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NEW DISPENSARY LAW. (continued from first pack.) inon carriers within some city or town whoro there in a Dispensary, ami then only for sueli Dispensary, or who shall aid in or consent to such removal, shall upou conviction l?e subject to a penalty of *?>0 or imprisonment for thirty days for every offense: Provided, That said penalty shall not apply to any liquor in trunsil when changed from car to car to facilitate transportation across the State : Provided, That this section does not apply to liquors purchased from a Dispensary and bearing the proper label or certificate. All liquors in this State, except Dispensary liquors and those passing through consigned to points beyond, shall be deemed contraband and may be seized in transit without warrant. And auv steamboat, sailing vessel, railroad, express company or other common carrier transporting or bringing into this State for sale or use therein, except by the Dispensary, shall suffer u penalty of $f>00 and costs for each offense, to be recovered by the Solicitor of the Circuit Court, or the Attorney General, by an action brought therc-for in any court of competent jurisdiction. The State constables, sheriffs, municipal police or any luwful constable may enter anv railroad car, or express car, or depot, or steamlK>at, or other vessel, without warrant and make search for such contraband liquors, and may examine the way bills and freight books of said common carriers, and any otio interfering with or roasting such officer shall be punished by a line not exoeding $100 or imprisonment not longer than thirty days. Sec. 34. That any person detected openly violating any of the provisions of this Act shall Ik? liable to arrest without warrant, provided a warrant shall Ik? procured within a reasonable time thereafter. Sec. 35. That violations of any of the sections of this Act where punishment upon conviction is not especially provided f?M\ the person or persons or ooi'i>oration so convicted shall be punished in the discretion of the court trying the same. All alcoholic liquors. other than domestic wine, and in quantity more than live gallons, which do not have on the packages in which they are contained the labels and certificates going to show that they have been purchased from a State officer authorized to sell them are hereby declared contraband, and on seizure will forfeited to the Stute as provided in Section ill : Provided, That this section shall not apply to liquor held by the owners of registered stills. Persons having more than five gallons of liquor elsewhere than at his or her home, which they wish to keep for their own use, may throw the protection of the law around the same by furnishing an inventory of the quantity und kinds to the State Commissioner, and applying for certificates to affix thereto. After sixty days from the approval of this Act any liquor found in the State not having such certificates 1T1RV )M> llt??l 15.._ uuu *-vyuiinv?vru. I IT* Hons having more than they wish to use may obtain certificates to ship beyond the limits of tho State. Any person affixing, or causing to be affixed, to any package containing alcoholic liquor uny imitation stamp or other printed or engraved label or device than Miose furnished by the State Commissioner shall for each offense Ire liable to a penalty of ten days' imprisonment or $2o line. Sec. UO. Every person who dispossesses or rescues from a constable or other officer, or attempts so to do, any alcoholic liquor taken or detained by such officer charged with tho enforcement of this law, shall, upon conviction, Ire imprisoned thirty days or pay a line of $100. Sec. ff7. Any person handling contraband liquor in the night time or delivering the same, shall bo guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction, shall l>e punished by imprisonment for thirty days or $100 line. See. :i8. Any wagon, cart, boat or other conveyance transporting contraband liquor at night other than regular passenger or freight steamers and railway cars, shull be liable to seizure and confiscation ; and to that end the officer shall cause the same to Iki appraised by three disinterested citizens, and unless recovered Jjy claim and delivery proceedings and suitable bond, shall be advertised and sold and proceeds sent to tho State Commissioner. Sec. 39. Every Dispenser, when he sells u package containing liquor, shall put a cross mark in ink on the label or certificate thereon, extending from the top to the liottom and from side to side. When any liquor is seized hecause it has not tho necesary eortillcates and labels required by this Act, the burden of proof shall bo noon tho claimant of said spirits to show that no fraud hiw beencommitted und that the whiskey is not contraband. Sec. 40. That any railroiul, steumboat, express company or other common carrier shall incur a penalty of treble the invoice price of any alcoholic liquors lost or stolen in transit to or from the Dispensary, whether shipped as released or not, such penalty to be recovered by action in any court of competent jurisdiction. Sec. 41. That it shall bo unlawful for any person to take or to solioit orders, or to receive money from other persons for the purchase or shipment of any aicoholic liquors for or to such other persons in this State, except for liquors to bo purchased und shipped from the Dispensary, and any person violating this section, upon conviction, shall be deemed guilty of a inisdemeunor, und shall be punished by imprisonment not to exceed thirty days or by u lino not to exceed $100. Sec. 42. It shall l>e the duty of sheriffs, deputy sheriffs rnd constables having notice of the violation of any of the provisions of this Act to notiliy the Circuit Solicitor of the fact of such violation and to furnish him with the names of any witnesses within their knowledge by whom such violation can Ik* proven, if any such officer or Solicitor shall wilfully fail to comply with the provisions of this section, he shall upon conviction, be fined in a sum notl ess than $I<)0 nor more than $.'>00 ; and aiich conviction shall work a forfeit uro 01 incomcc held by such person:and the court before whoru such conviction is hud shall, in addition to the iin, position of the lino aforesaid, order and adjudge the forfeiture of his said office. Sec. 43. The Governot shall have authority to api>oint one or more State constables at a salary of $2 per day and expenses when on duty, and two chief constables at $2 ouch per day uud expenses, to see that this Act is enforced, the same to bo charged to tho expense of the State Commissioner, except as otherwise provided in this Act. Sec. 44. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed. _ Sec. 45. That wherever In this Act information, the faete ami grounds t upon which the affiant bases his belief. t Soo. 4tl. This Act shall not be hold I or construed to in any manner repeal or effect existing laws prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors within certain distances of churches and schools. Sec. 17 That brewers in this State of rice l>oer heretofore engaged in the manufacture and sale of rice beer containing not more than 2 per cent, of alcohol shall bo allowed thirty days from the approval of this Act to dispose of their manufactured products now on hand. Sec. 48. That Chapter", Title VII of the Code of Civil Procedure of this State entitled, " Of Provisional Itemed lea in Civil Actions," shall not apply to any officer or person having duties to perforin under this Act and in no case shall an action lie against any 1 such officer or person for damages to | I DCI'dOtl or oronert.v n? nciivlilml in nui.l . , chuptcr. Soi!. This Act shall take clTcct i Immediately upon its approval. i ? AS TO COUNTY GOVERNMENT. Till-] NEW Ullih I?AHHEI> BY THE ItECENT nE<118IiATUHE. A Mouhuio tluil Needs the Care Hi 1 At- | trillion of livery Citizen?A llill to Provide a System of County Govern- J 1 inent for the Several Counties of the State. Bo it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same: Soction 1. That from and after the 1st of January, all Acts, parts of Acts or Sections of the General Statute relating to the election duties, ; powers and rights of county commissioners he, and the same are hereby, repealed, except such special Acts, parts of Acts or Sections of the General Statutes as have heretofore conferred special powers and privileges upon the county commissioners of any county, which said duties are devolved upon tho county supervisor and county board of road commissioners as hereinafter provided. Section 2. There shall he an election held at next general election fur State Onil'BIM ill t li<? uot'oriil ootltd L..1 State for one county supervisor, and at every general election thereafter, whose term of ottico shall he two years, and until his successor shall have heen elected and qualified. Section If. The county supervisor so elected shall, before entering upon the duties of his ofllce. execute a hond for ' the use of the county, with three or more sufficient sureties, for the faithful performance of his duties, in the penal sum of live thousand dollars, said bond to ho approved in manner the same as now provided for bonds of county auditors and treasurers. Section 1. The county supervisor shal' have general jurisdiction over all public highways, roads, bridges and ferries, and over the paupers, and in all matters relating to taxes and disbuHcinonts of public funds for county purposes in their respective counties, and in any other case that may ho noe1 cssary for the internal improvement and local concerns of their respective counties; said supervisor shall have power and authority to administer oaths to any person in reference to matters appertaining to his otliee. Section .">. That the Governor shall | appoint, upon the recommendation of the Senator and members of the House of Representatives from the lespectlvo counties three discreet freeholders in each township in the several counties , of the State, who shall he known as the township road commissioners, whose term of otliee shall bo coterminal with that of the Governor by whom such commissioner shall have boon appointed, and until their successors are appointed and qualified. In case of a vacancy or in case of the refusal of any person so appointed to serve as such commissioner, the Governor shall fill the same as hereinbefore provided : Provided, that no person shall be required to serve more than once in every four years, and said commissioner shall, (luidliir ll,o Ini'in of l>i^ , - r, ? ? w..,i w, .n; exempt from all road and jury duty. Section 0. That all duties, powers 1 and privileges now devolved upon tho township hoard of assessors he, and the same are hereby, devolved upon the township hoard of commissioners, and township boardsof assessors are hereby abolished. Section 7. That all the duties, powers and privileges now devolved upon county hoards of equalization he, and the same are hereby, devolved upon the county hoard of commissioners, and said county board of equalization is hereby abolishod. And iho members of said board, while performing the duties now devolved upon the county board of equalization, shall receive the same compensation as such hoards now receive. Section 8. That tho county supervisor, together with the chairman of the township boards of commissioners in tho several townships appointed by tho Governor, shall constitute the county board of commissioners, of which said board tho county supervisor shall he chairman. Section 9. That immediately after the appointment, of the several hoards of township commissioners, and the election and qualification of the county supervisors, or as soon thereafter as l may he practicable, the said suporvi- 1 sor shall call a meeting of the county I board of commissioners for the purpose of organization. And the said board shall meet thereafter on the llrst Mon- 1 day in January, April, July and Octo- 1 her of each year at the county court ' house for the transaction of business, and a majority of said board shall con- < stltuto a quorum : 1'iovlded, that the chairman of said hoard may cull an extra meeting at any time, and shall l>e required to do so upon the written re- ' quest of throe members of the l>oard. j That at tho first meeting of said )>oard 1 I \>nvy Mituii eiect one or their number 1 who shall be a momber of tho Stuto < board of equalization and who tdiall 1 perform all the functions of said office as now provided by law. I Section 10. That it ah nil tho duty I of tho county supervisor, together with < the chuirinon of the hoards of township t commissioners, township road com mis- | sioncr, to lay off into convenient set;- ? tions the roads, bridges and ferries in I the several townships in their respec- ( tive counties, which saitl sections shall 1 bo numbered for the purpose of lotting t out tho same to bo worked and main- * talned under contract. \ Section 11. That if the county board * of commissioners conclude to adopt the h contract system for working, maintain- j ing, constructing and oporating tho \ several sections of highways, roads, e bridges and ferries in the soveral t townships of their respective countios, t tho county supervisor, us soon as prac- 'J ticable thereafter, shall advertise in a I newspaper published in tho county a ou^e a week for three weoks und by notes posted in two or more conspieu- t ous places in the several townships, for a bids from responsiiblo persons for doing a the work as above set forth. Any and ^ I^ILiygi^^^^^^^^tMvriting, sealed I. I oil to the county txnml of commission- I *rs, and it shall )hj the duty of said ] Kmrd to accept the lowest hid made by < l rcsitonsible person or party : Pro- , 1 tided, that said board may in its dis- ; : ret ion reject any and all bids. Section 12. When any bid shall have i >een accepted by the county board of i 'otntnissioners they shall require the >erson or party whoso bid, with good i mil sufficient sureties, shall have been i iccepted to enter into bond double the imount of said bill, payable to suid toard and their successors in ollleo, for i ,ho use of the county, which bond shall tpcclfy tho nature of the work requir d, conditioned for the i .ithful per- ; ormanee of the same. Section 13. in case of the failure of ( my contractor to perform the conditions >f his bond the county bourd of cone inissioners shall declare the same forfeited, and the circuit solicitor shall outer suit in the name of said Itourd upon said Itond for the penalty thereof, and any sum of money recovered in such action shull lie paid into the county treasury and become a part of tho county road fund. Section 14. The county board of comsioners shall have power to remove any ! i tilt llll (lofii 11 1 t i liis i*i ^ rui'lt ti'ki mill til to relet the section or sections of highways, roads, bridges or ferries so let to him to some other responsible person or party. Section la. The county treasurers of the several count ies are hereby authorized and empowered to receive from any and all persons liable to road duty in the several counties the sum of two dollars as a commutation tax in lieu of all road duty required by law, and all money so paid shall be set apart and known as the county road fund: Pro- j vided, that said commutation tax he paid between the first day of November and the first day of March in each year for that fiscal year, or when State and county taxes are paid, and that the county treasurer shall furnish a receipt to the person so paying th?> same. Section H'?. The county treasurer I shall furnish the county supervisor a j list containing the names of all persons i who have paid their commutation tax, ! and the chairman of the township j board of commissioners shall also prepare and furnish to the supervisor a list of all persons liable to road duty in their respective townships, and the ! said supervisor shall check off the | names of all persons reported on the | list of the county treasurer as having ! paid their commutation tax. and all persons whose names shall remain on the list so checked shall be required to I perform road duty, not exceeding in the aggregate six days; said persons shall not be required to work more than three days in any one week, and shall he assigned to such duty by the county supervisor under one of the contractors in the township having under control the section or sections near- | est the residence of such person or | persons : Provided, that in those coun- j ties where the contract system is not adopted said persons shall perform the ! work under road overseers, to be ap- i pointed by the board of township com- j 111 mwnuiura lor eacn VOWIlSlllp, UtlUcr the provisions of existing laws. Section 17. It shall bo thoduty of the contractor of any section to receive such person or persons assigned to iiiin under Section H> by the county super- j visor, and lie shall allow to the county board of commissioners a sum of not less than fifty cents per diem for the labor of any such person or persons, and said sum shall he credited upon the amount due or to become due said contractor by the said board. Section IS. In case of the refusal of any person or persons to pay his or their commutation tax as herein provided, within the time prescribed by this Act, and upon refusal to perform the road duty required by Section 1 of this Act, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction ' thereof shall be lined ten dollars and 1 costs, or imprisoned in the county jail ] for the period of twenty days: Provided, that if any person liable to road , duty neglects to pay his commutation ' tax within the time prescribed by this j Act, the county treasurer is hereby an- , thori/ed to receive the same, with aj penalty of;"?() per cent, of suid amount i added: Provided, the same be tendered j within fifteen days after the expiration of said time. Section 11). All accounts, claims and demands of whatever nature existing ! against the county for opening, con- j struetinir, maintuinimr and iiimniiihir ! imy public highway, road, bridge or ferry, shall be presented to the county board of commissioners duly attested, and if approved by said board the county supervisor shall draw his war- ! rant upon the county treasurer, under | the seal of the county board of commis- 1 sinners, I >r the amount of any such j claim 01- claims, which warrant shall 1 be countersigned by the secretary of J the hoard, and the same shall be paid i by said treasurer of the county road ! fund. Section 20. Any wilful neglectol duty j on the part of any member of the ! jounty board of commissioners shall j bo deemed a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or imprisonment not exceeding one year. Section 21. The county board of commissioners shall, at the last term of the Court of General Sessions in each year, make a report to the presiding Judge, to be by him submitted to the grand jury, of all their actings and doings, containing an itomix.ed statement of all amounts ordered to be paid 1 by them, tho condition of the public highways, bridges and ferries in their 1 respective counties for tho fiscal yeai una nil matters appertaining to the laino. Secbton 25. The members of tb? jounty ooard oi commissioners shall 1 have power to administer oaths to ail 1 persons appearing before them, and to 1 punish by fine not exceeding ton dol- 1 ars, or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding twenty-four hours, iny and all persons guilty of disorderly jonduct amounting to an open or direct * jontompt or wilful interruption of their proceedings. Section 211. That from and after the passnge of this Act all the courts of ,his State and municipal authorities, 1 which under existing laws have power ' to sentence convicts to confinement in 1 prison with hard labor, shall sentence ill able-bodied male convicts to hard ' abor upon the public works of the :ounty in which said person shnll have )oen convicted, and in the alternative o imprisonment in the county jail or . Unto penitentiary at hard labor : Pro- 1 ddod, That municipal authorities may 1 ontenco convicts to work upon the < itrccts and public work of the munici- j )alit.y in which they have been con- < doted, and such convicts when so i ontoncod shall work under the direc- i ion and control of the municipal anhority imposing sentence. Provided, < 1'hat 110 convict whoso sontenco shall | >e for a )>oriod longer than two years . hall bo so sentenced. t Section 24. That all convicts so sen- t onced shall be under tho supervision s nd control of tho county supervisor t 11 d by hint formed into a county chain- c ang and required to perform hard 1 ibor upon tho public highways, roads, H I mmmmmmmmmmmtmmmmmmmmmmtmmmmrn tlino, place and manner of labor to bo t performed by said chain-gang : I'm- i ruled, that said chain-gang shall not 1 be worked in connection with or near 1 tiny road contractor or overseer. Section 2b. That the county board of * commissioners shall diet and provide i suitable and ellieient guards and up- 1 pliances for the safe keeping of saul i convicts. They shall likewise provide ! t nil necessary tools, implements and j t road machines for performing the work ' i required of said convicts, all costs and ! 1 expenses of which shall by paid out of < t lx; county road fund in the sumo man- 1 nor as other charges agaiiist suid fund lire paid. ? i Section 2<>. That in case Any convict ? or convicts so employed by the county ] supervisor shall become ungovernable ' or unfit for the labor required of suc'i | convict or convicts, the said supervisor < muy commit such convict or convicts ? to the State penitentiary or county < jail. And it shall be the duty of the I superintendent of the penitentiary, or ' the sheriff of the county, as the eu*o ] may be, to receive any such convict or convicts so committed. When said < chain gang is not employed, or when 1 convenient and practicable, tney shall < be confined in the county jail for safe i s keeping under direction of said super- j : visor. Section 27. That the county l>oard of commissioners shall be uuthori'/.cd and i required to employ a physician or phy- < sicians whenever iieeossury to render ? medical aid to sick convicts and to pre- j 1 serve the health of the chain gang. ' The fees and expenses of the same, as well as for medicines prescribed, to he i paid out of the road fund as other > i claims are paid against said funds. Section 2*. The county hoard of commissioners shall have general supervision over the paupers and the poor house and farm of the county, and the said hoard shall provide all necessary . 1 buildings for the accommodation of the poor of the county, with a sntlicient j tillable land to give employment to all paupers able to work, and said build-| ings and lands shall he designated as the poor house and farm of the county. Section 21). That said hoard shall he (>mpowered to make all necessary rules and regulations for the. government of the county poor house and farm, to appoint a superintendent, with such as- | sistants as may he needed, to provide means for the employment as may he best suited to the inmates of the poor house, to see that every pauper able to work is employed, and to appoint one or more physicians to the poor j house, who shall furnish medical aid to the indigent sick. Section .'11. The county hoard of commissioners shall have power to demand, sue for and receive all such gifts, lega- i eies, lines, forfeitures and all other moneys or things which may he given as coming to the use of the poor. Section 112. In case any poor child or children whiill lie ?n? lw...I,........ ablo to the county tho county board of commissioners umy hind out any such child or children as tin apprentice to some person of good moral character untiisuch child, if he he a male, shall I arrive at the age of Id years, and if it he a female until she arrives at tho ago of I I, or shall marry. The said hoard shall have power to bind out to service, under some person of good moral character, any illegitimate child or chil- J dren likely to become chargeable to the county or liable to ho demoralized by the immoral conduct or evil example of their mother or other persons having them in charge, in the manner and for the time prescribed for pauper children, and they shall have power to issue all necessary writs to enforce the ! provisions of th is section. Section Any money becoming duo on any recognizances given for the maintenance of any illegitimate child or children, if such child or children shall he bound out to service, shall he paid to and received by the supervisor, to he invested and expended by him under the ordor of the Probate Court for the benefit of such illegitimate j child. Section .'11. The county hoard of com- i missioners shall have power to make all contracts in reference to supplying j the poor house and inmates thereof, 1 repairing buildings and other neces- j sury expenses incident to the euro I ami maintenance of said poor house and farm. Where any contract shall exeeod the sum of twenty dollars they 1 shall advertise and receive bids for 1 same, and shall accopt tho lowest hid from a responsible person. Section 35. All accounts, claims and demands of whatever nature against tho county in reference to the poor house or farm for the maintenance and support of paupers shall he presented, duly attested, to the hoard of countv commissioners and in* by them audited, allowed or rejected, and for the amount of any claims so audited and itllowcd the county supervisor shall draw his warrant, under the seal of the board, upon the county treasurer, countersigned by the secretary of the board, who shall pay the same out of the pauper fund of the county. Section 3d. The county board of commissioners shall, at the bust term of the Court of (ienerul Sessions in each year, make a report to the presiding judge, to In: by him submitted to the grund jury, of all their actings and doings for the fiscal year, containing an itemized statement of all amounts ordered to bo paid by them, with a list of inmates and the condition of the poor house, farm and inmates. Section 37. The county supervisor I shall procure and adopt a seal, and ' when so adopted shall cause a do- i seription thereof, with an impression I therefrom, to bo liled in the otlleo of ( the clerk of court and of the shorifT, treasurer and secretary of State, and the same shall thereupon be the seal of the supervisor, and all orders or other papers signed by said commissioner shall be authenticated by the otllciul seal. Section 3H. Each county shall pay: 1. The foes of the grand and petit jurors while in attendance upon the Circuit Court. 2. Witnesses' fees in the State eases for actual attendance upon tho Circuit Courts us provided bylaw. 3. Pees of physicians and surgeons testifying as exnerts before th?? rii-min Court. 4. Foes of sheriffs and clerk of , court oh provided by law. f>. Foes of j county coroners as allowed by law. (?. t Fees or salaries of trial justices and . constables. 7. The salaries of auditor, t treasurer and county supervisor as pro- j vldod by law. , Section .'lb. Thai tho fees allowed f jurors, constables and witnesses sball i he paid by the treasurers of the eoun- c ties, on the presentation to them of h certificates signed by tho presiding' t judge and countersigned by the clerk i >f tho court, or be received by him in i payment of all county taxes, when duly i ipproved iiy the county supervisor. I Section 40. That tho accounts of tho joronor and short IT and supervisor and j ihysicians1 or surgeons' fees for post t nortem, shall bo approved by eoun- d y hoard of commissioners, and ] he supervisor, on their approval, n hall draw an order upon the county t reasurer for the payment of tho same, d countersigned by the secretary of tho v loard. u Section 41. Short IT*, deputy sheriffs, I oroners and constables snail oxeeuto d ho boards heroin provided for, or the | chairman thereof, ami shall receive ,horefor tho sumo fees und costs ulowed in other eases. Section 42. That the reports of the ,'ounty treasurer and other officers , low required by law to ini made to the board of county commissioners shall, iftor the passage of this Act, l>e made to the county supervisor, and all settlements by any 01 the county officers now required to be made with the board of county commissioners or its .'huirmun shall be made with the county supervisor. Section 43. Tho county Ismrd of commissioners shall prepare an estimate if tho amount of money necessary to pay the expenses incurred by saiu boards und for ordiuury county expenses and report the same to tho Comptroller General of tho State, on >r before the 15th day of November of such your, to be by him submitted to the General Assembly in order to prol.l.ln - - , mu nn- in-cc-Hiiry taxation lor county |)UI'pOSCS. Suction 44. I u case tlio failure of the ounlv supervisor to fuithiully perform the duties of his oMlce or the conditions >f liis bond, it shull be the duty of tlio solicitor of tin* circuit in which such jupervisor shull reside to bring an action upon tin bond of said supervisor in the name of the county, and any imounl realized from said suit shall be deposited in the treasury to the credit jf the road fund, and shall receive therefor such fees us the court shall designate. Section 4">. That the salaries of tlx# supervisors in the several counties shall bo paid quarterly by the county treasurers out of the county funds, in tlio same manner as other claims against said county are paid. Section 40. That it shall ho the duty nf the county supervisor to cause a record to be kept of all the proceedings of the board in which he is herein inado chairman, as well as a record of all contracts entered into with said boards, as provided in this Act, which said records shall he open to public inspection. and ull necessary books and material for keeping same shall be paid for out of the funds herein provided for the respective boards in the same manner as other charges arc paid. Section 47. That so much of this Act as applies to the working of the public highways hv the contract system and by convicts in chain gangs shall not ho obligatory on such county hoards of commissioners as conclude that the present system of working the highways in their respective counties is more conducive to the welfare thereof; and in such eases overseers, as now provided by law. shall ho appointed in each township by the township board of commissioners for such townships, who shall execute the laws now of fm-i-i. iii reference to the working of public highways. Sections 18. That Haul county board of commissioners at their first meeting Hhall eleet one of its members as secretary thereof. Section 40. That the salary of the supervisor in the respective counties shall he as follows: In the county of Abbeville, $9001 in the county of Aiken. $800; in the county of Andorson. $000; in the county of Barnwell, $800; in the county of Beaufort, $800; in the county of Berkeley, $500; in the county of Charleston, $1,000; in the county of Chester, $800; in the county of Ohestorlield, $100; in the county of Clarendon, $800; in the county of Colleton. $800 ; in the county of Darlington, $000; in the county of Kdgelielu, $H00 ; in the county of Fairfield, $050; in the county of Florence, $f?00; in the county of Georgetown, $750; in the county of Oreenville, $000; in the county of I lampton, $000 ; in t he county of Horry, $f?00 ; in the county of Kershaw, $000; in the county of Lancaster, $1100; in the county of Laurens, $000; in the county of Lexington, $000; j in the county of Marion. $8(X); in the county of Marlboro, $700; in the county 1 of Newberry, $750; in the county of Oconee, $500; in the county of Orangoburg, $800; in the county of I'ickens, $400; in the county of Itiehland, $800; in the county of Spartanburg, $1,000; in the county of Sumter, $1,000; in the county of Union, $000; in the county of Williamsburg. $000; in the county of York. $5(1(1 Section ."><). That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act be, linn the same is hereby, repealed. ? . THE OOALA DEMANDS. A HKI'LY TO < J ION. II AM I'TON. 10vans and Stokes Contend that There is Nothing Inconsistent Willi True Democracy?Voting l"or the Neath nees is the Only Test o|'Party Atllliut Ion. Hon. Wado ITami>ton, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir?-Your letter addressed to ns and published in the State and Register of the Ibth instant has had >ur careful attention, and candor compels us to say that as a reply to the luestion we propounded it is a great lisappointment. It will prove a disappointment to the great organization :>f farmers we represent, whom you attempted to read out of the Democratic party. It will prove a grievous ilisuppointmcnt to the great mass of our people who honestly believe that the principles underlying the Ocula platform are identical with the Democracy of Jefferson and the oartv he founded ; yet, moved by memories of past association and confidence were willing even to hold conviction itself in abeyance until the man they had trusted in the past might at least give reasons for the bull of excommunication lie had issued against them. It will lie a disappointment because /on distinctly decline to answer llio piestions asked ?perfectly plain (piesLions?that oinhody every principle involved in the Ocala platform and that ni^ht have boon answorcd in much less space than you have actually used. It is a disappointment all around and novo than all because your remarks ire not characterized by your accustomjd straightforwardness and courtesy. Remembering that the people of this state had repeatedly honored you for /our reputed liberality and statesmanike cast of mind we purposely discard)d verbiage about which more or less prejudice had collected and asked you ,o discuss groat principles that lie belind that verbiage. You decline to liscuss principles and talk alxatt platbrins. Since you have chosen after a UOIlth of d(dih?>rnti??n : - 1.V.V/II vx# ui ill^ VIIU UI8f~ Mission down from tin; broad piano of .tatosmunship upon which our (plosions put it and pluoo it apparently ipon t he low piano of narrow factional lolitics in this State why, porforco, wo nust- to some extent try to play the lolitician, too. 1, In the first plaeo, then, yon dis* kiso the first Ocala demand, against he national banks, thus : " No such loniand is made by tho Democratic lurly. It may have escaped your nomory, if you over knew tho fact, hat theso hanks hold charters which o not expire until 11K17, so that there rill bo somo difficulty in the irnniedite abolition of the national banks." ndocd, and, because, forsooth there is iflicuTty in the way Tt is undemocratic -hat i? what you w'oro to show) to agi tate it. however righteous the prinoi-J d< plo. Is thut the position. General. U? i pi which you would mmlt youtvelf and ' us? What have hon ruble men < 1' spirit to do with difficulty whet-- pri: j le ci pie is involved? Bui are y . sure, ; in General, that no such demand is made | p? by the Democratic party ? i o| To lwrrow your own choice pht'uscol- i ogy toward us (which Tiie State assures o| us is studiously courteous) " it may tl have escaped your memory, if you h; ever know, the fact," (hut the Demo- w cratie platform of 1 HT?<? contains the fid- w lowing plunk: "Congress luis no w power to churter a National hank, m \Ve believe such tin institution one of it, deadly hostility to the l>cst interests of s the country, duugerous to our Keuubli- 01 cun institutions and the liberties of p, the people, and calculated to place the (t business of the country within the eon- i cl trol of a concentrated money power und above the laws and the will of tlio 1) people." Moreover, " it may have di escaped your memory, if you over p knew the fact," that this plunk was re- ! ti (\l ... 1 t .. A 1 ? . # " * ' " Miuriiiuu in me piuilortu of I8hO. coil- h plod with the declaration that " Demo- tl cratie principles are unchangeable in tl their nature when applied to the same p subject matters." " It may have h escaped your memory." too, "if you a over knew tbo fact," that ovary Democratic platform ever uttered by the ei party (save the first) down to 18(14, con- Is tained precisely that same strong p language ugaiust national banks. If, it then, as the party has more than once n declared its " principles are unchuugo- oi able," it is a little dillicult to find iustl- n licution for your charge of political u heresy against those of us who in 18U3 g hold to the principle that from 1840 "i to 1804 was tlu: height of Democratic ts I virtue. You say the sub-treasury idea is , tl unconstitutional. Well, really, honor- ' h ' ed sir, we thought it rather beneath ei your dignity to go cracking stale H political chestnuts like that. Your d reading must have been exceedingly tl limited if you did not know of aspromi- oi ncnt a Democratic lawyer as Judge * Norwood of Georgia and others of n equal prominence had expressed a con- h , trary opinion. Hut suppose we admit w I that the seheaio is unconstitutional; b i does that debar us from agitating it ? p If it he a good thing for the massed h under the changed conditions and pro- ' C gres* of the nineteenth century, why f< should the Constitution forever stand 1' [ between the people and its enjoyment ? a( I Are you serious. General, when you V teach by implication that it isundomo- d i cratie to seek any change in the Con- p ! stitution however righteous and desir- tl able that change may be ? And mark, I you. it was the democracy of this do- h in and you were to discuss. o 3. You dismiss our demand for free y coinage 01 silver with the simple quos- h tion : " Is (his demand in accordance a ; with tho Democratic platform v" And 1 l is this the licst that can bo done? tl You set out to show that it did not con- o I form to the Democratic platform. t? | You only ask us if It docs. Assuming that you ask in good faith, we, at least, vv will not evade a direct question, so we y answer unhesitatingly, yes, it does; si I and was so held by tin' Wuinicst and p | host Democrats in the United States g I Senate?such men as Morgan and cm ' Daniel, and Irby and Tiutlor, and a y host of others. To borrow another choice phrase direeled to us (and which we are assured cl j is studiously courteous) " you have, u we r. up pose, road the Democratic plat- 1' j form, and if you compared it" with the Ocala you will see that both conI ileum the Sherman act. Thus far they c' are identical. The Ocala then deI mands " in lieu thereof the free and w | unlimited coinage of silver." Tho 01 Democratic goes on to say : " Wo T hold to the use of both gold and silver w as the standard money of the conn- U1 try and to the coinage of both gold and silver without discrimi- ~ nating against either metal or ' charge for mintage." The moaning is . precisely the same. The reading 11 public will note how signally you have failed not only to justify your charge that " no man who upholds the Ocala ! platform can properly claim to bo a Democrat," but even to show that the platforms are wholly antagonistic. 4. You think it a sullicient answer to our demand for tho ownership of . .... 11 ?i ?i.i ... iniirunu uiiti voiegrapn lines, in certain contingencies, that it would cost several times as much as the civil war. . , Supposing this were true, that docs 1 not prove it is undeinoeratic?and that 11 is what you set out to show, mark you. You were to prove that '* no man who . unholds" this "can properly claim to ' be a Democrat," and you simply argue V1 that it is costly ! Again we ask?what M have honorable and spirited men to do I" with cash whore principle is involved? Away with such sordid standards of expediency ! Let us probe these questions to the core, and if the principle l.11 he correct and best for the masses of ' the people, let us maintain them though they cost myriads of money and men. That was the spirit that animated the ^ Democratic party in 18(50. They did 1 not stop to count up costs when the m. rights of the people wore threatened. The rights of the people are threatened ill to-day. It is a question whether .' the people shall own the railroads or be owned by them. Already in this 111 State insolvent railroads refuse to pay Vt taxes and boldly bid defiance to the people. But are we shut in to buying these roads already huiltatthc fraudu- hi lontly in tinted valuation of watered jc stock? If the fraudulent water were js squeezed out of them, the actual cost in would probably not exceed a fourth of tli the amount claimed. What is to th hinder the government from building its own lines? Certainly such an en- hi terprise would be a God send to the yc three million men who are to-day "ii moneyless and homeless, with starv- C< ing wives and children around them, fti simply because the National banker's ha panic has stopped the wheels of in- f? dustry ami dammed up misery upon Ul> the people. A Democratic adminis- nn tuition is spending millions a year in permanent structures for the safety >'ii and distribution of the mails. ^V'nnt ~i'? would be the difference in principle H)> between dointf this and constructing r>' lines for tho transmission of those mails? A measure that at tho same time protects tho invaded rights of w' the people and furnishes a general 1)U relief from an overshadowing menace, ('?i looks very distinctly Democratic to us, ^o and it will take something more, General, than an nvn vaii^^VlttWU UStllDftlO of coat to frighten tho people from it. rei 5. You say in regard to our demand noi for the election of United States Sena- ag torn by tho people, that it will require niv a change of tho Constitution to effect 8ta this. Thoro ia no news in that. 44 You ley have, wo auppdao, road the doraandM tin as printed in tho body of your article, ins and you must have seen that it ia dis- ant tinctly a demand to ehango the Con- dov stitution. You fail uttorly in this, ua cu[ in previous instances, to adduce a hat ainglo argument why it is undomo- of t oratic to propose a needed change in At tho Constitution. You say you th? 44 hardly think that tho ohungo will be Ye made in timo t?> allow any of tho pre- No pont young aspirants of the Alliance to dis test their strength before tho people." lng Just what bearing this little (ling at th? the "young aspirants of the Alliance " tha has upon the undemocraoy of tho cid miund (that in what you wi rj to ove) iv not apparent. Vou say you hav never denounced tint Alliance." v. maps not: hut covert tlings at its udors has been u favorite way of tryig to injure it umong people who fir jiiticul reasons dare in t denounce it Ktnly. 0. Yes. us a rule wo us individuals jposed the State hunk proposition of 10 Deniocrutle platform. Hut whut as that to do with tho Oca la platform Irieh you set out to prove inconsistent ith the Democratic ? "You have, e suppose, read " the < >. ala platform, tid if you did you must have seen that makes no reference whatever to late hanks. What bearing then hus ir individual opinions upon your proositiod that "no man who upholds he Oca la platform) can properly aim to be a Democrat V" Hut if we are to he kicked out of tho emocratic party because wo as in* iv id mils oppose one plunk in the party latform, we will have a goodly con* ngent in our company. Wo will avo a majority of the Democrats in ic United States Senate who opposed to administration view of the silver lank of that platform, and we will avo with ns the ^r?.-at masses of tho mericnii in>nnh> What constitute* the test of a Demorut anyway in this degenerate day '/ pit unquestioning adhesion to every laink of the Democratic platform '/ Is . fidelity to principles'/ Certainly at. if we are to judgo hy the praetico T the party. We have gold-bug Demerols, and free silver Democrats nd National hank Democrats, und roenhack Democrats: free trade Doloerats and protection Democrats and irilT for revenue Democrats. The party of free trade elected more tan once a high protectionist to the ighest position in the gift of a Demoratio Congress; and even now a former '.opublieun candidate for the I'resieney occupies the highest place iu te cabinet by appointment of a Demoratio President who bad behind him Democratic Congress and the wholo lachinery of government. If aderence to every plank of the platform ere necessary to constitute a man a democrat, then Sainncl .1. Randall. a renounced protectionist, could never avo been Speaker of a Democratic Ongrcss: und Walter (,). (J res ham, inner Republican candidate for the 'residency, could never be chief ilviser of a Democratic President. Hint then is the solo lot of a man's emocraey under the practice of the arty'/ Kvidently it is his support of lie nominee in tlie general election. Finally, after all your somewhat mgthy discussion you lind only five ut of twelve points upon which on take issue with the Oculu platirill. Veil <liwU iti?.( 1? i :* ' " _ VIJ H^ILUU Willi l\VO, s does "every Democrat" you say. 'o that extent you yourself uphold no Oeala platform, and under your \vn ruling you cannot " properly claim ) be a Democrat." The most casual reading of our letter ill show that we made no objection to our organizing what, in t he last analyis, would be Democratic clubs indoendent of our State Dcntocratie or* anization. Hut we had no con* arn about that. We simply asked ou to explain your statement that 110 man who upholds the Oeala platnan can properly claim to he a Demorat." \ ou refused point blank to nswer the questions wo asked, and roceoded to compare platforms, with 10 result shown above, but not even 11 that ground could you defend your large against us. This etTort to make it appear that e objected to your organizing Domo atlc clubs is entirely apart from the uestion you yourself raised, and is not arrantod by anything we wrote. It ppears to be in line with your other Torts to read Alliunermen out of tho omoeratic party and discredit tho young Alliance " leaders, while pressing groat respect for tho organizuon. W. D. Kvans, President S. C. State A1 Hiatal. , W. Stokks. Lecturer S. C. State Alliance. ? ?? - ?? - ?STATIC MOWS IN ltltHOT. uteres! lug Notes IVom Various Sour* CON. ... *.rP 1 | j | |] |u??AUO?? . 4 T * "* _ .,w Mio|>iiiin<(i y ill litlWlCllllftlj 1-jgx* igton county, was broken into and )bhod of $;UK) worth of liquor?all that as in tho store. ?State Liquor Commissioner Traxir is to l)e paid $11,000 a year. Tho in oaso it is said was mado to bis salary jeauae of tho odium attaching to the Dsition. ? Rev. J. M. Bostiek, several years jo pastor of tho Barnwell Baptist hureh, lias been engaged as teacher ul chaplain of the Cooper Limestone istituto, and will e.itor upon his \ ities at the beginning of the next * tssion. Constablos Blanton and .laekson in [jartanhurg wont to tho house of n, >gro named Hctnry Palmer in search r whiskey, lie resisted the search id shot Blanton in the stomach, ineting a probably mortal wound, lanton returned tho lire blowing tho igro's brains out. Tho peoplo were >ry much excited over the affair. Hon. A. C. Latimer has introduced to the House of Uepresentatives a II for the relief of Newberry Colgo in this State. The sum of 15.000 asked to pay for the college buildgs used by the Federal army during o war and destroyed by Uro during e occupation. Mrs. Murgarot Martin, of Columa, died on the 27th inst., aged Hfi ars. She was a native of Scotland, id personally knew Sir Walter Scott, ? mi. Lafayette, and many of the great itosmen of this country. Her husnd was ltov. Wm, Martin, who died a w years ago. Mrs. Martin was tho thor of several hooks, and wrote uny beautiful poems. ? Col. Thomas S. Rhctt diod on tho gton. lie fell from a step ladder th inst. at his residence in Washout two weeks ago breaking two >s, one of which pierced his luntr. ? \?i nun utmost recovered and was dking across the room on Sunday ion one of tho fractured ribs again nctured the lung. Ho quickly lost usciousnoss and never recovered, lonel Khett was a native of Beau t. South Carolina. The body of Miss Yoargin, ofl.auis, who was drowned in Cayuga Lake tr Hhaca, N. Y., six or seven wooks o, was washed ashore Christmas fht near the depot at McKinney'a tion on a branch of tho Lehigh ValRailroad. It will bo remembered it Miss Yeargin went rowing witii tructor MeriTam of Cornell College 1 failed to return. They were unihtodly drowned together by tlio )sizing of thoir boat. Great interest i l>een takon in tho case on account the proniinenco of the young peojile. one tirno, a report was circulated to > effect that Mr. Merriam and Miss argin had been seen together in w York city after tho date of their appearance from Ithaca. Tho find of Miss Yoargln's body disproves it story and no doubt remains but it thoy met their death by tho uoental overturning of thoir rout.