Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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... * ' - ' *_.________________-_._ . ? ^. . _ . ? i. ... ? --. - - rnsmsR WATCHMAN, KatabUahed Apr?, 1850. "Be Jmt and Fear not-Let all the Ends thon Aima't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's " TBK TRUE SOUTHRON, Entablfcfied Jane, ittm Consolidated Aa;. 2, 1881.1 SUMTER. S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25. 1893. New Series-Yoi. XII. ?fr. 2& tk t?laic omaii au? ^?iiitom N?tebeft mr Wednesday, BT N. Gr. OSTEEN, SUMTER, S. 0. mita: Two Dollars per annnc- - in adraoce. ADVSaTISSXiSTS -ap Square, first insertion.f l OG S re ry .so. bse?uen t insertion. SO Contract* for three months, or longer will oe ande at reduced rates. AH communication which subserve privat? atweata will be charged for as advertisements, j Obituaries and tri hu tes of respect will be ; barged for. j THE SHOSBS NATIONAL BASK, OF SOUTER. STATS, CITY AN?-XXtfJNTY DEPOSI? TORY, J?JMTBR, S. C. Finid sp Capital . . . . . $75,000 00 Surplus Fand.11,500 00 Transact* a Genet*! Banking Business. Careful attention given to collections. its of $1 and upwards received. In? teresi allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per anana?, Parable quarterly, on first days of January; April, Joly and October. B. M. WALLACE, ?vi. ~ President. Cashier. iv ti n SUMTER, S C, AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY. Trana?cf a general Banking nosiness. - Also bes. A Savings Back Department Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received. Interest calculated at the rate of 4 per cent, per an norn, payable quarterly. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, W. P. REAM*, President. Cashier. Aug 21._ ?:*H?r UMBER TARO. IBSG TO INFORM MY FRIENDS AND the public geecr*lly that OT Saw Mill located on the C. S AN. R. R., just back of my residence, rs now in full operation, aod I te prepared to tarnish all grades of Yellow Pine Lumber from unbled timber, at prices according to .grades Yard accessible on North side of residence. J. B. ROACH. Feb 18. _ NEW MARBLE WORKS. COMMANDER A RICHARDSON, LIBERTY STREET, SUMTER, S. C. WS HAXE FORMED A CO PARTNERSHIP j For the parp?se of working Marble and Granite, manufacturing Intents, Miles, Eic, A od d?ir>g a General Business in that line. A complete work-shop has been fitted np on LIBERTY STREET, NSAR POST OFFICE And we are now ready to execute with ? promptness all orders consigned to os. Satis? faction guaranteed Obtain our price before placing an order elsewhere W. 8.: COMMANDER, G. E.; RICHARDSON Jone 16 '"; COTTON Tie Tiste Tf?-??fC?ttoi Stall Chopper Waa spain awarded rb? first prig- ar the Sooth Carolina State Fair, held Nor. 6th to 10th, this year There is no o'ber implement that will clear your land of the old stalks like this one. Many of thens bare been io use for three yeera, and without exception each and every former using one has pro? nounced it a complete success Send to yoor orders promptly if yoo want a machine and don't wait ootil the last moment when the stalks most be cot, or knocked off on the top like yoor great grandfather osed to do. Respectfully, JOEL E. BRONSON, SUMTER, S. C. Pee. 14. _ If you want A FIRST-CLASS EASY-RIDING Road Cart, ATA REASONABLE PRICE, GET A Creneseo, m. I. STEFFENS 1 SON. Wholesale Agents, Charleston, S. C. Watefees, (Ms, Jewelry Repaired PROMPTLY. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. A. 1>? Powers? Redd ic'8 Barber Shop. Main St., Sumter, 8. C. NOTICE. THE SUPERVISOR OF REGISTRA TION will be in his office on Sitlesday of each month, fer the purpose of issuing certifi? cates of Registration to all persons who have become twenty-one years of age since tba last General election Also transfers to those who have changed place of residence. W. S. JAMBS. Supervisor of Registration. Pee. 7. 2-t._ JOS. F. RHAME. WM. C. r A VIS. RHAMB & DAVIS. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Manning, S. C, Attend to business in any part of lae Stat?. Practice in U. S Courts. Sept. 21-x._ G. W. DICK, D. D. S. Office over Bogie's New Store, ?maven ON MAJ* STEER SUMTER, & 0. Office Hours.-9 lo 1 ?90 ; 2:30 te 5. 8eptS , ._ E ? ALTA SOIQIOHS, DENTS ST. Office - OVER BROWNS * PURDY'S STORE. Estrance on Main Street, Between Browns k Purdy and Durant k Soo. OFFICE HOURS: 9 to 1.30; 2 to 5 o'clock. Sumter. & C , April 3?. II AYE R'S Hair Vigor ' Restores faded, thin, and gray hair to its original color, texture, and abundance ; prevents it from falling out, checks tendency to baldness, and promotes a new and vigorous growth. A clean, safe, elegant, and economical hair-dressing, Everywhere Popular "Kine months after having the ty? pboid fever, my bead was perfectly bald. j I was induced to try Ayer's Hair Vigor, and before I bad used half a bottle, the bair began to grow. Two more bottles brought out as good a head of hair as j ever I had. On my recommendation, my brother William Craig made use of Ayer's Hair Vigor with the same good results.'*-Stephen Craig, 832 Charlotte j st., Philadelphia, Pa. Ayer's Hair Vigor Prepared hr T>r. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. Sold by D ruggii ta Everywhere. TAX RETURNS FOB 1892-93. RETURNS OF Personal Property and Polls will be received at the following times and places, viz : R. I. Manning*? Tuesday, January 10. Tindall7* Wednesday, Jao. ll. Wedgefield. Thursday, Jan. 12 Gordon's Mill, Friday, Jan. IS Johnston's Store, Monday, Jan. 16. Shiloh, Tuesday, Jan. 17. Lynchburg, Wednesday, Jan. 18. Magnolia, Thursday, Jan, 19. Mayesville, Friday, Jan. 20. Reid'? Mill, Monday. Jan. 23. Bisbopvtlle. Tuesday and Wed? nesday, Jan 24 and 25. Manville, Thursday, Jan. 26 Spriog eil!, Friday, Jan. 27. Mechanic8viller Saturday, Jan. 28. Scarborough. Monday, Jan 30. Rem bert, Tuesday, Jan. 31. Hagood, Wednesday, Feb. 1. . Stateburg, Thursday, Feb. 2. And at the Auditor's office io Sum? ter oo all other days, from Jan. 1st until Febeiary 20tb, inclusive. The law requires that all persons owning property or tn aoywise having cbarge of such property either as agent, husbnud, guardian, trastee, executor, administrator, kc , return the same under oath to the Auditor, wbo re quests al) persons to be prompt in making their returns and save the 50 per cent, pen? alty, which will be added to ?he property valuation of all persons who fail to make returns within the time prescribed by law. A good way for tbe taxpayer who has much property to return, is to make a memoran? dum of the number of horses, cattle, moles, sheep and gouts, hogs, watches, organs and pianos, buggies, wagons and carriages, dogs, merchandise, machinery, moneys, notes acd accounts (above indebtedness) furniture, kc, which will save the taxpayer time and enable the assessor to progress in the work. Taxpayers return what they own on the first day.of January, 1893, Assessors and taxpayers will enter the first given name of the taxpayer in full, also make a separate return for each party for tbe town? ship the property is in, and where the tax paver owns reahjr to insert the postoffice ag ! their place of residence, and those who only I own persona! property to gire the party's name ?bo owns the Und (bey live on as their residence, ?hieb aids the taxpayer as well as.tbe county treasurer in making the.collec? tion and preven tine errors. Every male ci'it^u between the age: of tWcnti-one ?ndfifty years o?? the first day of January, 1893. expeept those incapable nf earning a support Muru being mained, or from Other causes, ?bail oe deemed taxable polls. All returns thai are made after tbe twenti? eth day of February tsext bate to be pl*ced on the additional list and fitly per cent pen? alty added thereto, unless prr ven ted by sick? ness or out of the county during th? time of Hoting Not knowing the time of listing is no excuse. And ail owners of real estate might do their tenants who cannot read or take a newspaper, a great favor by making their re? turns or telling them the time of listing, and that if they fail to make their returns in time that the valuation has to be increased fifty per cent, unless (bey have a good ex? cuse. The assessing and collecting of taxes is ail done now in the same year, and we have toiggregate the ncmber and value of all the horns, cattle, mules, kc , as well as the acres of land, lots and buildings and their value, that there is in the county, and bare same on file in the Comptroller General's office by the thirtieth day of June each year. And from that time to the first day of Octo? ber each year tbe auditor's and treasurer's duplicate bas to be completed end an abstract of the work in the Comptroller's office by that time, which will show at a glance that the auditor bas oo time to take in returns, or io anything else much, between tbe first day of March and the first day of October each vf ai. but work on the books and blanks. Therefore bope that all taxpayers will do us tbe favor of maktog their returns in time. PETER THOMAS, Auditor Sumter County. Dec 6._ State of South Carolina. COUNTY OF SUMTER. By T. V. Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge. YJTHERBAS, SIMON H. KELLY, made If suit to roe, to grant him Letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of Maa. ARGENT L. KELLT, Widow, deceased. These are therefore to cite aod admonish all and singular the kindred and Credi? tors of the said Mas. ARUKNT, L. KCI.LT, Widow, late of said County and State, deceased, that they be and appear be? fore me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Sumter on February 2d 1893, next, after publication thereof, at 1 \ o'clock in the forenoon, to abow cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should nea be granted. Given under my hand, this 18th day of January, A. D., 1893. T. V. WALSH, Jan 18 - 2t Judge of Probate State of South Carolina? COUNTY OF SUMTER By T. F? Walsh, ?*qui**y ProbaU Judge. WHEREAS, EDWARD E. REM BERT has mads-suit to me, to grant bim Let? ters of Administration of tbe Estate of and effects of Mas. ESTIKR GOURDIN GAILLARD RnracRT, Tbese ase therefore to cite and admonish all and singular tbe kindred and Creditors of tbe said Mis Sst*** Gourdin Gaillard Rem bert, deceased, that they be and appear before ma, ia th* Coart of Probate* to be held at Swater, C. H., on February 1893, after aaaHeation thereof, at 11 o'clock in the fore? noon? la show cause, if any they ?ave, why the said Adawiiatratian should aol be grant? ed. ttivea &?der ny aaad, this 18th day of January, Anno Domini, 18*3. T. V. WALSH, Jan. 18-2t_Judge of Probate.. Kipans Tabules cure coho, f?ipans Tildes cure jaundice. Highest of all in Leavening Po wer.-Latest U. S. Gov't Report ABSOLUTELY PURE GINS! INSURE YOUR GINS --IN THE Assurance Company, OF LONDON, THE LARGEST COMPANY IN THE WORLD That takes fire risks on Gins. For particulars, etc., apply to ALTAMONT MOSES, AGENT. P. S.-We do also a Gene? ral Fire Insurance Business, and represent the MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE of New York, the largest in the world. Aug. 17. ANNOUNCEMENT. ROBERT T. CARR. Desires to inform the puhlie that be i? fully j equipped and prepared to do ThN ROOFING, PLUMBING, REPAIRING PUMPS, and anything usually done in a first-class plumbing and nanine shop. Sign and Deco? rative, Painting, Calsomining, etc. Also SETTING FANCY WOOD AND MARBLE MANTLES, TILE HEARTHS, FACINGS AND GRATES. Makes a specialty of putting in Electric Bells, Annunciators, Ac. ROBT. T. CARR. Shop at J. B Carr's Mill. Communications left at Walsn & Co's Shoe j Store or through post office will receive prompt attention Oct 26-o IRON MIXTUREP WHAT IS IT ? THE PUREST AND BEST TONIC IN THE WORLD, jt builds up the system, it purifies the blood, it beautifies the complexion. TRY IT, AND HAVE NO OTHER. Only 50c. per bottle. For sa!e by all your Druggists. THE MURRAY DRU6 CO., Manufacturers and Proprietors. April 20._ Just Received A BIG STOCK OF Colgate* g Fine Extracts FOR THE HANDERCHIEF, ALSO SUPERIOR TOILET SOAP. J. S. HilGHSQN & CO., M.unpti?o Block. HAIN STREBT, Jane 22. SUMTER, S. C. ? TUTT9S . %T\w Liver Pills? as aa antl-billou* and anti-malarial .remedy aro wonderful in their effects ?j^ in freeta? tho system of biliousness 9 end malaria. Ko one living in $ Malarial Regions % should be without them. Thofr use ?prevents attacks of chills end fever, ^ dumb ague, bilious colic, and gives the system strength to resist all the .evils of an unhealthy and Impure at- A mosphere. Elegantly sugar-coated. ^ Fri ce, 3 So. Office, 30 Park Flare, N. Y. THE Sumter Institute. THE INSTITUTE has opened its sessions under v*ry auspicious circumstances. The bonrdiog department ts weil appointed and the rooms are rapidly filling up. Those desiring rooms should apply at an early day. The Art room bas been enlarged and refitted, affording ample light, and all necessary facili? ties for good work. Special lessons in Painting and Drawing, each $15 a term; in Book-keeping, Steno? graphy, Typewriting ard Penmanship, each $10 a term; Instrumental and Vocal Music .ace $20 a term, with $3 for use of instantem for practice. Elocution $7.50 a term? Studeots will be received for any of these special course* at a?y time during the rear, and we solicit patronage of the voun? ladies of the citj not regularly entered in the school. For further information ?puly to H. FRANK WILSON, Ptesident. Scientific American Agency far CAVEATS, TRADE ?ARKS, DESIGN PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, etoJ For intWaaMM and free Handbook write to MUNX atVt)-. 361 B no A i> WAT. New Youir. Oldest buxeaa for securing patenas tu America. Kv err pa? wat taken out by os fc. Esaagst before the publie b>a notice given twe-oi ?bats* ia ti* Smt?x?t %mmm y* SD Largest circulation of any scientific paper in the world. Splendidly Illustrated. Ko intelligent maa should be without lt. Weekly. 83.0 it a ?ear; S3J50S1X months. Address MUNN A CO, ^L DLisuEKS, 361 Broadway, Kew York Qt;? How to Grow Tobacco. The bugbear with new tobacco planters itt setting piante, lt is a task from which the hands naturally shirk, and a sigh of relief in breatiied when the crop is planted. However, with the improved machinery which is ?ow being perfected, the day may not be far distant when ali tobacco sections will be able to set plants by artificial means and without the tiresome back breaking procesa as at present. FULL DIRECTIONS. A planter who for many years was perhaps the leader in tobacco grow? ing in North Carolina has laid down the following rules which every tobac? co grower should peruse carefully : "The tobacco plant requires usual? ly one hundred days from the time it is transplanted to grow and ripen properly. To secure the best results, therefore, the planting shonld not be earlier than the 10th of May, and, if possible, later than the 20th of June. In the one case the plant is likely to be stunted in its growth, as well as deprived of the dews of August and September ; and in the other, there is danger that it may not have time to mature ful'y before frost. The plants are set very much as cabbage plants are by inserting them to the bud and pressing the earth well to their roots and stems with a peg A plant is said to be properly planted when the point of a leaf breaks off in the attempt to pull it np. The plants should never be suffer? ed to wilt before they are set. If this cannot be done as fast as they are drawn from the bed, as many as can be planted in a single day should be drawn while the dew is on them, and kept until needed, in a shaded place with their roots on damp ground, their tops being occasionally sprink? led with water. If the hills have been put up with a good season in them, they can ordinarially at any time in May be planted without a rain, if done late in the aftenoon. They should also be c!appedswith (he back of the hoe, which clapping preserves the mois? ture and prevents crumbling o? the earth after the planting peg, and should be lighter or harder according to the dampness of the soil. But with an abundance of plants, should the planter be blessed with a good season in May or Junet naught else but planting is then to be thought of. It is a maxim with hay makers that they should woik while the sun shines. The reverse of this holds good with the tobacco planter, and he promises to be but a poor one who runs ?rom a shower of tain. And yet for the convenience of housing, it is not desirable that the entire crop should ripen at the pame t*me, therefore it is not best that it should all be planted in a single day, or even in a single season. Instead, then, of hastening to get once over, it is better to look well to the re? planting, in order to get a pei feet stand in the portion which has been planted-to do so and as quickly as possible, shading or watering tho re? planted hills, when necessary, is recommended." J. M McMichael gives his plan. "Many planters being anxious to plant early, greatly damage their crop by drawing and setting plants that are too small and tender. They damage the beds from which they are drawn, and planted during the cold rains of latter April and early May, they are an easy prey to the flea bog and grass hopper. And after view? ing the precarious situation of the little fellows, the planter goes away blaming the Almighty because they don't grow. Plants should not be transplanted until they are as long as a man's hand and wi h stalks or bodies as large as an ordinary lead pencil. The proper time in this Piedmont sction, for planting tobacco is from the 10th of May to the 10th of June The plants should be set into the ground leaving the bud one half inch above the top of the ground for wet seasons? and if it sh o uki be dry weather, and not extremely dry, they will live set any time in May if the plants are placed into the ground leaving the top of the bud even with the top of the ground Hie mois turc from the subsoil will keep thc buds and stalks alive. Wooden pegs I are used for making the holes in which to set the plants, and the dirt is pressed gently to the roots. When good tough plants are set there is no trouble in getting a "stand/' so there will be no missing hills." SETTING BY MACHINERY THE RSMIS TRANS? PLANTER. As intimated above Tobacco plant setting by machinery is becoming quite general in many sections, and promises soon to be in vogue all over the Tobacco States, lu sections where the land is not too rolling, rocky or rough the transplanter can be wetl to very great advantage In South C and ii ia and new Tobacco counties in North Carolina, Tobacco transplanters have been used with the moKt satisfactory results. The roost popular transplanter is thc Bernis A driver and two boys pla&t from SI to z acres a day with cane. The machine waters every plawt, and those who have used it say that it really does better work than eau be done by hand lt. is s i ?pie and strong and will last'a Intime if prop? erly cured for From' ike many strong testimonials 1 have-! of tUc ?emis transplanter the following from Mr F. M. Rogers, Jr., of Florence, S. C., is a fair sample : "I have been setting my Tobacco plants with a Bernis machine for two years, and at the same time have been experimenting with hand set plants, 1 greatly prrfer having my crop set by machinery under any circumstances Apu t from econo? my, better work can be done than it is possible to do with the hand. I find that the plant thrives better, it grows off quicker, evenly and ripen? j more uniformly. Of the many ma? chines you have sold in this section. I hear but ?nc verdict: "Trans planter a perfect success " ??-a? '?? -4it^^m Wbat Might Have Been. One of the "organs" calls oo the Conservatives to apologize to Gov. Till? man for 8sying be couldn't refond the State debt. The Observer di J not say he couldn't. On the contrary it expressed the opinion repeatedly that he could and wonld refund the debt at 4 per cent. Refunding a State debt U not a mat? ter of an individual's ability,but of a State's reputation for integrity. So we thought the Governor and the Treasurer would be able to refund the debt at 4 per cent. Gov Richardson thought the debt could be refunded at**t. Io his mes? sage to the legislature in 1888, he said ; "The refunding of her debt at the rate of interest she bas a right to expect by the wise management of 1er finances will result in the annual saving of $120,000 at least " Possibly Gov. Richardson could have accomplished this had the debt fallen due during his administration. Bat for the war made on captital by Gov. Tillman's administration he might possibly have been abie to refund the debt at 4 per cent. We don't know aud can't undertake to say. The re? funding of a six million dollar debt is no everyday business. The legislature of 1888 9 thought the debt could be refunded at 4, and fixed that per cent, in the refunding act. There were men in that body, however who did not think so and contended for 4|-among these was Col. J no C. Haskell. The refunding of the debt at 4| per cent, cannot be regarded as a feat of statesmanship or financiering by any means, when we consider that our sister State of Georgia refunded her debt at and our sister State of North Caro? lina is refunding hers at 4 The State is known to be unfriendly to the present administration ; bot it tries to be fair in the discussion of pub? lic measures and we think usually is. Wc quote from that paper of the 16th ?o show its opioioo on the subject and because it mentions some features of the refunding scheme which are not gener? ally understood : "With peculiar asininity certain of Governor Tillman's tooters are asking the Conservatives to apolgize to the Executive for underrating his ability to refund the State debt. They have nothing to beg pardon for and nothing to take back. Governor Tillman has not accomplished any financial feat. He hai not done near as well as John Peter Richardson could have done to bis place. It was intended to place the nonfat 4 per cent., but he would not undertake it at a less rate that 4\ per cent. It was intended to piace them without conditions save the pledge of the State to pay priocipal and inter? est ; but so greatly has the credit of the State been affected by the socialism of "Reform'' that the phosphate receipts and territory have to be specifically pledged to their payment, and even the 1^ per cent, interest supposed to be saved is to go into a sinking fund. In other words, the tax payers will not save anything by the refunding except $4, 500 a year interest on the ?75,000 of bonds aouually retired. Their taxes will be just as hi jh as ever. A vast feat, truly, the refunding upon such terms ! We are thankful that the debt is to be refunded at all under present conditions of politics io this State, but the man who made these conditions cannot claim credit for that!"-New? berry Observer. Artificial Limbs. At the session of 1879 SO* of the General Assembly an act was passed' appropriating $23,000 for the pur pose of providing Confederate veter ans who had lost arms, bauds and legs, with artificial limbs Under .that act the veterans proved claims .and were supplied. At the recent aesniou of the L^gis ture another act was passed appro? priating $5 000 for the purpose of providing those who had already re I oe:veer such limbs from the Slate, witb new ones where needed Thin fund is to be distributed by a commis sion consisting of the Governor, the Com pt i oller txcneral and I>r Bretton, the chairman of the State board of health. 'iHiey can only furnish Iimbst. as stated* above, to those whose claims are already on file and* proved If any such are in need of artificial limbs they aie requested to notify the commission at once. The Prohibition Law. The liquor dealers in the State have j determined t<y stake a united fiirht in testing the constitutionality of the pro? hibition law. The L"?jior Dealers Protective Association of Darlington which was organised recently was th* first association of the kind <xgani?>d in the State aa? is wars toroo?gh this association that concert of action on ?he part of all the liquor dealers of the State was brought about. A committtee from the association visited Charleston last week and induced' the liquor dealers of that city s?. organise a similar association. Every town in South Carolina is to have an Organiza? tion of a like character. A State convention of these associa? tions ba* been called to meet in Char? leston on Tuesday next, the 21 i as t., i) adopt a plan of action. Delegates from every city and town will attend the convention. The delegates from the association at this place will probably be M s>rs C Alexander and E R, James. -Darlington News. Tbe Liquor Business. Tbe Columbia correspondent of the iVeic* and Courier obtained from the Internal Revenue Collector the follow? ing facts in relation to the liquor busi? ness of the State. The State is divided into fire districts for the colleeriou of liquor licenses, and thc dealers are distributed as follows ; The First District, embracing Charleston, Colleton, Beaufort, Berke? ley, Georgetown, Orangeburg and Williamsburg counties, has 521 retail liquor dealers Second District-Chesterfield, Clar? endon, Darlington, Florence, Horry, Kershaw, Lancaster, Marion, Marlboro and Sumter counties-72 Third District-Aiken, Barnwell, ?dgefield, Fairfield. Hampton, Lexing? ton, Newberry and Richland counties 160 Fourth District-Chester, Greenville, Spartauburg, Union and York counties -9C. Fifth District-Abbeville, Anderson, Laurens, Oconee and Pickeos counties -41. There are altogether 887 retail establishments in the State and 14 wholesale dealers, all of the latter be? ing in Charleston, excepting one in B aufort. There is no way of getting at even an approximate idea of the volume of busi? ness done in the liquor traffic io this State. There are no returns made to the internal revenue department of sales made by retail dealers Collector Webster kindly directed his clerks to make up a statement of the - wholesale business done by the wholesalers. During the month of December the sales aggregated 19,620 gallons and the average for the year would be about 20,000 gall?os per month. Taken on the low basis of two dollars per gallon it will be seen that the sales of the wholesale dealers in the State will amount to about a half million dollars. The Charleston dealers supply but a small portion of the liquor consumed in the State, most of the larger dealers buying directly from the distilleries, the corn whiskey coming from North Carolina. The original cost of the liquor sold in the State will easily run up into the millions. Distributed throughout the upper part of tbe district there are 36 grain distilleries and 63 which use fruit, or altogether, with the one opened last week, there are exactly one hundred licensed distilleries in the State. The liquor establishments in the State-not to count the clubs-occupy 901 places of business. With the exception of about thirty-five (all of the counties will not have dispensaries) these premises will have to be vacated on July 1, if the law is found to be valid. Then it is by no means certain that any one of these thousand places will be occupied by a dispensary. It would be making a low estimate to place the average number of men employed io the wholesale and retail stores, the distilleries and the brewery at five. On this basis it will be seen how fully five thousand men, and those dependent on them, will have to look to other meaos of livelihood. Just about t h i s time it may be particu? larly apropos to say something about the successor of Internal Revenue Collector Webster. The two most prominent caoditates are Ex-Super? intendent of the Penitentiary Lipscomb and thc Hon. Bvnj F. Perry. Re? presentative Johnson, of Fait field, would also like to get the j >b. For the benefit of aspirants it might be mentioned that the salary of the place j is in a measure dependent upon the income of the department from licenses. The present salary of the internal revenue oollector is $2 750, or $250 less than it bas been. If the Evans law goes into effect the salary will drop down to $?,000, as the income of the office will be reduced to a minimum. There are, however, some good plums tobe dtstribu'ed by the Coleotor. The present, staff of the department is as follow.? ;. internal rev nae collector, E-. A. Webster, salary $2750 Deputy for che 1st district,, meluding Charleston, Colleton, Beaufort, Berke? ley, Georgetown and Williamsburg counties, salary $1 J0(X travelling expenses $500;: total ?1 ?GD. Deputy for tbe 2d district, includ? ing Chesterfield, Clarendon, Darlington, Florence. Horry, Kershaw, Lancaster, Marion. Marlboro and Sumter counties, salary $ I, f 00; travelling $500 , total $1.600. L>eputy for the 3d district, including Aiken, Barnwell, Bd^efield, Fainfield, Hampton, salary $1100. travelling expenses $500 ; total $1,600. Depo y tor the 4th district. Chester. Greenville, Spartauburg, Union and York counties, salary $1,100, travel ling expenses $300 ; total $l.tfO0, For V?th district, iucluding Abbeville, Anderson, Laurens, Ocone<- and Pick ena counties-, salary $1,100; travelliog expenses ?5W. t>>k of collector's office $l,50fr. Clerk of records, collector's office, $1 OOO Clerk of records, collector's- e&ce, ?1,000 Charge of suppression Elicit traffic, salary $? -100; travelliog expenses $000 total $2.000. It will be seen that the collector bas ten very rieh o&jes to distribute. Who will get them 1 A. K. Caught in? a Steel-trap. Bfeeearty Mr. Joseph -A. Baker discovered that some one was rn thr habit of abstracting corn fro? a nar row opening rn o?e of t&e walls of his barn. On last Friday evening he placed i steer" trap on the inside of the barn, within eas-y read* of this opening, and on rising nest moraing and upon go? ing out to bis barn was rewarded by finding Ffofly Bet bea, an old colored wo m HU, standing at the side of the barn where she bad remained the entire night with the thermometer at about eight degrees soo ve zero and with her right banff safe'j secured tn the jaws of the steel-trap wilkin. Tba old creature was almost frozen and ber fingers so badly crushed as to necessitate amputation.-Marion Star,. Tne New Liquor Law. Re?, S. M. Richardson in Christian ?es? Benger. 1 have delayed expressing myself about the new liquor law of this State because I wished time for further reflection. I have read everything I have seen in print on the subject and have listened to verbal expres? sions of opinion from some 1 think I have finally made up my mind. 1. I move to dispense with all dispensaries ot liquor When I was a small boy-about six years old- a thrill of horror was sent though the Ful? ton neighborhood, near which 1 lived by the announcement that a respect? able farmer, named Reuben Starke, had killed his wife and one or two children, (attempting the destruction of all), and then cut his own thioat The attempt upon his own life was unsuccessful. The bombie tiagedy made a deep impression upo J my boyish mind. Whiskey was thc cause of it. My grandfather, as judge, ponounced sentence of death upon the murderer, and my father, as spiritual advisor, visited and prayed with the condemned man in ' his cell. Sheriff Wilder of Sumter j carried out the sentence. Liquor dispensaries can never afford protec? tion to the unprotected wives and children of our homes For God sake, for home sake, for humanity sake, fellow citizens, let us dispense with these dispensaries of poverty, murder, and eternal death. ? dis? pensary to sell for medical purposes upon the affidavit of a prohibitionist doctor is all that we need and as much as we ought to dare to ask for. 2 Let us labor and pray for the repeal of this dispensation of legal? ized iniquity and the passage of a prohibitory law. The enly tenable position is the one I have always held-viz : that it is our duty as law makers to prohibit citizens in the exercise of any rights which are inimical to the general welfare of society That person or corporation is an enemy to the commonwealth that gives any facility to crime or makes the road to poverty disease and death any easier. The State that ' deals out death1 by- the half pint," to its citizens is guilty of murder. 3. 1 have no faith in its claim to abate the liquor evil I have come to this conclusion after long and prayerful reflection. The conclusion I come to is that we will gain something by the law, but we will lose as much or more than we gain. We will, in a great measure, get rid of the selling of liquor to boys and notorious sots, (?ki the other hand the "Stale dispensary" will be regarded as a much more respected place than ? bar-room,.and buying liquor from it will be regarded; in the same light as buying liquor from a drug store, and the cotise quence will be that there will be a greatly increased niHu?er of "re? spectable" people who will carry home their "little brown jug" to have a little on hand "in case any of the children should' be bitten by a copper? head " Why shouldn't they ? Does not the State say plaiuly to her e&i* zens, You will need' a1 little occa? sionally ? A'.id, is not the man who dispenses it a bonded officer of the State ? 4. So fer as I ara individually con? cerned, I would rather sink the last cent of the profits of the State dis? pensaries in the Gulf of Micexo than accept of one mill of decreased taxa? tion through its operation, (brod's curse is on the whole liquor business from beginning to end, and upon- ail the profits thence accruing, and this State wtflr we ace assured, be made to feel it. It will be poorer for every cent it gets out of the liquor baseness. God long ago SS?CK "Thou suait not bring the bite of a whore or the wages of a dog into the house of the Lord thy God for any vow i for even both these are a? abomina Hon unto the Lui ct thy God' "" ?eut. 23? frf We honestly believe that the best and only decent thing ft>r the Legisiatare o* South- Carolina to do is to take every crent of th? money to be derived from the stile of liqanr, anti, with and by Ike approval of the Chief Executive of the State, cast it into the Crater of Vesuvius with the humiliating confession, "I have be? trayed the innocent blood " Even then 1 doubt whether O-od's wrath will be appeased any more than i: was towards Judas. The thing to d*> is to "bring forth fruits meet for 'repentance'''-go OH* of the business 5. Let every church and benev olent society te tfce co wo ty pass reso? lutions against the establishment ot any liquor-dispensing establishment in 4tlws county, and if the citizens of any town persist ia asking for this death-dispensing, demoralizing in? stitution,- transfer theiv trade to some other centre. Will they do it? They will if they have one particle of the daring intrepidity of John the Bap list about thew. --MI? ? - :StraEge Freak ef a Mili Fond. \ Mr. T. Reeves lives ffve miles ~Uo\\\ Millen?, bai Allen's enterprise seems to reach him in more than one way. famous mill pond on his* land has beeti for years supplied' by clear, :beau?i6ttl boiliag springs about iu it, and droughts^ no matter how severe, never used ta- lessen the quantity of i water wb4*b wa? ample to tar* the wheels. This was ail so* until Jfillen went for artesian water. At the depth- o? nbout 400* feet it was reached and * rone of the boldest streams (rowing from any Weil Milleu- obtained .jonsiderable celebrity oe- account of ithe good fortune in finding such a clear, hold and hea4ta~giving water. It ; cures a- nues?er of diseases, among which is dyspepsia, heart burn, chill* and fevers, etc. But the most interest? ing part of it is the effect upon Col. j Reeves'' mill pond. He can now scarce - ly gee enough waler from bis springs to turn his wheels, and tn ? dry time none whatever. If the artesian Wells at Millen are stopped io their now for; a few hours, the boiling springs of the" millpond five mile* away commence to boil again wirb full force and efFecf: Now bow docs this happent' SoreJyy there must bc a subterranean stream* of large ro?ame ffawiog from tbe milli to the weil This is all very well f?r Millen?, bol' Col. Reeves say* he doesn't waor frj> dig a well for his milling.-Waynes bore, Ga., Citizen. Tn* Palmetto State Eh* shrouded in aS^otleas Man? tle of White Prom the Mountains to the Seaboardl CHARLESTON. Jau. ITT.-Special' The City by the Sea.is in the depth* of a snow stotm-a real'snow storm.. About 8 a. m. today the snow began to fall lightly, then it fell thicker and' faster, aud this afternoon the pave? ments, roadways, housetops,, steeple* and everything else in the oily were covered with from' three to four inches of the beautiful shining show-: lu all these two hundred years off Charkstou's e xi?: euee such a thing has uever been experienced. Ait great intervals snow has been known ta fall, but barely to cover the house? tops. The school' children had! a picnic at?p m. when the schools closed^. and the medical pudente marched in a? body through tl e principal streets, making things lively for several? hour?. Everybody is hi merrw mood The old folk? enjoy this* novel expeiience as much a- the lill? lie ones?. THe snow fell continuously till 4 pi. m , wheu it was succeeded by sleet and fine rain. A sleigh and. a sied; were di awn through the streets thu* afternoon,, aud' it* the lotion Ex? change a sunw man six feet t.igh wa? built by the bulls and bears-. The suffering among the poor con? tinnes io be intense. A public meet* ing is called for tomorrow by the* Associated' Charities- Society, to raise a fund for purchasing San ucl ami clothing foi Ute poor Donations- ofT shoes, blankets and clothing are already pouring in. The supply ot' wood given by the- South? ??aol?n* Railroad' waa-ail given oui today " Pl "WE INCHES AT CfTBSTCE; CHESTER, Jan. 1.8.-Special.-Ifc begati snowing here today at 1 p. m.. and? it has been- failing steadily ever ! since: THie rigorously cold' weather since January 4th has afflicted asa? serions!y as in other sections of the* j State,, the thermometer going aa low aeone deree above zero during the past three weeks It is snowing: ; hard at this hour (T o'clock), and the 'ground^ is covered to ? depth?of Sve* : inches The boys aud> young people generally have enjoyed a glorious .time this afternoon, sleighing and! skating on the frozen ponde surround? ing the city. !t looks at this hour that we will have a heavy snow als flight. j ?EEPEST W TEAR8 AT CAMDEN. . CA'MDENS Jan?. 18--frp-. m.-Snow? hoe been failing steadly since aoonr ?and? thi>, tile third snow for the winter, bids fair to be the deepest in years.. It ie* now th?ee inches [wita no kid i cat ion of a ti?rw tonight? and the snow leeks* as if it will cou* tiuue to fall several hour3 more SVSF;- INCHES AT v?R&vunE; I?ORRVIU.B, Jan.48--Special*.-We are experiencing the coldest* weather we have had for several yea?8v Daring the past week thc thermome ? ter has registered from 4 to- 16? degrees above zero. Show is already on the ground to a d^pth of niue inches, ands still' felling. There ? great sunl-ring among the poorer claeses especially the iwgreesv THE PA rx AT GREEK vt r.r.Ei GREEXV?U.E, Jan.. 18-Special-* Snow began falling at 8 o-'ciocfe tvw morning, HR"J i's* still falling at tins2 hour- 9F M. $he fall lias? been? steady, and the ground ie now cov? eredto a depth of f. ?ur inches*. Tl? outlook is for all night snow. sm ISCHES- AT JOHNSTON. JOHJN'STO.V-, JMU 1?8 -Special*.-Th*r heaviest snow for many years has* fallen here to-?fc*y coufrinoTwdy since Bl ?'clock. St ia now ab?>n* sir I inches deep and s*>H snowing,- with f prospvefs o? severa* niches more, bf morning-. Tlw SoutfrboTSucE tra* tr sis hours late, atj(* still Iooeingr t hue.. GREENWOOD, Jan. 18.-?pecinL-A heavy snow storm- lias boerr prevailing; since early morning. 'She ?mw ic now five inches deep?, ami st iii felting. (Md inhabitants* say it vs thin heaviest fall in rheir receflectrnir. The yoong peopie ?re nmbiug the most ot the* occasion;. BIGGEST ?N SIXTEEN TEA'RW. NEWBERRY, J an 18.-Special*.-The biggest snow hi sixteen years has* fallen today. In i* now six inches deep on a level, and stiil foiling: rapidly.-The State. Suimntee? C ?re.. We aurhoriau our adver?i.-ed drujrgh-t1 to- sei? Dr. K-ttig*ji I$ew b'seovery f?.r 0<?osn?npOon> Cong}).* a tut trj.on tliit? ? aiP.diS?n*. pf yoty are nfBcted with ? < Tough Cold-**v any Larg,. Throat or ( best tr?sh!e. and #H5u?r t?is- mn' euy as directe',, g?v"?|* " * ***** ttWl-aa^eXfa. rie;u-e no-hem-tit. raoy wars rh? l???wte nnd? have y<*?r m<?tiey r?-fun ie J. We* wwaW un* j? malte this offer did; we ?nt Jin o?r th-^??. "Kag** RNCW Discovery <*<>n4d te reiieiten.- lt a*vrt" .H.4N|.]tuiuts. Tria* Wtybs-free OK J?. P W. DeLonne's Btfg. ?Srore. b?rge bettie? 5flc and $..(M?. . I i tm *^ mm - Notbitr?p so disiressin? na a hack itt? C?ogbi Nothing so foolish as* to suffer frooi i* r Nothing io-dangerous if avowed- to conrraoe^ ?ne min*axe Cough Cure gives* i<xiiae<?iat)e- re. ?ef. i. S^. Hudson tc Coi - -i .?v ?Han. Aaewer 'fte Qnestioa. i Why do so many people wi see abound av seems to *MY&r to suf&z w*& hetaade miserable [by fti fgraion, ?oasti^afien, DiflRtMM loss? ot Acetate, Cowing ap ot the Food, ?ellov Skin, wheo for Toe. we wiH-seM town* Saitoh'a1 Titaliaer,.guaranteed to euwiheia-. Sold &y A. J-. China, Sumter, Si C. 2 --? Headache is the direct? result of iodisestion' and stomach disorders. Remedy these bj ueinff Rb Witt's Little Karly Risers--sod-yow* headache disappears. The favorite little ptM?* everywhere. J. S- HVjgKsoo 9bCb'. _^m^m* IM ' -. Bhcklsn s Arni?? Salv?. Tbe Best Salve io tbe World for Catt, Bra bet* Sores. Uicers- Salt Rheum. Fever Sore*,- Totter? Chapped Hands Chilblains, Cora? and: alf. Skin Eruptions, and positively cases FHM? W BO pay required.. 9u i^ guaruuteed to give-p*f , ^(ect satrefaotiOTn^ or- money refcndedi PHeW rltSo?temper hax>. For tale- bj J*.- WC. Bi*-'