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i 1 —as S 9 CHARLES E. U. DRAYTON, Manager. AIKEN S. ( ., TUESDAY, J#E 22, *880. YOLU3IE 5.- BER ;i(>. KING LUDWIG A SUICIDE. HIS PHYSICIAN* 1> K O AV X K l» TUYIXU TO SAVE HIM. IN will probably take place Saturday. Die Allemeine Zeltzungsays that it is impossible without violation of the Evidences of u Hcsperate Struitirle on the Shore of the Duke Into Which He Plunged—The Demented Hrothcr of the Dead Ituler Proclaimed King, hut the Regent to Rule. Munich, June 14.—King Lndwig, who was recently deposed from the ; peals to the I Itraniontane press to Bavarian throne, committed suicide I deter judgment, and says that the Diet will not embitter the situation need lessly. SOME VERY CONVINCING EVIDENCE THAT KING ECDWIG \VA S INSANE. Munich, June 17.—Among the doc uments which have been submitted to The town is draped in mouritfng. ; party, and will do all in my power The troops were held within their to promote its success, and tiiat I have barracks to-day. not voted before at this election.” A The remains of King Ludwig have refusal to take this pledge,orany part arrived here, and have been deposited of the same, shall be a good ground of in the Marter Kapelle. Prof. Reu-! challenge and rejection, dinger will hold a post mortem ex- Wlien for any cause a voter shall animation to-morrow. 1 he funeral ! i, e t_), e jj ana g e |.g may ac- WASH IX’CJTOX liETTKK. SliAVTlS AJ N'Ci THE SEMI NODES. Indians in 5|e Who Ho|. In certain Florida Everglades (Jegrocs in Dondage. f the more southern cept or reject tlie vote thus ofTered In gither ease it shall he the duty of the Managers to haveentered on their The physician jumped into the water rescue the King and was also drowned. The medical commission which ex amined the King report that he had ordered the members of the Ministe rial deputation, headed by Count Holstein, who called upon him to pro cure his consent to a regency, to be flogged until they hied and then to have their eyes extracted. Before his death the belief was spreading among the common people of Bavaria that the King’s deposition was illegal. The people did not believe lie was in sane. Precautions had been taken to prevent the populace from rising to restore the King. MUNICH IN 01.00M. King Ludwig’s suicide has cast a deep gloom over Munich. Now it is s.*eu plainly that the people were deeply attached to the King, and evi dences are everywhere manifested of popularjiorrow caused by his tragic death. The police have issued the following bulletin: “The King quiet ly submitted to the advice of the med ical commission and left for Berg Cas tle. Yesterday evening his Majesty went out for a walk in the park in company with Dr. Gudden. Their pro longed absence caused anxiety at the castle. The park and shores of Lake Starnberg were searched. The bodies of the King and Dr. Gudden were found in the water. Both showed slight signs of animation. Efforts to r store life, however, wore unavail ing.” THE NEW KING. At 10 o’clock this morning the Gen erals of the Bavarian army met and took the oath of allegiance to King Ludwig’s brother Otto, who at once assumes the title of King under the name of Otto the First. Pie is three ~yotAget lira11 Iving i.*t<iv. Igr having been born April 27. 1^48. Otto, however, ''ill be simply nominally King, as he is menially incapable of government, and Prince Luitpold, his uncle, will remain regent. The Gen erals of the army' have u ken the oath of allegiance to Prince Luitpold as regent. The Bavarian troops took oaths similar to those sworn to by the Generals. THE KING’S QUIET DEMEANOR. King Ludwig promenaded yester day morning and quietly conversed with his attendant on the bench in the deer park, near the point of the lake where a oliyard is posted forbidding persons to land. King Ludwig and Dr. Gudden dined together in the evening. The King.was composed in demeanor. He ate rapidly, finishing the meal in half an hour. After the King and his physician left the castle together the attendants were ordered to remain in the castle. At 11 o’clock last night the two bodies were found in the lake fifty paces from the shore in o feet of water, near tiie bench upon which the two sat in the morning. A STROGGIiE. Dr. Gudden must have been forced beneath the water during the strug gle, the King’s foot marks were trac ed further than the doctor’s. Theum- brcllas of botli and the King’s coat and overcoat, which had evidently been torn from his body, were lying on the bank of the lake. The dead King’s finger-nails exactly fit scratch- eson Dr. Gtidden’s face. In asworn de position, dated June 8, four physicians who examined King Ludwig unani mously declared that lie was gravely deranged,his :.ff etion taking theform known to lunacy experts as “para noia,” which is ineuiable; that fur ther decay was certain; that the mil ady absolutely deprived the King of free volition, and that it would pre vent his governing for the lemainder of his life. This deposition was sign ed by Drs. Gudden, Hagen, Grashey and Hubrich. THE EIGHT IN THE WATER. There are evidences that a violent struggle occurred in the lake between the King and Dr. Gudden ir. the en deavor of the latter to rescue his pa tient. Many footprints can be seen in the soil at the bottom of the lake near where the bodies were found, and there are several bruises on Dr. Gud- don's face which were probably made by the King’s linger nails. The marks consist of two large and two small scratches on the right side of the nose and forehead. These signs show beyond doubt that a struggle took place. The King, before plunging in the lake, divested himself of his two coats, which were found on the bank and led to the discovery of the bodies. respect duetothedead King topubiisb j poll-Jist a statement of the circum the particulars ot his malady. R ap-; stances and of their action therein, and also the names of the candidates voted for or offered to be voted for by the party challenged. The matter shall then be decided by the County Election Board, whose decision shall be final. 14. On the closing of the polls the Managers shall proceed immediately and continuously to count the votes, in the same manner and under the same regulations as are prescribed 1)3’ law for tiie general elections in South Carolina. lo. When the votes shall have been at 6 o’clock yesterday evening. He bad gone out for a promenade In the park of Jierg Castle, accompanied by Dr. Gudden, bis physician. The King suddenly threw himself into Rtaiiiberg lake and was drowned. J the Diet Jo prove the insanity of the late King Ludwig is a decree of the dead monarch sentencing all the min isters to death, copies of which were sent to all the members of the govern ment, and a decree sentencing a num ber of ministers to banishment to America. Affidavits of thirt3’ persons have also been submitted in which it is stated that tiie King injured j them l>3' throwing at them knives, oiiina and glass. There is also a docu ment relating to a proposal of the King to form a Cabinet, with his valet as president. The late King Ludwig left no will. Dr. Sehleiss denies givingan opinion upon tiie King’s condition orpublish- inga report in the newspapers. Hesa3 > that chronic inflammation of thecore- bral membranes justifies tiie theory of Ludwig’s insanit3', and that the nor mal condition of the cerebellum ex plains the facult3’ of tiie clear judg ment possesed b\’ the King in spite of the fact that iu other respects his mind was diseased. Regulations of I’riinacv Elec tions for the Democratic l*ai - f3' of Aiken County. 1. "Within a reasonable time before the day fixed b3’ law for anv' general election, it shall be the duty of the' Count!’ ExecutiveCommittee,through its Chairman to notify the President 01- other presiding officer of each Town ship Club, to hold a Primaiy Election on the'Fourth Tuesday in JuL' of each election 3’ear, for the nomina tion of persons for the several offices to be filled, and a general notice shall also be inserted in a newspaper pub lished in the County. 2. Immediately upon the receipt of such notification, the President of each Club shall, b3’ means of couriers, or such other manner as lie ma.y deepi—nracticnMe. .notify tliq 'ricm- bers of the time and place or sucii election, as set forth in the notifica tion from theCounty Executive Com mittee. 3. On the day appointed for the Primary Election, each Club shall as semble at the time and place sneciiied, and shall be called to order l>3’ its proper otfieer. 4. The poll for the Primai’3 r Election shall open at 9 o’clock A. 31. precise ly and close at 4 o’clock P. M. precise ly. •3. At each club poll there shall be ;hree (3) Managers of Election selec ted as follows: one appointed t>3' the County Chairman, one appointed by the President of the Club, and out- elected by the Club. The election of manager 111113’ be held at an3’ time, ac cording to the convenience of the Club; Provided, That anv vac a 1103’ occurring in the Board of Election Managers shall be filled ’03’ the Club. G. Before entering upon their duties the Poll Managers shall severall3 T sub scribe the following pledge: “I sol- emnly pledge nvv’self, on honor, that 1 will faithfully perform all the duties incident to 111 v position as Manager of Primary Election. ” 7 The County ExecutiveCommittee shall furnish each Club with a suita ble ballot-box, with a lock, for the safe keeping of which the President of the Ciub shall be responsible. 8. Within fifteen (13) d:i3’s before the da3’ fixed for the Primary Election, the Scoretni’3’ of each local Club shall begin the preparation of an alphabeti cal list of all the enrolled members of the Club; and three das’s before such Primary Election lie shall complete and close such list and deliver the same to one of the dul3’ chosen Man agers of Primary Election: Provided, That no person shall be enrolled who failed, without sufficient cause, to vote the Democratic ticket in 1878; Provided farther, That such white Democrats as have come of age since EVIDENC ES OF SORROW then, or shall he of age b\’ the second day of November next, or anv known Democrat who shall have come into theCounty since said date, shall not be prevented bv anything herein con- tuid from being enrolled. Anri pro vided further, That no person who has refused to register, according to the laws of the State, shall be so enrolled. 9. On the opening of the polls the ballot-boxes shall be emptied of all contents, and exhibited thus emptied to those persons in attendance on the polls. Tiie boxes shall then be closed and locked, and shall so remain until the' polls are closed. 10. Tiie Managers shall keep a poll- i list and a tally-list, and for this pur-j any pose nia3" choose a clerk from the I club. 11. That ballots used shall he either printed or written, or partl\' printed and partl3’ written, and shall contain the names of the persons voted for From our Itcgular Correspondent. Washington. June 10, isso. | When the President and his wife ! 1 returned to the White House on l )lirt * of Kloila negroes are held in as ;Tuesda3' evening, the usual routine ; striek bond* I as ever Ur-3’ were be- was at once resumed. The President’s fore the grei (war in any part of the corres pondent of ill St. Louis Globe-Demo crat. Slave# survives, however, on- WMAT RII.Ij A III* SAYS. STiiilj Tilt'S i'INIi AND llOl'ING. ...... ... a ,csmii.-111, a tore me grei|WHr 111 anv pan « | desk is heaped high with letters of j count Tampa (Fla .) c every description. Several bushels 1 T . , , .... 4- poudent of ill St. Louis Glohe-1 counted, the Managers shall make out. in duplicate, returns showing the number of votes cast for each person v »ted and tiie total number of votes east. One of these returns shall be deposited in the ballot-box, and the other .shall lie delivered to the Secre tary of the Club, to l»e bv’ him filed with the records of the Club. The re turns shall be signed l>3’ all the Mana gers, who shall likewise certify to the same. l(i. The ballot-box containing the ballots, the poll-list and the certified return of tiie Managers—together with anv’ other papers tlie3’ may deem proper to include—shall be, as soon as practicable, forwarded, secure^’ lock ed and sealed, and sent to the Couut3’ Chairman. For the purpose of thus forwarding, the Managers shall select one of their own number to act as messenger. 17. The qualified voters in each, township shall, at the same time tha^ they-elect their Managers of Election, vole for and elect an Election Repre sentative, under the same rules and regulations provided for the voting for nominees of the Democratic party; that is, if aii3’ candidate lias received the pluralitj' of the votes cast, he shall be declared elected, and shall receive a certificate from tiie President or presiding officer to that efiTeet, countersigned b3’ the Secretaries. The representatives ot all tiie townships will constitute the Election Board of the County, whose duties and powers shall be as hereinafter defined, to wit: The3' shall serve until their successors have been elected, which shall be overv i-Roi'n:'C- vra-.v thev’shlLrC irr-'-n their first meeting, administer to each oilier tiie folowing oath, to wit: “I do solemn^’swear and affirm that I will discharge the duties imposed upon me as a member of the County Election Board honestly and in good faith, looking solely to the honor and welfare of the Democratic part3' and the just claims of Individual candidates when involved.” The3’ shall be judges of the election and qualification of their own members; they shall pre scribe such rules for the conduct of their own business as tiiej’ may deem proper; two-thirds of the whole num ber will constitute a quourm; they shall receive the returns of the Mana gers of Election, sum up and declare the results of the Primary Election; ilu‘3’ shall sit as judges of the election in all contested eases, and their judg ment thereon shall be final. 18. At 12 o’clock 111. on the first Thursua3’ following the election the Election Board shall meet at Aiken to aggregate the vole cast and discharge their other election duties, and shall continue in session until tlie3’ have completed the sime, when the election shall be publicly declared. All boxes not de livered to the Election Board l>3’ 1 o’clock p. m. of that da3’ shall be ex cluded from the count, or not, in the discretion of the Board; and those who receive the highest number-of votes for tiie respective offices shali be declared to be the nominees of the Democratic part3' for such offices. 19. The declaration of the result of the Primary Election shall be com municated bv the Chairman of the Executive Board to the President of each Township Club, and shall like wise lie published in u newspaper printed in the Count\’. 20. In ease of a tie arising at the election, theCounty Election .Board shall have the casting vote and de clare the candidate. 21 No votes shall he counted for ain’ candidate unless lie shall first have pledged himself in writing, ad dressed to the Executive Committee, or in a card published ij^ a County newspaper, to abide 1)3’ and support the nominations of the Democratic part3’, and not toaccept either a nomi nation or .an office from any source other than the regularly constituted Democratic organ i/at ion. 22. Within five 3) du3’s before the Primaiy Election the Coii!it3’ Chair man shall notify the Managers of Election of the aspirants who have of congratulations 3 T et remain to be read. Mrs. Cleveland will have a weeks occupation lookingover thepres Iv among ents, which embrace everything imag Seminole tit e who still have their Liable, from costly jewelry and sil ver j h()me in tL * vomls and everglades southeast o lie Caloosahatchie river. ware to a basket of fruit, and bunches of flowers. These latter, it is feared will not be so fully appeciated by tiie recipient as U1C3' would have been a week ago. It is rumored that Miss Rose Cleve land will pass the summer in a Con tinental trip through Europe. She will also remain at the White House to assist the new mistress in jier social duties, and will at once resume her literary work at Holland Patent. She will spend some time in a visit to Fol- sondale. Arangements are also being made for her marriage with Congress men BenLeFevre.of Ohio,and siie will spend the summer on the shored of Lake Superior. Her further move ments will be noted with interest. Though late in the season, the Pres idential nuptials have awakened an interest and life in social circles here. The bride is winning golden opinions from all, and seems to have no nerv ous apprehension over the ordeal of her lii'e at the Executive Mansion. The President lias received a num ber of callers since his return, but Mrs. Cleveland has not been at home to visitors. On next Tuesday evening however, a state reception will be given at the White House, to which the cabinet, the diplomatic corns, the chief justice and associate justices of t he Supreme Court. Cougress, the of ficers of the army and navy, tiie heads of certain bureaus and the ladies of their families will be invited. Mr. Cleveland also intends to give the public an opportunity to meet and greet his wife, at a formal reception, to which the public is invited without cards, is announced for the following Friday night. The report that Ex-Senator Davis, is an aspirant for the portfolio which Mr. Manning has resigned, was de nied by Senator Kenna, of West Vir ginia, tiie other day. Said he: “Mr. Davis is a good man for the position but I do not think he would accept it even if it was ottered him, which is not likely to happen. The President is sincere in thinking that aftei’a few months’ recreation and rest Mr. Mau- ...rrgrrti 1H‘fine s11 TTfe;’Jr.-iTjsiu te few rcB»nauts of the Does Prohibit ion Prohibit'? Action ol the Stoekholth*rSlof (In'Uat- Wdxon Advance. O lina.t ...nlH-rlaml Gap ami Phicago llaiiroatl—Court at Abbeville. In a conversatioif with Major „ , „ ■ ... • a .. , • Aeirx and Conner. Smith(“Bill Arp”)about tne workings of prohibition in the Sate of Georgia, A rbk\ ili.k. June 10. 1 here "as a he said that it had been in force in his j large meeting of the Stockholders of his county (Bartow) for more than j l * ie Carolina, Cumberland Gap and a year, and the people* were content. I * hk-ago Railroad ( omi>an\’ held in It was carried ly 011I3'two majority in a total of three thousand four hun- ’I’iiitarj' Election ]!'a h Ha Cottrir i The Coiigr* s annul canvass Tor Congress. lOf/t inxf. in this District preseiils maiy aspects of in terest. The eliort to nominate ft can didate for Congress 1>3' priinary elec tion is stronger than ever before, especial 13' in NewbeiT3' and Abbe ville. The convention of Abbeville dred votes, but would be carried now b3* two theusand. Its influence for good over the 3'oung men of that community cannot be measured. All see it and all appre ciate it. The Young men who were of a convival nature and drank with their visiting friends say tlwy are glad the temptation is no longer (infc;Ci1-ijy*'!'chi , jr^ff o* 1 health to resume his duties,and until it is fully demonstrated that it is not Mr Cleveland will not trouble himself to search for a successor. The report originated, of course, in the fact of the recent social relations between thePres blent and Senator Davis at Deer Park. But when the latter urged Mr. Cleve land to spend his honej'moon there, he promised him that he should not be troubled (.y political aspirants, and iie has kept his word. Oleomaragarine has held the floor in rlie Senate during the week. The contest has been between the Com mute on Agriculture and the Com mittee on finance as to the question of jurisdiction. Messrs. Van Wyck, Miller, of New York and Blair earn- estly contended that the bill should go to the Committe on Agriculture Messrs, Aldrich, McPherson, Beck, Vest, and Butler insisted that it should go to the Committee on Fi nance as a revenue bill. Senator Beck says the bill will raise $10,000,- 000 of revenue. The bill was filial^’ referred to the Agricultural Commit tee by a majority of one. The emphyes of tiie bureau of en graving and printing are worried over the report that Chief Graves is preparing a list of some two-hundred and titty uafiies of persons to be dis charged on the 1st of J11I3'. The cause assigned for this wholesale dismissal is the fact that there is no work, •since last March the emphyes of the numbering division, counting and seperating rooms, and other divisions of the bureau have been working on half| time because of the fail ure on the part of Congress to pass the bill authorizing the printing of one and two dollar silver certificates. Mr. Graves was sorry for the em- phyes, and inaugurated the furlough instead of a discharge in the hope that Congress would do something. But nothing has been done, and the end of the fiscal 3'ear will find the bureau without work and without funds unless the President urges the passage of the cirtificate bill. Palmetto. till!- Church bells have been sending and the different offices, in the same I among its members a committee forth muffled peals throughout the day. Excited and sorrowing crowds of people thronged the streets despite manner as prescribed b3’ law in the case of Stale and Count}’ elections. 12. Before being permitted to cast faith, the following ot,.... .«, j.lcd ‘ I sol- a heavy rain. Thousands surround-. a vote each person shall tyke, in good ed the palace awaiting the issue of proclamations in regard to iho succes sion to the throne. The corpse of the monarch will shortly be brought to Munich and laid iu state in the old castle chapel. The churches of the city have been crowded all duv'. plc^ and purposes of the Democratic .•tin member of tiiis qualified voter of ken Countv, or will ho.-obv the next • *■ * election; that I believe in the prinei- enrol It d a legalL’ Town-hip, Ai- Iiialilied themselves for the posi tion of candidates, and voles east for ther person or persons shall not he counted; Provided, That a 113’ fail ure, ty accident or otherwise, of the County Chairman togivesueh notifi-j cation, shall not be construed to the j detriment of aiy candidate. 23. Each local Club shall elect from I of | five, to be known as the Committee } on Registration, whose dut3’ it shall be to revise the list as made out ly the Secretary of the Club as soon as it 1 is completed, and such list, revised as , aforesaid, shall be the* only one used I ty the Managers of 1 21. In all provided for the Statutes of the State regulating general elections shall govi; 11. The Penalty ot* Profanity. The average small boy of the present da3’ is seldom at a loss for something to sa\-, even in the most embarrassing situation. Bobb}', a precocious youth of six summers, had been indulging in profanity, and in order to escape the punishment for which his mother had made preparations, he crawled under a barn and remained there in a state of siege for the greater part of tiie aftermoon; When his father re turned at night and learned how mat tens stood he made his wa3’ with much difficult3', under the barn iu search of tiie 603'. “Hollo, pa,” said Bobb3' cheerfulh', as his sire approached*, 3’ou been swearing, too!” There are tany families of the red men who, th'ugh perfectly inoffensive so far as tlj^wjiites are concerned, maintain a lignified independence of the general^vs and administer their j before them. Cartersville never had own affairs :£a way strongly reminis cent of paildirchnl tradition. The}’ live princips&Y by the chase and upon the fish of rhich all Florida waters, lakes, streams and seas, are extreme ly prolific; ud for vegetable food they depend up<p small patches of ground cleared heh^uid there, as fancy may dictate, froi/year to year. Tiie culti vation of Lese patches among the poor membors of the tribe is carried on b}' their yomen, but the more pros perous of fie Indians have their negro slaver upon whom they devolve all the hart labor of cultivation, as well as thu CNv items of menial drud gery incident to their simple methods of living. I,. It is curitps to observe the degree of pride these^eminoles take in the fact that they ai) slave-holders. They are perfectly avure that the white people of the county are forbidden to hold slaves; thaj every negro throughout the South v^io once had to pay obedi ence to a btudmaster had been freed: but they dojv’t seem to understand that either emftji'ipalion proclamations A enactments or constitutional amend ments have any application to them and their ^jiggers.” Hence, they re gard thenf-cives as a race of beings more higli'y privileged than the whites—vrfctdcrats who alone are rec ognized as; (having rights of proper ty in an Uiferior race. Nor is there apparent among them the faintest suspicion Jpat their assumed rights can be questioned by the law. Slave owning anil slave trading among themselves conducted as openly as ever it waa > ; 11 South Carolina or Ala- bama thirt/ or forty years ago, and even wher* they visit the towns to exchange their peltries for powder, clothing, e vokery, and other neces saries the; o a c a s i o nail y take with thc^^k their black bondsmen, that may happyn to become necessa ry, but partly also, to enchance their appearuneeof dignity and importance. Only a few weeks ago one of this class a full blooded Indian, claiming the rank of a Seminole chief, came to Tampa to buy stores, bringing with him a youngnegress whom he point ed to with pride as his own property remarking at the time: “Me big chief, heap bigges than white man, white man no slave, onlv Seminole have slave. “Several people of Tampa, both white and colored, tried to inter est themselves on behalf of the black girl, hoping to induce her to assert her right to freedom and to remain in the city where a home would have been provided for her; but she knew no language hut Seminole, and all ef forts to ni£)de her understand were fruitless. 'She took fright, too, at the well meaning efforts, and breaking from those who would have persuad ed her, fled to her master, and taking hold of his skirts, could not be induced to detached her hold all the time he re mained in Tampa. It is but fair .to add that since that singular event news has^een received that the chief has promoted the poor girl from the position of slave to wife, an honor, which she of course, has to share with two or three others." Two Miserable Sinners. Harjicr's Magazine. At a revival in Rocky Hollow, Deacon Budd arose “to relate his experience,” and gave himself a very hard name, and, and so did every body else, that he did not deserve the half of it. But it was thy style for the Saints to give themselves a setting down for the benefit of sinners, and Brother Budd played it for all it was worth. “Yes, brethren and sisters,” he said, in conclusion, “I’m sech a pore, mis’- able sinner that it’s a wonder the Lord lias marcy on me, and let’s me live. I feel as if I hnin’t 110 business in sech a meeting as this, and mv place is in the corner behind the door.” Sister Briuey, who was a widow, and suspected of a fondness for the widower, Deacon Budd, arose and told her stor}-, and a sad one it was. There had never been such an utterly un worthy object, such a continual monu ment of mercy, as Sister Briney, if her showing up of herself was to be taken for truth, “Yes, brethren and sisters,” she said, at the windup, “I’m such a pore, mis’able sinner, that it’s a wonder I’m allowed to stand here. I feel as if my proper place is behind the door along with Brother Budd.” Newspaper Thieves, Marion Star. The newspaper fraternity congratu late themselves over the new postal law recently put in force by the post- office department. It makes the tak ing of a newspaper and refusing to pay for the same, theft, and any per- a Youug Men’s Library nor a Yoimg Men’s Christian Association until whiskey was abolished. Major Smith says that the country boys used to come from town late Sat urday nights and pass his house shout ing and singing and running their horses, but that never happens now and if tiie beasts could express their delight the horses would neigh and the mules would bray and the oxen would low and the dogs howl and al together send up a myraid of voices to the high heavens in commemora- uon of the day that made their bur dens lighter. A man takes a drink and then thinks his horse or his mule feels revived and ought to go faster and so lie spurs him 01 whips him along the road. The drinking man who drives his ox team to town not 1111 frequently leaves them out in the cold until late in the nigiit waiting for the owner to come from the grocery and drive them home. Even the faithful dog lies un- dert he wagon wondering when his master will come. Sumter County School Fund. Sumter Watchman. “In thepresentment of the Sumter Grand Jury we find the following par agraph which we would like the the Courthouse at this place last ni..h( , unanimously adopted resolutions ill favor of sceiiringa candidate for Con gress by this method. Nothing can The meeting was called to order !>}’ Col. R. F. Bowen, acting president o( Watchman to expfi tin, as it denotes Killed by a Falling Pine. Charleston, S. C., June 17.—Thos J. Bass, a prominent citizen of Marion | sou guilty of such action is liable to county, was instant!}’ killed last even i criminal proceeding.- the same as if he i it is patent to aii that the public school a most gratif3’ing condition of affairs worthy of imitation in other counties. “The School Commissioner reports an annual]}' increasing surplus Coun ty School fund, amounting to over $5,000 and the public Schools in an improved and progressive condition.” How was the $5,000 accumulated? How long are the schools kept open? How much is paid to teachers of 1st 2nd, and 3rd, grades? Our esteemed cotemporary will confer a favor by answering these questions.”—Aiken Recorder. ^ The above questions are easily an swered, For the last six or eight years the trustees in a number of School Districts of the Count}', have each year laid b}’ a small portion of the amount placed to the credit of their Districts, until the present grati fying condition of affairs has been at tained; and about two-fifths of the teachers’cheeks can be cashed as soon as issued. The various boards of trustees have authority to do this, and it is to be re gretted tiiat all have not done as some few in Sumter have, in this matter. If each School District in the State imd reserved ten per cent, of the amounts appropriated for school pur poses—commencing in 1878—the schools would now all be running on a casli basis. Tne School taxes to be collected next Fall are intended to de fray the school expenses which have accrued since Nov. 1885. Had this laying-up process been followed up. the above named taxes would be used to pa}' the school expenses for the term commencing next November; the past year’s claims having been al- read}' settled. Another advantage, would result had this plan been adopted. The School Commissioner according to the present arrangement, has t» make a division (on paper) of the school funds before they are collected, and even befoie the assessment is made, and there are an}' number of elements of uncertaint}' in such a computation; whereas were the taxes paid iu ad vance that official would know pre cisely the amount to be given each District. We noticed some }'cars ago, when better informed on school matters than at present, that in some counties whenever any funds were left over from the past year, the Commission ers would ask for special legislation to allow tiie Treasurer to cany the balance over to the coining 3'ear. We have always thought such, nnneces- say, and our School Commissioners in Sumter have never hesitated to carry forward balances and place them to the credit of the new year. In reference to the amounts paid the different grades, tiie various boards of trustees exercise their own discretion. The salaries vary from $15 to $25, for the most part, though some few teachers received $40 or $50. In some Districts the grade is not considered at all, so mueh being paid for the school. Our cotemporary will see from these latter statements that we are not as well orggnized as we might be. Our school term lasts from four to five months, and in one District seven months. In conclusion we will sa}' that the public schools of Sumter are not in as progressive a condition as the friends of education would desire. A comparison with a number of schools in other counties has satisfied us tiiat we are not behind them, bur we are not as advanced as we might be. We do not pTetend to locate the blame hu* the road. The object of the meeting was to re organize and elect officers, and to hear a report from Win II. Schofield, the financial agent of the road. A quorum of stock was represented. The following resolution of confi dence in Wm. H. Schofield was vot ed : Perotved, That our faith and confi dence in the zeal, imlustiy and integ- rit}’of William H. Schofield, the fi nancial agent of this compaii}', is un shaken. This resolution was offered by Judge Cothran, and was carried after consid erable opposition. A resolution was offered ly Mr. W. H. Parker protesting against the vip- lation of a traffic rebate contract made iy Agent Schofield with the Nash ville Railroad, and directing Mr. Seho field to have his protest properly en tered before the officers of the Louis ville and Nashville Railroad Compa ny. The resolution was passed. The following officers were elected: President, Col. It. E. Bowen; vice- president, Dr. T. G. Croft; directors, Lewis Jones, R. W. Haduon, J. S. Cothran. H. J. Epting, Wnr. Me Par ian, 3V. W. Saw}’er, A. II. Gregg, T. C. Cain and J. H. Duckwoi th. The Ferguson ease is now occupying (hetimeof theCourt. Gen. Youmans is on hand to assist in the prosecu tion. Mr. W. C. Bonet is still in the race for Congress from tins count}'. Judge Cothran is at home nOw. His candi dacy is received with enthusiasm. The contest in this district is getting to be quite interesting. Gen. R. It. Hemphill will have no opposition for the State Senate. Candidates lor the House of Representatives, and indeed for all other offices, are veiy scares. Farmers vs. Lawyers. Edgefield Monitor. We have been with the farmers ir. all their legitimate efforts to improve their condition and secure their rights, but we doubt the propriety of singling out the members of the N!gal profes sion and treating them as the most prominent and troublesome lions in their path of progress and prosperity’. A lavvyer ncr-u not, necessarily and a» a matter of course, be auy more to blame for pursuing his profession within legitimate limits than a farm er or a mechanic. There are good and bad men in all callings and profes sions, and lawyers should not be cen sured, as a class, because there may be some black sheep among them. Let the farmers and the learned pro fessions join in their efforts to promot e the public good and each will find his own interest conserved therely. Far mers frequently have use for lawyers and they and ever}' other calling and profession are dependent upon the farmer in the end. We are all in the same boat, and our interests, aims and ends are, in the main, identical, and we should not complicate our purposes or retard our progress iu fulling out b}' the way. be fairer than this plan. It enabha each voter to make his own choice. The convention plan may be so abused that it will not represent scarcely aty one. It is alleged that the primary plan will inure to the advantage of the large counties to the | detriment of thesmall ones. The fact j i-- the convention plan inures to tiie advantage of the large counties. They send delegates to the Congressional Convention representing the Demo cratic and Radical voters alike, and this gives Abbeville as well as New berry, an improper advantage. If the primaiy system is adopted onl}’ Democratic votes can be polled, and Oconee can doubtless poll as I many of these almost as Abbeville, j Hence the primary system will be found most advantageous to the Dem ocratic counties. The representation of Newberr}' in thoconvention would la; based on Radical and Democratic votes as in the case of Abbeville. And the fact is, as wo understand it, t here are more Radical voters in Ab beville and Newberry than there are Democratic voters. But the facts, as thev’ exist, ought to lie considered. There are candid ates for Congress pn Abbeville, New* beriy and Anderson. Tiie convention 33'stem enables a bare majority, m each count}’ to cany it for any par- .icular candidate. The primary plan enables each candidate to receive votes in his own county and also in the counties where helms opponents as well as iu counties where there are no candidates. There is one other consideration: In .South Carolina wo have one politi cal party only. There is no oppor tunity, therefore, for the people to hear both sides of political questions discussed, and we are suffering from political inertia, with the prospect of dry rot in the future. When a priin- aiy is ordered the candidates can go before tiie people make known their principles, and then the voter can make his choice. Under ever}’ view of the case the primary system for coun ties, as well as for Congress, has many advantages which commend it to the people. The politician generally fa vors the convention plan, because it can be manipulated to suit his devious ^ ways; bo! weenmi"! • iio> tfie f*sw-• pie can be induced to adopt such a doubtful method. Ben Hill on Duelling. WillmingtQn Star. Alexander Stephens was no match for Ben Hill on tUestumpaudso begot mad and challeugodBen. Duelling was popular but Ben was brave all through and all over and so he said ho would not fight. He told little Alec that he. was a memberof the Christian church and was no lypoerite, and would not appear before bis Maker with blood on his hands that he had deliberate!}’ shed; that he had a wife and children to support, shield and protect, a con science to guard from remorse and a soul to save from hell, and that Stephens had none of these incum brances, and, the contest being un equal, he declined tiie wager.” An old soldier—a Confederate Captain who was in many fights—said to m yesterday that the paragraph copied from an excellent contemporary, the Intoxicants at the Communiou Table. National Temperance Advooatc. It is gratifying to note the increas ing thoughtfulness and care of pastors officers and members of churches con corning the use of alcoholic, intoxicat ing wine as a communion symbol. Canon Wilberforce is reported as say ing that he “had known terribly real and undoubted instances in which men, bv partaking of wine from tho sacramental cup. had been started on their downward course to a dishonor ed grave,” He added that “if it came to be a question whether the wine or the Christian should be banished from the table of tiie Lord, he could m t hesitate for a moment as to which should go. From the sacramental table over which he bad morejimmedi- ate control intoxicating wine bad now long been banished, and in this he be lieved they were carrying out the true spirit and meaning of the sacrament.” It is quite time for all churches of every denomination Lo banish the in toxicating wine-cup from the commu nion-table, as from the tables and sideboards of their individual mem bers. Fayetteville Observer-Gazette, rela- • , , , .! 1 • I bow sadlv \ou arc missed. Hie live to duelling expressed exactly his j ” ' * t views. Tiie point is, if a man ddes I not intend to fight if challenged he he should do nothing to justly provoke the sending of one. Duelling is a relic of barbarism—of mediceval darkness but it—did make men behave them selves. The Barnwell People of the 3rd in stant, says it is rumored tiiat Hon. Clinton Ward, a member of the Legis lature from Edgefield, will oppose Uncle George Tillman for Congress V’eclip the above item from one of our exchanges which has been going the rounds of the i»ress. Col. Ward is one of the largest farmers in the State and cultivates nearly a thous and acres and would he the right man, for the farmers as he is deyoted to the fanning interest of the people; but we apprehend tiiat he will not op pose Mr. Tillman. Col. Ward lias a peculiar fitness for the office of Super- iutendaut of the Penitentiary, having faithfully and ably served in the ca- “Stop My Paper.’* An exchange says: “After you get on your ear, and make up your mind t > ‘stop’ your paper, to make tho edi tor feel humiliated, just poke your finger in water and then pull it out and look for the hole. Then you will know man who thinks a paper cannot survive without his support, ought to go otF and stay awhile. When he comes back he will find that half his friends didn’t kuowhe was gone. Theothcrhalf didn’t care a cent, and the world at large hadn’t kept any account of his movements whatever. You will find tilings you cannot endorse in every paper. Even the Bible is rather plain and hits some hard licks. If you were to get mad and burn your Bible, the hundreds ot presses would still go on . j printing them ; and if you were to stop your paper and call the editor all sorts of ugly names, the paper will still he published. And what is more, you’ll sneak around and borrow a copy of it every week from your neighbor. It would be much better to keep your vest pulled down and vour subscrip tion paid a year in advance.” Do not fret, murmur and complain, and by all means do not take up tho idea and insist on it that people u're pucity of director for several years. | not using you properly, that } t ou de- We nominate him for this position serve more notice than you get, and knowing tiiat the State will suffer: that if you are not better attended to loss in his Edgefield you will break away and g > into som» no loss in Chronic ic. ect loll, particulars not herein mg wlitle watXiu ; liki’nugii the wo sis j had stoieit goods to the am •nnt of tin to tiie poai oifice If/ a large pine tree falling upon him. The body was hor ribly mangled when found at mid night. He leaves a wife and siu.il: chi.drvn. subscription. It is, therefore, not a very shrewd scheme to take a news paper from the nustoffice for a year four j and then inform file editor that you but ca ' never ordered it sent you. 1 that g< system liUi but little hold on the pop- j The energy and u'ar heart. We wish we *couhi | dnlily and consta put .Sumter County forward as a proof ! and consuiuiog 1 : of tiie wisdom of our school sy.*tem, pbant worship A*.it mi not do so jii->t yet. Maybe, . love for one mun, devotion icy and • 1 01 and tl : good time is coining in tiie future, it is. ■ into a woman ...:ke it tiie thiii! kind of so!itude. Do not do till.-, .or if people see you are incorrigibly . ct upon it, they will let you go, and u.'L-r a little forget you, wb.leyou wifi pej- ish iiuder the influence <;f a ■ *'f-con- aumiug hiticrncfs. Aiaml. , ii nuts is doing his dmy lie inti iii}c±t y enough to keep hi 1 duti ful.