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The Abbeville Press and Banner, j BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH .10, 1897. ESTABLISHED 18441 WATER V We are prepared to Kitchen Si Let us know your we j GLEN ) OIL! OIL! OIL R. C. WILSON & CO., HAVE B >UGHT OUT TH OIL BUSINESS OF H. V LAWSON A CO.. AND WAN " - YOUR TRADK. KEROSENE OIL! Oil! Oil! Oil Plione No. 75. JR. C. Wilson <Si Co i REGISTRATION ITICi I Old Certificates of Registratio ? ? ? XT a'J T1 M n < are vuiu .uvcijrwaj mu. Register. Tbe Books of Registration will be Open< on tbe First Monday in December ne: and kept Open for Tbree Successii Days for tbe Registration of Vote: Entitled to Registration unter tbe Coi stitution-For tbe Information of tl People Attention is Called to tbe Fo foling Provisions of tbe New Law, A] proved tbe Fiftb Day of Marcb, 1896. The books of registration* shai. onotiwrj !>V tlit> Ho:i Tils on MlP fir iionday in April. lsU>, at the C ?urt House each County, and kept open f??r at lea-1 si consecutive weeks. They shall he opent again ut the Court House on ttie ttrst Motida; In June, July, August and September, A, 1 1SSXJ, and kept open continually for at lea one week In each ol said months. They shs be closed thirty days beloie the general ele lion In lSiW. Alter general election In 1&9U. t' Books of BeKiNtration shall be opened on tl fit-si Monday of each month at the Cou House and kept open for three successive da; lu each inontli until thiit.v days before tl election In 1$%, when they shall tie closed u til the said general election shall have takt place. The offices and books must be ke] open from 1) o'clock iu the lore-noon until o'clock In the afternoon. The Board ol Registration Is the judge the qualifications of all applicants tor regl (ration up to January 1st. 1898 Up to Jam ary JSl, IISJJ. CVCIJr IIUUC UU?H "i UIKi UUI and of the United Slates. twenty-one yearn age, who is not an idiot, is but Insane. In n> m pauper supporud at the public expen* and is uot confined in any punlic prison, at wdo has not beeu convicted of burglary, h ?oo, obtainiut: goods or money under fa 1 pretenses, petjury, forgery, robbery, briber adultery, witebeating, nousebreaking, recei ing stolen goods bi each of trust with Iraud leut, intent, sornlcatlon, sodomy, incest, u fcault witii intent to ravish, miscegenalio larceny, or crimes against tiie election law and who shall have bten a resident in th State two years, (except ministers in cbari yf organized churches and teachers of publ schools, and tbey after six months reslden In the State,) a resident in the County lor s months, and lo the polling precinct foi months, and who can read any Section In tl Constitution of l&tt, or eau understand ai explain any secliou of said ConstltutU when read to him by the registration oflic or officers shalI beeutltled to registration at become a elector upon application lor su< registration. If any person has been conv|< ed ot any pf the crimes above-mentioned, pardon of the Governor removes thedlsqui ideation. In case any minor who will become twent one years of age after the closing ol the Boo, of Iieglstralrailon and before the electio and is otherwise qualified to register, mak application underoath showing be Is qua tied to register, the Hoards shall register sui applicant before the closing of the books. Any person whose qualifications as an el< tor will be completed alter the closing of tl Registration Books but before the next elt tion, shall have the right to apply for and i .cure a registration certirlcate at any tlr: wltliiD sixty days immediately preceding t closing ot the Registration Books, upon i application under oath to the fuels entltll ill to tosucb registration. The registration ot voters must be by po !ng precincts. There must be a Book of R< Uiratiou for each polling precinct, that is I each township, or parish, or city., or twon Jess than dve thousand Ihhabitants, or wa of cities ot more than five thousand inba jants. Each elector must vole in the polil precinct in which he resides. If there is mi than one voting place in the polling precin the elector may vote at any voting plsced tgnated on the registration certificate. T Board* must designate in the registratl certificate the votlug place in the polllug p <cinct at which the elector Is to vole. If the is more than one voting place ip the poll! precincts, the Boards shall designate on t certificate tue voling place selected by t elector. Old certificates of registration are void. E ery man who may desire to exercise the rig to vote must apply for Registration. J. D. CARWILE, S. S. BOLES, J. T. ELLIS. lioard of Supervisors of Registration. Don't fall to try Speeds talcum powder general toilet use. Price only 18c. Spring medicines, onion sets, garden s? and stationery at Harrisod & Game's. pt / mois i yjj 0 Work to do all PLUMBINC nks, etc. Only First tilts and we will be pie: -JONES f DIVIDING ASUNDER. The I.HMt Scone in the I,a?t i'hiiplcr the Work of Forming the >'< ( U1111I.V of Greenwood. As many readers of the Press and Hanr will be interested in the particulars of 1 formation of the New County ol Green woi I the full text of the law on the subject is pi lisbed. B An Act to establish Greenwood County. Whcrea*, under the Constitution of t State of South Carolina, Article VII, and Act of the General Assembly carrying ir effect t he provisions of the said Article of I Constitution, one-third of the qualified el tors residing In those sections of Abbevi ' mid Edgefield Counties which It is propo* to cut oil'to form the new County of Grei p. wood, did flle their petition with the Gov nor to comply with the said ArUcle of t .r : Constitution and the Act of the General i ' j sembly aforesaid, and whereas, the Govern n dldorderan election to be held in the s> section. Abbeville and Kdgetleld Coun' which election was duly held on the 15th d .if December, A. !>.. lSilG. and more than t\ thirds majority of the voles oast In cnch s lion having been in favor of cutting ol t section ol Abbeville and Kdeetleld Count to form the new County ot Greenwood, a more than two-thirds majority ott'tbe vol oast at said Election having been cast in fa^ of "Greenwood" as the name of the said n County,and more than two-thirds major t of the votes cast at said election haviug be in favor of locating the County Seat in t , town of Greenwood, and whereas, the st Article of the Constitution and the said A of the General Assembly having been ful complied with in every respect named, the j fore : FORMING THE MOW COUNTY?RUNNING T] LINE. Section 1. Be it enacted by i be General A seiubly ol tbe Stale of South Carolina: ' That a new judicial and election d trlct to be kuowu us Greenwood County, w) the Seat of Justice, localed In jibe town Greenwood, shall be, and the same Is here lormed from portions of the present Counti ^ o? Abbeville and Edgefield, with the mel I and bounds hereinafter mentioned and i | scribed, that lb to say: J. B ginning at the middle line of Salu< * River at the north east corner of Salu County, thence along the Hue of Saiu County to the north west corner on Mounta Creek, thence a straight line to the midtl line ol Shiuburg Bridge on Cuffatown Cret B thence up tiie middle line of the pur>lic roi to Winter Seat Bridge on Hard Labor Ores >+ Ibence a straight Hue north 7deg. west corner post 15 feet south ol Jordan's Old >1 on Long Cane Creek, thence north-east 50 dt two miles and three quarters, thence nort east42 deg. two miles, thence north-east leg. 5Um two miles, thence north-east IS dt id 20m two miles, tbeuce north-west 1 deg. t\ t miles, thence north-west In dig. two mtli theuee north west 29 deg. two miles, then re 4;s deg. 8ftm. two miles, thence northwest deg. one and one-ilitb miles to post 400 CS uorth of Douglass .Mill B? idtfe on Long Cai Creek, thence norib-west 70 deg. to corn post on Goose Creek, branch of Long Ca 16 Creek, thence north-east55 deg. 45iu to corn post on Turkey Creek, thence north east 1- deg, to the middle line,of Saluda River, then do? n the middle line of Saluda River toll point ot beginning. DUTIES OK COMMISSIONERS OK PUBLIC UUIL ,i, INtiS?SPECIAL TA& f" Section 2. That J. C. Maxwe'l, C. A. " Waller, \V. V. Blythe, T. F. Illley, G. \ Barksdale, S. P. Matthews and A. B. Kills, t and they are hereby appointed commlssio ; ers to provide suitable buildings lor the sc eral Court and County oflices, aud to Belt ,j and pnrchase or procure sites for the nece?t 1 ry public buildings, aud to contract for ai ' superintend the erection of the Court Hou at.d Jail thereon, and that said public buii '. Ing* shall be built at the expense or the tow ol Greenwood at a coat for sites and bulldln ; not to exceed the num of twenty-tive tliot and dollars CJ5,000.00.) And to meet Paid c " maud" h special tax on the assessed value '. all real aud personal property within the ct porate limits of the town of Greenwood hereby authorized to be levied. The comm of sloners appointed In this section are autht l8. Ized to approve the bonus of the varlo county officers of Greenwood county un (e the County board ol said county is organizi 0) and qualified to approve bonds. Ul A MAJORITY OF L'UW,>J1SSIU.>KUS A UliOKU e.! ;d Section 3. That a majority of the comm r Blotters numed in section 2 of this Act sbr se couKtitute a quorum for the transaction y. business and the exercise of any and all po v- ers aud duties vested In the said commissio u- ers by lit is Act shall be valid to ill inten is- and purposes it such exercise of powers at n, duties be by a majority of the said comm s, sloners present at auy ineetiug, provided is quoi um be present. IC , TKMl'OKAKV PUBLIC BUILDINGS. f* Section 4. That the commissioners nam * In section 2 are hereby authorized to procu any buildings at any convenient place iu t ; town of Greenwood they may select for tin meetings and other need-t and uses for t county herein established, until the perrr J*r nent buildings ure erected as heretu provldt -h A1*1*0 RTIONING REPRESENTATIVES. Jt- I a | Section ft. That until the next apportic il? meut the County of Greenwood shall be t | titled to two Representatives; the County y. Abbeville to three Uepresentatives, aud t ?b i County of Kdgefleld to three Kepreseututivi u. I es OFFICERS TO RE ELECTED?VOTING I'LACI IIuh Section C. That at the nextgeneral electl I the said County of Greenwood shall el< >c-' members oi the General Assembly and t lie regular County officers provided lor In t >c- i Constitution and laws of this State, and t <e- * voting places now established by law In the ue' portions of the Counties of Abbeville a he Kdgefleld herein making the County of Gre< nn wood shall be the voting places of the Couu o{j of Greenwood until otherwise changed law. and no change of registration shall iil- necessary, provided, however, that such eli ;g-. tors as may he registered and voting at Lo or Cane In hong Cane polling precinct of Abl of vtlle County, and who reside In the n rd County of Greenwood shall oe entitled bi- vote at Hodges In Cokesbury precinct, a ug such as reside at Cedar Springs polliut: p ire cinct in Abbeville County and are reglstet ct, to vole at Clolworthy Cross Hoods, shall v< e?- at Verdery In Kmlthvilleprecinct,and such he reside in ittdiau Hill polling precinct, Ab on ville County, and are registered to vote re-1 Troy shall vote at Uradley, and such as resl re In Htbler's polling precinct iu Edgefii ng I County and are registered to vote at Llbei he ! Hill, shall vole at IIibier, which is here he made the voting precinct of the Fuld tov ship. Aud the Supervisors of Registration 2v- Abbeville and Kdgetleld Counties are here ht authorized aud required upon the nppllcatl i of auy voter registered at either of the votl ' places herein named, to give such volei transfer certificate to the voting place heri ; provided tor Greenwood County. j COUNTY OFFICERS TO HE APPOINTED?C( MISSION ERS TO MARK OFF THE DIVIDI ? : LINKS?THE ELECTION TO UK ON TIIK 4 DAY OF MAY?ALL TO BE COMI'LKT for WITHIN THIRTY DAYS THEREAFTER. >e(j Section i. That within 30 days after the i proval of tills Act, the Governor bhnil RB-.ME 1111 UVSJLVJUJ %%%\% has Commence 3r Work, such as tappii TTT A ^ ^ v-,/1 oil UiaSS W UJL'il UUIIC, diiu. cm ased to estimate on same 1ARDWA1 j point a County Auditor, a Supervisor of Reg-! istratlon.a County Treasurer and a Master lor Greenwood County, who shall enter upon the duties of h Is office immediately, and he n ?.? shall also appoint commissioners of election j for said County for State and County offices ami the .Supervisor!* and Registralion of Ab- j i beville and Edgefield Counties shall on demand deliver to the Supervisors of Reglstra,er , Hon of Greenwood County, registration | be books for tbe voting places embraced in the j 3d. county of Greenwood, which shall become! i .! registration books lor use In the special elec* 11 b 1 lion ordered in this Act. Said Supervisors shall also turn over to the Supervisor of i Greenwood County the registration books for all voting places for which any voters are I: )e registered, who reside In the boundary of'; Hn i Greenwood County, and that the County 11 )IO; Auditor of the County of Abbev'.lle aud i llp Edgefield rchpectlvely. shall turn over to the 11 ' | said Auditor of Greenwood County as soon as j i .]*; passed upon by their respective Boards of < j i Equalization, the tax returns taken by them ' < gn | tor the fiscal year 1897, for such persons who i " have property embraced in the County ofM Ij Greenwood. That the County Auditor do! . H | then make up the tax books for the County !' . * j of Greenwood and turn the same over to the I County Treasurer when appointed at the , time required by law. That the Clerk of, ( I Court, Judge o( rrobate, wnernt, uoumy rcu-i, . per visor. County Hoard ol Commissioners,: "(School Commissioners, Court of Common . ' | I'leas and Courl of General Sessions, aud all ; other county officers of the Counties of Abbentl vllleand Edgefield as they stood and were organized prior to the formation of ihe coun-1 ty of Greenwood, shall have full Jurisdiction,1 '' full power In and over the people aDd the: .,v! territory embraced within the limits of :M Greenwood county until after the officers i ? shall have been appointed or elected as the ! id I case may be, and qualified, In the county of , Greenwood. That the commissioners of eleo lion to be appointed by the Governor as i g aforesaid, shall Issue notice by publication j once a week for three weeks In sorne newspaper published iu Greenwood calling for a' .... special election to be held In the county of Greenwood for all elective offices for said county to be held on the 4th day of May, 18'J7. And that the county officers elected at IS' said special election shall hold their terms of . . I office for the unexpired period to which they "T j would have been entitled under the conslltuu] lion aud laws of this State had they been j 1 elected at the last general election. That said , j ?y I officers so elected shall qualify within 30 days ' aHer notification of their election, and shall , ! enter upon the duties ol'their offices, and J 11 * ? svk 1 pIiq II ho fllllu PH j SIHU COUIIiy Ul Uiccimumi n>.au ? . I tabllKhed In thirty (.'W) days after the date of i ' j | said special election. The township boards c i ! of townships and parts of townships em-: t i braced wlihlu Greenwood county shall serve a 1D us the township boards of said coutity for the f ''e remainder of the term lor which they were F originally appoiutcd, and the Governor shall! C . i by appointment till any vacancy of said ; Q '{* ! Boards occasioned by auy reason wnaiever. > I The Governor shall also appoint new Town- s 111 ship Hoards where It may be made necessary . t; :f?' by the formation of new townships In the j ! county of Greenwood. The chairman of the; I respective Township Boards shall compose | ihe Board of Commissioners. That E. \V. | n J'" Watson, B. P. Kemp and R. H. Hughes, be ' ji 1 and they are hereby appointed commission- p ers and authorized and required to mark oil",, n J' survey and set up corners and the boundary d 'l* line of said county of Greenwood, to lay olT s ne the county Into school districts, having due o j regard to the natural boundaries and niigb- li I borhood centers. Then to form the townships ) | ?I I of the county so as to embrace in each town- k J' ship so laid off two or more whole school dis- j j ,ce tricis; to suitably name or number the said s ue I school districts and also the said townships; p the townships to be laid oil also with due re- i t jgard to the present commercial centers; to i li j have a map showing the result of their work, | a i and the lines and localities and names fixed, h c ! which shall be the lines, localities and names | of the townships and school districts 01 ' I Greenwood County until otherwise provided ' i by law. Aud the commissioners in this sec,v" I Hon appointed shall receive compensation fj for tb??ir services, each, the sum of Two Dol- . . lars (S2) per day for not exceeding 30 days, 'fj provided that In the event of a vacancy or , se vacancies in said Board of Commissioners, i | reiusal to act, from death or otherwise, the , Jn | Governor Is hereby authorized and empower?s ed to till such vacancy 01 vacancies by apJj,! point men t. jp le7 J ItONDS OK COUNTY OKKICKKS. I / 01 j b r-i ii -m,oi tua hmwli! nf Mip (!nnnl,v ^ 18 officers of tlie county of Greenwood shall be , K ls" Id the penal sum as follows, thai lstosay:ia >r" The Sheriff in the sum of S7.000; Judgetof Pro- ? " J batp. So,Clerk of C >urt of Common Pleas, | s n] i"> ,000: Treasurer, S20.000; Supervisor, S3,000; " eU Auditor, S2.000; and the County Superintend- j11 ent of Education, ?1,000; the Master, 85,0)0 ? M> SALARIES OK COUNTY OFFICERS?A LIMIT TO | i is- THEIR PROFITS, ill n ol Section 10. The annual salaries and com-! I w. peusation of the officers ol Greenwood County o n. shall be as follows, to-wit: The Auditor is lt(J Kiia.ll receive from the State 8<j0Q, and from the ,j County S;?0; County Supervisor shall receive i iB. SMX); County Superintendent of Education,! a SWH). The Sherlirshall receive the fees allowed by law for dieting and keeping prison-' , ers and in addition all fees allowed by law,) and shall retain thereof not exceeding $1,000 ' , as payment for all services. The Treasurer! e" | shall collect the commissions allowed by law ? :re and shall retain thereof not exceeding SS00 lje j for all services. The Clerk of the Court shall ;'r i collect all fees allowed by law and retain not "e ; exceeding Sl.MO for all services. All fees col-1 "J-1 lected by the sheriff, Treasurer and Clerk of | :U. the Court above the amount retained for ser- j ( i vices shall be turned over to the County jj purposes. : j m? ' THIRD CONfJSESSIONAL DISTRICT?SEVEXTH c Of j JUDICIAL CIRCUIT?DAYS FOR HOLDING j J hej COURT. I I BS. i | ( , Section 11. That (he territory embraced In 11 is. Greenwood county shall belong to .'id Con-1 I eressioual District and to the Tth .1 udicial j t on {Circuit, and the regular terms of the Court of j id | General Sessions shall be hclu in the towci of j f be | Greenwood In the County of Greenwood on i j he the :5d Monday of March and the 4th Monday t lie July and the 4'.b Monday of November in ise | each year, and the Court of Common Plea* at j. lid the same place on the Wednesdays on which , jn-i the Court of General Sessions opens in said i ity I county of Greenwood. The first term of the by j Court of General Sessions to be held on the f he j llh Monday of November, 1X1)7, and the Mag- { sc- istrates shall be located as they now are in ng ! the territory covered by the county of Green- ( be- wood until otherwise provided bylaw. Pro- . ew I vided, however, that the Magistrates uow in to! ofllce shall turn over to the Court of General ( nd ; Session* of Greenwood County, such parties | re-; as are required by Ihw to be bound over , ed ! where the offense ls committed in Greenwood t )te County as formed by this Act; to the Court M as of General Sessions of Abbeville County , be-' w here the offense Is commlted in Abbeville ( at county and to the Court of General Sessions ( Ide j for Edgefield County where the offense is { nld committed in Edgefield county. Said Magis- ( rty trates whose oflices are la Greenwood County . by shall in like manner be nstricted In their oi- [ fu- \ flcial functions, powers and duties to the said , i of | County of Greeuwood. and until otherwise (by : provided by law they shall each receive the i on same compensation as now Is provided by, ng , law in each respect, and I hey shall have such j r a j powers, duties and Jurisdiction in Green-: Bin wood County ns is now provided for Magls- i i trates in the Connty of Abbeville by Act of i -llhe General Assembly, approved December i| jm- 2,1SS8. 11 N<; j TRANSFER OF CASES. r" j Section 12. That from and after the first i ed | day of July A. D.. 1*97, all suits pending In I the Courts of Abbeville and Edgefield coun-1 j ties of which the defendants reside In those!* aP- portions of said county uow established as , J ap-'the County of (Jreenwood, and all indict- ' UAD1 Ik) 111111J d on the Ne*v lg Water Main, ma Work Guaranteed. PRICES ARE RI RE CO. ments pending in the Courts of said countlei where the offense was committed in thosi parts of said counties now established as thi County of Greenwood, shall be transferred t< t he Dockets of the Courts of the County o Greenwood, aod all records, commissions and ruber papers belonging to any of said suits 01 indictments together with all legal incident! therewith appurtalniug, shall be transferred to the Clerk of Court of ihe County of Green wood and all returns and processes already Is sued and made returnable to the fall tern o the Courts of Abbeville and Edgefield coun ties, where the defendants In said caseBre Ride in the parts of said county now ei tab llshed as the Ount}; of Greenwood, shall b< us valid and effectual as those that have been Issued to t he fall term of the Court of sale County of Greenwood, and. the serving o such processes by the Sheriff In any of th< ?ald counties shall be as good and effectual hi a t-ervlce to the term of Court of said County of Greenwood, and all sultn. returns and pro cesses shall be transferred by the Clerks ol the Court of said Counties to the Clerk ol the Court of Greenwood County. TRANSFER OF RECORDS?CERTIFIED COMES Section 18 Thai any person or persona Interested ^shall have authority to apply to the Clerks of the Courts, Sheriff's or l'rohatf Judges of the counties of Abbeville and Edge field for certified copies of any Judgment, re< :ord, decree or other papers now on file or o! record 1m said counties, and when so obtained xnd filed or recorded In the proper office in Lhe new County of Greenwood, said Judgment, decree, record orother paper shall havt Lhe same force and effect as same had before mid new County was formed under this Act, rVny records not so transferred shall remain In full force and effect as If transferred to the records of the new County of Greenwood, rhat the Sheriff of Abbeville and Edgefield bounties respectively, upon application ol :he plaintiff* or bis Attorney in any Judgment of record in the said Counties respectively, shall deliver to the Sheriff' of Greenwood County any and all executions In i heir espectlve offices, in which the said plaintiff s interested, for which the Sheriff of Greenwood County shall receipt to the Stierlils of he resnecilve .ounttes of Abbeville and Edgefield and said executions when entered ipon the SherifTs books In Greenwood Couny shall have thereafter the same force and efectas previously In the counties frctn which hey were transferred. TO PAY KOK SURVEYING, HOOKS, ETC. Section. 14. That the commissioners named u section 2 of this Act in anticipation of the lollection of the general County tax be, and hey are hereby empowered to conInujt debts ,nu incur liabilities to fie extent of $2,000 or the purpose of paying commissioners, laying cost of surveying and dividing the Jaunty, supplying furniture and book* reulred by law for the several county officers, nd lor defraying the Court expenses which um shall be repaid out of the general County ax. THE DRAWING OF THE FIRST JUROR. Section. 15. That the Board of Jury Commissioners of Abbeville and E igefleld countes be. and they are hereby required to preare and furnish to the Board of Jury Comulssloners of Greenwood County within len ays alter demand by the said Jury Commlslonersof Greenwood Couniv, separate lists f persons liable to serve as Jurors aud residtie in their respective counties within the Imlls of the said new County of Greenwood, "roni the lists so furnished to the Board of ury Commissioners ol Greenwood County hall be drawn in accordance with law tbc 'etlt aud Grand Jurors and the tatlsmen of lie Courts to be holden in Green woodl County a conformity with the provisions of this Act nd the Jurors so drawn are hereby declared iwful Jurors to all intents and purposes. rj APPORTION Tllti COUNTY" INDEBTEDNESS. Section 10. That the Governor is authorted and empowered to appoint a commission f three persons, one of whom shall be a resl entor Abbeville county, ana one ? remaeni. f Edgefield Couuty. and ODe a resident of be new county of Greenwood, which said otnmlsidon shall divide and apportion beween the Counties of Edgefield and of Greenrood the lawful and :bonu fide Indebtedness f the old County of Edgefield and also ap lortiqn and divide between the Counties ol ibbevIHe and Greenwood the lawful and ona fide Indebtedness of the old County of Lbheville etlst at the time Green wooa County oes Into ful aperation having doe regard lothe mount of unpaid taxes due each of said ounties, and thatsald Couty of Greenwood hall receive credit for its proportionate share if any money on hand In each of said Countbs not heretofore expended. And said commissioners shall receive from the County of ?reen wood each $2 00 per day for not exceedng ten dayR. Section 17. That this Act shall be deemed . public Act and shall take effect immediate-: y upon its approval, and all Acts and parts f Acl8 inconsistent therewith, lie. and the .nnA.llA/l Will" Mi c un nuy I'-jjcnicUf Ratified Feb. 27,1SU7. PICTUKED POLITICIANS. inrprUe Mnrrlnee ? Abbeville ici firceiiwood?Democratic ElectIoiin. Greenwood, S. C.. March 8,1897. Our little city was surprised Friday mornng by the announcement that Mr. Frank Cheatham and MIsb Mary Carr were married. So one It seems expected II, but Thursday ivenlng about 8 o'clock the young couple sailed at the Methodist parsonage and were oon declared man and wife by the Kev. Uariou Darean. Miss Carr Is the daughter of tlr. J. Li. Carr, of the Journal, while Mr. ^heatbara 1k a young man favorably kuown n Greenwood. Speaker Frank B. Gary and Mrs. Gary passid through Green wood Friday en route to Abjevllle. They had to remain In Columbia teveral days after the adjournment of the >glslature on account of Mrs. Gary being in well. Dr. G. 1*. Neel has returned from Philadelphia where he has been taking a special ourse In medicine. He stopped over in Washington to see the Inauguration. The Messrs. Blackwell hare opened up a fne line of dry goods In the store roo;n Just ibove HI ley's hotel. L. W. Perrin. Esq., of Abbeville, was In the slt.y Friday. We understand ho Is contemplating opening a law office In Greenwood. Delegates from the various Democratic ilubs of Greenwood County met today In tfalley 4k Barksdale's ball, the purpose of the nuetlng being to formulate rules to ijovern .lie coming primaries. Senator.f. M. Gaines *as elected chairman, and David Aiken, secetary. Hon. D. H. Maglll was selected as . halrman of the Executive Committee. MoJons were passed lhat every kuown demo:rat be allowed to vote In the primaries, and hat the primaries be had on March lfcth and !5th. The meeting was harmonious througb>ut. After adjournment Photographer Mor*1b made a picture of the convention. The Dead ttre Forgotten, Dead men aresoou lorgotten. So are dead id vertisements. The business man who ad,'erlses one month In the year cannot reasonibly expect to be long remembered by the purchasing public. "It's but a step from the sublime to the ridiculous." "How so?" Here's a man offers fl,001) for si bird dog. That's sublime. Here's :he owner, who won't take It. That's rldlcuOtlS. nwiRF. Ls TV illlLI 7 Water "Worl i tt - . King xiuustj GrHT. Headquai Mac l COTTON MILL LA.B0K. "1 3 { Are Negroes to be Employed in th Mannfnctnre or Cotton Goods? ! flharlfiBfon Rnn. 1 Tbe plan that Is spoken of with regard t the substitution of colored for white labor i i the Charleston Cotton Mills Is a matter < considerable Interest to us In Charleston. Those who own tbe property have tbe ur doubted right to run It In the way they deer best; but tbe public ought not to obtain a impression with regard to the condition which affect Industrial questions hen 1 through any lack of frank utterances, f Did the Charleston Cotton Mill fail on a< > count of the Inability of the operatives etr i ployed to do satisfactory work at a rate c payment which they obtained ? Will tbe substitution of colored for whit f labor cure this difficulty ? > Of one thing there can be no doubt, an that is that for one ye^r at least, with whit labor, tbe Mill made a sufficient profit to star a movement kere in the city to obtain contrc . of it. , In tbe following year itlost money. , The year of the loss was that dlsastrou 1 year In which Mr. Cleveland secured the uc . conditional repeal of theSherman act. r; Ttie agent of the Mills was on that year a 11 tbe meeting of ttie stockholders and was ask , ed tbe plump question whether he had an; criticism to make with regard to rhe manage , ment or the mill here in Charleston and re i piled unreservedly that he had none. When asked to explain bow the loss bad oc ' I curred, he stated that thegoods bad been bel< 1 with tbe idea that prices would rise, wbicl unfortunately did not occur, they fell am [ there was tbe loss. m Now what In the year following caused th { loss, if lost* there was, we do not know, bu i certain it is not one word was said about la |bor then. ! The judgment of the agent in holding tbi H stock of eoods from the fall oi 1893 to thi ! spring of 1S94 might have been in accord wltt j Judgment of the wisest business men of th< I country. It bad been proclaimed far ant [ wide that tbe unconditional repeal of tbi . | ff.nerinan aci wouiu orint prciperuy uui . | prosperity to the seller Is higher prices, bu j certain it 1b the cautie or the loss was not th< labor. I If after that year more was paid' for whiti j labor, than the same work could have beet | obtained for from colored labor we knew i nothing of it. I We do not intimate that the agent acted be yond the scope of his agency; for we hav( I never heard that the directors ever question l ed his right to have ho held the goods, and w( | believe that the mill owed the bondholder so much money that practically they con trolled it. I We are, therefore, we reneat, not disputing I the right of tbe new owners to manage theii i property as they see fit. We ure simply putting before the common[ ity the reasons which were given, at the time j why a prosperous year was followed by an ! unfortunHte one and showing that the duesHon of labor was not even mentioned. Tbif . much In common charity is due to those tc j whom this matter is a question of bread. EMANCIPATION DAY. Speeches and a Glorification?Democratic Clnbs?Personals. lireenwooa, s. u., oiarcn o, i??/. A mass meeting of the citizens or Greenwood County was held as appointed in Bailey & Barksdale's ball last Monday. Hon. C. A. I C'. Waller was elected chairman. Before any business came before the meeting speecbex were had from Secretary OalDes and Representative Yeldell of Edgefield, and from Hon. T. A. Graham. Tbe Tatter speaker among other things said, "The negroes celebrate the , day of their emancipation from slavery, and I believe we ought every year to celebrate . this as the day of our emancipation from Ab beville." After these speakers bad concluded, the house proceeded to business in the matter of orgauization and primaries for the officers of the new county. A resolotion was ' presented aDd unanimously adopted that every office be filled by the choice of the people to be determined in a primary election. A farther resolution was passed that all the local clubs be required to meet on to-morrow and send delegates to a countv convention to h? hpid in ihis nlace next Monday, which convention will look to tbe permanent ori ganizatlon of tbe county and set dates for the primary elections. After some dlscusslou | it was determined to suggest Marcb 18th and ?>th as tbe days for tbe primary elections, and to ask tbe convention to appoint those days. i The "German Reformation" will be presented In Bailey & Barksdale's hall Monday nK'hl for tbe benefit af tbe Methodist church. W. Q. Chafee, Esq., has returned from a visIt in Aiken. "dheppard 4 (irler" Is the style of the new law firm which has opened an office over tbe City Bank. ; Miss Susan Arnold gave a delightful reception Wednesday evening In honor of Mr. and ' \fru Hull I)r. Uoddard, of Laurens, has recently moved his family here, and will practice medicine In this city. A telephone message from a country store to this place on last Wednesday said, "Eight candidates arp In the store now." Miss Annie Hodges has been unwell for the lant few days, but Is improving. .Sheriff Nance was in the cliy on WednesI day. Some Water I'Mew well to Iteuiember. i The few hints following relate to certain l valuable applications of water In severe attacks of Illness. The adult members of a family should keep them in mind for an emergency. A strip of flannel or a soft napkin, folded t lengthwise and dipped in hot water and I wrung out, and then applied around the neck of child that has the croup, will usually j bring relief In a few minutes. A proper towel folded several times, and dipped In hot water, quickly wruud and ap; plied over'the site of toothache or neuralgia, will generally afford prompt relief. This treatment for colic has been found to work like magic. Nothing so promptly cuts short a congestion of the lungs, sore throat, or rheumatism as hot water, when applied early in the case and thoroughly. Hot water taken freely half an hour before bed-time is an excellent cathartic In oase of constipation, while it has a soothing effect upon the stomach and bowels. This treatment continued a few months, with the addition of a oup of hot water slowly sipped half an hour before eacn meal, with proper attention to diet, will cure most cases of dyspepsia. Ordinary headaches almost always yield to the simultaneous application of hot water to the feet and back of the neck. A Good Ntartluif Point. Greenville Mountanler. | The voluntary statement of twenty-three i mlulsters of the gospel as to 'he metropolitan i police in Charleston, and their unqualliled I endorsement of Chief Martin, throws a | llood of light upon the situation In that city I as to the enforcement of the dispensary law. 1 Governor Kllerbe can make this document a starling point for any investigation he may ieel Inclined to make, when he comes to de1 cide the question as to the continuance of the ' metropolitan police. nn watei ls System. ? 3ns for Hydrants, Bath rters for thinery and. Wat THE GOVERNOR'S DOTY, if; ! ?*? ' { e He Should See Tlmt the Whiskey Law 1 is Enforced. < Manning Times. ? j If Charleston can not do something silly it j n will do nothing at all. Ever since the election 5f|ol Governor Ellerbe the politicians of that i | city have been prostrating themselves at tbe *" j feet of His Excellency -imploring him to take ' D I away from tbem that, dreaded monster, the ~ j iucuupumau ^JUiIWO. 1U moi* uinuj piajciq 18 i they promised to enforce the Dispensary law J?' with a rigidity never before heard of and, I while making these promises they did not 3" fall to endeavor to Impress upon the Gover'"! nor that, the Metropolitan police had been' f J "{charmed by the "tigers" and were not doing; ^ ; their duty. A numbers of ministers Joined | e In a petition endorsing the work of tbe head j of the police lorce, and for doing so, they have I d i been severely arraigned by tbe lovers of; ? | "Home Rule" and "blind tigers" and polltl-1 ' | cal pulls ; nevertheless the clergy did wbat|nn; " they were convinoed was a duty they owed to ; A j the community In which they live and they, pet to a man, reiterate all they formerly said in x< 8 j contradiction of the clains made.by the self-1 to t '*; appointed representatives of the good people i clal of Charleston, Now, while this matter is un- gin( 11 dergoing an Investigation to ascertain wheth- > xi ' | er or not there exists a neccessity for the con-' foil* y ; tinuanceol the lorce, #nd while the pollticl- hoi ans are contending that the present force is , Bob ?" | not enlorcing the .Dispensary law, another i Elei j element is claiming if the force is removed, > Mat !: the law would be laughted at, a grand jury 1 b< J : drawn by men who are known to be bitterly | 40 w ? I opposed to tbe law, throw out every case 1 j.'< 3 wliich is presented to them, and one of the i 'Jurors is reported as saying that "itis not the ? I violators of lew, but the law itself which is j jB 1 on trial." The recent conduct of the Charles-' * ion grand Jury ought to convince the Gover- J j nor ibat If the Dispensary law is to have any i B enforcement at all it must come through the! e present machinery, and if he takes off the 1 Metropolitan police he has no power to take1 6 away the Dispensary law; then, taking off 1 the only means of getting the law enforced 1 \ would virtually be assuming a responsibility ; ; to give Charleston a free license to sell liquor U1 1 and violate a State law which a large majority I P e of the people throughout the State want to! see enforced everywhere. There are "blind i 3 tigers" in Charleston, and crimes of every VVi 1 kind are committed there, but nevertheless,! ' I 1 7 we believe Charleston Is well policed and the j endorsement given Chief Martin by represen- i ' tatlves of the law-abiding element Is the 5 very best evidence of the efficiency of the I ^1 * force and that Itis preferred to the old order. I 5 It may appear somewhat strange for out- I 1 siders to taHe a hand in Cbarleston affairs, ' but as a State law Iff at stake, we feel at liber-! ty to enter our protest against that which we: > believe would have a damaging ettect over i the en tire State?hence our opposition to the Governor's removing the Metropolitan police T\ until there is more assuraoce of the enlorce- I I * ment of the law, than has been given by i I 1 1 those who are anxious for action on the Gov- j I 2 ' ernor's part, and the grand juries drawn by ; I 1 | partisan commissioners. I I TTTF "PART" VOTING MAN.; .. A i The Duty of Fathers to Portray Him In Ilia True Uffbt. T Mr. Bok believes that If It Is said of a man I that "he has seen tbe world," In other words.1 p Is "fast," there is instantly a singular; glamour aboui him In the eyes of young j ^ girls?girls as good and pure as were even*RE created. There Is a sccnt ol danger about . such a man, and there are girls for whom } \ ' danger, even of this sort, bns a singular fas- < I dilation. "The girls know that these men f?.~, j are bad. But so long as they respect me and I treat me as a lady Where's the! harm ?' says t~>~ ' the young woman when she Is called to ac- X J I count ior her company. j 1 "As a matter of fact, the exact things j > i which a man does to earn the reputation ol j being 'fast' are neither known or dreamed ||? I of by the girls for whom such a reputation : has this glamour. The trouble lies in tne fact that our girls are brought up under a system which hesitates to call a spade by Its right name. We are afraid of offending or of shocking certain fancied sensibilities, whereas, in reality, w? make the greater mistake of making diamonds out ol spades ; and giving our girls a wrong Idea of actual An* things. * * * It is all very well to be ari> tender In our regard for the feelings of our , girls, hut there is a limit, a point at which i 1 discretlon becomes a crime. And that point j has been reached when girles are allowed to i know and associate with such men all un-j j conscious of the danger. When every mother j | or father, or person with whom tbe duty may | | rest, classesjtbe 'fast' man where he belongs, !w ?t i and portraya, blm in his true light, it will be o gi | better for our girls. It is bigb time that some I a should know that the man who leads any* I thing but a pure life buys, in every instance, I | that experience at a distinct sacrifice to blmI self and at a tremendous cost to the girl who ! marries him." I ? . ? JUDGE MACKEY ON THE DISPENSARY. ?. .Senator Hampton'* Unprejudiced Opinion oT DispeiiHnry Whiskey. { Judge Macsey was seated in the Comptroller ' I Geueral'n office a few days ago. In company I ! with several other gentleman. In some way ' the conversation turned upon tbe evils of the j custom of treating, a peculiarity of American j i social iile which is practiced nowiiere else j in the world except, perhaps, in Australia j | "I always keepa bottle in ray room," said | : the Judge, in his oracular way. "and I take|> 1 one drink a day-at a fixed hour, I am a strict i observer of the law, and I never otter a drink <ph j to any one." j Fuu. "That's all verv well in South Carolina. Kevii Judge," said ona of these present, "but how DUDl I about in Georgia or North Carolina?" i guJi. "When I am in Rome, sir," replied the; on. : J udge, with a twinkle In his eye, "I do as the musi 1 Romans do. But in this State it Is a viola- ej fu I tion of tbe statute law to treat a man, and I 'j-j,, am very careful not to do so." from "But I understand,' said another membpr of year > the company, "that when you go to see (leu-! janu eral Hampton you always take him some- -phi thing to drink." 'will! I "I take him a quart of whiskey occasional- o(- tl, ly," said Mackey, "but that is a different mat- qU|r( 1 iter, sir. The General is a sick man, and is in draw need of a gentle stimulant. And that re-; a[u n minds me," continued the Judge, with a re- jQ ^ I minlscent smile, "of a little pleasantry, j Th( General Hampton has always complained of (ees , ; the qualitv ol the Dispensary liquor. Tbe oltlce | last time I called on him I carried with me a ed 8 bottle of rye purchased here in the city. I ttieE opened the bottle myself, carefully concealing necej the Dispensary label. Pouring out a drink. kept' i said, "General here is some whiskey that I obtained from New York. It cost Si a gallon, endo ' sir, and I think you will find it good.' warr "Tbe General tasted the liquor 'Ah ! he j DUl j' said,'this Is really very tine. It is strange:^) ( that we cannot get good wuiskey at our irUHti Dispensaries. I don't understand ii.' Then I turned tbe label toward the General," added the J udgc, "and he bad nothing more to say.. >>? The fact is, gentlemen, the Dispensary puts up as good and as pure liquor as can be found ; anywhere In the Unlou. It comes direct from the distillers and is bottled here without any deleterious substance being mingled with it. it Is simple prejudice that condemns it." Snow has cost the city of New York $400,000 this Winter. uor i jM l WORKS! 1 4431 0 ? y ^8 ?' <:g i1 ;?S Tubs Wash Basins, ' 'M - m cr Supplies, i | r . n:i I rim* UN/ m ? " Fire-proof oil, 175? the best . oil tbat chn be made. An oil that gives a brilliant light, and does not smoke ibe chimney, can be bought for the same money as low grade oil. Speolal prices by tbe barrel. r. W. LOMAX.| NOTICE. HE FIFTH SESSION OF THE CLEMSON . Agricultural College will begin Thursday, iruary ISth, 1897. 3 the two regular four-year courses leading be degrees of Bachelor of Science, a spetwo-year course In Mechanics and fingering has been added. tie Courses of Instruction include the owing subjects:?Agriculture, Chemistry, rtlcullure, Daryintr, Veterinary Science, . any, Geology, Mineralogy, Mechanical, etrlcal and Civil Engineering, English, hematics and History. 3ard, washing, luel, lights, for session of eeks, 859.00. )r Catalogue containing full particulars, Address, E. B. CRAIGHEAD. Pres.. in. C, 1897, Clemson College, 8. C. ? ^ ^ ^ ^ Jl 'OR 4 'HE "i HNER-MAH. VE YOU CALLED ON *-/ II (Mil ' ' 1 the new Grocery Store on Main Street? quiet place for Ladles to come to Pur chase. 'here you find a full line of STAPLE and fCY GROCERIES, ALL KINDS OF NTRY PRODUCE. 'RUIT and CONFECTIONERIES. l ready Delivery to all parte of the city, i-j vii vuoikc. rJil ! Oil ! Oil ! [RB OTT ROOF UlLl? ?o Flickering, No Smoke. : -5? Tuesdays, Thursdays, ylA V vl CU anj Saturdays. LOOK OUT for the New Wagon r or"* have your cans nneu. -FIVE GALLONS FOR 80 CENTS. lortionment of thQ School Funds >f Abbeville County for School Year 1866-97. B 2* . I ^ - ? * c* u. Sao ' e-j-a a ?? t- * !l oS J V > 5? u - 4) i ? rs c t-. <?h I S^sgSi -=05? ^oS --?? > ? = & c . _?6 qx-3 \ S?sfci sg s ? I ) "SijsS 5 it ^ &H 8 6S9 10 82,067 47 8493 00 $3,249 57 118 23 1,254 71 454 00 2.126 M 8i? ' ? 1.15S 47 879 00 1,923 59 357 29 1,101 66 277 00 1,785 95 46<j SI 1,400 54 8S6 00 2,258 35 856 48 1,069 55 347 00 1,773 08 384 25 1,002 86 315 00 1,652 11 388 59 1,165 88 243 00 1,797 47 :!73 77 1.121 42 311 00 1,806 19 272 51 817 60 290 00 1,380 11 228 87 6S6 68 20i> 00 1,124 55 3'9 32 9S8 04 309 00 1,62B 36 Ml {)."{ 1,44.) UU .S.V5 W X.OVO l? 349 07 1,047 32 300 00 1,696 39 299 68 899 11 269 00 1,461 79 459 40 1,378 31 352 00 2.1S9 71 .>75 SO 827 43 300 00 1,403 2S 319 90 1,049 79 350 00 1,749 69 108 53 452 02 135 00 C95 55 151 48 454 49 109 00 714 97 75 74 227 24 59 00 361 98 52 69 158 08 43 00 258 77 . e above apportionment of the School t to the different School Districts in Ablle county Is based on the enrollment of is in the public schools of tbe county ig the last school year. e different boards of school trustees . not overdraw on tne amounts deslgnatr their school districts. s amounts apportioned to each district the amount brought forward from last will be paid out by the Treasurer Id ary or February next. e 3 mill tax for 1S96 97( and the poll tax not be due un^>November, 1897. Clerks e different uo&rdsof trustees will be reid to distinguish between warrant* n on the 3 mHl tax and the poll tax as I equired by law to report them separately e annual settlement. ; clerks of tbe different boards of trus>vill be required to make and send to tbls ! on or before 1st of July, 1897, an ltemlztatement of their expenditures during resent school year. It will therefore be isary that their books be accurately warrant of any board of trustees will be rsed in this office unless the amount of unt Is plainly written in words and not d figures, and both duplicate and orielnust be signed by at least two of the ees ol the district from which it comes. W. T. MILFORD, Co. Supt. of Education. !. 1. 1896. DENTAL NOTICE. Dr. S. G. Thomson, [CE UP-STAIRS ON McILWAIN ner, Abbeville, 8. C.