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B. S. DIN S - N Sad Book-ee'pig t-e Cause of. the Con-fusion. Various rumors of 017re or les i port have aroused consierable ier estin theannualsettlemeint to oc Maae between the auditor and treasur with the comptroller general. T 0 visit of the last oilcer to Maing o last Saturday, on business est.'n' connected with the s m: - tributing t) the excitement arous, determined us to make puli'P what could be learned concernin tie " ter. In an interview wit t o and treasurer, together. on Monday, both informed us that they were block ed in making their settlement by the discovery of nunmeros an se .ons errors in the. books o the1i:a aU which have to be cerree:ed w i assistance of the comiptroler gn before the settlement can be ulade The railroad tax, they; said. was one of the many troubles. ThIe auditor, lat ly vacat~ing the 1'ie.had ugII ete enter this tax of . . n t .-i: urer's duplicate. H hI c : re, treasurer with a le, and amount, cn the ongi a uo"' ' office, but most remrkably 1:'S a9 - stract to the conmptroler general tained the true tax$1. iG T bred a circular letter frm the comtll and a statement fror th late .auditr the treasurer collce to a u and regularly rpi -r troller aud tlh county c7 Though this tax ws not correct Le rcee ni office, wbich Im I e simile of the treasurer's dy and the discover V this mistake with Inumer ot 0 o . of more import:ueC, byhp auditor in the discarg of sd made the settlemnat called for the interierence oi the con p troller general. TIs oicer now h.s the Books in Columbii, whe.re they C -are being examined by his expert, anEde the extent of the mistakes mde in thle c books of the ex-auditor will not be known till after his report. Ti .3l , likely not be longer than tcu or :1 i days and then a settlement iLa be expected to bhe made s uisfacory to the people as well as to Captain Brad .bam, the present auditor and Dr. Iu gins, the treasurer. The comptroner congratulated both of these gene xnen on the management of their opective olices: and as supervisor of the county com ms;ioners oine, ti clerk of the board received h1's co, gratulations on his neat and correct book-keeping. It may be well to state bcre, to So .the consequence of any murnei the auditor's bt'oks tha th o:xr 'quires the auditr to books, like and like, of i the countv. One of1. -"duplicate" he furni' iromn which the i:se r :and the other to be A.'. his office. F-romr n piles an abstrect lation for the co a r.Ete treasurer's "dunii.eate d :*e au tor's record arenot like and le, co fusion will necessarily aris~e when they come to make their final settlement c Such is the condition of af'isi h case in poinit.c CHARLESTON-THE CROPS OF THE STATE. The issue of the Kei. anid C -l 'r s of September 5th, containirng a review of the trade of Charleston and the P ;principal cities of the State, with an .estimate of the yield of the serial and P estaple crops of the State for the pres-1 .ent year., furnished by the department .of agriculture, is an edition wort+hy of 1 .the highest praise and the grandes' efforts of this enterprising journ"d. The comparative reviewr of tho trad'e .of Charleston for two years, andi im 'provements, is especially inter-g The money value of the trade of in city is put down at .WGA50,1% fo the year 18S5-6, agaiist SG;,2.1 for the year 1886-7. Tiiere has becu' a falling off in the receipts of c.no and fertilizers but this is reall m.or than made up by a gain of nearly *wo .and a half millions in the whols:C And retail trade; three-quarters- of a .million in manufactures; overii hundred thousand dollars in c ton goods and domestics, and a half mil lion dollars in naval stores. There is a miarked increase in he value of manufactures. The city now employs in local manufctures. 7,. .persons, and the value of the prai e' last i-ear was ever SIL'00.0U Charleston has fully recoverd Im her dreadful calamity, and -el to see our maetropoli gro yrl wealth, prosperity, an1ai:ns will celebrate its resurre~ cino most total destruct'in bya e carnival, beginning oni the 31t f'c tober. Immense e:lorts are lvn *made to make the occasien agru enjoyable success for everv bouy.\ preparations en foot are exe e and intended to eclipse the "-a: moth Cleveland ovation of '30. We will all go to Charleston on the 31t of October. Go in crowds, and go to stay the week out. We wil jin " hands with our cou.sns at the se, n a mad revel of fun and frole. in cel- u ebration of that heroic aechevmen- - Charleston's recovery from' the earth quake. . To come back to the c'oes S - the News and Courieru ofte. ,a t the reports furnished .it ftee. the State. The area in et t toni : was I,630,856 acresan:h : ed yield]530,102 ba 'of- GUpo::s each. The are-a for icpsn y'r '. 151,931 acres. The 'ci inw ie * > Lv.1 l n -n i 1 0 kc cron-0 :" -TQY n; st yc:r. the"' p - a :CC cnlerop m 13 cn eo .7 0 be s, (::ine PA '3,h :rop (if WAsu.006s incre ase, .: 0:e vAMeC ero f ANN bun I t i rge> i~wr---: vi e i- V aler. \ E R' i 7E .DC'. I E . ihe Sumter papers, with commend arles~s.have charged the! r,.;anL: omieer w00 eri~mal S ess, l n st1: ing by a - t tiLat of , n. A Y is':' sv. 1A' Moa Las - 1 - 71 - A- -O r -y em * n : w1Z [ " - - a The dutiee 10 anks uauu o laus re .es :a m to make a t:horo2b XA0n a on of to boolks of the ba: very Cre T:. Su'ntter 104 =0p0..1:.z of the dut"ies ofth ard K DrecOr" Sarys :prW Au vs, tAm :Qy nre trm: to the on!'. to t::eir own int Cto theinteress of others intraste to MYr ,:uynin,. ... is 4S i s rzue tat tj K om~son A rh 1"In to> Wimn the qumst er eanLm Imo ned forw 1" -- toht - L ., W 11111. .'- 1 1 k'oe A 2. . ya t .enr .. e a~uc, oat tnsIccll ~ ' .-a. ie t i : 01 t1 iaresoi t.tte.a 'bclc K. gr. Sevraltohr c1:uu"e iatderossedl. to roar pai'Sto red tinth ayurse ever education re initde toepetat this reigmbeet iceess ~ ~ ?re. . It isepetd,:.o h:,. a *bil selzrnte Er;~ af Checoun~y a e uiscusean"o" a- s he. S. mter. a anka Coplet . a. 11 I s .3 TL ld sl 1 . IS e o('"e'nplic aeuratus i.n ft '1 In e C.tenc. .it13 s l Gre. . '' i-, una CO ;v 1 -r -'-n , -4 -n w o -i fti- t c:'*~ az0 *...tn? n.. , . - oh asy god *n' .~ . . 2 I 22i' ~ r uon umg 7g -7 -7r0 [>1 t;~oa LI.g:iki' t WON1 -1', 1.7 .1. ,152 a 1 f --o "M C 04 G..% L ,2 OIL i. - - i.. t-: bxh c in. 1 .1? i. ,.xat 2- by N- c a 6 -eKu e 1.-5 .- .. U, .al - Gun rot ote fr a .: a . H ~ s u" r hee o--nt rW "-.u' - nC aeCy C..v. w- .atn-e t "' ~ e a ' n:-to "ResW"" 'S "Pat3t LdrU ch '-b ..iXM dl a. "I haver usjed Si'tos Laer RLejuictor fo "m0"y" hv 1..y sytm ~d'Itad in (jr-?i a ra prn-,en...' pa:uezs., ~riens, nd P30.1 contiLnue to COUNYSO. f''NDN e2ido im the 10:.; . . n - erd (,31. ' - ., .ofiu - .i. .., e, a . . . 1- .:: ... ...)' s ,9d. . UIl E ISNERVSD FO, You will see extweeki wha he has t say. UIPORT1ANT N~OTICE TO Stock Raisers. 0 -- The C.brated T irougIhbred racer, ill> U'.:r n," on of the most dcesirablC tllions, will .stand at Panola, from first of spt~ibr to iret of No:miber, 18,7. For articul.rs apply to J. .1. Richardson. It osts no more to raise blooded stock, than crub. Arg 17bw F'P. RICKER & CO. The largest and finest stock of Foreign aind Domestie LIQUORS in Sim?, rw7 Carlado n Coumty. (G ire us a call. You w1I find mrd store jn:t in front ~of the 3Maiu St reet, Suniter, S. C. JOE LA VAN, s!AmG: &- suAMP~OOL G Main Street, Sumter, S. C. 9-7-mn. T liIE t.ir ' o -t and S oe reii-mr e asfiy u t h s tandrd eretfor clamedfor hem heplc to ge hepbrgissa nearl thev-m oti peo Claren- otl bd Sos ad Eds. Eeryti ing ~ u to Let i firs cas W:.il se hrteae by 25opr cththan The an wilca toet h iges prices or'aw Hles to Sku Fof ki 1. KALiSKAgn, CLMaHnninS.S. C ianning Home School ---- FOR1 BOYS ASD GIRDLS. c. C cLTr..uNro% sirm- to enter advanced mist:tutions o learn".i. The tone and v;Lna of the schoo is evidenceed ")v 7tSsne. Fall tern- iw'.ins th; irst 1lonlay in Sep teiuber 1887, andicludes the publicSchoo term. p?'For partienlarF address3 MIRS. ADA S'"EWART, ROBT. A. Instructors. Au. 31, ew. Columbis Schol A Grailimiar S0i&li Ifr 8ys ani Gis O03INLI VIXCIT A3IOR. The Columbus St-hool will be, gin Monday Septeni)er the 5th 1887. Pupils will find it to their ad Vaniage to enter at. thle opnlit of the sciool. Fior particdular apply to IU:v. L. W'. .IENIUNS. An. 21 et. PAVILON OTEL, CHARLE2STON, S. C. First Clss, in allIs pita Supplied with all Modern Imprvemcnt E:t-ilent Cnis:ne. Larg Air y Rooms, Otis Pssenger Elevator, Elec tric BIells and Lihs, Heat ed Rotu::da. RATES, $2.00, S250. AND $3.00. Registration Notice. I will be at the Court Ho.e (Clerk' cf fice), the first Monday in every month, t< nllow persons coning of age since the las election to Rtgister and to attend to othe fficial business. S. P. HOLLADAY, Supervisor of Registration, Clarendor County. P. O. ad rPao, S. C. COME WT 171ME TO The Palace Saloon KE,T BY S. Wolkoviskie, AGENT. - o His Bar is first class in all its ap pointments. He keeps always in stock the purest IX LQINES 1.O.S, - >n the market. At his counter ii served the Coolest Fan~cy D~rinks 'or the hiot weather, andi fitting invig. orators for the winter. See his Specialties. Goden Grain Rye, Old N. C. Corn, Fine Cogniac Brandy, Sweepstakes Whiskey, Mongobela Rye. Always a full stock of ['BACCO, C i G A RI E TT S. nl hand. A reputation established. ggi Satisfa~cticu guaranteed. B. Wolkoviskie, Agent. MANNING, S. C. COLUMBIA RARBLEZORANTE C. M~AYHEW & SON, WY' 3Ianufacturr.s of; anld )ealers in all kinds Oi imerican Marble Wor1E. ALL KINDS kaite Monuments TOORDER. F ~ nates furnuished for .11 kinds of R ailroad and other OTIYlCE IS hereby ginn that all persons .are forbidden to trespass5 on moy lands n nlac~k Rivar and Pnidding Swamp, for le purpose of hunting or tishmng: and any ae trespassing after the date of this notice, ri be prosecuted to the extent otf the law. THUS. E. SHANNON. Ag 31.tao. Eggs $2.00_Per Setting. 3nucoirr B31:umrs, 'Warrr: Lraonss, All parties p~urchasi'ng EGGS from' Eher (,dzre t & (o. lharles'n S. t...1 epirtong mor I:atch. cae by any ft a M 'ill 1e furrnishd who ot.er Eggs, by ad ising them of the re lt Ci;ears mal'd uuo re0uesCj2t. T he Mann Academy. A GRADED SCIHOOL FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. ]EIG HTEEN11T H4N:SI.sR .2 3!SSl- Ls 39 7. )S. A. NETTLE$. A. K. P. Miss Josu.: 1r. MCLI:.N. Mis. S. A. X1:rra:s, Assistants. -____ _:0: The course of instruction embracing ten years, is designed to furnish a lib eral education suited to the ordiar vocatO of life, or to fit students for the Freshman, SophAomore, or J3unior (:Lss O1 clcges. N..G ~ ~~ 10 IN RCIN. The most approved text books are usei. The liackboard is deemed an essential in the Class ro.'. Te .& ::;0 of an aullor is invariably required of each pupil. In all work done, in whatever department, and whatever the extent of ground covered, our mutto shall always be Thoroughness. "o this end, we shall require tha( every asson is learwt'd, if not in time for the class recitation. then elsewhere. No r :d rrogress can be made so long as the pupil is allowed to go on from day to day reciting only half-perfect lessons TE.'i's PERi _HTONTH OF- Fut-R ' EEKS; Primary Department ( years coure......................$1.00, $1.50, and $2.00 Intermediate Dejar:n-t k2 ye C)ar.sc : )................... ..... ......... 2.50 - I higher Deprr* ( &t ! y. e ........................ $3.00 and 3.50 Coilegiate Departnent t.; yar,' con-.0),......................... S.00 and 4.50 .Ii -, inelning n otl n...................................... 3.00 Contingent F.-. pt-r sson 5 n:on1:s, i:: advance,......................25 Boarl lo r m onth,........................................................ 8. 00 Buara ..Inayt Frilay (p-r mo nh)................................. 5.00 EDESIRE ESPEC~ILLY TO UIGE UPON PARENTS AND Guardians the great imp.rtance of having their children at school promptly the first day. The student who enters late labor under serious disadvantages, and seldom takes that stand in his class that otherwise be would have taken. The iPrincipal feels much encorragcd at the hearty support given the school heretofore, and promises renewed efforts to make the school what it should be-FIRLST CL hS in every respect. For further particulars, send for catalogue. Address, S. A. NETTLES, Manning, S. C. CROVESCHQQL. MANNING. S. C., AUGUST' 15. 18S7. FR!NCIPALS: Miss \IRGINIA INC cM, - - - I. I. BAGNAL. The Fourth year of the MenT ihg Grove Sch'o will begin Sep'ember 5th, 1887 It is the purpose of the Principal. to give thorough instrnction in the elementa branches, and then advlane the pn!ils as rapid!y as sound jndgtnent will admit of. MBoard and lodging', can he had r pon very reasonable terms, and in good families. Boys and young men desiring to prepare for collee, will aind the course of instruction admirably adapted to that purpose, and specialattention will be paid to that class of stu dents when desired. Special attenton given to Calisthenics. The school bimilding is in coniplte order for comfort and conv'enience, being well ven First gra de........................S* .00 Fifth grade................ ........$3,0o Second grade ... ........ ................ 3.50 Third grade....................... 2.00 S nh and Eighth grades... .... 4.00 Fourth~grade ................ 2.50 DrawingandPlinting. . 2.50 For further partieulars ,ipply to either Principal. SUmH TON HIGH SCHGOL The Fall Session of the SmERTOx HN ailn SCHOOL opens .Augu t 29th, 1887. Ilstructiol Thorough--Tuition from i.50 to $4.00 per Month. Board $8.00 to 810.00 per Moeth.-Location althful Church Facilities Exccllent. For further particulars. apply to JNO. U. LANHAM, Principal. SFORESTON ACADEMY, Fon:s-rox, S. C. A School for Boys and Girls, WILL OPEN MONDAY. SEPTEMBER. .5, with a full Corps of teachers. Military: tacties will be a feature of physical training of the boys. G irls drilled in Calisthenics. The latest text bookzs used, and young men and ladies prepar ed to enter the junior class oi aiy College or Seminary in the State. All of the En1lish )ranches, Modern and Ancient lan- J guages. and Music taught. With a town of good morals. good health. and splendid rail road, telegral)h, and express faciliiies. The Foreston Academy offers superior a.vantes for the education of children. Tuition. from $1.00 to $:300. Board S8.00 per month-from Monday to Friday.85.00. For Circulas apply to W. 13. BONHAM, MISS ELLEN ,rcCORtflICK, Assistant. Pmn>IPAI. GROcERIES! ROCER1-ES GROCERIES' .AAt on. T Co we.St M-r.ices. Candies and Confectioneries. Ladies' and Misses' MILLINERY GOOD in Tariet x. Mrs. Edwards' IS THE PLAC7 EveryN1 thing() Soj(l at the Chealpe Prie's. J. G. DrsTrna. -I. D. R. B. Loa. a J4,N:tis&bo., PiUt0.. Ci' Gla1S Fane and T oilet Articles, Pe'r111ury. StaLtionlery, Patent Medicines. Fine Cars and Tobacco. and everything usually kept iu a First Glass Drug Store. te Prescriptions carefully comn Spounded by day or ui ;ht. -'92 J. G DINKINS & O [sign of the Gold MIortar.] M~s~o S. C- 3Ta G S.'C