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ST ; ' i. :*f • .-*» .. : /A' - ;> v Ci <1,. ^ tv*" !J 4S *>* 6- .■'- ^ !i£*l kk'!' VOL. II. FLORENCE, S. C.. WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 11. 1895 No. 109. The Constitution. CUT IT OUT AND PRESERVE IT FOR REFERENCE. ARTICLE 2, SECTIONS 9 TO 1(J ;. 9. The general assembly provide for the establishment of polling precincts in the several counties of the State and those now existing shall so continue un til abolished or changed. Each elector shall be required to vote at his own precinct, but provision shall be made for his transfer to another precinct upon his change of residence. Sec. 10. The general assembly shall provide by law for the regu lation of party primary elections and punishing fraud at the same. Sec. 11. The registration books shall close at least 30 days before an election, during which time transfers ahd registration shall not be legal; provided, persons who will become of age during that period shall be entitled to registration before the books are closed; * ’* J • ' '’ * Sec. 12. Electors in municipal elections shall possess the qualifi cations and be subject to the dis qualifications herein prescribed. The production of a certificate of registration from registration of ficers of the county as an elector at a precinct included in the in corporated city or town in which the voter desires to vote is declared a condition prerequisite to his ob taining a certificate of registration for municipal elections, and in ad dition he must have been a resi dent within the corporate limits at least four months before the election and have paid all taxes due and collectible for the pre ceding fiscal year. The general assembly shall provide for the registration of all voters before each election in municipalities; provided that nothing herein con tained shall apply to any muni cipal elections which may be held prior to the general election of the year 1896. Sec. 13. In authorizing a special elections in any incorporated city or town in this State for the pur pose of bonding the same, the gen eral assembly shall prescribe as a condition precedent to the hold ing of said election a petition from a majority of the freeholders ot said city or town as shown by its tax books, and at such elections all electors of such city or town who are duly qualified for voting under section 12 of this article, and who have paid all taxes, State, county and municipal, for the pre vious year, shall I"- allowed to vote and the vote of a majority of those voting in'said elections shall be necessary to authorize the issue of said bonds. Sec. 14. Electors shall in all cases except treason, felony or breach of the per op, be privileged from arrest on the days of election during their attendance at the polls and going and returning therefrom. Sec. 15. No power, civil or mil itary, shall any limn interfere to prevent the free exercise of the right of suffrage in this State* THE SULTAN SUBMITS. To Atlanta. The editor of The Southern Real Estate and Financial ’Jour nal left this morning for Atlanta, horseback; for the purpose of ‘tak ing a look at the country and the towns between •Florence and At lanta and issuing a special edition of that paper. containing a de scription of hit trip *and of the business advantages of the towns. He will visit Sumter, Columbia, Newberry, Greenwood, Abbeville and the intermediate towns in South Carolina, -and Elberton, Athens and other to.wns in Georgia, arriving in Atlanta just prior to the close of the exposi tion. Beautiful line toilet sets at $1, at Sligh it Rucker’s, cash. Too many pants, they must go and th<* public gets the benefit, at Sligh it Rucker’s. Fine toilet sets nt 00 cash at Sligh it Rucker’s. Forrell it Edwards, the popular photographers of Florence, are still at their elegant rooms over Bult- man’s store. wh(>re they have the best light in this section of the State and the best instruments furnished by manufacturers. Give them a call and “secure the shadow ere the substance fades.” Large line and all colors in em broidery out. Crochet cotton at 3 cents a ball, at .Sligh & Rucker’s, cash. 495 pairs of custom made pants, at Sligh & Rucker’s, at cost for 10 days cash. Don’t fail to attend the big pants sales at Sligh & Rucker’s for 10 davs at cost cash. He Grants the Firmans Demand ed by the Powers. Constantinople, Dec. 10—The Sultan has determined to issue the firmans demanded by the powers. At 8.10 this evening an order was issued granting permission for the extra guardships to pass the straits of the Dardanelles, thus ending another chapter m the long history of the Eastern question. The long drawn out controversy between*the Ambassadors of the powers and the Sultan over the question of the admission of ad ditional guardships for the pro tection of the embassies was set tled at 8.10 this evening by the is suance of an irade granting t e necessary firmans to permit the guardships to pass the Dardanel les. The demand was first made upoii the Sultan on November 19 and scarcely a day has passed since then without its being renewed in a more or less peremptory manner. The ingenuity displayed by the Turkish government in evading a direct answer to the demand or, when forced to answer, the effec tive pleadings put forth for delay, had almost brought the mind of Europe to the conviction that the demand would never be complied with. Meantime days and weeks passed by without any action and the demand has almost passed. The final triumph of the powers in forcing a compliance with their demands seems a barren one and the long sought permission to double the regular guardships for the embassies, now tl^at it is ob- tainpd, seems hardly worth taking advantage of. The following account has just been received of the massacre at Bitlis on October 23: The Turks, armed, assembled in the mosques and several others, dressed as Armenians, fired pistols in the court yard of the mosque of Outoudjami, near the market place, in order to afford a pretext for the massacre. The Turks then raised cries of “giaours are attack ing the mosque.” They then combined in an at tack upon the market. The Ar menian traders were massacred, their shops were looted and the mob pillaged the Armenian quart- ers, killing women and children. NEW STABLES. Number 204, Dargan Street is the Location. VV. E. Elliott, the gentleman who is so well known to Floren- f tines as a stableman has recently opened up a first class livery, sale and feed stable at No. 204 Dargan street. It required considerable changes to make it what it should he. but Mr. Elliott has accom plished it. The main building is 30 by 90 feet, with a fine driveway through it. On the right as you enter is the office aim o»* the left the harness room, where you can purchase anything in the line of harness you may desire. On eft her side of the drive way arc lung iines of Rock Hill buggies and Piedmont wagons for which Mr. Elliott is agent. Passing through the main build- ing one reaches the stables, cf which there are about 30. Then the capacious mule pens in the rear building, -with water always there and the large yards where the stock lias plenty of room in pleasant weather. Sixty to seven ty-five head "f stock can be easily accommodated. Mr. Elliott’s livery business is large and he sells a great number of buggies and wagous to the citi zens of this and adjoining coun ties. In all his lines he is build ing up a prosperous trade. ■ Everyone will acknowledge that we carry rhe bealdiue of pants in Florence. So don’t miss this sale at cost cash, at Sligh & Rucker’s. Full stock of fresh fish, oysters and mullet meat Walton’s. O. X. T. crochet cotton 200 yds., ail colors as 3 cer.ts a ball at Sligh & Rucker’s. Our entire line of stamped linen at and below cost at Sligh it Rucker’s, cash. Special Notice. Ali biudness ot the Southern Publishing company and The Times will be transacted by the Vice-President, Mrs. C. R. Coffin, during my absence. John P. Coffin, President. Beautiful line of dress goods and remnants below cost, at Sligh d: Rucker’s. Stamped linen, large line all styles at cost, at Sligh & Rucker’s, cash. .'fir