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r* ' ' ' : " ' ; "u . N, \ I "FIELD oFITfrjRH Dr. Talmage On-Relaticn ef ?m? ployerand Employee. ATIMIY DISCOURSE, Aimed to Bring About More Friendly Relations Betv/een the Two?Rerredy For I , Industrial Troubles. At a time when in various district ^ labor troubles are existing or t imrusnrtinor tkp effort Dr. Talmaae makes 1 & ^ in this discourse to briDg about, a bet- < ter feeling between both sides of this difficult question is weli timed; texts, j GalatiaD3 v, 15, "But if ye bite and < devour one another take heed that ye be i not consumed one of another," and 1 Philippians ii, 4, ''Look notev^ry man j on his own things, but every man also . on the thing of others." i About every six months there is a 1 great labor agitation. There are violent j questions now in discussion between j employers and employees. The present ^ "strikes" will go into the the past. Of ( course, the damage done cannor, be re- i ?:?j Iir :n ?* ?a 1 paireu. ** ages wu- uvb jc du ui6u they were, spasmodically they may be higher, but they will drop iower. Strikes, whether right or wrong, always injure laborers as well as capitalists. You will see this in the starvation of nest winter. Boycotting and violence and murder never pay. They are dif ferent stages of anarchy. God never bletsed murder. The worst nse you oan put a man to is to kill him. Blow> up tomorrow all the country seats on the the banks of the Hudson and the Khine and all the fine houses on Madison square and Brooklyn Heights and Ritten house tquare and Beacon street, and all the bricks and timber and stones will just fall back on the bare hands of ( a rt i?nw.\naon 1 q V.A*? T ~i.LUciiV/AU uuiuygau iHv/vi? j The'worst enemies of the working y classes in the United States and ire- . land are tneir demented coadjutors. t Years ago assasaination?the assassina- ^ tion of Lord Frederick Cavendish and Mr. Burke in Phctaix park, Dublin, T Ireiibd, in the uuempt to avenge the , wrongs of Ireland only turned away ? from that afflicted people milli ons of ( sympathisers. The attempts ^o blow up the house of commons in London x had olIv this effect ?to throw out of j employment tens of thousands of inno- j cent Irish people in iSogland. in tms , country the torch put to the factories ? that have discharged hands for good or t bad reason, obstructions on the rail ] tracks in front of midaight express ( trains because the offenders do not like ] the president of the compin>; strikes , on shipboard the hour they were going , to sail or in printing offices the hour j the paper was to go to pre^s or in the } mines the day the coal was to be dc- ? livered or on house scaffoldings so the ( builder fails in keeping his contract?all < these are only a hard blew on t^ie head . v__ of American labor and cripple its arms and lame its feet and pierce its heart Traps sprung suddeniy upon employers 1 and violence never took one knot out of ItTin/?tl/ia rJ mil at- nnf.ftnA ^arthinf ' of wages into a callous pain. Barbarism will never cure tbe wrongs of J civilization. Mark that! Fxeaerick the Great admired some land near his palace at Potsdam, and ne resolved to get it. It was owned by a iniiler. lie offered the miller three times the value of the property. The miller would not take it because it was the old homestead, and he felt about as JSa'ooth felt about his vineyard when J Ahah wanted it. Frederick ths Great J was a rough and terrible man, and he ] ordered the miller into his presence, 1 and the kiog, with a stick in his hand 1 ?a stick with which he sonetimes 1 struck the officers of state?said to the 3 miller. "Now, I have offend yon j three times the value of that property, * and if you won't sell it I'll take it any- * how." The miller said, "Yoa? ma- * jesty, you won't.' "Yes," said the c king, "I will take' it." "Then," said c '-he miller, "if your majesty, does take it I will cue you in the chancery court" t At that threat Frederick the yielded e his inf amous demand. And tie most r imperious outrage against the working f classes will yet cower before tlie law. j p trr.i 1 A .... . L : . ? ?n ! v luicuce auu oi u.c v*u? j ? never accomplish anything; t>ui rig hi i c eousness and submission to the Jaw ?.iii j accomplish it. o The benavior of a multitude of la- r borers toward the their employers dur- t ing the last three months may have in- r duced some employers to neglect the t real Christian duties that they owe to <3 those whom they employ. Therefore I e want to say to you whom I confront 1< face to face and those to whom these * words may come that all shipowners, all capitalists, all commercial firms, all p master builders, all housewives, arc f, bound to be interested in the entire I welfare of their subordinates. Years b offA CAm?i nna rrirra + nroonr-intirtna Ci dVUAV VUV gBTV bJ^lVV for becoming a millionaire: "First, C spend your life in getting and keeping t< the earnings of other people; secondly, p have no anxiety about the worrinents, d the losses, the disappointments, of t others; thirdly, do nor mind the fact t that your vast wealth implies the poverty y of a great many people." Now, thera c is not a man here who would cot sent to a go into life with those three principles c to earn a fortune, it is your desire to d do your whole duty to the men and wo- n men in your service. G First, of all, then, pay as large wages Z as are reasonable and as jour easiness ? will afford?not necessarily what others * pay, certainly not what your hired help n von T7AH mnaf f.ott i<3 trronni? f.1 C?7 J VU iUU^V 3 bUOM 10 VJiMUU/ on the part of labor unbearable. The n rifcht of a laborer to tell his tmployer t< what he must pay implies the right of e1 an employer to compel a man into ser- *< vice whether he wili or not, either of v those ideas is despicable. When any ti employer is allowed to say what he must c do or have his business ruined and the h employer submits to it, he does every business man in the Uuited States a n wrong and yield? to the priaciple which, carried our, would dibsolve society, f Look ever vonr and DUt vour- t' selves in imagination ia your laborer's G place, and tnen pay him what before 1 God andyou? own conscience you think y you ought 10 pay him. a ' God bless jou" are well in their b place, but they do not buy coal nor pay 4 house rent nor get shoes for the chil- y dren. At the same time you, the em- h pioyer, ought to remember through o what straits aDd strains you got the s fortune by which you built your store y or run the factory. You are to remem- p fcer that you take all the risks and the 1: employee takes none or scarcely any. y You are to remember that there may be y reverses in fortune and that some new i style oi" machinery may make your ma- o chinery valueless or some new style of g tariff set jour business back hopelessly b aaa lorever. lou must take ail taat j o iaio coasiceffitioa, and then pay what; erythjog but tb^ir owe salvation 1 is reasonable. it b6 that, having those people Do not be too ready to cut down your care 5.10, 20 years, you kav ;rages. As far as possible, pay all, and no everlasting impression for f pay promptly. There is a threat deal of their immortal souls? God tun Bible teaching on this subject Mala- back from such selfishness and jhi: "I will be a swift witness against us to live for others and cot f ill sorccrers aad against all adulterers selves! Christ sets U3 the exan ind against those who oppose the hire sacrifice, and so do many of hi ,ing in his wages." Leviticus: "Thou ciples. jbalt not keep the wages of the hireling Oae summer in California a ill night unto the morning." Colos- man who had just removed fr< liar.s; "Masters, eive unto your own Sandwhich Islaads told me this servants that which is just and equal, dent: You know that one of the knowing that ye also have a Master in which Islands is devoted t5 heaven." So you see it is not a ques- People getting sick of the lepn tion between you and your employee so the other islands are sent to the much as it is a question between you lepers. They never come off. Ti wd God. in different stages of disease, I Bat, above all, I charge you, 0 em- who die on that island die of lepi ployera, that you look after the moral On one of the islands there md spiritual welfare of your employees. physician who always wore his First, know where they spend their gloved, and it was often discuss* jveninga. That decides everything, he always had a glove on that ha if on do not want aiound your money der all circumstances. One c irawer a young man who went last came to the authorities, and h< aightto tee '"Jack Sheppard." A man drew his glove, and he said to t ;hat comes into ths store in the mora cers of the law: 'Tou see 01 ? nrifj, TmrJnitrhf rftvftlrv is hand a sDOt of the leprosy and th< 5UftOWJ O * ? Mr - - not the man for your store. The young doomed to die. I might hide t can who spends his evening in the so a little while and keep awa7 fri iiety of refined women or in musical or isle of lepera; bat I am a physicia irtistic circles or in literary improve- I can go on that island and adm nent is the young man for your store, to the sufferings of those who are: Do not say of these young men, "Lf gone in the disease, and I shou ;he7 do their work in the business to go now, Ic would be selfish lours, that is all I have to ask." G-od to stay amid the luxurious surrou las made you that man's guardian. I when I might be of so much h rant you to understand that many of the wrctched. Send me to the :hese young men are orphans, or worse the lepers." They, seeing the i ;han orphans, flung out into society to leprosy, of course took the ma itruggle for themselves. A youns: man custody. Ke bade farewell to h; s pitohed into the middle of the Atlan- ily and his friends, [t was an a and * nlank is mtched after ing farewell. He could never set tu vvvnw) w r w lim, and then he is tola to take that again. He was taken to the isle md swim ashore. Treat that young lepers and there wrought amoi nan as yon wonld like to have your son sick until prostrated by his own reated if yon were dead. Do not tread which at last came. Oh, that wa )n him. Do not swear at him. Do nificent self denial, magnificent lot send him on a useless errand. Say fice, only surpassed by that of hi 'good morning"'and ''good night" and exiled himself from the health of "goodbye." You sre -ieoiding that to this leprous island of a worl nan's destiny for two wo.ids. he might physician our wouac One of my earliest rememberanoes is weep our griefs and die our < >f old Arthur lappan. There were turning the ielc of a leprous wor nany differences of opinion about his a great, blooming, glorious $ >olitics, but no one who ever knew Ar- Whether employer or employee, ,hur Tappan, and knew him well, catch that spirit. loubted his being an earnest Christian. ? ^ [a his store in New York he bad a room TJHJS UdJE.l'Aitt.Bi jbl?.?.xux where every moroing he called his em >loyees together, and he preyed with Th Open atOrangtbarjaadC .hem, read the Scriptures to them, sang ? rith them, and then they entered on Columbia, he duties of the day. On Monday _ , , . , A it , noraing the exercises differed, and he Wednesday night the sub-con: gathered the young men together and of the State Democratic esecutii isked them *bere they had attended mittee met in Columbia with i jhurch, what had been their Sabbath members present and arrange jxperiences and what had beeff the eer- * , , ? c, . BOD. Samuel Budgstt had the largest 50,ledule ?l Sl"? >usiness in the west of England. He cieetings for this 7ear. The sc lad in a room of his warehouse a place has been prepared wnh the mos .1 ?1_ e i f?l _ J AWncf. ?n Jieasauu> luruisiicu nnu wvui v. 1U1 VUUdJUCiauvu, vu^ viv^vuv ? ?< lests ??d Fletcher's "Family 1W bcirg gi?n ,u railr01(1 sohedtt]l ;ions and wesleyan hymnbooks, sod g~ ie gathered his employees together oa"s *cr opening of the cai >very morning and, having sung, they the same a* two years ago in C caelt down acd prayed side by side? bur*, and fist's the closing meet :he employer and the employees. Do Columbia. It also allows time >ou wonder at that man's success and South Carolina delegation to arte .hat, though 30 years before he had national convention at Kansas >een a partner in a email retail Thin schedule is to be laid befo ihops in a small village, at his full State committee tor approva leath he bequeathed many millions? extra meeting called for the p jrod can trust such a man aa that with to bo held on Wednesday night i plenty of money. week: And then I charge you not to put un- Abbeville, August 11. lecessary temptation in the way of Aiken, August lo Four young men. Do not keep large Anderson, August 10. sums of money lying around unguarded. Bamberg, J use ji. K.iow how much money there is in the Barnwell, June -3. ;iii. Do not have tho account books Beaufort, .June 1. loosely kept.' There are temptations Berkeley, June _ inevitable to young men, and enough Charleston, June lb. )f them, without your putting any ua- Cncstcr, J uly -*> accessary temptations in their way. Chesterfield, Julv-1. Men in Wall street, having 30 years of Clarendon, June 37. - ' I r?r? I nv<3 IK reputation for honesty, have dropped !nto Sing Sing and perdition, and you Cherokee, Ju.y 30. nust be careful how you try a lad of 15. xJar-ingtoo, July 39. ind if he do wrong do not pounce on Dorchester. June !;> lim like a hyena. If he prove himself Mgcfie.c., August 10. mworthy of your confidence, don't call Fairfield, July -7. ,n the police, but take him home. Tell i? lorence, o uly 1-. *hy you dismissed him to those who Georgetown. -j uy 10. rill give him another chance. Many a Greenville, August b. *oung man has done wrong once who Greenwood, August 13. rill never do wrong again. Ah, my Hampton, June 20. rienda, I think we can afford to givo ^orr7' / 100 iverybody another chanco when God Kershaw, July 23 :nows wc bhould all have been in per- Lancaster, July 2o. lition if he had not given us 10,000 Lauren#, August 4. IjOTTriffton. Ansusfc 21. . . , . Marion, July 13. Then, if in moving around your fac- jj?lboro july jg ory or Bull or barn or .tore, yon are in- Newba(r^ An?ast 3. izorable with young men God will re- Oeona- Aiisrust 9 nember it Some day the wheel of Oraog.^nx Juno H. ortune will turn, and yon will be a pr.u*. ?*' , 7 .auper and your daughter will go to Siehlaud, Auaust22. ho wort house, and your son will die Spartanb;rg jaly 3?. IB the scaSold. If in moving among Sumter. June 26. our young n-en you see one with an d A 13 .miuoui pallor of cheek or you hear Uni > A >ast j urn coughing behind tie counter, say WjllU'msbusre, Juljr :ll. 0 tim, Stay home a day or two and York Julv 98 est or go out and breathe the breath of ' he lulls." If his mother die, do not TTJT, p.mand that on the dav after the fun- IXlXi ral he be in the store. Give him at east a week to pet over that which he Weekly Bulletin Issued by S rill never get over Director Ba.uer. Employer?, urge upon your em- . ,, iloyees, above all, a ibiigiou3 life. So -^e following is the wcekjy . ar from that, how is it, young men? o? the condition of the weathe qstead of beiog cheered on the road to crops of the State issued Wednesi eaveu Boffie of jou are caricatured, and Director BaUer of the South Ci t is a hard thirgfor you to keep your . , TT .. , - . !hri3tian integrity in that store or fac- sectl0? United States "w Dry where there are so many hostile to bureau's weather and crop servic< eligion. Ziethen, a grave general un- The temperature was scasonab] er Frederick the Great, was a Chris- ;ng the weet ending 8 a. m , Ma ian. Frederick the Great was askep- o ^ no 0?a ? v?;, ic. Oae day Ziethen, the venerable, with a maximum of 93, and ami. rhite haired general, asked to be ex- ^6 iegrecs, both reported fr< frnm miiitarv dutv thai he mi*ht northwestern portion oil the State ttend the holy sacrament. He was ex- The rainfall ranged in amoun used. A few days after Ziethen was one-fourth of an inch to nearly iaiag with the king and with many inches. The least amount fell : otables of Prussia when Frederick the extreme northwestern counties, a rreat in a jocose way said, "Well, heaviest occurred over the < iiethen, how did the sacrament 01 last countics. 'riday digest?" The veDcrable old Aithough the nights continue t< rarrior arose and said: ''For your for rapid growth, and crops are lajesty I have risked my life many a ward over the western portion tme on the battlefield, and for your weather conditions were favorab! iaj?sty 1 would be willing at any time caused improvement in the con-ii 0 (lie; but you do wrong when you in- all crops. The rains were bent alt the Christian religious. You will and brought up late all planted orgive me if I, your old military ser- and put bottom lands into coodit ant, cannot bear in silence any insult be plowed and planted, except io 3 my Lord aod my Saviour." Fred- wesiera countics, where more : rick the Great leaped to his feet, and needed. e put out his hand, and he said: Corn looks well and has good 'Happy Ziethen! Forgive me, forgive exccpt where worms have dama :e!" on bottom lands. While planting Oh, there are many being scoffed at from finished, some corn is rec or their religion, and I thank G-od its second cultivation. here are many men as brave as Ziethen! Cotton is practically all plaate - - ~ . : 1.;?k,.* ro to heaven yourself, U employer! i? ui4Hb5 3iu? xiumu, u can 'ake all your people with you. Sooa or *s coming up to full stand, ou will be through buying and selling a*e> however, _ somewhat irr gti nd through with manufacturing and *^ze- Cultivation and chopping uilding, and God will ask you: era^ Some fields are grassy, and 'Where are all those people over whom hoppers are destroying; cotton: ou had so great influence? Are they county. Sea island ha:i a good ere? Will they be here?" 0 ship- and is thriving. wners, into what harbor will your crew Rust continues on wheat to the ail? 0 jou merchant grocer, are those ^eat the croP- The recent rain oung men that under your care are improved both wheat and oats tl Toviding food for the bodies and fami- ter being now particularly fine ies of men to go starved forever? 0 larSe areas. Oats will soon be ou manufacturers, with so many harvest in the southeastern cot rheels flying and so many bands pull- Tobacco has fairly good stand: ng and so many new patterns turned f^e ground is in condition for n 'Ut and so many goods shipped, are the *Q?_\ plants are small bat vig pinnere, are the carmen, are the dray- -Rice improved with the v aen, are the salesmen, are the watchers njghts. Planting continues whe: if your establishments working out ev- piously hindered by freshets. r ? Can! TSfi NSW COKSTlTtrXIOH tors. Allccatestsfj under at primar? elections; e made I Of th8 Democratic Party of South by the county execat ^r.A /sr. ! -i ihft ftcmntv in which jVUU vu -? ?- ?r 2 us all Carolina Recently Adopted- m;;y have occurred, teach rpi f 11 ii, a a. i i."u viewed oy the State < or oar- j The followlD213 the text of the new tee, whose action shs iple of Party constitution adopted at the State vided, Thai no vote s dis- convention Wednesday: for any candidate v Article I. There shall be one or more the chairman of fmlhe Democratic olaba organized in each couo iaci- township or ward, each of which clubs mit.tees, * pledge ii ! SaDd- shall have a distinct title "The will abide the result lepers. Democratic club," and shall elect a and support the nom osy on president and one or mere vice presi- that he is not nor wil isle of dents, a recording and a corresponding eandidate of any fa aani?oforTT on/} a frftianpor ond ahol 1 nr lie/ die D^ViVWmj MUM w WAV??UW*W4f HUVk UUMA* 1 Ol IViJ V4 ^MV/tiWi; )ut all have the following working commit- than the regular Dt :osy. tees, of not less than three members tion: Provided, furtl was a each, viz : A committee on registra- date shall be declare 3 band tion, an executive committee of suoh less he receives a ma; ;d why other committees as to each may seem cast for the office for nd un- expedient. _ didate: Provided, 1 iay he Article IT. The meetings of the club such candidate shall ; with- shall be frequent after the opening of fore the day of the fii he offi- the canvass, and some member of the ing of the county or I i that club or invited speaker deliver an ad- Article VII. The < it I am dress at each meeting, if practicable, convention shall be his for The club shall meet on the fourth Sat- president from each )m the urday in. April and the county conven- trict, two secretaries and tion on the first Monday in May, re- Article VIII. Ti inister spectiveiy, of each eleetion year: Pro- committee shall be (WW vided. That the county executive com- m?Tr>v>a?. Id like pittee may name any other day with- riby'the' oouu'ty" eo in me in the same week for such oluh meet- first Monday in May QdiQgs leg by giving at least two weeks' no- year \yiien elect* elp to tiee by advertisement in.county pa- committee shall cboo isle of pors: And provided further That in DOt necessarily mem' jpotof case any existing club shall fail to to said elections: Pi n into re organize on the day filed for reor- officer bo elected who is fam- gamzation, the oounty executive eom- the committee shaU, >goniz mittee may fix a day for such club to a Tote on any e them meet or reorganization by giving two chairman, and then of the weeks notice as provided in this ar- He vote The lg the ticle. Each county shall be entitled to tee shall meet at the death, double the number of delegates in the ^L 0r "ny five mem s mag- State convention as it has members in dme and place as h sacrt- the general assembly. int_ The mcmbe. m who Amclc III The president or five Democratic executiv heaven memoers snan nave power w cau au South Carolina shall d that extra meeting of the club, aDd at such gtate oonVenti< Is and meeting one-fourth of the members every four years thei leaths, shall constitute a quorum for the elected shali be ex of Id into transaction of business. tue gtate executive jardenJ Article IV. The clubs in eachoounty oancie3 on said execu , let us shall be held together and operate un- deatn, resignation oi der the control of a county executive be filled by the respe committee, which shall consist of one utjve committees. T GS. member fnm each club, to be elected committee is charged by the respective clubs. The executive tion an<i direction of ;lose at ?oajmittee- when elected, shall appoint party in this Stat6) B its own officers (except the chairman, stitution, the prinoip who shall be elected by the county con- platf0rm of principle imittee ventl?D)< who shall not necessarily be tioD by resolution ; njfubera of said committee, but a va- State convention m: re com- : l 1B the membership of the com- time adopt, not incoi ill the | jiiitee^ s"a"i be filled by the ^Ciub, constitution, and sha d the ' ! "rotl8!1 tne 1089 01 wnose ^emDt-r D>' fice for two years froi i death, resignation or otherwise the va- tion, or until thei Bpaign , caacy occurs: Provided, That in case been elected. The hedule ; the office of chairman of the county nominate presidentia b care-! executive committee shall become va- any vacancy occur in ention 3iDlt by resignation, death or otherwise, 0f "electors or of the i jt iheoommittee shall have power to Hi 1 committee, by deat e3' . the vacancy by electiag a chairman to other cause, the comi upaign jjgrve until the organization of the next power to till the Iraotfe- regular county convention: Aid pro- majority of the whoh iDgd'at vided, further, That any officer so Article JX. The v ft?r the j elected who is not a member of the counties for ail of !ud tLe j oommittee shall not be entitled to a COngressmen and L ? i City. J vote on any question except the chair- shall be transmitted re me man, ana men oniy ia case 01 & ue ^ a 1 at as vote! The tenure of office of the ex- ^peo?ve eou . . , ,, , .. . mittees to the chai arpose ecutive committee shall be until the of this firet Monday in May of each election ^SS^STSSTp year, at which time the county con- Droceed to canV4S= vention shall be called- together to re- ?Isre ,he resa,t_ organize the party, .bvery presidential election year county conventions shall # Article JL When be called by the county executive com- j10n assembles it s?.s mittee to meet on the first Monday in . "*e <e^airma? May, which shall elect delegates to a tlve committee. A State convention called for the pur- I?4n 8"a" . DOmlna! pose of electing delegates to the nation- . convention, and al Democratic convention and to elect t10 ? the convention i a member of the national Democratic mediately to the elec executive committee from this State, officers and tothe tr The Siate convention shall be called business. ^When the by the State executive committee to ciUQeQ 1C snaii aajoui meet every presidential election year Article XL Be fort on the^third Wednesday in May, and 1S96, and each electi every State election year, county and State Democratic ex< State conventions shall meet on the shall i?sue a call to 5rsfc Monday iu May and the third the dates of the meet Wednesdav in May respectively. viting the Candida? Article V. County Democratic con- United States senate ventions shall be csmposed of delegates in their respective elected by the several local clubs, one cuits, to be present delegate for every 25 members, and one people. At such n: delegate for a majority fraction there- candidates above se of, with the right to each county oon- allowed to speak, vention to enlarge or diminish the rep- Article XII. It sh resentation according to circumstances, each county executiv The county conventions iball be called point meetings in the together by the chairmen of the re- ties to be addressed 1 spective executive committees under for the general asset such rule, not inconsistent with the different county offii constitution nor with the rules adopted except magistrates, i by the State Democratic executive visors of registratioi committee, as each county may adopt, by primaries on th< and when assembled shall be called to August of each electi order by the chairman of the executive same rules and reguh committee, and the convention shall provided. proceed to nominate and elect from Article XIII. Eai among its members a president, one or tjon to a gtate 'conv more vice presidents, a secretary ana t-h-? frr* fill ar>T? trortfl a treasurer. Any county conv< ntion Article XIV. This may permit or recognize the formation amended or alte of a new club cr clubs by a majority of jjay C0nventi0n of tt . ? its members. In all oities with a popu- convention called Bp Nation of 5,000 and over there may be pUrpoge, the call for two clnbs m each ward; they flhaU be Clj?y tbe chaT)ges to b 1t . j organized in obedience to this constitu- Article XV. Any ' j tion, &re the clubs elsewhere in this reluming to organize :r and S-a-p. and in organizing said clubs they iong of con8titut day by j have representation in the county reprosentation in the irolina conven tions respectively as said conven- C0DVenti0n. , tions sh\V- u Vare in accordance with eather t^e r,rovision8 u: this constitution. a ^ y- Article VI. For the purpose of nom*3 t-? w in/ifinrr $ ,W ct f\TT C * f? AT* linn. Bv the terms of LC UUI" AUauuj v/auui'i?vu& j. VA gviv.AU ^j, ? 4iVu ?w 7 21st, tenant governor and all other State of- Vincent L. Bradford limum fi.cers>. i^udingsolicitors in the ro9pec- jmrist who died in tive circuits and congressmen in their 1884, leaving an < m tbe respective districts, and United States $200 000, one-bait < } senators and all county officers. exoepfc other smaller Iegaci t from magistrates and masters and supervis- to the Washington ai throe ors of registration, a direct primary of' Lexington, K-jckb: in the election shall be hel-i on the last Tues- &y reason of the d -ad the day in August of each election year, and Juliet Bradford. TJt jcnfcral a second and third primary each sue- cently ac her home cessive two weeks thereafter if neces- leaving an additional )0 cool sary: Provided. That the county execu- to tne university anc back- tive committee of any county shall be mise Prof. Bradford'; s, the at liberty to order a primiry election operative. The will !e and for magistrates or masters. At this library shall go to th tion of elections only Democratic white voters of Washington and ] ificial, who have been re-idents of the State be known as the Vi seed?, 12 months and the county 60 days pre library. An ann ion to ceding the next general election, and for the maintenance i some such negroes as voted the Democratic of the oil paintings p rain is ticket in 1876, and as have voted the Bradford are devised Democratic ticket continuously sinoe, tution, and an annuil stands to be shown by the certificate of 10 for the maintenance ged it white Democratic voters, who will which ia u> oe known ? ' * i D...a 13 iar pledge tnemseives to support toe noia- viau'uiu W"BW>""" :eiving inees of such elections may vote: Pro- - . , .. vided, That no person sh*il be allowed ^ught Aboul id. It to vote esc^pt his name be enrolled on Two well known fa ?r ha& the particular club list at which he an^ Charles pergan, which offers to vote at least five days before dence of a widow res lar in the first eleation. Eachelub shall have of Missionary ridge, isgeu- a separate polling place for primary both haveibeen pay in grass- elections. without the kno wledj in one The club rolls of the party shall con- fi?}? en,s d ^ stand stitute the registry list and shall be W1, , A , . .pea O inspect by any member of H?'flei a i detn- party, and the election under this 617 * s have clause shall be held and regulated ^ Hard le lat- under the act of the general assembly t o rer r?f tViia Smff? ennr/wpH 21 IRfiR. A. man was arreste* rsaay and any subsequent acts of the legis- representatives a lev? mties. lature of this State. The State execu- charge preferred agai 3, and tive committee shall meet on the Fri- he was making a si; ;planfc- day after each primary, or such other man happened to be ;orous. time as may be designated by the this law should chan> rarmer chairman, to canvass the vote and de stairs, we tremble foi :?Jpre" clare the result as to all State officers would be no prosp congressmen and United States sena quorum.?Spartanbu] 3? all nomination \ 3ha!i be heard first ^ i|f (\ ft * JO '* > ^ ii H * H ? f ! ;i7e committee of * VV U J U 0 H 5 U fl U ;1 A U t f j such irregularities i ^ and m3y be re- \ Ci 1 \ sxectitive commit- i $ iroirm VAA/in ? be final: Pro- * I 0.1 ill OCC'UD. } shall ba counted ^ i rho does not file * Our business in Farm Seeds is ? the State execu- f to-day one of the largest in this f ith the respective ^ Country. A result due to the fact ^ icy executive com- A that quality has always been our a i writing that he \ grst consideration. V.'e supplv I of such primary ? ?~r? :? . ? f inees thereof, and ^ aji Seeds required for the Farm. A 'cvion, ^either pri- { GRASS & CLOVER SEEDS, \ suggested, other 9 COW Peas, Cotton Seed, f imocratic nomma- f Seed Oats, Seed Corn, f TlomLTteTun- { S?ia> Navy & Velvet 0 jority of the votes f Beans, Sorghums, f which he is a cad- A Broom Com, Kaiiir # ulLhLPlet\'f. Corn Peanuts, \ :sd campaign meet- V millet Seed, f State respectively. ^ Rape, etc. $ )fficrs of the State ^ food's Descriptive Catalogue $ a president, Vice- a gives the fullest information about 4 congressional ais- \ these and all other Seeds; best methods T and a trpisnrpr & of culture, soil best adapted for differ- A auu 3 tred.arer. v crent crops and practical hints as to \ ie State executive Q -what are likely to prove most profitable a composed of oca \ ?*?? Catalogue mailed fee upon J 5 J. W. WOOD & SONS, \ a.? safd esecativo i SEEDSMEN. - Rir.hmncd. Va. i se its own officer#, f '"T'" " f bers thereof, prior ovided, That any is cot a member of PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDS, sot be entitled to SOD?ly iTcTe ofha of the Dispensary executive commit- Profits Made to Each County. call of the chambers, and at snch At last the dispensary profits placed or they may ap- to the credit of the school fund in the r of the national gta*c jjas ]3een apportioned among the e committee from , ,. . - , be elected by the several counties. A f*w days Tte ?n in 1896, and State published the statement showing reafter, anci when the deficiency required to make up the ficio a member of $3 per cap?ta in each county and the tiveCommittee by amou*ts Rquired from ,he profits 10 r otherwise, shall P*y up those dt fiencies. Thursday the ctive county exec- rest ?f l^e Pr?fi,s were apportioned ao he State pxpcntivp cording to enrollment. The following with the execu- tab*e sh?*s in the ^rst column the the policy of the amount that each county gets and in ubject to this coo- second the enrollment by counties les declared in the UP?Q which, under the law, the appors and such instruc tionment is made: ^ 0 1 i or otherwise, as a Am0UD< ay from time to 10 each enro1 ' asistent with this oC?S?tJi'lv q-q 11 continue in of Abbeville $2 ISM 64 <,8 9 ii the lime of elec- Aiken or! ~ 10 rou x successors have A^crson 3 5?>7 <6 12 o99 committee shall Bamberg , o! 1 electors, an i if Beaufort ?'?!??? ? the State ticket ganW HISqq I**, latiocal executive Berkeley 1.54*99 ^6 h resignation o* Charleston 3 2<8 63 1^776 mittee shall have Cherokee J ^.U 4 4<>4 Tacancv* all bv a Chester 1 <43 <2 2 b43 3 committee Chesterfield l.?88 GO 3,910 3 committee. Glarecdon 1 616 48 5 8U6 ote in the respect- (iolleton 1.394 30 5 0(>8 the State oncers, DiriiDgton 1.927 47 6 923 ited States senator Djrch*ter 746J5 2 6S0 by the chairman E1 field 1 671 89 6 005 Qty executive com- p-li*field ! 797 10 6 347 rman of the State F1 e 1,637 92 5 883 as early as prac- G Qwn > 1 m ()3 4 2,4 notary, who shall Gree"viUe 3 369 39 12,io2 the vote and de- ?reenwocd 1,715 04 6,160 Hamnton 1.167 67 4 194 tho State coDven- Horry 1 525 74 5,4801 ill be called to or- Kershaw 1,293 52 4 646 j of the State execu- Lincastcr 1,465 04 5 M.. , temporary chair- Laurena 2,122.08 7,(Sited and elected^ by Lexington 1 664 09 after its orgauizi- .Marion 2,109 56 T,5<7 shall proceed im- Marlboro (,7 5,158 tion of permanent dewberry... 2 076 98 <,lbO ansaction of other (Joooee 1,339 20 business has con- Orangeburg 3 52rf 94 12 6<o rn sine die. Pickens 1 277 40 4 5S8 a tho election in Richland 1,916 64 b on thereafter, tho Saluda.... J qqo Jt liSfl >cutive committee Spartanburg o Wf J*SV I all cindidatesfor Sumter 2 6o0 8J 9,0- j ings, and also in- Union r~*i ' es for congress, Williamsburg 1,4<- i *r,d fnr solicitor*. I V?rlr.. 2 b9.i 9d 9 bib 1 districts and cir and address the Total? $75,137 63 269,875 teetings only the t forth should be Two Sheriffs Killed. A special froai Thompson's Springs, all be the duty of says: '"Saturday at noon, Sheriff e committee toap- i'ayior 0f Grand county, and Sim Jcntir respective coun- kilig) a cattie owner, Were shot and j )y the candidates by outlaws of Hili Creek, Sf&y nbly and for the miies north of here. The story of ki 11uers, all of whom jng ag told by Herbert Day, deputy shc-rmasters and super- ^ w^0 wa8 wjtj1 them, is as follows: i shall be elected t^ree men unexpectedly came j a last Tuesday in upon the camp of the outlaws. Sheriff ion year under the 'j'aylor aD(j Sain Jenkins dismounted itions hereinbefore an,} started to walk up to them. When a short distance from them the sheriff St county delega- spoke to them, saying: '"Hello, boys." ention shall have They had ieft their gun3 on their horses incy therein. when they dismouated, aud as they ; constitution may turned to go to their horses they were red at the regular shot in the back. Djiy at once started le State or at any for assistance and came here where he ecifically for that told his story and telegiaphed Gov. which shall spe- Wells for assistance. The dead officers e made. were fearless men and the people are county failing or ereatlv excited over the killing.' under the proyis- " ~ ion shall cot have Engineer and Fireman Silled State JL/emocratio The engine attached to the westbound mail train of the Lake Shore roa?l wrnt Jollepe. *nfc0 a at ^ N. Y., Tnurs"n t> day, Engineer Keagan arid Fireman \ the wiU of Pfo^ "William Leigh were killed. Tlie train [ ?_a diitiDguxrhed for some reason wai taking the side Philadelphia iQ trac|j at Westfield when the accident) ifltate worth over occurred. The train carried carried no i thf, estate aDd passengers. es will now revert ! id Lee university ridge county, Va , PITTS' eath of his widow, sSSS antiseptic \mmm I through her de- T _ . . ... 1 beauest becomes Cures La Grppe, dyspep-ia. indigestion j Dequeue Docomes anJ aU bloinaoh hosrel lr. ubles ci>hc or provides that this .holera mo -bus, teething troubles wuh 2 war department chiidreo, kidney troubles, bad blood aa-i 5 Lee university to all sort* of Hores, risiDgs or felons. cutd aad j ocent F. Bradford burn*. It is as goodantiseptic, wheu locally | uity of $4')0 is left applied, is anything on tire market. of hi* lihrarv All Try it iv 1 you will praise it to others. } assessed by Prof. If ?our **<"*a'l keeP k> wri,? 1,1 i THE MURRAY DRUG CO.. I Columbia, 3. C. j ; a Widow. The rmers, John Hays OM3TH DOC&JIFO met at the resi- Wlffllil r iiCm!lj3i iding at the foot . Tenn., to whom combines all the best features g attention, each 5e of the other. A Bsst Type Writer. ,nd has not been For particulars address T L. Withers. Hit. ? 7 i in the house of COLUMBIA, t*. (j days ago and the Jna. S. BsyasMs, in the gallery. If XresuTt There A "orne? at Law' ect of geitinz a rg Herald. " \ COLUMBIA, - - S. C. , - 1^1 ? I ^TT?Y* KP I I ! ?OK? I Prepare to She< Prices of paper and paper bags are Lf you will tell us your troubles we ma Columbia Statione ^Wholesalers of Bags, Paper, COLUMBIA, S. PRACTICAL EDUG The Demand of the Times. Such is t' MacFeat's School of Shorthaac % Columbia, 8. C \KT tj of iHrtnrt Qfarirtfuio T JLL* JLU.aV/1' uat) WIUV UIfVUVgia Terms reasonable. ' Write j Will Visit France- P fl MI Gov. McSweeeney Thursday made the UU If 11 following two honorary appointments, both of ihe ladies being teachers in the f Columbia college: Miss Georgie L. I Fulton, commissioner to investigate the teaching of drawing in the common Til. - Tj schools of France. Mrs. Lucile S. A IlC U Mattison, commissioner to investigate the opportunities of woman for highei CJlfi? education in France. ^ Gainesville, Ga.. Dec. 8, 1899 tPll Pitta' Antiaeritirt Tnviirnrat'nr has i vlA* been used in my family and i am per-1 fectly satisfied that it is all, and will do all. you claim for it. Yours truly, A. B. C. Dorsey. ine Slr P. S.?I am using it now myself. It's doing me good.?Sold by rhe Murray Drug Co., Columbia, S. C., and ail PIain> -A-0 druggists. tf Boilers, j ? Grain n Drowned in a Creek. 6rist, Mr. Wm. S*cpe, aged 35, and a Mac]a nnrsA sir] nr Roftkv Hill. G-a.. ( were drowned Thursday at Courtiand while attempting to drive acrosa Big Nance creek, which was out of its *** . banks. The bodies have nt,x been re yJa oovered. A. kingdom for a cure. 804 Gei You need not pay so much. A. twenty-five cent bottle of L. L. & K. Will drive all ills away. Set* ad. and trv it?npver fails THE LEADER INDEED. The New Ball Bearing 4 Domestic ; Sewing Machine It Leads in Workmanship, Beauty, Capacity, Strength, Light Running. nrn Every Waman Wants One. ' ..V. : ME NT, Attachments, Needles and Healer, "Do-nfci Gawnnff M4/>})inoa I Sore E\ JL ai CO Ak/X kJV ?I v of all makes. Carbuu When ordering needles send es> 9^ sample. Price 27c per dozen, Bunion postpaid. Inflamr :? Aches Agents Wasted in Unoooupie<i Torn- Hands tor?- It is J. L. SHULL, ' ?eofs3a} 1219 Taylor Street, "dealers COLUMBIA, S. C. THE > Columl im AM DMII A ~ I ui 1111 an rays?""? the EXpress !"L! 1 and 3 /y# AnavTT +V, r OWiliU X/J Cxllg Wi CTClJf liu, description. Steam, Nap- ,p^g ? tha, French Dry and be chemical cleansing. Send for onr new price list and ^ho ha circnlar. All work gnar - -~?j -anteed or no charge. 38. w gin Organ's Steam Dye Works Now is Gins I 1310 Main Street couplet: Columbia. S. C A. Lu Ortman, Proprietor. * ?166 ? USI Murray's Hore- " limirul. Mullein c JLr wr ? ~ 7 - ottw m and Tar, for Machi] coughs, colds, We ?e" La Grippe. A 1326 m sure remedy. Price 25 cents. ^ All Druggists. CORE HE MURRAY DRUG GO., pm4t COLUMBIA, S. C. drags; fcobaccc call at Man's strength .. f li/\? ir? Viio UCO IJUL lJHi5 stomach. ivo o A poor, weak digestion debilitates and impoverishes the body. M H feiT V No need confining one's self to I certain simple diet, on this ac- ( count, when with the use of i "Hilton's Life fo* the Liver and Kidneys" any kind of food may 1 be eaten with comfort. 25c a bottle. Wholesale by THE HBiY IMS CO., il>0-1 OINTBAL COLUMBIA, S. C, 1205 PI . . :." ' ' - " " ;i LThj T i*i vryft o*w j Tears. rapidly advancing, bat :y be able to kelp you, ry Co., j Twines, etc. C. ATION. 1 $ he Training afforded at land Typewriting * pher, Principal, for catalogue. PLETE GINNING iQUIPMENTS. . lurray Improved tiling and Disi M A )utmg system. - .M nplest and most efficient Power Equipments, -*gj any hone power. tomatio and Corliss EnGines 5aw Mills, Woodworking machinery lachinery, Threshers. Bice Hollers -tills, Saws. Injectors, x inery, appurtenances of all kinds. 1 Gibbes & rvais Street, - I COLUMBIA, SJ fear Union Depot. V ISP * I NORTH STATE OEFT- ; , the Great Antiseptic cnres Piles, Eczema, res, G-ianulated Eyelids, cles, Boils, Cuts, Bruisi Sores, Burns, Corns, a T^AAnoilo XilglVnillg AWIW natory Rheumatism, and Pains, Chapped and Lips, Erysipelas. . something everybody Once used always used. ^gjSk eby all druggists andj^^^ At ^wholesale by * fURRAY DRUG CO., J >ia, S. C. formed a connection ' jA ?with? A a mm mci n^nam ttiAmiA JO 11 bin KtrAlK RUKKS. ow prepared to repai^^^^ rebuild cotton gins a^r roughly as the varius manufacturers. ranch of tbe business ^ under the personal supervision of J. W. J. ELLIOTT, .9 had fourteen years of sal experience in buildie Elliot Gin, and who ' eix ji.uuwu iu uj.ua l nsers in this State. % the Time! Bring Yonp before You Need Them! E GINNING SYSTEMS. EQUIPPED IE MOST PERFECT PNEUMATIC i TING AND DISTRIBUTING SYS* M ON THE MARKET SIYTY[T COMPLETE OUTFITS IN J ; IN THIS STATE AND TIRY ONE OP THEM GIVLNG ABSOLUTE 8ATIS- fl FACTION fit* ar?a PnfyinaQ PMInnc Viauw MU^AAiVkl) ills, Corn Mills, "Brick ies, Wood Working: iery,Saws, Pulleys, etc : Quick delivery, low prioes md reasonable texms. V. C. BAD HAM, ain St., Columbia, S. C. KEELEY CURE S INEBRIETY. ' >j? . soholic, Opium (Morand other narcotic also cigarette and other > habits. Address or 16 Kseley Institute, ^ 1109 Plain Street. OLUKBIA, S.C ther in the stat?. .J in | }n improved real estat?. interest eight per cenu WVijhlft BfiTtii.onnnflllw time 3 to 6 years. ?o commissions charged B. Palmer & Son, NATIONAL BANK BUILDING, ain St., Columbia, 8. C. i