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V \ ' ^ 'iJES, i !--.. .- **Wf " THE UNION TIMES. VOL. XXVI.?NO. 2. UNION. SOUi'H OAROUNA."11, 1895.' 4 $1.60 A TEAR. BUb INESS DIRECTORY D. E. Hydkick, J. A. Sawyeu. Spartanburg, S. C. Union, S. C. Hydrick & Sawyer, Attorneys at Law, JUDGE TOWNSEN'S OLD STAND MUNRO &c MUNRO, Attorneys at Law, NO. 2 LAW RANGE. S. S. STOKES, attorney at law andtrial just1c1 OHico Roar of Court House. J. C. WALLACE, Attorney at Law, No. 2 Law Ran^fo. JOSIAH CRUDUP, Attorney at Law, Office at Times Building. SCHUMPERT BUTLER Attorneys at Law, No. Law Range. M'KISSICK &c COTHRAN Attorneys at Law, Corner Main and Judgment Streets. DEL NT 1STR Y. Dr. H. K. Smith's Dental Rooms over A. II. Rosier A Co's Store. Cucaine used in extracting teeth. Wm. A. Nicholson & Son BANKERS, NO. 1)1) MAIN STREET. See advertisement in another column UNION HOTEL, Nos. 80 and81 Main St. t W. M. GIBBS, Proprietor. LIVERY FED AND SALE STABLE. i No. .'11 Bachelor Street. ^ GARRETT A- CO. THE UNION TIMES Corner Main ami Judgment Sts. JOSIA1I CKUDLT. Proprietor. D. A. TOWNSEND JIT)GK 7TII WSTIIICT. UNION MARBLE granite: works ci koi 1(1 k ckddfs. i'\ m. faur, cko. munkok, 1'resident. Cashier. Mcrcliiiiit's aoi! Pmilcr's OF UNION. Capital stock $00,000. Surplus, $.70, 000. Stockholders liabilities, $00,000.? Total?*170,(KM). OPFICKKS. ? F.. M. Fair, I'res't. A H. Foster, Vice I'res't. Ceo. Monro Cashier. .1. I). Arthur. Ass't Cashier \tr (i ? \ /? i;mr,iniun.? vv . u. vvuiiuoo, o. u Itice, Wm. JetTer'es, T. C. Duncan, .1 A. Kant. J. T. Douglas, I. (J. McKis Hick, A. II. Foster. *? WK SOLICIT VOlIK HUSINKSS C I T V Oyster Saloon. I aiu now running a lirst-elass Oys tor Saloon. I luivo a handsome La dies' I'arlor diviiiotl from Cciitlcmcn'i' I'arlor. Kverytiling is clean, am Oysters fresh from Norfold are served in all styles every day. Ladies ar< invited to come and inspect our I'ar lor and Cooking Arrangements. / stew can he prepared in live minutes Kamilies furnished hy the quart twie< a week if wanted. Also have a fill line of the tinest FKKNCII C'ANDIKS also I'LAN and MIXKI) CAN Dl KS Kruits of all kilids. of all kinds, i am headquarters foi the tinest CA K I IS and CKACKKKS A Iso for T(?11 ACC 'O and CIO A I IS. Try the " Seaboard ." Will keep Is?af 11 re ad and will giv? you regular customers prices. Jno. R. Mathis. I door below Itailcy's Kiirniturc Store CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, li <>l T1IKNF.XT IIIO POLITICAL KVKNT 'f< IN Til K STATIC [| Full Text of ilie Act I'rovUlhiK Tor |)( llie Flection of Dclejttitt'H?Kvcry " Voter .Should Koutl This Act. l*c See. 1. That a convention of the ^ people of South Carolina is hereby or- 0J . duincd to be assembled in the city of n| Columbia en the socond Tuesday in September* in tho year of our Lord 1M 181)5 for the purpose of revising. ej .unending or changing tins Constitu- si - tion of the State. P< See. 2. This said convention shall 01 .. consist of a number of Senators ami Jj! Representatives of which the General aiAssetnbly is now eomposod, who shall el bo elected at an election held on the }j' third Tuesday in August Anno Domini y as hereinafter provided. ti Sec. '{. The several counties shall ?j be entitled to elect and send to the j ol said convention a number of delegates j el e.pnil to the whole number of Senators su and Representatives which said county : ssi is now entitled to send to the General ! ?1' Assembly, and the delegates to the is said convention shall Ire entitled to 1 the same freedom from arrest in going | ni I i r ~.i ...aim .... if J lU aim ivitU i iiiii?? IIWIII UUK , tcndinding said convention as is arrant- cl ed tho members of tiio Legislature by ol existing laws. Sec. 4. Kvery male citizen of the j si United States and of this State of the I a] , age of tivonty-one years not laboring fi under the disabilities named in the | ?-| Constitution of this State, and duly tl qualilied to vote under the existing ' di laws of the State, and duly registered si " as now required by law, or who, hav- gi iniT been entitled to register as a voter oi at the time of the general registration ,ji of electors in this State, which took e< place in tin' year of our Lord ls*.h!, or a ol tany time subsequent thereto, failed 1 di , to register at such time as required by law, or who has become a citizen of ai "" this State and who will register as i si hereinafter provided in ?uch eases, I vi " shall bo entitled to vote for delegates to said convention. ! hj t See. f>. Kvery person entitled t<? vote J pi for delegates to said convention shall j ir bo eligible to a seat therein. 01 See. (i. That on the lirst Monday of J March, in tho year of our Lord l^lu, o\ the Supervisor of Kcgistrat'on of | v< - each county shall, at the county seat. t, thereof, open his hooks of registration, p; and shall hold the same open for ) hi eighteen calendar days thereafter, he- f(] tween the hours of 10 o'clock in the I m forenoeu and 4 o'clock in the afte rnoon. I d< . etccpt Charleston, Heaufoi t and i k< Kiehland counties, which shall be pi from 10 a. m. to < p. m.. during which ,|( time any elector then or theretofore at j si any time entitled to register as a j inialitieil voter, or who has become a in citizen of this State, and be, during j ei the time herein fixed for such regis- ei tration, and also on tlie days now fixed in by law for registration, entitled to reg- si ister as such as hereinafter provided : 1 at and any elector having been her-to-' vi fore duly registered, or having since j,< changed iiis residence, or having lost s| ois certificate, shall ho entitled to si have the same transferred or renewed .of as now provided hy law. 111 See. 7. Any elector who shall have m ? been entitled to register at the general vi registration in the year of our Lord in 1X!I2, or at any time suhscqiu lit tin-re.- pi ' to, and who failed to register at such <? time as required hy law, and whoshall ti make application under oath, in ae- at cordaneo with a printed form to fa- c: prepared by the Attorney ' eneral, si setting forth in each ca e t lie faet, to- pi wit: The full name. age. occupation m and residence of the applicant at flu- ti time of the said general registration, cs or :.l any time lliercafter wlten the said applicant hocumc entilh u to reg- k< ister, and tiie place or places of his a residence since the,time when he lu? ;it came entitled to register, which alii- si davit shall he supported hy the affidavits of two reputable citizens, who ! tl were eacli of the age of twenty-one 1 di years on the .'50th dsiy of .inno, Anno ! h: Domino Istbi. or at the time liu- said ai applicant became entitled thereafter te to register, or any elector who has be- so come a citizen of this State hy moving m into tlie same, according to the Con-: If stitution of the Slate, and who shall lo make application under oath, stating ri the time of Iiis moving into the Stale at . and his place of residence since living hi in the State, which application shall st bo supported by the atlidavit of two bj reputable citizens, who were twenty- o| one years of age at the time the appli- p< cant became a resident of this State : e. such applicant shall he allowed to reg- gi ister as a voter, and to have issued to el him a certificate as a duly qualified di elector in the manner and form now st 1 provided hy law, and he entitiled to o: voto at saiil election for delegates to pi said convention. uSec. H. At such election tlie Supi r- a; visor of Kcgistration shall furnish the sti managers at each precinct with one of gi the registration l>ooks for such pre- pi einct, for the care and custody for li which the managers receiving tlie tli l... II I ! l.l I ... i. . .1. e. ftlllllU Miiin in n^jjuiiniuir, aim ?iim m iii they shall return to tho Supervisor of rc Kc^istrution within throe (lays after tins close of the election, ami no eh cl.or t i< shall he entitled to vote whose name tli ' is not registered as liereinhcfore or ill- ti( ready provided by law. and who does ! of not produce his registration certilieato ni at tie* polls where he olTers to vote.. T See. l''or the ]>urpose of said elee- tli tion it shall he the duty of the. Cover- a| - nor, and lie is hereby authorized and j as - empowered, at least thirty days before t.li i election, to appoint for each county oji I 1 three comuiis-doners of elect ion, which ea I | commissioners shali assemble at the i tli I county seat at least two weeks i? fore tli - the date of election, and organize tli i i themselves into a hoard of eonnuissioii m . | ers hy electing one of their numher as d; i i ehairinan and take the oath proscribed a 1 in Section do of Article II of the Con- tr , I stitution and thcoath against duelling, St and they may elect some suitable per- pi I son us clerk, and the chairman shall ill r' adininistcr to him the oaths aforesaid, en and all of said oaths shall he tiled in tli r the ollice of the Clerk of Court of ei ! General Sessions and Common I'leas, en and if there be no such duly (|ualified qi ; clerk in any county, tie ii in tlio ollice ta of the Secretary of State. Tho said pi commissioner shall appoint three at managers of election for each precinct lb i in his county as now provided hy law, Ct j and notify lie in hy mail of said up- j lit j pointment: and shall also have pule j of shed a notice of election and iiuiucb | managers. as now provided by law j >r general elections. The said com- ' issionors shall mako requisition upon 10 County Supervisor for one lmllotjx for each precinct in their county, ? be constructed as hereinafter di- ! setcd, and the County Supervisor | lull furnish the same, to bo paid for | f the County Board of Commissioners ! it of any County funds not otherwise | [ipropriatcd. Sec. 10. One of the managers up- ' jinted as provided in the preceding j sction shall, previous t?? the day of eetion, procure from the coioiuisoners of election, the ballot-box, pairs and registration book for liis preinet. Tiie board ?>f manager for each i-ceinct shall meet on or before the iy of election and organize tlieinilves into a boail of managers by ccting one of their number chairman id some suitable person as elerk. I ho eliairman may then administer i 10 oath proscribed in Article II, Seeon .'10, of the Constitution, and the ith against duelling, to each member the board and the clerk, and the erk may in time administer the line oaths io the chairman. The line oatht may he administered by iy other oliieer authorized to admin- j tor oaths, and shall bo filed in the j lice of the Ciork of Court of Com-i on l'leas and (icm tv.l Sessions, anil there be no such duly qualified i erk in any county, then in the office ; ' the Secretary of Stale. See. II. The polls shall ho open at ich places as arc now designated and | ipointcd hv law at 7 o'clock in the j ..r <1... a.... ..r .....i osed at <> o'clok in tho afternoon of 10 same day, and shall he kept open 1 urin^f those hours without interinis- ' on or adjournment, and tho inana- : [>r.s shall admiuistcr to each person Torinjjf to vote an oatli that he is ualificd to vote at this election ae-j >rdin?r to the Constitution and laws' tho Slate, aiul that he not voted i iiringf tho eh olion. Sec. 1 J. The deputy State constables J id ot her pcaci olliecrs of ciieli county j tail at this election act as now pro- j ided by law for ycueral elections. See. ill. 'J'ho voting shall be by bal- ; it. which shall ho of plain white parr, two and a half inches wide by live ! iches lone, clear and even cut with- > it ornament, description, nuitilation. inhol. or mark of any kind whatsoe'er except the names of the persons! )ted for. which names shall ho writ n or printed, or partly written or irlly pi in ted, and if printed, in nek ink, and such ballot shall he I ilded so as to conceal the name or lines thereon, and so folded shall be posited in a box, to ho constructed, 1 rpt and disposed of as hereinafter | rovided, and no ballot of any other 1 Ascription found in any hallot-hox iall be counted. See. II. An openine" shall be made i the lid of each election box larpe | tou^li for a sinple ballot to lie insert- 1 I at, one, lime. 1.1 > < > 11 > 11 which mien- 1 iff each ballot proper to he rr.eeieved lull be inserted by tin* person vol inir. i ill no other. Kaeli box shall hi* proided with a siiliiciciit lock and lo'V, id shall he publicly opened and inmeted to show that it is empty and cure, and looked before the opening ' t he poll and t he key returned to the j aiuijfcr of eleet ion, and said box shall it he opened dnrii.-r the hours for itiiiff. At eaeh preeiuet a spuee or iclosurc such as the iiiuiiu,'p*rs deem roper and suliieient. shall he railed f. or otherwise provided with in en-' aneeof tiie voter at cue end or side ul an opening at the other for his cit. as a polling place. Hut one voter tall he alloA'id to enter any polling are at a time and no one except the anaeers sliaiI he allowed .to speak to le voter while in the polIiiiff place ist i lift hi- vote. See. ! "?. Kaeh clerk of the poll shall rep a poll list, whirl: shai! eohtilill j column headed "Names of Voters,' id th.c name of each elector votinjf tail he entered in such column. See. hi. Al ihe close of the election 10 inanajfers and clerk shall inlineately proi puhliely to open the I iliot-hox and eount the votes therein, : ul continue such count, without inrruption or adjournment, until the line is completed, and make slut-cent of the result and sin?; tlm same. ir. eountin;,', two or inoac like halts shall he found folded together iinpaetly, only one sliall ho collided, id the oth( rs destroyed, hut i f thtry live diH'crent names, all sliail he decoyed and none counted. If more j 11 lots shall he found in the box upon irr.iiiff it. than t here are name, on the ill list., all the ballots shall he relnri:I to the box thoroughly mixed toither, and one of the managers or crk shall, without seeing tie- ballots, aw therefrom and immediately decoy as many ballots as there ate in cress of t he mini hoc of nana s on the >11 list. Within three days thereaf- I r t in- chairman of the hoard of mail- ' fees or one, of them, or some other litahh- person, appointed as inessen- j ir in writing and taking the oath escribed for the managers, shall tie- | ver to the eonimissioners of election ic poll list, the box containing tho illots and a written statement of the isult of the election in the precinct. Sec. 17. Tiie commissioners of elre- ! on shall meet at the comity scat on . iO Tuesday next following I,lie elreimi before I o'clock in the afternoon ! uiiii. (i;i\ iinii siiH11 procoou id orga- i y.o as the oounty hoard of oanvassiis. j hoy s11 til organize hy electing 0110 of i icir number as chairinan. Tin y "i ly >Ix>iitt soiiio competent (a rson to art i secretary. Tito chuiinuiii shall ion administer tin* oonstitulional ith to each monihrr of tho hoaril of invassers, and to tho soorotary, ami 10 soorotary shall in tai n uiiiniMistol' 10 same to thochairman. Tlioy shall ion |>rooood In oanvttsi tho votes ami uko statement tin-roof within toil lys from tho t inn- of tin ir moot iiig as j hoard of roanty oiinvassors, and shall i ansinit tin- ssinio to tho hoard i.l I at-.- canvassers, together with any otosts and all papers phrtuining to 10 election. Tlioy shall make depli-l ito statements and lilo tin- saiiio in ' 10 ollioo of tin- Clerk of Court of (ion- ' al Sessions and Common I'loasof tho I mnty, and if thoro ho no suoh duly i laliliod oiork then with tho Sooro- ! ry of Stain. Thoro shall ho pro-1 i red hy tho oanvasrors tliroo so pur-! o lists of oaoli statoinont hosiih-s tho -t 1.o ho lilhd with tho Clork of mrt, and i-ai h list sluill ho eerti d jus eorroi t hy tho Hignaturcs the hojird of coaiity oanvassors | subscribed to such certificate. Upon tho final adjournment of the board of county canvasseus, and within tho ton days prescribed above, tho chairman of said board shall forward to the Governor and Secretary of State by a messenger the returns, poll list and all papers appertaining to the election, 'the said messenger to be paid his actual e.xpensos upon a certificate to be furnished him by the Secretary of State out of the funds provided for tho expenses of said convention. NTo per diem mileage or other compensation shall be paid to tho commissioners of election, managers of election, or clerks appointed by them. Sec. IS. The Secretary of State shal I appoint a meeting of the board of State canvassers to beheld at his office or some convenient place within ten days next after tho said election for the purpose of canvassing the votes thereof. Sec. I!?. Tho Secretary of State, Comptroller General, Attorney General^ Slate Treasurer. Adiubyl J.uspeetor General and tno Cnlwtfljtu of the Committee of Privileges and Elections of the House, of I representatives shall eonstitute tho Hoard of State Canvassers, four of whom shall ho a quorum. If a majority of these officers shall be unable to attend, the I'resident of the Senate, being not lied by the Secretary of the State, shall attend without delay, and \v ith tho ollieers attending shall form the hoard of State of canvassers. The hoard when thus formed and organized shall open the certified returns of the hoards of eoeoty canvassers, proceed to make a statement of the whole number of vol 's cast nt such election, and for each of the persons voted for thereat. They shall certify such statement to be correct, ami subscribe the same with their proper names and Hie the same in the oilic of the Secretary of State. Sec. 2b. The Secretary of State, shall thereupon issue to ouch person elected a delegate to such convention a certificate of such election under his ollieinl seal. See. 21. lOvory person who shall vote at said election, who is nob entitled to vote, and every person who shall hy foree, intimidation, deception, fraud, bribery or undue influence control the vote of any elector to bo cast for any candidate other than as is intended or designed by sueii elector, or wlio shall violate any of the foregoing provision in regard to elections shall lie punished by a line not exceeding $1,000, or by imprisonment in jail not exceeding twelve months, or both, in the discretion of the court. See. 22. Kvcry person, who l?eing appointed a commissioner or manager of election, or clerk, to either the board of managers or of commissioners, shall refuse or fail to net as such, without lawful excuse, or who, acting as such, siiali fail to opt n a poll at the time and place required of them hy this Act, or to keep the same open as heroin required, or shall make or aid in making any false count, or return of votes east, or shall commilt any fraud in the management oT said election, . i... ii i i?ii>)w..l i.u.i SM.L. <y w us I ', in tm preoeding section. Sec. In case any one of tin* persons duly appointed manager of the election shall fail to appear ami act as mil' tiger at the lime and poliing place appointed for holding said election, the other two managers are hereby authorized and required to appoint, from bystanders some competent, person to net a> manager in the place and stead of the person so failing to act, and shall administer to him the oaths aforesaid. In ea.-e any two of the persons duly appointed to act as managers at any polling place shall fail to appear and act. at the time and place appointed for holding such poll, the one duty appointed manager who shall appear ttiid act is hereby authorized and r? (| aired to appoint from the bystanders two competent persons to act as managers in the piaee and stead of lite absent managers, and shall administer to them the oaths aforesaid. See. HI. That said convention shall assemble in the city ef Columbia in the llall of the house of llepiVHentntives on the' second Tuesday in September, Aiiiio Domini |Spf>, at !l! o'clock noon, and shall he called to order by the Secretary of State. See. That the im inhers of said convention shall receive as compensation tf2.no per diem and *> ecu's per mile coining to and rcturiiiru from the same. That siioidd any vacancy or vacancies occur in the representation in any county by death, resignation or otherwise, the same .'hall ho tilled by election by order of the Secretary of State, in the same manner as vacancies in the House oi Hcprvscntativos arc now tilled, except that the notice of said election shall be ten days, which said eh etiou shall lit; conducted by the same commissioners and by managers to he appointed l?y them and under the same rules and regulations above provided for the lirst election. See. 2<i. That the sum of tf.'HUHSt>, if so much bo necessary, he, and the same is hereby, appropriated to doflay the expenses of said convention including the per di? in and mileage of the (hdega:'es. See. 27. Tlie State Librarian is hereby authorized and required to purchase for the u.-o of the delegates to the eoiivention hereinbefore provided for, eighty (SO) sets of the "American Constitution:" b\ tJeorgo A. (ilynn, N. V., tin* cost of same to conic out of siu< I I us paid for from the out) heroin pro\ idcd for in Section llti of this Act. The cost of sumo not to exceed the sum of loo. Sec. lis. That the State Librarian is hereby rcipiin d to distributes and forward to the Clerk of Coui't of each county, for the use of the delegates, as soo 11 as t lecltsd, its pro rata share of the* above Iiooks. S>e. I.".'. That upon the udjonrtinn lit of said eonvciition the delegates shall return to the Statu Librarian the said hooks, taking his receipt for tins same, and the Librarian shall deposit two copies of said hooks with ea m of the following ('durational institutions, towit: Cleiiison College, thw VVinthrop Normal Industrial College, tins South Carolina College, the Ciallin t'niversity ami the Citadel Aeadoiny. and six copies in the State Library. See. IM>. That t he remaining copies shall Ins sold by the State Librarian at siieli prices as may he tixed by the (Governor, the Attorney Ceneral and th<> State Librarian, the priM'oods of such sab s to he turned over to the State Treasury. METROPOLITAN POLICE LAW. ItTJIiIi TRXT or A FAMOUS ACT. Tlio Si aft* Hoard is Authorized to Appoint I'ii I?Ii<- Commissioners in Cit ies id'One 'I'lioiisand Inhabitant)). Section I. That on and after tho passago of tliis act, whenever tho Governor, the Secretary of State and the Comptroller General shall deem it advisable or necessary for tho better and more perfec t government of any city and incorporate 1 town in this State of more than 1,IMK) inhabitants, a hoard composed of the Governor, Secretary of State and the Comptroller General shall appoint a Hoard of L'olico Coin- ' missioners, to consist of three members, (. for such city or incorporated town. s Such commissioners shall have been 3 qualified electors and freeholders of c such city at least one year next prior ji to their appointment. The ollicial term j of such commissioners shall be co-termlnut with that or the sahl State board j appointing them, and until their sue- i eessors be appointed and qualified, but such commissioners, or any one of them, 1; may bo removed and the. vacancy or y vacancies tilled by the said State hoard y at any time they may deem sueh re- j: moval expedient or necessary to pro- j; mote the object of the original appoint- v uient, and so long as it may tie deemed a necessary or expedient by said State s board or their successors to continue s said State hoard shall make a new ap- q pointiucnt of the same or other com- q missioners for tho succeeding term, o to-wit: co-terminal with the term of a sueh said State board and until their o successors be appointed and qualified, n if such enforcement of the laws of this j-j State in any city or incorporated town s under police regulation be continued t under this act. Before entering upon b their duties, sueh commissioners shall & each take and sunsertoo and cuu.se wi u 'Hi filed in the ollicoof the Secretary of ii State an oath of ollico for the faithful j, discharge of their duties and the usual < constitutional oaths required of public ' ollieors, and if the appointee shall, for ,, ten days after notilieation of appointmeut, fail to cause such oaths to he . tiled as aforesaid, liisappointu entshall j, he revoked and a new uppointineut r shall lie made hy said State, hoard; and ^ the said State board shall have power to till any vacancy in said hoard at any time, whether caused hy death, re- n moval, resignation or any other cause, or may, in their discretion, remove any , member or ineinhers of said board if in their opinion lie or they fail to perform any duty according to the intent of tliis net. One of the said board * shall he designated hy the said State j board to he president and another as t secretary of said hoard. The annual salary of said commissioners shall he J not less than fifty dollars nor more than three hundred dollars, to he fixed (j hy the said State hoard w ithin these limits in proportion to the population b of the particular city in ({iiestion. Hut the secretary may he allowed a sum c not exceeding fifty dollars in addition ^ to his salary as a commissioner. Said salaries shall he paid out of the town s or city treasury in like manner a-the salaries of town or city ollieors. See L\ Such Hoard of Police Com- * inissioners shall immediately appoint a marshal, who shall he chief of police, -J and the necessary commissioned olli- ' eers. who shall trice bond in an amount ^ equal to that required on the INth ilay ol December, 1 S'.fl, of similar ollicers under the ord innnces of such cities and ' towns, subject to tho orders of the hoard, and as many policemen as may he deemed necessary by the hoard, not exceeding one for every one thousand inhabitants, and who shad have been " residents ol such city or town at least six months prior to tneir appointment. The marshal and policemen shall 'l liol.l 1 hoi i 111... w ..o_? 21 ally with the hoard appointing them, \ subject, however, to removal at any time by a majority vote of the Hoard a of Police Commissioners. The marshal and policemen so appointed shall l! have exclusive power, and it shall he their duty, to serve all process issued by the mayor, intendant or city re- [' cord or, and all notices and papers is- [' sued by t he Itoaid of I N>lice Com mis- '* sinners. They, the said marshal and n polieenien, shall have and < xoreise all " t he common law and statutory power ,l of constables within such city, except '( for the service of civil process, and s they shall also have all the powers now had ami < xcrei-> ?! hy policemen '* under the laws of t:>e State and the ordinances of such city, Provided, ? that no city or ton n shall he liable in I' damages for any of the aetse.l the mar- tr shals or policemen or ollieials appoint- ^ ed under the. provisions of this act. ? See. The Hoard of I'olioo Clone missiorx rs shall keep and maintain an " olliee at. the council chamber, police v court room or s'oino station house or f1 other convenient plaeo. and shall meet " in regular session every month, and in il special session at any other time upon !.1 written re?(iu>stof any moinher to each 11 other member who is in the city. Any 1 regular session may ho adjourned for a period not exceeding four days. Two j' memheis shall constitute a (jnortnn at l! any regular or adjourned session, or at ' any special session properly culled and ' nolilied. The concurrence of two mem- '' hers shall he sullicient. to decide any '' question properly coming before the ' hoard. It shall be the duty of the Hoard of Police Commissioners to fill s all vacation s in the ollioes of marshal and polieemeii. The Hoard of Police Commissioners shall have entire control of tho police force of such city, its ( organization, government and discipline, and entire control of all station iiouses, city prisons, patrol wagons, bosks, records, equipments and all other property belonging to tho police department, and shall audit all claims against said department and certify the same to ties mayor and council for < payment when correct: and it. shall he the duty of said mayor and council to pay all of such claims win n so credited, certified and presented. And it shall he tho further duty of said mayor and council to levyand collect annually i a tax sullicient to pay the salaries and ' all expenses of tho Hoard of Police! Cominissioners, marshals and police- j men, and of all the expenses for the] operation and maintenance of said police department, and a writ of manda- i inns or proper process snail do at the a suit of tlu; I loaril of i 'olico ('oiuinis- a sioiicrs npainst the municipal uuthori- h t ies of ruc11 city to compel the levy and t, collection of such annual tax and the t payment of stieli expenses by them. It j s shall he the duty of the Hoard of I'olico p Vv o F\thT Jj LOOKIMQ INTO ^?3 'ommissioners to make gonert pecial rules for its own govor mil for the govorniuent and regi >f the police dopurtment, and to md promulgate proper orders tolice force through the marsha Sec. 4. The board may, on tl dicatiou of any person or persons ng sullicieut cause therefor, i liscretion of the hoard, appoii: inmhe.r o?f policemen, not exceed .1! the regular number of polieei ,ny one time, to do duty at dosi*. dace or places in the city, at tl >enso of the person or pcrso rhoin such application shall ho .lid the citv shall not nnv are peeial policemen so appointed uch special policemen shall not uired to do duty at any other tin esignated i>lace or places, but ther respects they shall obey all ,nd regulations of the hoard a rders from the marshal. The nay also, with the consent of th itate hoard, appoint such mini pecial policemen for general di lie city as may be deemed advi iut such special policemen slni erve longer than two saccessiv . ithout new appointments being 11 like manner, and they shall i iaid at a rate exceeding that of t ular polieenieu. See. ft. It shall ho the duty i layor and council of any such c rovido at its expense all neci ecommodations for the sessions card, and to provide a police ooin, station houses and prison! i> furnish, warm and light the 0 furnish food for prisoners; t< ido for the monthly payment larshal ..nd policemen, 011 the eate of the hoard as to the auiou aeh : also for such oflico cxpeus ords, books, stationery, printing raphing, badges, clubs and the ,nd cleaning of police building my he necessary?it being tin 11 tent, and meaning of this act tl ho necessary expenses of the epartiueiit shall he borne by tin ut of its general revenue fund ,'ithstanding the government ol epartiueiit is vested exclusive aid board. Sec. (?. Neither the mayor nc ouucil, nor any otlicer appoint hem, shall have any governm lie police force , and tiie city tre hall not pay any of the police xeept upon the. certificate 01 ioard. Any person or per sunt hull in any manner interfere w nterrupt said hoard, or the ] udge, marshal or policemen 1 lointed, while in the legal perfor f duty, shall, upon conviction t! eforo the Court of (leneral Si 1 the county wherein such city ated. lie adjudged guilty of a 1 leaner. a:i<i sum: ue uncu iu air ot less than one hmulral dolla noro than one thousand dolln lay lie imprisoned in the count ot less than ten days nor tuori inety days, for each olTense. Sec. 7. 1*1 very police judye, nu iul peliceinan appointed uudci ot shall he a (|iialilied elector o ity. ami before entering upon tl liarjje of his oHicial duties shal nd subscribe ami cause to he ,'ith the hoard an olliciat eonstit I oath and for the faithful disc f duty. Sec. S. The annual salaries t oilowing named ollieers shall Ix y order of the hoard within tl m ine limits, namely : The ma ot less than two hundred dollar lore than two thousand dollar tin 11 in, and the policemen car SK than ten dollars nor more ixty dollars per month. See. tl. AM lines and forfeiture eled hy the mayor, intendent ? reorder upon charges forthovio f tiio laws *f t his State shall he I aid into the county treasury ounty in which each city is To ?r tlie use of the common sohoo f such county. All lines and I ures collected hy the mayor, into r city recorder upon charges f< iolation of city ordinances, at a s of ollieers collected hy the n iitcndaut or city recorder undc ct of the Legislature or city nee, for services shall he hy hill II to tiie city treasury for the lie general revenue fund of sucl Sec. Id. Muring the time that t ice government of any city is a stored under this act, all acts < .cffislature and all ordinances o ity in so far as the same are it ict or inconsistent w itli this act c suspended and shall remain im ive. See. II. When the govern tiu ttcli city under this act shall lie heard shall turn over to tin lerk all the records and papers < oard, ami thereafter they shi eeined records and papers of tl: Icrk's ollice. See. It!. Whenever the said oard shall deem it no longer 11 ry to continue tho government i itch ity in the manner provid v t.los net.. 1.1 > sil.iit*, I *aue it ml cause to lie pul-liahci uily pupur pu'dialled lit theStati ill their proclamation to that < ml thereupon the mayor and n lutll rcassunio the ^overnineiit? olieo of audi eity, under the, noes ami Inwa thereof as ex rior to thin act, appointing sue era as may he appointed and p nyr for the eleetion of such ollit llieers as may he elective: ami h ml, if there he u vacancy in suel injrenev in any eleetive oilier uiyer and eouncil ahull have mi authority hi lill aueh vuear ppointnn nt until an eleetion in eld ; ami tin- fnnetions and sail lie marshal and the polieeiuen i he Hoard of I'olice Commissi hall cease and determine upon ll ointment and <|iialitieation of a For Sale by A. H. Foster & Co., 'r | Union, S. C : and J. H. Spears, Kelton, S. C. WILL SHOW Y?" THE SHOE THE pPil TOLIC Y. AiS qivei 1 fT f Yo U AN OPPORTOf# --TY ?f L00KlNGf INTO il ami force by the mayor and council after ument such proclamation. That nothing in ilution this act contained shall be so construed i make as to disqualify any mombor of any to the t previous police force of any city from I. 1 holding appointment under the Board ie ap- of Police Commissioners, at their dissliovv cretion, nor to disqualify any member in the | of a police force appointed by Buch , v ? it any j board from holding appointment under ing in the mayor and council afterwards, nen at And nothing in this act shall be consulted struod to prevent tho said State board 10 ex- from again appointing another Board ns by of Police Commissioners for the game made, city, whenever they may deem itadvisf such able or necessary for tho better or , and more perfect government of such city, be re- in which event and as often as such an the event may so occur, this act as to such in all city shall again bo of full force and efI. rules feet. ind all Sec. 12. This act shall take effect board immediately upon its approval, ic said Sec. 13. Whenever tho word "city K.... ?.r ; i ii. t- ?* .i- - ?- -ii ? /Ui VII lO uauu IU bins m l IHU SlllUO Ml) 1111 1X5 aty in construed to mean "city" 01* "town." sable, Sec. 14. AU acts and parts of act* ill not which arc inconsistent with this act e days aro hereby repealed. aot bo The Condition ok tub State.-' The Charleston News and Courier publishes a {general review of the inuf the iiustrial condition of the State. It has iity to received replies from thirty-three of essary its eorrespondents, practically coverof the injr the entire State, and touching court generally upon the condition of the 3, and farmers, merchants, manufacturers same ; ttn,i working people, as comparod with j pro- their condition in previous years ; how of the the people generally have met their oerti- indebtedness of the closing yoar, and lit due what credit they will be able to obtain es, re- jn 1 Mil"): how the volume of trade at the f, tele- 1 stores has compared with former years, repair j anj what policy the farmers will adopt fs, as . U8 to the cultivation of cotton and proa true 1 vision crops in the now year. The lat all replies vary very much as to details, police and the reports in several instances J city are evidently colored by the pessimistic 1 or optimistic sentiments of the writers, T such but there is a general consensus of >ly opinion that money is very scarce: that labor is cheap and plentiful, and that ir the homo raised hog and hominy are more ,ed by abundant than in many years. Cottou out of mills, with very few exceptions, are usurer reported as nourishing, having paid force their annual dividens. T said It is clear from this report that the t who acreage in cotton will be very much ith or reduced ; that provision crops will t>o police, planted extensively, and that there 30 up- will bo much less commercial fertinnincc lizers bought this year. Altogether hereof the outlook is not as blue as some of !0sions the croakers would make it appear, is lo- ?????????????? misde p8 nor 1 t * \ ll'9* ?M ' ? y jj"1 I 5 than /Hi < urshal ' > S Poor S >Health ij lixi'd , 'means so much more than ', ' 'hfoj* /you imagine?serious and', s nor , 'fatal diseases result from", s i.or ('trilling ailments neglected.', 1 tiui?, ,' Don't play with Nature's", ! ,'greatest gift?health. ?! city ( If you are feeling ' , If.ti.wi i v*. out of sorts, weak . IS i Ti . ?"d generally ex- , >y ItlIII , KfVVIirtYC hausted, nervous, . of the . I JI 1 )W I have no appetite , | , and cant work,. . , J , __ begin at oncetak- . I fund , W Iiik the most rella- , orfei- i I Me strengthening , nilnnt ? I I III I medicitie.which is, ntl.ini ( V/ll Brown s iron Bit- . ?l* tllO , ters. A few hot- , ul all i . ties cure-benefit , " riitfpr*; , r any , JL# 11IC1 3 ??"?;' "a,n. >our . urtllll- , terth, and it's , 1 paid Pleasant to take., !'^r : It Cures : Ito l?t?- ' . < dmin- ' Dy*pepala? Kidney and l.lver ? i)f the ? ' Neuralgia, Troubles, ' , f suoli /Constipation, Bad Blood ' .-Ir'i'li /Malaria, Nervous ailments ? ',p/.u. i Women's complaints. , ' (Jet only the genuine? it has crossed red ' lines on the wrapper. All otheis arc sub- ' Mlt. of ' stitutes. < >n receipt of two sc. stamps we ' fcitso 'will send set ol Ten Beautiful World'#' .. ' - Fair Views and book- tree. ' f Ybt { BROWN CHEMICAL CO. BALTIMORE, MD. I bo O city ' __ stj Buy Best Material to Your I Advantage From Bhall FLEMING ulToct. j Cement and Brick Co. >uncll . >f the Headquarters for nil Mason's Supordin plies, 27b Past Hay, Charlesisting h ?m- LIMP., l'LASTPIl, IlOSP.NDA LP, rovid- KNULIStt PORTLAND CEM PNT, or or ALL SIZPS TPKUA COTTA HIPP, i> that PI UK lilllCK AND CLAY, ii con- HAUL HUICK, TILKS, PTC. , the MIXPD LOTS. OAK LOAD LOTS. power icy by AISKNT8 FOIt THE Ihj CPLPHUATIiP HOCK WALL PLASiry of TKU. ionor> Largest Depot in tho South. Warci" ' 1" homo on Railrond Track. Write for police Huiblin j Mrick u Specialty. " I