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I IWTVip Press nml Banner. |||f ~ BY HUGH WILSON. jg akkeVIli7E, S. <: W CAN'T KEEP LIQUOR W IN YOUR HOUSE UNLESS IT IS OFFICIAL OR STAMPED. Important Decislon-^Resuli of a Divided Court?Justice Mclvc r Calls Attention to the United States Comt's Dcc'.slon. By reason of a a equally dividtd court the Stite supreme court has lendered a decision to the effect that s man nartnni Irron Iron and ? half frp ( Ions of whisuej in his hours for tr) own personal use, without the comj missioner's stamp upon it, without ( laying himself liable to crminf1 pro > ecution under the d'sj ?nsary la"*. / The decision was rendered ?n the ca:e of Anderson (Jbastian and tbe judgment of the circuit court below stands affirmed. Chief Justice Mclv; mjj^T and Assccials Justice Gary have fiJ' very strong opinions against sus'~'i ing the finding of the lower cor*' I Mr. Justice Jones files the opinion c i A the other side, in which Arsoc'Va h Justice Pops concuu. In t'.e Flo W ence case recently decided, ;a whi. W the court was equally divided, the apr pellanis have submitted a request thai, a rehearing fce granted befora all the judges sitting en canc. lNoaouoia similar request will! ; made in tb 3 :9t9. Chief Justice Mclver.in his op:n1 on, thus przssnts the matter in sui i ance: A The defendant was found gu'lty and A ntenced to pay a fine of $1C0, or go the cham gang fcr thrca months Hlffor having in his possession two and a Bgp half gallons of corn wbiskey, which had no State stamo on it. On this I judgment an appe?l was tsken to the sunreme court of the St"Ac. The appeal was taken on the following grounds in brief* First. Because his honor erred in charging the jury as follows: "The question is did he have liquor there, keeping it there without any stamps on it? If so, he must show that eitfcar he bought it through the regular J channels, the dispensary, or that he f ootainea it irom ine otaie comzEjs ' sioner the proper st?mps to be put 011 it" and should have charged the jurv instead that the keeping of a sm? i quantity of liquor in his dwelline house for his own use and not to i ) bartered does not constitute a crima. Second. That it is only the storing or keeping in possesion of alcoholic liquors for ?ome unlawful u .e or purpose, wh'ch is made an indictable offense by statute and his honor erred in not so holding. The chief justice state i th at from the testimony, the Stal3 constables "ouiu in the dwelling hou while defem" ant was abrsnt a three ga'lon ju~ containing about two gallons of corn whiskey, which they seized, becaus9 there were no stamps UDon it from the State commissioner. There was no testimony to show that the whiskey was for sale or any other unlawa*1 purpose or that the defendant had / ever sold whiskey. On the contrary the defendant slated that he had ot i tained the whiskey about three week^ i previous for his own personal use and J /or no other purpcsa, bjcauce he was r ' in bad health and needed it; that he I had never sold any whiskey and could " not tell how much of it he had ur.3d before it was se^cd. It wfs admitted that the whiskey had not bean bought from a dispensary and it had no stamp3 on it. The charge of the cir cuit judge was as follows: "laein dictment is for storing and keeping in possession alcoholic liquors If a man undertake! to keep liquor he must have the stamp of the State commis sioner. Thequeslion i? did he have liquor there, keeping it without a&y stamp, if to he must show that he bougnt it from the dispensary or that he obtained from the State commissioner the stamps to put on it The law urevents this storm? of liauars shows how it may te kept safely without any trouble and if a man ?s not minded to put himself to that trouble, then he^will have tD look out for the comsquences." The chief jus-ice goes on to say that the circuit judg3 proceeded upon the theory that it is an indictable effencs for a nerson to have in h;s por.:ssion slcoholic liquoi3, even for his own U?9, unlers the reqiv.rci stamp are upon it In the fiut place the indict mentdoes notchar^eany such otfense for it does not charge that liquors were found without the requ'sit3 stamps. On the contrary the charge is that the defendant unlawfully stored certain contraband J'quor. In the second place an examination of the dispensary Jaw or l?yt> fp'is to uiscic,3 any provision making it an indictable offense for a person to have liquor in his pc;:e:sion without the stamp of the State on it. There are several provisions in that act making such liquor liable to seizure and forfeiture, but none declaring that the mere fact that a person is found in p:scr:sion of alcoholic liquors without stamps shall oonstituto a criminal offenseThe sectiors of the act, which it is contended sustain this prosecution are the 1st, the 2oth, the 26th and 35th, and these sections are onsidered in . the opinion of the chief jus<;ce. After quoting the first nation he says that it is divided into two d;stinct parts; the first paitmrkesita penal offensa to do any of the acts therein forbidden, wfcile the second part was intended to render the liquors referred to liable to seizure without a wa-rantand to forfeit them. In other words the first senf3nc9 affects penors only and not property, while the sscond affects property ano not persons. It is clear that the p ?: con charged must not only have manufactured, cold, bartered, exchangrJ, received or accepted, stox: I or kept in his porsession spirituous liquou, but must have done lo for l dme unlawful purpose for that is not ODly the proi :r gramatical construction of the hnguage, but a J t such a construction is nectary to ralieve the oflic3rs charged with the duty of st^rir* and keeping of spirituous liquors fiom the penalties preset it.Wh^e the evidence shows that the ,1;quor in question wf3 kent in the defendant's dwelling house tnere is no evidence tending ) to show that it was kept for unlawful I use. On the contiary, the evidence is that he kept it believing that it was necessary for his bodily health. Unle:3, therefore, the e^t contair'i some provision makingit unlawful to drink or otherwk3 use for b;s own p 31. 5P"! benefit or gratification any spirituous liquois not obtained from the d;sp :nsary or not containing the stamps of the State commissioner it is obvious that one essential element of the of fense charged is lacking. The act will be searched in vain for any such provision, and herce it cannot he said that keeping and using aDy spirituous llni.nwt. nnt'j nnjn VPf?.Or Q I 11.CP fll* Ji^UVlO J V't UJUVII Vffi* ^ V ?wv gratificaiiou constituf?s any offense against the criminal Jaws of tbe Slate. The 25th teciion ?s quoted and Mr. Justice Mclver holds that it does not even purport to create any criminal offense but deals only with the seizure and forfeiture of contraband liquor. Indeed the proviso recognizss tbe le gality of the possession of certain liquors which are not bought from the dispensary. The 26th section is n< xt quoted, which it is contended was not to c ate any criminal offense, but to p vent tbe ccuvts from entertaiuing a*\ action for tne recovery 01 me pncn v any liquor so seized. So much of the 35tn section which is pertinent is quoted. It ;s difficult to see what light i his section throws on the subject. It certainly cteatrs no criminal offense except in the iast paragraph, which Las nothing to do with the case, in that it proyide? for a punI ishment for imitation of stamps. He concluded by r-.ying: "A very careful consideration of this ca:3 in ail its aspect leads inevitably to tha conclusion that the grounds of appeal must be sust9in^J." Finally, hes9ys. 'Inasmuch as this opinion was originally prepared fcsfore the rccent decision of the supreme court of the Unit?d States in Donsld vs. 8cotfc, 165 U. S- . 68, was announced, I df "ire to avail oijself of the opportunity now pre eent?d of adding tnat it seams to me absolutely nc cecrary to adopt the conclusion which I have reached in order to avoid a conflict with the decision of the supreme court of the United States, which it must ba conceded is a final arbiter of all questions involving a construction of the Constitution of the United States " JUSTICE GARY'S VIEW.' Mr. Justice Ga y, in his opinion concurring with the opinion of the chief jusiice, affar reviewing the facts ot the case and quoting several F">r?.finriK of rh? disDensarv Jaw aDDlici ble to the case says: "When these sec*;ons are construed t?;efjer they show first that the act not prohibit, baton the contrary in express language, permits a person to keep liquor in his possession for his own use. ?:cond, that in order to throw the protection of the law around the liquor in his possession for his use, it is necessary to furnish an inventory of the quantity and kinds to the State commissioner and apply forcertifioa'o (n affiv ?V ?3j A bUVA Vk "Tnird, that if the ?:quor in his possession is seized because it h&s not 1 he nerrsruy certificates and labels required by the act, and he claims the liquor the burden of proof is upon him to show that it is for his own use. "The a2t contemplated that there would nec:ssarily be come time after the liquor came into possession of the person for his own use before he could apply to the State commissioner for the necessary certificates and labels. If it was seized because it did nob have the necessary certificates and labels, he was even then to te deprived of the liquor, provided he could show it was for his own use; but in that c?se, the burden of pre of would be upon him to show it was for such purpose. Any other construction of the act would make a person a violator of the law who simply receive a as a present a bottle of Jiquor coining from another Stat9, although it mtght be his intention forthwith to apply to the State commissioner for the necessary certifi cites and labels to affix to it. "A construction contrary to that which we place upon the act would even make a parson a violator oi the law who took a drink of whiskey nnless it came from the dispensary, "We cannot think this was the in tention oi tne legislature, ronuno reasDDS we concur in the conclusion anounced by Mr. Chief Justice Mclver. JUSTICE JONES1 POSITION. Justice Jones, in his dec'sion sustaining the lower court, contends that the sole question for determination is whether the dispensary act of 1896 prohibits the storing or keeping of intoxicating liquors without having on the versel the stamp of the S- Ue com mission*.?. "The construction contended for Dy the learned chief justice," he holds, "would practically nullify the dispensary law, for it is not possible to held that the keeping of intoxicating liquor3 in possession without permission of the st*unp is not puaishable unless it was kept for un1 f--l A < trt iuwiui wse, ?uu uut uo kuui^jii.u w hold the same thing in refeunce to the manufacture and sale of such liquor. Moreover, if a sale of intoxi citing liquors is not unlawful, unlers made for an unlawful use, then a keepiDg in pension of contraband liquor for sale for a lawful use is not unlawful. This would make a para dise for blind timers; I should say, rather, there would be no blind tigers since everybody could sell and keep for sale intoxicating liquor3 openly and with impunity. "The onstxuction we contend for is not only the natural and grammatical construction of the language us^ i, but is consistent with the scheme of the dispenciry act, whereas, the other construction is the unnatural, ungrarn matical and destructive of the design and operation of the d;spensary law. The question is one of construction merely. It is simply our duty to declare the law. We have nothing to do with its wisdom or i's severity. The harshness of iti oj; ^ration, re"1 or supi osed, should not in tte least swerve us from our plain duty. There was no error in the charge of the judge complained of and the judgment of tne circuit court should be affirmed. Found Dead. Blythkwood, April 8.?About G:30 this morning the b:iy of W. H. Parker, a boy of 18 from Athens, Ga., was found lying about tbr< a It Jt from the railroad track one mile bslow here. He is supposed to have besn killed by the train. He was identified by a letter found on his person. He comes of good parentage and has been propsrjy cared for. H?s remains now await the arrival of his uncle, A. P. O'Farrel of Athens, Ga., where they will be carried for interment.? State. Damages for Murder. Yorkvivle, S, C , April 8?A verdict of $U,500 wf s randei d against Marion P. R:;T9 in favor cf the rotate of Cbarlci T. Williams in the court of common pless hei j ves'erday. The suit was brought by J. H. Riddle, administrator. P :e wss rcantly ' onvicted of the murder of WilJ;ams, and suit for d9m?e was ac?ordir?ly brought. The de'.ense has move i lor a new trial. NEW SCHOOL RULES, , SOME IMPORTANT CHANGES ADOPT- j tu er incoiHitDUHnu, v t Regulations Which Are Expccted to In- j crea?e tho Facilities and Usefolneri of f t the Public School System?Of Interest to Patrons and Teachers. At a recent meeting the State Board J of Education adopted some rules /or t the conduct of the public schools in ? the State which are veiy important ^ and, in some respects, departures from g previous regulations. These weia r adopted after much discussion, it be- g ing the desire of the board to make ^ the schools up to date as far as pc.?si- ? ble. Among some of the more important regulations are the following: i Rponirinp' examinations to b"5 held r in every county three times a year, in a February, June and S9ptembsr. Certificates for first and second grades only will be issued, but ttiis r does not affect third grade certificates j, now in existances. ' No teacher shall b9 kin bv consan- j, guiiiity or affinity within second de j grce to a member of the board or prin Q cipal of a school shall be employed. Certificates in one County shall be good in another if it is properly regis tered. ^ Only school supplies authorized by the State Board shall be purchased for use in public schco.N. ? The complete text of the new rules a follow and must prove of interest to patrons and teachers alike: u The State Board of Education shall 8 be governed by the following rules, ? except when a rule is suspended by a * two third vote of the board: t Section 1. The Governor shall b3 h * . i il . ni.i. n i t cnairman ana me cnaieouperiuicuutm ^ of Education secretary of the board. Sec. 2. The Beard shall meet itJanuary, May and September of each ? year and at such other times as the chairman may designate. Sss. 3. The secretary shall keep a record of the actions of the boird in a book provided for that purpose. Sec. 4. The order of business shall be as follows: Calling to ordei, reading of minutes of the previous meating, unfinished business, reports of committees, report of the chairman, rftnort of the secretary and new busi , r ? ness* c Sec. 5 All resolutions shalrbe re- a [duced to writing by the mover, and s likewise all amendments. a I Sec. 6. A motion must receive a stc s ond before it shall be entitled to con- v sideration by the board. 0 Sec. 7. The chairman and secretary c are authorized to fill all vacancies that may occur in the Oountv Board of e Education and to report their action t, , to the board at its next meeting for its f, consideration. s Sec. 8. Should a vacancy occur in the office of County Superintendent of d Education the other two members of the county board shall perform the duties of the office until the vacancy s; is filled bv this board and the cha;r- n man and secretary shall so instruct t, them. s Sec. 9. All vacanciei in the office p of County Superintendent of Educa- n tion shall be filled by ballot, and a n two third vote of the members present tl shaJ I be necessary to fill the vacancy, p Sec. 10. An applicant for a teachers1 tl State certificate shall stand a satisfac- p tory examination before this board at tl a regular meeting of the board, or, ti upon special order of the chairman of m the b:>ard, the State Superintendent of d Education shall hold such examina- si tion and report the same to the board p at its next meeting, for its onsidera- si tion, or present a full diploma from c some college or university of standing tl satisfactory to the board. tl In all cases applicants shall furnish ti satisfactory evidence of good charac ter. The certificate shall be signed by the chairman and secretary of the board, under the seal of the office of h the State Superintendent of Education, E continue of force for t no year3, enti 4l_ 11 I 1J? V.a nnhlio schools of.any County in the State upon the registration of the certificate \ in the office of the County Superintendent of Education of tfte county, and s< may be renewed at [the discretion of this Board. A State csrtificate shall 1 not ba issued to any person undei 20 years of age. f< See. 11, All scholarships inState institutions shall be awarded a compati- I live examination held by or under the discretion of the State Superintendent C of Education. * C Note: The manner of awarding these scholarships, together with rules E to govern them, was not decided on, further consideration being postponed J until the next meeting in May. S:c. 12. The County Board of Ed t< ucation of each County shall meet on the third Saturday in February, June n and September of eactt year lor ine purpose of examining applicants for a b teacher's county certificate of qualification, and the transaction of all other I business that may come bafore it, ample public notice shall ba given of the E time and place of all such meetings. Sec. 13. Everj applicant for a "V county certificate shall stand a satisfactory written examination before a n County Board of Education, on uniform questions prepared and furnish \ ed by the State Board, the examination to ba held in all the Counties on C the same day, or he or she shall present to the County Board a full diplo- J ma from some reputable chartered college or university of this State, J known to ba of good stancing. No certificate shall be issued on a diploma ? showing that the holder hrs complet ed the course of only some particular P department of a school; the diploma S ust>how that the full college course J has been completed. Sec. 14. Oaly onagrade of exami v nation questions shall be prepared and furnished for the County examinalions. S:3. 15. There shall be but two li grades of teachers' county certificates ?first grade and second grade?this b not to affect third grade certificates now outstanding. \ Sec. 16. To obtain a first grade certificate an applicant must make a gen- t era! average of not less than 75 per cent, on the questions submitted, and 1 not less than 60 per cent, on any branch; and to win a second grade b certificate the applicant must make a general average of not more than 70 I per cent, and not less than 50 on any one branch, Algebrabeing excluded in I marking for a second grade. Sec. 17. No parson shall fca p)r- I mittsd to take an examination who is t not at least 18 years of age, and before taking an examination each applicant shall satisfactorily pass such oral test in reading and language es t the Board may impcs9. 1 * Sec. 18. A certificate shall not be enewed by the board issuing it. Provided. That if a teachers' insti,ute is held in the county, a first grade I certificate shall not be renewed unless he holder attends the institute, and >rovidtd, further. That if the holdsrs of a second ?rade certificate attends he institute a second grade certificate nay be renewed. Sec. 19. The County board shall ssue to each applicant making the re1 uired percentage a certificate, signed < >y each member of the board and un t ler the seal of the County Superin- j endent of Education of the County, t ? il* a % *n?/inn4 r* ora # IIUWIUJ' UU 119 Ittl': mo ucxtuuiago c aade on each branch and tne general tverage. The certificate shall run for wo years from its date and the holdir shall be deemed competent to teach n the public schools of the County. Sec 20. No certificate of qualificaion shall be granted by any County Joard urder any circumstances to ,ny per;:a who is under 18 year3of ge. Sec. 21. The County Board of one bounty may recognize a certificate ssued by a County Board of another ounty, but in sucU case they shall regster the name of the holder, county rom which issued, date and number f the certificate, and when so registerd it shall have the same force as if 3suea in tnai couniy. \ Sec. 22. Each County Board shall r :eep a register in which shall fca re- i orded the name, and, sex, color and s ostoffice of each person to whom a c ertificate is granted, and also the date c nd grade of the cartificate. j Sec 23. Every claim of warrant is- ? led by a board of trusteas shall be J igned by at least two membt rs of the Joard tfnd should not be approved by g he county Superintendent of Educa- , ion until the clerk of the board of c rustees has entered it upon a book c :ept for that purpose. r Sec. 24. No teacher shall be em- iloyed by a board of truste2s who is , elated by consanguinity or affinity j rithin the second degree to a member j f the board or to a principal of a t chool, nor shall they employ a teach- j. r holding f> certificate issued by a j ioard of another county until the car- c ificate has been duly i3gi9terod in the t ffice of the County Superintendent ^ f theii- own county. ? Sec. 25. That 110 school supplies "t hall bs pureaastd by school offlier3 l or use in the public schools of any e ounty in the State cxcept such as are ^ uthoorized by the State Board to ba ^ old. T'iie vendors of all such supplies c uthori<;ed to be sold by this Board c hall enter into a written contract f rith this Board, in which the prices fthe supplies shall be shtci and c opies of the supplies shall be placed r a the office of the State Superintend- ? nt of Education and the supplies sold ^ o the schoolfi shall at all times con- j arm to the samples, and the pric s v ball not exceedjhe prices agreed on. g The County .Boards may aiiow or isallo w such supplies, or any of them, > :> ba sold ia their counties. In case E tiey permit the same to be sold they v ball give the vendor a written per- j aission to of:'er the same to the trus- j ies of their counties, the prices of the E upplies to bci named in the written armisssion, leaving the purchase, or [ ot, of such s upplies to the good judg- 0 lent, of the boards of trustees. Incase tie trustees purchasa any of such sup- ^ lies tbey may give a warrant against; j ae school fund of their district in g ayment therefor, but in no case shall j; le County Superintendent of Educaon countersign or indorse any such rarrant unti.. the supplies nave oeen elivered; the County Superintendent I nail bold all such warrants in his r ossessicn until the delivery of the ( applies is made. All parsons pur g basing any such warrant before B le same has been countersigned by 1 ae County Sup3rintendent of E luca- 1 on do so at their own risk. a t Boards of Edacatlor C The following boards of education 5 ave been appointed by the S:ate ^ toard: f Abbeville?J. M. Knight, Abbeville; t i. P. McElroy, Due West. 1 ^ T. n-iinlfli* Ailrwi : .Tno. f T. Kreps, Lan?;ley. c Anderson?W. F. Moncrief, Ander- ? on: L M. Mahafey, Anderson. f Barnwell?R. H. Harley, Williston; P. Lide, Barnwell. I Beaufort?Wm. Elliott, Jr., Beau- j art; T. 0. Hutson, Beaufort. c Berkeley?F. W. Dantzler, Mt. ( *lea(iant. r Charleston?W. M. Whitehead a Jharleston; Robert E. Seabrook, 1 Jharleston. 'J Cherokee- R. 0. Sims, Gafney, N. ? I. Littlejohn, Gafney. a Chester?S. B. Latham, Chester; e as. Hamilton, Chester. Chesterfield?B. F. Hargatt, Ches- 1 srfield; A. II. Mc Irm, Cheraw. ( Clarendon?J. H. Lesesne, Man- fc ing; E. J. Browne, Manning. ii Colleton?J. E. Purifoy, Walteroro; J. T. Hiers, Walterboro. i Darlington?Jas. R. Coggfshall, c Arlington; J. B. Floyd, Darlington, ri Edgefield?E. H. Folk, Edgefield; a [. 8. Hartzog, Johnston. f Florence?D. McDu ffie, Frien d field; a V. N. McPherson, Darlington. g GreenviUe?Julius L. Eskew, Pied- s iont; 0. B. Martin. Greenville. c Hampton?T. H. Fits, Hampton; J. v V. Rouso, Hampton. I Horry?D. A. Sp;vey, Conway, W. t; !. Graham, Socastee. fc Kerahaw?Thos. Pate, Camden; W. c . Villepigue, Camden, \ .Lancaster?J. T. Green, Lancaster; I . H. Foster. Lancaster. t Laurens?J. B. Parratt, Highland I lome; J. B. Watkins, Laurens. t Lexington?L. B. Hayne, Leesville; e '. E. Dreher, Lexington. I Marion?P. H. Edward3, Mullins; t . D. McLucas, Marion. v Marlboro?J. D. Moore, Bennetts- c ille; J. A. Calhoun, Clia. Newberry, G. G. Sale, Newberry; s V. H. Wallace, Newberry. c Oconee?W. J. Stribbling, Walhala; W. A. Dickson, Broyles. r Orangeburg?Robt. Lide, Orange- e urg: A. H. Moss, Orangeburg. Pickens?J. E. Parson, Pickens; S. c V. O'Dill, Roanoke. Richland^?E. B. Wallace, Colum- j >ia; C. E. Johnston, Columbia. Saluda?Jas. P. Bean, Johnston; J. \ Bowles, Paynes. t Spartanburg?W, J. Wall, Spartan- t iurg;C. E Elmore, Clifton. g Sumter?S. H. Eimunds, Sumter; t I. F. Wilson, Sumter. a Union?C. B. Waller, Union ;C. H. c \jake, Union. ^ Williamsburg?E. G. Chandler, i Gngstree, Wm. G. Gamble, Kings- i ree. i York?J. A.Barron, Yorkville;J. c rV. Thomson, Rock Hill. i The State Superintendent of Educa- i ion was instructed to fill all plaees eft vacant. i THE TIDE TURNING. DEMOCRATS VICTORIOUS IN MUNICI PAL ELECTIONS. Darter Harrison Wins- Elected Mayor o Chicago by a Vote or Nearly Two to One Canton Goes Democratic. Chicago, April 6.?With Ihe magi* )f his famous father's name, aided bj ,he independent s( lit in the regulai Republican ranks and the flecking oi ,he aiscontented laboring class to th< standard of silver Democracy, Carte] Eenry Harrison was elected mayor ol Chicago today and a great Democratic riumph was recorded. The 56.00C jlurality over McKinley over Bryan vas turned into a Democratic plurali y of about 85,000 over Judge Nathau el C. Sears, the machine Republicar :andidate for Mayor. The almost com jlete mayoralty returns show thai Etarrison polled a plurality of aboul '5,000 over the next best man, Alder nnn .Tnhn M TTorlnn a Rftniihlicftn vho ran on the citizens ticket by him elf. The figures also indicate thai he next mayor polled a small majori y over the three other principal can' lidates, Sears, Harlan and Hesing, he ex postmaster and German editor, vhose ticket was called business ad ninistration of municipal affairs. He s a gold Democrat, but his boasted trength among the independent mer ?f both parties dwindled to about 16,100 total vote. Harrison's total ^ote s about 140,000, which is less than 1,000 under the vote polled by Wm, r. Bryan. The total Republican vote is abou >7,000 while McKiDley polled 200,74' rotes in November. The rest of the lity ticket, attorney, treasurer and ilerk, all the town tickets and a large najority of the common council have ;one Democratic on the tidal wave vilh the possible exception of the Hyde town ticket. Harrison or Har an. carried every ward in the city anc he Republican machine was repudia oH flTrrmTTTirliorn T^hoi^i 1Q 1??>q1 1 XT nft(h WM STWiJ TTUVIV* X*(\AV AM mvim og left for the Republican party tc :onsole itself with, except a fow alder nen whose records were gocd anc vbo ^appended to live in wards thai ire usually Republican. The argu: nent of the Republicans that if He; ng and Harlan, the two Iadependmis, had withdrawn, Judge Sears Tould have won, does not hold gocd vben it is shown that Harrison bis a ;lear majority over all three. Tht itt.er city tickets in the field cut no Igure at all. There was a j >yful demonstration if Democrats on the streets when the esult became assured and thousands ;al.hered in front of newspapar offices o cheer as the news was displayed, ?here were impromptu parades, fire irorks and much cannonading of the .tmosphere. Carter Harrison said of the result: 'It, has been a victory of a united and tot; a divided Democracy. Gold as veil as silver men cast their ballots or me and registered a protest against ?9publican misrule. The workingiien were with me." The late returns indicate that the )emccrats will have 39 aldermen out if 68 in the council. Twenty eight oi be Democratic candidates are proba >ly elected out of 34 and with the 11 )emc3ratic holdover aldermen wil] ;ive that party a majority in the legslative bDdy. democratic ohio. Chicago, April 7.?A special to the lecord from Cincinnati, says: The esult of the municipal elections in )hio yesterday shows Democratic :aine. The large cities which gave IcKinley such enormous pluralities a3t November have gone Democratic. IcKinley had only 50,000 in the State md all of this plurality cirme from ho cities which today went Demo ratic. Ouiside of these cities, the itute was carried by Bryan last No 'ember on the silver issue and the riends of John R. McLean, who is k'V nam/vtMofi/t nori/li^oto fni* CATlofof UU L/omuvinviv uujuuiuutv 4v& uwuww? ] lave made much comment on this act. They claim that McLean will arry the legislature and possibly the Jtate ticket next November on the ree silver issue. In Cincinnati, the home of Senator Poraker, a Republican plurality lest 'ear of 20,000 is displaced by a Demoratic plurality of over 7,000. In Cleveland, the home of Senator Han ia, the Democrats made large gains, ,nd even the home of President Mc Cinley at Canton, went Democratic. ?be home of Governor Buahnell a1 Springfield is strongly Republican, ,nd that cily elccted a Demcsratic Qayor by over 400. 'KThila thft rPSiilt. in Oliin is duf ai'gely to the opposition to Geo. B. )cx, who had become offensive as a ioss the result in the State generally 9 accredited to dissatisfactions There are many who are suffering n business and many more who are >ut of work, who expected relief first aonth under the new administration ind some express the opinion that the ree silver sentiment is growing mong these people. The Democratic ;aias were general. There was no pecial legislation of the last Republian legislative on which any issues 7ere made. The man who headed the )emocratic ticket in Cincinnati, Gusav Ta(el,was formarly a Republican, tecome a free silver Democrat three ir four years ago. He secured the ote of both gold Democrats and gold Republicans, bccause he represented he anti-Cox sentiment in this city, t is stated by the Republicans that hey have always lost the municipal lection after the inauguration of a Republican president. At Hamilton, he entire Democratic ticket is elected vhile Chas. S. Bosch for mayor seures a majority of 1,400. At Zanesville the Democrats simply wept the city, electing their entire ity ticket. At Springfield, the Democrats caried the home of Governor Bushnell, lecting John M. Good mayor. At Akron, the contest for mavor inlicates the election of Young (Dem.) At Fostoria for the ti'it time in 2C rear3 the Democrats elected a mayor. dry an elated. Washington, April 7.?Great inerest was manifested here tonight ir he Chicago election, and crowds con ;r?gated about the newspaper offices o receive the news. Democrats were ill very much elated. Mr. Brjan wa* me of the most elated. Mr. Bryan vas one of the most interested in the eturns, and spent an hour in the Southern Associated Press office read ng the Chicago returns. Expressive >f his viewa. his telegram to Mr. Har ison tonight puts them succintly. Ii eads: "Hon. Carter Harrison, Chicago Vccept congratulations upon youi magnificent victory. The elections in Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit and other cities indicate a decided change in ? viiiVkliA cinrtQ AJATT^mVin* puuu^ acuuujciib emv/o xi ir WLLLWA W. J. Bryan. THRILLING DESCRIPTION f i. Of the Drowning of Three Mel Six Miles From Greenville. 3 Greenville, April 6.?The Saluda r Biver is within its banks again, after ? being on a boom Monday night and j this morning, during which three men were drowned and one mule and two f horses perished. Thres more men | miraculously escaped death after ba* ing considerably bruise 3, and thou . sands of dollars' worth of bridge3 were swept away. The dead are John 1 Freaman, white, of Pickens Gounty; ^ Jackson Byrd, colored, of Pickens t County; Baba Gillespie, colored of O-reflnvillft Countv. The wounded 1 are: Claude Hcod, William Green ' and Mr. McDade, all white, of Pelzer. . This river has a dccidci reputation for turbulence and violence, and many i drownings and hair-breadth ecoapss 1 are related of its former sprees. It was fifteen feet above normal at midnight bafore the last and was out of its banks hundreds of yards on both sides, surging and sweeping by at a terrific speed and frowning and threatening with eddies everywiiere. Rising as it does in the mountains, the Saluda, above all other streams here, abouts, is particularly violent after r heavy rains. The great incline of its bed and the hilly character of its banks 5 skives it remarkable speed and volume. It came within threij inches yesterday 5 of smashing all previous records. ? ThoHrnwninir r?tno mat at tho Pnr Bridge, within six miles of this city. One of the victims was John Freej man, a well-to do Pickens farmer and a man of family. He perished in the presence of about fifty persons gathered on the Pickens and Greenville } banks. The bridge is a large covered i wcoden structure and its floor is thirteen feet above the normal heighth of : the river. The two abutments are substantially counstructed of granite, filled in to the banks with earth. The men who perished wera driving from [ Greenville. The water was rushing over both earthen abutments, about ' two feet deep on the Pickens side. The water was about a foot and a half ) above" the floor and six inches more would have sent the whole structure 1 whirling down the river. The party crossed the bridge in safe ' ty. Jeff Davis, colored, in the two1 horse wagon with Mr. Freeman, and Bi jan was in a cart in front. Bryan crossed the overflowed abdument with ( 1 ease, but as the wagon reachcd the Pickens end of the bridge, the mule, ; the left-hand animal of the team, doubted the propriety of going over 1 the abutment and backed. The lash 1 was applied and then the horse, which ' was on the left, steppsd into a hole about eight inches deep. The mule shied and carried the horse with him ! a few feet down the embankment of ; the abutment on his side, which was down-stream. The negro jumped out and find to the bank. Mr. Freeman [ got into water about waist deep and went to his team and attempted to lead them back on the embankment But the animals were excited and, rearing up, struck Mr. Freefhan in the face ) and sent him under the watar and i down the stream into water about ten t feet deep. The team was swept after ! him. About fifty feet from the scene i of the first trouble Mr. Freeman seized i a tree and grabbed his horse's bridle a?ain. and in the struggle went under ) the second time. Thehorae got away, and Mr. Freeman went under tha last time. In a few minutes Jackson Byrd i and Babe Gillespie wera drowned in the same way as Freeman, their teams i going off the bridge. Heroic efforts i to save them were futile. , The m6n wounded wera hurt by the i falling of the Pelzar bridge. The new [ $12,000 iron bridge over tbe Saluda i River at Pelzer was sweot from its ) piei3 on Monday night. The loss is $3,000. The bridge was to have bsen accepted by the county supsrvisor on ; Saturday. Tha loss, tails upon Contractor J. H. Whitner, of Tennessea. l The three white men named above, titVio -mova utrinw fr? oqtto hpiHcfft , wera swept overboard by the flcci of water as the bridge went down and narrowly escaped being crushcd in ; the wreskage. The fill of the bridge was due to the undermining of the s masonry pier on the Anderson side, within a few hundred feat of the main i building of the PeJ^ar Cotton MLPs, and about fifty feet below their dam. i This,bridge has baen the subjcct of much controversy as to whether Green ville should pay one-half the cost of ; its construction. It was claimed that i Greenville was helping to divert trade ; from her own machines toward these in Pelzer. A new span and pier will i nave to be built. Want at the Doors of Thousand*. ; . Greenville, Miss., April 8.?The condition of affairs in this section of , the Mississippi river continues serious. ( Want is today at the dcor of many laborers. The Yazo, Miss., delta embraces ten counties with a popula, tion of nearly 400,000, people, 70 per , cent, of which are farm laborers. The secretary of war has kept himself in telegraphic communication with the governor of Mississippi seeking information concerning the needs of the flooded districls. Governor McLaurin | in turn has keDt in telegraphic communication with the representative men of the delta, and yet he has advised that assistance was not needed. Today's advices gave a more extended . report of the prevailing condition, and , the leading planters and business men of Washington county sent a dispatch . to the governor appealing for govern ment aid. A Modern Bluebeard. Lewisburq, W. Va., April 9.?The body of Mrs. Zona Schue, who died ' suddenly at R'.chlands, January 23, was disinterred and it was found that her neck was broken. The coroner's jury charged Scbua with killing her 1 and he was arrested here. It is said ' that she was Sehue's fourth wife and ' that each of the other three died sud; denly. I To Open Ills Skull. ) Cleveland, O., April 9.?C. N. s Cunningham, an alleged forger, will be taken from the county jail to the 5 city hospital, where portions of his skull will be removed to ptrmit an L examination of the brain, to decide the question of the man's sanity. : There is a difference among the ex perts at present. CROPS OF THE STATE. RAINFALL GENERAL AND HEAVY-ALL FARM WORK BEHIND. In the Northern Tier of Counties Practically Nothing Has Been Done Toward* Planting?Uplands Being Too Wet Even. A General Review, Columbia, April 7.?Director Bauer resumes today his weekly summary of reports of the weather and crops in the State. In view of the recent longcontinued rains, the first report will be extremely interesting to business men in the towns and cities as well as the farmers of the State: * weather. The general weather conditions during the present crop season were unfavorable for the preparation of lands for planting and in consequence the season is late, being variously estimated from ten to twenty days later than usual. It is due mainly to the excessive rains of February, followed by continued cloudy and rainy weather during March, with light winds, except for a few days during the third decade of March, when ?lpai?. mnl and windy weather prevailed. This in turn was followed by rains which suspended plowing and planting up to data. The temperature during.the week covered by this bulletin averaged slightly cooler than usual, with mini- # mum temperature below freezing as far.east ward as Berkeley, where tnin ice w?s noted on the morning of March 28. Frost was general on that date, killing in exposed place*, but owing to the backwardness of the s?aeon, injury was limited, being confined to corn, where up, and to fruit, which was materially damaged in York, Spartanburg and the northwestern counties generally. Peaohes suffered most. During the week the temperature ranged between a minimum of 26 degress at Greenville and a maximum of 79 degrees at Shaw's Fork?. The rainfall was general over the State and was heaviest over the western counties, where it average! nearIt nnfi and a half innhnq. whila for tha entire State the average was 1.33 inches. The greatest amount for the week was 2 75 inches at Hillsville, and the least 0.36 at Barksiale. The nor* mal for the same period is approximately 0,75 inch. The week was deficient in sunshine. Ia places there was practically none, 9 percent of the possible being reported from Elmore, Orangeburg County; the largest percantage was reported from Forrestville, Florence County, with 52 p3r cent The average for tne entire State was about 30 per cent, of the possible; the normal sunahine at this season of the year being about 66 per cent. CROPS. As praviously stated, and for the reasons given, farm work is very much behind hand in South Carolina, excapt in Horry, Marion and Marlboro Counties, where the conditions have bsen mora favorable and planting ia more advanced. In the northern tier of Counties from Chesterfield westward, practically nothing has been done towards planting, for even the uplands were too wet to prepare except for a few days in the latter part of March, after which more rain again ' made plowing impracticable. It is in those counties that the season is most backward. But little can as yet be said in detail as to crop?, for planting has not yot fairly bagun, excapt that in the northeastern Counties ?orn planting is nearing completion and the stand fair where it has coma up. In other ssotions of the State some few farmers have planted corn, but the work is not yet general In Dorchester, Barkeley and Colleton some seel is rotting in the ground and replanting will ba necessary. In the extreme eastern counties cotton planting has fairly begun, but in the central and westarn counties verv little or none baen plant* ed and .very little of the lands prepared. Wheat and oats are looking promising over the entire State. Few spring oats have been sown, as the ground was too wet. In many suctions corctsp ondents report the intention of farmers to plant sorghum cane largely for a feed crop to substitute for oats. Sorghum cane sued reported scarce. Rice lands have been too wet to ^repara for planting,|and in some districts nothing has bsan done as yet; in others about half the lands are prepared. Gardens ara very backward, for the general reasons already assigned, and on account of coal weather lately. In the truck farm district? the ssason is an early one; there having been no cat-back from frost sinca Janurry. Fruit generally looks promising, except that it is greatly feared that p?acnes were materially damaged by the frc3t and freeze of March 28 as far eastward as Orangeburg and Colleton Countiei. As is usually the case the frost was more severe in EDme places than in others. In York, SDartanburg and Greenville Counties it is the un qualified opinion of all correspondents that "peaches were about all killed. Elsewhere the extent of injury is as yet uncertain. Fruit, other than peaches and plums, is apparently safe. Tne following extract from the National Bulletin for the month of March summarizes the extant of planting for the two principal crops of the South: "Some corn has bean planted as far north as Tennessaa, and the southern CDrtion of Missouri and Kansas, planting in Texas and Louisiana being akout completed, and in Alabama, Mississippi and Texas the early planted is up." ((Cotton planting in Texas has progressed favorably, and some has been planted in South Carolina, but in other States of the cotton bait practically no planting has been done up to t&e close of the month." J. W. Bauer, Section Director. Iheu Leave It to the Needy. Fargo, N. D., ^^18.?There baing a diversity of opinion as to the matter of receiving aid from congress for sufferers by the flood, Mayor Johnson of this city called a meeting of citizens this evening to discuss the question. The meeting was an enthusiastic one, and great indignation was felt among those present regarding the exaggerated reports ?9nt out regarding the floods. Secretary of War Alger was wired that Fargo was very grateful for the proferea aid, but none was needed. Sanator Hansbrough, Congressman Johnson and Senator Rocah were also wired to the same effect,