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NOTICE TO PENSIONERS. Tba Township Boards for Sumter County re hereby required to meet in their respect ive townships on Saturday, February 4th, 1899. 1st. To hear new applications for pensions. Blanks can be Obt&ioed by application to the undersigned. 2nd. To go over the list of those now re ceiving pensions and decide what names shall be allowed to remain on said list. The Chairman of all the Township Boards will meet the County Board at the Court Boase in Sumter, S. C., at il o'clock a. m , Monday. February &ih. P. P. GAILLARD, Chairman County Board of Pensions. De. Ball's Cc ugh Syrup ia; the safest and sorest care for tho dangerous affections of the little ones-croup, whooping coogh and measle-cough. Physicians prescribe it, -chil dren like it, and "doses are small. Price 25 ctS. Mayor* Court. Sbbert Mack, Marion Durant, alias Bubber Svans, Amas Williams and Jobn Simmons were before the Mayor's Coart last Tbo>*day morning fer disorderly conduct and fighting. They were the participants ia the fight that occurred Wednesday in the lot in. tte rear of the Masonic Temple. The mourners' bench was filled with witnesses, several of them -hearing marks of the fray on their counte nances 37 persone. It waa pro rea that Marion Durant struck the first low, using meta! knacks to smash the face of Robert Mack end that in the mix op that followed Mack osed a kaife freely oe who in sorer he Tan against. Jobs Simmons was a participant io the row sd Amos Williams got mixed up ia the Sgb; after it started. Alderman Hagbsoo wno presided, imposed toe following sen tences.: Marios Durant, $15 or 20 days. Robert Mack, $10 or 20 days. Jobs Sim ons, $5 or 10 days. Amos Williams, $3 or 5 days. Smallpox in M ay es ville. Mayegville, Jan. 18.-The smallpox situa tion remaisa practically the same, only that now the specialists have it in charge. It seems to cover a little more territory, bot the doctors have it well ia band. The first case that bas been ia *he town developed to-day. A colored railroad hand is down with it, bot the hoard of health bas bad bim removed from the town. Tb* farmers in the surroooding couotry are making preparations for a large acreage of tobacco. They say they canno: plant cotton and make ends meet. Meteorologies! Secat . The following is a report of observations of the weather taken at Statebarg, by Dr. W. W. Ander soc, for the 14 days ending San day Janua ry 22, 1838 : Wi Temperature, f I S 3> 3 50 s Condition Sf 62 , 3 M 58 36 lil 43 2S> Ti 34 29 331 45 \ 33 14 66 [42 15J 64 44 1S1 55 47 IT 54 46 i j 61 41 19 43 [.35 20j 47 i 26 3 * 56 j 29 22 66 ! 39 46. . s 47. x 36.' BXS 31.5 NS 39, a 54.I sw 54. B 51. j s 50 ] xs-va 51. } ss 41.5 XX 36.5 sa-va 42.5 sw 52.51 sw .00 ioudy .28 Cloudy 1.00 Cloudy .32 5 Cloudy .03 Cioody .41 ; Cloudy .00 Clear 1.03 Cloudy .00 Cioody .00 j Cloady ,00 Cloudy .00 Clear .60 Clear .00 : Ciear * Partly cloudy. On the il tb there was some raia and sleet before daylight. Dnring the afternoon raia tnterraingled with sleet continued to fall steadily, the rain freezing on trees, grass, &z. On the 12th everything above the sur face of the ground was thickly coated with ice, but before midday thawing began and by the ext morning sleet and ice bad nearly all melted. There was a lunar bato between 6.30 aod 7 p. m. on the 15th. The re were lunar halos on the 17th be tween 9 nod 10 p. m. and on the 20th from 7 p. m. and tilt after midnight on the 21st. . . i-i II ? mwm Learn to say ' 'No" when a dealer offers yon something * just as good" io place of Hood s Sarsaparilla. There can be oo substitute fer America's Greatest Medicine. HoodVs Pills cure nausea, sick headache, biliousness sad ali liver ills. ' Price 25 ceo ts. (From the -American Moo th ly Magazine.) A Venerable Descendant of Mas sasoit, - Oa a Wednesday of last March an event occurred at the little Baptist Church at North Abington, Massachusetts, ia which pathos and historical interest was strinkingly blend ed. The occasion was the funeral of Mrs Zsrviab Goold Mitchel!, a descendent of the great Sachem, Massasoit. The church was crowded. Mrs. Mitchell lived at Lakevilie, Massa chusetts, aod ber death occurred ear.? in March. She was the great-great-great-great granddaughter of Massasoit through bis daughter Amie, the wife of Tospaqnin. the Black Sachem. In Joly, 1897, she at ni ned the venerable a e of ninety years ; for LL my years abe bad been a widow. Sba was a lady of interesting lineage and marked character. So it happened ia the last year (save one) of the iast decade of the nineteenth century that a remarkable aod venerable descendent of the great Massasoit passed away in tba same State where be met and made a treaty with the pale faces almost two hundred and fourscore years ago. MCDONALD FOEMAN. Ramsey, Sooth Carolina, 1898. To Ow Subscribers-Important. The Quaker Talley Mfg. Co. of Chicago have requested as to soaoacce that they have several thousand sets of the finest coin silver plated War Memorial Spoons made to retail at $3 a set. They will mail, postpaid, a full set of six of these spoons to every subscriber lo tbe Watchman and Southron, wbo will send name and add res-a postal card will do. If, oo receipt of the spoons, jon 5nd them sbe most exquisitely .beautiful specimens of the silversmith's art yon ever saw, aod worth $3, remit 78 cents, as payment in foll, within 30 days ; if not pleased, return spoons im mediately. Each spoon is of a different de sigo-after-dinner coffee size--showing sol diers in camp in Coba, Morro Castle and fonr U. S. Battleships Tbey are imperishable mementoes of the late war, and every sob. scriber should accept this most remarkable offer, and obtain a set before it is too late. All that's necessary is to say you're a sub scriber to the Watchman and Southron (this ts important) and that you accept Mexorial Spoon Offer. Address Quaker Valley Mfg. Co., 357 W. Harrison St., Chicago. Dec 21 LAW AS TO HOLDING' TWO OFFICES. Capt. R. J- Brownfield Gives His Views on the Construction of the Law Against Holding Two Offices. Mr- Editor : I would ask space in your columns in order to state that the point was raised a year agu as to the organization of the County Board under Art. II, Sec 2, of the State Constitution. The county attorney filed an opin ion which did not settle the question. A committee (Messrs. Cain, Man ning and Ryttenberg) were named at the July meeting of the board to consider the question and report to the board. The foregoing points in connection with the question were submitted to the committee in September. At the October meeting of the board the committee asked to refer the matter back to the board, and be discharged from further consideration of the ques tion inasmuch as the county attorney had filed an opinion with the board The board* accepted the report; but almost immediately the chairman of the committee asked a reconsideration of the action of the board. The board granted the request The com mitiee has made no further report. The question is still, therefore, un settled and debatable. Now at one time, I thought I would do like "old Uncle Ned" in tuet classic ballad, "hang up de fiddle and de bow," and twang os some string other than the one held by the committee. But circumstances alter cases. The non action of the com mittee, for reasons best known to themselves, plainly put me in the roi of the "poor devil of an honest man," who was trying to find that there was something "rotten in Den mark," failed, and deserved the end of all croakers. It is not, therefore, too much to sur mise, for the present at least-indeed it is but stating an old fact-Cain has killed Abel, and bad old Barry to help him. The other member of the committee was, at the final "coup de force, *^ preparing to don the "Toga" -is now "Senatus Consultos ;" and may help to decree, or inspire some action that will settle the question The following is the argument sub mitted by me to the committee at the time the question was under consid eration : Mr Chairman : In support of the resolution, I will call the attention of the committee to the Couoty Gov ernment Law, as enacted by the Leg i8latore, and approved January, 1894, also to an act supplemental to the above, approved January 1895. and an amendment approved February 1897. In the original law, approved Jan uary 1894, Sections 19, 35 and 40 prescribe certain duties to be per formed by the secretary ; Section 46 directs that the* Supervisor cause to be kept a record of the transactions of the board ; Section 48 directs that the board at the first meeting for or ganization "shall elect one of its own members as secretary thereof " It will be observed that only the duties of the secretary were pre scribed in the above Sections. No pay was allowed directly to the secretary, but under Section 46, the supervisor with the approval of the board may have allowed pay for car rying out the provisions of the Sec tions. But Section 48 which directs "that the board at its first meeting shall proceed to elect one of its own members secretary thereof/' was never carried out, because before the organization of the board, the Legis lature passed an act, approved Jan nary, 1895, entitled an act "to de clare the salary of the supervisor, and the salary and mode of selection of a secretary as far as relates to the counties of Sumter." &c Section 1 of this sappiemental act repeals sec tion 49 of the original act, and fixes the salary cf ihe supervisor of Sum ter county at $800 The salary by section 49 of the original law was $1,000. Section 3 of this act directs '.that the County Board of Commis sionere for the counties of Sumter, etc . shall at their first meeting pro ceed to elect a secretary of said board ; but the said secretary may or may not be a member of the Coun ty Board of Commissioners. His duty shall be as ^prescribed iu the original act approved January, 1894 Said secretary shall receive as com pensation $200, payable in the same manner as the county supervisor " It will be noted from the above, Mr. Chairman, that the salary of the supervisor was reduced $200, aod a salary of $200 provided for the sec retary. Now, if the Legislature could reduce the salary attached to one office, that of supervisor, by act, and in the same act provide aud fix a salary for another office, that of secretary, to which certain duties were already prescribed, it appears to me that the office of secretary was created. It can't be questioned that the office of supervisor was created. How ? By act of the Legislature attaching certain duties and pay to the office Was not the office of secretary created in like manner '! Both had a common origin. Are they not then both offices in tho meaning of Art. ll, Sec. 2, of the State Con stitution ? As a matter of record the board at their first meeting in 1895, in pur suance of the act, elected a secre tary, wbo was also a township cona missioner, a member of the board and judge of probate. At this time there was no conflict with the provisions and restrictions of the Slate Consti tution as it was not then framed and adopted This organization, howev er, obtained during 1896 In January, 1S97, a new board was organized, and the incumbent re elected secretary with the same sal ary of $200. A few days after the above action of the board, the Legislature passed an act, approved February 4. 1397, which raised the salary of the secre tary of the County Board of Com missioners for Sumter county from $200 to $300 Why did not the board increase the salary of the sec retary when he was re-elected ? Obviously, because the board had no power to change the status of an office created by law. To illustrate : Compare the office of county attorney, an office in the gift of the board, not anthorized, with no duties and emoluments i attached by law, with the office of j secretary of the Board of County Commissioners, an office, with duties and pay attached, regulated by statute. Io one instance, the board could by resolution increase or de crease the salary at their pleasure. Io the other, the mandatory terms of the law debars them from making any changes. The pay attached to this office has been regulated for the past 20 years by the Legislature Would it not very seriously reflect on the past fiscal agents of the county to say now that it is not and never bas been an office, created by statutes, but only a "position*' in the gift of the board, for which about $6,000 has been paid in that time-about $300 per annum-when the last Legisla ture in the new law to establish a system of county government fixes in a most peremptory manner the pay at $150 per annum, in iteras as fol lows, viz : "The supervisor shall be the chair man of the board so to be constitut ed, and said board at the first meet ing for organization may elect a clerk, except in Abbeville, where the board shall have no clerk, who shall receive such salary as shall be fixed by said board at their first meeting, the som not to exceed $200 per annum, except in the counties of Spartanburg, Richland and Charles ton where the salary shall not exceed $300, and in the county of Sumter, where his salary shall be 150." It would be well for the board to vote on this resolution, Mr. Chair man, for the benefit of their success ors under the new law, in order to enable them to apply to the Legisla ture for the optional privilege to pay as some of the other counties have, a sum not to exceed $200-rather than the arbitrary terms of the act, now in force. In conclusion, Mr. Chairman, I lay down this proposition : That the secretary of. the Board of County Commissioners, being also the duly commissioned judge of probate for the county, "bolds two offices of honor and profit at the same time,7' ie violation of Art. ll, Sec. 2, of the State Constitution I am not so rash as to attempt to refute the legal opinion filed witb the committee. But to extend the reasoning as based therein on Art. Ill, Sec. 24, of the constitution, which relates to the qualification of members of the general assembly, and has no bearing on the proposi tion before yon, and no connection with Art ll, Sec. 21,--it would seem that any county officer, the clerk of court, ibe'a sheriff, or any other, could hold two offices of hon or and profit at the same time,and only be debarred from a seat in the Legis lature. R. J. Brownfield^ Atlanta Air Bubble Bursts. Atlanta, Jan. 23.-Malcolm John ston, throogh bis attorneys, Hoke Smith and H. C. Peoples, bas filed a petition in Fulton County superior coort for a receiver for tbe Atlaota National Boildiog and Loan Associa tion. Judge J. H. Lumpkio granted a temporary restraining order and set the bearing for Thursday. It is charged by Mr. Johnston that the association has been badly managed and that it is now hopelessly insolvent, that there bas been paid out within the past two years $400,000 in withdrawals and tbat shares to the amount of $120,000 are DOW io for withdrawal. lt is charged that if the last amount is paid out there will be practically noth iog left for the remaining stockholders. The Deadly Grip Ie again abroad in the land. The air you breathe may be full of its fatal germs I Dou't neglect the "Grip" or you will open the door to Pneumonia and Consumption and invite death. Its ure signs are chills with fever, headache, dull heavy pains, mucous discharges from tbe nose, sore throat and never-let-go cough. Don't waste precious time treating this cough with troches, tablets, or poor, cheap sjrups. Cure it at once with Dr. King's New Discovery, the infal able remedy for bronchial troubles. It kills the disease germs, heals the lungs and prevent* tbe dreaded after effects from the malady. Pries 50 cents and $1.00. Money back if not cured. A trial bottle free at J. F. W. DeLorme's Drug Store. 1* - -ia- ?>- ? - -g i Dr. John Brabao Read, 80 years old, the oldest alumnus of the Univer sity of Alabama, and the inventor of the famous shell so successfully used in the Perrott gun io the oivil war, died at Montgomery yesterday. The Legislative Elections. Neal Defeated on First Bal lot. Yesterday morning before the election for superintendent of the State peniten tly was held the friends of Senator D. j J. Griffith claimed that that gentleman bad 66 votes pledged to him, bat there were few who expected to see him elect j ed on the first bollot. The result of the election was that npoB the first ballot Capt. Griffith re ceived 71 votes, and before the vote was declared over a score of votes were changed from the other coodidates to him and he was declared elected. Miss Nannie Montgomery was elect ed State librarian and Messrs. A. K Sanders of Sumter, T. J. Cunningham of Chester aod W. T. Odell of Piokens were elected directors of the peniten tiary. But the closest contest of all was the vote for member of the State board of control to succeed Mr. J. B. Douthit, whose term has e'xpired. Mr. Douthit, was comic ated for reelection and his op ponent w is Mr. T. Chris Robiogao of Pickeos. The vote was so close that there was mach dispute over the result announced, and it wss only after a suc cession of recounts that Mr. Robinson was deolared elected by a majority of two votes. The joint session was resumed last night at 8 o'clock for the purpose of concluding the elections. This session contained quits a surprise, for Mr. B. H. Boykin of Kershaw was elected on the first ballot, Mr. Boykin bad been spoken of as a candidate to succed Mr. Douthit, although, he was a candidate to succeed Mr. Cooper, and it was feared by bis friends that this confusion would injure bim, but it did not after all cause bis defeat. LEE COUNTY'S SENATOR." The committee on privileges and elections submitted an unfavorable report against R E. Carnes, senator elect from Lee County, taking his seat. The report is lengthy and the commit tee bases its finding on the ground that Lee has been deolared no longer a county and hence is not entitled to a senator. The consideration of the report was postponed until to-day. Mr. Carnes will be given the privileges of the floor to defend bis right to a seat if he so decides. WORK OF THE HOU3E. There were no third reading bills on the house calendar yesterday, and the hour before the meeting of ibe joint assembly was spent principally io tak ing up second reading bills and making them speoial orders. Mr. Henderson of Abbeville intro duced a bill to submit to the people the question of prohibition, high license and dispensary. Mr. W L. Mauidin introduced a bill to do away with the State dispensary, and to let each couoty have control of its liquor nosiness, whether it be prohi bition, dispensary or high license. Mr. N. G. E?aos' bill to allow no bill to be introduced, except and through committees, after Jan. 28th, was voted down. Mr. Mower's bill, sen&i to increase the penalty for practicing decistry without a license passed a second read tog. Mr.Magill moved to indefinitely post pone Mr. J. L. Smith's bill to reduce the salaries of State officers aod imploy es. This was oarried by a vote of 55 to 48. There is another bill of similar na ture on the calendar. The judiciary committee's bill in re* gard to the privilege tax, and Mr. Moss* bill to increase the number of circuit courts were mado special orders. The house agreed to concurrent res olution [to permit introduction of a bili j to amend the charter of the Wilson and Summerton railroad. House agreed to 'senate ameodmcnts to Mr. E. D. Smith's bil! for relief of smallpox situation. Paper Dolls, dressed or otherwise at H. G. j Osteeo & Co's. SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA R. R. CO. TIME TABLE NO. 15. In effect 12.01 a. m., Sunday October 2d, 1898. West-First Class Daily. East-First Class Daily. Leaves, am T 10 Charleston, 8 00 arrives p m Leaves, am 6 20 Augusta, 10 45 arrives p ru Leaves, am 9 20 Columbia, 5 20 arrives p m Leaves, am 10 10 Ringville 4 28 arrives DEO West. North Carolina Division. East. SI I 75 77 2d 2d Claes. Class 73 .74 82 1st Class STATIONS. i 1st - Class 2d Class 2d Class A. M. ! A. Sf. A.M. 7 40 8 00 8 10 9 00 9 35 9 48 10 10 10 32 11 00 1145 12 10 12 35 P. M. 8 20 8 5C 9 05 10 10 10 30 10 40 11 50 12 15 1 50 3 10 3 50 4 40 5 ie 5 30 5 45 6 20 P.M. 11 40 12 00 12 12 12 40 12 55 1 00 1 20 1 35 1 50 2 15 2 35 2 48 3 03 3 18 3 30 3 55 4 10 4 15 4 25 4 45 4 52 5 02 5 19 5 34 5 59 6 14 6 30 P. M. Leave. Arrive. P.M. ! P.M. P.M. Camden DeKalb Westville, Kershaw Heath Springs Pleasant Hill Lancaster Riverside Catawba Janction Rock Bill Tirzah Yorkville Sharon Hickory Grove Smyrna Blacksbarg Earles Patterson Springs Shelby Lattimore ii oo res boro Henrietta Forest City Rutherfordton Thermal City Glenwood Marion 0 40 28 15 45 40 20 05 12 50 12 25 12 05! ll 62 ll 37 ll 22 ll 10 10 45 10 30 10 25 IO 15 9 55 9 48 9 38 9 21 9 06 8 41 8 24 8 10 30 00 40 15 10 2 00 1 20 12 15 ll 20 A.M. 50 15 50 15 50 30 6 00 A.M. 7 25 7 00 6 45 6 30 5 IO 52 25 00 30 50 25 00 P.M. WEST. GAFFNEY BRANCH. EAS?. 85 Mixed. P. M. 4 10 4 35 5 00 83 Mixed. A M. 5 30 5 50 6 20 Leave STATIONS. Blaeksburg Cherokee Falls Gaffney Arrive 84 Mixed. A.M. 7 30 7 05 6 40 86 Mixed. P. M. 6 30 6 05 5 40 Train No. 77, going: west makes daylight connection at Lancaster with the L. & C. R. R., at Rock Hill with the Southern R. R goiog north, at Blacksbnrg with the South ern. Tram No. 78, goiDg east makes connection at Marion, N. C., with the Sooihern R. RM atBlacksbnrg with Southern and at Lancaster with L. & C. R. R. Train No. 81, going east makdS connection at Shelby, N. C. with tbeS. A. L A. R, going east. All local freight trains will carry passengers if provided with tickets. S. B. LrjMPKIN, Division Passenger Agent. I . A. EMERSON, Traffic Manager. Ryttenberg's Grand Clearance Sale. . What's left of our winter goods mnst be sold. These prices will do it, don't you think? 25 Cheviot Suits, assorted natteras and sizes-what's left of our entire 12 50 line, all to go at $8.99 10 Cheviot Suits, assorted patterns and sizes, balance of our 16 line, your choice for $11.75. All of our shorts and stouts and extra sizes at cost. When we say cost we mean cost. Tne balance of Overcoats at cost-prices range from $2 to $12.75. If you are in need of any youths7 or children's Clothing, see us before purchasing, we will save you money. Prices as low as on Men's Clothing. A few single suits of fine all-wool Underwear at less than cost: Scriven's Patent Elastic Seam Drawers, best quality 75c. Special Sale of White Quilts. A good chance for housekeepers to lay in a supply. Every price a special-69c, 9Sc, $1.25, $1.48, $2.65, $3.68. Odds and ends of Ladies' black Hose, none cheaper than J40c, some as high as 60c, all to go at 33c-not all sizes of these goods. One lot of Children's black Hose, sizes 7 to 8J, 30c and 40c goods-to close this lot 23c All our Kid Gloves, black, tans and white-all dollar gloves-special 93c Balance of our Ladies* Capes, only a handful of this season's goods left. Any of them at New York cost. Bear in mind, we mean this season's goods, not those left from any other year. Balance of our ;97 model Cloaks, at 25c on the dollar New York cost. Ladies' Knit Skirts. Here's a knocker for you Buy to day and keep tiil next season if ne cessary. 30c Skirts for 20c 40c Skirts for 27c 60c Skirts for 40c 75c Skirts for 50c A few ready to wear black Serge and Brilliantine Skirts, if your size is here take it at cost, cheap enough at the price, don't you think ? SHOES We have just placed all of our 'broken lot9' of Men and Ladies' Shoes on our bargain table, if we have your size you can buy them cheap. We put Good Luck Perfection Circlets on all Shoes sold by us Come Early and Get First Choice. E. PLURIBUS DUUM. Oatmeal 3 c per pound, Buckwheat 3c per pound. mm