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H R VOL 6--NO._OPLE S JOURNAL6JN D 10.6.-N . I1CKENS, S. C. THURSDAY, AiRCh- 26, 189.OEDLA ER An Appeal to Voters. THE GOSPEL TEMPERANCE UNION ON THE DISPENSARY. The Law is Not Being Proporly Enforced and an Appoal l Made to the People. The executive comiittee of the Gos pcl 'Temperanco Union has sont out the follow1in addiress for the consideration of the "Cihristian Voters of the State": The present status of the 1 iquor traf fic in South Carolina Is a condition which challenges the earnest attention of every good citizon, and especially of every Christian in the State. If the dispensary system is to be con tinued as a means of supplying intoxi cants to all who seck them for beverago pIirposes, and of gaining a revenue from the protit of sales for this purposo, then must the countless evils, which all in this enlightened day know to be the inovitable sequence of such a sys tem, continue to flow inl an ever in creasing flood, to tho destruction of every interest, social and spiritual, which government is organized to pro tect and fostor, and the religion of Jo sus Christ is intended to advanco. No ?lea of policy or expediency can avail to turn asido or avert the results, or screon from a fearful accountability any and every citizen who bears any part in the responsibility for their ex istence or continnance. It was this view of the question which moved the executive conmuittee of the Gospel Temperance Union to appeal to the Legislature at its recent session to so modify the law as to make Its 54r:a-i-tion entirely consistent with 'Christiam duty and the best interests of the poplIo. They oulieved that a body composed In large part of men bound by the sol emn vows of the Christian profession, and therefore suppo.sed to seek only the best good of those wiom they were chosen to represent, would be ready to act at once upon any suggestion look ing to this the only legitimate purpose of logislation. Thay sup 1posed that these legislators, - profesbing to be "followers of that which is good," would stand ready to consider and act upon the proposal, to change the dispensary law in thoso features which could be shown from observation anid experieneo of its prac tieo, to be ii jurious to the public in torests. The executive comm ittee therefore labored earnestly to prepare a bill for she consideration of the Legislature, ,which would, while eliminating the destructivo features of the existing .law, preserve in it overything that, was shown to be helpful in restricting the use of intoxicating liquors and rig idly onforcing its )Cnltics against illicit tralic. The bill so framed not only presented the views of the executive committee, but at consiCerable labor and expense, the committee soig-lit and obtained the views of the minister of ill! denomina tions in the State, and more than 5U0 pastors of churches and teachers of colleges and seminarios unhesitatingly joined in the opinion that such amend inents to ths dispensary law were needed to bring it into conformity to tile Christian sentiment of tho people of the State. The committeo were also assured by many members of the Legislature, of what wasi known to them froin personal observat-i(on of others, tlatt the resti c tive provisions of the law werO being almost wholly jisregarded by the dis pensers and undee eircumstances which gave good reason for the hbelief that this disregard of and violation of the law by its ownl admhinistratorfl was con nived at or upheld by those whose duty it was to enfore it.. Under such conditions it was but -natural that there would be a large in crease in the use of intoxicants throughout the State, andi tb is fact is testifled to by the State Commissioner In his report submitted to the Legisla ture, in which he shows the necessity for making lar-ge p)rovision~s to meet the incroea-ed and steadily increaising demands for liquor. From thIiis it fol lowed as a natural result that drunk enness andi its elfets-crimle, distress, poverty andi shatiro andl thoe general de moral izatlin of all who are parties to the wrong-mu tst also increase until the cause should be removed. All these facts and reasons were p~e sented to the considoration of the com mittees of the Senato and H~ouse to whom the bill was referred, anid the bill was rep)orted to each house with out recoinmmndation. W hen it, camn up) for the final consideration in the House, after anf (earnest liht for it made by a few whose names deserve to be honored for their fear less andi noble -defense of the right, it received 23~ votes. in the Senate it wats initr-oducedl by the courtesy of the.Senator from Spartanbuirg, but when it camne up 10o considerationl no man w'as, found to advocate It, and a motion to .indleinite .ly poPtp~one it was carried without dis ~ The work of the Gospel1 Tiemperaince UJnion, in presenting the issue to the iLegislature, was not, however, wvithout - good1 results. We have reason to believe that our1 agitation of the subject, and the pro .sentationi of our viewa and the facta bearing up~on the abuse .of the systeim by dispenisers, and the debauching re suits of the State's traflic in intoxieuite upon the purhasers andl others, han had the offect to arouse the conscionet of meon in andi ouit oif she Lgislatur'o tc the true state of the case, and has al ready resulted in anm impLroyed1 publi( sentiment on the sub1ject. This was evident ini the action of tti Legislature on several mneasures osten sibly Intended to correct some of the abuses which had beena pointed out, especially in the passage of the andn moents which took the control of tin dispensary out of thme hands or the G~ov arnor and State oflicials associated with All&m, and pla'ing it in the hands of iboard elcted by thme Legislature, whc will at least have the opportunity, il they choose to improve it, of enforcing the restrictive provisions of the law which up to this thnoe have boon so la. grantly disregardIed, Whatever may be itheir course ir this respect, however, wil~l not eI'feci the cure of the evils whico ar-a imnho rent la the systemi so long as 4t 8Qot LI* to gratify a depraved appowtlJ' for strong drink, and make a profit there by. We are bound to believo that as long as this feature Inheres In the law no more measures of adminlstration of it, however honestly or earnestly carried out, can mitigate the dire results whh flow from it, and the woes which mIust inevitably be visited on all who are connected with it. Just so long as tho State continues to uphold a system so utterly repugnant to the noral principles of the Word of God. and so dostructive to every effort to establish the rule of right and of rIghteousness among men, so long will it be the bounden duty of every man who recognizes the claims of God and his fellow upon him, to seek to correct this condition of things. We are convinced by our past and pre.+mt experience In our efforts to bring about this better state of things, that no reliance is to be placed in log islators who are controlled by policy and not principle, and we are pailn d to realize that such nca stand ready at the bidding of a leader who may not be moved by high moral principle In his public acts, to set aside their most I sacred vows to God, to shut their hearts against the most pathetic ap peals of humanity, and violate what they declare to be the convictions of their own consciences, if by so doing they can secure a continuance in oflice or the favor of their partisan leaders. We therefore conclude that tho only hope for permianeintly reforming the laws, and through them influence the habits and morals of the peopie, Is in the persistent effort to unite in organ ization all friends of temperance, and by holding meetings, studying God's word on the subject, and going to Him in prayor for guidance, will create such a sentiment through the entire country that no matter who are our lawmakers, they will give what the Christian people of the State want on this subject. To this issue the Gospel Temperance Union is unalterably committed, and to its support it invites every follower of Christ of whatever name, and every citizen of the State who has determin ed to stand for the protection of the homes, the mothers and the children of this fair State from the impending I ruin Which a perpetuation of the State's trallic in liquor is sure to bring upon them. In God we trust, and in llis own good time He will bring about the accomplishment of His will in the redomption of men from the perverted appetites and passions which cnslave V an( ruin them, and their deliverance iroi the greatest curse which has ever blighted humanity. We propuso to organize unions among the churches whose members endorse our views and purposes on this subject, and by unifying the sentiment and effort of Christians, direct them against this traine. In this way, we believe, legislation can be made the ex pression of the moral principles of gov crment, when laws shall be imudo by the better class of society for the re pr-ession of tile vices and evils brought upon socielty by the vicious and the criminal, and not as at present, when >oli icians seek too often only to shape legislation to moot the domands of the evil disposed voters who thus secure immunity from the consequences which these violations of right and morality should bring upon them.. IPor the consummation of a purpose so desirable we ask the active co-opera tion of every good citizen. THE NEW INSURANCE LAW. t The Agonts Hold That it s Bound to Increase r the Cost of Insuranco on Country Prooorty t and that Buuiness May be Confined Entirely r to the Towns.t Columbiia Register. The new insur-ance law providing for' the paym2nt of full value of the C loss by Iiro~ will go into effect, on April t 1. Much interest has been taken in s the matter of what the insurance comn- I: paies arc going to do abont it. While L the law was being discussed in the s Legislatur-e several companies wrote f their agents at this lhace~ throeateninug to withdraw their business entirely ( from the State should the bill becomet law. It did paiss and has been signedl : by the Governor-, and is the law of the 1 State, but inquiry among agents of I: this city has failed to develop that any company would withdraw from thee State. The Southeastern Tariff As-a sociation, which controls the Insurance t rates in this section, held a meeting inc Atlanta the other day, and it wvas cx-f pected that they would do something about tihe law in so far as the comn- 1: pan ico in the association are concerned. f Major J. 13. Ezell of this city Is a meml ber ef the executive committee of the association and hie returned from At lanta recently. He says thlat the as-i sociation has taken no action in regardc to the Soeuth Carolina law as it hadt nothling to do with it. That being true It all depends upon the com panics < individually what they will do In thec premises. Inquir-y at tile Comptr-olleri Geineral's olIo elicited the informa tion that nio company had notifled that oilico of withdrawal of business from the Sttot and withl thIs light it may 1)0 pretty safely taken for granted thatt they will all go along as usual. Some representatives of the companies heret state that the law is very loosely drawn and1( that there are many ways of evad ing it if the companies so desIre. l'xactly what the ambiguities In the law arc they do not state, but they do10 sayi, thai, the result of It when en forced< .u*ill beho i9ncrecaso tihe cost of Insur; ance to c'ountry pe'Ole, They say that they will not Insure c.Quntr' property unless its real value has iirt l oerg de-] termnined by a competent architet 40n1 that the inlsurced will, of course, be expectchj to pay the additional cost. As far mis cttiden rod towvns are concern edi it is held that it v,'ill oe a comn par-atively easy imatter tQ deteriqjno the exatct value of a building at little -or no cost anid hence thu operations of tho law will fall liai I pponi the coun try peoplot. It is saidt that ;p ilness the Iin)sIIIWI (cogenfts to pays thoi additional co1st of dletermhiing the vahue of a bu11I'di ng t.het001 copanieu I Cill ofine their11 businouss el ciui vol y to tho towns. -Wheldther thlsis will be tihe actulil result. 0r nlot, remnalins to~ he ,., but th~e h111 rance sit nlationl inl the St *' is eer t ainly inVt'oetina at prescot I -r th' - whO conltOemplto taing~iL out Iiru nJOllinies. The1 Alliance vs.Tlia :RESIDENT KEITT'S ADVICE TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA REFORMERS. lo Takeis Direct lmue wih Senafor Tirnin --Hi, Ple for Keeping Free to Voto fo Slver CAndidates This Yoar. Editor Register: I havo rend with 6 great deal of interest the letter of .Zev. Rt. 11. Reid to Senator Tillian, )ublishled in the last issue of the Cot on Plant.. With all due deference to ienator Tillman's opinion, I believe he suggestions of Mr. Reid are wise md should not be dismissed without areful consiekration. The issuo is alsed on the question of sending del gates to the National Democratic Con rention. Mr. Hoid, in common with nany true teforiners, has absolutely ost faith in the National Democratic -arty, and, guided by patriotisi and 'oligion, has dotormined to tako no )art whatever in sending dologates to he Chicago convention. So far as rebolutions and platfori we concerned the Ieformers of this ;tato are practically a unit. The prin ipls of Jefferson, Jackson and Cal koun, as enunciated inl the financial do nands of the Farmers' Alliance, have ieen adopted. It should be the sin ero desire of every Reformer to pre orve that unity upon the basis of hese principles, and strengthen tihe orces that are to engage in the mo nontous battle for relief this year. I 'he N'Reformers of South Carolina can j armonizo upon a platform in the May < itate Convention without trouble, but 1 hey cannot harmonizo upon sending a i elegation to the Chicago Convention. I lany of them do not intend to vote for I be nominees of that convention under I ny circumstances. They are satisfied j hat the financial platform of the I outh Carolina Democracy will be en- j orsed by the St. Louis Conventions of a uly 22d, and the great struggle for re of this year will be between the joint j andidates of these conventions and be candidates of the Republican Party. lo one doubts the sincerity of Senator I 'illmtan in his efforts to secure relief, i it he cannot restoro confidence in the < lational Democratic Party as the I arty of the people, and attempt to do I > will operate against the progress of < 3forn. His declaration in favor of i opresentation in the Chicago Couven- ( on forces those who do not intend 1 again surrender, or even jeopardize, hcir principles by assuming party ob .gations against them to adopt a pol- 1 ,y of action that will protect them- I L-ives without question in supporting heir platforms ; at the same time do othing, if possible, that will weaken Lie reform forces. They cannot with onsisteucy participate in the election I delegates to the Chicago Conven ion. If the powers of the May Con ention were limited, as fornierly, to he election of delegates to the Nation A Convention and nmember of the na ional executive committee, the best ourse, )QCrhapt, NOUlti be to ignoli hat convention altogether. But full latitude is expressly given or amendments to the Constitution. 3y this provision unnecessary trouble aay arise if the convention should fall nto the power of those hostile to our ollcy of reform. There will be no ced of another political organization f the Reformers can harmonize in sup ort of the nominees of the St. Louis 'onvention. If a dolegation is sent 1.o he Chicago Convention, let those Semi- 4 oig it take the entire responsibility. i f they can see their way clear to bolt I hat convention, lot them do so ; the teformers can thor unite upon an elcc- 1 oral ticket in favor of the St. Louis ominees. If there is no bolt. a newl ol itical party can be at oncve organ sed in sympathy with the St. Louis I 'onvention. In regard to participla ion In the May Con vention, 1 em pha ize the warning againust assuming any arty oblhgation that may prevent a i teformier fronm voting for the repro-( entatives of the reform policy at the I eneral election. After the experience 1 'f 1Wt), Reformers who will go fetter- I d to the general election are unwor hy of the name, and cannot be do-< ended upon as workers for relief. I I elievo the best plan to adopt in the resent complex condlition will he to xemplllify the doctrine of the Farm rs' Alliance and lace principles bc ye party. Tho Farmers' Alliance as forced the great issues upon the ountiry. Let aill true itefor'meirs heo aith ful to them. If necessary, form ileer clubs, or in clubs of any kind lodge yourselves to support the Re orm platform all the way throug h the eoneral election. Make the pledge ss trong andl positive that you convince ourself and everyhody else that you nitend to koop) it. GO into your D~em cratic clubs, and at once olfer' resolu ions embredying this p)ledlge; If they ~ro not a~lopted, take nio part in the lection of 'delegates to your county onventi on. If youri coulnty convention loclines to adlopt this p)led1ge, take no )art in the election of dlelegates to the Whatever may ho the result, you vill be free to support the reprlesenlta ,ivos of reform at the general election, 1,nd the responsibilIty for a division of ,he reform forces, if made necessary, vill rest upon01 those who go into the Naitional Domocratic ConventIon. I bog hose who have asked my advice. vhoro I have not answered piersonally, o accept thIs as an expression of my -This~ is the centennial year of the Doemocratic piarty. The party caime *ntQ e~gistence as a national organiza ~lon 'Ii f4 7. Jt was founded by 1'homas Jelterson. Wvho \vat theo crtndi late of the party for Preshlent ii'thaut eoar. Jefferson called it the Republi an party, hut In its first national aOn~paign the organization was called 10 t~menooratc-Rep)ublican parulty by the mnassee. '#40~ Tiammiany Ihall So 316ty of Now York, w'hich was ini exi5 benco at that time, has ever since ire tem4e the namo Domocratic-llopubli can organigation). -First farmer's boy: "'My father 's going to have some men to udothirah lng at our? 1h01s5 next week." S ~eond~ farmer's b)oy: "'That's notthing,. M y father does thrashin' at ourhoui' every day." RANDALl'S CAPITOL VIEWS, Senator Hmw' Adroitnuve on the Cuban Questiorr--Cockrel's Great Spiech on F, nancei--A Rai:way Mon-Archi fro thic JI Nortthwet. Spe'I'cial it) (lite Augusta Chronicle. 1 Senator li l's speeoh was an adroit mo, and his criticism of the Third lIoube Resolution appeared, to ml y mind, correct grammar, law and logic: but the people seenu to pi efer the man who, on this Cuban question, takes a tl Lecided stand on the main issue and -! t not on a dialectical construction. This 1C was exhibited In tho gacries. Hill " had written out the concluding pass- t1 ages of his specel and read them sonO- ji rously. They were very fine and clo- tI :luent, but somelow, pe riaps because ti !f his critical attitude, did not striire It tiro. Preparations were mado to in- I Lereept applause, but not a responsi vo o plaudit was voucisafed. By the way, T the tradiitional threat from the presid- !V ing oflicer to clear the gallekries, under JU ertain 'circustances, is a perfunctory tL menace. The applause solletimes, St perhaps heabitually, begins in resetr'ved m galleries, but nobody pretends to dis- tl uurb the favorites there. Colonel w Bright, the Sergeant-at-Arms of the ti ienate, said that all spectators must w, me treated alike, and that no poor- man WI aced be dragged out of the public gal- bc cry as if to be the scapegoat for high- la -lass offenderls in galleries set apart th or the " nobility." u It is reported that educated Cuban la lo not join the insurgents, but, "gto l o the United States." Many of them m; wesumiably keep up the war on Spain wi rom a f'iendly shore, where they es- I ape the hardships of the field. Dur- tL ng our Confederate war there were lot a few such persons at Nassau and leriuda, living like fighting cocks. naking money, and advising the wool. if lot soldiers to die in the last ditch. co qo doubt every cause engendera such lh iphelders, and it may be that they are vi list as useful at a distaneo as they til vould be in the front )f battle. tl The rival Republic;an Preiidential sa nakers appear to be bceusing one un- ju ther of using money presumably in b) he purchase of delegates esicially rom States that are not apt to furnish at al electoral vote. I 'nce saw a gang St if men, at the polls, everyone or -.: 'iom CO lad ben probably purchased, as Dnn ( Jlatt used to say, " disreputab'ly cO heap," and they are bore aloft a ban- til ler with this proud device: "\We Pr 'an't Bo Bought." Perhaps they b!! vere what Sim11on Cameron called Sp honest rascals "-they stayed boutrh t. (n 'ark Daima and William Pitt kol- tlh ogg are having a controversy on this ed iuekstering subject. It is very allus- rl ng and would make an excellent ap- wI )endix to Hon. John Sherman's ac- sh1 ount of General Russell Alger and his la vinning ways. It would be droll if ag southern delegates at St. Louis helped ci orce an objectionable candidate upon S u Ae Republican paI.rty. The same1 U I uroublo may be ay prehended at Chica- tO ro, when hopelessly Republican States h iry to nominate a man di6tasteful to Wf Soitheri and WTstern Democracy. bnatr r CockrellI's speech oi tile fi- I nanesil question is ia great one and t( -alinot be successfully answered. 1t U1 shows how tho Retpublicans, wihen Pos- t( Ler was SecrIary of the 'J'reasury, in- dI vited Shylock, here and abroad, to 2xchangeo paper for gold. The docu- w nents provitig ,it were presented by m1 :lenator Cockrell for tile first timIn. g1 'he most amazing thing to me is how h1 laringly men in autlority ignore Lthe d< 11w and actually defy it ; and anotler tstonisli ng tiing is how zealol 13' t nany good people uphold them in sulch of ransactions. There hias never beei a cc lay, as Senator Cockrell circumstan- W ilily shows, that the Treasur-y could il iot have been lawfully pr-otected ult ugainlst foreign and domestic gold- ye. ~amblerts, without issuing a single it >ondl for the enrlihment of Shylock. jHe ~n yet we are supposed to have a ilun niodel ad m inistrattin ; aind we ma~y be Inl *skcd to hlpJ fnminate tihe man wiho Co ol lows Repulbilican prIecedent like Alir. er: ahriisle does Mr. lVoster, and who has to >revented till election of J oe Black- In aen in Kentucky. Ini event of'snell aL pr ikely c.ntingency, I am sathie~id thlat thi da'. Carlisle, if lniind, cou'dO no~t thi arry his own State mulch less comn-h non wealthls farthenr South. hi Thle grei'atest railway man of thle ti 'Vest ando one( of tile greatest in the of vorld is .James J. Hill. H1is road, the Li ;reat Northern, is vast and solvent. url Vir'. Hili1 is in Washington and there th las beeni of late no moreI' notable ar 'ial, for few men any whe-c canU match pi aim as an itel lectali force and ener'- si retic developer of irumenso prIojects in ionest fashi10n. ie hams aEcumuiltedt ti: nailny nilllions of dollar0s with clea~n Gi riands. Years ago, when a r'ising TI young man, he was waited uponi at ani ft .satling hoaliso by a young woman, who1 pt iattracted himn by her' beauty, grace and k< modesty. lie made he!' acquiainltanlce w band pr'oposed marr"Iiago at somelI futuroe A Limlio. lie knowi% thlat a promfhli nent caL-h r'cc' was befor'e him involvin~g weailthi it an~d hiigh position, so he0 hadt aI loving w conlferenee wvith the girl, and she, like at( the sensible womant~ she wats, agreed TI to Is pr'op)l~ostins. At 111s e xpen1se, ha she wasl edu~catedI in the very best mo mannerl~i and fittedl to be the wife of a I. prince. She became the wife of a recal nII "lord of tile crealtlion" andi was, andit is, w h1 it prIoudesCt p~oCSesson. Thor'o is niot, ii aI bot-tiir womanII or' one m~or'o fittedl for p. ho1- commIfandhing sttiton, and1( very LI Loucit~iingly beauOtifull is tile trl ite her t'i husban~t1d paidt her ibefore all im1posin~g m ilthron!, Ia few mlonlths ago, whlen hie el hanl~dedl overl to Archbishop ireland ial deetds to a magninicent university, tlI huib11. andit endowed 113 hlimself and11 his ci devoted spous~e. Whilon I wvrite this, I bmi am~ awar'O that thlo )ulapers5 of a r'ecent w (lato cotilned an article show ig how fli aI li(eutenanIt in thbo United States Army, one0 of tilt piz'o me n froml West de Point, had boen vIrtually driven from pi the service because he d ared to nmarry i the holnest daughter- o~f a subhaltorn. si When Senator Tillmnan gotc his pitch- m fork ready fom' abuse's in thmo armfIy, lie si mayIL rememtIIber' Liiis incident and com1- LI di --AXi A t'rlnaut o it tr wrt use from!i loworl OnXl ifor-nia taat he has j.'t, T' heen) towni on thet Gul f Coast, wher nit' lie went in a1 Ihin e j1k coin 'nnLd't I by aL l)nicn esi o't i ! Xaluiinc MI - < icain mine for an K En iih L0ompanyII and ti L thlat on tile trip hi irish cook dranItkw un all thn Sotch whi-.koy. sa Must Obey the Law. JDGL EARLE CREATES A SENSATION. he Cce mty Dpeao Havw Vcated th iand MUst Su f''r the e'nfI:te3. reenville M1onitaincer. The tensatlon of tihe week has been to firm-I and unyielding position of idge lEaro in regard to tibe systeiat viOhitions of the dispenisary iw, to iie1) ie directed special at-tent,1gr11 at ic ope.ing of the term. Tie grand ry wits Charged at the outset to ex nine closely Into the management of 0 dispensariOs, and to note whether was true that th dispensers had iot quired buyers to sign applications I, liquor, its Was Commonly reporte'd. lis and other featur'es of the lw ,1re carefully explained to tire grand ry, 111d as it Was genterally known at tihe d sipenrser., throughout the ate had disr'egarded the law Ina tiny respects, it was expected that n prescuentcit of the grand jury )ild deal with theso infractions of 0 law. But when the presentment is made on Wednesday mtor'in.rg, ile it condemned the system of ok-keeping and reported that tihe w had been loosely administered, ei' was Itn s1pjeciliC clarges against one for direct violations of the w. Th is was unsatisfactory to Judthre 1.c, nIrd he prioceeded at once to iku some remarks to the panel, lich caused a rever'sal of their judg 'nt and resulted lit an appendix to vir report. Tihe remarks of Judge arlo wore substantially as follows : " Referring to so much of your pro namirrenrt as relates to tire disprensir'y, the county dispense-s have sold al holic li(uors as you now report, en they have violated tie plain pro ions of the statuto. They are ru orrized to lispenso liquors only as e statuto (ire-cts, and if they tilake les 'n arny other matnner they are st irs guilty as the man who runs a ind tiger, as it is Called. " ou have plresen ted Many pIrsonls t this terrm for vioinAtions. of tisi ttute, and many per'sonrs have lh en nvicteid and sentenced. You have ne your duty as to them, but if the unty dinpensers have also VioILt'd1 e statite, they shmiubl likowise ho esentid, and if they aIre guilty they ''n!u beu pirrshe.d. Law will ie ro ected by tire people only wh venr it is forced without diseriminitation and if e indivilual citizen is to be punrishr for violating the statuto (and it is rit tIiat lie should b) tire officer 1o disregards its plain provisions ould not he excused. 1Irdeid tire 6V shoulId be more strictly enforced ainst, the oficer thian the privat-o rieztn ; for the fonrmiler is not only bject to the primary duty ireutmbenrt >onl all persons req.iiring obedience law, but he has also resting upon rm the obligations incident to ils liei'. " If thre coiunty dispIser-s have vio ted the law in thre Inatt'.i refrerl by you then it, is your dutrty to pr'e-s it them. I have no righrt to dictat' you; I have endeavored to do my fu II ity in dccla'ring to yur the law. rhetier you will rio your duty, and hat you will do in the preml-rises, list he left, to yoi. Youi are Ire 'aInd inqrest of tire nouinty an( no one is th power to control you in your liberations." Thei granl jury took several hours conrsiler the srpplemrnrtat arge .1irdge arle, und finally came into urit Witih the additionral presnOIltmenar t, blichr specifies lDispenlseris Hill and )ltzehriw ars violators o'f thre lawi~. No tioni iiI hreen tarken bty tire courrt as I. in reard Li) thre pr'esenartinwnit, buit is si te to say thtr Alessr's. lill anrd ltzelaw~ wi'l bre pr'os'cruted. Thre usual coir ro pur asured by .1 udoge Ear'le tis rinstarnee loas exerted mutch mmnernt in the conruirnaty. Reformrr s arei3Oi Lutspoken iraainst thris r'.s.i' 1 an trncriromonithrod (if pr'ocedutre, order to induce the gr'and jurry to esenit these (liCiials. Trrey claimt at it, wa's a corivi'o mea~isure, aindt at the cour't had no r'ighit, to "'go hindm tire returins,"' as thre grand jury'3 Edl pr'>vided for a thoarug h exarminia in into tire coniduct of the pubrilic lile a, inicluditing tire dlispenisariaes, aid e courrt should have bided thre tiime it-il this examiintrioni was rmade arid The follow inrg re tihe sections of tire ':eentmenit, bearin g upopn the d ispen-r We hrave matrde suchb exairnationt of 0o two diispenisaries ini tire city of aereenviille as otrr timre wooli prm~iiit,. hre s3ysteem of brooikkeepinrg wieb ci we un rd is nrot, art alil sartisfactor'y. No rn~r can garthr r omcri tire books,5 ats apt, tihe cond itioni of tire d is pe'-airy ti'~out great ex penrd i ture of timtie. nd it is imporcssibfle to gathr' friomi tihe ioks in whicho rre kept Lihe expenase counntsn wh at, the ex penses are, or hrether' the enrtr'is (if mroiney paid on eioinat of expen3rses arre proern or unot.a ho I namres oif pe 'rrs to w.'homn mnrey is been ptaid on raccon t of oxpinrses -o errter' of wi trhor t, any rmenrtionth b ig ando in a great mrany inrstanrces, of tire - eles furnished by tire pea'rons to > n thre mioney3 wias pidan inn a airy inirstaners nio vouriebers ihave lbeen -'eiserved ; sir thrart it is iamp1ossi le for .0 gran id jur ay tro tell f aromr tire book s -ri cthrw ise except frorr tire state errts of theo di isen's iand tireir ierk s ~ hrethrer tire expeinsesC charged riror not., lint we do riot ink ei thr of tire di sprenserIs in thre ty Of G;'reivi IeI or' their cler'ks haive 'eni dIishionst, or tiat tirey have 'rngful ly appiiropriaited rany mroneys esinig thr roughr thirr hanrds. We found th at prrior to about tine 1st ry of Marach, 1811, requests for the r'hlase of liqurors at tire disnsnaries tire city were ncot fillled out and) gired ias reqi r'ed by law, in that in any13 iantandis from two to four pcir irs pur'cbarsing whikkey would sign ccossame re'g uest, i w hiLlh requnests so gned was rnot sitatcd the age anud resi mcen oif (eachl orf thie pen'rons signhing iroi ume, andi 'a whle the linicrs pura rinsed by3 peersons sininhg sarchr r'e no'sts w.ere enrteredi thecr en, thro'r wais 'th1 ig t.berein irmol iiatan the gl tntiy imi, andi a great, mai 'r 'if theL *:'no rae' to ai great iialr (: c:i ''e ,.~ ere. not attested eithrerb 1, treti dispelr ura or their onim.m We have further ascertained that in some ilstalel s the said displnsers have sold whiskey withoLte equiring it requ est " to be signed by the personl purchasing the same. We further present that John S H111, by reason of the manner of making sales of it oxicating liquols, its liee in1fore stated, is guilty o(I selling i)tox iCating liq ors in violatioi of law al the county dilspensary on Main street, in the city of Greenvil Ie, S. G., bet weei the irt ihiy of January and first day of INlarch, 1896. Wo further present that R. F. G Hultzclaw, by reason of the nmner of iaking sales (if intoxicating liquor., hereinlore stated, is guilty of seiling I ntox icnting4 1 iquor s int v iolation of law at the county a ipensary on Pendleton street, in the (-tV of (''eenville, S.C. hetween the llbt Ildy of January ald first day of Milreh, 1894. THE Nii:W tGtIzTRTA1 ION LAW, The Ccnditionu Neeusu'ary to Become a Voter in thl State. The now registi atton law is quite lengthy and very st ruingen t in its pro visions1; buti a colmprelensiv idea of it can be I, athered from 111 followi Until .la nuary 1, IhOS, registration sl11 be in tie hands of three super visors in cach conity, and ater Jan uary 1, 18118, the wor-k will be in charge A one su)erv isor in ech county. Until January 1, 1898, all mtiale citi ?ens who have been residents of the -.tate for two years Ind their respeo ive Jol ling precinets for! four montbs, and 1 have paid their poll tax Itt least ,ix months previous to an election, and who aro not laboring under any of the hisabilities mentioned in tLe constitu ion, and who can read or understand Pho constitution, are entitled to regis ler and becomo clectore. After Jan uairy 1, 1898, tho other cond itions m ust >O clliplied with as described, and the anldidatO for registration mDust have LIsO paid all taxes that may have been Lssesseild again:-t himt (itring thc IrO 'ious year, inmust be able to read and vrite any section of tie constitution, i>r inlaot show tax receipts on property ,o the value of $300. Mlinistuers and ,ache r0, where otherwiso qualilled, vill he entitled to register after six non ths residence in the State. The registration books must ho open *d at, tie court house on tile first Mon lay in April next, and kept open for1 ix coisecutivo weeks. They imu-it be I >Ijenied again on the Ii st M onldays in Illne, J uly, August itnd September and Z' ept ope.nl oile week in each month. Iley will be closed 30 days before the 4 :eneral eleztionz ; but individuals who ecome of age during th.tt interval and mo otherwiso qualitled, may be re istored before books are elosed. Thte board of registration is to be he judge as to an1 aplipIicLnt's quIlitica ,ion for voting. I f the appliculant is nit iatistied with the ruling of tho board, bie can tako his case to a circuit judge ,r the cirueit couirt, and froima thero to the supreoi court. *All persons reg istered on or h ofore .1imry 1, IS9, will he (alitilie,-d vot-ers for life ule-s they hitoid be :-bll)4equently ti(qualili ed on accouit of other r ovisions of the constitution. l'rovision is mnado for the renewal of lost or destro.Y'tl certilicates and for the transfer of registration from oie county to alother. It is tho duty of tbe clerks of the coulrt, to keep regis trati'n boards advi s'ed of 1111 con vic Lions for di(11a111ifyin g crimes, and it is Lt.v d ity of the reg istrat ion boards t 3ralse thie nmiies of all who hi ave been -on victed of such crimnies. The dis Sinalifyin g crines aro: hirglary, r1sonl, obtailing goods or money unrt, 1 also pretenses, perjury, biglamy, wife mtating, hiousebreak ing, receiving tolen goods1, breach oi(f truist wlith 1 ramtiitulent initeln ,, fo rnieanin, sodomy,a nie'st. as-sani it wit~ int~l .enIt to raian I5 nii re(ge nation, la Ircenyv, 0or crinwm gain- t the elect,n hitws. It is pro'~ idd (I tt the dI 5isaili ties oiccatslioned 'y conv icttin of tI bOe rmes mentioned nay he removed by a pardon from the Joverfnor, even atfteur the namoi~t of the ,'oter hais been stricken from thbe reg stration lists. Unmti I afttr thme geOneral el eetion1 (of I 1ti, there is n0 chain ge iln tlib law ias it, appl ies to i ncorporated cities andl L~ownus. A ftcer th bo general elecin ~aan bo held, all ef tbo would he voters~ mius t have heena duly3 registe red bly IL wp~tervisor of regisrationl ain(Iitad bay the 1mayor' or init'Jlndanit, ats the case ilay be. Be~fore0 a cettifIicate ennt be is-. med'(, the appillientnt n1.115, have sub oiribled to an oatth to the eff'ect that, he Iits lived inl the State twoI yeatrs, ini < bhe (counlty one1 year, and1( his potlinar ,re(einlet fouri mon'lthS next, ilmmlediatly >rleci'ling thbo elIection)1. Thlere are'(, of coursei'5, numerifOtls ot~h-( ar prisions501 in the( latw ;i bt it is only meh as ha 1 1ve~ been men tioned thiat (es- 1 wecial ly conceen thao indi viduatl ap- i lileant for reg' istration. -Th'Ie l 'ortI Ro(yal dIry docI~k is a cost y' alfirI. Siniie the foundation oIf this Iry dock the Un litedl States govern nentlt hats expIti~ende uplwards of $.1,500, li0 In completing the wor'ks, draining lhe surrounding cot(iry, buiildinglJ thae orml11idlabilo rampari~lt anwd eqiippiing the hops and ammi IIuition repJositories. L'o capaciity Is su ic ient to receive lhe deepest drtaft vessels In the wo Id. t is six hound red and twenty foet, long. hi rty- four feet deep, atmd has a 1 mlini )leltdth of sixty- fouir feet. The pump I nll enag in(1 is the mo1(st po(werful 1i1 ex - ae, hav img aL diisehargi ng foreo of IrIty-flive th ousatnd gallIons a mlin ute, mod cost, in 'on nectioln with the bil d ngs. *88.00(0. In ailItioni toi the S1, >00o,00a0 spenlt (In the drly dck atnd aLe m'sSoriesl, a ilrgo s1,1) m ha sinIce boonl xpentrded on1 necessary wvorksc In Imn proving till channe~t1l enrtranco. --'2"he Cohnnbia ReOgisfter says that 3(ov( rnor' l'vanrs has not yet acted on the bill passed by the last Legislaturo' prhiIbi ting coumnty treasul ers from publ)1isiIng tholir i annual repor-ts in the county naapers. This was the only way for time tatxpatyers to so0 what had hecome of their money, but thio Leg Isl aturet seemed to th ink this was un r neessary. Besildes this It (tost a little to publ i this reports anad theit str'ict economnists saw'. where a few hundrled dol11lar's mig ht be saved by pro11 hiiting the pubhI Ications It was learned c from fg(od autthori ty thaint Glverno l'U)'IvanIs would l( 1ikcly veto Ihe h 1 tr " hold It' uu.)" w hich wtia m. abotam i Grover ood Hi cobifuot SENATOR VEST GIVES THEM A ROASTING, Presi-jent Cleveland's Home Mission Speech in New York--Secretary Hoke Smith Un dertook to Nullify a Law Passed by Con gress. The Urited States Senato was dis turbed the other day by a very un e'XI)ectod storin of tarcasi and in vective from Senator Vest of Mis se'uri directed against the PIesident and members of the Cabinot. A comparatavely IiuinoUr leasurLii was unider* considoration, rolating to the failure oif the Secretary of the Interior so executo the law for the oponing of an Indian reservttion in Utah. This led t) SOm1ie shatrp Critieismn, and finally brought Mr. Vest to his foot for a .pueeh bristling with caustic personal rCfelences to the PI'csidelnt. The Senaltor I ferred to NIL-. Cleveland's r*tit speech in Now York, where .mtid Mlr. VeAt, " ho stood with the ghalsty ligiht of the hell 1101 and the rmiii b1elXers of New York blazig upon hiin and cantingly said homo imiissions mist bo used to civilizo and Chris Lianlizu tho West." At aanother point tio Senator declar ed that if u' I'l'resident would paues 'l hunting ducks in South Carollinta and silver DiOItcrats ill Kentucky long enough to go West, le would find a God-fearing, self-reliant, people. Mr. Vest's remarks caio with such liery enthusiasm, such picturesqueness of language and such unctuous humor tbat Senators and spectators joined in frequent and long-continued bursts of laughter. STlioro was a tituc," said ho, "when a Cabinet offlcer who violated a law would be brought before the bar of hiis Senato." Mr. Vest then gave his personal <nowledgo concerniig this subject. ili is reservation contained the greatest sh)llakit deposits in oxistence-sufil ielt to sullply this country for con urtes. ieretofore it was a costly and 'aro article, taken mainly from a iall island. A eotmpany was formed .. St. Louis and large investmonts nadt(o toward bringing thoso deposits o cities for rooling and paving pur >osos. A law was passed directing ,lu opening of thu lands, but the seeretary of the Interior nullified it. t was nli liled oi the excuso that orc.,s did not know what it was thout. Tho Svoietary's course was in Olialf of iieli investors who were the )nily Ones who tcould bid or a public tuction of lanus. Ml r. Vos35t said he had protested per ;onally to Secretary Smith and had 6old him the entire Western interest would oplpso his plli and that no \Vestern inutn would Urlpose it to Con g ress. Thereu pon Seeretairy Smith alswered that he %oild get a friend fromii Georgia to iitroduco it. At this poi it M r. Vest was aroused to anotheit" out.hul-st. ". Tiiere is a disposition on the part of tlt- pnesent amlininistration,"saId he, "to treat t he Western puoplu Us though they wer'e inl a condition of pupijilage; as tholghl thy. needed correction and inirdianishwip and guidance. Our I'resideti lad given a recent, ev idenice of this feeling tovard the West, proceeiled lr. Vest. It was urinog tho I'r. sideit's attendanco at I lliss lounary m1Aeet,inig in New York. "I am sorry to say it,'" said Mr. Vest, 'hit ilere sveems to ho a disposition on ho part, of Ihle presen5t ad i i istration ,0 t'rLt the Westorn Ileolpio as if they vert in aL cond itioe o' putpi lage, that lbey did not know thioir own i. ests Lnd they mu ast bo inoformned ox cathedra rinn the kItad in regard to wvhat Is iwst, fot ibi anid whual, shouitld bte done or lchin. l'ven the l.'resident of the Uiitetd St ates h ttely on ia ilmissionary ,eiasion. ( augh teli spoke of thu West as a lauitl of immllorah ty aind crime. lie stood with tho light of the hull boles of the rum il sol lers of New York blazing tupon lhim and cantingly sidi homelit issions mluist lhe used to civilize left tamir homes in the civilized't East and va leys oif that, wildi anti wooly W.,l,. (Litugh ter.) "Our l'resident, stood with Dr. Ta'il mnai.o ton one1 side antd tue R ev. Sheihlion acksoun on the itlier' and gavo us a new versionu oif t~lbut bleued old inis ;ionary hlymln which wo navo heard so >rtenl ini ouri chiild hiood: 'lFromnana ttii's sin fu lmontans l'romiI Utitah's wic ked pll ains, ['hey callI us to dcli vur )uir land fromi error's chains." There was11 long and~ 1loud laughter as r. Vest repe~ated the lines in tones of nt1ense sarca~sml. " We aro told," continued the Senator, 'by hiigh (cclesiatstical authority that ia excelency has lately laid down u s honiors at thu feet of Jesus. I am glad to know it. It hats been the gen 3raii Impression of the Domocratic party that, the M ugwumpuis and inconse burnrs havo got all those honors antd inte to koep them. I hai e greoat re ipoiet of the Chr istian religion and m11issionsl at hiomo and1( abroad, but, Mr. IPreisidlent, it is a slanderi upon01 thu men who, wiiia rul" in (1n1 hand and an axe in the other, haivc gone out and blazed Lilbl patthway of civilI iation in those Westrn w ildts. 1 am11 a Western~ mani, and(1V. went to M issour1 i wh len it wasm ai froierLbI in sight of tile Inrd ian and the hbu1fal1. I have livedl with these people nealy Ii fly years aid i s:ty to our Il'ersiient nowe that if ho wvill interrupt hun till duciks in North Carolina and siIver D)emioerauts ini [Kntucky long enong bi to como1 (lit WeIst, we will show hu i a Gd-featring, sol f-respecting, law abhiding peopa:1 wo will show him churches ini whiich there is a real and unaffected piety. Wo will show hit happy andit Clhrlistianr homes,. whore thec sonl thbo hiuisband and the father pray. Our spires may not go as near lIc aven ais do those of Eastern ctitics we may not have organs that roll delicious tones along the froetted aisles, hilt wet have at people who fear God and obser'ivo tho liaw. and all the com1 miant,1,ien4i as they are given unto them," Foir travelers and tourists a vial of Japanert.s0 Liver' Pellets will be found very conivenient; they quickly redloeve. inigestion, constloation and sick hoad, ahe. Itl re. dosos 4ea.