The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, January 16, 1890, Image 2

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- * by cltnkscales & langston. 3STOTICK Ti , HE Firm of J. J. BAKER & CO. dissolved by limitation on January 1st, 1890, J. J. B?ker retirinfr, having Bold his entire interest to A. W. Kay and S. C. Baker, who will conduct the business in future under the Firm namo of KAY & BAKER. All Accounts, Notes and Mortgages due J. J. Baker & Co. innst be paid at once to Kay & Baker, who are appointed to receive the same. 11& - v J. J. BAKER & CO. ? ? . WE. the undersigned, have this day formed a copartnership under the firm name \-_ of KAY & BAKER, to engage in a General Mercantile Business, which will be con "? *- . ducted at No. 2 Granite Bow, -Anderson,. S. C, (J. J. Baker & Go's, old stand.) * We appreciate and thank our many friends for their kind, patronage in the past, and earnestly solicit an opportunity to serve them in future in our new position, feeling confident of being more ablo to please, in all respects, than In the past. To insure 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 ?alii? dealing jvitl. all. '"-V.' ?- \' Very respectfully, *.'U ' A. W. KAY, 8. C. BAKER. -January 1.1890 _27_3 THE BEST m THE WOELD ! OUR OWN ;? WHITE PIKE EXPECTORANT ?'^^AVE such universal satisfaction last Spring that we have prepared a largo lot of for this Winter, and want everybody WHO HAS A COUGH ao much good that you will be sure to get another To try it. It is the Best Cough Syrup made, and is recommended by every one who has used it It you have a Cough buy a bottle, and if that one don't cure you, it will do i sure to get another. \ TRY IT. FINE GOODS FOR FOR THE NEW YEAR. BEST Four Crown London Layer Raisins, , Best English Currants, Best Citron, Best Almonds, Pecans, English Walnuts and Brazil Nuts. Beet Gilt Edge Flavoring Extracts, in two ounce and one quart bottles. Largest variety of Sweet Crackers ever brought to Anderson. Hugler'B Fine Cocoa?bestever sold, -r- r-BnmmeVs IrinG Candies, Plain Candles, Cigars,' Cigarettes, &c." Full Cream Cheese 12} cents per pound. 25 pounds Sice for one dollar. . 50 ponnds Grits for one dollar. Canned Fruits and Vegetables of every description. Special' iPrieos made in Quantities. Call and see us. sic GEE * LICON, Wholesale and Retail Grocers. THIS WILL PLEASE YOU! The undersigned have opened -OY?YT 9 3|f i^irst Class Bakery At the old stand of J, M. Hubbard & Bro., next to L. H. Seel. FINE, NEW OVEN has been built, and our Establishment is equipped with every _; thine 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 Sice lote of confectioneries, Etc, Which will be sold at very low prices. We will sell Twenty-rive Bread Tickets for $1.00, And deliver fresh Loaves to our.customers every day. We will Roast Fowls, or any kind of Frc3h Meats, and Bake Cakes to order. E. BOOK & CO. Dec 5,1889 22 YOUR MULE! 6LECKLEY & FRETWELL'S Exposition Building is now open for the patronage of the Public?we refer to Our Immense Sales Stable, On Corner McDuffle and Benson Streets, Q sQINCE our opening we have received Three Car Loads of Fine yo'Hig Kert io>y MULES, and a lot of Fine HORSE3. We assure our friends an 1 cu.-t -tuers of? \ FAIR AND SQUARE DEALINGS, As it is not our intention to misrepresent Stock, but to Bell them just for what they are. If you need any Stock at any time, call at the Stables on MAJ. J. N. VANDJVER, who is in charge of tbera, and will be pleased to Bhow you around. We have now a good large assortment of? YOUNG MULES AND HORSES ON HAND, And can sell yon also? buggies, carriages, wagons, harness, collars, bridles, &c, O/ ZLzE _tu _A_ jEP I We do not propose to deal io old rips?we handle only cleao, nice youog animals, and excelleot bargains can be bad at our Stables ever; day. BLECKLEY & FRETWELL. TteH^'?QPMN, *fS^ All communications} intended for this Column should be addressed to D. H. RUSSELL, School Commissioner, Ander? son, S. C. The Trustees of Varennes Township have 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 ou6 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 us, 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 wa3 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 firmness in discipline and rigor in his methods of teaching. We found him with about thirty boys, bright, intelli? gent fellows, but must say we were some? what disappointed in the advancement made, particularly with the little fellows, many of whom from eight to ton 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 Susie Calboun, 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 i 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 beiog 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 baviog a climate nowhere surpassed for salubrity, and with two such teachers as Prof. Moore and Miss Calhouu 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 been 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, tbo teachers of Walker-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 thoir appre cia1 ion r.f it. Only laBt winter the school house was enlarged and a pretty good supply 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; whereupon, to our delight? ed surprise, we received a pounding. Before we were up that moruing 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 thanks? * 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 the 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 penniea and 5 cent pieces. NDEESON, S. C TI MRS. ARP'S JEWELS, That She Prizes 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 ofteD, 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 out some 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 dayB. Every good thing seams to be kept for these boys; I am of no consequence compared with them. Has a man got to go off and stay a long ti me before he can get a piece of veal in his own house ? Is no fatted calf to be killed for me 7 Am I too old to appreciate turkey and fruit cake and oy? ster pie? One of the boys sent bis mother a barrel of apples, and she declares they are the best apples in the world ; can't buy any such in Cartersville. 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 what 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 mean," said she. "I have six sons, and they are all handsome " Well, that's all right,, and according to nature. If a mother is not proud of her shildren, 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 Sgures. Every timo they are written on i letter head or a ledger or a bank check jr a note or a hotel register or printed on i newspaper they meau something. The pens of Christians, infidels and skeptics ind agnostic-* and Jews and Gentiles are ill writing it visible and indelible upon ihe paper. Every day, every hour, ivery minute it is being written all over ;ho world, and every mark establishes a fact?a great fact?that 1S9? years ago ;here wan a birth?a notable birth?and )ld Father Time began a new count and jailed it Auno Domini. What a won. lerful event it must have been that closed :be record of the ages and started time jn a new sycle. How in the world did it tiappen ? The Greeks had their calendar ind the Romans bad theirs, and the Jews hacl one that was handed down by Moses, but all of them wore overshadowed i>y the one that a haudful of Christians jet up, and^for 1800 years the Anno Domini has given a date to every birth ind 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 not dig? nify the birth cf a child that way. I would rather write 5894 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 Roraaus 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 iB better off, for ho has faith?a faith as strong as the ages?and his era goes back to Moses and tho prophets, but even he has to conform )to Anno Domiui of the Christian in all bis business relations with mankind. If he were to date a business letter or make out a bill of goods according to his faith, ii would be re? turned to him for explanations. What a wonderful thing is this date?these four simple 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 thmgs and about the long journey we had taken Bince the last New Year. ? We had'gotten back to the same place in the universe 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 stopped for coal or water, and never had a jostle uor 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 traiu 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 Jif we could stand off away from the train aDd see it roll on and turn as it rolled and see the passengers all calm and serene ? It ?Beeni8 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 miles a minute. Talk about your Pull? man sleepers and vestibule dining-room cars. Why this train carries houses and gardens and fruit trees and everything good to eat. It i3 a family train, and the family goes along with their nabors and the preacher and the doctor and the graveyard is carried along, too, so 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 bad to fltnp to bury Hid doad. 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 Romans into three decades of ten days each. When Juliua Cffl3ar 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 bo, a3 the centurieB rolled on, it was found in 15S2 that old Father Time had gained twelve days on himself or on the sun or Bomethiug else, and Pope Gregory concluded to set the old fellow back a peg or two, and he did. If a pope could make ub 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 dsy to Febru? ary, and bo it was called the bie-sextile year. It is 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 waB 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 sin that he went around among his debtorB 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 juBt 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 wa3 a foundation for the story, just enough to build upon. Martin Marshall was one of the best of men, and was honored and respected by all who knew him. He was 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 the poor as long as he lived and left bequests to them when he died. His negro slaves, loved him, and were proud to call him "Mas Martiu." 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 waa no suit, no rupture, no hard feelings, no oppression. When the bishop waB illustrating broth? erly love and dwelt upon the Mosaic law that forbade them exacting usury except from strangers, bis worda 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 bo, long after Martin Marshall's death the story grew and grew until it waa the Bame as told to me. It doea 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 prompta 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 ua to be silent. He has appealed his case to God. Bill Arp. Gordon and Longstreet, Yesterday, while I was 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 t.-.ir was- white, the beard of the same hue, the eyea dim, the right arm trembling with age and wounds. "Why, General," Baid Gordon, "I am glad to see you." "And I," replied the other, "am glad to see you." Gordon and Longstreet I They were standing hand clasped in hand. Lee's old war horBe and Stonewall Jackson's worthy successor standing heart to heart; the old 1st and 2nd corps once more side by Bide. No politics there. No Democracy, no Republicanism?only two soldiers. Their voices sounded less distinct than usual?like the soft murmur of Bummer Beas. 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 blueB; Longstreet not yet up. What of the morrow? Down the line of Hill's and 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 lat army corps, brave old Longstreet, we may differ in politics, but second Manassaa is yours, the Wilder? ness ia yours, and amid the gathering gloom of life's fading yeare, we dare deal you justice \?Brnnsivich [Chi.) Times, The oldest inhabited town in the ; world is said lo bo Damascus'. S, JANUARY 16, 18S NEW LAWS OF THE STATE. Acts Passed at the late Session of the Legislature. The following are among the more important of the Acts passed at the last Bession 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 1,28S of the General Statutes be, and the same is hereby, amended by inserting after the word commodity, on the third line of said section, 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 eaid section, when thus amended, shall read as follows: 'No greater rate of interest than seven 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 that the provisions of this Act shall not apply to contracts or agreements entered into, or discounts or arrangements made prior to the Grat 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 snid section, ss amended, shall read as follows: Section 1,195. The custom of making a deduction from the actual weight of bales of unmanuiactured cotton, as an allow ance for breakage or draft thereon, is abolished; and all contracts made iu re? lation to such cotton ahall 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. Section 2. That this Act Bhall 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 bale8 of cotton covered with seven yards of standard cotton bagging and six iron ties, the actual tare shall be, and is hereby, fixed at sixteen pounds, and for bales of cotton covered with aeven yards of atandard jute bagging and eix iron ties, the actual tare ahall be, and is hereby, fixed at twenty four pounds; and when buyer andeellor agree to sell at net weight, and when bales of cotton are covered with aeven yards of standard cotton bagging 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 use of false scales, weights or measures iu buying cr selling. Section 1. That any person or per? sona who 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 1,998 of the General Statutes, relating to the alien? ation of homestead. Section 1. That Section 1,988 be amended so that the same shall read as follows: "Section 1,99S. No waiver of the right of homeatead, however solemn, made by the bead of a family at any time prior to the assignment of the homestead, Bhall defeat the homestead provided for in this chapter: Provided, however, that no right of homestead shall exist or be allowed in any properly, 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 a93igns." Approved December 23.1SS9. LAHOR 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 GloDoral Statute? of llna State, relating to )0. 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 arc 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 contracts,! 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 choaen 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 auch, 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, 18S9. working convicts on tee streets. An Act to authorize and empower cer? tain incorporated towns in the State of South Carolina to substitute hard labor on their streets for fine and imprison? ment in cases of miedemeanor 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 sale or furnishing, or giving, or providing to certain mi? nors of cigarettes, tobacco, or cigarette paper, or any substitute therofor, and to provide penalties for th: same. Section 1. Be 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 sell, furnish, give or provide any minor or minors ander 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 preceeding section, either in person, by agent or in any other way, shall 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 of not 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 auch conviction shall be had. ? A mau who has practiced medicine for 40 years ought to know salt from eu gar; read what he aays: Toledo, O., Jan. 10, 1887. Messrs. F. J. Cheney & Co.?Gentle? men :?I 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. gorsuch, M. D. Office, 215 Summit St. We will give ?100 for any case of Ca? tarrh that can not bo cured with Hall's Catarrh Cure. Taken internally. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Prop?., Tole? do, O. ? Sold by Druggiate, 75c. ? We shall never cease to indorse Dr^ Bull's Cough Syrup: for without it our paper would have been short of reading matter this week; we had a shocking cough and a fearful cold. (Wcekhj 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 eyes 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 glance that her's has been no commonj^career. Her name is Mrs. Victorine Henderson. In a lonely log cabin among the hills of Habersham, seven miles above the picturesque little town ofToccoa, 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 Bhe tella it. Four yeara ago her husband, Jasper Henderson, got into trouble with her brother, Bob Morris, and the latter shot him to death in Morris 'b own yard. He was arrested and locked up in Habersham County jail, from which he escaped, but in the attempt was shot through both legs and died from his wounds. Mrs. Henderson was arrested for com* plicity in the killing, and although she protested her innocence, Bhe 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 care 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 ehe hit upon the plan of mak? ing liquor. Stored away in a corner waa an old time brandy still, that had been iu 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 walls 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 maeh," said she, "and had started on the second run, when I waa arrested. In a few days I should have been able to raise moony 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 ceen ao much trouble tbat 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 mils 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 ia supposed to live at a more remote distance from Washington than any of bis associates, in either branch of Congress. As a result he receives the largest compensation paid ?$1,600. The Oregon Representative comes next with $1,350 to his credit The California Representatives and Sen? ators average $1,300 apiece, whilo the delegation from the new State of Wash? ington are paid about ?1,200 apiece. The TexanB receive about ?775 apiece, and the Dakotans about $100 less. 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 supposed to pay twenty cents a mile each way for 198 miles. His mile? age is $79 20. Mr. McComas comes next with 951.20. Next is Mr. Stump, whom it is supposed to cost $27.70 to come from and return to "Oatington Farm." The two Baltimore Congressmen 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 swampy regions of the South. A man who has been there, writes: Greenville, S. C. Gentlemen?Having used Dr. West? moreland's Calisaya Tonic since 1SS3,1 cheerfully recommend it to those suffer? ing from loss of appetite and dyspepsia"; also as a 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'a Calisaya Tonic for 50 cents and $1.00. For sale by all your druggist. ? A business engagement?Securing the matrimonial promise of an heiress. ^ E XXIV.?NO. 28. ALL SOETS OF PAEAGBAPHS^gi ? The loss of life by the recent floods; in the Chinese provinces is placed at 100,000,, ? The farmer who does not Bupply niaj; wife with plenty of good wood deserves to go without his dinner. ? Some men work harder to avoids paying an honest debt than they would - have tc-work to earn the money to pay it with. ? Have a tender regard for sudden and s unpremeditated impressions. In the por^p heart they are often God's whisper to theji soul. ? The reason that some men canfl^ make both ends meet is because they ar* too busily engaged in making one end drink. ? Many your sweetheart on Hex: birthday if you can, yonng man. It will save you money every year in anniversary; presents. ? In South America one sees great fields thickly covered with oats, which.; haye not been Bown, but growing spon^l taneously. ? It is said that the wealth of the United States amounts to $1,000 a head* j But this doesn't mean that everybody 10 $1,000 ahead. ' . V" ? Eecent statistics Bhow[that 9,000,000 Germans reside outside of fatherland, of whom, 7,000,000 are to be fonndin the^ United States. ? George .Kennan found weather ir Siberia that froze mercury in a balle( mold. The bullet he tbuB made be firef through an inch plank. A. nine-year-old girl of Spring; township,, Kingabury- county, S. 3>.|J 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 square foot; the highest price ever p? for property in the capital. ?A professional swindler who was i recently to Blackwell's Island, New. YoJ city, boaats of baviDg been arrested^ five times during the last nineteen yeai ? The meanest man we have heartx ( yet, is the one who, suspecting his wi of going through his pockets for chanr. after be retired, procured two traine mice and let them loose in the room ever night. ? A stonecutter named Aoguat. Be ried, of St. Paul, Minn., has discovert! process by which the hardest atone be dissolved and cast into shape. The caating being hat translucent and colored according stone used. ? At the close of the past y{ United States Treasury held $28 standard silver dollars, against had outstanding certificates for $5,586,427. The net gold in the j ry at the same date, over and abtj standing certificates, was $190,8 ? A newspaper agent being old ladv that it was no use to for the *paper, as Mother Shiptc world was coming to an end said, "But won't you want toft count of the whole affair as soon as it ia over?" "That I will," answered the old lady; and she subscribed. ? The hottest region on earth is on th southwestern coast of Persia, where Persia horders 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 teat was made Tuesday of the electrical machine purchased by the State of New York for patting murderers, to death. A horse was killed in less than half a minute, and without the animal struggling. The doctors who witnessed the experiment are entirely satisfied that the machine will prove instantaneous death. ? A gentleman was out shooting near Totnes, England, the other day, when he had the misfortune to shoot his dog. For a moment he was too mach overcome to see what damage he had done, and before he had recovered himself, the animal, a black retriever, had come np to him,. bringing in its mouth its own tail, which had been shot clean off. ? "No use talkin' to me 'boat layin*. up money for a rainy day," said Uncte Ebo, addressing an attentive group ; "no ose talkin' dat way to a man wid eich luck as I always hab. Why, Great Scott! if I was to lay up money for a rainy day we'd hab a drought for forty, 'ears. No, sah; yon don't ketch dis nigger wid dat sort o' trap." ? A bill has been introduced in the Virginia Legislature looking to the; re-establishment of the whipping post. The ball provides that stripes be inflicted for the punishment of petit larceny. In no case, it provides, shall more than (wenty stripes be inflicted in any one day, nor more than thirty nine, the favGrit number of the ante-bellum regime, for any one offence. ? William K. Vanderbilt's stables on 1 his estate at Oakdale, L. L, which were desigued by Eichard M. Hunt, have jest: been completed, at a cost of $400,000/ They are filled by thoroughbreds, manned entirely by English men $ boys. The furniehings, as far as posaitj are English also. There is a kitchen the men and a mess room. For ll horses there is a bath and a tanbark ri.f under glass. ?The latest and most unique invents is a machine for buttering bread. used in connection with a patent bre cutter, aud is intended for use in prison! workhouses and other reformatory insij tutions. There is a cylindrical-shape-^ brush, which is fed with butter and laj a thin layer on the bread as it comes fror the cutter. The machine can be worl by hand, steam or electricity, and has capacity of cutting and buttering 750 loaves of bread an hour. The saving of butter and of bread, and the decrease in4 the quantity of crumbs, is said to be|very large. Progress. It ia very important in this ago of vast material progress that a remedy be plais ? ing to the taste and to the eye, easily ta? ken, acceptable to the stomach and healthy in its nature and effects. Pos? sessing these qualities Syrup of Figs is f;he one perfect laxative and moat gcntlo t|[?> rect.known.