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TERMS OF OFFICERS. AN IMPORTANT DECISION BY THE AT TORNEY GENERAL. County O Hirers Munt Ouullfy Thirty I>ny? After Notification of Election?Solicitor* Elect May >nailfy Immediately on Not I fleatlen. Numerous inquiries have been tli reeled to the Secretary of State anil others in reference to the time of tnc beginning of the terms of oflicers tc be elected under the present Constitu tion next week. The Attorney Gen eral has given an opinion covering the whole subject, being requested tc decide as to Sheriffs by the Secretary of State. The opinion is an impor A L ~ 4V%^4- if /lonlayioe fVlQf. Shftl* UtUL UUC, 1U L.uai It uskiaivo ?U?. .w ?? iffs, Clerks, Superintendents of Edu cation and other county officers mus: qualify vrithm thirty days after th< notification of their election by the Secretary of State, and Solicitors car qualify also, as soon as notified ol their election. It has been generalIj sunposed that present Solicitors woulc hold over until January. The opinion is as follows: Columbia, S. C., Oct. 20, 1896. Hon. D. H. Tompkins, Secretary ol State. Dear Sir: The letter 01 is. r. isoutmv referred by you to tais office, has had attention. The question submitted bj to- the letter is by whom wil a Sheriff elect EV ed in November, 1890,be commissioned whether by the present Governor 01 the Governor to be elected. Similai K questions relative to other officers have . been submitted and it is deemed advis able to dispose ol all in one opinion ^ A _ n ^4V,q . Fna VO IUO UUVC1UUI auu Viuoi kskaiv officers elect iu 189G, the Constitution provides when they shall enter upon the performance of I heir duties. Section 2, Article 4, of the Constitution ol 1895, provides, "The Governor shal] be elected under this Constitution al the first election held and shall be installed at the first session of the Gen eral Assembly after the election. The other State officers elect shall at the same time enter upon the performance of their duties." There can be nc doubt as to the meaning of "other State officers" as the Constitution plainly distinguishes "State" from "county" officers. The law provides for the appoint raent of Auditors and Treasurers bj the Governor, by and with the advice of the Senate, who shall hold these offices for two years and until theii successors are appointed and qualified. These officers are not elected at the general election in 189G, and will, therefore, be appointed by the Gover nor elected in 189G, and the old ofli cers will hold over until the inaugura tion of the Governor. Magistrates under the new Uonstitu tion and the law now of force are ap pointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Governor elected in 1896 will an point these and the old officers will hold over. And so with all other ap^ pointive officers. Bat, as to Clerks, Sheriffs, School Superintendents and other elective county officers, they will enter upon the performance of their duties at the time now provided by law, as the Constitution makes no provision as to when they shall be inducted into of fice. The election law approved March 9, 1896, provides, "That general elec tions for Federal, State and county officers, shall be held on the first Tues day following the first Monday in November, 1896, and in every second year thereafter." Section 27, Article 5, of Constitution of 1895, provides, "There shall be elected in each county by the electors thereof, one Clerk for the Court of Common Pleas, who shall hold his oflice for the term of four years and until his successor shall be elected and qualified." Section 30 of same article provides, "The qualified electors of each county shall elect a Sheriff and Coroner for the term of four years and until theii successors are elected and qualified.' Under the authority conferred by the constitution, the school law, ap proved March 9, 1896, provides, "A1 the expiration of the terms of office ol the School Commissioners of the several counties of this State there shall be elected by the qual ?ualified electors of the county, a iountv SuDerintendent of Education for each county, who shall hold his term of ollice for the term of two years and until his successor is elected and qualified." Nowhere in the new Con stitution is any provision made as tc the time when these officers shall en ter upon the discharge of the duties ol their office. The sixth sub-division. Art. 17, Sec II, of the new Constitution provides "All officers, State, executive, legisla tive, judicial, circuit, district, county township and municipal, who mav b< in office at the adoption of this Con stitution shall hold their respective of fices until their terms have exoired.anc until their successors are elected or ap pointed and qualified as provide in thi: ConstitutionSection 10 of same ar ticie provides, "All laws now in fore* in this State and not repugnant to thii Constitution, shall remain and be o force until altered or repealed by th< General Assembly, or shall expire b] their own limitation." Section 190 of Revised Statutes re quires the Secretary of State to trans mit without delay a copy, under th< seal of his office, of the certilied deter mination of the State Board of Can yassers iu eacu perauu iucicuj ueuiai ed to be elected. Section 510 of the lievised Statute: provides, "Every county officer, elect ed or appointed, who is required t< give bond, shall within thirty day after notification of his election or ap pointment, have his said bond record -.1 iv.- ? tJU 111 IUO Uiuto ui IUC yj Mesne Conveyance for the county ii which said officer resides." This re cording of the. bond constitutes quali fication and it would seem that th officer must enter upon the discharge of the duties of his ollice within thirt; days after the official notification o his election. I am of the opinion, therefore, tha a Sheriff elected in 18%, at the genera election, must ijive bond and qualif; within thirty days after he is notified by the Secretary of State of his elec tion, and will be commissioned by th present Governor, and so with Clerks Superintendents of Education ant other county officers. A question has been submitted as t when Solicitors of the State, elected a the general election in 18f>G, will ente upon the performance of the duties o their offices. Section 2l?, Art. r> of tli new Constitution provides: "Ther shall be one Solicitor for each Circuil \ V ' , who shall reside therein, to be elected by the qualified electors of the Circuit, who shall hold his olli< e for a term of four years," etc. Section L'l, Art. 4 of the new Constitution, under the head of the executive department, names the other State officers to be elected 1 by the electors of the State, to wit: , Secretary of State, Comptroller General, Attorney General, Treasurer, ? i -..i.-i ?vt/l T iicnonlni> Hpnerfil ;i rwl /YUJUUUll anu iuomv\,?UI ? ??? Superintendent of Education and there are other ''State officers" who are to ' enter upon the performance of the du' ties of their offices at the time of the ! inauguration of the Governor elected ' iu 1890. The provision for the elec tion of Solicitor is found under the head of judicial department in the > Constitution. Under the old Constitu} tion the Solicitors were elected for four vears and not to hold until their " successors wore elected and qualified. ' The new Constitution provides that ' they shall hold with all other officers, ^ until their terms have expired and 5 their successors have been elected and ! qualified. In sub division G. Art. 27, 1 Sec. II, Solicitors elected in 1890, as ^ soon as officially notified by the Secrer retary of State, can qualify, and when I they do are entitled to enter upon the discharge of the duties of their offices, in the absence of any provision in the p new Constitution fixing such time. It may be said that a Solicitor is a State officers by reason of his connection , with the Attorney General's office, but 1 in sub division 6, Sec. 10, Art. 17, of r new Consitution, he is called a Circuit officer and not a State officer. ; I am of the opinion that the Solici tnrs rannnt. hfi classed with other State ollicers in Section 2, Article 4, of the new Constitution as to the time of entering upon the discharge.of the duties of their office, and that those elected in 189(5, are entitled to enter upon the duties of their offices as soon as qualified by the official notification of their election by the Secretary of State. Yours very truly, Wm. A. Barker, Attorney General. A Thousand Dollars Rehiml. Grkknville, S. C., Oct. 28.?Since the "taking of stock" by local Board of Control in the West End Dispensary a few weeks ago, the question of shortage on the part of former DisDenser It. F. G . lloltzclaw has been l a matter of speculation, and your correspondent was for the first time today . able to get anything like a definite r idea of the amount of the discrepancy. 5 The Board has found him between $1,, 000 and $l,r?00 short. Dispenser Holtzi claw has employed counsel and will fight the decision to the bitter end. In j this connection it is also stated that the Baltimore Banking and Trust Com' pany, which bonded Mr. Holt/claw will refuse to pay the shortage to the State and fight the matter in the courts upon the ground that the provision in their bond saying that they shall at once be notified of the 11 rat shortage was t violated by the State authorities when in July the grand jury found theDis[ penser some $00 short and no report I of this made to the company. A member of the Board admitted to a reporter 1>am?c4am 4 knf nrvm nonir )i qrl 1UI" X UC XVCgiabci luab tuvi-uut[<?uj ..?? I not been notilied of this finding, but , claimed the bond was good for every j dollar of the shortage, li Y Jlellamsof , the Board said this afternoon he knew [ the exact amount the Board had found ' Mr. Holtzdaw short, but did not <;ire to give this information out for publication. When a guess of $1,500 was made, Mr. Ilelams said this was too much, but when the guess was reduced to $1,1)00 Mr. llellams would not answer. Dispenser Ilolt/.claw was seen an | hour later and was equally reticent. "I know that the Board lias found ' on6,"hesaid, "but I do not care to say anything for publication." "But you will admit it is about $1,000?" wasasked. 1 "Oh! ves. it is above that,".he re plied, as if off his guard, and recovering himself refused to say more or give the exact figures. lie thinks the Board had made a | grievous error and contend he is not ' a dollar short, and believes when the ] Board makes another investigation, which he says will be done shortly, that it will be found he is right. { One Hundred and Sixteen. i Chilucothe, O., Oct. 27.?Cahte5 rine Cushenberry, a colored woman, i died here today at the age of 116 years. Soe was born in Fauquier county, i Va., in 1780, and the records of the l county show that in 1792, at the age i of 12 years, she was purchased by a , man named Craigen, living near i Moorefield, in what is now West Vir ginia. She passed throush a number ? of hands after that, until 18G2, at which time she was the property of I Mrs. Sarah Dyer, of Pendleton county, W. Va. Previous to that time . she had twelve children, and one of xl i tt 1 1 1 1 . mem, vxeurge xicrucrt, uau puruuaacu - his freedom and moved to this city. , In 1862, after a long search, he located 3 his mother in Pendleton county and Eurchased her freedom for $125. She as lived in this city ever since with 1 two of her sons. The whereabouts of - all her other children are utterly un5 known. She has been entirely blind - for thirty years, but has retained her j mental faculties to a remarkable des gre up to within the past three months, f She was considered in many ways to 3 be the most remarkable character livj in gin this city. Killed iu a Bull Fight. Noagi.es, Ariz., Oct. 27.?A bull " fight with fatal results occurred at 0 Noajjles, Sonora, yesterday, and for a short time caused a panic in the audi" ence. One of tho bulls, becoming more enraged than usual at the rather tame light, rushed about the arena,Igor 4 ing everything within its reach. A horse was disemboweled. Apicadore, * Jos Anguelo, in an attempt to place s the animal under control, was caught on one of the animal's long horns, " which pierced him like a sword, lie f was tossed and fell to the ground, 1 bleeding and mangled where the beast impaled him with his horns, bit and pawed him. He was frightfully ine jured and died a few minutes later. 0 There was intense excitement in the y audience, and at one time it was on the 1 verge of panic, but was quieted by the ^ killing of the bull. ,1 Suicide :it Motive*. y Holh.'ES, S. (J., (Jet. A sad ease i of suicide occurred near this place last : night about 1) o'clock. (Jeorge F. e Anderson, a young man of respectable parentage, shot and killed himself i with a pistol. lie placed the mflz/.le of the firearm against his ear, pulled o the trigger and the ball went through .L 111a uiaiu, Killing IIIIII mauiiiLijr nc r was married to Miss Nelson about if seven weeks ago, and during this short e time lived happily with his bride. No e motive can be assigned for the rasli deed. MAKI.NIi A PRESIDENT. METHODS EMPLOYED UNDER THE AMERICAN ELECTORAL SYSTEM. Machinery Necessary to Complete the Work Itagun at the Tiallot llox? Facts About Past Kleotlons. Presidential electors are appointed, not elected, although their names are on the ballots when deposited by the sovereigns. The Act authorizing th? operation of the electoral system, and defining the powers of thoie chosen, ireais ineni as appomiees, ana so nicewise does the law under which they become the agents of the people to express by ballot the popular will. When it is remembered that the people do not vote directly for the Presidential candidates, but, in the general belief, do decide between two or more sets of electors, the act of appointments seems, at first blush, to ba of somewhat vague and uncartain authority. Ballots in considerable numbers were once thrown out in the State of New York for no other reason than that the last letter of the longest name among those of the electors was cut off when the ballots were separated by the printer. It is believed by many to mis (lay LUttb LUC UUU1UC U1 Ok X icaiuoub that year was decided by the rejection of those votes, and that had they been counted, as they were intended to be, in the interest of Mr. Bline, he would have become the Chief Magistrate,and his days would haye been increased. The expression of the ballot, however, is the will of the people, the majority of whom decide who shall be appointed to do the real voting. And those appointed in each State "shall meet and give their votes" on the second Monday in January next following the election in November. They shall meet at such place in each State as the Legislature of such State shall direct. Imperative is the command to assemble on that particular date in January, with no proviso of "high waters alone preventing." Failure to obey this mandate in any one State might change the election result, and in one instance, well remembered, when there was but one majority in ine electoral vote for the winner, it would certainly have done so. That was in 187G, just twenty years ago. With the law strictly obeyed, it required the creation of the extraordinary electoral commission, composed of five Senators, five representatives, and five members of the Supreme Court, to settle the contest. That year also witnessed a remarkable campaign in the State of Illinois, in which as has been frequently intimated, Gen. John A. Logan relinquished his fight for the United States Senate, and aided in throwing the Republican vote to David Davis, then a member of the Supreme Court. The Legislature was close, and one independent member, who preferred Davis, was able to elect him. This was done to save the Presidency lo the Jt9publicans, it was alleged, oy keeping Judge Davis off the high joint commission. Under the method of choosing, he would certainly have been appointed. As Senator he was out of the way, and a Republican Judge was named in his stead. Had he been a member of the commission he would have voted for Tilden, but the board as afterwards constituted stood eight Republicans to seven Democrats. The commission sat from day to day, until the 2d of March, two days before the date of inauguration, before finally deciding the matter. However its majority may have been schemed for by both parties, it was the opinion of eminent jurists and statesmen, regardless of politics, that the action of the commission confirmed beyond legal doubt or quibble the title of Mr. Hayes to the Presidency. Both houses of that body "shall" be in joint session on the second Wednesday in February succeeding the meeting of the electors. If the results in the States has been close there is much interest and no little excitement until after the second Wednesdav in Feb ruary, or until such time as the choice is determined. Should an elector die before the date fixed for casting his vote the candidate in whose interest he was appointed will be the losser. Had one died succeeding the election of 187G, there would have been a tie vote in the electoral college. Had two died, Tilden would have been President. The Senate meets with the Representatives in Ihe hall of the House at the hour of 1 o'clock in the afternoon of the second Wednesday in February. The President of the Senate presides and opens the sealed packages, containing the electoral certificates. Tellers, two from each house, receive these certificates and all other papers purporting to be such, the votes being counted in the alphabetical order of the States, beginning with the letter A. The anouncement of the result by the President of the Senate shall be accepted as sufficient declaration of the persons, if any, elected President and Vice President. 1 Objections may be received to the declaration of the vote of any State, Duttney must oe raaae in writing, ana be concise and clear in statement. It must be signed by at least two persons, a Senator and a member, and ' when all objections shall be received, the houses separate when a vote is taken by each. A majority of one . body is not sullicient to reject the vote of a State, but the two houses concurrently may reject it, when they agree that sucli vote or votes have not been regularly given by qualified electors. The joint meeting cannot lawfully be dissolved until Ibo count shall be completed and the result declared, and no recess is admissable unless a question shall have arisen in regard to the counting of any votes, in which oWlum hrwl xt m o \t i q q roppcjc t-anvi vlbllvl ww?j u*wj v m i wvmw ! until the succeeding day at 10 o'clock , a. hi., but if the resuft shall not have , oeen completed before the fifth calendar day after the first meeting of the two houses, no further recess shall be taken. Contests arc anticipated over the . choice of electors in the law which delines their duties and methods of uro; cedure. The act says that if any Qtnio t-holl Iiqvp nrnviflpfl vr Inure i passed prior to the day fixed for the appointment of electors, for its linal determination of any controversy or i contest concerning the appointment of . all or any of the olectors of such State, . by judicial proceedings or otherwise, and if such determination shall have i been made at least six days before the time lixed for the mee ling of t lie elec tors, it shall be conclusive, anil shall govern in the counting of the electoral vote. Mention has been made of the close contest of 1876, when the Republican was seated by one majority of the electoral votes. Other elections were very much more one-sided, and most noted 1 instance was in 1820, when James Madison received 231 electoral votes : and John Quincy Adams was given but one. That was. however, a rare occurrence following a campaign that was practically no contest. 1 General Winfield Scott, when pitted against Franklin Pierce in 1852, carried but four States, and received for- * ty-two electoral votes as against 254 for his competitor. The States which Itiai year went iur vxeucrai ouuu wore Rhode Island, Vermont, Kentucky : and Tennessee. This was the next election after the successful termination of the American military campaign against Mexico in which General Scott was a prominent figure, and his overwhelming defeat was a painful surprise to him and his friends. Twelve years prior to that event General William Henry Harrison defeated Martin Van Buren by an electoral vote of 234 to 60. President Lincoln's majority in 1860 was 57, his total vote being 180. But when he made his second race against ' General George B. McClellan, lie ! came close to crettinsr the whole electo- i ral vote. McUlellan. carried but three States, New Jersey, Delaware and i Kentucky, which gave him an aegre- i gate of but 21 votes, as against 212 for < the Republican candidate. General Grant's first campaign, 1 which was waged with Horatio Sey- I mour, of New York, resulted in his 1 favor by a vote of 214 to 80. Seymour i carried but seven States, but with i these went New York, and much to 1 the surprise of most of the politicians of that day, Oregon also went Demo- i cratic. The other five were New Jer- < sey, Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky < and Louisiana. 1 Horace Greeley, who distinguished < himself at the head of the New York 1 Tribune, ran against General Grant < in 1872. Mr. Greeley died before i Congress passed upon the returns, but ] had he lived the vote cast for him < would have been 4>ut 63. His ticket carried Georgia, Missouri, Maryland, | Tennessee, Texas and Kentucky, and j when the electoral vote wai polled, j they were divided between B. Grats Brown, Thomas A. Hendricks, Charles J. Jenkins and David Davis.?Washington Times. < 1 amito tuc a d my/ * L3IININD ULII I O intnnmii i Because fie Relieved Soldiers Will be Used to Fut Down the People. Washington, October 20.?Second ' Lieutenant Joseph R. Binns, an officer of the First United States Infantry. 1 now stationed at Angel Island, Cal., ; has resigned from the service, giving as his reason that he believes the power of the army is destined to be used ] against the people. Lieutenant Binns ' rose from the ranks and is a bright young Minnesotan, who entered the , service in 1890 and so applied himself 1 to his tasks as a soldier that he was soon made a non-commissioned officer. He studied and was able to make him- , self conspicuous as a candidate for a ! commission. 1 Three years ago he cam9 up with other applicants from the ranks for a second lieutenancy and was successful. He was appointed and has been serving with the First Infantry, the only ollicer of his grade in his "regiment who is not a graduate of West Point. Lieutenant Binns performed his duty in the Millitary Department of California with commendable diligence. The opportunities for active service are limited in these times, but Lieutenant Binns made the most of them, especially when his command was ordered into the.field to ride on railroad trains and stand guard over corporation property during the labor riots in California. Lieutenant Binns takes the ground that the military power of the Goverment has b3en, and will be all the more, in the hands of the rich, who will use it against the poor, and that it will, at no distant dav, be turned against the common people. He does not believe in such a utilization of the army, and he has the courage of his convictions to the extent of surrendering his commission. He wrote a letter explaining this position, and stated that he would give un his commission before he would lend himself to the purpose of commanding troops which must one day fire their guns at the people. Lieutenant Binns's resignation reached the War Department this morning. There was no delay; Adjutant General Ruggles handed it to Secretary Lamont, and the latter took it to the White House, with the result that it was accepted forthwith, and Lieutenant Binns is no longer in the army. It Wan Too Fishy. Columbia, S. C., Oct. 28.?It does seem sometimes that a man will go to any extent and to any expense just for the purpose of evading the Dispensary law. A case in point was learned of yesterday when a man in Charleston had shipped to him a barrel of liquor from Savannah. It was not a large quantity for the keg was put up in a sugar barrel. But the shipment got to Charleston and fearing that the constables would get it, they evidently being on the lookout, it was sent on to Columbia. Here the eagle eyes of Constable Moorehead fell unon it and it was captured and confiscated. It was to be shipped back to Charleston yesterday and the consignee will be without his liquor or the pleasure of outwitting the officers. Even had he got his liquor it would probably have cost him more in the end by reason of freights than it was worth. The stull' came from M. M. Solomon, dealer in fish, of Savannah. At least that is what was written on the barrel which was a sugar barrel. It was consigned to J. K. Keith, Cliarleston. Murdered and Kobbed. Siiamokin, Pa., Oct. 27.?At a cost of probably two lives, four masked robbers stole $:>,001) from Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Monaghan in the mining village of Rappahannock, one mile from Girardyille. The heads of Mr. and Mrs. Monaghan were crushed with sandbags. They are in a critical condition. Parties of men are scouring the mountains on each side of the village in search of the robbers. The Monaghans are the owners of the Rappahannock coal company. The burerlurs trained entrance by climbing to the roof and forcing the second story shutters with jimmies, and then making their way Jo lire-room where the old couple slept. There the assault v;as made and the money secured. < A BRASS CITY BELLE. Gov. Evan* to Wed a Connecticut You L id y. There have been many rumc about Governor Evans' probable mi riage while in office. They w< rife even before the governor h been elected, but all along he has kt his own consul. The following ai cle from The Evening Democrat Waterbury, Conn., of recent da which has been sent The State, v consequently prove of considerable i terest: "And the little birds go soutn ais< Things have changed considerat 3ince the war closed. In the days '61 the northern soldiers and sail< went south to battle with their soul em brethren, but nowadays the g lant, good-looking and gentleman young southerners come north steal away the daughters of northei ers and take th^m to their faraw homes to become their blushing a happy brides. For several months a tall, goc looking young man has been payii frequent visits to the Urass city. * some time Waterburj ians woDder who he was, but they finally lear ed that he was Gary Evans, governor South Corolina,and one of the bright* and most promising young men in t Plametto State. He is the kind of a mi that the ladies would call very ban 3ome, as he is tall, wellformed ai carries himself like a soldier. As soon as it was discovered tfc the stranger was such a distinguish man he found that he had his han full attending to the calls of soci and answering the questions asked 1 inquisitive and enterprising Wat< bury newspaper men. At hrst the governor kept the obje Df his frequent visits a profound s sret, in fact he does not as yet public ieclare why he came to Waterbur but the ever-ready gossips soon disco ared why he came and their waggii tongues have already mapped out 1; sxcellency's future years and they a sure that he will spend them as tl busband of cue of Waterbury's fairt daughters. When the governor lirst came town it was noticed that he practici ly made the D. L. Plume homestei his abiding spot and most of his tin was spent in the residence of that w< known citizen. Now the gossip says Mr. Plum< daughter, Emily, one of the belles Lhe Brass city society, will become Mi Gary Evans before the snow Hies, ai that along with the little birds she w go south to spend the winterymont under the blue skies of the goodc State of South Carolina. The engagement of the young sout ern statesman and Miss Plume has n as yet, been announced publicly, b it is understood that the affair is & tied and society, the upper ten portii of it, are on the qui viye, anxious awaiting the event. Garv Evans comes from some the best old timber in the southe States and he is every inch a gent man. His prospects in life are said be exceedingly bright. He is a clev fellow and since he has govern ouuiu uaiuuutt tiio pcwpto ui i?li State have had it proven to them tfc they have had a chief executive wo* having. Miss Emily Plume is so very w< known to Waterbury people that it hardly necessary to say very much regard to the lady. She has al wa been considered to be one of t brightest and most popular you women who have graced Brass c: society during the last few years. D. E. Plume's fortune is estimat to be away up in the millions and 1: share, united with what the you governor has in his own right, w keep all the wolves away from tl happy couple's door even if both Cc necticut and South Carolina do go i Bryan and free silver. The Waterbury young men shoi feel ashamed of the fact that they ha allowed a stranger to come from aw down South and carry back home w him one of the fairest of the f daughters of a Northern citizen, t we are glad to see another union 1 tween the North and the South. Thi weddings will help considerably further assist the good feeling tl now exists between the two gr< ivwinfMPQ that, nnm frvicrht under t llags, but now enjoy perfect peace i der the grand old stars and stripes. It was thought at one time that M Plume would marry a Waterbury g< tleman, but it has been proven tl for once, at any rate, the know-it a were soraewhal off the track. The wedding ceremony will i doubtedly be the event of the year a will satisfy that cravin* Waterbu society people have for excitement a bon ton events, owing to the fact tl they have such a small number them from one New Year to the oth What did the governor of Sot Carolina say to the Northern maid( or hasn't he spoken yet,is a question inierested people are asking. I what the governor did or didn't saj his business and will draw the curta Murdered IIIm Wife. Norristown, Pa., Oct, 29.?Ami der unparalleled in the annals of crii in Montgomery county was commitl early last evening on a public road Upper Marion township near Una/ port. Emma Kaiser, the young w cf Charles 0. Kaiser, Jr., was sh down as she rode along with her lu band, who an hour later was receivi the condolence of friends, but who day stands accused of crime. Frc inmates of the boarding house wh< the couple lived it was learned tl Kaiser and his wife carried a joint surance of $10,000 on their lives, t policies being so written that the dea of either would make the other 1 hftnfifiriarv and that several wee ago Kaiser and his wife each execul a will, each making the other exe< tor and sole legatee. All IIhiuIb Were l.ont. St. Thomas, Ont., Oct. 28.?Theg< eminent cruiser Petrel has arrived Port Stanley with the news that t schooner Sandill, loaded with luml for Tonawonda from Wiarton, we down in Lake Erie Friday and i hands were lost. The Sandill carri a crew consisting of captain, nia three seamen and coolc. FlendUli llutoliery. Richmond, Mo., Oct. 27.- Mrs. K Winner, wife of Jessse Winner, a her two children, a girl aged aiu boy aged 18 months, were murder last.night. The woman's head v\ cut with an axe and the throats of t children were cut and their spit cords severed. Bloodhounds are 1 ing used to track the murderer. Intimidating Farmers. Minneapolis, Oct. 27.?The People's ng party State central committee announces today that it has received over 500 letters in the last 24 hours )rs from different .sections of the State saying that mortgage loaners are giving warning that in case Bryan is 5re elected they will promptly commence ad foreclosure proceedings on every 5pt mortgage in their possession which is ,i. over due, and that insurance agents are notifying policy holders that they or will cancel all insurance in case Bry te, an wins. This information has great[ill ly intensified the political foelingin in- Minnesota and threatens to make the election the warmest which ever cccured here. ? 01 It Is Bald That of all the diseases that affect mankind, diseases of the kidneys are j the most dangerous and fatal. If this '.y be so, how important it is that the ito kidneys be kept in a healthy condin' tion. The use of Hilton's Life for the Liver and Kidneys will do this. It is , the "ounce of prevention" in these ' , troubles, >d- ! i Og or ed nThe trustworthy cure for the Whiskey, Opium, Morphine and Tobacco Habits. ln For further informatloa address The !d- Keeley Institute, or Drawer 27, Columbia, ad S.U. at ed ds ty | fPianos JHBl ist! ? J\ Down Go Prices \\ ? |; Clean to Bed Rock. \; id o A Revolution in the Piano and <> Qe J > Organ Trade. Old Prices bur- J J ill JI ied. New Fall Offers that); o Break the Record. o ia O Elegant New Upright Piano, only $183 < < * Be?t Pianos, Old Makers, only $237 J | s* J J Mirror Top Parlor Organ, 11 stops, $57 , > id | > Superb Organ, Richest Case, only $63 < > t | Sample bargains?Onr Entire Line Reduced? < > DS , > Lowest Prices ever known oil Standard Instru- < > ild L men ?'Thousands of dollars saved Buyers, m I t I Leaders always, we 8it the pace in Ix>w Prices < > < > ?This Ad. means business, better answer it. <? |0t 11 Send for New Special Offers, Fall 1896. <! ut III UDDEN& BATES, i! et" It Savannah, Qa. J [ ?n < All Sheet MubIc at Half Price. <' iy J Small Instruments at Wholesale Hates. of le- SEE to er : 3 HERE. "J ell IS YOUR LIVER ALL RIGHT ? , is in ys Are your Kidneys in a healthy condition ? he If so, Hilton's Life for the Liver and ng Kidneys will keep them so. If ity not, Hilton's Life for the Lver and Kidneys will make them so. A 25c bottle ier will convince you of this Sis facL >n. 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We' have the^W Family Medicines on earth, acd ca^pro^^^ ilnce lots of testimonial!] from oirrbome . people. I M bend for blank application and circular, fl Add rasa H "*? "?? ? 4 *f lit ill / ii VI lit /in 844 Broatway, Augusta, Ut\ A ENGLEBERG I RICE HULLER. ? Tho only machine that In one operation Will BR . CLEAN, BULL AND POLISH 9H rough rice, putting it in merchantable con ditlon, ready for table use. S1MPLK AND KA.SY to manage, Write for prices and tortns. ALSU Uotn Mills, Saw Mills, Planlug Machines, and all kinds of Wood-working H| Machinery. 9H| Talbott and Llddell Engines and Boilers on hand at factory prices. 2SH V. C. Badham, General Ageot, COLUMBIA, S. C. MB ... H