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inTh A L I >. P^^\VL\TXSBORO, S. c. p. ar. biz ice, ) > PjiOPUIBTORS. j. q. davis, 1 P. 3r. BIIICE, : : : Iklitor j Wedaesdi}", Ausrnst 15, : - : : 1888 oCB STANDARD-BEAKERS FOR PRESIDENT : GROYER CLEVELAND, orxuw" YOICK. FOR VICE-PRESIDENT : ALLEN G. THURMAN, n v nnro Reasoning Quickly (?) by t:?e WayHide. Tho Columbia Agister, in its issue of the 11th insL, devotes nearly three columns to the Fairfield delegation in the Laurens Convention, and therein seeks to prove that this delegation endeavored to "beat Perry and punish Richland," and does not accord to the delegation that sincerity of purpose which is consistant with honest dealing. "Let us reason together quickly (?) by the wayside." As has been previously stated, the Fairfield delegation went to Laurens for the double purj>ose of preserving the political equilibrium ot the conn ties, and also for the purpose of securing byhonorablo and legitimate means the nomination of General Brattoh* The delegation had no war to makennnn of t.hrt Othci* Candidates. They arc both honorable gentlemen and they both had warm friends on the Fairfield delegation. We arc informed and believe that the delegation was about equally divided between Perry and Duncan as to second choicc. The first business of the Convention was to decide as to the plan of nomination, and primary rcscxlutious were introduced. The Fairfield delegation ' was known to be the only one there that would oppose these resolutions, and after a fruitless appeal not to shear Fairfield and Richland of their just proportion of political strength the Fairfield delegation dissolved as a delegation and its members were relieved of their obligations to stick to General Bratton, consequentlv were at libcrtv to go where their personal preferences directed. Three voles were all that Maior Duncan needed to secure the nomination, and his friends ou the Fairfield delegation offered him their support, thus giving him a majority of the Convention. Colonel Ferry needed seven votes to nominate him, and this number we are informed his friends on the Fairfield delegation could not give him.. This is a reason sufficient why it seemed that Fairfield would "make fish of one aud flesh ol another, afrer this fashion, in fne " same political household." The Register is misinformed in its statement that Fairfield invited Spar tanbursr, Union, ana Laurcrs into th< caucus. Instead of inviting, Fairfieh was invited into the caucus and retiret from the room as soon as the object o the canons was announced. L The Register says: "SpartanDorj and Union seeing how the gan$c; hopped wheeled into line with Laurefc and Greenville, makin&^u^lgAlM^ BE^^^^^c/oe^IieRegister mean to imply that Richland was not "in line too" with Laurens and Greenville, and if a roll call had been demanded the eight votes from Richland would not have been promptly cast in favor of the primary? If the Register has any doabt about this let it inquire of the eight gentlemen in whose hands were placed the eight Richland votes. A? to whether Richland actually voted for the primary it matters not. Every. ^ body -knew the primary had a majority of the Convention, and our informs tion is that very few voted on the reso lotions. There was only one negative vote; there was no use to vote, the thing was a foregone conclusion long before the vote was takeu. We are glad to meet the Register half way in its conclnding offers of peacc, but must insist that it has done the Fairfield delegation an injustice in charging that they "plainly went there with the cry of anything to beat Perry" and "punish Richland." That smacks ot the narrowness of personal politics and the doctrine of selfishness ?of rule or rnin?and in behalf of the Faii-field delegation we repel with /?<vnf-rmnt. this nnormniw?^ inefnnatirm VV..VV?J-? Perhaps it is this same narrowness alluded to above which is causing the "deep murmur of the people"-' over the St3le just now. The Right Way. Iu a recently published article of the Fairfield delegation the statement is made: "We wer3 willing, and so expressed ourselves in the debate upon the resolution (primary), to have the people determine by popular vole which candidate should receive the vote of the county." The scheme iu mind is what may be termed the electoral plan of nomination, and as explained in the Convention is as follows: Every candidate shall have a list of delegates to be voted upon by the peonlo. Whichever list receives the votes of the people will be the delegates of the comity to the convention. To make the scheme clearer, wc will suppose that In the county of Fairfield, for instance, Bratton, Dnucan and Perry are candidates for Congress or any other office. Three lists of delegates, each, a? a whole, favoring one of the candidates, is submitted to the voters of the county. It' the Bratlon ticket is elected then he is the choice of the county, and so would it be should Duncan's or Perry's ticket be successful: It will be seen that under this plan every county would preserve its political importance without reference to the number of Democratic votes it may have. Under this plan Fairfield would send eight delegates to the convention, which delegates would express the popular will as certainly as if ihe people had voted for the candidates themselves. If we are to have | primaries tbis plan-seems to us the j most just. It certainly obviates tiie many objections which have been urged against the regulation convention, and at the same time does not shear those counties which arc so unfortunate as to have a large negro population of their political power and lights. The primary question, so far as this years election and this district is concerned, is settled, but the people of Fail field will continue to contend for their rights. They are not opposed to any candidate that they may favor going before the people; intact, they want no candidate of their choice to secure any ornce 01 trust by any scheming or unfair methods, but they do want to have an equitable showing with the rest. This is their right, and this is what they contend for. We take it that the people of Fail Held would favor the schcmc stated abuve, and while they acquiesce in the decision of the majority of the district for the primary, stiil they wiil not rest content until a fair showing is given them. llurriuon Mcuss liliilno. James G. Blaine, after fourteen months' sojourn, returned in Europe to his native country last week amid the plaudits of thousands of his admiring liepublican friends, lli- greeting is really the only bit of enthusiasm the party has shown sincere Chicago U<?n-wrrtiojs. Aiclicroi^ti trie paraito 111 his honor wys not the big affair its managers claimed for it, still they boast with. pride of the f ;t that representatives from t wentyniue States- and three territories were present to- welcomc the "uncrowned king." This circumstance shows that Blaine is truly the representative of Republican ideas and methods and that. Harrison is only a feeble representative of his personality. It has already been given out that should IJIaine's candidate be elected, a circumstance which grows daily ino? improbable, that the Plumed Knight will really be she President. To vote ! for Harrison then will be to show one's self in favor of the revival of scandals it) our government which were .constant nnrier Ilepublican administraj tions, and which would have been continued should the Democratic party have been unsuccessful in ISSi. There can be little doubt of the power that Blaine would wield with Harrison as President, for the recent ovation shows that h?', and not Harrison, is the idoi of his party. Indeed, the New York ^tar states that the Harrison managers have had to bow their knees to the leader, because as the price of his powerful support he demands that :i:e campaign uiust be managed after his own way, and that lie inu^t be the foremost figure in ir. In the light of . these facts it can be plainly seen that Harrison means Blaine with all his ^ corrupt practices and methods. ' N'ot Interested la It. 1 T" . , ' - . The high protection journals 01 the cjoiivitcy-uc?4?rtr-that the Kngliih peo~ pie ami it.? papers are awaiting Demo? cratic success in tins . country -with eager expcctancv^^^vin^h^^ with the products of "ptinper labor." ( These papers then rehearse the old s protection chestnut of reduced wages ^ in this country, which has been so , often refuted. But arc the people of , England thus interested? The New ] York Star quotes the London Daily News as saying: "There is surely some mistake. 1 England watches the event with the s greatest unconcern. The press nearly , ignores the contest." ( The Star says this is the exact truth ( for English papers devote more attcntion to toe whereabouts of Stanlev or ( the marriage of some continental princeling than they do to all American news, politics included. The state- , mcnt of the Loudon paper that England views the contest with the greatest unconcern ought to be sufficient' to show that tariff reform will not be more foi British interests than American, for, if it was, the British should view it with more concern. The State Canvass. The i>ate canvass closed at Blackvine on Monday. The canvass, although short of duration, has been characterized at almost every* meeting by scenes of disorder of more or less magnitude. Although there was only one set of candidates the disgraceful scenes enacted and the amount of fric- j tion necessarily engendered by them , -T- - ^ .1 I ought to convince any man mm uiustn preliminary State canvasscs are worse than nseless. Indeed, it may be said that thoy are positively injurious to the best interests of the Democratic party and consequently of the State. In a heated canvass, where candidates or other speakers indulge in vituperation and slander, the result must surely be to engender bitter feelings between the partisans of either. This is not conducive to that harmony among the people which is absolutely necessary to the good government of the State. In the recent canvass we but have a foretaste of greater things should such a canvass ever become general in the State. We should congratulate ourselves that we had no i more of the canvass than we did, and we should hope that what little we did have has proven sufficient for us from now and henceforth. The SoIicitcr.<hip. I On August 21, inst., (he election I will be held which will decide who shall be the Solicitor of this circuit for the next four yours. The candidates arc, Solicitor J. E. McDonald, Fairfield, Ira B. Jones, Lancaster, and W. A. Sanders, Chester. Mr. McDonald has held the position for four years, and during that time he has discharged the duties of the office faithfully, conscientiously, and | to the best interests of the State, j Without partiality, he has ably and j j successfully upheld the people by prompt action 111 the prosecution of criminals against society and has never been wanting' in zeal where dirty called him. With this enviable record before lutn we believe that he should and will receive the suffrages of a majority cf the people of the circuit. Certainly the people of FairGeld are satisfied and v/ii! so express themselves at the proper (im*,. The Crops. We congratuJale the farmers of Fairti;:!d upon the bright prospects of a bounteous harvest. The reports published this week arc uniformly encouraging. Unless unforscen catas* trophc happens the farmers and the people of the county may consider il 1?. .. pnf,, liiUUlsi'i? auuiu .-?Uio uo wvr kuv w w iss?* ?">? The Department of Labor has been added to the list of executive departments at Washington, the President having signed the legislative bill. The new department will have the same status as the Department of Agriculture. The law defines the object of the new department to be to acquit e and diffuse among the people useful information on subjects connected with labor in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word, especially upon its relations to capital, the hours of labor, the earnings of laboring men and women, and the means of promoting their material,' social, intellectual and moral prosperity. It is also the duty ofvthe commissioner to Invest ti<!*te.jainke& ascertain whether convict goods are imported into the United states. Tjie Judicial Convention at Chester, in ordering a primary, tackled the question ci negro votes, as seen oy the rule.* and regulations published elsewhere. The rule? allow negroes who* volea the Democratic ticket in 1876, 1878, and 1880 to vote at this election. It will be remembered that the Congressional Convention only permitted negroes to vote who had voted tlie Democratic ticket in 187(5. Is several counties of the State the subject of farmers' institutes is being discussed aud acted itnon. These institutes, from '.lie testimony given them, are of great benefit v> the agri{ cultural interests of the counhes where j they are held. We hope every\farmcr ia the county will exert himsjlf to make the proposed institute in Uiis j county a success. - u?u 41.i i i'lilMAKY elections WC1U neiu ill mc Eighth Judicial Circuit on Friday. Great interest centered in the Solicitorship, there being three candidatesMessrs. Ansel, of Greenville. McGov* an, of Abbeville, and Child, oJ Pickens. 14,573 votes were cast', bul no one received a majority, necessitali ng a second con'est between Anse and McGowac. n-j i iiaiM ? 1)oks the lleuistcr think it fair tc devote three columns of its vaporing! in reply to the statement of the Fair field delegation, yot fail? or refuses tc publish that statement (except sncl j isolated sentences as suits its purposes' tin order tint its {1?lV lopes of having his celebrated cducaional bill presented to the House as hf? committee is ODOOsed to it on con- f ititutional grounds. Senator Blair is jcrsistcr.t, however, and says he will present the bill in the next Congress md coutinuc to urge it as long as he remains in Congress. There are about two hundred labor papers -in this country, of which one supports Harrison, about a oozen are noncommittal, and the rest favor Cleveland. Laboring men at loast Joiri sc-cm to take to the Itepublican idea that it alone represents the interests of labor. ? Harrison* continues to make speeches daily to visititsng delegations, but Chairman Quay wants him to stop, lie believes in the "don't talk" policy. Better let Harrison talk now, for after November he will be like the proverbial little boy whom the call* run over. If newspapers have any iniiaencc in \ politics then Now York is safe for Cleveland. It is stated that among the big dailies in New York city only one ?the Tribune?supports Harrison and Morton. Although Governor Richardson has no opponent some of the delegates to the State Convention from some of the counties are reported to be opposed to him. He will be the nominee nevertheless. So far defections from the Democratic ranks seem to come from those men who want office and can gel it. The Chinaman occupies as conspicuous a place in this campaign this year as the negro did some years ago. Kerc are Two More ofFortune'sJFavoriles The last two drawings of the Louisiana State Lottery lias left a large slic? of the i capital prize in Galveston, viz., $15,000 in May and S16,000 in June. The fortunate winner of the last -$15,000 was Mr. George W. Seibert, employed in the auditor's office of the Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fc Railway. He held one-twentieth of No. 90,4-13," which won the capital prize of ?300,000. lie got the money immediately by depositing his ticket with Ball, Hutch-! ings & Co., without even having to pay any discount or exchange.?Oalieston (Tex.) JYetcs, July 7. * An Explisnation. What is this "nervous trouble" wiili which so many seem how to be afflicted? If you will remember a few years ago the word Malaria was com- j paratively unknown,?to-day it is as j common as any word in the English j language, yet this word covcrs only the meaning of another word used by our forefathers 111 times past. So it is with nervous diseases, a? they and Malaria are intended to cover what our grandfathers called Biliousness, and all are causcd by troubles that arise from a diseased condition of the Liver which in performing its functions, finding it cannot dispose of (he bile through the ordinary channel is compelled to pass it ofF thrwugh the system, causing nervous trcrt^s^l Malaria, Lilious Fever, c'c. Yon who j are suffering can well appreciate a j cure. We recommend Green's August: Flower. Its cures arc marvelous. * eebft*?-txa rr-^tn: r?v^w>v-? THE DELEGATIONS STASS555? Insinuations l?cfi;tc;I---\Y!ia t1 ^ .v.*-' Was, pml lie w it v.asSonght' jfl ' ^HB jfessm. Editors: False ' $-- - ffl our 'acts ami doings in the |Mfl Convention have repeated:)' \ |s in the columns of the CV.-ltiinly jai tor and Greenville New.-. escaped unwarranted miVvep.'tiou in the journals referred lo.'^JH ly grant ns the space in your vP"^H columns to give to the reading ?-y^H the truth of the matter. v? c xv-"* the Congressional Convention bequest of our comity to turth<r-?rB every legitimate way, the can<.1 Mr/* Gen. Uraiten; hat above all \m Fa i rile Id commissioned and eommaj? ed to defeat, if possible, the prima? plan of nomination. These two carried us to Lauren?, and surely 'I tolerance won Id not be so intolcrj as to take from ;our mission it's hct orable and legitimate character. DI the delegation in the execution of it trust reposed in it, resort to other ti? fair and honest methods? What ;1 the facts? The delegations frit Iiichiand, Greenville, Spartan hnA; and Union were sent to the ConvTtion uninstructed, so far as the j/inary was concerned. Laurens f-j struett (1 ner delegates for,- and l4<field against the primary. This as the situation when the delcijatfes arrived at Laurens. The qnestfp, lirst :md foremost, was shall tlic milnation be by convention or prima?? Fairfield did endeavor to defeat!*: . I itini- rr] t.i wi)--ii"o the former.. .Jy.e endeavors she in,x>;ity^r=^^L. tfiimpnt, by -sincere upfjcal tunli members, and leave inviolate Fc political importance ot our countv.^ The statement is made in the ville News, editorially,that "the coi: of Fairfield sent eight delegates JJq held the balance of power, and ire determined to defeat the prin^y plan. First to Ferry and thei^0 Duncan the eight votes were 0%] on condition that the nomina^J should be made by convention. Bh j men rejected the ofler. Both knv j the Democrats of the district wis'd j <1 -lrim.irv and had the right tohavefe, j i and each of them stood for the wisfe I and interests of his people against s [ oii'eis made to forget both.-'' This is absolutely* and unequivocal false, and the friends and represen;tives of Col. Perry and Major Duma in that Convention know it as wells we do. VVe unhesitatingly assert tit the eight votes of Fairfield.were i:c\r offered to Col. Perry on the eondkyi that the nomination should !>e the Convention. We assert furthc that if such an oft or had becnjnj<?*, that Greenville^jac^ttTTimainr wc-mO have accepted it unhesitatingly, and the convention plan, despite the buir combc of the News, would have been k adopted, and Col. Perry would.havs 'been the nominee of the party. Th J Register and the News may have th ' j ar*iacity to deny this statement, be j the members of the Greenville anj . Iliclftand delegations will not dare rt l> SO. r 1 As to so much of the statement a - relates tt Maj. Duncan's candidacv * we have only this to say: Every argr i ment u-!cd to induce their friends t vote for the convention as against tli j primary, was such that we woulc". nc j! have hesitated to roake them openly i j the convention or anywhere else. The ; j were simply asked to vote for ti - i convention, because the adoption < ) the primary would shear Fairfickl < } her political power, ami would coi scqnently be unjust to the Dcmocrac * ol'our county. After the Convenlic f i;rv1 been in session sometime and tl r_ ctel^afc^on t!ic nnrrnrv \va^ sufficient votcsl"rom^^^!i^^^^^ gation to nominate him at once if hp desired it. No indnceitfeius wcTt; offered to the l'ricnds of Maj. Duncan/, nor were any conditions imposed ojr any quid pro quo demanded. Wp were willing for reasons satisfactory to ourselves that Duncan should bb nominated, and if this be a crime let our critics make the most of it. All of this talk about cither Perry or Duncan throwing away a nomination, in order that the people might in their high sovereignty name the representative, is contemptible bosh. It ** -1 - ~ . <* *' <!*.? _ Will (10 I=>r u;u s[)uuv;u ui utiiiu go^ue and politician, but. we would advise the gentlemen who would resort to this trick to talk it to voters who don't know the facts and then maybe it can be done with impunity. It was an open secret at Laurens that either candidate would take the nomination by convention it he conld get it in that way, and if not he would go for a primary and the clear people with a whoop and a hurrah. Fairfield honestly and frankly stood up for the convention plan of nomination against overwhelming odds, it is true, but conscious of the strength .ind rectitude of her position. The sneering insinuation that we were tryi ng to cheat the people of the rfcht to a voice in the nomination is wantonly and deliberately untrue. "Wc were willing, and so expressed ourselves in the debate upon the resolution in the Convention, to have the people in each county to determine by popular vote which candidate should receive the vote of the county. In this way a nomination would* have been made by the people, and nothing would have been taken from them by the action of the Convention. But nothing would do the delegates but such a primary as would slaughter the political existence of Fairiield and Richland counties. The counties oi Spartanburg and Greenville have each about 5,000 Democratic votes, Laurens about 3,000, Union from 2,000 to 2,o00, while Fairfield and Richland have each .only l,o00. The political j power of the several counties above ! namecl in the nominating ^unvenuyn is as follows: Spartanburg, Laurens, and Richland have each eight delegate!;, while Greenville has ten, and Union six. The figures just given will afiurd our readers some idea 01 the gravity oi' the issue in the recent Laurens Convention. The cause of Fairfield was the cause of Richland, and yet the Richland delegation voted for the primary and against the convention, confessedly, because it was demanded by the Perry adherents from Greenville. The light we made was the fight of Richland as well as of Fairfield?a fight for the maintenance of the political dignity and power both of Richland and Fairfield; and for all this the Register snaps and snarls and shows its Teeth: """ " * -1 I "wen, rairueiu uiu uul ^ui ujj ujui pet job of hers with Duncan supporters after al). * * * The Duncan men were too smart to bite at the Fairfield bait. * * * Ja?*t one thing-, friends over the way: Don't talk about natural allies any more. That little game has played out." A splendid specimen of the Krister's satire! Fairfield is to-day the steadfast friend of Richland and her friends, but she shall always be the ancomproir.Uing enemy of tiiat class of Richland voters who permit themselves to be lead by the unparalleled ignorance of the Kegisier and ths ""iJ^id^ters man. The^SMUuetion of the people of Fairfield uponYhc^issue of primary and Convention plaif^of nominating 4 9 \ I our Congressmen, do not harmonize K with the sentiments and wishes of the I great majority of the district. These I difference*?lforicst differences?in a I contest would of necessity pi .tee Fair' field's candidate at a great iisadvanI tage, to say nothing of J he destruction r of the political equilibrium of the counties that the adoption of the pri^plan at Lauren- would necesaccomplish. We therefore take (!) : occasion lo withdraw Gen. iiraiton from the contest for the nomination. IIis letter [addressed >o us and herewith pub; lislied teils better than we can, his r'personal reasons that impel him to ,'this course. Jas. Q. Davis, ' C. A. Douglass, A:.ios E. Davis, 1 lv. J. McOarlkv, A. P. Iubv, . Jxo. G. JIoklky, H. N. OBEAR, P. M. 13RICE. Faiimixuton, S. (J., Au^u?t G, 1888. To J. Q. Davis, Chairman, and Gentlemen of (he Delegation: I have, after due consideration of the situation, concluded to withdraw from the contest for the Congressional nomination. This action, on my part, I am aware, is liable to misconstruction, and may be attributed to canscs which have no existence. But be that as it may, I 'owe :t to those whose warm interest and earnest desire to put me into the service of the Statu where, in my oumlon, her best, truest, and most capable sons arc needed, have stirred my most grateful feelings, to state briefly my reasons for withdrawing at this stage of the contest. The county of Fairfield in convention assembled considered calmly and free from the excitement of a personal canvass for officethc question of primary vs. convention plan of nominating candidates for office. We were a unit as to the increasing evils of the convention plan, and the discussion was aonfined entirely to the remedy. The primary pure and simple, if applied oeyonu tfce iimits 01 a county lor s>tate -ti^(u|tvict(Congi'cssioiml or judicial) a but was regarded .so i':ui"?|ULlAb*-SjU?^_ destructive of the basis of ovgSrnTjPj tion of the Democratic party of tlie State, and in our peculiar condition, fraught with far-reaching results in-1 volving white supremacy which is j necessary for sometime to come, to our I best interests. It was decided, with j but one dissenting voice, that conven- j tion was tiic lesser of the eviis, and J should be adhered to until some j j scheme of primary that would not i j destroy the county as a factor in the j j Democracy, coild be formulated. In j saUe discussion nich a scheme was sug- j . j g'^sibut no formuhited plan was! ! P'-'0poSS^mpr^beCause nobody had . prepared uTro. it\vas understood th ?t wo. desired and vonld support any i scheme of primary that would not i destroy representat.-m in the Democ cratic parry?and ths c?vjj be done by ? the adoption of an elccfta-al college [ system. \ ) I participated in the discus?^, and . was in mil accord with my neig^ors 5 on this question. \ * A month or sixM ceks after anoihe^ i convention was assembled and apc pointed delegates to a Congressional lfc Convention, called to either nominate >i or order a primary (a rather unusual s proceeding) at their discretion. y The people of Fairfield were kind i'c enough to select and send you to the nominating convention with a view r to, and for the soio purpose of, nomi> ncting, if possible, the candidate oJ jy i your choice and without reference tc ?i?l anybody else or any other tnatver. As x?t-io;ig as nominations were the (jUo.-.tioi: dfibefcre the Convention > on represented were true repre^cn'.atives of Faidi3^P I sentiments in your ellbrl to thwart ' such a primary by a nomination, as | her interest in a proper adjustment of | that Question i<, in the opinion of her I candidate himself, of graver import ! than it can possibly be in any candidate. The result of ic all is that I am charged by certain newspapers in the, district with making combinations to manipulate the Convention, and presented to the people of the district, the voters in a primary election, as the champion ol the convenuon system. We should not complain?but pcrbaps explain. This, however, was done by one o{' you^ number in the Convention, v. hose proceedings were unfairly reported or commented on, and done so clearly (.hat no lairminded advocate of tiiis ill-considered scheme of primary coulu doubt our sympathy, so far as the purpose to ' remove the obsiacles which convention methods were and are used to interpose to the exercise of their rights of full, free, and direct choice by the people of their officials, is concerned?or our convictious that popular excitement was swinging the pendulum too fiir the other way. No interest of the State demands more urgent attention than the wise adjustment of our party methods of I nominating candidates. 1 liave lor j some years past realized that the easy acquiescence with which our people vote as they arc told, not as they wish, was a strained and unnatural condition of things under our institutions; was not the cairn repose of a people secure in the enjoyment of their rights, or the tame submission of a people unconscious of their power, but the callous lethargy of the* slum-' , boring lion; have seen the necessity of a healthful awakening from this leih; argy, and suggested the means to cflcct it? it is true, to unheeding ears ?that our political managers! and i bencficiarics and the aspiring talent of. . the State are pevoted to, and absorbed i by, political methods as a sure m?ans of reaching their aspirations than I political principles afford. In their . infatuation for harnessing the strength on which they feed, they fail to recognize in this hasty primary movement ! the roar of the nwaKenea iion. [ j II. i? at present an assault on the | methods, not the principles, of our [ j party. But if it U carried to a suc; i cessful issue at present directed, it will, in mv opinion, inevitably result ! in disaster to the best interests of the State. It will, in my judgment, require the exercise of the patriotism and wisdom of our people to meet the exigency and icach a satisfactory and ! beneficial adjustment. ! May we not hope for such calm and | earnest consideration by our people in ! the interval between heated campaigns. With thanks to' my friends for their [ warm and earnest support, and hoping j that they will approve my withdrawal ! from the contest, I am JL UlUO I i ; Jxo. Braxton. Wortli Knowing. Mr. \V. II. 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A primary election for the nounnation of a Solicitor for the Sixth Judicial Circuit of South Carolina shall be held at the voting1 precincts established by law, and such other points | as by the rules of the respective counties may be permissible, in the counties of York, Chester, Lancaster and Fairfield, on Tuesday, 21>t August, 1S88; and th^ polls therefor shall be open from 8 o'clock, A. M., until 5 o'clock, P. In!-, on that clay. 2. That at the -aid primary election the following persons, and no others, shall be a:!owed u> *, ote, to-wit: Male white citizens 21 years of age who have been residents ol' the county wherein they vole GO clays and of the Stale one year, and who satisfy the managers of election that they are Democrats: eolored citizens of like qualifications who have voted the Democratic ticket at the general elections of 1S7G cr 1878 or 1880. And every voter shall vote in the county of his residence. 3. That at the said primary election a plurality of the whole vote casi >hall be necessary to nominate a candidate for Solicitor. And in (he event of a tic vote, a second election shall be held within tun day?, to wit, on 30th August, 1868, at which those candidates only who tied shall be voted for: i and at the second election the same J rules shall cb ain as in the lirst. 4. That at the said primary election the Executive Committee of the said' circuit shall -furnish tickets to the { countv chairman of the said counties ! at lca^t seven days before* the time for said primary, 011 which shall be printed the names of those persons who are candidates for nomination, and who | previously at least two weeks before j said primary shall have signed to the i said Executive Committee a pledge, promising' to abide the result of the nomination and support the nominee. The chairman and secretary or' said Executive Committee shall certify on said tickets the candidacy of the persons named thereon, anil their com- j pliauce with the rules; and shall note | on said tickets the fact that all names j thereon shall be erased when voted except the name of the voter's choice. And no other ticket shall be counted by the managers differing from that gjjgge described. Tiomimtii'ifwi 'd Circuit Executive j lion 25,000 tickets id clec- ' for distribution on said day orflfcv?r?>< as aforesaid; to defray the expenses of which, and snch other expenses of said election as may accrue, the said t -ircr.it Executive Committee shall assess the several candidates a reasonable sum, to.be paid before the tickets are printed, not exceeding in the aggregate fifty dollars. G. i'hat there shall be three managers at each box in the said election to conduct the same, who shall be appointed by the Executive Committees of the several counties, and at said election the managers shall administer to the voter the following oath: "I. solemnly swear I have not voted elsewhere to-day, that I atn a Democrat and entitled to vote under the rules of this election, and will abide by the result of the same." And that each of the s-aid managers shall take the following :oath: t5I do solemnly swear tint I will perform the duties of manSage: with Inirne^s to a'l parties con^rnu.l, and make a true return of the vuc cu?t." Provided, That one set of may-xgeh. may act where the judicial pniffary sh^u jyj concurrent with any i couiiy pniif^-y; there shall be ! t^? ^)arate threes and two poll lists. ' vat the n'tvjia^ers of said election sn:ij count tin, votes tp 1 v ; i after the polls i j make a &livn of ; | statement a: the : I live Countv^xoc-C: ^ i l( | [ hand certified to be tru^^reS^Sjjf | and said chairman of the Circuit Exj ecutive Committee shall immediately, upon the receipt thereof declare the result of the election by publication iu one paper in each of said counties, and notify the members of the Circuit Executive* Committee in writing of the result 8. That the said managers of election shall keep a list of the voters, to be returned to the county executive committees with the ballots. And when any voter shall be challenged, after decision thereon by tl.e manr.gi-rs they shall enter the name of' the person challenged and tho mime of the person voted fur on ^ separate sheet; I ;iii(l any ooniot of the election snail be heard by the county executive committees when the returns arc canvassed, and if their decision is not satisfactory to the complainant, an appeal may be had to the Circuit Executive Committee at any time before the result is declared. Syrup of Figs Is Nature's own true laxative. It-is the most easily taken, and the most effective remedy known to Cleanse the System when Bilious or Costive; to dispel Headaches, Colds, and Fevers: to Cure Habitual Constipation, Indigestion, etc. Manufactured only by the California Fig Syrup Company, San Francisco, Cal. For sale by T)r W. E. Aiken. ' * . ?If you take JERSEY FLATS occasionally you will never suffer with chills anri fever. For sale by MclEaster, Briee & Ketclnn. j| gMMW?a??H ! ?? ?H?MM? Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marvel of purity, strength and whoiesomeness. ilore economical than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in competition with the multitude of low tost, short weight alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in cms. Hotal Baking Powder Co., i(>6 Wali St., n. y. Sold hy ilcMaster, Uriee & Ketchin, Grocers. MchSfxly ) j NOTICE TO CREDITORS. ! i LL persons having claims against the A. Estate of W. (j. corn it, deceased, will please present tiie same, duly attested, on or before the first day of October, lSfS. to the subscriber at Blackstock, S. C. D. A. DEITZ, JuIylOflxS Administrator. \ 0NPREOEDKNTED ATTRACTION! OVER A MILLION DISTRIBUTED, | Louisiana State Lottery Company, ; Incorporated by the Legislature in 1&>S, ! for Educational and Charitable purpose?, j and its fx-anchi.se made a p.trt of the presj ?*nt State Constitution, in lsTi), by an ovori whelming popular vote. Its GRAND EXTRAORDINARY DRAWj INGS take place Seuii-Ann ually (June an?l ' I>.eci?hor).and its GRAND SINGLE NUM. i?KK DRAWINGS take place on cacJi of the other ten months in the year, and are i all drawn in public, at the Academy of ' 3Iusic. New Orleans, 3La. j " We do hereby certify that we myercise > the arrangements for all the Monthly and ! Semi-Annual Drawings of The Louisiana | State Lottery Company, and in person man i age and control the Drawings themselves, 1 and that Ike same are conducted with hort\ esty, fairness and in good faith toicard aU I parties, and ice authorize the Company to ' use this certificate, with the facsimiles of our '.signatures attached, in its advertisements." Commissioners. We the undersigned Banks and Bankers \ will pay ail Prizes drawn in The Louisiana State lotteries which may be presented at our counters. It. 31.1VALMSLEY, Pres. Lon'na Nat. Bk | PIERRE LANACX, Pres. State Nat. Bk A. BALDWIN", Pres.New Orleaiiswsat. Bk. CARL K.OHN, Pres. Union National Bk. Grand Monthly Drawing In tuc Acadcmy oC Masic, New Orleaus, Tuesday, September 11,1SS8. CAPITAL PKIZE, $300,000. 100,000 Tickets at Twenty Dollars Each Halves ?10; Quarters S5; Tenths S2; Twentieths <81. LIST OF PHIZES. 1 PKIZE OF 200.C00 IS 300,000 1 PRIZE OF 100,000 IS 100,000 1 PRIZE OF 50,000 is 50,000 1 PRIZE Of 25,000 IS : 25,000 2 PRIZES OF lo.ooo are 20,000 5 PRrZES OP 5,000 are 25,000 25 PRIZES 0E 1,000 :arc 25.000 loo PRIZES OF 500 !arw 50.000 aoo PRIZES OF 300 "are Cojooo 3oo PRIZES OF *2oo arc loo.ooo approximation prizes. l oo Prizes or $5oo are. 5o ooo loo Priy.es or $3oo are so'ooo loo Prizes or $>oo are 2o',oco terminal phizes. 000 Prizes or Stoo are 99900 11" 99,'900 rnt.entitledto^rminai'PIT'* n ..Sl.Qo4.Soo CffFo* Club Rates, or any rui'i!5r"?? arc atlon, write legibly to the undersigned. u j | ly stating your residence, with State, Cotss-i Street and Number. More rapid return ^aalr 1 delivery will bo assured by your enclosing ar. 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Ji STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA V COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD. COL'HT OF COMMON PLEAS. Jl John Hamilton, Plaintiff, against John W. ^ Smith, Defendant.?Summons for Belief. Complaint Serced. ^1 To the Defendant Above-named: YOU are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in N. this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you. and to serve a copy of your answer on the subscribers, at their offices, Nos. 3 and 4 Law Range, Winns- : boro, S. C., witliiii twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day . of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiffs in this action will apply .to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated Winnsboro, S. C., July 14, A. D. J ilcDONALD & DOUGLASS,. ? 3 PlaintiiFs Attorneys. To the Defendant. John W. Smith : "<Cakc notice, that Lhc Summons in this the <wi?wliich the foregoing is-^e^opy, J~ii Comaon^i^i wore County and State rc ' i "iu.v 1^r^-yALT) & D0 UGLASSr J Plaintiff's Attorneys. M| DUE WEST FE M AL E_CO IXEGE. ftJEXT SESSION BEGINS OCTOBER ii l, 1888. Full corps of competent and experienced teachers. Superior ad- < vantages. . Fine moral ten2. Uniform worn. Excesses reasonable. For catalogue and other information address ' 51ns. L. M BONNER, irincipaJ. ' "x : Or II. E. BONN Ell, A. 31., Vice-Principal, July24-2m Due West, S. C. EXHAUSTED VITALITY ? ' rpHE SCIENCE OP LIFE, the - -great Medical Work of tho . age on Jlanhood, Nervous Physical Debility, Prcnature ; Decline, Errors of Youth, and the untold miseries consequent mPIEfcft thereon, COO pages Svo, 125 Mrs. Cleveland; exq* 3 Policy, &e.. conip'ete. ri.gi :k and "make $200 to 11 UUiSA. tiu J&JxUd.rmiaaei ?, 1888. One of the most attractive Schools X \ taients Thorough. 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