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COUNTY GOVERNMENT. " [continued from page one. i the delegates attended the circus. THE NIGHT SESSION. When the convention reconvenet at 7:30 p. m. the discussion came oi Mr. Connor's amendment to make tin limit 10 miles, unless it was a natura barrier to business. Mr. Prince offered the following substitute: "In the formation of new coun ties no old county shall be cut withir 10 miles of its county seat." There was furtherdebate on this mo tion. Mr. Connor, after having: served a; county commissioner, had been thor oughly convinced of the necessity o smaller counties. The new system o county government had not been suf ficiently tested to make it plain wheth er the difficulties in the old countie; had been overcome, and they shoulc ro slow until that was understood The demand for smalleer counties wai not from the people, but from ambi tious towns. He favored a limit o 1-5-J >---* i some K1HU, UUt was UUl paruuuiai about its being 10 miles. If this nev county scheme goes through unre stricted, there will be a race betwcet the low and up-country for the con trol of the senate, and in 10 years the senate chamber will have to be en larged. He hoped his substitute would prevail. Mr. Bellinger would have to eithei vote for the original section or foi Mr. Price's substitute for Ml*. Connor's substitute. He spoke of the difference between "natural boundaries' as thej are considered in the different parts o! the State. In the low-country what is called a branch would be a river in the up country. There was a stream flowing within two miles of Barnwell court house only a foot or two wide, but it would have to become a "natu ral boundary" if Mr. Connors amend ment passed. There were delegations from 20 counties pledged not to dismember their counties, while but a half dozen might have come to cut their counties up. He believed in small nnnnties;. bnt was onnosed to ruining the old counties There were in his immediate section Allendale, Denmark, Branchville and another wishing to become county seats and cut slices from Barnwell, Hampton and Colleton. Without this 10-mile limit they would be ruined. ^ Senator Tillman opposed the ten mile limit, and moved to recommit the whole matter, and let the committee try to adjust the differences agreeing to disagree. Let them, be instructed to simply fix the minimum area for a county and leave the legislature to use its judgment in settling the matter. A Member?Is not the gentleman like the man who was down and said he was whipped and then jumped up when turned loose and went fighting again? Mr. Tillman shouted something about his being for the interest of the people. There was great.confusion, three or four men shouting at once, on/1 a Inn/} efntempnt. with violent gesticulatory accompaniment, of Mr. Gh D. Tillman to his brother, was lost in the turmoil. Senator Tillman, after the presidents rapping the body to order, continued his remarks, closing by declaring that this convention seemed to think that the people at home would vote on this question like asses and slaves instead of like freemen. MR. GARY REPLIES. J'.r. Gary said that this was but ther of Senator Tillman's llank movements, Senator Tillman was at once on his feet again, and Mr. Otts was up. Confusion reigned throughout the hall. Mr. Tillman renewed his motion. Mr. Patterson then got the floor and said that he had waited for this light to come on the 10 mile limit matter. His old county was vitally concerned in this 10 mile limit matter. He was afraid that his friend from Edgefield felt that he was whipped, and now wanted to recommit. Senator Tillman said he was not whipped, but the people would be whipped. Mr. Patterson stated that he wanted tojsay a few words for Barnwell. He and her people could not follow the gentleman from Edgefield. He was going ahead, when Senator Tillman asked him if there was not a distance of at least 30 miles between every court house in this Stale. Mr. Stokes made the point of order that on a motion to recommit no member could discuss the merits of any other question than that pending. The chair sustained the point. Mr. Patterson?But the chair indulged me. The president stated that he had done so, but when a member raised the point he had to sustain it. Mr. Patterson went onto enumerate the several schemes that were being worked by Allendale and other sec tions to make new counties. lie only asked that they be protected in their old county rights. They had theii money invested there. If you adopl a 10 mile limit you will protect us. 11 was nothing but right for the old county men to detend their counties. They now had a fine system of public roads in their county, and there was really no need of a new county. Mr. D. S. Henderson simply wished to know whether this body would stul tify itself by recommitting the article, If they were going to instruct a com mittee, why not by all means settl< it on the floor like men. Quit thfc useless waste of the people's time ant money. He moved to lay the motion of Sena tor Tillman on the table. He withdrew this, and a straigh vote was taken, resulting as follow: yeas 17, nays 124. Mr. Cooper then moved to table Mr Prince's amendment. Lost?nays 70 net yeas do. Senator Irby, who had, it seemed stepped outside the door after the voti found it closed on him, when the pol was taken. When he came in he de manded to know by what rule th? president was authorized to close thi door against members during the tak ing of a vote. The president told him of the rul< governing the taking of aye and na^ votes, but there was nothing clear 01 the subject in the rule. After somi talk Senator Irby remarked: "Well I give notice that I will not be barret out of this house by any one." Mr. George D. Tillman moved i< amend the amendment by inserting "7" for "10", and stated that he want ed the roll call on this amendment. Mr. Klugh moved to table. Mr. Tillman was still on the floor He said: "I would like to k?ow ho^ the smart parliamentarian from Abbe ville is so anxious to put me off th< floor." Mr. Klugh explained. Mr. Tillman said he accepted it; h( understood very thoroughly that i was in accord with Abbeville's policy j MR. PARROTT. ) Mr. Parrot then made an impassion s ed speech on the subject?against suet 1 a proposition as this. He spoke foi some time and was frequently inter r rupted by "Uncle George" Tillman. Mi . G. D. Tillman?Haven't you the - 500-mile limit already adopted? Whal i more do you want? Do you want the earth ? Mr. Parrott?I don't want any par! of Edgetie'd. (.Laugliteranuappiause.j s Mr. G. D. Tillman?Take my hat. GARY AND TILLMAN, f . Mr. Gary then tackled the Edgefield f delegation. He said they talked ol - unholy alliances. Said he: "Who has set the example of unholy alliances' 5 B. R. Tillman of Edgefield." Senatoi 1 Tillman had introduced the Mart Ga ry county scheme into ti e convm s tion. Tillman wouldn't deny that. Mr. George Tillman?We are going f to make two more counties out ol r Edtrefield vet. t Mr. Klugh wanted to call the con vention's attention to some history i bearing on this matter. A hundred - years ago the State found that it had J to divide up its territory lor the con - venience of the people. The division J was ai>out the same as it is now. Are we to make shoestring counties, and say they are for the interests of the people, and for their convenience! > The geographical centre was most i universally regarded as the centre. [ Mr. Klugh moved to table the : amendment,but withdrew the motion. > Ex-Governor Sheppard said he had i kept quiet on this question, but for a i statement of Mr. Gary. lie had voted 1 for the protection of old comities all the way through, but he could* not follow them on this 10-mile limit. Mr. McCaila sa;d there were some > there who wished to measure others Kir tlipii- nwn vard stinks. }/<* l/l IVVlOiU VJ v? ?. ?* J ?? i He had started to say that the appeals to prejudice were mean and low, but he would not. He said they must put 1 on the 10-mile limit. i Senator Tillman then rose to a question of personal privilege, and one of the liveliest and most interesting passages at arms during the convention followed. He said when a man was hard hit it was time for him to respond. Yesterday he had spoken of an unholy union between the opponents of the new county idea ana the ultra advocates to bring about a result. He spoke about it as a "damnable alliance" in the heat of debate. He withdrew the words almost immediately. He had used them more in fun than otherwise and had so stated. Now, when lie was struck by a friend with an imputation of dishonor, it was time to speak out. Mr. Gary had stated in effect that he had entered into some dishonorable compact with the advocates of McCormick, Greenwood and Saluda counties against Abbeville. That was what he said, wasn't it? Mr. Gary rose and stated that what he said was that Mr. Tillman, as one of the representatives of Saluda county, had held a conference with the representatives of these counties and fixed the lines, selecting what portions of Abbeville they would slice awav. Ifj that was not true the gentleman had' been most wofully slandered. Senator Tillman explained that the men interested in these counties had looked upon him as their public servant. They came to him as such and he advised with them. Mr. Gary?All I have to say is that you denounced what we did and you did as much yourself. Mr. Talbert?I rise to a point of order. The boys should sit down, get cool and behave themselves. (Laughter.) Senator Tillman?That is out of place here. In the first place we are not boys, but men, and neither Mr. Talbert nor anybody else has any right to interfere. My honesty and honor In ? rtM/1 T ^orvol if nave uccu lujpuugcu auu x The gentleman pitches a rock squarely into my teeth and an untruth- I repel it. I have endeavored all along here to do the honorable, high-toned thing and I cannot allow such things. Mr. Gary?I stated what the gentleman did. He used unparliamentary language yesterday. Tillman?Didn't I withdraw it? Gary?I never heard the withdrawal. He says that he has been struck by a friend and with an untruth. This is unparliamentary language. Again, , this is a parliamentary body we must , all respect. All I have to say is that if he uses such language to me outside this hall I will repel it as gentlemen usually do. IRBY AGAIN. Senator Irby then arose again and renewed his inquiry as to the where| abouts of a rule to permit the closing of the doors while a vote wc\s being . taken. He said: "I for one won't al low this doorkeeper to keep me out of ! this hall." SEVEN MILES KILLED. The vote on the motion to table Mr. G. D. Tillman's amendment to make t the matter read seven miles,instead of t ten, was then taken and resulted in I nf !>/? hv t.llfi , following vote. Yeas 74, nays t>7. ; Mr. Talbert moved to amend by ? striking out "101' and inserting "8" miles. I The amendment was adopted by a - vote of 71 to 70. The convention then adjourned. EXPLANATIONS. i When the convention assembled ? this morning, explanations, mutually 1 satisfactory, were made by Messrs. i. B. Gary and B. R. Tillman, as to cer tain seemingly offensive remarks in yesterday's debate. t Mr. Cooper, of Colleton, made some 5 remarks which he thought necessary for the vindication of the people of . those sections of Colleton that were re, ferred to in the speech of his colleague Mr. Behre. Mr. Cooper paid a high , tribute to those people. i Mr. Behre explained that he had no 1 ? 1 _ il IfM i icicreuue lu tiiuac pcupic wuum JLU.I. - Cooper had thus properly eulogized. 5 SECTIONS FIVE AND SIX e were then adopted as follows: Sec. 5. In the forma'ion of new counties no old county shall be cut s within eight miles of its county seat. j Sec. 6. All new counties hereafter i formed shall bear a just apportione ment of the valid indebtedness of the , old county or counties from which 1 they have been formed. SECTION TWO AGAIN. 3 Sec. 2 which had been passed over j was recurred to,having been previously amended considerably, anu Senator Tillman offered the following substitute for the section as amended: Sec- 2. If two-thirds of the qualified r electors voting in such election within - each of the several parts of all coun; ties proposed to be formed into a new g( county, shall separately vote "yes" a(jo upon such qeustions, then the general g, i assembly shall establish sucn new pr(r t county at the next session: Provided, m0r . all precedent conditions prescribed by Qf t! this article have been complied with, ties, . If any of the parts of old counties thus that { voting shall refuse to enter the pro- thet . posed new county, such part shall not be j . be incorporated therein, and such new jn t] county shall not be formed unless it g, ? otherwise conform to the requirements as f I of this article. An election upon the s< ? question of forming the same proposed shei new county shall not be ordered of- Gne I tener than once in four years. sha] i Mr. Mcares offered an amendment an(i which provided that in elections for pr0i new counties where indebtedness was gjbl I concerned, women should be allowed 0f f, r to vote. M . Mr. Meares said he did not wish to the | be classed as a crank. He simply jeft 1 wished to provide against a contingen- for cy. If the convention did not give the a women general enfranchisement, he tabl wanted this special provision for the s( . protection of their properly rights. tabl TT^. if of cnnpflroctinn nf *D-^ LLC W iwiuicn xv au irU some of his friends. pre^ Senator Tillman stated that without COa< ' this substitute they would permit one gar)j township to be cut off here and there i and the result would be that they g( | would be left about in patches. was The Tillman substitute was then i. _ adopted. ?? SECTION SEVEN. Senator Tillman then offered aD neg' i amendment to the article to be known M , as section 7, looking to the protection ]jne of townships. S( Mr. Patterson could see no merit or pr0| relief in it for anybody, i joril Senator Tillman stated that it might Was , help out some remote corners in get- Se ting nearer to a courthouse. skip Sec. 7. The general assembly shall boui have the power to alter county lines shal at any time; provided, that before any shal existing county line is altered the orgs question shall be first submitted to M tne qualified voters of the territory offei proposed to be taken from one county tu?-e and given to another and shall have towj received two-thirds of the votes cast; 0f tl provided, further, that the change M shall not reduce the county from this which the territory is taken below the he 1 * * i -T 1 * i.'- O 1 A <* "i umiis prescnueu iu stcuuus o ttuu t vi gjaa this article. abq. Senator Tillman accepted this. men Mr. J. L. Glenn said that there was v;ev no provision in that for the liability SySb for the indebtedness of such a town- mad ship. men Senator Tillman remarked that this dent could be easily fixed. upoi Mr. McGowan said this was a very jcal serious matter as to the debt of such a had township. It would be difficult to fix nev< any amount and at the same time keep cleai clear of the restrictions already im-' radi, posed. He moved to table the substi had tute. the i Mr. W. J. Montgomery thought edac this matter was directed at the town- ajd ship in the upper portion of Marion anot county. mon Mr. Rogers stated that in talking This with Mr. Montgomery he had merely men us>ed this towjaship as a practical illus- to G tration. aco:Mr. Montgomery then discussed the jn j matter at some length. He wanted to aboi know which of the counties, the old or man f the new, would nave to Dear me in- and debtedness. We.-< Dr. Smith of Barnwell thought the gOV< drift of all the speeches made in this own new county matter was towards spec- be a ial legislation more than anything pr0r else. itsel Mr. J. L. Glenn offered the follow- towi ingamendmenttoMr. Rogers' amend- to lc ment: mati Add at the end of section 7 the WOu words "provided that the proper pro- mer portion of the existing1 county indebt- Q( edness of the section so transferred in(ii shall be assumed by the county to ship which the territory is so transferred." gtarl Mr. Klugh called attention to what the < had been done after the previous night's unparalleled fight and said tl the-e was a danger of the convention Jt w defeating section five's provisions. voic Mr. Rogers accepted Mr. Glenn's sche proposition. mar Mr. Wilson called for the motion to p?oj table. who Mr. Rogers then rose toa question of and personal privilege. He said the gen- 0f 0 tlenian from Marion (Mr. W. J. Mont- M gomery) had informed him that he self was offended at his statement that how there was one little to wnshi p in Marion tied unrepresented here. He had not took meant it in that light at all. he v The ayes and noes were ordered on m the motion to table Mr. Rogers' WOu amendment as amended by Mr. Glenn, f0m and the vote resulted as follows: Yeas ieft 53, nays 84. ther Mr. Breazeale then offered the fol- Stat lowing substitute for sec*ioa 7: can? Any township or part of a town- the ship may be taken from one county fouf and added to another in the same way ja e as provided for creating new counties jj and subject to the same conditions tow: imposed in this article. at a: The convention voted this down. p0pi Mr. McKagen offered an amendment fevei to strike ouc the proviso offered by ]iad Mr. Glenn and insert instead the fol- All lowing: adii "Provided, Thatany township seced- v\ ing from a county should be held lia- app, ble for its just proportion of any past 0f e indebtedness of the county seceded 0f e from, and such proportion of indebt- g0V( edness shall be collected by county se- ed t< ceded from." able Mr. Glenn said that when a town- poJj ship went into another county the rule ado] that should obtain was in his proviso. ern] Mr. McKagen's amendment was ta- he \ bled. to d AN AMENDMENT. gubj Mr. Gary offered a slight amend- One monf wViioli nffftr snmfi discussion. the was adopted. M t Section 7 was then adopted as a this whole, consisting of the section as tow offered by Mr. Rodgers, the Glenn pro- com viso, and the Gary amendment. M i section eight. men Mr. McGowan then oiFered the fol- tow lowing as section 8 of the article: and Sec. 8. No county seat shall be re- M moved except by a vote of two-thirds it, b of the qualified electors of said county tion in an election held for that purpose; A but such election shall not be held in cess any county oftener than once in five joui ; years. Ile'explained the necessity for this, B< stating that new county schemers tion might get the county seat changed so by i as to avoid the eight mile limitation, of J* i Mr. Clayton objected. This would fror allow every court house crowd to con- ered trol the matter. Bur The section was adopted. Tl section nine. ado] Mr. Bellinger offered the following, to be known as section 0, which was Tl adopted: sum I Section 9. Each county shall consti- tow i tute one election district. take SECTION TEN. jction 6 of the majority report wa pted as section 10, as follows: ?c. 10. The general assembly maj pide for the consolidation of two o e existing counties, if a majority he qualified electors of such coun voting at an election held fo i purpose, shall vote separately efor, but such elections shall no leld oftener than once in four year tie same counties. action 7 was offered as section 11 ollows: 2c. 11. Each county shall elect i iff, a clerk of the court and a cor r, whose respective terms of offici 11 be four years, and whose power duties shall be defined by law rided, tbe sheriff shall not be eli e tore-election until the expiratioi our years. ,'r. Henderson moved to strike ou proviso. He wanted the mattei to the people; it was not a matte: the convention. fter some debate the section wa; ed, as was also the following: ;c. 12. A chaingang shall be es ished in every county in this State vided, That this section shall no rent two or more counties froqt rolidating their respective chain ZTOWNSHIP GOVERNMENT. . mator Tillman asked where ther< to be found any law about the nation of the present townships oi formation about them. He hat :ed everywhere^ He supposed th< roes had the present lines drawn r. Johnstone spoke on the sam< mator Tillman's question had beer jounded when section 9 of the ma ty report being proposed, section 1?' called up in this shape: ;ction 13. Each of the several town s of this State, with names ant odaries as now established by law, 1 constitute a body politic, but this 1 not prevent the legislature froir mizing other townships, r. Johnstone said he proposed t( p an amendment that the legisla shall not be allowed to fo .*m nevs aships nor change the boundaries lose now existing. r. George D. Tillman stated thai section gave him an opportunity lad long baen waiting. He' was [ to see that they were now it to begin an era of good govern t. He proceeded to present hif rs on the township government 3m in a masterly mar per, co?n ning the closest attention of thf ibcrs of the convention, and evi ,ly making a great impressior l them. He said he hated tiie rad rag of a Constitution the negroes given this State in 1868, ana had ir made up his mind to read il p through, but they must do the ?al rag the justice to say that il torn orrpnt. t.hino'K nauguration of the common school :alion. This was one importanl in7aluable item. But there was her, and he regarded it as a far e important feauiire than educatior was the idea of township govern t, crudely incorporated. Would od he had the power to plant the ns even of township governmenl ihis State. They knew nothing it township government. Let a . call in his neighbors to help him see the result. Better officers i secured. Each township should ;rn itself with a legislature of its , ctc. Each township shoulc little sovreignty of its own. He >osed to let each township goverr f. He wanted three, five or sever aship directors elected These w er? 10k after the roads, and all othei LCI'S lliCitt'U lUtYIlsuip. xuo ytupu Id then have local self-govern it. ood government started withth< vidual; tl^n extended to the town and so on up. 'Ourpresent systeir ts with the capitol and spreads tc county court hoases where it dies r England has the best governmen ?e worM ps a result of this system as the expression of the people i e tnat was obtained by such i ime. This was a fine system of on< l power that they had now. If th< )le of a township did not know i to make their registration officer! maragers of election, in the nam* heaven who did? r Jones asked him'to express him on the matter of relative cost anc r it would operate in sparsely set agricultural districts before h< : his seat. Mr. Jones stated tha /as in favor of the system, r. Tillman said that the peopl< Id look to securing the cheapes i of governme it. But this tnej entirely to the legislature. In 186! e was a law passed to divide th< e into townships and the Republi i paid for the work. He believec lines were laid olf and could b< id on the maps in the clerk's oflic< ach county. e would like to see any board ol LLdUip uircuiura aitcuipb i*-r nu^uo* t the people didn't want. As to th< alation's density tbere was no dif nee. Many Northern township! no more population than we have these considerations could be easily isted. ras it right to have the governor t( Dint three partisan commissioner: lection ana 10 partisan manager; slections? Do you call that self grnment? Well, we havesubmitt 3 it, it seems. You seem to be un : to- get along without this mono stic one man power. Let's try t< pt township system of county gov nent. He said he would close ai tad begun, deploring his inability o justice to this vitally importan iect. Taxes would be paid pro rata township would not be freed fron obligations to other in the county r. Johnstone wanted to know i system was anything more thai n government applied to a count] munity. !r. Tillman said a township govern it did for a whole section what tin n council of a town did for a town a great deal more, r. E. J. Kennedy was in favor o ut he wanted to ask a few ques s. t this juncture the hour for the re arrived, and the convention ad ned until 8 p. m. IN MEMORIAM. gfore adjournment the Conven considered the resolutions offeree Mr. W. D. Evans on the deatl Ir. R. H. Hodges, late a membei n Marlboro. Eulogies were deliv 1 by Messrs. W. D. Evans, Ellerbce ns, Rogers, and 13. R. Tillman, lie resolutions were unanimously pted by a rising vote. NIGHT SESSION. tie entire night session was con ied in discussing the matter oJ nship government. No vote waj ;n on any branch of the subject. A SUBSTITUTE. s This morning the Convention again with great promptness, resumed con j sideration of the township matter. P The pending question was on sectior T 13, offered by Mr. Buist, as follows: . ' "Each of the townships of the State P wiih names and boundaries as now oi j hereafter established by the genera t assembly, shall be a body politic anc s corporate, aud the general assembly shall provide a uniform system of loca. government for the same, and requir* each township to contribute its propor i tional part of the proper expenses o . an efficient county and State govern s ment." s Dr. Stokes made a brief but earnes . speech in opposition to this provision I He thought the proposed scheme "rad i ical and revolutionary." Speeches were also made by Messrs t Wharton, McMahan, G. D. and B. R r Tillman, Jones and Wigg. r Mr. Connor, on Mr. G.I>. Tillman'i side, said this measure was simply go s ing back to their old moorings?to re sume township government. H< _ wanted to go back to general Demo cratic principles. County commis 1 sioners and county governments hac a nothing to do with it. After further debate Senator Till man rose and said that he had deniec that he signed the anti-emigration act In looking over the record, he founc 2 that he bad signed it. He had don< 3 so as nearly allgovernors do withoul looking at it. i desire now to apolo gize to this State for having signec 3 this bill. (Laughter.) ' Miller?Would you sign an act tc - repeal it? Tillman?I would. 1 Mr. W. D. Evans rose to a questior " of privilege. He said: "I was the au thor of the bill and I wish to apologize to the people of South Carolina foi | having introduced this bill. The debate was closed by Mr. Geo, D. Tillman. 3 Mr. Otts, amendment was ther 1 killed by a vote of 87 nays to 48 yeas The substitute offered by Mr, Buis' } was also killed. The substitute offered by Mr, Bartoc r was then adopted as follows: 3 Section 31. Each of the severa. townships of this State, with names ^ and boundaries as now established b} r law, shall constitute a body politic anc 3 corporate, but this shall not prevenl ' flip orpnernl assftmhlv from organizing " other townships or changing tEe boun I daries of those already established, and the general assembly may provide such system of township government 5 as they shall think proper. Sectiou2 was then taken up and 1 passed thus: Section 2. If two-thirds of the quali I fied electors voting at such electior f shall vote "yes" upon such question, then the general assembly at the nexl | session shall establish such new coun ty: Provided: No section of a county i proposed to be dismembei ed shall be f thus cut off without consent by a two thirds vote of those voters in such sec , tion, and no county shall be formed without complying with all the condi| tions imposed in this article. An elec [ tion upon the question of forming the same proposed ne v county shall no! J be held oftener than once in four ' years. SECTION TWELVE J was added as follows: Until changed by the general assemI bly, as allowed by this Constitution, the boundaries of the several counties shall remain as now established, ex k cept that the boundaries of the county [ of Edgefield shall undergo suet changes as are maae necessary uy iu< k formatioQ of a new county from ? , portion of Edgefield, to be known a* s baluda, the boundaries of which ar( ' set forth in a Constitutional ordinance Mr. GK D. Tillman then offered, a: , section 13, a provision for separate ' township organization, with a cegulai set of officers, etc. The amendment was tabled. Mr. Barton's amendment was ther : amended by adding thereto the words "and may make special provision foi * municipal government and for th< protection of chartered rights and th< J powers of municipalities." 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Dear Sir:?After having sought in vain . for various remedies for the ills of teething - I tried vour Carminative with most satis factor}' and delightful results. It is pleas. ant to take assuages pain and produces resl I v.ithout stupor. No parent should be with) out it during the tee liing period who has . once tried it, for it is indeed a magic iuedi. cino for babies. Very respcctfally, r JUDGE H. VV. iiALDWIN. For sale by f THE MURRAY DRUG CO., 3 Columbia, S. C. 1 A Louisvillo Sensation. , Louisville, Oct. 24.? A few hours - after the filing of the sensational breach of promise suit by Miss Maud Sturgeon i against Dr. Samuel Wetherby yesterday. the defendant appeared at the , county clerks office at Middleton and r applied for a license to wed Miss Aileen I Milliken. He was accompanied by her I brother. The license was granted, but r Miss Sturgeon succeeded in creating I a scene and appealed to Miss Miliken's i parents to delay the marriage pending - an investigation. The marriage was f postponed. Miss Sturgeon threatens to - kill Dr. Wetherby if he weds Miss Miliken. : Tie Court of Last Resort.'' Those who have failed to get cured 3 elsewhere of the LIQUOR, MORPHINE and the T01 BACCO Habits and Nervous I ^ Exhaustion, are invited to * j t correspond with 1 THE KEELEY INSTITUTE, (or Drawer 27) ! COLUMBIA, S. C. 5 p N. B.?The treatment is administ tered in South Carolina only at Coi 1 ... i milium. i We can refer to ex-patients near I J you ' SFIiLMOS \ A $5 Monthly a ; ORGANS $ J $2 Monthly] ^ ' l"">v niticli pleasure and bene- i ^ * * * '1 fit a fine I'i.ino or Parlor Organ' #will b# to your wife and children, and howlongj I i they have wanted and waited. . | ! ? DON'T WAIT TOO LONG.} \ They wont be with you for-1 ^ ever, make them happy 'while | I J you can. J k kTHiMkr ^mv vpry casl,y y?? 0411 now i (I 1 I IIIIV imy a .ni|>crl) instrument on oar(' I ^Installment plans. and pay for it almost without^ } ' ' .missing the inoiuy. > I S H- ACT QUICK 4- S f Write for Midsummer Sale Bargain Sheet* | #3 O O Suporto innlrunienl* on eafllest( ' itt'rinM over olT"?r?'<l; YOUR own prices ) Xfor CASH. Write for particalars.X PBui. 1SE OI'ICK. Ilarealns roliinx oot| ' , idully. Stfaln h point and buy NOW.^ | ' ILUOOEN & BATES, * ' # SAVANNAH, Ca. () i Strawberry Plants 3 A nd in fact all kinds of plants can be i set out . by nsing the ! McSHERRY f automatic } transplanter. A good driver and two children ai e all 1 the force Decessary to set from three to five acres of plants in a day, and S IS VERY PLANT IS AVATEBEO at the time It Is set out, and some dry soli is drawn around the plants so that the ground will not bake. No waiting for r?!n. Set out your plants when tbey are ready. Get a machine and plant for your nelthbors You can earn enough in one season to pay for the machine. Easy terms. Sond for circulars prices aod testimoulals. SOUTHERN FARM IMPLEMENT CO., 249 Meeting St., Charleston, S. U. Mention this papor. OSBORNB'S 7 School of Shorthand kd! Tilicraphy. 5 _ w _ AUGUBTA, OA. No text boo la toad. Aotual baii*aaa fro* df of nurin*. Ba?ln??? ??p?r?, eollif* nmno ana foods ni?d. tend far Audiomal; U1 cut rated c?Uloyua. Board ohaf. ^ g? tm% lili to Angnita. 1 "the It. H. EDMN DEAL! DRY GOODS, Hats, Shoes " ] t OPPOfc C( LARGEST CARPETJROOM N THE !We desire to Introdncw our Parol tore business into every commanity Id the bouthero States, and in order I , tn (in an in the Quickest timntflmv* concluded to irake some very liberal h offers Id bedroom suite to securw at least one easterner at every post of flee Id the oext sixty days. Please read this advertisement carefully N ' and send at once for one of our spe- B clal offers. Our great offer No. 1 consists of one Solid Oak Bwdroom Suit with large dresser with 20x24 bevel mirror, oue large washatand with case one 6 ft. 6 bedstead full width-' This suit of furniture is worth la any furniture store Dot less than 935.00. Do Dot think for once that it is a little cheap suit for we assure you it is not, but a large full size suit equal to anything on the market. In order to start the sale of these suites and to keep our men busy a ad introduce our business Inyour neigUborhood, we agree to ship one suite only to each shlppiog point in the booth fei 115.00 wben the cash comes with the order. This advertisement E will possibly appear twice in this pa- IS per, therefore if you are interested Ej cut this out and seud with 915.00 and fha qiiIIa czrl 11 Ha ahlnrtod fn umt If Em uuu oiuvu niu wv ouiyyvu w j wu? ju ?a It is not Just as represented you may return the suite at our expense and your |15.00 will be refunded to you. Our catalogue containing many Illustrations of rare bargains and bouse furnishing goods will be sent to you upon application* The suite above described Is a special bargalfl and does not appear in the catalogue, therefore it u useless to write for illustrations of this suite, and while you are delaying wrltirg someone else is getting the bargain. r We assure you that we w 111 not fchip but one suite in your neighbor' hood at this price. Atter one suite bas been shipped in the neighborhood the price will go to at least ? ?30.00. L, F. PADGETT, . 846 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA. ZLiJZF'ZEZj FOR THE LIVER AND Kidneys FOR DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION AND ALL LIVER AND KIDNEY TROUBLES. Sold wholesale by The MurrayDrug Co $ mT.TT\TBTA S P ^ vqpANTEDw \A# ANTED f VV ANTED m What do we want? We want eveiy ho tel, Restaurant, (jo lege and private house In the South to send us their worn Silver- * ware to replate In triple stiver. Old spoons, fo.ks, &c., can be made equal to new. We plate anything in gold, sliver, nickel or copper. We plate pistols, watches, chains, rings, badges and f words; scabbards and othur military accoutrements cleaned and plaied equal to new. Buggle Balls [and 'lrimmiOKS, Harness Trimming?-, tc , plated In nickel or silver. All kinds tarnlsbed brass such as fenders, shovel and tongs lamps, cbandlller.i, &c., re finished equal to new. Ruoted stone rails, trimmings, &c., renlcke'ed. Surgical instruments ol a>l kinds polished and plated. WE WANT all bicycle owners to sen4 us tbeir old wheel to repair. We can refinish in nickel and baked enanei equal to new. We have latest Improved ElectroPlating Plant, with comulete polishing, butting and engine latbes and guarantee work to be first class. Correspondence solicited. Address, CAROLINA ELttCTRO. PLATING WORKS, W. M. Gabvin, Manager, Blackville, S. 0. DO YOU NEFD A C>RN MILL? Jf so buy the MOORE C0UNT7 GRIT, he best sione for grinding com. Requires j lese dressing. Gives less trouble Makes better meal. Costs ksi money than any mill In the world. Next is our Engleberg. Rice Mill, the only mill In the world . that will, In ere operation, take rough rice, hu 11, clean and polish it ready for market or table. Plantation and other sawmills. Talbo't, also Liddell engines. Boilers and woodworking mfchinery at bottom factory price?. V. O. Badham, GENERAL AGENT, COLUMBIA, S. C< ETCJB" DS, Manager. SR IN , CLOTHING, Furnishing Goods ANTRAL HOTEL, )LUMBIA, S. C! STA.TF.