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lilt Haucgsfec Hct!?ei'. THUELOW S. CARTEL, Editor and Manager, A Family Newspaper: For tlia Promotion of tlio Political, Social, Agricultural and Commercial Intorosta. Terms 81,50 a Year. Payablo in advauco. SKMI-WEF.KLY EDITION. LANCASTER, S. C? MARCH '21 18%. ESTABLISHED 1844 THE LAW AS j TO LIQUOR. the fill. text of tiik new 1>isi*kn8auy law. . There Are Some Changes In the Old Law. a Provision as to Imported Liquor. Vn net to provide for the election of n State hoard of control aud to further regulate the sale, use, consumption, j imuM|mr;iui<>ii aim disposition oi intoxicating ami alcoholic liquors or liquiila in Iho Stale and prescribe farther penalties for violation of the dispensary laws ami to polico the same. Srcrios i. That the manufacture, sale, barter or exchange, receipt or no- i eeptance, for unlawful use, delivery, storing and keeping in possession within this State oi' any spirituous, malt, I viuous, fermented, browed (whether lager or rice beer) or other liquors, j any compound or mixture 'hereof by whatever name called or kuowu, I which contains alcohol and is used aa a beverago by any person, firm or corporation ; the transportation, removal, the taking from tho dopot ov other place by consigneo or I other person or the payment of freight - r express or oth >r charges by any person, firm, association or corporation upon any spirituous, malt, vinous, fermented, brewed (whether lager, rieo or other beer) or other liquor, or any compound or mixture thereof, by I whatever name called or known, which contains nlcobol ami is used ns ft boT? vrage, except ns hereinafter provided, is hereby prohibited under n penalty nf not 1?'kk than throo nor more than twelve months nt hard labor in tho State penitentiary or pay a tine of not Jess than ?ltX) n?>r inure than S">00, or bolh tine and iuiprisouinei t in tho discretion of the court for each o(Tense. All such liquors, except when bought of a State ofilcer, or in possession of one iind having been duly tested by the chemist of tho South Carolina college nnd ro u I to bo chemically pure, are declared to bo contraband aud against tho morals, good health nnd and safety <?f tho Stato and all alcoholic liquors 'n this State and not hav, 'in;( been tis'ed by the chemist of the South Crroliua college and found to be eh< luically pure, nro hereby do< Ii red lo lu of a poisonous aud dctrino nt'il cliaraeter and their uso and rnammmtmrnarn^mmmmmmk me htute ; nnu . .. liquors nmj he seized wherever found, without a warrant, and turned over to tho State eoujnii.'Hioncr. Sec. A board consisting of five members, to be known an tho Htnto board of control, shall bo cdected by tlm 1 t-l x .. . ...? K" " inneiHiiljr UX IUIH BeSHlOIl to carry out I ho provision* of this act. Tlio tonus of ofltco of t'ao board so elected shall be for one, two, three, four and llvo years respectively, and those electcil shall determino by lot which shall take tho respective terms. At the expiration of tho term of office of each member his successor shall bo elected for u term of livo years. They shall receive for their services the same per diem and mileage as members of iho general assembly. The State board ot control shall devise and inaugurate Mich a system of bookkeeping aud aoecniting as they may deem advisable, and shall elect a clerk or bookkeeper, who shall hold his ollieo during tho pleasure of tho board and shall receive as compensation for his services a salary of 81,500 per annum. Tho State board of control, under such rules and regulations as may lie adopted by said board, shall purchato nil liijuors for j lawful use in this State, aud shall have | the same tested and declared to b? ! pure as hereinbefore and hereinafter provided. Sec. 3. That the State hoard of control shall, nt the expiration of tho term of the prexent commissioner, and nt tho expiration of ?very two years' thereafter, appoint a commissioner, j which nppolutmeiit shall l>o imlmuttud to the aeiiutc at its next session for its approval; said commissioner shall he r heiieved hy th<- 1st it.- houril of control ' to ho an abstainer from intoxicants, and shall, under aneh rules and regulations as may he inado hy tho State hoard of control, furnish nil intoxicating liquors (or Inwful use in this State to audi persons as may ho designated as dispensers thereof, to bo sold as hereafter prescribed in thin act. Said commissioner shall reside and have his placo of business in the city of Columbia, in this State, aud hold his ? otheo two years from his appointment aud until another l>o appointed in his i atead. lie shall he subject to removal by tho Stnto hoard of control. Ho : hiitill qunli'y and l?o commissioned the iwnio as other State officer* aud shall receive an annual salary of $2,500, payahl 1 from tho dispensary fund upon the warrant of tho Statu hoard of control. Ho shall bo allowed n bookkeeper, who shall l?o paid in the sAmo manner a salary of $l,20b, and sneh other assistants ss iu tho opinion of tho board of control may bo deemed necessary. Ho shall not furnish to tho county dispensers any intoxicating or ferruen;eti liquors except such ai have been tested by tho chemist of the South Carolina col- ! lege and declared to bo pure; provided, that said hoard of control shall baveau- | thority to appoint such assistants aa ' they may find necessary to assist tho chemist of the South Carolina college in making tho analyses required by this act; and the said board of eontrol may tlx such reasonable compensation, if any, as they deem proper for the services rendered by such chemist or uob assistants. Kach county dispen Bcr Bhnll remit to tbo tstnto treasurer nil moneys accruing to tho State from j tlio sale of liquorB under such rules ns | may be prescribed by tbo State board I of control and the State treasurer snail I keep a sepnrato uccouut with euid fund from which tho Stnto board of control shall draw from time to timo upon warrants, or in such m linor ns j they may provide, tho amount ucces| sary to pay tho expenses incurred in conducting the business. Ail rules I and regulations governing tbo said j commissioner or county disposers in tho perforinttuco of any of tho duties of liia oftlco. wliero the sarno ore not provided l?y law, shall bo proscribed by the State board of control. ThoStato 1 commissioner shall before eutering j upon the duties of his office execute a bond to tho Statu treasurer, with miffiI cieut sureties, to bo approved in tho I samo manner as tho bonds of other Stato officers, in tho penal sum of 810,000 for tho faithful performance | of tho duties of his office. In all purchases of sales of intoxicating liquors mado as oontotnplated in this act, tho I Stato board of control shall cause a certificate to bo attached to each and every package containing said liquors I when the sumo is shipped to tho State j commissioner from tho place of purchase, or by State commissioner to tho county dispensaries, certified by their | official signatures nnd senl, which cerI tificato shall state that liquors coutainj cd in said packages have been purchas| cd by tho Stato board of control for use within tho Stnto of South Carolina, mi lor tho laws of said State, and shall also cauRO to bo attached to all such liquors the certificate of tho chemist of ! the South Carolina collcgo that samples I of tho same have been tested as requirI cd by this act; aud without such certificates any package containing liquors which shall bo shipped from place to placo within tho Stato or delivered to tho consigneo by any railroad, express company or other common carriers, or | be found in the possession of any common carrier shall bo regarded as contraband aud may be seized without warrant for confiscation, nnd sneh common carrier shall be liable to a ; penalty of $500 for each offence, to bo ! recovered against said common carrier in nny court of competent jurisdiction by summons and comp'aint, proceedings to be instituted by tho Holicitor of any circuit with whom evidence may bo lodgod l>y any otlleer or citizen having knowledge or information of tho violation; and any person attaching or using auch certificate without tho authority of tho State board of control or any counterfeit certificate for the purpose of securing tho transportation of any.intoxicating liquors within this fino of not Ions than $500 and imprisonment in tho ponitontiary for not less than ouc year for each offence. Sko. 4. Tho State commissioner 1 shall, before shipping any liquors to dispensers, except lager boor, cause the same to he put into packages of not less than one half pint nor more than live gallons and securely seal tho same, ami it shall bo uulawtul for the dispenser to break any of such packages or open tho same for any reason whatever. lie shall sell tho packages I "inv, it nil no person shall open the I same on tho premises; provided, this i Goction shall not apply to rualt liquor* ! shipped iu cam** or ke^s or bottles I theroof shipped in barrels; and such | mult liquors may ho sold by tho county i dispenser in such quantities of not less than odu pint, ah ho may sou proper : Provided, '1 ho rnmo shall not bo drunk on tho promises. Dispensers shall open their places of business and sell only in tho day time, unilcr such rules as may bo inudo by tho Ststo Hoard of Control, or by tho County bimrd of Control with approval of Htato | Hoard of Control. 1 Hue. 5. It shall bo tho duty of tho tho State Hoard of Control to appoint a County lloaril of Control composcil of thred persons believed by tho said boure not to be ad lictoil to tho u*o of intoxicating liquors. Tho persons so appointed shall hold their n(Hn? *?> ? term oi two yenra, mnl until their miccocnor.s are appointed, and shall ho subject to removal for causo by tbo State Hoard of Control. Said County Hoard of Control shall make such mien as aiu be condueeivo to the bent management of the sale of intoxicating liquors in their respective counties: Provided, All nueh rules shall bo sul>mitted to the State Hoard of Control and approvod by them before adoption. The members of the County Hoaid of Control shall quality and bo comniiM- | sioned an aro other county ofheors j without feoa therefor. Hkc. 6. Applications for positions of county dispenser shall be by petition, siugned and sworn to by the applicant, nud tiled with the County Hoard of Control at least twenty days before the meeting at which the application is to be considered, which petition shall state the applieant'a name, place of residence, in what business engaged, and in what bnsioesa he has been engaged two years previous to filing petition; that ho is a qualified elector of this State and a resident of the county; i that he has never been adjudged guil- 1 ty of violating the law relating to in- { t ox i eating liquors, and is not a keeper of a restaurant or place of publio amusement, aud that he is not addict, i ed to intoxicating liquor* as ? bcvornge. The appointmeut shall be made only on condition that the applicant shall executo*to the County Treanuror n bond io the penal nun of three thousand dollar*, with good and aufllcicnt auretiea, conditioned that he will well and truly obey the lawa of the State of South Carolina, now or hereafter in force, in relation to tho aale of intoxicating liqnora; that he will pay i all (lnca, penaltica, damage* and coat* that ntay l>o aaaoaaed or recorded ! agaitiat him for violation* of anuh lawa during the term for which aaid appointment ia made, and will not acll intoxicating liquors at a price other than that ilxoil by Htato Board of Control. Said bond shall bo for tho use of the State and county or any person or persons who may be damaged or iujurod by reason of any violation on tho part of the obligor of tho law relating to intoxicatiug liquors purchased or sold during tho term for which said appointment is mndo. The said bond shall bo deposited with tho County Treasurer, and suit thoreon shall bo brought at auy lime by tho solicitor or person for whoso benefit the same is given; and in caso tho conditions thereof, or any of them, shall bo vio-. lated, tho principal and sureties there-' on shall also bo jointly and severally! liable for all civil damages, costs and judgments that may bo obtuinod against tho principal in any civil action brought by wife, child, parent, guardian. einulovcr or other nerson under the provision of the law. All other inoueya collected for breaches of such bonds shall be distributed as other funds arising from tho dispensary. Said bond shall be approved as other official bonds for tho county. Skc. 7. Thero may bo ono or moro county dispensers appointed for each county, tho place of business of each I of whom shall bo designated by the i county board, but the Stnto Hoard of t'outrol must give consent before moro than ono dispenser can bo appointed in any couuty; and when tho county board designates a locality for a dispensary, twenty days' public notice of which shall bo given, it shall bo competent for a majority of tho voters of tho township in which such dispensary is to be located to prevent its location in such township by signing a petition or petitions, addressed to tho countv board, re ! questing tlmt no dispensary bo established in that township. Tho county board may in its discretion locnto a dispensary elsewhere than in an incorporated town in the counties of Beaufort and Horry, and no others, except such as aro authorized by special act of the General Assembly: Provided, howoer, That any county, town or city wherein the salo of alcoholic liquors was prohibited by law prior to July 1, 1893, may secure tho establishment of a dispensary within its borders iu tho following manner: Upon petition signed by one-fourth of the qualified voters of such county, town or city wishing a dispensary therein being filed with tho county supervisor of town or city council respectfully, they shall order an elootiou submitting tho question of dispensary or no dispeusary to the qualified voters of such county, low 11 or city, which election shall l>o conducted qsothir special elections; and if a 'Im'l'lolk Vlf and declared to be for a dispensary, then a dispensary nmy bo established ill Ktii.l pi'itintv #?i? /*? ... 1 Thut dispensaries mnv be established in the counties of Williamtmrg, Pickens anil Marion and at Seneca and other towns now incorporated in Oconco county without such election or compliance v.ith tho other requirements of this uet: Provided, That nothing in this act eoutniued Hkall ho so construed as to prohibit persons resident in counties which shall elect to have no dispensary from procuring liquors from dispensaries in other counties, or county dispensers from shipping Ramo to their places of residouco under proper labels or certillcates: Provided, further, That nothing in this net shall be coustrued to repeal "An Act to allow tho opening of dispesuries in Pickens and Otfoneo countioj," approved December lbth. 1804. Sn/1 ? Tf ?V.~ i:? ... .. uiu f?|>|iuiTiiviuii u?r xne position of dispenser bo grunted, tiio appointment shall uot be mndo until the applicant siiall make nu>l subscribe on oatb, before some oHirer authorized by law to administer oaths, which atiali be endorsed upon the bond, to tbo effect and tonor following: "I, , do Holemuly swear (or aftirm) that I will well and truly perform all and singular the condition of the within bond, and keep aud perform the trusts confided in mo to purchase, keep and Bell intoxicating liquors. I will not sell, give or furnish to auy person any intoxicating liquors otherwieo than is provided by law, and, especially, I will not poll "or furnish intoxicating liquors to any minor, intoxicated person or persons who are in habit of becoming intoxicated, und 1 will make true, full ! aud accurate returns to County Board | of Control on tho first Monday of oaeh I month of nil certificates and requests | made to or received by me, as require I I by law, during the preceding month; j an l such rt turns show ?>vorv ??)? nn.i delivery of such liquor* made l>y lue or for ine during tbo month embraced therein, and tho true signature to every request received nud granted; and suck returns shall show nil tbo liquors sold or delivered to any and every person si returned." Upon taking said oath and tbo oath required by tho constitution, aud tiling bond as hereinbefore provided, tbo County Board of Control shall authorize him to keep and sell intoxicating liquor as in this actpiovidod, nud every appointment so mado shall specify the building, giving tho stin t and number or location, in which intoxicating liquors may bo sold by virtno of tho same, and the length of time, in which tbo same shall be in force, which in no case shall exceed twelve months. Appointments ! made under thin art sha'd be deemed | trust* reposed in ihe recipient* the roof, not nn a mat Iter of right, bnt of ufnoient showing by order of the County Board cf Control; and upon | the removal of any county dispenser, j or upon tbe demand of tho County | Board of Control, he shall immediately turn over to tho County Board of Control all liquors and other property in his possession hclon/itift to tho State , or county. Anid County Board of j Control sIkiII he charged with the duty Of proseeutiog tho couuty dispenser or I any of employees who may violate auy of the provisions of this act. On the dcnth, resignation or removal of n county dispenser, or expiration of his term of oOlce, the county hoard shall nppoiut his successor. Sko. 9. Tho County Board of Control shall U80 as their offico tho office of tho county supervisor of their county aud shall elect ono of their number as chairman and a clerk of tho said county board of control. Tho conntv board shall preserve as a part of tho records and files o: their office all po4:*: \ 3 1 it iiuiiuK, minus nu'.t oiucr papers pcrtuiniug to the appointment of dispensers and keep unit aide books in which bonds shall l?e recorded. The books shall bo furnished the county liko other public records. The county board of control shall designate or provide a suitable place in which to sell the liquors. Tho members of tho couuty beard of control shall meet once a month or oftencr, ou tho call of tho chairman, and each member of tho board shall roceivo a per diem of 82.00 and 5 cents mileage each way, hut they shall not receive compensation for more than 00 days in any one year, except in tho couuty of Charleston, whero tlic-y shall not receive compensation for more than 00 days in any I r?nr . ...1 ... \ moro than r?0 days in any ouo your. They shall, upon the approval of tho State board of control, employ aucb Rsaistauts for tho county dispenser us niay bo nocessnry. The dispenser cud bis assistants shall receive such compensation us the State board of control may determine. All profits nfter pnying nil expenses of tho county dispenser, shall bo paid, one half to tho county treasurer and ono-hnlf to municipal corporation in which it may bo located, such settlements to be made quarterly: \ Provided, That if any town or city, in | tho judgment of tho State hoard of I control, do uot enforce this law, tho j Stnto board may withold tho part going to tho said town or city and use it to pay State constables or else turn it into the county treasury. All moneys receive ! by tho county dispenser, bolonging to the State shall be forwarded ou Monday of each week to the State treasurer, and at tho saiuo time tho county dispenser shall forward to the State board of control a duplicate state- | I incut o! tuo remittance so mado to tlie | State treasurer. On tho eamo tiny of | each week tlio county dispenser shall deposit with tho comity treasurer the I portion of the nioneys received by him | belonging to the county uud to the ninnicipal authorities iu which tho dispensary in located. The county troas: urer shall give his receipt therefor ' and hold tho sail " nr. til tho quarterly settluu.?^^l^bM|ai'Tint!provided for h.ii^^^^^^Bkiarterly settlements WtaLii tho fourth Monday in tho months of March, .Tune, September and December in each year. Such settlements shall be made in tho presence of the county auditor, who shall make a memorandum of tho Ucms thereof and forward tho some to the State board of control. Tho mayor or iutendant of tho town in whicn tho dispensary is located may also extend Biich settlo nient: Provided that in counties where dispensaries aro istablished in other tlmu incorporated cities or towns, tht county shall get all profits that would otherwise go to such cities and towns: ; Provided, That in the county of Barn ! well tho clerk of tho hoard of co\int\ commissioners shull bo tho clerk of tlx board of control. Kko. 10. Before selling or dehverini any intoxicating liquors to any pursoi a request must be presented to the county dispenser, printed or written in ink, dated of the true date,stating tlin he or she is of u c and the residence o the signer, for whom or whoso use it is r- quired,the quantity und kind required and his or her truo name; nud tho it-quest shall be signed by tho applicant iu his own true nnmo and signature, attested by the county dispenser or his clerk who receives and files the requests. But the requests shall bo refilsed if the county dispenser tilling it | personally knows the person applying ' ti n minor,that he is intoxicated,or that lie is in the lml.it of using intoxicating liquors to nn uxccm; or if the upplicuut is not so personally known to said conn| ty dispenser, before filling said order, or delivering said liquor he shall require the statement of a reliable and trustworthy person of good character ami habits, known personally to hun, that the applicant is not a minor und is nut iu the habit of using intoxicating l.qnora to excess. Hsc. II. Requests for pnrehaca of liquor shall be made upon blanks furnished by tho county auditor, iu packages of odo hundred each, to the county dispensers, from time to time as tho sumo sii ill be needed,and shall be numbered consfcutivtdy by the auditor. The blanks aforesaid shall be furnished to the county auditor by tho State board of coutrol, iu uniform books like bank chocks, and tho date of de| livery shall be endorsed by the county | auditor on each book und recoipt taken j therefor and preserved iu hi- oflico. Tho dispenncr shall preserve tho application iu tho origtual form consecu-' tively by the auditor. When return thereof is made tho couuty auditor shall endorse thereon the date of return, and fllo and prcscrvo the same, to bo n o I in th quarterly settlement-!^ le t\. ? i b dihp?ris< r and theconntiw^ treasurer. .Ml aoimcd or mutiieteX blanks shall bo returned or Accounted , for before other aro issued to i 'such county disp?j?crs. Hec. 12. Oa <*r before the 10th day of each m ath y?ch dispenser shell i inako full return/ to the county audi- ' tors of aII requests Ailed by him end ' bis clerks duriu^the preceding months upou blanks, to#be furnished ly the i Btate board of control for that pur- 1 pose, and accompany tho a* mo with un oath, duly tskcif and subscribed bnlore the county auditor or a notary public, which sum 11 bo in tho following form, to-wit: I, ?be duly sworn, st ile OA thst^H^ ^request for liquors 1 herewith rcturnod arc all that were received and filled at my placo of business under my permit during tho month of , 189?; that I haro carefully preserved the sninc, ami that they were filled up, signed and attested at tho date shown thereon, as provided by law ; That tho aaid requests were tilled by delivering tho quantity and kind of liquors required, and that no liquors have boon sold or dispensed under my permit during said month except as shown by tho request herewith returned ; and that I havo faithfully observed and complied with tho provisions of my bond ami oath taken liy me, thereon endorsed, and with all tlin liiwh ruliit i n?? .? - ? ? . -w .?? ?V Wl J X * t A V~0 1U I U I. premises. Sec. Id. Upon failure of any ?11spetiBor to mnko returns to the nmlitor as herein required, it shall l>o tho duly of 8ai?l nmlitor to report such failure to thu State board ?>f control, and the Haiti State hoard of control shall immediately order the county board t; summon said delinquent dispenser tc appear before them and show cause \\liy his appointment should not he revoked ; and if cause shall not b< shown to the satisfaction of the count} hoard of control, they shall immedi ately annul said appointment ami giv< public notice thereof; and tho cireni solicitor shall proceed to enforce tin penalties prescribed in this act for tin violation against said county dispense! at tho ne\t succeeding term of emir iu the county in u lii-h such appoint incut is lu-ld ; and any dispenser win shall sell or dispose of nny intoxicating liquors after his appointment fdinl have been revoked sli dl, upon couvic tion thereof, be lined not less than tiv< hundred (So'iti) dollars ant Ho 1m prisoned for six month". If nny <1 in penser or bin clerk shall procure nnj intoxicating 1 i?j>it>rh from any otbe: person except the State commissioner or if he. or they, or nny person 01 pel-sous in his or their employ, or b; ins or tlieir direction, ahull sell or olTo: for aelo any liquors cdlier than auchai huvo been farnishi' 1 bv the State com mibftiouer, or shall nldnlte: ate, or ca iai to bo adulterated, any i itoxieatinj spirituous or unit liquors which he o 111 y may keep for sale under this net by mixing with sonio coloring matte: or any drug or ingredient whatever or shall mix the sumo with otho liquors of different k ml or quality, oi with water, or shall s< 11 or expose fo sale finch liquors so adulterated, knowing it to bo su li, or sh ill ehnrgo tli laiiel upon any box, b -tile or paekage ho or they shall bo guilty of a misde mcanor find bo fined in a sum of no less than $200 or imprisonment for r.u btislli.ix six moiitbs. li n"\ co iif dispenser slmll misappropriate inisii.-v nj^othorwiae wrongfully dispose o ing to tho State, county or municipal ily, he slmll, upon conviction,ho pitu ished tin in ease of n breach of tr;is with fraudulent intont. Sec. If. That any county dis lense who, in violation of his oath of office sells or furnishes intoxicating liquor to any minor, intoxicated j erson, o person who is in the habit of hecoiuiti| intoxicated or fails to nmko full nu< aenrate returns as required by lawshowing the true signature to ever; request for liquor by him received am granted, or sells to any'person wit lion requiring the written requests therefo to bo tilled out uud signed as provide, by law or the regulations of the Stat board of control, that on such inforina tion given l>j? any person with suffici out evidence, it shall bo the duty o to solicitor to bring suit in tho nam of the county for S'iOil damages on th bond oftho county dispenser again* tho principal ami sureties of said lion, for each of such violation*, for whi i said principal and sureties slinll 1? lible, jointly and severally, togcthe. with all costs and judgments pertain ing to tho suit. And on jiidgmcn given agaiust liiiu the said county ilis penser shall ho immediately depiivc. of his ortlce as dispenser, and his prin cipal aur< ties aforeauid sh ill r. mail further liable, jointly and st rernlly, ttho extent of their bond, to all eivi damages, co-ta an I judgments wbicl may bo obtained agui.ist tho primipu in any civil nctioii brought hy wife child, parent, guardian, employe *, 01 other person, under the provisions o tho law: Provided, That if tho sui. county dispenser can show to tho sa 1'action of a jury by way of defens that tho said intoxicating liquor w obtained from him by tho infant, i toxicated person, or persons in t habit of becoming intoxicated, i fraduleut and deceitful representation tho person making such fraudulent an leceitfu) representation shall bo guili of a misdemeanor, and shall bo Him in a sum of not lens than ?200, or in. prisoned for not less than six month-. [f;v.;cr,ri>Ki? next wkkh. J TIIK ft)I' 1 ON CHOP, rhc KMIm (Iim of the Axi-lonItiir.il Department Are MuhttantlMlly Correct. Tbi report on the eotton 'rop of IMS, laeu "1 by the department .,f norlcnlturo, I* the most tboronxh end exhaustive statistical rare-inch i'vrr uml' rlrtkou hythed px. tmcnt. to for iu tl i*'. crop I* rouwrnwl, AH th< railroad nml w ttcr transportation oompnnle* In tHo Roulh. n.thout exception, have n.n l return* of montlily fchlpimmts from thelites of pr -duotlon ; every cotton end nootyn mill, with one <>r two Irtoourid -r/i-d so option*, have reported to the depnrtm til IU monthly purchase*; nnd the services oi aver ton ibonsaud township nnd precinct K "D'e, five or more In cv-ry '-otton-xrowlnR <oqnly. bive n cn??tr-"l to ascertain the tmount of cotton rcmtiutni; on hand Fabru ?ry 1st, on plantation*. jtnM lu r.-.irelouden, ft' publl) i<l n.?, nt ft-? n coTijir'n i lud oi railway ''."pot* .. I yard', Tub nethol of rttiimtinit t:? * <>tt>n crop wa? indcrtnken o the Are- t.tn* lost on, I u". he Improvement* tbl* y-*r applied have m> n * (jfeoerel nnd so de. <t -d, (tW r>cl|cv I. i? t-. make the f<.rtli ?mlu< >uaiiueeat st.i;. iatlv correct. IVopIo too cnttlly get lato the liabli of harlug Uoublca. Lktm NEWS IN BRIEF, ? t'.MiANIXO FUUM M VNY POINTS. Important llnppeu'.ng*, Uoth Ifoiiii ouil Koelgn, llirlly fold. Southern News Notes, i Ex-Oovoruor John Ireland, of Toxhp, di< d at Sun Antonio. A company lias been formed to built i another electric line iu the buhurhao i v i cj 11 v wiii in 1'iiiy r>. v./. It looks us though the Democrats ol 1 Tennessee were going to nominate Dob Taylor for Governor again. 1 Governor IJradley has ordered out ! three regiments to tuko possession ol the State House at Frankfort, Ky. Ida Skeen, the woman who gave n 1 negro convict in Danville, Ya., jail ' the pistol with which he killed the jailor, has been sentenced to eight ; years in the penitentiary. A special from Winchester, Tenn., . says that Governor Turney is in a critI ical condition, and his friends are very , uneasy about him. He has rheumatic j trouble and is sm;. ring intensely, r A Baltimore ?V Ohio Kail road rcor t gani/.atiou eonimittee, composed ex eliisively of Daltiuiorea. s. was formed [iii Baltimore. 1?. A. Alexander Shaw is chairman. TUe purpose is solely to protect tho interests ?>f tlie nullioiis of iiiiltiiuoru iV Ohio wicutiiii-? held in Baltimore, and the prevention of foreclosure mill sale. Mr. Harry Still wi ll Ktlwanlo, of Macon, On., won tho ?10,000 prize offereil l.y tho Chicago Uncord for tho lu st stoi v. It is entitled "Sons and fathers." 1**iiiin111 h authors from all nati us competed, nearly a thousand in number. 1 he Atlanta 11011111111 lias tin* exclusive 1 rivilegu of printing thie story 111 the South. -- -its Northern Now# Items. The New Jersey M. ?. Conference has voted to admit women as lay deligati a. Tho Ohio Democratic convention adopted a resolution endorsing ex, Governor Campbell for t he presidency. A Kansas Court bus ruled that a man who culls upon a woman regularly ami takes her to entertainments occasionally is legally engaged to marry her. j Colored motormen were placed on 11 tho Philadelphia ?V* Western trolley I lino III I'lillutlt 1 [ tilii, hut tnul to bt ,I discharged by Superintend*. 111 Worrell j 1 because they were obnoxious t?? the _LaJntf i nn?I??_> 1cf. liis.hop Win. 1> Owi7pbolb<>^tlu African Kvnngclist Mission Church, t was urrcsted at Cleveland, O., on tin charge of cinbezzliug 8500 from tin J fuiuls for ft proposed manual tiainiug school. The bishop iH in jail, not huv r ing secured bail. r Nearly all the officers of the Four P tcentli ltogiment of Statu militia a I Coliimbua, Ohio, tendered thvir resig t nations to Col. A. 15. Coit. This is tin v iniiucdiatc result of the refusal of tin I Senate to permit the expeuaea of Col t Coit's trial to be paid out of the Stub i Treasury. The vote will bo reconsid cred. Col. Coit refused to accept tin i resignations. Washington. The Seriato committee <?n privilege! aud elections directed a favorable report on the proposed amend .lent t< the constitution providing for the election of United Statca Senators by tilt popular vote of the # oople. The Tri-iisiirv colfl r..u..n-n ??.. close of btisiuess Monday stood al 3127,564,712. The withdrawal* foi tlit* day amounted to SI ft), 800. There ure yet to l?o pnul in on aeeouut of the recent hond issue about 30,000,000 in gold. Tho Hen ate committee on Teriitoriet has ordered a favorable report on the bill to admit New Mexico as one of the States. The bill provides for a constitutional convention and ull its other provisions are along the lines of the regular statehood bill. Tho President notitled the Congress that ho had permitted tho joint resolution introduced in theHeuatu by Mr. Ilansbrough, coni| oiling the Secretary of Agriculturo to purchase and distribute aecds, bulbs, etc., iu accordance with tho existing law to become a law without his signature. It is believed iu Washington that (?re??t Britain has ordered Sfr. Julian I'nuncefote to enter into negotiations with Secretary Olney looking toward a peaceful settlement of tho Venezuelan dispute. Sir Henry Stafford Nerthcote. an English treaty negotiator of wide experience, has arrived in Washington. Korclgn. Twelve tons of gunpowder on the British steamer Mutnhdi At Boma, Conco Fica Si?(a Mnw ???> ,1' tbo ship and killed '25 pAsscngers. Gon. Ibiratiera t ikes all the Memo for hie defeat in Abyiiainin. Ho says in n moment of mnduena he contemplated suicide, but for tbo sake of his fnniilv desisted. The American Association of l'o*> eenger and Ticket Agents. The Arneil*An Association of Pajecnffor sad Ticket Ageots oi't In Blcbnond. Vs. Host of the session wa* consumed tn the election of offleerssa-t In the appointment of committees. Ta? Asroclatlon b?? teen for tome time without s h*-ad on account of the re?tg(iMtl>>n of Captain W. M. DatWsou, of the rieut System Ttte following officer* were eleeted: Mr. |>i in J. Wander*. of th?* Boa'.in A Maine i'. i.iiom-I, pn?M?i)t; Mr. W. A. Turk, of the suit i ru ll.tllwiy, vi.*e-|i'?Mid?iit; Mr. A. J. -< -hi .. of (no I, ttnorc A MI 'hUnu Southern li-tliroaJ, wctttaryl phSnM, POPULAR S(J1E>L'K. There aro 1580 patented knitting mnchiuo?. Opalp, when first taken from tho mines, fire so Hoft that they can ba piokod to pioces by tho finger nails. As one result of tho Shazafia's visit to Englftnl, Cabal, the Ameer's capital, is to hftvo a hugo electric light plant. > Colonel C. P. Crocker, of Kan Francisco, is to pay tho expenses of tho Lick Observatory Expedition to Japan, to observo the eclipse of tho sun uoxt summer. A Hungarian scientifio expedition : under tho load of M. E. Hzalay has | just left Budapest for Ceylon, where it will collect zoological aui ethnographical material. A dynamite shell from ono of tho nig pnenmauo guns avhicli guard San Francisco harbor was directed against. waa a rocky hillsido aud tora out a nolo ggRi thirty feet in diameter ami six feet dcop. It is said that of the herd of several hundred hu'lalo reported last year iti I tho Yellowfitouo Park, not inoro than | lifty aro loft, and it is suggeto I that 3 tho remainder should ho shipped to V the Zoological Park at Washington be- fl fore they are kille 1 olF. 1 ! rom tho discovery of tho remain- / ing fragments of tho Hymn to Apollo f at Delphi, imploring tho protection of ik. n '< - ...... mu ituiuitu sjovernmeni lor Aiteiptu and Athens, the date is 1ixc.nl as being not earlier than tho taking or Coriuth by MemtiiiiiH in the year 110 B. C. It is claimed that the per/uma of flowers dM|vie?c ns so in ns the starch in the petn's is exnnu-ted ; nnd . it may, it is said, be restoie I by placing the flower in u solution of sugar, when the formation of starch nnd the | I emission of lragranoo will be at once resinned. The German Ministry of War Ins just completed .a series of suaioas.ul t experiments with tho discovery of Pro essor Roentgen, of Vieun, of a new method of applying photography to surgery and medicine, eti., wirti the view of making uso of it iu war 1 turgery. A Paris advertising ngen*', who recently painted the front of his e t i - ? 1 lishment a brilliant red, has been sued I for damages by a milliner, a jeweler i and a silk merchant, haviug'storos op- ! i posite, on the ground that the re.b e- 1 [ lion of color makes it impossiolo for I I their customers to distinguisu th? i colors of the i{oo Is they wish to buy, I A Fjnlicitu has be *n formed in PBHa London to scad out an expedition to ^Ttho Ant.\rotic nt r.L August tor vvuiilo 1/I uud seal lisliin;. Two steam whalers i J of 400 tons, with steam launches to bo 1 used iu chasing tbo blue whlkle, will bo small seieutiiio party, V boaded by >Ir^lordigreviiim^^^^^^^^^^^^ j taken along and landed, if possi, ble, at Capo Adare. Similar com, mercial expeditions nro being planned at Leith and Hamburg and in Norway, Abseiit-.H> tided. 1 Tlio "absent mindole-l" conplo surely has been discovered. Tney 3 were riding 111 an open wagon tbo 3 other day in a town adjoining wbero they live, wuen they overtook a la !/ _ 3 acquaintance walking 111 tbo tamo illrection. Tney invited her to ride, 3 und having but ono aout to his wagon, the accommodating husband, who weighs about -50 pounds, sat upontho lap of hia spouse (who is not a whit t lighter thau her husband), to drive tho team and make room iu the seat for , the extra passenger, who rodo three . miles and alighted with ninny thanks, j Ordinarily thts empty seat would liavu been resumed by the crigiual ocou} pant, but this case was an exception. The spell of absent-mindedness was well upon the twain, and they continued in the same position, totally oblivious of passing events, while tho wagon settled upon its beam ends and 1 noisily bumped tho starboard end of the axletree by reason of the concen1 trated weight. They rode several 1 miles in this position, aud doubtless ' would have ridden thus to the end of their journey had tho road not led them in the vicinity of ascnool house, where tho hilarious demonstrations of tho scholars, who were pointing in tho ~< -1? * , uutvuuu \j i iu? cnrrin^i DIODKUI " ? tbem to their senses, when the good wife vxolaimsd: "VVby, Buctnam, I bolievo they aro laughing at us!"? Macbian (Me.) Republican. A Ihserter ArqailtCJ. A conri, m&rii&i tut ucsertiou at Amicus, franco, baa just ended in the acquittal of the defendant, who admitted his guilt, with high compliments (torn the court. A sergeant in a lino regiment some years ago exceeded his leave of absence, and, fearing to lace the consequences, tied to Belgium. Ho becamo homesick, returned to France and enlisted under an assumed name in the Foreign Legion. He was sent to Tonquin, where ' no distinguished himself greatly lor his unblemished conduct, rapidly rising to the rank of sergeant-major, and winning the military medal for gallantry in saving a wounded soldier from the Black Flags in battle. He was about to receive the cross of the Legion of Honor when he made up bis miLtu to comess ms previous fault. Buried Treasure ol a Spanish Bon. Treasure seekers are digging in Ely. Man Park, Los Angeles, Cel., lor $100,000 in coin and jewels said to have been buried by a wealthy Spaniard in the days when the oouutry belonged to Spain. An Indian peon helped the don to bary Jthe trevare, and the etory was banded down, in the manner snch legends run in the Southwest, nntil it omne to the knowledge of the Arizona turner alio lias now obtained permission to try and Innd tho alleged treasure.?.New JfvrJ*