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,l 1 j K I M i K R. 1 r . 'T?? v f? ' . \ \HKR <r 6.\Tl'KI>AY DKCF.MDER 1, 1000 No Nt"*>l f??r Additional Judges. Gi viiir Xfiwti. is jjoini: to have tli. : "fijii d-Mivitid made upon it i? rn'o-oini* t li?* nimiliKr of cit judu"' Hi? claim i? made tli ' i* o ;!it ir^ ot?r* w <i ';<> ); ;*n<! as un rvi<l??nc^ of tb lj-?<I f-i lit- I'hiiuiMiita point to . ii mm. ? <>f *?xtra term* that h?v' ??* < 11 nt:.. dur:*^ the pre*?nt vp.,. \ do pi-i holieve there is suit nr< tor additional jud^aa. The ei-n., if tbc% .ire the ritrlit kind, ui e ilirelv a le to diapose of nil tin .fjoil I>ii-iiipsH of the courts wii i-ut endangering tticir live* or 4bf-ii bra '11 by overwork i ?u.r will go tllikn about the co? if ju-ti. <? during the hc>?~ bi< ? mut note how slowly hc.ai1)0;-.-. drags along he will have one expoum. ion of crowded dockets If he will see the number of canes th"' are not ready when called he w:ii have another And yery often the number and length of speeches made h7 attorneys are out of all proportion to the importance of the intere?t? inrolved, ami simply consume time and wea' v the patience of the jury without having any influence on their decision*. Kight j dgea of tbe right kind ? men that are sufficiently acquainted with the law to decide points without having to take days to i? - ?1 - - ? iu'-k mem up; men nan will hold the inemh?r? of the har up to stric! mips, requiring them to he ready nb<n the time comew; wim will not permit the time of tin"1 courts to he wasted over friV( loiis disputes?eight judges of that kind could easily attend to all the judicial business that cornea before the circuit courts.? That means one judge for every five counties. Any judge ought to lie able to sit forty weeks, only u few hoiusH day, if necessary to clear the dockets; moat of them <lfi mitt wit tnitoK nw\w- 1^,?1/ ?.w ' v oit Hivn u iijui c tlllttll nail (U /hi 11. weeks. What is needed is not h greater quantity of judicial material, hut * I tetter quality. Rut with all the combinations of interest, and the friends of legislators to he rewarded in some way or other, and the trades necessary for each coli-rie to get its favorite in, tlie probability is very strong that the legislature will add two more to the number of circuit judges. It will he not because they are needed, however, hut in order to leaks new places for candidates and give more acope for swapping. | Something mint be done to re I form the qualifications for yoting | in the primary elections. The ninu or leaving the balance of power in naming county and state officials iti tbe hand* of a floating population ia an absurd injustice' to the solid, substantial citizenship of the state. No man should be allowed to rote in a primary or other ? lection, unless he can exhib it a registration certificate made out in accordance with the re- | qnirements of the general registration law. This matter is deserving of serious consideration at once.?Yorkrille Enquirer. K. H. Collins, a prominent young farmer living in the country near Opelika, Fla., killed a white man named Lou Whitman, who was working on his place, Monday, as the the result of a dispute about the crops. t-W Subscribe to This Lkdgbr Tillman's Views. The Pitchfork Senator Save the Fight Mu?t go lvight Along on the Kansas City Plat form. The Cosmographie Company of New York has secured the following statement from Senator Tillman concerning the reorganization of the Democratic party: I have your letter of recer t date, in which you ask: "What is he future of the Democratic party Must it tic recant upon new lines or return to the original ones? Where shall the reorganization begin, etc ?" The smoke of the recent political battle has hardly cleared awav or buffi-dent time been given to study the full returns of the election Enough is known to show that the Democratic party is not .I-.-.i -i - * ' .ic*'!, >i m 11 nniMic u> (iiv. rvicKinlev'a election i- attributed to two causes; venality am' ignorance. Under the first head would ho em braced the use of money , lavishly to control votes; the lore I of money above principle or patriotism, and the coercion of' voters who were afraid of a re- I turn of hard times and Ions of' work. Under the second head J would l?e embraced a large mass of ignorant foreigners who hare not been assimilated or become Americanized, who are ignorant of our institutions and are more or less influenced by the ideas they brought with thetn from the old world. A large number of busi ness men who thought prosperity ~? \m rr * - ? t i rw an iuw i cnilll <11 iTl CIY1I1 16 V I 610C> tion, and who dreaded a panic if Brvan was elected. These were content to let well enough alone, having an eye solel^ to the bueinean aspect rather than the underlying principles involved in the content. Thev were ignorant and too cowardly, rather than venal. The Democratic party does not need reorganization. It can not he attempted until the next national convention is held and the most pitiable sight of a self-respecting man is the rush which has been made by the traitors who brought the party nigh unto dentil in 1 HIM* to resume control. The tight to restore the republic to the principles of the fathers and to stand by ttie Constitution .ImoI. < i e.. i * tt iii* ii limy 11Illiuru, II1I1HT riJJIll aliin^ tlir lines formulated at Kansas City. "Nothing is ercr sptiied untd it is settled right." The Bryan Democracy, as it his l?een termed in derision, will itht triumph in the ?ud or the republic is doomed. Like Nelson at Trafalgar, let us nail the colors to the must and light until victory is our*. Ws can not afford to despair of the public ami the trouble of the imperialists has just begun. Their program involves the continuation of high taxes, a large standing army,and the guarantee that prosperity which ap pears to ha^e controlled the re- j suit of th? election can not last. ! If w? Art a I)ai'ty hravely and stand by our principle* unflinch-| inglv there is everything to make ; us hopeful of the future. Your* truly, B K Tillman. Trenton, 8 C. 1 The Legislative Reapportionment. Columia, S. C., Nor.2<5?The calculator* of the new census i figure out that Aiken, Greenwood, Lexington and Spartanburg will each gain oae member, and Beaufort, Berkley, Charleston and Edgefield will lose one oach. Assistant Adjutand General Col. , John I). Frost and his friends left last night for Paris, Ky., Where he will be married on Wednesday, j Pay your snhscripton to The Ledger. W Citizens Were Opposed. To * Special Levy to Meet Deficiency in Hock Hill Treasury. Special to The State. Hock Hill, Nov. 28.?There win a citizen's meeting held here t latt evening for the purpose of ' considering the question of an tul- | ditional 21-2 mills tax levy to relievo tho stringency in the city council's treasury. The sentiment of tho meeting was against such levy. It was decided, however to resurvey an I map the c?ty thoroughly, so ax to hting into taxation property which has escaped In that manner it is proposed *o raise the required funds. The Herald Square Opera company, which is a popular one here, pave 4I>a Maseottte" at Winthrop college Friday evening last. It was so well received that the troupe was a*ked to return. This it did and gave "Olivette" at the opera house last evening with the house full. ? -m+- e-e Temple of Patriotism. i i orKvine inquirer. I The Fort Mill people, who lmre I made their town uni<]iie in tin poaseeaion of a Confederate park, containing monuments to the4'Con federate Soldier," the "Women of the South," the "Faithful Slare," and the "Catawlm Indiana," hare about decided upon another characteriatic etep. Thie time it is n "Temple of Patriotism," that ia under con iimi ai iun. 1I It propOSeU to erect in the ''Confederate Park," a euitable building and suitably perpetuate the memory of South Carolinians who have done for their State something to entitle their namen to consideration of posterity. As in the case of the monuments this new idea originates with Captain S E White and Mr. John M Spratt; hut the balauce of the the population is in full accord. There is every prospect that the temple will soon become an accomplished fact, and that Confederate I'm k will soon have another proud ooast. Sentenced to Hang. Special to The State. Darlington, Not. 2ft.?The ses^ sion of the court wi'l come to um end thin aftornoon in orded tu.it the judge tnav !> aole to go home for the meeting of conference. Judge (iage will rot urn to Darli ington and star u? long us will tie necessary to finish up tho business here. Jt will be remain herd by the ' , readers of The State thut eotne ' time in Mav of the present year Air. Hyrd was allot in hi* house while sitting by the tire by some | one who put the gun through a ] broken pane in tho window. A I colored taan named Suae Jacobs *an arrested for the crime, and al ' j this term of court lie was tried and convicted. Yesterday he whi *entencod to he hung on Frida) .Ian 18th. Burned to Death. Special to The State. Camden, Nov. 28.?Jan* -Singleton, an old colored ivoman, about seventy-five years of age, was burned to death yesterday at her home ltutledge stroct. The old woman was sitting by the fire anri-in some way her clothes caught and ahi^ waa ao severely burned before the fire could be extinguished that she died from the result of her injuries, although ehe had prompt medical treatment. m ^ mi |h?T~ Have you paJd yoar ?uhription f ? 1 - CLYBURN HEADQUARTERS FOR MU yli Wm "N VjL^ 1 DUAr Crime in Union ! N?irro Bov, 14 Yearn old, Attempts to Itivikh 5 Yj*r .()ld White ('hilcl. Special to The State .lonesville, Nov. :29.? At Mr. j B. W. Whitlook's thi#? mil on ! froiu Jonenville, veMerdav von- ! in<; u iio-^co h ?y 14 vetrs old, attempted rupo upon Mr. Whitlock'n little 5-year-old daughter The little girl was at the spring with a younger brother and the hoy came amng and sunt the lilt!? brother to the huii^e and ihen attempted to outrage the girl, but she got away from him before he accomplished his purpose and i eporled to her mother. The negro was arrested and is now in the lock-up her*. The law will he allowed to take its course. \Viilmm-> Whs Not Lynched. Luke, t'itv. Kin, Nov iiS?City Marshal W. T. S range, who was slu t .Monday by the negro William*, afterwards killed while re eieting arrest, died at iI o'clock t this nl'trroon !ir other por.-on shot b> Williams, W. C. Strickland, will recover. The citizens of Lake Cil\ have issued a protest a~ gainst ao> charge of "lynching" the despe ado. The protest in part is as follows "The ni'jjio ntib not lynched !>y a 'mob' as haw been stated, liut was j killed ie>istiog arrest, after hav* j ing inflicted a fatal wound on the ' city marshal. The negro was pur* kited by Home of our moat patriotic, law-abiding citizens, who would | hare protected hint from unob ' law' had the negro not have con- ? tinned to shoot at his pursuers till he fell dead. Tito Associate Reformed Presbyterian in tho last i?sue gi?ee i tho following extract from a pri- | vate note of Mrs Chalmers : j "Dr Chalmers expects to leare for Mexico about the middle of December and spend the winter at j the sanitarium at Stlao, 250 miles north of Mexico city, under the ! direction of Dr George Bynutu i llede, a physician of the United States. The climate is said to be the'tineat in the world. He has two former parishioners there. I will accompany him. He has been able to ride out this week, the tirst time in three weeks." The government car has been distributing black bass in the waters of the up[>er pert of the state. I -HEATH M LES, HORSES, BUGGIES, W EHEATH M The Ketormstorj for Youthful Criminals. I went one day last week with Superintendent D .1 Grllith of the Penitentiary to the Lexington farm. It in on ?nia farm that Superintendent Griffith is huild itig the reformatory for youthful criminal* The building is a two tory frame structure with sepai ^ ate Mpartuittuta for white and colored It i? te t.e fitted up with modern -nnrenience* and yet will iic a secure prison. in the upper story i? u large hall in which re ligious services and instruction in morals for the criminals will lie conducted. The intirmatory is aim on this floor. Down stairs is the dining hall and two large rooms for the prisoners and a small one for the guard. It is the purpose to keep the children who are sent to the penitentiary apart ' from I lie ?lder and more hardened, criminals so as thoy grow up and! serve out their sentences they will i not be turned loose on the community a* criminals, hut if pot j si bis they will be made iuto bettor citizena and having leaiiied eomMrung of the penalties which attach to crime will try to lead , better iives. Something of the kinil should have been done long . ago. Speaking of the Penitentiary ( apt < vrifHth tolls mo that the net earning of tho institution for the present year will he in the neigh- ] horlv o>l of $95,000. He will not turn over to the State any cash, but it is the same thing as it willj be put in permanent improvements, which were very much needed. The prison is being rebuilt at a cost of about $14,000. In addition to this a new roof has been . put on tho hosiery mill, the reformatory on tiie Lexington farm has been built and a good many improvements were made on the State farm. All theue made a total of about $20,COO and he will have about $5,000 left. This would have been turned into the State treasury, but for these permanent improvements which were a it u I * I > ?< I ? * -? ? A * ooiiwvi ?> imiiau nureSHliy. in addition to thin there ha* been enough corn and wheat and oat* and hay and potatoes and all the necessaries raised on the farms to run the institution until another crop is harvested. This it seems to me ie a rery good showing.? E H ? Newberry News an:l Herald. Hon. Hub 11. Evans announces that he will he a candidate for governor next time. j r n r* r u OLE CO., ACONS, HARNESS, ETC. |3^-\VE HAVE the fi lot of mules ever offered on this market, and vro will sell them at reasonable prices, for cash or good paper. o i T*K* YCUR CHOICE. The Anchor Huegy, A Wren Muggv ami the renowned Ty son t.v .Jones iiu?r^i?s always gji| in stock. Yes, and at prices feg that will please you. o The celebrated Onesboro, Kentucky, Wapin, is the beat ^ and cheapest on the market. s) JCgfC'otne one, come oil. W e will make you the best satisfied and the best pleased you ever were. ^ Eft Prices low. 'I erms reason^ able. [ULE. CO. Trustees Enjoined From Charging Tuition. Special to The State. Yorkville, Nov. 26. ? Ilia honor Judge .) C Klugh haw just render ed his decision in favor of certain citizen* u. Rock Hill against the trustees of the Rock Hill School District, perpetually enjoining them agaitiat charging tuition fee* for pupils between the ages of six and twenty one year*. Of courae this trase will go to the supreme court to test the constitutionality of the matter. \V. ,1. Cherry, Esq., of iiock Hill, represented the citizens, and Judge Witherapoon and C. E. Spencer, Ea<p, represen ted the school trustee*. Jail Escape. Special to News and Courier. Columbia, Nov. 27.?Jailer Irwin, of the county jail, had a rough time of it thia evening, and made a desperate and brave tight for l?f? and to prevent the escape of three negroe prisoners. Mr. Irwin wrnt into the avenue of cells and opened one of the cell doors to see how thinga wore getting along. A a he opened tho door three negro prisoners pounced on him and made every effort to fell him. Mr. 1 win although badly aeed, after hie hard struggle managed to kaap hib faet, but two of tho negroes, Jasper Thompson and William Washington, made their escape. The third negro Mr. Iwin held. Thompson and Washington are charged with stealing bicycles. HOWS THIS t We offer One H undred Dollar* Howard ft?r any eve of ? a arrh thai canliot lie cured *?y Hul I'a i ata'ih ('lire, K J i HKNKY A CO., I'roj.* Tole?ii, O We the undersigned ha\e known K J Hhpney for the la^l l"> year*. and believe him rfeetly honorable in ail business traduction* ami lioancialiy able to carry out any obligation* made by their flrm. \VkmT A I'hdax, Wholesale Druggist, Toledo, O Waj.pi no. Kinnan A Marvin Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, (>, Hall'* Catarrh Cure i* taken int-malty, acting dire tly upon the blood anil inucou* surfaces of the system. L? -1 - iii-b, #oc per UotMe. Hold by m 11 I>ruuKiHt4. iVstkuioiiiMlH free. Mali's Family I'llln ara the heat ONLY Sl.50T -MARBLE ANO GffANITE ? Monuments, Tablets, dead Stones, Sic. Children's $1.50, and upwards Adults, $2.50, ffl.OO, and upwards. Mad* of Pgr* Marble. A. J. McNinch.