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eHRONieLE. l.tiud. H, 18%. NO 17. DISPENSARY ""VS. SCHOOLS. fk ? * ? 4. / v MAYFIKLI> 8l'(HiKST8 ' A NKW l?l5jl*KNSAK Y SYbTKMl^ * # ' < Th?rv is Xo Idlluu H'lu'ii Auy Part of the Fund Will lieeOiuo Available Suporiuto::dout of Hducutiou May field has advauoed a now plan of soly* lug tho liquor problem. Coiuiug as it doca from one of the leading Kofortu era Qf tho Htate it will be of apodal interest. Iu a recent address at the Alliance pionio at Cano Creek, Kich land couuty, Mr. M?iy Held diso _ssod tho progress of cducfttiou iu tho Htuto for the past few years, aud showed what had been done by citing ClomHon College, Winthrop College, South Car olina College, tho Qita<tol, 1' urinau, Wofford, Newbewry, Kr?kine, Charkm ton and all of the femalo colleges of the Htato and the condition of tho pnb 1(41 schools. He then discussed tho futur6 proapoots of tho schools. Borne ouo aaked how a sufficient fund coilhl be raised to run tho schools aa long an waa necessary. Mr. May {leh> stated that there were but tw<* ways to ilo this. <>"0 way was for the *cSt?4ry districts to do like tho cities aud tWus of the-Stato aro doing, nud thai is W the people of a district to vote au^bxtra tax on therirtHdves, which the new constitution and tho now law permitted them to do, providod tho** * do not ox coed four mills extra tax^ Mr. May field said tho other way \wia ? > to mako use of the net income from tho dispensary as far 'as it wont. I Ins * thought up tho question as to what the schools would receive from \ho dispensary fund this year. Mr. Mav Held said that under tho recent Act of tho Legislature tho schools would got nothing from this sourco this year, a? tho Statffa not profits wero to bo cred ited to the sohools, but the schools wcro to be charRct* with au equal amount from the goneral dispensary account aud that the money would go into tho State treasury for gcncial State purposes, aud that ^he schools would not got one cent this year from that source. Mr. Mayfield responded i to a further question by saying that the schools need not look for any rev - ouuo from the dispensary for i% least two vcars, as tho profits for this yoar would not equal tho general dispen sary account^ with which it is being charged; that tho not dispensary iu como was such au uueertain quantity that it wou}d not bo safe to count on it for any purpose until it waH already v iu haud, and therefore it would never do to run the BChools' and expect to pay tho dchool olaims from tho dispen sary not proceeds. Owing to this un certainty aud delay, Mr. May field said, he could give the peoplo no assuranco as to when they would receivo any part of the disptmsary profit*. Mr. Mavfield oppressed great regret that ) tho" pooplo who had been depouding. on the dispensary profits to help out tho poll tax and three-mill tax to give them longer sessions aud bettor' schools would havo to be disappointed so far as the disponaary profits wore concorned. Ho said the law .and cir- 1 cumstancqp over which he had no con trol made this the case. This brought up the question as to how thi# uncertainty aud delay could *3 be avoided. Mr. Mayfteld was asktsd 4 to Explain this if ho could, and ho ro plied that under tho present law and the present system under which the dispensary had to be run thero was no immediate relief that he could sec. I Mr. Mayflold strongly favored tho en forcement of tho present dispensary ; jaw BB long as it rcmainod the law. He earnestly declarod himself in favor J of tho dispensary idea. This statement indicated that he favored a different plan to the oue now in force, and in reaponso to a quostion ho re* ?filmed that ho had always favored tlie idea, I but did not tpiuk the present systom the best ouo that could bo found, lie said ho had never thought that the beat plan for carrying out the dispen sary lflca natt been a<lopte?t ami mat ho had always favored another plau, ? which was a fery different one from tho ono now in operation. Ho said it I - was not his purpose to "criticise "the present dispensary law, but he thought his plan if it wero given a trial would provo to be a very much more satisfac tory aud better one. Ho gavo an .out lino of his plan, saying that to go into details fully would tako too long. Briefly stated, it was as follows: MB. MAYFIEIjD'H rfcAN. I Thereshould bo a separate and dis tinct State department created to look after this busiuess, with a chief officer who should be called State inspector; I four deputy inspectors, with tho power vested in tho Stato inspector to ap point as many additional deputy in- 1 speetora as occaaion might demand, (looking to the openiug up of tho bus iness and extra oti^asions,) all to bo on ?alary and bonded officers. Ho eati- 1 mated that the total expense of this de partment ueed not extend $10,000 per annum, which was a very small amouut compared with what is speLt in run- J liting the present system. / That no liquor should be aol^rin any ?' county, or city, or town, or p^ce that waa dry by statute. ? . That no liquor shonltl bo sold cxcept within incorporated cities and towna which ware not drr by law, and that none ahonld be eold within each cities and towna until the qualified electore ' of each citiec and towna had paaeed oa the qaeetion by a direct rote. That in thoae citiea and towna whera the qn alion had been aattied iu 'favor of allowing it to be eold, the majror and cleric ahoald certify that fact to III State inspector. ? ThtfTnoKquor ahoald L4 aold io lh? fMiea and towna which permitted its jry Halt) except by suon persona .as tno in ?yor and county supervisor should appoint, and thul the uiayor aud county supervisor should vouch for the good character ami respousibility of each proposed vendor. Kueh proposed voudor should give a good aud snfllolont bond for his faith ful oUSffftHRfc^pf tho Uw, with heavv Hues imposed igMts violation and with the right of oounsohiMon of the entire stock for repeated violation*. That tluj mayor and oounty super visor should notify the Stato iusppotor of their aetiou when an appointment had been made by them, and the State inspector should sond a deputy inspec tor to viow trie premise *, witu power to approve or coudcmn. Th? I tho proposed voudor should submit to tho deputy inspector three copies of tho bill of liquors. ho pro posed to purchase, and if tho liquors wero of approved brnuds tho doputy inspector should send oue copy to tho Ntato inspector, keep one himself and givo tho third to the proposed vendor, and should givovhim a shipping permit for ouch package ho proposed to ship into the State, each shipping permit to bo dated, siguod and numbored. \Vhon tho liquors arrived aud the vendor was ready the deputy iuspoctor should test the quality aud guago the quantity, and authoii/?o the voudor to put the liquor into packages. That tho liquor should muasuru no more nor no less than it measures in bulk aud tho quality should- bo tho same. That for tho privilege torsell tho vcudor should pay to the State a grad uated pri\ilogo ta* according to tho amount in tho paokago, and that tho payment of this tirt ^should bo shown by a label which should be signod by tho State inspector, countersigned by tllo deputy inspoctor, dated, numbered, have the amount of the tax written on its faco and should be securely fastened over tho mouth of tho package, that this tax should bo something like two cents for each half pint, four cents o pint, eight cents a quart., sixteen cents a half gallon and thirty-two cents a gallon. That for tho privilego to nell the voudor should also pay to the city a graduated tax for cnch packogo he pro poses to sell, according to tho amount in tho package, aud that tho paymcut of this tax should be shown by a label also placed over the ? mouth of eaob package and that the labjol sliould show tho amount of such tax, signed by tho mayor, couutorsigned by^tlie clerk, dated and numbered. That the revenue to tho cities and towns from suclj. privilege tax should bo expended for police purposes by citcB and towns in such mauuer as thoy may dccido. That tlio income to / tho Stuto from suck privilogo tux should go first to the paymout of oxpeuscb of the Crimi nal Courts, juil fees, conyict expenses, and tbo oxpenses of supporting aud protecting tho poor in tlio county in which tho tax is raised: Second, the remainder should go into tho State treasury and the expenses of tho In Bauo Hospital should he paid out of it. Third, and tho residue should go to the support of tho freo public schools of tho State. , No pool tublce, ?billiard M/kblcB, no gnmo of chance, no loafing, uo open ing of packages or ?drinking on tho premises, no ftelliug to miners or habit* ual drunkards, should bo permitted, and no liquor Co be sold except in the day time aud nouo'ou Sunday. The vendor should bo given the right to call^u the city, town or State au thorities to protect him in his busi ness. .Mr. May Held said h?> believed iAk> briety and good order, and while he did not favor liquor drinking, he be lieved that this plan afforded the besti restrictions that could bo thrown around the traffic. He contended thai thiB plan would throw the responBt-\ bility as to whothcr liquor should be^ sold or not directfy upon tho people of cities aud towns, and if they permitted it au<f> granted tho. privilege they would bo bound in all law and morals to protect tbo man iu his business to -whom thoy granted tho privilege; that tho county receiving tho privilege tax would bo bound to protect him in bin bun'-oB*, at\d that tho State having granted him the privilege to sell would b^-ylso bound to protect him in his bllMuCBS. Mr. May Hold declares that under this plan each vendor would purchase his liquora from whomsoever he pleased, . provided they wero of ap proved brands and quality, become his own drayage payer, his own leakage and breakage loaor, his otw rent payer, his own inaurauco payer, Lis own clerk hire payor, his own. bottle buyer and bottler, aud mako bis own salary, if he got any. Iu fact, the vendor would bear all expenses and the income to the cities, towns, counties and Stato wonld be almost entirely net, and tho amount of this income would astonish anvopo who would lake tho pains to make the calculation . The profit laid in dollars, he said, would reach from the pionio grounds to tho public road many times over. Ho regretted that sineo the matter was up, that he did not have the number of gallons lk*t. had been sold by tho dispensary since it opened, bo that bo could show what tho incomo to tho coun ties, cities, towns and State would have been based on this plan. He said, that under the present plan the expense* of operating the dispensary were neces lasily enormous, aud there was no way to keep them down, and therefore the profits from the dispensary must neces sarily be small as compared with the profit under the ether pUa. If iywere the purpose of the State to make liquor bear the barden of the evil it brought upon the oonatry as far as ?uch a thing was possible, he favored m oh a change Ms would make* the revenue sufficient for the pnrpoqe, and favored a. plying that revenue strictly to poHrr purposes and thereby relieve the people from the expanses of sup* porting tho jaila, poor Iiouboh, insane layluma and criminal pro*t>cutiona, and i tin favored applying any remainder there might bo to tho education of the young agaiuut the uao of liquor ami prepare them for nmuhood ami woman hood. Mr. Mayfleld aaid he thought thia plan would overcomo the moat of tho objoctioua he had evefheard againat tho dispen&ary law ami would bring to ita support the roligioua elomontof tho country. As far as revenue purposes aero oouccrued ho declared that there were no comparisons botwenu thia plan and tho ouo How iu operation.. iap ? TIIK Kim-'/OntlH CO.MiltUSS. A byuopMi of the ProoMdinxs of 1 lot ti ^ Houses. THE 8KNATK. TtEbJDAV. ? .? WKDNEKDA* Tho statue of Fatbwr Marquette, placed hy thuStato of Wlaoonslu^n the Nntl'-unfHall of Statuary, lu the capital, wait- oftleinlly pre sented to, and aooepted by, tho Senate. Af ter this maUer was disposed of the naval ap propriation bill was taken up a id tu? remainder of the day'a acaalou was givey up to political speeohes. /") thuhsday. Hie Senate Thursdayatter the routine bus ings taken up the appropriation Mil. Tho ponding question being too amendment of fered by Mr. Gorman reducing the number of battleships provided for in the bill from four to two, and tho amendment to that amendmout offered by Mr. Quay to Increaao tho number to nix. The naval bill had the undivided attention el thedny. Allen, ( I'op. ) of Nebraska, predicted tho collapse of tho Democratic and Republican parties, tho for mer within three months and tho latter by tho 4th of March, 1901, and by Mr. Gorman. (Dem.) ot MfTrylnud, in enforcement of his views as to tho necessity ol mor6 economy in appropriations. ruu>AY. Friday'* session of tho Seuate'was enllvon ed by two characteristic speeches a fiery and Impetuous ono from Mr. Tlllmun, Dem ocrat, of South Carolina, and a temperate, and suggestive one from Mr. Hill, Democrat, ot New York. Mr. Tillman, wearing in trtu necktie an emblem of hMrlnst speech In the Senate, a miniature gold pitchfork, strode up and down In the rear of tno back seats on the Democratic side of the chamftvr^ gesticu lating forcibly and Inveighing agrtlust the President, the Secretary of the Treasury and the bankers and moLey-londers OL Wall street and threatening the withdrawal of hls-'Htato from tho Domoeratlo column If the Chicago convention should not declare in favor of freo silver at the ratio 0M6 to 1. Mr. Hill's re ply to him was dlgnifltfd but sarcastic. He, too, spoke of the Chicago convention declaring that hOy^i&r^ot believe that Mr. Cleve land Was a candidate for.i*W nomination; li? said that he waa not^Iedged to him or to any member of his cabinet; eulogized Mr. Carlisle for his public services,- while crit icising him for his interference against the rc-elfeotion of Senator Blackburn, aud closed a long sDeeoh by declaring that tho policy of the Democratic pnrty should be "In essentials, unity: in non-esseu tials, liberty, In all things, charity." Mr. Gorman's motion to reduce the num ber of battleships provided for in the bill from four to two (a reduction of *7, 500, 000 in expenditure) and it was agrnod to?yeas 31; nuvs 27. Before the nnvtil bill was takou up Mr. Dutlei, ropulU#, of North Carolina in troduced ? bill to make tho Mexican dollar, the Jaffonese yen and the trnde dollar couul ii. value to the standard dollar of the United States and a full legal tender to any amount for nil debts and demands, public aud private and he made an argument In support of it KATUItPAX. Th**;, .naval approprlntlou^blll, which has been ubd?r consideration lirfhe Senate dur ing the ontlre week, was pasted Saturday and now it will be for a conference com mittee to reconcile tho disagreement bot\fc?? the two houses. The chief of these Is the re duction of *ho number of battle-Bhips pro vided foa The House fixed tho number at four, tho SdnaUT" a?"two? Tho ships are to cost $3,750,000 exclusive of armament. MONDAY. . Mr. Butler offered a joint resolution Mon day in tho Senate to carry into effect two res olutions of the Continental Congress direct ing monuments to be erected to the mem ory ot Generals Francis Nash and Win. D^vidjpqn, of North Carolina, it appropri ates nve thousand d<^UarB for each monu ment and directs tho 'money to bo paid to the Goveindr of North Carolina. THE HOtJSK. TCKHDAY, I WKI>!*r.SDAV. The House Wednesday debated tho exj>en dltures und revenues oftho government. Mr. \V0mgr4 Ileptiblican, of Virginia, presented tho report upon the contest of Thorp, Ite publican, agninst McKenney, Democrat, frojn the fourth district of Virginia, which was ordered printed, with concurring views from k somo members of tho committee presentod by Mr. De Armond, Democrat, of Missouri. Tne remainder of the day was spent in tho dlscussRui of tho bankruptcy bill. THUBSPAY. Tfio House Thursday devoted five hours to the bankruptcy bill. Tho principal spoak ers wore ; Messrs. DeAnnond. Democrat, of Missouri; Tawuev, Republican, of Minneso ta, and Bailey, Democrat, of Texas, against the bill, and Messrs. Burton. Bepubllcan. of Missouri; Culberson, Democrat, of Texas;, and Rnv. Ilepublican, of New York. In favor of the bill. The discussion developed tho fact that the House was practically in favor of a bill providing for voluntary bank ruptcy. riunAx. - In the Houso Friday Mr. Codding. Bepub llcan, of Pennsylvania, submitted tho unan imous report of electl n commlttoe No. 3 in the case of JoChua E. WllBon, Bepubllcan, vs. John L. XfoLaurtn, Democrat, from tho sixth congressional district of South Car olina, that McLaurin was entitled to his seat. The report was agreed to. Mr. Overntreet, Republican, of Indiana, froir the same committee. r*po tted the caso ol George W. Murray, Rofcublltaq, vs. Wm. El liott, Democrat, from the first district of South Carolina, the -jotkmlttdp finding that Murray, colored, who qsprwfented tho dia* trict in the last Congrepj, wa< entitled to tho seat now/ The minority of \he committee .was given leave to file their rows and the ca?e went to the calendar.\ A bill waa passed to admit fmo of duty articles of *|Qxelgn man ufacture Intended for exblGntOTfitf the Nash ville Exposition In 1897, and |o admit persons engaged to care for the eihfbltf. SATUaDATW After a debate continuing over five hours the Honae Saturday, by a vCte ot 157 to 81 passed the bankruptcy bill.] It la aubatan tially well -know .> fs the Torey bill. The House passed without a division, the bill parsed by the Senate yerterdiy appropriating $75,000 to defray the expenses of the com mission to be appointed under the recent treaty with Great Britain. Senator Prltebard introduced a bill eaUbUahlng a soldiers home at Southern Pin**, N. O., for throat and lung diseases and appropriating^) .000. He baa also Introduce^) a bill to (^?pblish the old Fayettevllle arsenal, for reclaiming which ?100,000 la appropriated by the bill. The arsenal waa destroyed by Sherman's army. He baa alao lntrodaoed a Mil to pay H. v. Bryan (Craven county) a thlrteen-thousan4 dollar war claim, rants of hla plantation. ?r MOXDAY. .Mr. Bntler offered a joint resolution Mon day in ibe Senate to carry into affect two reaolutloaa of tba Coatlneatal Coogreaa direst in* ?onaaaants to be erected to the wmMg of Gsnsrala francta Wash and Wm. PailWa, of North Carolina. It appro WlatH |8^K for caeb aosaasat and dlreoU tba ion ay to ha paid to the Governor of North Carolina. itill A HP'S LK'ITEK. WILLIAM AM) Ills \V I KB DISCUSS SKKl'KNTS ritO ANI) CON. \ Tiiuo W Uon Kforybotly Was Dnuoi'* Aliftetl ICivrpl Nutih ??u*l lilt F?mtl}', Tho peafowls Htirred (up s small i*arter simko iu the grovo and thoy raised such ft ritinpUH as toattraot tuy wifo's attention. Tho reptileoatu? slipping along through tho grass to ward tho houao ami ?ho screamed for me, of courts. It onmo il tho front yard and I killed it by tho stono stop, but my wife never Iwliave# a auako is dead as Ijtmg an its tail wiggh'S. 1 had to keep on killing it to satisfy hor, anil then hang it np in a tree to msko it rain. It is awful <lry up here, but now I reckon it will just pour down porno time. This is tho seooud snako that has ever been seen hero, hut my wifo says sho knows that the place is just haunted with them. Thoy always go in pairtf, she says. "Moaoa men tion? ouly one," said I, "and didout mention any until after Kvo was cre ated. Probably Adam lived and worked in that garileu alono for many years and he got as sick of it as did Uobinson Crhsoo. ' Theu Kvo waa created for Adam's express company, and thoy got afoug very wall until tho ecrpoul beguiled her." op, aud the poor woman has to bear all tho b!amo of ?uryjin and misery," said my wife. "Xdaift aaid 'Tho woman Thou gavest mo diil givo unto mo and I did eat.' Why diilent Kvo say tho man Thou didst nt tik q me for did not proteot mo 1 from tho Wiles of that smooth- tongued I serpent. Tie lot mo eat llist ami take all tho riwk of tho danger. The old autocrat. No telling how long ho had boon acquainted with the serpent for ho know all tho animals and had mingled with them and had dominion over them and had given them names long before ICv? was created. "No doubt of it," said f, "for Joso phua says that tho serpent lived iu tho houao with Adam and was very hand some ami very smart and oould talk, Perhaps they playod marbles togother and went in a-washing. " "Yes," said- Mrs. Arp, "and the Lord gavo the command to Adam about tho forbidden fruit long beforo Evo was tyorih.^ ".She wasent born," aaiil T. "Pity sho was not," 6aid she. "Thou she would havo had a mother who would havo protected her from tho sorpont and from Adam, too. The poor woman never even had choioo of lobars nor a courtship nor a wed diSg." "Nor a trousseau nor her picturo in thepapcrp," said 1, "and sho dressed remarkably thin considering that tho climato tliero is about like ours. I reckou that Adam's family expeuses wero very light about thoso times. But later on ho caught it, for Josephua says ho had tweuty-three daughters, 'a'tfd of course tomebody put up a dry vfcooda store in tho neighborhood and sold finery. Pig leaves^) playod out early." ? * "I should liko to know *here they irot any dry goods and flnory or any money to pay foF^t, " said she. "Xhe Bib)fc aays the Lord made them gar ments of skins." "Yes,?* said I, "mado them for Adam and Eve, but two or throe hun dred years after that they had learned to spin flax and goat's hair and ?ilk and weavo it iuto cloth,, and they made ornaments of gold and had precious stones and mado money, too, for Moim says in the second chapter of Genesis that ono of>tfio four rivers flowed through a land whero tho gold was good and there, too* was bdellium and the onyx atone. Oh, they caught on to now fashions mighty fost, and - cut up scandalous^nnd Joseph us says the sous of God wore falleil angels and they saw that tho daughters of men wero fair to |ook upon anil they mated with them and raised a crop of giants, and everybody got demoralized except Noah and his family. "Moses tolls us how that 'wiso heartod women spun with their hands and mado beautiful ornaments for the tabernaclc.' Some of tho necklaces taken from tho mummies Hro a* fine as are over aoon at Tiffaj?y's. The an cients wore not behind us in fine fa brics and ornamental art#. We read of an ancient Hindoo prinoess who came into court on a stat* occasion and her father said: 'G5 back, my daughter? go back and dresa your self.' Aud she replied, ?Father, I havo on sovon suits," but they were of muslin so delicately ^fine the king could seo through them." "Well, that will do now," said my -wife. "Tho baby is waking up. Bring her to me, please. The poor little thing can't sleep long while she .is cu t ting that other tooth. She is tho beat and sweetest child in the world. 1 wish sho would cry and be cross a lit tle sometimes. Somehow I'm afjaid sho is too precious to stay here Jong. Turn here to your dan-ma, darling. And little Caroline puts out her arris and t miles and coos, and her dan-ma feels her forohead and saya I'm afraid she has a little fever and baa taken a cold. Wh?x? you walk out withber yon will not put on her bonnet. When ? child is teething you can't be too careful with them. The other day my wife waa locking all around the room "for her soeetaolaa. When suddenly aha discovered that she had them on and ihe exclaimed, "WaU, I do reckon I'm the biggfct UA jt tba irorMt" yHfo yon aiii'^*fra?4w, ?aid another grandchild. f ?? the bea^t fool in the world. Hat apectaolea have got too you? g for her. Mid I must get ^ her ^ motliera hare to waa* ??? P*** awi^l Mother Kvo did'nt. (lo?d j graeToue ! what a time she had/vr Hh tier posterity. Joaephua says ^*!io had tixty children, and if tlu-.v-hftd siity apiece and s ioii down tho lino and sho lived as long as Adam did, Where were eight generations in sight,\Ai)d that would ma^o millions of people. II would make a hundred millions if each generation had only ten apiece. But 1 must btop ruminating about theeo speculations for t hoar Mrs. Arp calling again on tho piazza/ "(h it tho other make," #aid 1. "No; out tho baby in fretting and wttats you to tako her aud walk in the garden, Ho euro and keep her bonnet on. She is ruuuiug at A tho nose uow, and sho sneezed awhile ago." "Sneezing is a goo*d sign,'" Ha Id I. ,4It is a si^u tho cold is getting bet ter," but I don't makoruy wife boliovo it. 1 don't believe she know a as run eh about raising grandchildren aa she did own children. Certain it is that she her worries more about theui. When Car* olino's mother goes visiting my wife is afraid something will happen to the child before tho gets back. Oh, my country it makes mo ao tired.? Biiiri Anr iu Atlanta Constitution. 8TATK- llOAttl) OK K1HJCATION. They Disco** oil Mattel's and Appointed County Hoards cf Kducatlou ? Other Matter* of Interest. Tho State board of education wot in Columbia Friday in the Governor's ofllce, with all the merhbers present, consisting of the following ; Governor Evans, chairman; W. IX Mayfield, sec retary; Julian Mitchell, of Charleston, for the Thirst congressional distriot; Prof. W. W. Marcnaiit. of Mouetta, for tho Hccoml; Pruf. J. J. McCain, 'of Due West, for the third; Prof. It. T. Cook, of Orcouv!llo|; for tho fourth; Prof. A. R. Banks, of Yorkville, for tho fifth; W. F. Clayton of Florouee, for tho ni xth ; and L'rof. A. M. Ranklu, of Orangoburg, for tho seventh* Tho board elected R. J. Wade school eonimissiouer of Aikon county, to succeed L. W. Williams deceased. Tho appointment of county boards of education in the place of county boards of examiners was made, tho said county board of education holding their oOlcen fajr two years. The boards for tho counties are nH fol Iowh : Aiken ? R. J. Wade, chairman; J. A. Lucas and R. L. Gunter. Anderson ? W. II. Russell, chairman; W. F. Mopteiff, L. A. MohafTey. Barnwell ? L. N. Bellin^r, chairman, W. W. Hart, R. II. Hurley. 'Beauford? James Wigg, chnirmau, Chtf8. L. Paul, Thomas Talbird, Berkeley? A. H. DeHay, chairman; F. W. Dautzler, E. J. Dennis. Charleston ? W. H. Dunkin, chair man; W. M. Whitehead, B.*Boax. ^Chcstor- W. B. Thompson, chair mitu ; B. B. Lathau, James Hamilton. Cheater Held ? T. Threat, chairman; W. P. Pollock, Rev. .4*. F. Tagett. Clarendon- L. L.' Wells, chairman; J* H, Jjesesne, M. C. Davie. Oolloton~(). P. Williams, ehairman; D, H. Borry, C. E. Owens. . ' Darlington ? A. J. A. Perritt, chair man; II. A. Thompson, J. M. Parrott. Edgefield? P. X. Lott, chairman 5, 1'. H. Folk, K. Hartzog. Fairflold? D. L. Stevenson. ohair man; James G. McCnnfs, W, H. nail, Jr. Florence? E. J. Smith, chairman; D. McDu/Ho, T. N. Rhodes. Georgetown ? O. Hcrriot, chairman; L. 0. Walker, M. W. Pyatt. Greenville? J. R. Pl/ler, chairman; A. H. Vuych, W. D. McKankler. Hampton? S. J. Fitts, chairman; J. Wi Rouse, W. J. Gooding, Jr. Horry ? D. D. Harrclson, chairman. Kershaw? A. A. Bigaby. chairmln< M. W, Cordon, W. J. Villepigue. Lancaster? W. D. Bruce, chairman; J. T. Green, W. S. L. Porter. Laurens? Jns. L. Madden, choirman; J. B. Tarrott, J. B. Welkins. Lexington ? J. D. Farr, ehairman; B. J. Derrick, L. 3. Haynes. Marion? S. W. Hmith, chairman; P. H. Edwards, J. D. MeLucos. Marlboro-? G. W. Hearsay,*, ehair man ; C. B. Easterling, J. A. Calhoun, ' Newberry? F. W. Higgina, chair kmap; W. K. Bligh, G. G. Bale. Oooneo ? O. F. Martin, chairman; W. J. Btribling, W. A. IMxeon. \ Orangeburg ? E. H. Housor, chair man; it. E. Copes, T. M. McMichael. Pickens? T. 0. Robinson, chairman; .8. J5. Parsons, S. W. Odell. ' Richland? L . C. /SylvesUV, chair man; bT-B. Wallace, C. E. Jolnson, ' floartanburg-B.. IX Chapman, chairman. " / Sumter ? W. J. Durant,' chairman; H. Edmunds, H. F. Wilson. Union ? M. L. Lemaster, chairman; VC. B. Peake, 0. B. Waller. Williamsburg ? J. J.'j "13, Montgom ery, chairman; E. G. Chandler, Dr. W. G. Gamble. York ? J. A. Shirley, chairman; T. W. Thompson. The school commissioners aro chair men of the oonnty boards, ex-ofllcio. 1 After the appointment of the boards, the Superintendent of Education was instructed to draw np rules and regu lations for both the State board and 'county boardi, the samo to be sub - knitted for approval at the next meet ing of the board. He was also ordered to make rulea relative to State and county teacher*' certificates. " ' Miaa Sadie Manleys book on South ern Literature waa added to the li brary liat for the public aehoola. The time for the -beginning of the .scholastic year has been changed sj .that it now starts on the first of July instead of the first of November, as On J^ine 80, the terms of all the .school trustees in the State wWl ex fire and ?4w juA* %riU then be ap pbinted by tct achooi commiasioasra i onai>g u?i?w. Clean looklnf-glaaaea when smeary with, a little metb^kited spirit, and PLAN OF ORGANIZATION, ? llll'. DKMOCItATIC HTA'I'K CON STITUTION. 0 -V? ~. Adopted by flu* DfmocriUlp Ntate Cum out lou llol. I September lt>, I Ml I Akiio.k I, There hIauII bo uno or more Democratic clubs organized in each township or ward, ouch of which clubs slut) I have distinct title, "Tho Democratic Club," ami shall elect a president, one or more vleo prenidonts, a recording and corres ponding secretary ami a treasurer, auu shall havo tho following working com mittees, of not loss thauthfoo members each, viz. : A committee on registra tion, an oxocutive committee. ami such other committees as to each club may heom expedient. A RTioiiR 11. Tho meetings of tho ! clubs should bo frc<|ucnt after tho opening of tho canvass, and some i tnombor of tho club or invited speaker deliver au address at oaoh meeting, if practicable. Tho clubs shall moot on tho first Monday in May and tho third Wednesday iu May respectively. Kaeh county shall bo entitled to double tho representatives as it has in tho (lon eral Assembly in Htato nominations. AiiticIjK III. Tho president or fivo members shnll have power to call an extra mooting of tho club and one fourth of tho members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of busi ness. Ahtici.k IV. Tho ciu*>h in each county shall bo held together and op erated under tho control of a county executive committee, which shall con sist of one membr from each club, to bo elected bj^ tho rospeetivo clubs. Tho cxocntivo committee, when elect - cd, shall appoint its own officers, who shall uot necessarily bo membors of said committee, and till nil vacancies which may ariso when tho convention is not in session, provided, thntauoHl ccr so elected who is not. a member of tho committco shall not bo entitlod to a voto on any question, oxcopt tho chairman, and then only iu caso of a tie vote. Tho tonure of oftlco of tho oxccutivo eonimitteo shall bo until the first Monday in May of each olcctioU year, -at which timo tho county con ventions shnll bo called together to ro orgnnizo tho party. Every Presiden tial eloction year county conventions shall bo called by tho executive com mittoo on the first Monday in May and shall elect delegates to a Stato cotrveu tion called for tho purpose of electing delegates to tho Nationnl Doroocrafie Convention, and to elect tho momber of the National Democratic Executive Committco from this State. The State convention shall bo called by the Htate exocutivo committeo to moot evory Presidential election year on the third NVodilesday in May, and every Stato oleotion year county and State conven tions shall meet on the first Monday in May and the second Monday in May respectively. Ahticle V. County Democratic con ventions shall bo composed of dele gates elected by the several local clubs, one delegate for every twenty-five voters, as shown by the club list made at the preceding first primary election, ?nd one delegate Sot a majority frac tion thereof, with the right to oaoh county convention to onUrgo or dimin ish the Representation " according to circumstance The county conven t:' .ftfrjjr W callod together by the ch^fimsu of the rcspcct ivo executive committees under such rule, not in Opnsistont with the constitution nor with the rules adopted by the State Dom\>cratic executive committee, as each county may adopt, and wheu as sembled shall be oalled to order by! tho chairman of the oxecutivo commit tee, and tho convention shall proceed] to nominate and elect among its mera-j bers a president, one or more v J*.-! presidents, a secretary and a treasurer. Any county may permit the formation of new club or clubs by a majority or its members. In all citiee with a pop-1 ulation of 5000 and over there may be two clubs in each ward; they shall be' organized iu obcdicnce to this consti-' tution, as are the clnbs elsewhere in this State, and in organizing said clubs thoy shall havo representation in the county conventions respectively as said conventions shall declare jfci ac cordance with tho provisions of this constitution. Autkxk VI. For the purpose of nominating candidates far Governor, Lieutenant-Governor and all other Stato officers, including Solicitors to their respective circuits, and Congress men their respective districts, and Presidential electors, and United States Senators, by the popular vote, and all county officers, except trial justices and masters and supervisors of regis tration, a direct primary election shall be held on the last Tuesday in August of each election year, and a second and third primary each two weeks success ively thereafter. At this election only Democratic white voters who have bean reeidents of the State twelve xnontan and "the county sixty day* proceeding the next general election* and enen, negroes a? voted the Democratic ticket continuously since 1976, to Ik 1 ifeown te tike certificate of ten white Dtomoeratfc voters? provided thai no person shall be allowed to vote except his name be enrolled on the parties la* club lie! at which be offers to vote at least five days before the day of tlu first elsMfoo. The club rolls of tin pally shall oonstitnts tbs registry list sad shall be open to inepeetio* by aa) saeaaber of the awl Iks slietlw udsr this clause stall be hak* aad re* Assembly of thia State, approved Do ootnber 2'2, 1H88, ami any aubaequont Acta of the Lrgislaturo of this Htato. The Btuto exeoutivo oonuuitteo ahall meet on the Friday after each primary, or such other time as ipay bo desig nated by the ohairmau, to cauvaaB tho vote ami deolare tho result a# to all Htato ortloors, Cc?ugre??mou, Presiden tial olooto^aaud United BtateaHcuator. All content# shall be hoard first by thu oouuty exeoutivo committee of tho county iu which irregularities may hare ooourrod, and may be jreviowQd by the Btato exeoutivo cutftruittee, whoso notion ahall bo flbal, provided, that no voto ahall be counted for any candidate who does toot file with tho chairman of the Htato exeoutivo com mittoe, or with tho reapeotivo chairmen of tho county exeoutivo oomuiittcoB, ft plodge in writing that ho will abide the reault of suoh primary aijd support the party nomineea, *nd that ho in not, uor w ill ho booome the ' pandidato of any faction, either privately, or pub licly auggeated, other than the regular Democratic nomination; provided fur ther that no oandidote bo doplarsd nominated unless ho reocivom a major ity of tho votea cast. Articlb VII. Tho officers , of tho Htato convention Bhall bo president, one vioo-proaideut from each Congroa aional dint riot, two secretaries and a treaauror. Artici.k VJII. Tho State Exeoutivo Committeo ahull bo composed of ouo member from each oouuty, to bo elect ' ed by tho oouuty oouvoutions on tho first Monday in May of oaeh oleotion year. When elocted aaid Executive'1* Committeo Khali ohooao ita owu officers,' not noeesHarilj mombora thereof, prior to aaid eleotion: Provided, thftt any officer bo olectod who ia not a member of tho committee shall not be untitled to voto ou any question, except a ohftir.i^ mau, and then only in oa?o of a tio vote. The Htato Exeoutivo Committee shall meet at tho call of tho chairman, i or any flvo mombcra, and at such timoa1 and places as ho or they may appoint. Tho momber of tho Natioual Pomo- ii .cratio Exeoutivo Committee from Houth Carolina ahall bo oloctod by tho Moy) Htato Convontion in 18t)(5, and overyj four years thereafter, and whonclootod Bliall be ' ox-officio a momber of the Btate Exeoutivo Committee. Y?oau?' eioa on aaid exeoutivo committees, by, doath, roaignations or otherwise, shall1 bo filled by tho reapectivo county ex*! ecutive committees. Tho Htato Exocu-l tivo Committee is charged with tho ex- 1 ecutioii'fend dircotion of tho policy iiT( the pirfty in this Htato, subjoct'to this; constitntion, the principles declared in! tho platform of principles, and auoh tn-i atruction, by roaolution or otherwise,; aa a Htato convention may from tiinel to titno odopt, not inconsistent with; this constitution, and shall continue in, office for two years from tho time of! ? election or until tboir successors have be&n elected. If any vacancy occur in the Btate ticket or of electors, by death, or other cause, the committee shall hare the power to fill tho vacauoy by a majority vote of tho wholo committee, a Article IX. The voto in tho re spective counties fojj all of the Htato officers, Congressional, . Presidential electors and United StatgnvBonator shall be transmitted by th&4aairman of the respective oouuty executive - committees to tho chairman of the State executive committee as early as practicable after each primary, who' ahall proceed to canvass the vote and. declare the resnlt. * Articlk X. .. When tho convention; assembles it shall bo called td^rdei-byj the chairman of the Btate oxeoutive committee. A temporary chairman shall be nominated and elocted by tho convention, and after its organization the convention shall proceed imme diately to the election of permanent officers 4nd to the transaction of bus iness. When tho business has con cluded it shall adjourn .sine die. ArtiOlji Ylr Before tho election in 1996, and ?jro eleotion thereafter, tho Btate P^M^tio executivo committee ?hall istwfwoall to fcll candidates for BUte offices to address the people of the different oounties of tho Btate, fix ing the dates of the meeting; and^also. inviting the candidates for Congress, United States Sonate, delegates to tho Btate convention aud for Solicitors in their respective district* and circuits, to be present and address tho people. At such meetings only tho candidates above set forth should be allowed to spesk. Abticli XII. Ii eball be the duty of each couhty executive committee to appoint meeting* in their respective counties to be addressed by the candi dates for the General Assembly and for the different county oJHce?, all of rrYjpm, except trial justices and mas ters, shall bo elected by primaries on the last Tuesday in August of eaoh election year nnder the same rules and rsgulations hereinbefore mentioned. Axticlz XIII. Each county delega tion to a State convention' shall hairo power to All any vacanoy therein. Aaricx^a XIV. This constitution mar be amended 6k iotewri ?rnnr tvgmJ* May convention of the' Slate or at. any convention called specifically for that* purpose, which shall specify the changes to be made. Aktiols XV.*1- Any county failing or refusing to organise under the provis ions of tfele bonptitation shall not have representation fa the State Democratic Conventioiw. J. L. M*Ir?t, Chairman State Peas. Ex. Com. D. H. Toimaxa, Secretary. H >?? Death of* Great Buker. a . Oeorgea Coe, for nearly thlrty-ie jpcars prsstdeatof theAsssrtsaa Exofcaage *ea*, oflCewTort, <?Sdat BMleweedtit*, Monday. TIm tauneiiats - ^ wsa paralysis* Mr. Ooa *