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p I V LOO A L i N'iE i. i. I rj t.N (J r,. Wednesday. June 1<>. : : : l<"vl MAIL COLLECTION-S Lot!( :.> \vl:I !>e Ci'iUo(::eil from The letter a! lo and 0 p. tn. tlv.iiy. N Ait vert School J. C. '1 hvi'i!, Chairman. L -f:i' iSr-?*:s. ?Trade was not us bi.u" oa Saturday :i< some of our Merchants hoped for. ?li. M. Ilucy has been appointed by Gor. Tillman a notary public for South Carolina. ?The attendance on Court is unusually small. This is a good sign, showing our farmers are working. ? ilr. S. 1J. McDowell, <>f Itidgcway, ft-il u!id sprained Si!? ai;Ulo bat:iy o: ?v"ed:!0.-day. lie will be inid i;p for several da; s. ? A gentleman in town had for dinner on Tuesday among other things . peach pic made from this year's fruit grown in his yard. ?Mr. J. A. Grisby, ot Kershaw, i iiiicl MiA?U;ie Baxter, of Bivthc-j wou*!, v?ere married on Taesiiav bv ! the Rev. M. \Y. * look. ; 1 ?The Hying jenny hns gone and there are many who are sorry, par-1 ticularly the old men. who had just! commenced to learn to ride. ? We arc requested by the post- j master to state, that during the months j that the stores close G o'clock, the j nostofilce wiii clo?e at 6.30 p. m. ?The Board oi" County Commis-1 sioners held tlioir regular meeting" j Tuesday. There was a fullatiendancc.! Only routine business was transacted, j ?Judge Hudson keeps things o;i the j move when be is in Court, and al>o j insists on having order maintained in j the Court ioomt both of which are! right. ?The Rev. J. T. Chalmers lias rereived a unanimous call to the Fourth United Presbyterian Church of Phila -??- deiphia.?Associate lltfonwA i'lCsby- j terian. ? tVc acknowledge the receipt of an j invitation from the Adelphian Society ; of Furman University to be present at j a reunion to be held in the chapel 01: [ the lGth inst. ?The section hands of the II. & i).! K. It. Co. arc repairing the track j through town. and the crossing at Washington street was somewhat torn J up on Monday. ?Ladies, dorrt fail to give Q. D. j \Y illiton.! UO. a can wns ivikh. . Read their advertisement. They will | save yon kbor and money too. Call early as these goods are going rapidly, j ?Some of our popular young men must be hard to please about preaching,! a? two of them went about seventeen j miles last Sunday to church. There I must have been some other attraction, j ?A colored woman living on Mr. i A. "WillifoixTs plantation, near town, I died suddenly on "Wednesday night, j She vras taken ill and a doctor sent for.! Vii,+ liM-i'v-il r\-f tlir? lili1 L/IIC *J\- IVi V liJV UliiMU v-?- mv X' j she Tva? dead. Cause,, peritonitis. ?At a spccial election i:; township j No. 4 held I'3$t wetk a levy of two J mills for school purposes was voted, bat the Auditor has been notified that the election will be con to;-led, owing to souie irregularities i:i the petition ordering the elcctiou. ?We Ie.4ixi tir.it Mr. ?V. L. IIiokHn; r\r Rl'iflrs'O'-lr. \vnn !ii"? nn- ! pomtmenl to We>t Point from his district, has been i:i Ii:e hospital i:i Xe^v Ycrk City nndergoirg a surgical operation, \ih:ch was a successful one, a:"<i hy i? doing well. ?In order to keep the jurors and witnesses away from home as short a time as possible, the Solicitor, after the lirst day of Court, will only try the eases of prisv-r.ers in jail. This will be good news to the farmer, as it fliic comshm lif> vvnnfs to l>n :it home. ?The machinery and boiler for the j canning- factory has arrived and is being put in position. The factory will be located on Mr. II. A.Gaiilard's place about half a mile below town. This is an enterprise of the ladies en-! tirely and we wish them abundant success. ?From a resident of the Salem neighborhood we learn that tiie rain on Wednesday night was very heavy UCCOIIipaiiIt'll Willi M'Vl'll' lliUliUl-i illiU | light uing. and a wind that was almost cyclonic in its proportions. Fortunately no damage was done, but for a while the people were badly scared. ?The Auditor informs us that School i District Xo. 17 is the only district that has complied with the new law governing the levying of schpol taxes. There are some districts working under the now law requiring" the elect ion to beheld prior lo June 1st and some nnder the old law which extends the time to June i>0. ?Mr. Claude I\ Gladden has been! elected lieutenant in the Lee Light > lnfan'ry. of Chester. V?"e congratu-j late Lieut. Gladden upon his promo-[ lion, and also the L. L. I. upon securing ; the services of an ex-Gordon, llis training in the '-crack company" lits j him for the position and we feel sure j he will reflect c red it both on his old and his new commands. ? In conversation with some of our 1 merchants we were informed that! never their busine-s career hail : there been as many traveling sulesmen representing shoe houses on i he ivcd ; and visiting towas there are at prcs- j cni; and also that shoes were lower ::: price than they ever had been. This ; is probably dne to the fact ti:at the j shoe manufacturing business in the | North is in a very demoralized con- j dition. We hope the low prices will : contiune, till we are all shod at least. ?Owing to the extraordinary pressure on-our column?, bv reason of i fdvintr so mnch snaee to the charge of r>- - ? c ? ? Judge Hudson to the grand jury. ] ?orr.c of oar county correspondence j had to be abbrfc^ated ami some hc:d . over. We trust our friends will u:i-1 derstaud that only want of room ar.il physical force is the reason why their \ communications don?t appear or j i appear changed ia -.his issue. The i Judge s was on an important matter,1 and the charge of it relating to trial v j jury we print in full. highest of ai! in Leavening Power.? A8SCMJUT ?La!e on Ia>{ Friday the I>oro was vi>itcd by u storm of wind and rain, accompanied by such severe thunder and lightning as to make a great many citizens anxious ab-?ut the safety of property for awhile at least. The wind came from the norihea-., and it was rraily half grown cyclone, to say the i. asi of it. Fences, trees orchards and window glass suffered! .severely. Fortunately we have no loss of life or liut!? to report. though j two of our citi/cus had quite a narrow j escape. ?>Ir. J. V?". I?oliek and Mr. j \V. W. Jvetchin were with their hands in the field about two miles north of town when the storm camv tin. They both took refuge in Mr. Dolick's engine house, which blew down shortly after thev entered. They luckily es capcd without injury. Our advices from tcounty report no damn-re north or northeast of town. West and southwest seems to be the sections most damaged. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. Pi::<ON;a;s ix Jail.?'I'ho following is a iisi 01 I tie prisoners now in j:ni for trial at Ccnrt. with the offences charged: Ensiiinc Gieen, murder; Perry Ho!!y, hotisebic.iking; Lizzie Heath, housebreaking; Jane lios-borough, housebreaking; Charles Young, assail it a:ui battery of a liiyh and uggra-i va.'cd nature: r'.i:?tin McDaniei, as-j sauit and battery with intent to kill. I IJKATII 01* A F'OKMKR liESIDKXT 01-* Fairkiemx ? Died uer.r Statkville, AIi>>., (ist 3?:jv 5, 1S1H, Mrs. Isabella Montgomery, aged over iiii:et\-four years. She was a native o! Fail field County, S. C. = maiden name was Isabella Bull. Sno married early in lire Mr. Hugh Montgomery. They were both members of the A. 11. P. "Brick"' Church on Little Liver in Fairfield County, under the pastorate of the late ltov. James Rogers. She i~<. _. .'..i n* p. ?,..i \r,..! ICi 0 i IV >"? J u' j VV1* i ' l/t i??tv4 .u t C. it. Montgomery, and iiisiny grand, and great grandchildren t-> lament her departure. Pkksonal.?Jane Gilbert, who j has been cmi quite an extended trip to I Fiorida, lus returned home. Mrs. Jas. Brysor. and child have re-! turned from Columbia. C. A. Douglass, Esq., of the Columbia bar. is in attendance at Court. He is accompanied on his visit to "H'innsboro br his wife and child. They are staying1 at Dr. AY. E. Aiken's. Stenographer MeC:w is looking wrII as usual. He is staying ;it the i V.'innsboro Hotel. II. X. Obear, Esq., of Columbia, is j in town attending Court. I Miss Pet MackorcU, oi Blaekstock, visiting in (ov;n. J. J> McLure, Esq., oi Chester, and | T .c V T.'tr. ,.f Vrtikvill^J were in '.own on Monday on-business connected v/itii the Caioiinu Mining and Manufacturing Company, of which they are director*. Mr. Vv\ O. lirice is home from At- I lanta, Ga. lie expects to remain a | shore while. MNs Fioride iKvljrht returned home j on Tne.-div from a visit i<-> ?umter. i Mr. F. A. Silgreavns and his daugh-1 ter, Miss Nettie 5ifgrcave>. went to i i r:i: , /*i? .? vi^ir xvuvrw tun 4 ?* ? Mr. J. S. llichardsoti, of Florida, j v.lio has ucesi the family of Mr. G. Vv". Itag.-d il;', returned home or. Wednesday. Mr?. II. M. Ashford, who is on u j Ti>it to Mis. Sarah McCains, has bean quite sick, but is reported as soinev.'hal bettor.', Mr. J. M-ckoreli, ? !' illackstock, !0\V!> :>:i Friday. Phi!. \i. Dtiiiuenbai^. formerly of "Wir.nsbci >. br.t r.t j/revei^ iravc'iug for a Louisville, Ky. fum, paid our Su:.c;iu:s vl-it on Friday. Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Hick?, who : have been visiting their parents Dr.1 and Mrs. Boyd, have returned to their j homes. ?Only a headache cure. The only ! headache cure, but the infallible head-! ache cure is Bradycrotine. A COOL) SUGGESTIVE'. llcsysrclfuily Kcfarrosl t;> the Iiuilroail < Authorities. X-ss-zs. E<l!!->;s: I wciuld re? poet fully I t-> ihc < i!io;:;N ol t..i: (/. (J. &! A. it. it. ;t> jr.;? up the following I no;Ice ii! frm;' ii! l!i:; sv;;jii:il'Ov?iil at i t;?r? pilSK'lsgiV dcpiit. i.e.: *4Xo whitt: J I'lrrs'-n ; ex?:lit<ivo!y fur J ncjrrues." If the ? tliciriis tiiiu!; I <!e- j SCi Vc u !:'((. p;is- for {his ><ri Vice they i Cftn ::ct i?y :i]?:>;\ i:;;f at i!;e! olli'.'c of Tin-: Xi:ws axd ;>ki:ald. SLXKX. Nii! AJiovo (loixj Vi'orsls. "Tin: wiuicsi. bitterest. am! bravest | boon of the lield of Materia Medica" j is how a phrase-maker speaks of I)r. "Westmoreland's ('alk-aya Tonic. Jle j is a prominent practising physician. I and only praises what lie knows. J Physicians arc the loudest endorsers j oi' this popular tonic. The public is j satisfied with its merit, and secure one j bottle when the other is emptied: but i it remains for the physician and the ! trade to speak in glowing- terms of j this luii-iieUgea lavome. in\ u. 1. Swandale, of (Greenville, i>. C., speaks j glowingly of the Tonic?having seen : the formula, he freely prescribes it. I [ear him: '-The ingredients are those , used extensively to tone and invigorate the system, aiyl the combination should prove to be a formidable barrier to the encroachments of malaria in it? myriads of forms. Get a buttle from your druggist. Wholesale by MeMaster, Brice & lietchin. Vror. tit j: blood. , Weakness, Malaria, lndigesUoiv asu Biliousness, take 3ko>v.vs mox fitters. * It cures quicklr. For sale by all dealers | mediciae. Get tho zenuine. s i U. S. Gov't Report, Aug. 17, 1889. 3 lOf PURE 1 - '-"-1 11 I^TTT-?^-'- >:? ry.'jrr-r/7?T CIIlCULA T10.V Oi'J/O.Vf. r As there is :t jjood deal of discussion j and possibly some mi-stiiidcrManditii: | as to the money in circulation i:i i!ie United iHatrs, we , ii.? f.\ ).i.-..i ,.e ; liiu iunu i:um mi"' ico 'i j lUinkitoj lor M-;rc!i. This work i> considered reliable authority by bankers | throughout the United States. This I table .-l.ows she circulation on M:ir<h ! 1, 1S91: General Stock Co-'. or Issued. 'iJoId coiu .$ 0*2,222,17:5 Standard silver dollars.. ;'94,001,005 Subsidiary silver 77.G98,303 Gold certificates 172,274,S99 Silver certificates 340,319,17-1 United States notes ;>4G,G81,01G National bauk notes.... 173,003,374 Total ?2,147.459,914 :.-:ss hi j reusuri/. Golu coin $233,409,299 Standard silver dollar* 231,040,402 Subsidiary silver 20,352,005 Gold certificates 25,155,771 Silver certificates 7,G25,G3G United States notes G.400,105 National bank notes 4,970,038 Toifd SG29,029,025 Lear in <i in Circulation. Gold Coin....! $ 408,752,$74 Standard silver dollars.. 03,550,553 Subsidiary silver 57,315,038 flnl.l <?* i-tirir-affvs 147.1 19.129 Silver certificates 332,093,338 United States notes 540.274,Sol National b nk notes 1G8,G92,730 To? si I S1.518.439,31 y This amount equals a per capita, circulation based on :i population ol 04,000.000 of $23.72. ITEMS rilOM Vri'ER LOXOTOH X. E. II. 1). Loxgtowx. S. (J., June o.? Special. Some of the farmer* are about throiii?h chopping- cotton i:i i2:i<> section. Some others not more than half through. March corn looking tine. F?i! oa'.s very good and about ready tor hal ves1 ing. A great many sweet potatoes* were ! set out during the recent rainy weatii [ er, and arc looking nicely. Watermelon patchss and gardens are line. The In-altli of the community is very | good at present. We have preaching at. tho chapel every second Sunday afrcrnoon by ; Ilev. T. W. Meiliehamp. What has heco:ue of Vice-President Morton and the new railroad? Miss Anna 13. Harrison, of the j Walerce section, has bee^i spending i the past week in Longlown. We want one of Mr. Bird's milch j cows by all means. The fruit crop is very good in this ; section. Blackberry crop as flue as, ever known. ! H1DGE U'A 1'SCXJl'S. The Town jiuihling Up?A Spruiued Ankle i --I'cr.sonals, Jitc. J. IiIugewav, Sr. C.. Ju:ic G.?Special: I Notwithstanding the scarcity of money , and the dull soason the buildings and ; imnrcvcnicnt?. continue unabated. ! Would it no. be advisable fur Wiims-! bore* to move down ar.d fall inline?' If yon vvi.-ii to come, sister, ymi arc j welcom-?. Mr. S. JI. McDowell gave a special entertainment a few days ago, and it is said he b. came so elated I Sic. next! day over the ivsult that he fell down and sprai!:e(i h:s ankle. Ho is now <>n I ClUtChC?. Mr. W. J. Johnson has been a;)- i pointed a member of the committee of trie Southern Intc-r-sta'e Immigration , Bureau to wr.ii upon the President of the Unik'd S:a?es and his Cabinet! o.i the 10.h ins!. and invite thum to the i exposition iii Iiiieigh, N. ai such I time as may b- si suit their convenience during ;::c months of October and j November ami address the people of j the Southern btate?. Gov. Holt, of North Carolina, vriil be chairman of! the ueifg&sion. Mr. E. C. Ilcins, in addition Co his i mercantile business, has gone ex'en- ' sivuiv m;'.; mc i;i ioi. u. ut%u i th.it has !o11ir been felt hero. When the warm and dull day? seem i unendurable jovial Harry Despurtcs j happens along and relieves the m?:;ot | ony. Kidtfeway will m-ver .stiller for ; merriment as 1-jng "Dad" ?ells! coun skins and cotton planters. Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria. j IXDVSTltlAL SCHOOL. Messrs E'iHom:?lam constraint d to conclude that your endorsement of the ; Columbia HcconVs criticism of **ih? I present method of nroccedtiic to select a location lor a State Industrial School for girl?," by U;c committee appointed lor U:at purpose, is 1101 consistent wnn your utterances on ihis subject in issues of your paper previous to jour last which contained the enticement. Nor indeed with thai: expression em braced in this very endorsement, wherein you say: "There is no good reason, of course, why buy coiijmanitv, .whhdi may be ?clvcteii by the Leyislaturt', >hal! not show itsred ation of the favor u: doing what ii can to further the enterprise. L>;:t money is by :.o means tl.e chief cvMisidvration. i nor i> it iicce.;.-at ily a commanding one." I concur i'uliy with \oa as to : the appropriateness of this view of the ; affair, and hold that, if it is right for ! you and me thus t<* thick, it is imi possible to im marine in what manner ; the committee would be wrong in | doing the same thing, and so far acti ing upon it as to ask all who desire I the placing of the Institution in their | midst, what they would do to show their application if they should be so favored. A>snruliy this must have been your 1 puamacggM { :h-.-.-c pithy paragraphs urging the j people of Wititisboro lo make an effort j to secure the planting of the school j here; for it'you then believed as this ! einlor-ement of the licronVx criticism j makes yon to appear jioi<- to oeneve, The committee will reccotn! mend tlic placo making the hii:host bit! ! \v.:i;out r< gml to oilier considerations, j -you urged 'be people of Winnsboro to attempt, to do something manif. s:Iy beyond thyir capacity. I need 11*m say I do not believe >ou intended am thing of the kind, I also f? cl warranted, in adding, ihc community did nut >u apprehend your meaning, when they made that spontaneous and gratifying response. Now, geiitioiLiei:. I do not say these things from auv desire at all to invite a controversy, but simply to direct your attention to this inconsistency, ' into which, perhaps through the hurry e>f dispatch, you have inadvertently ! tripped. and 10 ?ive you an oppor tunity t<> place yourselves right. This is as-abject in which the whole I community feel a grave interest, and i cannot fail to see the unfavorable pitjudicii in unwarranted criticisms of the methods of the State Committee may aron-e in f e minds ??f" its membf rs against those making it. IIAVNE McMEEKIN* ?A box of Avers Pills lias saved i many a lit of sickness. When a j | remedy does not happen to be within | reach, people are liable to neglect slight ailments and, of course, if serious illness follows they have to suffer j the consequences. stitch in time | stives nine."' * : CLOSIX<i EXEIiCISHS i ' j Of Miss .lluiiiie Mailiieii's School?Ail En- ] joyuble Occasion. It. O. 31. Woodward, S. C., June0.?Special: I A mr.cf or.i<->r?htr> PVOlit took T)kiCC I ! on yesterday at Oak Grove, near here, I in ilie shape of a grand picnic given in honor of the close ol the Oak Grove school, which has for two cansecutive ! sessions been under t!:c efficient raanI agoinunt of Miss Mainie Madden. For J some litno piior to this happy occasion j J i he pupils looked forward to It with I | that impulsive eagerness so character isiic of the juvenile mind, and who, 1 * * ' - ? i i I 110 UOUUt, litll 1 llitlil> iiitrai mm j'iua?ani j dreams in anticipation of the fun and : enjoyments of he pro-pociive occasion. ! Tim morning being bright ami p!eas| ant tlie crowd, though not an exceed* | ingly large one, assembled at an early I iitmr, an.! nniil ili-* f-peakcrs arrived, j was regaled wish swe<t and soul-^tiri ring music by the Biackstock silver ! band. Several vounj; ladies and a ! gentleman or two endeavored to have j some diver-ion by petting up a dance, I or as it is more e >;:nnonly known a? i '^teal partner.*;,"::iul tri.'d hanl :?.> pet ! more of the young men to join in, | but from some unaccountable reason or reasons the young men were very reluctant about taking a hand in this innocent amusement. Whether the'r ! nonchalance can be attributed to conj scientious scrnple with regard to the eiolnh commandment. or that they j thought that such umuseixent ought not to be engaged in only after old j Sol had kissed the western hoiizon and bid a nightly adieu to this section of our lorre.stia! ball wnen they would be less likely to shock the reusabilities of the spectators by their </raceful luana'uvre:-, \o;ir conespondcnt is not prepared lo sa\ ; at any :ale they j "wonldn t steal worth a cent," and the young ladies had to do all the stealing themselves, keeping time to the strains of a French harp. While these young persons were thus engaged, tho.-e, consisting 01 our esteemed and genial Clerk ot Court, K. 11. Jennings, and School Commissioner Milling, with Messrs. J. G. Mc.. 1 H Tl......I,,* K..,l clliCl >> i/? kjyjin ut; iiuu been invited to speak, arrived Owinjf !o the r. !< thai, tut-re was considerable uncertainty about the-e gentlemen coming, no stand had been c>ns!tuored. bvit the fertile brain of friend J. A. Stewart soon bridged the dilnntna by pressing into service a double-seated iaiwy, which was skilllulJy backcd up in f ont of the audience and one of the scats removed. This rather iuiprovided stand answered the purpose ad mirably. as was evinced oy u:e niur- i esting ami stirring .-perches that fo 1 - | luWld. Mr. li. il. Jennings was requested to introduce the speakers. which lie did in (jiiiic a poetic manner, as he introduced each speaker hy reciting an original and humorous verse in rhyme, which specimens clearly evinces tiie fact ihat our Clerk is no mean poet. Mr. 2VJi 11 i: it was ii:e tir?t speaker introduced. lie dwelt altogether upon the importance wf the ijiprorement and development of the iiitellectu-.il faculties, the great importance of securing :he .-or vices of good icachcrs, t;o need of a better free school system, and urged parents to use every efuii't to ^ive their children a good ...l .... ? irt?, Mr. Milling was followed respectively by Messrs. McCunls ane Douglas.*. who quite interestingly followed i:i ihc same line of thought and urged the importance of a good education. At tlic conclusion of Mr. Douglass' address the baskets were at once brought forth and the tempting viands spread until the table was overburdened from end to end. When it was discovered that a large pot oi hash had been provided, and it began to be brought to the table in large pans steaming hot. There was a general legrct at the scarcity of spoons and such dishes which are indispensably necessary tor the proper enjoyment aii.i disposal of warm hash, 'Jhi-i delicious lush was made by Messrs. Jas. Lewis and J. A. l homas. Confederate veterans, who ieurned the ait of cooking during the war on Virginia's ' i ? - i . T 3 btuoiiv fcOll. ami wnono (ioi:uiJviio;;k.t:u many a ho^ in ihe head (hat was trying to bite tl.ein ami made them into hash. i The dinner bein* somewhat hite and j it began to thunder around and strong11 ; indications that it would rain soon the 1 crowd did not remain long in I he afternoon. The Ulack^tock band, under the ! leadership of Mr. J. M. lilain. deserves ! many thanks for the jrrcat pleasure j their presence and stirring music add* | ed to the occasion. This is a young ; bank, well equipped wiih a new and | handsome set of German silver instrument-". and is composed of the best j musical talent, ami is destined, if they J stick together, to became in I lie near I future a iirsi-ciass bai.d. The only tiling tluit *ccuud to have | marred the plea.-urc of those iuimedi-j j atuiy connected with the school was j I the thought ot losing to valuable a j ! teacher as Miss Madden. She. by her j | sociable disposition and modest dc| portment. succeeded in winning the esteem ot everyone in the community, all ol whom will cqualiy regret losing her. Mrs. Laura Hart, Beaufort, S. C. i wrifts: :'A loathsome form ol' blood j poison wae killing me. jiv appctnc ! \v;:s los^, my bones ached, and purls of ; my lle?h seemed as it* it would come ! olT my bones. A friend brought me a ; bottle of IJ. B. 13. The sores began ; healing at once, and when 1 had taken i two bottles surprised my friends at | my rapid recovery." COURT ?fiOO'??WI.Y?S. j The Court of General Sessions met [ on Monday at 10 o'clock, his Honor | Judge Hudson presiding. Solicitor i McDonald and Stenographer McCav7 at their posts. His Honor, in charging chc gi and jury, said that he took it fur granted they had been fully instructed as to their general dtitie* by *1 ~ t-- v 1-- 5 i i.:.^ ,>.wl [ uiu dilute WIIU nuu [irctcufu uim. m.\.i Cjnt(quenily he would not take up ' much of their lime by going into all detail?. IIv siuied that by reason of the fact that to many men were exempt by law from serving on juries, that the burden of jury duty fell in a large measure on the agricultural and working classes of the people, and consequently some measure* ought to be adopted that would allow the hold! in<: of the Courts at such times and seasons as would suit ihe convenience of the people. lie recommended the holding of the spring and summer terms of the Court a m?!ith earlier, so I as not to draw the people from their | work on the farms in the very time . | when they are most needed at heme. lit stated that since 1SG8 all the expenditures of nuneyhad been made in teaching the newly emancipated race obedience to the law. The entire business of all the Courts have had to give way to the criminal class ot business, all other business being pushed to one side. The Court of Common Pleas under the present way of doing things, instead of being th?s Couit of Common Pleas, was the Court of Common Conveniences, and owing to the vexatious delays ia getting business through Court, business men would sonic their affairs out of Court. When men find out ihat there is r.o Court in \vhich to enforce pecuniary matters between man and man, men become very badiy demoralized with regard t<> the l'ulfilling of liieir c >ntract=. lie recommended the reversal of the holding of the Court giving precedence to the busidess of tbc Common Pleas, holding that Court first, and after the business ot that Court was over, then opening the Court of Sessions. Gentlemen of the jury, before closing my instructions to you, I invite your attention to a subject of vital importance to the administration of our laws. Whatever pertains to the mode of dispensing justice in our Circuit Courts is of deep concern to our Dconle. and should interest you and all "who officiate in this Court, because we arc directly enagcd in enforcing the law s of otir State, and hare the best opportunity of observing the practical working of our system of laws and methods of deciding cases. The result of my experience and rellection is that no better method of deciding the facts of causes, criminal or civil, has yet been devised than that of trial by jury. To some extent opinion is divided on the subject, and there are learned men who contend that a large number of civil cases, at leasi, could be more correctly adjudged , by the Court without a jury. But the number of those who are opposed to the system of trial by jury is not large, , and never will increase sufficiently to j abolish this inestimable right. It has been well said by an able Judge that "the jury is an indispensa ble part of the machinery of justice. Liberty cannot exist without trial of im-tr oml rtacnnHcTYi Miinnf, lnno- snr vive with it. The hard sense and courageous firmness of English juries , more than once preserved the liberties of the English people against the King * and his servile Judges." And again: "Trial by jury popularizes the administration of justice by making it a part of the business of the people. The , people ought to share in the admini- ( stration of the laws which they are , popularly supposed to make. It adds to the dignity and responsibility of citizenship, and instincts the citizen in his duties. It is the most effective agency for the diffusion of a general knowledge of the law among the people. It brings to the solution of inc lacts or a case common suns? anu i, practical experience. I In this opinion 1 heartily concur,, j and such arc the sentiments of the , great body of our people. S? dear to ] our people and to all English-speaking and liberty-loving people is the right : of trial by jury, that there is no dan- ( gcr of it being* surrendered or seriously , impaired. Far be it from me to join in the opposition to and hue and cry against this great bulwark of our j liberty. I yield to no one in my appreciation of its priceless ralue. What J T 1.. -v i A. O/Vrtinef f lift ' i liilVti LU Sctv LW >Ull 1101/ u.?illwou inv, system and principle of trial by jury, but against defects in the rules for the government of the jury. I have given 1 to this subject much thought, and am 1 convinced that a serious defect does j exist and should be remedied. I refer [ to the requirement of unanimity in verdict. In its origin there was a rca- ! son for this rule, but that reason never ] existed in the States of this Union, j and has not existed in Old England j since the revolution of A. I). 1688. ; Prior to that time there was reason for it, especially in criminal trials; but 5 since then I see little reason for it in ' criminal trials and none whatever in civil cases. > ?-v . JT - ~~ A < jrner to uic icyuuuiuh uj. sy.. xj. 1GSS, an independent judiciary was 1 unknown; Judges were appointed]! during tlic pleasure of the King, and (. were not inlV.-.j.iently removed, as was Lord Coke, ior 11011. compliance with ] the royal behests, or a too sturdy -assertion of their rights. If this system did occasionally produce eminent ju- ' rists like Fortesque and Markham, j Gasc&igne and Coke, it will not be ] forgotten that under such auspices \ men like Ilyde and Scruggs and Jef- \ frpvs flnnrislied under the smiles of ' the" Court, and fattened up?n the ' miseries of their fellow subjects. Xot only were the Judges the creatures of the Crown, but so were the * sheriffs, who summoned in such jurors ' as they chose to select and very naturallv selected subservient men. ( In addition to this, the accused was , f/M'v' r\ ? / Anncft] llOl UJiUW CU IUG Jtl vato UJ. (.UUU.IV1) but alone and unaided was compelled I to defend himself against the skill and i zeal, ability and unscrupulousness of the Kings' counsel, who was not re- , stricted to the use of direct testimony , but made free use of hearsay evidence 1 and written affidavits of absent persons whom the unfortunate accused was not permitted to confront nor to cross examine. To the accused, thus overwhelmed with disadvantage, was not accorded the right to testify in his ' own behalf, and should the jury, after all, see lit to tind a vcrdict of acquittal against the opinion of, and to the dis| pleasure of, the King's Judge and tlie ! King's counsel, they were liable to be ! lined and imprisoned on the spot for j such grave misconduct. Xo wonder, under such circumi stances, that the law required that the verdicts should be unanimous, and that ! to the aceuscd was accorded by law j the right of twenty peremptory ciialj lenges and to the Crown the right of peremptory challenge was denied. The great revolution of 16S3 effected a most happy change in the appointment of -judges for life or good behavior. thus securing the independence i - * of the judiciary, and many wholesome reforms in the entire machinery ef the Courts*and mode of conducting trials. These reformations, and all others which were effected in Old England in the succeeding- century, were embodied in our State Constitution and statute laws after we achieved our independence by the Revolution of 177(3. TTithin the last quarter of a century two significant changes in our law have been made, having a marked effect upon trial by jury. To the accused has been accorded the privilege of testifying in his own behalf and to the Judge has been denied the right to comment upon the facts. In other words the accused has been made master of the situation by being able to tell his own story and having the judge, challenged by the constitution, set aside as it were, and his legitimate province and influence destroyed. In addition to all this vantage sr?und. tue accused could, up to three years ago, br his large number of challenges, selcct his e\VH jury from the panel. Within the last quarter of a century the eflect of constitutional resuiction and legislative enactment has been to weaken our Circuit Courts ?nd to facilitate the acquittal of persons charged of murder. Not tliat our Judges are less learned in the law, nor that the jurors are less intelligent, but because the Judges are muzzled by the Constitution, the jurors are deprived >f their aid, so essential to a correct guidance, and to the accused is granted the privilege ef manufacturing his own testimony, after having adroitly chosen tnetimeaiui piacc uj slaving ms ?utiin. In almost every grave criminal trial our juries have to weigh the testimony of the accused, who have the strongest possible inducement to commit perjury; the juries are absolutely denied the aid of an enlightened Judge in unraveling this web of falsehood and in dealing with the*sophistry of astute counsel, bv which they are liable to be led astray. Under tuch a system of trial it is not surprising that the best of juries render erroneous verdicts, and that murderers go unwhipt of justice. This triumph is pleasing to ilie heinous offender and to his astute and zaalous counsel, but ruinous to the interests of society, and damauinsr lo our Courts of Justice. The frequency of foul murder and the e:ise with which the bloody assassin triumphs at the bar of our Courts is a disgrace to our cifilization and a foul blot upon the administration of our laws., if at the lirst trial ihe accused fails to secure an acquittal, his aim is at lea-t to secure a mistrial, knowing full woii that at the svcond tiisl his chances ?f escape will be greatly increased, ami i:i this he is rarely mistaken. These acquittals and mistrials can in every instance be traced to the false testimony of the accused and the rale requiring unanimity in the verdict. The innocent man would rarely object to the verdict of a majority of twothirds or three-fourths of the jury, but the guiltv man would never consent to the rule of the majority. ile who hath his cause just will cheerfuii/ abide by such rule, but he wlio has broken his covenant, or has shin his man, will insist upon that rule which affords him the greatest facility to escape. No system of trial is pleasing to him, but that system will be most acceptable who-e meshes lie can easily brc:ik through. The rule of the majority is in keeping with the genius ot our Government and prevails in ail i:? branches and departments, executive, legislative and iudicial, except in trial by jury. In the Government of the United States a majority of the Electoral College elects the President, a majority ot the State Legislature elects Senators, a majority of voters elects Congress? ~ 1 %\ Ki>?t ( / ]) n f LUC1J, U. UttijVlllV ill (.UUII UIOIIUI VI Congress makes the laws, and a majority of the Supremo Court interprets them, and render the judgements of that august tribunal which ure of such vast importance and tremendous import to the people. In each State Government a majority of the voters elect the Governor, Representatives, and all county officers; u majority of il.c legislators enact the laws and elect the Senators and Judges, and a majority of ike Appellate Court interprets the laws and renders all judgments of those Courts afiecting life, liberty and property. Should the President or other oxecutire officer, or a justice of the Supieme Court be impeached of high crimes, he would be tried by the Senate, a majority of two-thirds of which body can convict him;-aud so likewise with the executive and judicial officers of the States. Yet it rcquiic* the unanimous verdict of twelve jurois to convict a thief er acquit an innocent man. A majority of the Supreme Court of the United States can pass upon life, liberty or provertv of the citizen?, as does a majority of the Supreme Appellate Courts of the several States. Why then shauld unanimity t;c essential to the verdict of a jury? I defy anv one to assign a valid reason why a majority Df the Judges of tbe Supreme Courts should prevail, whilst a majority of twelve i-idges of fict should not. If twelve judges of fact must unanimously agr^e then so should the :iine judges of lav/ be unaniinou; i:i their finding* and conclusion. To apply Mich a rule :o the nine Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States would be preposterous, but nut more so than to en fore unanimity in verdicts }f twelve judges of facts. In behalf of our jurors, and in the interest of the cause of justice, I advo late the aootnion oi me ru;e 01 unanimity at least in all civil ca?e?. and in iiisdeme?.n?>rs and lighter felonies 3ur juries are composed largely of tlie | jest tr.cn in the community, men well eared and accustomed to the comforts ind luxuries of life. The hardships to j which they are exposed in doing jury Jutv aie very great, and often Uhiijerous to health and life. After silting :'or hours and sometimes davs through i long, tedious and intricate trial, in in uncomfortable Court room, they ire shut up in a cold, cheerless and nnnrlv ventilated room, of small com 3a?>, without lire, food or bed*, and j [here kept in a famishing condition,' Say and night, in ihe vain effort to :onvince one or two stubborn men who wiii not listen to reason, and who, perhaps, prejudged tlw casein advance )f evidence and argument. In these daily struggles in the jury room, of tnu>cle and prejudice against brain and reason, good and Hue men have been known to becornc ruined in health, rpenltiny sometimes in the loss of life. Not unfrcquently these struggles, under duress of imprisonment in the jury room, result in the victory of tl.e ininorijy over rhe majority, &m4 the dark triumph ?.f wrang over right, and freqaentlv result in mistrial*, at the expense of t he in ople ami denial ?f justice. The con sequence id thac the men of property ana the practical business men of the community, by means of this delay and uncertainty in the result of trials by jnr\, have been driven lrom the Courts, and select boards of arbkrators as their preferred tribunals, where a mapritv rules, or are driven to compromises as preferable to unsat lswciorv verumtK, t:ic u?nuy an i uvsi of which arc often tantamount to a defeat by the winning party, ami are overwhelmingly ruinous to the losing litigant. Among the intelligent and well-todo classes of onr people there is a growing aversion to our Courts, and increasing want of confidence in the result ?f the trials, civil and criminal. I The inrors arc no* responsible for this. Thcv arc as honest and as nancrable as our jurors ever were; but tbe fault in the emasculated system ol trials !?cf?i Courts ereaflr weakened by cun>tiiu:io:i:il restriction* and legislative enacttn<''ii!?. The laws disarm the Judjre, and doubly arm the criminal and covenant breaker. Tbe one is muzzled while tl,<? other can utter his falsehoods trutup?tt-toi??-d in the cars of an unaided ;uui ivip es.s jury. The mouth of the Judirft i* sealed against condemnation of wrong, and exposure ' ~' * *? -?I * "" '?" ? whilcfr tlifi OI SOpUUlI'T aim ?? ...w tongue of the guilty accused is tree to utter falsehoods ami th-reby to escape. I clo not condemn the ri^ht of the accused to testify in his own behalf, although it is a fruitful and alarming source of perjury; but I do condemn the )<j " that so weakens our Court? as to rendt'rihem unable to thwart this evil, and to foil the criminal iti his studied effort to impose upon the jury by ways that are dark and tricks that are vain. This rule of unanimity renders consultation ir. the jury room so tediou*, protracted, onerous nnd disagreeable that good and true, intelligent and competent men are averse to the sei vica fn subterfuges to avoid the duty arid escape llie hardship?. On grand juries they willingly serve, but oil peJt juries with reluctance. It vory often happens that juries after rctiiiiiH fur deliberation are forced to abolish tlie rule af unanimity and agree that a fixed majority shail rule, and at ti:nes settle disputes by drawing lots or casting up "head* and tails,' or by having each jaror to pluce nis estimate 01 lue damages tu uu found, ant] from the $um total strike an average bv dividing by twelve. Verdict# reached by these haphazard ways arc entitled to as much respect as those extorted bv duresw of imprisonment. All that. I hare said has been inspired by reading a very able article on this subject by the lion. Henry C. j Caldwell, United States District Judge in Arkansas, published in American Law Review for November and December, A. D. 1888. In concluding his article, he says of this rule of unatiimitv "The rule encourages crime: It m the hope ?f tlTe guilty, and the trust ol dishonest and litigious suitors; it ibitrnctc and delays justice; it multiplies lawyers' tees and burdens suitors with costs and ihe citizens wit!) taxes; it degrades and dishonors tin- citizen by I tr?ating hi in worse than the felon he is called on to try; it makes jury service disagreeable and daDgeroua; it often enables criminals in cities where that class abounds to escape conviction by smuggling: one of their number on the jury; it is an incentive to bribery and corruption; it is a fertile source of false verdicts and a relic of | barbarism and superstition that ought I to be abolished." In an able article by the Hon. JJ. B. i Brown, of Detroit, Mich., on judicial : luciepenaeuce, pnousnsa in ine American Law Iteview for September aod October, A. D. 1S89, he remarks in conclusion: "In civil cases, both in Old ami New England, trial by jury seems by a kind of c?nimon consent to be frilling into disuse. A step, which I regard as a very decided one in ad vance, has been taken by two or three States by abolishing the ru'e of unanimity and permitting a verdict by the consent of nine. This will obviate a vast numbzr of disagreements by eliminating the man who has been approached. an'l the man of oblique perceptions to be found upon almost every jury, who can never see things as others see them." in a ictter to turn, ju-ige mom, 01 (he Fderal Court of Nevada, remark': ,:I have had several >ears experience in Nevada, while ht the Bar, of the practical working of the rule, and I wholly approve of it. I do not think that either the Car or the people would consent to jo back to the former rule of unanimity of vcrdict. In this State (California) the rule has been in effect about ten year?, I think. In neither State has it ever been sought to restore the old rule. I do not presume it ever will be restoied or desired." lie further remarks in favor of the new rule: "In refusing the verdict of nine against three, it seems to m* we are very illogical, if not irrational, "as we give to the one of three dissenting jurors fuli force and effect, and none to that of the ?ther nine?just as honest, intelligent and rational as the other one or three." I have been informed that in the I (Ymstitniimis nf the four new States ! ?North Dakota, Ssuth Dakota, Washington and Montana?the rule of unanimity in verdicts, in both civil and criminal cases, has been abolished, and ihe rule of a majority of twothirds or three-fourths substituted. The people of these new States arc to be congratulated upon this reform in the system of trial by jury. The practical test of the new rule will readily secure the approval of all lawabiding and. patriotic citizens, as it hae in CalifonIa-?and Nevada. It is to be hoped that in tiie older .States the example will b& followed, and that the people will sec to it that the laws are framed i i the interest of the lawabiding citiz-riis, and are so adtnitiiI cfrv.-wl in ?.nr Munrrs :is to lis a. terror t? evil doers. In our carter as a people to this complexion it has couie, that the good, the patriotic and tru? citizens of the laud, guided by an enlightened press, that irreat lever of public opinion, must unite in an earnest effort to protect the community against the outrages of the daring law-breaker*, whose increasing numbers threaten l the peace of society, and in thU direction the whole weight of your inlluLcnce, and that of all i ffioials of th? Court should be cast. The grand jury returned true bills in the following cases. State vs. Martin Brice, Eliza Brice, Wtlliom T!f!i>o on/7 Yflniw sault and battery with intent to kill. State vs. Perry Ilolly, entering a house with intent to steal. Lizzie and Jaue Rosborough, housebreaking and larceny. The case of the State vs. Robert Brawn for carrying concealed weapon, continued from last t.erm, was tried, and a verdict of guilty rendered. The State vs. Samuel Chestnut, for carrying concealed weapons, was tried, and the jury found the prisoner guilty.! The grand jury in the afternoon i*elurneil true bill in the case of the State v.*. Silas Paulding, charged with kighway robbery and larceny. In the case against Samuel Timins indictment for receiving stolen goods the grand jury returned no bill. No cases being ready f?r trial the petit jury was excused until Tuesday morning. Goo.l Looks. Good looks a:e more than skin deep, depending upon a herfKhy condition of all the vitai organs. 1: the Liver be inactive, vou have a Bilious Look, if your stomach be disordered vou have a Dyspeptic Look, and if your Kidneys be affected you have a Pinched Look. Secure good health and you will have good looks. 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