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// - r-p - g y 5 V ' v;- ?U *V..^-'-- .7'^:'T>ri' j The Abbeville Press [ BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1896. -ESTABLISHED;-18Mg|jj * H A | jgf || WlHi ^9 OF I TZh j: < 0 Als This sal i ber this is a NICE PHOTOGRAPHS All Sizes ^ ' ^ All Price TN LATEST STYLES OF FINISH. A copying and enlarging done at reasonal rates. I have GALLAGHER'S negatives and v make photographs from them. M. Y. LOMAX. I^Over HADDON'S store. mT Is the Place to Get DRUGS MD Orders by Mail t = ~ GEO. WHITE, Proprietor. 1896 WE ARE HERE! Encouraged by our first class all around Mock. We are In tli bargains In something to eat. iu KROUR LBA.DBR an We will keep a full stock of Flour, Mea kinds. Cheese, Maccaronl, Dried Fruits, Pr Some special bargains In White and Ch Also In Shoes of all kinds. A few bargi Plows, Gearing, etc., ail complete. Com save you money. Come and give us achai | H. W. LA1 I We have just received a ' All kinds that are i H. W. La ^ WV% ViV 1SI : J3l.UU or t: We will s< VERCO o a N e to begin at < , CASH SALE House and Lot for Sale. 1 OFFER MY HOUSE AND LOT in the town of Abbeville for sale. The lot conV tains two acres, the bouse eight rooms,and al I the premises In perfect repair. Every im provement and easy terms. Apply to W. C. McGOWAN, Dec. 12,1894, tf Abbeville, S. C. * WALTER L MILLER, ble| Attorney at Law. .Abbeville, S. C. I also represent a number of Investment Companies. Loans made on Abbeville or Greenwood City real estate. OFFICE on Law Range. SPEED'S Anything in the Line of JMICILS. ittended to at once. W. D. BARKSDALE, Manager, 1896. success in our attempts to please the public Inn ie rinu in GROCERIES, and can offer some special we lead with our two special brands cl BXCBLSIOR. I, Bacon, Sugar. Coffee, Hams. Canned Goods of al unes, Raisins. Harveys Pure Leaf Lard, Cottolene ecked Homespuns and Drillings. Pants, Jeans. &c ;ilns all around our store. Our Plow Stocks, D. H e and see our stock and be convinced that we car nee when wanting anything. >%%%%% WVfcVJ i Garden Sri \ OLD BY- M ;xr?m\T Xr nn ? V V w w. ^ large stock of SCHOOL BOOKS, i used in the public schools. v iwson & Co. J t WW %%%%%%^ AND rTxn TWT ElJLi AN 3ll at PR] lATC ice Li Dnce to make ] I and at Prim( electioiTcontest. i : . ?! ? From the Third Uongressional Dis- ? trict of South Carolina. g . w ll ROBT. MOORMAN AGAINST A. C. LATIMER. h b ' p Argument John Alttieun Johntton, At- Sl torney for A. C. Lntimcr, tho ConCI testce. I, As our readers know, but may bave forgot- Jj1 ten, thte Hon. Robert Moorman, Republican jt candidate for Congress from this District is ft contesting the seat of the Hon. A. C. Latimer, J* who was declared elected and seated in the n House of Representatives. S Mr. Latimer employed as his legal counsel *j Mr. John Altbeus Johnson who stands high with the Washington Bar, and wbo is well p known not only In his native county, but In Cl all parts of the country. Mr. Johnson is a na- y tlve of Abbeville county, and he has many n friends wbo rejoice at his general success n and who will be glad to learn tbat Mr. Lati' ? mer is in very little, if any, danger of losing w lils seat. * e' From private Information, we are led to believe that none of South Carolina's delegation q are in danger, except possibly Congressman j> Elliott. The Committee on Elections it Is 0 thought will report favorably on each of the C Democratic .Representatives, except Elliott. n wbo represents the First District?(Beau lort a and Charleston). In his case it Is believed w that if the report is not adverse to him it wil' * be divided, In which event the question will bave to be settled by the House ot Itepresen- b tatives?a Republican House. And Murray, Jthe negro, will likely get the place. U The following extracts from the able and n convincing argument of Mr. Johnson will be ? of Interest to the friends of both Mr. Latimer C( and his counsel. Mr. Johnson deserves the it confidence which Mr. Latimer manifested by .... si entrusting ins interests 10 m.s care. Mr. Jonn. tt son is a worker and he strikes sledge hammer p blows, when he takes a iiaud In the fray : V| t Moorman claimed that 8,385 persons had y I been denied their right to vote because of the D registration law, and he filed lists containing ? 4,735 names that had been written up In va- ^ rlous parts of the Congressional District, Commenting 011 this leature of the case Mr. Jobusou said: q 1 "No pretense is made at calling the Individ- a uals who were rejected, or any one who has n personal knowledge of the rejections, except <] that now and then some one, who does not ?| 1 mention the names, will say he saw four or u five or a dozen voters rejected ; aud forthwith u a list is tl led, containing from one hundred to ^ live hundred names. Ct "Moorman needs 4,791 votes to overcome 8| . Latimer's majority, flUy-nlne more than ap- n I pear In these lists. It was probably an over- .1 sight that omitted these ilfty-nine names. 0 i Certainly the lists with Ufty-nlne more names ci added would have been as competent as they k are at present. Inaeed, if writing down t] t uames as was done In this case removes them l( Irani the region of conjecture, the operation g | might as well have been continued until It gi had embraced the full 8,595 that Is claimed , f( l or. since the rules of evidence were not to be S| " called in to support these ilslB, the operation t| might have been contluued until It embraced p k 17 S1I3. the number nnrinitteil hv the cphkiih Is. I figures." \ I Counsel for Moorman were very bitter iu 0 " their atUicks upoD the registration law, their t| hope being that the Elections Committee, ^ | having brushed that law aside as a nullity, u would count for iMoormau a sufficient nurak ber of the rejected votes to entitle him to the j, " seal. Kelerring to this aspect of the case and u . to Judge Golf's decision, Mr. Johnson said: j, p "The vice of Judge Uoll's decision Is the as- jj sumption, underlying its every part, that be- j.1 h cause a large class of the citizens of the n " United States came into tlieenjoyment of suf- t, k frage by virtue of the fifteenth amendment, u f that, therefore, any legislation by a State is w Invalid which seems to have been the occa- u k sion of causing a large part of the citizens of j, " that class to lose the ballot. If we will bear s k iu mind that the right to vote is not a right [| y inherent iu citizens of the United States, a 0 principle first expressly declared by theSu- t, Uiriiic ViOUIt 1 Li JOI1 III iUlLHM VO. rirtppCI'OClt, Q 31 Wallace, 102; if we will also bear In mlnil 0 k "hat the right is wholly within tbo control of n I the several States, subject only to the lnhlbi- t! " tlon that they shall not deny or abridge it on f< Ill X EXT [ME C< 4ND no n "oom for o' 3 Cost. C ccount of race, color or previous c< r servitude (United States vs. Reese, 14,217); and if we will further bear I aat tbe registration and election outb Carolina nowhere discriminat junt of race, color or previous none srvltude, but that by their terms tb te upon every class and condition 8 iall see why It was that Judge Gofl. ae ermine of the Federal JudlcU ithout authority or Jurisdiction to ii l tbe affairs of South Carolina. Ai e delivered the political tirade fr ench that he did, the Circuit Court eals bad no alternative but to tell t je Federal ermine could not be tbe c jcb utterances. "This law of South Carolina of wfc ontestant complain?, went upon the ooks of 1692. For thirteen years it b ccepted as the law of the State. All e urlng that time have been conducte . Men have occupied seats in thif jr a dozen years as tbe result of eld under It. Members of the State ire, elected under its provisions, ht enators wbo have there exercised thi Ions without let or hindrance. Du bene years this law has remained un d by the courts; and It stands not aired by the Judgment or decree ourt competent to pass upon It. "And yet this contestant, after a ears, comes here and asks the House esentatlves to Inquire whether the I ot deny the right of suffrage to persi re entitled to it. Despite the fact t tailed Stales have never assumed bat shall constitute the qualltica lectors, declaring merely that the ele jcb State lor members of the House esentatlves "shall have the quaiiflcal ulsite for electors of the most nt ranch of the State legislature;" and 3e further fact that It is not the quail f the electors that Is under the contri ongress, but only "the tlmt-s, pla it.nner of holding the elections," 1 jstant has, nevertheless, come to tbli nd asked it lo disregard a law ol lb >btcb declares that compliance with isions shall be a prerequisite to votli er the plea that each House of Coi the judte of the elections of Its owi ers" this House Is asked to Judge, n( f of the manner in which an elect eld, bui also of the law which deu >%a miullH/iotlnn r\ f the olanl nru I r ot merely whetb? r a lraud was per] pon voters and upon tbe Jaw, but ' ie law, wblcb for thirteen years htiR epted and enforced as tbe law of the self a fraud. "Before the contestant, however, Is Itiou to assail that law before the cot nd tbe House be must sbow that the ersous qualified uuder the Conmiti ote were rejected to a number sufti bange the result. When he shows I olesof 4,794 persons who were poRse arently 01 qualifications prescribed rs In the State Constitution -were i e will then be in a position to be heai e complains of the cause of such r< be elections committee, no more ourt of Justice, will Indulge In dls< nd opinions that would be obiter d latter before them. There is no oca lscuss tbe validity or Invalidity of tb -atlon law until the contestant she niler the Constitution of the State t tied to a different result than the ilnud. It is indeed remarkable that >r the contestant should have been g jch a radical fault In the taking i iony to support their case as toomit 1 ae eligibility to vote under the requli f the Constitution of the persous wl lalm, were refused the elective francl "They write up lists of bare names i hem in the case, and then ask the cot ) pass Judgment on a statute of th uppose the Commute should const latute and should regard It Invalid, jr the purposes of the argument, and Implication of the case, let us adn le registration law is Invalid, and 1 osltlou are we then ? The Contestan jg that he be declared entitled to I ery well, let us now constitute the n f the Committee the managers ol t ion which it is necessary to hold tier* er to revise the returns which have b uted to by the regular election office! tate. The Contestant says he has I erents, aud more, in the record who ng and anxious to vole for him. Ve t them come forward with their 'umumher Mipv sirft nil nndfir rJmllf tie presumption In In lavor of the ess of the official return*, tiuil when sstant comes iiere be comes with ttie pon him to modify thgse returns rould be voters present tbeinsefve rst on the lis!, page 273,1s M. C. Bi s M. C. Bruzman a citizen of the tates? Is he of 21 years of age? ived one year within tbe State of Sot Una? Has he lived GO days wlthl erry County? Has bo ever been cc f treason, of murder, of burglary, of 1 f perjury, of forgery, or of any otb sous crime, or of duelling? Who i bene questions? Brazilian does no >r himself. He nowhere appears in IT ER ( I 30 DST our en toy's UNDE if McDi ur LARGE SPI YOURS TRULY, ?OX3 indltlon ?rdas a witness. Does any man speak for 92 U S 'or him? The record Is as silent as the grave. In mlnii Will the Committee allow Brazeman to denr posit a ballot? To ask this question Is to an e*oa"ac- 8Wer,t* And so we can go tnrougn tne lists lltlon of ot Dames one after another and how many ev oDer Khow themselves competent to cast a ballot illkewe under the constitution of tbe State? Not a wearlne dozen. Why should the Contestant take up irv was time contending before tbe Committee that iterDose the registration law of tbe State Is uuconstlid when tutlonal when he doesn't show that an elecom the tlon conducted under the Constitution Itself, of Ad- wlthout regard to tbe registration law, would ilm that have produced any different result? 1 have loak for beea amazetl that respectable counsel In preparing tbe Contestant's case should, have ilch the been bo vitally remiss In making out tbelr . utotnte Proof. In tbelr zeal to attack the registration ia8 been law they forgot to take notice of the Constltu.ipptinna tl0Q and Its requirements. They confined d under their proof to the result of the registration . House law?to the simple rejection of votes for want lections of registration certificates?and they neglectwisIa ed altogether to show the facts necessarry to iv? non? establish tbelr case under the Constitution. Tbey haven't put It In the power of tbe Com afrTnrw." mlttee to determine to wnai extern, n any ai rlne all *" the offlc'al returns should be modified; disturb and lh?y cau'1 expect the Committee to act j,,.)"' without the necessary facts to act upon, of anv Why 8h?uld tbe Committee waste Its time y considering an abstract question of law, to 11 thpsp wll> whether the registration law of South l of Rfi^ Carolina Is valid, when the determination of the question wouldn't enable them to change inn wim tlie result shown by the official returns?" hat t hp At another point In his argument, advert?n anv lD!? 10 tbe character of the case as made out iinna nf Moorman, Mr. Johnson said: "It Is hard* .ntnrs in possible to treat the contestant and his nf Rpn claims, as they appear In this Record, with seriousness. He says,'-If It hadn't been for imopAiia thi8 'aw of which I complain, I would have riPanit? been elected to a seat in this House. There ftrwtion are m?re negroes than whites In that Coni>inf th? gresslonal district, and a great many more ,,5 .negroes than the number ot whites who voted ho pon ,or Latimer. Why Latimer received only a Hniiep 5,778 votes ; and the colored people .before the election held club meetings In a great many iijjnrn P|,lt'es. and pledged themselves to vote for iff TTn me ; aQd numbers of my tickets were dlstrlbuted among them. A great many on the n ?Am day of election went within sight of the poll't log place; and, everything'being quiet, and ' " , no threats or Intimidation of any kind lu.rminpH terferlng, some ventured to go up and pass ? iii|7rp through the house where the ballot box was, M-truiPfi a,,tl lhey looked at the box as they passed afhpthpr through. (It was the duty of the managers, forsooth, to halt them as they went by and been ac-1 ...?. .1? x koM?' oni Qfpf. IH Ullffl HICUJ IU WbVi/ VbUOiO, UViVtwi UUII., | oiaie, in actually went up to the ballot box, laced tbe in n nn. managers, and offered to vote; but the managnmitfpp er8 Pleading this miserable law of which I complain, would let only those vote who had 11ion ifi registration certificates. Of course all tbe !.iont n negroes would bave voted lor ine II they had hat ?iia voted ai all; and I think It apparent from the sHPri an ceD8U8 tables of the United Stales that I for vnt would bave received more voles than Mr. p|f>ripfi Latimer if the managers ol election had only H when disregarded that law of which I am complaln lo^iinn ln8" Now declare thai the legislature ofc thunn South Carolina had no right to put such a law ? upon the statute books of the State, and the lot* ih? situation will be very much simplified. You will then have only to assume as necessary to my election that that law kept 4,7W yotes " , from being cast lor me which were not cast;i s is pii and really I think I have shown that negroes to very nearly that number went within sight " , of the polls on election day, or at least would niii v nf have 8?ne lliere ,ljey ^ad supposed that "if toatI lliey were entitled to vote. At any rate, I n nrnm ^ave Introduced In evidence the figures of the romonta United States census, and I find very great In ?hpv comfort In them. They show that there are i' ' 1G,818 negro men In the Congressional district ind'fliA over twenty-one years of age who did not nmitiuo vote for me. Surely there must be some ajiiiee | Bvii-n^tintr 4.701 votes from the num e State, vyr," ? rj p r t ha OcT. inrippii "There are some things referred to, or bintfor the ed at. in tbe evidence which are hardly de, serving of serious mention as uffectlng the ren what sult ln 11118 case* *or lnstance, only 5,778 t in-ink votes were cast for Latimer, and the census ' figures produced by the contestant show 14, i embers 2S0 whites lu tbe district Of voting age. A he elec if eat many questlous are accordingly asked, b ln or Intended to suggest that Latimer was not a j een eer P<>Pular maQ with his party, and, further, H nV rtiA that the party was bitterly divided Into hos-1 iooo ad tlle camps; the Tlllmanltes, or reformers: are wli UD(J tbe Stralgbtouts, or conservatives. Tbe rv well fact is, as everybody conversant with affairs ballots' In Mouth Carolina knows, tbe primary elec,nirP f,,r tlon is the great event with tbe Democratic correct- Purty 'u lt,e State- It Is ln that election, the con- Provlfor ^y law, that the Democrat party burden* discusses within Itself its plans, determines let the 11,8 Pollcle8. and selects Its candidates. Ins .ni,e terest In politics among the Democrats reaches razman lt8 cllInax ln their primary election, at United which time all questlous affecting party Has he action are settled, the members of the party ,th oar- belnS thereafter pledged to unity of action, n New- The vote at the general election Is often smal>nvlcted" ler thau ttt tbe primary, for the simple reason larcenv that tbe voters do not feel It to be necessary er lnfa- lo luru out* Everything Is settled at tbe answers primary, and, unless there Is an exigency ret speak QulriDK ll> the voters are not so particular the rec DA itire line Si Ml RWE/ TTOS] iING STOC about going to tbe polls on the day < general election. "But tbe coloring that tbe contestan sought to infuse Into tbe case by directl tentlon to what be calls tbe light vote was cast tor Latimer Is destroyed by the developed by every witness interrogat< tbe subject, tbat tbe vote for Latlmei about tbe same as tbe vote for tbe State at tbe some places. Instead of tryii criticise Latimer's vote as small, tbe co ant might better have put'ln bis time t to produce competent testimony to swe own vote of 985 to the dimensions of mer's. "Equally without meaning or effect 1 hullabaloo which tbe contestant tries to about tbe Congressional and state Doxes lug been In some Instances In tbe same 1 Ing. The boxes were always widely sepa from each other, with dlflerent sets of and different sets of managers; tbe arr ment In each case, as the law provides, be "such as the managers of election deem fit and sufficient." And yet th< testant Is anxious to criticise becaus same hall In some Instances Is made 1 commodate both sets. Verily the conU In not pleased with tbe last election 1 third Congressional district of South Una!" CLAEENCE HADDON. A Friend Pnya n Tribute to His 11 ory. Clarence, second son of R. A. Haddo parted tbls life January 5,1S96, aged 22 : He sleepetb In Jesus. How comfortln thought. These words come to me jusi as a message from heaven, wafted upo breeze from tbe bowers of paradise. J nature's balmy restorer, how sweet afK toils of tbe day! But asleep Id Jesus ts a In heaven. So sleep Clarence; a child c covenant; born of Christian parents, r in a Christian home, born again of tbe S and early In life by a profession of fa Christ, consecrated his life to the serv God. I But bow short tbe race, how soon end life so full of promise; tbe sun goes i while It Is yet morning. Tbe bud so 1 sweetness bad Just expanded into the the young man Just verging manhood, how soon Id tbe night of the grave. Y will not complain. Tbe Joys ot Heave more than the realization of earth's foi hopes. Clarence, we miss you in the Sabbath sc but we will not murmur. He has ente higher scbool where eternal Sabbath r and congregations never break up. Not long did be tarry in this uncong clime. The flower was too delicate fo rude winds or earth, and the all-wise bandman transferred it toamorecong clime. It Is sad. He will come no more t< earthly home so full of tender affection; it Is even more comforting to know he hi changed tbe earthly for the heavenly h When the old die we accept the resul matter of course, but when the young dl exclaim, "how sad." Bereaved parents, sisters and brother all mourning friends, let this fact comfor and smiling through your tears look i to that happy home whither be has gon< wnere oy tne grace 01 uaa you buou m?j A l-'rie Sunday School Resolution*. Whereas, God in His wisdom lias seen call Bro. Clarence E. Haddon from the rows of this life as we fondly hope, to the of Heaven, we bow submission to this knowing that what He wills Is best. He a young man of unassuming maimers, < vated in mind and heart, pure in prim gentlemanly in bearing, cheerful In dis tlon, an obedient and aitecdonate sou, voted and loving brother, sincere in hisfr ship, loyal to his church and .Sunday sci therefore, be It Resolved 1st. That the Sunday school membership of Sbiloh church express i unfeigned sorrow that Brother Haddon been taken from us. and that his associf with us and tne deep concern he manifi in our spiritual welfare ou uisuoavn ucu ever be remembered by us. 2nd. That we present our tender sympi to bis sorely bereaved parents, brother sisters, while they sorrow for their depa loved one. .{rd. Thatocopyof these resolutions be sented to the family, and also copies be to the Abbeville l'ress and Banner and Abbeville Medium for publication. L. P. Harknei J. C. Daniel, C. A. Suber. i m We have a variety of odds aud ends In goods which will be closed during Januar gardless of cost at Haddon's. Bargains. A few fine shoes left which be sold very cheap at Haddon's. UiH UN YS ^ ID ?- 1 "Vfx* - > I HES. i !K. Remem- 1 U- I af the T\T*rm * r vnnrrnv UJUa XAU nVAAVJH. 1 ? S. F. Killingsworth, ':J? 5daoQ No. 4 Seal Block, Abbeville, 8. C. 1 o|l Sf g DENTAL NOTICE. j BiS Dr. S. G. Thomson, 'f.nfl. OFFICE CP-STAIRS ON MoILWAIN . -JIB AjaM Corner, Abbeville, 8. C. - -HIM [55? Eggs for Sale. IratPd TPGGS FOR SALE FROM PURE BREED . books =P S. C. B. Leghorns, and Banred Plymoatlt,., HjKH unw. Rocks. J. R. GLENN, U to Jan. 15,1S96. 2m Abbeville, 8. C. fl e ?the TVairahla Plane for Sale. n8t??' WTE offer our homeplace at Cokeabary for Jj| roric sale or exchange. Premises in fine re- V^SH ?^aro- pair. 93 acres of fl rate lass land. Land well .-" ja adapted to fruit and all crops. Pare oold water and perfectly bealtby location. Wyatt Aiken, Abbeville, 8. C. J. S. Aiken, Cokesbury, S. C. Sept. 3d.'95. tf. - E. F. GILLIARD, n, de- 1 ^ YjgflB years. RS: TAILOE,] ^eep6 O AS moved, and occupies the room reoent- ' $jl 3t the tl ly occupied by J. L. Clark, the gun- . ?jm 'wake smith, and Is now prepared to do all kinds of * Lf the repalrlngand cleaning of gentlemen's clothes vffjSW eared OD sbort notice. ipirit Samples of sultA always on hand. Charges ! lib Id reasonable :! Ice of ?? : / :$jM S Livery, Feed aid Sals Stain. rose, ??? Oh ! U-AVING BOUGHT THE INTEREST OP ' at mn tir d 4 ? *ka WW "V j ?YY . o, tuiuiau IU bUO # -v I|? adest j Livery, Feed and Sale Stables, \ red*L' j I Will Continue Business at the Old Stand. r the Thanking my friends for the support lnjthe hus- past, I solicit a continuance of the same. ?| "" J. S. STABK. > the ::;3 i. but j? School Books j ig AT COST FOR CASH. ? J 3 and * -.a ud- The Days When the School Commissioner Will be in his rti ?r> r\ rr> ' , | sor* umc0i f ::.m J9*,8 rriHE COUNTY BOARD or Examiners have . lo bought for Abbeville County SCHOOL inm TEXT BOOKS and placed them In the care of School Commissioner who will sell them AT COST FOK CASH. P ,I will be In the School Commissioner's office i .,2" during the next scholastic year as heretofore OX EACH SATURDAY OF THE MONTH, U001? except the 1st Saturday. Also on all Sale , Days or other public days, for the purpose of rhpir transacting all official business; andselling hnM school books that are purchased by the Coun111 nn ty Board during the year. J*1"" In order to accommodate the people every , day In the week, I have made arrangements * wm with Dr. S. F. Killlngsworth who may be ; i ti lound at his office in "No. 4 SEAL BLOCK" to r' i attend to sale of books for me, during the -s times that I am absent from the office. All ^ books will be sold for CASH. *3 nrP. W. T. MILFORD, 73 ure- r\~t oc?u ionr * e uaUaaI A r! UU1. ^UbU, LOOO U. O^UWl WUI. n. v? tbe " If you want a genuine old Grerrs almanac 5H* for 189U you can get It free of charge at Speed'* drug store. We nre closing out 120 pair ladles fine shoes ' jr regardless ol tue cost,at Haddon's. y re- School claims wanted. Will pay cash or ^ merchandise, at Haddou's. will If you wish a fine button shoe very cheap call at Haddou's.