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JOHN BROWN'S CELEBRATED RAID
It was on the morning of October
17, 1859, that the country,
from one end to the other, was J
startled with the news that the j
United States arsenal at Harper's
Ferry, Virginia, had been seized |
the night before by a band of
radical abolitionists and negro :
men and that the slaves of Virginia
were rising against their '
masters. This report, in the !
latter case, proved untrue, for i
among the colored men Brown ,
was able to secure but a very
few recruits. But he had seized ,
the arsenal on the 16th and it: i
was the beginning of his famous 1
raid, which for a time caused ,
trponf ovnifomnnf onrl n\ronfiiall\r ,
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led to the execution of Brown on
December 2.
John Brown was a descendant |
of one of the Pilgrims who had
come over in the "Mayflower" in i
1620, and when he began the
trouble at Harper's Ferry he was '
nearly 60 years old. He had
lived in various Northern States,
and at an early age became a
pronounced and radical abolitionist.
He was married twice and
had 20 children, all of whom
shared with their father this fanatical
idea regarding slavery.
His sons had gone to Ossawatomie,
Kans., in 1854, when the
question of slavery in that State
was absorbing much attention.
The father joined them in 1855.
Everybody in Kansas-seemed to
be looking for trouble in those
days, and the Browns?father
and sons?were among the busiest
seekers. In 1856 they were
charged with having murdered a
number of their opponents in
that State.
Leaving Kansas, Brown col- j
lected as much money as he could
from abolitionists there and in
the North and started for Har-1
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town as the most available place
to start his insurrection. He established
headquarters on a farm
in Washington county, Maryland,
and worked for a long time among
the colored people, arming them
for action. The night of Sunday,
October 1(?, 1589, the majority of
the people at Harper's Ferry
were at church. John Brown,
with a band of 22 men, white
and colored, marched on the
place. His followers were not
aware of his intention to seize
the arsenal, and when they attempted
to dissuade him, he replied:
"If we lose our lives, it
will perhaps do more for the
cause than our lives could be
worth in any other way."
He ordered his men not to take
life, if they could avoid it, and
not a shot was fired until they
had been in possession of the
arsenal for three hours. Word
spread of the insurrection rapidly,
and by morning from every
direction men were coming into
the little village well armed, j
Brown, with his followers, were :
entrenched behind the walls of i
the arsenal. They fired in every j
direction and were fired on by
the militia and citizens. The
latter had much the advantage, !
and Brown was compelled to i
move his force and prisoners from
the arsenal inclosure to the engine
house of the building.
From this building he directed
his losing fight, and there he was
captured with his few followers
who remained alive. Brown himself
was severely wounded by a
bayonet thrust.
Brown was duly arraigned for j
treason and murder, was given a
fair trial in the Virginia court at
Charlestown, and was sentenced
Vo be hanged, On the day of his
Execution he walked out of the j
jail, "with a radiant Countenance
and the step of a conqueror,"
said an eye witness. He mounted
a wagon and sat upon his coffin
to the place of execution, and
without a tremor or a sign of
fear he stepped upon the gallows
and was swung into eternity.
Governor Wise, fearing an at1f*mnr
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called out several thousand troops
and had planted cannon around
the place of execution; but no1
such attempt was made, and Virginia,
which had been wrought
into a high state of excitement,
breathed freer when John Brown
\was dead.
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Rice Crop Badly Damaged.
The damage to the Carolina
1 ice crop as a result of the storm
tides of Tuesday and Wednesday
will amount to at least 50 per
cent. This estimate was confirmed
Frday night when Capt.
Samuel G. Stoney, prominent
rice man, returned to Charleston
after a thorough investigation.
He stated that a loss of half the
crop was a conservative estimate
of the damage done by the high
water during the storm.
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of York.
Notice is hereby given that the General
Election for State and county offiiers
will be held at the voting precincts
frescribed by law in said county on
uesday, November 8, 1910, said day
beinp Tuesday following the lirst Monday
in November, as prescribed by law.
The qualifications for suffrage are as
follows:
Residence in the State for two years,
in tVlt! nniintv Ann ie?
precinct in which tYie elector offers to j
vote, four months, and the payment six
months he fore any election of any poll
tax then due and payable: Provided,
That ministers in charge of an organized
church and teachers of public
schools shall be entitled to vote after
six months' residence in the State, if ;
otherwise qualified.
Managers of election must require of
each voter the production of a registration
certificate and the proof of the payment
of all taxes, including poll tax, j
assessed and collectible during the pre- I
vious year. The production of a certificate
or the receipt of the officer authorized
to collect such taxes shall be
conclusive proof of the payment thereof.
There shall be separate and distinct
ballots and boxes at this election for
the following officers, to wit: (1) Governor
and Lieutenant-Governor, (2)
Other State officers, (3) State Senator,
(4) Members of the House of Representatives,
(5) County officers. On which 1
shall be the name or names of the person
or persons voted for as such offi- ,
cers, respectively, and the office for
which they are voted.
Refore the hour fixed for opening the
polls managers and clerks must take
and subscribe the constitutional oath.
The chairman of the board of managers 1
can administer the oath to the other
members and to the clerk; a notary
public must administer the oath to the
chairman. The managers elect their
chairman and clerk.
Polls at each voting place must be
opened at 7 o'clock a. m. and closed at
4 o'clock p. m., except in the city of
Charleston, wheie they shall be opened
at 7 a. m. and closed at 6 p. m.
The managers have the power to fill
a vacancy, and if none of tne managers
attend, the citizens can appoint from
among the qualified voters, the managers,
who, after being sworn, can conduct
the election.
At the said election separate boxes
will be provided at which qualified electors
will vote upon the adoption or
rejection of amendments to the State
constitution, as provided in the follow;.w*
i..A.:
IIIU tjUlill
The question of adopting each amendment
snail be submitted at the next
general election to the electors as follows:
Those in favor of the amendment
shall deposit a ballot with the
following words plainly printed or written
thereon: "Constitutional Amendment
of Section ?, of Article ?, of the
Constitution, relating to ,
Yes." Those opposud to said amendment
shall cast a ballot with the following
words plainly printed or written
thereon: "Constitutional Amendment
of Section ?, of Article ?, relating
to , No."
No. 568.
A Joint Resolution Proposing to Amend
Section 7, Article VIII, of the Constitution,
Relating to Municipal Bonded
Indebtedness.
Section 1. Be it resolved hv the General
Assembly of the State* of South
Carolina, That the following amendment
to Section 7, of Article VI11. of the
Constitution be agreed to: Add at the
end thereof the following words: "Provided,
That the limitation pro^sed by
this Section, and by Section 5, Article
X, of this Constitution, shall not apply
to bonded indebtedness incurred by the
town of Darlington, wht re the proceeds
of said bonds are applied solely for the
purpose of drainage of said town and
street improvements, and where the
question of incurring such indebtedness
is submitted to the freeholders and
qualified voters of such municipality, as
provided in the Constitution, upon the
question of other bonded indebtedness."
Approved the 4th day of February,
A. D. 1910.No.
580.
A Joint Resolution to Amend Section
7, Article VIII, of the Constitution,
Relating to Municipal Bonded Indebtedness,
by adding a Proviso
Thereto as to Certain Towns.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of South
Carolina, That the following amendment
to the Constitution of the State
of South Carolina be submitted to the
qualified electors of the State at the
next general election for Representatives,
and if a majority of the electors
2ua'itied to vote for members of the
ieneral Assembly, voting thereon shall
vote in favor of such amendment, and
a majority of each branch of the General
Assembly shall, after such election,
and before another, ratify said
amendment by yeas and nays, that
Section 7, Article VIII, relating to
bonded indebtedness, be amended by
adding at the end thereof the following
words: Provided, That the limitations
imposed by this Section and by
Section 5, of Article X, of this Constitution,
shall not apply to bonded indebtedness
incurred by the towns of
Aiken, in the County of Aiken; Camden,
in the County of Kershaw; Cheraw,
in the County of Chesterfield;
Clinton, in the County of Laurens;
Edgefield, in the County of Edgefield;
and St. Matthews, in the County of
Calhoun, when the proceeds of said
noncis art' applied solely and exclusively
for the building, erecting, establishing
and maintenance of waterworks, electric
light plants, sewerage system or
streets, and where the question of incurring
such indebtedness is submitted
to the qualified electors of said municipality,
as provided in the Constitution,
upon the question of bonded indebtedness.
Approved the 28th day of February,
A. D. 1910.
No. 581.
A Joint Resolution Proposing to Amend
Section 7, Article VIII, of the Constitution,
Relating to Municipal
Bonded Indebtedness.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of South
Corolina, That the following amendment
to Section 7, Article VIII, of the
Constitution, be agreed to: Add at the
end thereof the following words: Proj
vided, further, That the limitations im1
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THE FORT MILL TIME
posed by this Section and by Section
5, of Article X, of this Constitution,
Bhall not apply to the bonded indebtedness
in and by any municipal corEoration
when the prooeeds of said
onds are applied solely and exclusively
for the purchase, establishment and
maintenance of a waterworks plant, or
sewerage system, or lighting plant, and
when the question of incurring such
indebtedness is submitted to the free- I
holders and qualified voters of such
municipality, as provided in the Con- \
Stitution UDon the nnest inn of nthpr :
bonded indebtedness.
Approved the 28th dav of February,
A. D. 1910.
No. 583.
A Joint Resolution Purporting to
Amend Section 7, Article VIII, of the j
Constitution, Relating to Municipal !
Bonded Indebtedness.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of South
Carolina, That the following amendment
to Section 7, Article VIII, of the
Constitution be agreed to: Add at the
end thereof the following words: "Provided,
further. That the limitations I
imposed bv this Section, and by Section
5, Article X, of this Constitution,
shall not apply to bonded indebtedness
incurred by the city of Aiken, but said
city of Aiken may increase its bonded
indebtedness in the manner provided |
for in said Section of said Article to |
an amount not exceeding fifteen per
cent, of the value of the taxable property
therein for the purpose of estao- i
lishing, extending, completing and repairing
a system of waterworks, sew- j
erage. electric lights and power."
Approved the 28th day of February,
A. L). 1910.
No. 580.
A Joint Resolution Proposing to Amend
Section 7, Article VIII, of the Constitution,
Relating to Municipal Bonded
Indebtedness.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Gen- ;
oral Assembly of the State of South
Carolina, That the following amendment
to Section 7, Article VI11, of the
Constitution, be agreed to: Add at the
end thereof the following words: Provided.
further, That the limitations imposed
by this Section and by Section
5, Article X, of this Constitution, shall
not apply to bonded indebtedness incurred
by the town of St. Matthews,
but said town of St. Matthews may
increase its bonded indebtedness in the
manner provided in said Section of
said Article to an amount not exceeding
fifteen per cent, of the value <>f the
i taxable property therein, where the
proceeds of said bonds to the amount
of twenty-thousand (20,000) dollars.
.shall be turned over by the town council
of said town of St. Matthews to
! the duly appointed Commissioners of
i the County of - Calhoun, for the puri
pose of aiding in the construction of
: public buildings for the County of Cal'
noun.
; Approved the 28th day of February,
A. D. 1910.
No. 594.
' A Joint Resolution Proposing to
Amend Section 12, of Article V, of
the Constitution, Relating to Associate
Justices.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of South
Carolina, That the following amendments
to the Constitution of South
Carolina be submitted to the qualified
electors of the State at the next general
election for Representatives, and
if a majority of the electors qualified
to vote for members of the General
Assembly voting thereon shall vote in
favor of such amendment and a majority
of each branch of the General
Assembly shall after such election, and
before another, ratify said amendment
' by yeas and nays, that Section 12, of
Article V, of the Constitution, relating
to Associate Justices, be amended by
striking out in lines 3, 4 and 5, the
words: "but if the four Justices equally
divide in opinion, the judgment below
shall be affirmed," and by striking
out the word "two" in line 8, and inserting
in lieu thereof word "three," so
that when amended, the same shall
read as follows:
] "Sec. 12. In all cases decided by the
I Supreme Court, the concurrence of
i three of the Justices shall be necessarv
for a reversal of the judgment below",
I subject to the provisions hereinafter
prescribed. Whenever, upon the hear|
ing of any cause or question before
the Supreme Court in the exercise of
its original or appellate jurisdiction, it
shall appear to tne Justices thereof, or
any of them, that there is involved a
question of constitutional law, or of
j conflict between the Constitution and
, laws of this State and of the United
1 States, or between the duties and obliI
gations of her citizens under the same,
I upon the determination of which the
entire Court is not agreed, or whenever
j the Justices of said Court, or any two
! of them, desire it on any cause or
question so before said Court, the
j Chief Justice, or, in his absence, the
presiding Associate Justice, shall call
i to the assistance of the Supreme Court,
all of the Judges of the Circuit Court:
1 Provided, however. That when the
i matter to be submitted is involved in
an appeal from the Circuit Court, the
! Circuit Judge who tried the cause shall
i not sit. A majority of the Justices of
the Supreme Court and the Circuit
Judges shall constitute a quorum. The
i decision of the Court so constituted, or
1 a majority of the Justices and Judges
sitting, shall be final and conclusive.
I In such case the Chief Justice, or, in
t^rnuirllmr Aounoiuto
Justice, shall preside. Whenever the
Justices of the Supreme Court and the
Circuit Judges meet together for the
purposes aforesaid, if the number thereof
be qualified to sit constitute an even
number, then one of the Circuit Judges
must retire; and the Circuit Judges
present shall determine by lot which of
their number shall retire."
Approved the 26th day of February,
A. D. 1910.
NO. 595.
A Joint Resolution to Amend Section
2, of Article V, of the Constitution,
I Relating to Associate Justices of the
i Supreme Court.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of South
Carolina, That the following amendment
to the Constitution of the State
of South Carolina be submitted to the
qualified electors of the State at the
next general election for Representatives,
and if a majority of the electors
?>ualified to vote for members of the
ieneral Assembly voting thereon shall
vote in favor of such amendment and a
IS, OCTOBER 27, 1910.
majority of each branch of the Gen- v
eral Assembly shall, after such elec- o
tion, and before another, ratify said b
amendment by yeas and nays, that a
Section 2, of Article V, of the Consti- y
tion, relating to Associate Justices, be X
amended by striking out the word C
"three" in line 2, and inserting in lieu d
thereof the word "four," and striking v
out the wort! "eight" in line H and in- ii
serting the word "ten," so that when t
amended, the same shall read as fol- C
lows: C
Sec. 2. The Supreme Court shall v
consist, of a Chief Justice and four t
Associate Justices, any three of whom s
shall constitute a quorum for the trans- t
action of business. The Chief Justice s
shall nreside. and in his absence, the (
Senior Associate Justice. They shall ii
be elected for the term of ten years, fc
and shall continue in oflice until their s
successors shall be elected and quali- s
fied, and shall be so classified that one e
of them shall go out of olfice every two s
years. c
Approved the 26th day of February, j
A. D. 1910. c
No. 596. s
A Joint Resolution Proposing an Amend- 1
ment to Article X, of the Constitution,
by Adding Thereto Section 14,
to Empower the Cities of Greenville, ?
Spartanburg and Columbia, and the t
Town of Manning to Assess Abutting '
Property .for Permanent Improve- 1
ments. 1
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Gen- '
eral Assembly of the State of South
Carolina, That the following amend- 1
ment to Article X, of the State Consti- !
tution, to be known as Section 14, of .
said Article X, be agreed to by twothirds
of the members elected to each '
house, and entered on the journal re- (
spectively, with yeas and nays taken
thereon, and be submitted to the quali- 1
fied electors of the State at the next '
general election thereafter for Repre- '
sentatives, to wit: Add the following ,
Section to Article Xof the Constitution,
to be, and be known as Section 14. ,
Sec. 14. The General Assembly may
| authorize the corporate authorities of
j the cities of Greenville, Spartanburg, '
and Columbia, and the town of Manning,
to levy an assessment upon abutting
property for the purpose of paying ,
for permanent improvements on streets
and sidewalks immediately abutting
such property: Provided, That said
improvements be ordered only upon the
written consent of two-thirds of the
owners of the property abutting upon
the street, sidewalk or part of eitner
proposed to be improved, and upon condition
that said corporate authorities
shall pay at least one-half of the costs
of such improvements.
Approved the 26th day of February,
A. D. 1910.
No. 603.
A Joint Resolution Proposing to Amend
Section 6, of Article X, of the Constitution
of 1895, Relating to Bonded
Debt of Counties and Townships.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the General
Assembly of the State of South
i Carolina, That the following amendment
to Section 6, of Article X, of the
I ( inn nf f Ko r\ f Q/\ni K
olina be submitted to the qualified
electors of the State at the next general
election for Representatives, and
j if u majority of electors qualified to
vote for members of the General As'
sembly voting thereon shall vote in faIs
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or of such amendment, and a majority
f each branch of the General Assemly
shall, after such election and before
nother, ratify said amendment by
eas and nays, that Section 6, Article
l, relating to the bonded debt of any
!ounty or Township be amended by acfing
at the end thereof the following
rords: "Provided, That the limitation
nposed b^- this Section shall not apply
o any lownship in the County of
ireenwood, nor to any Township in the
'ounty of Saluda, through which, in
/hole or in part, the line of railroad of
he Greenwood and Saluda Railroad
hall be located and constructed, nor to
he County of Saluda, such said Townhips
in Greenwood County and Saluda
,ouniy, ana me county of Saluda be- I
ng hereby expressly authorized to vote
>onds in aid of the construction of the
aid proposed railroad, under such retrictions
and limitatians as the Genral
Assembly may prescribe hereinifter."
"Provided, That the amount
>f such bonds shall not exceed eight
>er centum of the assessed valuation
>f the taxable property of such Townships."
Approved the 26th day of February,
A. D. 1910.
At the close of the election, the manners
and clerk must proceed publicly
.0 open the ballot boxes and count the
pallots therein, and continue without
idjournment until the same is competed,
and make a statement of the
esult for each office and sign the same.
Within three days thereafter, the chairnan
of the board, or some one desiglated
by the board, must deliver to
:he commissioners of election the poll
ist, the boxes containing the ballots
ind written statements of the results
)f the election.
Managers of Election?The following
nanagers of election have been appointed
to hold the election at the varipus
precints in the said county:
Bethel?E. N. Miller, it. O. Clinton,
T. E. Brandon.
Bethany?VV. .J. Beamguanl, Haskell
Howell, H. M. Sherer.
Blairsville?J. P. Blair, .1. T. Burris,
I. ('. Blair.
Bullock's Creek W. K. Bell, Haskell
Carroll, .!. W. Feemster.
Clover W. D. Moore, J. T. Currence,
VV. E. Adams.
Ebenezer?J. T. Williams, T. A. Barron,
J. E. Bass.
Forest Hill W. 1'. Boyd, I.. B.
Brown, Jno. M. Craig.
Fort Mill?C. 1'. Blankenship. W. 11.
Windle, C. T. Crook,
Hickory Grove?J. K. Allison, R. I,.
Scoggins, S. W. Leech.
McConnellsville?.1. T. Crawford, .1.
O. Moore, A. A. Burriss.
Newport?J. C2- Howe, .1. K. Hoke,
W. G. Lock.
Qcden ?W. M. Newsom. W. I). I)nn
lap, J. H. Duncan.
Piedmont ? W. M. Faulkner, J. W.
Wallace, B. T. Childers.
Rock Hill?J. F. Wingate, Joe W.
Rawlinson, R. A. Morrison.
Sharon?J. VV. Quidn, R. M. 1'. Robinson,
J. L. Plexico.
Smyrna?R. W. Whiteside, J. C.
Castle, J. M. Caldwell.
Tirzah?J. B. Barron, C. C. Gates, J.
S. Sadler.
Yorkville?James L. Moss, Leroy Carroll,
C. H. Sandifer.
Coates' Tavern ?G. A. Gettys, J. W.
Roddey, John Funk.
Aragon Mill?J. A. Howe, J. T. Demall
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The managers at each precinct
named above are requested to delegate
one of their number to secure boxes
and blanks for the election, the same to
be had of J. C. Comer, clerk of this
board, at the court house during Saturnay,
November 5, 1910, between 10 a.
m. and 5 p. m.
I\ M. BURR1S, Chairman,
J. B. NEIL,
J. R. GETTYS,
Commissioners of State and County
Elections for York County, S. C.
October 7th, 1910.
We Are Headquarters
For the Following:
Hardware, Crockery and Stoves,
Buck's Steel Ranges, Lime, Cement
and Blaster, El wood Field and Hog
Fence, MeCortnick Mowers and Rakes,
International Gasoline Engines, Shredders,
Corn Harvesters and Disc Harrows,
Sewer Pipe and Farm Drain Tile,
L
i uiuit-s ami Liu*, v nananooga Turn and
Disc I'lows, Cole's Hot Itlast Heaters,
Wilson Heaters, Machinery, Fittings
and Supplies, Window Glass and Putty,
Roofing of all kinds. Farmers' Favorite
Grain Drills. Stalk Cutters, Spokes and
Rims, Guns and Ammunition.
Rock Hill Hardware Company,
Rock Hill, - S. C.
UNEBACK & ELAM
(POPULAR .JEWELERS)
CHARLOTTE, N. C. j
West Trade St., Near Square.
"The Little Store with the
Big Stock."
We are getting in tremendous
stocks of the most select lines of
Jewelry, Watches, Silverware,
Cut Glass and Holiday Goods.
Our stock has the variety that
you want when you select a Wedding
or Holiday Gift.
Come to see us and we will always
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