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the baleful effect of this corrupt agreement. ; ccrs, contractors, agents, servants or work
By the terms of the contract, the loot of the
old Court House still standing, wa' to be re-
(iiuoty, their offi- | Slice «jnt Judgement lit ecus, Felix trembled.
they awarded the contract, to make good
their bonds. Both Cox and Cannon &
Brown, offered to add as many responsible
names to their- bonds, as might be required.
The Bond required by the Commissioner*
placed, but Jack Smith, with tie aid of
bright, overruled Thomas, and i was de
may not be, a redress of the grievances com- i —double the amount of the bid—was un-
plained of, by appeal. Thancxt observation usually and unnecessarily large, and well
difcr very ■laterially, from the specifications j is, lhat the whole complaint is palpably in-I calculated to lessen in a manner iniurions i tb » ..
red by John O. Oat Bn, at the instance | tended, m constitute one charge !f LLi | to the interest, oTL Zty, the nZ^of | ^m.TeZ theiial ZT«LuZ7Z
of the Boaruand icferred to in thc.r adver- j corruption, on the part of the County Com- | contractors able tocomplv. Had they required and do’lar*.
and answered: Go thy way for thin time; when
men, of the said site, works and materials, j 11 "‘ ro 1 co “’ runl * ,,t 1 * m c ' 1 ' for • b, '« ”
, , 'He nerer called; but according to the best infor-
or any part of them respectively, except as 6
. , r 1 ^ ’ * | mation, c clix tlua ta ha amt.
hereinbefore excepted;
manner obstructing
and from, in any i
or preventing!
tenuiued that the old front ehoull stand, i ting liia Board of County Commissioners
for the County of Darlington, their officers, '
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.ixement for bidtlers. On the 26th of April, j miMioner. and their (^defendant. Samuel I a bond ^"*0^0^00 1.^?^^^
,hl« .xeentton of the required bond was com- j Marco and Manual Marco. Hence, by the cumstancesof the case called for, their ex-
pleted, and the approval of the Board cn- j admission on the face of the demurrer itself,
aorsed thereon—thus perfecting a contract, j the Plaintiffs are properly in Court.—
Again, the fah subdivision of paragraph 7th,
expressly refers to and becomes part of the
4th paragraph, and is a specific charge of
fraud.'To this, thereisan answer:and asa dc-
evidently incomplete until then. On this
bond, in the place of Martin llarrall and
Wesley llarall, pvot)v«tcd iu tho bid, the
names of J. O. Miller. H. J. Lee, G. M.
McOown and O. D. Bee were given and ac
cepted by the Commissioners. This substi-
tutiou of sureties, it appeared from tho evi
dence, rather strengthened than weakened
the bond.
Ou the day the bond was approved, to wit:
the 26th of April, an agreement in writing,
drawn by Jno. G. Gatlin, was executed by
Samuel Marco, Manuel Marco and Jackson
A. Smith, of wltieh tint following is a copy -
O wick of County Commissioners. )
Darlington, C. II., S. C. V
April 2Cth 1870. )
This agreement made, agreed on and entered
into, between S. Marco, >1. Marco and J. A
Smith witnesseth : The said parties do here
by’ agree to and among themselves to be
equal partners iu everything whatever, in
building the Court Home, iu labors, advan
c- •* and liabilities, profits and losses, and
each one doth pledge to the other to so con
duct tltc work, as will mutually teud to
each other’s greatest good and benefit.
Given under our bauds this 26th day of
April. 1870. Samcki. Marco,
M. Marco.
J. A. Smitii.
Tost : M. Welsh.
At the trial this paper was given in evi
dence by the PlaintiiTK and there was abun
dant proof to show, that every effort had been
made by the parties whose names are signed
to it, u> conceal its existence
Under his contract thus obtained. Samuel
Marco commenced work, without delay, and
built up the walls of the building to very
ue.it the top of the first story, when, on thi
day of . 1870, the further prose
cution of the work was stopped by a prelimi
nary order of Injunction, which I granted
ou hearing the complaint of the Plaintiffs
and the accompanying affidavits. At -the
June Term of the Court of Common Pleat
for Darlington county, the defendants, with
the exception of M. Marco, having filed thoir
answer, and the speedy determination of the
matter being rightly regarded as of great
public importance, by the consent of the bar,
the cause was given precedence to all others
on the docket, and was heard on its merits.
In their complaint, the Plaintiffs in be
half of themselves, and all others, tax payers
of the county of Darlington, charge that there
was fraud collusion, and corruption, as well
on the part of Samuel Marco and Manuel
Marco, as on the part of tho County Coimnis
siouers, in tho giving and obtaining ofthis
contrail ;and ask that it be set aside and de
clared nui! and void, and that the Injunc
tion restraining the defendants from proceed
ing with the building of the fourt House
under the emtract aforesaid, and from pay
ing out or receiving any money on the same.
• be made perpetual; xnd for further relief.
County Couimissio^- rs demur to st
much of thv complaint as ss*. --ts “the right
und jurisdictiu 0 f this Court to ’•upervise,
cuso . that the successful bid was the only
one accompanied by sureties sufficiently re
sponsible, would have had no foundation in
and do’lars.
According to the principles, very citarly
and explicitly decided in the oaso of W»od.
vs the United States Iftth Peters, K. U2.
I allowed great latitude in the investigatmi
of the fraud charged in the complaint. Tie
inasmuch as care has not been taken, not to
include in the answer matter to which the
demurrer, though not in form, yet in sub-
| stance properly applies, it seems to me that
the demurrer is overruled by the answer—
Story’s Equity, PI. See. 433, 443. Further,
it seems to me, that the demurrer performs
no useful office ; for, strike outof the com
plaint, the paragraphs demurred to, and
there remains in it enough to sistain the
jurisdiction of the Court and autlorize its
interposition. The law would have been
brought to the attention of the Court, or
have been judicially taken notice of, and all
the facts’were abundantly proven nvarand
over again, by tbs Commissioners thcmseltcg
and by Samuel and Manuel Marco.
A word on the construction of the Const-
tulionnl proviso. It is nut self-executing.
Legislation must come to its aid. It saves,
in all cases, the right of appeal to the State
Courts. Tho demurrer seeks to fasten i
technical siguifieation^to the word '‘appeal.”
The word “case” in the body of the 10th
8cc. Art. 4th of the Constitution, is clearly
used in a popular sense ; the very same word
ijn a plural form) is used in the proviso, per
haps iu a technical sense, But is the word
“appeal” so used!’ Of this I am not satisfied.
Why may it not mean “resort” or “recourse
by action?” Is the appeal given to the Su
preme, the Common Pleas, the Sessions, the
Probate Courts or the Court of Justices of
the Peace ? Tho Constitution is silent.—
Cases” imply parties acting or defending.
Who, iu such a “ease” as the one under
consideration, would be the one, or the oth
er? The inclination of my mind is much
strengthened, by legislative construction.—
Title 11. chap. 3, Sec. 369 of the Code says:
“When a Judgment is rendered by a Trial
Justice's Court, by the County Com
missioners, or any other inferior Court or
Jurisdiction, the appeal shall be to the Cir
cuit Court of the County, wherein the judg
ment was rendered.” The cases enumerated
do not embrace one of this class—it is un-
snumerated. What is a judgement? “It
is the final determination of tho right* of the
parties in the action” Code, See. 268. W T hat
is an action ? “It is nn ordinary proceeding
in a Court of Justice, by which a party pros-
-eentes another party, for the enforcement or
protection of a right, the redress or pre
vention of a wrong, or the punishment of
i public offence,”—Code, Section 2.—
There is but one form of civil actions. Code*
tec.. 92.93. How is a civil action commen
ced ? ‘’By ser vice of a summons,” us in this
case. I cannot escape the conviction, that
the Plaintiff s have adopted tho only
legal mode of bringing themselves and the
fact. The testimony of the Commissioners j Record book of the Comniasioners, obtainei
as to the manner in which they tested the i by a subpoena dvres tecum, was introduced
j responsibility of the sureties named in the in evidence, and very freeq used on the
trial. It was unintelligibly Sept. Dates
murrer most stand or fall altogether, and j various bids, did not impress my mind favor
ably. They professed to have founded their
judgment upon the assessment recorded in
the County Tax Books, when as members of
the County Board of Equalization, they must
have known that so long a period had elapsed
since the assessment of the real property o<
contractors.
The “Glimpses'’ comnu-nfe to be iuteresng.
agents, servants or workmen, , Chapter 2 contains the Decree of this Honor
from erecting, constructing, building and I Jmlge UcrLAsn on thv ‘Court Hoa«e Oase,” in j
finishing said Court House 'on any future | fhtl. We necl Iianlly say rea>l it, for every
agreement therefor, by the said contract ! man, woman ami child in ths County who can,
will do so, except, probably John G.,the Serihe
and a few others.
agreed to he erected, constructed, built and
finished; and from in any manner inter
fering with or preventing tltc board of
County Commissioners of Darlington Cbunty,
their officers, contractor*, agintu, servants or
workmen, in the use and employment of the
said materials, in erecting, constructing.
and entries, supplied as occasion demanded, ! buildingand finishing the said Court House
assessment on the tax books, an unreliable
informant as to the property of the citizens
of the County. As men possessed of the
most ordinary information, they must have
known that the Tax books are more likely to
mis-lead than to inform as to the real pecunia
ry responsibilities of individuals. In “scanning
the bids” as they expressed it, they were
astute enough to have discovered the em
barrassed condition of some of the sureties
on other bids than Marco's; yet they pro
fessed ignorance of the fact, of a priot recor
ded deed of M. Marco to W. K. Ryan, of his
most, valuable landed possessions and of an
outstanding judgment against said M. Marco,
frequently with different ink frrunthe origi
nal dates and entries, appeared ©t. almost
every page. This book shows, that large
amounts were, paid out by check, in satufae.
lion of uniiemizcd accounts ; that coaeiuYr-
the County had been made, as to render the I able sums of money were drawn by the Com.
missioners, for most extraordinary services,
alleged to have been rendered to the Coun
ty ; that for services as members of the Board,
from July 6th 1868 to July 1st 1809, Jon
athan Wright received for 187 days and
4088 miles traveled, seven hundred and
sixty-five dollars ; J. A. Smith re*eived for
162 days and 1,052 miles traveled, tve hun
dred and thirty-eight dollars and sixtv cents;
F. A. Thomas received for 197 d*js and
2,891 miles traveled, seven hundred and
thirty-five dollars and fifty-five cents. S*me
of the recorded meetings were on Sundus,
and ou the same da3’S they have chargel
tor meetings at the Court House, and also
for more than twelve thousand dollars. Of j for extra days services and mileage; i/^n-
or any of said materials, except as herein be
fore excepted.
3, That the said Jonathan Wright, F. A.
Thomas and J. A. Smith. Board of County
Commissioners ofDarlington, County be and
they are hereby perpetually restrained and
enjoined from payiug, or delivering to the said
Samuel Mareo or upon his order, any money
Wih or check on the County Treasurer of
Bsrlmgton County, or otheiwise, by the said
contact"agreed to be paid or delivered to
him:
4. That the Costs of this action, and tha
disbursera«nts 0 f I’laintifs be borne
and paid by the said Samuel Marco, Manuel
Marco, Jonathan Wright, Francis A.
Thomas and John a £ m j t h alias Jack
Smith, edias Jacks'-n A. ISiui.h, jointly and
severally, and as individuals, and i»it as offi
cials.
J. M. RUTLAND
these facts they had constructive notice, md
ought to have gone further. The extraor-
cinary solicitude professed by the Commis-
sbners as to the responsibility of the sure-
ticx on the bids, has a very suspicious look,
whin regarded in the light of the overwhelm-
tracts were freely, and without advertise*
ment for bidders, given to members of the
Board and their personal friends, for the ill
execution of which, they were paid extrava
gant prices; individual and families were indts-
crniinately ordered to bo fed, and, in some
Pcinsvcrnt.
WEDXESOAJtULY, ’27.
iogetidence presented on the trial that on pre-j instances, clothed, by Smith, a member of
vions oreasion.s when called upon to approve ! the board, at tho expense of the County ; and
SICKNESS, PAIN AND DEATH
Legitimately result *s penalties for violations of
natural la*<s from Which none escape.
The faded chock, the pale and wan features,
the dull eye, tho clo ided intellect, the deep hea
ving sigh, the feeble and emaciated frame, tho
dejected brow, the tottering gate, all indicate
previous transgression of law. Knowing that
‘•proci igtinntion is the thrtf of time/’ all intelli
gent beings apply for some remedy as aooo as
circumstances permit; while those who do not
act upon the principle tl at “delays are danger
ous/’ generally Huger, lose more time and pay
more money.
Thousands of mothers and daughters. In all
stations and conditions of life, ere suffering, lin
gering and dying from tb<* effects of some dread
ed and dreadful
Hon. YL B. Carpenter's Speech.
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Vie publish this open, inanD Mid able eflort of ! That claims its victims throughout the length
Judge Carpenter, made in Chirleston at a mass
meeting, on Wednesday last. We have no space
for comment—Tt is enough, hehas dared :
“ to beard the LUn iu his den.
The Dougins in his hall”
Suppose
Yourself a witness in Court-
Question 1.—Du you know tbf general charac-
t*r, that is what people gencratl say, of John G.
Gatlin ?
Qjestion 2.—Is that character so made
goot or bad ?
Q-kstion 3,—From that general character,
woUdyou bclitve him under oath?
Aiswer the ^nealious, honest reader, and ifis-
m: ss t h c dirty tvhject.
up.
The excesses of our youth ire but drafts
on our old a^e payable with compound inter
est »fter date. Why then dday in prevent-
in"the ravawesr.fsueh ex cosset by using the
cclep-ated Southern Tonic, the ‘ Old Carolina
Bitbrs”?
bonds, trey had exhibited the most culpable
unconcern as to the solvency of sureties.—
It was in ptoof that the majority, if not all
of the Bonds of County officers, approved by
these commissioners are notoriously worthless.
Tho evidence furnishes very strong, if
not conclusive proof of collusion. The Mar
cos bids, so numerous, and in many respects,
so singular, exciting no suspicion; the clerk
of the Board, supplying, apparently at the
last moment, the form of the successful bid,
so singularly worded; the withholding of
the opportunity from other and lower bid
ders to do the werk on Marco's terms ; the
fact that John G. Gatlin, had previously
prepared the successful bids for the jail and
court-house, both of which, to say the least
of them, were tainted with fraud ; the change
of the date of the successful bid, from the
18th of April, when it is said, they first ex
amined the bids, to the 16th, the day on
which the bidding closed ; granting time to
Mareo to comply, and refusing the privilege
to others; Samuel Marco’s confidence, fre
quently expressed, before the award, that
he would receive the contract; the partner
ship between Samuel .Marco and J. A.
Smith, one of the ccutmissioncrs aud Manuel
Marco, the broiler, b. »t pretended opponent
to the hid Aug, of Samuel Marco ; the visit of
the brothers Marco to the place where the
defendants into court, lam iucihied to be- g, cre t giuiigs of the board W’i-e being held,
lieve that the object of the proviso, wa* to
cxfrin/e'hnj not to restrict the su^rvjjion of
ooue.,,1, or iuterfort..: fH action as Obn/ ' ,hfl StaU > Cour ‘ 8 orcr the pWy Com-
imoHiouera of the county of Dailngton ,fid i missioners, auu u» -.l) r their proceed
tlse exercise of their discretion as such, ex
eept by the wayofappeil JS^rovided for by
Sec. 19, Art. 4 of tho edry ■ tutl , )n -
Ti e domurror, |,h Mh and
ami 6th pnrrtgra plaint.' The
ipbmplaiot;
v T '*"* ’• / t • To define tht
■ ' ; ,iy\'oailiiis«ioner*,” ap
proved 1868, },e proviso to the
34th Section thereof as apparent
ly unlimited power of taxa *■' n; u > 4th Sec.
of an “Act to amend an Act. , ? njtled an Act
toaefitte the jurisdiction.and dvies ofCoun-
ty Commissioners” app’.oved .larch 27th
1869, and nu Act to ar.thirize the Countv
Commissioners of Darlingtonq^j,,^ ^ j CV j.
a special tax lor the ccnstru.tj, >n () p a Court
House” approved February jq 70 T]l0
conclusion of law as stm 4 *t/ a that the Leg
islature intended to restrict tn. Commission
or* to a sper.iid tax of two mills n tli. dollar,
and no more, for the purpose *‘building the
Court House D.>rll.. K Lort. jv. /Lev :s
........ j it,.,, the special Tax would rtf'* "eftt
estimated cost of the structure—thirteen
thousand dollars. The 5th paragraph mere,
ly states the publication of the notice in a
'county paper, on the 27th March 1870, and
copies notice. The 6th paragraph states the
fifteen bids; that the 13th of the series was
tnc successful bid ; copies that and the official
endorsement t herenn. The sfatcincut of facts
are by the demurrer admitted to be true.
The demuerer states two causes—first chal
lenging the jurisdiction of the Court as a
Court of Equity, in any matter affecting an
exercise of their powers and duties, as offi
cers of the Corporation of the County of
Darlington, except by way of appeal. Sec
ond, that except in eases of fraud, the Court
caunot intervene, otherwise than by appeal,
to annul or set aside any contract, devigP},,
or order of the County Commissioners, in
the exercise of those powers vested iu tjjeru i
mgs to review eitbe^ by appeal in the
enumerated >3* . Jes ,r in all others, by the re-
Vsort to an action according to the character
j j of the partici^r Subject matter. Ou the
Ute demurrer must bo overruled,
ami it is so ordered adjudged and decreed.
The d< feuda nts do nut deny the right of
tho court, i u this form of B « k #*»de
any contract er tered Mto by them, for fraud,
corruption or collusion, and auswering deny,
twice dating their session on the
m»rntng of April 19th, the.dny on
which the award was made; tkeyertain
knowledge of Samuel Marco, that thtM^hav.
acter of his bii, would increase the cln ’ '*■«
of his success, toupled with the avowai^?
him, of the intention of the Comn.:**: ,er: ! tho ^demanded, was not produced
. a -a , ..ft Wa n ; /. 1 ixriiilsJ .-visa...-. a 1. _ ... .. c.» ,
large sums of money were paid him and
others, professedly upon such accounts: and
John G. Gatlin who was known, as testified
to by the Commissiouers, to have been guil
ty, of at least one “rascally act,” was retained
in their service as clerk, at a compensation
of three dollars per day, the year through.
I was specially struck with the testimony
of Mr. Muldrow, one of the two surveyors
employed by tho board, to lay out the Coun
ty of Darlington into Townships. These
Townships were ticenty-one in ntimbtr, more
thau necessary in his opinion. Each sur
veyor charged for sixty days wort—each
had eight hands at 81.50 per day an 1 rations
furnished by one of the commissioners and {
perhaps by two of them—also each had a j
horse, wagon and driver at three djllars per |
day The expense was enormous tod reck- !
less—and strange to say, the greattr part ot J
the money for such services, luuud its way
into the pockets of some of the Commission
ers Some of the money expended cannot be
and was not accounted for—though au effort
to that end was made. Maps of the survey
costing ninety-five dollars, were made out,
but could not, or would not be produced on
the trial, though a call was made for them.
They should have b.-et, with Gatlin the
Clerk, and the Commissinne.-s neglected their
duty in not enforcing his. Tuc influence of
the Clerk with the Board was strikingly ap.
parent. His sale of that influence in procu
ring a previous contract for building the
County jail, was long ago known to the !
Board. vet 6” •-•p* •*■'[:**••*•(! It is in oroof th"
’>d tht sue'cssful bid for tbe jail
after it had been handed in, but that bid,
AGENTS EAR THE DEMOCRAT.
I.. R. KAGSDALl
JAMES AI.LKN,
TimmonSTtlle. S. C.
Florence. S. C
Miticniaii's Crystalized Worm Candy is
only tirenty-five cents a box!
The Blessing of the Ifte.
Nonore f?ick Headache, no nore Dyspep
sia, nenore Indigestion, no mire Piles, n"
more Chlls. no more Liver Complaint, no
more Jtnndicn, no more Pain in the Back,
no mor? Kidney Disease, no nore Costive-
ucss, iu uore Heartburn. Tift'* Vegetable
Liver is a certain gtarantte against all
these diitiessing eotrpiaiits.
hart a Parker
Agent.
SFECI^VIa ISTOTICESv
FOR {OfFRXOR.
Hon. R. B. CARPENTER,
CF
CHARLESTON.
FOR LI FPTENANI-GOTEBXOR.
Gon. M. C. B7TLER,
OF
EDORFIKL)
“lulon Reform”—Out Poiition.
tfdr WM H. IlKUNAKD, Fioprietor of the
Sltir Advtrlitiug Agency, Wilmogton, N. C.. is
authorize! torcceive advertiaejunt* lor tliig pa
per at o»u lores! ensh rutc*.
t&ST SIEC1AL NOTICE.—Cojuirtrcn in want,
of Doors, aiutbri* &n«l Blind*, no reffer to the ad
vert! semett of R P. Toulo. thcU’ge manufactur
er of tho.-ogoods in Charleston. Price list fur
nished on implication. x
This V/uable family Mecicttie has been,
widely auu favorably knows in our own and
fbrei^r, cov^'ics upward* uf Thirty 2Ycm».
It bag los none of its good tamo by repeat
ed trials, bit continues to occupy a protui-
A.u publtc journalist, we <,ppo*<i the forma- ^ n< ’" t r'’ siti,n in eve V fim'ifv ’.itilicitiO chest,
lion of the--Union Reioi-n party:’ Weenies-! It is an Erternal and Intorjul Remedy
vorct to state our reasons for au toing. plainly ! Fir SutnniCi C'lU'pbjStor any other from
’ “ ei'dt*, it is au
inds of Cf
vnoily, or the
to pay
him five thousand dollars, just about
the time these probings were commenced
co iusion among the defend
eou'd, I would escap the conclusion of conni
vance on the fart of tie Board, with the bad
conduct of their clerk throughout, but I can-
no 1 ,—too many facts and circumstances, all
that j loin'i’jg that way, coupe! conviction.
But, outside of ail such evidence g» ; n
the fact that it was .he only bid, “uiong the
many put iu by Samuel Marco, uet signed
j by himself; the pretended duplication of it,
...•a of itio acceptance of the C'.’nT* 5 ’ -v.- -CiS
•■adorsed thereon; tho cuiKing fact, that
li’.HKK! ?larfc ItaJ iu one of his bids pro
posed to do the work for thirteen thousand
dollars; the number of bids put in by Sam-
•vsl Marco, and the singular character of some
of them : these aud other facts of like charac
ter. established on the trial, furnish to my
mind, conclusive evidence ol at least, con
structive fraud.
The Commissioners were not hound to
close the matter on the 16th of April, nor.
in fact, did they do so, nor had they been
accustomed so to do. They were not bound
to judge of the pecuniary ability of bidders,
from the sureties named in bids and that alone.
Their business and bounden duty, if any rea
son appeared to induce them to suppose that
lower bid* could be made responsible, was
to take time and tost the matter. Ou the
trial, they said that they had been troubled
before, by allowing time. What was a little
by law, either in letting contracts foRfte re-; on their part as servants of the pub-
pairs, or the re-building of Public Buildings | l,c ’ <;°".pared w “ h five thousand dollars
the incurs of i save< * ^ t “ e County " If honest in their de-
/ to discharge their high and responsible
, . , , . H ui 'CS, in the manner, best calculated to pro-
My first observation as to the demur** interests of t , lollc f , r w , lom th
that a u. What ha. been emphatically called | d tV WCJ u h , ve the offorB of
“n spoaktng demurrer ” : that U, a demurrer [ rcxdPOlavuf Cannot. & Hen-
• her* a new fact is introduced to support it. | ►TbPcwu, andSThUMW WtoM bids were
“ihc which
—all point to
ants V defraud the public.
jf was, 1 thiol, sufficiently proved
Smith, one ofthe Commissioners, was a
partner of 8. Mtrco, before the contract w..,- ishow previous corrupt an) fraudulent cots
iudignautly. all at. 1 --very the charges of | awarded ; and I am inclined to believe that hn the part of the <-’“606. „
fraud, corruption and collusion. j Uw associates ofthe Board of Commisioners. labundant testimony to
Irregular»tics, »uch secrecy of meeting* i wcre aware ot^t. Hoth Samuel and Manuelj comp ant of the
for the consideration ofbids; iusufficicntad ; Marco, on the evening of the 19th April j * '’d *>eyar<'
vertisement ; the changes made in the spec:- ; ( l,,y 0 u which the award was made, spoW 1 ,< ' r an ‘ * '////^ (Jrd*re
ncatious of which Kar. ii.-’ ^larco had tl potice; j 0 f J. A. Smith as their partner in the bud- J .
the peculiar woroing of the -icceo. u! bid ; i D tss. Tho bid signed M. Marco & Go., vas 1 ■
its preporation bv the clerk of tho Board ; 1 proven by Manuel Marco himself n J'** 0 ^ r , ... ^ . . , 0 _„
* r •' - , ..xe t \r t J A. Apn! Anno Domtrt 1870, executed
been the bid ot Manuel Marco and . , ! J' rut '
, .„ -j-r'd to vonathan M tight, F. A. lliomas: od J. ;
Snuti, n t e ev> ^ prc'-,*ition to sell : A Smith, parties of the first part tlcBoard 1
A!-».iuol M’>reo snakin'' J ,'-V . . I „. n ■ , , ’
■ * • 1 .• one of the partuers is in of ..ounty Comnitssletiers for the fountv of
the contract, said :•» 'I , . : . - - - 1
, / < r 1 apeak tor him. Smith
Charleston, but X can. t ■
. ,v t moniiog. The same
went to Charleston tha p
day or the day after
Marco, in answer to
Clayton Cannon and
A - X -X a
and •xplicitty. Xu this rcsp.-ct our opinions arc I of bowel diseia
unch.ngcd. - ■ , ^. ...
No taper in the State, perhn^w, ^ ‘ more btiSSSm&L
in pbiaer language • rrfrtv;?^’ P " 'M
ulatiois and vilt»V.«« <*‘ “*« ^ >a Jowe r .4> •
than to UlmjCBat; and no pap.v j,*adverted
iiselt'r.oro earnestly, to impress ujautU. a^ople
the nciessity jl making indiridud , *
pre-re«jui»i*«station. Tn ti-
of these fluileare have not been recr^urit/
Tiielact tiiaf are being robbed t.'’ ,,l «f rt r-
t cign scum ami iomcstic roftu-s who til* T0 "' ocn
ruling us for tiie past two years, Is jAtent tr
everv thinking man. It is evident to^, i‘u$t un
less a change is speedily effected, ruin awaits us.
We cannot bear up under the burden of taxation
now imposed upon if. There must be more hon
esty ami economy, in the administration of the
i State government. Wo cannot rely upon those
! now in power, who ha\c betrayed the trusts al-
i ready repo sed in them. Achbiigeis imperatively
demanded. /V -ik* Jl.v . 1 in
and breadth of onr laud.
Many females suffer in some way at each month
ly penud : .Home girls are in great peril at the
couiintnceiueni ot luenstruatiOAi while older ones
dread its decline at the “turn of life.” Sometimes
the menstrual flow is too much, or too little, or
may be attended with pain ; may be irregular or
entirely cheeked, or ciiuuged in appearance, at
tended with other distress.ng Symptoms. Leucor-
rhoea, or the “Whites, trcqueBily drains the
system, or ulceration of the womb may create
puin and cause rapid prostration.
Falling of the womb is an exceedingly common
complaint, giving much trouble and distress,
which, under oiumary treatment, is dithsullte
curs, v
Hysterics, Green Sickness, Irritability of the
Womb, and other serious and fatal complaints
follow the female sex throughout life. Lives
there a medical gentleman who has or can re
lieve the fair sex of tnc above troubles? Not
many. Is there no combination of remedial
agents that wilt come to her rescue ? We answer
Yes.
The only acknowledged Uterine Tonic and Fe
male Regulator known, will cure all those com
plaints above mentioned in an incredibly abort
uine. The Litters at once arouses, strengthen*
and restores the womb to its natural condition,
removing obstructions, relieving pain and regu
lating thv monthly period. Yonder stands a pate,
feeble and languid girl, just bursting into wo
manhood ; she is the pride of all, but hark! she
silently steals a pickle, eats chalk, or slats pen
cil; no appetite lor food ; she turns with a dull
eye and seeks solitude; her eye no longer spar
kles ; her merry laugh is no longer heard ring
ing through the air; sue mopes about with blood
less lips aud gurus, with J^-udache, palpitation,
constipation, swimming of the head, cold toot and
naudrf luelaocuolly; sue has a coated tongue, ol-
fensiie breath, and a host of other evils too nu
merous to mention.
W heu neglected all these symptoms become ag
gravated, mere is sick stomacii, heartburn, a
dark line settles under the eyes, the legs and
.inkles arc swoilen, the hair loses its gioss and
tails oh, there is bnuieness and splitting of the
linger nails, swollen abdomen, extrema nervous
ne»e, iretfulness, pams aud aches, dry cough.
Hysterical Fits, rapid prostration, epilepsy anu
death! If you, or any ot your friends, arc thus
afflicted, send at once lor a Dottle of Lnglish Fe
male Dilters and bo cured. Its ctfects ure magi
cal m such complaints. Surely no mother will
postpone and demy this duty uutil
TO
11 £2 IS AT THE
afiv.it Wx.
Jte various /till
•tjVj'inbfi
laJitr-i ,*;<* nj' l Rftpcton. ~
diKoaro i? tnfirc fV-a, where tht* clreoWGn
Killet ’w oututidereJ iess prevalent, the PAt . ,
as Jiuropittn resHk-nt by the native*, 88 V. fStii
rem<ul • und while iryof the tliumte*, d sure m- 1
remedy fur pain is
In all these complaints the system evidently
shows a want ot red blood, uud Mr. Cuurvhitl, m
nis work on Discuses ot Feiuules, says: “Hearing
in imisWrtiiut the bicod is remarkably defletent iu
red corpuscles, and the known property ot iron
to cort v.ct this condition, theory suggeoi it as tho
mo*! to be relied on, the best ot wntoh isthethtratf*
Citrate of li on enters largely into the oonir*’ a4t,ou
of Lugiish Female iiitiers, coiiibiii(*«< wivii pow-
erlul vegetable tonic v d faiv (uoilities.
Among tuc m,. w( taf!ts of ietuiand the
pioey woods of HiTS.Mippi, h tuuud a *Crfkf8r
aard and Unity root, triiicn has been iu cccret
use by some oiti miuw.f OT utM iy years, pos-
•erit.ug mk^tc powery in •.-gutiitiug auu rcstoouj
.ti ftitu.tr. t>utfv.nug Wiu „ n , uHvctiou r. tha
vuml). This tout uc hav>' g»re it a,
fair If*t in uttr prartiae uiOltiMHltow ofth*
ptmciplc i.greUienu in JtWt‘- UU’urt UUier
powtii i^'idevine «uJ g»nfcr» •JaocoU-r
ntn jt-vA,'posit ion. t«X* s.il t^piudn. or
E&i sutticuaw »i‘ -«» Vjzw tu. X ‘
bowels open. >'
.UIAU k.
most efficient eJ an
emu, even in tii
Direction »econ#V i “
Sold by *11 Djj
Price 25 cl
fleetly safe medi-
hand*. _
:h bottle.
matrons, those at the critical period
, grnndinolher, are *11 curv-d by th,
-fish Eeiunle Billers' now prescrib-
j physicUns all over tbe country,
tf you xiatraubiaU with Falling ol the Womb,
■attended «jth aT«ih*B of tverght aad bearing
Jo.vn,paindn-th* beA «aJ.«.de, and other *t-
Abgitsb JOwale Bitter* will give
ntii-stelW * . ..fiL****
rw<- at tl - ■‘i-vw-afV-fe* moUwts n:t<w con-
•» fetn* 1 *] ^.'r. h ' > iro
or debtln -■
aC'pvyoJ, atowlv. and *
will -in''
r-m
mm
4 \ ^ ’ |
tae nutu-.iees »f the'^ ^j-on
* f.tr (iOVXHNOU uud LlEl TK.V VNT- » i tr A .
«of th- state. St DavlA’s LodgeNo. 72 A..
Wti In Tit., all who dc-irv- at. honest a Jininiatra- , itObT-AK COM MU.NIC VI’Oi OF TH'^ ;
E'. M.'.
•ire n lv*!
ot. farthest, Samuel
an “Pplicatioo from
Hetr rjr Lro ' , ’n lobe
That the contri’t of zfie 23r-]
Darlington, and Samu e l Marco, of the j
second part, refer-ed to iu the pleadings, in 1
this action, for tho erection, construction. '
buildino’ au j finishing a Court House,af |
Darlington, in the said County ot Darling-
d that the
ticn of the State government, to unite with us in i
th ■ effort, to displace from uthc’-, <*•>»• mho hue* I
tin Ihemseloet dishonest
at
will be heU nu Momlm t
ocUck. F- M-
U M. P.U*KR, W-
[Frotr. the Southern Celt.]
R, B. ( arjienter’s Speech.
j ]W order <»f
! Geo 'V. I low Secretuiy
1 Jon .5, 1870—t-:.
“We notice, but cannot report, Oarpcntor’a j
speech- Wc must refuse to besmear our columns
with the vulgarity of a/ v of htd or steep it in
hteaming 51th of o ^ costermonger,
arc naturnlly inclined to cover with the
dece ncy th? corruption of a corpse, but on
occasion it is best to bury it out of sight.
! AMITY LODl'E, No. .’.21, A.. F. - . M.‘
I-xT^Kn'OE, s.
given the sub-eontract to mak3*^ J«'ck, told j ton, is fraudulent and void—-an
them that ho could give them no answer un ] same be and is hereby set aside and vacated
til Jack Smith returned from Charleston, as I 2. That the said S. Mareo be and he is here, j may net off ndihe ausu-.l ,-r poison the health of
he was a partner. As Jack Smith left for | by perpetually restrained aud enjoined, from 1 the comm .mty Wc share the b.us t o ^very^
Charleston, according to his statement, im-, retaining possession of. or entering upon, or ,'-»rul.na g-n eman
mediately after the award was signed aud I interfering with, the site, on which the siid
before it was announced, it is beyond all | I’ourt House, by the said contract wits to be
peradventure that the partnership agreement i erected, constructed, built and finished, aud | t!l ni h- will soun recover, but w» congtatu-
was entered into before tbe award, though
V.
NtUATION OF
,|1 K H EG U I, V h COMA
(lodge., will nelolcii *t Mason..
, on Wedntfc4 ¥y^hkugu*t 10.
Caroltna gcniUMnan. bid! deplore tbe circum- t
stances that have reduced such men as Kershaw
and Duller to such an alternative. We hope that j
the indisposition of (*en. Butler is n«>t serious, ;
Amity
[lorenee S. C.
Rock. r. M.
gder .. M.■
STD APS, Secretary.
34 iy
. Wottlnw of various style*.
r.rapty D.lrr* *^’ c r , e .U.'l.u-g sud cabin
b. loumUrou-l alwO .V ig p!e***nt,
throughout th- l»na- aIn , ust -very disease,
r _ know thut they possess
no medicin.! I properties whatever.
ttmiy disgui.-est'or cxewd.ngly common h«T*r*-
geswliicli do not. noroannot possibly care a y
“s-r* -
tlf**, they contain t uoper’*” Ring in* 0 l* 4 *
hnuse U 'I , )m' L miiu whi knows uolUing »bout
medic,ne.s.ys h.s b,g b.ttles of common »'“* »‘> l
cure chills »nd fever, rheumatism »ud con-
sumption . uuothcr. wiasc bottle is very fawry-
eures all impurities of the Diwu. makes old men
voung. easts out devils, restores.,gbt ,o the b ,na
Ld uumerous ether miracle* ; w.ite yet anothe.
who presume* every n an * drnnUrd, propose.
to cure colic, ingrowing “.'V We k.ow th^
di-case, and love sick maidens W e ksow they
make no such cures, we know ihcyeoplr*
are deceived andswimiled, and we deatra t
tilato these common humbugs, muk.thei,
ing cliallengc ts one aad all:
Wh
•vjl
Mm
m
y j .
QiillPBF-li CHAPTER, NO. 31,
tf Uur County, and providing
p tyineut therefor.
not reduced to writing until the 26th April,
the day on which the Bond was executed
and approved. This partnership agreement be
tween Samuel Marco aud one of the Com
missioners, before the award, affords the
highest evidence of Fraud
contract throughout. That the contractor
the work commenced and connected with the ■
said Court House, and the utaorial j
now lying on the site, except the |
plank, lumber and poles now there-n;
aud from proceeding, in any manner, to erect
construct, build or finish, the said court-hous* i
aud vitiates the i by the said contract agreed to be crccud.
constructed, built and finished, or a,y ol
lapii’y, Tl. Sc- 448-9. It contains i tp-ry much ^ower ?f):i
and judge of the work should be one and tho i such works, or from removing, or tearing ^
(M»me person, is simply monstrous. No lan-I down, or injuring, or causing or permitting to j
guage could be too severe, iu speaking of be removed, or torn down, or injured tin !
such fraudulent conjunction, in a case like
the present. Iu this contract very much is
left to the Commissioners, concerning the
character and kind of work to be done, and
of its sufficiency or insufficiency, they were
to be the sole judges. Short as was the pe
riod during which the work progressed, it
late hilt' uu a special interposition of provideacc. '
\Ve regret lhat tbe har-iiiioo-l of a well dispose,I j
crowd wa* proof against the flood-gmes of Heav
en,, and -ve wonder if Mr. (('Connor, a polished j
Car .dins gentleman, ha-1 any idea of what he was -
called to introduce.”
Now we don't understand how a speaker can ]
speak ot brothels without referiug to their occu- j
pants and, rics errsu. Nor can we cm,prebend,
now - dgr C.vspf.ntcr could discuss the villian-
ie* of the party tn which the "Cett belongs,
without using epithet* offensive to surli rebned
Purs as those of the E-litor of the ‘■CtU" a Mb.
M
R.. A.*. M.*
(OF FLORI KCT.)
That one tnhlespoonf.il of ENGLISH FbM Ai.c.
IU lTF.lt.'' contains as isucb mediutml plop
as i«/(dtiof any of Dopant,y tas-^om-
Be it under-
advertised bitter* of the day'
; ffrofesaion to decide the questu,„.
- * • . i*...1, L'i. tt.-i 1 <> tkltlCl*
fBAHE HRGVLAR CONVOCATION >F THIS ! duhst
X L'lmpter/u be ho, l ^nj^nd^^ronic ftmwfe
inference, on Mednesday «tl, A'g. ' eve-v direc: on. . „
II
material ot any description, on or being on tht n„rthboi*, who is known in this community
foundation of said house or about the said , The people won’t receive such stuff, ms an cx-
site or any part thereof, respectively or aoyj t usc for withholding the truth from J*w>. Has- .
such materials, except the planks, lumber j cl*, thicc* and vtUians, are ,,ot ^onc* to k
and poles a* aforesaid ; and from iu any man- - select the language which te used in t*ir dpe j
ner iut-erleriug with or disturbing the p<>*-i sure.
*e**!Ou or use. hv the Board of County (W 1 , -Ard a« he frasdaedm r'gl.tcusn** tcuifrr-^
Companions will take ducnotice of L c above
»n,l govern themselves accorongly.
By orde. M.-. li. . K.-. I’o *
Sccre hty.
J u>« - ^ if_
LYDIA LODGE, Ns. 140.
A/. I^V. M.\
large buUlts at $1.60 per bottle. «r
and sold by druggist, aud
I’ut up
six bottle* f-
merebants every whir*,
i J 1*. cUl MGO^
.It CO . Drop *.
- Memphis, Teon.
b'o'-V
m
r*AHK REGULAR COM MUNICATIO? OF
I ibis Lodge, will be held on Friday. :b ( »:e
Xor. *'
The hws. and the /-P^ad-U^ver^.r
affefftons of the Kl I dn ^ v * •^d regulrr phy
«i to the ivubiic. u,. rt*r-" < n} °
krnr, at t- ociock,- l*
jty order of
If. J. Lc*. fh-eVv
yp-urFTfii'o.n
MOORE, V>. . M. .
dans „mi used hy '.’’'^‘^‘“/" scHby Drug-
rfcee ft in. *>* boitlenjot^- 01
gis- and CO
July In*