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THE NEW CONSTITUTION. [continued from pauk omc.1 by law. He shall be elected by the qualified electors of the SUte for the term of two years and shall receive for bis services such compensation as shall be fixed by law. Bee. 29. There shall be one solicitor for each circuit, who shall reside therein, to be elected by the qualified electors of the circuit, who shall hold his office for the term of four year**, and shall receive for his services such compensation as shall be fixed bv law. In all cases when an attorney for the State of any circuit fails to attend and prosecute according to law, the court shall have power to appoint an attor ney pro tempore- In the event of the establish meat of county courts the general assembly may provide for one solicitor for each county in the place and instead of the circuit solicitor, and may prescribe his powers, duties and compensation. Bee. 30. The qualified electors of each county shall elect a sheriff and coroner, for the term of four years, and until their successors are elected and qualified ;they shall reside in their respective counties during their con tinuance in oillce, be disqualified for the office a second time if it should appear that they, pr either of them, are in default for moneys collected by virtue of their respective offices. See. 81. All writs and processes shall * run and all prosecutions shall be con ducted in the name of the State of South Carolina; all writs shall be at tested by the clerk of the court from which they shall be issued ; and all in dictments shall conclude ''against the peace and dignity of the State." Sec. 82. The general assembly shall provide by law for the speedy publica tion of the decision of the supreme court made under this Constitution. Sec. 33. Circuit courts and all courts inferior thereto and municipal courts shall have the power, in their discre tion, to impose sentence of labor upon highways, streets and other public works upon persons by them sentenced to imprisonment. Sec. 34. All matters, civil and cri minal now pending within the juris diction of any of the courts of this State shall continue therein until dis posed of according to law. ARTICLE VI. JURISPRUDENCE. Section 1. The general assembly shall pass laws allowing differences to be decided by arbitrators, to be appoint ed by the parties who may choose that mode of adjustment. Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the general assembly to pass laws for the change of venue in all cases, civil and criminal, over which thecircuit courts have original jurisdiction, upon a pro per showing, supported by affidavit, that a fair and impartial trial cannot be had in4lie county where such ac tion of prosecution was commenced. The State shall have the same right to move for a change of venue that a de fendant has for such offences as the general assembly may prescribe. Un less a change of venue be had under the provisions of this article the defen dant shall be tried in the county where the offence was committed : Provided, however, That no change of venue shall be granted *in criminal cases un til after a true bill has been found by the grand jury : And provided, fur ther. That if a change be ordered it shall be to a county in the same judi oial circuit. Sec. 8. Justice shall be administered in a uniform mode of pleading without distinction between law and equity . Sec. 4. Every statute shall be a pub lio law, unless otherwise declared in the statute itself . * ? - ?. Sec. 8. The gerneral assembly, at its first session after the adoption of 'this Constitution, shall provide for the Wa CUmUIlS ?loner, whose duty it shall bo to col- < lect and reviso all the general statute law of this State .then of force as well asthat which shall be passed from time to time, and to properly indei and arrange the said statutes when so passed. And the said commissioner shall reduce into a systematic code the general statutes, including the code of civil prooedure, with allthe amend ments thereto, and shall, on the first day of the session for the year 1901 ana at the end of every subsequent period of not more than 10 years, re port the result of his labors to Ihe gen eral assembly, with suoh recommen dations and suggestions as to the ab ridgement and amendments as may be deemed necessary or proper. Said re port, when ready to be made, shall be 8rinted and a copy thereof laid upon le desk of each member of both houses of the general assembly on the first day of the first session, but shall not taken up for consideration until the next session ef said general assembly. The said code shall be declared by toe general assembly, in an aot passed ac cording to the forms in this Constitu tion for the enactment of laws, to be the only general statutory law of the State; but no alterations or additions to any of the laws therein contained shall l>e made except by bill passed un der the formalities neretofore prescrib ed for the passage of laws. Provision shall be made by law for filling vacan cies, regulating the terms of ottlco and the compensation of said commissioner not exceeding $500 per annum, and imposing such other duties as may be desired. And the general assombly shall by committee inquire into the progress of his work at each session. Seo. 8. In the case of any prisoner lawfully in the charge, custody or control of any officer, State, county or municipal, being seized and taken from said oilicer through his negli gence, permission or connivance, by a mob or other unlawful assemblage of persons, and at their hands suffering Bodily violence or death, the said ofll uvuuj wuioiKio ur uuum. me saiu om oer snail be deemed guilty of a misde meanor, and, upon true bill found, shall be deposed from his offloe pend ing his trial, and upon conviction snail forfeit his olfice, and shall, un lets pardoned by the governor, be Ine ligible to hold any oflloe of trust or profit within this State. It shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorney within whose circuit or county the of fense maybe committed v to forthwith Institute a "prosecution against said of fleer, who shall be tried in suoh coun ty In the same circuit other than the one in which the offence was com mitted. as the attorney general may Sleet Tho fees and mileage of all material witnesses, both for the State and for the defense, shall be paid bf the State treasurer, in such manner is may be provided by law s Provid ed, In all oases of lynchihg when death ensues, the oounty where such lynching takes. place shall,' without regard to the conduct of thS |KU be liable in exemplaryda less than $9, 000 to the loj tives of the person lync mvh ? - ** ed, further. That any county yud?* r ^ Itfronvghe parties en aourt ABTIpXJtVlfc | lowing manner j Wheneter one-third of the qualified ?lector# within the area of each sestion Of an old cotinty proposed to be cut off to a new county ghafipetitlou the governor for the creation of a new oounty, setting forth the boundaries and showing compli ance with the requirements of this ar ticle, the governor shall order an elec tion, within* a reasonable time there after, by tbe qualified electors within the proposed area, in which election they shall vote "Yea" or "No" upon the question of creating said new coun Sr ; and at the same election the.ques onofa name and a oounty seat for such oounty shall be submitted to the electors. Sec. 2. If two-thirds of the qualified electors voting at such election shall vote "Yes" upon such questions, then the general assembly at the next see sion shall establish such new county; Provided, No section of the oounty proposed to be dismembered shall be thus cut off without consent by a two-thirds vote of thoee voting in suoh section : and no county shall be formed without complying with all the condi tions imposed in this ai -lcle. An eleo? tion upon the question of foraging the same proposed new county shall not be held of tenor than once in four years. 8eo. 3. No new county hereafter formed shall contain less than one one hundred and twenty-fourth part of the whole number of inhabitants of the State nor shall it have less assessed taxable property than $1,600,000 as shown by the last tax returns, nor shall it contain less area than 400 square miles. Sec. 4. No old county shall be re duced to less area than 500 square miles, to less assessed taxable property than $2,000,000, nor to a smaller population than 15,000 inhabitants. Sec. 5. In the formation of new counties no old county shall be cut within eight miles of its courthouse building. Sec. 6. All new counties hereafter formed shall bear a just apportion ment of the valid inaebtne%s of the old county or counties from whioh they have oeen formed. Sec . 7. The general assembly shall have the power to alter county lines at any time. Provided, That before any existing county line is altered the question shall be first submitted to the qualilied electors of the territory pro posed to bo taken from one county and given to another, and shall have received two-thirds of the votes cast: Provided, further, That the change shall not reduce the county from which the territory is taken below the limits prescribed in sections 3, 4 and 5 of this article: Provided, That the propor proportion of the existing county indebtedness of the section so transfered shall be assumed by the county to which the territory is trans ferred. Sec. 8. No county seat shall be re moved except by a vote of two-thirds of the qualified electors of Baid county voting in an election held for that purpose, but such election shall not be held in any county oftener than onco in five years. Sec. 9. Each county shall constitute one election district, and shall be a body politic and corporate. Sec. 10. The general assembly may provide for the consolidation of two or more existing counties if a majority of the qualified electors of such coun ties voting at an election held for that purpose shall vote Beparatel v therefor, but such election shall not be held of tener than once in four years in the same counties. Sec. 11. Each of the several town ships of this State, with names and boundaries as now established by law, shall constitute a body.politio and cor porate, but this shall not prevent the general assembly from organizing other townships or changing the boun daries of those already eftablished'; and 4he general assembly may pro vide suoh system of 'township govern it shall think proper lnany | and all the counties, and may make 1 speoial provision for municipal gov ernment and for the protection of chartered rights and powers of muni cipalities. Bee. 12. Until changed by the gen eral assembly; as allowed by this Con stitution the boundaries of the several oounties shall remain as now estab lished, exoept that the boundaries of the county of Edgefield shall undergo suoh ohanges as are made necessary by the formation of a new county from a portion of Edgefield, to be known as Saluda, the boundaries of which are set forth in a Constitutional ordinance. The election ordered in said ordinauco for tho looation of its county seat shall be held under the Constitution and laws now of force. And the general assembler shall pro vide for tne assessment of property in the county of Saluda for the fiscal year beginning January 1st, 1896, and for the collection of said taxes when assessed. Sec. 13. The general assembly may at any time arrange the various coun ties into judicial cirouits, and into congressional districts, including the oounty of Saluda, as it may deem wise and proper, and may establish or alter the location of voting preoincts in any county. Seo. 14. Hereafter no county linos shall be so established as to pass through any incorporated oity or town of this State. ARTICLE VIII. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS AND POLICE REGULATIONS. Section 1. The general assembly shall provide by general laws for the organization and classification of mu nioipal corporations. The powers of eaoh olass shall be defined so that no suoh corporations shall have any pow ers or be subjeot to any restrictions other than au corporations of the same olass. Cities and towns now ex isting under speoial charters may re organize under the general laws of [ the State, and when so reorganized 1 their speoial charters shall oease and determine. Seo. 2. No oity or town shall bo or ganized without the consent of tho majority of tho electors residing and entitled by law to vote within the dis triot proposed to be incorporated ;suoh consent to be ascertained in the man ner and tinder suoh regulations as may be prescribed by law. Seo. 8. The general assembly shall restrict the powers of cities and towns to levy taxes and assessments, to bor row money and to contract debts, and no tax or assessment shall bo levied or debt contracted exoept in pursuance of law, for public purposes specified by law, Seo* 4. No law shall be passed by the general assembly granting the right to construct ana operate a street or other railway, telegraph, telephone o* eleotrio plant, or to erect a water or gas works for 'publio use or to lay mains for any purpose, without first obtaining the consent of the looal au thorities in control of the streets or mityio places proposed to be oooupied for any trach or like purposes. Bee; b. Cities and towns may ao> quir*, by construction or purchase, and plants for furnishin may furnish Water an Vidua Is, firms and corpora-' Hons for reasonable compensation j Provided, that no sueh Construction or purohaie shall be made exoept upon a majority vote of the elee dUM iaate," towns. te corporate authorities of ^ 1 11 1 i ? 1 ? i ' ? .-Li.aiL in this State BhaU be ?eatod with power to aeeeee collect **?? 'w oorporate p u r pose?, said taxes to bo uuiform in respect to persons and property withia the jurisdiction of the body composing the same; and aft the property, except such as is ex empt by law, withia the limits ofoi ties and towns shall be taxed for the pay met of detys contracted under au thority of law. License or privileged taxes imposed shall be graduated so as to secure a just imposition of such tax upon the classes subject thereto. i.8??;7, ?ity or town in this 8tato wall hereafter ioourany bonded debt, which, including exististing bonded indebtedness, shall exceed 9 per cent um of the assessed value of the ***?? W? property therein, and nb suoh debt shall be created without submit ting the question as to the oreation thereof to the qualified electors of such city or town, as provided in this Constitution for such special elections; and unless a majority of such electors voting on the question shall be in fa vor or creating suoh further bonded debt, none shall txj created; Provided, that this section shall not be construed to prevent tho issuing of certificates of indebtedness in anticipation of the col lection of taxes for amounts actually contained or to be contained in the taxee for the year when suoh certifi cates are issued and payable out of such taxes: And provided, further, that such cities and towns shall on the issuing of such bonds create a sinking fund for the redemption thereof at ma turity. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the issuing of bonds to an amount sufficient to refund bonded indebtedness existing at the time of the adoption of this Constitution. Sec. 8. Cities and towns may ex empt from taxation, by general or Sfteoial ordinance, except for school purposes, manufactories established within their lifhits fsr five' successive years from the time of the establish ment of such manufactories: Provid ed, that such ordinance shall be first ratified by a majority of such qualified electors of such city or town as shall vote at an election held for that pur pose. Sec. 9. No armed polico force or representatives of a detective agency shall ever bo brought into this State for the suppression of domestic vio lence; nor any other armed or unarm ed body of men be brought in for that purpose, except upon the application of the general assembly or of the exe cutive of this State (when the general assembly is not in session,) as provid ed in the Constitution of the United ^States. The general assembly shall provide proper penalties for tlie en forcement of the provisions of this section. Sec. 10. It shall be the duty of the general assembly to create boards of health wherever they may be neces sary, giving to them power and au thority to make such regulations as shall protect the health of the commu nity and abate nuisances. Sec. 11. In the exercise of the police power the general assembly shall have the right to prohibit the manufacture and sale anu retail of alcoholio liquors or beverages within the State. The general assembly may license persons or corporations to manufacture and sell and retail alcoholic liquors or beverages within the State under such rules and restrictions as it deems pro per ; or the general assembly may pro hibit the manufacture and sale ana re tail of alcoholic liquors and beverages within the State, and may authorize and empower the State, county and municipal officers, all or either^under the authority and in the name of the State, to buy in any market and retail within the State liquors and beverages in such packages and quantities, under suoh rules ana regulations, as it deems expedient: Provided, that no license shall be granted to sell alcoholio bev erages in less quantities than one-half plut, or to sell ttienfbetween sundown and sunrise, or to sell them to be drunk on the premises: And provided, further, that the general assembly shall not delegate to any municipal corporation the power to issue license to sell the same i* j??* prize fighting is prohib ited in this State, ana the general as sembly shall provide by proper laws for the prevention and punishment of the same. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Graveyard Ghoul*. Topkka, Kas., Dec. 11. ? The recent revolting grave robberies in this city have aroused the people to the highest pitch of indignation, and at 8 o'clock tonight a mob began forming in the streets, the avowed purpose being to burn the Kansas Medical College, in which, during the past three days, the bodies of two well known women nave been found. Both bodies were stolen from their graves soon after burial. The police learned this afternoon that there was a movement on foot to as semble a mob to sack the institution, which is located at Twelfth and Tay lor streets. This evening the faculty of the college called upon the police for protection. The students were all sent home and a 1b rge squad of police men were detailed to guard the college building. A detail of miliatiamen from Battery B of this city is stationed at their arsenal to prevent a capture of the arms stored there. Upon the request of the sheriff the Governor has ordered the infantry company at Law ron co tojbe ready to respond to a call at any moment. The men are now are now assembled at the station at I-Awrence. While it is believed the precautions that have been taken will prevent any violent demonstration to night, the men on the streets are loud in their threats. All of the A. O. U. W. lodges met tonignt to denounce tho outrage and demand a full investi gation to discover the ghouls. Yes terday, A. N. Drake of North Topeka, whose wife died last week, discovered her grave had been robbod. The ??fP?? was found at the KanAas Medi cal College; On Monday I. O. Van Fleet, who had buried his wife but a few hours before, found her mutilated and disfigured remains on tho dissoot mg table at the college. This disoov ery resulted in the arrest of S. A. Johnson, a student, who actaasjani tor for the institution. At 8 o'clock, P. H. Lillis identified the third body at the college as that of his mother, who died recentlv. These revelations were the cause of tonight's demonstra tion. Train Itobbftm Oaught, FortBmith. Ark., Dec 11.? On the night of October 0 the North bound train on tho 'Frisco was held up by five masked men at Soanton Switch, 80 miles South of this oity . The rob bers went through the expro#s and mail cars and made good their escape. This afternoon Postoffice Inspector Houok brought in from the Choctaw Nation five men charged with robbery. They are Tom Harrfs, Alias Adams; Alfred, Hugh and George Draper, brothers, and Slav Carver, Alia Jerf Otifter. They are all desperadoes . Ward*r an* Snlold*. 6t, Lotto. Dec. it,.*. A. special from Moulton, Ala., says that tho dead and decomposed bodies of Henry WMams ana wife were found In their home near there today. Will lams had crushed his wife's skull with an axe which Iky beside the bodies and then shot himself Which wss still clutohed His intense Jealousy of Supposed cause of tne crime. | , with a pistol, i in his hand, his Wife is the < WHAT THEY BEALLY [OOWTUTOKD JTHOM PAOK must hunt natural alliances with those people whose interests are identical with our own and identify ourselves with thsm and endeavor to bring back the conditions that will giv e us a fair chance, so that our fanners can re oeive some oompenlttion for their1 labor besides a bare eListenoe. "Hut to oarrj out tkethought which I have just touched . 'How many mil* lions has the North invested in the 8outhT Coming here f^r their own ?elfish purposes to geli 2ar.ee returns for their investmentsffi would make an even guess that itjdoes not exceed $4,000,000,000. Thereof. When you talk about Northern oapital and brains coming do wn henf. I say that they are only sendiog back to us Southern caoi tal which they havfe taken from us as pension tribute, au<l that we have not received in all as much as we have sent away; and I wu'l elaborate that further by adding tha* if ax the olose of the war there had been tne quality there had been before the <wl>r and the reasonable treatment of thf> /Southern people; if the iniquitous tariff had not been contrived to rob the / farmers; if all the money had not beevi concen trated into the hands of aT few na tional banks; if the war on silver had not comfi_up by which Georgia has lost at leastnfty or sixty or'; seventy five millions in the last tnree years ? I just say to you that if we had had equal showing with our Northern bretheren ; if we had had an dpportun ity to keep our money at home? what kind of an exposition coujd We have given? We are not ashamed: of what we have done and what we atttdoing. We glory in it. We stand u? and say to the world that we are tne most glorious country on the face of the earth, and we prove it by these fixed facts and figures, and despite this pen sion robbery, this alien landlordsnip, this tariff robery, this financial de pletion ? if we had a fair chance we could have an exposition in Atlanta that would have eclipsed the {Chicago one. This may appear to some as buncombe ; but the tribute we have Said as pension has been a mere agatelle to what we have paid as tariff and financial tribute in tne way of interest and in other ways by which they have depleted our country for the benefit of national banks. It could be proven that with a reason able tariff and with a just distribution of the banking capital of this country the South would nave moved forward more'rapidly than any other section of the Union, because if we didn't have the country we have, what other section could have withstood this drain and to-day presented the evidence of progress, the building of railroads, the building of factories, the increase of wealth thr.t we see around us? Who will deny it? All the gcod goes North and stays there. It does not return to irrigate and beautify the South. They are enriching them selves at our expense, and when you go there and see their palaces and their wealth and their luxury, such as no Roman emperor ever dreamt of, re flect that it is not their country that produces it, but that it is the tribute which the South has paid for being conquored. (Applause.) It w< uld be improper? this is not the occasion or the time ? to follow out the thoi ght in regard to the future policy Cf. the country. That would be entrenching on politics, and politics," except inciden tally, should not intrude themselves on an occasion of this character. I will simply say to you, fello^^itizens, come from what State you may, that which the negro pjafalem in the South, with the im migra^H problem in the North, with the burden of igno rant^ and debaseq^B-eigners who are degredatioS and^KHMIK^S^ chism and comnJ^^^^^^El. other isms that go to pu^^^^^^Kovem ment, that the tlnil^^^^^^Rwhen the Southern farmenH^^^^&e sav ing salt that will keejM^Hpublic from toppling over and beJHmg a military despotism. Those Southern farmers and S >utv ern merchants and bankers whose in terests are incidental ? though some of those bankers don't seem to realize that the man who drives the plow is the man who runs this country, they have staved in their banking hpuses and read Northern subsidised newspa pers until they have come to believe that Wall Street knows all there is about finance and nobody can teach thern anything, and thev say "Me, too " every time the New York World and Orover Cleveland grunts. If your Governor had not alluded to old Grover, I would not have said any thing about him, and I am not ' going to say anything about him here, be cause I will have a better opportunity to use my pitchfork on him. when I get to Washington. ( Applause, But it does my soul good tohesr ydvr Gov ernor say that two little bobtail re formers from South Carolina have at tracted more attention and caused more applause than the President of the United States. It is at least a con firmation of the thought that "A prophet is not without honor except in his own oountry." I have this re alization, and I thank you? all of you ?who have come from South , Carol i na to do this honotf to the Qovonior and myself. In regard to those cal umnies which have been heaped upon me by such papers as the 'Atlanta Journal, Macon Telegraph and Han nah Morning News, I wish to gay that they have poured from me like water from a duck's back, because the people of South Carolina have in two elec tions put mo in the Governor's office, and by an unexampled majority, and , that last year even after the |5isp en i r?TW-rSsJJa?Bed? th?y elated me to the United State* senate by a vote of 121 to 21 in the General Assembly. Pardon me for this personal allusion. I know you want to get something to eat and go and see the fair, *o I will thank you for this meeting. Those of you who are goin$ back to South Carolina will bear with you a better and happier recolleotion of this day if 1 do not detain you any longer. We say to the Governor of Georgia and the South all of the North and every where, give us a fair chan6e and we will bo ahead of anybody in the rice na>?al P.r.?Kr<*"- Thanking you and his Kxcellenoy for this opportuni ty ? "N?4 you 'ac0 to face, and lay what I have to say, I will now close/' (Jjongand continued applause,) Cotifttftbl*! In A.bb?till?. Abbrvilmd, Deo. ll.~Last ni*ht Constables Lafnr, Cunningham and Terry came up from Greenwood on business They scented blind tisLrs between the hours of 11 and 19 rind found a colored woman they ask ed to get them some whiskey. ftne Agreed to try, so they gaVe her the money to got it and also shadowed her. She went to one Bill Tomsk's house on lowor Main street, wh bought it. . They took the Wl marked the place and returned square. They then turned the key over to the local polioe., morning at 10 o'clock they procured a Mfcrch warrant and, with PoHokman Fischer, made the raid? securing five and a half gallons of com whisks*. The mayor had Lomax before opunSl and fl nod him *2fi for running a blind h? Pldd' The constable^ iTJj i "Si but as no further , rteptt have been taken. -SUte. J CONFERENCE APPOINTMENTS. The Charges to Which the Preacher* Have Heeu Appointed. Below will be fouad the names of the minister*) and the various charges to whioh they have been assigued oy the Annual Conference, which ad journed last monday at Rock Hill, 8. Charleston District? W. P. Meadors presiding elder: Charleston, Trinitv, W. R. Riohardson; Bethel, H. Vv\ Bays; Spring Street, T. E. Morris; Cumberland, J. M. Steadman; Mc OlellanviUe, W. R.|Buchanan; Berke ley, E. K. Moore; Summerville, Wm. Dunoan; Cypress E. M. McKissick;) SM,Ge^ge^? A?' Walker; Ridjje ville, W. R. Masse beau ; Reeseville, 5? ?S$JPaul Welch ; Colleton, C.E WigginS; Round O, E. S. Jones; Walterboro, R. H. Jones; Henderson- . ville, D. Hucks; Hampton and Port Royal, W. H. Wroton and W. A. Fairey: Allendale, W. B. Duncan; Black Swamp, R. L. Ho^royd; Har deeville, H. O. Mouzon; Beaufort, P. A. Murray. Cokesbury District? G. T. Harmon, presiding elder; Cokesbury, J. C. Chandler; Greeenwood, M. Dargan Greenwood circuit, W. B. Wharton, Ninety Six, J. C. Hall; Donald's R. , Abbeville> J- A- Clifton; Abbeville circuit, W. H. Airial- Mc Cormick. E. P. Taylor ; Lowndesville, E. *V. Mouzon; Mt. Carmel, P B Ingraham ; Princeton, G R. Shaffer; Waterloo, J. A. Campbell ; North Edgefield, W. B. Justus; Newberry Station and city mission C. W. Creitrh ton and S. A. Nettles; Newberry citv, D. Tiller; Kinard's, W. E. Barre; Saluda, S. D. Vaughan ; Butler's W W. Jones; Parks ville, O. N. Round tree; Prosperity, E. G. Prioe. Columbia District? J. W. Dickson presiding elder; Columbia, Washing ton Street, W. W. Daniel ; Marion Street, P. L. Kirton. J, W, Neely supernumerary; Green Street and Brooked, W B. Baker; Lexington, R. M. DuBose; Lexington Fork, J L Sifley; Lewiedale, R. R. Phillips; Lees ville, N. G.Ballenger;Batesburg; T. G. Herbert; Johnson, R. E. Stack house; Edgefield, M. M. Brab ham; Graniteville, J. E. Beard" ? I Aiken, D. M. McLeod; Upper St Matthews, D. D. Dantzler; Fort Motto, R. C. Boulware; Edge wood, John Manning; Ridgeway, W C Winn; Winsboro, T. M.,Dent; Fair field, M. W. Hook; Cedar Creek, M L. Banks, Jr. ; Columbia Female Col lege J. A. Rioe, president; Paine In- 1 stitute, G . W. Walker, president Ep worth Orphanage, Gi H. Waddle Florence District? E. T. Hodges presiding elder ? Florence station and city mission, W. I. Herbert and C. C Herbert; Darlington, R. A. Child; Cher&w, A. J. Stafford; Oheraw cir cult, C. B. Burn ; Hartsville, W H Kirton; Clyde, J. C. Counts; Darlinir ton circuit, P. F. Kilgo; Lamar, E. A. Wilkes; Timmonsville, C. D Mann: Claussen, R. R. Dagnall; East Effingham, J. -A. White; Scran ton, J. C. Davis; Lake City, S. J. Bethea; Kingstree, O A. Darby; Indiantown, R. E. Mood ; Gourdin, J. H. No and ; Salters, J. S. Abercombie; Georire u^ir T^'^ fdeH V Georgetown cir cuit, N . K. Melton, J. T. McFarland < Johnsonville, G. W. Davis Greenville Distriot-T. J. Clyde,, (shpefrnTillo; ? BancaM" be street, J; W. Kilgo; St, Paul's, J. g. Gner; Greenville circuit, O. L Durant ; Reid ville, D. Z. Dantzler'; <%r^PA.PhU,iP?i North Green Fountain Inn, J. W. Shell ; Wilhamston. A. B. Earle Anderson station and city mission, G.' P* Watson ; W. B. Verdier; Ander son oircuit, Jno. Attaway, A. W. At taway, super. ; South Anderson, W. T. Duncan; Townville, W. A. Kelly Pendleton, S. H. Timmerman ; Pick ens W M. Harden ; Seneca and Wal halla, J. L. Daniel; Westminister, M. H. Poozer; Walhalla circuit, j. L. Mullinix; North Pickens. L. L. Inab met; Easley and Bethsada, J . F. An Fl6d.mont' A ? T- ^Dunlap . Wilhamston female college, S Lan der, president; editor Southern Chris tian Advocate, John O. Willson; Sunday sohool editor, W. D. Kirk la ad; assistant Sunday sohool editor L<. F. Beatv. ' Marion District? J . B. Wilson, pre siding elder: Marion, W. S. Martin ; Centenary , G. R. Whittaker; Britton's Neok, S. M. Jones; Conway, W. S I Stokes; Bucksville, W. S. Goodwin : Conway cirouit. J. F. Way ; Wacca maw, D. A. Caihoun ; Bayboro, J. R Sojourner; Loris, J. R. Copeland; Little Pee Dee. J. K. McCain ; Mul linn, J.W. ArSal, J. M. Roger,, Latta, W. W. Williams; Little Rock' A . J. Cauthen, Jr. ; Clio, J. B. ]?? Wick; Blenheim P. B. Wells; McColl mission, D. E- Everett; Bennettsttlle, J. L. Stokes; Bennettsville circuit. J 8. Beasley : Brightsville, B. M. Gn'er ; North Marlboro, G. W. Gatlin Orangeburg distriot? John Owen prosiding elder; Orangeburg, E. O.' Watson, T. E. Wannamaker, super numerary- Orangeburg circuit, J. C. Yongue; Lower St. Matthews, Thos Raysor; Providenoe, K. P, Hutson' Bran oh ville, R. W*. Barber; Soutli Branch ville, G H. Pooser; Bamberg, 8. P. H. Elwell; Denmark, M. B. Kel nytVBA?nTe,i ^ L Wait; Willislon, 8* ^^Springfield, G. E. Stokes, Al. M. Ferguson, supernumerary; foil ing Springs, A. F. Berrv; Orange, L. 8. Bellinger; Edisto, W fa. Wiggins; Swansea, R. A. Few; Wagoner,!. E. omlth. Rook Hill district? J . B. Campbel L ! presiding elder; Chester, M. L. Car w Oherter eirouit, J. E. MahafTey ; East Chester, R. A. Yongue; Rich burg, W. A. IJetts: Rockllil), H. B. Browne; Rock H/11 circuit, T. C. Ligon; North Rook Hill, J. B. Har ris; York ville, A. N. B run son ; Blacks rUrft 5k i Utv n i Hioltorv Grove, J- Thaek?r; York circuit, W. A. w ' S? W W. Pitts; Fort Mill, J W Humbert; Van Wyok, Henery Stokes ; Lancaster, 8. A. Weber; Lan- 1 castor circuit, tieorge 0. I^onard; Tradesville, L . L. Bedenbaugh ; Ohes ter field, J N. Isom; Jefferson. J. D. B rierson ; Blacksburg, 3. J. Steven son. ,-v , Spartanburg district?A. J. Cauthe elder; 8 par tan bung, Cehtral' W. A Itogers; Bethel and Duncan, Si Carlisle; (/horrtkee, J. M. Friday, K. L, Archer, supernumerary; Bantuo, A. Mo Far land; Whitmiret 8, T. Blackman; Jonesville, R. W. Spignner: Kelton W. O oEston ; OaSSeVitatC, TS: Grout; Trough Shoals and Asbury, G. i m Jw it' BtoJcei; I w ^ L Knoree, W. H. Miller; Ohtiton, N. B. Clark wn; Belmont. A. 0, I^slie: Oampo Irh,1jiP?J P?oolet, J. L. Rav; Clifton, J. L. Harley; Wofford oollsipe, agent and professor, 0. B. Smith; studentsat Yanderbilt, H. J. Okuthsn, O. F. OUrkson. Sumtor distriot-^ W. 0, Powsr, presiding elder; Surtntsr. J. W. Daniel' Sumter city mission, T i G. Herbert, to Jr ; Sumkr circuit, A. II. Best ; Man ning, W. II. Hodges; Santee, A. B. WaUon; Jordan, W. J Snyder ; ForeaJ too, and lower Clarendon, E. IT. Beckham; Now Zion, W. A Wright; Lynchburg, J. S. Porter; Oswego, J. E. Rushton ; Bishopville, J. W. El kius; Bethany, J. P. Attaway ; Salem, S. W. Henry ; Kendiaw, J. G. Beck with ; Smithville, Peter Stokes; Cam den. J. T. Pate; Wateree. B. M Rober son : Richland. T. j. White; Wedge Qold, W. J Dowell ; St. John's mis sion, S- D. Bailey. DOES IT PAY? Some Aiuwen to this Query Ulvou by n Southern Oallforuin Newspaper Mail. There is a class of very good people who, perhaps because they did not start the Keeley Cure themselves, worry their brains to find reasons why people should not go to the Institute. These folks say, for example, "It costs too much ? the price is exnorbitant. " Now, let us look at this from two points of view: First, from the side of the man who takes the cure, and, second, from that of those who own and administer it. Is it worth the price to the drunk ard ? Let us deal in facts, and to that end consider a few of the hundreds of cases that have como to the knowl edge of the writer hereof. Be it un derstood, however, before relating these incidents, that it is not necessary that whiskey should make a gutter sot of a man in order to ruin him mental ly, physically, spiritually and finan cially. Jonn Parkinson was born of a good family and inherited a large fortune as well as a taste for drink. He held prominent positions for thirty years. During this whole term he drank to excess. He lost the fortune and for feited one position after another, un til at the end of forty-five years, his physical system was utterly wrecked, his mental faculties paralyzed, and he was practically without God or re ligion. A more miserable man never walked the streets, and yet people in the great hotel in which he lived did not know that he drank at all. He took the Keeley Cure, aiul in twenty eight days walked out of the Institute with a sound mind and a sound body, and has for more thau a year been able to do twelve heurs' work a day without feeling it. The treatmeut costs $130. The thirty years of drunk enness cost, nt the least calculation, $100,000. Was the treatment worth the money ? Who can calculate, be side, the value of an immortal soul ? Is it worth only $125). 99 ? If so, Dr. Keeley's price was exhorbitant. The other day the question was asked of one of the staunchest young business men in Southern California: ''Did it pay you to take the Keeley Treatment ?" He said : "It's the cheap eat thing that over came into the world. It's the best investment I ever made. Look at this." He drew out his bank book with the return checks and exhibited eight checks drawn to the order of saloon keepers, and dated within five dayB of the time he entered Se*?oTle^ns?tutf- lbey ^regal ed $125. The Keeley Treatment cost him $132, and the $125 represented by the checks was a showing of only one of the many sprees. Did it pay him ? l/oea tho foot that- lta is a7r~aciTvijp manly business man, trusted by every one who knows him, count for noth ing t Is the faot that he is to-day a sincere and worthy member of the church, that he bears candid and out spoken testimony to what God, through the Keeley Cure, has done for him, of no value ? The other day a Keeley graduate found on the corner of the street a poor fellow in a seventh hell of de spair. He said: "I worked all sum mer in the harvest field. I never lost a day; and I came in town a short time ago with $174 in my pocket. I intend ed to get me a room aud live quietly while taking a rest. I had not drank for months. I took a drink, and now evory dollar is gone and I am home less and penniless. I must go to work again, if by any chance I can get any work to do." Would it have paid that man to take the Keeley Cure ? Did that $174 do anybody any good ? To these incidents might be added hundrods, vouched for by unquestion able testimony.? Los Angeles (Cal.) Times. COTTON STATES AND INTERN A . TIONAL EXPOSITION, ATLANTA, OA. Via the Seaboard Air Line. Vestibuled Limited Trains Upon Which no Extra Fare is Charged. Solid Trains Charleston and Columbia to Atlanta without change. I RCHKDUI.K 403 41 | 45 Lv Charleston | " Orangeburg " Columbia... " Prosperity. . " Newoerry... " Clinton " (Jteen wood. " Abbeville ... " Calh'n Fails Ar Atlanta 7- 00 am 9.38 am 5 00 pm 11 l r> am 7.28 ptn 12.29 n*n 7 09 pm 12 43 n'n 12 IB n'n 12 08 n'n 1 40 pm 12 57 pm 1 04 *m 2 M pm 1.24 pm 1.45 am 8.00 pm 1.4(5 pm 2.10 am 8 2(1 pm 4.09 pm H 20 am 0.45 pm EQUIPMENT. Trains 403 and 41 are composed of tho handsomest Pullman Drawing- Koom, lluf fetBleephg Cars and Day Coaches. No 403 ("The Atlanta Special") Is ves tibuled from end to end and Is operated solid from Washington to Atlanta without ohange. No. 41 Is operated solid from Portsmouth to Atlanta without change. No. 45. eompiOKMl of Day Coaches, Is op erated solid Charleston to Atlanta (through 8umter, Columbia, Prosperity and Now berry) without change. These trains land passenKors In tho Un ion Depot at Atlanta? as near tho Kx posi tion grounds as through passengers via any hne are landed. RATIW. ? khom? ? Charleston Oransr?-burg Columbia.... Pro perlty .. N wWry . Clinton/. Greenwood. Ahb ?lilo A. $13 95 IP 80 11 30 9 45 9 10 8 05 7 1 ti 0 40 C. $10 25 9 05 8 80 0 95 0 05 0 35 5 25 4 70 K. 7 20 5 50 5 00 4 70 4 00 4 10 3 45 8 40 Calhoun Falls I 5 05| 4 jr>i 3 10 OATKS or DAIift AND MMITS. Column A. ?Ticket* Hold dally to Decem ber 15tb, with extrene limit January 7th. 189#. ' ' ? ? OolQmn C.~- Tioketo sold dallv to Decern bor s-oth, with extreme limit Iff days from date of toto. Column B.?-Ttokets iold dally to Decern hei 80'h, with extromn limit 7 days from date of sale. Pullman Bleeping Car reservations will be made and further Information furnished Upon application t* any Agent of the -sea board Air Id'ie, or to the undertfg ed. Hi W B. Ot-otsr, T. J.?ANpRKeoN, Traffic Manager. General Pass. Agt. < Mi St. .fortM, Vice-President. j Orui|?r? W nut Kr?? Silver, Lapsing, Mich-. Dec. 11? The re port of the executive committee of the State Grauge, which was submitted to that body today, calls for the passage of a bill by congi>*s3 providing for the f rue and unlimited ooiuage of Ameri - can gold and silver, aud placing an import duty 011 foreign gold aud ail ver. It attributes the business depres sion in all parta of the world to the de monetization of silver in 1873, and the special depression in this country to the uuwise legislation and a mistaken financial policy. ii*]fiuul Half. Charleston. Dec. 11.? The com plete but unollicial returns from the municipal election show that Smyth, the Democratic candidate was elected mayor o' Charleston for the uext four years by a majority of 278 votes The Democrats elected 12 out of 24 al dermen, the other 12 being chosen by the A. P. A. This gives the Demo crats the oity by Mayor Smyth's cast ing vote. The board of aldermen is au excellent one and the coming coun cil is pledged to the commercial aud industrial development of the city'a resources. FROM THE URSULINES OF COLUMBIA, S. C. Uhbclink Convknt, Columhia, S. C.. April 21, 1893. Mas. Pehson : Madam:? Wo take pleasure In Riving our testimony to the efficacy of your Rheumatic Remedy and Blood Purifier. We have u?ed It with excellent results, (sp? daily In a severe and long continued cases of Rheu matism, where tho patient's limbs were very much Bwolleu, so that walking or standing caused great p*ln. After taklug three bottles of >our Keme dy the patient Is able to go around tho house rs usual, tho swelling and weight in her limbs ha* subsided, and she is ver much better In every way. Wo consider your Remedy, a valuable rr edlclnal agent, and recommend It highly to all pertons suffering from Rheumatism or any Blood disease. We are, dear madam, sincerely yours, T*? U USD LINES OKCOLUMWA, ?j. C Delightful Results. LETTEK FROM JUDGE BALD WIN, OF MADISON, GA. l)r. W. Pitts, Thomson, G;\ Dear Sir:? After havlug sought in vain for various remedies for the Ills of teething 1 tried your Carminative with most satis factory and delightful results. It is p.eas ant to tako assuages pain and produces rest without stupor. No parent should be with out It during the teoflilug period who has once tried It, for It lalnieed a magic medi cine for babies. Very respectf Jlly, JUDGE H. W. BALDWIN. For sale by THE MURRAY DRUG CO..' Columbia, S. O. fifrrawTwry Ptemts Aud lnfaot all kinds of plants can be SET OUT by using the MoSHElUlY AUTOM \ TIC TRANSPLANTED. A good driver and two ohlldron are all the force necessary to set . from three to five aores of plants In a day, and KYERY plant is WATERED at the time It Is sot out, and eome dry soli is drawn around the plants so that the ground will not bako. No waiting for rain Set out your plants when they aro ready. Get a machine and plant for your neighbors. You can earn enough In one season to pay for the machine. Easy terms. Send for olroulars, prices and testimonials . SOUTHERN FA KM IMPLEMENT CO., 249 Meeting St., Charleston, M. C. Mention this paper. DO YOU NE YD A CJKN~MIL.L? Jf so buy the MOORK COUNT! GRIT, he best stone for grinding corn. Requires less dressing, dives Iobs trouble Makes bottnr meal. Costs les-t money than any mill in tin world. Next Is our Engluborg. Itlce Mill, the only mill In tho world that will, In ?no op eration, take rough rice, hull, clean and polish It ready for market or table. Plantation and other saw mills. Tulbott, also Llddell engines. Rollers and wood working machinery at bottom factory prloo*. V. G. Badham, GENERAL AGENT, COLUMBIA, S. C. ^2Ur*,'T!IJP' ,tT* IT IE- i: . T o OjtC. If you will m&ll ui a&o ?*J la mouev or lo postage > i?uj4>h, wo will send you ? ost paid i'ue set plated silver sooons, guaranteed to be t eav? plate oa white metal and not to tarnUh. Solo fot f 1 per set. A'soour lat est catalogue of furniture, cook ing stove*, baby oarrl -ges mat ttrgs carpets, i- hades sewlug m?ch'nes. eroAery, tinware, re f' Iterators, etc, aud to every person who oompUee with the above adver lsem*?ut we will give a rebate of 01 e dollar on the first order -ent to us amounting to f 15 or more, provided that the order Is sent within 13 days trom the time order f<r spoons l? received. Money refunded If anything is misrepresented. Address L F, PADGETT) 846 Broad Street. AUGUSTA, GKOKGIA. T .T h ? h : FOR T1IE LIVER AND K.icineYs for DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION AND ALL LIVER AND KIDNEY TROUBLES. Sold wholesale by The MurrayDrug Gos COLUMBIA, S. O. PIAMOS $5 Monthly ORGANS S2 Monthly THIMk' liow nmch pleasuro and ben? l i>iatlo or Parlor OVgan trill be to your wife and children, and how long *ey have wanted and waited: DON'T WATT Q'DO LONG. They wont be with yotl for ovor, m:ilco th em happy while you can. THINK" k?w Vcfy oa*'ly yon can now ? UIMI\ buy a superb Instrument on onr Installment plans, and pny for It almost without missing th? money. -* ACT QUICK + Write for Midsummer Sale Bargain SJieet 3 O O Hnp?rl> liiHtrmiicnta on eaileit tonus ovor olTVi-fd i YOUIl own prloe for OASII. Write for pnrtlculara. But RK OUICK. llnrgiiliiD rolllngont dally. Strain 11 point. ??n<l buy NOW. LUDDEN & BATES, SAVANNAH, Ca. MMMapiafB* ^ N EiJw \A/ AN EDT V V anted ? What do w? want? Wo want every ho tel, Restaurant, Co losp and private house in the South to send us their worn Sliver* ware to replate la trlplo sliver. Old spoons, forks, <fec., can be id ide equal to n?w. We plate anything In ?old. silver, nickel or copper. Wo plate pistols, watches, chains, rln^s,. badges tind swords. Scabbards and other military accoutre menta cleaned and plated equal to new. UngKy Ralls and 'J rlmmln?s, Harness Trimmings, c., platod In nickel or silver. All kinds tarnished brass such as fenders, shovel and tonus, lamps, chandeliers, Ac., roflnlshed equal to now. Rusted stove rails, tr minimis, &o., re-nlckoled. Surgloil Instruments of ail kinds polished and plated. VVK WA NT all bicycle nwnors to send ns their old wheel to repair. Wo can re flnlsh In nickel and hakod enamel equal to new. We havo latest Improved Kleotro* I'latln# Plant, with comolete polishing, bufllnu and engine lathes and guarantee work to l>e first class. Correspondence solicited. Address, CAROLINA KLKCTRO PLATING WOHKs, W. M. Carvin, Mamgor, Riv:kvi lie, S. O OSBORNE'S A WD U Oolxool of AIJUl/HTA, C4A, !*? t?*t book* UMd. Antiial buiinftM fNMl it*f of Buatnnta p*p?r?. oolitic* ?nrruM* tm?4l, 8?n<t for b?n(f?ora*ly Uln?trM*a nta ?NTl*. flMrd oliotp. H- R. '**? paid to Aa*nti* ~ ! ? : ? rr rr. ? ?^iz.jwmww GREAT HUB, CENTRAL HOTEL, COLUMBIA, 8. 0. *?<>11 DRY GOODS WRITE . "TMK HUB." KOK CLOTHING' WHITE "THR HUB." FOR SHOES WHITE "TIIE HUB." FOR HATS WHITE "TJI K HUB." FOR FURNISH JVC GOODS WRITK "THE HUB." FOR CARPETS WRITE "THE HUB." FOR CHRISTMAS GOODS WRITE "TIIK Hl/B."i FOR CAPES AND JACK HITS WRITE "Til K HUH." FOR THE REST OVERCOAT AT *10.00 WKITK "TIIE"h(JB.? FOR THE BEST SUIT AT lft.00 WRITE "THE HUH." SAMPLES SKNT PROMPTLY. i VICKY RESPECTFULLY, CCg I I | T '? I T" T? ? 1 ? > II K l 1 H H ? xx U JI3 ^ THK 0PP0SITK GRAND