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LEROY F. YOUIANS ATTORNEY GENERAL GOV.. HEYWARD HAS ANNOUN OED APPOINTMONT. Assist#nt Duncan 0. Ray-Mr. You mnauq is a Lawyer of Distin gished Career and Was Attor ney General Under Hamp ton. The $tait?. Governo1 Hleyward has appoited Mr. LAel?oy F. Ymmiaiis allorney (en Cera1l 1 siucveed Iie- late lion. It. X. ii.ier, Mr11. Yolilmils hlas aeted 1 as-! sistait ittoriley gelerad since last October, when 1e was appointed to succeed Mr. W. 11. Townsend, resign ed. Mdr. Youians had also 110ted at times during the absence of Afr. 8un ter and Mr. Towiiseiid and thereforle is quite familiar. with the routine of the office and its correspondence. The dilties of the ofilce have inl creased sinc e lr. Yonnias lirst was attorney generail. Onle o11, thle, caSes to be foughit ot is tihe siti to -.s,tab lish or to a1nnul the merger of verhailln, alleged comllpeting lines ulder the mana1geient of the Southern railway eompanly. '1te volditioll of the dis lienlsary will also require klert atten tion froml the olice of attorney gen Pral as problems are multiplying and Ihe state m1:ay it anly Imloienit be inl v'olved in lawsiuit. Mir. 'oullinls is well known to all lawyers in South Carolina. For a genleration Ie has beeln consieuous ini his ability as a lawyer aud orator anld his appointment will give entire sat- 1 isfaction to the members of his pro- " fession. Mr. Youmans has been hon- I 0red in reeent. years by being called < upon to preside over special terms of court and other such recognition has I ben visited upon him. It is therefore with a great deal of < pride that he necepts this new re- 4 sponsibility and his friends feel sure ( that lie will measure up to every ex- 1 pectation. Governor Ileyward has al ways believed in eivil service and he i has never failed to promote a man in his own department when opportunity for promotion was offered. Sketch of Mr. Youmans. When Mr. W. 11. Townsend last Reptenter resigned the position of assistant attorney general, Mr. Gun ter selected Mr. Youmans to fill the vacancy. Mr. Youmans' return to public life was perhaps very largely 1 influenced by his successful manage. 01ent of the ease of R. W. McDaniel two years ago. This man had actual ly begun to serve sentence for having killed a man in Lexington county, when Mr. Youmans was called into the case. Mr. Younans secured a new trial after a noteworthy fight and se eured McDaniel's acquittal. Mr. LeRoy F. Youman' first )ub lie serice was as a delegate from St.II L,uke's parish to the South Carolina democratic convention in May, 1860. This convenition sent delegates to the dlemfocrat ie convention at Richmnond, Va.. whose nlomliinee for p)residenit of the 'United States was John C. Breek enridge, atterwardls a Confederate soldier and statesman. Mr. Youmans was the last repre sentative from St. Luke's parish in the lower house of the general assemn. bly, having beel) elected twice with. . out1 olpposit ion - -onice in 1862 and once( in 18614. In the war he was first lieutenant of the "' Beaufort District Guerillas"' a c!omp~any of mounted riflemen, at tached to the Ninth regiment, South Carolina volunteers, Col. Wmn. C. H'reyward, and afterwards a company of Martin 's mounted regiment. After this complany' of state troops was disbanded, and while still a mem ber of the legislature, he was in the Third South Carolina envalry, first a private, then a sergeant in A comn pamny, afterwards a lieutenant in Company F of that regiment. ' In 1861 Mr. Youmans was one of a "ommittee of three, consisting of the ate lion. William Elliott, lion. Ed Kmond Rhett and himself, appointed by the citizens of Beaufort district to confer with GJen. Robert E. Lee, whose headquarters were at Coosa wlt,ehie, on grave.matters of concern affecting that district after the fall of the Confederate ports at Bay Point anid Hilton Head.- lie still has Glen. Lee's written reply. Mr. Youmans was the sole delegate from St. Luke's parish to the state 'convention of 1805, .called by thme pro visional governor, B. F. Perry. When by that convention..the foui' formeor election disfriete,. conisting of St. 1' Luke, St. Peter, -St. flelena and Prhenullamparishese, w made one election district, Boaufort die trict, he was elected at the head of the ticket of four to the houtse of rep. Srsentatives, the others being Glen. StpbeiElliott, William F. liutson u ~ d Alfred M. Martin. In lado he beianme solioam. o the southern circuit, by appoitktment o Oovernor James L. Orr aind then b3 election' at the hands Of the* logisla ture. Ie then continiued in that ofle until succeeded under'the Recoiiotrue tion regime by P. L. Wiggin, after wards judge. Succeeded Gen. Conner. On the resignation of the offled o attorney general by General Conno in .1877, Mr. Youmans was olected t< fill the vacancy, and subsequently wa elected attorney general by the peo ple in 1878 and in 1880. The governors during his terms o olliee as attorney general were Hamp ton, Simpson, Jeter and lagood. IG Was elected to th le h1ouse4 oif represen tatives as a iemlier from R1ichlamit county in 1884, and while serving a: such lie was in 1885 appointed b: Mr. Cleveland United States attorieN for the district of South Carolina '11md served as such until his success or was appointed under the republi nn adinlistition of President Har risonl. li 1877, belore he was attorney 1eneral, he was one of the counsel fo the defense inl the ElIlenlton cases tried in Charleston inl the Jnlited Stateq Lourt presided over by Chief Justice Waite. While attorney general u1n. :er special appointicit of Gov..:-Ha ,omd for the state election olvers, lie was one of counsel inl the Aeton and(1 Hlayesville election eases tried in lharleston in the United States court, wesided over by Cireuit Jtudge Bond. Amiong his most knownt arguments is attorney general are those in the loid debt Cases before the court of bree consisting of ;Judges Thompson, \1dricli and Ilutson and subsequent y before the suprielie court of the ;tate. The decision resulted in de laring fraudulent a mass of the Re onstruction bond debt of the state. IHe twice argued before the su neme court of the United States igainst the receivability of the bills of the bank of the state in payment if taxes due the state. His opponents mi two of the occasions were Daniel 1. Chamberlain and Roscoe Conkling. 'he supreme court was equally di -ided, and the decision of the supreme -ourt of the state for which Mr. ounians contenled remained of In the McDaniel case referred to, 4r. Youmans was called in after the eeused had been convicted. Failing o secure a new trial on the ground )f after-discovered evidence, Mr. Vouinans asked for a rehearing on Ihirteen separate counts. On one of these, imerly one, lie secured a new trial, resulting in tle icquittal of his !lient. This was regarded at the ine, 1904, as an achievement. Mr. Youmans' Assistant. Mir. Youians announced the ip >ointnent of Mr. D. C. Ray of Co umbia as assistant attorney general. Jntil a short time ago Mr. Ray was i member of the firm of Barron & ray, having been associated with hr. J1. T. Barron in the p)ractice of aw for 18 years. Mr. Ray is a native if Richland county, has been promii cnt in local political affairs for ser.. ral years and is well known as a awyer. lie graduated from the South arolina college in 1884 and read law n the office of Mr. Barron. Mr. uoumans staited yesterday that lie eels very much relieved to share the vork and responsibility of the office rith a trained lawyer and a man of nature judgmnent. Trying toi get into .heaven -on the trength of a tombatone testimonial I.s isky business. We have 1 know tne be and have p1 them.THC versible 1c r THE :ORBIGHTOX, A Y On Aicount of Ila eno. grap)ier for th6 Con 'iere Was No 4esiou.." Ureenwood, March 23.. l vere no sessions of the Court Ili the case of the Rev. C. W. Croi n to day. The Rev.- W. T OI the > presiding officer, and also Iding ilder of this (Cokesbury) trict. called the Court to order at 9 Mqlock this morning but. an adjouln*e t wasI Shad imniediitely because o le ill -osA of the stenographer f the ('onri., Mirs. Adrich. Miss 'rtle' Davis, stenlographer for the 11O4tis.d. I was present. Mrs. Aldrici'&ntiiiu inig il, the afternoon . sessiofls Was abandonled. The Court will ieiiime to-ilorrow. Mr. Creighton states that the as sertion that objection to the preseice Of his stenographer yesterday was "waived" is incorrect. He states that. she remained because -he: defied anly one to plit her1 out, and ineiden tally paid a high tribute to the fo41 iess and nerve of, Miss Davis;, who was eiployed by himi and wl>t) re iained dwpite the point'ed reinarks that she wias not entitled to reniaiii. Mr. Creighton was very emphatic in vallilng atte'iltio t this corri%ei'n. le stated that when tie' presiding officer ruled that the accused would not he allowed counsel nor a steno grapher, lie insisted that if he was to be dleprived of* couinsel that he he allow.'ed to have a stenographer, or otherwise he would be utterly unable to take a note, having to conduct his (ase himself, and that he must have a record. To the ruling - that the stenographer nust retire le object ed, and eiilenged any man present to make her retire. le statei- that when his determined position was realized an adjournment was proposed, and that he immediately . said he would consent, that lie would not. re main without his stenographer. The Court proceeded. The charges as stated by the ae cused, are that lie alleges that there is a ring in the South Carolina Coil ferenee to "control things,'' that the presiding elders are abusing the ")crcent '' basis of salary, that he presiding elders "eohop off the heads' of such district 'stewards as oipose the "per cent basis,'' the arrange nient by which the presiding elder's salary is a certain per cent of sal aries of all.preachers in his district. The charges have been made in Mr. Creighton's paper, the Christitin Ap peal, froium time to time for the past two years, and lie states that. he sees at the bottom a light on his paper, An effort to silence it. The following is a correct list of the presiding elders who are here as witnesses against the accused: The Revs. A. J. Stokes, R. 11. Jones, J. W. Kilgo, It. B. Browne, W. P. Meadows, .J. Marion Dargan and .J. 8. Beasley. The hearing will be resumed to morrow if the steniogr'apher of. the Court is well (enoug1 to be pre'sent. T1he use of' electical power in mines is raidily increasig in extent sinee mine owners are finIally realiz ing in their study to attain greater economy in present existing methods, that this form of energy is best a4ap ted to their needs; -and the purp9ses for which power is required are per liaps greater ini this line of -work than in any other industry. On the conti nient of Europe, espgeially where comn petition is keen, general reourse has been -had to electrical power dmdring the last few years. been in te eked 'te CXM 1O 1 EN& Too rany n)It who itao debt don't oven Atteipt toe6awl out Many an otherNvise oleair record is soiled by contact with01thy litere. A bave man never lifts up a foe for the parpose of knocking him down again. As a general thing the other fel low has no use for your opinion un less it coincides with his own. "To Cure A relon" says .Sam. Kendall, of Phillipaburg, Kan., "Just cover it over with Bucklen s Arnica Salve and the Salve will do the rest," Quickest cure for 3urns, BoIls, Sores' Scals, Wounds, Piles, Eczema, Salt Rheum, Chapped Hands, Sore Feet and Sore Eyes., Only 25e. at .W. E. Pelham & Son's drug store. A Viennese, whose larynx was eut ont for cancer,-has invented a speak ing alparatus iado of' itrubber pipe litted with artilicial vocal chords, I which lie inserts in his throat whinI he wishes to speak, lie spoke be fore the Viennese Medical'society at its last meeting. The voice is a high I'alsetto, tut whtt he said was easily Well Worth Trying. W' H. Brown, the popular pension I attorney, of Pittsfield, VI., says: "Next to a pension, the best thing to get is Dr. King's New Life Pills. "He writes: "they Iceep my family in splendid A health." Quick cure for Headache, Constipation and Biliousness. 25c. guaranteed at W. E. Pelham & Son's i drug store. TAX DELINQUENTS. This is to give notice that Mayor A. T. Brown, of the Town of Newber- T ry, has put into ray hands for:collce tion the unpaid Town Taxes for the year 1905, and .1 ask all. persons I who have not paid their taxes a to come forward at once and do so, y and thus save themselves the-cost of a mecution. . 3 M. M. Buford, C - heriff. r 1iOTIOE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DISOHARGE. Notice is hereby given trat the un liersigned will, on the twelfth day of April, 1906, make a final settlement )n the estate of John J. Mayer, de 3esed, and will immediately there'af ter apply to the Judge of Probate for letters dismissory as administrator of iaid estate. All parties having claims against the said estate will present same on or before that date and all parties due the eaid estate will make prompt payment. John M. Suber, Administrator. NOTICE TO OVERSEERS. All overseers are hereby -notified to warn out the hands in their respective districts and have their roads ,put in proper shape and condition by tho.fit teenth day of April, 1906. Herein fail not under the penalty of tihe law. J. Monroe Wicker, - County Supervisor. ALL KINDS Of Plumbing *Done on Short Notice J. W. WHITE. ~PLEMENT1 handled all tanooaamft P. Never'jv4ge.' a pithg 'by the size >f:the alrfiaV/s jign4t1iur&* ,1 Starving 4 eta e Because her stom,ch Vas so kiak medbk ule dru0nthat she.could lot eat, MM,ar W. alters1-of -st, Miair,'ColuhbuO wa1ter ~ y 1tarving t6: datil 'e writes: My Itomacl. was so weak from useless irugs that. 1could not eat, and .myY ierves so wrecked t-mat. l cod)d yot fleep;aI?d not fore :- gIv66 up to Crwas indue t ettic Bitteis;q ivith the woderf0l result that .im. Srovewent began at once and a corn tote cure followdd." Best health. ronic on earth. 50c. Guaranteed by } W. E. 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No accomplishment gives as W nuch pleasure or is of as great value in Co fter life as the knowledge of music I nd the ability to play well.- All Our Small Payment Plan makes the Bu ,wnership of a high grade Piano or Or- Co an.easy. Stl Just:a few dollars down and a small aymetit each month or quarterly or end annualy -and the iristrument is $1. ours. col Write us to-day for Catalogues and- mo :r Special Proposition of Easy Pay ents. Address Malone's Music House, Columbia, S. C. SAVE EVE Among the various. R! ES O L U T I O"N S ( 'or: the year. I906 or :lon't forget to resolve 4 to Save Every Penny 2 6 that you can. There . 5 Fore You Must Buy Oood -Goods CHEAP. 2 This you can only ac- 2 complish when trading 5 at 0. KLETTNER'S, 5 Headquarters of Genu- t ne bargains.. It will be money to buy from us. 0. KLE"I business long StandIardI mak rthe farmers is teo1 J. V V 4 hec cgstont. vorke~to~t rices. J~2 Lock :o .No Newari y,8. C Correct English. How to UseIt. 1ONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED -TO THE U88 OF ENGLISI. OSEPHINE TUWK AKER EDITOR. Partial Contents for this Ionth. urse:in -Engish for the beginner. urse in English foi the advanced pupil. >w to increase one's'vocabulairy. e art of conversetlon. ould and Would. How to use thm. onunciations. (Century Dictionary.) rreat Eiglish In the home. rrect English In the schQo). iat to say and whatnot to say. arse in letter-writing and Pro 6 uncia ,Jon., habetfc list of abbreviations. sinese English for, the business man. mpaund words. How to write them. idles in Etglish literature. AGENTS WANTED. 00.a Yerr, Send 10 cents for sam le )yt CORREitrENGLIAn, 'Eraf.ton;. , AI:WII.LY HAfITO cured at house with. -van,ID Bo"ko rs sent N.M,o 4treet. JANUARY SPECIALS, )lbs, A. & H. Sodaj (bulk) Boxes Star Lye only 25c. lbs. best Green Coffee 725c. pkgsOur Own W. Powder 25c lbs. Good:Rice 25c. boxes Oysters 25c lbs. California Peaches 25c. lbs. Apricots 25c. yds. best Apron Ginghams25c. yds. Standard Prints 25c. lb. Smoking Tobacco 25c. Bot., 1-2 gal., Pickles 25c ' in your pocket TN ER had tit9