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BY CLINKSCALES A LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4. 189?. VOLUME XXXIV-NO. 28. BETTER HURRY ! Everybody ^as in before Xmas but you. Don't blame us if your size isn't here when you call. You'll be left if you let another week pass without com ing and selecting one of our Cut Priced Overcoats or Mackin toshes. To those who don't know what they lose there isn't muck loss; but this is a case where you will not only lose, but you will know about it. Do you think for a minute that it, would be advisable to let an unparalleled opportunity slip through your fingers ? If you have the faculty of seeing a particularly pointed point, you won't miss this one. Wo have a few $5.00 Overcoats at $3.75. Something in finer quality, cur $7.50 Coats at $5.63. Fine Melton Overcoats in Blues and Blacks, former price 110.00, at $7.5XH $12.50 Black Clay Worsted Overcoats, best quality, Ital ian lined, at $9.38. S15.?? Blue ?nd Black Kerseys, Satin back and sleeve linings, all wool Serge body lining, at $11.25. s S1.75 Mackintoshes at $1,29, $2.25 Mackintoshes at $1.49. S4.00 Mackintoshes at $2.98. HEED OUR WARNING ! And come soon, or yew may have cause to regret your delay. Tour money back if you want it. . 0. Evans & Co, THE SPOT CASH CLOTHIERS. TO THE TRADING PUBLIC. If you want one yard pf Cloth or any kind of DEY GOODS, NOTIONS, SHOES, HATS, CAFS, Or anything we keep in, Stock between this date and Christinas you can ewe money by simply coming to. see ns. NO PAKE-etraight business. We will _ carissell you if j ou -couie to see us. Fine S?os?t?es':S?8&p8r thaa SQk' If yon owe us an Account we oeed and MUST collect it.. . . \&t Yours for business, . BROWNLEE & VANDIVERS. - -r^-^f-flj^lS JBQ FAKE ! That Jewfe?ry Palace WILL. R. HUBBARD'S, ?EK? TO T. art H. BANK, tod Finest lot of . . - _ XMAS AND WEDDING PRESENTS IN TP OK CITY. Competition don't ont ?ny ice wifch me when it comes to prices. I don'' tay goods to keep. I mut the people to have them. Gold and Silver Witches, Sterling and Plated Silverware, Jewdry, Clocto, Lamps, China. Spectacles, Novelties of all kinds, ? Rogers' Tripple Plate Tahie Knives($Lo0 *w8ek A world beater. . ",in?iaR WILL. B. HUBBUBS. - -saawig?ggggw^^.~..L:iC^i. .. ? BB EVERYBODY should bo careful what kind of Soap they nae* in cold weather. Yon want good, pure Soap. We have was of the nicest assortcnents of Toilet Sea* ever opined her?. Vie ?fae bott and yon wm and face, Call and *ee nm when yon want t ?j P. S.,W> glvsTra ding Stamps e&eept en Patent and THE GUVEKMJR TALKS. ile Has Issued Commandment* as ta Liquor Seizures. Dov. Kllcrbo has unuouiiced that in the future no liquors will ho returned hy hiiu to anyone when the constables make the seizures in accordance with the instructions issued to them, lie proposes to adhere to tins rule. The instructions under which seiz ures are to be made have been revised and aire as follows : I.. Constables appointed under the Dispensary law will aetouly limier that law. 2. Tiley have the right to exercise all duties and powers conferred upon tin in by the Dispensary law. ... Const abtcsdetcctiug persons open ly, or in the ucl of violating any of the provisions ol' the Dispensary law, may airest, and carry the parly before a magistrate fora warrant. -I. They are to seize any wagon,, cart, boat, or any other conveyance, togeth er with horses, mules, or any other ani mals, discovered transporting liquor in the night time. 5. They must obtain warrants from magistrates for the arrest of any per sons who violate the Dispensary law, and such violations cnn only lie proved by witnesses. The warrant must be based upon an affidavit. fl. Thev have the right, al any time during the day or night time, to enter upon lots or open places, stores, etc., to make search for contraband liquors without a warrant, but should never search private houses or apartments without a search warrant, issued by a magistrate. Under section 22 of the Dispensary law, all places can be searched when a common nuisance is maintained, mid an arrest and search warrant should be issued as provided in that section, and such action should be taken as therein prescribed. 7. Constables cannot seize liquors, wines or beers imported by citizens of this State for personal use. Such li quors are not required to have certifi cates showing analysis. When liquors come into this State marked for per sonal use, if it is consigned to a known blind tiger, or the constables have proof or strong suspicious circumstan ces that they are for sale, they can seize and hold for 24 hours for investi gation ; hut no liquors must he taken from1 the railroad while they are in transit. When seizures are made upon suspicion, they must be made after the liquors, have arrived at their place of consignment-their destination-*-or have passed into the hands of tho con signee. Of course, constables must exercise sound judgmsut and be cara ful about seizing liquors marked for personal use. 8. .When ' constables have a well founded suspicion that persons arc con ducting blind tigers they should watch them diligently, so as to make it diffi cult and dangerous for them to sell, and frequent raids should be made upon them and all liquors found should bo seized. If constables are sa tis li ed : that liquors axe illegally sold in any place, apd suspect the liquors are kept elsewhere and brought to the place lu, small quantities, sepnrate tsearch war rante should be taken out and the sus pected places searched. AU contraband liquors seized must be disposed of as directed in section 31 of the Dispensary law. 10. Persons having contraband li quors in possession violate the law, and may be indicted and the liquors confiscated. ' 11. Alt liquors shipped C.O. D. or Or der notify or bi? of lading with draft attached, or is in any way to be paid for in the State, should be seized.. 12. Liquors found in any express office or depot, at destination, consign ed to a fictitious party, or intended for any other than the consignee, should be seized.* If there is good reason to believe that s package of liquor is for other person than consignee, it may be seized and deposited in a dispensary or with the sheriff for 80 days, or until investigation is made; and if, upon in vestigatin!!; it- 'is firur.i to 5*9 ft ?twiful shipment, it must be released. 18. Liquors being shipped, Conoealed, ? or bearing misleading marks for the purpose of disguising the contents of tho : package, must be seized. When : parties club together and order liquor, : to bo divided or distributed between them, it must be seized. Persons can only order for themselves, and in their own name, and cannot use the name of a firm or company. 14. Upon complaint being made by citizens of any community that soft drinks containing alcohol are being sold, or if a constable be satisfied that the soft drinks contain alcohol be shall seize and - ship the same to the State commissioner. 15. Contraband goods, which for any reason are not shipped to th? State commissioner at<once, should be turned over to the sheriff of the county, or, if mere, convenient-, may be stored in a dispensary and left in charge of the dispenser until ready to ship. 16. Contraband liqaoro must be gbip ped by freight if the quantity io con siderable, but small packages maj. be sent by * express. Railroad or express receipta must pe taken fot every ship ment and malled to the State commis , stoner, together with a report of the I seizure should be mailed to - the clerk in ibo executive office, giving any in-. formation that will bo needed by him il' application is matin for tho release of the goods. All packages must be plainly marked, so that they can be identified. 17. When any team is seized for transporting liquor at night, or any liquors or personal property is seized, under search warrant or otherwise, the j constable seizing tho same shall have j an inventory and appraisement made | by three sworn appraisers, provided ' the property is worth more than liBO. The constable will then publish a ! notice for three weeks in three public' places, describing the articles, etc., ami requiring atty person claiming them to appear and make claim w ithin HO days from the date of thc hist publication ol' the notice, li' no ?'laiin is made! within 110 days, the constable or nt her officer can sell the same, without fur ther advertisement, lo.I he highest bid der. In giving the notice for the three weeks, the constable should state in samo that if the property is not claim ed within .*!0 days and bond tiled willi the State board,-the uropcrt.x will be sold, 'riving the place where it will he sohl, ami when sohl. The hill tor keep of team may he, paid from tho proceeds, and the balance remit ted to the State treasurer. A complete statement, showing gross proceeds, expense's, and the sum remitted, must be mailed to the clerk in tin; executive office. 18. Constables may enter any express, or tither ears, or boats, in t ht; Slate, for the purpose of searching for the con traband liquors, and it may examino the books and way bills of tim trans portation companies. Constables may uso teams or horses in order to pursue aud capture teams or persons trans porting liquor when they could not succeed otherw ise, but mqy not use teams to drive over tho country in search of work. Only when reasona bly sure of accomplishing good work may the expense of teams be incurred. 19. It is the duty of all sheriffs, mag istrates, and magistrates' constables to enforce the dispensary law (see Section 29), and they are entitled to half the value of the contraband liquor they seize; but when the State constables get them to serve warrants, or merely to assist them" in arrests searchers, they are not entitled to this commission and it will not be allowed. 23. The proprietor, and his aids and assistants, in any establishment wheie liquors are sold contrary to law, may be arrested and prosecuted. 21. Constables will study the law and enforce its various provisions with vigor. 23. Constables will report daily to their immediate superior, who is re quired to examine the same and for ward to the executive office, j 28. Constable? must be courteous to ali; but will refrain from talking un necessarily about their official plans and business to the public. They owe no apology or explanation to any one for doing their duty. , ? ' 24. Constables will refrain from the use of liquors to excess, os pain of ex pulsion. 25. When constables get a caso against violators of the dispensary law, they should see that the witnesses are bound over and urge the prompt hear ing of the- case, especially if they are witnesses themselves, so that if they ] are called away the case will have been j disposed of and they will not have to return to attend the trial. When it can be done, cases should be brought with in the jurisdiction of the magistrate ! and finally disposed of. Attendance on the circuit court by constables is ex pensive and takes much of their time. Booie Metters in Washington. WASHINGTON, D. C., Deo. 27.-Sena- j tor McLaurin was among tho.callers at the White House .to-day. His mission j was to discuss several presidential postoffice cases of interest to his State j now pending. Incidentally the ques- j tion of the future military movements of Major-Gen. M. C. Butler were re ferred to. The president spoke in the highest terms of the military and exe? c Hive ability displayed by Gen. But ler, and stated that he does not propose to dispense with Gen. Butler's services in the near future, unless obliged to do BO by extraordinary circumstances. He said that Gen. Butler's ? military train ing and experience in national affairs had enabled him to render the govern ment exceptionally valuable services in'camp and also as a member of .the Cuban commission, therefore it is the present intention to retain ' General Butler in the volunteer service selfing aa possible. Senator McLaurin was .enabled' to ?end Mrs. Belle McCaw Alston a timely Christmas remembrance in the shape of a pension of thirty dollars per month through the energetio efforts of the Senators. The claim in Mrs. Alston's behalf was filed and put through with in lesa than a week.-Meies and Vou I rt cr. -r-Paa favor. Tether th&e receive one, if f ou would be free. ' . -A esscsssfuS hypocrite io never a success at anything else. A K?MAKKABLK DEC LA KATION. Car? nf CcmfcnVrate Living Would l e Combi allouai. From the Sew I'<?<./. I'nss. Undoubtedly tho sole practical inier cst in President McKinley's visit to the South is that arising i rom thc question of Confederate pension*. There never has been stiii'c Lee's surrcmlci i In slightest doubl td Southern "loyalty." si? fur aa a desire to remain wit hin 11 ? ?. Union is concerned. A \\ ; n willi I* rance on thc Mexican question wonhl probably have enrolled nsinnin Eolith cru as Northern volunteers. i?u ihr Secession-issue ami tilt* Kiliane ipntion issn?', which it deemed lin? sole issues ol'thc war of thf rebellion, thcSoniii accepted ?he result in thc inosi ma n tu I fashion ever followctl. *<> far wc know, by au insurgent iico|ilc. sin? ? ItsUL when Judge Kelly's rour>c through Alabama was onl\ occasional' ly vexed by brickbats, there have been no extraordinary obstacles htiil in thc way of Republican orators in iii!- more I populous partions ol' tin- South, lu j fact, from tin? year lMt?8 to l?S??, win n \ tin' Bourbon*, being incensed al the number of new school houses which were being built ami railroads laid tint raised a howl against "carpet-baggers." ami "scalawags," ami shot the section b ick into a state of mint-jub ped calm, the South was a fairly Kepubliean rte ginn. At leitet, the parties but tied full - ly for it. Outside of piratical Louisi ana, whoever had thc most votes wop, Anybody with a political memory eau recall tho doubt over the result of tin North Condina State ejection nf Au gust of Greeley's year, lt was not, in fact, until "Tilden*? bar'l" was opened for the bulldozer?* that any question ol thu loyalty of tho South mose. So wt cannot see on this head of "reunion* much difference between Mr. McKin ley's position and reception and thoec of tho first Northern Kepubliean anti orator who went below Ma?on and Dixon'? lino to inform the world that God only know whether Abraham Lin coln or Jefferson Davis "was right.'1 Mr.'McKinley's attitude may he traced directly, in brief, to that of a menibei of Pr?sident Hayes' Cabinet. There ie absolutely nothing new about the re union idea, Uagleys aro not boru of :< disloyal generation. More eloquent titan all the "bloody chasm" rhetoric that political orators may invent was the Ititi gh th ct'wy nt up at San Juan when General Wheeler, through fore? of habit, told bis United States cavalry regulars to go in and lick the "d-el Yankees." The old termsof bitterness bad become merely historic, and thc General would have aroused no more political feeling had he called upon Jacobite clansmen to lay on the clay mare. But the policy - which the Sooth, Chairman Cannon, the Baltimore Sun and others have tef'cj to be foreshad owed in the President's speech UH to t ie care of the Confederate dead if njw, and, whatever other objection; may be made, it *.s nonsense to talk ol it as unconstitutional. If Mr. McKin ley intends to recommit to Congress the relief of the Southern States from the Confederate pensions, which now sorely oppress many of them, no one can object on grounds found in the or ganic law. Undoubtedly, if old Thad deus Stevens or even young James G. Blaine had ever dreamed of a proposal to pay what they - coarsely palled "rebel" pensions out of United States revenues a prohibition of bach expen diture would have been inserted in th? XIV Amendment. But, ss they di?? not and contd not have conceived snell a notion, the prohibition was omitted This was natural. The pensions ol those who sought to preserve, not t< destroy, the Union had not thou ab sorbed an appreciable amount of tilt national revenue and did not uti ti) Congress, with what it considered amazing cleverness, found a way tc get rid of r.n unmanageable surplus and make votes simultaneously. Sc the XIV Amendment morely forbicfi the assumption by the United States ol "any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the lost or emancipation of any slave." A pen sion is not a "debt or obligation," bul entirely a gratuity. Tho care nf thc Confederate living rests upon precisely the same basis as the care of thu Con federate dead recommended by thc President. Moreover, the Court whicl would inquire, as Courts for guidance must, into the circumstances undei which the amendment nos adopted would find that tho 80th Congress, ii proposing this article to the severa States on June 16, 1860, had in minc two things-avoidance of the pay men of the huge Confederate debt, largelj held in England, and remuneratioj for the emancipated slaves, a deruanc for which waa expected in the event ol the Democratic party's return to pow er, it may also be coted that, i* pen .ions were a "debt or obligation" ever: Southern State now paying them ti Confederate veterans wonld be viola ting the Constitution. For, several!: aa well as generally, the prohibitioi runs against, not only "the Unite? State's," but "any State." There is ao reasonable doubt of th? organic legality of the policy ascribe* to the Presideut by his Southern ad mirers. He has to Judge only whet he it is practicable and politic to assurai the care of tho Confederate living at well an of the Confederate il?*ntl. lu both Senate and House bills have been introduced to formulate wluit is be lieved! by their authors lob?'his policy. I'lu se gentlemen will, doubtless, make special .?' is tn nscert tin if theil the or;x JO! the (sidont's .position is cor reel, ami tl result will be awaited willi interest' A Tribute t?? Maj. Hean. Maj. Hal. I>. Denn was boru m An ?leison Cornily. S. C., 1HJ1. lb-joined the Haptisl (Millich when about :i? xears of age ami soon thereafter'was m nb- a deacon, which ollice he tilled to Hie satisfaction of the churches of which be was a member till he (unshed his earthlx course. With the evcep lum <'i -i vend \< us" sojourn in north Mississippi. Maj. Mean lived in South Carolina until li\? years sime, win n he became a etlizcii oj Tyler. Texas. Manx years since be niau ied Mrs. Wice, who pun did lum (., "il,,. '.'xlhor'.s houx " sex i ral years. Ile had no chi) dieu. T xv o b roi he r> ami three sisters surxixe him. Ile ausxxeted lin-stun I nions? ..(.'bibi, come home.*' .il ll.'ttl a. m.. friday, I??*<.. !llh. IM is. Ih> iming xv a s a great shock lo his friends. \ severe cold iroalded him for several days, bul no one thought the end was near, until a few hours In ion- he fell iu sleep. I'licxpcctcdlx bronchial pneumonia set in during the nigh! of !>ee. H. Thia fortified hy enfeebled heart- ami kidneys overmastered the ' strong-willed nian. No tired child ever moro sweetly fell asleep on a mother's bosom. lu an acquaintance ol' eight months tho writer never more completely learned the inner life-the soul pulse of tiny man than that of Maj. Dean. .Some facts of his life demand special emphasis, a few of xvhich are recorded here, not in fulsome compliment to him who sleeps, hut for tin; good they may ?io. Maj. Dean was a mau of he roic mold und pronounced convictions. He was not swayed by the tide of pop ular opinion, nor moved by tho fear of the solitude that is often the heritage of the minority. He would abide by his enlightened convictions if it meant isolation and ostracism. Aud yet no man more gracof vlly abandoned a po sition than he. when convinced that ho was wrong. Hut it required a clear conviction of duty to change him. Tho tapestries of mere sentiment played no part in his decisions, where principles were involved. His loyalty to friendship's "golden bnuds was of thc most beautiful and striking character. Nothing save thu painful conviction of unworthiness could drive him from one to whom he gave his trustful abandonment, his substantial friendship1. Nothing, save his honor, was too good for his friends to receive nt his hands. No disaster that left honor untarnished ever drove him from friendship's enchanting bow er. ' Neither pelf nor poverty separated him from his friends. He was generous, even lavish, with his means. Scores of poverty-stricken oues in this city and elsewhere will sorely miss his benefactions, about which he, they and the all-seeing Ono knew anything. Every interest he be lieved to be good and uplifting to hu manity had his unstinted support in every way available to him. His loyalty to and his love for his church was unfeigned and unceasing. He believed that his church was the city's greatest institution, lt, there fore, held tho first place in his affec tions, thought? and purse. He believ ed that all his co-laborers in church re lations were wiser than he, and what ever decisions they reached on ques tions of expediency he heartily acqui esced, whatever his personal views. He had an abiding aversion to of lend ing his fellow church members. More than all he feared to offend tho Holy Spirit which presided over church mat ters. He knew his imperfections and they grieved him sorely. These he frankly confessed to those he believed sympa thized with him, and would help him overcome them. But two weeks be fore he bid this world good night, he said to his pastor, "I have prayed more this year than in all ray life before, and have been happier. Our meeting this year was tho best, most helpful oue I ever nttended. I would like for us to have one more Uko it before I go home." So he grew in grace to the very end. This is obedience of tho best sort. Many there are, of kindred and friends, who, for many a day, will sigh for a touch of the pulseless hand and a vision of tho vanished stately form. Full many there are in Tyler who will greet Bal. D. Dean again in the eternal morning. J. H. GAMIIKELL. Tyler, Texas, Dec. 18th, 180?. Buttermilk in Tin. ATLANTA, GA., December 28,-J-Rob ert Frasier, the ten-year-old son of Robert A. Frazier, who lives on Lee av enue just outside the city limits, died to-day in great agony, and the death of his seven-year-old brother is expect ed. Their sudden illness and fright ful convulsions have given rise to the theory that they wero poisoned by drinking buttermilk at supper Wed nesday evening. The death of the boy was caused by ptomaine poison, generated by the liquid and tin coming in contact. ST AIE NEWS. Tho Legislature convenes ?n Co lumbia on Tuesday, loth inst. Two colored hoys wer?; killed hy thc explosion of a Pau Wy ?'ons true teil grist mill ?it Kastovcr, ri. C., Dee. 21. A review of the commerce of the port ot' Charleston last Pull .showed an im-reasu in the exports of over a mil lion dollars Mr. .lohn ('hilders, a respectable fanner living tw> miles from Laurens, was M? seriously kicked by a mule thai lu1 i- HOI i'xpeeted to recover. W wii, nc the exiensi.I' tho At lantic Coast Line from Hollins to Denmark. S. C., has hegun and will he completed within a few months time. T. N . \V.i 11 a ec n (In ?nville coun ty farmer, luis killed i wu hogs raised on his farm tin- ?iL'^rcg.tto weight 'ol' which was S> p ia i i- One nf the hogs weighed I I I pounds. A negro named Kotiert Wilson, fell from a bicycle, at Seneca while racing and when he was picked np he was found tobe dead. Heart failure was thought to be the cause of death There is complaint from all over the State about potatoes rottenini;, some farmers losing their entire crop, lt seems that the potatoes took a sco j omi growth last summer, which caused them to rot after being dug. Seed po tames will bc very scarce next spring. - Miss Kstelle Richardson, a very charming young lady of Beaufort, was severely bumed while making her toilet. Her clothing took fire from a rodhot stove, and she was v ry badly burned about the body. Though the burns are not dangerous, tbey are very paiuful. - Another deplorable homicide oc curred in Spartanburg last week. Mr. J. H. Stuckey, a prominent and well known grocery merchant, shot and killed Mr. John Sevier, bis bookkeeper and collector. Tbcrc seems to have 'been no quarrel between thc two men, and the cause of thc killing, so far ao thc public is informed, is a mystery. - It is a source of gratification for South Carolinians in general that Charleston is being used as a port of embarkation. The Charleston harbor is ono of tho best in the country and it has always been a source of regret that it should have been discrimi nated against by the government in shipping soldiers to Cuba and Porto Rico. - In Sumter Willie Nelson with several other negroes, were standing on a street oorner talking. Another negro approached the crowd? and whoa a?civ stops of them pulled a pistol and bogan firing at Nelson. Three shots were fired in rapid succession, but only ono took effect and that waa on the shin whioh proved too bard for penetration. When Nelsontpulled up his trousers the bullet fell out. - The negroes of Greenwood coun ty show a deoided disposition to emi grate. Several, hundred are likely to ieave within a few weeks. The ex odus commenced ? a few days since, when two ears filled*;with negro fami lies left for lower Mississippi. Another oar left. Sunday night. The 100 ne groes that have gone went from the Saluda section, and several farms there are practically tenantless. More are going from the same place. - Assistant Attorney General Gun ter has returned to some of thc recent ly elooted county officers the bonds which thoy have filed for secunt^and which were referred -to the attorney general for his inspection. The revdr nue tax law demands that such docu ments he stamped. The amoust st stamps required is 50 cents. Asqui(p a number of thc bonds had no stamps affixed, they were returned to the county officials. - By an act of Congre? c approved 21st Dec. 1898, the terms of United States coutts, both circuit and distiict courts, have been ohanged as follona: For tho western district at Greenville, S. C., the third Tuesdays in April and October. The circuit court the same. The eastern district at Charleston on first Tuesdays in June and December. The eirouit oourt in Charleston the first Tuesday in April. The oirouit court in Columbia thc fourth Tuesday in November. - Another killing occurred in the 2nd West Virginia Volunteers in Greenville last Sunday morning. Pri vate Harry A. Steele, Company I, and Emmet Kane, a sutler's clerk, had a Colt's revolver, which Kane was ex amining. Two cartridges were in the 'revolver. Kane accidentally snapped the pistol, sending a bullet into Steele's left temple, causing instant death. Steele was from Chattanooga. ? Kane is a youth from Fail mount, W. Va. Steele was an excellent yoong man, and his death casts a gloom over 1 the regiment?