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\ •• t . ON^S CONSERVATIVE 8EN- , . OR TALKS HORSE SENSE. Jay* tho I.«(Ulalurn Did a Orral Deal omanl Work—The CoiMtltutlnaal Coo* v * eoatloa Should he a Non-ralUan llody. , Cmajiljmton, 8. C., Jan.^T.—A ^ porter for the News and Courier called on Senator J. W. Muni well recently with a request for an interview; upon the work of the legislature at its late session. Mr. Ilarnwell said that the correspondents at Columbia had des cribed so thoroughly the work done that there was little for him to say However,that he had never in’ his lifetime had snch hard work to do as that which was crowdedTnlo the three weeks between the 4th and 24th of December. It was literally a night and day business to do the mere rou tine that was required, of a Senator and also to keep a watch upon general legislation. ; ^ Something over four hundred''bills had been acted on hy the senate, of which about three hundred had come before the committees on the judiciary and on incorporations, of which he was a member. Work usually began at 10 o'clock in the morning with the sitting of one or other of those com mittees, and was continued tyitil il o’clock, then the senate met and con tinued in session till shortly after 2 o’clock. The judicarv committee met every day at 4 30 and sometimes sat for ever two hours, and on one occas ion until the meeting of the senate at 8 p. m. The senate met. nearly every night at 8 and continued in session till about 10 and sometimes up to 11 and 12 o’clock. There certainly was no waste of time in the senate. No set speeches were delivered and there was no member on either side so far as he cntrtdsee who wasted time m—speak - ing. He did not hesitate to say that he believed the South Carolina legis lature was the hardest worked legisla tive bodv in the world. Under its un written law it adjourned at Christmas and to do so required unceasing labor. Of course there was amass of legisla tion which was mere routine, such as the inoorjjoration of towns or amend ing their charters. Or the ihcoris nation of railroads §uid the manyTociu irratF ters concerning county government. Under the present constitution every bill must relate to one subject, and consequently it was impossible to. have one bill ortwobills incorporating in one act a large number of compan- - iaa, as was the .prucli<:a..prior ta .tlic. present constitution. This legisla ture had adhered”pretty closely to the rule that no charters should be issued which could Is* obtained from the clerk of the court or the secretary of State; but the number of acts of incor poration which cannot he so obtained is considerable and many of these it is scarcely possible to see a way to grant ing under any general law. Charleston has always a very large mass of such legislation to be got through with, and he pitied the sena tor who ever had to do this work alone Every person interested in a charter wishes to kitow exactly its progress through the two b«»dies, and the sen ate is amused sometimes to see the tel- egramsrushing in u|K>n the Charles ton senators. Personally he was treat" ed by all of the senate, its officers and ployees with the utmost courtesy, he had the pleasantest recollec tions of his intercourse with TlTemT He did not believe that the errors in noting amendments made by the senate were the effect iic might say they were not, inasmuch as they some times occured in bills in which no one could be interested in ihakingth«fn.Hi stated this as a simple matter of just ice k> x the presiding officers and the clerks. In the tremendous rush to ward the end of the session and in the late hours- which- prevailed it NEW LAV F0R COUNTIES. £5**&*»**»!?A'i unworthy acTtnbWTedgeittehl fff mtF takes, it should be perfectly possible and honorable to forget party differ ences and act together for the good of the State. - He di<| not for an instant say that such a couree would be successful. The time may not have strived yet when the ling to aurren upon office, hi made (o convince the people all over the State that the opposition were simply ruled by the hope of victory or greed of office. < . -.It had been said by the administra thm leaders in the legislature that the immense power bestowed upon the overnor and his cabinet would not e missed. Time would show, and a coini pa ra t i vely abort Time, this would be the case. If the new registration allowed under the terma of.ihfe act calling the convention was fairly conducted, so as to be a real registration and not a mere mockery, people could tell whether the admin istration, or in fact any other of the reform fiarty; were in earnest in their professions of fairness, or whether they intended to keep themselves in power, cost what it might. A very short time would decide the matter. CALLS ON CLEVELAND." A COMPLETE CHANGE IN THE SYS TEM OF THEIR GOVERNMENT. A Syuop*l» of the Mere Important Prorl- alone-Duties of the Saperrlaor end " . .i -' Township and County Hoards of Commie* Stoners. \ The system of county government in .South Carolina changed on January 1, 1895, when what is knovtin as the county government law, of which Governor Evans was the author when in the Senate, goes into effect. The new law changes completel; the old order of things. Instead o whether Board of County Commiaaionera, r which governed eveiwthing, it creates township Boards of Commi Tilt* I'rrsitlrnt Was at Iftuiio to all Hit* s World. Washinutqn, Jan. 1.—The 1‘resi- dent i0as at home to all the world who hose to visit the White House during the day, and the ollicial family re- peated the arihual object lesson irt tho simplicity and impressiveness of Ahierjcan republican institutions in the United States, itepresentatives of foreign jKiwers in the splendor of their court dress greeted tlie president in the names of their respective govern- County Superviaorand a CVinty Boartl of Commissioners. The County Board -is made np-of-tho-chairman Township Board, and the County Board is required to meet quarterly or as often as.three members think necessary.. The last session of the Legislator passed two Acts which amend the law as to certain coimtie s bu not as to the State at large. The following is a synopsis of the provisions of the new law, as applied to the entire State; The County Supervisor must give a bond of $r>,fXX). lie has supervision over all public highways, roads, brid ges and ferries, and over paupers; also all . mutters relating to taxes and dis- hursements of public funds for county purposes. -——— ; The Governor appoints, on the re- commedation of the Senator and mem* hers of the House, three discreet free holders m each Township of every county to act as Township Commis sioners. Township Boartls of Assessors abplishad-aad- )8a duttea-aod-pew- duty. All money so _ apart and is to be ^nown Mthie coun ty road fund. In the counties named this tax must be paid between the first day of Febru- for that fiscaT year, and when State and county taxes are paid. The Act fixes the amount of road duty reouired in all the counties nam ed save Union at not more than three days in the aggregate. In Union the limit is fixed at nx days, the same as in the general law. All such persona shall! be assigned duty under the con tractors having under contract the sec tions of road nearest the residence of such persons. If the contract system be not adopted then the said persons shall perform duty under the road ov erseers appointed by the Township Boards or Commissioners. Section 3 authorizes the County Boards of Commissioners and requires them to levy annually a sum hot ex ceeding one mill on all taxable prop- t erty in the said counties, which shall nor did not say it in so many words he meant that law would be refractory towua Darlington ia supposed to be one of these towns. That town passed an ordinance instructing the police to en force the law before the Darlington riot. After the riot it is said IhaCtUe town council repealed the qrdi All the large cities of tne Charleston. Columbia and Greei are enforcing the law. Greenville's mayor, James T. Williams, visited Governor Evans personally and prom ised that the law should be carried out, Sumter Aiken and Florence have passed ordinances giving their police power to enforce the law. Many of The army and navy paid their re- specte t<» their commander in chief? members of Congress to their execu live, federal otlieials to the. head of the government and the public at large to the chief citizen of trie nation. *ys *de was errors. There are really not so many committed as there are in the ^closing hours of congress,,,of what is known as the short seession. Politically speaking, of course, the conservatives were not able to control legislation. That no sane man could expect with the small minorities in the two houses, but that their weight was felt on thecommittem and in gen eral legislation is a fact too patent to need discussion. There was scarcely any bitterness in any debate, and the effort seemed to be, as a general rule on the part of the conservatives, not to obscure the questions by side issues but to discuss them on their merits, and to leave no excuse to the majority to plead on liehalf of their party measures that they had been irritajeu or taunted by their adversaries. On the other hand ho did not think tliqt any of the maiority ever thought fora moment that the minority had surren dered their convictions. You must recollect that on a number of the party questions the conservative vote was doubled by the addition of the more independent ot the Reformers. Sena tor linley, of York, Senator Kirkland of Kershaw, and Senator Miller, of lanoaster, voted on all subjects as they pleased and were reinforced from time to time by other Senators. Senator Barnwell was' asked to speak regarding the address of ‘ the forty.” He said that not all of these gentlemen had proved their faith by their works; but he thought that cer tainly an effort should be made by tlie conservatives to show Unit they were willing to drop party lines in the matter of the constitutional con vention. If that body was a partisan body, bent upon making a constitu tion which should recognize the dic tates of faction alone, it should lx; clearly shown that the fault of doin; so did not rest with the cities an towns and the conservatives, but should be laid at the*, door of the ad ministration and the extremists of that faction. There would be time enough to demonstrate who were at fault if the body was not truly a rep-, resentative One. He was more than ever convinced that ridicule, sneers and abuse of everyone connected with the reform faction would never bring any good to the'State. He advocated no sacri fice of principle, no profession* of be lief as to the wisdom -of 'acts which; they had been condemning, but he did think that time should not be ex pended in sighing over the past, but instead the best efforts of everyone who cared for the State should be bent towards the future and towards doing ajray with the animosities and- bitter ness of the last four, jiears. The doc trine of undying hate was not suffi cient nourishment to support any po litical party, for happily for all civil ised peoples there were not sufficient iDers in any community reception ‘differ from any of its pred cessors since General Washington,the lirst president, officially inaugurated utinnal crrainony in New YhYk eitv, 104 years ago. - ‘ The old Dutch custom so -pleased urn that he inquired whether it was 'stablished or a casual one, and on-be ing informed that the day was always umored in New York,’ lie exclaimed: “ Whateverchanre takes place, never Tdrget Hi is' cord iaf and cliberf ul obser vance of New Year’s day.” No day is so notable in Washington city. Immediately following the president’s reception, the secretary of state entertained the diplomatic corjis at breakfast. The . secretary of war received the army; the secretary of the navy opened bis house to the navy and, until night, official visiting was the rule throughout the capitol. The interior of the White House was decorated very much as it usually is upon the occasion of official functions with masses of |»alms, ferns and other dotted plants about the puriors, I tanks of flowers on the mantels and^uftains of stuilax before the mirrors. The oval blue room, where the roceivinj |Mifty stood, was profusely adornei and all the rooms were illuminated era are placed upon these new Boards. m County Boards of Equalization are ! Ivlso .abolished and the duties are de- , voTvcd upon the new Boards of Coun ty Commissioners. While perform ing these duties the Commissioners are to receive the same pay as members of old Equalization Boards. As stated, the Board of County Commissioners is to be made up of the ciuiirmeii of the Township Boards, to: Supervisor, tne wholly by elcctroilers and the wcath- work on the roads- six days, but not i i i • i x i • 11 • a nvf*r t h < I ft. vs in r>np n,nv er was clear and bright with brilliant sunshine. The approaches to* the executive mansion were occupied by double col- timns of army and navy officers, stretchffig away from the portico be yond tlie gates, the red tasseled hel met of the military, the yellow of the cavalry, the white of the infantry,and the black plumed chapeaus or the navy, showed distinctly above the sea of dark blue uniforms resplenden.t with goto trimmings, _while beneath wonderful that there were not more great"portecocbere, carriages ‘rap idly deposited The brilliantly attired members of the diplomatic corps, and along the avenue extending down the side streets stood long lines of organi zations and private citizens awaiting their turn to shake hands with the president, and crowding within sight of the White House were thousands who had been attracted by the gay scene. Promptly at 11 o’clock the marine baud, stationed in the main corridor, burst forth with “Hail to the Chief’’ as tlie receiving party descended the broad stairway from the private apart ments and took their places in the blue room, the president lieing in the nearest red room door, through which the guests entered. At his right stood Mrs. Cleveland, and beyond in the line were Mrs. Gresham, Mrs. Olney, Mrs. Bissell, Miss Herbert and Miss Morton. Mrs. Stevenson was in North.Caro- lina with the vice president at the bed side of their invalid daughter, and Mrs. Holfb Smith, was ill. Back of the receiving line were invited guests of Mrs. Cleveland. - At 11 o’clock members of the cabi net, were received. These were follow ed by mprnbers of the'United States Supreme Court,Court of Claims,Court of Appeals, Supreme Court of the Dis- trist, Senators, Representatives, Com missioners of fche District of Colum bia, ex-members of the cabiiiet, ex- ministers of the United States, officers of the arm}' navy and marine corps. At noon, the regents and secretary- of the Smithsonian institution, civil service commissioners, interstate com merce commissioners, assistant secre taries of departmenis and other offi cials were received; at 12:15 p. m.. the Associated Veterans of the war of 1846^Grand Army of the Republic, Loyal Legion, Union Veteran Legion and members of the Oldest Inhabi tants’ association of the District of Colilmbia, and at 12:35 p. m., the public. ' ,' with the County who shall act as chairman of theCoum ty Board. The Board shall meet on the lirst Monday in January, Abril, July and October, except that extra- meetings may lx; had when three mem- bers sign a call. ThTt Crrrmtr Supervisor and - thc- chairman of each Township Board must lay off into convenient sections the road, bridges and ferries for the purpose of having them worked. If the County Board concludes to adopt the contract system of working the roads, bids must be advertised for in the usual way. The customary jiowers are given the County Board over con tractors. County Treasurers are authorized to receive a commutation tax of $2 in lieu of all road duty. This tax is to lx* paid between November and March. The Coujity Treasurer is to furnish the County Supervisor a list of all per sons who have paid this tax. Town ship Boards must also send the Super visor a list of persons liable to road duty. Those who have not paid must whlet constitute a part of the road fund, to be expended by the Board in tlie same manner as is provided by Jaw, for the use and expenditure of the commu tation tax m tieu of road duty, and such tax shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as is pro vided by law for the collection of taxes levied for ordinary county purposes. A TALE OF BLOOD AND CRIME. At Losat 1S.OOO Persona Were I nd Isrri ml - nntely; Hntehered. Boston, Mass., Jan. 1.—Letters have been received by well known parties in this .city from reliable sources in Turkey giving still further testimony regarding the outrages in Eastern Tur key, The following letters came from a city not a great distance from tlie scene of the outrages. The writer is a man in whom the hignest confidence may he placed” who nas spent more than a third of a century m that re gion and knows the country and peo ple perfectly. This testimony is from a source which is independent from any which has been given before. La ter accounts increase, if possible, what has taken place. The letter just re ceived is as follows: The Armenians, oppressed by (Kurds and Turks, said they could not pay taxek to both the Kurds and the gov- erijment. Plundered and oppressed by the Kurds they resisted them and there were some kifled. Then false reports were sent to Constantinople that the Armenians were inarms, in rebellion, and orders were sent to the Mushir at Eczeroum to. exterminate-form, root and branch. Tke order read before over three days in one any week. They arc assigned to duty under a contrac-. tor working the roads in their respec tive townships. If, however, the con tract system is not adopted the work must be performed on the road under overseers, who are aj)pointed by the Township Boards. The contractor must allow the County Board 50 cents jx3r day for such labor: All claims for road and bridge work must be presented to the County Board County Boards must make annual reiiorts to the presiding Judge at the 2 the armv. called in haste for all the chief cities of eastern Turkey, was Whoever spares man, woman or child is disloyal.” The region was surrounded by sol diers of the army and 2,000 Kurus also are said to have been massed there. Then they advanced upon the inhabi tants, driving the people like flocks of sheep, and continued thus to advance for days. No quarter was given; no mercy shown. , Men, women and children were shot down and butch ered like sheep. Probably when they were set upon in this way some tried to save their lives and resisted in self- defense, while those who could fled in all directions, but the majority were slain. The most probable estimate is 15,000 killed; thirty-five villages plun dered, razed and burned. Women were outraged aud then butchered. A priest was token to the roof of his church, hacked to pieces and set on fire. A large number of women and firls were collected in a church, kept or days, violated by the brutal sol diers, and then murdered. It is said that the number was >so large that the blood flowed out of the church door. The soldiers contended over a beauti ful girl. They wanted to preserve her but she too was killed. Every effort is being made and will be made to fal t'gly Talk from the Pulpit. Pana. Ills., Jan. 2.—Rev. Father ined noto- Stolk, who last summer ibli pai lX‘l riety by publicly assailingVrotestants, said to his parishioners yesterday: “I have members who will not rent pews liecOuse they are too poor, yet they have money to get drunk twice a month. I- wish they would get drunk tonight and lay outdoors and freeze to death. There are members of my con gregation who allow their daughters to go to high-toned balls and dance in full dress—nodress atall. Only inde cent Catholics, Protestants ami here tics go to such places.” He said in E lainer words that he wished from the ottom of his heart the girls who went to these dances would be ruined, and added: ."I wish every boy or young man who attends these dances would become diseased and rot and then the generation Would soon be exterminat ed.” last term of Court of General Sessions in their respective counties and these reports must be handed to the grand jury BHiHp County Boards^have the authority to line any one $10 or to imprison him twenty hours faj contempt or willful interruption of their proceedings. ' Courts and municipal authorities shall sentence convicts to labor upon the public roads ot works. Munici- palitios, however, can sentence these convicts to work upon the streets. Sentences for longer than two years shall be to the Penitentiary, 'these convicts are put under the charge of' the County Supervisor, who is au thorized to organize a chain-gang. Tlie convicts must not be worked in connection with a road contractor or overseer. The County Board shall diet and provide guaras for the safe keeping of the convicts; they must also provide tools and implements. If a convict becomes ungovernable or unfit for labor, the Supervisor may send him to the Penitentiary or to the county jaiL- Wheu'not employed the convicts must be kept iq the county jail. The County Board is required to employ a physician to render medical aid to sick conVicts. The Cpunty Board has supervison overtbe paupers and the poor “house and farm of each county and is em- powered to make all rules and regula tions for the government of that in stitution ; to appoint a superintendent and to provide means for the employ ment of the inmates. In case any poor child is turned over to the boun ty, the County Board may bind it out as an apprentice until, if a male, he is sixteen years of age, or, if a female, fourteen years old. It is not obligatory on tlie County BoardsTb work highways by tbe con tract system or by jehain gangs. They can adopt the old system if they see tit County Boards are given the same powers as to auditing and orderin, paid the claims of county officers an claims of every description. THH EXCEPTIONS. One of the new Acts passed by the last legislature, amending the county S vernment bill, authorizes the nnty Supervisors in Union, Spar tanburg,’ Laurens and Newberry to work the roads of their respective counties jointly with the convicts of their respective counties, if they so think tit The other Act makes more impor tant changes and includes withip its terms the Counties of Spartanburg, Anderson Oconee, Union, Aiken, Greenville, Charleston and Darling ton. It authorizes the County Treas urers of the counties named to receive from all persons liable to road duty in those counties the sum of $1 as com mutation tax, except as to the County of Union, where the tax is to remain at $2, as is now fixed in Section 656 of sify facts andjmll the wool over the n governments. But the bloody tale will be known the most horrible, it seems to me, that the Nineteenth century has known. As a consummation of the report of the out rages, as several hundred soldiers were returning from the war, and in a vil lage near us, one was heard to sav that he alone with his own hand, had kill ed thirty women. Some, who seem to have some shame for their atrocious deeds, say, “What could we do, we der orders.” — were unc MUST GO IT ALONE. The City AnthorttKN Must Enforce the Dlupeneary Law. Columbia^ S. C., Jan. 3.—Thenews- hungry reporters were glad to find r Evs Governor Evans in his office ^-ester- day because they felt reasonably, sure of getting at least one good item. They Were not disappointed. Governor Evans was asked rhgard-' ing the Dispensary law and his pro- jecte for its enforcement. He said: “You can state that no applications will ^ereafter be received for positions on the constabulary force. Instead of increasing the force we are going to cut down and give the * cities and owns a chance to enforce tlie Dispen sary law without the interference of State officers. They 'will Ixs allowed to enforce it in their own way, and if they do it there will be no nwessity or a return to the present plan or any other plan.” “To how many men are you going 1,6 cut the force?” “We expect tacut it down to about thirty- ; ftve, " he answered, “about one from each county. We have already cut four or tive men off. We now have'about eighty men employed.” Asked as to what disposition will be made of the small foceto be employed, Gcfrernor Evans answered that they will be sent to the country and away from the cities and towns. A large number of them, he said, will be S laced on the border of this State and forth Carolina. It seems that just across the South Carolina line, in North Carolina, and bordering on this State, are four prohibition counties. A great .deal of whiskey is made in these counties and is run across into this State - and sold. The purpose of Governor Evans will be to have these meqiwatchedand arrested. They will not be tried in South Carolina, but will be sent back into their own State for trial on the charge of making whiskey. The chance of conviction will be greater than in this State. Governor Evans was asked as to what the cities and towns are doing about enforcing the law. He answer ed that so far as he had heard they are doing what they can to carry it out to the letter. “The towns which have pawed ordinance instructing and giv- the Revised Statutes of 1893, applying] ing then* officers the power to enforce the law will, aal tinued,“be allowed i ^ T _ in their own way. The towns which | W*« TrT«Tr*M**- do not paw ordinance to have the law enforced within the next thirty days will be aided and will have the laws A rtOent uumberof tholbreebyterian |'v|Ne » E? Fh Banner contains the following article U o 1 i A Y tjl/ i. . ... - .. from El ten M. Watson, State Super- rus. ’ Work in Panusy inance. State, Vniisylvania: * The Kcely laaqrue aad the Woman's Auxiliary’ Keely 1 *ague are two new temperance societies. We; of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Alli ance, woijk in harmony with tliem, and assist them in various ways, for they are pledged just as much as w«S are to work for the overthrow of the liquor traffic by medical, moral, legal and Christian mettoxU. /We believe the medical runvfor the diaease of alcoholism is the beginning of.better things, for every land under the sun. I have had the blessed priv e the smaller towtis have done likewise. Governor Evans says that the rail- many s drinking manvbut most of the |~ roads have promised' that they JS hereafter aid in the 11 know that goods are contraband. 8o < the outlook is for a quiet enforcement of the famous law by municipal authori ties. If Governor Evans ffqds that the municipalities are not earnestly trying to carry out the law he Will take a hand and metropolian policemen will decorate the streets of a number of places. An earnest, honest effort on the part of the municipal authorities everywhere is all that the Governor asks or expects.—Register. AN INSURANCE :FIGHT. ' . X Whether tlie Lloyd* Can Do liunine* Without Llcenne In this State. haul contraband reached who are unknown to. me. / Columbia. S. Jaif? 2„—There promises to be a sharp fight in this State over the question of whether the Lloyd insurance concerns must pay a license to do business. The conten tion of W. S. Monteith, the general manager for South Carolina of the Lloyd's, is that they do not have to pay license, as they are individuals. The folio wing correspondence the'subject is self-explanatory: on Columbia', December 31, 18’94. To the Honorable Comptroller Gen eral of the State of Sou th Carolina. Sir: On the part of the underwriters of the South and North American Lloyds and the underwriters of the New York and Chicago Lloyds, Whip ple & Co.,- attorneys, doing business at 35 Liberty street, New York City, I write to inquire if there is any law that you know of that makes it neces sary for said underwriters, wishing to do an insurance business in the State of South Carolina, to obtain a license from you for such purpose, and. if so, please inform me what are the essen tials. I am ready and willing to comply with any law that makes it binding upon individuals to obtain a license, and do not desire to evade apy statute of‘the State of South Carolina; and will join with you in making it a test case as to whether the law as it now stands relative to insurance compa nies includes underwriters whom I represent Respectfully, - - ■-- - W S. Monteith, General Manager Southeastern Divis ion." Mr. Norton seat the following reply to Mr. Monteith: ,, “Replying to yours of the 31st ul timo I beg to say that being supplied with a copy of the laws of this State governing fire insurance, the require ments therein for companies, associa- tions or associations of individuals Wishing to enter South Carolina and do a lawful insurance business is be fore you and, I must assume, plain. It will be my pleasure to issue license to any company, association, organi zation or association of individuals wishing to enter the State, whenever such application is properly filed, ac companied with the necessary prelim- 1 inary papers and fees as required by the laws of South of Carolina. None of the companies or associations re ferred to by you have made any form al application for license, therefore none have a license from this depart ment to do business in this State. “It is not the province or duty^of this office to arrange test cases for the courts, but to enforce the laws as we find them under the advice and con struction placed upon such laws by the proper legal officers of the State. Whenever the proper papers in due form are presented they will receive prompt and careful attention and such action made known to the com pany or association filing them.” Mr. Monteith has sent the following card to the Register regarding the ar ticle which appeared in yesterday’s paper: Columbia, S. C., Janurry 1, 1895. Please say to the fire insurance agents who it is said have written. Comptroller-General Norton asking “if the Lloyds, which have recently entered this State, are doing business under the laws of the State, ’ that, as the representative of the Lloyds, I answer—We are doing a large business strictly in. conformity with the laws of the State, and further, please say that I deny emphatically, and declare as untrue, the statement, by whomso ever made, “that the Lloyds have in no way complied with the laws of this State, and are doing, an illegal business,” and here assert that they have comfilied in every way with the laws of this State, and are doing a perfectly legitimate business, and when the Comptroller General sees proper to attack us, we will. domon- strate this.—Registerq, It is said that Senator Sherman, whose thriftiness has never b$|en ex celled by any man in public life, owns one-hair of the square of ground which a bill introduced by Senator Quay proposes to purchase lor $7,000,- 000 to be used as a site for a residence to be erected for the President of the United States. There is no doubt about the President needing a resi dence, but there is much about the passage of Senator Quay'sbilh-__ From tfie stamp duties paid-by pa tent medicine makers it has been esti mated that at least 4,000,000 pills are taken by the inhabitants of the United Kingdom every week. In France the quantity is about half. Only about Those of us who knew John B. Gough, know that except in one instance ho was able to keep his total abstinence pledge, but we also know that for want of the Keely Cure he was tor tured by a drunkard's thirst to the day of his death. All who takfe the treatment are cured. I mean by that the diseased thirst for alcohol is Liken away. When a man lapses he never blames Dr; Keely. He knows the trouble was from uis own perversity or fool hardiness. J cannot, understand how any one , but a saloonkeeper can oppose this blessed cure. W*6 are not afraid of any criticism that is seasoned by sound common sense, but we do think it unfair to hunt up a man who never had any.character for honesty or in dustry, and 8£nd him to a Keeley In- Btitute, with me falntrsrtmpfl flint'Dr. Keeley's Cure will not only cure him of the disease of inebriety, but, also turn him into a wide-awake, reliable man of business. Men are often taken to a Keeley Institute when they are raving wild with delirium tremens It istheir Ixxlies that are ruined* by alcohol. Their reason will keep them all right as soon as the poison is taken out of their j}loo<j. When a man ae* gutres a thirst toealcobtil to mu somehow to get it. All that can ’ lx 1 done then is to convince him he is in real danger, and the only ihing we now of that will cure him is the Keeley Treatment. I ALCOH OLISM A DISEASE. NEVER nror Rvailllv ipers I mail are sent to our best |>cn le, and in this way thousands are .A * N v PA YMENT. NEVER V ilege of sending the glad' tiding*.at, ..{j" QM PROMISED this marvelous cure into the homo of \ CLAIM. NEVER EAD never saw a man or woman that w as cured by-any other. _ , . . . . •_. The great ma jority of drinking men are not devoid of business sense, and though they mav have drifted igno rantly, innocently or wickedly into a drunkard s life, most of them will re- t ’oioe over their cure, and afterwards :eep out of temptation. It is time every one who wishes to uplift humanity should turn thank fully to this new factor in the temper ance cause. The time is coming, and coming fast, when each cohgregation will care for its drinking men as it now cares for any other class of suf ferers. I rejoice that I live near a Keeley Institute and know a great deal about the grand work it is doing’. It is bringing hope to the-. hopeless and light into many a darkened home. Mrs. Ida B. Cole, who is now lecture- ing in this neighborlrtxxl, is the Na tional Secretary of the Woman's Aux iliary Keeley League. Tho*je who are so fortunate a* to hear'her uill know that as the wife of a minister, she never beftffe had such an opportunity to do evangelistic work as she has now. Mrs. Cole was well amT favor ably known in the lecture field before she came into the work of tlie Keeley League. We sincerely ho|x» she may see her way clear to spend tbe rest of her days in this State. The Keeley Institute at Columbia is engaged in the good work thus des- cruxxl \ 4c Cvtton Make* 4c Price*. Not only on provisions, clothing, furniture and all the actual necessaries of living, but as well on things ap pertaining to our enioymeut and cul ture. This is specially true as to pia nos and organs. Wise manufacture's realize that in these close times prices must be exceedingly low, and terms of payment made exceptionally easy, and they are meeting tbe emergency. Notice the latest advertisement of Ludden & Bates Southern Music House, Savannah, Ga., in this issue, and write them for their Four Cent Prices. This is a wide-awake-never get-left and thoropgbly reliable house, whase offers always mean just what they say. It costs nothing to write Ludden 8c Bates for catalogues, prices and easy installment terms, which they send with pleasure. . I’atlnett Pay* the Prci|(ht. - The advertisement of L. F. Padgett, the well-known furniture dealer of Augusta, gives some idea of what he offers in the way of furniture, and house furnishings. In his extensive establishment may be found well-nigh all-that-is needed to make the home comfortable. This largo trade which Padgett enjoys and the testimonials which he has from score's of custom ers, sufficiently shows tlie cliaracter of his goods, the fairness of his -prices, and his determination to carry out his guaranty of satisfaction in every Instance. Read his advertisement. A Vermont Judge has decided that when a girl who has taken an engage ment ring from a man,' kicks him, slie must return the ring or come to. the scratch and marry him. He. holds that no woman has a right to ring a confiding'man in that way, give him the grand bounce and retain tl^ plun der. r - i '« «. RICE MILIA 1,000,000 pills are taken weekly by the of Russia. The largest pill ustrali- peopfe of Russia. The taken in the world are the We offer a complete Rice Mill In one machine. The rough rice in placed in hopper and comes out cleaned and polished ready foe ta ble use. Machine can be operated with bone power end will cle.-.n 100 bushels ot rough rice per day. CORN MILLS Of the latest designs, vertical and hpriamtal, double and single gear. oiler Mills, Saw Mills, / Engines, ", Gins and Pi easts,j • * Wood working machiner? T. €* B1DI11H, COLOMBIA, S.O. "Nr LAN SUIT, Such Is the record of the STAUNTON LIFE INSURAVCSj COMP AN V, Nmutors B*neflcDries Testify to Its J’lomptuess and S Kindness. Natural Premium insurance on the Host Approved Plans. The new “Crnpon Pulley” of the Stans- ton Life is a model of simpticitv. In add!* tir* toall the best features of modern llfS insurance it provides for the payment of the ‘coupon” IMMEDIATELY after death, without notice or the formali ty of proofs- The “coupon” covers 10 per cent, of the face of the policy, and is in ad* ditlon thereto. * „ • - Afloat! wauled. Liberal . Commission. Live men ca i make bli< money. Address Jno. S. Reynold’, - ,, • l'— , , , ' ■* Ueu >ral Aitent, ■; 4 i \\ ' tMsrimui a. m.,u. This Handsome. Rattan ROCKER, worth the world over $5.00, will ba sent to rfhy person who will send ma $1.85. Six Cane Seat CHAIRS, finished light, worth $1.00, at G5c. each. 40 yards of Straw Matting $3.99. $10*50 for an Oak Bed, Bureau, and Wash Stand to?n*itch. Send for Catalogue of Frmrfture, Oooking.Stoves, Baby Carriages, Sew ing Machines, Buggies, Lamp*, Crock ery, etc. ' L. F. PADGETT, ^ Broad Street, Augusta,6ft, COTTON Makes 4c. PRICES, even on PIANOS & ORGANS fl nONIT be discouraged, S L' x-/1 * 1 write for our i bm a —* ^^ - write for our great Bargain List and Wonderfully Q Easy Installment Terms. a 4c. PRICES. 9 i k new Mattuubek Plano #50 less than ever before (old. •40 Saved on a Sterling Piano. Twenty Nearly New Square Pianos at New York give away Prices. Fifty New Upright*—from Beet Mak er* at Cut Price*. Klch Mirror Top Organ only ftg*. SAVE MONEY by buying from the Greatest Southern Music HoaM. LUDD1N & BATES, • Savannah, Ga. ry ^PrSbSs. €> IS . ' VA