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te event of the sion shall establish such rovide for one proposed to be dismemb t solicitor^and two-thirds vote of those v< rs, duties and section; and no county sh d electors of tions imposed in this arti< a sheriff and tion upon the question of of four years, same proposed Dew coui 1 Uwv thiiTl o Ifllllllylnd until thfcir successors are eiectea uc uWu and Qualified ;".hey shall reside in their years.' l|||Pr respective counties during their con- Sec. 3. Xo new coun pip'' tmuance in olSce, be disqualified for formed shall contain less ?r the office a second time if it should hundred and twenty-fo; 8. appear that they, or either of them, the whole number of ii ?. ' are in default for moneys collected by the State nor shall it havi virtue of their respective offices. " taxable property than Sec. 31. All writs ana processes shall shown_ by the last tax run and all prosecutions shall be con- shall it contain less ar< ducted in the name of the State of sqv.are miles. B - :;3mrfh Carolina: all writs shall be at- Sec. 4. No old county > 1 tested by the clerk of the court from auceo. to less area ; B which they'shall be issued; and ail in- miles, to less assessed tax dictments sh^ll conclude "against the than $2,000,000, nor t |||||? peace and dignity of the State." population than 15,000 i] 8Hg^^Seg_|&ggBfcgneral assembly shall Sec. 5. In the form.' tb.e speedy publica- counties no old countj \ .^W^^HBKBlon of the sr preme within eight miles of it Constitution. building. eotZCrS-and all courts ^ Sec. 6'. All new coun fr- d municip^lcourts formed shall bear a ju ^ dialyVave the"po.wer, in their^?^^i.^S^sj8^^h^=^h^*itrcte * ^c<";tioa, to impose sentence of labor upon old county or counties y -\?< 'highways," streets and other public they have been formed, works upon persons by them sentenced Sec. 7. The general ? +V??k to r^i^f^toirapn^nment. uavc mv - .. '> - Sec. 34. All .matters, civil and cri- at any time. Provided minal now pending within the juris- any existing county line diction. of any of the courts of this question shall be first su ... State snaU continue therein until dis- qualified electors of the - posed of according to law. posed to be taken fron ' ' -- and given to another, a ARTICLE YL received two-thirds of jurisprudence. Provided, further, Th rvl 1 ift ^ Section, i. The_ general assembly ? shall pass laws allowing.differences to "^hich the territory is t; be jdecideu by arbitrators, to be appoint- ^rnits prescribed in se< ~ ed by the parties'who may choose that 5 of th is article: Pro\ mode of aajustment. " proper proportion of Sec. 2: It shall be the duty of the county indebtedness oj general assembly to pass laws for the transfered shall be as change of vemfedn all cases, civil and county to which the ter . cnminal, over which-ihe circuit courts ^erre^have original jurisdiction, upon a pro- Sec. S. No county s : per showing, supportedby affidavit,} moved except by a von , , that a fair and impartial trial cannot qualified electors f. be had in the covintj where such ac- j noting in an electioi tion of prosecution was commenced, purpose, but such electi The State shall hare the same right to county oft .. move for a change of venue" that a de- ^ve y^^rs. 'r~j fendant has for such offences as the Sec. 9. Each county: ' ,.;v general assembly may prescribe. Un- one election district, r ; -vV.. %ss a change of venue* be had under D0<^J politic and corpoi }%.% _^he provisions of this article the defen- Sec*,I0- The general ' ' tried in..the county where provide for the consolid ? - ' rr,r>^ pvistin? counties b^y, at / ds^rzes^oi t&ose fxlr&&. ^Je&Lc eleciaoa o'f. a commis- meut si it "sfiatl! fomi MSB BB?3 WT^uose - duty it shall be to col- aQd^]| the counties. iii^PrT^i1^56 general statute special provision for': .tbjs S?te ^en of'force as well ernment and for the if tnafrowach. shall' be passed from chartered rights and i>. to time, and: to properly index cipalities. ana.grange the said statutes when so Sec. 12. Until cbang the said commissioner ei^ assembly, as allov saa^ reduce into ^systematiccode the stitution the boundari< ? statutes, including the code of counties shall remain ^^^^^^^^^procedure, with all the amend- iished, except thatth( 3BHKS?uto' ?n<* ''siiall, on the first the county of Edgefiel fw^pe session for the year 1901 sach changes as are : eud of every subsequent b7 the formation of more than 10 vears re- ^rom a portion of Ec ' 1 Illplin the cities and towns in this State shall be WHAT THEY j county vested with power to assess and collect j new county i taxes for corporate purposes,said taxes j this , trv r>^ uniform in reSDect to persons j [CONTINUED Fr setting forth ; and property within the jurisdiction i ??? ing CfEQpli- ; of the body composing tbc Si:*se; and I must hunt natural is of this ar- j all the property, except such as is ex- j people whose mte der an elec-; empt by law, within the Jicnits of ci- i with our own and i time there-1 tits and towns shall be taxed for the j with them and end ctors within ! paying of debts contracted under au- | the conditions that ich election ! thorny of law. License or privileged | chance, so that ou "No" upon ! tu.xes imposed shall be graduated j oeive some comp id now coun- I as t-> s-cure a jus'. impvs'tion of such j laoor besides a ban ijr the ques- ; tax upon i,he classes subject thereto. i-But to carry on :?tv seat for j ;$ec. 7. No yity or town in this Stite j t have justtouchec nitted to the : shall hereafter incur any bonded debt. j lions has the Nori I wh'ch. including exististing bonded j Soutn? Coming h the qualified indebtedness, sball exceed S per cent- j selhsh purposes to ection shall um of the assessed value of the taxa I for their invesr.me jstions, thca fc>le property therein, arjd no such an even ?u?ss that the next see- debt shall be created without submit- $4,000,000,000. T1 new county: ting the question as to the creation talk about Northe) the county thereof to the qualified electors of coming down her< ered shall be such city or town, as provided in this only sendiug back 1 ~ ?: r?atopffrtiii:- txrViinh tl)OT hs\ :0nsent Dy a UOnStimuyu ior suuu s(a:vih vjvvU.s?~, j .? >ting in such and unless a majority of such electors pension tribute, ai ail be formed voting on t}<e question shall be in fa- received in all as ill the condi- vor of creating such further bonded sent awav; and I ;le. An elec- debt, noue sball be created; Provided, further by adding forming the ! that this oection shall not be construed of the war there h; lty shall not to prevent the issuing of certificates of there had been b^f nee in four indebtedness in anticipation of the col- reasonable treatm< lection of taxes for amounts actually people; if the iniq ,ty hereafter contained or to be contained in the been contrived to than one one taxes for the year when such certifi- if all the money h ^ - J ? ls.l~ r\? + ?>*.? mtA tVlO arth part or cates are issued ana payaLue uu^ u> uaiw lhabitants of such taxes: And provided, further, tional banks: if tb 3 less assessed that such cities and towns shall on the not come up by \ $1,500,000 as issuing of such bonds create a sinking lost at least fifty < returns, nor fund for the redemption thereof at nr - five millions in tb aa than 400 turity. Nothing herein contained shall just say to you ' prevent the issuing of bonds to an equal showing ' shall be re- amount sufficient to refund bonded bretheren; if we 1 a. 500 square indebtedness existing at the time of ity to keep our m able property the adoption of this Constitution. kind of an exposi ,o a smaller Sec. S. Cities and towns may ex- given? We are i ^habitants. empt from taxation, by general or we have done an( ition of new special ordinance, except for school We glory in it. * 'L- ?* c?aofoVHcVtpd +<-? t.ViA world thj r snail oe uut, purposes, mauuiwbvuco ??? s courthouse within their limits for five successive glorious country years from the time of the establish- earth, and we pre ties hereafter ment of such manufactories: Provid- facts and figures, st apportion- ea, that such ordinance shall be first sion robbery, this uLueis 01 the ratified by a majority of such qualified this tariff rober; ; from which electors of such city or town as shall pletion?if we i voie at an election held for that pur- could have an e assembly snail p0Se. that would have ? ' ?t1! f k f^eS Sec. 9. No aiuiGd police force or one. This may ' ff l fu6 representatives of a detect've agency buncombe; butl ? shall ever be brought into this State paid as pensior l omitted. to tne for suppress;0n 0f domestic vio- bagatelle to wh; ; territory pro- }?nce. nor any 0th01. armed or unarm- tariff and financi a^?>.e if0^11 e^ body ?f meu be brought in for that of interest and ir purpose, except upon the application they have deple 7 ^^Klrr nr* At t.nP. PK&- | tll6 D JtI6tlt 01 at the"ohan<rp. or gcuciai county from cutlve ?kis State (when the general could be proven iV^n hilnw th* assembly is not in session,) as provid- able tariff and w ?Hr?rt? 4. e<* *n Constitution of the United of the banking: c rided That the States. The general assembly shall the South would the existing Pr0vide V^opev penalties for the en- more rapidly th? " the section so forf-emenfc of the provisions of this of the Union, sumed by the sectlon- have the countr ritory is trans- Sec. 10. It shall be the duty of the section could hageneral assembly to create boards of anc* to-day prese eat shall be re- health wherever they may be neces- 1 - wivin? to them power and au- tiie building of i mooltli t.Vtflfc 5 ot two-xnirus -r-.'j o- ? ?=? _ ; of said county thonty to make such reflations as ^ho wiiTdenv ' i hpld for tha+ shall protect the health of the commu- J- no wiu aenv 1 neia xor tna, r nuisances ]North and stay on shall not be y T . ' { return to irri0^ nnrp Sec. 11. In tne exercise of the police I s ,ene. tnan once powerthegeneralassembly shaIfhave South. They > shall constitute the right to prohibit the manufacture ^ves at our ex, chnll he q and sale and retail of alcoholic liquors ,LUCiC "UU!1( and shall be a ^ fte gtate 4The their wealth an< .JpmWv mav general assembly may license persons 5? e.mPe assemoiy may s . \ manufacture and flect that 11 1S n( .ation of two or or corporations to manuiaciure ana -i. v i. if a maioritv se^ and retail alcoholic liquors or produces V, : ir a majority , a* StatA., dersuCh *hicn the Sout S of such COUll- ueverodes ?>i WLAXiX guu s/wuwv - ? ? __ >n held for that rules and restrictions as it deems pro- ?on(luoreurately therefor, P61"; or the general assembly may'pro- improper? this not be held of- tobit the manufacture and sale and re- the tl5ie~to1 fo1 Lr years in the tail or" alcoholic liquors and beverages re?arc'- ,2^le withm the State, and may authorize c?uairy. Thatw ! several town- and empower the State, county and f^;ltlcs' aD(*P? rith names and municipal officers, all or either, under tally* should n iblished by law, the authority and in the name of the 0I?1^n. occasion politic and cor- State, to buy in any market and retail W1^ slJQply say aot prevent the within the State liquors and beverages c?me from wha >m organizing 1X1 such packages and quantities,under wpich the aegr Wf??q^iao^>c?.vrw-SUch rules aad regulations, as it deems ^th the immig dy eftablished; expedient:"Provided, that no license -iNorth, With th< ?'nmnr2?Tn-gr<> Sha-11 ^ granted to seJl alcoholic bev- rat,t and debas< j ^ y I ^w UD there* livincr and may make { and sunrise, or to sell them to be chlsm ^d com; 1 ?* ' drunK on the ^remises: Andorovided, |*sms that go to ^uuiuijL/ai. gw - i -- - r. protection of further, that the general assembly i men^< tflat ttie owers of muni- not delegate to any municipal I Southern fi corporation the power to issue license sa^ t^,a^ < ;ed by the gen- to sell the same frutn toppling red by this Con- . Strc 12. Ali prize fightine is p^ohib- military despot . 4^,-c c*.ito ot. Those Scuthe >s 01 tne several "* ^ wwbnk as now estab- sembly shall provide bv proper laws fi?este lr?tnc?f s boundaries of for the prevention ana punishment of :u^K;nL.^ d shall undergo the same. JhTthe man . made necessary (TO BE COkTISCED.) the man who n ,a ?e,^ c?unty Graveyard Gh.oui?. have stayed in igenela, to oe Topeka, Kas., Dec. 11.?The receut and read Nortl e oouuaaries or revolting grave robberies in this city pers until they i constitutional ^ave aroused the people to the highest that Wall Str< *?? re r 1jD; pitch of indignation, and at S o'clock about finance a e location Oi its knight a mob began forming in the them anything .. uncer tne Greets, the avowed purpose being to too," every tim lwr?yi n burn the Kansas Medical College, in and Grover ( t ft* ? Pr.? which, during the past three days, the your Governor P1 bodies of two well known women have Grover, I woul IOr ine nscai y,ooh frtnrir? "RAt"h KnrHpc awp ?tftl#>tt t.hincr fl.hnnt bit r^j +' ' ? from their graves soon after burial, to say anything aid .axes wnen p0iice learned this afternoon that cause I will ha1! , ti there was a movement on foot to as- to use my pitcl l a-semoiy may setn"bie a mob to sack the institution, get to Washing le various coun- js located at Twelfth and Tay- it does my soul Uirf/li tvi* ^or streets. This evening the faculty ernor say that av /Irrricp of the college called upon the police formers from S iff for protection. The studeats were all tracted more ; fno sent home and a lierge squad of police- more applause smany men ^ere detailed to guard the college the United Stat 1 t of A /*\"f rv> ! 1 ?o41o rv*?ar\ rvP i ? _ i "T . _ k/iAAAVAll-Lg. ?tJL OCfcA-L J_UAX1C4.UO-LUCU ut uium/u Ui V ted ai. 'io nass ^rom Battery B of this city is stationed prophet is not t<v? fMt-c- f r town ^ arsenal to prevent a capture in his own cou y of the arms stored there. Upon the alization, and I Yjjr request of the sheriff the Governor ?who have coi * r has ordered the infantry company at na to do this b * " * Lawrence to be ready to respond to a and myself. Ii np-r^l at an^ morrient. The men are umnies which 1 ^,1 i,TrcfA,tu now are now assembled at the station me by such p to?t*on of mu- Lawrence. While it is believed the Journal, Macor ^^owers of Precautions that have been taken will nah Morning 2s ?|fi|?> 'A prevent any violent demonstration to- they have pour night, the men on the streets are loud from a duck's b< in their threats. All of the A. 0. U. of South Carol: is met tonignt to denounce | uons put me m ?e and demand a full investi- and by an unex discover the ghouls. Yes- that last year e1 . N. Drake of North Topeka, sary Law was p fe died last week, discovered to the United Si e had been robbed. The of 121 to 21 in t] s found at the Kansas Medi- Pardon me for i je. On Monday I. 0. Van I know you wa o had buried his wife but a eat and go and s ; before, found her mutilated thank you for ured remains on the dissect- of you who are it the college. This discov- Carolina will b ted in the arrest of S. A. and happier rec a student, who actsasjani- I do not detain ! institution, ill 5 O CiOCK, s<ty tu me vjruv is identified the ^hird body the South all of ause of tonight's demonstra- of ^material pro; REALLY SAID. ohio's greatest son. I Allen G. Thurmto has Breathed His 5 1031 PAGE ONE.] ' j I.li-St. alliauces with those j Columbus, Ohio. D=c. 12.? Ex Senrests are identical iI ator 'ftjuriuan died at his residence 1 identify ourselves i here at 1;30 this afternoon of the gen- s eavor to bring back I erai debilitv of old age, ending in col- ' will give us a fair j iapse. He "had been dangerously ill ) 1 r farmers can re- i ou*iv since yesterday morning. Since snsation for their 'i his fall about a month ago. he had 1 i existence. ! beeu apparently in his usual health, t the thought which : but to the experienced eye of his phv- ] i. How many mil- sician it was plain that his powers ^ Lh invested in the | were rapidly falling. Until yesterday ere for their own j morning he was able to sit up tne get lanre returns | greater part of the time and at times nts, I would make ! showed keen interest m public affairs, it does not exceed ; On his S2nd birthday, November 13, lereof, when you he was able to dictate a letter to the acapital and brains Thurman club of this city in reply to i. I say that they are resolutions of sympathy with him in to us 3outhern cani- his sufferings resulting from the fall, re taken from us as ; Yesterday morning he was sitting up id that we have not j jn bis library reading when he began much as we have j to complain of feeling ill, and shortly will elaborate that j grew so much worse that Dr. Whittathat if at the close i ker, his physician, was called. He saw ad been toe quainy : that it was tn? ot*ginumg wj. ore the war and the ; au(j so informed the family. sat of the Southern j iu the afternoon Judge Thurman uitous tariff had not iost consciousness and never fully rerob the farmers; covered it again. When Dr. "VVhittaad not been concen- jjer called in the afternoon he found hands of a few na- the patient apparently sinking and ?/? s ,er *?ad gave it as his opinion that he could ;yhich Georgia has n0* survive more than a few hours, or sixty or seventy- Last night, however, he was better, ie last three years?I ^ut vsritli the morning hours he began that if we had bad to sink, and when Dr. Whittaker with our Northern called at 10 this morning he stated to uid had an opportun- jy]en \y. Thurman that death ~ L U TTrhof , 1 . t l ? u,,f tDor nnnrQ uaay m uumc-?mu? . was aquesuuu ui uat ? ~ tion could we h^ Death came peacefully and painlesslot ashamed oi what iyt jt seemed that he passed from 1 what we are doing. sleep into death. At the bedside were We stana up and say Mrs.Gov. McCormick of New York it we are the most an(j ^jjen \y# Thurman and members 01?, ?"e [ace ?J j of his family. His other child, Mary ! ,V6i j u Thurman, is in California. and despite this nen- Outside of the immediate family it 5 landlordship, was not known lhat judge Thurman r, this financial de- was dangerously ill until the aniad a fair chance we nounoement of iiis death came like a xposition m Atlanta shock. There was universal expreseckpsed the Chicago sjon ()f sorrow j;or Judge Thurman appear to some as jjacl i00ke? Up0n f0r years as the the tribute we have foremost citizen of Columbus, and l has been a mere soon ^ f}a,s Wgre at half mast upon l*i ^aV-G +?.aia ^ Clty and State buildings, al tribute in the way AJien Granbury Thurman was born i other ways by which in Lynchbur& Va., Nov. 33,1813. ted our country for jjis father was a travelling preacher, national banks. It ancj t^e education and career of young that with a reason- Thurman were entrusted to his uncle! i2i!i3ujtfv!t,?but?>n Gov.Wm. Allen, his boyhood and h ^ ^ young manhood days being1 spent a . nave raoved Chillicothe, the home of Governor He studied law, with his un, ? Ww^!tw cle, was admitted to the bar. and in JtVWc 1S51 to 1S56 he was a member of the nted the evidence of ^preme court of Ohio. Prior to this ij- 'f he haa been a member of congress. SSfJ L in In 1S6S he el^d to the Unit ' wa e(i States senate and served two full wft see around us? +_ 18S1. While serv lC ' i wl thl'Zd iDo in this capacity he introduced and 1 ^ J ? I ha^l passed the well-known Thurmai >te and. beautify toe p^S,. railway bill. ia i8SS he wai ire eunc .ing them- nom;na[pj by the National Democrat I .wS3 ic convention for Vice President 01 Vad Tn^y uoh i Si -r? ClCTlaDd' ?od ror Pvfi dreamt of i? defeated Wlth him5 fw In 1S44 he married Mary Dun o V*t fh S tST?-h!SJ Kentucky, by whom he had thre >1 hoc nof^ for J?in? children, two daughters and a son U-' ItfwouWbI Hra. Thurman diedin 1S91. is not the occasion or jickctley s tribute. irtar mit the thoue-ht in Columbus. 0. Dec.. 12.?the follow fut ure policy of the ing proclamation on the death otAiie: ould be entrenching on G. 'Thurman was made tonight b; lities, except iuciden- Governor McKinley: . ot intrude themselves "Ohio has lost one of its noblest cit of this character. I zens. Allen G*. Thurman died at to you, fellow citizens, o'clock today at his home in tlje cit it State you may, that of Columbus, at the ripe age of S' 0 problem in the South, He was a statesman whose sturdy it ration problem in the tegrity and exalted abilities were r< 1 <rreat burden, of igno- ; cognized, not only in his own Stat< ?d foreigners who are | but in every part of the United State: -in, i.be_.very j3feie"he was a ] earned and'mcorruut caunism. and all other i ble interpreter of the law. As Unite pulldown the govern-j States senator he faithfully and wit tune win come wnen > exceptional noiior represented t.n trmers will be the sav-1 State in the United States Senate. B vill keep this republic { was a distinguished party leader an over and becoming a | stood in the front rank with tbe ?rei ism. j men who were his coutemporarie: ;rn farmers and Sout - i After being the recipient of man and bankers whose in- honors at the hands of his party an lental?though some of his countrymen, he retired to prival don't seem to realize life with the universal respect and e: ho drives the plow is teem of the citizens of the republi uns this couutry, they and the love of all who had the ho^c tViM!** Kq n Lm n ?r VtrmCPC r\f lrr?/\T*7tn rr TTic il1ncfi?Tnnc OC UUVii UVW \_J i J\. iXV_/ >? 1 i-iji, UiUl? J.XIO J.VUK* VI )ern subsidized newspa- reer is u conspicuous example of tb have come to believe possibilities of American citizenshi ;et knows all there is and is worthy the study of the yout nd nobody can leach of our State. The people of Ohio, r< f, and thev say "Me, gardless of party, will be mourners ? e the New "STork World his bier. Out*of respect to his men Cleveland grunts. If ory, it is hereby ordered that the fla had not alluded to old be displayed at half mast over th d not have said any State capitol until after obsequies. n.. and I am not going r about him here, be- The state Militia. re a better opportunity Columbia, Dec. 11.?Adjutant Ger f ?r^ /a* + eral Watts has issued his annual rt ton. (Applause.) But . . good to hear yovr Gov- port giving all the interesting figure two little bobtail re- as to the reorganized militia force c outh Carolina have at- the State. The recapitulation is foun attention and caused -n showing the numbe than the President of , _ , A 1 < ? ss. It is at least a con- of oncers and enlisted men of th .he thought that "A State volunteer troops and nations without honor except guard "composing the militia of th nt.r-c " T ihic r<?- _ . . r , . thank you-all o~fyou State wflo passed a satisfactory mspe< ne from South Caroli- "<? during the year " _ rvrirw* ir, n The statement shows that m th a regard to those ca!- "State Volunteer Troops''proper ther KtE oTmmiSSTo;aed7oflSsPaandS Sfnor i ^Wra-nli nnrl commissioned officers and privates elfr^tosavSat" maki?S a total of 1'010' 2 arti11^ ad from me like water comPames ^lth s commissioned ofli ick because the neonle cers and 61 noncommissioned officer ina'ha^Tn twoTe ! *nd P^?tes, making a total of 6: the Governor's office. men;43mfentry compames mthW orriY.i- j _ j commissioned officers and 1.S02 non commissioned officers and privates ^"etoeTme making a total of 1,904 men* In ill Q+ec cenatP bv a vote &iate v?iUI^eer troops proper mere ar ^3Smv therf^/19 <=?mmissi<?ned, ???? this personal allusion. an4 2'.81f non-comm^ioned officer nt to get something to and privates a total of 3,133 men. ee ih% fa;r ^ t *.11 There are three naval militia com 'this meeting. Those P^ies, the number of men not bein^ going back to South ^ j ^ i etr with you a better Ia the. -aard Aere a/e * ollection of this dav if companies with 3S commissioned offi von anv Inno-pr Wo cers and 3o 6 non-commissioned officer emor of Geo?5a and and privates, a toU) of 39" men. the North and every- 0 T}e /ct:v.e m?llltia forc.e of - - ^ sifo+<i t h arat/-\v*o ic pnrmiQmPc: xciH a fair ciiance. and we " "V"?r?? f anybody in the race o0< commissioned officers and 3,1/. 'ress. Thanking' you non-commissioned officers and private acy for this opportuni- a total of 3,530 men. face to face, and sav Int addition to these troops there an >av, I will now closed ?n the res,erve list L? companies of m nued applause.) fa^v and ?ne cavalry company. ?? The cavalry is divided into thre< en in Abbeville. regiments and two battalions, mad< Dec. 11.?Last night up of 30 troops. ar, Cunningham and The artillery force consists of th< from Greenwood on two batteries attached to the Fourtl scented blind tigex-s Brigade, and the three companies o rYlTnc /\f 11 onrt 19 4-In A norol :d woman they ask- The infantry force is divided ir^pjj some whiskey. She regiments, the largest havinpjjH o they gave her the panies and the smallest : r. ; c j:\a70.-: I _O: ' .-r: ^ does it pay? ' Grangers Want Free ! Laksdtg, Mich., Dec. ! iome Answers to tliis <>uery Given bv s?> POI*t Oi the executive C0H21 ?s State Grange, -which was Southern California New?pap-r .Man. Lthat body today, CailS for There is a class of very good people ^a by congress prov: ,vho, perhaps because they did not fregand unlimited coina^ itart the K?eley Cure themselves, ?an ? anc* 31y er\ aQ .vorry their brains to find reasoiiS why impost duty on foreign gi oeople should not 20 to the Institute. v.er- _ I? attributes the bus These folks say. for example, "It costs slon lr? P3^ of the wo .00 much?the price is exhorbitant." inonetization of silver in . Now, let us lo >k at this from two special depression m thi points of view: First, from the side the unwise legislation an< the man who takes the cure. and. financial policy. >"C01td, fi'OIU tnat of those who own Half and Half. an : ad uii nister it. _ Charleston". Dec. 11. 1 f "',u,{n lne nrlce to the drunk- w ??nr ard ? Let us deal in facUs. aud to that mlmicipai election show e?d consider a tew of the hundreds the Democratic candidate of cases that have come to the knowl- , charlest0I1 f( edge of the writer hereof. Be it un- fo? years b a majority derstood however, before relating The Democrats elected IS these incidents, that it is not necessary der ^ other n bei| that whiskey should make a gutter sot the A. P. A. This gives of a man in order to ruin him mental- B th it b Mayor i ly ynysically, spiritually and hnan- in? Tote The board of 01 tl" t> i i f j an excellent one and the < John Parkinson was born ofa good cil piedged to the cor family and inherited a large lorjuue industrial development as well as a taste for drink. He neld resour?es prominent positions for thirty years. * During this whole term he drank to T?T?rvvr excess. He lost the fortune and forfeited one position after ther, un- ^TTT? TTT?QFT til at the end of forty-five years, his JL -tLJCi U JVo U physical system was utterly wrecked, his mental faculties paralyzed, and he OF was practically without God or religion. A more miserable man never COLUMBIA, walked the streets, and yet people in the great hotel in which he lived did TT __,TT._ rn not know that he drank at all. He f, , took the Keeley Cure, and in twenty- OOLTJHBIA? 1 eight days walked out of the Institute rERao*with a sound mind and a sound body, Madam:?We take pleast and has for more than a year been testimony to the efficacy of; able to do twelve hours' work a day Remedy and Blood Puril without feeling it. The treatment us^ed it with excellent resul costs $130. The thirty years of drunk- a severe and long continue* enness cost, at the least calculation, matism, where tbe patien $100,000. 'Was the treatment worth very much swouen> ^ tt toe money? Who can calculate, be- sandlui! caused great pifc 'i'1" ,he lue of an immortal soul ? , f.?rfe b is it worth onlv $129.9.9 ? If so, Dr. , """"" "7VT * Keeley's price was exhorbitant. y e Patleat 18 abIe f0 The other day the question was b(,use 48 usual, the swelling asked of one of the staunchest young her limbs has subsided, 2 business men in Southern California: much better in every way. "Did it pay you to take the Keeley We consider your Reme Treatment ?" He said: "It's the cheap- rredicinal agent, and recoc est thing- that ever came into the a;j per?ons suffering fr< world It's the best investment I ever ?r any Blood disease." made. < Look at this." He drew out We are_ dear maiJami sl his bank book witn the return cnecKs _ TT ? and exhibited eight checks drawn to Cbsplkxs of the order of saloon keepers, and dated T within five days of the time he entered i/t llgll l?l uLI J the Keeley Institute. Tbey aggregated $125. The XeeJey Treatment cost him $132, and the $125 represented by the checks was a showing of only one , of the many sprees. Did it pay him ? Does the fact that he is an active, LETTEL. JtfROM JT manly business man, trusted by every , one who knows him, count for n^h- WIN OF MADTf 'n of ? Tq thft fpct that he is to-d..7 a L sincere and worthy member of the L church, that he bears candid and out- Dr W- Pitta, Thomson, C ; spoken testimony to what God, through the Keelev Cure, has done for him, of Dear Sir:?After havinj 1 nomTalue I -r-r , , , for various remedies for tl . The other aay a Keeley graduate . found on the corner of the street a *trie<* y?ar Carminative f poor fellow in a seventh hell of de- factory and delightful res: e spair. He said: I worked all sum- ant to take assuages pain mer m the harvest field. I never lost a day; and I came in town a short time wItkout stupor. No parer ago with ?174 in my pocket. I intend- out it during tha teething +~ ? aTlfl auietlv rtn?a ^ for itisindf cu cvy gvfc uw ? A V _ r- while taking a rest. I had not drank ^ -oa for months. I took a drink, and now cme i0r at>ies- ^] y every dollar is gone and I am home- w less and penniless. I must go to work JUDtxE a. v i- again, if by any chance I can get any _ . 1 work to do." Would it have paid y that man to take the Keeley Cure? Tnp vnTPPAV T J. Did that $174 do anybody any good ? THE MURRAY-1 l- To these incidents might be added r^ imWn i- hundreds, vouched for by unquestion- t? 1 ?, abJp testimony.?T1- rTCT-<L..y>Q 1 , iijii THE POLITICAL FUTURE<2 _ _ A.nd in fact ail kinds o h tm. Continuous Series of Events forXearly a SET Year Ahead. by osing 1 d j Coloibia. Dec. 12. ?Some interestit | ing times are ahead in this Slate and McSHEBEY s. j city for the next eight or ten months 4.1'TOM 1 T y : or more. Although there has been a ~ TR a d continuous round of political matters :e since the Darlington war, there seems s- to be no prospect of things becoming rhe f?rce necessary to ; ic f perfectly normal right away. AH are gve acre3 0f piHnt3 iG a x familiar with the campaign which prei ceeded the calling of the Constitution- lii ViiU Y PL e al convention, and all are much more . rn-p r p familiar with the events of the threeh months' session of the convention . .. ,. q .. . . ^ w 4,,,. u^v, o at the lfc Is set ou ^ yv um juoo uctu uiuurm ij a. uiuov. ,, it The ne:;t thing on the programme ^ drawi1 around th< i- now is the annual session of the gen- ground will not bake g eral assembly, which begins immedi- rH-n Set oat your plai e ately after the holidays, and is almost ready. certain to continue for two months or ^et a machine and longer. It will be the most interest- neighbors. Tou can ear ing session of recent years. It will season to pay for the macb i- have to practically remake the laws Send f-r circulars, prices of the State so as to make them con' " . . f .-i m? _ c/^i frnn 'i O ?f * T> lorm to the new organic law. ine wuiu.m iju :s general laws which it is compelled to 249 Meeting St., Oha. >f enact will require the most careful Mention this] d preparation, and a prolonged session qq YOU NEFD A is an absolute necessity. The city of Columbia has some inter- ^ so buy the ilOORfC ( e ests that will have to be looked after he best sionr for grinding il before the legislature when it gets ? e down to work, and the legislative committee of the city council, appointed better meal. Costs loss by Mayor Sloan, expect to meet with- milI In tll3 world> 0 in the next week or two and get these _T . w matters in shape for presentation. Next is our Engiaber* q One matter will look to the extension only mill in the world th of the city limits, it is said. This has eratloa, take rough rice, . been talked of for some time, and it i ? meets with general favor. ponsn zi reaay ior marine; By the time the general assembly Plantation and other sa s has completed its work, the Columbia a]so LiddelI en^nes> B rj municipal campaign will be on. the 2 election taking place ia the early working machinery at . spring. No nrobable candidate for pricec. J mayor against Mayor Sloan has yet tt r>_ g been spoken of. There are a good V KJ. -Dm1 p many aldermanic bees humming in rwvppir n s certain bonnets, however, and an in- r<AT TT\TP^ 1 a? mi staked 1 9^?: K you will mail as 25c | Ji gj in mouev <?r 1c postage ? <5$ taraps. we will send you est- | SgaBB&ffl 2 paid one set pitted silver souoos, | a|| Tj c3 guaranteed to be ' eav- plate on | ? ihe com- g white metal and not to tarnish. 1 ns from the jS Sold for $i per set. A'so our lat- || j?$ that Smyth, jp est catalogue of furniture, coot- Jig "roc ^ irig stoves baby carri ges mat- 1 1 jr the next carpets, .-haaes sowing n -f 9-q * ? machines: ciockery, tinware, re- M V ?? or votes- g t'iterators, etc, and to every 83 H , out or <?i at- |j person who complies with the p ?b ag chosen by g above adver lsemrut we wil give |H |j| 5 the Demo- 1 a rebate ot 0 e dollar od the first || gp Smyth's cast- a order ent ?o us amountlngtoflS gfl ?1 aldermen is 1 opeiore, provided that the oroer | jBflHHR ? is within 15 days rromthe isiS ' o ^oun- & time order f? r spoons is received. fsffl nmerciai ana g Mocey refunded if anything is Ox the city s g misrepresented. Address iSaH js? TT XTTTft I 816 Broad Street, jj|^mg&| ^ AUGUSTA' GE0EGIA* ISr. Y>e iiavc eg sa ts, especially in g J 1 cases of Rbeu- "^M| t's limbs were m^Fm ~fi"" "a aTHBIS iat walking or - | |?g ? |?| , JsM u ^ ?'L^jl^SwifA. nrriimrTTwi ? 3 of your Eeme- M go around the g and weight in w F0R THi md she is ver all -r ~? T7"TT^X^ H dy, a valuable amend it iiisth ly )m Siieumatism JhmH| ;ncerrly jours, A || Columbia, S. C _ fmHnB Results, Kidneys T?0"R DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION A2^ DG-E BALDSON GA ATii i LIVER AND KIDNEY TROUBLES. 4m Sold wHolesale by I sought in vam ft 'T-1 "U -s TV4"nr>*?s5Tr"Pi??nrr Go. inc 0 ^ with most satis* wj tilts. It is pleas- COLUMBIA, S. C. and prodnc?? rest ^8 it should be with- ^ ^ " ?*. IWonthlV^ loHdJLMS 2 )RUGr CO., P S2 Monthly^ ||| 0 Sq^uixTTy'how much pleasure and bene-> Jffl S. C. 9 1 rl 1 lN IV 5t a fine Piano or Parlor OrganTT ^g? #wiU be to yonr wife and children, ana how long ? flHj j $ !? ] ^ They wont be vathyoufo^?^^^^ 1 plants can be T - ever, make them happy while ^ UT iTHlNK^ how very easily yon can now x ! i? ? 111.11IV bnv a gnoerb instrument on oary ? . j ^installment plans, and pay fori: almost withoot^ 4119 x missing the money. J | -* ACT QUICK 4- | 10 j r Write for MidsummerSale Bargain Sheetfj >T, A V HP ??T? p3 O O Superb instruments on easiest# ' A ?terms ever offered; YOUR own priced Xfor CASH. Write for particulars. X 0 children are a1] 0But BE QUICK. Bargains rolling out0 jet from three to #daily* Straia a P?int and buy $ LOODEN ? BATES, I , *el>T IS L savannah' Ca- ^ A t, and some dry TT7"tv^nT l! 3 plants so thai VV ANTED? J . No waiting fo. What do we want? We want every ho- ? its when they are tel, Restaurant. Co lega and private house jB in the South to seod us their worn Silver- fig ?!onf fn-r uflnr ofara tn rpnlAtft in trinln siiVAr. Old t* f*non?h *n onp spoons. &C?, C3.U 130 Hli.(i0 ^GTl&L to "*w- We plate anythiag ia gold, silver, ^9 irne. Easy terms. njCfcei or copper. We plate pistols, fl aDd testimonials. watches, chains, rings, badges and swords. Scabbards and other military accoutre* PLEilE^T CO., ments cleaned and plated equal to new. risston, 8. 0. Buggy Rails and Trimmings, Harness J papar. Trimmings, vc., plated in nickel or silver. All kinds tarnished brass such as fenders, 1 COKN MILL? shovel and tongs, lamps, chandeliers, &c., .1 , refinished equal to new. Rusted stove --OUNTi. txRI'I, rails, trmmin?s, &C-, re-nicke!ed. Snrgica^^^^^ ' co-n Reauires instruments of ail kinds po!istiejgrta plated. trouble. Makes WE WANT all bicvcle <^nl .. ' ! OS their old whpftl fn ri?dgH moaej than any J fiBiS?i in nickeiacd I new. We have lateral o- >? ,, Plating Plant, witffijs . Kice olili, the buffing and engineSI it will, in ace op- work to be first . ? , Correspondence hull, clean and CAROLINA ESggl ; or table. ? __ ~ W. M. GarTCx, jS| * mills. Talboit, ? oilers and woodbottom factory H