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gWMMUW f^unhurah ~~ THE DEACON'S STRATEGY. Deacon W was a staid and honest deacon in one of the interior towns, who had a vein of dry, caustic humor in his composition, i The deacon had a boy of some dozen sum- t mere, who was somewhat inclined to be a little ; ugly when not under the parental eye. In school, especially, John was a source of constant annoyanoe to his teacher, who punished him for some misdemeanor, and he told his father that the mistress had whipped him. "What!" exclaimed the deacon, elevating his eyebrows, "been whipped ?" "Y-a-e," sobbed the boy. "And did ye let a woman whip ye Y' the old deacon shouted. "Y-a-e. I couldn't help it" "Well, John, you little rascal, you go to school to-morrow, and if Miss E undertakes to whip you again, you just pitch in; don't let a woman whip ye again, if ye can help it Don't take a stick to strike her with, but ye may strike, bite, scratch and kick as much as ye have a mind to at any time." rbe next day the boy went to school, and emboldened by the permission given by his father, was soon brought before the tribunal for violated rales. The teacher undertook to correct him. The result was John got a most unmerciful trouncing and was thoroughly subdued. When he got home he went to his father crying: "Well, dad, I got an awful bad licking today." "What!" said the old deacon, "have you let the woman whip ye again ?" "Y-a-s,"said the boy. "Y-a-8," chuckled the humorous old deacon, "you 'tarnallittlefool, I knew she would^ and she'll give vou a trrmnpirri ^he . ^.iJuuitresTTC, ana l aavise you to behave yourself in the future." John began to have some perception of his father's motive, and ever after was a better and wiser boy. + 7 The "Fat Sheep."?Some twenty-five years ago, when I was pastor of a church in , I took occasion one evening to attend a social meeting in the church in that place. As is their custom on such occasions, one after another rose and gave his or her experience. After a time a man in humble circumstances, small in stature, and with a very effeminate, soueak ing voice, rose to give in his experience, which was done in the following manner: "Brethren, I have been a member of this church for many years. I have seen hard times; my family has been much afflicted; i . r ? a .1 a * I?J?. out l nave ior cue nrsc ume in my me 10 see my pastor, or any of the trustees of this church cross the threshold of my door." No sooner had he uttered this part of his experience than he was suddenly interrupted by one of the trustees, an aged man, who rose up and said in a firm, loud voice: "My dear brother, you must put the devil behind you. On his taking his seat the pastor in charge quickly arose, and also replied to the little man as follows: "My dear brother, you must remember that we shepherds are sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." Whereupon the little man rose again, and, in answer said, in a very loud tone of voice: "Yes, and if Fd been a fat one, you would have found me long ago." The effect upon the audience can be better imagined than described. A Remarkable Story.--A frontiersman was once telling a story of his adventures among the Indians. This man, by name Pelly Bigford, was notorious for his long but amusing yarns, and was sitting amongst a crowd around the camp fire. Pelly was holding forth in this wise: "You see, boys, there was six of the yaller cusses, with their war paint I had for company only my old army 'six' and 'Butch,' so nothing was left but to take my cave, which I done at a 2.40 rate. ?^^^Theyria course, started in pursuit As they gained on me, one after another, I killed five of them; but, from running, my nerves was considerably shaken, and my sixth shot missed its aim. I then stopped suddenly, flung old stand-by at his head and missed again. Away I went and could now almost feel his hot breath on my face. His tomahawk was upraised, and I involuntarily grasped Butch, and dodging, my foot struck a log, which bma wvlKnM AM iltA ?M?? seui iuc luiiiug uu bin? giuuuu, mjr auiic tcu yards off. The tomahawk had passed over ray head, but?" and here Pelly paused. "Well! well!" exclaimed his hearers, excitement and deep interest pictured op their faces. Pelly calmly drew out his tobacco, and depositinga quid in his mouth, said quietly: "Why, gol darn him, he killed me /" It is needless to state that a broad smile illumined those features, almost as if the party had drawn prizesin the Louisiana State Lottery. A Safe Place to Cabby Money.?An amusing incident occurred in a crowded passenger car near Hillsboro on the North Carolina Railroad the other day. While Mr. W. W. Davies the gentlemanly conductor, was collecting tickets from his passengers all responded promptly except one old fat lady who sat next the door and who seemed to be reaching down as if to get something she had dropped on the floor. When her time came to pay she raised her head and thus addressed the blushing conductor: "I alien, when I travels, carry my money j in my stock in', for, you sees, nothing can get; at it thar, and I'd thank you, young man, just to reach it for me, as I am so jammed in I can't get to it I forgot to get a ticket at the depot" The conductor who by the way is a very modest man, glanced at the other passengers, some of whom were laughing at his plight; one or two young ladies among them blushed scarlet, and he Mat a sudden retreat, rauttering something about not charging old ladies, etc. His cash was short that trip the fare of one passenger. The case was laid before the directors, who have excused the conductor for this time.?Newberii Republican. A Dbummeb's Story.?A drummer tells this story of a "first-class" hotel, where he ordered onem6rning of his attentive waiter two soft boiled eggs. Sambo went to the kitchen, and soon returned, and asked : "Mass boss, did you want dem eggs scrambled?" "No, I want them soft boiled." /< i 11 i . n 1 . x xi. l "Ail rigni, sar, ana on no iroueu again. In a few moments he loomed in again, and remarked, in a most persuasive teue : , "Mass boss, you better hab dem eggs scrambled." "What do you mean ?" "Well, Mass boss, I'll tell you; dem eggs ain't very fresh, and dey'Il look better scrambled." He concluded not to take any. ? ? ? "Hans, when I pay you cash, you charge more than when it goes on the book." "Ya'as dat is richt You zee, I have zo much scharge on ray book, un zomdimes lose um, un zo ven I've goot cash customer, I scharge goot price, but, ven I puts it on my book, I no like to scharge zo much, zo if he never pay I no lose zo much." A man was arrested in Buffalo last week for stealing a barrel of salt When arraigned in the court he pleaded destitution. "You couldn't eat salt" ^d the judge. "Oh, yes I could with the meal I intended to steal." This reply cost him six month. The judge had no appreciation of delicate humor. ? ? ? ? "I say, boy, is there anything to shoot around here?" inquired a sportsman of a boy he met. "Well," replied the boy, "nothing just about here, bat our schoolmaster is just; over the hill, there, cutting birch rods; you! might walk up and pop him over." ? * A country poet, after looking about over ^ life, has come to the following rhyming conelusion: "O, I wouldn't live forever, I wouldn't if I could ; but I needn't fret about i it, for I couldn't if I would." Mta's frpartraent [Original.] ROBBING BIRDS' NESTS. One of the first sins that some little folks are guilty of is robbing birds' nests. Why little boys and girls should love to destroy the nests of birds it is hard to tell. It is cruel. Almost all birds are harmless, and nearly all birds are beautiful little creatures. We have known some boys who made it a business to go out into the woods and fields in the spring of the year to hunt for birds' nests. So soon as they found one they would destroy it, or if there were young birds in it, they would take them out and carry them about until the poor little things died. So far as we now remember, not one of these boys came to any good. Some of them grew up to be men, but nobody had any respect for them. Their hearts were cruel, and their acts coarse, and their manners were unrefined. The fact is, it is a sin to rob birds' nests. The nest is the bird's home, and no onehasany right to drive it from its home. God gave it instincts to construct its nest, and furnished it the materials out of which to build it, and the bird has as good a right to its nest as any man has to the property he has bought or made with his hands. God allows us to kill birds for food; but it is a sin to kill anything for fun. Every little boy and girl has rights that an angel in heaven dare not take from them. God does not allow case creature to invade the rights of others. If the angels in heaven would attempt to drive us out of jour hnnara r""k- Ti,,,< *5lte the displeasure of God, and he would drive the angels out of heaven. Little boys and girls have -no right to rob birds' nests. It will make God angry, and in some way or other, he will punish them. We hope that all the little folks who may read this will remember that God takes care of birds. They belong to him, and he will protect and defend them. It is well that this is the case. If God would permit one part of his creatures to destroy another part, this world would soon be depopulated. Some may ^Link birds are of no use; but this world would be dreary without them. Birds have a mission to fill and duties to perform, and they are more faithful to accomplish the end for which they were created, than any of the human family. They can be called innocent creatures with all propriety. Why, then, rob their nest and destroy their young? It is a shame and a disgrace. We once heard of a little boy Who climbed up a tree and run his hand into a hole in it to steal the little birds out of aJblue-bird's nest, who met with a sad accident. Another thief had discovered the nest before hitn, and was in it plundering the poor bird's home. A snake was in it feasting upon the young birds. When the boy run his hand into the nest, the snake bit it, which frightened the boy so much that he let loose the limb which he held with his other hand and fell to the ground and was severely injured by the fell. In this case, as in every other, the way of the transgressor was hard. He was carried home crippled and snake bitten, and no doubt feeling very mean. His friends at first pitied him very much; but as soon as they learned the facts of the case, they were filled with shame. They said the snake did him right. His father told him that he was reaping the reward of disobedience ; for he hsd often told him not to rob birds' nests. Now boys you had better be careful lest some time when you put your hands into a bird's nest a snake may be in it and bite your stealing hands. 1 * [Original.] HOW TO EXPEL BATS. First set a trap and take one alive?a large and strong one if you can. . Parch in an oven and powder very finely a quantity of strong red pepper. Make a bag out of some strong, loose-textured stuff, in shape of a jacket to fit around the body of the rat. Fill the bag with the powdered pepper. Let some one hold the rat for you, and while both of you hold your uoses, fasten the pepper jacket securely around the rat Now take Mr. Rat to the nearest hole and tell him to "git." As the rat bounces along, the pepper will sift through the jacket, and be strewed ail along the streets and thoroughfares of ratdom. It will get in the eyes and nose of your victim, he will stop and tug awhile at his uncomfortable jacket; this only makes matters .worse, and he plunges forward again in wild excitement. His friends and companions hear the uproar, and begin to sniff the pepper-ecented air. They find all their haunts reeking with the pungent odor; and the result is the whole colony of rats, big and little, short tails and long tails, as if by mutual consent, speedily decamp to other and less peppery regions. B. W. J. Cottage Home, Surry, Va. > ? THE RETURN-BALL. Harry's father brought home for him a return-bail ; and, as it was a new thing among the boys, he took it to school with a great deal of pleasure. The boys gathered round admiringly to see him perform ; but, as he threw the ball from him, little Jay Morgan, not understanding the secret of its return, sprang forward ana caught it. Harry was a passionate boy; and Jay's interference, when he was trying to show off the ball to its best advantage, aroused his temper at once. An angry flush rose' to his face ; and he said, "I'll teach you better than to meddle, Jay Morgan !" and gave the little fellow a blow, that brought tne tears into his eyes, in spite of his manly efforts to keep them back. We are very sorry that Harrvshould strike his playmate. And so was Harry himself, the next moment; but he did not acknowl- ] edge it, because of his foolish pride. And,,, all the rest of the day, he was unhappy because of the load on his mind. He tried to forget it, but could not; and at night, when he knelt down as usual to tell his tioonanlv TatHor all hia wants VlA RAA.niPfl in see little Jay's grieved face, and felt it would do no good to ask God to bless him while he was so wicked. But his mind was made up; and, when that is done, the rest is quite easy. He ran softly down stairs, and out at the front door; then up the street a little way, and he stood still before Jay's home. Yes! there was a light in his room. Jay was going to bed. Harry felt sure he could reach him without disturbing any one; and had got as far as the door, when he heard Jay say, "Forgive me ! my debts, dear Lord, as I forgive Harry Bates for striking me." The door was quickly pushed open, and it was not long before Harry's load was all gone. Now, do you see how Harry was like the return-ball ? . . He had done a wrong deed, and tried to ! forget it; but just as the elastic brings back 1 the ball, so memory kept bringing back the wrong deed to his mind. Do you think, when you do wrong, that it i would be better if you could forget it? Oh, no! for it is one of the kindest things that God ever did for you to create you with a memory that will not forget your evil deeds. ? Child at Home. j * ? The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord: but the words ofi the pure are pleasant words. fte&tfiog Uxtta fabbatb. CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN. [Original.] THE CREATION. Toe only credible account which we have of the creation of the world is that contained in the first chapter of the Bible. Other histories of this event have been written; but? they have been evidently, either garbled accounts of that contained in the Bible, or mere fabrication unworthy of credence. The Bible history of the creation, aside from the fact that it is the inspired word of God, is very interesting. The language is beautiful, and in the original, exceedingly expressive. In fact the whole narrative rises in in all its parts above the beautiful. It is strictly speaking sublime. Longinus,' a master critic, pronounces the sentence, "God said let there be light, and there was light," sublime ! There is a simplicity and a dignity about the whole narrative which must Btrike every one who reads it. It is not marred by that fustian and bombast which iB common in the writings of men when they record any great and noted event. The whole account of the creation is prefaced by the declaration, that "in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." Much unsatisfactory controversy has been about what we are to understand by "the beginning." Some regard it as indicating an ! indefinite period prior to the arrangemenfcof'j Hhnmrverse asltnowis. it is hard to refute ; this idea, and it is as hard to prove its truthfulness. The generally received opiuion is that "the beginning" denotes a period about five thousand eight hundred and seventy years ago. The only serious objection that is brought against this notion, is that the science of geology seems to be opposed to it. Geolgists think they have discovered some facts whfch date the creation of the world far beyond that period. They think they see evidence that the world has a much greater antiquity. This may be true or it may not be true. The science of geology is only in its infancy, and like every other science, it is at first very impudent. If the chaotic matter of the universe was brought into existence at any period anterior to that mentioned above, the present order of the universe, together with man and all the other creatures which inhabit this earth, date back to the same period. This seems to be the idea Paul had of it when he said, in Hebrew, 11, 3: "Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear." A little reflection will convince any one that the Apostle designs to teach that the present visible world was not made out of previous chaotic matter. This is more evident from the collocation of the Greek text than from the English translation. The idea I of Paul seems to be that Drior to the creation ~ - _ 4 and arranging of the world, there was nothing of it. In other words, that the atoms out of which everything is formed, was created immediately before the creation. The Jewish Babbis assert that the primative import of the Hebrew word "bara," which in the first verse of the Bible is rendered "created," is to bring from a state of nonentity into a state of being. The question is not easily settled. So far, however, as facts at present are concerned, it is much easier to defend the generally received opinion than any other that has been advanced. In -bringing the present order of things into existence, the first thing that was done by the divine Architect, was the creation of light. Some have argued ihat light could not exist before the -creation of the sun. This is foolish. The word "or," which is translated light, signifies either heat or light?caloric or latent heat and light. The sun at present is the great depository of both heat and light; but all the heat and light in this world is not in the sun. There is heat in an iceberg and light in flint stone. On the first day of the creation God made light, and on the fourth day he made the sun, the depository of light. Light and heat are no more essential tc the existence of the sun, than they are to the existence of this earth which we inhabit. On the first day of the creation the waters and the land seem to have been without any arrangement. The next thing that was done was the making of a firmament. By this act a locality was created for the atmosphere, and the waters were divided into those above the firmament and those below the firmament. The creation of this atmospheric region comprised the second day's labor. On the third day the waters which covered the face of the earth were assigned to proper channels. This, together with imparting fer* * - -? .1 * .1 <i i I tility to the earth, was the worx 01 tne tnira day. Before this, the earth was not visible; but was no doubt a marsh. The waters were drained and grass and herbs of all kinds created and planted on the surface of the earth. On the fourth day the solar system was brought into existence. The sun was made the great depository of light and heat, and assigned the office of ruling the day; the moon and stars were assigned the duty of ruling the night. Up to this time no living creature had been brought into existence. After everything,; however, was arranged, God made the fish of the sea and the fowls of the air. The peopling of the Waters and the air with creatures adapted to these elements was the work of the fifth day. On the Bixth day all the animals of every I kind and character which dwell on the earth I proper, together with man, were created. The 1 creation of man was the last act This finished the whole, and God pronounced the whole in all its parts very good. In the Bible history of the creation of the world, we see the almighty power, the infinite wisdom and the incomparable goodness of God in the ' work of each successive day. No sentient! creature was brought into existence until a home was prepared for it. The sea was prepared for the whale, the air for the bird, and the dry land for the cattle. Every thing connected with this world was very good until sin entered, and then everything with which man, the sinner is connected, was cursed with a grievous curse. The sea has invaded the dry land, and the dry land brings forth thorns and thistles spontaneously. The original order which God established at first has been disturbed, and everything is wrong. The lord of the lower world has been degraded, and ihe beast of the field, and the fowls of the air, and the fish of the sea, his former servants, have revolted and yield to him an unwilling obedience. Trust.?Amid all disorders, God is ordering all wisely and justly, and to' them that love him, graciously; therefore we ought not to be dismayed. Let us calm our thoughts with this?remember who it is that rules all, and disposes of peace and war, and all affairs, and we cannot wish them in better hands. I am persuaded that, in all the commotions of the world, when a believer thinks on this, it cannot but calm and compose his spirit exceedingly. "My father rules in all." jUfo af the pgistatttt*. .< _ OFFICIAL. a ? i AN ACT C To renew end- amend the charter of the town of g Anderson. Section 1. Be it enacted, by the Senate and t House of Representatives of the State of South t Carolina, now met and sitting in General Ab^ -j sembly, and bv the authority of the same, \ That from and immediately after the passage ^ of this Act, all and every person or persons f who may have resided within the corporate ( limits of the town of Anderson for one yeaV( or who.may own a freehold therein, and their j successors, are hereby declared to be members ( of the corporation hereby intended to be crea- j ted. ( Sec. 2. That the said persons and their sue- ^ cessors shall, from and after the passage of ( this Act, become a body politic and corporate, j and shall be known and called by the name - | of the town of Anderson, and its corporte j limits shall extend one mile in the direction s of the cardinal points from the court house j thereof as a centre, and form a square. ( Sec. 3. That the said town shall be governed by an Intendant and four Wardens, who shall be persons that actually reside within the limits of the corporation, and have so resided at least twelve months immediately preceding their election. The said Intendant and Wardens shall be elected on the second Monday in September in each year, ten days' i notice having been previously given, and shall | continue in office for one year, and until the | election and qualification of their successors; \ and all male inhabitants ~":<1 town, whp^M shall have attt&ined years, and resided therein sixty days-hnme^P *i ately preceding the election, Bnall be entitled i to vote for said Intendant and'Wardens: ; Provided, That no person shall be allowed to j vote at any such election who shall not have i registered his name as a voter with the Clerk < of the Council, in a book or books to be kept by him for that purpose, by ten o'clock A. M., on the day preceding every such election. Sec. 4 That said election shall be held in some convenient public place in said town, j from nine o'clock in the morning until five- * in the evening; and when the polls shall be closed the Managers shall forthwith proceed < to count the votes under oath, stating the < whole number of votes cast for each candi- ; date or person voted for, and shaH transmit their report of the same, in a sealed envelope 3 to the Intendant of the town; and if there be : no such Intendant, the same shall be trans- .j mitted to the Clerk of the Court of Anderson J County. The said Intendant or Clerk of the Court shall open the report of the said Man a- i gers, and shall announce and publish the whole number of the votes cast, and the whole-1 number cast for each candidate, when the several candidates receiving the highest number 1 A/wtl tmfAO IAW fUn AAiaaa ^A? v Ui lC^ai YUKW XVI IUC UiUl/CO XUJL 7TA1IUU were voted for, shall be declared duly elected. ' Thelntendant and Wardens, for the time be-' ^ ing, shall always appoint three Managers to j conduct the election, who, before they open the pells for said election, shall take the oath fairly and impartially to conduct the same; and -the Intendant and Wardens, before enter ing upon the duties of their office, shall, respectively, take the oath prescribed by the Constitution of this State, and also the following oath,to wit: "AsIntendant (or Warden) of the town of Anderson, I will faithfully and impartially, to the best of my ability, exercise the trust reposed in me, and will use my best endeavors to preserve the peace and carry into effect,.according to law, the purposes for ] which I have been elected: So help me God." Sec. 5. In case a vacancy should occur in the office of Intendant, or any of the Wardens, by death, resignation, or otherwise, an election to fill such vacancy shall be held by the appointment of the Intendant and Warden, or Wardens; and in case there be none, then by the appointment of the Clerk of the Court of Anderson County. cSec. 6. That the, Intendant dely elected and qualified^ shall be; during* tlieir term of office, vested with all the powers and authority with which Trial Justices are at present vested by law, except the trial of civil cases, and except as it may be otherwise provided in this Act; and the Intendant shall > and may, as often as may be necessary, summon the Wardens to meet in Council, any two of whom, with the Intendant, or any three Wardens, may constitute a quorum to transact business; and they shall be known by the name of thS Town Council of Anderson; and they and their successors, hereafter to be elected, may have a common seal, which shall be affixed to all their ordinances; may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any Court of law or equity in this State, and purchase, hold, possess and enjoy to them and their successors, in perpetuity, or for any term of years, any estate, real, personal or mixed, and sell, alien and convey the same: Provided, The same shall not exceed, at any one time, thp Qiim of ton tTiniiQarirl ^pllora A nrl tYiCk I said Intendant and Wardens shall have foil ' power to make and establish all such rules, i by-laws and ordinances respecting the roads, streets, markets and police of said town, as- " shall appear to them necessary and requisite . for the security, welfare and convenience of > the said town, or for preserving health, peace, order and good government within.the same, i And the said Council may fix and impose fines and penalties for the violation thereof, and appropriate the same to the public use of the said corporation: Provided, That in all cases of trials to be had before the said Town : Council, as hereinbefore provided, the party i charged shall be cited to trial by service upon : him of a summons, under the hand of the In- < tendant, any one of the Wardens, or the Clerk i of the Council, wherein shall be expressed with certainty the offence charged, and the : time and place of trial, which service shall be- -i made at least five days before the day of trial, i Sec. 7. That the Intendant and Wardens j of the said town shall have full and only pow- i er to grant or refuse license to retail spiritu- i ous liquors within the said -limits, which li- i cense shall be granted in the same manner i and upon the same conditions as they now i are, or may hereafter be, under the laws of i this State, except that the Town Council shall < have the power to regulate the price of license i to keep taverns and to retail gpirituoi^IiquoEai, a r Provided, That in no instance the price of-*- ] license so to keep tavern or retail spirituous j liquors shall be fixed at a less sum than iff es- , tablished by the laws of this State; and all < the powers vested formerly in the Coramis- < sioners of Roads are hereby granted to the | said Intendant and Wardens within the said ] limits; and all moneys paid for licenses, and j for fines and forfeitures, for retailing spiritu- j ous liquors, keeping taverns and billiard tables < tVio anirt limits without license, shall be . appropriated to the uses of said corporation: | Provided, That the Intendant and Wardens ? duly elected and qualified shall not have pow- | er to grant any licenses to keep tavern or re- j tail spirituous liquors to extend beyond the j time for which they shall have been elected. ] Sec. 8. That it shall be the duty of the said < Intendant and Wardens to keep all streets, ( roads and ways within their corporate limits -i open and in good repair, and for that purpose they are invested with all the powers granted 1 formerly to the Commissioners of Roads. And s they shall have power to compound with all j persons liable to work the streets, ways and 8 roads in said town, upon such terms as they i shall, by ordinance, establish; the moneys so received to be applied to the public use. t Sec. 9. That the said Town Council shall f have power to impose an annual tax upon the t keepers of all billiard tables and ten pin al- c leys, or other pin alleys, within the discretion it of said Council, and to grant or refuse licenses c for the same, upon such terms and conditions, and subject to such regulations as they may, j by ordinance, establish. They shall also have y power to impose a tax, within their discretion, j on all sales made by itinerant traders and t auctioneers, on all public drays, wagons, car- s riages, omnibuses, and other vehicles kept for I hire, and on the owners or proprietors of all dogs, hogs, sheep, goats and cattle within the | h orporate limits of said town. The said Town u Council shall have power to impose an annual t: ax on the amount of all sales of goods, wares s jid merchandise, and also on the amount of e ncome arising from all factorage and mer- p thandise, employments, faculties and profes- c ions, including the profession of denistry; f dso upon the amount of income from all c uoneys loaned at interest, and from dividends t eceived from banks and all other stocks: s Skovided, That no tax shall be imposed in t iny one case to exceed the rate of thirty cents s p each hundred dollars of the value of such 1 tales and income. And the said Town Coun- a :il shall have power to impose an annual tax i mall carriages and wagons, of whatever kind, c cept for private UBe; on all gold, silver and 1 >ther watches kept for private use within the i imits of the said town. And the said Town a Council shall have power to impose an annual 1 ax, not exceeding thirty cents on every hundred dollars of the value of all real estate ly- e jig within the corporate limits of said town, ( ;he real estate of churches and school associa- < iions excepted; and, for that purpose, they ] shall appoint three freeholders residing therein i x) assess the value of said real estate upon 1 jath, and return the assessment within one 1 unnih to Kflid Council for taxation, and to fill 1 my vacancy occasioned by death, resignation, ] refusal to serve or removal from office of the ] said Assessor. And the said Town Council f shall have power to regulate the price of li- 1 senses upon all public shows and exhibitions f STsaid town, to erect a powder magazine, and compel any person holding more than ] twenty-five pounds of powder to store thesame < therein, ana to make regulations for rates of i jtorage thereof, and for keeping and storing < khe same. And^he said Town Council shall ifeji^gwer'' to" enforce the payment of all 1 taxes and assessments levied under the au- ( fhority of this Act against the property and i persons of defaulters, to the same extent, and 1 in the same manner, as is provided by law for I the collection of the general State tax, except < that executions to enforce the payment of i town taxes shall be issued under the seal of the corporation, and directed to the Town ' Marshal, or other persons especially appointed i by the said Town Council to collect the same; i and all property upon which a tax shall be < levied and assessed is hereby declared and < made liable for the payment thereof, in prefer- i ence to other debts due by the person owning such property at the time of the assessment, except debts due the State, which shall first be paid. The said moneys, together with all , Pther moneys collected by authority of the provisions of this Act, and the ordinances passed in conformity thereto, from whatever source said moneys may arise, to be paid into J the Treasury of said town for the use of the , corporation. . _ , Sec. 10. That returns shall be made, on , path, to the Clerk of the Town Council, du- ( ring the month of January, in each year, of the amount of all sales of merchandise, professional, mechanical or other incomes, and 1 frflhe quantity and kind of all other property , Iban real estate subject to taxation nnder the | provisions of this Act, by persons who may ( be liable to pay the taxes on the same; ana , the said taxes shall be paid on or before the first day of March then next ensning; upon failure thereof any party in default shall be subject to the penalties now provided by law for failure to pay the .general State tax. Sec. 11. That the said Town Council shall have authority to require all persons owning a lot or lots in said town to make and keep in good repair sidewalks in front of Baid lot or lots whenever the same shall front on or adjoin any public street of said town, if, in the judgment of the Council, such sidewalks shall be necessary, the width thereof, and the manner of their construction, to be designated and ; regulated by the said Council; and for default or refusal to make and keep in repair such sidewalks, the Town Council may cause the same to be made and put in repair, and require the owner to pay tne price of making or repairing; and the said Town Council are hereby empowered to sue for and recover the fciua hy otitinn of dab* in *nj~Conrt of com sent jurisdiction in Anderson County: Pro-' tided, That such contract for making or repairing be let to the lowest bidder. Sec. 12. That the said Town Council shall have power, with the consent of the adjacent land owners, to close all such roads, streets and ways within the said Town as they may deem necessary, by sale of the freehold therein, either at private or public sale, as they may adjuge best for the interest of said town; i and they shall also have power to lav out,adopt, open add keep in repair all such new streets, roads and ways as they may, from time to time, deem important or necessary for the improvement and convenience of said town: Provided, That no new street, road or way shall be opened without first having obtained the consent of the land owner through whose premises any such new street, road or way may pass. Sec. 13. That the said Town Council shall have power, and are hereby authorized, to elect one or more Marshals (in addition to the Sheriff of Anderson, who shall also be a Marital of the Town,) to fix their salaries and prescribe their duties, who shall be duly sworn i HTand invested with all the power, and sub- : jected to all the duties and liabilities that Constables now have, or are subjected, by . faw, in addition to the duties and liabilities < specially conferred and imposed on them by ! the Town Council: Provided, That their ju- 1 risdiction shall be confined to the corporate i limits of-said town. I Sec. 14. That the said Town Council shall ] haye power to establish a guard house, and i W^prescribe, by ordinances, suitable rules and i regulations for keeping and governing the ; same; and until such guard house shall be established, they shall be authorized to use a < room in the common jail of Anderson County for the confinement of all persons who may be i subject to be committed for the violation of 1 any ordinance of the town, passed in conform- < ity with the provisions of this Act; and the ] said Town Council may, by ordinance, or the i 3aid Intendant and Wardens in person, any < one or more of them, authorize and require 1 iny Marshal of the town, or any Constable, J specially ^pointed for that purpose, to arrest and to commit to the said guard house or jail < of Anderson County, as the case may be, for I a terra not exceeding twenty-four hours, any- 1 persons who, within the corporate < WRs^of said town, may be engaged in a i breach of the peace, any riotous or disorderly f conduct, open obsenity, public drunkenness, i or in any conduct grossly indecent or danger- i ous to the citizens of said town, or any of I them; and it shall be the duty of the Town i Marshals to arrest and commit all such of- 1 fenders, when required so to do, who shall I have power to call to their assistance the posse i ? ? -P ? I/n Air) in mnlritir* otl/ik C jVTJVUAWIH}) II UCCU uCj \aj cuu iu iuaaxug ouvu ? irrest; and upon the failure of such Marshals < X) perform such duty as required, they shall, < ieverally, be subject to such fines and penal- 1 iies as the Town Council may establish; and < dl persons so imprisoned shall pay the costs i rod expenses incident to their imprisonment r. Providod, That such imprisonment shall not t jxempt the party from payment of any fine t he Council may impose for the offence for t vhich he may have been committed. ? Sec. 5, That the said Town Council shall t lave power to collect the taxes from all per- j ions representing publicly within their cor- s xirate limits, for gain or reward, any plays or c hows, Of what nature or kind soever, to be ? ised for thepurposes of said corporation. 1 Sec. 16. Ijbat all fines, which shall hereaf- r er be collected by conviction in the Court of r jSessiongjJbr retailing without license within t he corporate limits of said town, shall be paid i tne-half to the informer, and the other naif t o the said Town Council, for the uses of the 1 forporation. e Sec. 17. The said Town Council shall have o >ower and authority to abate all nuisances rithin the corporate limits, and also to ap- a >oint a Board of Health for said town, and g o pass all such ordinances as may be neces- r ary to define the powers and duties of said li loard. u Sec. 18. That the said Town Council shall s; ave power to borrow money for the public ii se of the corporation by issuing, from time 1 irae, as occasion may require, tne bonds of i aid corporation, bearing interest at a rate not j nceediog seven per centum per annum, to be i iaid semi-annually, for an amount not to ex* j eed the sum of fifteen thousand dollars; and i or the pgyment of the interest, and the ulti- 1 oate "red^jrtion of the principal, according i o the^jauattfof the loan, the said corporation hall times liable: Provided, That ! he rirbpe^of the inhabitants of said town < hall btf fwirad for the redemption of said loan n no other way than by the imposition of an rnnual tax, according to the provisions of this let: And provided, further, That a majority ?f the owners of real estate within the corporimits of said town, shall first vote in favor of ssuing said bonds, and the said Town Council ball give at least thirty days' notice of lolding such election. Sec. 19. That the Intendant and Wardens ihall, during during their term of office, be ixempt from street duty; and each Town Council shall, within one month after the ex-* ii ration of their term of office make out and return to their successors, a full account of ;heir receipts and expenditures during their arm, and shall pay over all moneys in their lands, belonging to the corporation, and deliver up all property, books, records and other papers incident to their office, to their successors ; and, on failure so to do, they shall be liable to the punishment precsribed in the twenty-first Section of this Act. Sec. 20. That all ordinances heretofore passed by the Town Council of Anderson, in jonformity with the authority granted by existing laws, shall be, apd they are hereby, declared legal and valid. Sec. 21. That for any willful violation or neglect of duty, malpractice, abuse or^ppresjion, the said Intendhntand Wardens, jointly and severally, shall be liable to indictment in the Court of Sessions, and, upon conviction, to punishment by fine, not exceeding one hundred dollars, besides being liable for damages to any person injured. Sec. 22. That all Acts and parts of Acts heretofore passed in relation to the incorporation of the town of Anderson be, and the same are hereby, repealed. And this Act shall be deemed and taken to be a public Act, and continue in force for the term of twenty years, and until the end of the session of the Legislature then next ensuing. Approved March 9,1871. AN ACT To alter and renew the charter of the town of Manning. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That an Act entitled "An Act to incorporate certain towns and villages," approved on the 28th T A n - i.1 J -J-Vi. uajr ui unuutuy, .n.. as. uuc buuusauu eigut hundred and sixty, be, and the same is hereby, altered and amended as follows, to wit: That from and after the passage of this Act, all and every person or persons who shall have resided in the corporate limits of the village of Manning for two months, are hereby aeeiared to be members of the corporation hereby to be created. Sec. 2. That the said persons shall, from and after the passing of this . Act, become a body politic and corporate, and shall be known and called by the name of the town of Manning, and its corporate limits shall extend onehalf mile in every direction from the Court House, as a centre, except on the side next to Black River, the line of which, formed at high water, shall constitute its boundary in that direction. Sec. 3. That the said town shall be governed by an Intendant and four Wardens, who Bhall have resided in the State for one year, and within the limits of the corporation for sixty days immediately preceding their election. The said Intendant and Wardens shall be elected on the second Monday of the month of April, in each year, ten days' notice being previously given, and shall continue in office Ei year, and until the election and qnalifical of their sucebasors; and allhnale inhabits of the said town who shall have attained the age of twenty-one years, and resided therein two months immediately preceding the eleotion, shall be entitled to vote for said Intendant and Wardens. Sec. 4. That the said election shall be held in some convenient public place in said town, from eight o'clock m the morning until four o'clock in the evening; and when the polls shall be closed, the Managers shall forthwith count the votes and declare the election, giving notice in writing to the persons elected. The Intendant and Wardens, for the time being, shall always appoint the Managers to conduct the election, who, before they open the polls for said election, shall take an oath fairly and impartially to conduct the same. And the Intendant and Wardens, before entering upon the dnties of their offices, shall, respectively, take the oath prescribed by the Constitution of this State, and the following oath,: to wit: "As Intendant (or Warden) of the town of Manning, I will, equally and impartially, to the best of my ability, exercise the trust reposed in me, ana will use my best endeavors to preserve the peace, and carry into effect, according to law, the purpose for which I have been elected: So help me God." And if any person, upon being elected Intendant or Warden, shall refuse to act as such, he shall forfeit and pay to said Town Council the sum of twenty dollars, for the nse of said town: Provided, That no person who has ata J il* n 0% ma /\^ mr* nVinll 1\a U&U1CU U1C Ago VI DULL J YOCUO UC wiil" pelled to serve in either of the said offices, nor 3hall any other person be compelled to serve more than one year in any term of three years. Sec. 5. That in case any vacancy should occur in the office of Intendant or any of the Wardens, by death, resignation, or otherwise, an election to fill such vacancy shall be held by the appointment of the Intendant or Warden, or Wardens, as the case may be, ten days' previous notice being given; and, in case of iickness or temporary absence of the Intendant, the Wardens, forming a Council, shall be empowered to elect one of their number to Eict as intendant during the time. Sec. 6. That the Intendant and Wardens duly elected and qualified shall, during their term of service, severally and respectively, be Pfflted with all the powers of a Trial Justice cr other inferior Court^- and the Intendant shall and may, as often as may be necessary, summons the Wardens to meet in Council; my two of whom shall, with the Intendant or my three Wardens, constitute a quorum to transact business, and they be known by the name of the Town Council of Manning. And they, and their successors hereafter to be elected, may have a common seal, which shall be iffixed to all their ordinances, may sue and be wed, may plead and be impleaded, in any Dourt of law or equity in this State, and purchase, hold, possess and enjoy to them and ;heir successors, in perpetuity, or for any term >f years, any estate, real or personal, or mixed, md sell, alien or convey the same: Provided^ rhe same shall not exceed, at any one time, he sum of ten thousand dollars. And the Inendant and Wardens shall have full power o make and establish all such rules, by-laws md ordinances respecting the roads, streets, narkets and police of said town, as shall ap>ear to them necessary and requisite for the ecurity, welfare and convenience of said town, >r for'preserving health, order, peace and rood government witnin ine same; ana an tne >y-laws, rules and ordinances the said Council nay make, shall, at all times, be subject to evisal or repeal by the General Assembly of hia Staj&. And the said Council may fix and i mpose^flnee and penalties for the violation hereof, and appropriate the same to the pubic uses of said corporation: Provided, That < 10 punishment shall exceed fifty dollars' fine < r thirty days' imprisonment. i Sec. 7. Tnat the Intendant and Wardens of < aid town shall have full and only power to 1 Tant or refuse licenses to keep taverns, or to i etail spiritious liquors within the corporate l units of said town, upon such conditions, and 1 nder such circumstances, as to them shall" 1 sem proper and right: Provided, That in no < astance shall the price of a license to keep a i tavern, or to retail spirituous liquors, be fixed i it a leas sum than is established by the law of ' this State; and .all moneys paid for licenses, < ind for fines and forfeitures for retailing spirituous liauors, keeping tavern and billiard tables within the limits without licenses, shall be appropriated to the public uses of said town; Provided, That the Intendant and Wardens, duly elected and qualified, shall not bave power to grant any license to keep taverns or retail spiritous liquors to extend beyond the term for which they'have been elected. Sec. 8. That it shall be the duty of the Intendant and Wardens to keep all roads, streets and ways within their corporate limits open and in good repair. They shall have power to componnd with all persons liable to work the streets, ways and roads in said town, upon such terms as they, by ordinance, shall establish, the moneys so received to be applied to the public use of said town; and all persons refusing or failing to pay such commutation shall be liable to such fine, not exceeding twenty dollars, as the Town Council may impose. Sec. 9. The said Town Council shall have power to regulate sales at auction within the limits of said town, and to grant licenses to said auctioneers: Provided, Nothing herein contained shall extend to sales by Sheriff, Clerk of Court, Judge of Probate, Coroner, Executor, or Administrator, Assignee in Bankruptcy, or by any Trial Justice or other inferior Court Sec. 10. They slpll also have power to impose an annual tax not exceeding twenty cents pn every hundred dollars of the assessed value of real and personal estate lying within the corporate limits of said town, the real and Personal estate of churches and school associations excepted, and to regulate the price of licenses upon all public shows and exhibitions in the said town; to erect a powder magazine, and compel any person holding more than twenty-five pounds of powder to store the same therein, ana to make regulations for the rates of storage thereof, and for keeping and delivering the same. The said Council shall have: power to enforce the payment of all taxes levied under authority of this Act,* against the property and person of all defaulters, to the same extent and in the manner as is-provided by law for the collection of the general taxes, accept that executions to enforce the payment of the town taxes shall be issued under the seal of the corporation, and directed to the Town Marshal or other persons especially appointed by the Town Council to collect the same; and all property upon which a tax shall be levied is hereby declared and made liable for the payment thereof, in preference to all other debts against the saia property, except debts due to roe State, which' shaU first be paid. j Sec. 1L That the said Town Council shall halve power, with the consent of the adjacent land owners, to eloes all such roads, streets and yrays within the town as they may deem necessary, by the sale of the freehold therein, either at public or private sale, as they may adjuge best for the uteres! of the said town; ana iney snail nave power 10 jay oat, aaopc, open and keep in repair all inch new stieete, roads and ways within die town as they nay deem necessary for the improvement aim convenience of the said town: Provided, That no new street, road or way shall bo opened without first having obtained the consent of the land owner or owners through whose premises any snch new street, road or way may pass. Bee. 12. That the said Town Council shall have power, and are hereby aathorised, to elect one or more Marshals, (in addition to die Sheriff of Clarendon, who shall also be a Marshal of tho town,) to fix their salaries and prescribe their dudes, who shall be sworn in and invested with all the powers and subjected to all duties and liabilities that Constables now have or are subjected to by low, in addition to the daties and liabilities specially conferred and imposed upon them by the Town Council: Provided, That their jurisdiction shall be confined within the limits of the said j Sec. 13, That the said Town Council shall have power to establish a guard house, and to prescribe, by ordinanoe, suitable rules and regulations for keepiag and governing the same, and until such guard house shall be en tablished, they shall be authorized to use a room in the common jail of Clarendon County for the confinement of all persons who may be subject to be committea for violation of any ordinance of the town, passed in conformity to the provisions of this Act; and the said Town Council may, by ordinaaoe^ or the said Intendant and Wardens, in person, any one or mere of them, authorize and require any Marshal of the towh, or any Constable, specially appointed for that purpose, to arrest and commit to said guard house or jail of Clarendon County, as the case ma j be, tor a term not exceeding twenty-four nours, any - _l. a. Eruuu ur yaoviiB, nuu, n. uiu wc vwuunw ; aits of said town! may be engaged in abroach of the peace, any riotous or disorderly conduct, open obscenity, public drunkenness, or in any conduct grossly indecent or dangerous to the citizens of the said town, or any of them; and it shall be the duty of the Town Marshals to arrepfcwad commit all such offenders when reqnirod to do so, who shall have power to call to their assistance the pom oomitatus, if need be, to aid in making such arrests; and upon failure of the Town Marshal to perform such duty as reauirod, they shall severally be subject to soon fines and penalties as the Town Council may establish; and all persons so imprisoned shall pay the costs ana expenses incident to their imprisonment, which said costs and expenses snail be collected in the same manner as provided by this Act for the collection of fines imposed for violation of ordinances: Provided, That such imprisonment shall not exempt-the party from the payment of any fine the Council may impose for the offence for which he may have been committed. Sec. 14. That the said Town Council shall have the power to collect the taxes from all persons representing, publicly, within the corporate limits, for gain or reward, any plays or shows, of any land whatsoever, to be used for the purpose of said town. Sec. 15. That all the fines which shall hereafter be collected for retailing without license, within the corporate limits of the said town, shall be paid one-half to the informer, and the other half to the Council, for the use of the said town. Sec. 16. That the said Town Council shall have full power to abate all nuisances within their corporate limits ,* and, also, to appoint a Board of Health for said town, and to pass such ordinances as may be neoosoarv to define the duties and powers of the said Board, and toimDoee fines and nenaltiesunon the members of the said Board, for neglect of duty or refusal to serve: Provided, That no fine hereby authorized to be imposed exoed the sum of twenty dollars. Sec. 17. That the said Town Council shall have power to borrow money for the public use of the corporation, by issuing, from time to time, as occasion may require, the bonds of the corporation, bearing interest at a rate not to exceed seven per centum a year, to be paid semi-annually, for an amount not to exceed five thousand dollars; and for the payment of the interest, and the ultimate redemption of the principal, according to the terms of the loan, the said corporation shall, at all times, be liable: Provided, That the private property of the inhabitants of the said town shall be bound for the redemption of the said loan in no other way than by the imposition of an annual tax, according to the provisions of this Act. Sec. 18. That the Intendant and Wardens | elect shall, during their term of office, be exempt from street duty. Each Town Council \ shall, within one month after the expiration of their term of office, make out and return to their successors, a full account of their receipts ind expenditures during their time, and shall i pay over all taoneys in their possesion be- < longing to the corporation, and deliver up all ( books, records and papers incidental to their i office, to their successors; and on failure to do 1 jo, they shall be liable to be fined in a sum i not Stceeding one hundred dollars, to be collected in any proper action by the Town Council. Sec. 19. That for any willful violation or neglect of duty, malpractice, abuse or oppression, the eatd Intendant and Wardens, jointly and severally, shall be liable to indietment in the Court*of Sessions, and, upon conviction, to punishment, as prescribed in the preceding Section, besides being liable for damages to any person or persons injured. . Sec. 20. That all ordinances heretofore passed by the Town Cbuncil of Manning, in conformity with the authority granted by such existing laws as do not conflict with the Constitution of the State, shall be, and they are hereby, declared legal and valid. See. 21. That all Acts or parts ofABts heretofore passed in relation to the incorporation of the village of Manning be, ana the same are hereby, repealed. See. 22. This Act shall be deemed a public Act, and continue in force until amended, altered or repealed. Approved March 9; 1971. AH ACT To incorporate the Columbia, Walterboro and Yems?oc Railroad Company. 1 7b ti Mi/ubyi V>v the ftmalA And House of Representatives of the State of Sooth Carolina, now met and sitting; in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That John W. Bnrbridge, John T. Jennings, W. M. Thomas, J. 6. Glover, Borril Sanders, William Driffle. G. D. Richardson, Edward Holmes, O. P. Williams, Geo. F. Mclntyre, L. J. Maddocks, A. F. O'Brien, Caleb Sanb, E. P. Holmes, Robert Smalls, N. B. Myers, J. J. Klein, and their associates mid successors, are hereby eonstito ted a body politic end Corporate, by the name and style of the Gozpmbit, Walterboro and Yemaswe Railroad Cpmpany. Bee. 2. That the said company is hereby anthoriaed to oonstract a railroad from the town of BranchviHe, in nearlros direct a line as posdble, to the town, of Walterboro, and from thence to some point on the Charleston and Savannah Railroad, as near asjxmnhie, to Sec. 3. That, tor the purpose of raising the capital stock of the said Conway, it shall be lawful to open the book* in top town ofWalterboro, under the direction of John W. Burbridge, J. 8. Glover and William Driffle; at Charleston, under the direction of John T. Jennings, Win. Thomaa.ajid E. P. Holmes; purpose of receiving subscriptions, to an amount not exceeding one mtlltAn five hundred tfiousMsd- ^Vwj in shams of one hundred dollars each, for the purpoae of consUnotingtbe Railroad provided for by this Act Sec. 4. That the times and places tor receiving such subscriptions shau be llxed by the Commissioners in the town of Walterboro, ?- .. Ami j..niUkd??Lul W H irojutity w lumi} mm hiwm wo HUfw?wswu for thirty days la one or more newspapers in this State; and the books for receiving roeh subscriptions shall be kept opea'for sixty davs st eseh of tbQ.plaoes where the some snail he OpBll0(L . , ^ Sea 5. That an each share of the stock subscribed, the sabscrilMr shall pay to the Commissioner receiving snch subscription the sum of fire dollars, who shall deposit the ame hi some Natkmal Bank; ana no subscription shall brvslid without such payment r awi at the expiration of the time hereby prescribed for keeping open the books, the said CommisstooerefihaQ makearetarn of the subscriptions taken by them, ami the stuns paid thereon, to the Commissionersin the town of Waltatbom. See 6. That when the earn of two lumdsed and fifty thousand dollars shall be subscribed in the manner herein prescribed, the said Company may meet andorganise at such time sod plaee as may be designated bra majority of Commissioners herein named for the town of Walterboro, due notice having first bee*, given. *\ Sec. 7. That, for the purpose of organising abd forming this Company, al] the pewum -dwiferred by the originafchartat of the Northeastern Railroad Company on the Commissioners therein named in this Act, each sab*' scriber bemgentitledto a vote for each dure of stock: Provided^ Thai nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to exempt the said Company from the payment of taxes, or to pledge, by way of endorsement or otherwise,. the crecnt or the fimds of the State of Sooth Carolina in sld of the construction of sajjd road. u Sec. 8. That said Company shall have the right to build bridges across navigable rivers: Provided, They audi pot in good and sufficient draws, ana shall construct necessary star, taons and. torn-oats, with one or more track? to the road, with such gauge as shall correspond to that of the Sooth Csmtina "Railroad* and may o(K>pente with each tend or reads as may be chartered by the State of Sooth Carolina, forming hot cam read, at their discretion: Provided, That the said road shall bO-oommeneed within one veer, and completed within five yean after foe passage of fids Act, or the charter thereof shall be forfeited: And provided, farther, That said road shall be enmect to foe previsions of an Act entitled "An Act to declare the manner Inw&iebthe nv ilia nallf nf rnv AVAT UA Itlllk. flf ?" "I w? F*v ??g?? X- , persons or corporations may be taken for the construction and usee of railways, and other works of internal improvement, ratified September 22, A. D. 1868. Approved March 7,1871. AH ACT To renew and amend the ohariersof certain Religious Associations heretofore granted. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Reprcsentativea of the StateofSonth Carolina, now met,w^ sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the mine, That die charter arorporoting theTrastaaiof FairvieW Church, hi the County of Qxeenfffle, passed December 19,1848, be, and the same is hereby, renewed in Dr. David B. Anderson, Thomas C. Harrison, David M. Peden, Wm. D. Hopkins, Cyrus B. Nesbit, and their successors in office, for the term of twenty-one yean from the passage of this Act See. 2. That the charter heretofore granted to, the Protestant Episcopal Church, iaGvetnvibe, be, and the same n hereby, renewed and extended for the period of fourteen years from the passage of this Act, with all die rights, powers and privileges heretofore granted to said church. Sec. 3. That all acts done, or authorised to be done, by theofficen of said churches, since the expiration of their former charter, be, and. the same are hereby, declared valid and binding in all respects, and to all intents. Approved March 7,1871. . AH ACT To authorize and empower James O. Rnndlett to establish a wharf in the town of Beaufort. Section 1. Be it eaorfed-to&e Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sittingin General Assembly, and by the authority of the same. That James C. Bundled be, and is hereby, authorized and emtiowered to erect and build a wharf at the Booth end of his lot, in the Town of Beaufort, situated at the corner of Bay and Ninth Streets, and to extend the same aa far Southward, toward the channel of the River, as may be necessary for commercial purposes, and Eastward across die foot, and to the West line of Ninth Street, and that he be, and is hereby, authorised and empowered to construct and extend Ninth Street, from Bay Street down to said wharf Sec. 2. That the franchise herein granted shall be vested in the said James G. Rundlett, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, for the term of twenty-one years. See. 3. All Acts or parts of Acts, inconsistent with this Act, are hereby repealed. Approved March 7,1371. 10-: An Irishwoman a few days ago went to a dentist to have a tooth extracted. She inquired the price, and he told her fifty oeots. "It is too much/' she said, but with ready wit she asked, "Would you poll two for seventyBve cents?" to which the obliging dentist consented.