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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.
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