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THE MANNING TIMLES. Mrannm-ing, S. C. S. A. NETTLES, Editor. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18. 1890. Col. B. W. Edwards, state senator from Darlington county, died last Wednesday, June 11th. The town of Manning is probably not for Tillman, but fully one-third of the Democratic voters favor him. At the recent term of court for Berkley county, Judge Aldrich sent twenty-one recruits to the peniteatiary and one to the gallows for murder. The Cotton Plant, the Alliance organ in this State, has been sold to Dr. Stokes, of Orangeburg, and will prob ably be moved from Greenville to that place. This week by request we republish the platform of the March conven tion. It is an able and conservative document, and will repay a careful perusal. ' Georgetown will hold its county convention, and elect delegates to the State and congressional conventions before the State campaign meeting is held. Snap judgment by the Anti Tillmanites. The man who provides employment to a half dozen men is worth more to a town than a man who has a hundred thousand dollars with which to spec ulate in real estate that lie does not intend to improve. Mrs. Grover Cleveland presided at the flower stand of a charity fair in New York Thursday evening, and sold roses as fast as she could hand them out at $25 each. And Grover will be the next president. The gubernatorial contest in Geor gia which promised to -be a bitter and hard fight, has simmered down. The bosses who have hitherto so complete ly controlled the destinies of the State have been brushed off the scenes so effectually that they are not even thought of, and the new farmers' party has assumed full posession of affairs. Hampton county Democracy held her convention yesterday and elected a full delegation to the State conven tion with instructions to support Till man and reform. The Antis were confident of carrying Hampton against N Tilman, but they reckoned without their host, as the resolutions endors I Tillman were adopted by a vote 26. SoClar ' ing ahead organiz isIng clubs. That is right. e county execu u ee were wrong, and the people have got their : eyes open and are simply showng them that they have rights and opt sions of their own which they propose t to have respected. The action of the executive committee is worth at Sleast five hundred votes for Tillmnan. ~CCoL Elliott has been ousted from ~eongress, and the negro Tom Miller ~gyn his seat. According to the rul ing of the congressional committee on ~-eetionsall the congressional elections lia 1888 in this State were illegal. Our 9nnelation is that the Republicans ,-ha'ue so disgusted the country with Mhi acts, that the next house will ~again be Democratic, and then we will aigain get justice. - Te be ws and Courier y ay un gtied the string, and the c aped out. J11he Alabama plan i. ~ tried: to - bring out a te from every Scounty if ' and then when the on meets combine and ma.That is the plan. It Sanybody or any means to defeat Tilman. Will the people show their ~want of wisdom by swallowing the iba ook? We shall see. Whtis to hinder us from estab lshing a cotton bagging factory at a this point? The farmers' county alli. Yance meets in the court house on July 24th, and we think if our merchants E will take the matter in haind anl show 7to-these farmers that they are trying ~to esabhish something for the benefit i~o the farmer as well as the merchant, ~'t will meet with favor by this organ ization. Suppose a subscription list pi started, and our merchants sub jeiewith a liberal spirit, the farm. ~awould also subscribe and a cotton 'ig~ factory will be established ~among us and thereby be a great say. in hg to the consumer of this article. SPolitics is getting wild, and there is .so much we see we would like to pub iah, it is very difficult to select jusi what will be most interesting: it is all inateresting. No man in this State ebhas ever received a more enthusiastic ~'reception than has Tillman at the Scampaign meetings so far. The peo. Spie seem to grow wildly enthusiastic over him. It will take the strongest kind of wire pulling to defeat him: it Sfact the way the thing now stands, i: the convention was held soon he would be nominated almost unanimously The people this year will not listen tc Sthe former bosses, but having taker 7the bull by the horns, they propose t< ~"do their own thinkmng and their owl >acting. Tillman will be the next gov. ernor. SWe have not heard a word recently Sfrom our business men on the rail. O. road question. They seem to have ]fallen into a fatal comatous condition Sand any effort to arouse them is una Svailing. Are we to sit idly by, nol rmaking an effort for self-protectior and preservation, and see all our besi trinte leave us ? If ever any action is -proposed, now is the time. The rail road can be built with home capital ii necessary, but if our business men Shad as much enterprise in them as ~would rattle in the hull of a tobacco seed, they could get a large part of the money elsewhere. It is only eight miles to Silver, and by getting the Harvin Brothers interested, or rather by showing them that the other busi a~ men of this town are interested in this road, they (the Harvin Broth em) would'furnish most of the capital. The road\can be easily built, if our business men would only take hold of it, but unless they change their tactics they will continue to sit idly and list lessly by, and see their town go to perdition before they will get oft their w sats to push the town forward. Some thing should be done, be done at once, or our town will assuredly go back ward ha every respect. On the other Vand, a bright future is ahead of us, ifwe will only seize the golden op >ponitmes offered us. CHARGE TO THE GRANDJURY. What Judge Hudson Had to Say about Unanimity in Terdicts. Gentlemen of the Grand Jury: Before closing my instructions to you I invite your attention to a subject of vital importance to the administration of our laws. Whatever pertains to the mitode of dispensing justice in our Circuit court is of deep concern to our people, and should interest you and all who otliciate in this Court, because we are directly engaged in enforcing the laws of our State, and have the best opportunity of observing the practical working of onr sys tem of l:LWS and method of deciding cases. The result of my experience and reflection is that no better method of deciding the facts of causes, criminal or civil, has yet been devised than that of trial by jury. To some extent opinion is divided on the sub ject, and there are learned men who con tend that a large number of civil cases, at least, could be more correctly adjudged by the Court without a jury. But the number of those who are opposed to the system of trial by jury is not large, and never will in crease audficiently to atbolish this inestima ble right. It has been well said by an able Judge that "the jury is an indispensable part of the machinery of justice. Liberty cannot exist without trial by j ury, and despotism cannot long survive with it. The hard sense and courageous firmness of English juries more than once preserved the liberties of the En glish people against the King and his ser vile Judges." And again: "Trial by jury popularizes the administration of justice by making it a part of the business of the peo. ple. The people ought to share in the ad ministration of the laws which they are popularly supposed to make. It adds to the dignity and responsibility of citizenship, and instructs the citizen in his duties. It is the most effective agency for the diffusion of a general knowledge of the law among the people. It brings to the solution of the facts of a case common sense and practical experience." In this opinion I heartily concur, and such are the sentiments of the great body of our people. So dear to our people and to all English-speaking and liberty-loving people is the right of trial by jury, that %here is no danger of it being surrendered or seriously impaired. Far be it from me to join in the opposition to and hue and cry against this great bulwark of our liberty. I yield to no one in my appreciation of its priceless val ue. What I have to say to you is not against the system and principle of trial by jury, but against defects in the rules for the gov ernment of the jury. I have given to this subject much thought, and am convinced that a serious defect does exist and should be remedied. I refer to the requirement of unanimity in verdicts. In its origin there was a reason for this rule, but that reason ,ever existed in the States of this Union, and has not existed in Old England since the revolution of A. D. 1688. Prior to that time there was a reason for it, especially in criminal trials; but since then I see little reason for it in criminal trials and none whatever in civil cases. Prior to the revolution of A. D. 1688 an independent judiciary was unknown;Judg es were appointed during the pleasure of the King, and were not infrequently remov ed, as was Lord Coke, for non-compliance with the royal behests, or a too sturdy asser tion of their rights. If this system did oc casionally produce eminent jurists like For. tesene and Markham, Gascoigne and Coke, it will not be forgotten that under such aus pices men like Hyde and Scruggs and Jef freys flourished under the smiles of the Court, and fattened upon the miseries of their fellow subjects. Not only were the Jtdges the creatures of the Crown, but s--wvere the sheriffs, who summone - ch jurors as they chose to and very naturally selected subservi ent men. In addition to this the accused was not allowed the services of counsel, but alone and unaided was compelled to defend him self against the skill, zeal, ability, and un scrupulousness of the King's counsel, who was not restricted to the use of direct testi mony, but made free use of hearsay evi dence and written affidavits of absent per. sons whom the unfortunate accused was not permitted to confront nor to cross examine. To the accused, thus overwhelmed with dis advantage, was not accorded the right tc testify in his own behalf, and should the jury, aftera~ u~se-tto-in ir~erciitfe qumtterigainst the opinion of, and to the dinpleasure of, the King's .Judge and the King's counsel, they were liable to be fined and imprisoned on the spot for such grave m isconduct. INo wonder, under such circumstances, that the law required that the verdiets should be unanimous, and that to the ae cused was accorded by law the right o: twenty peremptory challenges, and to the Crown the right of peremptory challenge was denied. The great revolution of 1688 effected most happy change in the appointment o1 Judges for life or good behaviour, thus se curing the independence of the judiciary, and many wholesome reformis in the entire machinery of the Courts and mode ot- con ducting trials. The~se retormnations, and all others w-hied were affected in Old England in the succeed ing century, were embodied in our State Constitution and statute law's'afte-r we achieved our inde-pendence by tne R~evolu tion of 1776. Within the last quarter of a century twv signiticant changes in o'ur law have 1:een made, having a marked effet upon trial by jury. To the accused has been accorded the privilege of testifying in his own behalf and to the Judge has been denied the right tc comment upon the facts. In other words the accused has been made master of the situa tion by being able to tell his own story and having the Judge, challenged by the consti tution, set aside as it were, and his legiti mate province and inflnence destroyed. In addition to all this vantage ground, the ae ensed could, up to three yearsi ago, by hi: large number of challenges, select his own jury from the panel. Within the last quarter oft a century the effect of constitutional restrictiohn and legis lative enactment has been to we-aken om Circuit Courts and to facilitate the acquittal of pers-ons charged of murder. Not thal our JTudges are les~s learned in the law, noi that the jurors are less intelligent, ut be cause the Judges are muzzled by the Consti tution, the jurors are deprived of their aid so essential to a correct guidance, and to th accused is granted the privilege of manufac turing his own testimony, after havint adroitly chosen the time and place of slay ing his victimi. In almost every grave criim inal trial our juries have to weigh the testi mony of the accused, who have the stronges possible inducement to commit peijury; th juries are absolutely denied the aid of at enlightened Judge in unravelling this wel of falsehood and in dealing with the sophis try of astute counsel, by which they are lia ble to be led astraye Under such a system of trial it is not stir prising that the best of juries render erro neous verdicts, and that murderers go uin whipt of justice. This triumph is lea:sinl to the heinous offender and to his astute ami zealous counsel, but ruinous to the interests of society, and damaging to our Courts o3 Justice. The frequency cf foul murder: and the ease with which the bloody assassit triumphs at the bar of our Courts is a dis grace to our civilization and a foul blot upon the administration of our laws. It at the first trial the accused fails to se cure an acquittal, his aim is at least to secure a mistrial, knowing full well that at the sec ond trial his chances of escape wvill be greatly increased, and in this he is rarely mistaken. These acquittals and mistrials can in every instance be traced to the fadse testimony o. the aceused and the rule requiring unanim. ity in the verdict. The innocent man wouhl rarely object to the verdict of a majority o: two-thirds or three-fourths of the jury, but the guilty man would never consent to the rule of the majority. He who hath his cause just will cheerfull~ abide by such rule, but he who has broken his covenant, or has slain his man, wvill in' sist upon that sale which affords him the greatest facility to escape. No system o-t trial is pleasing to him, but that system will be most acceptable whose meshes he can eas ily break through. The rule of the majority is in keeping with the genius of our Government and pi-e vails in all its branches and departments, executive, legislative, and judicial, except in trial by jury. IIn the Government of the United States ai majority of the Electoral College elects the President, a majority of the State Legisla ture selects Senators, a majority of vote-rs elects Congressmien, a majority in each branch of Congress makes the laws, anda majority of the Supreme Court interprets them, and renders the judgments of that portance and tremendous import to the peo ple. In each State Government a majority of the voters elects the Governor, R-pre sentatives, and all county officers, a majority of the legislators enacts the laws and -lvcts the Senators and the Judges, and a majority of the appellate Court interprets the laws I and renders all judgments of those Courts affecting life, liberty, and property. Should the President or other executive officer, or a justice of the Supreme Court be impeached of high crimes, lie would be tried by the Senate, a muajority of two-thirds of which body can convict him: and so likewise with the executive and judicial officers of the States. Yet it requires the unanimous ver diet of twelve jurors to convict a thief or acquit an innocent man. A majority of the Supreme Court of the United States can pass upon life, liberty, or property of the citizen, and so does a ma j.arity of the Snpreme Appellate Courts of the .;everal States. Why then should una nimity be essential to the verdict of a jury? I defy any one to assign a valid reason why a majority of the Judges of the Supreme Court should prevail, whilst a majority of twelve judges of fact should not. If twelve judges of fact must unanimously agree then so should the nine judges of law be unani mousi in their findings and conclusions. To apply such a rule to the nine Justuces of the Supreme Court of the United States would be preposterous, but not more so than to enforce unanituity in verdicts of twelve judges of facts. In behalf of our jurors, and in the inter est of the cause of justice, I advocate the abolition of the rule of unanimity, at least in all civil cases, and in misdemeanors and the lighter felonies. Our jaries are com posed largely of the best men of the commu nitv. men well reared and accustomed to the coiforts and luxuries of lif3. The hard ships to which they are exposed in doing jury duty are very great, and often danger ous to health and life. After sitting for hours, and some times days, through a long, tedious, and intricate trial in an uncomfort able Court room, they are slnt up in a cold, cheerless, and poorly ventilated room, of small compass without fire, food or beds, and there kept in a famishing condition, day and night, in the vain effort to convince one or two stubborn men who will not listen to reason. and who, perhaps, prejudged the case in advance of evidence and argument. In these daily struggles in the jury room, of muscle and prejudice against brain and rea son, good and true men have been known to become ruined in health, resulting some times in the loss of life. Not unfrequently these struggles, under duress of imprison ment in the jury room, result in the victory of the minority, over the majority and the dark triumph of wrong over right, and fre quently result in mistrials, at the expense of the people and denial of justice. The consequence is that the men of prop erty and the practiced business men of the community, by means of this delay and un. certainty in the result of trials by jury, have been driven from the Courts, and se lect boards of arbitrators as their preferred tribunals where a majority rules, or are driven to compromises as preferable to uni satisfactory verdicts, the delay and cosis of which are often tantamaaonut to a defeat by the winning party, and are overwhelningly ruinous to the losing litigant. Among the intelligent and well-to-do classes of our people there is a growing aversion to our Courts, and increasing want of confidence in the result of the trials, civil and criminal. The .jurors are not responsible for this. They are as honest and as honorable as our jurors ever were; but the fault is in the emas culated system of trials before Courts greatly weakened by constitutional restrictions and legislative enactments. The laws disarm the Judge, and doubly arms the- criminal and covenant breaker. The one is muzzled, while the other can utter his falsehoods trumpet-toned in the ears of an unaided and helpless jury. The mouth of the Judge is sealed against condemnation of wrong, and exposure of sophistry and perjury, whilst the tongue of the guilty accused is free to utter falsehoods and thereby to es cae onot condemn the right of the acensed to testify-in his own behalf, although it is a fruitful and alarming source of perju ry; but I do condemn the law that so weak ens our Courts as to render them unable to thwart this evil, and to foil the criminal in Ihis studied effort to impose upon the jury by wvays that are dark and tricks that should be vain. 41Ti ule .e' unanimity renders consulta tion in the jury roomi so tedious, p)rtraicted, onerons, and disagreeable that good and true, intelligent and competent men are averse to the service, and resort often to subterfuges to avoid the duty and to escape the hardships. On grand juries they will ingly serve, but on petit juries with reluc It very often happens that juries after re tiring for deliberation are forced to abolish the rule of unanimity and agree that a fixed majoity sha ll rule, and at times settle dis putes by) drawing lots or casting up "heads and tails, or by having each juror to put in his estinmate of the damages to be found, Iand from the sum total strike an average by diviading by twelve. V erdiets reached by these haphazard ways ar'te entitled to as much respect as those5 ex torted lby duress of implris;nme'nt. All that I have sidd ha- been iuspiired by readling a very able article on this sub jeet lby the lHon. Henry C. C'aldwell, United States District Judge in Arkansas publish ed in American Law Revie-w for Novenmbei and Decaimber A. D. 188. Ia coneluding his article lie says of this rule unanimity: "-The rule encourages criaae: It is the hope of the guilty, and the trust of dishon est and litigious suitors; it obstructs and de ay-s justice: it multiplies lawvyers fees and burdens suitors with costs and the citizen with taxes; it degrades and dishonors the citizen by treating him wyorse than the felon lie is called o'n to try; it miakes jury service disagreeable and dangerous: it often c-na blces criminals in cities where thaut class abounds to escape conviction by snggling~ one of their numher on thp jury; it is an incenjive to bribery and corruption; it is ai fertile souree of false verdicts and a relic of barharism and superstition that ought to be abolished' In an :able article by the llion. 1I. P. 1Brown, of Detroit, Mich., na judicial inde ,pend ence, published in the Amaerican ILaw -Review for September and October, A. D). 1889, he remarks ini conclusion: "In civil. cases, both in Old and New England, trial by jury seemis by a kind of commiaon coase-nt to be falling into disuse. A step. which I regard as a v-ery decided one in advance, huas ibeen taken in two or three Stata-s lby abolhsh ing the rule of' unaniimity and permzittinga verdict by the consenat of nine. Th'fis will obviate a vast numbher of disagreemieuts b. eliminating the man who has been ap proached, andt the man of olique percepi tions to be fond upon almost every jury, Iwho can never sethings as others see thema.' In a letter to him, .Judge Sabin, of th-~ Federal Court of Nevadla, remarks: "I have had severail years' experience in Nevadai, while at the B.u-, of the practical working of the rule, and I wholly apparove of it. I do not think that either the Bar or the pa ple would consent to go back to the former rule of unaniimaity of verdiet. In this State (California) the rule has been in errect about ten years, I think. 1l. neither State has it ever been soughat to restore- the old rule. do not presume it ever will be restored 0r desired.'' He further remarks in favtor of the new rule: "In refusing the verdict of nine against three, it seems to me we are very illogical, if not irrational, as we give to the one of three dissenting jurors full force and effect, and none to that of the other nine-just as honest, intelligent and ration atl as the other one or three." II have been informed that in the Consti tution ot the four new- States --North Dako ta, Southi Da kota, Washington, and \Montana -the rule of unanimity in verdicts, in both civil and ciminal cases, has been abolished, and the rule of a majority of two-thirds aor three-fourths substituted. The people of these new States are to be congriatulated upon this reform in the sys temn of trial by jury. The practical test of the liew' rule will readily securie the- appriov al of all law-abiding and patriotic citizens, -as it has in California and Nevada, It is to be hoped that in the older States thle exam ple will be followed, and that the peopale wil see to it that the lrws are fraimedI in the interest of the law-abiding citizens, :andc are so administered in our Courts as to be a ter ror to evil-doers. In our career as a people to this comfplex 'ion it has come, that the good, the patriotie, and true citizens of the landi, aideda hy an enihtened press, that great lever of publia' sentiment, must unite inl an1 earneiit erfart to protect the communiliity againist ia.: caut raes of the daring law-breakers, whioase ini creasing numbers threaten the paeice of s aci ety, and in this directior' the whtdle weighat of your infinence, nad that of all ctliciaals at The Farmers' Movement Platform. WHEREAs, it is the inalienable right, inhe rent and constitutional of citizenship, to meet in any orderly manner, to propose and discuss measnres, to adopt platforms, of principles and appoint, if expedient, cham pions of said principles; and whereas, expe rience has shown the value of agittion in side f our ranks, and we feel that We mu1ist (devise somic plan by which ditktrenc.s of: opinion as to meastires and umen may have scolpe to bring about needed rforms, there fore this Convention of Democrats. ar.sem bled in Colmatbia. this March 27. 18'u, unite in issuing the following platform of principles and1 measures, upon whieh we intend to strive for supremacy in party and State: 1. We recognize the imperative necessity of Anglo-Saxon unity in our State, and pledge ourselves to abide by the arbitra ment of the Democratic party, rely ng iupon the sense of justice and enlightened self interest of a majority of our white iellow citizens to secure all needed reforms. We will make our issue inside the party lines, and, differing as brethren who must make a common cause against a common enemy, we will bow in subnissior. to the behests of the party fairly expressed through the regu lar channels. 2. The nominations of the Democratic party are virtually elections. Believing in 1 the Jeffersonian doctrine that "the people are the best conservators of their own rights and liberties," and that "self-governinent is the only free government," we demand that all nominations for office in the party, other than State offiies, shall be by primary elee tions, condneted under the State law enacted in 1888. 3. We demand the reapportionment of representation in the Democratic Conven tion upon the basis of the census of 1880, and that it go into eftect this year. W e de mand that the delegates to the State Nomi nating Convention shall be chosen by pri mary election on the same day that the oth. er officers are nominated, and that all the counties shall hol their primatries on the same day, to vit: the last Tuesday in August of each election year. 4. We denand that the board of agrieul ture be abolished: that the privilege tax on fertilizers, and everything pertaining to ag ricultuire, or mechanies, or industrial edit cation, including the agricultural stations, be under the control of the trustees of Clemson Agricultural College, and upon said trustees shall devolve all duties now performed by the present board and com missioners of agriculture, except the control of the State phosphate interests. 5. We demand that the South Carolina I College shall be liberally supported as a elassical and literary institution. ti. We demand that the school districts in the vaiious counties in the State shall be as nearly sqnare as practicable, and an area to allow only one white and one colored free school in each district, and that the mschool trustees be elected instead of appointed. 7. We demand rigid economy in public expenditures, the abolition of useless otlices, reduction of salaries and fees of all otficers, State and county, to conformu to the increas ed purchasing power of mcney and decreag ed ability of people to pay taxes; that the public offieers shall be paid in proportion Ito their labor and responsibility. S. We demand that the railroad comniis sion shall be given all needed power to prO tect the rights and interests: of' the people without injuring the railroads, and that the commissioners bi' elected by the people after nomination by the Democratic Coivention. It is the sense of this metiig that salari.l attorneys of railroads ait phosphate con p'nies should be ineligible to seats in the Legislature. 1). We demiand that there shall L e a surVev of the State's phosphaie beds and their clas sitietbon into three grades, and that a com imission, composedl of the Governor, Comp troller General and Attorney General, shall control and direct the mining under rigid rules, each river or phosphate district being leased at public auction for a term of years after the coinmission has fixed a minimum royalty according to the value as shown by the survey. 10. We demand that a Constitutional C'on vention be called to give us an organic law, framied by our own people, and adapted to our conditions and wants. We believe that we cannot obtain any great relief fromt our burdensoice taxes till this is done, and we have lost faith in the power to amend the present Constitntion so that it wvill answer the requirements. 1L Believing, as Thomas .Jefferson, "that a diflnsion of information and the arraign inent of all abhuses at the bar of public rea son" is a fundamental principle of free gor' ernnment, and it will give the needed relief, w~e denmnd that candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall, and all other aspirants to State off1ees are invited to can vass the Stamte, and that those asking our suffrages for the General Assembly sh'ilt canvass their respectiv'e counties on these issues, so that the peopPle after hearing the cause can act intelligently and rendler their verdiet at the pritiary election. We warn the people against being forestalled as they were two years ago in some counties. Let no delegates to the State Convention be ap pocintedt befom\e they hea:r this joint dirn sion. 12. Fot the purpose of e'duc(ating and atrousing the masses we will proceed to snOe gest canitdate~s for G;ovrnor anmd Lieutenant Gmovernor w ho faivor these memasures, andI we ask tihose who disagree with us to dii like w ise W~Vithiout exc'ludingc any camndidat" w~ho inmy desire to enter th~e rae, h-t us hav'' a ull and fre~e disc'ussion aind free lighlt ini side thme pairty lines, and let the majrity Irule, It will remove its discontents, adt as a school for traininmg outr public tuen, strengthen the party for its c'ondi1ets with Radicalism, and be of untl berwtiltt to the people~ and the State. T here is rmore catarrh in this se'ctioni of the connitry than all other diseases put to ether, and until thbe htst few y'ears; wa*; sup posed to be' incuraI:-. F"or ai great mn years doctors prononel it a local disease, and prescribed locald remoedies, a:i'l by con stantly tailing to enure with logd treat'tient, prononned it incurable. Scie.n'e hams provena ('arh to be a costittuitioa itisase, and therefore requires constitutional treatmnrt. I tall's ca:tarrh cure, timufacturedl by F1. J. C2he'ney & Co., 'Toledo, Ohi, is the only taken internally in doses frloim 10~ dr ops to a teaspioonful. ]t acts direetly npon01 the blood and mucl'~Os surfaces of tha sytem. Thley otb-r one hundred dollar-s for' any case it fails to ecrt. Send for cireni lars and testi mon ial. Audre.s. P. 1. CH ENE~ A CU., Toledm, 0. .'bold by Druggists, 75c. Killed by Lightning. ilmliamiu Edward1 Tisdal, son of lr .TJ. (1. i mdale, aged aibont 19 y ar-s, was' tnstantlv killed by lig'htnig h-st Fiday~t atteinoon, June. Gth. Hec and a you'ner birother we-cre in a field ae short distac from thieii home, and not fit from at wooded. th~i eet, where a smal ll pine trec was strek b lig 'cht'ningi sev eral yards, from wherem they were stanmding. Their father, who was inm the- hotie, had his *attention att rce by~ the' report (of the: thunder and ivaw hi yonnn.erm n stagring abhout andl ran to his atssistin e. WIhen he ree him ihe san' time elder b~rothmer lyinog at full length, dead, with his face donm *ward. ?Te younger brother was dazed and speechlless, but has r'cov'eredl f'rom the shock. lHe says lhe atnd his brother wetre *very neair togethcr when they were struck. - An Editor's Faith. The editor of thme .ledceor'. published at Grmeeni lle, ila., expre'sces his faith in S. S. S. 'The god this pireparationi has accomi plishied is~ inecalctnlable, and thousands iof meno and w omen that it has saved fronm an ciey(irave to-day i i~e up anid bless the ud ina ttor, and tho.-e w-ho pla'edl it in their poiw er to priienre it. A niuiber oft our actlaimt anees have used this wi~mdertul imeditcine to their great benetIit, most oif them to thleir perfect heading, and their testimony has been given to the putblic that others like themu nemy take thte heaing bihme. We know that Swift's Speecine (S. S. S.) is no hiiimmbug, and cant recomendai it, and we do most heartily. The 1rpi'tor3 arie' gnid, liberal and chatabled I, and hlIave dini probabliy as 11meht or lorl, goo: d thant an''y whtir liemt in 'Treat ise'll hIn L..d andi skini dis.e aes mlaied free Si f T l'E IIC~ CO., trag gieht Adceruser. ] In Memory of the Three Blind Mice. The shades of night were talling fast, As throngh Columbia city passed Three men who hore mid silence dead A ilag on which there coull be read Anybody to beat Ben Tilhan. "Try no16t the taOk," the farmer said, .-You wInt make salt to salt voor1 brel. The tlagen did not digit rep.ly They simplyV lt thi b1anner '!y Anybody to bcat Bn Tillmall. 'Oh, stav." Ben Tillman sail, "and rest Your heads upon thi . Far oni the worI came on the wind, As from a lmm-.tal sick in minn :S . muudL beat Ben 'Tillhan Next morn they found beneath the hag A faded, old, and useless rag Three skeletons stretched on the stones, With thse sad words wrought of their bones: Nobhody-ean-beat-Ben-Tilmni! BUTCKLEN'S ARNICA SALVE. The best salve in the world for Cats, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt 1theum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi tively cures Files, or no pay requred. It is guairanteed to give perfect satisfaction ir money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by J. G. Dinkins & Co. THE NEW DISCOVERY. Yon have heard your f1iends aid neigh bors talking abont it. You may yourself be ore of the many who know f0111 personal experience jnist how good a thing it is. If you have ever tried it, vou are one of its stanch fri'nds, beeanse the wonderful thing about it is, that when once given a trial, Dr. King's New Discovery ever after holds a6 place in the house. If you have never used it and should be afflicted with a congh, cold or any Throat, Lung or Chest trouble, secnre a bottle at once an:d give it a fair trial. It is guaranteed every time. or money refunded. Trial lottles Free. at Dinkins & Co.'s Drug Store. THE FIRST STEI'. Perhaps you are run down, vau't eat, can't sleep, can't think, can't do anything to your satisfaction, aid yon wonder what ails yon. You shoul heed tlhce warning, you are tak ing the lirst step intl nervons prcstration. Yon need a nerve tonie and in Electric Bit ters yon will find the exact re-medy for re storing your nervous svstemn i.o its normal, helthy condition. Surprising results fol low the use of this great nerve tonic and alterativt-. Your app, -tit.. return a:Od di gestion is r.-'torel al1 the livr and- kid neys resumaie balthy action. Try a bottle. Price 50c. at Dinkins & Co.'s drug store. The Levi Brothers, of Stun ter. place before our readerS a, list of ;Olle of their tnos0 t alllI prices. and ,isy that they not onlyN advertise their pricet..S, but. their oods are fi-st class in every gfll'tillitll'. scotch (imnghams 12.1, 15, and 20c. All Wool Double Width Cashrnueres 25, 30, 40, ,) and 75c. per yard. hallies at 61. 82;, 12.1. 20 and 25c. White Lawn 5, 1, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 25, and olored Lawn 6, 8, 10, 12, and 15W. Satoens 10, 12.l. an-1 25w. Ginghams 8 and 10. White Fmbroidary skirts , m, and 75': $1 and 1.5 p'r yar . Warner's Health Cors-t S1.25. Warner's, Coroline C0,rset -,I. Ladies' Silk Mitts, colored and black, from 25e. to I1. Stampd tidis, scarfs, and splashers from 15c. to $1. Embroidery Cotton, all colors, 2 balls for .C. Butcher's Linen 40c. per yard. Embroidery Silk le. per spool. Wash Silk 5c. per skein. Knitting Silk 50c. per ball. Ladies' Newport Ties from SI to 53.50. opera Slippers fronm 750c. to S2.50. Gient' Fine Shoes S83 to $5. Best line of Summer Clothing at prices from $5 to $25. Gen-its' and Boys' Straw Hats frotu 25e. to Ladies' Paras'l'a I rom 25c. to S1. Ladies' Ho'.o, l'lack and colors, fromn 10e-. to 75c. lier pair. Stapl- and Faney Graoeres in full lines. LE\'I BROTHERS, Sumter, S. C. State Pensioners. Cot.Unn, June 1::.- -The clerks in the comiptroller-general's o1lice have just got ready to pay the -lune installment of the State penstens. It is the s:-contd and last installment the recipients ofit the State's mutf nilieent. bounity wsill receive this year. Tlhe total amount appropriated was $s0, 000l; of' this $25,OMIOGS wats paid out in M\arch laist, each pensioner b-ing ni:ale w'althiy to th:e extent of $12.11. 'T' pi' u-at playment will aggregate $2:,5.0'5, and will1 giv ach psionert $11.G~>, or a talI af S4.Mt lot the year. Thle total umunher of penstion1ers on the list is 2,1)21. Diseatse lies in amnbnsh fo'r the, wreak; a feeble 'ontst:tutionl is ill :tdlpted to ileoutn ter a mlarlicls atmosphere and sudde~n changes of temoperatur", and the l.est robust are usually the eaisiest victim. Dr. J. H. Mcean's Sars;aparilla will otivet tone fital ity atnd streng'thu to the entire body., I)istr-s' afte'r eating, hear tburn, tiek heoal:uehue, and indi' estiuun 'are enadi byv far. Jh. 11. .\cLean's liver andi hindny pillets 'lit of la'situde, hierause the-y think lt hae to. If they would take 1r. J. 1. McLeanf's; SarsapparilIla this feelin.g of weariness would !ve' place to vigor' and vitality. Tillindizt's List of Perjnri-rs. C'alpt. Tilhmaan in his Sp.irtanhmurg speech 'sail: "The Legislature of 1S87, elected by tarmercis, wats hIiimboozled and debauched so that they. went back on the plel who sent the-m th.'re. I chrarge thse men with polak teal p1er'jury. Persontally, T be'lie've they are ''.ntlemten. It is a pazraidoc. but we see it e-v'ry d. v 'There' is a list of' Senaitors tor w.~homn 1 Itav.e no r"wnse to mtake. I wanit dl y.u newspaper men to pubnllisht thteir name s. Th'eiy wenot b~ack on are l.i ttn if )eonL-. IUnismt of Chlsto~'t n, Byr ut of Wtilliiaisburg, Ilfowell of ('.l letont, hzlar of 01rangelourg, Moor- of* Hlamptart, and "Smy'.th of Cha leston." Dyspepsia aksmany lives miserable, and often leads to sefdestruction. Distress after eating, sick head' ache, heartburn, sour stomach, mental depres siOnl, etc., are caUsed by this very common and increasing disease. Hood's Sarsaparilla tones the stomach, creates an appetite, promotes healthy digestion, relieves sick headache, clears the min, ad cresthe most obstinate cases of dys pepsa. eadthefollowing: "I have been troubled with dhyspepsia. I had but little appetite, and what I did eat distressed me, or did me little good. In an hour after eating I would experience a faintness or tired, all-gone feeling, as though I had not eaten anything. Hood's Sarsaparilla did mec an immense amount of good. It gave ame an appetite, and my food relished and satisfied the craving I had previously experienced. It rcllcved me of that faint, tired, all-gone feeling'. I have felt so much better since I tooh flood's Sarsaparilla, that I am happy to recommend it." G. A. P'AGE, Watertown, Mass. N. B. Be sure to get only Hood's Sarsaparilia Soldbyall druggists. Si; six forg5. Prepared only byeC. I. HOOD & C(O., A pothectaries, Lowell, Mass. 100 Doses One Dollar The Stauntoni life Association of Virginia ofler's a newu plaiu of insurane to the public. The natural psremima11 plan-Rates 3 per cent. liwer than thte old line comtpanies Onie-half the pal icy paid at oild age. Don't huave to die to win -A safety funid, the inter est ont which rueduces premitiums --A fixed time antd amounil~t tor paiymeit. Thme cIim-. pany is ma~naged by responsiLh-' 1,ninos mu:n of Viriniat. Ini seven) ye"ars iwtaid :h1l1,.01 ont 7' deaithIs, and' paidl everyv one Nvn r ha.1 a lLlawli uit ( toluprotui ed. a l:oth miles and' fi-mtal's inisiul at same~u' rat is if healthy antd not ov-er ;u y ears old. l'uu..re imemin a' all on ori write to T. M. KEELS, A 4't HOUSEHOLD NOTES. MS. si. A. NET-'TLEs. Very pretty "comfortables" for the bed may be easily and inexpensively made of cheese cloth, nun's veiling or other light material. They have the advantage of being light and easy to handle, as well as very warni and com fortablc; they can also be made of any size, according to the use to which they are to be applied-either large enough for a large bed, or a light cov ering to throw -over one when lying down to rest, or as a foot-warmer to be thrown across the foot of the bed. The one which I have is intended for an invalid's use--a light covering to be adjusted at will on lounge or bed. It is made of pale blue cheese cloth, and is two yards long and one and one-half vards wide. Both sides are of the same color, though they may be made of pretty contrasting shades when preferred. The lengths are sewed together, and layers of cot ton placed between the two sides; the cotton is held in place and the quilt ornamented by tufts of pale pink worted-about fourteen pieces of two iuches in length tied in each tuft and the edge is finished by a border crochetted in shells. The worsted the most expensive item-is nerely decorative, and "comforts" which are simply tacked in spots are just as warm and serviceable, while the edges may be completed by embroidered scal lops, feather-stitching, binding, or by simply turning them in and sewing them together. Colored outside covers for the bed are much in use, quite largely indeed, superseding the while spreads so long in vogue. Pretty cretonnes and chin tzes make pretty and effective bed room draperies, the counterpane be ing also of the same material. These are made by cutting a sufficient num ber of strips of the required length to make the requisite width after they are sewed together, and are com pleted by laying a lieni all around the edges. But while the bed snreads may be made thus simply, they may also be made so as to give ample scope for the exercise of the decorative talent. A very handsome quilt was said to have a foundation of sinple coarse brown holland. In the centre clusters of grapes and vine leaves formed a beau tiful wreath, and the same design was used for the sides by trailing the vine pattern all around the quilt. The embroidery was done in button-bole, chain, and satin-stitch; the first being better where the material is to be cut away, as it makes a finer and more secure edge; the satin-stiich is appro priate to fruits and heavy work, while the chain stitch is best adapted for outlining, as in the veining of leaves, tendrils, etc. Beautifui afghans for baby's crib may be made by using squares of very fine flannels, or of wihite empress cloth or cashmi-ere, and decorating them with some pure and simple de sign appropriate to the innocence of ifancy. Scrolls may also be added, such as "A~ngels be thy guardl," "Swveet slunber-s enfold thee," "Holy angels guard thy bed," etc. After the deco rations are complete the square is to be lined with qjuilted satin and bound with ribbon. ORN.iMENT'AL TWL BACK-A reed, bamboo, or small, or'di nar-y wallking stick, either plain or decorated, and tied by ribbons to twvo brass or plated hooks set in the wall, makes a most ornamecntal r-ack for towels, and is far better for the purpose than hooks, or the usual r-ack that standsh upon0 the floor, and is ever- ready t~o upset, be cause top-be-avy and clumsy'. .Presents in the aes ac.eont form THE LAXATlVE ANO NUTPIT:OUS.JUICE FIGS OF CALIFORNlA, Combined with the medicinal virtues of plants known to be most beneficial to the human system, forming~ an agreeable and e-ffective laxative to permna niently cure Habitual Consti pat ion, and the manny .ills de pending on a weak or inactive condition of the KIDNEYS, UIVER AND BOWELS. It is the most excellent remedey known to CLEANSE TH E SYSTEM EFFE-CTUALLY wVheni one i' ililious or Constip.ated PURE BLOOD, REFRE8HIN'C :Ls-.f HEALTH and STRENdCTH NATURALLY FOLLOW. Every one is using it and all are deligted with it. ASK YOUR ORUcCiT FOR B372E331 O' "IGB MANUFACTUREO ONLY BY CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, C AL. JIWuIL LE, KY. NEW YORK. II. ?. Dr. L B AER, Whole~Is:leI Driiggisi, AlwavskJi :L a ll as~rtm.-nt of eey tig b'elt nlzing~ to tii- IthE u .insiss. li' invites orders t rom I rug-gists. Phiysilas, and Country Mehants. E1v'ry over,. nieer :nind bow siual, shall have prompt nil careful attention. P'rices low. Quick Sales anid Small Profits' p-'ull stock: r Show CaLiss all sizes, at mianufcturers pr:ees. C. WULBER & CO. WHOLESALE OROCEIRS. Flour a Specialty. Nos. 171 & 173 East Bay' Street, WAGENER BROS., 1H:RLESTOY . C J. ADGER SMYTH. F. J. PELZER, Special Partner SMYTH & ADGER, Factors and Commission Merchants, )Northa Atlanatic Wliarf, CHARLESTON, S. C. OTTO F. WIETERS, WHOLESALE GROCER, Wholesale Dealer in Wines, Liouors and Cigars, No. 121 East Bay, Charleston, S. C. OTTO TIEDEMAN & SONS, Wholesale Grocers and Provision Dealers, 172, 174, and 176 East Bay Street, 0mAnras "o>, S. c. ESTABLISHED 1844. Charleston Iron Works, Manufacturers and Dealers in Marine Stationary and Portable Engines and Boilers, Sal w Mill Machinery, Cotton Presses, Gims, Railroad, Steam boat, Machinists', Engineers' and Mill Supplies. Mi1?Rpairs executed wi/h promptness and Dispatch. &ndfor price lis/s. East Bay, Cor. Pritchard St., Charleston, S. C. F. J. PELZER, President. F. S. RODGERS, Treasurer. Atlantic Phosphate Company, CEA '--T O, . . MANUFACTURERS OF STAN DARD FERTILIZERS, AND IMPORTERS OF "Eure Crermnan "Kainit.. PELZER, RODGERS, & CO., GenerlAgts., BROWN'S WHARF, CIARfESTON, s. c. Mn. M. Livr. of Manning, will be pleased to snpply his friends and the public en ,ly, with any of the above brands of Fertilizcrs. MOLONY & CARTER, COMMISSION MERCHANTS. Dealers in Corn, Oats, Bran, Hay, Flour, feed, 241 & 24t; Meeting St., Opp. Pavilion Hotel, CIARLESTON, S. C. pm"Contracts made for car load lots or less. Son; BOLLMANN BROTHERS, , S, Wholesale Grocers, 157 and 169, East Bay, I CH ARLESTON, S. C. ___ C. L. HOYT. H. A. HOYT. -AND-C.I. HOYT&RMO., Buildng Mteri l.Largest and Oldest Jewelry Store in ESTABLISHED 1842. SUMTER, S. C. CHARLESTON, S. C. JOH 250 w\L skAI}LE i N IETAILDEALEn' IN 1 CHOICE FAMIL.Y GROCERiES, 0 I Lig1iIOPS ail(I Cjal'S. Stoies, 130 189), and 191 Meeting St., and 118 Market Street, w-e4P3 CHARLESTON, S. C. Pr ice lists; cheerfully finrnishetd. SpealnrLmpbites rm SO oS2) attention givena to consignmeants of country Avr ag t~k * liinawi' h prodnevretsle lae od ae 5 "AROUND THE CONER SALOON. L~ OSM Opposite J. Rlyitenaberg & Sons' Grocery on LIBRT SRET.Sucesr Lamps, be. Fesfom &1 Bto 2. A verymerge ctoklowhBrtanouacaom, th Stntean Iwilgurateertyfc bets lve A1led godI md. 5 Lionto ne uidall Fie lquo Goa d Ringl~1s a. FtS Ein ieolocs. eles. WeNkeep aarolnnaevorythhnsken th specialy, als fLonesdrink.ices. AL. W. 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I hav ht;adcndeal Hea efipertietnGe L Wn NETEra MgeDiie, dga ~Branc oantateeahacoutsfaet.i onryestomerS. Pa.o