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. The Lexington Dispatch. ( Wednesday, May 29.1907. faI - ? eg| CONTBACT L ABOB LAW J? TJKCONSTITTTTIOITAL. er( 9 kn Judga Brawley Renders Decision in gel South Carolina Case?May Serious- ev ly Affect Situation in the South. ye Charleston, S. C., May 23.?In the J** United States district court today ' ne< jfadge Wm. H. Brawley rendered his * w i KaV.o1f hu decision in wie cast? muuguu m ucuon on of Enoch and Elijah Drayton on habeas corpus- proceedings, declaring an tie act cf the legislature making the breach of a farm contract a misdeA SlU meanor to be unconstitutional, null and void and the two negroes are ^ ordered to be released from custody. ; Judge Brawley's decision deals al- m( most entirely with the law on the inbject. The case is, however, briefly reviewed, showing that the two by cjiegroe8 Were arrested, in January, tb< c on 1907, upon a warrant for failure to by perform their contract under section ca $57 of the acts of 1904 and that at this i ? ^me they were under a contract for a rn. k /task of the year, not yet performed^ wfc ' ^he act provides that a conviction JJj Shall not operate for the release or no discharge of the violator, and when ed the negroes were arrested inJanuary, ' -v? it was the second time that they had ' befeii hauled up and put on the chain- an gang for fhe same offense. Jjjj "The *only crhninal act," m the ^ ^words of the decision, "was the fail- j Work/" . t : Judge Brawley concludes by declar- _ lug the State act to be in conflict with the 13th and 14th amendments of the ^obDfetitugg&cf United ^tates and or*Jers thg release of the prisoners. to ,. Judge Brawley's decision is an able ^ ' .opinion and covers many typewritten ]?j | rpages. The fact is recited in the th . opinion of the court that Clement's pe hooks were never produced in the ct) court and that Clement and his con- |i stable, Seabrook, were the only wit- to nesses for the prosecution. In .the Course of bis decision, Judge Brawley states that "the case is brought by a young member of the jqJ bar, belonging to a race which has Ki suffered three centuries of injustice and oppression, whose heart, has been ^ touched by the cry of the lowly and tic who, apparently at his own cost and en from sheer love of liberty and hatred ??] of wrong, makes the appeal for liberty, to which they are entitled under coi every sanction of the constitution and ^ laws of this country. It were better ^ _v. that the granite walls which support frt this court of justice be crumbled into dust than its doors be closed to such ' an appeal." of fKa Mnvf nmwwuula a f.Vi a.f thprp W1M V AT VVV/WMJ W V/WJ ^ it another argument which appeals to 1 State pride and radical instincts, that the legislation is a part of the local administration in matters of great convenience to the industrial li$p of the State and the claim of the su- j preme power of the State is also made. r Judge Brawley says that he shares much of this feeling and however cot much. Others may proclaim their devotaon to these principles, his body "bears marks which attest to his sympathy in the cause. ^ Judge Brawley proceeds to say that the lot of the agricultural laborer is th< hard and he has been called "the pu brother of the ox," in his unceasing |^( toil, scant remuneration and dreary isolation, "but the remedy is not coi found in statutes which chain him to the soil and force him to labor wither __ he will.or not. Human nature revolts at it and he will escape if he can. It A ia Ktr imrvvArnrtrt Viio nr?rl nr*f H Aa k/J UII|/1V V Ui^ Alio V VJUUADAVU OUU AiV/U ^ by still degrading it that the remedy a may be found." & United States District Attorney S Cochran represented the .government fi in the intervention proceedings which KS were filed in the case and the consti- S tntionality of the act was defended by B Attorney General Lyon and Attorneys S William Henry Parker and W. St. l| Julian Jervey. 1| The South Carolina Law. g > "Section 357. Any laborer working #g on shares of crop, or for wages in p money or other valuable consideration under a verbal or written contract to labor on farm lands, who shall receive g advances, either in money or supplies, and thereafter wilfully and without fig just cause fail to perform the reason- w able service required of him by the ? terms of the said contract, shall be ? liable to prosecution for amisdemean- fcgf or: Provided, That prosecution shall S| be commenced within 30 days after v| the alleged violation, and on con vie- E tion shall be punished by imprison- M ment of 30 days, or to be fined in the gf sum of not less than $50 nor more than 11 $100, in the discretion of the court: j| Provided, The verbal contract herein ? referred to shall be witnessed by at g? least two disinterested witnesses: Provided, That such contracts shall ? be valid only between the original B , * parties thereto, and any attempted H transfer or assignment of any rights jS thereunder shaH be null and void. ? "Approved the 25th day of Febru- M ary, A. D. 1904."?'The State, 24th. fier First Egg. , jirls living in the country are very niliar with hens and the laying of ?9 and hatching of chickens. But agine a girl, brought up in a large y, where she never hears a rooster >w, or a hen cackle and'does not ow what a hen's nest looks like, bting the first warm egg that she er saw. Such a girl about seven ar9 old went out from a large city a farm. She went into the loft of 3 barn and discovered a hen on a st. After watching her awhile she shed to the house with cheeks aglow d eyes sparkling and holding aloft egg,?saying?"Let me tell you nething mamma. I was up in the t, watching a hen on the nest. It ook itself, wiggled, got up and did :ew cackles, and I rushed there and md this egg and I believe it is al>st cooked." i Deafness Cannot be Cured. j local applications, as they cannot reach < a riiapuKAri nortion ot the ear. There is ly one way to core deafness, ?ud that is I 1 constitutional remedies. Deafness is 1 used by an infUzned condition of the icons lining of the Eustachian Tube. 1 ben this tnbe is inflamed yon have a i mbling souDd or imperfect hearing, and 1 ten it is entirely closed Deafness is the ? salt, and unless the inflammation can be < j ien out and this tnbo restored to its < rmal condition, hearing will be destroyiorever; nine cases oat of ten are caused i Catarrh which is nothing bat an in- j med condition of the mncoas surfaces. j We will give One Hundred Dollars for ] y case of Deafoess (caused by catarrh) ( it cannot be cured by Hall'j Catarrh , .re. Send for circulars free. , P. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0. ; Sold bv Draegists. . rake Hall's Family Pills for constipation ^ _ \ ? itton Chopper Want ! $2.00 F? Day ia Tesas. i Houston, Tex., May 23.?The cofcn planters of Texas are concerned th a strike among the negro farm 1 borers, who are quitting work in *1 .1* AA e vanou9 territories, aemanamg r dayv for chopping cotton. The istomary wages in the past has been .25, but the negroes positively refuse work this season for less than ?2. My Best Friend. = Alexander Benton, who lives on rural ite^., Fort Edward,N. Y., says: "Dr. T ng's New Discovery is my best earthfriend. It cured me of asthma six ars ago. It has also performed a g mdeiful cure of incipient consump>n for my son's wife. The first bottle m ded the terrible cough, and this ac- It mplished, the other symptoms left & e by one, until she was perfectly well. . King's New Discovery's power over ** aghs and colds is simply marvelous." & ) other remedy has ever equaled it. w Lily guaranteed by Kaufmann Drug pj i., druggists. 50c and $1. Trial bottle * ?. _ Alter asking a great many questions a lady, a lawyer felt that some aplogy was necessary, so he remarked: really hope I don't annoy you with 12 these questions?" 'Not at all," answered the lady ietly. "Pm used to it, I have a six ar-old son." )istarbed the Congregation. ie Che person who disturbed the con- or jgation last Sunday by continually ai lghing is requested to buy a bottle of in ley'cfoHoney ,^ar- ^aufmann D April Carolinian. fVe are in receipt of the April numr of The Carolinian, which is one of fi 3 largest and best college journals blished in the South. It has many od contributions, and among them 3 articles written by Messrs. C. L. ealy and B. J. Wingard, of this iinty, which makes the number fci< ^ecially interesting to their friends * Lexington. MaaaaBnHMaaMaaBaaHaaMaaaawiHBaMaaaM OCJ IrMockSi Profits I: can be greatly increased by giving $3 special care to the health of every Kg " animal and fowl on the farm. ?| Sick poultry, ^heep, cattle, hogs, ?& horses, etc., depend on their livers || te to keep them well |3 pj 1 ftl _ _l_ ft LIS ci 'HiacK-uraupii s i Stock and Poultry I jv i Medicine 1 s keeps their livers working and S i therefore keeps them well. agS I Black-Draught Stock and Poul- H f try Medicine is a pure, natural, R aii I vegetable, blood purifier, and acts raf nj by regulating the stomach, liver nr and bowels. B i It prevents and cures Hog Choi- B I era, Chicken Cholera, Colic, Dis- fe| f temper, Coughs, Colds, Constipa- ? ?.ia tion, Fever, Loss of Appetite, & c Wasting Away, and all the com- m m mon stock diseases. 11 n! i It is a perfect medicine for gen- B ul< I eral farm use. Try it. |S nL Price 25c for a large can, at JP in. all druggists and dealers B as Tired Nervous 1 Make Unh; MRS.NELLIE MAKHAM A nervous irritable woman, often on I I sn the verge of hysterics, is a source of misery to everyone who comes under 00 r> ler influence, and unhappy and mis- y^f arable herself. thai Such women not only drive bus- istl bands from home but are wholly unfit rec< to govern children. acq1 The ills of women act like a fire h brand upon the nerves, consequently res: seven-tenths of the nervous prostra- Dea tion, nervous despondency, the 'blues", sleeplessness, and nervous and irritability of women arise from some I?m organic derangement. Do you experience fits of depression writh. restlessness alternating with ex- Tert treme irritability ? Do yon suffer Lyc from pains, in the abdominal region, bro backache, bearing -down pains,nervous has lyspepsia, sleeplessness, and almost Cha sontinually cross and snappy? If .so, Teoc pour nerves are in a shattered con- Mf< iition and you are threatened with aervous prostration. T Proof is monumental that nothing fen in the world is better for nervous con troubles of women than Lydia E. Pin Wnkham's Vegetable Compound, syn made from native roots and herbs, loci Thousands and thousands of women wa; Ban testify to this fact. vas Mrs. Nellie Makham, of 151 Morgan fen 3t., Buffalo, N Y., writes:? , has Dear Mrs. Pinkham:? ' y?l "I was a wreck from nervous prostration. al v Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compou herbs, contains no narcotics or harmful dru the largest number of actual cures ot ten world has ever known, and thousands < file in the laboratory at Lynn, Mass., whi Lyfla E. Plnkham's Vegetable Compo?nd; a Babies Call for It. j the Editor ot The Dispatch: ? On my return from the Jamestown ago xposition on the 8th of May, I made thu y 8top with Mr. and Mrs. T. Frank awl, of 525 Watkins street. The Sal' st thing I called for was my home . woi iper, The Lexington Dispatch. Not <*ru iding it there, I send you 50 cents m^ orth of exposition stamps for which ease send paper to my fathers Bj P. Frank Rawl) address. Best wishes to The Dispatch. * Yours truly, James Harold Rawl. kid Born May 8, 1907, 8 a. m. Weight, ! pounds. p. Augusta, Ga., May 14,1907. ? shs Prevents Headache. Force them! No?aids them. Ramon's IB eatment of Liver Pills and Tonic Pel- BF ts strengthens the liver and digestive . gans so that they do their own work id fortifies your constitution against J?* Lture trouble. Entire treatment 25c. J" wrick's Drug Store and O. E. Corley. V! VEBY LOW BATES o?L PIN i Norfolk, Va., and Return Account Jamestown Inter-Centennial Ex- m position,Via Southern Railway. r| Season, sixty day and fifteen day jt| ckets on sale daily, commencing pril 19th to and including November ith, 1907. Very low rates will also be made for A ilitary and brass bands in uniform I ^tending the exposition. I Stop overs will be allowed on sea in, sixty day and fifteen day tickets, me as on summer tourists tickets. I For full and complete information, I ill on ticket agents of Southern rail- I ay, or write R. W. Hunt, Division I issenger Agent, Charleston, S. C. H ood Words for Chamberlain's I Cough Remedy. I People everywhere take pleasure in fl stifying to the good qualities of Cham- H irlain's Cough Remedy. Mrs. Edward I nillips of Barclay, Md., writes: ''I M ish to tell you that I can recommend fl bamberlain's Cough Remedy. My fl ;tle girl, Catherine, who is two years H d, has been taking this remedy when- H rer she has had a cold since she was H 70 months old. About a month ago H contracted a dreadful cold myself, but fl took Chamberlain's Cough ~ Remedy B id was soon as well a9 ever." This fl medy is for sale by Kaufmann Drug H >mpany. H "Is your sweetheart light?" H "Not so very, both my legs were fl ileep when I got ready to say good- H ght last night" H Pineules are for the Kidneys and Blad- fl r. They bring quick relief to back- H ne, rneumausm, iuiiiuago, wreu wum n it feel? Jig. They produce natural ac- H >n of the kidneys in filtering waste H atter out of the blood, 30 days treat- H ent $1.00. Money refunded if Pine- H es are not satisfactory. Sold by Kauf- H ann Drug Co. H Four negroes and one white man *re killed and seven other persons jured as a result of an attempted H sault by a negro upon Mrs. Laura H oore, a widow living nearManassa", H itnall county, Ga. Women [ appy Homes | ^ ^, MRS.GEO. A.JAMES * a ?? Aa^a ir??w1 nf Tntr* ana my lauiuj umpanvu j ary. Physicians failed to help me. I i urged to try Lydia E. Pmkham's j ;etable Compound and I want to tell you b it has entirely cured me. I think it le finest medicine on earth and I am >mmending it to all my friends-, and uaintances. [rs. Geo. A. James, a life long ident of Fredonia, N. Yf, writes: ,r Mrs. Pinkham:? - I was in a terribly run down condition . had nervous prostration caused by * ale trouble, in fact I had not been well e my children were born. This conon worked on my nerves and I was irble and miserable. I had tried many tedies without getting much help but iia E. Pinkham Is Vegetable Compound light me back to health and strength. It also carried me safely through the inge of Life. I cannot too strongly immend your medicine." s. Pickham's loyitation to Women; Vomen suffering from any form of * : a? laie we&Kness are mvxicu tw imunicate promptly with Mrs. ikham, at Lynn, Mass. From the aptorns given, the trouble may be ited and the quickest and surest y of recovery advised. Out of her ,t volume of experienoe in treating lale ills Mrs. Pinkham probably >the very knowledge that will help lr case. Her advice is free and rays helpful. nd, made from native roots and gs and today holds the record for lale diseases of any medicine the of voluntary testimonials are on ch testify to its wonderful value. Woman's Remedy for Women's Ills. A Narrow Escape. r. W. Clovd, a merchant, of Plunk, ,, had a narrow escape four yeais , when he ran a jimson bur into his mb. He says: "The doctor wanted mputate it but I would not consent 1 mgbt a box of Bucklen's Arnica I re and that cured the dangerous I ind." 25c. at Kaufmann Drug Co., 1 ggists. lackache y person having backache, a noine nr trnnhlft c llWy * "> ? w f. 0 will take two or three le-ules upon retting at night * ill be relieved before morning. Mb Tbo medicinal virtues of t&* WIP crude gums and resins ob- 1 tained rrsm the Native Pins 1 beet reoogsisod by the medical p?o- " Ion for centuries. In Pise-ules we offer tf the rirtnee ef tke Native Pine that if value in relieving ail Iney and Bladder Troubles Bleed i4o five Salisfactiea h Kmij Refunded. Prepared by. IE-ULS MEDfclNE CO.. CHICAGO The Kaufmann Drug Co. H PARKER'S r HAIR BALSAM _ * ClMs?e? utd beantifiei thi nail. Pro motel e lniurimt powth. Naror Pail a to Beatore Gray Hair to ita loutfcful Color. Ciw icalp diftasei k hair falling. <0c. and $1.00 at DrupgiiU ptBSBHBBBBBBBBk ? teifeo TOBACCOI TC! o n\n /ittt IB u a uv/iiuuuo i/iic w ^ MM * made from the best H North Carolina leaf;H a leaf that has a spec- fl a ial texture, a special B flavor and wnichB makes RED EYE aB specially fine and satis- B " fyingchewingtobacco. B Most people prefer it B to tobacco costing one I dollar per pound. B Ask your dealer for it and fl insist on him keeping it. B MERCHANTS H Write for Special Prices. H| > WHOLESALE ( i FITZNAURICE'S -?*- FITZMAURICE'S Three Arch Store. LnT?^I1L'<3 Three Arch Store. Q OOJLUM.BJ.A, b. O. ? t \iew Spring and Summer Goods . Arriving by the carload every day and we are showing the strongest line of WGOODS, NOTIONS and CLGTHING . 'o be seen anywhere. We are offering 100 pieces Solid and Plaid Chambray at c per yard. This is positively the grandest value ever shown here. 5,000 yards of Good Sea Island at 4c per yard. 1,000 yards 4x4 Madras at 10c?the 15c kind. Our Black Goods Department is full up with the Best Black Mohairs and Scisilaus. Our 5-4 inch Mohairs at 50c is the nicest value you ever saw. If yon rant Black Goods see us. Our 36 inch Taffeta Silk at $1.00 per yard. Every yard warranted. No risk in uying a new dress from us. Money back if not satisfied. Grand Sale of 40 inch Lawn. 5,000 yards of 40 inch shear White Lawn. The value tor loc, only 10c. 5,000 yards fine Cambric Percale at 10 and 124c, 36 inch. NOTICE?Value for your money in any article we sell. McCall's Patterns in stock at,all times. We prepay charges on ?5.00 worth of goods bought and paid for. ; C. 0. BROWN & BR0? 1 I 1730 MAIN STREET, COLUMBIA, S. C? | Si Is where you can find one of the best stocks of | v /? km ffiS E82L B ?v i? PAINTS-*" 1 ' | . OF ALL KINDS. | DOORS, SASH, I BLINDS & GLASS, | LIME AND CEMENT. | ! jj CABINET MANTLES. | j| Call or write for Prices. iarness, baddies, Blankets, Kobes AND EVERYTHING PERTAINING TO THE BUSINESS. Owing to the increased demand for the best class of Harness, ve have employed Mr. J. V. Stiller to take charge of our shop, with . full force of skilled workmen, and are prepared to furnish all ;rades from best to cheapest. * We have a lot in rear where our friends can hitch th^ir teams. hdawummt~ 1517 MAIN ST., .... COLUMBIA, S. C. FURKTITUME. W. H. SfiWFII FI1RNITIIRF till.. II 111 V V II UliU 1 V1U11A V11U VVI| COLUMBIA, S. C. 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We can save you money on your 1 Spring and Summer Shoes. li l??ks, fit and wear they will give nnriWt satisfflpfirm to pvprv wpptpl Farmers medium and heavy weight 1 ^^?9| work shoes a speciality, and the 9 prices will please you. All fresh 9 HARMAN'S SHOE STORE, , I "Where Quality and Price Counts." 9 'ost Office Block, - COLUMBIA, S. C. fl