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BY CLINESCALES & LANGSTON. v v., IS T: HE; Firm of J. J. BAKER & CO. dissolved by limitation on January 1st, 1890, J. J. Baker retiring, having sold his entire interest to A. W. Kay and S. C. Baker, who will conduct the business in future under the Firm name of KAY & RAKER. All Accounts, Notes and Mortgages due J. J. Baker & Co. mast be paid at once to Kay. & Baker, who are appointed to receive the same. J. J. BAKER <fc CO. WE, the undersigned, have this day formed a copartnership under the firm name Ji^ of JSLAix & BAKEE, to engage in a General Mercantile Business, which will be con? ducted at No. 2 Granite Bow, Anderson, S. ft, (J. J. Baker & Co's. old stand.) We appreciate and thank our many friends for their kind patronage in the past, :;>-^-and earnestly solioit an opportunity to serve them in future in our new position, feeling confident of being more able to please, in all respects, than In the past. To inauro success we propose to conduct our business on strictly business principles, giving our entire time and attention to same, adopting as - our motto?honesty and l&ir dealing with all. ' Very respectfully, A. W. KAY, S. C. BAKER, -January 1.1890 27 3 THE BEST IN THE WOULD ! OUR OW1Y WHITE PINE EXPECTORANT /"I AVE such nniversal satisfaction last Spring that we have prepared a large lot of it VT ' for this Winter, and want everybody? WHO HAS A COUGH Toitry it. It is the Best Cough Syrup made, and is recommended by every one who has used it. If'you have a Cough buy a bottle, and if that one don't cure you, it will do so much good that ypn will be sure to get another. \ TRY IT. FINE GOODS FOR FOR THE MEW YEAR. BEST Four Crown London Layer Kaisins, Best English Currants, Best Citron, Best Almonds, Pecans, English Walnuts and Brazil Nats. Seat Gilt Edge Flavoring Extracts, in two ounce and one quart bottles. Largest variety of Sweet Crackers ever brought to Anderson. Hnglei^B Fine Cocoa?bestever sold. Ba mm el's Fine Candies, Plain Candies, Cigars, Cigarettes, &c. Fall Cream Cheese 12 ? cents per pound. 25 pounds Eice for one dollar. 50 pounds Grits for one dollar. Canned Fruits sod Vegetables of every description. Special Prices iinade in Quantities. ?6T Call and see us. MCGEE * LICON, Wholesale and Retail Grocers. *THIS WILL PLEASE YOU! The undersigned Have opened A. JFirst Class Bakery5 At the old stand of J, M. Hubhard & Bro., next to L. H. Seel. - AFINE, NEW OVEN has been built, and our Establishment is equipped with every? thing needful in the Baker's .occupation. We will have FRESH BREAD, CAKES,: PASTRY, etc, every day, arid we want the public to give us a trial order. We "guarantee satisfaction. We will also keep in stock? A NICE LINE OF CONFECTIONERIES, Etc., Which will be sold at very low prices. We will sell Twenty-Five Brea<i Tickets for $1,00, Aid deliver fresh Loaves to oar.customers every day. ?SJ* We will Roast Fowls, or any kind of Fresh Meats, and Bake Cakes to order; . E. BOOK & CO. DecS, 1889 _?_ 22_\._ IS YOUR MULE! BLECKLEY & FRETWELL'S Exposition Building is now open for the patronage of the Public?we refer to Our Immense Sales Stable, On Corner McDufrle and Benson Streets, Since oar opening we have received Three <3ar Loads of Fine vo-u:g Kert icVy mules, and a lot of Fine HOR3E3. Wo assure our friends and cu.-t .mers of? s FAIR AND SQUARE DEALINGS, Aa it is not our intention to misrepresent Stock, but to sell them just for what they .aw. ; If you need any Stock at any lime, call at the Stables on MAJ. J. n. vandiveb, who is in charge of them, and will be pleased to show you around. We have now a good large assortment of? YOUNG MULES AND HORSES ON HAND, And can sell you also? B?GGEES, CARRIAGES, WAGONS, HARNESS, . T COLLARS, BRIDLES, &c, O HI. E A P I J06^* We do not propose to deal in old rips?wo handle only clean, nico young animals, and excellent bargains mm be had at our Stables every day. BLECKLEY & FRETWELL. T?A?HEftS'CoL?MN. All communications} intended for this Column should be addressed to D. H. RUSSELL, School Commissioner, Ander? son, S. C. The Trustees of Varennes Township hare located white schools at Buffalo, Varennes, Flat Rock, Deans's, Starr and Mountain Creek, and colored Schools at Mt. Moriah, Cross Roads, Rock Hill and Bethlehem. Miss Ella Todd's school is to be recognized as the location until the Buffalo folks got a house ready. They request us to give notice that they will not sign claims for any pupils who go out of their Township. At the Melton school house we found Mrs. Anna M. Darracott, a veteran of more than twenty years' experience. The teacher greeted us cordially, and took pleasure in bringing her classes be? fore ns, and these classes afforded us much pleasure from the readiness of their answers to questions given. A good work is being done here, and this teacher attributes a large measure of ber success to ideas and methods obtained at the Teachers' Institutes and Associations. Our trip to Pendleton was a very pleasant one every way. We first vis? ited the Male Academy, where we found Prof. C. W. Moore, a gentleman well known in educational circles in this State, and who has made a reputation for firm ness in discipline and rigor in his methods of teaching. We found him with about thirty boys, bright, intelli? gent fellows, but mast say we were some? what disappointed in the advancement made, particularly with the little fellows, many of whom from eight to ten years of age were not able to read as well as they ought. No blame for this, however, lies at the door of the present teacher, who has but recently taken charge, and who we confidently believe will change all this before the expiration of his present term. Nor do we intend to lay the blame upon former teachers, or upon the patrons, but simply to state the facts and call attention to it, and to say that these things ought not to be so in a commu? nity noted as this is, and has been, for culture and refinement. Neither do we believe it will be so long if the teacher receives the cordial support of all parties in interest. On the opposite side of the town we found the Female Academy, presided over by Miss Suaie Calhoun, where, as we entered, we were greeted by a bright array of sparkling eyes and intelligent faces, and we were not deceived in our first judgment, after spending an hour or two with them. They showed up well in all the classes that passed under our examination, and without meaning to be invidious where all did so well, we must congratulate the class of larger girls in history upon their familiarity with the subject. Somebody has evidently been doing their duty by these girls, and it is being continued by the present teacher, and we came away from this school carrying a pleasant remembrance of our visit. Pendleton and the community adjacent to it seems to be taking a fresh grip on educational matters, and being in possession of fine properties for both male and female school, with an extensive area of the most fertile lands in this State lying around, and having a climate nowhere surpassed for salubrity, and with two such teachers as Prof. Moore and Miss Calhoun at the head of their schools, there is no reason why they might not take the front rank if they would only let the outside world know what they can offer in the vray of advantages. Lying at the base of the Blue Ridge in the Piedmont belt, and under the shadow of Fort Hill, where soon wo expect to see the walls of the College rising, the eyes of the whole State are now turned in this direction, and by a little judicious foresight we might draw the tide of young men and women seeking an edu? cation to come within our borders. This spot has always bean the home of an educated, intelligent and refined people, and with the Clemson College an assured fact, there are the best of reasons for hop? ing and believing that this might be made one of the strongest educational centers and seats of learning in the State. Kind Commissioner : It is with grateful hearts that we, the teachers of V/alker-McElmoyle Graded High School, thus publicly proclaim the glad news that our patrons are awake to the interests of their children. The recent adoption of a graded system and a seven year's course of study, (two in the Pri? mary, two in the Common School, and three in the High School) has given them a permanent basis on which to work, and they are showing their appre ci?1 ion of it. Only last winter the school house was enlarged and a pretty good Bupply of new desks put in. This win? ter the people have renewed their phi? lanthropic energies and built still an? other neat, comfortable room. Seeing the necessity of more desks and black? boards, a well attended public working was held at the school house Saturday, December 21st. Wishing to aid in the cause, we proposed to furnish dinner for the working; wbereupoD, to our delight? ed surprise, we received a pounding. Before we were up that morning the kind ladies began sending in potatoes, turnips, chickens, eggs, butter, milk, molasses, honey, jam, ginger-snaps, &c, and con? tinued sending until dinner was an? nounced. How can we refrain public thankB? * Majors, S. C. ? Never whip a horse when he is frightened or nervous, or try to force him up to the object which has caused the alarm; draw in on the reins, suddenly speak out with assurance that you are not afraid, then turn the animal a little way from the unpleasant sight and bid it go. A blow of a whip upon a frightened horse gives it double cause for violent ac? tion. ? Although (he machinery in the Philadelphia mint is kept running until 10 o'clock in the evening, the employees have been unable to keep up the supply of small coins. On Saturday they were $13,000 behind the demand for pennies 5tnd 5 cent piecos. NDEESON, S. C, TI MRS. ARP'S JEWELS, Thnt She I'rlzes above Everything Else on Earth. Atlanta Constitution. The boys havent come yet. They wrote that they would come as soon as their bosses had had their Christmas. One came, but he lives in Atlanta, and we see him pretty often, and so there wasn't much fuss made over him. There is one in New York and one in Cincinnati, and we are looking for them every day. Two big fat turkeys are in the coop and there is a big fat fruit cako hid outsome wheie. The Atlanta boy got some?his mother cut it for him. She gave me a slice about as thick as a knife blade, and said a little of it went a long ways. That seems to be a peculiarity about fruit cake. That excites my curiosity?if a little goes a long ways, I want to know how far a big chunk of it will go?and I'm going to find out some of these days. Every good thing seems to be kept for these boys; I am of no consequence compared with them. Han a man got to go off and stay a long lime before he can get a piece of vealj j his own house ? Is no fatted calf to be killed forme? Am I too old to appreciate turkey and fruit cake and oy? ster pie? One of the boys sent his mother a barrel of apples, and she declares they are the best apples in the world; can't buy any such in Carteraville. I'll fool her some of these days. I'll get some country butter, and pack it in a can, and let it come from the express office with a New York mark on it, just to see her take a fit over it. "Can't get any such butter as this in this market. Victor knows wbat good butter is." I'll bet she will say that. Her boys are better than kings or princes. A lady called on her the other day, and asked her where that handsome son was living now. "I don't know which one you meaD," said Bhe. "I have Bix sons, and (hey are all handsome " Well, that's all right,, and according to nature. If a mother is not proud of her children, she is to be pitied, indeed. They are her hope, her life, her joy or her sorrow. 1890 I There is a meaning in those figures. Every time they are written on a letter head or a ledger or a bank check or a ncte or a hotel register or printed on a newspaper they meau something. The pens of Christians, infidels and skeptics and agnostic* and Jews and Gentiles are all writiDg it visible and indelible upon the paper. Every day, every hour, every minute it is being written all over the world, and every mark establishes a fact?a great fact?that 1890 years ago there was a birth?a notable birth?and old Father Time began a uew count and called it Auno Domini. Wbat a won. derful event it muit have Oecn that closed the record of the ages and started time on a new sycle. How in the world did it happen ? The Greeks had their calendar and the Romans had theirs, and the Jews had one that was hnuded down bv Moses, but all of them wore overshadowed by the one that a handful of Christians set up, and;;for 1800 years the Anno Domini has given a date to every birth and death and .event in the civilized world. It seems to me that if I was an infidel I would not.place these figures at the top of my lettr-rs. I would pot dig? nify the birth cf a child that way. I would rather write 0894 as the date of the creation. But, no, if I did not credit MoBes and the prophets I couldn't choose that date, and so I would have no date no era to begin with. The Greeks had Olympiads to date from', and the Romans the birth of their ancient city, and the Mohammedans the flight of Mohamet, but a modern agnostic has nothing. If he was an American, I suppose he might begin with the declaration of indepen? dence and say January, 114. The Jew 1b better off, for he has faith?a faith as strong as the ages?and his era goes back to Moses and the prophets, but even be has to conform 'to Anno Domini of the Christian in all his business relations with mankind. If he wore to date a business letter or make out a bill of goods according to bis faith, h would be re? turned to him for explanations. What a wonderful thing is this date?these four eimple figures. We write them and write them, but we seldom ponder on what they prove. On New Year's night I was talking to the children about these things and about the long journey we had taken Biuce the laat New Year. ? We had'gotten back to the Bame place in the universo and have traveled nearly three hundred millions of miles. Talk about your cannon ball trains and your lightning express. Why, we have been running a* schedule of thirty thousand miles an hour and never Btopped for coal or water, and never had a jostle nor put on a brake nor greased a wheel. Other trains have crossed our track and we have crossed theirs, but there was no danger signal, no sign board, no red flag, no watchman. Was there ever an engineer so reckless of hu? man life? Fifteen hundred millions of passengers aboard, and they sleep half the time. Did ever passengers ride so trust? ingly? And what is more wonderful still, our train has a little fun on the way and every day turns a summersault twenty-five thousand miles round just for the enjoyment and health of the passen? gers. Turns over as it goes, turns at a speed of a thousand miles an hour and never loses an inch of space or a moment of time. Wouldn't it be big fun \if we could stand off away from the train and see it roll on and turn as it rolled and see the passengers ail calm and serene ? It ?seems to me that if I was an infidel or an agnostic I would want to get off this train?a train without an engineer?a train that has got loose from somewhere and is running wild at the rate of 500 mile3 a minute. Talk about your Pull? man Bleepers and veBtibule dining-room cars. Why this train carries houses and gardens and fruit trees and everything good to eat. It is a family train, and the family goes along with their nabors and the preacher and the doctor and the graveyard is carried along, too, eo that if anybody dies on the way the train don't have to stop for a funeral. It is well that it don't, for the passengers are dying at the rate of a hundred a minute, and the train would never get anywhere if it had to atop to bury tho (load, IUESDAY MOENIN? Then we children got to talking about the centuries away back, when the months and the years were unsettled, and nobody seemed to know how long a year was or how to divide it. When the changes of the moon were a bigger thing than going round the sun; when there were only ten months in a year and a year was only 360 days, and so January kept falling back until it got to be sum? mer instead of winter, when there were no weeks except among the Jews, and the month was divided by the Greeks and KomanB into three decades of ten days each. When Julius Crc3ar tried to regulate the calendar and made the year 365 days and gave a leap year of 366 But that didn't work exactly right, for it made leap year eleven minutes too long, and so, as the centuries rolled on, it was found in 15S2 that old Father Time had gained twelve dayB on himself or on the sun or something else, and Pope Gregory concluded to set the old fellow back a peg or two, and he did. If a pope could make us all twelve days younger when he pleased to do it he would be a very popu? lar man, I reckon. But the calendar is ' all right now, and the civilized world has adopted it. It is eleven minutes fast every four years, but as the year 1900 is not to be a leap year the gain will be canceled when that year comes. Leap year used to double the sixth day of March instead of adding a day to Febru? ary, and so it was called the bis-eextile year. It ia well for the children to know these things for they are worth knowing. And now it is a good time to right a wrong. It is late, but it is never too late to do that. A year or so ago I wrote about the wonderful power of Bishop Capers over his hearers, and made men? tion of what was told me about old Mar? tin Marshall, who loaned money at usury and ? was a hard, exacting man ; and he ventured out to hear the bishop, and was so overwhelmed and convicted of ein that he went around among his debtors and restored the usury he had taken, and published a notice in the paper for all to come whom he had not Been, and bo he refunded several thousand dollars. I penned it down just as it was told to me, but not long afterwards I heard that this story was greatly exaggerated, and that some of the old man's grandchildren were grieved. I met one of them lately, and in a kind and gentlemanly manner he told me how I had been deceived, and how the numerous descendants of a good old man were hurt, but had remained silent, for they knew that I had no intent to do them wrong. It seemed that there was a foundation for the story, just enough to build upon. Martin Marshal! was one of the best of men, and was honored and respected by all who knew him. Hewaa a devoted, humble Christian, a member of the church, and for many years sat in his accustomed seat on every Sabbath. He was liberal and kind to tbe poor as long as he lived and left bequests to them when he died. Hia negro slavey, loved him, and were proud to call him "Mas Martin." He was just and exemplary in all his conduct, but it seems that he did sometimes lend money at usury. Ten per cent, was his charge, and it was freely and willingly paid. There was no suit, no rupture, no hard feelings, no oppression. When the bishop was illustrating broth? erly love and dwelt upon the Mosaic law that forbade them exacting usury except from BtraDgers, hie words found a lodg. ment in Martin Marshall's mind, and he pondered upon it, and concluded that perhaps he had done wrong in charging the extra two per cent, on the loans he had made to his brethren, and he did go round among them quietly and restore it, and hence the story. But the amount was only a few hundred dollars, all told. The people loved to dwell upon and embelish the sublime eloquence of Dr. Capers, and so, long after Martin Marshall's death the story grew and grew until it was the same as told to me. It does me good now to remove the stain that I unwittingly placed upon Martin Marshall's memory. It is a good trait in our humanity that prompts us to aay good things of the dead. Sometimes we sneer at the epitaphs upon the tombstones, and mockingly inquire where are all the bad men buried, but it is not right. When we cannot speak well of the dead it becomes us to be silent. He has appealed his case to God. Bill Arp. Gordon aud Longstreet. Yesterday, while I waa at the capitol, Governor Gordon came in. In his in? imitable style he began greeting friends. In the midst of it all another form came in view : the hair was- white, the beard of the same hue, the eyes dim, the right arm trembling with age and wounds. "Why, General," said Gordon, "I am glad to see you." "And I," replied the other, "am glad to see you." Gordon and Longstreet! They were standing hand clasped in hand. Lee's old war horse and Stonewall Jacksou's worthy successor standing hoart to heart; the old 1st and 2nd corps once more side by Bide. No politics there. No Democracy, no Republicanism?only two 8oldiere. Their voices sounded less distinct than usual?like thesoftmurmur of summer Heas. Tears, too, clouded their vision. Other eyes also grew dim, for those two represented, in the most tragic hour, the Wilderness and Lee's army. Back again came the scene: The light of May 5, 1864, has passed, and from the "darkling woods" came, the sharp crack of the skirmisher's rifle, groans, dying prayers. Each army waited for the morrow. Longstreet at Gordonville, twenty miles away; Hill hard pressed; Ewell only holding his own ; 40,000 grays, 100,000 blues; Longstreet not yet up. What of tbe morrow ? Down the line of Hill's aud Ewell's troops is heard the cry: "Pass word along that Longstreet is here!" From the tangled depths of the .Wilderness a mighty shout goes up, even the wounded feebly answering back: "Longstreet is here!" Grand old 1st army corps, brave old Longstreet, we may differ in politics, but second Manassas is yours, tbe Wilder? ness is yours, and amid the gathering gloom of life's fading years, we dare deal you justice!?Brunswick [Qa.) Times. ? The oldest inhabited, town in the world ia sftid to bo Damnscuf. 3, JANUAKY 16, 18 >TEW LAWS OF THE STATE. Acts Passed at the lato Session of the Legislature. The following are among the more important of the Acts passed at the la3t session of the General Assembly: THE RATE OF INTEREST. An act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to amend Section 1,288 of the General Statutes, regulating the rate of interest upon any contract arising in this State fur the hiring, lending or use of money or other commodity," approv? ed December 21,1S82. Section 1. That Section 1 of an Act entitled "An Act to amend Section 1,288 of the General Statutes, regulating the rate of interest upon any contract arising in this State for the hiring, lend? ing or use of money or other commodity," approved December 21,1882, be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out the word "ten" wherever it appears in said section and inserting in lieu thereof the word "eight," so that section, when amended, shall read as follows : "Section 1. That Section 1.2SS of the General Statutes be, and the same is hereby, amended by inserting after the word commodity, on the third line of said ?ection, the following words, to wit: 'Except upon written contracts, wherein, by express agreement, a rate of interest not exceeding eight per cent may be charged.' So that Baid section, when thus amended, shall read as follows: 'No greater rate of interest than Beven per centum per annum shall be charged, taken, agreed upon or allowed upon any contract arising in this State for the hiring, lending or use of money or other commodity, except upon written con? tracts wherein, by express agreement, a rate of interest not exceeding eight per cent may be charged. No person or corporation lending or advancing money or other commodity upon a greater rate of interest shall be allowed to recover in any Court of this State any portion of the interest so unlawfully charged; and the principal sum, amount or value so lent or advanced, without any interest, shall be deemed and taken by the Courts of this State to be the true legal debts or measure of damages to all intents and purposes, whatsoever, to be recovered without costs.'" Provided thai; the provisions of this Act shall not apply to contracts or agreements entered into, or discounts or arrangements made prior to the first of March, 1S90. THE TARE ON COTTON. An Act to amend Section 1,195 of the Generel Statutes, relating to tare on bales of cotton. Section 1. That Section 1,195 of the General Statutes, relating to tare on bales of cotton, be, and the same hereby is, amended by striking out the whole of said section and inserting the following in lieu thereof, so that said section, as amended, shall read as follows: Section 1,195. The custom of making a deduction from the actual weight of bales of unmanufactured cotton, as an allow ance for breakage or draft thereon, is abolished; and all contracts made ia re? lation to such cotton shall be deemed and taken as referring to the true and actual weight thereof without deduction; and no tare shall be deducted from the weight of such bales of cotton except the actual weight of the bagging and ties used in baling said cotton. Sectiou 2. That this Act shall take effect from and after the 1st day of Sep? tember, 1890. Section 3. That all Acts or parts of Acta in conflict, or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. And whenever it shall be agreed between the buyer and seller to deduct tare on cotton bales it shall be aa follows: For bales of cotton covered with seven yards of standard cotton begging and six iron ties, the actual tare shall be, and is hereby, fixed at sixteen pounds, and for bales of cottou covered with seven yards of standard jute bagging and six iron ties, the actual tare shall be, and is hereby, fixed at twenty four pounds; and when buyer and edler agree to sell at net weight, and when bales of cotton are covered with seven yards of standard cotton bogging and six iron ties, the actual tare shall be, and is hereby fixed at sixteen pounds; and when bales of cotton are covered with seven yards of standard jute bagging and six iron ties, the actual tare shall be, and is hereby fixed at twenty-four pounds. REGULATING "WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. An Act to provide a punishment for making U3e of false scales, weights or measures iu buying or selling. Section 1. That any person or per? sons wb,o shall knowingly make use of any scales, weights or measures which fail to conform to the standard thereof prescribed by law, in buying or selling any goods, wares, merchandise or other article, shall be deemed guilty of a mis? demeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in a sum of not more than one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail for a period not exceed ing thirty days. THE HOMESTEAD LAW. An Act to amend Section 1,99S of the General Statutes, relating to the alien? ation of homestead. Section 1. That Section 1,988 be amended bo that the same shall read as follows: "Section 1.99S. No waiver of the right of homestead, however solemn, made by the bead of a family at any time prior to the assignmeut of the homestead, shall defeat the home?tead provided for in this chapter: Provided, however, that no right of homestead Bhall exist or be allowed in any property, real or per? sonal, aliened or mortgaged, either before or after assignment, by any person or persons whomsoever, as against the title or claim of the alienee or mortgagee or his heir, or their heirs or assigns." Approved December 23,1SS9. LABOR CONTRACTS. An Act to amend Section 2084, Title VII., Chapter LXXVIIf., of General Statutes of thi3 State, relating to labor contracts. Section 1. That Section 20S4 of the (ioncral SlatiitpH of this State, relatiug (o 90. violation of contracts, be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out said section and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Section 2084. Whenever such contract or contracts are violated, or attempted to be violated or broken, whenever fraud is practiced or at? tempted to be practiced by either party to such contract or coutracts,l at any time before the conditions of the same are fulfilled and the parties released therefrom, either in keeping any account or accounts between him, her or them, and the other party or parties to such contracts, or in the division of the crop or crops, the payment of money or other valuable consideration, or if it be a dis? interested party chosen to make a divis? ion or divisions of crops hereinbefore provided, he, she, or they shall be liable to prosecution as for a misdemeanor, or in failing wilfully and without just cause to give the labor reasonably required of him, her, or them by the terms of such contract, or in other respects shall refuse to comply with the conditions of such contract or contracts, or shall fraudulently make use of or carry away from the place where the crop or. crops he, she, or they may be working are planted, any portion of said crop or crops, or anything connect? ed therewith or belonging thereto, such person so offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment of not less than thirty days nor more than two years, or by a fine not less than $25 nor more than $500, in the discretion of the court. FARMING OUT CONVICTS. An Act to amend the law in regard to the leasing and hiring cut of convicts and to provide for the purchase of a State farm or farms and the employ? ment of the convicts thereon. Section 1. That the board of direc? tors of the State Penitentiary be, and they are hereby authorized and empow? ered, to purchase out of the surplus earnings of the penitentiary, a suitable farm or farms, to be worked and planted by convicts under the superintendency of said board of directors: Provided that the price paid therefor shall not exceed forty thousand dollars. And the said board is authorized to retain in its hands and apply to such, purchase all surplus money received by it from the operations of said institution during the past fiscal year: Provided, further, that no farm or farms shall be purchased in which said directors, or any of them, shall or may be directly or indirectly interested. Section 2. That no contracts for the hiring or leasing of convicts to be em? ployed in phosphate mining shall here? after be made by said board of directors. Section 3. That said farm provided for in Section 1 shall have sufficient ele? vation to prevent the same from floods and overflows as near as practicable. Approved December 23, 1889. WORKING CONVICTS ON THE STREETS. An Act to authorize and empower cer? tain incorporated towns in the State of South Carolina to substitute hard lab'or on their streets for fine and imprison? ment in cases of misdemeanor which come under their jurisdiction. Section 1. That all incorporated towns in the State of South Carolina of three hundred inhabitants or more are hereby authorized and empowered to substitute hard labor on their streets for fine and imprisonment, in cases of misdemeanor which come under their jurisdiction: Provided, that in no case shall such sentence to hard labor exceed a term of thirty days, unless otherwise provided by law. Section 2. That this Act shall take effect from and immediately after the date of its approval. Approved December 23, 1890. THE CIGARETTE LAW. An Act to prohibit the Bale or furnishing, or giving, or providing to certain mi? nors of cigarettes, tobacco, or cigarette paper, or any substitute therefor, and to provide penalties for the same. Section 1. Ee it enacted, etc., that from and after the passage of this act it shall not be lawful for any person or persons, either by himself or themselves, to Bell, furnish, give or provide any minor or minors under the age of 18 years with cigarettes, tobacco, or cigarette paper, or any substitute therefor. Section 2. That any person or persons violating the provisions of the proceeding section, either in person, by agent or in any other way, ahall be held and deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon indictment and conviction therefor shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $100 nor le3S than $25, or by imprison? ment for a term cfuot more than one year nor less than two months, or both, in the discretion of the court; one-half of the fine imposed to be paid to the informer of the offenso, and the other half to be paid to the treasurer of the county in which such conviction shall be had. ? A mau who has practiced medicine for 40 years ought to know salt from su? gar ; read what he says: Toledo, O., Jan. 10,1887. Messrs. F. J. Cheney & Co.?Gentle? men have been in the general prac? tice of medicine for most 40 years, and would say that in all my practice and experience have never seen a preparation that I could prescribe with as much con? fidence of success as I can Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by you. Have pre? scribed it a great many times and its ef? fect is wonderful, and would say in con? clusion that I have yet to find a case of Catarrh that it would not cure, if they would lake it according to directions. Yours Truly, L. L. Goksuch, M. D. Office, 215 Summit St. We will give ?100 for any case of Ca? tarrh that can not be cured with Hall's Catarrh Cure. Taken internally. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Prop?., Tole? do, O. ? Sold by Druggists, 75c. ? We shall never cease to indorse Dr] Bull's Cough Syrup: for without it our paper would have beeu short of reading matter this week; we had a shocking cough and a fearful cold, [WceMy Union.) VOLUM] A Female Moonshiner.. Atlanta, Dec. 28.?A female moon? shiner is confined in Fulton County jail. She is a faded-looking woman, nearly 50 years of age, deep blue eyoB and a mass of dark hair parted in new-fashion? ed style about her wrinkled forehead. She bears the traces of suffering on her face, and it is easy to see at a gls.nce that her's has been no commonj'career. Her name is Mrs. Victorine Henderson. In a lonely log cabin among the bills of Habersham, seven miles above the picturesque little town ofToccon, dwelt this widow with her two children. The oldest ia a daughter, suffering with the worst stages of cancer, and the mother was her only nurse. On last Friday she waa arrested by Deputy Marshal Tom Osborne, and brought to Atlanta. Her story is a pitiful one as a ie tells it. Four years ago her husband, Jasper Henderson, got into trouble with her brother, Bob Morris, and the latter shot him to death in Morris's own yard. He was arrested and locked up in Habersham County jail, from which be escaped, but in the attempt wfis shot through both legs and died from his wounds. Mr3. Henderson was arrested for com? plicity in the killing, and although she protested her innocenco, she was put on trial for her life and Judge Estes of Gainesville defended her. The case lingered until it came to trial, and Ehe was cleared of the charge, but left with a burden of poverty and debt upon her weakly shoulders, with her two fatherless children to take ct.re of, and the invalid one to nurse She had no means of support, except the little patch on . the mountain side, and no way to pay the fee of her lawyer and benefactor. But with a woman's fidelity she began to cast about for some way of raising the money. Finally she hit upon the plan of mak? ing liquor. Store 1 away in a corner was an old time brandy still, that had been in disuse ever since it became a crime for people to distil their own and their neighbors' products of field and orchard. The widow had been initiated into the mysteries of distilling long ago, 'ere all those beauties came upon her. Her cabin was closely built, and in? side its walla she hoped that she might be able to elude the vigilance of the rev? enue men. The old brandy still was put up and the poor widow went to work. "I had just made the sweet mash," said she, "and had started on the second run, when I was arrested. In a few days I should have been able to raise money to pay my lawyer's fee had they not found me out." "How were you detected ?" "Mr. Osborne said that the case was reported to him, but I still believe that be found it out himself. I want to plead guilty. My child needs me at home, and I want to go and tell the Judge just what I did and why I did it. Do you know when I can see him ?" "Not until after the holidays." "Well, I am ready at any moment and anxious to plead guilty. I have seen so much trouble that I am used to it." Several moonshiners in jail know Mrs. Henderson, and are acquainted with the facts in her sad career, which sounds more like a romance than a real occur? rence. The Mileage of Congressmen. Those few members whom stress of un? fortunate circumstances bad not compell? ed to draw their mileage performed that pleasant duty yesterday. There is a great deal of humbug about this mileage busi? ness, but still it will never be abolished. The government allows each Representa? tive and Senator twenty cents a mile for every mile traveled by them in making the journey to and from Washington to each session of Congress. As the majority of these gentlemen travel free, or, at least, are supposed to, the mileage com? pensation is little short of an actual gift. The delegate from Arizona is supposed to live at a more remote distance from Washington than any of his associates, in either branch of Congress. As a result he receives the largest compensation paid ?$1,600. Tue Oregon Representative comes next with $1,350 to his credit The California Representatives and Sen? ators average $1,300 apiece, while the delegation from the new State of Wash? ington are paid about $1,200 apiece. The Texans receive about $775 apiece, and the Dakotans about $100 leas. The computations of the accounting officers show that the Representatives from the States of Florida and Illinois travel about the same distance to reach Washington, for they are paid in each case about ?400. The average mileage credit to the Repre? sentatives from Maine is $260. To their confreres from Massachusetts an average of $185 is paid. The Maryland men fare worse.' Mr. Gibson gets the biggest fee. He is Buppoaed to pay twenty cents a mile each way for 198 miles. His mile? age is $79 20. Mr. McComas comes next with $51.20. Next is Mr. Stump, whom it is supposed to coat $27.70 to come from and return to "Oatingtori Farm." The two Baltimore Congresiimen are supposed to spend $16 in going from home and back. Poor Mr. Compton gets only the beggarly pittance of $7.20 for his trip from Laurel and return. They all draw their mileage, be it big or little. It Knocks Out Malaria. Kilrain may knock out Sullivan if he wishes, but that has nothing to do with the malaria which "grows wild" in some of the Bwampy regions of the South. A man who has been there, writes: Greenville, S. C. Gentlemen?Having used Dr. West? moreland's Calisayn Tonic siDce 1883,1 cheerfully recommend it to those suffer? ing from loss of appetite and dyspepsia'; alaoasa preventive of malaria, having used one dozen bottles in Florida during the months of September, October and November, 1SS4. J. C. Boozer. If you don't want to have malaria, then buy a bottle of Dr. Westmoreland's Calisaya Tonic for 50 cents and $1.00. For sale by all your druggist. ? A business engagement?Securing Iho matrimonial promise of an boiross, E XXIV.--NO. 28. ALL SORTS OP PARAGRAPHS, ? The loss of lifo by the recent floods in the Chinese provinces is placed at 100,000. ? The farmer who does not supply his wife with plenty of good wood deserves to go without his dinner. ? Some men work harder to avoid paying an honest debt than they would have to-work to earn the money to pay it with. ? Have a tender regard for sudden .andj unpremeditated impressions. In the pure. heart they are often God's whisper to the};:^ soul. ? The reason that some men can't make both ends meet is because they are too busily engaged in making one end drink. ? Many your sweetheart on her birthday if you can, young man. It will save you money every year in anniversary presents. ? In South America one sees great fields thickly covered with oats, which have not been sown, but growing spon taneously. ? It is said that the wealth of the United States amounts to $1,000 a head. But this doesn't mean that overybody is . $1,000 ahead. ? Recent statistics showjthal 9,000,000 Germans reside outside of fatherland, of whom, 7,000,000 are to be foundiu the United States. ? George .Kennan found weather i Siberia that froze mercury in a bull mold. The bullet ha thus made he fire through an inch plank. '? A nine-year-old girl of Spring Lake township,, Kingabury- county, S. D., plowed eighty acres of land last fall with ', a three-horse sulky plow. ? A piece of Washington real was recently sold' at the rate of $2' square foot; the highest price ever p for property in the capital. ?A professional swindler who wi recently to Blackwell's Island, New city, boasts of haviog been arrested: five times during the last nineteen yeai ? The meanest man we have heard yet, is the one who, suspecting This' of going through his pockets for chan after he retired, procured two train mice and let them loose in the room eve night. ? A stonecutter named August Bo ried, of St. Paul, Minn., baa discover! process by which the hardest be dissolved and cast into an shape. The casting being ha: translucent and colored accordin stone used. ? At the close of the pasty United States Treasury held $288, standard silver dollars, sgainst v, had outstanding certificates for $5,586,427. The net gold in the ry at the same date, over and standing certificates, was $190,8 ? A newspaper sgent being old ladv that it was no use to for the*paper, as Mother Ship world was coming to an e; said, "But won't you want to count of the whole affair as soon as it is over ?" "That I will," answered the old lady; and she subscribed. ? The hottest region on earth is on the southwestern coast of Persia, where Persia borders the gulf of the-sam< name. For forty consecutive days in the months of July and August the thermom eter has been known not to fall lower than 100, night or day, and to often run \ up as high as 128 in the afternoon. ?? A test was made Tuesday of the electrical machine purchased by the State of New York for putting murderers.to death. A horse was killed in less than half a minute, and without the animal struggling. The doctors wbc^itneased;^: the experiment are entirely satisfied til ? ths machine will prove instantaneous death. ? A gentleman was oat shooting near Totnes, England, the other day, when he had the misfortune to shoot his dog. For a moment he was too much overcome to see what damage he bad done, und before ; he had recovered himself, the animal, a black retriever,' had come up to him, bringing in its month its own tail, which bad been shot clean off. ? "No use talkin* to me 'bout laying, up money for a rainy day," aaid Uncle Ebo, addressing an attentive group; "no use talkin' dat way to a man wid sich luck as I always hab. Why, Great Scott 1 if I was to lay up money for a rainy day we'd hab a drought for forty : 'ears. No, sah; you don't ketch dis nigger wid dat sort o' trap." ? A bill has been introduced in the . Virginia Legislature looking to the re-entablishment of the whipping post. . The bill provides that stripes be inflicted for the punishment of petit larceny. In.. no case, it provides, shall more than -* fwenty airipes be inflicted in any one day^^' nor more tban thirty nine, the favorite.^ number of the ante-bellum regime, for ! any one offence. . ? William K*. Vanderbilt's stables oh his eatate at Oakdale, L. I., which were designed by Eichard M. Hunt, have juat been completed, at a coat of $400,000 They are filled by thoroughbreds, manned entirely by English men boys. The furnishings, as far as poasiI are English also. There ia a kitchen the men and a mess room. For til horses there is a bath and a tanbark rii under glass. ?The latest and most unique invent! is a machine for buttering bread. It used in connection with a patent bn cutter, and is intended for use in prison workhouses and other reformatory inst! tutions. There is a cylindrical-shape brush, which is fed with butter and la; a thin layer on the bread as it comes fro: the cutter. The machine can be work) by band, steam or electricity, and has capacity of cutting and buttering 750 loaves of bread an hour. The saving o butter and of bread, and the decrease in' the quantity of crumbs, is aaid to be'very large. Progress. It is very important in this age of vast material progress that a remedy be pleas*'; ing to the taste and to the eye, easily ta? ken, acceptable to thca stomach and healtby in its nattrre and effects. Pos? sessing these qualities Syrup of Figs is the j oue perfect laxative and mostgcotlo dju?> rect.koowu.