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VOL. XXI PICKENS, S. C., TH-URSD)AY, D)ECEMBER~ 8, 1892. NO. 12 A POLITIGAL SENSATION. MURRAY,THE REPUBLICAN, SEATED 6VER MOISE, THE DEMOCRAT. The State Board Couistm Neventeen Hun dred illegal Ballots and Given Murray the Sent fron tMe Seventh Distret by Farty Votes. COLUMRIA, S. C., Nov. 27.-When tW4 State bottrc of cauvaisers adjourned last night and its decision in the Moise Murray conte.-t was made known It -caused gencial surprise, and c-eatcd one of"the political sensations of the ) our. With the stronz, aliost impregnable case made by Mr. Moise no one c;,uld see how it was possi,-le for the board to do otherwise than give him the certificate of election. "But such is not the case Murray, the full tlooded ne:ro, goes to Congress to represent the Seventh Congressional district of South Carolina, bein allowed a majority of forty votes, by the Slate board. Nearly 1,700 of the votes cast for him was proven to havo becn voted ot, Iallots three-sixteeutl, ot an inch shorier than required by law. Gen. Moise will un doubtedly carra his case to Con -ress. It is said by certan membeis of the board that the cectsion was haet d large ly on the counsiuction of tihe lv w. etc., by Attorney (eneral McLaurin, and it should be said here without any reflec tion on Mr. M. Laurin, that lie wa not in the city t.il yesterday, and did not hear the aikument o* the case. There are some inside factm in refeience to this case that will appear later on and which will.bave an influence in the contest in Congress. THE DAY'S PROCEEDINOS. The large audienc that had attended tie sessions of the btard during the con sideration of the cast, was agnin there to liten to tht. elabk rate arguments of the attorneys. With a morning sission cf tvio hours and a half the hearing of the case was completed, and the contest then went to tLe board to be decided on its merits. GEN. YOUMAN'S ARGUMENT. The argumnt was resumed at 10 o'clock yestetd ty morning, when Gen. Le Roy Youn ans in a speech ot one hour and twent, minutes presented Gen. Molse's case carly and forcibly. le laid especial siess upon the fact, that the election laws (if South Carolina are "Sui generis." He shoAred th.t even prior to the p.-sen' electi)n laws the Legislature an' Supreme Cuur: o1 this State hale al--ays construed lection laws more stii. tly than most Fates in 0 the Union. Le cted author ties to show that tile c leeti ) laws are manda tory and not di ectorv as was ccitenthd for by course, for Murrty. Ile then cited the case ofWat. son vs, Caicol, and numerous alit' oitis to show Ilat an election is invalid ".uless the managers are duly sworn. HI also laid wreas on the fact that t. Legislature in making the law inten] d that this oath should be taken. The oaths must he taken It, and should be Iiled ;u the office of the clerk of the C urt of Common Pleas. This he claim( I settled the lVichland cases. le for ier showed that at Salt er's precincts i- Williamsburg and sev eral predicts li Beiaufort the clear re quirement of the law, that a space should be railed or bar ricaded as a voting booth at each precinct., had been wholly nealected. That the intent.ion of the Legislature In making this requirement was to throw a safe (nard around the voter and protct hin from initimida tion. That for this failure the county boards of canvassers had pIroperly thrown out the votes at these precincts. lie said that so far as the size of the tickets was coucerned the Legislature made assurance doubly sure by describ ing the dimensions itself and lurnber ex pressly declarcg that no othi(r kind of ticket shoti. d be counted, iIe saidn lie was willing t o stantd on tiin re'urns o f the county boni 's, aud insinuatinus that the returns wect wrong, were ouitageous charges againsi hligh) Oflicers appoinited b.y the Gover noi lie concludee by say ing that he acc. ited i.he p)ropositioni o. law Jaid down 1' Murray's counsel that the managera o. election had duele thiri duty conscienlti(t asly, and( that th~e same held good in thc case of the commniss ion.. ers who had mo-e reason to beconscien. tious beine: m:.e bcundlen and b'einrz in A possessicn of ioor~ Iclisure to consider their action, no beme, bond up by the excitement of a: election. MIJ,1.EI' CF)8ES. The arguments were closed by "Can ar' Miller, the ex-4 ongressman. IIe madte a strong argument for his client, Murray, an d adledn his case Ia a -bright manner. Ilis argument, was die voted almost entirely to the points se' forth in the varIous appeals, and with which the pubbec is l'nmiliar. lie emab 0 orated every po:nt, anid madei a blpeech which many legardedl as being much better than Gen. L' a's. At the con clusion of Mille' ' apcnech the boardl ad journIed to met agaim at 4 o'clock. THE RESULT l)ECLARED. The astonialhing result of the St,ate k-oard's dlibetj '.tion was announced abcut 9 o'clock after a session of sonic hours. in a sh. rt time it was the talk of the chty. '.J he board only gave its resa( ns for ite vetlin th)rouigh it,s a' crc tary < flicialy. In a wordl thoard gave Murray ce ry co,ntest, ho n- ida ex icept in Richlane 'i ith: a very few~ other mnsignificant, bo::es. On the lace of tha returns sent in by the count,y boairde Murrey bad only 2,500 votes or there abouta. THlE TAIULATION' iieatort....Moise Murray ScatL'r'i Berkeley...... 890 1,237 (2 Charleston .... ..25 90 Colleton .... ... .131 ?g Georgetown.. 07 876h C Orangeburg..70 318 lf] Butnter.......1,614 677 Wlliamsburg... 695 784 - 4,055 4.995 42 HUW -TIS ACCOUNTED FOR. Here is the way the countIig is ac counted for by the board: TILE "ILLEGAL'. BALLOTS. The 510 "illegal" ballots-ballots proved to be illegal-from Georgetown and the 1,237 from Berkeley county were counted in 'or the -reason, so the secretary says, "that In every case the precinct managers' returns were straight and sworn to." BEAUFORT COUNTY. In the Beaufort county contest the returns for both candidates at the pre cinct of Lady's Island rejected by the county board were admitted and count. ed, "because there was no suflicient evi 'ence, etc., to throw them out." Gray's Hll precinct returns from Beautfort, which came up to the State board without being counted and tabu lated, were admitte(d. Old Pocatahgo precinct returns, ucti up in the same way, were also counted. Mitchellville's precint,. which was rejec'ed by the county board, was counted in. In the precinct, (i Grahamville, admitted and counted by the county board, the re turns were rejected. ThLi mado the contested box results for Beaufot stand as follows: Moise. Murray. Lady's 1sland.........0 88 Brick Church (rejected by both boards) Gray's Hill........... 3 173 Old Pocataligo....... 1 136 Mitehelviile......... 7 164 Grahamylle (rejected by State board) In the precincts of Gardner's, Comer, Bellinger Iill, (hisholm's Landing, and Levy's Crcssroads, no polls were opened aud consequently there Were no votes to be considered. RICILAND HAD To 00. In Richland county the action of the boat d was sustained and no votes count ed. WILLIAMSBURG. Salter's precinct in Williamsburg, thrown out by the couaty board on ac count of 110 ritilins at the polls, was admitted by the State board Ps shown. in the general summary. The above are all the reasons given so far in the official wa%.-State. A Modern iueori. OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 27.-- Fremont. Ia., is excited over the mysterious death of' the fifth wife of William Mayhar. Mrs. Mayliar (lied suddenly on October 28. She had taken three four-grain cap sules of quinine for toothache, and in less than an hour was dead. Rumor hztd in t,t Mayhar had made away with several wives and the cor*ner deternin ed to hold an inquest. :The body of wife No. 5 was diSlIterred and the stomach beami and lunis were sent tio the State chemisLs, which disclosed strychnine poisoning, and the jury yesterday ren dered a verdict in accordance with the facts. Ma. liar is 60 years old ant a na tive of Ireland. When 21 years old he niarrieud a coloted woman, who died with consumption, Mayhar says. In 1868 he M.arried Mrs. Travis. In two years she was taken si.k and died. Three months la'ter Mayliar married Hattie iloon, a Sidney, Ia., woman. She lived twelve years. Mayhar moved to Axtelle, Kan sas and on.a morning wife No. 3 died while at the breakfast table. After a lapse of three years Mayliar married Mrs. Anna Lamb ot Sidney. They went to Axtelle and there wife No. 4 died of spinal trouble according to May liar's story. Then Mayhar married Mrs. Erbee, widow with two small children. The death of wife No. 5 is related above. inging the Riot Hieu. GAILLdoro[as, OHI0, Nov. 25.-Six brothers, Williams by name, in a mand lin condition, boarded a north-bound Ohio River Railroad traini at Hunt.ing ton andl at o'ce became obstreperous. One of ta brothers went'mnto the ladles' car, used p)rofance language and Ilouri shed a revolver, threat.ening to kill everyone in the coach. Conductor Smith grabb'ed him and pulled him into the smoikin)g car. The other flye broth era ruished upon the conductor with dIrawn pistole an.l knives, aid, the brake man~ comin:.t to his assitance, a fight, was precip)itatedl in which both the railroad men sust.aiied sericous injuries ;from pis tol and1 kn e wotuds. The "riot bell" on th~e trn iiwas rung by one of the pas sengers at:d the train stolped. The eugmneer and fireman ran t,o t,he rescue, armedI with clubs, and beat the Williama brothers alm st into Insensibility and threw them oil' the train. Several pas sengers were badly injlured. it is not ktiown whet,ut any of the Willi ims boys were killed. Prain g the Glovernor, - COLUIInrA, 8. C., Nov. 30.-In his special messarge to the Gene.al Assem bly last we ek regarding the opening of Port Royal hiarbor, Governor Tillmani sounded a bugle blast for the welfare of South Cirohnna, and for many of the sout hern anid Wsstern States as well. The wisdom of his recoinmendation Is ad1mitted for anid near, and, if adopted will result in inestimable benefit to a large perncentage of our people. That his tllort in this direction Is apDrecla tedl is attested by the following tele gram received yesterday: KA NSA S CJ'TY, Mo., Nov. 29, 1892. To Governo,r T'llmnan. Columbia,8S. C. Kansas City anid the great WVest sends its congratulations for yotr efforts to open the harbor ('f Port Royal, thre natural outlet for the South and WVest. [Signed] SA3iUEL M. JAILtvIs. Yo,ur cheock or Your 1.1re. IlA M iLToN, Nov. 25.-News reached henre at noon to.day that, Orra Norhiis, nge( d 10 oh Sharoii Ile, last evenmng held up D)r. J. W. Cornell at his residlence, covcred hrim w it.h a shotgun and caused him to sign a check in his (Vorhils) favor - or $500) on the First National Bank of this city. Vorhis next went to Grover Biown, oh Sharonville, andh covering him wit,h his gun made him write a check for $1,000. Th(u lie went to Undertaker Vorhis and demanded that he write a check for a similar amount, b)ut, the lat ter talked him out ol' it. Vorhis, the robbeCr, theu went t o D)r. Smither's o'f (lee and demonded a check for $1,000 utader the ;,hreat o1' (heath. At this point a constnble arrested him. Some Shiaronville residents are charitable enough to believe thatVorhis is crazy. a. TMIRTY-FIVE NEW JUDGES. A Bill lutroduced in the House to Estab. 118h County Courts. CoLUMBIA, S. C., Nov. 26.- The bil introduced by Representative Shuman of Greenville, to establish a new systen of government in his county is the nuc lens from which a general State measir4 will be brought Into life. Since the an nouncem-nt was made that this bil would be introcuced legislators fron: other counties express 1,he desire t( incorporate their counties in the enact ment until the list Inclueds Greenvilh Lexington, Richland, Spartanburg and a number of other counties. Thu the question of the general county government bill was introduced and found numerous advocates. There will be a meeting in the citj next Saturday-a caucus of the advo eates of this measure-which will discusi and promulgate a bill to bn advocated A rough draft of the popular measuri has been drawn up which doubtless in, eludes features of the bill they wil adopt. The main provisions of this messur is as follows: "Be it enacted that ,herw shall bi established county courts which will b4 organized by the judge thereof as soo as possible after his election. "That county courts shall have exclu sive jurisdiction in all criminal offensc except murder, manslaughter, rape arson, grand larceny where value o property exceeds $200, and of'ences o a like grade. "That they shall have jurisdiction it all civil acion and proceedings of whict irial justices now have jurisdiction. Thi bill then goes on to provide that the pro cedure and rules of the court shall bf similar to those of the circuit court, ant cases can be appealed to these courts The court meets on the first Monday o alternate months. and a panel of thirti jurors are to be summoned to try thl cases. The grand jury of the county ii required to attend its sessions and shal pass upon all indictments. "Cases are to be tried by a jury of sil men, the defendant to be allowed tw4 peremptory challenges. The count, court judge shall receive a salary o $1,000, and be appointed by the governo upon such recommendation as he ma, see it. I1is term of offlice will bu unt the next general election. A count; solicitor for this court shall be electei by the people and be a lawyer admittei to practice by the supre no court. Thi attorney will receive a salary of $501 and hold oflice for tour years." The effect of this bill it passed woul, be to superoede to such an extent th trial justices that they would have littl more power than a notary public. Ther is a general sentiment apparent In th legislature to do somethinn looking to unilorm system of county governmeni and this bill may be a Ilw at last. The SevOntA District. The decision of the Board of Stat Canvassers In the matter of the Cot gressional election in the Seventh Di trict was a great surprise to both I)en ocrats and Republicans, and will not b endorsed by the white people of th territory affected by the decision. 'lb returns as sent up to the State Boar gave Gen. Moise a large majority, an u.nder the circumstances It would hav been better to have awarded him ith certificate. The fact that the Stat Board is composed entirely of men wh belong to a different faction of th, Democratio party from that to whicl Gen. Moise belongs will make man, think that the decision was brougli about by political prejudice. We d< not believe this ourself, but there ar many who do, and nhothinig cai convinc them to the contrary. According t our lights, we think Moise should hay been given the certificate, and the Stat Board sniould have so decIded. The should not.have gone behind what th County Uoard had done, as they wer right on the ground and had no doub fully investigated all the facts befor they rendered their delision, while th State Board only had some of the tact before them. It seems to uts that th State Board went a little out of it way to unseat a D)emocrat and seat; Rtepublican from the Seventh Congresi Tonal D)istrict. A Lout noyv. WVAsHINGTON, iNov. 30.-The inte: vention of' the Interior Department ha been asked to aid in the recovery of boy supposed to be stolen by Indlim Governor Fifer of Illinois writes te Secretary Noble, stating that on th 21st of November, Earl lRay Merle: the four-year old son of Jf. G. Morle: of Newcastlu, Colorado, strayed tror a camip on itifle Creek, thirty mile from Newcastle, and has not sine been seeni or heard of. The suppositio is that the boy has been taken by Soutt erni Ute .tldians, who have straye away from their reservation. Secreti ry Noble has directed all Indian agent in that region of the country to us every effort to fInd young Morley. The luise in Cotton. LONDON, Nov. 30.-The Times in It financial ar ticle publishes a statemen from what is deemed a trustworth source, intended to show that the prei ent rise in cotton is without a prec< dent, except (durinig the A merican civi war, and IDat the movement ls whtoll speculative. Mirdle-men, it says, ar buying ras fast as they can, in the teot of bad btate of trade and the strike Lancashire, and in the anuence of an proof of a dinminutlon in prices. Th article continues: "A private cabl says that the crops in Texas are muc1 larger than Is generally thought, th total visib)le supply of cotton bein scarcely 100,000 bales under the yield o 1891." An Electric Wonder. CIJrCA60, Nov. 24.-Jockey Kuhni was caught stirring uip Little Creti with an electric battery at Reoby thi afternoon as t he horses came to thi post for the third race. The attentioe of the judges being attracted by iih unusual activity of the horse when h came in contact with Kuhne's heeli the jockey was searched and under hi jacket was found a broad belt with car tridge-shaped attachment, each o whbich contained an electric cell wit) wires running to the spurs. Nothinj could bie done with Kuhne uinder thi rules, but the judges immediatel: mended the regulations so as to covel the case. ,1 WILL IT PROHIBIT? 1 H E ONLY WAY TO FIND OUY IS Ti TRY IT. No Intoxtcntts to be Sold E-xat pt for Mcti ittal, M1echanicial, Scientilc aind sae:s metntai urpouei, and then to be Sol by a State Comnwinsionor. COLUMBIA,S. C., Nov. 30.-Althoug there are a score or more of prohib: tion measures introduced, or waitin to be introduced,in the General Assemx bly. There Is more interest centerinj around the "Childs bill" than all of th rest of them put together, and this i due to the fact that Mr. Childs is th leader of the Prohibition party of th State, and although not now a meinbe of tke Legislature, he is supposed t direct the Prohibition forces iii tha i body, and if any bill goes through a all, it is generally believed that it wi be the one prepared by the man wh has given the most careful study to th question. Some days ago a ri solution was iii troduced by Mr. Hill to refer all prohi bition bills to a special co1nmit tee o thirteen. On motion of Mr. Ashlei the committee was enlaiged to on from eacl countty. A synopsis of the hill follows. I has had some minor amendments intei - polated since it was first prepartd b 5 Mr. Childs and his committee, and sec tion 3 providing for the appoLintmeu f of a 1llquor commission has ben en f larged so an to provide for the manne in which the connuisslon shall iipor I liquors, and the penalties for importu I tions that are una.tthorized, or tha have not the proper certilcates on th package or packages in wh.ich it is con tained. It Is, as Mr, Childs has intended, al irocclad bill, as will be seen by a pert s: of its numerous sections, PROVISIONS OF TilE BILL. f Section 1 provides that the mnanufat ture, sale, gilt, barter, or exchange, o 3 the keeping or offering for sale, gill i barter, trade, or exchange, as a bevel age, within this State, ol any liqtior, or any compound or mixtures thereol shall be inisdemeanor, punishable by ; line of from $20 to 31,000 and imprit onment iu the county jail for from on month to one year for each offense; an for the second and every successive of fense the party shall be gul y of a fel ony and be put in the penitentiary to V from one year to two years. Section 3 provides that within te 1 days after the approval of the act, wit a the advice and consent of the Senato D the Governor shall appoint a conimh sioner, known by hii to be a% total it i stainer, who shall purchase all intox e cants for lawful sale, and turnii-i th e same to the permit holder to be sfld U them for mne licinal, mechan!cal, sciei tilic and sacramenal purpos-., smu commniissioner to hold ollice for t% a years. Full proviion is made for bo.i Li cost of liquor, resignation, etc. Section 4 provides that the Gover.m shall notify the county coiunissionel of the name and place of l,u.sin si 4 the comlmissioneis. Section 5 provides that if any pern holder shall purchase liquor from an other person than the commissioner, ( 1 shall adulterate the liquors, he sha e forfeit to the country from $20 to -1L e and costs. Section 6 provides that the commhi soner shall k--ep a record of iames, i1 e quors and prices and report the qam 1 to the Governor every October to b 0 by the latter, laid before the Legisii 3 ture. 1 Sect,ion 7 provides that all permit I shall be procured from the county com 7 mic-ioners at any meeting and shal t continue in force one year. Person applying for renewvals must show t the satisfaction of the county commit Ssioners that they have during the pr& ceeding year complied with p)rovision of the act. Parties may appear an Sresist the same. Section 8 prov ides that notice of ai: Splication for permit must be publishie once a week for three weeks, the lasi of which shall be from tent to twent days before the meetIng. e Section 9i providt s tli.at application s for permits shall be swoini to) and prt B vides that t,he applicants shall slim a that they are not addicted 1,o the us Sof intoxicants, etc. Section 10 provides that, applicant shall give bond ini the jieliei sum c $1,000 fo; truly observimnit tne liqut laws and paying lines ior violatin Sthem, arid will niot sell liquors at Scharge exceeding thirty per cent of tL cost. Full provisin is madle ior ti. Ssuit cit the bond. SSectioni i1 provides that all applica tions shall be signe d by ole-th ird< 'the tree-hold votet s of the to v.n, cit,y ward, and they shall certily in varior Sstrigent requrements. e P'rovision is mazde for arguiment an Sprocediure at mieetinmgs obt ihe couwlt .board. The forma of app)lication given. Permits shall be deemed trui .as a matt,er of con idlence and maly [. s revoked at any m.ime. 'l'hie aipplicari e shall paty all cos5ts of prtset.in~g h: case to the boaird. A fee of $1 shalli taxed f or t,he hllng of the pet,ition an $1 for entering the ordeir 01 the count s commnisiners approving t he bond, an L, witnesses shall be entit,led to imle'a y and per diem as in other cases in Lr ,- Court of Common Pleas. 3. Full provisioni is made for the inat 1l ner in whIch liq uor shall be ransapor y ed from the State commissioners e the permit holder. it Before delivering any intoxicatin at liquors to r.ny porson a rt quest nmum y be presented to the permit holder, gis e ing date, antd ite age andi residenace B the signer, for whom the liquor is ri t quired, quantity and kind om 1liquio a and( for what use it is des9ired, anid thie i neither the applicant nor the perso f for whose use it, is re'quirted hiab)itall uses intoxicantta i a beverage. TJh permit holder tmay refause the rt queic unless lhe personally knows the appl B cant arid that, he is telling the t ruth. B Requests for liquor shali be mad a upon blanks furnished by the count s auditor. The permit holder shall mask 2 returns thereto to the nue'tor unidt e penalty for failure to compl y. P 1ermi B holders shall make returns of all liquor , to the auditor. a A permit holder may not emplo - more than two clerks to sell liquori. f Licensed druggists and manuf'actr i rers of proprietary medicines are at [ thorized to purchat e or permit holder m liquors f or thte p.irpose of compounc loig med icines that cannot be used as r beverage-. They shall make return tor. All liquor flnes shall bo paid into the county treasury-one-half to be used iv prosecution for violation of the li- 0 quor law. Applicants who make false state. ments in their requests for liquor shall be fined from $100 to 8500 and costs, be and be iuprisoned from one month to . - six months. L Fa!,e oaths made by permit-holders th shall be punishable as perjury. th Provision is made to prevent all so cial clubs from dispensing liquors. All 1 places where liquors are sold in viola. fri tion of this act shall be deemed pulic dr nuisances, and certain ofilcers are di- ev rectcd to abate them and pablicly seize pc f all bar room paraphernalia and bring the offenders to trial. The Attorney ha General or any citizen may maintain w, action in the name of the State to C r abate the same. Full provision is a made for all legal steps in this direc tion. P Any trial justice, solicitor, etc., who shall fail to do his duty in the premises 3 I shall forfeit $100. [i No person shall knowingly bring in. to the State any liquors in violation of Iu the provisions of this act under penal- to ty of $50 and costs and imprison- et mu-nt for one year. In default of pay- t1i men, lie shall suffer an additional of punishment of one year. is 'The prohibition light is getting to he w t really interesting atLd complicated. To. ol day the indications, so far as I can see, t aie that the whole matter will be referr- d ed hack to the people, and' have the le t voteis decide, with the issue lairly and tc squaiely before them. This morning r Speaker Jones announced the follow r ing coni mittee to take charge of all bills of and resolutions that might be presented "I in any way bearing oin the prohibition problem. tI ALbeville-R. E. Hill. n Aiken-F. P. Voodward. cc Anderson-J. B. Watson. to iarnwell--ll. 11. Crum. cc leaufort-F. T. Iardee. cc lerkeley--W. M. Breeland. i1 Charleston-D. A. J. Sullivan. ~ Chester-IP. L. Harden. a Chesterlield-M. J. Hlough. r Clarendon-E. A. Tindal. r Colleton-C. W. Garris. to Darlington. -J. S. Dullose. th Edgefield-W. 11. Yeldell. In Fairfield1-W. J. Johnson. of Florence-B. 13. McWhite. er (Georgetown-U. L. Ellis. m Greenville-li. F. Perry. pt S I lampton-W. 1I. Mauldin. U r lorry-J. Al.Stalvey. Li Kershaw-M. I. Bruce. Lancaster-J. N. Estridgo. MI L aurens-A. J. Smith. n: Lexingtun-1). J. Knotts. e Marion-L. B. Rogers. It Marlboro-1l. M. Stackhouse. New berry-J. T. Duncan. 1 Oconce-J. L. Smith. ni e Orangeburg-J. II. Felder. P l'ickens-C. I1. Carpenter. L lichland-W. B. Lowrance. 01 d Spartariburg--C. A. Barry. l 0 Suiiter--J. F. Kelly. Union,J. It. Jetfri(.s. rWilliamnslurg--J. II. Blackwell. Y ork-W. J;. Love. c Mr. Jo(nes, while acting without partial ity or discrimination, has appointed a t( c-amnittee that is about as favorably 8 disposed towards the liquor interests r as any that could have been selected. Those known to have very pronounced T I views in the matter, so far as could be n 0 learned, are not on the committee. Sev- fe eral of the committeemen from counties ti that voted for prohibition have told me cc that they wanted "to dodge the issue" at and would try and have the matter re- 13 ferred back to the people for a special li, election.-News and Courier. - Statistical Report. el CIIARLESTON, S. C., Dec. 1.--The fol- o1 lowing is the statistical and financial report c*f the Mlethodist Episcopal le Church South, as read before the An- ac nual Conference at its late session in EC Charleston: b STATrIsTJCAL RIEPORT.r t1 N uber of members..........09,103 1 Local preachers.... .... ........152 Infant baptisms ........ ...... .2,138 bi Adult baptisms........ .......1,705 h Nutmber of Sunday Schools. 705 ul 'Oflcers andi teachers.. .... .. .. .4,946 Ui P lupils ....... .. .... .... .. ..... 39,452 N umber church buildings. ...... 699 Value church buildings.....$.838,313 v P"arsonages.....................156 ...Va...u..........................224,887 t Expended on churches and lpar . oniages................... 50,927 rValue ol other church property 149,947 r FINANCIAL. iPli'RT. Pag patrs........ ....107,615 3 Presiding elders.......... 14,649 w Bishops................... 1,949 em (Con l erence claimants.... ..7537 mr F"oretgn missions.. ........ 11,047 Li D omest ic issions.... ....9,362 0j Church extension ..... 2,816 lI l'ublication of Imntes.. . 458u d (ther objects.... ....... .18,703 m liy Sunoay schools for mis- i mlisionls..................1 ,921 ro For Sitndamy school litera. hi Iture'.................. 7,149 C0 iMath, of Rev. Dr. Scott. S WAMHIN(mTJoN, Nov. 30.-Rev, John at 'e W. Scott, I). D)., the lather-in-law of m ii Prt-sidenit I [arrison, died at 4:10 this y af ternoon. D)r. Scott was born Janu- ci dI ary 22, 18(00, in lieaver county, Pa. UJp- 'i e on roach ing manhood lhe beciMme a min- 81 C ister of the P'resbyterian Church, and it iilledi se'veral puipits acceptably, but in I- ai lew years his voice failed and he was t-ioi cid toI gi ve uip nis vocation. .During C t) the time' Gen. I larrison was a United States Senator, Dr. Scott was appoint- bc R ed to a clerkship ini the Pension 0Of1lce, L andi he hel this position until his son- ni - in-law became Presidient. He resigned 1 then, arid moved to the Wnite House, g, '- where he had since residh I. Funeral di r, serv'iceis wili be hold in the East roomF L of thi White llouse Thursday after-. Ii noon1 at :3 o'clock, TJhe funeral party g. y wiii leave this city 'Thursday evenmng gi c fot Washington IPa., where the body at twill be (enterred iriday morning. ,1' Cut to D)eath,. at e Am w1'N I NIA M, Al i., Nov. 28.-Race nu y troubles have,b)roxen out, at Wlutesburg s 13 animn laborers en an cxt,ension of the r Nashvxille, Chattanooga andi St. Louis a Raflroad. A gang of drunken negroes " last nilht, set upotn one of the contrac tors, u white imo, and1( were beating him, ha 'when .James Wood, another contractor, Lih .iterfered. The negroes turned upon tb .Woods arnd cut, him to death with knives. m a Several others white men had to flee for Tr .their lives. A posse of oflcers went to es a the scenec and arrePi.ed four negroes, who at s are in j til at Hunt,syllle. Furt,her trou- m h lu is leared. ih HARRISON WAS HOODOOED. me Solemn Reflections Upon the Cause of the Recent tepublican Rout. WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.-There wil some lively scenes in Congress thii ater The session will ouly last unti 3 4th of March, but in three month t De-nocrats can have considerabi ort at the expense of their Itepubl ica ends. Members of both houses ar opping into Washington 1>y almos ery train, and there is a revival o htical gossip in this vicinity. For several months past Washinatol a been like a tomb, so far as politic is concerned. Occasionally a stra )ngressman passed through this cit his way to participate in the cam .ign, but the donestic amiction of th 'esident and hii family appoared t ppress all political enthusiasm of' 1ional character. Democrats come back o Vi-Rhin-to it of enthusiasm over their recent vic ry, and well supplied with liope art couragement for the future. Some < em have diflerent ideas as to the polik the party on various issues, but. ther a general disposition to bow to th ill of the majority. I am info"tmed 1 i of the recognized leaders of the part at soon after tie inaugura .ion of l'res int-elect Cleveland a conference of di aders in the two houses of Cun,? rci gether with the Prn3;dent awd h ibinet, will be held to map out a lin policy to be followed il the 53d Col 09s. It might please the Iepublicans to se c Democracy split into t (k,ztu o ore tactions in the early a .a,-,es of th ming Administration, but they are ai be disappointed it the advice an unsl of the Presidcnt-elect and 0h olheaded men of the party prevaih stead of the Repuhicans stayin. ake nights trying to hatch up )som heme to disrup L the Vicloriolis D1emo cy, they should devote their bicst effort harmonizing the many icti-ms i cir own badly demoralized pil ty. Po stance, Whitlaw teid says the delea his party was due to socialisie tent cies among the pet)ple. IlIe occupie ore then half a column in his own pi r to elaborated that idea. The othc 3ed, the Ex-Czar, up the downiall < e Itepulican pa-ty in two worde Sfinneapolis Convention." The bi an from Maine probably omes cnear< e truth than the distioguishc litor of the Tribune. Several of tht epublican Congresminen, who are bei r the winter, freely admit their part ade a mistake in renominating Ilari in. Here is the way some of themu pile the unfortunate man now occup.yw te White I1ouse: "lie weakened t1 arty when he took Steve Elkins it li abinet. Elkins betrayed Blaine m iduced,the Presiden. to believe that I Duld wheel W est Virginia into the it ublican column. His next bluuder w > take J. W. Foster. a man without late and without, a vote, and place hii the highest chair at. the Cabinet bnblI here were a number of distinguishc embers of the party who wotild hav It highly honored to receive ati ftvit )n to wear the shoes which Bliain st off. That act cost Harrison thouQ ids of votes in the Northwest, wher laine is still the idol of Itepublica irty. Then John Wanamaker was tavy load to carry: lie (lid not hav lough influence at home to carry hi vn precinct for his friend, Bill Leeds racy also cost the Administration, it ast 15,000 votes in lBrooklyn. NobI id Miller were handicaps too hteav r Harrisou to carry. The only menii irs of the Cabinet, wh >did niot weake le part,y were l{usuk and CJhamrlic Fo5 Such expressions are out, of date nioi it t,hey simply sho0w the feeling amon ading Rtepuiblicans. None of tem ar' spiosed to go very dheely into predit ans as to the future of their irty. Joui ifore Mr. Blaine was fakenm ill anu a Itpt, was madi(e to get his views o at subject,, but hte resptetmilIy dleclitie venture fito the ])ismal Swamip eculation .- News amid C' ourwr. SaCATT'LE, WVashinigton, No v. 2 1. ciws fromi the lood in3tlhe dist antt Skj aniseriver shows the <himage4 to h 'ormcous, and that the netxt fresht ay cause thteriver to take a iiew couirs< ercby dest,oryimg t,be buslitess portio) the town of Sultan. A faminte is likt to occur among the railroad camnps tless some means is dlevisedl of gettin pplies. A start,llim story of sftarvatio nong the miners inj the mnounutaiti ached here yesterdaty. The freshef mofledf them in, and ont accoutf of thec :haustedl condlitionl, hiavieg beeni lift turs without, food, they were unabhl get, to the transp)ort, and ob)tain a nme' ppl'y of food. Only two of the lift iners who started for the Sinohomis mnp four (lays ago reiichted theie. T1h hers drop)ped along the routa fror cers exhaustion andt watnt of food, an is feared they have preishied. P'rovlientlily 8aved. LAKEwOol>, N. .J., Nov. 24.-Mr evelandl had a most irutnilous eN pe from being dashed down an eni nkment while out riding~ tuils afte. >0on. The horses attached to the cau Hsge which contalited Mrs. Clevelan, re. F. P. Freeman, JTr., and the Me s. Freeman, became frig~ht,cned an ished away at b -<k-neck speed. M reeman, Sr., wi'e held the reins, guit I the enraged animals over a narro *ad and by a deep chasm, aitd final] icceeded in pulling them up befoi iy injury was done to the oecuipanit lie party was thoroughly frightene id immediately returned to the Pre' an cottage, where Mrs. Cleveland: opping. Mrs. Cleveland ttade ver ght of' the occurrence later in thte da hen she became calm. Rise in Price, AUaU8TA, Ga., Nov. 25.-AIl th: rge cotton mills located here advance e price oh their brown goods owing i e heavy demand for them and t1 arked a'dvance in the price of cottot ie advance in the goods has not, hov 'er, up) to this time been equal to tI vance in cotton, and the mills are d anding full prices for new cotracts I ey haveaol aia e scso, ha.., GARY ELECTED JUDGE. a NEAL ELECTED SUPERINTENDENT OF THE PENITENTIARY. 5 Four Directors of the Penitentiary Eleted -- Governor Till man Gets After the Fort Ioya and Augusta Railroad with a Ishav p Stick. Co m AJIA, S. C., Nov. 28.-Mr. L Earnest Gary had a w ilk-over jesber I day for election as Judge ot the fifth cir cit to succeed Judge Kershaw. In jont assembly he was elacted by the Legisla ture by a vote of 121 to 21 cast (or W. v 1). Trantham, of Kershaw. When thc concurrent resolution to hold the election was brought up for consideration in the House yesterday, Mr. Brice, of Chester, moved that it be Spo.stpined, raising the point that a Jude's salary could not be reduced %vhile he was in oflice, and that if a y judge was elected then he would draw e the liresenL salary for the whole of his C tei i, whereas there were bills before the Y Legislature to reduce salaries and that if on e oi theni were pa sed it might pro ducm a %-omIIplicaLlon. S Mr. Joidan, of Aiken, moyed to table the motion. Carried. E C'TIN( A JUDGE. 'The two floues met at 1 o'clock. Senator Tinmerman nominated Mr. Ga -y. He spoke or him as one who it ond high among his cliosen profession; e one who had always been loyal and de e votcd to the Democracy of the State, and one who would wear the judicial criimne worthily and with honor to him. self and satisfaction to the State. 'lhe nomination was seconded by Messrs. Wi:son, Magill, Ashley, Watts, e linson, .loroau, Skinner, Perry, Maul ~din lluohies. Evans and others. s Senator Magill nominated Mr. Tran 1 ham, of Kershaw. According to Ihe requirements of the statute a secret ballot was taken, the menimiabers4 depositing their ballots in a ShaLt. The reault was as given above and Mr. (;arv was declared elected. 1 T11H-E NE-W .JUDG E. Mr. Gary will take his seat next June and will hold his lirst court at Camden. r Ile was born in Cokesbury, Abbe d ville county, in January 1857. He Is 0 the second son of' Dr. F. F. Gary and e hiii mother's maiden name is Caroline Y Blackman. Mr. Gary was educated at the Cokes bury Conference School. IIe did not receiVe a colle,_,iate education. In early iianihood he w(ent to Augusta, intend 10 Itg to enter business there. This,how ever, proved di4tastefil to him, and he i went to Ed-_eficid and entered the law IU oliec of hi.s uncle, Gen. M. W. Gary. Ile was admitted to the practice of law 1 under. a special act of the Legislature, a not having completed his course before h he was twenty-one years of age. Alter his admittance to the bar he wis taken in.o partnership by his uncle e and became the junior member of the firm of Gary & Gary. Upon the death c of Gen. Gary he became the senior part ner of the firm of Gary & Evans, which e firm is said to enjoy the largest practice Sof 'any firmi in Edgelield oountj. Mr. * Gary was three times elected to the Leg islature. The records of the Supreme s Court show that he has been engaged in sonic very imiportant cases. le has -.-' t been very successful both as a criminal a and eqluity lawyer, iIe is a simgle man. V SUi'1U1NTiENDEN'T 01" THIE PENITEN Tr'AlIY. M.Br'azcale. of Anderson, noinat ed Mr. W. A. Neal for superintendent of the penitentiary. Ile said that An der'son county b>oasted that It had given tie taigest maiority for the present Ad nAnl iistraitioni. Much of this success was due to Mr. Neal whose quick percep tion andI sound judgment was seen and felt in the mnaagement of the campaign. T'he numbher 01 persons who seconded the noination of' Mr. Neal was almost eniouigh to 1elect him. Mr'. W, D). Evains no'ninated Mr. Eu eone , Jarnigan, of' Marion. He said thait muchI of the success of the institu . th.n was duei to the common sense, good .indenent and1( great energy of Capt. t .iUai'iL ni. The nomination was second ed b,v Mr'. Von Koluiitz and others. Senator Mauldin nominated Mr. J. I;. Ilniter, of Barnwell. This wa ti'ei(code by Mr'. Suddath and others. *Senator A bbott nominated Capt. D). l'. Keels, of Sumter, as a person of high siaIbility, polished and afltble and of un s upeachiable integrity. The nomina ri'n 01was secondoed by Senat>r Bigham. y Mr. Blease seconded the nomination of' Mr. Neal as one who had been en v dewed by the Almighty with special fa culties thnt eminently fitted him for the posit.ion of' sup)erintendent. o1 the pent a tentiary. ' Tlhe vote resulted: Neal, 94; Jarni ' man 36; Iunter, 5; Keels, 8. Mr. Neal waos accordlingly declared elected. i) i:iaCToim 01F TH'iE PENITENTrARY. Tie following were the nominees for ': directors of the p)enitentiary, together .with the vote that theoy received: T. J. .Cunningham of' Chester, 103; J. W.. -Lyles of F"airtield, 79; R. T. Riggins of I, York, 73; J[. M. Hlumbert of Colleton, 1- 62; lt. 13. Tarr'ant of Orangeburg, 40; dI Henr'y Oliver of Charleston, 33. r. The first three were declared elected, and Mr. O. N. Alderman was elected Sto seive out the a nexpired term of Dir yector Tyler, resigned. A MESSAGIE FRiOM (OOV. TILLMAN. A imcssage was read in both houses of the LegiVature yesterday from the Gov ernior in reference to the Port Royal y Railroad, which lhe said was now con y rolled b)y a corporation that was hos tile to l'or, lloyal and the State of Sout,h Carolina, and asking the Legisla-. ture to remedly the evil by appropriate Slegislation. ~o T H E SA ME rule that applies in tax e ing baink stock should apply in taxing i. a mule, cow, or anythin es. There r. is iio justice in taxinag bank stock con e siderably over its par value when all 3. other classes of property in the'State is ,Is only taxed at about two-thirds its