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t VOL. XI. AN IMPORTANT DECISION ABOUT LIQUOR. WHISKEY MUST BK STAMPED. All Liquors are Iiiablo to Seizure 1 ITHIi>bs Kioto * vci iiiitaius arc Ull niu Hoi lie or Jiik. By reason of un equally divided court the State supreme court has rendered a decision to the effect that a man cannot keep two and a half gallons of whiskey in his house for his own personal use, without the commissioner's stamp upon it, without laying himself liable to criminal prosecution under thendisponsary law. The decision was rendered in the case of Anderson Chastain aud the judgment of the circuit court below stands aflirmed. Chief Justice Mclvor and A.ssociate Justice Gary have filed very strong opinions against sustain\ ing the finding of the lower court. Mr. Justice Jones liles the opinion on the other side, in which Associate Justice 'iMw. oope concurs. In the Florouco case recently decided, in which the court was equa'ly divided, tho appellants have submitted a request that a rehearing bo granted boforo all tho judges sitting en banc. No doubt a similar request will be made in this case. Chiof Justice Mclvor, in his opinion, thus presents tho matter in substance : Tho defendant was found guilty and sentencod to pay a line of $100, or go on the chain gang for three months for having iu his possession two and a half gallons of corn whiskey, which had no Stato stamp on it. On this judgment an appeal was taken to tho supreme court of tho State. The appoal was taken on tho following grounds in brief: First. Because his honor orred in charging tho jury as follows: "Tho question is did he have liquor thero, keeping it there without any stamps on it ? If so, ho must show that, either lie bought it through the regular channels, tho dispensary, or that ho obtained from the State commissioner tho proper stamps to be put on it" and should have charged tho jury instead that the keeping of a small quantity of liquor in his dwelling f..~ i.?? ?1 ---? L-~ nv/uo^ iwi mr? w?n uou aim nut tu uu bartered does not constitute a crime. Second. That it is only the storing or keeping' in possession of alcoholic liquors for some unlawful use or purpose, which is made an indn table offense by statute and his honor erred in not so holding. The chief justice states that from tho testimony, tho State constables found in tho dwelling house, while defendant was absent a three gallon jug containing about two gallons of corn whiskey, which they seized, because there woro no stamps upon It from the State commissioner. Thero was no testimony to show that tho whiskey was for sale or any othor unlawful purpose or that the defendant had over sold whiskey. On tho contrary tho defendant stated that he had obtained tho whiskey about three weeks previous for his own porsonal use and for no other purpose, becauso ho was in bad health and needed it; that ho hud never sold any whiskey and could not tell how much of it he had used before it was seized. It was admitted that the whiskey had not been bought from a dispensary and it had no stamps on it. Tho charge of tho circuit judge was as follows : "Tho indictment is for storing and keeping in possession alcoholic liquors. If a man undertakes to keep liquor ho must have tho stamp of tho State commissioner. Tho question is did ho have liquor there, keeping it without any stamp, if so he must show that ho bought it from the dispensary or that ho obtained from tho State commissioner tho stamps to put on it. Tho law prevents thi storing of liquors, shows how it may bo kept safoly without any troublo and if a man is not minded to put himself to that troublo, then ho will havo to look out for tho consequences." Tho chief justice goes on to say that the circuit judge procoeded upon the theory that it is an indictablo olTonso for a person to have in his possession alcoholic liquors, oven for his own use, unless the required stamps arc upon it. In tho first place the indictment does not charge any such offense for it does not charge that liquors were fqund without tho requisite stamps. On tho contrary tho charge is that tho defendant unlawfully stored certain contraband liquor. In tho second place an examination of tho dispensary law of 1896 fails to disclose any provision making it an indictable olTenso for a person to have liquor in his possession without tho stamps of tho State on it. Thero are several provisions in that act making such, liquor liable to seizure and forfeiture, but nono declaring that tho mere fact that a person is found in posse ssion of alcoholic liquors without stamps shall constitute a criminal olTonsc. / Tho sections of tho act. which it is contondod sustain this prosecution, are tho 1st, tho 25th, tho 2<>th and df>th, and theso sections are considered in the opinion of tho chief justico. After quoting tho lirst section ho says that.it is divided into two distinct parts; tho iirst part makes it a penal olTense to do any of tho acts therein forbidden, while tho second part was intended to render tho liquors roferred to liable to boizuro without a warrant and to forfeit thorn. In other words tho lirst sentence affects persons only and not property, while tho second alTects property and not persons. It is clear thai person charged must not only have manufactured, sold, bartered, oxcharged, roceived or accepted, stored or kept in his possession spirituous liquors, but must have dono so for somo unlawful purpose, for that is not only the proper grammatical construction of the language, hut also such a construction is necessary to rc liovo tho ollicors ehargod with tho I duty of storing and keeping of spirituous liquors from tho penalties prescribed. Whilo tho ovidonco shows that tho liquor in question was kopt in tho dofondant's dwelling house thero is no evidence tending to show that it was kopt lor unlawlul use. On tho contrary, tho ovidonco is that ho kopt it believing that it was necessary for his bodily health. Unless, therefore, tho act contains some provision making it unlawful to drink or othorwiso use for his own personal tyenolit or gratification any spirituous liquors not obtained from tho dispensary or not containing the stamps of the State com- ' * missioner it is obvious that one essential element of the otfenbo charged is luciung. me act win oe scarcneu in r vain for any such provision, and honco it cannot be said tliat keeping aud using any spirituous liquors for ono's own personal use or gratification constitutes uny offenso against the criminal laws of the State. Tho 25th section is quoted and Mr. Justice Melvor holds that it does not oven purport to create any criminal otTenso, but deals only with tho seizure and forfeiture of contraband liquor. Indeed tho proviso recognizes tho legality of tho possession of certain liquors which are not bought from tho dispensary. Tho 2?>th section is noxt quoted, which it is contondod was not to create any criminal otTenso, to but prevent the courts from ontortuining any action for tho recovory of the price of any liquor so seized. So much of tho .'15th section which is pertinout is quoted. It is difficult to see what light this section throws on tho subject. It certainly creates no criminal offense except ih tho last paragraph, which has nothing to do with the case, in that it provides for a punishment for imitation of stamps. He concluded by saying: "A very careful consideration of this case in all its aspects leads inevitably to tho conclusion that tho grounds of appeal must bo sustained." Finally, ho says: "Inasmuch as this opinion was originally prepared beforo tho recent decision of tho supromo court of tho United States in Donald vs. Scott, 105 U. S., 08, was announced, I desire to avail myself of tho opportunity now proscnted of adding that it seems to mo absolutely necessary to adopt tho conclusion which I have reached in order to avoid a conllict with tho decision of tho supromo court of the United States, which it must bo conceded is a final arbiter of all questions involving a construction of tho Constitution of the United States." JUSTICE GAHY'S VIEW. Mr. Justice Cary, in his opinion concurring with tho opinion of tho chief justice, niter reviewing tno iuets 01 tno case and quoting several sections of the dispensary law applicable to the case, says: " When tho-o sections are construed together, they show (irst that the act does not prohibit, but on the contrary in express language, permits a person to keep liquor in his possession for his own use. Second, that in order to throw the protection of the law around the liquor in his possession for his own use, it is necessary to furnish an inventory of the quantity and kinds to the State commissioner and apply for certificate to allix thereto. "Third, that if tho liquor in his possession is seized because it has not the necessary certificates and labels r? quired by tho act, and ho claims the liquor, the burden of proof is upon him to show that it is for his own use. "The act contemplated that there would necessarily be some time after tho liquor came into possession of tho person for his own use boforo ho could apply to tho State commissioner for the necessary certificates and labels. If it was seized because it did not have the necessary certificates and labels, ho was even then to bo deprived of tho liquor, provided ho could show it was for his own uso ; but in that case, the burden of proof would bo upon him to show it was for such purpose. Any other construction of tho act would make a person a violator of the luw who simply received as a presont a bottle of liquor coming from another State, although it might bo his intention forthwith to apply to tho State commissioner for the necessary cortieatos and labels to aflix to it. " A construction contrary to that which wo place upon tho act would even make a person a violator of tho law who took a drink of whiskoy unless it came from tho disnonaarv. " Wo cannot, think this was tho intention of tho legislature. " For theso reasons wo concur in tho conclusion announced by Mr. Chief Justice Mclvor." JUSTICE JONES' POSITION. Justice Jones, in his decision sustaining tho lower court, contends that the sole question for determination is whether tho disponsary act of 181)0 prohibits under penalty tho storing or keeping of intoxicating liquors without having on tho vessel tho stamp of the State commissioner. " The construction contondcd for by the learned chief justice," ho holds, would practically nullify tho dispensary law, for it is not possible to hold that tho keeping of intoxicating liquors in possession without tho permission of the stamp is not punishablo unless it was kept for unlawful use, a.jd not be compelled to hold tho same thing in reference to tho manufacture and sale of such liquor. Moreover, if a sale of intoxicating liquors is not unlawful, unless made for an unlawful use, then a koeping in possession of contraband liquor for sale for a lawful use is not unlawful. This would make a paradiso for blind tigers; 1 should say, rather, there would be no blind tigers since everybody could sell and keep for sale intoxicating liquors openly and with impunity. ' Tho construction wo contend for is not only the natural and grammatical construction of tho language usedj but is consistent with the scheme of the dispensary act, whereas, the other construction is the unnatural, ungrarnmatical and destructive of the design and operation of the disponsary law. The question is one of construction merely. It is simply our duty to declare the law. Wo have nothing to do with its wisdom or severity. Tho harshness of its operation, real or supposed, should not in tho least swerve us from our plain duty. There was no error in tho charge t)f tho judgo complained of and the judgment of tho cj[rc?*'' court should bo aflirmed." ?A suit for possession of a mule was instituted by a citizen of Hunt county, Texas, several years ago. The mule has since died, but tho litigation is going on still, $300 in costs has been piled up, and J00 witnesses are now attending the trial of the case in the city of Greenville. ?Tho Chinese Empire has sent notico to this government that it will he represented at tho Universal Postal Congress, to ho hold at Washington next May. This will bo the first time China has ever been represented at such a gathering. OONWAV i TH4G MUDSILLS OF SOCIKTY. Bill Arp Thinks it a Privilege to he Ono oi* Thein-BxGovcrnor Ham 1110ml Stid that "Cotton is Kinjc." Id my last letter 1 t?aid that 1 did not kuow who iirat said " cotton is kinp." This admission of my ignorance seems to have surprised and awakened tjome of my Carolina friends and now i know from many sources that ox-Governor Hammond said it In a soooch in thn United States Senate in 1858, during the debate on the admission of Kansas. It was a great speech, for ho was a great man. It was a Slates rights speech such as Calhoun might have made, and in it ho said * " No, sir, you dare not make war on cotton?cot?on is kiug. Until lately tho bauk of England was king, hut last fall She tried to put tho screws upon our cotton crop and was utterly vanquished?<;ot- 1 ton is king." That speech gate much olTense at the Nortli and won for him the title of " Mudsill Hammond," /or in it hctsaid : " In all social systems thero must bo a class to do the drudgery of lifo?a class requiring but a low order of intellect and but little ; skill. This class must have vigor, docility and fidelity. Such a class you must have or you would not have thut othor and higher class which leads progress, refinement and civilization. 1'hls inferior class constitutes tho very mudsills of society and of government, I and you might as well attempt to build a house in the air as to build excopt 1 upon the mudsills. Fortunately for I tho South, she has u racC adapted to ' that purpose." We call them slaves?a word discarded by ears polite, but you ' have a sinhilar class at the North. Yes you have it?it is thero, it is every- 1 where, it is eternal." 1 1 remember how tho Northern press scarified him for his mudsill speech, hut he spoke the truth and it is still the truth, and more so for tho mudsills are moro numorous now in proportion to population. Almost Cvorybody in this region is a mudsill, and if that Dingley tarifi' bill becomes a law the I masses will all bo mudsills for tho privileged and protected classes. The common people of a nation can never prosper under a protective taritT until a man can lift himself up by the. straps ; on his boots. Only tho protected will prosper aud they are but a #mall class 1 compared with tho unprotected. Even ' Mr. Atkinson, tho iioston statesman, says tho Dingley bill will provo a burden on the people and bring in but little revenue. -? Hat 1 iMJ ~v.t intend to br neh otT on tliin tarilT question, though it is an alarming aud serious one to the South- 1 ern people, for wo manufacture notii- 1 ing to speak of. Everything in this room where I am writing caino from toe North. I have boon working in my garden all day with Northern tools and oven tho wheelbarrow has tin; stamp of " Grand Kapids " upon it. I didn't use .to be a mudsill, but I am 1 now and my hamfcs aro bo crampod by digging and forking the ground that 1 can hardly hold the pen in my fingers. Hut Senator Hammond did not use . that word in auy Invidious sense. IIo 1 did not moan to sling mud at anybody. Ho had built a mill on his farm and know that it was necessary for tho j mudsill to bo sunk deep down below the water and quicksand or else tho Hoods I would wash tho mill away. Protection * props will not protect tho mill unless I the foundation is laid deep and strong, 1 and it is tho toil and sweat of labor that makes our food und clothing. Ha- ' bor is tho mudsill?tho foundation of ' socioty and government. Extinguish 1 labor for a year or half a year or even a month and the Goulds and Astors and ' Vandorbilts would perish. Wo ar?r ( told that there is never a week's sup-j 1 ply of food in New. York and those 1 millionaires couldn't ride and wouldn't ' walk to tho West after it. I am mighty sorry for these rich and help loss people. .Just let tho trains Stop running and tho cooks quit cooking I and all tho butchers and hakors shops 1 bo closed for lack of supplies and all 1 tho horses got out of food, what would become of tho millionaires in Now I York city? They would bo as hoip^ ' less as a painted iship upon a painted 1 ocean. They would do lik<e Mr. Kouss^ 1 who says ho would givii any mad a" ' million dollars' wtoo will restore his his sight. Tho mudsiljs mustpot be ( dishonored, for tboy ard tho dnly class I who aro fulfilling destiny, for the Uord 1 said to tho man, " by tho sweat of thy 1 face shall thou oat bread." Yos, I am ' a mudsill right now, and if it is a curse 1 it bripgs a blessing with it. I work ' hard at manual labor and get all over 1 in a sweat of perspiration, as Cobo ' nays, and I fool proud" of my day's 1 work, and Mrs. Arp gots olT her ma tronly dignity and walks out to soo : what I have done and condescends a fow remarks of approbation. That ' satisfies tne till next morning, when L work sotno rnoro beforo breakfast? 1 work tnakos mo forgot to brood over ? little troubles and It gives mo a good 1 appetite and my food digests and 1 sleep better and snore less and don't 1 cry out with tho nightmare. It Is a I blessed privilege to bo- a mudsill, a j horny-handed son of toll, for it secures ' good health and brings a man nearer I to his Creator, for ho was made out ot dirt and unto dirt ho must return. I Adam worked in a garden and so do I. Fvo stepped around and smiled on Adam while he toiled artd so doos Mrs. Arp smile on rne. So lot tho tariff roll 1 on. It won't atToct what I raise in my garden, I reckyn. Bill. A up. ?A bill was introduced in tho Kentucky House of Representatives making it a high crime and uiisdoinoanor to interrupt public speakers by throwing or other missiles, or a felony if injury is dono to tho speaker, ?Tho lumbermen of San Francisco, Cal., are again trying to organize a trust with tho hope of raising the price from $4 to $6 a thousand. Dealers now claim the actual cost of the lumber la r#man f am t K o n i V> a r? m aa a m 4 ao uouui viic*u i/uu j'runuu(/ JH1UOO. ?From papers found among the effects of Leon Cabell, an insurance agent, who oommitted suicide at Milwaukee, Wis., it is found that, ho was an heir of an uncle who died in Russia recently, leaving an estate of $4,000,000. ?Mrs. Kli/.aboth Pease, 75 years old, was burned to death by her clothing catching tire while lighting a pipe at her home in Maine. O. THURSDAY, A W1CKKLY CUOA* BULLETIN. Tho Weather and Cropn for tlio Week Ending April it, IH07. Tho following Is tho ronort of tho weather bureau for South Carolina duriutf tho wcok ending April .'Ird : Tho gouoral weather conditions during the present crop season wero nufavorable for tho preparation of land* lor planting and in consequence tho season la lato, being variously estimated from ton to twenty days later than usual. It ia duo mainly to the excessive rains in February, followed by continued cloudy and rainy weather during March, with light winds, except for a few days during the third decade of March wlion clear, cool and windy weather prevailed. This in turn was foliowod by rains which suspended plowing and planting up to date. Tho temperature during tho week covered by this bulletin averaged slightly cooler than usual, with minimum tomporaturo below freezing as far eastward as Berkeley, where* thin loo was noted on tho morning of March 28th. Frost was general on that date, killing in exposed places, but owing to the backwardness' of tho season, Injury was limited, being confined to corn whore up, and to frni* v ,.oh as torially damaged in N ork, Spartanburg and t' e northwestern counties generally. I'caches suffered most. During t .o week tho tomporaturo ranged between a minimum of 2d degrees at (.roenvlllo and a maximum of 79 degress at Shaw's Fork. Tho rainfall was general over tho State and was heaviest over tho western counties where it averaged noarly one and a half inches, while for tho entire State tho average was 1.33 Inches. The greatest amount for tho week was 2.7f> Indies at Hillsvillo, and the least 0 30 at Barksdalo. Tho normal for tho same period is approximately 0.75 lnoh. The week was deficient in sunshine. In places thoro was practically none, 9 per cent, of the possible being rt ported from Elmore, Orangeburg County ; the largest percentage was reported from Forrestville, Florence County, with 52 per cent. The average for tho entire State was about 30 per cent, of the possible; tho normal sunshine at this season of tho year being about 60 per cent. Ah previously stated, and for tho reasons given, farmwork is vory much bohind-hand in South Carolina, except in Horry, Marlon and Marlboro counties, where tho conditions have boon more favorable and planting is mori advanced. In tho northern tior of counties from Chesterfield westward, practically nothing has boon done towards planting, for oven the uplands wore too wet to prepare except for a fow days in tho latter part of March, after which moro rain again made plowing iinpracticable.' It is in those counties that tno season is most backward. 'Hut little can as yet bo said in dotail as to crops, for planting h*s not yet fairly begun, oxcopt that in tho northeastern counties corn planting is nearing completion and tho stand fair where it has come up. In other sections of the State somo fow farmers have planted corn, but tho work is not general. In Dorchester. Horkoloy and Ooiloton somo sood is rotting in tho ground and replanting will bo necessary. In the oxtroine eastern entities cotton planting has fairly begun, butin the central and western counties vory Ittlo or nouo has been planted and /ory little of tho lands prepared. Wheat and oats are looking promising over tno entire Stato. Fow spring lata have been sown, us the ground was too wet. In many sections correspondents report tho Intention of farmers to plant sorghum cane largely for a feed-crop to substitute for oats. Sorghum cane seed reported acaroo. ltico lands have been too wet to prepare for planting, and in some districts nothing has been done as yet; In others ibout half tho lands are prepared. Gardens aro very backward, for tho gener&l reasons already assigned, and jn account of cool weather lately. In the truck farm districts tho season is iiqearly one, thero having boon no sotback from frost sinco January. Fruit generally looks promising except that it is greatly feared that peaches were materially damaged by the frost and freeze of March 28th as far eastward as Orangeburg and Colioi 4!~ - A - i - II? * I ' ? win cijii iitius. am is ummny um cuso,mio frost whs mope sovore in 9omo placos Lhan in others. In York, Spartanburg *nd Greenville counties it is the unqualified opinion of all correspondents Liiat pouches were about all killed. Flsewhoro tho extent of injury is as yet uncertain. Fruit, ether than peaches and plums, is apparently safe. Tho following extract from tho National Bulletin for the month of March jummarizes the extent of planting for tho two principal crops of tho South : "Somo corn has been planted as far north as Tennesseo, and tho southern portions of Missouri and Kansas, planting in Texas and Louisiana being about completed, and in Alabama, Mississippi and Texas tho early planting;, is up. "Cotton planting in Texas has progressed favorably, and some lias been planted in South Carolina, but in other States of tho cotton holt practically no planting has been done up to tho close of tho month." J. W. Bauek, Director. ?President McKlnley is said to have helped out a young friond who was courting a girl ho know by telling him to tell the young lady that if sho would like a European bridal trip he would appoint tho young man to a consulate as a wedding present. This fixed tho business, for tho President has been notified that tho woddlng will take placo in Juno. This is a clear case of bribery, but everything is fair in love and war. ?A ball will be given by the Benchers of Gray's Inn in tho great hall of tho Inn to celebrate CJueon Viotorla's anniversary. The last ball held there was 500 years ago, when Queen Elizabeth danced. ?Tho Woman's Christian Temperance Union has written to President McKinley and the governors 0f all States, Shklng that the reproduction of the Cot bett FiUimmons tight in the kinetoacope bo proveuted. . % PRIL 15, 10fc>7. SKNYKNCINd A MUKDKKKIl. What Judge John Helton O'Ncall Suit Forty-Five Youth Ago in 1'umhIii* Sentence 011 a Young >lan lor Mur tier. Mr. Uobiu Jjovo of lllekory Grove semis the following document, whlol is copied from the Unlonvlllo .lourna ,,f 1StV> .? ??... V..-Lr..H1? i."?. 1 /... wi iww, v\' 111 u I UI rv * 111 u uiii|Uin:i it?l publication. A young mau named I'hinoas II. JohnHon bud boon convict oil of murder, and tho court of apponh sitting in Columbia had refused ti grant him u now trial. Tho prisonor was in aitondunco upon tiio court ol appeals, us was tho custom in those days, and It became tho duty of Judge O'Neal I to pronounce tho sontonco ol tho court, which was done as follows : l'hineas Johnson : Young man, how can I say to you, in tho awful language of tho Inspired prophet, " sot thy house in order, for thou shall dio, and not llvo !" Yet. it must bo done. You are before me now, In tho morning of life ?in a few brief days yea will be cut olT, and tho place which now knows you, "shall know you no more forever." it is my duty to say to you, that the nature of your crime forbids tho possibility of pardon hero. Your only hope ot vardon is in tho merciful atonement ollerod you and all men, in tbe|broken body and streaming .blood of him who cried, 11 Father, forgive thorn, for tlicy know not what they do." Your crime, awful as it is, must be set before you, in tho hope that it may do you and tho community good. To creep upon a poor woman, in her own solitary cabin, in the stillness of night, with hor nursling at hor foot, hor iirst born wrapt in infantile innocent slumber by hor side, when preparing the scanty portion of vegetables for hor and their food, and to shoot hor as a wild beast, hardly has a parallel iu the annals of crime. Wliou to this is added, tin- guilty wretch who completed this de? d was hor soducor, tho father of hor Utiles ones?whore, oh where, shall wo tlnd another as foul a blot on humanity !j To you, at least, hor person ought to have been sacred. For you, she had made herself tho guilty, degraded being, to whom beauty was a reproach, character was infamy, and affection was hatred. For you Hho had left a father's house and plenty, and haiUbecome a dependent on almost charity, r..^ 'iv. ...... ?u? i?i Vfl .WVMI UUM V_,W?VJI 111^. XW JfUII, nnu uuu glveu tho pledges of hor lovo, in the starving, degraded children around hor I llow could you, young man, slay hor, who had thus given her all to you V How could you level your gun at the head which had often boon pillowed in guilty affection upon your bosom ? Komombcr, 1 beg you to remember, that her blood will sink you forever into everlasting torments, unless you can feel that mercy, your Savior's dying mercy, has removed tho guilty weight of it from your soul. It is necessary, too, young man, for your own sake and that of the Hcction of tho country (I'ea Kidgo, of Union district), from which you camo, that it should be said, I fear your eritno is the consequence of tho gross immorality and vice wfhleh has too much there abounded. Female virtue has thoro, i am told, lost its appropriate value. Heductlon is not regarded as a crime ; and concubinage is not at all rare or disgraceful. Will you not, as you approach the gallows, say with me, shame upon such a spite of things ! You will be, most probuhly, the tirst white man hanged in Union district ; and feurful will bo tho commentary of your fate, upon such a state of morals. Is it true, that you and tho dcceasod onco were members of tho same religious community ? (Jan it bo, that you forgot that tho weak and lovely being by your side and your sister in die bouse of your sister, and that violating her contidenco you snutched a crown of peaco from her head, to place upon it one of shame ? Oh I If these things bo so, think upon them?pondor thorn night and day, for they demand a fearful reckoning and account. From you I turn, and with mo I hope you will in thought also go, to tho houso of your parents. What is there? l'oaco ? No ! oh, no ! I can, in imagination, hear your young wife frantically asking to bo allowed to share your prison solitudo; your mothor, like Itachel, " weeping for hor children, and would not bo comforted, for they wore notyour father, onco respectable, now broken down, and lamenting like David for Absalom, ''oh, my son. would to (Jod that I had diod for theo I" Who has caused this scene of mourning? Must I say, guilty young man, " thou art the man 1" Sad and awful as all these thoughts and reminiscences may bo, they are as nothing to that whicn is before you ! Death, a shameful death, in a few days, must bo mot and sulTorod. Oh ! young man, do not dlo forever. God Ih before you as ho over has beou willing to be gracious. Ho still points to tho atonement offered on Cavalry. Ho still says, " wash and bo clean." I have no doubt that, although a murdoror liko Massoy, you may yet have his hopo of pardon and peace. L have heurd with great pleasure, that ybu have, as you bellovo, experienced already that hopo. lie not deceived ! Wrestlo continually, liko good old Jacob with tho angol of tho convonant, and say like hirn, " I will not lot thee go till thou bless me." May you lutvo that blessing 1 May God pass you through tho dark valley of tho shadow of death and enable you to say, "I will fear no ill, for thy rod and thy staff doth support mo," The sentence of tho law is that you bo taken hence to tho jail of Union district; that you thoro bo safely and socuroly con lined till Friday, tho l.'Jth day of February next, on which day, between the hours of 10 in the fore noon and 2 in tho afternoon, you will be taken by tho sheriff of Union dls trict to the place of public execution and there be hanged by tho neck, til your body bo dead, and may God have mercy on your soul ! ammI I wmm ?Tho King of Corea Tiaa roturnee to hla palace in Seoul after a year'i residence in the Russian Legation ii that city. ?An aged resident of Bell wood, I'a. wat) ahot and probably fatally woundo< I along a couutry road by eomo unknowi Ihunter. " ;/ / J f / * V 9 * ' -It* dAYAI ! pps*v ! |?j ; &gpo | ?AKlH^ : POWDER Absolutely Pure, a ' V , Celebrated for its grout leavening v strength and heulthfulness. Assures a tho food against alum and all forma of u , adulteration common to tho cheap brands. KOYAL HA KING I'OWDKlt CO., J New York v >lrK IN lilOY'S MODI) MKHBAUK. ,r I II Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ), Cllvrn (o i tie HulVorors?'Tho Illll w Was fussed in Less Than an Hour. M Tho President sent the following w message to Congress on viho 7tb Inst., s relative to tho Hood aulTerors on tho g M isslssippi: To the Senate and Houso of Kopre- ^ sontatives: ti 'Information which has recently t| come to mo from tho governors of Ar- c, kunsus, Mississippi and Louisiana and $ from nromlnont citizens of theaoStatos and ToDnesfleOt warrants the cdnolus* sion that widespread disaster, luvolv- (' ing the destruction of a largo amount '* of property and tho loss of human life " has resulted from tho Lloods which g have submerged that section of tho country. They are stated on reliable ii authority to bo tho most destructive t< floods that liavo ever devastated the t Mississippi valley, tho water being much higher than tho highest stage it has reached bolore. i. 44 From Marion, Ark., n:>rth of Mom- ^ I>his, to Groonvlilo, Minn., a distance t of moro than 260 miles by rivor, it in roportod that there arc now at least ^ lifty towns and villanos under wator, j and tho territory extending Irorn 100 iu Huh north of Mem puis to 200 miles ^ south, witii a width of forty tnlloH, 1h ^ submerged. Hundreds of acres of uncultivated Hoil and much growing crops are included in the submerged territory, in this section alone there S are 50,000 people whose property has 41 i)con destroyed and whose business is 11 totally suspended. Growing crops u have been ruined, thousands of cattle 14 have been destroyed and tho inhabl- a tants are threatened with starvation. y A great majority of tho sulVorers are '' small farmers and tliey have thus been 1 left entirely destitute, and will be un- I1 prepared for work oven after tho floods have nubsidod. " 44 Tho entire Mississippi valley in * Arkansas Is Hooded and communiea- *tlon with many points cut olT. in Mississippi a like condition exists. Tho d lovces in Louisiana with a single ex- M ception have bold, l>ut thu water is H rising and tho situation there is re- f ported as being extremely critical. I 44 Under such circumstances tho citizens of those States look for co-operation and support from tho national government in relieving the pressing " cases of destitution for food, clothing > and shelter, which yro beyond tho P reach of local olTorts. Tho authorities s who have communicated witii tho ox- ^ ecutive recognize that their llrst and ? most energetic duty is to provide as ^ far as possible within their means for 1 earing for their own citizens, but nearly all of them agree in thu opinion (] that after their resources have been exhausted a sum aggregating at least 8150,000 and possibly $200,000 will bo required for Immediate use. P " I'rccedonls aro not wanting that " in such emergencies as this Congress H hus taken prompt, generous and in- w tolligent aetion, involving tho oxpon- " dituro of considerable sums of money, with satisfactory results. In 1871 v $51)0,000 was appropriated and in 1HD2 e $50,000 was also appropriated for re- 0 lief in the same direction, und largo a sums in othor years. t "The citizens' roliof committee of t Memphis, which has taken prompt u action, has already cared for from 1' <5,000 to 7,000 refugees from the Hooded r districts, and they are still arriving u in that city in largo numbers. Sup- plies and provisions huvo been sent to the various points in Arkansas and Mississippi by this committee, but the most that can bo dono by these efforts is to partly relievo the most acute suffering. No action has yet boon taken for the great majority of tho inhabitants living in tho interior whose condition has already boon described. Under these conditions and having exerted thomsolves to tho fullest extont, tho local authorities have roluctantly confessed their inability to further cope witli tho distressing situation unaided by rolief from tho government. 1 " It has, therefore, seemed to me that tho peoplo should bo promptly informed of tho sulToring noods of theso stricken people, and I have com- < municatod these facts in the honest < belief that tho legislative branch of tho government will promptly rein- ' force tho work of tho local authorities 1 of the states named. 1 " William McKinlky. 1 " Kxecutivo Mansion. Aorii 7. 18l<7." Tho President's measure, when road , in both house*, was promptly acted upon. Senator Jones, of Arkansas, offered a joint resolution appropriating $150,- , | 000 for supplies* to the Mississippi , river sulTorors and it was immediately taken up by tho Senate. Congressman Catchings, of Mississippi, offered a resolution appropriate ' in# $200,000 for tho relief of tho Hood s sufferers. 1 Tho Senate passed tho Jones rosolu- ( tlon and the House tho Catchin^s re- ( , solution. Tills would have loft an 1 awkward situation, but tho Senate a yielded precedence to tho house and recalled its resolution,' and (?nen prom ? NO 6. pMy passed the House resolution, which now goes to the President. it appropriates $200,000. Tho President signed the resolution for the relief of the Mood HUflerors at 1:65 p. ra. Bwlfor ill Mix Hours. Distressing k' idney and Bladder dis- ( sawes relieved in six hours hy the ' Np.w Gkkat South American Kidney CURB." This now remedy ia ? freat surprise on account ef its exceeded promptness in relieving pain in the +1 adder, kidneys, oack and every part f the primary passages in male or fejoale. (t relievos ratontieu ef water ind pain ia passing it aliaest iminediitely. If you waat juick relief aad sure this is your rei.edy. Sold hy Dr. 2. NORTON, Druggist Conway, S. C. ?A train load of broom corn has irrivod at Kansas City, Mo., on its vus to Onondaga, Now York, where it vill ho made into whisk brooms. Tho hlpment is tho largest ovor made from my point in tho world. Mrs. A. Invoon, residing at 720 Henry ?t., Alton, 111., Buffered with seiatio henmutism for over eight months, i.ic doctored for it m arly the whole of his time, using various remedies ecommonded by friends, and wus reated hy tho physicians, hut received orellof. She then used one and a half ottles of Chamberlain's 1'ain Llaim, rhloh effected a complete cure. This * published at her request, as she rants others similarly afflicted to know rhat cured her. Tho 2o and ">0 cent Ir.os for sale by Dr. E. Norton, Oralis*. ?Tho government of Swit/.erlund us made a proposal to purchase all bo railways of that country In accoranco with a provision of the original onoession. Tho cost would bo about 20,000,000, it is estimated. Itch on human, marine on horsos, ogs and all btock. cured in .'10 minutes y Wool ford's Sanitary Loton. This over fails. Sold by E. Norton Drugist, Conway, S. C. ?Tho ucrcugo of cultivated land i Georgia has docreaticd from 200,000 u 200,000, as Indicated hy tho tax reurns. Piles! ries! ItchiuKjPiles. symptoms?Moisture ; intense itehng ami atinging : most at night; worse y scratching. If allowed to coaiuue tumors form, which often blued ad ulcerate, becoming vary were. iWaynk'b Ointment ktopt the itehng and bleeding, heals ulceration, and u most cases removes the tumors. At rnggiuts, or by mail for a? ceata. Dr i way tie ?!k Aon Philadelphia. Von tier I'u I .South Ameriouii lilooil Ciiro / Juiekiy dissipates all scrofulous taints i) the system, euros pimples, blotches nd sores ou tho face, thoroughly loanses tho blood of bolls' carbuncles, bscosses and eruptions, renders tho kin clour, young and beautiful. If ou would escape blood poison with all Is train of horrors, do not fail to use his masterly blood puritlor, which has erforraed such stupendous cures In all uses of shuttered constution and epruvity of the blood. Had health Ignlllos bad blood. Sold by E. Norton )rugglst, Conway, S. C. ?Tho Candlan government, In aditiou to entering into an arrungei:ent for a fust Atlunlie steamship urvieo, intends deepening the St. jftwronco canals to a uniform depth of I foot. You Can lie Well When your b'ood is pure, rich and ourishing for nerves and muscle. The lood is tho vital tin id, and when it is oor, thin and impure you must either ufTor from some distressing disease or 011 will easily fall a victim to sudden hanges, exposure, or overwork. Keep our blood pure witn Hood's Sarsapaillu and ho well. HOOD'S FILLS are tho best afterinner pill; assist digestion, cure headeho. 2T> eents. ?A church that holds two hundred ooplo has been built Santa Rosa, Callornia, ontiroly of tho tiiubor of a Ingle redwood tree, and 110. Odd shingles roro made from tho lumber that regained after the building was finished. There are two reasonable things /hloh ovorybody should do. take good aro of one's health; and if lost, regain It ulokly, and to this ovorybody will Igreo. And there aro a groat multludo of peoplo who are agreed that for ?oth purposes Simmons Liver Liegilutor is tho host helper. I am troubed with torpid liver and nothing gives eliof so quick like Simmons Liver Kogilator."?It. K Strange, Lake City, Fla. THE BEST SPRING MEDICINE ssimmons liver regulator. Don*t forget to take it. Now is the time y need it most to wake up your Liver. A sluggish Liver brings on Malaria, revor anu Ague, Rheumatism, and many oflUf ills which shatter the constitution wreck health. Don't forget the won regulator. iv is simmons llvhr regulator you want. The word rflo ulator distinguishes it from all ethflf - _ I _ 4 1 L 2 1 41.1. Ct ii ii rciiK'uics. /\nu, ucsiucs cms, ammuw L.1VER REGULATOR is a Regulator of W* l.iver, keeps it properly at work, tbat f9m system may be kept in good condition. f OR THE BLOOD take SlMMC* 1 IVER REGULATOR. It is the best bleed purifier and corrector. Try it and note the difference. Look for the RED I on every package. You wont find It oa any other medicine, and there Is no trth?r I ivcr remedy like SIMMONS LlVlfc REGULATOR?the Kingof Liver Remedies, sure y?iu get it. Oelli? ? Ooh PiiilAdeHphlm Fft* ' ' J J| 4 '