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THE XANN TIKMS. 1Mannin g, S. C S. A. NETTLES, Editor. WEDNESDAY, Janary 8,1890. Go where duty calls, but turn in and help when you get there. Don't stand around with your hands in your pockets. We call the attention. of our mer chants to the law prohibiting the sale of tobacco, cigars, and cigarettes to minors. The penalty for the violation of this law is heavy, and we caution our merchants to exercise the utmost care to avoid trouble. I- 0 The competition of modern life is so fiercethat all must keep a quick step, or fall out of the procession. Even the rich who have no need to hurry, and the lazy to whom it is pain ful, catch the contagion of the times, -and join in the general whirl. A petition, signed by one thousand manufacturers and business men of Philadelphia, has been sent to Con gress demanding the repeal of the duties on raw materials. The cam paign of education is making good ,progress. Pennsylvania will be ready to vote for Mr. Cleveland in 1892. It requires vigilance, courage, and work to enforce good laws as it does to secure their enactment. A people who are too stolid or too cowardly or too indolent to see that the laws are enforced deserve the abuses that they will surely have to bear. Let every citizen of our great courtry resolve himself into a committee of one to prmote the enforcement of law, and let there be no discharge in this war. iternal vigilance is the price of lib erty. Manachusetts claims the ancestry of Jefferson Davis, and declares that his father was a Quaker preacher at Rochester. Ten years ago such a confnesion could not have been pulled out of Massachusetts with a windlass, but when the animosities of the war have passed away history will do justice to the pure and lofty character of Jefferson Davis, and the people of Massachusetts will refer with pride to the fact that the illustrious Amer ican sprang from the stock of the Old Bay State.-Edgefeld Chronicle. In the recent notable murder trial at Chicago the astounding fact was developed that one of the officers of the law was implicated in the con ' to defeat the ends of justice. fact excited more indignation Ithan surprise. The .public took the disgraceful- revelation almost as a matter of course,, and the perjured afficialis probably sti'l holding his afc.This is an extreme case, but the pblic mind is so familiar with the idea of the complicity of the of ficers of the law with law-breakers, or their laxity in its administration, that no surprise is manifested. rgeyour farm. Nine will~ fail to pay when mo e s ueand will have to . arary the burden of debt all their lives. It is better to live hard, better omaemoney less rapidly, than to borwmoney with the expectation of thereby increasing your chances for money-making. This does not apply to very man, and unfortnnately when aman wishes to borrow money he is apt to think he is one of the excep lions and can use borrowed money Savnaeusly and make more out of ~than'he pays for it. The result is -he generally makes less and ultimately loes all heborrowed and all he had himself and his last state is worse than the first. -In his recent message to the Ken -tacky Legislature, Governor Buckner shows that the State'of Kentucky last yerspent nearly one and a half mil >Enof dollars upon her public ~schools, and the sum is increasing at ~the rate of about ten per cent. per annum, or four times as fast as the population. The amount for each child in 1889 was' $2.15, and this amount was drawn for everyone of 111,855 colored children. The white ~epie taxed themselves over a quar 6ter of amillion dollars for the edu --'ation of colored children, while the sesrdpeople paid for the education not the youth of the State, white and 1lack, only $12,000, or not the hun dredth part of what the Caucasians contributed. Evidently Kentucky does not require the fostering care of the National Government for her schools. We take it for granted that the Kentucky Senators will vote against the Blair bill. Girls and Their Photographs. Learn to say no when asked for your photograph by some one not es pecially dear to you. There is in that little word much that will pro tect you from e'vil tongues. Learn to thinkthat your face is too sacred to decorate the apartment of Tom, Dick, or Harry, no matter if each one of the three is one of the pleasantest fellows in the world. When the sun imprinted in black and white, just how sweet and how dainty you look, it did not mean that the picture should have incense in the shape of tobacco smoke, or dubious praise in the form of a discussion of your points rendered to it. Give away your picture with discretion. Re member that some day will 'come along Prince Charming, who will have a right, the right owned by the master of the heart, to ask for the counterfeit presentment of yourself after he knows that he is going to have the real girl for his own. Think how mortified you would be if he should discover that the giving away of your photograph has been almost as general as the invitations to your New Year's party. Think how he will feel if he sees your face look ing over the mantel-shelf in Dick's room-Dick whom he knows to be a braggart, and a man 'for whom he has the utmost contempt! Then just learn to say no. Don't display your photographs to your men friends, and you will not have this unpleasant task; but if you should do it, and have not the courage to say the little nmonosyl lable, be wise and refer them to papaT-Lads Home Jmral Domestic Service in the South. There are are too many low-grade cooks, dirty nurses and lazy house I girls. They have demoralized the: better class of negro servants to be I found here before the war, and at that time one of the features of South ern households. Domestic service has been dragged down to the level of the rough plantation hands, who! pour into the cities, and who are ready to begin cooking for a family without having ever seen a stove in their lives. They work at a place a month and then leave it for another, and the domestic history of most fam ilies in the South to-day is a steady succession of incompetent negro ser vants. We are suffering on the ser vant~ question as much as the people of New England. They from a lack of domestics, we from an excess, which has thoroughly demoralized all and dragged the good down to the level of the worst. If we could ship annually some 10,000 or even 100,000 negro servants Nortb it would be bet ter for all hands. Perhaps our North ern friends could make something out of them,. and we would certainly im prove domestic service here with few er, but better cooks, nurses, and house-girls.-.Yew Orleans Tines-Dem ocrat. Woman's Influence. MT. EDITOR:-I am not in a very self-congratulatory mood to-night, but since you have made it obligatory for me to write you an article for the Tnnrs, I raise no objection however adverse the surrounding circum-I stances. A very christian-like rule of life, said to be a Persian proverb, reads: "I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good thing I can do or any kindness I can show to any fellow human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again." I heard Rev. H. M. Mood preach a sermon a few months ago, in which he asserted that the young man who said "he never intended to marry" was on the way to destruction. The next day while out shopping, I was waited on by a clerk-a young bach elor, conscientious in all of his walks in life, who seemed considerably im pressed with Mr. Mood's assertion. His salary would not support a wife. To marry a girl to-day and send her in the kitchen to-morrow was unpardonable. He had about resolved until he heard Mr. Mood "never to marry." Corroborating Mr. Mood's sermon, I advised him to go ahead and marry a good, healthy, lov ing girl; work hard and get a home of his own and he would make a better citizen and his wife, if wife she be, would help him to double every dol lar he made. A few days after he in vested in a handsome little cottage, and at this writing he is endeavoring to convince one of Manning's charm-, ing young school-marms that a "wo man that says she never expects to marry" is on the way to destruction. So much for Mr. Mood's sermon. Yes, and some people are inclined to sneer at the influence of woman 'for good. Woman, they assert, is a destroyer, not an upbuilder. This is an old fault. It is said that Demos thenes once declared one wo man- could destroy in an hour that which jaould take a staesrasatort yars to build~m iinilined to thinJk it was not Demosthenes who uttere:l the calumny, but Socrates, after a family tiff with Zantippe. But how ever that may be, you will find cynics to-day, who, whenever a man falters and falls, whenever he rolls in the ditch a drunken brute, whenever a reputedly honest man is discovered to be a defaulter, will cry: "Ah well, there is a woman at the bottom of it."' But I assert that there never was a great man, great in goodness, in noble, pure deeds, but owed much of his in-i spirationi to a good woman. When I see a young man holding.himself pure amid temptations of vice, a young man battling bravely with difficulty, slinging aside every bribe of gainful iniquity, resolved to win and wear the crown of a stainless manhoo~d, I say: "There's a woman in it." A mothers whose lips still keeps bis lips clean; a sister, whom he honors, and would not for worlds cause to blush or weep; or it may be a nearer one still and a dearer one, whom he hopes some dayI to call by the hogopred name of wife;1 but the woman, be she who she may, is the guiding star of that young' man's life. MA. Jan. 8, 1890. Interesting doincidences. To Editor Manning Times:-Abou t our present chief executive, Governor John Peter Richardson, there are sev eral coincidences which are not only! interesting, but singular. His father, who was also named John Peter Richardson, was Governor of South Carolina from 184:0 to 1842; this is the only instance, I believe, in the history of our State, where two Governors have borne exactly the same name. The Governor who preceded the first John Peter Richardson was B. K. Henegan, who was not elected to that office, but was only filling out an unexpired term; the Governor who preceded the second John Peter Rich ardson was John C. Sheppard, who like Henegan was not elected to the: office, but was also filling out an un expired term. The Lieutenant Gov ernor under the first John Peter Rich-: ardson was an up-countryman, Col. W. K. Clowney, of Union, whose first name was William. The Liuenn Governor under the second John Pe-. ter Richardson, is also an up-country man, Dr. W. L. Mauldin, of Green ville, whose first name is also William We see, then, that South Carolina numbers among her chief executives, two men, father and son, whose names are exactly the same; the Governors who preceded both of them were not elected to that office, but were only filling unexpired terms; the Lieuten-I ant Governors under both came from' the up-country, and the first name of both the Lieutenant Governors w as and is William. Probably we will not meet with so marny coincidences about the Governor of any other Southern State. Do not these coin idences go to prove the truth of the proverb, "History repeats itself?'' McDONALD FURMus. Ramsey, S. C., Jan. 6, 1890. Cotion seed meal for sale at very low fig ures at H. T. Avant's, Summerton, S. C. It will be to the advantage of the fatrmers to THE NEGRO EXODUS. Over Four Thousand Pass Through Charleston During the Past Week, All On Their Way to the South and South iest-EIgrating at the Rate of a Thousand a Day. CHARLESTON, S. C., Jan. 3.- The exodus of negroes from North and South Carolina has begun in real earnest. Over two thou sand passed through Greenville last night, on their way to the South-west. They are all emigrants, and came from North Caro lina. Within the past week over four thousand negroes have passed through Charleston, on their way to Florida, Alabama and South Georgia. Many of these people are accom panied by their families. There is annually a pilgrimage of abont 500 negro laborers who ale hired in North Carolina to work on the turpentine farms in Florida. These generally return home in December, spend the holidays at home, and return South in January. This year,'how ever, the exodus amounts to a wholesal emi gration, many of the laborers being accom panied by their families. The emigrants are chiefly from North Carolina and the eastern part of South Carolina. They are going South at the rate of one thousand a day. The Barnwell massacre will probably in crease the number of emigrants. It is not improbable that at least one-half of the negro populatinn of Barnwell will emigratE as soon as they can make arrangements for getting away. ALABAMA'S NEGRO EXODUS. A Scheme to Secure Laborers and Passen gers for the Railroads. BiRINOHAM, ALA., Dec. 29.-Hundreds of negroes are leaving this region for Miss issippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana. The sud den exodus is largely due to the efforts of a few intelligent colored men, who are sup posed to be the paid agents of planters in the Mississippi bottoms or of a railroad com pany. These men mix among the ignorant negro laborers and distribute the following circular: A CHANCE FOR THE' NEGRO. A land which he will one day own and govern. Get away from oppression and go where you will be free. To Colored Workingmen: In the States of Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana there are thousands of acres of rich lands still unoccupied. There you can secure homes cheap and make a living with but little work. But better still, our race is now in the majority in many sections of those States, and the time is coming when we will outnumber the whites there fifty to one. Then we will drive them out and take pos session of their property. The colored race will in a few years own and govern these States. Even now we are getting ready to throw off the yoke of our oppressors, and the great day of perfect freedom for the ne gro is near at hand. Leave this locality, where you are mistreated and denied your civil rights by the whites. Go away from communities where men of your race are living and shot like dogs by %hite men, and go where you will soon become one of the owners and rulers of the land. These circulars bear no signature, and it is doubtless only a scheme to secure labor ers for Southern plantations and passengers for the railroads, but many ignorant negroes believe every word of it, and are leaving as fast as they can get money enough to pur chase tickets. Eleven Carloads of Negroes En Route to Southern States. Eleven carloads of negro emigr-ants, numbering about 2,000, stopped in Char. lotte a little while yesterday. ,-The larger portion of them were from. Wayne, Pitt, and Lenoirgunties. They were on their way Soth to'-different locations. This crowd of negroes will be divided among the States of Mississippi, Louisiana, Texa's, and Alabama. Some of them said that the in ducement offered is a farm to rent, the land lords agreeing to furnish tenants with sup plies for half the year. Others said that they did not know what they would do un til they arrived at their destination, and that they were under obligations to the agents to wvork out their passage, after which they will look out for themnselves. Many seemned not to know why they were going. One fellow said that he had been on the way more than a week and was getting tired and hungry. The Chr-onicle reporter looked into one of the cars as the agent in charge was carrying a large basket of bread through the car and distributing loaves among the families. The agent told the reporter that 2,000 negroes left Goldsboro Wednesday for Georgia, by way of the Atlantic Coast Line. The emigrants from Pitt said that nearly all the negroes have left that county, most of those renraining being in the towns. The agents are still at -Nork and the exo dus is likely to continue. The negroes say that they leave because they were unable to live on account of their destitute condition in the Eastern counties. They say tbat they could have secured employment on rented farms, but the farm ers were unable to pay wages, and that they could not secure supplies.-Chalotte Chr-os ile, Janm. 3. The Country Correspondent. Of all the aspirants for literary fame the country correspondent perhaps has a better opportunity for gaining the goal of his am bition than many more pretentious writers who live more and have their being in the literary centers. of the country. The met ropolitan paper has little to do with the rural writer in a direct way, but sometimes ow-es much to him indirectly. It is that class of publications known as "country papers' that encourage the efforts of the "country correspondent." Papers of this type sel dom circulate outside of the town and coun ty in which they are published. Their subscription lists depend as much if not more upon direct and indirect puffang than uporr genuine news. Country papers frequently have plenty of space, and contri butions of a local nature are nearly always welcome, particularly when they consist of brief mention of local happenings in an adjoining neighborhood. Much of a coun try paper's strength and success depends upon the list of correspondents it can pre sent. The editor usually arr-anges with a young lawyer, a doctor, school-teacher, or some bright young man to send in the items of news occurring each week. Seldom in deed is there any compensation beyond a copy of the paper, a good commission on subscriptions, and perhaps a small card call ing attention to the fact that Dr. Spikes is the only physician in Brushtown.- But if the correspondent does not get a princely salary, he receives enongh glory to create envy within the heart of a king. He is nearly always well-known in the neighbor hood in which he is located, and the people in the surrounding country come to look upon Dr. Spikes as possessed with all the knowledge worth knowing. He goes to all the picnics and barbecues and enjoys the distinction of having all the girls desper ately in love with him, because he mention ed their names at some period in the remote past. Fond mothers look upon the country correspondent with great respect, for in their eyes a newspaper rep~resentative is a grand personage. The country beaux all thorough ly despise the correspondent, because he is held in such high esteem by the ladies. Complacently the object of their contempt turns up at every church social or public en tertainment, and proceeds to help himself er thinks of asking him to pay for refresh ments. They one and all want to see the affair in the paper, and it would never do to win the disfavor of the :orrespondent. As is frequently the case, the paper he rep resents is the only one taken in the neigh borhood, and what it says is the law and gospel of the surrounding country. In cases of this kind the country correspond ent lives in a continual whirl of fame and glory. Nothing the land can afford is too good for his epicurean taste. They all con isult him for enlightenment upon all possi ble subjects. The correspondent is contin ually reminded of his imiportance in a thousand different ways. How many edit ors, poets, story-writers, and, in fact, writers of any description, enjoy a hearty personal honiaae like that bestowed on the average country correspondent ? Few indeed. It is true that he frequently writes bad En glish, spells poorly, gets his proper names terribly twisted, and rarely sends in an item of any interest outside of the neighborhood in which it was written. That makes little difference in the fame enjoyed by the coun try correspondent, for nobody but the editor and printer--poor martyrs-know anything about these slight irregularities. Sometimes the correspondent sends in an iteii that is of considerable importance in the estima tion of larger papers. It makes its appear ance among the Brushtown happenings, is devoured by the exchange man's scissors, and, lo and behold, the fact of a fearful crime at Brushtown is proclaimed to the world. The country correspondent was the first to make the facts known, and to him all credit is due. It is in this way that the rural scribbler frequently aids the in-tro politan paper. The country correspondent has come to stay. Long may he live to en joy the glory that is upon him so freely be stowed.--Albert Sidney Gregg i the Jomiu-ilist. BUCKLEN'S ARNICA SALVE. The best salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi tively cures Files, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfation or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by J. G. Dinkins & Co. A SAFE INVESTMENT. Is one which is guaranteed to bring you satisfactory results, or in case of failure a return of purchase price. On this safe plan you can buy from our advertised Druggist a bottle of Dr. King's New Dis covery for Consumption. It is guaranteed to 'uring relief in every case, when used for, any afiection of Throat, Lungs or Chest, such as Consumption, Inflammation of Lungs, Bronchitis, Asthma, Whooping Cough, Croup, etc., etc. It is pleasant and agreeable to taste, pefectly safe, and can always be depended upon. Trial bottles free at J. G. Dinkins & Co.'s Drug Store. MERLT WINS. We desire to say to our citizens, that for years we have been selling Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Dr. King's New Life Pills, Bucklen's Arnica Salve and Electric Bitters, and have never handled remedies that sell as wvell, or that have giv en such universal satisfaction. We do not hesitate to gqarantee them every time, and we stand ready to refund the purchase price, if satisfactory results do not follow their use. These remedies have won their great popularity purely on their merits. J. G. Dinkins & Co., Druggists. Sumter News. [Watchman aned Sodhron.3 The meeting of the Black River Union at Home Branch was well attended. The vet eran preacher, Rev. H. W: Mahoney, was the only preacher in attendance until Sun day, when Messrs. Wells and Oliver appear ed and the former preached a missionary sermon of remarkable power. Among the notable arrivals at the Jervey House appears the name of R. B. Dolsey, of Bay City, Michigan. Mr. Dolsey represents the syndicate that recently purchased the Clarendon swamp lands. He is here in the interest of this mammoth enterprise, ar ranging for the establishment of' the plant at this city for the manufacture of the lum her into marketable products and the gen eral plans for utilizing the large body of timber of which the syndicate has recently become the owner. Messrs. A. A. Howlett, A. Ames Howlett, J. J. Barker, of Syracuse, N. Y., stockhold ers and directors of the Charleston, Sumter and Northern (Eutawville) RI. R., W. G. Brownson and M. Woods, Superintendent and Master of Construction, respectively, and S. J. Pregnal, of Charleston, another prominent offcial of the road, have been in Sumter during the past few days in consul tation upon the Northern extension of the road. It was determined at a conference held at the Jervey House yesterday to push the construction of the road at once to Che raw. Work will begin immedlately' and the Northern connection will be established in a few months at Cheraw. The prospective route is through Bishopville. That town, has donated ten acres of land within the incorporation to the company. The right-; of-way man has gone over this route, and wrote yesterday from Cheraw that he has succeeded in -getting from the owners the right-of-way through all the land interven ing between this city and that town, waih a few unimportant eiceptions. This intelli gence was not only gratifying, but insures the commencement of the work at once. Mr. Hewlett and his party left here last night for Charleston. Mr. Silver, the president of the company, arrived in this city this morn ing. These gentlemen expressed themselves as highly pleased with Sumter and the sur rounding country, and predict a great future for our city. A man who has practiced medicine for 40 years, ought to know salt fronm sugar; read what he says: ToLWo, 0., Jan. 1(0, 1887. Messrs. F. J. Cheney & Co.-Gentlemen: I have been in the general practice of med icine for most 40 years, and would say that in all my practice and experience have nev er seen a prepiarattion that I could p)rescribe with as much confidence of success as I can Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by you. Have prescribed it a great many times and its effect is wonderful, and would say in conclusion that I have yet to find a case of catarrh that it wvould not cure, if they would take it according to directions. Yours truly, L. L. GORSUCHI, M. D. Oflice, 215' Sumumit St. We that canno $100 for anyv case of catarrh tacantbe cured with Hall's Catarrh Cure. Taken internally. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, 0. pir-Sold by Druggists, 75e. Anothel' Paper- ol ike W.ml-pathI. As will be seen by the editorial on anoth er page we intend to adopt the cash systemnI for 1890, and all subscribers not paying up in the next seven days will have their names struck fronm our list and their accounts place d int legal hands for colletion. And if sette ment cannot be brouight about in thiswa we intend to publish the black .list from week to w eek.- '-ader' Adcace. What is Scrofula It is that impurity in the blood, which, accumu lating in the glands of the neck, produces un.* sightly iumpqor swellings; which causes painful running sores on the arms, legs, or feet; which developes ulcers in the eyes, ears, or nose, often causing blindness or deafness; which is the origin of pimples, cancerous growths, or many other manifestations usually ascribed to " humors." It is a more formidable enemy than consumption or cancer alone, for sorofula combines the wrorst possibie ieatures of both. Being the most ancient, It is the most general of all diseases or affections, for very few persons are entirely free from It. How can it be curedi By taine' Mood's Sarsa parila, which, by the cures It has accomplished, often when other medicines have failed, has proven Itself to be a potent and peculiar medicine for this disease. For all affections of the blood Hood's Sarsaparila is unequalled, and some of the cures it has effected are really wonderful. If you suffer from scrofuta in any of its various forms, Ibe sure to give Hood's Sarsaparilla a trIal. Hood's Sarsaparilla Soldbyadirugglsts. Sl; sixfor$5. Preparedonly bC.IHOD& CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. 100 Doses OeDla HOUSEHOLD NOTES. IIIs S A. NETTLEs. A SERVICE.UnL Sciool B. .-One of the prettiest and most durable school bags is made of heavy cotton canvas, the material used for awnings. The wide red or blue striped looks best. Much labor can be expended on these by working fancy stitches with bright worsted, where the sripes join, but for ordinary use the bright stripes are pretty enough without that extra work. A bag of meditun size will require a piece thirty-one inches long and fif teen wide. Cut the end in a deep point, to form the gap, fold the re mainder together, and cut the lower corners rounding. Cut two pieces two and one half inches wide, and the depth of the bag when folded, round the corners on one end and sew then on the sides to form the bag. Stitch a piece of braid flat on the flap, and two pieces together to make a stout handle, the length of which will depend on whether it is for a boy or girl. Wide striped bed ticking would answer just as well as the canvas. A DECORATED PERFUME BOTTLE is something almost any little girl can make for mama's toilet. Take nice clean glass bottles and fit a cork tight ly into each bottle, procure a little china doll's head and fasten on each cork. A cloak or shawl is fastened around its neck, and a little cap on its head. The style of dress can be very elaborate or quite plain. Secure the skirt around the neck of the bot tle so it will conceal the whole of it. The dress may correspond with the color of the covering of the dressing table on which it is to stand. The cork can be readily drawn out by the head. CHEAP POL;E AND RINGS FoR WINDow CURTAINS.-Get a carpenter to make some small wooden bracket rests and after staining, tack them against the window cornice. There must be a round bole in each bracket to admit the poles. The ordinary rollers for window shades will do for the poles. These are of course to be stained. Gilt rings that slip over these poles can be bought for about thirty-five cents a dozen. A CoRREcTIo.-Last week in the paragraph telling how to renew old gilt frames it should have read Dia mond Gold Paint instead of Diamond Wood PainL How TO COOK A TURKEY.-For the benefit of some of our readers who perhaps have thought that to loast a turkey satisfactorily it must be par boiled first, we give our experience with our New Year's turkey. It was a very fine gobbler, weighing sixteen and a half pounds. Having killed it the day before, salted it well, and rub bed about a tablespoonful of soda over it, it was placed in a cool place till the next morning. Then we took about a pint and a half meal and with a little lard and salt made into thin hoecakes, and when done broke up fine and added one large onion sliced up fine and fried, a lump of butter, pepper and salt to taste, and enough milk or water to make a little soft. Stuffed and then sewed up the cavity. Placed in a pan with slices of salt pork laid on the most prominent parts. We did not sprinkle ours with flour, although this may be done. Poured three pints of water in the pan, and placed in a moderately heated stove. Frequently while cooking basting it so as to keel) it moist. If the turkey is fat it will not need any lard. The breast should be the last part browned. A tur':ey cooked in this way is much more juicy than when parboiled and then roasted From the way ours was enjoyed we think it worth trying. A NIcE MIINcE PIE.-The Philadel phia Tines gives the following recipe for making mince pies: Pthit into a vessel two ounces of currants, three ounces of Malaga raisins, one ounce of finely chopped citron, two ounces of well chopped, cold, boiled beef, and two ounces of beef suet, also chopped very fine. Mix the whole well together for five minutes, then add one ounce of powdered sugar, a salt spoonful of salt, one drachm of ground allspice, half a drachm of ground cinnamon, and mix together for one minute. Peel, core, and chop up very line three large, sound apples, add them to the preparation, then pour in half a gill each of brandy and sherry wine, mixing again for three minutes. Take half a pound of pie paste, cut out a piece of three ounces, roll it round shaped, ten inches in diameter, and lightly butter a pie plate nine and a half inches in diam eter. Arrange the paste over and pour the preparation in the centre, flattening it evenly and leaving an inch space clear round the edge of the place; take the remaining five ounces of paste, roll it out round shaped, the same as before, fold it in two, and with a knife make incisions in the- centre of half an inch each. Moisten lightly the edge of the plate with a little beaten egg, then cover with the paste, pressing down with the hand all around the edge, so as to inclose the preparation entirely, then moisten the surface slightly with the beaten egg. Place in a moderate oven and let bake for 50 minutes; re move it to the oven door, sprinkle plenty of powdered sugar over, return it to the oven, closing the door for two mainutes, so that the sugar melts entirely, then slide it carefully on to a dessert dish and serve either hot or cold. BmI~E SwEET Po'irOis--Pirst boil the p~otatoes till done, then p~eel them and lay them in layers in the baking pan, putting a little white sugar and a lump of butter between the layers; put the dish in the stove and hake as a pudding, brown oni top. A little wvater if the potatoes are very dry. Not a dessbert, a vegetable dish. A D)UTIF'UL SON [s a pleasure to any parent. He brin~gs joy to the home of the old people and in every wray see~ks to inake it, cheerful and to make Lasy the faltering, feeble steps of age. This son was a wise one: Yummi,~A, TrE\E~E, & GEOR.GIA fl. R. Ollice of Wes.tern Agent, Atlanta, Ga. Gentlemian---My father, who is ini the eighty-second year of his ago,. has lbeen man teriaLlly strengthened and relieved from suf Fering by the use of one botcle of Dr. West inoreland's C'alxisaya Tonic. Please~ forward to his addrss (.Jonlathan Welsh, High P~oint, N. C.,) six buttis of the sam. and ~end bill foi the .aiounit to me. Very respectfully, 31. M. W~ ~su, West. Agent. Dr. Westmoreland's great tonic and blood erovator can be brought from Dr. L. W. ~ettles, Foreston, S. C., or .J. G. Dinkcins & L.'., Manining, S. C., at 50 cents and s1.00 a 'S. I Presents in the most elegant form THE LAXATIVE AN4D NUTRITIOUS JUICE --OF THE FIGS OF CALIFORNIA, Combined with the medicinal virtues of plants known to be most beneficial to the human system, forming an agreeable and effective laxative to perna nently cure Habitual Consti pation, and the many ills de pending on a weak or inactive condition of the KIDNEYS, LIVER AND BOWELS. It is the most excellent remedy known to CLEANSE THE SYSTEM EFFECTUALLY When one is Bilious or Constipated -SO TilAT PURE BLOOD, REFRESHINO SLEEP, HEALTH and STRENoTH NATURALLY FOLLOW. Every one is using it and all are delighted with it. ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR MANUFACTURED ONLY BY CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. IJ/QVILLE, KY. NEW YORK, . . NOTICE. AJLL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS against the estate of Martha E. Brough ton will present same duly attested, and those owing said estate will make immedi ate payment to T. P. BROUGHTON, Jan: 1, 1890. Administrator. H. H. WINDHAM, Cabinet Work and Upholstering, MANNING, S. C. I have charge of 1 evi's furniture store, and will sell any and every kind of .FT.]NW-TU'E4.E at lowest prices. Manufacturing and repairing of furniture and upholstering attended to promptly.. We have a very large stock of coffins,'-of all sizes, styles, and prices. fi7Old Furniture Made Good as N6 Assessment Notice. ArDITon's OFFICE, CLARENDON CouNY, [ Manning, S. C., Dec. 9, 1889. T HE AUDITOR'S OFFICE WILL BE Kopen from the first day of January, 1890, to the twentieth day of February, 1890, to receive returns of real and personal prop erty for taxation in Clarendon county for the year 1890, and for the convenience of tax payers will have deputies at each of the places named below to receive returns for the said year: Pinewood, Wednesday, January 1, 1890. Panola, Thursday, January 2, 1890. Summerton, Frnday, January 3, 1890. David Levi's Store, Saturday, January 4, 1890. B3runsons X Roads, Monday, Jan oary 6, 1890. Jordan, Tuesday, January 7, 1890. Foreston, Wednesday. January 8, 1890. Harvins, Thursday, January 9, 1890. W. M. Youmans's, Friday, January 10, 1890. Packsville. Monday, Jlanuary 6,1890. Midway, Monday, January 6, 1890. Sardinia, Tuesday, January 7, 1890. New Zion, Wednesday, January 8, 1890. WV. J. Gibbons's, Thursday, January 9, 1890. R. E. Smith's, Friday, January 10, 1890. Real estate is assessed this year, 1890. And all par-ties owning land, lots, and build ings will please look up their deeds, where necessary, and get the right number of acres, lots, and buildings that they may own on the first day of .January, 1890. All build ings of any sort, that are wvorth ten dollar,; or over, are to be returned. A good way for the taxpayer, who has much property to return, is to make a muem orandum of each building and its value, the number of horses, cattle, mules, sheep and goats, hogs, watches, org'ans and pianos, buggies, wagons and carriages, dogs, mer counts'(above indebtedness), furniture, &c., which will save the taxpayer time, and ena ble the assessor to progress in the work. Taxpayers return what they own on the first day of January, 1890. Assessors and taxpayers will enter the first gve n name of the taxpayer in full, also make a separate ret-urn for each party for the township the property is in, and where the taxpayer ow-ns realty to insert the post office as their place of residence, and those who onfy own personal property to give the party's nanme who owns the land they live ou as their residence, -which aids the tax payer as well as the county treasurer in making the collection and preventing errors. Every male citizen betw'een the ages of twenty-one and fifty years on the first day of January 1890, except those incapable of earning a sup~port from being maimed, or from otherecauses, shall be deemed taxable polls. All returns that are made after the tw'en 'tieth day af February next have to be placed on the asdditional list and fifty per cent. penalty added theret., unless prevented by sickness or out of the county during the time of listing. Not knowing the time of listing is no excuse. And all owners of real estate~ might dlo their tenants, wiho can not read or take a newspaper, a great favor by inaking their returns or telling them the timne of listing, atnd that if the-y fail to make their returns in time that the valuation has to be increased fifty per cent. unless they have a good excuse. Tihe assessing and collecting of taxes is all (lone no)w in the smuie year, and we have to aggregate the number and value of all the horses, cattle, mules, &c., as well as the acres of land, lots and buildings and their value, that there is in the county and have the same on file in the Ckomptroller Gener als oflice by the thirtieth day of .June eac year. And from that timo to the first day of October each y'ear the auditor's; an(a treas urer's duplicate 'has to be completed and an abstract of the work in the Comptroller's oilice by that time, whic~h will showv ata lance ti.at the aulitor has no time to take in i-eturns, or do anything else much, be - twe-en the lirst day a1 .Mar-eh and' the firs.t day of Octobe-r rech year, but work on the ooks and blanks. Therefore hope that all taxpjaye-rs will Oo us the favor of inaking~ thir returns in timie. D)ANJEL J. BR ADHAM, -Auditor Clarendon County. - ILP R H S -- --AND $;i--Will Purchase a Beautiful---$32 PARLOR SUIT, --A T Brown & Co.'s Furniture Store, 295 King street, Opposite Socity street CHARLESTON, S. C. FOR RENT! R EsID)ENCE IN THE TOWN OF MAN-' . ning, four rooms and necessary out buildings, elegant orchard containing rapes, peach-s ap~ples pears lumsi~ &*c. Apply to JOS. F. RHIAME, Unnning S. C. DURANT & ELITZER, SUMTER, S. C. FURNITURE AT LIVING PRICES. Ve carry the largiest and finest line of all grnades and styles of Fur nitture ever seen in these parts, and can Sell yOu at - prices that gi ve you a Chance to Live, TRY US AND Be Convinced. WALL PAPER AND SHADES IN ABUNDANCE. E.. REMBERT. P. P. GAILLARID. A NEW DEPARTRE' LISTEN! Hardware Can Now be Bought at Prices Within the Reach of Everybody. Among our complete assortment the housewife can find everything she needs. The farmer his implements and the carpenter his tools. Having secured the agency for 1efo lowing goods we are prepared to offer them at figures that will astonish you: Doors, Sashes and Blinds, Studebaker Wagons, Carts, Buggies, -AND Pierce's Unrivaled Paints. Davis Turbine Waterawheel. THE CELEBRATED DUPONT'S POWDER. Sporting Goods a Specialty. A Full Line of Hardware, Cutlery, Guns. S-toves, ois HO0L LOW A RE, : VANSHS Hubs, Rims, Spokes, adeyHres Ready Made Wheels, m i~~ BELTINGWOODENWARE, MACHINISS AND MIILL SUPPLIES' * POTWARE, ETC. We will always be glad to order out for our customers such goods as wie may not have in stock. Call and examine. You will not complain about prices. E. E. iREMBERT & CO., so e a B. o. HARDWARE! R. W. DURANT & SON, sTMrm, S. C. CLaRExOn F1.xDs: We are now in our LARGE, MAGNIFICENTI, NEW Store ad joining A. A. SOLOIONS. Conie and see us. We can show you one of the Handsomest Hardware Stores in the State. We sell everything in the HARDWARE LINE, from a nail to anything y~ou need, and at PRICES '10 SUIT. STOVES ! STOVES ! STOVES ! Best Makes alid Olleap. Croekery, G lass anld Tin Ware, and liar ness. Finel Line TIable and Pocket Cutlery, Seissors. &c. Guns and Pistols IN BEL1TING! We can give you bargoin". We are Headqniarters for it. Packinig in Rnbber and Hemp, Lace I.eather, Gin Bristles, &c. We are Powder Agents, and can sell it cheaper than you can order it. Come and see us, we'll do you good Respectially, R. WV. D)URANT & SON. TIME EXTENDED. ~~TCL OFFICE OF CoMPTraoLLEn. GENERAL~, Columbia, S. C., bee. 14, 188F.R To the (biq' J'. Tm"Irers: The General Assembly, by a concurrent Resolation, passed December 13th, 1889, CotyPsIneedes have extended the time for coliection of the taxes for Iiscal year commnenecing November 1st, 1888, and ending October :31st, 1889', OFIEOUT OMISNE, w ithout penalty, to Febirua~ry 1st, 1890, inCLit all the counties of the State. The Trreasurers of their reslicetive couni- Mx~,,~ . e.id 8 ties will publish this notice ais they mnayfALPROSHODN ~T deem best. J. 5. YERNER, t.limagnsCardocutap Comaptroller General. lrvdfrfsa er ro oNv 88 Iu accordancee with the above notice, I es r och oiidt r~ttesm wili continue to receive taxes, without penal.- oteBado onyCm isoeso tv, to and including JTan. 31st, 1890O. Clrn nco ty on rbereJ .I, .JOS. SPROYTT, Ja., 18),othyvilbbrrdlam tofsd County Treasurer. cam.Teeodcam nld l on PAVILION~ HOTEL, yoreofteba. CHARLESTON i. C.P } E1O First Clavs in di ks J1poinnt..ClrConyoisC.. Suipplied with all M1odern Improvemnents Excellent Cuisine, Large Airy Rooms, MNYT ED Otis Passenger Elevator, Elee- IEALTARSTNDBNN tric Rells and Lights, Heat- wilaklononmpo ed Rotunda. 1rso aytri. Frpitelr RA TES, $2.00, Si:50 AND $3.00. pyt uI PE I~oiw e~erc'dbp adei~Tt-e3Ba1c uly xt , 18t. CDc 9 89