The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, May 30, 1900, Image 5

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F?ELO OF LABOR. Dr. Talmage On Relation ?f Em ployer and Employee. A fiivii-LY ?i?C??K?tr.. Aimed to Bring About More Friendly Rotations Between the Two-Remedy For Industrial Troubles. At a time whon in various dislriot labor troubles aro oxisiing or impending tho effort Dr. Talmago ?ookoB in this discourse to bring about a bet tor fooling between both sides of this ditVioult question is well timed; texte, Galatians v, 16, "But if yo hito aud dovour ono anotbor tako heod that yo bo not consumed one of another," and Philippians ii, 4, "Look notovory man on his own things, but every man also on tho thing of others." About every six months there is a groat lubor ngitatiou. Thoroaro violont quostious now iu discussion botwocn employers and employees. Tho present "btrikes" will go into tho thc past. Of cooroo, tho damage douo oauuot bo re paired. Wages will not bu so high as thoy woro. Spasmodically they may bo higher, bu!, they will drop lower Strikes, whothcr right or wrong, always injure laborers as woll as oapitalists. You will seo this in tho starvation of next winter. Boycotting and violcnco and inuidor novor pay. Thoy aro dif tciout stages of anarchy. God ucvor Messed murder, Tho worst uso you oau put a man to is to kill him. Blow up tomorrow all tho oounlry soats on tho tho banks of tho liudbon and tho Khiuo and all tho lino houses on Mad ison equuo and Brooklyn Heights and lltttonhouso fcquaro and Beacon street, and all tho bricks and timber and stones will just fall baok on tho baro hands of American and European labor. Tho worst onomios of tho working classes in tho United States and Ire land aro their demented coadjutors. Years ago assassination-tho assassina tion of Lord Frederick Cavondish and Mr. Burko in Phoenix park, Dublin, lroland, in tho attompt to avongo tho wrongs of Ireland only turned away from that atllictcd pooplo millions of sympathizers. Tho attempts to blow up tho house of commons in London had only this otfoot -to throw out of employment tons of thousands of inno cent Irish pooplo in England. In this country tho torch put to tho faotorios that havo discharged hands for good or bad reason, obstructions on tho rail tracks in front of midnight express trains because tho offenders do not liko tho president of tho company; strikos on shipboard tho hour thoy wero going to sp.il or in printing otlioos tho hour tho paper was to go to prosa or in tho minos tho day tho coal was to bo de livered or on house scaffoldings so tho builder fails in keeping bis contract-all those aro only a hard blow on tho head of Amcrioan labor and cripple its arms and luiue lin feet and pierce itu heart Traps sprung suddenly upon oinploycrs and violcnco never took ono knot out of tho knuckles of toil or put ono farthing of wages iuto a oallous palm. Bar- I bavisiu will novor euro tho wrongs of civilization. Mark that! Prodcriek the Groat admired somo land near his palaoo at Potsdam, and ho resolved to got it. It was o synod by a miller. Ito offered thc miller thrco times tho valuo of tho property. Tho miller would not tako it booauso it was tho old homestead, and he felt about as Naboth felt about bis vineyard when Ahab wanted it. Frederick tho Groat was a rough and tcrriblo man, and ho ordered tho miller into hi? presence, and tho king, with a stiok in his hand -a slick with which ho sometimes Btruok the officers of stato-said to tho millor. "Now, I havo offered you throe timos tho valuo of that property, and if you won't soil it I'll tako it any how." Tho miller said, "Your ma jesty, you won't." "Yes," said tho king, "1 will take it." ".Then," said tho millor, "if your majesty, doos tako it I will sue you in the ehauoory court." At that threat Frederick thc yielded hi? infamous demand. And tho most imperious outrage inainhi tho working olaascB will yet cower beforo tho law. Violcnco and defiance of inc la v will never accomplish anything; bul right eousncas und submission tocho law vs ni accomplish it. Tho bonavior of a multiludo of la borers toward tho their employers dur ing tho last thrco months may havo in duced somo employers to negloot tho real Christian duties that they owe to thoso whom thoy employ. Theroforo I want to say to you whom I confront face to faoo nod thoso to whom these words may oomo that all shipowners, all capitalists, all commercial firms, all master builders, all housewives, aro bound to bo interested in tho entire wolfaro of their subordinates. Years ago somo ono gavo thrco presoriptionB for boooming a millionaire: "First, spend your lifo in getting and keeping tho earnings of othor people; secondly, havo no anxioty about tho worrimonto, thc losses, tho disappointments, of others; thirdly, do nor mind tho faot that your vast wealth implies tho poverty of a great many pooplo." Now, thcro is not a man horo who would oonsout to go into lifo with thoso throe principies to oarn a fortune lt is your dosiro to do your whole duty to tho mon and wo men in your service. First, of all, then, pay as largo sv igos asare roasonablo and as your bubinoss will afford-not necessarily what others pay, certainly not what your hirod holp say you muBt pay. for that is tyranny on tho part of labor unboarablo. Tho right of a laborer to toll his employor what ho must pay implios tho right of an employor to oompol a man into sor vioo whothcr ho will or not, oithor of thoso idoas is dospioablo. Whon any omployor is allowed to say what ho must do or havo his business ruined and tho employer submits to it, ho doos ovory business man in tho United States a wrong and yields to tho priaoiplo whioh, oarriod out, would disaolvo sooioty. Look over your affairs and put your oolvos in imagination in your laborer's placo, and thon pay him what boforo God andyour own consoionoo you think you ought to pay him. "God W?BS you" aro woll in thoir plaoo, but thoy do not buy ooal nor pay house rout nor got shoos for tho chil dren. At tho samo timo you, tho em ployor, ought to romcmbcr through what Btraits and ?train? you got tho fortuno by whioh you built your store or run tho faotory. You aro to romcin bor that you tako all tho risks and tho omployoo takes nono or Boarooly any. You aro to remember that thoro may bo reverse? in fortuno and that somo now stylo of machinery may moko youi ma chinery valu?le?? or somo now stylo of tariff sot your business back hopolossly ?nd forever. You must tako all that loto ooneldoration, and thou pay what is reasonable Do not be too ready to out down wagoo. As far as possiblo, pay all, and pay promptly. Thoro in a groat doal of Bible teaching on this subject. Mala chi: "I will bo a swift ^itnoss against all sorcerers and against all adulterers and against thoso who opposo tho biro ling in his wages." leviticus: y?hou shalt not koop tho wages of tho hireling all night unto tho morning." Colos si ans: "Mastors, givo unto your own servants that whioh is Just and equal, kuowing that yo also havo a Master in heaven." So you seo it is not a ques tion botwoon you and your era ploy oo so much ns it is a quostion botwocn you and God. But, abovo all, I ohargo you, O ora ployors, that you look after tho moral and spiritual welfare of your employees. First, know whoro they spend thoir ovonings. That deoidos everything. You do not want mound your money drawer a young roan who went last night to icc "Jack Sheppard." A man that comos into the store in tho morn ing ghastly with midnight rovolry ls not tho man for your store Tho young man who spends his evening in tho so oioty of refined woroon or in musical or artistic oirolos or in litorary improve mont is tho young mau for your store Do not say of thoso young mon, Mlf they do thoir work in tho business hours, that is all I have to ask." God lias tn ado you that man's guardiau. 1 want you to understand that many of thoso young roon aro orphans, or worso than orphans, flung out into sooicty to Btrugglo for thoinsclvcs'. A young roan is jut ched into tho roiddlo of tho Atlan tic ocean, and a plank is pitched after him, and then ho is told to take that and swim ashore Treat that youug man ns j ou would liko to havo your son treated if you wcro dead. Do not tread on him. Do not swear at him. Do not send him on a useless errand. Say "good morning" and "good night" und "goodbye" You aro dcoidiog that man's destiny for two worlds. Ono of ray carliost romomboranccs is of old Arthur 1 appall. There wcro roany difforonoca of opinion about his politics, but no ono who ever know Ar thur 'Pappan, and know him woll, doubted his being an earnest Christian. In his Btoro in Now York ho had a room whoro ovory morning ho called his em ployees togothor, and ho prayed with them, read the Scriptures io thom, sang with them, and thon thoy ontorod on tho dutios of tho day. On Mor?day morning the oxoroiscs jiifforod, and ho gathered tho young mou together and , askod them whoro thoy had attended church, what had boon their Sabbath t experiences and what had boon tho ser mon. Samuel Budgott had tho Inrgost business in tho wost of England. Ile had in a room of his warchouso a placo pleasantly furnished with oomfortablo scats and Flotohor's "Family Devo tions" and Wosloyan hymnbooks, and ho gatherod his employers togcthci ovory morning and, having sung, they knelt down and prayed sido by sido - tho employer and tho employees. Dc you woudcr at that man's success and that, though 30 yoars before ho had boon a partner in a small rolail shops in a small village, .at hi* death ho bequeathed roany millions'! God can trust such a man as that witli plenty of money. And then I chargo you not to put un ncooesary temptation in tho way ol your young men. Do not koop large sums of monoy lying around unguarded Know how much rooney thoro is in th< till. Do not havo tho account book; loosely kopt, Thoro aro tomptationi inevitable to young men, and ouougl of thora, without your putting any un neoeasary temptations iu thoir way Mon in Wallstrcot, having 30 years o! reputation for honesty, havo droppoc into Sing Sing and perdition, and yoi must bo oarcful how you try a lad of 10 And if ho do wrong do not purnoo or him liko a hyona. If ho provo hiinsol unworthy of your confidence, don'toal iu tho police, but tako him homo. Tel why you dismissod him to thoso whi will givo him another chanco. Many i young roan has done wrong onco win will never do wrong again. Ah, rn; friends, I think wo can afford to givi everybody another ohanco whon Ge knows wc should all havo been in per dition if ho had not given us 10,001 chances. Thon, if in moving around your fae tory or mill or barn or store you aro in exorable with young mon God will re morobor it. Some dav tho wheel o fortuno will turn, and you will bo pauper, and your daughter will go t tho work houso, and your son will di on tho scaffold. If in moving anion your young men you Bee ono with ai ominous pallor of check or you h ca him coughing hohind tho counter, na; to him, "Stay homo a day or two am rest or go out and breathe tho breath o tho hills." If his mother die, do no demand that on tho day after tho fun eral ho bo in tho ?toro. Givo him n least a week to got ovor that which h will novor get oser. Employers, urgo upon your om ploy eos, above nil, a religious lifo. S far from that, how is it, young roen ?nstoad of being ohcorodon tho road t heaven Borne of you are oarioaturod, an it i? a hard lin pg for you to koep you Christian integrity in that storo or fae tory whoro thoro aro so many hostile t roligion. Ziothcn, a grave general uti dor Fredoriok tho Great, was a Ohrk lian. Frodoriok tho Groat was a skef tic. Ono day Ziethen, tho vonorablc whito haired general, asked to bo cs cused from military duty that ho migh attend thc holy sacrament, lio was e> oused. A few days af tor Ziethen wa dining with tho king and with man notables of Prussia when Frodoriok th Groat in a jocoso way said, "Well Ziethen, how did tho sacrament of lae Friday digest?" Tho vonerablo ol warrior aroso and said: ' For you majesty I hav? riskod my lifo many timo on tho battlofiold, and for you majesty 1 would bo willing at any tim to die; but you do wrong whon you ii suit tho Christiau religious. You wi forgive mo if I, your old military soi vant, onnnot boar in silonoo any insu to my Lord and my Saviour." Frot oriok tho Groat leaped to his feet, an ho put out his hand, and ho sait "Happy Ziothenl Forgivo mo, forgi\ mol" Oh, there aro many hoing sooffod r for their roligion, and I thank Go thoro aro many mon as bravo as Ziothci Go to hoavon yoursolf, O employe Tako nil your pooplo with you. Soo you will bo through buying and neilin and through with manufacturing an building, and God will ask yoi "Whoro aro oil thoso pooplo ovor who you had so groat influonoo? Aro thc hero? Will thoy bo horo?" O shh owners, into what harbor will your oro sail? O you merohant grooor, aro thoi young mon that undor your caro ai providing food for tho bodies and fam HOB of mon to go storvod forover? you manufaoturors. with go mar wheels flying and so many bands pul ing and so many now patterns turnt out and so many goods ohippod. aro tl spinners, aro tho carmon, arc tho dra; mon, aro tho salonmon, arothowatoho of your establishments working out o n i im im? Q[?^??*gjBT*gHHff -. '?^"??"T,yyf?l?rvH1?'"' orythlng but thoir own salvation? Uan it bo that, having thoso pooplo under your oaro 6, 10, 20 years, you have made no everlasting impression for good on thoir immortal souls? God turn us all baok from nu oh iud tish noss and teaoh us to live for others and not for our selves! Christ sots us tho example of oaorifioo, and HO do many of his dis oiplos. Ono flummor in California a gontlo man who had just removed from tho Sandwhioh Islands told ino this inoi dont: You know that ono of tho Sand which Islands is dovotcd to lopors. Pooplo ? getting siok of tho leprosy on tho other islands aro sent to tho isle of lopors. Thoy nov?r oomo off. Thoy aro in different stages of dieoaso, but all who dio on that island dio of leprosy. On ono of tho islands lhere was a physioian who always woro his hand gloved, and it was ofton disoussod why ho always had a glovo on that hand un der nil oiroumstauoos. Ono day ho oamo to tho authorities, aud ho with drew his glovo. aud ho said to tho ofli oors of tho law: ' You FOO on dint hand a spot of tho leprosy and that I am doomed to dio. I might hide this for a littlo while and keep away from tho itdo of lepen; but I ama phjsioian, and I oau go on that island and administer to tho sufferings of thoso who aro farther geno in tho disease, and I should liko to go now, It would bo solfiah in mo to stay amid tho luxurious surroundings when 1 might bo of so mti'eh help to tho wretched; Sond ino to tho islo of tholcpors." They, scoing tho spot of leprosy, of oourso took tho mau into oustody. flo bado farowell to his fam ily and his friends, ft was an agoniz ing farowell. Ho oould novorseo them again. Ho was taken to tho islo of tho lepers and thorn wrought among tho siok until prostratod hy his own death, whioh at last oamo. Oh, that was mag nificent solf donial, magnificent sacri fico, only surpassed by that of him who cxilod himself from tho health of heaven to this leprous island of n world that ho might physician our wounds and weep our griefs and dio our deaths, turning tho itdo of a leprous world into a great, blooming, glorious garden I Whether omployor or omployoc, lot us oatoh that spirit. THE CAMPAIGN MEETINGS. Thoy Open at Oran gobur* and Closo at Columbia. Wednesday night tho sub-oommittce of tho State Domooratio oxooutivo com mittee mot in Columbia with all the members prcsont and arranged tho sohedulo of this year's Stato campaign meetings for this year. Tho sohodulo liaj boen prepared with tho most care ful consideration, tho closest attontion hoing giveu all railroad schedules, lt oalls for tho opening of tho campaign tho saino as two years ngo in Oraugo burg, and fixes tho cloning mootings at Columbia. It also allows timo for tho South Carolina delegation to attend tho national oonvcution at Kansas City. This schedulo is to bo laid before tho full State cominittco for approval at an extra mooting called for 'ho purposo to bo held ou Wednesday night of this week: Abbeville, Augu t ll. Aikou, August 15. Anderson. August 10. Bamberg, Juno 23. Barnwell, June 22, Beaufort, Juno 19 Berkeley, J uno 28. Charleston, Juno 16. Chester, July 20. Chesterfield, Julv 21. Clarendon, Jurie 27. Colloton, Juno 18. Chcrokco, July 30. Darlington, July 19. Dorchester. June 15 Edge field, August 10. Fairfield, July 27. Florcnoo, July 12. Georgetown July 10. Greonvillo, August (J. Greonwood. August 13. Hampton, June 20. Horry, July 10. Kershaw, July 23 Lancaster. Jul> 25. Laurens, Au^u-a 4. Lexington, August 21. Marion, July 13 Marlboro, July 18. Newberry, August 3. Oconeo, August 9. Orangeburg, Juuo 14 Pickons, August 7. Richland, August 22. Spartauburg ?inly 30. Sumter, June 20. Saluda, August 18. Union, August 1. Williamsburg, July ll. York, July 28. THE CROPS. Woekly Bulletin Issued by Seotion Direotor Bauer. The following is tho wcokly bulletin of tho condition of tho woathor ami orops of tho Stato issuod Wednesday by Direotor Bauer of tho South Carolina sootion of tho United Statos woathor buroau's weather and orop scrvioo: Tho temperature was seasonable dur ing tho week ending 8 a. m , May 21st, with a maximum of 93, and a minimum of 46 dcgi'jcn, both roported from tho northwestern portion of tho Stato. Tho rainfall ranged in amount from one-fourth of an inch to nearly threo inches. Tho least amount foll in tho oxtremo northwestern counties, and tho hoaviest ooourrod over the central countios. Although tho nights continuo too cool for rapid growth, and crops aro back ward over tho westorn portions, tho weather conditions worq favorable and oausod improvomont in'tho condition of all orops. Tho rains woro bonofioial, and brought up lato all planted seeds, and put bottom lands into condition to bo piowod and planted, oxoopt in somo western oountios, whore moro rain is needed. Corn looks woll and has good stan?t. exoopt whoro worm? have damagod it on bottom lands. Whilo planting is far from finished, somo oom is receiving its sooond cultivation. Cotton is praotioally all planted. It is making slow growth, but either lins or is coming up to full stand, whioh aro, howovcr, somewhat irr gular in ?izo. Cultivation and chopping is gnu ora!. Somo fields aro grassy, and grass hoppers aro destroying ootton in ono county. Soa island has a good stand and is thriving. Bust continuos on wheat to tho detri ment of tho orop. Tho rocont rains have improvod both wheat and oats tho lat ter boing now particularly fino oror largo areas. Oats will soon bo ready to harvest in tho southeastern oountios. Tobacco has fairly good stands, and tho ground is in condition for replant ing. Tho plants aro small but vigorous. Rico improved with tho warmer nights. Planting continuos whoro pro viously hindered by froshots. THE NEW CONSTITaTION Of the Domooratio Party of t?outh Carolina Re conti y Adopted. Tho following ls thc toxt of tho now porty constitution adopted nt tho 9 t at o oon ve ut ion Wednesday: Artiolo 1. Thoro shall bo ono or moro Domooratio oluba organized in onoh township or ward, oaoh of which olubs shall havo a distinct titlo "Tho Domooratio olub," and ?hall oioot a prosidont and ono or moro vico presi dents, a rooording and a oorrospoadiog soorctary and a troaauror, and shall havo tho following working oonimit toos, of not loss than throo moinbors oaoh, vir : A oomtnittoo on registra tion, un oxooutivo oomuiittoo of suoh otbor co mm it tees as to caoh m..y scorn oxpodicnt. Artiolo IT. Tho mooting of tho olub shall bo frcquont af tor tho oponing of tho canvass, and BOino member of tho olub or invitod spcakor deliver an ad dress at oaoh mooting, if praotioablo. Tho olub shall moot on tho fourth Sat urday in April aud the county conven tion on tho first Monday in May, re spectively, of oaob olootion year: Pro vided, That tho oouuty oxooutivo oom tnittoo may nanto any oilier day with in tho samo wook for suuh olub meet ing by giving ot loast two wooka' no tioo by advertisement iu oouuty pa pers: Aud provided, further, That in ease any existing olub shall fail to ro organizo on tho day fixed for reor ganisation, tho county oxooutivo com mittoo may fix a day ~foT6jjoli ol?b\ to meet for reorganization hy"giving two wooka' nolioo as providod in this ar ticle. ICaoh oouuty shall bo ontitlcd to doublo tho number of dologatos in tho State convention os it IMB mombers in tho general assembly. Artiolo lit Tho prosidont or fivo mombers shall havo power to cull an oxtra meeting of tho olub, and at suoh mooting one-fourth of tho mombers shall constitute a quorum for tho transaotion of business. Artiolo IV. Tho olubs ia oaoh county shall bo held together and operate un der tho oontrol of a oounty exeoutivo oummittco, which shall consist of ono m ember fr) m caoh olub, to bo elected by tho ro8pootivo olubs. Tho oxooutivo committee, when elected, shall appoint its ?wu ofiiocrs (oxoopt tho chairman, who shall bo oleoted by tho-county con vontion), who shall not hooossarily bo members of said oommittoo, but a va Kiey in tho momborship of tho com iiuteo shall bo filled by tho olub, through tho loss of whoso mombor by death, resignation or othorwlso tho va cancy ooours: Provided, * That in oaso tho offioo of chairman of tho county exooutivo oommittoo shall become va cant by resignation, death or othorwiso, tho oommittoo shall havo powor to till tho vaoanoy by oleoting a chairman to servo until tho organization of tho next r?g?l?r oounty oonvontion: And pro vided, further, That any ofliocr so elected who id not a uiombor of tho committee shall not bo entitled to a voto on any question oxoopt tho chair man, and thoo only in iaso of a tio voto. Tho tonuro of oflico of tho ox ooutivo oommittoo shall bo until tho first Monday in May of oaoh olootion year, at whioh timo tho county con vention shall bo called togothor to ro organizo tho party. Every presidential olootion year oounty oonvoulions ahull bo called by tho oounty oxooutivo oom mittoo to meet on tho first Monday in May, whioh shall elliot dolcgatos to a Stato convention oallod for tho pur pose of electing delegates^.o tho nation v al Democratic oonvontion and to oloot a member of tho national Domooratio executive oommittoo from this Stato. Tho Stato oonvontion shall bo oallcd by tho Stato exeoutivo oommittoo to moot every prcBidoutial election yoar on tho third Wednesday in May, and every Stato ?lection yoar, oounty aud State "conventions shall moot on tho first Monday in May aud tho third Wednesday in May respectively. Artiolo V. County Demooratio oon voniions shall bo oomposod of dolcgatos eleotcd by tho sovoral local olubs, ono dologato for ovcry 25 mombers, and ono delegate for a majority fraotion thoro of, with tho right to oaoh oounty oon vontion to onlargn or diminish tho rep resentation according to oirouinstanoos. Tho oounty oonrontionB shall br. oallod together by tho ohairtnen of tho re spectivo executive com m itt ces under suoh rulo, not inoouaistont with tho constitution nor with tho rulos adopted by tho Stato Dcmooralio exooutivo oommittoo, as oaoh oounty mAy adopt, and when assembled shall be called to order by tho ohairman of tho oxooutivo committee, and tho oonvontion shall prooced to nominato and oloot from among its mombor* a prosidont, ono or moro vico presidents, a soorotary and a troasurcr. Any county oon vi II lion may permit or rooogrmo tho formation of a now olub cr olubs by a majority of its members. In all cities with a popu lation of 5,000 and ovor thoro may bo two olubs in oaoh ward; they shall bo organized iu obedicuoo to this constitu tion, ns aro tho olubs ol?owhoro in this State, and in organizing said olubs they shall havo representation in tho oounty conventions respectively ns said conven tions shill <l clure in aooordanoo with tho provision.) o' t his constitution. Artiolo VI. Por tho purpoao of nom inating oandidatos for governor, lieu tenant governor and nil othor Stato of tiocrs, including sol i eil ors in the respec tivo oircuits and oongressiuon in their rcspootivo districts, and United States sonatorj and all oounty officer..', except magistrates and masters and supervis ors of registration, a direot primary election shall bo Held on tho last Tues day in August nf caoh olootion year, and a scoond and third primary each suc cessive two wooka thoro af tor if ncoos sary: Provided, That tho oounty oxoou tivo oommittoo of any oounty shall bo atlibortyto ordor a primary olootion for magistrates or ni nu tors. At this olootions only Domooratio white voters who havo boon rosidonts of tho Stato 12 months and tho oounty 60 days pro coding tho noxt general election, and suoh negroes ns voted tho Domooratio tiokot in 1876, and as havo votod tho Domooratio tiokot continuously nineo, to bo shown by tho oortifioato of 10 whito Domooratio votora, who will plodgo thomsolvoa to support tho nom in?os of suoh olootions may voto: Pro vided, That no person shall bo ollowod to vote except his namo bo enrolled on tho paiimuiar club list at whioh ho oilers to voto at loast five days hoforo tho first election, Ifaoh club shall havo a sonarato polling plaoo for primary olootions. Tho olub rolls of tho party shall oon stituto tho rogistry list and shall bo epen ti inspection by any mombor of tho party, and tho olootion undor thia olaiiMO shall bo hold and regulated undor tho aot of tho goners! asaombly of thia State, approved Doo. 22, 1888, and any subsequent aota of tho legis lature of this Stato. Tho Stato exoou tivo oommittoo shall meet on tho Fri day af tor oaoh primary, or suoh other time as may bo dosignatod hy tho ohairman, to oanvass tho voto and do olaro the result as to all Stato offioors oongroasmon an 1 United States ?ona tors. AU contests for all nominationn at primary olootions shall bo hoard first by tho county oxcoutivo committee of tho oouuty iu which suoh irregularities may havo oocurrod, and may bo rc viowod by tho Stato oxooutivo ootnmit tco, whoso notion shall bo final: Pro vided, That no voto shall ho counted for any oaudidato who doos not filo w?iu thu u Ii ni i mim of tho Slate ?XCOU tivO committee, or with tho rospootivo chairmen ol' tho county executive com mittee/?, a plodgo in writing that ho will abido tho result of suoh primary, and support tho noniiuoos thoroof, nod that ho is not nor will ho booomo tho oaudidato of any faction, oithor pri vately or publioly suggostod, other than tho regular Domooratio nomina tion: Provided, further, That no candi dato shall bo doolarod nominated un less ho receive/? a majority of tho votos oast for tho o iii co for which ho is a cad did ti to: Providod, That tho pledgo of suoh oandidato ahull ho filed o't or bo foro tho day of tho first campaign moot ing of tho county or Stato rospootivoly. Artiolo VII. Tho ofliora of tho Stato convention shall bo a prosident, vico prosidont from eaoh congressional dis trict, two secretaries and a treasurer. Artiolo VIII. Tho Stato oxcoutivo oommittoo shall bo componed of ono member from oaoh county, to bo clcot od by tho ooutity conventions on tho first Monday iu May of each election year. Whon elected, said oxooutivo oommittoo shall ohooso its own ofitcory, not necessarily mouthers thereof, prior to said oleotions: Provided, That any ofiioorso olootod who is not a member ol' tho committee shall not bo entitled to a voto on any question, oxocpt tho chairman, And then only in case of a tio vote. Tho Stato oxcoutivo oomir.it U'O shall moot at tho oall of tho chair man or any fivo mombors, and nt such timo and plaoo as ho or thoy may ap point. Tho member of tho national Domooratio oxcoutivo oommittoo from South Carolina shall bo olooted by tho May Slate oonvontion in 181)0, and ovci'y four years thereafter, and when ole ot od shall bo ox ofiioio a mombor of tho Stato oxooutivo committee. Va. oancios on said executive committee by doatn, resignation or otherwise, shall bo filled by tho rospootivo county oxco utivo oommittoos. Tho Stato oxcoutivo oommittco is charged with tho exoou tion and dircotion of tho policy of tho party in this Stato, subject to this con stitution, tho principle/? declared in tho platform of prinoiplos and such instruc tion, by resolution or othorwiso, ns a Stato oonvontion may from time to timo adopt, not inconsistent with this constitution, and shall oontinuo in of fice for two yoars from tho timo of elec tion, or until their successors havo boon clcotod. Tho oommittco ?hall nominato prosidontial electors, atti if any vacancy occur in tho Stato tiokot of olootors or of tho national exooutivo oommittoo, by death resignation o? othor causo, tho oommittoo ahall have tho powor to fill tho vaoanoy; all by a majority of tho wholo oommittoo. Artiolo IX. Tho voto in tho rospoot ivo counlios for ali of tho Stato olfiocrs, oongrossmcn and United States senator shall bo transmitted by tho chairman of tho rospootivo oouuty exooutivo com mittocs to tho chairman of tho Stato exooutivo oommittco as carly as prao tioahlo aftor oaoh primary, who shall proocod to oauvass tho vote an1 do olaro tho result. Artiolo X. Whon tho Stato conven tion aBsombloa it shall bo called to or dor by tho chairman of ibo Stato execu tive oommittco. A temporary chair man shall bo nominated and clcotod by tho oonvontion, and after its organiza tion tho oonvontion shall proceed im mediately to thc election of pormancnt officers and to tho transaotiou of other tinniness. When tho business has con cluded it shall adjouru ?ino die Artiolo Xl'. Bcforo tho olootion in 1896, and eaoh olootion thorcaftcr, tho Stato Domooratio txeoutivo oomaiittcc shall issuo a call to all c ind id ates for tho dates of tho meetings, mid also in viting tho candidates for- congross, United States scnato and for sohottors, io their respective districts and cir cuits, to bo prcsoct and address tho peoplo. At suoh meetings only tho candidates Above sot forth should bo allowed to spoak. Artiolo XII. It shall ba tho duty of oaoh county executive oommittco to ap point meetings in thoir respectivo coun ties to bo addressed by tho candidatos for tho general assembly and for tho diff?rent county o/Boors, all of whom exoept magistrates, masters and super visors of registration ?hall bo oleotcd by primaries on tho last Tuosday in August of oaoh election year under tho samo rulos and regulations horoinbeforo provided. Artiolo XIII. Each oounty delega tion to a Stato oonvontion shall havo powor to fill any vaoanoy therein. Artiolo XIV. This constitution may bo amonded or altorcd at tho regular May oonvontion of tho Stato or at any convention culled specifically for that purposo, tho oall for whioh shall spo cify the ohanges to bo mado. Artiolo XV. Any oounty failing or refusing to organizo under tho provis ions of this constitution shall not havo representation in tho Stato Domooratio oonvontion. Gift to a College. By tho terms of tho will of Prof. Vinoont h? Bradford, a distinguished jmrist who died in Philadelphia in 1884, leaving an oaf ato worth ovor $21)0,000, ono-half of tho cstato and oilier smaller legacies will now rcvort to tho Washington and Loo university of lexington, ltookbridge oounty, Va , by reason of tho doath of his widow, Juliet Bradford. Tho latter died re cently at hor homo in Philadelphia, loaving an additional bequest of $3,000 to tho university and through her do rn i so Prof. Bradford's bequest boooines" operativo. Tho will provides that this library shall go to the war department of Washington and Loo university to bo known as tho Vinoont F. Bradford law library. An annuity of $100 is left for tho maintenance of his library. All of tho oil paintings possessed by Prof. Bradford aro dovisod to tho samo insti tution, and an annuity of $500 is left for tho maintonanoo* of tho gallery, which is to bo known as tho Vinoont F. Bradford oollootion. Fought About a Widow. Two woll known farmors, John Hays and Charles Borgan, mot at tho rosi donoo of a widow rosiding at tho foot of Missionary ridgo, Tonn., to whom both havo boon paying attontio;!, eaoh without tho knowlodgo of tho other. A fight ensued and Hays stabbad Borgan with a dirk, tho wound being rogardod as fatal. Hays fod and has not boen arrosted. A Hard Hit. A man was arrested in tho house of ropresontativ ja few days ago and tho oharge preferred against him waa that ho was making a silly spoooh. This man happened to bo in tho gallery. If this law should ohanoo to rcaoh down stairs, we tremolo for tho rosult. Thoro would bo no prospoot of getting a quorum.--Spartanbu. . Herald. WOOD'S 1116(1 G il/UH: Our business In Parin Seeds is ?.L J-.- - * Xi. - I ..-I ?" ll. t" iu-vm; Miio V* nu) ililli o? 111 uno Country. A result duo to tho fitet that qunllty han always been our first consideration. Wo supply all Seeds required for the Farm. GRASS & CLOVER SEEDS, Cow Peas, Cotton Seed, Seed Oats, Seed Corn, ?Soja, Navy & Velvet Beans, Sorghums, Broom Corn, Kaffir Corn, Peanuts, Millet Seed, Rape, etc. Wood's Descriptivo Catalogue ({ives tho fullest information nbout tlicBO and all other Seed?; best mctluuls of culturo, noll best adapted for dlffcr orent crops .-.nd practical hints RH to what aro likoly to provo mostprofiwibio to yrov. Oataloguo mailed freo upon request. Si: T.W. WOOD & SOUS EEDSMEH, - Richmond, PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDS. Apportionment of the Dispensary Profits Made to Eaoh County. At last tho dispensary profits plaood to thc orcdit of tho school fund in tho State has been apportioned among tho several counties. A few days ago Tho Stato published tho statement showing tho defioicnoy required to tnako up tho $3 per capita in oach county and tho amounis required from tho profits to pay up thoBO defioncies. Thursday tho rest of tho profits wcro apportioned ao cording to enrollment. Tho following tablo shows in tho first column tho amount that oach county gots and in tho second tho enrollment, hy counties upon which, undor tho law, tho appor tionment is made: Amount Sohool to caoh cnroll county. mont. Abbcvillo.$2.11)3 64 7,879 Aiken. 2.292 48 '8 234 Anderson. 3.507 76 12.599 Bamborg. 9?6 36 3,435 Beaufort . 1,918 56 6 891 Barnwell. 1,540 75 5.534 Berkoloy . 1,547 99 5,560 Charloston. 3 278 63 11,776 Cherokee. 1,226.14 4,404 Chostor. 1 743 72 2.643 Chesterfield. 1,088 00 3,910 Clarendon. 1.616 48 5 806 Colletou. 1,394 30 5 01)8 Darlington. 1,927 47 6 923 Dorchester. 746.15 2 680 Eigcfiold. 1,671 89 6.005 Fairfield. 1,797 10 6 347 Floronoo. 1,637 92 5,883 Georgetown.. .. 1.176 03 4.224 Grccnvillo. 3 369 39 12,102 Greenwood. 1,715 04 6,160 Hampton. 1.167 67 4 194 llorry . 1 525 74 5,480 Kershaw. 1,293 52 4 646 Liooastor. 1,465 04 5 262 Laurens. 2,122.08 7 622 Lexington. 1 664 09 5,977 Marion. 2,109 56 7,677 Marlboro. 1,436 07 5,158 Newberry. 2 076 98 7,160 Ooouco. 1,339 20 4.810 Orangeburg. 3 628 94 12 675 Piokcus. 1 277 40 4 588 Richland. 1,916 64 6 884 Saluda. 1 391 54 4 998 Spirtanburg. 3 993 34 14 343 Sumter. 2 650 82 9,521 Union. 1 394 86 5 010 Williamsburg. 1,773 79 6.371 York... 2,693 95 9,676 Totals.$75,137 63 269,875 Two Sheriffs Killed. A special from Thompson's Springs, Utah, says: "Saturday at noon, Shonff. Taylor of Graud county, and Sim Jen kins, a cattlo owner, Wore shot and killed by outlaws of Hill Creek, fifty milos north of hero. Tho story of kill ing as told by Herbort Day, deputy sher iff, wl?b waa with them, is as follows: 'The threo mon unexpectedly catuo upon thc camp of tho outlaws. Sherri!' Taylor and Sam Fonkins dismounted and started to walk up to them. When a Bhort distance from them tho sheriff spoko to thom, saying: ''Hello, boys." They had left their guns on their horses whou thoy dismounted, and as they turned to go to their horses they wcro shot in tho back. D iyatonoo Htarted for asBistanoo and carno hero where ho told his story and telegraphed Gov. W?lls l'or assistance Tho dead officers were foarloss mon aud the people ar? groatly oxoitod ovor tho killing." Pm: in ocr and Fireman Killed Tho ongino attaohod to tho westbound mail train of tho Lako Shore ronl went into a ditoh at Westfield, N. 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