; and for so doing this shall be your suffieient warrant. Qivsn under my hand and seal this day ef A. D. 18... ["Treasurer of County. And the Sheriff to whom such warrants shall be directed, shall take from such defaulter the following fees in the exeeutten of his office, viz : For serving eaoh warrant, one dollar besides mileage; for advertising sale, fifty eents; for making sale and executing deed of conveyance, three dollars; and for all sums levied as aforesaid, 5 per cent; and the oounty treasurers respectively, for every such warrant he shall issue, shall have from such defaulter one dollar : Pro vmeu, tnai the printers charges for advertising shall not exceed twenty fi*e cents for each tract of land and twenty five cents for personal properly levied en under each execution, and for every nulla bona return fifty cents, and five conts for each mile traveled in making the search, and the sheriff is prohibited from demanding or collecting aay greater sum thersfor than isjiereby allowed. Section 2. That under and by virtuo of said warrant or execution the sheriff shall t* xe and take exclusive possession of so muoh of the defaulting taxpayers estate, real or personal, or both, as may bo necessary to raise a sum of money named therein and eaid charges thereon, and after due advertisement sell the same before the Ceurt House door of the county on a regular salesday and within the usual hours for public sales, for cssh, mske titles thsrsfor to ths purchaser complying with terms of sale, and annex to said title the duplicate warrant with enderBement thereon of his actien thereunder, put the purchaser in possession of the property sold and cenveyed, and after deducting from the proceed* e/eel* Abe amount of taxes and charges ta pay over the excess, if any there be, to the defaulting taxpayer, and the taxee se cellccted to the eouoty treasurer; And in case there be no bid equal in amount to the taxes named iq said warrant or execution the county auditor shall buy the land for the sinking fund commission as the actual purchasers thereof for the amount of said taxes and penalties, costs and charges; and the Sheriff shall thereupon execute titles to said sinking fund commission as to any other purchaser and in the manner above provided, aod shall put th?m or their authorized agent in possession of the premises; tho land so sold and purchased and delivered to said commission shall he treated by them as assets of the State in tbeir charge, and be sold at such time and in such manner as by them shall be deemed most advantageous to the State. In all cases of sale the sheriff's deed of conveyance, whether executed to a private person, a corporation, or the sinking fund commission, shall be held and taken as prima facie evidence of a good title in the helder, and that all proceedings have been regular, and that all requiieinents of the law have besn duly and fully compiled with. No action for the recovery of old by lb* sheriff under the provisions of this Act, or for the recover/ of the possession thereof, shall be maintained unless brought within two years from the date of aid sale. Saction 3. That in case the taxpayer alleged to be in default after levy of distress as aforesaid shall allege that the taxes have been paid or aro unjust by assessed against him, he can and may have said aale suspended : Provided, before said sale he offers satisfactory evidence to the Sheriff that said taxes have been paid or improperly assessed against him, and within twenty days tbereaftor take such steps as arc provided by law for correction of unjust assessment, or to prove payment, and prosecute the same to a successful result, within a reasonable time. And in case the taxpayer alleged to be in default offers no such proof, or fails to take the course herein provided, he shall be deemed in law to have waived all exceptions to the omissions, errors, and irregu- , laritiee (if any there be ) in the assessment of said tax, and in all preliminaries to said sale as prescribed by law, and to have admilted that each and all preliminary steps to said assessment and sale, and said assessment and eele are in accordance with the requirements of law. Section 4. Tbut the county auditors ef the several counties be, and are hereby authorized and directed to restere to the tax duplicate ot their counties respectively in " u or assigns, each and every parcel of land in their several counties new listed on the forfeited land record, and said te be in charge efthe sinking fund commission, and enter against the same the taxes State, school, county and special, of its said owner for the fiscal year beginning 1st November, 1887. . . Section 5. That the State of South Carolina hereby renounces all title by forfeiture for non-payment of taxes to each end every of said parcels ef land and will treat them hereafter as the lands of the former owner, his heirs or assigns ; bnt this renunciation of title is upon the reservation and oondition that the State may hereafter collect by suit at law, or other legal meikod, from said lands a sum equal to the aggregate amount of all annual assessments for taxes with the penalties that might and would have been assessed and charged against the said lands in rnse the sane had never bean declared delinquent and forfeited ; and the retention of the porsession and use of said IKUUO EOT JIIIJC VJ U?j r? UHVI iuv> appivni ui 1 ihia Act by aid former owner, bia beira or | usaifna, shall be deemed sufficient evidence I of hi* or thoir aoquieeoonoe la and accept- c ance of iho r?nmlioa? ud conditions of I aid renunciation of title. eetien 6. That ill alnkiag fund eimmit ion W, and it hereby, authorised < bear and determine apon satisfactory proof the petition of any taxpayer praying relief on ground that all taxes, m described la laat action, bare been paid or that porlieaa of such taxea bare been paid and an offer to pay the balaace, aoooaapanied by the eum admitted to be owing. And the aaid sioking fund commission ahall grant anoh relief in the premiaee as may be joaf. And the < said alnkiag - fand commission ia hereby | empowered to eompoond with the former j owners, thoir heirs, or assigns, for all anoh I taxes as described in last section at suoh 0 as amount as they may deem proper without penalties, but not for a less aum than \ one-half of what should properly be charged on a reassessment, and the petition for the i relief shall state the facta relied on under the oath of the petitioner, and be accompanied with a sum equal to one-half of that admitted to be due, and be filed with the aid sinking fund commission on or before the first day of January, 1890, and the receipts of said commission for suoh part i thereof shall t'.iachsrgc the ecid taxpayer ( and his said land from any farther liability to the State on that aooount, and provided, further, that the commissioners of the sink- 1 ing fund be authorised in each oases and to | such extent as they may deem most advan tageons ta tha Stats after tba passage of this Act to bring an action as for debt 1 against the former owners, or any person or persons having any legal or equitable j interest in ssid laad, for the recovery of the full ameunt of taxea, ooata and penalties scorned to and including the levy of 1 1886 -, Provided, that any euch notion may ba brought at any time after the approval of thia Act upon %ny land npen the forfeited land list at ths tims of tha passage of this Act. Any judgment obtained in such sotion shall have a lien upon tha lands respectively upon which such taxes, costs aud penalties have scorned, and tha same shall be sold under execution by the sheriff in due course of law, and the proceeds of any such sale shall be applied fi ret teths payment to the sinking fund commissioners of tbs taxes, oostn and penalties charged against the property, and next to the payment of the taxed costs in the suit and expenses of sale, aod the surplus, if any there be, shall be paid over to the former owners or parties in interest, as their interests may appear. The sinking fund cemmission are hereby autheriied to employ suitable agents in counties where the said lands are located, en such terms as they may deem proper, to take possession of said land and lease, control and manage the same for them. Seotion 7. So much of nil Aeta er parte ef Act* as are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act be, and hereby la, repealed, and this Act shall take effect from and immediately after its approval. Section 8. That the Comptroller General shall, immediately after the approval of this Act, have the same punted in pamphlet form and send a espy of same to oaoh of the county auditors and treasurers of the State. Section 9. The sheriffs of tho several counties in this Stats, in making levies and sales, and in paying over money eellsoled under tax warrants er executienn placed in their hands by county treasurers, shall be subject to the direction and under the control of the Comptroller General of the State in like manner as they now are to plaintiffs in execution; and the Comptroller general ie hereby invested with all the rights and privilege* of a plaintiff in execution, to invoke and obtain the aid of the Court to compel refractory sheriffs t* discharge their duties ia the enfercemeat of tax executions and in making payment of money collected therennder it is kereby made the duty of the said sheriffs, respectively, to make returns of the said sales, and to pay over to tbs trsanurers sf thsir respective counties all taxes and penalties collected by them, within sixty days ft-em the date of sale, or, if collected without sale, then within sixty days from the date of suoh collection ; and in case of default, then the several county treasurers shall have the right to receive from any such defaulting sheriff treble the amount of ssoh taxes and penalties in an action Which the said treasurers are hereby authorised te bring in any Court of competent jurisdiction. Takinq ths Bark Orr.?a reporter for the Newt and Courier asked Dr. C. F. Penknin Thursday if there were any new developments in the nil-engrossing question of ramie culture and decortication. Dr. Panknin said that he had nothing new for the press concerning his discovery, and that no contract had yet been made with the company In New York far manufacturing the plant by the new process, though the matter had progressed veey satisfactorily. 'But," said he, "X have been surprised to learn the extent of ramie culture in the South, started probably some years ago when the newspapers got up an exeitemeni over the opportunity for a new Southern staple, and dropped, when the planters fonnd tbet there was no suoh process as mine for decorticating the fibre st a paying price. From a number of letters, received since the notice of my discovery in the Newt and Courier, I will mention three." "Mr. R. S. Meyrant, of Columbia, writes me that he has an acre and a half planted in ramie, and that he can supply 200,000 roots next spri ng. "Mr. Bradish Johnson, of New Orleans writes that he has five aeres of his plants11 r.n SAsaaad w?lh wwa - uvu v?ivi?v nuu m mine. "Mr. Felix Fremerie, of Brunswick, Ox., writes that he can supply the trade with frem 20,000 to 25,000 roots. "Ramie," continued Dr. Pankain, "ean he grown from aeed and euttlngs, hut like asparagus, grows mnch better from roots. It spreads over the fields witheut cultivation very much like artichokes. The roots are worth about $10 per thousand. "I have asked Mr. Mayrant for some ramie stalks, and as soon as they come I will decorticate them by nay process and leave epeeimenn of the bleached and unbleached fibre at the Newt and Courier office." Who Havh Oot tub Monst.?The At lanta Constitution presents a truly dismai picture of the condition of the farmers of Georgia, whe have "made nearly or? thousand million dollars worth of cotton since 1865," but who, there is every reasen to believe, are growing pooror steadily, while, out of the enormous wealth they have orsatsd, others have been growing richer. The Comlitution is satisfied that "there is something wrong, and well it may be when it states that it is estimated that one-third of the farms in Georgia are under mortgage, and the farmers of the State are navinar ahmit. S3 900 (X?l unniilU as interest to absentee mortgage holders. | The Contlitulton says truly that there is no .cause for the expression in either the soil or the climate of the State, and adds: "Wc shall bend our energies to find out I just where the trouble lies. It may be in | the pitching of the crops, or in the laok ef near markets, farm economy er personal suDervision. It roar rest in the relation of the farmer lo the State or National Govern- ] ment. It may reel in the relation of the farmer to the merchant or to the railroads. Wherever it it, the Constitution is going to find it if it can be found." The only Fertilizer which has not advanced in priee this season is ''Long's Prepared Chemicals," sold by FOSTER, WILKIN8 & CO. 8-2ti ^????? ifte Meelly "Mtiion "Sim? R. M. STOKER, ? . Editor Friday, January 99, 1889. SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 PER ANNUM POST Om01 DIEBUTOBY. '\\ . The P. O. will be opened {for business' Vom & A. M. to 6.80 P. M. The Menej Order Department will be ipened for business frexn 9 A. M. te 4 P. M. The Northern and Southern malls will ?oth close promptly at 1 P. M. Any inattention or irregularities should tie reported promptly to 'he P. M. J. C. HUNTER, P. M. THE PUBLISHER'S NOTICE I Hereafter no "application fer Homestead" will be inserted unless the fee, $8, is paid in tdvanoe. We den't like to dan widows, and we Hare ten or twelve sueh charges on ear bookss unpaid. Another matter we wonld pest eur readers on. Obituary netiees over ten lines, must be paid for as advertise moots. In other words for every one hundred words, after the first one hundred we hall charge one dollar. Count the words and send the sash with the espy, to make sure of seeing it in the Tiuns. . Union Cotton MSrket. We neglected te ebtaJn from Mr. WilHems, the attentive oolton weigher, the regulaT report ef sales last week, but embraces in this week's report the sales of the two past weeks, as follows : Sales for the twe weeks, 687 bales ; prices ranged from 7} ? 9 cents. The extremely bad roads and wet weather is, no doubt, the cause ef the small amount brought te market. ...... , W. K. Themis, of Fish Dam, hat resigned the office of Trial Jastiee of that township. a Xfir" We ask the fbrmers of Union to read Mr. Peterkin's sensible artiole on fertilisers en our first page. g?- A perpetual Building and Lean Association has been organised at Lauretta, with a capital stook ef f100,000, and the ultimate value of each share to be |200. Frtm thence we predict a cotton Factory at Laurens. - wParties in need of Hay, Oats, Peas, Bran. Corn, Flonr, Farming implements and Hardware, ahould call on R. 8. L1P8COMB, Qaffney City, 8. Q., headquarters for suob geeds. 2-31 Rev. Mr. Painter, recently a missionary in China, will preach next Sunday morning at Mt. Vernon, and will address the Sabbath Sohool at the Presbyterian church in Union in the afternoon, at 8.80. He will also preach at night. All are invited to attend the aervioes. IgL. J. L. Strain (Vox) was in tewn Saturday, swearing like an old trooper, before the Clerk ef the Court, that he would "everlastingly go for" (he dieturbers of the peaoe, gemblera, end all other law breaker* in Qowdeysville Township, aa the law commands him, as a Trial Justice. So "stand from under Vox's legal wrath. ggk- The Oranvi lie-Warner company, supporting the talented aotress and vooalist, Miss Bonnie Meyer, will appear to-night in the Court House, as the Opera House was not to be secured. "A day in Paris," "Josh Whitcomb" and a farce will be the program. Those who attend we are sure will enjoy a treat, as the press throughout the country speak of them very highly. e The only Fertiliser which has net advanced in price this season is "Long's Prepared Chemicals," sold by FOSTER, WILKINS & CO. Iff Efforts are being made to form a new county out of what is now Berkley county; and from the statements mad* by those wh* favor the scheme, it should be don*. It appears that Berkeley county con tains about 2,200 square miles, which the State constitution requires only 620 square miles of territory. Berkeley *ouaty is now nearly twice as large as the State of Rhode Island, and three times as large as any other county in this State. The present county seat is from 60 to 70 miles from many of th* largost centres of peculation, entailin* upon the eouaty heavy expenses for mileage of juries and witnesses. 19" Married, last Wednesday, the 23d, at the residence of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Rice, in this town, by the Rt. Rev. Bishop, W. W. Duncan, Rev. James W. Wolling, of the Brasilian Mission, to Miss Litzie Morgan Rice. The noptnal ceremony was performed about 11 o'olock in the morning, in the presence of the relatives of the bride, and after partaking of a sumptuous luneh the bride and groom took the train for Sumter, where they will remain a month, after that they will visit his relatives in Virginia, and sometime in Marsh they will sail for Brazil to resume his missionary labors: But few ladies, if any, in this town, bore a purer christian character than Miss Rice, and it is s peouliar coincident that she has always expressed a desire to ge to Brazil, as a missionary. She will be greatly missed in this community, where she is greatly loved and rekn..U,l k. .11 .k.l... t.- -- - 1'ivvou .v ... nuu """ u?r, MV me earnest with of all is, that God's richest blessings may accompany her, and that the werthy couple may enioy a long happy and nserul married life. Maatr Wise.?We desire te say to our sitlsene, that for years we have been telling Dr. King's New Discovery For Consumption, Dr. King'a New Life Pills, Duoklen's Arnica Salve and Electrio Bitters, and have nevet bandied remidiea that sell as well, or that bave given such universal satisfaction. We lo not hesitate te guarantee them every :ime, and we stand ready to refund the purcha?e price, if satisfactory results do not 'otlow thvir use. These remedies have Won hair great popularity purely on their merits^ 1- W. Posey & Bro, Druggists. The Trade of the Alliance. Qiinurr Crrr, Jan. 17.?Representatives of the farmer* Allianoe of upper Union County were In town to-day to confer with th* aaorobenta about getting auppliea for the awning year. Several of the merchant* made propositions to them, but it was finally settled thai Messrs Carroll & Carpenter apply the Allianee for that section for this ynor. This simply means the sale of a I qnarter of a million dollars worth of goods; ai the section represented is one of tho best agricultural oentions in the State. - if?e nud tho above in itne Newt and Courier. We do not know that tho concentration of this largo share of tho business of this ooanty at Gaffoey City will materially affect this town, as the trade of that seotion has gone to Spartanburg, Qaffney, Clifton and the country stores for some years. It will bn more likely to injure the country stores in that region than the merchants of this town. The Messrs Carroll & Carpenter are large Cotton buyers, and it is probable that the arrangement will be greatly benefioial to them in that reaped, and through it, no doubt they were able te make better terms with the Alliance than other parties oould. At any rate it must be apparent that $250, vw worm 01 iraae irom one source, ana for farmers supplies alone, must be of immense advantage to all branohes of business in Gaffney City. But we thiek the estimate is much too high. The voting population of the County is |abeot 2,860, end if all belonged to the the $260,000 would allow over $100 worth of supplies to eaoh member; but as it is net probable that more than half the voters belong to that organisation, and that not more than one fourth live in "upper Union County," it would allow about $660 to eaoh farmer for supplies alone.* There oan be no doubt that any and every merchant would be willing to sell the Alliance members all the supplies they need, at reduoed prices, even on time, provided the Aliianoe would insure prompt payments at tho close of the year, and seoure the merchants against loss from bad debts of its individual members. But few can see or appreciate the losses, Hsks and disadvantages the merchants inour under our present business methods. It is estimated that 20 per cent of one year's credit business has to be carried over to the next year, and about 10 per cent of the lien business is a total loss. Tbis, unices the merchant is full handed, and but few are, requires him to borrow meney at 10 and II per cent for his next year's business, which ofoourse must be provided for, or be will inevitably "go under." Now, if the reipontiblc members of the Alliance will seoure the merohants against these contingent drawbacks, it is very plain the merchants will be glad to get the Alliance trade atereatlv reduced n rices. Wo say "responsible members," because, in tho first place, the Allianoe is not a corporals body?cannet sue or be sued?and therefore oannet be legally held responsible for the individual debts of its members; ethat individual security will be necessary to aeeure the contraotiog merohant against lose by irresponsible members of the Allianoe. But the plan adopted by the Allianoe, we leans, is, for eaoh member to say what -4Ba&t- of3upp)iee he will need, ana after thesggrsgate is made up to oanvas the merohant s in the vioinity and aslc them to bid for the trade of the whole. We are told, a*so that if the merohant's bid is so much per eent profit he is required to submit his bills of parehMes to a oommittee appiented by the Alliance for inspection. This, however, we think, must he a mistake, as no responsible merohant would consent, to such an unheard-of espionage into his business affairs; nor do we think the leading members ef the Allianso would ask, msoh less demand it. There Is no doubt, however, that the merchant w?o secures the trade of the Allianoe is expected to look out for his own security against bad debts, in the samo way other merchants do; but he is also expeoted to sell eheaper and run more risks ef lose, from the larger amount of trade he does. On ths other hand, tba Allianoe is certainly doing the proper thing for its members in eemblning their trade to secure better priees for supplies, and it is possible that by these rednoed prloes the merchants will have leu to "oarry ever" and fewer loMOS. If properly and judioionsly managed, ft may work goed both to the farmers and to the merchants. If the Alliance oannot secure the merchants against less through its individual members, it can do the next best thing for the oredit and good name of the order?weed out these members who do not paj their stere accounts, or make honest efforts to do so. All about Town. Treok Master, L. B. Willard has bad his force at work some days repairing the railrWd-tseok it the Main Street crossing. We had a heavy cold rain, oemmenoing Saturday night and lasting until about dark, Sunday afternoon. A friend at our elboTi suggests that it was a good exouse for some members of ehureh to read their bibles and prayer books at home (f) rather than run tne risk of "oniohinf their death ot cold" by getting wet going to churoh. Rev. MoNeely DuBose and family have moved into the pretty new Reotory opposite the Episoopal Church, sad nearly opposite the Baptist Parsonage ; dut that's n-> reason why the twe olerioal brothers should "turn on the water," except when the buildings are on fire. We would merely tvggetl to the Honorable Town Council that a few loads of gravel distributed among the holes in Main Street beyond the Baptist Church, just now, would be a great improvement to that thoroughfare, prevent the holes from getting deeper <aa#fc*er, and save money to the town. 'A eliteh in time navno nine." Buok lee's Aenica Salve.?The Beet Salve in the world for Cats, Bruiser, Sores, Uloert, 8elt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chepped Heads, Chilbleins, Corns, end ell 8kin Eruptions, end posltlvslj cures Piles or no pey required. It is gtierented to give Perfect setlsfhotlon, or money refunded. Priee 26 eents per box. For sele by Posey & Bro. Feb. 10, ly. In K Vital,Question. In another column will be found a very sensible article under the above beading, 01 whioh we take from the Cheater Reporter, pi but is equally applicable to this town, and tl we call the special atieatien ot our cititens tl to its very praotioal and timely points and m suggestions. tl To-day Union is in the same oondition as V Cheater, in regard to the liquor and barreom n question. We have tried tho local option v plan ef suppressing the sale of whiskey, for fi four yeara, and it proved an nnblushiag 01 failure. We have now high lioensed barrooms, and while we do not think they will v increase the use and sale of whiskey or n cause more drunkenness than the "drug 1. store" blind did,, yet,, from what we have g already beard, the barroom keepers seem to think their license gives thorn the right or tl privilege to openly ignore any respect for ii the opinions and feelings of the moral and ol Christian peoplo of the community, and to ol defy the law governing their peculiar buBi- o ess, by keeping their doors open and doing w business during the Sabbath day. m People may argue in favor of barrooms h and the sale ef whiskey as mnoh and as long as they please, but if there is a more demoralising and law-defying business than si selling whiskey we do net know it. We t< oare not what restrictions the law may throw tl around iu, licensed sale, or what penalties " it may inflict for the illicit sale of it, most tl of those who engage in the business, legally u er illegally, eontrive to oircumvent the restrictions, defy the law and its penalties, n and disregard all moral restraints. tl It does seem to us that a decent respect for the feelings and opinions of the Chris- p tian people and the acknowledged custom of ti the community, together with that high com- li mandment of Ood?"Remember the Sabbath s day, to keep it Holy"?would be suffioient n to induce, not only saloon-keepers but all n ethers, to at least keep the front doors of b their places of business on Main street closed t on that day; and at the same time demand p of the authorities of the town a proper vigi- tl lancc to stop suoh unseemly end flagrant a desecration. a - o Person all. il from Yorkvillo, is now among us visitit-g her relatives and many friends. Mrs. G. B. Bobo end her brother, Mr. J. F. Bailey, of Sedalia, hare gone to Chorokee, Ga-, on a visit to relatives. It was hard for C. B. te raise a smile on his face when he eame into our sanotum last Saturday. His home and finanoial losses seemed to have taken all the smile out of him. Our eld typo friend, Arthur Mo Lure* gave us a pleasant call last Tuosday. Arthur is now holding a position in the store of his brether-in-law Mr. W. H. Roseborough, at Chester, and either the atmosphere, the lively business, the booming prospeets, or some other inspiring influence of that flourishing town, has worked a marvelous improvement en him. He says Chester is full ef business push and enterprise. The new railroad and the building of a cotton Factory have put Chester on a regular boons. J ones villa Still Lives. jokesvillb, 8. C., 21st Jan., 1889. Mb. Editor.?Your very effioient corree pondent "Seaton" has left Jenesville, and 1 gono to our neighboring town, Pacolet, so I c will try and give the Timss some of the news of our town and community. But little has besn done yet by the farm- 1 ore, as the weather and xoude have both * been bad for farm work. I see some out- ^ ton yet in the field, but I think roost of the ootton has been marketed, and the money * gone somewhere. 1 The Rev. C. R. Willeford has movsd from f our town to Santuc, as most sf his work is near that plaes. Mr. Willeford was with us ^ two years as a minister, and was very much ' liked by all the people. He also brought 0 ia a better-half last Fall, which was a good 1 Addition to eur town; so we regret very 1 much to give them up. Santuo will find in 6 them asocial, enterprising young oouple. Miss Florence Boyd, daughter ef Rev. D. P. Boyd, has been greatly afflicted for ] ome time. She has beta In bed over nine < woeks, with but little or -no improvement < yet. The family certainly deserve the ( prayers and sympathy of the oommunity. ( Our school, under the superior manage* t msnt ef Mr. Joseph Tenable, with a Board j of eight Trustees to back him, is doing well, | numbering about sixty scholars, ssvernl of < whom are grewn young men ?and young f ladies. Miss Lisxie Venable, a daughter of | the Principal, is prepared to givo music, in oonnectien with the day school, or otherwise, and as board can be obtained in most ( of the families of our town on very reasonable terms, with tuition very low, we hopo ' and expect to build up one of the best ^ schoels in the ceuntry. To this end we IUT11C pOUUUBjJf* Mr. 8am Littlejohn and a commercial traveller bj tha name of Berry, bad a little unpleaaaniness in onr town last week. It , seems that they thought their proceedings were ugly and deeieted. Sam had con. siderably the avoirdupois on the drummer, but whether he weuld have come out in j the same ratio or not remains yet to be , solved, as they did not prooeod far enough , to deeide that question. Mr. R. W. Scott has been appointed by the Governor a Trial Justiee. Wat says he is going te make everybody pay their debts and marry all the young folks that will give him a ekanoe. By the way, I read the extraot of the late Trial Justice law for Union County in your last week's issuo. New ain't it retrenchment with a vengeance. Our law makers, or a maj ority ef them, are willing te give our circuit Judge thirtyfive hundred dollars a year, while they p whittle down the salaries ef eleven Trial Justioes for Union oounty to Two hundred and seventy five dollar*. I don't Ilk* to ? ns* slang, but I must say, ain't that "law p upon a knot". * Titinon. 1 I 30 Shasp. * Kklton, Jan 21.?In reply to Vox'i sheep example, I would say the answer is ' twenty (20) sheep. l'lease publish and by d o doiaj you will oblige J. M. Gaclt. 1 - . v, Vy ' Vtva from North Paeolet. | Ktta Jam*; January 21.?Either our irelessneee or An oversight with the oomositor, caused the omleeiea of one word in . is rule that we gave last week for dividing li plank that completely reverses oar leaning. We should have said, "take half 10 sums of the squares of the ends," etc. ^e make this correction that those who iay have discovered the error may like* rise have our explanation of it. We will irther say that the answer to the question r two weeks ago is one oubioinoh. Those who have expressed a fear that the rinter is loo mild for a good drop to follow, iay take down those fears. It isn't too its yet. Tb? nmnpnt spell may make up a ood deal of lost time in that direction. The "Alliance" is beginning to move hinge. I understand that they are orderig oats, flour and corn, at rates muoh heaper than through the regular channels f trade. May they prosper and ceme at right in the end, is the wish of those ho are not members; and even the reliable lerchants will give any success they may ave in bettering their position, a hearty A men," The rates at whioh they are getting their applies through the Allianoe is net known > us, and if known it wouldn't do te make rem pnblio, though I find that some of the outs" pretend to know a great deal of what lie "ins" are doing; it isn't the ease with t though. Borne people can't keep a secret, and iany of that stripe will, no doubt, drop into lie Alliance too. As an ignorant backwoods newspaper re* orter, we, perhaps might take the liberty o say in regar I to the good work the Aiance has so nobly begun, that "if the Jews ver expect to ovangelize tbo world, tbey >ust begin at Jerusalem,*' and if the farisrs ever expcot to accomplish what 1 elieve the majority of them are working for, hey must commenee at home. Those peoile who sit around country stores and whitle away their time talking of high prices nd hard times, brought on by merobauts nd monied men, don't see themselves t* ther people do. They must remember that f their time is their only oapital that thai apital must be employed, or all lost time ilaced on the debit side tf their aocount riih themselves. The wide-awaks, pro;ressive, determined men whe are the head .nd foot of the Alliance can't afford to I like such dead weight into their brotberiood. It will kill it too dead to skin, rherefore, some of the main qualification* bould be, a man's energy, thrift and perseerance. When these virtues begin to reax he becomes a Jonah in tho ship and bould be tossed overboord at once. The llliance would then be what it is intended o be?a protection to the farmer as well as be wife and children who have a lazy, inlolent husband and father to keep up. 5*ery ether industry and profession would iien do homage to the man who, merely or wan't of system, has been a foot-ball rem time immemorial?the farmer. Mr. R. B. Lomaster and Miss Mollic Motown wsre married last week. They have he congratulations of their many friends. The new moon in February is Mr. "Mack" )or man's time to get out wagon timber. Ye don't know what ho will do this year, is there's no new moon next month. Tou'll lot need wagon timber the next time this icours, aiaok. We regret to say that last week Mr. A. Y. Lotspricb, of Snnnysido, was sumnoned by telegraph tithe bedside of his ery sick daughter, in Qrecne County, renn., his former home. Mr. Mason Garner, who recently went rom this section to Clifton Factory, we are torry to learn, has lost two of his children rom measles. A. and B. borrowed $175, due one year isuce, with interest at 10 per cent. The nterest was taken in adranoe from the face if the note. Of the sum left, A. took $G0 >nd B. the remainder. At settlement what >art of the interest Bhould each pay ? Aniwer in two weeks. Vox. . . m A Bad Not* From Rivarairi* loa. Johksville, Jan. 23.?We arrived at tbia >laco on yesterday, and are very sad to ihroniole the serious illness of Miss Florsnce, daughter of Kev. D. P. Boyd. It is iow ten weeks sinoe Miss B. was taken siok, itid ehe has been confined te her bed ever lince. "The ioy hand of death" is looked for now at any moment. If the case proves ratal Jonesville will mourn the loss of one )f her brightest flowers. The bereaved 'amily have the sympathy ef a host of friends. Jos. Ceunty Board of Pensions. Uniox, 8. G., Jan. 21.?At a meeting of the County Board of Examiners for Pensions, for Union County. 8. C., held this lay, on motion of Mr. Moorhead, J. W. 3cott was eleoted chairman, and M. W. 3ulp Secretary. After organisation, there being no business before the Board, on motion of Mr. Moorhead the Board adjourned to meet Wednesday, January 30th, at Union C. II M. W. Culp, J. W. 8COTT. Sect'y. Ch'n. All persons entitled to pensions ean procure blank forms from the Seoretsry, and after being properly filled, will be acted lpon by the Board at the next meeting. M. W. CULP. ? m Arrsa thk Tax-Dodosrs.?We think the fomptrol er General has done exaotly right n requiring a formal oath, and we believe hat if the instructions are properly carried tut by the officers of the State it will be the neans of placing thousands of dollars worth >f properly upon the tax books whioh has leretofore eseaped taxation altogether. If his be true it will do still another good, or it will reduce the tax of those who have Jwaye made honest returns, for the more axable nroDertv we have in the State the owsr our taxsi will be.?ProtperUy Reporter. A 8am Ixtbstmsht.?Is one which is guaranteed to bring you satisfaotory results, r in oaee of failure a return of purohaee irioe. On this safe plan you can buy from or advertised Druggist a bottle of Dr. King's lew Discovery for Consumption. it is ;uaranteed te bring relief in every ease, rhen used for any affection of Throat, Lunge r Cheat, such as Comeumption, Inflanmaion of Lungs, Bronohitls, Asthma, Whoop. Dg Cough, Croup, eto , etc , can always be epended upon. Iriul bottles free at J. W. ceey ft Bro'i. From South Wtit Cornor. A1 cross km, jm, 19,1889. /b Mr. Editor.?Ttao old Molbor ?'Koys" 8 hss gone r visiting to-dsy, ftnd will not 3jj oo me bom* bo for* to m*rroir *to, bad ah* 1 ku left everything for me to do. I will here f to aeke fresh ooffee, feed the oat* end dot. fry a lUtle meet, wash the diehea ead ohuro. ^1 I The old men is et home with me, bat he ' oan't do maoh, only leed the horse to *nd hold of the eelf. . Thet ip~ilxfl4vayrB_^^B fixed. You see how it id, end I vi^ToM I to etop this wey he's got to doing, t*lling^EgB the "Girls it's better to be en old men's dorling then e young men's sieve," I w*n't I S bim to stop it until I can seo e little further. 1 The extreme wet weathsv holds the plow II *B in oheok, but we hope thet the neoessery \ BB quentity ot oats will yet he sown. jfl There is yet lomo cotton to pick in this ,*^^B seotlon. We sympethise with those far- <^^B mere end sinoerely hop* they may suooeed jj^H in getting out their ootton in time to plant another ?rop. "jB Miss Clare E. West, of West Spri ngs, is 3 ~J| new paying e visit to her sister et Cross J nchor. Wear* always g'ad to meet Clare's CjjBpleasant feoe end hear her sweet voice I } ring in laughter. I , Mr. Editor, another year has just oom- ML 1 menoed, the eld one has passed away, with jl . r ell its Joys end sorrows, with ell its trials and diseppointosats; they Srs numbered 1 with the past forever. W* have many pleasant memories do rer VJB* oell, and many sad ones t* regvet. Many * who were active in life one year ago, have SI oeased to not. Their counsels end admoni- J tlons have ell ended apd thfy are number- I Si with the silent ones in the oity of the oB dead, and have no more voice under the ua. We have seen the fdaeral train mov ing along from the houses of all classes of 4Bl people, and all ages borne with slow step Jflr their last resting places. Their cmp^P B ohairs ere left, never to be filled again by flB (heir presence. So the world goes; one goes, another ccmoth; thie will bo the vray until the Creator says "time shall be no longer" under the sun, end mortality shell I B cease. I ^B But does the new year, when it comes, make the people any better? I say no, sin , and iniquity grows worse and worse every .... M.. ... I..... ./.U.... ?- .1? /van iu?u iviuia ui pi?Marv uiurv iu?a lovers of Qod. We know thle he* been' if" in the past; but what will bo in the year to H oome is only known to a higher power than fl ours. Wo know not what the ooming year fl will bring forth; we only know that we d?, fl hastening to the judgment. Eaoh has an B individual case to beideoided and the deoi- fl gion will be for eternity, and, when once fl uindo it never can be reversed. It will bo ) life or death, saved or lost, eternal life or IB destruction; this will depend on hew wo spend the few years of probation that are allotted us. Eternal destinies bangs upsn this little span of time. Its preoieus mo. |fl ments, hours and days, the prioe of eternity, HI is put'into our own hands. Wbe of tia value Vj it as we enggt f I fear that there are but fl| few. Mr. Editor, my honest oonvietion is, V that many of us will have to stay at tho judgment bar when the new year of eternity ' dawns upon us, "The summer is past Jthe harvest is ended and I am not saved." I & fear many will say this to their own?niew> fl But it will bo our own fault, not Clod's. Re 9 has plaoed meroy within our reaoh. Young Si men of Union, take hold of it. I am a llj young man jost like you; and love to bo Jj with young folks; love to see them enjoy fl themselves; but remember what I say, I ex- I pect to pass through this world but enoe; if, 1 therefore, there be any kindness I can show 4 or any good I can do to my fe low human I beings, let me do it now; let me not defer or 1 neglect it, for I will not pass this way again; and another thing, time ia flying. Ilow fast the present moment flies, Aud bears our lives away; God help thy servants to be wise, And live another day. Pardon my long letter. "Good Night," Kits. Tub Smokt Town Vsndetta.?Newberry January 22-?8 >lioilcr Sohumpert, upon in* formation had warrants issued by Trial Justice Girardeau yesterday for the parties oharged with the arson in Smoky Town, in this count/, and for Butler Banks, oharged with the shooting|of James C. Banks. Sheriff ' Riser went down yesterday and arrested ^ uuah lianki on the charge of arson. Butler $j Banks has not yet been arrested. Solicitor Sobumpert thinks he will haite Butler Banks arrested by to-morrow nigl^P Mrs. Fannie Banks, wife of Duller, was arrested to-day as an accessory after the facts in the shooting case. She was released this afternoon on her own recognizance. The Sheriff had no trouble in Smoky Town in serving his papers and making lbs ? arrests. James G. Banks, who was shot by Butler > Bsnka, is still alive, and will probably re* cover. A Lakk on Fibk.?Indianapolis, lad., January 19.? Near Newd*oker, a village in' seuthera Indiana, a small lake is burning, emitting a peculiar sulphurlo sdor. The % community is exoiud, and those living near 'jE the lake are preparing to leave the plaoe. The lake is about a half mile in In eircum- & fere nee. Fire covers the eastern surface .gft with a steady blsze six Inches in height. No smoke in peroeptible. Several theories ton suggested, the most plausible ef which in that a vein of oil near the enrfaoe burst un- { der the pond and the oil rose te the eurfsen where it wss eel on fire by a spark from o burning heap, and that as the oil continent ' to riso it keeps burning upon tho surface. A Tenmessxs Tha(ikdv.?Chicago, Jan. jf IS.?A dispatch from Ku'aviiie, Toiio., |g| says: Near Cumberland Gap, on Thursday^ \ Imlgo Clay Turner nlmf and killed Watson, a well-known citizen of Bell Coun^HB J K/. The fight originated in a Fiwsuit, which three niecee of Turner and Watson were involved. They oherge l that Watoon had swindled them, and Turner took np tho fight. Ho met Watson end fired o? bin without a word. The courier who arrived in thie city loot night saya that a mob of twenty men, friends end relatives of Wat* son, had been organised with tho intention of hunting down Turner and killing him. Triplb Lynching. ? Memphis, Tenn., Jan.'20.?At Tiptonrille, Tenn. a landing on the Mississippi Hirer, about oaf hundred " V and fifty miles North of hers, some weeks sgo a yodng man married the daughter Of Mrs. J. F. Atoheson, a widow. The young m -n's father learning th*t his son's metherin-law possessed $800 or $400 ooncooted the plan for bim, his son and the young wife * J to murder the old lady for the pnrpeee of robbery. Tho plan waa ugrood to and tka crime was committed. The neighbors learned of the erlme, fixed 1 ihe guilt upon the trio and the latter hast- ft ' ily departed. A poese of indignant ottiseas lollowed, overtook and hanged tho entire party to the linb el a tree.