The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 07, 1882, Image 1

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4 w W *? m BtPMTEK WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. W --- "CoHSO?Mated Au?. 2, 1881.1 .Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at. be thy Country's, thy God's, and Truth's." THE TRCE SOUTHBOK, Established Jone, 1866? SUMTER, S. C., TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1882, New Series-Yoi. I. No. 32. I|e Matcjjmait mb Sra? jpn. PnbUs&ed every Tuesday, -BY THE Watchman and Southron Publishing Tr. . - "Company, pt SUMTER, S. C. TERMS: Two Dollars per an DU m-in advance. AD VS BTISE XX NTS. One Square, first insertion.$1 00 Every subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made.at reduced rates. AH communications which subserve private nterests will be charged for as advertisements. -Obituaries and tributes of respect will be ?fiirgedibr. ... . Marriage notices and notices of deaths pub? lished. free?. ? Foi?- jbb^wofk or contracts for advertising ^d?rti?s^W?tckman and Southron, or applv at the Office, to Ni G. OSTEEN," ; <fs - *.c v Business Manager. CHERAW ?ANO BARONSTQN AND CHERAW - : ?l ' AND SALISBURY RAILROADS. / PRESIDENT'S OFFICE? Socnrr Kau S.. C., Mav 23, ISSI. ?-\7S AXD AFTER THIS DAT?, TRAINS J\J on these Roads will run as follows,-every f except Sunday.. ^Lease A?ades.bwro...................... S 40 a tn jLeave Bennett's.... 9 00 a ra -. Le??? Morrea.... 9 ?5 a ro Leave McFarlau .......... 9 25 a m Leave CLeraw-........-. 10 15 am Leave Society Hill-?. 10 50 a m Leave Darlington_........ i I 35 a m Arriv?t TIerenee?....-. 12 10 p na % } % -:UP. .: . Leave Florence_~.-. 12 !0 p m Leave Ihirliagton.........._. .. 1 20 p m Leave Society Hill-. 2 10 p m Arrive at Chera#_. 2 50 p ni Arrive at Wadesboro ...:. ...... 4 15 p m The freight train will leave Florence at 6 30 A M every day except Sunday : making the round trip to Cheraw every day, and to Wadesboro ?8 often as may be necessary-keeping out of the inf of passenger train. : ? . B P TOWNSEND. President. GERMAN KAINIT, Direct Impoi ration. /PERfcFIAlY GUANO, Direct from the Agent of the Peruvian Gov . . _ ernment. FISH GUANO, 6@8 per cent. Ammonia. tfOVA SCOTIA LAOT PLASTEE. South Carolina Ground Phosphate, Fine Gr?nnd and High Grade. For sale bv BUM B?LWmKLE, KERK'S WHARF, . CHARLESTON S. C. ' Jan^n 3m THE OLD RELIABLE ! -ONE OF THE BEST NEWSPAPERS LS THE SOUTH. Eo Sensationalism ! Ho Immorality ! ATOIJSTA Mole an? Oiilii? 1 882. SUBSCRIBE FOB IT ! TSE ; CHRONICLE AND CONSTITU? TIONALIST is the oldest newspaper in the South, and perhaps the oldest in the United States, having been established io ?785. While thoroughly Democratic in prin? ciple, it is liberal, progressive and tolerant. The Chronicle contains the latest news from all parts .of the world, and is recognized as a first class paper. As an advertising medium, it covers the country in Georgia and South Carolina tribu? tary to Augusta. We endeavor to exclude sensationalism. We publish no articles of an immoral charac? ter. . TERMS : Baily, one. year.S10 00 Tri-Weekly, one year. 5 00 Weekly, one year. 2 00 Address, WALSH & WRIGHT, jan24-td_.. Augusta; Ga. PAVILION" HOTEL, CHARLESTON, S. C. THIS POPULAR AND CENTRALLY located HOTEL having beeu entirely renovated during the past Summer is now ready for the reception of the traveling public. Popular prices ?2 and 2.50 per day. Special rates for Commercial Travelers. E. T. GAILLARD, Oct 25 : Proprietor. TEE AIMAR HOUSE, CORNER OF Yanderhorst and King Sts HAVING BEEN LEASED BY Miss Heriot (Formerly of 190 Meeting-St.,) IS- NOW- OPEN for the accommodation of Boarder?. Parties visiting Cbirtestou wi.' ?od this House convelentiy >ituated tor busi? ness, and directly on the line of Street Railway. Terms, per day, from $1 25 to $! 50. " .. *' month, from $25 CO to $30 00, according to location of rooms-Sre extra. Feb IS HILBEBS HOUSET 284 King Street, next to Masonic Tem? ple, Charleston, S. C. Rates $1.50 per day, reduced rates by the week or month, According to location of rooms. This house, so well and favorably known as being a strictly first-class boarding house, is centrally located, accessible to wholesale , &nd retail stores, theatres, and places of in? terest, and especially desirable for business men or families visiting the city? nothing be? ing neglected to make its guests comfortable. ?j ^~Agk for carriage at depot.-Respectfully AIRS. B. H1LBERS PKorKiLTRESS Sept 20-1881. COLUMBIA, S. C. HAVING renewed my Lease of "The Grand Central Hotel" for a term cf years, I beg leave to inform the Public that lue House 1 has been thoroughly re-painted, and is now | fcrnished with new and improved Biack Walnut Furniture, Wire Spring Beds with best Hair Mattresses, Velvet and Brussels Carpets. Electric Annunciators connect with every room, and the Hotel is connected 1 through the Columbia Telephonic Exchange with -every prominent place of business 1 throughout the City. These ad vantages, with competent attendants, warrant roe in assuring j the traveling Public as good accommodations as theSonth can afford. JOHN T. WILLEY, Proprietor. _Sept20 _3m_ CC&UM?ATH?T?L ^ ?._;N. LOWRANCE, Proprietor COLUMBIA, S. C. Table, Booms and Servants First-class. * \ RATES REASONABLE. Sep^O-3m BraBER~STAMPS MME STAMPS FOR MARKM CLOTHING ? with iidellibic ink, or for printing vL?hiDg card3, acd STAMPS OF ASY KIND Callte C. P. OSlKEN, M the Watchman and Southron Office. WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA R. R. ON and after Jan. 1st. 1SS2, the following schedule will be run on this Road : MG HT EXPRESS AND MAIL TRAIS. (Daily ) (Nos. 47 West and 48 East.) Leave Wilmington-.10 15 p m Arrive ai Ficreace.. 2 20 a m Leave Florence.....2 50 a in Leave Sumter.4 20 a a Arrive at Columbia...... 6 lu a m Leave Columbia.........10 00 p m Leave Sumter... .12 0$ a m Arrive at Florence-. 134 a m Leave Florence. I 52 a m Arrive :a Wilmington. 6 20 a m This Train stops only at Brinkley's, White ville.. Flemington, Fair Bluff, Marion. Florence, Tinrmonsville. MayesviUe, Sumter, Camden Junction and Eastover. TB ROU GB -FREIGHT TRAIN. l>aily, except Sundays. Leave Florence?. ........ ll 40 p m Leavft Sumter. 2 2$ a m Arrive at Columbia. 5 30 a m Leave Columbia......- . - 5 00 p m Leave Sumter_. 8 20 p tu Arrive at Florence....ll 10 p m LOCAL FREIGHT-(Daily except Sunday.) Leave Florence.". 6 00 a m Arrive at Sumter. '0 55 a m Leave Sumter...:.;.ll 40 a m Arrive at Columbia. 4 00 p m Leave Columbia. 7 00 a m Arrive at Sumter.ll 15 a m Leave Sumter...12 15 p m Arrive at ?lorence..v..... 5 10 p m A. POPE, G. P. A. . JOHN F. DIVINE. General Sup't. Columbia and Greenville Bail Hoad. PASSENGER DEPARTMENT, COLUMBIA, S. C., August 31. ISSI. ON AND AFTER THURSDAY, September 1st, ISSI, Passenger Trains will run as herewith indicated, upon this road and its branches-Daily except Sundays : No. 42 Up Pa>senger. Leave Columbia (A).ll 20 a m Leave Alston........._...12 26 p m Leave Newberry.I 21 p m Leave Hodges..-. 3 52 p m Leave Belton ..;.. 5 05 p m Arrive at Greenville... 6 27 p m No. 43 Down Passenger. Leave Greenville nt.10 33 a m Leave Belton....ll 57 a m Leave Hodges. 1 12 p m Leave Newberry. 3 47 p m j Leave Alston... . 4 46 p m Arrivent Columbia (F). 5 50 p m j SPARTANBURG, UMOJ? & Har JIB IA R. R. No. 42 Up Passenger. Leave Alston.12 -JO p m Leave Spartanburg, S U <t C Depot (B) 4 03 p m Arrive Spartanburg R 4 D Depot (EJ 4 12 p m No. 43 Down Passenger. Leave Spartanburg RAD Depot (P) 12 4S p m Leave Spartanburg S U ?fe C Depot (G) I ?7 p ra Leave Union. 2 36 p m j Arrive at Alston. 4 36 p m i ?7 " LADRENS RAIL ROAD. Leave Newberry.- ~. 3 55 p m j Arrive at Laurens C H. 6 45 p m [-cave Laurens C H. S 30 a m J Arrive at Newberry.ll 30 a m j ABBEVILLE BRANCH. j Leave Hodges... 3 56 p m j Arrive at Abbeville. 4 4? p ru j Leave Abbeville.12 15 p m j Arrive at Hod ses. 1 05 p m ? BLCE RIDGE R. R. ?fe ANDERSON BRANCH. Leave Belton. 5 OS p ra j Le?ve Anderson.- .... 5 41 p m j L^ave Pendleton. 6 20 p m LeWc Senaca fC). 7 20 p m Arrive at Walhalla. 7 45 p tn Leave Walhalla..- . 9 23 a m j Leave Seneca (L>). 9 54 a m j Leave Pendleton. 1? 30 a m j Leave Anderson..-.- . 1 12 a tn Arrive at Belton .11 4S a m On and :ifter above rtate through oxrs will be j run between Columbia and Hendersonviile with? j out change. CONNECTIONS. A-With South Carolina Rail Road from Charleston; with Wiiiningtun Columbia ?fe Au gusta R R from Wilmington and all points north th^roof; with Charlotte, Columbia ?fe Augusta Rail Road from Charlotte and points uo:th thereof. B-With Asheville <fc Spartanburg Rail Road for points in Western N- C. C-With A. & C. Div. R ?fe L. R. R. for all points South and West. D-With A. ?fe C. Div. R. ?fe D. R. R. from At 'ant* and beyond. K-With A ?fe C. Liv. R. ?S: D. R. R. for all points South and West. F-With South Carolina Rail Road for Char lesion : with Wilmington, Columbia <fe Augusta Rail R?-.ad for Wilmingion ani the North ; will Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Rail Road for Charlotte arid the North. t?-With Asheville & Spartanburg Rail 3oad from llendersonville li-With A. ?fe C. Div. R. ?fe D. R. R. from Charlotte ?fe beyond. Standard time used is Washington, D. C. wbieb is fifteen minutes faster than C-duiuhia. J. W. FRY, Sup't. A. POPE, General Passen ser Agent. August SO ISSI tf. j South Carolina Railway Co. I COMMENCING FEBHUARY 13th, 1SS2. j Passenger Trains oa Camden Brunch will j ruu as follows, until further notice: EAST TO COLUMBIA. Leave Camden . 7 40 ara.; Leave Camilen Junction. 9 ?0 a in ; Arrive at Columbia.12 13 p m j i WE.-T FKoM COLUMBIA-DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAYS. Leave Columbia. 4 05 a ni... 4 15pm Arrive Oumdf-n Juuetion, 12 II p m... 6 00 p m Arrive at Camden. 2 15 p ui... 7 13 p m EAST TO CHARLESTON ANO AUGUSTA Leave Camden. 3 HO p m Leave Camden June*. 4 19 p ra Arrive at Charleston. ? ?0 p m Arrive at Augusta. 7 35 a m WEST KRoM CHARLESTON AND AUGUSTA Leave Charleston. 7 45 a ra Leave Augusta. 4 45 p HI Arrive Camden June'.12 01 p m Arrive at Camden. 2 15 p m j CONNECTIONS. Columbia and Greenville Railroad b->ih way.-, foe all points on that Road and on the Spar tanburg. Union and Columbia and Spartanburg ! and Ashville Railroads, also with tho Char- I lorre. Columbia a?d Augusta Railroad to and i from ail points North by trains leaving Camden i at 7 40 a m, and arriving at 7 lop tn. Connections made at Augusta to all points 1 West and South; also at Charleston with j Steamers for New York and Florida-vu Wed- | ne-days and Saturdays Trains on Camden Branch run daily except j Suuday. On main line. Columbia aud Augusta i Divisions, trains run daily. Pullman Cars are ; run between Charleston and Washington, on \ trains arriving at Columbia 12:12 and depart- j ing at 4:15 P. M. Loca! sleepers between i Charleston, Columbia and Augusta On Saturdays ROUND TRIP TICKETS are j sold to and from all Stations at r>no 2rst class ? fare for ihe round trip-tickets being good till j .Monday noun, to return. Kxt-ur.-ion tickets j good for 10 days are regulaily on sale io and j from all stations at 6 cents ?-er mile fer P/U.nd j trip. THROUGH TICKETS to all points, can be j purchased by applying to James J ?nc.-. Agent ; at Camden. ' D. C. ALL KN, General Passenger and Ticket Agent. ! JOHN B. PECK, Geneial Manager. Charleston, C ? NORTH-EASTERrTRiTGOT j SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, I NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD CO. ?? CHARLESTON, S. C., Jan. 23, lt?82. ? On and after tbis date the following Sebe- ! du!e will h? run, Sundays included : Leave Charleston. Arrive Florence. 8 00 A. M.12 55 P. M. 4 40 P. M.". 2 00 A M. 8 15 P. il.1 30 A. M. Leave Florence. Arrive C'"irIc$ton. 2 40 A. M.6 Su A. M. 11 35 A. M.4 35 p M. 12 10 A. M.9 20 A. M. Train leaving Florence at 2 40 A. M. will stop for vvav passengers. J. F. DIVINE, Cen'l Supt. j P. L. CLEA POL', Gen'I. Ticket Agent. "ROBERT HOUGH & SONS. IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN * Brandies, Wies ai WMsiies, 44 South-Street, Baltimore, Md. December S THE FARMER'S WIFE -o BT PAUL HAMILTON HAYXE. Bird-like, she's up at day-dawn'i blush In summer heats or winter snows Her veins with healthful blood aflush, Her breath of balm, her cheek a rose In eyes-the kindliest eyes on earth Are sparkles of a homely mirth ; Demore, arch humor's ambushed in The clear curves of ber dimpled chin. Ah ! guileless creature, hale and good, Ah 1 fount of wholesome womanhood, Far from the world's unhallowed strife God's blessing on the Farmer's Wife 1 I love to mark her matron charms. Her fearless steps through household Her sun-burnt bunds and buxom rams, Her waist unbound by torturing stays Blithe as a bee, with busy care, She's here, she's there, she's everywhere Long ere the clock bas struck for noon Home chords of toil are all in tune: ADd from each richly bounteous hour She drains its use, as bees a flower Apart from Passion's pain and strife, Peace gently girds the Farmer's Wife. Homeward (his daily labors done) The stalwart farmer slowly plods, From battling, between shade and sun, With sullen glebe and stubborn sods. Her welcome on his spirit bowed Is sunshine flashing on a cloud ! All vanished is the brief eclipse I Hark 1 to the sound of wedded lips, And words of tender warmth that start From out the husband's grateful heart! O I well be knows how vain his life, Unsweetened by the Farmer's Wife ! But lo I the height of pure delight Comes with the evening's stainless joys When by the hearthstone spaces bright Blend the glad tones of girls and boys: Their voices rise iu gleeful swells. Their laughter rings like el6n bells, Till with a look 'twixt smile and frown The mother lays ber infant down, And at her firm, uplifted hand, There's silence 'mid the jovial band ; Her signal stills their harmless strife Love crowns with law the Farmer's Wife Ye dames in proud, palatial halls Of lavish wiles and jewelled dress, On whom, perchance, no infant calls (For barren oft your lovel ?ness) Turn bitherward those languid eyes And for & raomeut's space be wise ; Your sister 'mid the country dew Is three times nearer Heaven than you, And where the palms of Eden stir, Dream not that ye shall stand by her, Tho* in your false, bewilderisg life, Your folly scorned the Farmer's Wife 1 AN ALLS FAREWELL ADERES -0 Delivered January 3c?, 1882, by J. Thorpe. Esq., D. D G. M., to t ' officers and menders of the Fiche Lodge, No. 28, I. 0. O F., Granite ville, S. C. [From the Aiken Journal and Review.] MY DEAR BRETHREN-My offici term of D. D. G. M., over this j in? fliction is about to close, and I do n know how soon I wil! be able to me with you again, as I expect to lea' in a few days for another part of tl State: therefoie it will devolve upc the next Grand Lodge to appoi some other suitable poison to occuj. this responsible position at the ne: meeting of the Grand Lodge, as will be impossible for me to occup the position any longer. I have bec connected with this order upwards < 27 years, both officially and othe wise, and during that long perio many questions have been discussed in which I have always been ready t take a part, and in those discussion 1 may have said something not plea.1 ing to some-but pleasing to others but whatever I may have said c whatever my decisions may hav been, they have all been said an given in truth and for the advance meut of human character; for Od Fellowship is an institution of powe when properly appreciated ; the tru intent and design of all its ceremonies mystic rites, forms and symbols, is h elevate and improve, not only it members, but mankind, and when ever the pure teachings of Odd Fel Iowship fail to improve and ?lev?t* and make men better, and more con siderate and thoughtful the fault v. with those who impart its rnysteriei by its forms and ceremonies, or ir those who receive them. Ode Fellowship fixes, defines and points out all the duties of man to himsell and his relations to society. It en tors the family and points out thc obligations we owe there requiring ns to perform all the duties of a good father, a kind husband an obedient son and an affectionate brother. It goes from the family to the business and social circles of society and re? quires us to be true and faithful to our friends, faithful to ail the promises we make, the pledges we give, and the vows we voluntarily assume, lt treats of our duty to the Government and State in which we live, making it obligatory to be faithful to our coun? try, and to maritain ils honor and dig? nity at all times and in all places ; it is silent on no subject that concerns man and all his relations. Let us be true to Odd Fellowship and faithful to all its dearest interests and be more deeply impressed with the sublime and groat monti lessons that it teach? es, remembering that its character and 'teachings are universal, and for all time to come. J>e vigilant in the discharge of every duty ; as good Odd Fellows you must remember that the Odd Fellows' Lodge is :iot thc church, or a subordinate for it. each has its mission and its appropriate sphere, but the mission of the church is higher and more sacred than that of our fraternity. Odd Fellowship is of human origin ; it cia" ns no Divine commission ; it docs not pro? fess to reconcile God and man, it is powerless to change the human heart ; it cannot save a soul from death, these are the pcrogatives of omnipo? tence. The misi?n of Odd Fellow? ship is rather with $e present than with the hereafter, v/rih things tem? poral than with things cofcimal. it?la bors and infJivnces are duNtV^d^X benefit man, it seelis to open the hum tains of benevolence and stretches out its hands to SIVC-TT the needy and the orphan, to dry the /widows tears-0'"1 cause the sun to shine where shadow j rested, to make lite a joy and not a I burden, and to smooth the pillow and ! rugged pathway of suffering" and i death ; it concedes to the church the j more honored, influential and sacred j positions, but strives, in its own pecu- j cnliar way, as a handmaid to the church, to assist her in every good and perfect work. Here we are all citizens of one country, which is the great globe itself, members of one family, which is the entire human race ; children of one father, who is God, and the foundation stone upon which the superstructure rests, is the recognition and practical application ox the great principle of the universal brotherhood of mau. The practice of] charity is incumbent upon all men, but the principles of brotherhood which, as I said, is the foundation of our in? stitution, more especially enjoins it upon us. Clarity is enjoined as a duiy upon Odd Fellows by the gen? ius of tLe institution, aud nowhere is its importance more plainly set forth than in the description which the bible gives of the events of thc last j cay, and the denizens of the earth ^ will be divided imo two great com? panies, and the blessed of tue Father will be invited to inherit the kingdom. And what is the reason of this ex? ceeding great reward ? because ye kept every jot and tittle of my law ; because ye built my churches, and paid tithes, etc., not so, but because I hungered and ye gave me meat; I was thirsty and ye gave me drink ; I was a stranger and 3'e took me in ; naked and ya clothed me ; I was in prison and ye came unto me. View? ed in the light in which I have dis? cussed it, what a thing of beauty is the institution of Odd Fellowship ; it is eminently practical in its design and operations, and carefully adapted to the wants, weaknesses and aspirations of human nature. It applies to the family relation in all its beauty and attractiveness to the entire human race. Recognizing God as the Father, it teaches that all men are brethren, and inculcates the exercise toward all of those virtues which adorn and knit together the domestic circle. And now, my brethren, let us endeavor to follow these precepts aud glean for every one of you a lesson for the year, by visiting the sick, relieving the distressed, bury? ing the dead and educating the orphau and visiting the fatherless and widow in their affliction, and to keep yourselves unspotted from the world. Fraternally and affect-ly yours, JOSEPH G. THORPE, I). D. G. M. A Romance About Lace. One of the recent improvements in the production of lace is the introduc? tion of shaded tints iu the flowers and patterns, giving them the relief of a pic? ture. This effect is produced by vary? ing the application of the two stitches used io rr. akin g th 1 flowers-the 'toile,' which forms the close tissue, and the 'grille/ employed in the more open part of the pattern. The system is so successfully applied to the lace of France that it has been adopted with the great? est success. There is a legend regarding the in ? troduction of this manufacture into Flanders. A poverty-stricken but pious young girl was dying of love for a young man whose wealth precluded all hopes of marriage. One night as she sat weeping at her sad fate, a beautiful lady entered the cottage, and, without saying a word, placed ou her knees a green cloth cushion, with its bobbins filled with fine threads which on autumn eve? nings float io the air, and which the people call 'fils de ?a Vierge.' The lady though of romantic bearing, was a practical manufacturer. She sat down io silence, and with ber nimble fingers taught the unhappy maiden how to make al! sorts of patterns and com? plicated stitches. As daylight approached, the maiden bad learned her art, and the mysterious visitor disappeared. The price of lace soon made the poor girl rich. She mar? ried the mau of her choice, and, sur? rounded by a l.:rge family, lived nappy and rich, for she had kept the ioorct for herself. Oue evening when the little folks were playing round her knee by the fireside, and her husband sat fondly watchiug the happv group, the lady suddenly made her appearance among them. Her bearing \vas distant. She seemed stern and sad, and this time ad? dressed her protege in a trembling voice, 'Here,' she said, 'you enjoy peace and abundance, while without are fam? ine and trouble. I helped you ; you have uot helped year neighbors. Thc aDgels weep for yuu and turn away their faces.' So the next day the woman arose, and going forth with the green cushion and its bobbins in ber hands, went from cottage to cottage, offering all who would be taught to instruct them in the art she had herself miraculously learned. So they also became rich, and Belgium became famous for iLis manufacture. Philadelphia Su/urday Nif ?ht. A paper published at Austin, Texas, says: 'Heretofore the pecan crop, as a source of revenue, has attracted but little attention No care whatever has been taken of the trees ; in fact, rn many localities, trees 50 to 100 years old have been cut down solely to obtain the nuts. Before the civil war the exports from the port of Indianola alone were report? ed at $100,000 ; now it is estimated that the amount annually gathered ex? ceeds J2JII10.000 in value. With prop? er care of the trees ami systematic gath? ering of the crop, it is believed that 310,000,000 could be realized aonual ly. Millions of bushels are l?st every year by fulliug upon the ground aud rotting, or being devoured by hogs, squirrels, turkeys, and other animals and birds. Except in inclosed pastures no claim is made by thc owners of the laud to the fruitage of the trees. Mexicans and negroes are the pecan gatherers j and in soiufc/lisfricts white children ? . ? >. fi - eaine a sai ut or any eca^jig to cultivate j art fcf ?;</S??aractcr or j County Commissioners. An Act Defining; their Duties and Powers. An act to define the duties of County Commissioners, County School Com? missioners, and County Treasurers, in reference to the, auditing, allow? ing aud payment of claims, and to require annual reports of ali claims audited., allowed and paid by them to be made to the Court of General Sessions. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and Bouse o? Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same : That the county Commissioners of the several counties of said State shall keep ir. their several offices a "file book,''in which all claims presented for their consideration shall be filed by their clerk, designating the date filed, by whom presented, and to whom said claim belongs, aud the character and amount of said claims. The said clerk shall also number said claims in the order in which they are filed, audited and allowed, from num? ber one upwards. SEC. 2. That the county commis? sioners shall draw their, checks upon the county treasurers of their respec? tive counties, in payment of said claims, oct of any funds in the treas? ury applicable to the payment thereof. Provided, that no such checks shall be drawn by the said county com? missioners until they shall have been iormally notified by the county treas? urer that there are sufficient funds in the county treasury applicable to the payment of such cheeks. SEC. 3. That county commissioners and county school commissioners shall make an annual report of all claims filed, audited and allowed and ordered paid by them during each fiscal year, to the presiding judge at the first tenn of the Court ot General Sessions for each county which shall be held after the first day of January in each year ; which report shall be submitted by said judge to the grand jury for their examination, with the assistance, if necessary, of some com? petent persons to be appointed by the presiding judge, at a compensation of five dollars per day for each day so engaged ; provided, that no pay shall be received under this section for more than four days. After examina? tion the grand jury shall report there? on to the presiding judge any matter growing out of, or pertaining to, said annual report, which to them may seem worthy of the attention of the Court. The said report shall there? upon be filed by the clerk of said court, and kept as papers of said court for inspection by any citizen desirious of examining the same. ?EC. 4. That the county treasu? rers of the several counties of said State shall not pay any claims against their respective comities upon orders of county commissioners, except as hereinbefore provided for, and the}' shall make au annual report to the presiding judge, at the first term of the Court of General Sessions in their respective counties which shall be held after the first day in January in each year, of the number, character and amount of said claims paid by them on orders of county commis? sioners and county school commis? sioners, and to whom paid ; which report shall be submitted by said judge to the grand jury for their ex? amination and peall be filed by the clerk cf said Court and kept in his office for public inspection. SEC. 5. That if after examination of said reports of county commission? ers, county school commissioners and treasureis, the grand jury shall find any discrepancies between the re? ports, or any irregularities therein, or any embezzlements of or extrava gances in tue expenditures of public funds, they shall present the same to the said Court, and orders shall be taken thereon as shall meet the ends of justice. SEC G. That said reports of county commissioners county school com? missioners and treasures shall be published at least two weeks before the sitting of said Court by said offi? cers or their several clerks in some newspaper published in said county. SEC. 7. That the county Commis? sioners of the several counties of said State shall, on or before the 15th day of November of each year, make a report to the comptroller-general of the number, character, and amount of claims audited, allowed and order? ed to be paid by them for the fiscal year ending OD the 81st of October proceeding said loth day of Novem? ber, to be by him submitted to the General Assembly for their informa? tion in In's annual report, and all claims against a county not presented during thc fiscal year iu which they are contn.ctcd or the next thereafter shall be forever barred. They shall j also make out in said report an esti- ? mate of the amount of money which it will be neccessary to raise by tax? ation in their several counties for county purposes for the current fis? cal year, which shall also be embodied in the comptroller-general's annual report to the General Assembly. SEC S. That any violations of the foregoing Sections by the county commissioners, county school com- j mission^.-. and county treasurers, I shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and, j upon conviction there? 1 in the Court i of General Sessions, the party so of-! fending shall be sentenced by thc pre- ? siding judge before whom convicted I to pay a fine of not less than one hun- j dred dollars, or be imprisoned in the j county jail not less than one month, j lt shall also bc the dui}' of the several ? circuit solicitors to prosecute any vi- j elation of this Act. SEC. i>. That this Act shall not take j effect until on and after 1st Novem- ! ber, ?SS2 ! SEC. 10. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act bc and the same are hereby repealed. Approved tho 9th day ot February, A.D 1882. --??l>M<4?.?-l'^ Johnny was hit in th : back of the he.id by a ball. Thc bawl immediately came out of his-?iouth. Is the ?Snd Near? Professor Proctor, the eminent as? tronomer, has gone and mentioned some very unpleasant facts, lie finds that the comet of 1688 and the comet of 1843 were the same, and that the comet of 1880 was still the same, its period of revolution having been re? duced by its passing so near the sun as to be impeded by the corona and its velocity lessened. In 1880 it pass? ed still nearer ; and, after a few rev? olutions, it must fall into the sun. The vast momentum of the comet be? ing converted into its equivalent t>f j heat will cause a sudden outburst of! solar energy like that caused in the star in tue constellation Corona a few years ago. That star increased in light and heat several hundred times its former power, and, after a few days, subsided to its former size ninth magnitude. Now, if our sun should increase a hundred-fold its power, every living thing, animal and vegetable, would be destroyed in the course of a few hours. The sea would boil, and possibly be converted in? to stearn ; the rocks would be vitrified, and there would be no safety even in the deepest cavern. Don't smile, gen? tlemen, for this is a very serious piece of business. When will it happen? Perhaps at the next revolution. Prox? imity to the sun at its perihelion re? duced its period from 175 to 37 years. A proportionate reduction from 37 would make its next perihelion un? pleasantly near. There is little com? fort to be found in the fact that the effects of this new fall to the sun will be very transient. In a few days af? ter the big blaze the sun will resume its normal heat, but the earth and j Venns will be cinders, and the ocean \ -which had been vaporized by the j heat-will be falling ir. cataracts of rain like Niagara. All the monu? ments of man, all his history, all mem? ory of him utterly gone, and all inter? est will have ceased in reform within the Democratic party in this State. The return of the.comet of 1880 will be watched with intense interest. Meantime, one may draw some com? fort from the fact that geology fur? nishes no record of such an event. All the millions of yeats of geologic cycles give no hint of such a catastro? phe in former ages. If such things occurred, there would be among the millions of stars frequent blazes of this kind, and there would be a mark or so to show when it happened here. This, however, is not a very satisfac tory argume t. The fact that it has not happened docs not show that it will not happen.-Ballimore Ameri? can. Land Revolution in Great Britain. A great revolution is impending in Great Britain. lu ten years only three good harvests have been gathered iu the British island. The climate has so changed that wheat cannot be grown profitably in Great Britain or Ireland. The weather continues wet during most of the Summer, and hence there is plen? ty of grass and good pasturage. Vege? tables can also bc grown, but not the cereals. Then American competition also had its effect. Wheat from Dako to or California can be sold in Liver? pool cheaper than it caa be grown in the British islands The effect has been to ruin the British farmer, and to deprive the landlord of his revenues. The trish people were the first to revolt, and two thirds of the farmers of that couotry have declined to pay any rent. The farmers in Scotland and England are also moving, and they are holdiug , conventions to have the land laws changed, and the rights of tenants re? cognized as in Ireland. The present . century will undoubtedly see the laws of primogeniture, entail, and settlement swept away, thus allowing free trade in land. With the old laud laws will dis? appear the great bulwarks of the aris- 1 tocracy. We live iu revolutionary times, and that which is taking place in Euglaud is of the very first importance to the ?eople of that country. The Mormon Iniquity. The discussion iu Congress of the Mormon pest has again aroused pub- ] lie opinion on that greatest of all in? iquities. The question of how it can be hid- , den from view without offending the i Saints in Utah is being considered, and the end of the debate and the , session of Congress will no doubt find the subject iu the same position as at present. ( There is but one solution of the , problem-eradicate the evil, quietly , if possible, but stamp it out of exis? tence at the poiut of the sword if needs be. Let Congress take hold of the mat- , ter promptly, and let the majesty of | the law step in and say to these peo- j pie : Live as other people live or leave the country ! American women have been insult? ed long enough. Let their lathers, brothers, sons and husbands now come to the rescue, and dethrone this harlot of the West, and teach these people that they can no longer offend decency by their free-love pranks. The wretches arc poisoning the minds of the young and* innocent. Victims from all parts o; the world arc led tc the slaughter and their bodies made sacrifices for fiends in human shape. Every man and woman of common 1 sense is in favor of crushing this mon-! stcr now ano forever. Blow it cut of existence if it fills ' the great Salt. Lake with human ; blood !-Kc: York Presa. - i --- Thc quarrel that broke out in a party j of five at a baru raising in North Caro- ? lina last week was between two men j only; but when one man killed thc j other by throwing an axe at bim he lost his footing lu tho effort, fell and broke his neck, and tho ethers were so ; excited that they let go a log, which : crushed to death another of the party, j "Too big for his business," as the : lady said to the sweep who stuck in j thc chimney. ; Two Husbands at Fourteen. BOSTON*, February 15.-A wedding took place in Dames Quarter District, Somerset county, Md., February 5, under circumstances which have prob? ably never been paralleled in this country. On the date named H. E. Whyte, a boy of seventeen, and of excellent character, married a pretty little brunette named ElIaSbores,aged fourteen, thus giving the girl a second husband withir .; period of two years. On February 5, 1880, pre? cisely two years from the date of this marriage, the residents of Dames* Quarter were greatly excited by learn? ing that Sidney Shores, a farmer aged sixty-five years, Ind married Ella Shores, the twelve-year-old daughter of his deceased wife by a former hus? band. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Zacharias Brown, a Meth? odist Episcopal clergyman, who, as shown afterwards, was deceived by Shores as to the child's age and did uot know she was his step-daughter. At that time there were threats of lynching the bridegroom, and a mob visited his house one night to hang him. Shores, however, who is an old soldier, showed fight and beat off the mob. After the man had lived with the child as bis wife for four days the county authorities took cognizance of the affair and arrested him. Shores was committed to jail in default of bail, and the giri was taken charge of by friends and removed from Shores' house. The feeling agaiust Shores was further aggravated by the fact that bis wife, who was the widow of his uncle, had only been dead a month when he married the girl. Some months later Shores was tried at t?e County Court, convicted of misdemeanor and sentenced to pay a fine of ?500, and stand committed to jail until it was paid. The clergyman was acquitted on the ground that he had not known the facts of the case. Shores, being a poor man, could not pay his fine and would, doubtless, have been in jail to-day had he not succeeded in escaping last year, since which time he has not been heard of. Meanwhile the girl wife, by friends, applied for a divorce, when applica? tion was heard last Fall and grauted. Thoughout her troubles, Whyte, her second husband, displayed the most Quixotic solicitude for her and finally induced her to marry him last week, as stated. Mrs. Whyte is an unusual? ly pretty girl, well educated and in? telligent. Several prominent residents of the county have taken au. interest in the welfare of the young couple and will help to establish the bride? groom in business. The Prize Cat Essay. The prizes in the New York Cat Show have been distributed, ''Spot,** the performing feline, drawing $250 and a gold medal. The prize for thc- cat essay ($10) was awarded to Walter C. Quevedo, Brooklyn, his effort-being the best of 557. It was attached to a common wooden .'Tip" , cat, such as little boys play with. It was as follows : -'This is a Cat.** The inclosed cat knocked at our ofiice window a few years ago, and then came in without being introduc- ( ed. Since then it has never eaten | anything nor shown an inclination to , become .acquainted with the back i fence. It is perfectly docile, but is | apt to jump when stroked upon the back. Besides this species there are two other kinds of cats-the cat of < nine tails and the cat of nine lives. [ The cat proper and improper derives j his name from the manner in which j you address him at night, thus- , '.Scat!" , The cat is a cuss that mews and , puns, becuss pu rr-haps it a-mew-ses him. Ile is covered with fur, is fill- j ed with deceitfulness and abounds in i cheek. I said that on purr-puss. He ? can place himself outside of a canary j in full bloom, and then come and j sit by your side and look up in , your face with a smile that is '-child- ( like and bland,'* chuck full of peni- : fence and canary. Can:ary other ani- , mal do this ? His fur is soft and glossy, but what this is fur I cannot say. It isn't so soft, however, but what it will break bricks. The cat is ' a smaller bird than the mule. As a general thing the cat can draw more than any other animal except a mus- * tard plaster. I have known him to draw two bootjacks, a scuttle of coal, two oi three charges out of a gun, j two or three swears out of a man, and j other articles ol bedroom furniture out of a third-stoiy window. This [ can also be said of the average Ger- j man band. In fact they are some? what related, at the discoverer of the fiddle, listening to the music of a cat, cut him open co see where the noise came from, and thus laid the founda? tion for fiddle strings. Cats and fid- ( dies thus became viol-instigators of ] suicides. They are unfeeline. I . would say something about the cat-o'- { nine tails, but it is a painful subject ; ( another reason is, I don't known any- ? thing about them. See Mr. Beigh. Please send the S10 by any of my kind reportorial friends. Yon might also send a policeman with the re? pel ter. Yours, categorically. Cows in Milk. In many countries, says the Agricul? tural Gazette, part or all the field work is done by cows, and if these cannot be j well cared for, or if they are over work- | cd, the flow of milk is immediately more j or less diminished. On the other side, the advantages of a moderate exercise ? for the cows ou<rhtuct to be underrated, j Cows want exercise and fresh air as well . as other animals, and how often do they ? get little or nothiug of either? How j can we expect a cow to be healthy if she ! is kept altogether iu the stables where ! she constantly inhales bad air ? and how j can she bear healthy and fully devel- I oped calves under such circumstances ? j Moderate work for cows cannot be con- ; demncd io principle, provided they are j not overtired, and the slight decrease of milk, which is unavoidable, is more j than covered by the work accomplished. Cows in milk ought not to work longer, j than three hours a day. I NEWS ITEMS. A fire at Maxey's, Ga., left only one business house standing. The Bible bas been translated into 226 languages and dialects, and in the last eight years 140,000,000 copies have been circulated. One hundred thousand rations have beeu forwarded by the Secretary of War for the relief of the destitute in the over? flowed districts io Arkansas and Missis* sippi. Fishes, birds, flower garlands, 'lunar* dots, fern leaves, arabesques, moons and old geometrical and heraldic figures are to compose the figures upon some of the new Spring dress goods. Last Saturday two mad dogs entered a church during preaching near town and created some excitement and alarm among the worshippers. The dogs were, killed before any damage was done. Abbeville Medium. The prize-fighter Ryan says he meaos to fight Sullivan again for $5,000. He professes to feel confident be can lick him. He says that he lost bis fight on account of a defective 'truss.' Some ardent patriot has defaced the stone erected on the spot where Major Andre was hanged. Mr. Cyrus W. Field bad the monument placed there. An American flag was found floating above with some very indignant and threatening verses of the village news? paper's poet's corner style. It must have been the work of a crank. There are now 17,726 locomotives in the country, of which New England has 1,700, thc Middle Stetes 6,000, thc Western States 7,800, the Southern States 1,800, the Pacific States 420. Pennsylvania has 2,700, New York 2,000. Illinois 1,900, Massachusetts 968, Georgia 303, Virginia 300, and Florida 38. Thc shops ia the country now turn .out 2,000 locomotives a year. Julius Caesar died in the - year 14 B. C., and Jesus Christ was born in eith? er the fourth or the sixth year before tbe Christian era. Augustus was Emperor" of Rome at the time of his birth. Tibe? rius Claudius Caesar was Emperor at the time that Christ said, 'Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's.' Tiberius was still Emperor at the time of the crucifixion of Christ. Oue of the characteristic features of fashion this Spring will be the wearing of large sashes, which in a measure will take the place of the full draped tournures at the back ; and another: will be the adoption of wide collars, which will be worn with 'deep cuffs to match. The dress bodice will be slightly open for dressy occasions when this collar is worn, or a fichu of mull can be used where the collar is not becoming, which is to be draped over the bosom quite io the Charlotte Corday style. There was a ball in Elliott County, Ky., and it-had been given out that nobody from Rowan County would be permitted to dance. Nickell, a young bully from Rowan, entered .the hall with some comrades, and took entire control of the affair,, not only dancing himself with the Elliott girls, but pre? venting any Elliott fellows from going on the floor. In this emergency the best pugilist io Elliott was hurriedly sent for. His name was Tolliver. He came with alacrity, and boldly took bis place with a partner in a Virginia reel. The expected fight between the champions took place at once Bat it was not an 3D co un ter with fists alone. Both used pistols. Niokell was killed and Tolliver wounded. Congress resolved on June 14, 1777, 'that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red ind white ; that the Union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, represent* ing a new constellation.' This is the recorded legislative action for the adop? tion of a national flag. The resolution eras not promulgated until September 3. [t is supposed that the flag was first un* furled by Paul Jones on the Ranger, [t is not known by whom the stars were suggested. By some they ' have been i scribed to John Adams, and by others it bas been' urged that the entire flag ivas borrowed from the eoat-of-arms of ;he Washington farrily, but both con* lectures are without proof, and the lat* ;er is improbable. The Edison Electric light has been in* Produced into the government printing office at Washington, and gives complete satisfaction. Seventy lights were intro* luced in lieu of twice that number of TES jets and a clear, soft, white light was given which was very much better ;han the larger number under the old system. The expense of the seventy lights was estimated ?t ten cents per liour. They were so arranged that one Dr all could be extinguished or lighted it pleasure. It was also noticed that ibe composing room was much cooler with their use than when the gas jeta ?vere lighted. Why Dogs Run Sideways. More than one person has doubtless ?atertained this speculation. A cor? respondent of the New York Sun ex* plains: There are several reasons of a scientific character why a diagonal posi of a dog's body to the line of his motion is the most advantageous for the dog when going at a trot. 1 He is less liable to be upset. Any oblong body moving forward on the ground has & broader bearing when turned athwart or diagonally than when going directly endways A dog gaius fifty per cent, or more of base by thus running, so to speak, upon a broad gauge, than wheo going upon a uarrow guage, that is to say io a direct line of his length. Be? ing liable to kicks and blows, and to be pounced upon by other dogs, it is obvious that he is able to offer greater resistance when moving diagonally. 2. In case of a dog having to turn sud? denly and run in an opposite direction -as he is frequently compelled to do bis diagonal position is then most favor? able to him, because he is partly turn? ed around already, and his feet are in s position to serve bis object most effect? ively. 3. The diagonal position enables him to throw a backward glance of his eyes more readily, so that he is safer from attack in the rear. The natur? and habits of dogs arepeeuliary inter? esting to mankind, and especially to young people Does not their diagonal trot slow io a familiar way the woo? drow faculty of instinct?