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F I /; '1 c-'" ! > T - The Press and Banner. ?Y~HUGH WILSON. ARBBVILLK, M. VREGISTRATION LAW. THE RULE?, REGULATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR REGISTERING. Hoard of Registration Judge* of (JualiflcaHon of Applicants?Who May aod May Sot Krgiit?r?Right of Appeal--Books Mad* Public Rrcords. The pamphlet of ''Instructions to Boards of Registration" has been received by the county supervisors of registration and they accordingly f/xw tlio nun ictro f 1Afl uycuru IUU UWJIVa 1 KJl IUV of voters last Monday. There are many radical changes from the old law in the act passed at the last ses sion of the legislature and voters will do well to read caiefully the qualifications entitling them to registration. Paragraph 1 recites the manuer of the boards first organization. Below is given iinabridged instructions for toters. 2. The books of registration shall be opened by the boards on the first Monday in April, 1896, at the court house in each county, and kept open for at least six consecutive weeks. They shall be opened again at the court house on the first Mondays in June, July, August and September, A. D-, 1896, and kept open continuously for at least one week in each of said months. They shall be closed thirty days before the general election in 1896. After the general election in 1896, the books of registration shall be opened on the first Monday of each month at the court house and kept open for three successive days in each month until thirty days before the election of 1898, when they shall be closed until the said general election shall have taken place. ' The offices and books must be kept open from 9 o'clock in the forenoon until 3 o'clock in the afternoon. 3. The board of registration is the judge of the qualifications of all ap plicants for registration up to January let, 1898. Up to January 1st, 1898, every male citizen of tnis State and of the United States, twenty-one years of age, who is not an idiot, is not insane, is not a pauper supported at the public expense, and is not confined in any public prison, and who has not been onvicted of burglary, arson, obtaining goods or money under false pretenses, perjury, forgery, robbery, bribery, adultery, wife beating, house breaking, receiving stolen goods, breach of trust with fraudulent intent, fornication, sodomv, incest, assault with intent to ravish, miscegenation, 1 larceny or crimes against the election laws, and who shall have been a resident in this State two years, (excent ministers in charge of organized churches and teachers of public schools, and they after six months 1 residence in the State,) a resident in the county for six months and in the i polling precinct four months, and who can read any section in the con- 1 stitution of 1895, or can understand and explain any section of said consti tution when read to him by the regis tration officer or officers, shall be enHtl*./? tr\ ansl Vuinnrrio on elector upon application for such reg- 1 istration. If a person has been con- 1 victed of any of tne crimes above men tioned, a pardon of the governor removes the disqualification. The boards of registration in judging of the qualifications of applicants for registration are authorized to require of every such applicant satisfactory proof of his age, residence, etc. In determining the intelligence quali- 1 fication of the applicant, the boards select the section of the constitution to be read or explained and understood by the applicant. Applicants denied registration should be promptly notified, so as to allow them the right of appeal. The books of registration must be kept open at least six weeks, when i opened on the first Monday of April, i 1896, and at least one week when opened on first Mondays in June, July, August and September, 1896, but the : boards of registration can keep them 1 open longer if it is deemed necessary. After tne books are closed thirty days before the election, they cannot ( be opened to register any elector be- ( fore the election. Minors and others entitled to register, must be registered before the books are closed. 4. Any person denied registration, shall have the right of appeal to the circuit and supreme court. The appellant must file within ten days after the decision of the board of registration a written notice with the board, of his intention to appeal. Af ter the expiration of the ten days, in case a notice of appeal has been filed, the board must file with the clerk of the court of the county the written notice of intention to appeal, and any papers in their possession relating to the case, and a report of the case if they deem it proper. If the appellant desires the appeal to be heard by a judge at chambers, he must give every member of the -board four days written notice of the time and place of hearing, and the board must appear at the hearing. If the appellant appeals to the supreme court, he must serve upon every member of the board of registration a copy of a notice of intention to to appeal, within ten days after the decision of a judge of the oourt of common pleas, and the said board may appear at the hearing. 5. In case any minor who will become twenty one years of age after the closing of the books of registration and before the election ana is otherwise qualified to register, makes application under oath showing he is qualified to register, the boards shall register such applicant before the closing of tho books. Any person whose qualifications as an elector will be completed after the f Vi /\ M/tmi<4 M.'. V l?-vv\ Vv/\/>lrn Uti f UlUBlUg ui luc icgiauauuu vuuaa, uui before the next election, shall have the right to apply for and secure a registration certificate at any time within sixty days immediately preceding the closing of the registration books, upon an application under oath to the facts entitling him to such registration. Tne same right of appeal is allowed appellants who are minors or whose qualifications shall be completed before the election as in other cases, and the same kind of notices rnu.-a be served upon the members of the board. 8. Ail persons registertd by the board areenlitled to registration certificates of the form prescribed in Section li of the Act. The certificate must be sigiieu oy ai jeasi twu meuiuwo mo board, aud by all of thern if practicable. T>- f. -T ."97. In case of the removal of an elector from one county to another, Section 14 provides the manner in which the certificates can be changed. In case of the loss or destruction of a certificate of registration, or the mutila5 tion of the same, Section 15 prescribes the mauner in which other certificates ( can be obtained. 8 The board of registration shall review* the lists of registered electors at least ten days preceeding each elec tiou, and shall erase therefrom the names of all reistered electors who j may have become disqualified, who , OTriHonrto mo-rr Annaoc | a |a/u oftiwiaviivi j v ? iuwuvu ixiajr j I to have died or removed from their re- t spective counties, or who may have ? been illegally or fraudlently regis- r tered- Persons whose names are thus [ erased have the right to appeal to the c court of commou pleas, or a judge r thereof, as in case of persous denied a registration. Records of conviction of r persons furnished by clerks of courts p and magistrates shall be prima facie n proof of disqualification, etc.. to au- a thorize the board to erase names. Par- j ties whose names have been thus s erased shall h?ve the right to preduce p a pardcn from the governor, or other j. proof, to show that their names were jj improperly erased, and the board shall g restore the names. u 9. Each township as now laid out, j and in those counties where there are ^ no such townships, the parish as form- q erly known and defined, is a polling n precinct. In cities and towns contain- (j ing five thousand inhabitants or more, 0 where the same is divided into wards, each ward is a polling precinct, and in n cities and towns or less that five thou- tj sand inhabitants, the city or town is a Q polling precinct. In the city of q Plinnlocfrtn Via rw-kllinor iirAf>in(<tq JlPft ViiaiXVObVU biAV |?? *? ? the same as the voting precincts as ? now established by la w. The territory j, in the township in which Columbia is jj situated, iu the county of Richland, tj outside of the city of Columbia, is de- a clared a polling precinct. p The registration of voters must be n by polling precints. Thera must be a book of registration for each polling j, precinct, that is for each township, or sj parish, or city, or town of less than five ^ thousand inhabitants, or ward of cities js of more than five thousand inhabitants p Each elector must vote ia the polling ? precinct in which he resides. If there ? is more than one voting place in the polling precinct, the elector may vote at any voting place designated on the a registration certificate. The boards C( must designate in the registration certificate the voting place in the polling n frecinct at which ttoe elector is to vote. ft f thjre is mor<s than one voting place in th? nollintr nrw.innt. thfi boards ?** ""v I 1 ?shall designate 011 the certificate the n voting place selected by the elector. \t Section 20 prescribes the manner ia ? which an elector can have his voting j? place, designated in his certificate, changed. ^ 10. The books and other records of w registration must be deposited by the fi boards of registration ia the office of ai the clerk of court of common pleas, n Tney shall be kept in said office, ex- st cept when used by the board of registration in the several polling precincts w its required by law. They shall be n public records, open to the inspection b of any citizent at all times. p 11. Immediately preceding any gen- I] eral or special election, the boards of ft registration shall furnish the com- tc missioners of election with two regis- n tration books for each voting place in tl each polling precinct, containing in b each the names of all electors entitled V to vote at such voting place. The com- ai missioners shall turn over said books S to the managers of election at each ci voting place in the polling precinct, it who shall be responsible for the care and custody of said books and the re- v turn thereof to the commissioners with- a] in three days after such election. The li commissioners shall return such books TJ to the board of registration -vithin V twenty days after such election. 4 st 10 TKo f n nn 4* before the first day of February, A. D., a: 1898, shall enter in two books fur- y nished by the secretary of State, the ci names of all electors registered up to ci the first day of January, 1898, and sub- vs scribe on oath in said books that the tl said books contain all such names, one tl of which shall be filed by the board in tl the office of the secretary of the State, tc and one in the office of the clerk of the tl court for each count/. 13. The meetings of the boaid for tl hearing applications for registration, tl or for all other business, may be h either private or public, as the mem- h bers may deem best for the proper dis- tl patch of business, etc. ii The boards of registration must keep t* their offices open on the days required t< by law for registration of electors from P 9 o'clock in the fornoon until 3 o'clock h in the afternoon. Members of the a boards of registration are entitled to two hundred and fifty dollars each for P the year 1896, and one hundred and r* twenty-five each for the vear 1897, and S 01?/?AABCrt?0 Alioliftr on/1 fhftw V UUbU bUVll OUUUVOOUiO V^ucun j , auu vuuj go out of office on the 1st of February n 1898, but cau not register electors after ci 1st of January, 1898. Ii Salaries of members of the boards of ti registration are payable quarterly by i> the State treasurer, upon the warrant o of the comptroller general. 14. The boards of registration are ? required to furnish an c-lector, who h has been registered up to January 1st, sj 1898, a certificate that he is dulv reg- ti istered, upon application of said elec- g tor, in order to entitle him to vote b when his name does not appear upon lj the registration book furnished the ti managers of election. si 8 Our Indians. r "Our Indians" is the tittle of a t] strong article by Hon. Hoke Smith, 1j Secretary of the Interior, published in n The Youth Companion of March 20. li Perhaps there is no national them s which arouses more quickly the sym- S pathies of all fair-minded Americans, a The Indian who once had complete g liberty to hunt and occupy this fair y land has found the United States Gov- v ernment a master whom he cannot ( understand. Secretary Smith gives much valuable information aboutthe n present condition and prospects of the t Indians, meir increasing numoers, .v their education, and indicates the posi- v tiou of the national admiuistiation to- c ward them. He closes the article by s saying: "While I have not ii criticised the action of our forefath t ers and of our fathers in the treatment t of the Indians, I urge without hesita- ci tion that among this people can be r found a field for missionary work as c worthy of Christian zeal as in those r; countries far away from our own." f This article is one of a Series by American Statesmen, appearing iu The Com- t panion, including articles by Hon. t Thomas B. Reed, Hon. H. A Her- I bert. Secretary of the Navy, and Hon. t J. Sterling Morton, Secretary of Agri- I culture. t THE LIVING ISSUE. THE MONETARY QUESTION ABLY DE BATED BY CRISP AND SMITH. Drlup I'oiut8 Out the Real Reason for tb Demonetization of Silver and Flow II Restoration Would Improve liimioes Smith Uphold* the Golclbug Standard. Augusta, ua , marcn ji.?i\o pon cal event has so stirred the city c iugustaand its surrounding territor is the financial debate between Seen ,ary Hoke Smith for "sound money md ex-Speaker Charles F. Crisp, rej esenting free coinage, which occurre lere to-night. The day was a gal >ne, Smith and Crisp holding infoi oal receptions at the Arlington Hote .11 the forenoon. Excursions wer un to the city on all roads fron ?oints within a radius of seventy-fiv ailes. The city assumed a holida; ppearance. The debate took plac n the Grand Opera House, whicl eats 2,200. As early "as 6:30 o'clocl eople began to gather waiting to ge ? many bringing large palmetto fans he thermometer registering 80 de rees. At 8 o'clock the building wa nable to accommodate the mass tha esired admission, many having to re urn home. On the stage were th< rovernor of the State, many promi ent State officials and 600 representa ive men of the city and State. Thi pera house was profusely decorated After a short introduction by Chair lan Daughty, of the county execu ,ve committee, who stated the termi f the debate, he introduced Judg< Jrisp, who spoke as follows: "Mr. Smith and myself are botl >emocrats, we both expect to earnest p and loyally stand by the Democrat s nominee, but just now the policy o le Democratic party is to be formec nd Mr. Smith and I differ on one im ortant question. We differ abou loney. "There are certain principles relat ig to money which at the ouusei yoi aould clearly understand. If you wil ear in mind that the value of monej i regulated by the demand and sup ly of its exchange for commodity ou will have the first step in deter lining this great financial question "There are two contentions respect )g existing conditions, but first let m< ill your attention to the inonetarj Dnd'tion of the world up to 1873 hroughout Europe there were twc letals coined at different ratios in dif jrent countries, but the consensus o: le ratios was about fifteen to one. in ??/v amaU n o i rt fatm n lucre Id UU iSUVU imug cm lub^iua ational money, no money will circu ite in ail countries. That's a mere latitude. In 1792 the governments ol lurope had the ratio of 15 to 1 and th? fnited States formed that ratio as theii asis of coining the two metals. Thai ras right in 1792. You observe mj iend Mr. Smith when he comes U 3 dress you and see if he does nol lake the error of confounding th< andard with the currency. "Bimetallism is described by everj 'riter as being a condition when botfc letals can be coined legally at a mini y a ratio fixed by law with an equa urchasing and debt-paying power fp to the year 1873 this law was ir >rce, silver and gold were thus linkec >gether and were the measure of com lodities. Any other condition bui lis is iniurious to the neoDle and onb enefits those who have money to lend 7hen France coined the two metals t the ratio of 15J to 1 and the Unitec tates at a ratio of 16 to 1, all the (role ime to America. Gold goes when can get the most for itself. "Up to 1873 there was no great di ergence in the ratio of the two met Is, sometimes one would be worth i ttle more than another. In 1783 th< United States demonetized silver Phy it was done, no single golc andard advocate is old enough oi uthful enough to recollect. There re none of them who will boldly tel ou why. The real reason was to de [ ease the amount of money and in [ ease the value of the money whict rasleft. (Applause.) No man can it le face of all these things, go befor< le country and say that he advocate: le single standard of gold and hope ) gain the support of a majority o: le people of the United States "There are some people who e< irough the country saying that th< ouble is that the financial questionu eing agitated by silver cranks and ] ave never 3een a wrong inflictedor le masses of the people but those wh< lflict it are opposed to having it agi ited. (Applause.) Immediately af sr the demonetization of silver in 1873 rices decreased. How could thei elp it when the money was decreased nd the commodities increased? "In 1878 the Grant-Allison law wa: assed and gave us a little help in ar ssting the falling prices. In '90 th( herman law was passed and it ad anced prices a little. In '93 that wai jpealed and I say that money is de reasing and commodities increasing, a the last twenty years every indus yhas slowly but markedly decreasec l regard to the prices obtained for it! utput. "In the bond sale before the last, tb< 'resident sold sixty-two millions dol irs worth of coin bonds at a private lie and sent word to the represents Ives of the people that if they woult ivehim authority to make them golc onds, it would be worth sixten mil ions of dollars more. The l epresenl a ives refused to do it and now the gol( tandard gentlemen tell us that wi hould pay them in gold, If the rep - . ? W ? A. 1 J!J^1 esentauves ieit mai way, way uiua liey take the sixteen millions of dol irs? (Loud applause.) The govern aent has the option of paying its ob igations in either coin; it was s< tated on the greenbacks and th< Iherman notes. They can pay then .11 in silver. Then who wants th< old? We don't need it. But I'll tel ou who does want it. Wall stree rants it, and Lombard street wants it Loud applause.) "If you want to favor a safe govern aent; if you want to have equal right o all and discrimination to none, thei ou want to go along with those of u yho wish to restore bimetallism to thi ountry. The reason why they say i ilver dollar is only worth tifty cent s on account of this vtry demonetiza ion of silver, and the silver dollar wil >e worth one hundred cents when thi lemonetization is wiped out. If fou lations could make a ratio and keep it >ue country, which is equal iu com nerce to the four, could do it. Th our cuts no Ggure." Mr. Crisp closed by reading statis ics regarding the number of manulac uring and other industries in th Jnited States and how much large hey arere than European countries lis speech was applauded for full.' hree minutes. MR. SMITH IN REPLY. When Mr. Smith was introduced the reception was equally as enthusiastic = * as that rendered to Mr. Crisp. After thanking the people for their invitation to him, he said: ie "It is not ray intention to say anything that will hurt any one who disagrees with me. 'Tis but right that we c^nnl/1 fnrrofViOl* firi/1 Ant QUU'AIU WUiJH^A lA/gVKUVk uuv? VUv what is right. In opposing the free coinage of silver, I want you to disI. tinctlv understand that I maKe no fight on silver as a final payment and as y legal tender. When we oppose this plan of free coinage at 16 to 1, we be'? lieve its advocatts will understand its effects. We oppose it because we do A not believe that it will give you what a .you want. In the first place let us see .. how much money we have now and >1 how much wo had in '73. In '78 we e had in gold and silver one hundred a and fifty milllion of dellars and now e we have one billion, one hunared and Y seventy-seven million, eight times as e much money as we had when silver a was demonetized. The advocates of t free coinage mislead you when they t say that we wish to contract tfia currency and that we do not wish silver ! dollars to be legal tender. s "The gentleman reports Mr. Cleve4 land (anDlause^ as savintr that thara is i. a difference between currency and 3 standard, but the gentleman miacon. ceives it. A currency can be checks, . due bills, silver or greenbacks, but a e standard is a measure. Supposo that there was such a law as to alio v you 1 to com thirty grains of silver into dol. lars or twenty grains of gold iut<> dol3 lars, do you think that you would car3 iy your twenty grains to be made into a dollar whea you could exchange it at x the jewelers shop for sixty graias of , silver, enough tocoin into two dollars? . No the gold would not be coined. I r om Viam t/vniahf. nnt t.n fiabt hi metal 1 lism but silver monometalFism. (A.p. plause.) It is the actual value of the I dollar, or the credit of the country which puts the value on it, which . makes the dollar. i " I a in .veil a i'.'.iTo .lu. u L? easier to 1 captivate an audience by reference to r Wall street aud Lombard street than it is to present solid facts, My friend , played to the prejudices of the Popu lists in this district and I have no . doubt but that it was only they who - applauded him. He ought to do beti ter than to play on the low prejudices r of some people. (Loud applause and . a voice 'Hurrah for Tom Watson 1') ) These gentlemen who wish to rob the - people have absolutely coined in the f past three years seven million silver dollars. We have coined more sub sidiary silver in the past three years than in any three years since the gov5 ernment began. (A.pplause.) f "The effort to sustain the ratio of 5 silver and gold at 15 to 1 has been r tried by five nations combined, the t Latin Union, and failed. The price of r silver became cheaper and they were ) about to become silver monometallic, t Why not have a ratio of 62 to 1, then i we would enjoy all the comforts of bimetallism, according to my distin' cuished friend. The eold in a gold dol i lar will buy two Mexican dollars and t the silver in two silver dollars will 1 buy only two Mexican dollars It is undemocratic, it is unlike Jefferson's i teaching, it is unlike Jackson's teachl ingandit is unliko the teachings of Grover Cleveland. (Prolonged apt plause.)It is more like the doctrine of ' Mr. Jones of Nevada, Mr. Bryan of Nebraska and Tom Watson of Georgia i "What caused silver to fall? Not the I Act of 1873. We had coined but 8,l 000,000 silver dollars. What caused i silver to fall? In'73 the world's out puts of silver was 70,000,000. In 1894 the world's output was 200,000,000. - three times as much, when the price i only fallen one-half. It iidn't cost as i much to mine silver in '93 as it did in . '73. In '73 it cost 90 cents to dig a 1 dollar's worth of silver and in 1894 it f cost only about 45 cents to dig a dol> lar's worth of silver. Have you got 1 any silver mines in Richmond bounty ihat you want to unload on the gov ernment? That's why Mr. Jones and i Mr. Stewart want free silver, i "Since 1873, cr shortly before that, 5 fourteen countries on the Eastern i hemisphere have banished the free i coinage of silver. The supply of silf '? tlimiii i!mi? oc larcpA nnrl fnilF " VCX 13 lUltg .W teen counties not carrying it. The > gentleman now wishes us to carry a * load that fifteen countries staggered s under. He wants us try it. I have t no interest in this issue, other than a i citizen of Georgia. I wish you to study > the question before you take the fatal plunge. It is not for the good of the - bondholders, but for the consitutents > of both of us, and they have not a f bond in the world. The working men of Fulton County are my friends and God knows that I would rather put s my arm in the flame and burn it than to advocate a law that would injure * them. (Applause.) I had hoped to dis cuss the remedy to-night but on acs count of my time being out I will be compelled to refrain, but will do so in Atlanta on Thursday night. 1 "A True Wife." s There was never given to the world a more life like pen picture of a "true 5_ wife" than by Oliver Wendell Holmes e when he writes: Oftentime I have - seen a tall ship glide by against the 1 tide as if drawn by some invisible 1 bowline, with a hundred strong arms pulling it. Her sails unfilled, her - streamers drooping, she had neither 1 side wheel nor sturn wheel; still she 0 moved on steadily, in serene triumph, - as with her own life. But I knew t that on the other side of the ship, hid den beneath the great bulk that swam - so majestically, there was a little toilsome steam tug, with a heart of fire ^ and arms of iron, that was tugging it 0 bravely on, and I knew that if the lit1 ktle steam tug untwined her arm and a left the ship that it would wallow and 1 roll about and drift hither, and thither t and go off with refluent tide, no man - knows whither. And sol have found more than one genius, high decked, - full freighted, idle sailed, gay pens noned. that but for the bare toiling i arms and brave, warm-beating heart s of the faithful little wife that nestled s close to him so that no wind or wave a could part them, would have gone s down with the stream, and have been heard of no mop?. 1 t> Electrocuted. r Altoona. Pa , April 1.?While at , work in the lathe ?hop of the Pennsyl vania Railroad company this morue ; ing, William Jones, 40 years of age, I was accidentally electrocuted. At the i- time Jones was standing on an iron !- girder which supports the shafting, e engaged in oiling the machinery, r Tne spout of his oil can came in coni. tact with a bare electric arc wire and ! y a current of 3,UUU volts passed through j | his body, killing nim instantly. ] 9 M9>vc^r'> .15^' ' :v* v * - " SUPREME PARTY LAW. FULL TEXT OF THE STATE DEMOCRATIC CONSTITUTION. Republished for the Benefit of Democratic Voter#?Cut It Out and Paste It Up for Future Reference?No Primary Has Yet Been Held Under It. Below will be found the constitution of the South Carolina Democracy. Each Democratic voters should cut it out and keep it for future reference This constitution was adopted in State convention at Columbia on September 19, 1894, and no primary has yet been held under it. The constitution is as follows: Article 1. There shall be one or more Democratic clubs organized in each township or ward, each of which ; clubs shall have a distinct title, "Toe ' Democratic Club," and shall elect . a president, one or more vice presidents, a recording and a correspond- ' ing secretary and a treasurer, and shall ! have the following working committees, of not less than three members ! each, viz: A committee on registra . tion, an executive ^committee, and . such other committees as to eacb club may seem expedient. Article II. The meetings of the club 1 ill # _ . A il. . snouia oe irequeni arier me opening of the canvass, and some member of the club or invited speaker deliver an address at each meeting, if practicable. The clubs shall meet on the first Monday in May and the third Wednesday in May respectively. Each county shall be entitled to doable the representatives as it has in the General Assembly in the State nominations. Article III. The president or five members shall have power to call an (xtra meeting of the club and onefourth of the members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Article IV. The clubs in each county shall be held together and operate under the control of a county executive committee, which shall consist of cne member from each club, to be elected by the respective clubs. The executive committee, when elected, shall appoint its own officers, who shall not necessarily be members of said committee, and fill all vacancies which may arise when the convention is not in session; provided that any officer so elected who is not a member of the committee shall not be entitled to a vote on any question, except the chairman, and then only in case of a tie vote. The tenure of office of the executive committee shall be until the first Monday in May of each election year, at which time the county con- 1 ventions shall be called together to reorganize the party. Every Presidential election year county conventions shall be called by the county executive 1 committee on the first Monday in May, 1 a ad shall elect delegates to a State 1 convention called for the purpose of ' electing delegates to the national ! Democratic convention, and to elect ( the member of the national Democratic executive committee from this State. The State convention shall be called by the State executive commit- 1 tee to meet every Presidential election year on the third Wednesday in May, and every State election year county ' and State conventions shall meet on j the first Monday in May and the ; second Monday in Ma.v respectively. Article V. County Democratic conventions shall be composed of delegates elected by the several local clubs, one delegate for every twenty five ! voters, as shown by the club list made at the preceding first primary election, and one delegate for a majority fraction thereof, with the right to each 1 county convention to enlarge or di 1 mulish the representation according to circumstances. The county conven ' tions shall ?e called together by the : chairman of the respective executive ' committees under such rule, not inconsistent with the constitution nor with the rules adopted by the State Democratic executive commitiee, as each county may idopt and when as sembled shall be called to order by the chairman of the executive committee, and the convention shall proceed to nominate and elect from among its members a president, one or more vice presidents, a secretary and a treasurer. Any county may permit the formation of a new club or clubs by a majority of its members. In all cities with a population of 5,000 and over there may be two clubs in each 1 ward: they shall be organized in obedience to this constitution, as are the clubs elsewhere in this State, and in : organizing said clubs they shall have representation in the county conven- : tions respectively as said conventions shall declare in accordance with the 1 provisions of this constitution. Afticle VI. For the,purpose of nominating candidates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor and all other State officers, including solicitors in | their respective circuits, and Congress- j men in their respective districts, and Presidential electors, and United-States Senators by the popular vote, and fill J county officers, except Trial Justices and masters and supervisors of regisj , tration, a direct primary election shall , be held on the last Tuesday in August of each election year, and a second , and third primary each two weeks , ? ~1 m A 4- tVkia ala/t. auuucaaivcijr uiciwiiici ui oiw ( tioa onlv Democratic white voters , who have been residents of the State ( twelve months and the county sixty ( days preceding the next general elec tion, and such negroes as voted the j Democratic ticket in 1876, and as have , voted the Democratic ticket continuously since, to be shown by the cer- j ti ficate of ten wnite Democratic votei?, J f>rovided, that no person shall be al- ] owed to vote except his name be enrolled on the particular club list at , which he offers to vote at least five days before the day of the first election. The club rolls, of the party shall constitute the registry list and shall be open to inspection by any member ] of the party, and the election under ! this clause shall be held and regulated i under the Act of the Geueral Assein j bly of this State, approved December < 22, 1888, and any subsequent Acts of < the Legislature of this State. The ] State executive committee shall meet i such other time &s may be designated by the chairman, to canvass the vote and declare the result as to all State officers, Congressmen, Presidential electors and United Stales Senator. All contests shall be heard tirst by the couuty executive committee of the county in which such irregularities may have occurred, and may be re! vie wed by the State executive committee, whose action shall be final; provided, that no vote shall be counted for auy candidate who does not file [ with the chairman of the State execu tive committee, or with the respective chairman of the county executive committees, a pledge in writing that a he will abide the result of such primary and support the party nominees, and that he is not, nor witl he become the candidate of any faction, either b privately or publicly suggested, other b than the regular Democratic nomina- is tion; provided further that no candi- o date shall be declared nominated un- n less he receives a majority of the votes o cast. ii Article VII. The officers of the State t convention shall be a president, one vice president from each Congression- a al district, two secretaries and a treas- g urer. b Article VIII. The State executive c committee shall be composed of one f member from each county, to be elect- t ed by the"ffounty conventions on the first Monday in May of each election c year- When elected said executive s committee shall choose its own officers, S not necessarily members thereof prior I to said election: Provided, that any p officer so elected who is not a member of the committee shall not be entitled s to a vote on any question, except the 1 chairman, and then only in case of a tie vote. The State executive commit- 1; tee shall meet at the call of the chair- ti man or any five members, and at such f' time and place as he or thoy may apgrint. The member of the national si emocratic executive committee from a South Carolina shall be elected by the May State convention in 1896, and d every four years thereafter, and when h elected shall be ex officio a member of ai the State executive committee. Vacan- h cies on said executive committee, by si death, resignation or otherwise, shall e: hfl filled hv thft PRsnwtivo mnntv #> * ?. cutive committees. The State execu- d tive committee is charged with the 2 execution and direction of the policy h of the party in this State, subject to this constitution, the principles de- d clared in the platform of principles, a and such instruction, by resolution or a othewise, as a State convention may tl from time to time adopt, not inconsist- b ent with this constitution, and shall continue in office for two years from b the time of election or until their sue- tl cessors have been elected. If any va- o cancy occur in the State ticket oao? o electors, by death, resignation or other ft cause, the committee shall have the ^ power to fill the vacancy by < a ma- "V jority vote of the whole committee. Article IX. The vote in the respect- a ive counties for all of the State officers d Congressmen, Presidential electors p and United States Senator shall be- g transmitted by the chairman of the tl respective county executive commit- c tees to the chairman of the State exe- * cutive oommittee as early as practica- v ble after each primary, who shall pro- tl ceed to canvass the vote and declare ti the results. v Article X. When the State conven- a tion assembles it snail oe canea to or- u der by the chairman of the State executive committee. A temporary chair- % man shall be nominated and elected p by the convention, and after its or- p ^anization the convention shall pro- u ceed immediately to the election of permanent officers and to the transac- t; tion of business. When the business h has concluded it shall adjourn sine si die. v Article XI. Before the election in t< 1896, and each election thereafter, the a State Democratic executive committee ii shall issue a call to all candidates for tl State offices to address the people of w the different counties of the State, fix ing the dates of the meetings, and also r; inviting the candidates for Congress, si Uuited States Senate, delegates to the n State convention and for Solicitors, in o their respective districts and circuits, to be present and address the people, a At such meetings only the candidates a above set forth should be allowed to A speak. - tl Article XII. It shall be the duty of si each county executive committee to tl appoint meetings in their respective tJ counties t? be be addressed by the can- a didates for the General Assembly and b for the different county offices, all of whom, except Trial Justices and Masters, shall be elected by primaries on the last Tuesday in August of each , fiW.t.inn vear under the same rules and regulations hereinbefore provided. ^ Article XIII. Each county delegation to a State convention shall have power to fill any vacancy therein. P Article XIV. This constitution may c be amended or altered at the regular ^ May convention of the State or at any convention called specially for that ? purpose, which shall specify the " changes to be made. Article XV. Any county failing or 11 refusing to organize under the provis- ?! ions of this constitution shall not have j} representation in the State Democratic convention. . ei J. L. M. Irby, f. Chairman State Democratic Executive " Committee. P D. H. Tompkins, Secretary. Bobbed by Three Men. a' Lebanon, Ma., April 1.?The East- h bound cannon ball train No. 6 on the tl 3t. Louis and 'Frisco railroad, was beld up three miles East of this city at k 1:50 this morning by three masked le men and the safe blown open ana roo- a; bed. The robbers boarded the train id at this place at 12:50 a. m., and after h reaching the scene of the robbery, ti held up the engineer and fireman, o 3toppea the train and with the engi- w neer in front of them, marched to the II express car. The messenger refused tl to open up and the door was blown o pen with dynamite, the safe cracked, a; and its contents removed. Several b packages of valuable papers were found this morning beside the track and p some money wnich had been over- 8 looked in the hurry of departure. The c; passengers were not molested. The is engine was detached and run by the a< robbers to Sleeper, where it was aban- n ioned. A brakeman hurried back to A the city and startled Sheriff Jones and E i nnsse on the track of the robbers. p DC Crlme-llemorse-Sulcldo. w Lincoln, Neb., April 2.?Two boys a, hunting ducks on Salt creek, near the t' State peniteniiary building, three tniles-frooi the city, early this even- u ing, found the dead body of Maxey Oobb, treasurer of this (Lancaster) jj. scunty. He had committed suicide, ^ presumably by puison, as there are no marks of violence. This is the tragic ei issue to the treasury shortage of nearly U; MO,000, which developed last week, 0j ind for which C->bb was held resonsi- m ble. No criminal action had been begun against him, but he brooded aver the matter and a week ago trans ferred his life insurance to Droiect his bondsmen, lie disappeared Monday, but 110 alarm was fell as it was though w tie was indulging in a protracted spree. C ijobb is a son of ex-Chief Judge Amos d: Cobb of the supreme court. He was cl jue of the most popular youn;; men in ai the city and his integrity have never tc been questioned. He leaves a wife. tl w m I - ; THE STATE BOARD OF C0NTR6L. let and Organized by the El?ctl?n of Officer*. Columbia, S. C., Aprils.?The State oard of control met in the dispenttry uilding Wednesday night ana organised, doing nothing of any importance r interest to the public. The board let again yesterday morning at 10 4 'clock In the same place and remained a session until after 2 o'clock, when hey adjourned for dinner. The session was lively and intending nd the election of officers absorbed *THV1 TMIrh'nn r\f FPUa ' , i-- vi mo uiuruuig. ximj oard elected Col. Wilie Jones of this ity chairman, then the business he- | ore them was taken up for consider*ion. Mr. S. W. Scruggs, who has been hief bookkeeper at the dispensary for ome months, was elected clerk of tn& itate board yesterday and Mr. R E. Jlakeley was selected to fill his old Mr. Charles Lynch was electedM* Jnij istant bookkeeper to Commission^ BMhU Mr. W. H. Harris, who was former* | S7 clerk of the board, was elected to ike charge of the correspondency rg- I wing to the work of the constable*.. Mr. W. H. Gaston was re^ec&t jj sMI jperintendent of the State dispensary' 9 H nd Mr. D. A. G. Outz shipping clerk. 3s Commissioner Mixson's term of offioe oes not expire for a year or more and Jmm S e will serve the remainder of his time -|g3 || 3 required bylaw. The Slate board as the power to elect the conimisoner, however, and wijl do so at the spiration of Mr. Mix* Oil's time. At the morning session the board ' ?t id nothing else of any interest and at o'clock adjourned for the dinner our, to reassemble in the afternoon. | There are a number of whiskey 'k rummers in Columbia and they have dopted the dispensary as headquarters na are looting arter the interests of aeir respective houses before the oard. The board is composed of five memers and each is required to draw for tie time in which he is to remain in /'' & ffice. Yesterday Mr. fticholaon drew ne year; Mr. T. M. Allen, two year*; Ir. J. B. Douthit, three years: Mr. Vilie Jones, four years, ana Mr. L. J. Villiams, five years. At the afternoon session, the board . dopted rules for the regulation of the ispensaries throughout the State, the urchase of goods, etc., which will be iven out for publication later. Aft. le night session, they rebelled and '4\ onsidered bids for the furnishing of rhiskeys and other beverages from arious companies in all pattfi of tie country. However, no definite afcion was taken on these lines, but it is ery probable that the matter will be ttended to at the meeting at 10 o'clock lis morning. In a room nearby, there were about 0 representatives of whiskey com anies, wno were somewnat aisapointed that their bids not been acted , pon. It has been mentioned as a probabiliy that several whiskey concerns that - -4 ave heretofore failed to receive a aare of the sales to the dispensary rould cut the price a few cents m order j secure contracts a for six months nd then, by some scheme that would isure their sales in the futnre, raise tie price to the standard and make rhat they had lost by the cut The board, it is understood, wil1 airange so that three members can coll-. .-3M ?r dtute a quorum and serve at future < leetings in case of the absence of the I . thers ' --J1 It will be remembered that there was : JI seemingly well founded rumor afloat few days ago to the effect that W. ' l. Nicholson had refused to serve on 31 ie board until Governor Evans per- m nadfd him to do so. Yesterday some \*MI iought it queer that he had drawn ;|8 ae shortest term to serve as a member Wl ad it was intimated that the matter wg ad been "fixed" for his convenience. Be True to the Old Party. Columbia, S. C.. April 3 ?The folming was published ia the Roister Hditor Columbia Register. ; | I have never written an article for . ublication. I feel that it would be riminal to be silent now when the J ery existence of the Democratic par- 1 7 in South Carolina is threatened. I m a Democrat and I intend to be one pJ3M % j the end of the chapter. I allied [ || lyself to the Reform party because | $ ; was Democratic, when occasion > iemed to demand it, I hit some hard J cks for Reform. I shall feel it mjr ' uty to strike with all my might all J 4 ciemies of the party whoever they j ;~Jm lay be. Let all those who do not be- $ eve in majority rule leave the party . d form such aUiances as they choose. I ut let all Democrats stand firm. I d lall stick to the party of my fathers, r ' ad if she goes down I will go with jl 1 ?? T no ?11 fl mil I A11M Klttkia in W. J-TOfc ua OU UgUk ivi VUL HgUIN le party. Senator Tillman has made a great iiatake in advising our people to save the party. We owe her much ad we must stand by her to the end. [ust we leave the onlv party that has elped us in the past if we cannot con ol it in every particular today! It is f of the utmost importance that our hite people stand firmly together. f Senator Tillman's advice is followed lere will be a permanent division of hi* white people and ultimately an ppeal to tne negro. It is a crime to "ii ring about such a condition. Senator Tillman says "ourone overosvering and overmastering issue in . co i? i?_ tate anairs naa ucou wiuic oupicuia Y, and this under the conditions exting before the new Constitution was J opted made revolt against the white lajority nothing less than a crime. . d, I say, it is no less a crime today. [e may call us ''cowards and syootiants and treacherous leaders now lasquerading as Democrats," but we ill fight for the good old party gainst all her enemies?the only pair in which our rights are assured. The Piedmont Headlight says truly the word Democrat" in the South leans more than any politic il moveLent. It means the rule of the white lajority. ... . J la conclusion let me say again 10 rery true Democrat in South Carolia, stand firm. Be true to the party f your fathers. Fight all her enedes. R. B. Watson. Ridge Spring, S. C., March 31. Act of an lusane Woman. Norfolk," Va., April 1.?An insane oman on her way to Norfolk from olumbus. Oiiio, by the name of Beneict, attempted to jump, with two aildren in her arms from a Norfolk ud Western train, near Petersburg > night. Horoic action on the part of le hrakeman prevented a tragedy. 4* ~Jj