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The Laurens Advertiser $i-So Per Year in Advance. | GOOD OLD SAINT NICHOLAS. I - ! Bill Arp Writes About the Holiday Made Glorious for Centuries. Christinas has come again. It is our annual milestone and tin; miles got shorter and shorter as anno domin i j rolls on. Time keeps shrinking aud | the vlow of eternity expands as we draw near the lino. Like the Sabbath, Christmas was designed, ordained, es? tablishod for our good, our rest and pleasure, In tho north temperate /.one it COniOS about midwinter, when the weather is hard and cold and summer flints aud llowers have gone a* I the birds have migrated and nature has gone to sleep and the earth is wrapped in its blankets of snow and ice. It comes like the school boys' recess and brings good cheer and brightens up tho family hearthstone-. Christmas never wears out nor becomes old or Blulc, or as a back number. Year after year a new generation is ready to re ceive it and herald its coming with a glad and happy welcome. Blessings on the holy fathers who established the Christmas holidays and on the good men who for sixteen CCtSurlos have preserved it for us and OiU chil dren. All Christian people have ob served it with happy greetiugs, except tlie old L'urltaus, and I don't know whether I hey were ( hristians or not. They condemned everything that gave pleasure. Christmas was lirst observed by the Kornau Catholic church at Jerusalem and Koine. Later on tho Church of England took it up, and so did the I'rot os tan ts of Clor many ami other countries, for the bulb of the Saviour was one event that all Christians could celebrate with gratitude and joy. lu Raphael's great painting of the nativity a shepherd is seen at the door playing on a bagpipe. The Tyroloso of Italy conic down from the mountains to the valleys on Christmas eve. They come caroling SWeel songs and playing on musical instruments and can be heard for miles around as the hiUs and vales echoed with their harmony, and so music always accompanies the Christ* n.as festivities. Evergreens, too must, have a part in the ceremonies, for they have for ages been used as sym bols of immortality, Victors returning from tho wars were crowned with them. The sacred poets write of the green bay tree anil the cedars of I.c Invon. For centuries the churches and temples have been decorated with them. All lovers of nature give wel come to them in midwinter, for they bring good cheer when there is no other sign of living vegetation. The deep greOU holly With its red waxen berries, the rosemary, the laurel, the ivy aud the mistletoe harmonize with the poetic sentiments of OUV better na ture. In the geod old English times girls and boys wore wreaths and chap* lots ot evergreen during the Christ tuns meetings at night, and a kiss stolen from a lassie with a rosemary wreath on her brow was considered innocent, and was called "a kiss under the rose," and love whispered under a mistletoe crown was too pure to be lost or be trayed, Atar back in the centuries there was a good old man mured Nicolas, lie lived in the third century and was to good and kind and generous that when he oicd the church sainted him and ever since then he has been called St. Nicol as, and he is called the patron saint of Russia, ilis German name is ^anta Claus. The Russians say that St. .Nicloas, when he was only a man, was very rich and on Christinas nights he Would disguise himself aud go around among the poor people and slip in while they were asleep and put a purse of gold in every young girl's stocking, if she was in love or engaged to be married. The gold was to buy her wedding outlit. He olso left a little present for every little child in the family. Didn't he have fun ? I think 1 would like that. And so it is said that from him camo the custom of hanging up stockings and waiting for old Santa Clans to come down the chimney with his pretty things for the ehildien. It is said that in Havana there was another good man named Knight Hilpert, who while he lived did the same kind of things, for he. too, hunted up the poor and left pres ents while they were nslcep, but did not leave anything for had boys. lie was not their friend, and if he lived over here now I don't reckon a cigar ette hoy would get anything from him. We are in tho midst of our family Christmas now. We could not get nil the far away children here at one time, hut we will have them all du Ing the holidays. New York city and San Antonio got here together, and wo arc daily expecting Florida and Mexico. What I want now is an addition to the family mansion. I want a sky scraper tint lor New York, an Alamo annex for Texas, an adobe cottage for Mexi co, a sanitarium wing for tho Florida doctor, and n few extra apartments for kindred and friends. That is my idea of the paternal mansion of a numerous and interesting family who have long boon multiplying and replenishing ac cording to Scripture. Wo want plenty of room for children and grandchildren, it i? pleasant to see them gather here, for thoy come bringing love and finding more, "stealing andgiving sweet odor," as Shakespeare says of the -wcet south wind that breathes upon a bank of violets. It is the little tilings of life that make it happy?the small, sweet cour tesies. What a sweet, expressivo little poem is that which Miss Julia Fletcher wrote sixty years ago : 44 Little drops of water; little grains of sand." It will last as long as our langunge and is like a pebble dropped into a pool. Its iuUucucc, like tku Circling waves, iuiH gone out into thousands of little hearts and reached ttie shore. ?? Mary had a little lamb" is another that will never die. Wadsworlh, the poet, says : ? The best portion of a good many lives are the littlo nameless, unrcmcinbcrcd acts of kindness and of love." Ono of tho world's greatest teachers said : " May every soul that touches mine (Jet therefrom some good? Some little grace, one kindly thought Ono bit of courage for the darkening sky, One gleam of faith to hravc the ills of Lifo, One glimpse of brighter skies beyond the mists," About .'100 years ago an old poet wroto: " Count that day lost if tho doscoudiiif sun Bccb from thy hand no worthy action done." What a good maxim is that to steer byl Do some good thing every day or count tho day lost. Cheer somebody, ' he.'p somebody, make some child happy, speak kindly to somo poor old man or woman or negro, or yet to a dog, and see how thankfully ho wags his tail. Christmas is a good timo to make good resolves, aad all tho next year a good timo to keep them. Four hundred years ago ono Thomas Tussor wroto : " Christmas comes but once a year, Mow let us play and have good oheor." Bill Akp. INDUSTRIAL AND QENERAI,. Ex-l'residct Harrison has just re ceived ids si '0,oou fee us counsel lor Venezuela Iu the recent boundary ar bitration proceedings. The Czar of Russia's suite consists of 17.? persons, of whom seventy-three arc general and seventy-six extra aides de-camp. Andrew Carnegie has presented 850 <?()() to the city of Chattanooga for a public library, uti Iiis usual terms of $0,000 a year to be expended by the city in maintaining it. The capital stock of the Eureka cotton mills, Chester, has been in creased from 900,000 to $160,000, and it is the company'B intention to make improvements iu the mill. Mrs. William Carter lias died of smallpox iu Union under unusually sad conditions. She was married just a your and was only twenty years old. She leaves a baby two weeks old. More coffee in used in tho United States than in any other country, the annual consumption being not far from 400,000,000 pounds, for which Amer ican importers pay about 800,000,000 to the growers. Some mathematical genius has calcu lated that an oak tree of average size has 70O,U0U leaves, and that it lifts from the earth inio the air about \2'A tons of water in the live months during which it is in leaf. There arc about 10,000,000 pupils In the schools of the United Slates?as many as Germany, France and Italy combined, and three times the enrol ment of Great Hritan and Ireland, and live times as many as Russia, with its population or 100,000,000. A shipment of forty engines will shortly be sent to France from Phila delphia. These have been completed at the Baldwin Locomotive Works in that city, and will be loaded on the Norwegian steamship Fortuna at Port Richmond, making one of the largest cargoes of this kind ever taken in one shipment from an American port. A persevering gentleman in St. John, Kan, has been convicted of violating the prohibitory law by selling whiskey. There were forty-nine dis tinct violations of the law and he has been sentenced to forty-nine months in jail, as well as a line of $100 for each offence. As he cannot pay the $4,'.>0<) he must spend a day in jail for each half-dollar of the line?over thirty years altogether. Eveu the birds arc not forgotten at Christmastide by the Swedish peasan try. At the door of every farmer's house is erected a pole, to the top of winch is bound a large, full sheaf of grain. There is not a peasant in all Sweden who will sit down with his children to a Christmasdiunor until lie has (irsl raised aloft a Christmas din ner for the little birds ?.hat live in the cold and saow without. At the coming session of the South Dakota Legislature a bill will be in troduced to set aside a sum for the collection of documents, relics, etc, bearing on the early history of the territory now embraced by that State and to furnish suitable quarters for the same. The lirst Legislature of Dakota Territory, which met in 18b2, incorporated a historical society, which included among its members manv prominent pioneers. The annual report of the Commis sioner General of Immigration shows that in the last fiscal year the total number of immigrants who arrived in this country was 448,572, of which 23, ?JUO came through Canada. Of the whole number, 304,148 were males and 144)424 females. This is a net in crease over 1800 of 130,8f)7. These Ogures, however, the Commissioner General says, do not show the total number of alien arrivals, as 05.036 aliens came as cabin passengers. London has a larger commerce than any other city in the world, ?ays the New York Tribune. Liverpool comes next, and Hamburg probably ranks third, although Antwerp closely ap proaches her. The docks of London cover a greater area than those of Liverpool, and some of them individu ally are, or were until recently, larger than any on the Mersey. The Vic toria dock, opened iu 1856, measures 3,000 by 1,060 feet. The Royal Albert, connecting with it and com pleted in 1HS0, is 0,600 feet long and 400 feet wide. The two, with their locks, constitute a chain almost three miles long, across one of the great horseshoe bends in tho lower Thames. Dr. Herbert Howe, of Chamberlain observatory, Denver, is collecting data concerning the largest meteor seen for more than thirty years. It was observed December 8 between .'1 and 4 o'clock in tho afternoon. Reports came from Rocky Mountain divide as far north as Saratoga, Wyoming, and as far south as Delta, Col. Judging from these distances Prof. Howe esti mates its height above the earth as at least 500 miles. It appeared nearly as large as the moon and was incandes cent. When apparently just above North Park, Col., it exploded with ac companying phenomena resembling au earthquake, houses being siiaken and a rumbling sound perceptible for inilos. A novel application of the utilization of tho power of the Wind for the pro duction of electric energy is being em ployed at Wittkicl, a small town near Kappeln, at the entrance of the bay of that name, in the Bailie Sea. The wind motor, constructed by 0 1* Neumann of that place, lias a diameter of 40 feet, with a wind auifnce of 1,000 squaro feet. It is of thirty horse power, and turns eleven times per minute. It operates a dynamo; runs at normal speed when tho wind is three and three-quarter miles an hour. The dynamo is usually employed to charge tho accumulators which furnish the lighting of the town and tho driving of several small motors. Hay in Hound Bales.?Hay, as well as cotton, is put up nowadays in cylindrical bales, a standard round bale being 18 inches in diameter and li'6 inches in length. Such a bale packed at the prossure under winch it would bo put up for domestic uso would weigh about 200 pounds ; as packed for export Buch a bnlc would contaia about '275 pounds. There is put up for nnny use a balo of tho same diame ter, but only IK inches in length, which contains approximately 140 pounds of hay. In the cylindrical balo a given quan tity of hay is gotten into less than half tho spaco that it would occupy in a square bale; and (here are asserted for it other advantages, including freedom from mould, preservation of tho swcot ncss of the hay and greatly reduced combustibility. Thousands of tons of bay in cylin drical bales have boon shipped to the American army in tho Philippines, and large quantities of it havo been used hy thcjBritish army in South Africa. C mW *JL* **** _M _\ ../a. . BMntb* st TN KM Vou Haw Always Bought STOCK RAISING IN SOUTH CAR OLINA. l'rof. C. Mi Conner, of (Memsen I College, has contributed the following article to the Southern Farm Mwjuzine : Stock-raising in South Carolina will increase rapidly within the next few years. Formerly the want of a market close at baud has had some effect on the profits to he derived therefrom, especially in the line of dairy farming. Hut tho cotlou factories, which are rapidly increasing in the South, furnish employment to a large number ol men who by forco of circumstances must buy their milk and butter, thus open ing a market for dairy products as well as beef. Until the last few years there has been a prejudice against Southern cuttle in tho Northern markets, hut this is being overcome by the introduc tion of belter blood. The stockmen of the West have made n great de..I of money by raising cattle and shipping to the corn belt to be finished for the mat hot. South Carolina may soon he able t<. compete with the West in this line, it is true that we, have no broad prairie, covered with natural grasses for grn/mg, but the hills of the up country may he made to produce ex cellent pastiue the year round. 'fhe whole State is will watered. The numerous streams flowing from the mountains toward the coast, furnish au abundant water supply not only for agriculture, l?ut for manufacturing. Numerous springs abound in ibo bill country, and artesian wells arc numer ous in the coast region. The average rainfall for the Slate is about 47-30 inches (average for live years, 'OO-'OO, inclusive), and is fairly well distributed, i A complete crop failure has never been i known. The temperature is one of the many advantages the stockman has. The average temperature tor live years, be ginning with 1895, is 03 degrees. The thermometer rarely goes to zero in the winter, and then only for a low hours, and in summer seldom readies 100 in the shade. This mild climate does away with the necessity of costly barns, which the Northern stockman is forced to piovide, a shed being all that is necessary to keep the cattle comfort able. Lumber is cheap on account of tho numerous saw-mills, and one is enabled to construct barns and silos at small cost. Tin: long growing season enables the Stockman to grow two and sometimes three crops a season on the same land. For example, a crop of small grain may bo sowu on a piece of land, and after it has boon removed a crop of sorghum may be grown from which two cuttings may be had. Where sorghum is used for soiling three cut tings may be had from one seeding. Ono ton of sorghum hay can be grown here between the time of the first frost in New York and the time of the first frost here. Corn or cowpoas may be grown, after small grain, for ensilage or hay. While com is not the Important crop here, it does well, and as large crops may be grown as in the corn belt; in fact, the largest yield of corn ever reported as bein^r grown on one acre was grown in South Carolina. Bermuda is our best grass for pas ture. It can be made to grow on any kind of sod. On strong land il will make excellent hay. It grows during the dry scasou, while other grasses are dormant, and is not injured by tramp ing. When the grass is once establish ed it will furnish excellent pasture for many years, and when desired il may bo killed out by a shade of pea vines during the summer, but, unlike many other grasses, it is kilted to the ground by frost. Orchard grass makes early spring and fall pasture, and on strong land makes very good hay. Crab grass makes a very line quality of hay, and yields from one to two Ions per acre. This grass comes in tho fields alter the crop has been removed, just as pigeon grass does iu the North and West. All legumes do well here. The cow pea is much better than clover, as a crop of from two to three tons of good hay may be made within three or four months after seeding, while clover oc cupies the ground for a whole season. Good ensilage may be made from cow pea vines and a cheap supply of nitroge nous food bo obtained in this way. Asido from tint value of the feed it, improves tho laud much more rapidly than does clover. The velvet bean i? proving a valu able crop as a soil improver, but as yet little ubo lias been made of it as a stock food. The vetch is most valuable for win ter pastures. If sown in the fall it covers the ground by the first of Jan uary and will furnish valuable pasture until late in spring. It bears our heaviest frost without injury. If the stock arc taken off just before seeding tho plants will mature, seed in a short time and rcseed the ground freely for the next season. A very good way is to sow vetch with orchard grass and Bermuda. Tho orchard grass and llcrmuda will furnish pasture while the vetch is dormant. Japan clover makes its appearance, in the pasture without seeding, and perpetuates itself without care. It makes a fair growth on the poorest soil, and is well liked by all kinds of stock. On poor soils its growth is Hal and spreading, and is lit only for pas ture, but where the soil is strong it grows erect and fiom one to two tons of hay may he made per acre. There arc a number of grasses and legumes other than Ihosc mentioned above that do well here both for hay and pasture. Aside from the wonderful variety of forage crops tho stockman may grow, he has an abundant supply of cotton seed meal and hulls to feed his stock. Very few people arc horn with ex traordinary talent. .Successful peo ple generally owo more to persistent effort than natural ability. It is hotter to be horn with a will to work than to bo born with talent. An earnest pur pose is the way to success in any un dertaking. A hoy will more surely make his way in tho world if he has to Btrugglo witli dilliculties, and the soou or ho lenrns that ho is not naturally ondowed with talont, the sooner he goes to work. Tho Clyde ship builders, who re cently placed an order for 130,000 ton? of steel plates in this country, say they will save ?250,000. Sheffield is tho smokiest city in England. In proportion to its size, it consumes eight times as much coal as London. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signatur? of THR KND OF A USEFUL LIFE, j Senator Mauldin, of Hampton, Put?scB Away After a Lingering Illness. MaJ. Win. 11. Mauldin, the Statu Sena tor from Hampton County, died on tho 30th inst., after an illuesb extending over a month, resulting from a compli cation of typhoid fever aud kidney trouble* Major Mauldin was one of the most energetic business men in t'ae State of South Carolina, He was the sole owner of the Hamption and ilrauchville rail road and bad large interests in tho sec tion of the State in which he resided, lie was the father of the town of Hamp ton, having done tho work necessary to securing the location of the court house at that point when the county of Hamp , ton was formed. He was a gallant Con I federate soldier, known among his com rades as tho "lighting quartermaster " ! j of the famous Hampton Legion. He was a strong man, an earnest man, and ' was generally beloved by those who knew him. During his illucBs many in ' quiriea have poured into his home from people all over this and other Statcb. SKRTCU OK Ills I,IKK. William H. Mauldin was <>:t years of age. He was born in Williamston, An \ dcrson county, aud came of the well ! known Madldln family. He was a son ! of the Hev. II. Frank Mauldin. His mother is still living and now resides in Anderson. He had two brothers, one of whom died a ycai ago. The other, Mr. B. F. Mauldin, is now the cashier of the Hunk of Anderson and the. president of the Hunk of Due WcBt. He also had two sisters. He was tho first cousin of Incut. Gov. W. L. Mautdin, of Green ville. When the war broke out Major Maul din entered the Confederate service and became ?piarterinastcr of * Hampton's legion, serving under Mart Gary. When it came to light he was always in the front and etirucd the soubriquet of "the lighting quartermaster." lie remained in the army throughout the war. Iu 1801 he married Miss Leonora Con nors, who was tho daughter of Col. ?ocorge W. Connors, of Anc.craou coun ty Col. Connors was for some years in charge of the experiment station depart mcnt of the South Carolina college Surviving him besides his widow are two sons, Mr. Joab Mauldln, of L'lmers, and Col W. C. Mauldin, of Hampton, I who bus been the general manager of I his father's business. He also leaves j three daughters, Mrs. Lily Lightsey, I wife of Mr. J. 0. Lightsey, of Hampton, I Mrs. Leonora Honor, wile of the Kev. ! Mr Koper, of Hparlauhurg, and Mbs ! Helen. j .lust after the war Major Mauldin went to Charleston, where he engaged I in tho lumber business for a period of about two years, mooting with much ; success. Then he moved to Altman station in Hoaufort county, anil later to Uoovcr'B station, which iattcr place bo came a portion of the present town of Hampton This was in 1874. He en gaged in the lumber husiuess at this point undci the firm name of Mauldin, 0 wings A: Co. A little later the location of the county seat of the county of Hampton became a live issue. The building commission appointed by the legislature came to Hampton county to locate the county seat. It was due i almost entirely to Major Mauldio'fl ef j forts that the present bite was selected ' rather than Varnville. In connection , with George II. Hoover he offered one half of a 1,000 acre tract and also $1,1)00 , worth of lumber if the commission ! would decide on that location. He told them that this land would be worth 1 $5,C00. They asked him if ho would . give $5 000, and. though he was only 1 worth about $2,000 at the time, he said I he would and fulfilled this promise Major Mauldin built a handsome home at Hampton and was one of the original j corporators of the Hampton and Branch ville railroad. He was a member of tho house at the time and was instrumental in securing tho charter for IhiB road. I Later, when those who had gone into ' tho project with him abandoned the j railroad, he secured a charter and formed ! the Hampton and Branchvillo Railroad I and Lumber company in which Gen. Moore, Gov. McSweency and others were IntCi ostcd with him. This was in 1884. Gradually he bought tho interests of the others aud became practically the sole owner of the road He preceded to build it upon the profits of his mill busi ness, and at the time of his death the load wasbcing built on to a junction I with tho Southern railway at St. I George's. During the coming year Major Mauldin hoped to be able to make this connection. His family will doubt less carry on the work. It was not until 1802 that Major Mauldin entered politics to any extent in this State. He had, of course, taken a great deal of interest prior to this timo in county affairs, Ho first came to the general assembly in lHU'.] at the head of the legislative ticket. He has sinco that time served almost coutinuously in the legislature, being elected to tho senate in 1804, succeeding Gen. Moore. IIo was roolected at the expiration of his term and at the time of his death had two more years to serve. Major Mauldin was always thoroughly patriotic with re gard to his section of the country and freely invested in local enterprises. IIo was interestod in tho Hank of Hampton and other business establishments IIo was a member of the Baptist church and for a longtime was a deacon therein. He was instrumental in tho building of the church. In the State legislature he was always alive and wide awake aud was ever found in the ranks of thoso advocating progress and development. Ho was a sound business man, having made and lost several fortunes, yet in his person ality ho was a man who made friends aud held them. Ho was regarded as ono of the truest men in tho Stato. BnouoitT to Ukaron.?Ho was out walking with n young lady who had a decided antipathy to cigarettes ; hut not being awaro of the prejudice he lighted one of the little rolls and began smok ing with great gusto, inhaling the fumes deep into his lungs and then blowing great rings up at the moon, which gazed tranquilly down on his folly, BayB the Memphis Scimitar. Offendod by his presumption, sho said with dangerous urbanity : " Do you know I can read fortunes in cigarette smoko "Indeed!" exclaimed the unsuspecting youth ; " porhaps you'll condescend to read mine." "Oh, certainly, if you wish it." Then she gazed up in the air at tho delicate blue wreaths of smoke. Sho hositated, evidently puzzlod about some thing. " lam nndooldad which of two things is to befall yon," sho admlttod, ' your fortune is not so easily read as I fancied it would ho." " What aro tho two things V" " Why, I can't decido whether you aro markod out for lung disease or lunacy," was tho answer. " Cigarettes havo such dlvcrso effects on people of your tompcr amont." A momont lator the cigarette lay glim* moring in tho gutter and tho fortune teller was listening to hor escort's cm harrasscd apologies. -Of tho ou.ooo ooo passengers carried upon tho railways of tho noun try lata year 221 were killed and 2,94f> woro iniured. Of tho employeoa 2,237 were killed and 38,741) were Injured, and uf tho others?tramps, trospaaaors and people who wero not In tralnf ? 1,680 woro killed and 0,170 wero In jured, making a total of 7,138 persons killed and 47,870 Injured. --Efforts are to bo inado by Phila delphia pcoplo to nrosorvo tho old mon astery near Wlssahlckon. Tho monas tery was constructed by the Bovsnth Day Baptists whon thoy woro an ordsr, and dates baok a contury and a ht'C. It is of groat historic intorest, but aas fallen Into decay since Um decline of the orders by which it was ones in habited. TUR DISPENSARY REPORT. Profits for Last Quarter and Amount Set Aside tor School Fund. Tlio report of the legislative commit tee charged with the examination of the ttilairs of tho Btate dispensary showiug results for tho quarter endiug Novem ber 110, has boon httndod to tho governor. Tho committee Is composed of Senator J. T. Hay and Representatives W. H. Bharpo and lohn O. Mobley. The com mitleo states that all stock and supplies were actually exhibited, ccuntod and valued. The committee also says: "The bookkeeping of this institution has al ready boeu alluded to in a former report; we reiterate that it could bo no hotter I The commissioner is a tiue business man as is shown by his excellent management of this great institution. The hoard of directors aro harmonious and have made for the year a remarkably good Bhowiug. All the employes are to bo congratulated for their zealous work." Here is the re port : UKCKH'TS. lhdancc in Htate Treasury Aug 31. 1000_ Sept. receipts.$ Oct. receipts. : Nov. receipts. ....$142,003.0! $100,034 31 . 823,627 70 . 182,128 14 Total receipts for quarter $503,280 2 Total. *'07 ,??s.?;t _inri ? DI81IUHSBMBNT8. Sept. -UBburBcincnta.$ 1 H:J,ir> 1 02 Oct. dUburBomentB. 183,900 00 Nov. disburacincnta. 240.808 60 Total diaburacniein.a for quarter.$603,00087 Balance In State Treaaury Nov. 30, li?00. 148,820 80 Total.*707,788.7:1 ASBKTS. Caab in State TreaBury Nov. ?M, 11)00. ?113,820.80 Teams and wagons (iuvou toy Nov. 3J, 11)JO). 04.00 SupplieB (inventori Nov. 80, ftuO).... 40,100.82 Machinery and ofllce llxtureB (inventory Nov. 80, l'.WU). . 3,088 51 Contral:and (inventory Nov. 80, 1UJ0). 161 60 Heal i state. 30,080 ?2 I Merchandise in hands of dis penserB Nov. 3d, 1000. 800,02802 MerchaudiBO (inventory of I stock at Suite diapensary Nov 80, 1000. 184,720 38 Personal accounts due State ? for empty barrels, alcohol, beer, fcc . 3.400 72 Total aaaeta.$7',>'v?,U,J l 0 l.lAlilUTlKS School fund.$500,302.18 Personal duo by state for sup plies, whiskies, wincB, bcor, alcohol, etc. 131,701 87 Total liabilities. 0722,004 0? The Btatcment of the profit aud Iobs account for the quarter reads thus ! j PUOKITS. , ^? . Gross profits On merchandise Bold during ipiarler.$178,( 87.71 Contrabaud sei/.urcj. 5086i Permit foes. 12 00 State's (one-half) ahare of pro tits on beer sold by the Ger mania Brewing Co. Char leston, during quaiter. 1,808 00 Total gross profits.$176,5o081 LOSSRS. Supplies??ottlcs, cocks, la bels, wire, tiu foil, lead, seals, hoxcB, nails, sealing wax, etc, etc, uaed during quarter. 040,032.33 Insurance premiums . 420 80 Breakage ami leakage. 8? (17 Labor (pay rolls) . 5,78j 42 Expense Account ?Salaries, expenses of inspectors, per diem and mileage of mem bers of State, board of di rectors aud legislative ex amining committee, olllce supplies, lighta, telegrams, postage, stock feed, ice, priutiug, revenue stamps, telephone rent, etc. 7,0117.00 Constabulary. 11,830 83 Freight and express charges... 28,600 00 Balance due by ox-dispensers, now in process of settle ment, pasaed to profit aud loss account. :. 0,503 00 Loss by robbery at Kingstreo dispensary on the night of Sept. 8,1 U00. 127.67 Loss by rsbbery at Scotia dia pensary on the night of ()c toher 12, 1000 . 70.74 Worthless champagne at Union dispensary condemn ed and destroyed by county board of control. 46 811 Total expenses.9106,071 34 Net profits on sale* for tho quarter, passod to tho credit of the school fund. OH 8;t.r> 27 Total.$175,606.81 ROBBERY OF A DISPENSARY. The Keeper Held Up By Masked Men Early in the Morning. The Kingstreo correspondent of The State makes the following statement in regard to tho robbery of the dispensary In that town on tho 28th of December : Early this morning, aa business people wore entering upon their duties for tho d?.y, it was whispered around that the dispensary had again been robbed, and that Dispenser F. M. Player had been "holdup" and rollcved of ovor $1,8U0 in cash just before daylight this mora ine. Mr. Player, i', appoars, had related full parllculara to Mr. LI. K Sluttu, town marshal, Mr. Stutts says he and Mr. Lemon wero In the dispensary last night with Mr. Player until nearly midnight, counting up Monday's sales of liquor: that ho went to hed ahout midnight, and was aroused by Mr. Player about Q o'clock this morning, who stated that lie had boon robbed, and gavo the follow ing particulars: Player stated mat ho heard some ono calling him from the outside, at tho hack door of tho dispensary ; Unit lie opened tho door and was immediately covered hy two guns, in tho hands of masked men, who demanded his money or his lifo, and, being unarmed and un prepared for any such omorgency, he was powerless, and offered no rcBistanco, simply saying : " Ucntlemuns, I is In your power " Two others, making four men in all, thon came forward and entered the dis pensary, and took all tho contents of the safo and two hags of liquoru, and delib Keep Your Blat.rvkets as soft ns now, by washing them in ' GOLD DUSTl Wotshirvg Powder |! ? y y V V W? A ?k A A A With out help, a bald spot never grows smaller. It keeps C?lftT? spread 9rVN ing,until 1 at last your friends <\ say, u How bald he is getting." Not easy to cure an old baldness, but easy to stop the first thinning, easy to check the first falling out. Used in time, bald ness is made im pos sible with ? mm Hair vj?or It stops falling, promotes growth, and takes out all dandruff. It always restores color to faded or gray hair, all the dark, rich color of early life. You may depend upon it every time. It brings health to the hair. $1.00 a bottle. All DniggUtf. " i have used your Hair Vigor und am grcutly |tleaned with it. 1 have only used ouo bottlo <>r It,and yet my lialr lias mopped f.iiitiiK mit und bat started tu grow again nicely." Jil.lt H Wi I I, March ?S, ls-JO. Uuuva, S. Dak. Wriia ihm Uoalur. If yo?i do i ..t obtnlli ?11 tl.u l.ptirflti you ?siiecteri from iIi? use of the Vlrfur, writi. the DoctOI m? ? ? i It. AJitruiS. l)u. J. 0. AY ER, I.uwull. Mail. ^^^^^^^^^^^ erately walked eff, tolling Mr. Player to be careful and not give any alarm for at least 30 minutes, or bis life would be in danger. As soon as flayer thought they had left he ran to Slutts' house, which is directly in front of the dispen sary. Mr. Stutts says that after being aroused he distinctly heard the buggies going across Black river bridge, which is on the west side of Kingstrcc, nearly half a mile distant from the dispensary Mr. Stutts says he went on to awake Mi ll. <). BrittOU, the county jailer and also clerk of the board of control of this county. Stutts recited everything to him, and then went on to arouse Mr Lemon, whom he found drunk in bed and being unable to arouse him, 1)0 then went back home, aud he and Mr. P aycr stayed there until daylight, when Mr. Britton came and ordered the dispensary locked up Mr. Player has always been looked upon as a straight man, and the business people seem to have confidence in him lie hud not deposited any money for about two weeks, and up to a short time ago he had been depositing hie money in the safe of Messrs Ilillcr & Co., which made it perfectly safe The coun ty treasurer states that Mr. Player's bond oxpirod about the 15th of Decem ber, and he promptly notified II.0 Brit ton, clerk of the hoard, and Mr Britton BtatOS that he promptly notified the Slate board of control, that Mr. Player was without bond, and they paid no at tention. The county board, knowing Mr. Player to be without bond, quietly lei him go on acting dispenser, iu the full discharge of his duties. Mr. Stutts says that he is confident he knows tho four men who robbed the dispensary ; that he has no proof, but that one of the men wore a peculiar kind, of mackintosh coat that gave him dead away. IfthiB wholesale robbery bo allowed to pass unnoticed as has been done in tho cube of every other robbery con nected with the dispensary here, the pooplo will vote to put it out of town. The graded school is almost wholly run by tho profits of the dispensary at this place, and if tho town were to lone this money it would cause tho school to bo closed one year or longer Oapt W. II. Kennedy,mayor of King strcc, has tried timo afler time to get Mr Player to deposit the disponsarj money, as the law requires, once a week, with tho county treasurer, but without avail, as it scorns that ho deposited when ho pleased Mayor Kennedy fur ther states that ho appealed to Mr. Hrit ton, who is manager for tho board, to help him to get Player to deposit the money, but was given ao satisfaction. Tho county treasurer, It. 1). Bollins, states that he also advised Mr. Player to ho more regular in depositing money. Mr. Player had deposited only $1:85 dur ing the month of December. It is not known how ?such the shortago wHl ag gregate, probably #1,80X1 or may boas much as $3.000. Player has been d isponsor about a year and in that time has had threo rob beries, the last time being a complete cleaning up. livery dispenser who has been connected with it hero liar, been robbed. Mr. Stutts claims that ho hoard bur glars lea.'ing town and yet not an officer or any ji.e clso raised a linger toward making an effort to catch them. Mr. BtUttS, the day before tho robbery, told Mr Player that this vory thing might happen. MARRIES A GERMAN BARON. A Young Lady of South Carolin* Family Weda A Titled Ger man. A buantiful young lady, who was reared in Colombia and belongs to a prominent family in South Carolina, liai become a Gorman baroness, and the name of Miss Maud Sryeo lias been changed to IlaronneBS Von Conring The marriage took place secretly In Philadelphia a few days since, where the young lady haB been living with her sister, Mrs. Frederick TurnbuTl. Miss llryco was a daughter of Mr. Campboll liryco, who was for yoa>s a leading merchant in Columbia. Tho family romained there until som?tirv.e In tho eighties, when tho old homo?now owned by Colonel Manson?at the cor nor of IMckens and Blanding streets, was sold, along with farniB below tho city, and the family left Columbia to livo elsewhere. Bisters of tho haroncsa miirrlod Mr. Frederick Turnbull, of Philadelphia; Mr. James S. Simons, of Charleston; Mr. Carl McKinley, of Tho Nows and Courier's editorial staff, Charleston, and Mr. A. 13. Williams, of Richmond, Va., formerly editor of The Groonvillo Nows. MiaH Ilryco was a beautiful girl and was extremely popular in Columbia. Bho was the youngest of tho aibtors, and was also very popular in Charleston. The following account of tho marriage comes from PhiTadolpnia: " Anothor socrot marriago has canned surprise in fashionable circles of Phila delphia. It bocamo known today that Miss Maud Dryco, who has been Hying with her slstor, Mrs. Frederick Tarn bull, at No 1701 Locust street, was quietly married to Baron Frederick Frana von Coming, of Horlin, a week The practical side of BOiOQCO is reflected io j J>ATENT ? ^EGORD I A monthly publication of inestimable value to tho student of every Gay scientific problems, the mechanic, tho industrial expert, the manufacturer, tho inventor ? in fact, to every wide-awake person who hopes to better his condition by using his brains. The inventor, especially, will find iu The Patent Record a guide, philosopher and friend. Nothing of importance escapes the vigilant eyes of its corps of expert editors. Everything is pre sented in clean, concise fashion, so that the busiest may take time to read and comprehend. The scientific and industrial progress of the age is accur ately mirrored iu the columns of The Patent Record, and it is tho only publication in the country that prints the official news of the U. S. Patent Office and the latest developemcnts in the field of invention without fear or favor. sunscuir-TioN PRICE one doi.lau vku YEAR. THE PATENT RECORD* Baltimore, Nld. before- the announcement of their en gagement was published. " With two friends of tho bridegroom, whoBe names the bride ?*aid sho could not at tho instant recall, the baron and Mis* Bryco left the housu of her sister on December Nth and were driven to the Episcopal church of tho Holy Comforter, where the marriago ceremony whs per formed by the pastor, Dr. Updegralf. " Huron vor Conriug Hailed from How York for his home in llcrlin the next Wednesday. The baronets, who will soon join him, is at tho Turnbull re sidence. "The baronest said today she had hoped to keep tho marriage a secret until she went to Germany noxl month 'You see," she explained, 'the baron camo to stay until after Christmas, it was our Intention to marry quietly be fore that time, and then I was to go back to Ccrmany with him. " But he recetvod information about December 1st that altered our plans con siderably. It meant that ho was forced to return to Berlin before Christinas. It ! was Impossible for me to get my Irons scau and go with him,and it would have been foolish for him to go to Berlin, come back hero, marry mo and then re turn immediately to Berlin. " Bo wo decided, with the consent of my mother and sister, Mrs Turnbull, to marry Unostentatiously. 1 said good by to my husband on Wednesday last, and in a month or six weekH will join him. 1 had hoped to keep the secret until we were together." I " The baroness is the daughter of I Campbell Bryce, of Booth Carolina, and ) a member of an old Virginia family, being ?i descendant of Sir Thomas Daly ftiui of Patrick. Henry. Much of her time has been spent abroad " She met the harou at a ball in Ham burg last summer. He wan devoted to her from the moment, and when she left later for Lucerne ho followed. She returned to this country shortly after. Ho followed again, and was the guest of Mrs. Turnbnll until last week. " Baron von Conring is wealthy and comes of an old Fricsland family. His sister is the wife of Frciher von Wredo, a cousin of the prince of that name, who at one time was reported to be eogftged to Queen Wilhelmina. The baron was a lieutenant of a regiment of l.'hlans, stationed at Strasburg until labt .Line, when he resigned from the German army. "Ho is an intimate friend of Baron Hroecklin von liroecklinson, who early in the fall was married to Miss Gertrude Borwind." Cilnliia, Nevberr; & Lauras 1It -SHORT I,INU. UMuaihia to Atlanta, '21(1 miles. u?**ie8ton to Greenville. '-Ms miles . ri*?*nycr bchedule in etTeel >oTember 2Mb, 10J0. _KASTKUN STAN 1 Alll> TIME. SuDTII BOUND. Daily. ?t Atlanta 8AL. 7 4.>am ?theiiH.lo llain adberton .11 Plain ~.?beville .12 23pm ^??onwood.}\i 4S|>m MM tutnlon.... Dinner... 1 36pni t?.?ieiiii Springs (\V W< lu imam Svartanhiirg. . 11 15am ?if?enville.12 01pm Waterloo! .12 62pm ^40rens_Dinner.. 1 10pm Nu, M mi ?aureus... i ma i... 135pm Parks . 1 11| in "Mnton .1 65pm ?toldville. 'i 06pm .?Jmirds. U 12pm ?i?ry.2 17pm ialapa.2 22pm Mawberry. ;i7|>m Prosperity. 2 5'Jprr Utahs.... . 3 02pm Little Mountain.800pm Oftapin. 8 lX)pm Milton . 3 25pm White Kock. 3 20pm Balciiiine . 3 34pm Iroio.3 13pm Lsaphart . 3 40pm m\$ Columbia. 4 l)5pna Lv Columbia. ,(a c i<)< ... i 16pm Blunter.? 25pm Charleston.. .. 8 30pm NOH i ll DOl'ND. Daily. ? . 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Agent, Colum bia, s. c. 'i*. M. Kmrrson, Tralllo Mgr. 11. M. Kmrrson, Gen'I. Frti & Pass. Agt., Wilmington, N. 0? THE HINDIPO RESTORES VITALITY Made a Well Man of Me. KRBNCM REMEDY prodi-ren the nl>ove remii In 30 days. ( uret tiervoui DtbUityt/mpotene) Varicoctlt, h'?iting Memory. Stops all drains am losses caused by eirora i.i youth. It wards oil' In san'ty ami Consumption. Young ! ten iegain Man S?0O<l ninl (;' \ Min recover Youthful Vigor. 1 ejvee vigor and size t<> shrunken organs* and fit a m i lor business or marriage. Easily carried Ii the vest Docket. I'iiie rn PTC ^ "??es f j.v by mall, in plain paek-QU 1/ | p. ?<???? . will written guarantee. OR. JEAN O'HARPa, Paris Sold by Dr. B. F. I'oeoy, Laurent. MONEY TO LOAN On farming lands. Easy paymonla. No commissions ohargad. Borrower paya ac tual cost of perfecting loan. Interest 7 per ?eat. wp. according To seourlty. jNO. iE PAl.MKItASON, Columbia, u. U. ,Vestibu?d _ IlMlTED Trails Double Daily Service Hotweon Now York, Tampa, Atlanta, New Orleans, and I'olnts South and Woot. In Effect Nov. 2 south bound. 1000. K. Dailv. Dadv. No. 01. No. V7. 1 00pm \2 ICrtm 3 20piu 7 >Oum 6 5'ipin " .'Mam 7 UOpir. 10 Mam .10 40pm 2 40pm 11 31pm l r.'. u : 11 3 30pm ft 52pm 0 '.."Opus 7 30pm 0 35pm hv!N0W York, 1'. K. I.v Philadelphia," I,t Baltimore, " Lv Washington. P. 11. It. l.vRichmond. S.A. I,.... LvPe ersburg " .T.. IjV Ridgaway Junction. I.v Henderson. '2 30am I.v Kaicigh. 3 43am I.v So Tinea. 0 3tiam i l.r Hamlet. 6 30am 1 ? ?6pm l.vCuhunbla; . .. s 40aiu 12 3ft-am I A rSavann?h.Ill 10pm ? ??am ArJaeksonvillo. 3 60pm 010am A i Tampa.? 30am P 30pm N?74-73. So.il. Lr Now York, N.Y.P.iVN. 8 00am ? o pm Lv Pblladelp la, "_10 20am 11 20nm I.v Xew York! O D.H.- A'o.t 3C0pm ~ Ly_ Baltimore, B 9 P Co". 7 Lv Wash'toTi, N~?"W a h tii ,'4i]>in o 30pm [iVPortsmouth S.A. L. .. uoopm o 80am LvWcldon .11 33am 1201pm LvRidgeway June . rJ52am l '/oj>m LvHenderson.. i mann 218pm Lv Raleigh.3 02nm 3Mpin LvBonthern Pines.6 13am 0 09pm l.vBamlet. 6:$oam 7 30pm Lv Wilmington,. 305pm ?T?harlotte.? 21am 10 20pm LvChoster. 0 43am 10 *5pm LvGreenwood.1 Mourn 1 07a ^ I.t Athens. 208pm 3 43am Ar Atlantas* .4 l?pm U 05 a id Ar Augusta, Oil WO .... 5 10pm . Ar Maeoni C of Ga-. 7 20pm 11 10am A nkmiitj{7?m?jry, A &~\V"p". "? -'0pm 11 ?Oaiu Ar Mobile, La n.:<lte 4 12pm Ar New Orleans, L & N .. 7 40am 8 30pi? Ar Nashville, N O & St I... 0 40am ? BBptU Ar Memphis, "_.. 4 00pm 8 10am NO Kill HOUND. No. 402. No. 3? l.v Memphis, N O & 8t I. .11 30am 8 45pm by Nashville, " .. 0 30pm 0 10am l.v New Orleans, L & N... 7 4?pm 7 4Giun Lv Mobile, " ..1220awl220am l.v Montgomery, A & W P 6 siOanill 20am l.v Maeon, G of Oa. 8 00am 4 20pm Lv Augusta, O & W C. 0 40am .... by Atlanta* S.A.L. 1 oopm 0 00pm Ar Athens. 2 52pm 11 23pm Ar Greenwood. 4 50pm 2 05am Ar Chester. 0 53pm 4 25am bv~(~hariotIe"H A b.. "..~u f>0[im5 O?aTm Lv Wilmington, B A L_ 12 05pm l.v Hamlet H A 1,.luOOpm p05am Lv8o Pinea S a I,.10 50pm itJ3am Lv Raleigh. 1 UQpm 11 KOain Ar Henderson .1 4lJam 1 20pm hv Kidgoway Junction ... 3 lUam 2??pui l.v Weldon. 4 30am 3 2;>pm Ar Portsmouth, .......... 7 ?Oam o 50pm Ar Wash'ton N * W B U. 7 OOaui Ar Haiti more, B S P Co.|0 4fiam Ar Now York, O D 88 Co . II 30pm Ar Philadelphia, N Y & N16 46pm 5 lOara Ar Now York,_" 8 38pm 7 43am No. 44. No.Cd. l.v Tampa, H A LRy.1000pm H ooam Jacksonville.... .10 20am 7 45pm Savannah. ... 158am 1150pm Columbia, S. 6 4'Jpna ? 46am Hamlet .0 45pm 0 20am Southern Pines. 10 37pm 10 12am Raleigh.12 21am 12 08pm ilcnderson. 1 4iiam 132pm Kidgoway J unction.... 2 >2am 2S5pm Petersburg,. 4 ..omn i 45pm Kiehmonu,. 5 15am 0 00pm VYaahinRtonviaPenuRR S45am o 3upm 15a imore lc 03am 11 35pm 1'h ladelphia " 12 27pm 2 50am x-." ,w York._j** 03pna o 13am t Daily Ki. Sunday. Dining ems betweeU New York and Richmond, and Hamlet ami Savannah, on Trains Nos. 31 and 44, (Central time. $ Kastern Time, b'or Tickets, bloopers, otc, apply to (i. MCP. HATTK, T. P. A., Tryoil Street, Charlotte, N. C. K. St. JOHN, YTCe-Presidsnt and General Manager. Charleston and Western Carolina R. &? AUOVHTA ani> Ashkvili.k SnoaT Link. In effect NOV.25, MM). Lv Augusta. y 40 a 3 35 p Ar Greenwood.IS 16p . ? Amlorsnu. w 00 p 1 I n ureas . 1 '20 p 0 55 n ?? Greenville. a oo p iu ib ? " Glenn .Springs. 4 SO p . " Npartunburg. 3 10 p?| 0 00 a ' ciuluila. 6 3? p . " leiulersonville. 0 03 p ...... " lahevUle.. 7 00 p . Lv Ashevllle. 7..". 7.7..... 8 00 a . " Henderson vl lie.0 17 a . " Flat Hock. o '24 a . '< Haluda.....o 4.? a . " Tryon.10 '20 a . " Spartanburg. n 46 a 4 lo p ?? Glenn Springs.lo oo a ...... ?? Greenville_?... Iii oi p 4 oo p " i .aureus.l 37 p 7 oo p " Auaerson . 7 15 a " Gl en wood. ... '2 37 p . Ar Augusta.6 10 p 1140_a Lv Auguata. 2 ?0 p Ar Alloiulalo. 4 40 y " Fairfax. 4 02 p " Yeiuassoe.8 50 a ? 53 p " Beaufort.10 10 a o co p Port Royal. lo -20 a 7 oo p " Havana a It .. 7 65 p " Charleston-. ' P Lv Charleston. 0 25 a Port Royal .. . 1 -'0 p 7 00 a Beaufort_.l ?u p 7 '20 a " Yeiuassee . '2 60 p a SO a " Fairfax. u 35 a " Alkudale. 0 47 a A Augusta. . 11 60 a 1.10 p in tuen muk?s close- connection att'aUicun Falls for all points on a. a. I,. Close connection at Greenwood for all points on 8. A. Ii. anil 0. &? U. Kallwar, anil at ^partiiiihurK with Soiithoru Kail way. 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