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ATTENTION FARMERS. KEEP DOWN THE YIELD OF COTTC AND RAISE SUPPLIES. Hon, Hector D. Lane, IVealdent of t American Cotton Grow en Protective A oclation Makes a Great Speech?Sensil Resolutions are Adopted---Permaiie Organization. , Memphis, Jan- 21.?The conventic of cotton producers called by Prei dent H. D. Lane of the American G ton Growers Protective Association take action to effect a continuation decreased acreage, was called to ( dor here this morning. Fully oi thousand delegates were in the hi at the time. Prominent planters fro every cotton producing State are in i tendance. Delegates without exce tion express the belief that the lessi * taught the South this season by t benefits derived from reduced cotti production and the home pr<glucti< of all supplies will not be forgotti at planting time. "Hold down your cotton," said M Lane, "and you will dictate the pric but produce a 3,000,000 bale surpl and Liverpool will pay you what sees fit. ^resident -uaae spa*? as iouuwa. G^iijjWillii of the American Cottc Growars's Protective Association I J&aE attempt to be as brief m = renxark* aa po?*iMo, avoiding emp phrtratJfeS, ancl bombastic theorie confining myself to practical everycU facts, in my effort to convince you i the inadvisability of the methods th we have for the most part been purs ing, and the suicidal policy of its coi tinuance in the overproduction of cc ; ton. 1 appreciate the immensity of th effort, to decrease the cotton acreag but apprehend that the importance its accomplishment -will only be cor mensurate with the effort and as wil all our shortcomings and ierelictioj the Southern man has never been a cused of a lack of patriotism or of r solution, and loving as we do 01 Southland and our homes, it appea to our better judgment, our patnotis rand our manhood to face resolute' this current, that ia insidiously day I day drawing us into a vortex of po i: erty and destitution. I am aware that the consensus < opinion is with me; still I find other good and conservative men, who argi "We had rather bear the ills we hfu than fly to ethers we know not of but I ask in the name of reason, ae appeal to common sense."if greater il or disaster can overtake a counti than that it should be plunged irr deemably into debt, the vitality smotl ered out of it with a weight of mor gages, and the bone and sinew of tl county, the masses of our laborin people, reduced to the pittance of 1& than 10 cents a day for their labor. This is what 5 cent cotton mean; and I challenge any man, irrespecth of his greatnses, his experience or hi Qualifications, to successfully contn diet the same. I am also met with the argumei that comes for the most part from ti crossroad pessimist and that man wh measures his neighbor in his own ha bushel, that the agitation of the que tion would likely cause farmers to h crease their acreage of cotton, fror therfact that all would use the sarr channel of reasoning to the effect thi his neighbor would reduce and tin cotton values would rise, and he wou] be the beneficiarv. This is an argi ment that savors of that dishonest and reflects that discredit upon th agricultural classes of the South tht it should be indignantly repelled, for - is contrary to their history and genert character in that they have alwaj proved loyal, brave and true to an cause whose banner they have eve enlisted under. I am met with another argumen that it is the only crop that merchan will advance supplies upon. This am prepared to again refute, for ther are Hundreds of wealthy, intelligei and patriotic merchants who are a zealously and as actively engaged i this movement as any other class ( citizens that we have, appreciating ? thaw >)n fnia nnnilihnn nf afPoii bUVT UV WAV VJL uv W44VWMVU. V? and recognizing the remedy thereto; they are strong in their advocacy of decreased cotton acreage, a diversifies tion of crop, and especially the pr< duction of home supplies; thereto] lay not your actions to your neighboi ? I am impressed with the convictio that this movement will have to b accomplished as all other great mov ments are through independent, ind vidual action. This will encourage concert of action, which will accon plish tne end in view and we will r ceive the intrinsic value of our mai staple, which will make us one of tli most prosperous and happy people o earth; whereas, on the other hand, previous conditions continue and y willfully persist in the folly of pn ducing a 3,000,000 bale surplus, v simply subject ourselves and are mat willing victims of, to be caught by tl tricks and devices that are laid t cunning and unscrupulous men to rc us of all compensation for our hone toil, enhancing the discord aad di satisfaction that is now dominant i the heart of the agricultural class and developing daily into incipie. communism, a condition that is fo eign and unnatural in its tendency the natural character of our people. Under such a regime no longer w: the product of our toil be adequate our subsistence. The cost of its pr duction no longer the standard of i value. The law of supply and demai will be displaced and in its stead i * terposes the result attained by the coi mercial mountebank the most insidio and merciless of which is the comme cial fakir and flimllam artist, knov as the cotton "bear," who by fal prophesy, cunning manipulation ai willful misrepresentation robs us our substance, pauperizes our posle ty, leaving us nothing but poverty our homes and hatred in our hearts. The annnal surplus that we ha been annually making is the most < fective instrument used by the cott< "bear" to depress values. Wren this weapon away from him a: henceforth while he hibernates he w have to lunch on his paws. Overproduction fosters manipu tion. Without a surplus being pj duoed above the actual demand consumption there would be no su thine as the manipulation of a mai et The law of supply and dema which is the natural and honest reg lator of prices, would control. Co petition would intervene, and thec< of production of an article which the fairest standard of its value woi be its price mark. With a surplus of 3,000,000 ba upon the market of the world, with a demand or necessity for it, it oi answers the purposes of a visible si >N ply, an active coadjutor of speculat gamblers, and a dangerous menace future values. h The world spends annually ab $400,000,000 for cotton goods. If ^ send out a 0,500,000 bale crop we ,i6 this money for it, and the consum will compete among themselves nl our product, and the producer s stantially dictates the price. * If send out a 10,000,000-bale crop, as i. i At 11 aia in icm, mey pay me same SJ" less, and leave us to compete amc *' ourselves for the price, our labor a to expenses remaining the same. of The world has to be clothed. 1 >r~ consumption of cotton is nearly a? llexible. The production is flexil With these conclusions it resolved self into the deduction, 4'How are to destroy this annual surplus?' 1 SP" only safe and practicable way si j>n gested is by a judicious decrease he acreage' say of 25 per cent.; we woi 311 then realize 75 per cent, increase 5n the price, and still have 5,000,1 sn acres of land to raise food crops i on, which, if raised in sufficient qui k* tity on the farm,* instead of being: p !e? chased at long time prices, with c 4s ton as its uncertain security, v xt make another legitimate difference 1 fay or of the cotton grower of 25 ] I cent. m There can be no plainer^ohiect ] poruikved loan that of tins 1 season of the result of decreased pi v duction. As another lesson, as to i :S' ellicacy of the decrease of product! iy as a stimulus to the increase of pri we will cite the history of the cott at market in the year 1845. The avers u" price of cotton that year was 5. a~ The production was decreased I >tr next year by general consent abou per cent, and cotton values rose is consequence thereof to 7.87 in 1840. e, Thy farmers of the South, recogn of ing that they could not raise cott n- profitably even at this price, thou th having the benefit then of slave lat as in their favor, again reduced < c- acreage the next year, 1S47, 10 ] e- cent. Cotton values continued to r Jr commensurately with the decrease ,1s acreage, averaging that year 11, m cents. A 19 ptr cent, reduction ly suited in a 99 per cent, riseinvalui >y and this in the face of the stagnati v- of trade in England, due to the en Irish famine that year, the rapid f ->i m sterling excnange m consequer s, of the shipments of breadstuffs to t ie United Kingdom, and the reducti re of 10,000 bales jper week in the cc sumption of manufacturers. id As an evidence of the inlluence Is over-production I present the home 7 illustration: A farmer goes into 1 e- market town with a basket full. i- eggs; it is the first of May, and t t- poultry is producing freely. He p: ie sents his eggs to the merchant i g sale and is met with the intelligen ss that he has all thf eggs that he a handle; that the market is glutte s, and the supply exceeds the deman e The farmer has more at home th is he needs, and he does not care to ta a- them back, so he finally asks the m< cant if he can't make him an ofl it lor them at all.. The merchant"relui ie antly offers 5 cents for them and t io trade is made?the merchant dictatii If the price. Later in the season, say s- December, the farmer come? in, b i- instead of having twenty dozen eg n he has only five dozen, and he go ? ' i I _ J J1 - ? 1 'e lo same trie mercnani ana notes uj it there seems to be a dearth of eggs |S the tubs and boxes sitting around ai d when the merchant asks him what! *- has he replies gliby. . "Eggs." T 7 merchant asks him what they a l? worth, and he replies that as the he seem to be La a combine, a trust o: it strike and eggs are very scarce in t country, and the demand seems to e rs c^ed the supply, he wants 20 cei y per dozen for them, and the trade r made?the farmer dictating the pric The idea that has been advanc t, to deter farmers from decreasing th< ts acreage, to the effect that it wou I simulate the production of other cou e tries, is a "delusion and a snare it This question has been settled soi ? time since to the satisfaction of the n who have put themselves to t] >f trouble to investigate. is The civil war aid not have this < rs feet. In this period of destitution t r, cotton growing resources of every pa a of the globe were tested to the utmoi i- and in the exhibition of 1862 t > representatives from every count re from which supplies might be p. peeled met to concert measures for c n taining all that was wanted witho e the aid of America. The colonies ai e- dependencies of Great Britain, inclu Tn/iio (>AAmarl Tirfll 1 oKla fn 1" XJLI? XUUU?f OtVLUVU TT Vil UViV W giV a all the cotton that could be require l- while numerous other countries we e- ready to offer their co-operation, n powerful stimulus was thus given ie the growth of cotton in all directioi n a degree of activity and enterpr: if never witnessed before was seen re India, Turkey, Greece, Africa, Wi o- Indies, Queensland, New South Wall re Peru, Brazil, and in short where\ le cotton could be produced; and th< le seemed no room to doubt that in >y short time there would be abunda >b supplies independent of America. E st ten years afterward, in the exhibiti s- of 1872, which was especially devot in to cotton, only a few of the thirty-fi es countries which had sent their samp at, in 18G2 again appeared, and these 1 r- the most part only to bear witness to disappointment and failure. The East India crop that in 1? ill and 1S7G amounted to 1,200,000 ba to amounted in 1894 to 700,000. T o- Eeyption crop amounts now to alx its the same it did then. Brazil has fall id from four hundred and two thousa n- down to one hundred thousand li n- year, anu sununes, mat is 10 say, us other countries, have fallen from t 5r- hundred and twenty thousand to o m hundred thousand, and the ent se foreign production amounts to 01 id one million five hundred and seven of five American bales; therefore we-hs ri- little to fear from foreign countries in By a reasonable curtailment of c ton acreage, and planting the same ve home supply crops, it figures larg< ef- both in reducing the cost of the p an duction what cotton we might rai ch in that we can raise bread and m r?/l lramrr mii/iVi /tViaorvoi* iVion ttto non uu vci J muvu i/ugayvi uuau ty \j vau ill dinarily expect a merchant to supj the same, taking the risk that he la- obliged to take in having cotton 01 "0- as a security, which is subject to be i of off by seasons, and if not curtai ch by seasons, subject to the greater 1 "k- ccrtainty of being able to get anvthi nd for it, if seasons are propitious, an ju- large production follows. On 1 m- other hand, decreasing the acreage )st an unfailing leverage in raising vsdu is The farmer who lays aside dive ild fied farming and devotes his labor a capital to the raising of cotton alo les becomes simply a speculator, t aut hazards what he puts up < aly "bull" side of the market, up- mission and per cent, thai ive fully represented by the > to imposes upon himself in tl he pays a merchant, that out the profit, that he pays th we on tnese goods. The mai get would have to put up, w( ers could be represented by for which is frequently mortg; ub- the game goes against him we away, if he is a weak hoi we he can put up again. or I fail to see wherein the] ,ng vantage in this species of ind gamDiing over mat m through a reputable broke ["he the floor of the cotton e: ia. fact, the advantage, to my ,]e> the other side, the reason it* will not discuss, as I am n we to encourage this class of "he engage in any character of \g. I speak in the preceedinj of of the tax that he (the farn jjd es upon himself. I will d in ment upon this. The gen 300 tation of the word ' tax" i up. or burden laid upon persor in- erty for the support of tl ur- ment." This cnaracter of :ot- denominate as an involu rill Now, as farmers Xor them pijr varied iorms^I desire U jj^ in their cumulative form a rQm er and more burdensome i ,jie run than those levied u oa county, State or governn ce quote so eminent autboi great and good Benjamin who states it is an axiom 5^ are more heavily taxed bj jjg ness, pride and lolly, than 'j. g ed by government." The undertakes to buy every tl i- 1? ~ ?ii. necessary 10 mase a cuuou *z. voluntarily imposes an ove on tax upon himself. When pouna of meat or a peck >or Pa^8 tenants he g tax. He pays the whole )er tax. He pays the drayman ige transfers it. He pays the Qf tax that ljauls it. If meat 2i man a tax that butchers' pg. pays the the original farme BS es it a tax, for it is likelj raising it for his health, jat; profit. 7 ajl A farmer always pays to ice goes town, whether he : jje a macadamized road or n on known a farmer to ride nil )n_ town on a tired mule, whe was in the grass, to pay 0f cents for a shuck collar, t (ly were shucks wasting at hon known them to do the sam Qf sold cotton for 4 and 41-2 < ke pay 20 cents a pound for c< pg. lines. or I knew a farmer, who \ ce ing his new ground field, an day morning in July, si ^ membered that he had bro d' helve, and would have to g ai^ to getan other. Now, this Ijg ed in the mountains of No 3r_ ma, where I live, and whei "er second growth hickory, best ax handle timber on ej be profusion of it. Now, insl mg back to his cabin, on tain-siae, ana cuiung mm ,ut strong, sinewy, young mou _s ory, while with his wife 1 |s and his children playing ai iat with the butt end of tl tightly locked between the Q(j humble cabin, he drew d< ke symmetry of. a strong, str jje ax-handle, he quits! his lie re throws a guano sack upon 1 ns his mortgaged mule, and a p a out of the gate replies to tl ke inquiry of nis wile that he )X_ to go to town to get an ax i ,+c The tax begins when through that broken-down, ? and foremost, he is taxing iety of that poor nale-fac< 5jr that knows too well of the Id of this excuse^ she know a. that though he is generous, ? true, that under certain^. q6 the recklessness of his ni lSe him to imposing taxes up? he and family that human afford to bear and that G-od ?f_ Himself will not hold hir he irt Upon his return, after i 3t; of a day and a night; tc he on the mountain side and ry less inmates, who had spe ix- some night indeed in the >b- their only protector, save t ut coon dog, after emptying ad sack at their feet of its id- high-priced cotton prints >w shoes that he had paid a cc >d, chants 100 per cent, advi no nnrlorfolrinrf f ;i C upvxi) WiUtJ MUMV4 A his own feelings by paying to the wrong he had done is; again called back to the e ise way when his wife reproac in for the ax handle that "ne est In conclusion, I will say es, fellow farmers and co-labc rer American Cotton Growers' sre Association, that my ad vie l a to raise your home sup mt avoiding these self-imposet tut are more burdensome thai on bear. Decrease your cott ed and thus destroy this annu ve or in other words, adjust les to the demand; then the la for merce and competition \ to and prices will regulate equitably between the pr( 175 the consumer, es. At the conclusion of Mr. 'fie dress, committees were a] >ut permanent organization, !en and resolutions, nd After addraises by A. S. ist prominent planter of Lou: all Charles Scott of Mississipt wo vention took a recess until ne At the afternoon session ire of the committee on resol lly unanimously adopted. ] ty- that the over production of ive duces the value of that con below the cost of the makii ot- continues thus: in 4'The Southern cotton f aly masters of the situation. 1 ro- 1895 being less than sev se, bales, renders it entirely f eat further and reasonable r or- acreage during the prese )ly materially advance the vj is ton and thus insure a saf lly stantial profit that canr cut bring increased prospei led South, not only as the in nn- result of such profit, but ing the value of our lands ai i a hither the tide of immigra hliA nppdpfl fnr thft dp.vpilnnn i is great natural resources of les. ed section.1' rsi- The resolutions also urf md duction of an abundant ne, corn, hay, meat and other md modities for home consum - . i . .1 - . ' * ?**? > )n it on the The executive committee ws The com- powered to take such steps as n L he pays is deemed advisable for the estf tax that he ment of an official organ of th( he per cent, ciation. ; represents A permanent organization e merchant then effected with Mr. Lane as gin that he dent; Robert D. Eckber^er of E ! might say, ville, Ala., secretary; J. R. Go< his land, of Tennessee, treasurer; and tl aged, and if lowing executive committee, i, it is swept Alabama?H. C. Reynolds, der; if not, Arkansas?J. W. Corcoran. Georgia?W. A. Brou^hton. >e is any aa- .Mississippi?uaptam w. w. i speculative Texas?E. S. Peters. at is done Tennessee?Col. H. D. Greer, r, or upon Louisiana?A. L. Maxwell, tchange; in North Carolina?Dr. J. H. Wi mind, is on son. for which I President Lane was instruct ot inclined appoint a State president for F farmers to and South Carolina. gambling. After an address by Prof. Tat * paragraph ler of the Mississippi State Agri ler) impos- ral Coll. ege, the convention ad jo ^well a mo- sine die eral accep- D0 YOU WANT AN OFFICE 3 "a charge IS Or prop- Information as to How They Can X * talned. n, in *11 its ?P ? ? ooaunaif wora v suggest to eawuglt income to xosrtfc may prop- -?xpens6S, 'cause the; aposeatEat write hundreds of useless letU re far great- their Congressmen and Senatoi in the long seeching their aid in getting tpon us by kind of government work?usele lent, and I ters, because these positions an ity as the within the gift of Congressmen Franklin, Senator's. These positions are 1 that "We what is called the Civil Service r our idle- mission. This commission holds we are tax- two to three competitive examini farmer who annually in each State. Those ling that is successfully pass the examim crop upon (make a grade of 70 per cent. < r-powering branches) are placed on an el he buys a list in order of their grades. W of corn, he department has need of new cle ets from a makes a requisition on the coi sale man a s*on *or the number and kind of < i a tax who wanted. The president of the railroad a mission selects from the list ol he pays a iWes those who are best qualif it, and he the positions. While exact q r wh<?rais- or representation is not given 1 r he is not States in employing the goveran but for his clerical force, yet due regard is ] in the selection of eligibles from 11 whan he States and Territories that have rides upon est iQ the government's service, ot. I have persons wno seek to obtain a go le miles to ment clerkship should apply U n his crop president of the Cilvil Service Coe twenty-five sion< whose duty it is to notify vhen there ?* the character of the examina) ae. I have the requirements of applicants an e, who had time and place of holding such e cents, and Nations. The present year, it y seem, from an extract from a cir Ji\*KJii yi\jvt % t sent out by the commission, is a vhile plow- po^tune time for South Caroli one Satur- 10 stand these examinations, lddenly re- "The share of appointments rec ken his ax by Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, o to town ware. District of Colu&bia, Mary fellow liv- Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada, rth Alaba- Mexico, Oklahoma, Virginia and' e we have min? is at present excessive, an that is the applications for any department) arth and a animations will be accepted tead of go- le?al residents thereof, unless the moun- is a failure to secure eligibles a straight ?ther States. ntain hick- "The following named States >y his side also received an excessive shai ound him, appointments, but to a less e te hickory "ian those named above, and di logs of his tb?. half of this year no i )wn to the cations for the clerk copyist, ait-grained ^atch man- or the messenger exai Id or labor, ^on will be accepted from legal 11? 1?'?* dents thereof: California. Con: ^"heTrides cut? Florida, Georgia,(Illinois, Ind orivimm Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, t obS Hampshire, New York, North' landle ? ^"ia? North Dakota, Ohio, On he rides Pennsylvania, Vermont, Wash in ?ate. First and West Virginia " r the anx- Examnations will he held dune id woman, SPrj?S at Columbia, on April G, flimsiness at Charleston on April 8. rs too Well Untold Good* brave and There is no doubt about the influences, that the Keeley Institute of i ature leads Carolina has done untold good ii >n himself gtate. " Those who have receive mature ill benefits are loud in its praises A1 mighty ^ey are ijving examples of tl n guiltless ficjency 0f the treatment Th rible curse of dyink or opium c an absence and is daily being curea right i ? the cabin lumbia, and broken down ph; its defense- and mental wrecks in four wee nt a lone- turn home sound in body and absencfe of as nature intended them to be. A he faithful institute one receives the kinde f his meal tentions and is made to feel per: contents of at home, and in a few brief da^ and little once again has the joy of rea untry mer- that he is a man; that life ^ ilorem tax seemed dreary and dark and a o alleviate hopeless is worth the living an them for joying as God intended it shou them, he Anyone bound by either of the rror of his cursed habits can be quickly an< hfully asks manently relieved beyond a d ver came." All information as to terms ana to you, my ment may be obtained by addn >rers of the the Keeley Institute. Columbia, Protective ?Register. ? ,t? ^9^ iS Improvement in Piano Bulldlnj Py??' ^ is difficult to improve a i taxes mat, x^ne Piano, but it is sometimes Those who have known and use af S! old Reliable Mathushek, whic Twenty-Five years past has be lo nf JJL favorite in Southern Homes, ^11 L.2^1 hardly believe that any great im[ themselves de in-8uch su> and nevertiieiesst if they cou] t or.o'e the New Improved Mathushek i-iane s aa- gCALK) Refined Tone, an ppointed on pERB qask j)EgiaNS they would credentials teHy surprised at the tremendoi Caldwell a vance ma^e by these progressive - ' j ers. / fif' Read Ludden & Bates' new i o' ~? con- tisement in this issue and inves . the merits of the Mathushek 1 *i? ^ you buy any other make. Write utions was nB,v Th<?v live at S 't declears ~*T *7iZ" '* ?J ~~ ' cotton re- aah- &a' imodity far A Loss to His State. ag of it and Charleston, Jan, 23.?Ashby Farrow, a prominent and pc 'rowers are young member of the Charlestor The crop of died at his home late last night, en million Farrow was born in Albemarle cc easiblebya Va., 33 years ago and gradua eduction of law at the university of Virgi nt year to 1880. He was associated with tb ilue of cot- firm of Murphy, Farrow & Ik e and sub- He leaves a young widow anc lot fail to child. ity to the ReUer, .morlintA ?:iu iu? ?< ht ifa fha IIUVV44WVV VVltll IUC USD Ul lULLXJ XV/i r enhancing and Kidneys," is sure, in all ca ad turning a disordered liver or kidneys tion, much their attendant ills, such as Bi aent of the ness, Sick Headache, Want of this favor- tite, Aches in the Side and Bacl It is the most successful and the *e the pro- satisfactory medicine, for its pu ; supply of jn use. The trial of a single 25 like com- bottle will convin/*** the most 8 ption. |cai. \ '*V: MM *?Z REGISTRATION BILL. i?y Dv tblish 5 asso [CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE. | was the commissioners within three days presi- after such election. The commissionlunts ers of election shall return such books ad win to the registration officer or officers lie fol- within twenty days after sufch election. Section 24. Every male citizen ol this State and of the United States of the age of 21 years, or upwards, haying all the qualifications mentioned in Stone, the first section of this Act, and who has resided within the cornorate limits of any incorporated city or town in this State previous to any municipal lliam- election, and has paid all taxes due and collectable for the preceding fiscal ed to vear? and who has been registered as lorida hereinbefore required, shall be entitled to vote at all municipal elections in the b But- State after the general election in the cultu- year 1896. urned Section 25. Thirty days before the holding of an election in any incorpo? rated city, town or village in this State after the general election of 1896, the oi>- irmyor or in^nden^^^^^^^^aprated "city town or village, T?he" ' names of all qualified electors of such ke municipality shall be entered in a B_m. book of registration which, after th* sg jet. holding of the election, shall be fileo not in the office of town clerk or recorder an(j and shall be a public record, open to ander insPecti0DL of any citizen at all Com- uulc:?from Section 26. It shall be the duty of itions the mayor or intendant of incorporatwho ed cities qr towns to cause to be preitions pared and furnished to the supervisor >n all of registration suitable books of reg-* igible istration and all stationery and blanks hen a necessary for the registration of elecrks it tors. nmis- Section 27. The supervisor of regis* :lerks tration shall judge of the qualification com- of all applicants for registration. The : elig- production of a certificate of registraied to tion from the registration officer of uotas the county entitling the applicant to X) the vote at a precinct within the incorpolent's rated city or town in which the applijjiven cant desires to vote shall be a condition those precedent to the applicant's obtaining few- a certificate of registration; and the All pr6duction of such a certificate and vern- proof of his residence within the limits ) xthe of the municipality for four months amis- preceding sucn election, and the paythem ment of all taxes assessed against him, lions, due and collectable, for fhe previous d the year, shall entitle the applicant to regxam istration. From the decision of the rould municipal supervisor any applicant cular may appeal to the Court of Common n op- Pleas or a judge thereof, and from nians thence to the Supreme Court and the mode of appeal shall be the same as eived provided herein in cases appealed from Dela- the officers of registration. land. Section 28. In incorporated cities New in which there are more than one votWyo ing place every elector shall vote at the d no precinct for which he is registered, il ex- Section 29. Each elector registered from bv the municipal officer shall be fur there nished by such officer with a certificate from which shall be of the following form: Registration certificate for municiphave al election No , city or town of re of election precinct, ward . xtent The bearer, is a qualified voter in uring the town or city of and resides ippli- in ward he is years of age. , the and entitled to vote in the municipal nina- election on the day of , 18 [ resi- Registered on the ? day of ?18 aecti- , nana, Supervisor of Registration, p ew Section 30. Before any municipal Uaro- ejection to be held in any incorporation, ed city or town in the State, after the gton, general election of 1896 the municipal , supervisor shall furnish the managers l? ? of election with one of the books of ana registration for the citv or precinct thereof, which they shall return to the ... supervisor within three days after the ? fact election; and no elector shall be allowSouth ^ to vote in any municipal election i this whose name is not registered as here? its i11 provided, or who does not produce And & municipal registrauon ceruuctne hi ie ef. the polls. '"An Infamoua Liar." n/co- berlin, Jan. 23.?In the reichstag crsical today Dr. Barth, a leader of the Radiks re- cal Unionist party, asked Chancellor L^the von Hohenlohe what had been done st at- with the resolution in favor of bimetfectly allism that had been introduced dur73 he ing the last session of the reichstag. lizlng The chancellor replied that he was not rhich yet able to make any statement to the Imost chamber concerning the resolution, d en- Barth then declared that the bimetallic Id be. agitation had been fometed outside of se ac- Germany* adding that perhaps Amerii per- can gold had assisted the agitation, oubt. Herr vo Kardoff, the German champitreat on of bimetallism and leader of the issing Agrarian party, challenged the proS. C. duction of proof that any one of the German bimetallists had been paid to represent American interests, and declared that Dr. Barth was an infamous done liar. Dr. Barth sprang from his seat and hotly declared that such a remark h for was an iufamy and an outrage on deen a bate. President of the chamber will caMed Dr. Barth to crder, stating that irore- **e had not ^eard the remark imputed perior *? Herr von Kardoff. Sonfh Carolina Contest#. with washington, Jan. 23.?Committee j g' on elections, No. 3, of the house, Mr. be ut- of Massachusetts chairman, is ad- ^day heard arguments in the contestmnlr ei* case Johnson against Stokes from the Seventh South Carolina disLd trict. This concludes the hearing of * f ~ the cases from this State, interest to "rviinv? woe orl/lorl v\tt fito miaqfinn of before TT11""" """j ?? n Lud- constitutionality of the registraavan ^on ^aw ?f the State being brought in committee is now ready to finally consider the cases Stark ^ ^'errl,,^e Accident. >pular Hampton, S. C., Jan. 17.?Seven 1 bar, negroes, who were working on the Mr. railroad, being built by Stokes oc Raytunty, sor from Walterboro to Ehrhardts, ted in were killed last night by the 1'alling in nia in of the roof of their mud covered shanie law ty. They were found this morning 2gare. by some of the employees. I one Pianos for Wlnthrop. There have been found necessary t several new pianos for the Winthrop J t Normal and Industrial College at and ^oc^ Hill. The officials charged i'lio with the selection have purchased the a nr>A Mason & Hamlin instrument, through the Ludden & Eates Southern Music House, Savannah, Ga. The fame 01 the Mason & Hamlin is as well estabc?nt.a lished as is the reputation of Ludden ikenti- & coates for promptness and'?air deal 1 p ing. **S ' .'V -<VJr vr *. f ' v*^* ' -v Hard on Horry. .'; ' j Conway, Jan. 29.?Quite* mysterious robbery occurred here on the 1 night of the 13th inst. The fact- was kept quiet for a purpose, only a few of , the "faithful ones" knowing it. The safe ot the county treasurer of Horry , was opened and robbed of abont $2,500. t County Treasurer L. D. Long was in his office during the day and says he 1 locked his safe, as is his custom, before closing ud for the night Returning on Tuesday morning, he found his office door open and on further examination discovered that his safe had , been opened and the amount as stated, gone. The thief evidently must have known the combination, and having provided himself with a key to the office, had no trouble in getting the bootv. This was a surprise to us when we heard the truth yesterday. It is the first thing of tb kind that has ever happened in our county and is to be regretted. There is no clue to the robbery. The treasurer, I presume, has* some idea as to the robbery, but has not told any one?State. A $25 Cooking Stove WITH A COMPr/KTE fluTFTT FOB OlfcTXTZ- $12.00, Delivered to your railroad depot, I all freight charges paid. Read this I description carefully. This splendid I t Cooking Stove is No. 8; has four 81 C inch pot holes; 16x16 inch oven; 181 inch Ore box, 24 inches liigjj.; 21x25 I inch toD: nice smooth c&stinsr. I have had this stove made for my trade, after my own idea, combining all the good points of all medium !i priced stoves, and leaving out the 9 objectionable features. ? Beyond all doubt the best No. 8 r Cooking Stove made, for the price. r Fitted with 2 pots, 2 pot covers, 2 skellets, 2 griddles, 3 baking pans, D 3 joints of pipe, 1 elbow, 1 collar, 1 lifter, 1 scraper, 1 cake polish, 1 iron tea kettle, 1 Bhovel. We want to e make customers and friends in every part of the South, for the purpose of introducing our business to new people, and to renew our acquaintance with old friends. We will ship this splendid Cooking Stove and the above described ware to any depot, all freight charges paid, for only $12.00 when the *i,? on.t. IV/<K>U tUillCO >T1UU LUO U1UC1 1U10 stove is a good one, well made, and I will give entire satisfaction. Oar I illustrated catalogue of Furniture, I Stoves and Baby Carriages maileal free. Address 9 Xj. P?. IF^DO-ETT,, I 846 Broad Stbeet, Augusta, Ga. I Delightful Results. LETTEh ifROM JUDGE BALDWIN, OF MADISON, GA. Dr.-W. Pitts, Thomson, Ga. Dear Sir:?After haying sought la vain for various remedies for the Ills of teething I tried yoar Carminative with most satisfactory and delightful results. It is pleasant to take assuages pain and produces rest wiinoui stupor, no pareaisnoma do wita* oat it daring the teething period who has once tried It, for it is indeed a magic medicine for babies. Very respectfully, JUDGE H. W. BALDWIN. * 8J For sale by jj THE MURRAY DRUG CO., s Columbia, 8. C. ~ DO YOU NEFD A CORK MILL? ^ Jf so boy the MOORK COUNT? GRIT, f he best stone for grinding corn. Requires 11 p less dressing. Gives less troflble. Makes better meal. Costs les* money than any g mill in th') world. 2 I Next is oar Engl?berg. Rice Mill, the only mill In the world that will, In ?ae op ' eratlon, take rough rice, hall, clean and polish it ready for market or table. , ^ Plantation and other sawmills. Talbolt, ?- T1JJ.I1 -I TIhIIAM nn/J aiao iolUUUll ?JLlglIIt?. UVIicig auu tivm\aworklng machinery at bottom factory price*. ' ( V. C. Badham, , UENEKAL AGENT, COLUMBIA. S. C. i BE C DON'T GET EXCITED ! KEEP CO IT IS ALL BIG CCTHH! 1439 and 1?3 If tin Strejt < Are still cbing bmlaes3 at the old 9l.aaJ, where we are prepared to cater to your ev CLOTHING. SEOES, HA.T6, TRUNKINGS, CARPETS, DRY GC AND ALL8MA.I Jfou can buy your domestic goods ol ended the most successful yeaj; la all of 01 to thank our patrons generally, th'roughou ronage, and ask for a continuance of the s a dollar's worth of goods for a do'lar. C attention to all. Writs for wbat you want "THE OPPOSITE GRAND C COLUMB] - 1 %> ' v ' a; >; ; . %?%.', '"' / .. '?' .."*- ? x;; " . . . .. : >: ?># 'v/ V >.ss A 2* - " ? *~* v. - * V- ; .>** for the liver and Ktdnejs. Laxative, Cathartic, Diuretic and -v. ., . " " Tonic. Its action is mild and pleasant. Djspepala and Indl- r-iy^m gpstlon are at once relieved bj ito use. Bad feellr g* from a adjfcgteh liver are dispelled. Lilsamoai ' agreeable, easy and certain feme- ;; * ' ' " dyin H&bltoa' Constipation. fn i&jfigm ' ? - .< kidney troubles its benefits be- j1 come apparent with the first doee or two. Try it. Sold wholesale by rhe Murray Drug CoN COLUMBIA, 8. C. Strawberry Plants ' . ; \;v' And In (act all kinds of plants can be ^ SET OUT by using the MLcSHEKBY AUTOMATIC TRANSPLANTER A good driver and two children are all be force neoeesary to set from three to. Ivaiatm of slants In a da?..and EVERY PLANT 18 WATBBBO it the time it is set oat, and some dry oil is drawn around the plants so that he ground will not bake. No waiting for atn Set oat your plants when they are Get a machine and plant (or rear lefghhors. Ton can earn enough In one eatontopay for the machine. Basfterm*. lend for circulars, prices and testimonials. lOUTHKSN FARM IMPLEMBJfT (X> , 349 Meeting St, Charleston, & O , Mention this paper. n In tk*H dap of '! --'^pv ITALL TALK !>Ao^Achtorainenttoftw?mtobMM^ { I count, bat after all Actual aoeixymjotm are " the only thlnga that ooont. ; "i Ills ew to talKln GtnercUTermttixxitta* ' i merla ofFiAMOa, bnt?be owptflMe , THE I&THUSfiSKf j Tti firaat |??tfc?ri F?wtto. ! ' IiUbllihed ? year*. 30,000 now in aw. I BoUbruforSBjcan. lAttttimTauiaM*! - > , i fkttnUd Improvement*? | , Patent Repeating Jatttm. ;|pP Patent founding B?*rt, ;*. Pftteit Tnnlng fta iMftlng , ... - %_ 1 itent Inprofed ,; Patent Bolt Sto^ , j ' Om of the only two Plain icadcoannlflta [ I 1 (erery part) In tta own faciorj. Oo??t Ik* ,1 W made In the U. S. .loM lpwerthanapy, - - '~1mI , i other High Grade Ptmo. OC6 profit ooly from ) maker to purchawr. WBJTK US. I LUDDEN 4k BATE^f ^ H SAVANNAH, OA. I H 8occcoowoooooooor<Mcooool ' ,r;'l naT^irI I What do w? want? We Want every ho- I )1, Restaurant, Co'legd and private house , -^M i the South to send as their warn Silver rare to replate la triple silver. Old I poons, forks, Ac., csa be mule equal to I ew. We plate anything la gold, silver, ''i I tckel or copper. We plate pistols, ratches, chains, rintfs badge* and swords, ' ? cabbards and other military aoooatre* lenta cleaned and plated equal to new. - ~w fuggy Balls and Trimming Harness I Mannings, ic., plated in nickel or diver, J1 kinds tarnished brass such as fenders, I hovel and tones, lamps, chandeliers, Sea., I aflnished equal to new. Busted stove * . i^?g ails, trimmings, Ac., re-nickeled. Surgical I istruments of all kinds polished and I la ted. r 'Jk WB WANT all bicycle owners to send J s their old wheel to repair. We can re- l nlsh in nickel and baked enamel eonal to 1 ew. We have latest improved Bleetro- j 'lating Plant, with comolete ^poltehlnic, offing and engine lathes and guarantee rork to be first class. Correspondence solicited. Address, CAROLINA BL80TR0 PLATING WOBKs, V. m. Garvin, Mamger, Bitckvi lie, s. 0 OSBOMaJW rueae Rohool of Miorthaad S%^^"^gs5?Bar'ALM. OL! STEADY YOUR NERVES I rHT NOW I f , V . * ^ HTJB" COLUMBIA, 80. CA, oppojite tie Graui Cdntral rfoiel, 'ery want. V^e are headquarters for i, VALISES, GENTS' FURNISH)03SJA.ND NOTIONS,. jL W ARES. ;<pS ' ns at fac'ory Jprlces. We have Just xr business career, for which we wish ?; t the State for tbeir most liberal pat* ame. Our rule Invariably Is to give ~?Un la Vinnauf l>/V\(to fl I I HI I1||?"*T~? /Ul IUUWIAJ 13 UUUUOV ftwwu , aad don't forget the place. HUB," I ENTRAL HOTEL [A, S. C. I t fl J 1 i3S