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At ft r 1 ^ ii*^| ?2 |f |ftt$ !f% flf lit Slil^ THUHLOW 8, (JA U L TiU, ( a rT *i \* r. .. ., . # ji n t / ; i' ? < i i T]'' \ 1 i V? , ? Editor am) Mj^aokr. S Family JScwspapcr : Lortne Promotion of the Political, .w* alp Agricultural and Commercial Interests. ) p * ^bvll-wr !! < li-lMOft. _ i, \ N? 1 r <!, >. i"., Ki_ HH n UY 5, IM?8 ~ "tSTfTTj [ThE?-~ m.w ioi'nty <;ovi:knmknt;< BILL. I. | \ One of tin* Most Important Meas * ures Introduced in the Senate. It Senator I) S Henderson of t Aiken is the suithor of the most i i important hills introduced in t either liouse of the general assein ti hly this session. It is to provide '< a system of county government for t the various counties of the State :i and proposes several radical t changes from the present law, * which since its enactment has not t failed to have several amendments i to it olTered at each session of the t legislature. The object of Mr I Henderson is, if possible, to se-j * cure a uniform law which will ( prove satisfactory to all the conn- < ties. With that end in view he * carefully prepared a lull. When .? tlie discussion of it came up a t number of amendments were oil- \ cred. These, with the hill, were t submitted to a special committee, ?. and the following hill i^ the result \ of th3 combined wisdom of the!* senators constituting th:it c<ui)init- < too: v Section 1. Tluit tlic present t hoards of county commissioners t ami township commissioners in i the various counties of this State shall continue in otliee until after r the first day of February, A 1>., < lht)?. and until their successors ; ' I hereinafter provi?Ied for shall i qualify. t See. *2. That the otliee of county [ supervisor, as now provided by I ! law, shall continue, and thcsucces- ( ' sors of the present su|>ervisors t shall he elected hy the people at i the next general election, with a < term of otliee for two years and until their successors shall he t elected and qualified; and such < supervisors shall -eceivo the pay j ami execute the bond as now i provided hy law, except in the t county of , where the salary J1 shall be # . See. 3. That the governor shall, r immediately after the next gener < al election, and before the tir^t j day of February, A I).. 1890, by j and with the advice and consent t of the senate, and before the first t day of February of each succeeding two years thereafter, appoint two persons from each county, who shall be known as the adv isory commissioners of the county, to act with the supervisor in governmental matters of the county. The supervisor shall be the chairman of the board of county com missioners so to bo constituted; and said board, at their first meeting for organization, shall elect a clerk, who shall receive such salary as shall be fixed by said board at their first meeting* the same not to exceed the sum of $*J00 per annum. Kach of said advisory commissioners shall re i eeive the hiiiii of per day for < each <lay actually in service, not i to exceed 25 days in each year; 1 and said advisory commissioner* 1 shall, U|H>n their appointment, | qualify as other county officers, I and receive their commissions ? from the governor and secretary i of state, without char&re. i Sec. 4. That on the first day of i February, A !>., 1H99, the office i of county commissioners as now i provided by law to bo appointed t by the governor shall l>e alntlished; j and the jurisdiction, power and < duties now devolved by law upon i the county supervisor and the ap pointive Imards of county and ] township commissioners is hereby i lovoivcd UpoU tilt! hoards ? f > \\'t tounty commissioners heroin pro- paper fidrd for. t'? c n ??f t1 e .unt\ id | tuporvi or- and {wo advisory as to tominissioncrs. as pi See. f>. The hoards of cininly writti onunissioners ami town-hip coin- on l' nissionets now appointed I?y tlu* them governor, niter the appointment them II.<1 <pl;ilil: - itioil of th :i iyi.sory >' >11111 '<>iuintssioncrs |>r<:viile<l for in that i !iis net, sh lil continue in ol'.ice duty is hoards of eountv as cssors and said own-hip assessors until their jury aieccs-or. -1 m 11 he appointed, and three lie ?*oveinor of this State ;- here hey t >v nut Inn i/.ed and empowered the e very two years to appoint such audit* toards cf county asses > h audio wn s<? th illip assessor.-as are now p.ovi . ers d hy law for the ap|>oiiilnienl of, lock, anility commissioners ami town- At tnip eonnni sioi ers. Such hoard- place thai! serve for two years from the the j inie of their appointment and porso intil their successors are appoint a- jm t| and ipialitii'd; 1 lieir terms to he mih-s airiteriiiinous with the uovernoi whiel vim appoints them And they suppl thai I receive th pav now allowed ;l|i\ < tonnty eoniinis doner.- and town- the si thip coniinisrdoncrs when acting l. 'II i-> aecessors of property, and have t|,,. M he powers and duties wlii'-h mi' in th low devolved upon such hoards. |,t> oi Sec. ?. That section 1 and - of Miliar in act approved 'eth March, 1(U.^ , mtitled 'an act to amend sections hum 2d7?> and "J I'll'of volume 1. ofCli evised statutes of lish:'/ he, and in th .he same are hereby, repealee j he 5( Minii iw jMiiitui iii tiivjui y ot?x ror .??-? 1 ihe h?h1 county in the mnnnor no n provided for in the tirst paragraph r of tho section next hereafter en- N< . -fiM-S ?uing. y ? Sec. 2370. Of tho lint ho pie- ''*0) pared the hoard of jury commia- " \ uoners ahall cause tho names to! I >? Sec. 7. Tbut article 1 of chapter of tli KCIV, revised statutes of South then Jaroliua, of 1*113, entitled 'jury un?rel jo'nniis-ioiiei s,' bo, and the Maine tales ire hereby, recnuetcd and made and >f force in words as follows: j name Sec. 2373, I he county auditor, place he county treasurer and tlie clerk the n )f the court of common pleas and dutv general sessions of each county of th ihall constitute the hoard of jury both rommissioners for their icspcctive ; the ti counties. ties t Sec. 2374. That the said county Se mditor, countv treasurer and li>te< slerk of the court of common | niont ilcns and general sessions shall and ?erform the duties required of for ii hem as jury commissioners v\ it Ii dri v nit compensation. jseeli' See. 2375. The board of jury oinmissioners of each count v. ihall once in every vear duruii? " I ho month of January, prepare a ist of such inhabitants of their espective counties, not absolu'elv "* ' ' xempt, as they may think well pialitied to serve as jurors, of ,l*ood moral characters, of sound ' 1 ppM ? _ udgmei|t, and free from all legal' jxeeptions, which 1 i-.t shall include lot less than one fioin every ! them iwenty voters, nor more than one from every ton voters, of their m' ' "espective counties, to he selected without regard to whether such persons live within seven miles or [iiorc than seven miles from th A jourt house; except in the counties too t ?f Abbeville, Spartanburg, Beau refun fort, Colleton, I'nion and Orange-i ers burg, the said list shall he pre said: pared during the month of Decern- to sh l>er; provided, that in the county (take if Charleston the number of The inmes to be placed on the list of dida inhabitants heretofore required goin' diall not Imi less than 1,200, the ain't aame of eaeli of which persons: nighl ti i? -o l :~ ii.~ i * . itteil, O it'll on*' oil :l -< :>.iI'.it?* fc <>r ' : !<>i, and shall fold up ? ) 'i'i' o j |) ' . i > ? ; I . 1 lot so ' resemble oe.eh oth r as much Dssibla, so thai the name a liu*nam shall not ho visible if out si-It', and shall place in a box to Ih> furnished by the county b ?!*i*?I of coil lissioiicrs of their county for p nirp ?-e: and it shall be the o ot the clerk of court to keep ( box in his custody. The ( \ box shall be provided with sj locks, each ditVorcnt. The o one lock shall bo kept by S| lerk of court, one l>v the 11| nr and one by the treasurer, | |j it no two ii>' aid eouuiiission- < , had hold keys to the same i'] a ihe same tune they shall d in a special apartment in e urv box t'ne names of l.M> o us, <|ii:ililicd by law to serve tl u. - . ? ' . , ?? ?>' I \ I' IV n l l li I II .-M* \ 1*11 I of tin* eourt house, from n i .shall Ik; drawn jurors to I v <1 Tieieneies arising from h nUse or emerireney iluriiiirla lliiio oi the court: Provided, s i.it i i the county of Uiehland / umher of inuiies to he placed , ii e separate apartments shall | i?0, and in the county of a Icston 50'h and in the conn. C f < ieorijetown and \\ illianis-lt 75. ii. That in the county I icster the numher to he pi acts 1 t ie separate apartments shall t >, who reside within tive miles s it; court ho 'sc. d. That in i iniuties of Kichlanii and Or- n hurt; the names placed in the i hox shall he in addition to OXehisive of the nnmtmr I - " : 's required by law to bo I in tin* jury box 4. That' mi)ok of persons liable to jury and living within seven miles . 0 eourt house may bo placed . in the regular jury box and - i 51 ules box. except in the conn-] >f Uirlilnnd and ()rnngehurg. u. H. l'hat the juries to bo 1 ami drawn during the < lis of December, A D., l.S'.tS, , January, IS'.!'.!, as provided a this act, shall be listed and I u hv tho oflieers numed in n 7 of this act ; \ Four at a Itirtli I. nsncoli, Fla., Fob 1 One ! 0 most remarkable birth re ; has occurred near Pollard, : Seven rears ago Mrs .1 D s gave birth to three child two girls and a bov. \ few since she gave birth to four , all now living. Two of weighed .*> 1 -"2 pounds each lie other two ? pounds each. 1 3 1 Experiment in Theology. ' t little boy about 5 years old, , ired for anything but sleep, j .ed one night to say his pray- ^ His uncle, who was present, j Oh, Harry, would you go sop without asking God to j care of you during the nightt , little fellow answered: ?I | i Miy em iasi night; I ain't to Hiiy 'em tonight, at <1 1 1 goin' to say *ein tomorrow t: urn) then, if nothin' don't no, I ain't goln' to nay 'em . lore.?Argonaut. | of the Illoori anil Ilrrrr*. > one need suffer with neuralgia. Thla i*e ia qaickljr and permanently cured towns' Iron BHlM Krerr disease of Moral, nerves and sti.mnch, chronic dierwiae, succumb* to Itmwns' Iron rs, Known and wd (br nearly a < icr of a century, it stenda to-day forcamnng nnr moat rained remedies, rns' Iron Bitten to sold by all dealera. I n;v spill i)!scrssiN<; Hawaii ,|H' Hon Tillman Lnliyens tin* l>ebal With Some Characteristic Koumrks. Washington, Fe'? 'J.?Senate White of California continued hi speech in opposition to the I la ' waiiau annexation treaty in th I executive session of the seriate ti e_ro. . day. Senator White then to >k up t!i tlio contention that the control <> " Honolulu was necessary to the dc tIon * ,< .| % i fense ot the yioara,-<ci!i canal. Senator Tillman of South Ciro V ~ lina came into the debate, in akin some assertions which created : bree/.y stir for a few minutes. Th . South Carolina senator referre to the recent Hawaiian revolutio and to what he termed the ell'or 1,1 <T of the Hep lldican party to estal lisli a <;overnmcnt in the intcre1 1S of the white people in the isl md when thev numbered only one on ^ of thirty of tile inhabitants, an ark. . . - ' i-: t :ack sn >li:n m< >> i Kormi'i' Clerk Arrested for Tliei't of s | ,000 from :i 11 lv press Car. lIImiiIu Dispatch, 1st. Linden L Saunders, a v nou n younjx 111:111. lias been usl 1 <! charged with stealing ()!? from lh' S Hilhern Kxp lompany a litt'e over a year . Vliile an express cur was on idimr :?1 Circle Citv, (la., xpjess messenger, A l Ifutts, topped out to talk to the sta ia.?ter. Returning a few mil) iter he discovered that a pact nntainini; *4,*?'?<? was miss 'her i * \Y 11S 111 1 | ?< > s > ihlo clue, Ithomjdi the express eoill| id not charge yonn<j lhitts < inhe/./.letnont such was the si ion resting over him. l i his strain the mind of his wii d mother collapsed and sh ow in the asylum A month u<jo the exprc 'SS ( ore received an anonymous p <re containing S.'h7"<i in hills opposed to lie conscience 1110 V* it happened this was the 1 ng link which was needed to ? dele the case against Saum nd he was vesterdav arreste Cincinnati and brought here rial. lie was the mail clcrllutt's train, and the suspieio hat he slipped in the car di he messenger's absence anil Arreted the money. The bu vr ^ too heavy for his eonse iod he returned the hulk of ii nonth. Kicked to Death hy a Mill Special to The State Oheraw Feb. 1.?News u*t been received here of the ng of Mr .J M Caddell, who it Ousley, this county. On lay last he was on his way h< vhon his mule became fright md ran away, breaking one ! >f the wagon and strewing -ontentson theground. Mr lei I succeeded in stopping nule, and was gathering u| roods and putting them it vsgon when, happening to t h?' animal with something, nule kicked him, striking \ ith both feet just ovc r the h I" lived only a few minutes i icing kicked. lie leaves a in 1 seven small children. Fire in Rock Hill. special to The State. Rock Hill, Feb. 1. ? A lir urrcd on West Fbene/.er av rcsterday at 1:*J0 p. m. I cttages wore burned to jround. The loss will j?rol unount to $3,000. There iot much insurance upon tliei <? Home of the renters who < tied them the loss of hous< furniture was complete. A Frenchman was in an Fn restaurant ami wantod egjj breakfast, but had forgotte Koglish word. So ho got ar the difficulty in the following 'Vaiterre, vat iR dat valkinj> yard?' 'A cock, sir.' 4Ah! vat you call do cock's vifel' ben, sir.' 'And vat you ci diildrens of de cock and his 'Chickens' air.' 'Hut vat yo do Hhicken before doy aro I en?' 4Egg?? iir.' 'Brit two.1 Children Or kr p;trW* Cast in this connection referred t<i tli reorganization of put ty lines i n** " the south after the war. '\\ ' HS were then,' lie said, 'in Soiit Carolina sitt??mj?ti 11 ?r to establish c f' white man's government. Th Republican parlv interfered wit i us then, or attempted to do s< professing to hold opinions uhoi: * the sacred rights ??f the majorit Inn~ to rule. I should like to kno whether the Kepuldictin party In . j ehanged its opinion on this sul 11 me 0f tho white man to rule; fi L ,ist tin(} wj|| extend it to tl southern States, i will vote ft the treaty.' 10. I , \ 'The distinguished senator froi South Carolina evidently know nil about the etTort to reestablis has the white man's party intheSout kill-! after the war and could douhtle> lives give us much interesting infornn Sun-| lion on that point,' said Senate nine, Chandler. ened 'I do kn ?w something,' respom shaft ed Mr Tillman, 'and 1 know t la the there was some cheating and soni Cad- use of the slnifimn in t lm?" t > ; the us there probably was in Hawaii |? his 4 The senator from South Car< i the linu would not, 1 hardly think, ouch interrupted Senator Hoar, '-.tv i the open session what he lias here." him 41 am willing to say it an\ eart. where,1 said Mr Tillman, 4I wai after the same po|iey all alonj* the lint wife Throw open the doors and I wi say what I have said before ti | entire world ' Senator White did not eonelm' mik! lir will continue his .speech t< morrow. Protect tliu Toads. en no Plireo tjM> The quantity of food that mtilv s stoinach can acconnnoda was ,s wonderful. 1" wore sovo n and ,m> myriapods, in another lif oecu- ar,,,y worms, in another sixty li chold KyPs>' 11101,1 caterpillars, in anot ] or nine ants, six cutworms, ti | myriapods, h'ix sow hugs, 01 I ' iglish weevil and one wire worm heetl [s for ,n twenty-four hours the toi n the consumes enough food to till I ound stomach four times. Feeding way: the r,l^c above mentioned, a snip in do toad will in three months consul And over 10,000 insects. If every t The ?f these should do a cent's wor ill de ?f damage, the toad would thus < font a BOvinif /if I 11 Ii,? nn< b V1IU? ",'f ,,f8 v" ^ u call the toad.?Southern Farmer a thick- Horticulturist. '*,ne OAWOniA. ?/G UlldCFSwil A;i Ol.-fwo ill e Crocerie:.. i . a s~; t m :x : is pound* trr.-uuil?t I ^ i for \ on Jo pound* linh' itihvii stil'or 1 on r \\ ?' luivo lIlC cheapest iilP! of ("hewimr and Smoking To 1 mere in town. Also'.ve curry a nice line t! of Notions, sllrli :is handkerchiefs, ?- I/ldies* iiml ( louts" I lose, c-tc. , otf K . . ?t li <N 3 ?? <>? 0 f TIIK IJLOODV HKKDS OK AN AKMvAN's \S MANIAC. ^ Killed 11i-> Father and Moih -.- ; ?i*I 1 Son, : 11.i W(uin<lo(l His Wif * u and ()ther I Children. .1 11 Little Rock. Ark., Feh. 1 One of the inihl horrible crimes ever perpetrated in the Spite took place five miles north of Mill > herrv, in Franklin count v. Inst * i?i!? 111. Si?l 1-* Antrev, :i farmer, accompanied l>\ his family, went c out yesterday morning to \i it i?i> aged falliwr and mother I \ i:i_r nesir 0 Mulberry. Shortly sifter his sir1 ^ * rival Autrcv Itecame enpiood in a :l religious sir^umenl with the eld (' lolks. Sudden I,' he "rasped an iron lmr, killed his aired father, h inothei and his ten year old son and seriously wounded his wife ^ and three remaining ehildren, two of whom sire not exj eeted to live. ls When the maniac started the i deadly work his wife and eUlet>l ,r daughter nmde their escape, notify- \i?l(* ing ft near neighbor, hut when the " neighbor arrived the man was standing in the door swearing he 1111 would kill any one who dared to * enter. Other neighbors came and " found Autrey a raving maniac with his clothing on lire, He was ,s overpowered and the >ight that l" j met their eyes was appalling. 1 Three dead victims on the Moor beaten, burned and mangled almost beyond recognition. He his been chained all day, ? talking incoherently, swearing * that witches were the cause of the act and that the last lick was when ' he killed his boy and then says he I awoke. Some doubt his insanII it v. SPAIN'S COSTLY KFFOKT. it II Two Hundred and Forty Millions , Spent in the Cuban War. le' Madrid, Feb. d. The c ?st of ? I the ('uban war from February, 1 sO.n, to the end of ls ,7, isotli.-iallv estimated at S*j 10,000,01)0, besides the arrears tine from thu Cubun treasury umountiei; to ! $40,000,000. , I The Impareial complains that 1110 commercial negotiations be'tween Cuba, Spain and the I nitcd V (> States are hein?? entruste 1 to Senor j I de Lome, tho Spanish minister at Washington, and urijes the govern ment to appoint experts toexamino I tho terms of the treaty on Spain's ?j behalf. 118 [ A Va'nah'c I'rrmcrlitflon. at (j I Kditor Morrison of VVoriliiitflfton, 1 'Iml, "Sun," writes: "You have m n? valuable preacriptfon in Kleetric Ititen 'era. and I cm cheerful y recommend ^ It for Oonsiination and Sick M adache, nd as >? general system tonic it lias no equal " Mrs Annie Siehle, 5:02/> Cotill ?ai<c Glove Ave,, i hicago, whs all rua n(j down, could not est nor diifen food, had a hachache which never eft beslid felt tlre.l a >d w~ary, bu' mix l?oti lea of Kie trlc Killer* restored her health and renew,* i her strength, Prices M en's ami f no Oct * bolt 2aa e at Criwfor ? 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