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T'M111' F.. THEI WXI MADE IS FOR{ITUNE In all London there was not a more entirely adnmirable specimen of his class than Sir Philip Tiredgold, manag Ing partner of the grcat banking firm, Messrs. 8mith, Sil lery & Tredgold. Enterprising in his operations, honest in all his doalings, considerate and ovengeblrous in his treatment of his subordinates, he was to those about him the very ideal of what an English business man should be. His history was the best evidence of his character and capacity. Forty years before he had been taken lito the employment of the Oirm as an act of charity. ie was then a lad of seven teen or so, and having lately been left a penniless orphan, and being a dis tant, and humble relative of the late Mr. Samuel Sillery, that munificent gentleman thought proper to provide for him by giving him a junior clerk ship in the cushier's department. For a considierable time his abilities and industry attracted no attention. At length, however, they brought him to the notice of Mr. Smith, then the head of the firm, who appointed hin his conidential secretary. From that imoimenit young Tredgold's rise was rapid. Mr. Smith's respect for and conlidence in him grew stronger every day, and when, somo yearh after, a breakdown in Mir. Sillory's health (in duced, it was said, by a too free con suump'tion of alcohol) 1ed to his retire mnt from the active affairs of the partnership, his place therein was taken by young Tredgold. Hitherto the b.ank had been a West linud concern, with a branch in the city. This city branch now camne ulidr young Tredgold's management, and in his hands it rapidly developed into the chief oilico of the irm-in. Later on, when age compoiled the retire mont of Mr. Sinith, Tredgold succeed ed, as a matter of course, to the general manageient, and to it share in the partiersip. Since then the bank had steadily advalced in importance and reputation, until it was ranked among the greatec.t and most powerful private banks iii London. The man who could mako such a position for his business or for himself must obviously have been clear-headed, resolute and practical. Yet, strange to say, lie wIas the victim of ono craizo wihichi was ridiculous enough to excite til) derision of Ia child. This craze wits an unspeakable and ab inost insane devotion to,the ineniory of an old black cat, with a great. wlhite, half-human face. Where the cat originally caine from not One exactiy knew. 1'cople who were intimate with Sir 'hilip when he was a coniparatively young man riemembor it as a potted colmipan iOll of his before his marriage. After marriage Ie continued as fond of it as ever, aid even hiis chil d reni did not take his atfection away from it. in deed, in the early years (f their wedded life, young lrs. Tredgold freq ucitly coipllained that he eared imiore for that eat than for his w ife und ciiilidren put together. l',eni When the Cat was (lead Mr. Tredgold could not bear to par't with it. ie had it preserved and placedi in a glass case in his private oflieu at the bank. It ste a piedestali, close to his writir mid as hie worked it seemod0( i with its oag gr'ay e, es Str'.Lngers. wvheni vitlting the nh. wer~e startled and fascinated by the weird appearanee oif the thing, and its presenen there gave rise to the mnost fantastic legends among the bank clerks and hank custo As Tr-edgold grewi older hiis in fatua tion seemedtt to increase. Whens lie recei hiis baronmetey lie chose ats hiis crest a -black eat, with the motto Fortiiu d111(ed i. Thiiis imotto appjearedl to ex pres~s hiis firm belief. TIo his son F'rancis, who had notw joined him in the uin 11tess, lie conistanitly referi ed to the cat as the founder of tihe faumi Ily fortunies, and chiargedi him to prceive it whlen lie was gonie. it was a chill November night. Sir~ Philip's inIiriiities hiad growni rapidly of late, and the approach of winter hadl girathy aggravated them. T1hie banker~ was now sittinrg in bi i easy chair beforec it roar inrg fireP andi guardedc~ on all sides froii every suspicion of a driaught,. There was nio one with himiu but hiis soin lranicis. " rank,"' said Sir lhilip,, suddenly. '''ln'.vel' see allotliem su inrer.' "Oh, father, father, dlon't, tal k like thiat,'" answecred Franc is, in a suri prise~;d and shiocked tonie, "I hiope you'll see many miore suminers, arid win tirs, too." " Yes, youi hojie it, but you dion't believe it,'" said Sir~ l'iiphj. "' No, amy life is p racticially end11ed. " rank !"' Sir l 'hilip went on after a liiinenit's rehlection, "'you know under what circumstanices I entered the (emlploymnent of ouir firm. G;od k nows I was glad to get any cmploiy mfenit at the thne,1O though the bread I earnedl at the bank dui-ing the Ii rst five or' six years was thes bread of bit terness and hiumiliation. I don't want to speak ill of a (lead mrani, but for tiruth's sake, I must say that Siilery, who gave me1 thie post, wast 01ne of the meanst~l, andit most brutal ereatures it has 'velr been my isfortune to) meet. How ho and Charles Smith caime to, gether, I inevcr could arid can't to thhI mlolmuent uiuderstand. Mir. SumI th ncvei said or d id a cruel thing in hiis life Sill ery was never so hiappiy as whlen hi was iinsultliig hiis subordinates. I bc ing uindeir an obligation to hIin, an being too poor~ to be able to resent an treatment, was the favorite object 1i his blackguardism. The misery tha man wantonly Inflicted on in is n fresh in miy 11uind( to-day as It wias lift year's ago. " You knew you are called after in younger brother, whom you never say and who died years a o in Indli When my father died, 1bre~nk was: school. I contrived, by starving in self, to keeop him there until lie wi nearly eighteen. The only prospel he had in life was to join me at tI bank, and knowing the agony he woul havoe to sufoer, I kept himi out of it long as I could, with a sort of vagi hope that somiething more tolerab might be in store for him. " By a straiigo chance somethh, did turn up. One day a gentlema from india called at the bank on but Dess matters. I had to converse wi him while his atfairs were being i tended to. in the conversation came out that the gentleman was old school follow of my father's. told him of 'myself and .my brotha and (asked him as to the chance getting a situation for my brother India. To my delight the next mnor; ing I received a note from him, sayin that he had scoured the nominatic to a post of a most. charming nature I Calcutta, and if my brother cared ft ihe might l'ave it. Of course I a< 4~ped for himt with ostasy. ~ oonfess whon I accepted I ha not thought of the expenses of outfit. India was further away then than now, and I soon found that, even with his passage paid-which was done by his employers-his outfit could not be obtained for less than ?50. I did not possess fifty shillings. In despair I asked Sillery for a loan. He received my application with derision, telling me he had done enough for me and my brother, and if we bothered him furth er he would rid himself of the whole beggarly pack. His brutal behavior only made me more anxious to save my brother from the ignominy of being his servant. There was only one way of doing this. I wont to a money lender. Moses Levison lent me ?50 on my giving him a bill for ?100. payable in twelve months. My brother from his arrival in India would have a good salary. He promised before the .bill became due to transmit to me enough witt what I could save to meet it. " The outfit was bought, Frank sailed, and nint. months passed. Than I received a letter from my brother saying he had been very ill, and as yet, in consequence, had been unable to save any money to send me. Nearly three months more passed. Then I received another letter, asking me to renew on sny terms. Frank had been unable to put by anything. He had had to mako good a loss due to the dis honesty of his servant. If he only had six months more he could send me two or three hundred. I went to Levison. At first he refused point blank to re new, then he consented to renew on receiving ?20-all my savings during the year--and another bill for ?200, payable in nine months. I accepted the condition-I could do nothing else -and wrote to my brother. " The nine months slowly passed. 1)uring them I had several cheering letters from my brother. He was doing well and saving money, and he was conlident he could send me ?200 in time to meet the bill. Levison on the other hand called at the bank several times just to see that I wa" still there, and to assure me that if 4200 were not forthcoming on the very day, he would inform my eoployel's of the whole transaction. "As the (lay of reckoning drew near my anxiety became deeper and deeper. During the last month I arose every day looking foria letter from my broth er-, but none came. At last the final day of the 111's life broke. No letter from my brother arrived. "'On that day of agony I went as usual to the oflice. In the afternoon I was sent to the city branch with two hundred sovereigns for Sillery for some transactions in which gold had to be paid. When I arrived he was in his private olice. Evidently he had been drinking and was only half aware of what he was doing. Ile re ceived me with a torrent of abuse, took the money from me, and ordered me, as I had )cen late in coming, to wait at the office after the r'et left until he returned. Shortly afterward the work for the day was finished, the bank closed, and I was left there alone to await Sillery's return. " I sat there du1mb and half (ead with imis'ery listening to the rain beat ing against the windows. To-inorr'ow was the day af reckoning. Levison would demand hiis money. It would not be forthcoming. He would keep his threat of telling ily CIloyers, lnd I should he kicked into the street. What w as before me then Y A bsolute starIvationi-noth ing else-poss ibly the jail, for' the days of im prisonmnent for debt werec not then over. " llow long I sat there I can sicare'ly say. It was very late, however, before Siller'y r'etur'ned. le was drunker than ever' befor'e and in a inore than usually savage temper. Hle went to h is private olliee and tumbled abount there among his Papers for a ti inc. Then he caine out and demandled if I knew what he had done with the money I br'ough t him. I told hiim I did nmot. lie swore at me, and then turned back into h)is ohlice. I heard him curn sinrg various wvomein and calling themii th ieves, and then it struck mec tdiat,,i nlsteadL of attending to hiis busi niess, 1h( haid fouind his way into evil comp Iany and~ been robbed. Siiortly afterward lie stamnbled out of his room anid, biding moe to lock up and be gone, left, the bank. I ipr'oceeded to lock up I in a slow and miner'able way. As i dhid so, it oiccur red to ime that Si liery had chan g ed his overcoat for1 aL mackintosh before leav ing thie olilee that aft er noon, anid that, pos.siblIy he hiadi left the uioney lhe suppjosed he had lost in the piocke3t of the overecoat lhe had thrown ol. A sudiden curiosity ipos.essed me to know if this was so. I r'elit thbe lights I had put out, reop~ened the pr'iv~ate ollice I had locked up, andI w(ent in. I felt the pocket. I was ri ght, In chianginrg his overcoat lhe had for gotteni to transiifer the money. "God hel p mee, Frank, a thought ju..t, then flashed into my iimind that put me in a fever. ilere wer'e two hun rd red pouinds-thibe amount I needed next day to save mec from ruin. It was ini gold, w hiebc couhId not be traced. Its owner believed lie hiad iost~ it uinder allow inquiry into themi. lie was rich, andl coulId easily rpl11ace the mnoney. 1113 was my oppre'.un', and I owed ii n no0 love or duity. Why shloud 1( n rot take this money, and save mnysel f from destruction y "irank, never he hard on a thilef till you k now all the ci reumiitance,~ surrounding his crime. Somnetimies these are so strong aLS to master the~ most honest of tti. 'i'1cy were too str'ong foi'rime no(w. 1 toiok the money. I bid it deep in my Inside pocket.I . rearranged the overcoat so as to leave it as I found it; then I turned to leave. * ' As I did so a sight met my e'yes 'that > arahyz/ed me wIth tetrror. Oni e miade of the private omile was aL t, window Into thre stairease leadinig to s the apper storiies of the house, which y wetre separLIately occupo ')131 ' he lii 1( covei inog the w indoow was drawn, hat y not c.omplete3ly dow n. At the bottom 5, corner, btween the hblind arM th sII L- f saw two eyes gainrg Intently at mec. it I (l'0 I incold recover'0,~ firm the( ishioek tlbey d isa ppear'ed , and I heard a s~ lit is nise Oni the stairs as of some one0 ste it lng gently away. 0 "' I was dIiscover'ed ! To-mnorirow I d shiould ho in the dlock ! arl wet is agony and( hiorrior, I torei the mone to from moy pocket, and r'ushilng to Sillecry 0 overcoat,, thriust It back w her( I had found it. Then I turned out thu !ighit ig a cain looked the door of the private mn Cho 1, hurried to the street doorui, went Ii- out and relced it. And then, still Wh full of fear, I hastened off to the lodl,. . jgs of the bank porter and thi're loft in "fHow I got home that night I can. 1 not tell. When I did reach hoime rn, found a letter from brother awaiting >f me. It contained a dlraft for ?25'i5 n The letter had been delayed by thei y. rough weather enlcounteredi on the g voyage. if it had (como1 only twelve n hours earl ier It would have brought n imc unspeakable satilsfaotion. Now it >r only seemed to added to my misery for >- what its earlier arrival would hlave -prevented had occurred--I had boon thief-and some one whom I know not was a witness of my orime. -I need not dwell on the horrible anxiety which filed me all the next day. Every messenger who came to us from the city branch seemed to me to be sent with tidings of my crime or contemplated crime. When the day was over and nothing evil had happened, I went home only to dream that the morrow would bring the rev elation I dreaded. "Week followed wook, but still no suspicion of my dishonesty got abroad. On the contrary, Mr. Smith develop ed a strong liking for me, and promot ed me to be his contidential secretary. The fear of discovery gradually died away, and a belief or fancy that tlhe eyes I saw at the window were a sor-. of warning sent from Heaven to prevent the contempIr.ted robbery arose in my mind. This was strengthened by what I subsequently learned. It seemed that in the morning after his drunken bout S!llery reinemubered where he had left the gold, and hurrying to the city, had obtained the keys from the bank porter and bad gone to his private office. He found the money. Had he not done so, he would have known that I was, and I alone coul be, the thief. It was. then, those eyes at the window which saved me from disgracs and absolute ruin. " Several months later I was sitting alone one dark afternoon in the private o1lice investigating some transactions of Sillery's with which Mr. Smith was dissatisfied. The lights were burning, snd everything was just as on the nignt of terror. I heard a slight noise at the window. Looking up, I saw between the blind and the bottom of the window into the stiir-case the same two eyes as looked down on me that night. I gaz-d at them startled and scared. As I did so it struck me that they were not human eyes. Gently approaching the window I drew up the blind. There on tho window sill sat their owner-a big black cat, with a great, white, half human-look ing face! " I made inquiries and found that the cat belonged to the old female cart-taker, who lived on the top iloor of the building. I bought him. You know the rest. "Can you understand now, Frank, what I mean when I say it was that old cat that made my fortune ?" * * * * * * * Sir Philip Tredgold is dead. Sir Francis, his son, is dead, too. Sir I Philip---the founder's grandson---reigns in their stead. But the big black cat, with its great white, half human-look ing face, still stands in the private ollieu of Messrs. Smith, Sillery & Tred gold's bank, watching over the fortune of the rredgolds. THE NEW DISPENSARY BOARD, The Organization Effented Without Any Trouble--No Changes in the Dispenasary Otuilals Special to the News and Courier. It is somewhat of a coincidence that I the famous iaines bill should go into L elfect almo.it at the same time as the ( new order of things with the South i Carolina dispenary law. In New C York the chief subject of conversation is the elfeet the Itinies hill will have 1 on i1iness and politics. 'There the C ide~a seemis to he to centralize the con- t trol ol the liquor business, so that t wvnat they call the " Iatt machine " may have control of matters. In South Carolina, instead of having the Gover- I nor to run the whole businees, a board ( of live is now to have general charge ~ of the l iquori business. T1he change in C Soth Carolina is a mtere incident, in a the oiperationl of the dispensary law, r while in New York the talk is that r the approval of the liaines bill has killed the hopes of Governor Mortont for the P residential nomtination, and 1 that lhe could not carry the State for anything. In New York State it is said that as a result of the business ofC the Itaines bill a Democratic Statei ticket is sure to be elected. Th'e change of alfairs in South Carolina will havet but ~ittle, if any, effect, on the State Governmnt. Esvery one in New York was on the tiptoe of ex pectation on the eve of the change in New York, when tihe free lunenes and front door screens had to go under the provi..ions of the bill,1 whjile with the new order of things in South Carol i na the change camne about as naturally as the most commnlf-place law goets into ope ration. W ithl the excepltion of those im med iatrly inlt' reste:d in thme ollces and the sales of go'd, to the dispensary, few took any interest in what was going on in thme boaru mueting. They want to see the resulIts of the change. U ndler thme provisions of the Act under which the boa'd Is operating there are live ini m ber.-, and the terms of ollice vary from one to live yuars, so as to keep ,hsme of the members onf the hoard while ebang'es of the others may be made eachi year by the General Assembly. As the members of the new board wer e elected without fixing their terms It was In order to dIraW lots for the periods for which each of then meimbers should ser've. The result was: W. A. Nich')lson. (inc yi ar ; TI. M. Allan, two yeas; J. TI. i)outh it, three years; Col. Wilie Jones, four yearn, and Leon .J. Williams, live years. Col. Jones, the local member of the board, wias elected chairman of tihe biody and a better selction could not piossibly have been made. T.he3 board after talking over matters for some1 time11 went into the election of the stair oflicers to carry out the work of tllihi board andi re-elected all of the piresent attaches, only changing the namesm of the places to conform to the no w law. TIhe appjointees wore Clerk of the board and bookkeeper of the board, Seth W. Scruggs, bookkeeper to the comumisIsioner, l.t. 10. Blakoney; assistant biookkeyi >or, Chias. Lynch; suipeinftendent, Jo1 in TI. Gaston e-clerk in charge of the constabulary, wN. W. llaris ; shi ping clerk, D). A. 0. Outz. <>f course, t'he board had nothing to do with the commuIissiloer as his term of ohlice cont~Inues a year longer. TJhe new board held afternoon and nIg ht ssIin, but not much was given ouit for publication. 'Jhie board enems to ho haurd working and getting along very harmon loualy. At the afternoon Sek.ion a series of ruiles were adopted for' the government oif the dispensary and those will likely be given out as soon1 as they are proepared for the press and printod. At thbe night session the puichawe of ikquor was coniadored by th~e board. There wor~o about eighteen rejpeosentativos5 of liquor houses on handlt and it, was thought bottor to re ceive writtmn ofoers from each of the houses represenlted than to hear them andi do the board took up the offers, but no final sotion was taken. $, 11. Ylnger, D~owart, Pa., writes: Mre'.-aring of. th~is plaoo hail used. your roedy for the Piles and recommon de it very highly, lie gave ime your ad dr min, I would like td know ont what, terrn and price you soli to doalora, Lot mu hear from you and oblige,. IHE DEMOCRATIC STATE CONSTITUTION, Adopted by the Democratic State Convention Ifeld september 10, 1894. ARTICLE I. There shall be one or more Democratic clubs or ganized in each township or ward. each of which clubs shall have distinct title, ' The -Democratic Club," and shall elect a president, one or more vice presidents, a recording and corres ponding secretary and a treasuror, and shall have the following working committees, of not less than three members each, viz: A committee on registration, an executive committee, ani such other committees as to each club may seem expedient. ARTICLE I. The meetings of the clubs should be frequent after the opening of the canvass, and some member of the club or invited speaker deliver an address at each meeting, if Mracticable. The clubs shall meet on the first 'Monday in May and the third Wednesday in May respectively. Each county shall be entitled to double the representatives as it has in the Gener al Assembly in State nominations. AirricLE i111. The president o' live members shall have power to call an extra meeting of the club and one fourth of the members shall constituto a quorum for the transaction of busi ness. ARTICLE lV. The clubs in each ounty shall be held together and oper ated under thecontrol of a county exec utive committee, which shall consist of one member from each club, to be lected by the respective clubs. The xecutive committee, when elected, hall appoint its own officers, who shall not necessarily be members of said committee, and fill all vacancies which may arise when the convention is not in session ; provided that an officer so lected who is not a member of the 3ommittee shall not be entitled to a vote on any question, except the chair man, ond then only in case of a tie vote. The tenure of otliceo of the ex cutive committee shall le until the frst Monday in May of each election ear, at which time the county con ventions shall be called together to reorganizo the party. Every Presi lential election year county conven ions shall be called by the executive 3ommittee on the first Monday in May. ind shall eluc4 delegates to a State yonvention called for the purpose of lecting delegates to the National Democratic Convention, and to elect he member of the National Democrat c executive committee from this tate. The State convention shall be alled by the State executive commit- 1 ce to meet every Presidential election ear on the third Wednesday in May, nd every State election year county md State conventions shall meet on hc first 'Monday in May and the see )d Monday in May respectively. ARTiCLE V. County Democratic tonventions shall be composed of dele rates elected by the several local ubs, one delegace for every twenty ve voters, as shown by the club list nade at the preceding first primary lection, and one delegate for a major ty fraction thereof, with the right to ach county convention to enlarge or iminish the representation acccord ng to circumstances. The county onventions shall be called together by he chairman of the resp~ective execu ive committees under such rule, not nonsistent with the constitution nor ,ith the rules adopted by the State )emocratic excutive committee, as ach county may adopt, and when as embled shall be called to order by the hairman of the executive committee, nd the convention shall proceed to ominate and elect from among its nombers a president, one or more ice-presidents, a secretary and a reasurer. Any county may permit he formation of a new club or clubs by majority of Its members. In all ities with a population of 5,000 and vr there may be two clubs in each ard ; they shall be organized in bcdience to this constitution, as are ,e clubs elsewhere in this State, and n organizing said clubs they shall save representation in the county onventions resp~ectively as said con entions shall declare in accordance vith the prov isIons of this constitution. ARTICLE- VI. For the purpose of sminating candidates for Governor, Glutnant-Governsor anid all other state oflicers. including Solicitors to ~heir respective circuits, and Con ressmen in their respective districts, Lnd Presidential electors, and United states Senators, by the popular vote mnd all county oflicersm, except trial justicsa andl masters and supervisors >f registration, a direct primary elec tion shall be held on the last Tuesday in August of each election year, and a ,econd and third primary each two weeks successively thereafter. At this election only Democratic white voters who have been residents of the tate twelve months and the county sixty days proceeding the next general election, and such negroes as voted the Democratic ticket continuously since, 1875, to be shown by the certi ticate of tn white D~emocratic voters, provided that no person shall be allowed to vote except his name be enrolled on the particular club llst at which he offrs to vote at least five days before the day of the fir'st election. Th'le club rolls of the party shall constitute the registry list and shall be open to Inspection by any member of the party, and the election under this clause shall be hold and regulated umndetr the Act of the General Assombly of this State, approved December 22, 1888. and any subsequent Acts of the L -gisla lature of this State. Ti'io Stateo ex.'c utive committee shalt moet on the Friday after each primary, or such other time as may bi designated by the chairman, to canvass the voto and declare the result as to, all State oficrs, Constressmoen, Presidential electors and United States Senator. All contests shall be heard first by the county executive committee of the county in which irregularitics may have occurred, and many be reviewed by the State executive committee, whose action shall be final, provided, that no vote shall be counted for any candidate who does not tile with the chairmlan of tho State executive com muittee or with the respective chair man of' the county executive commIt tec, a pledge in writing that he will abide the result of such primary and suport the party nominees, and that hies not nor will be become the can dIdate of any faction, either privately or publicly suggested, other than the t oular Democratic nomination ; pro viled furthber that no candidate be declared nominlated unless he receives a majority of the votes cast. A'rwmE VII. The oflicors of the Stato convenlton shall be prcsident, one vice-presildenlt from'each Congros sioal dietriot, two scratarios and a treauirer. AW'ICmE y[I. The Stato executive committee *hgil be composed of one member from each county, to be elctd bi the county conventions on th frs Motday in May of oeh oloc Lion year. When elected said execu tive committee shall choose its own nmicere, not nccoearily members thereof, prior to said election: Pro vided, that any oflictr so elected who 18 not a member of the committee shall not be entitled to vote on any question, except a chairman, and then only in nase of a tio vote. The State execu ivo committoo shall meet at the call of the chairman or any ivo membors, and at such times and place as he or they may appolut. The member of the National Domocratie '.xecutive committeo from South Carolina shall be electedby the May State-convention in 1896, and every four years there ifter, and wh in elected shall be ex )tlUcio a member of the State execu ive committee. Vacancies on said xecutivo committee, by death, rea signation or otherwilsa, shall be illes by the respective county executive uommittees. The State executive committeO is charged with the exeu Oion and direction of the policy of the party in this State, subject to this constitution, the principles declared in the platform of pirinciples, and such Instruction, by resolution or otherwise, as a State convention may from time to time adopt, not inconsistent with this constitution, and shall continue in offico for two years from the time of election or until their successors have been elected. If any vacancy occur in the State ticket or of electors, by death, or other cause, the committee shall have the power to till the vacancy by a majority vote of the whole com mittee. Airricen 1X. The voto in the ro spective counties for all of the State officers, Congressmen, Presidential electors and United States Senator shall be transmitted by the chairman of the respective county executive committees to the chaitman of the State executive committee as early as practicable after each primary, who shall proceed to canvass the vote and declare the results. ARTICLE X. When the convention assembles it shall be called to order by the chairman of the State executive committee. A temporary chairman shall be nominated and elected by the convention, and after its organization the convention shall proceed imme diately to the election of permanent officers and to the transaction of busi ness. When the business has con cluded it shall adjourn sine die. ARTICLE XI. Before the election in 189N, and each election thereafter, the State Democratic executive com mittee shall issue a call to all c.Andi dates for State offices to addretss the people of the different counties of the State, fixing the dates of the ieeting, and also inviting the candidates for Congress, United States Senate, dele gates to the State convention and for Solicitors, in their respective districts and circuits, to be present and address the people. At such meetings only the candidates above set forth should be allowed to speak. ARTICLE XII. It shall be the duty of each county executive committee to appoint meetings in their respectiv 3 counties to be addressed by the candi dates for the Gneral Assembly and for the different county offices, all of whom, except Trial Justices and Ma ters, shall be elected by primaries on the last Tuesday in August of each election year under the same rules and regulations hereinbefore provided. ARTICr4E X[ii. Each county dele gation to a State convention shall have power to fill any vacancy therein. AIRTICLE XIV. Trhis constitution may be amended or altered at the regr ular May convention of the State or tat any convention called specifically fur that purpose, which shall specify the changes to be made. ARTICLE XV. Any county failing or refusing to organize under the pro visions of this constitution shall not have representation in the State Democratic Convention. J. L. M. IRIJY, . Chairman State Dem. E~xec. Com. D. H. TOMPKINS, Secretary. THE NEW BOARD OF CONTROL. The D)ispensary Law is Put Into Operation Under the Changed Aus plces. The new and amended dispensary law went into operation on the 1st of April, and tha. Columbia Register tellIs of the threatened complications which were happily ended after all : It is not often nowadays that the office seeks the man, and e.specially is this assertion true of offlees in South Carolina, whore the oflice generally goes to the man who seeks it most per sistently andl vigoroasiy. An election at the last session of the General As sembly furhishes an exception to this rule in South Carolina. When the Legislaturo elected a board of control under the new dIspensary law, there were a number of candidates for posi tions of that board, but a majority of its members were elected without any effort on their part, and one, Mr. W. A. Nicholson, of Union, was elected without his having been asked if he would consent to serve. Several days ago it wVa4 rumored around Columbia that Mr. Nicholson, on account of the pressure of his banking business and for other -reasons, was averse to ac cepting his election and serving on the board. Had he refushed to serve, mat ters would have been much comaplicat ed and it was even feared that the law itself would have been invalidated, as It provides that the entire board shall moot andl organize anid take charge of the dispensary husiness. Of course if one of the memnbers refused to serve, it would be a physical Impossibility for the entire board to meet and com ply with the provIsions of the new dis pensary act. Nar could Governor ltevans fhave filled the vacancy by asp polntmnt, for the act, does not give the Governor power to till vacancies ar'ising on the board from any cause whatever. Uuder the constitutIon he has general powers of appointment in ~cer tai n cases, but a vacancy on the board of control could not by any pos sibility ho regarded as one of those eases. In this emergency Governor IEvans promp itl y Openled coinmunicea tions with Mr~. Nicholson and went to Union to confer with him. M r. Nichol son is an exceedingly patriotic man, who always coaisiers the good of the State in proforene to his own private comfort, and wvhen the Governor ex plained to him what would bo the effect' and possible dlanger- of his d e linatlin to serve, lie pr'o:nypt y' l'aro that, no matter how imliispo.cd to servo, nor how much he would be In convonced by serving, lie would accept the place for the present. This patri otic decision by Mr. Nicholson re moves all danger to the now dispin sary law and It will go intocifoot wIth out any hitch. There was a rumor to tho effect that Mr. T. M. Allen, of York County, who was elected much in the same mjanner as was Mr. Nicholson, was also ini clined to decline t.0ae .p!. his elcitlon. This rumor could not be c-onfIrmned and itato House. Almost undoubtedly if be has any such inclination, whon the effect of it is presented to him as it was presented to Mir. Nicholson, he will Imitato his oxamplo and serve the ntate, even at inc( nvenience to hlimself. The now dispensary law is infinitely superior to the old one, and it will be a thousand pities If any such hitch should prevent its going into opera Lion. Wiil1GHING Till' AlAHS. The Work ione by the Post O11ico Departmint Last Month. Every four years the government orders a weighing of the mnails on all the mail trains of the United States, for thie purposo of ascertaining what suinl is duo the various railroads of the country for transporting the 1ails, as the coinpensation is fixed by the num ber of pounds carried over each road. It is impractlcable to weigh the mails every day, which would be the prop )r method of course, as it is a very big job and requires extra assistance on every postat car, so that the expenso would be enormous, but the govern ment undertakos to imake a close ap proximation upon which a definite conclusion is reached. The whole country is laid off into four divisions, and the weighing of the malls is carried on successively in each divi sion. This year tho fourth division has been the sphere of operations, and for the past month the weighing pro cess has been going on in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ahabama, Mississippi and a small por - on of Louisiana. The plan of the government Is to weigh the mails ov. each train for not less than thirty sue cessivo working days, by which a general average is secured, and from this average the voluime of business for the next four years is determined. The government takes its chances for a reduction in the volume of business, but the probabilities are all in Its favor, as tle postal business is constantly on the inceaso in this country. Tle time designated for the weigh ing of the mails in this territory ex pired on the 30th of March, which in cluded thirty working days and tlvb Sundays. The railroads transporting the malls on Sundaysget an advantago in the general average, as the daily amount is ascertained by dividing the grand total into thirty parts, which increases the average of those doing Sunday work. Five hundred clerks and one hundred and lifty weighers have been employed sincO the 26th of February in collating the facts upon which to base a calculation to fix the pay in this division, and several weeks will be r( quired to tabulate the tigures before .it n ill be known how much each railroad will receive from the government as compensation for haul ing the nail.k for the next four years. Tho total cost to the government in this division will not be less than $2, 500,000, which will ho distributed each year [among the railroads, and thus help to maintain and improve our transportation facilities. Nervous Prostration Cured by Dr. Miles' Nervine. Prolonged derangement of the nervous system not only affects the brain and men tal powers, but develops diseaso in some of the vital organs. The mo~st dangerous of these indirect results is when the heart Is affected. This was the casec of the Rev. N. F. Surface, Fawn River, Mich., who writes under da to of Feb. 14, 189l5: "Fourteen years ago I had a slight stroke of paralysis. Overwork brought on nervou.s urostrat ion. I was excecdingly nervous and ..a exertion of public speaking causedi heart palptitation th~at threatened my life. I used two bottles of D~r. Miles' Now lieart. Cure for my heart trouble, and two of Dr. Miles' Restorative Nervinoe for my nervous ness and feel bettor than I ovcr expected to feel again. I can spe'ak for hours without tiring or having my heart flutter as it for merly did, and I have you to thank that I am alive today." On sale by all druggsts. Dr. Miles' Rook on Heart and~ Nervous Disorders FREE b~y mail. Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. Dr. Miles' Remedies Restore iledth. :A $25 COOKING STO VE y WITH A eoMPEMlTE OUTFIT FOR IIonly $12.00. Delivered to your railroad depot, all Sf, eight char ges paid. Read this descr fi tion carefull. This1 splendid Cook 8tove is No. 8; has four i inch pot holes; - 16xIC inich oven; l8 Inch fire b~ox, 24 inch~esi ipihi,; '21x25 inch, top ; nico smooth casting. SI have had this stove made for my trade1 Satrmyown~ idea, comnbining all thme good1 Sntofall medium price'd stoves, and ' 5 leaving out tihe ol ectionable features. i lk'ymi all doub theO best No. 5 C on king Stovo nmado, for them price. Fitted withb 2 ,ots, 2 pot covers, 2 skillets, 2 gridios,8 ~ * ,aklng~ pans, 3i joInts of ipol, 1 elbow, I col- q p lar, II litter, I scralper, 1 cake pouish, 1iron 4 y tea kettle, I shovol. We want to makoe cmus * toimmers and( friends inm every part of time I South,, for thme purposo of imrotiumchig our * business to neow leli, and to renew our 4 Saequaint ance wit (illfriends. SWe will ship this sp'lendidl 1ooking Stove * andi the above describmed ware to anil uit &* all frei ht chalurges paid, for omnly $2n whon e ch comes w ith th~e ordler. 'This fSteve is 'a good onme, well'i made and will * Rivo entIre satisfactiom,. Outr i lustratedt atalogue of Furniiture, Stoves and Babyoa~iaauiefe.dr~j 846 Broad Streot, A ugusta, Ga. d4 -Gen. Stephon D. Lon, presidelut of hoMississippi Agricultural College, 7ho has accepted tho iivilatium to) (1 iver an address at th'. 1i y'inL -f tllo orner-stone, of t .e, Jc I rsou i')s nonument in tchm::IobnC, on tho 21 of Fuly next, is a mer-me)t.' of the dktin Cuishod South Carolina fin ly i, that same, was borin in halo-tou in 1823, graduated from West Polut in- 1854, served in the Confederato at my ii the battles around lichmuond, was mado a brigadier for conspiouous service at Mharpsburg and was thou ordered to Vioksburg. In June, 1864, he was inaldo k utonant gonoral, and wtas asigned ,o duty as commandant of tho depart nont composed of Mississhppl. Ala )"ma, lhot Louli6ana and West Te n essee. He surrendored with Johns on in North Carolina. MAGNETIC NERVINE. Is sold .vlth writiot n g uarantoo to cure rvo r irn Sns,Hncaduchionud N ouraigia and Wake-j. fulness,caused by Tobacco and Alcos E ho; Mental Depres. -BE-P~ORE: - AF- ER - slon, Softening ow the Brain, causing Misery, Inennity and Death; 4lirrtmes, Iipotency, Lost Powor in either seox Promraturo Old Age, Involuntary Losses, caused y over-Indulgenco, over-exertion of the main nod Errors of Youth. It rives to Wenk Organs their Natural Vigor and dil)[)e4 the joys of life; cures Lucorrhren and vFmailo Wenkness. A ionth's treat. mont, in plain imcknigo, by mail, to any addross, $1 or box, boxes $5. With overy $5 ordor we givo I Written Quarantoo to curo or refund the money, "irculars frco. Ouarantou Issued only by our ex elusivo agens. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Condoused Schedule In Erot FEIBRUARY 23rd, 1800. STATIONS. ULF nriare st on........... . it., Lv. Coluubia .......I 1 a-ln " P orny....................12 1 P 11 .5J No'vborry ...1 . n A. Ninoty-six................. I " reounwood.. ..................1 W p i "o Hodges ........ 30 ) In vill... ............ Ar. olton.................... . 41 Ar. Greenvilo ............... A~~r. _reyii 4 &5. 1) -In STATIONS.Dail No. 12. O(Fl fl t ............*Ii 00O a i illlISton ....11 1 a i Lv. A dermon ..... .........iI n -k~ LV7 I;n .. . .1120 1t Ar. ]D'nnald4 .............___ P::** 1% 0 1) In Lov. H1dges 10 2 -p in 1 50' pi i NinetySi......... . .0 I In LV. Newberry .... Prosperity 4. 2 m / Ar. liini ...... 30 p1) I Ax. CJharleston ............ 00u 1)i il "] Ify 1hD~iljD1,111 o T TA ON 8 9Onvi2lio1 ........... ....... 1 30) a m '1 edmont.....................2 11p 01 a " ' i o .... . . .... 11 a m A..Donna.d................... 12 p 1050a 0L. A e2(il .... ... . ... . ... 1^ -510 '2p . 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W(alsngon,.C. .2 1 A 044a.Aa,~ "Conenled.Sched....of.Pa..enger Tan N othou...No...3 lb 36 1- 12 a. LY. ttaite....1200m 11 1 7 0a 3 " SNrcros............. 176a 0*1a 422p " Cefordal .. ...4 ~ ....... 10p . 70 (Irainsville .. 25p 2 l01 2 l044p . 4 " Lulra........ ...... p 231 a 11 24 a 8. " M(Aiy............ 50a 110a " Tocca. ..sb.. .....8 3 15a 11 63 . " Weins t.r.........3 50a 1227p. Sasona.............407a 5124p. Ar Cotae..... 845p 433a ' 20 p " Drenvillo.. 1200 p l519al216 p A" Spartanbu..j 60 18a 64 p8 alo 22. Ar GVasnys .. .... ... 6 34a41....p "1Backsboe g' ..i 8 06 a 71 00 a 30. " King'l M 1. .... .., 7 32 a.....00 ..p " Gasoi .... .- --... .7..3.a...28 . Ar. CarloteV...2 F 3at M 20 ASr.tchbound.N.. 63 0Nia 350 N00 aIN.i Ar. Wash.ngton. 122a 040. "' Philadehli,1 5a30 alow Yomk.... 120 53 (122 a. Washng:en. 9 . Fa 11 ..... Svlohboun. No3 No. 35 No. Pipj No. Lv Dnvll .6 5ay l0ia4ily Pa u Lv. l.iY.rP tt . . 4 3.0 a 2 I 15 n JOp " lsim o.. 9 :2tp 'n a ;p --.I... -.... - - -..-..--.- p "v Dlanillo,..........12a6 a5 2 1$ 0. " Char~lot to ...1 37 a 10 59 a 3 "" "(ilace<snrg .. 10 49 a) 1210 a 2 t0 p. 4Central . 1. 165 235 a 5 44))) " Toccoa-.-..... .-......50 a 0 18) p ": L:i 'r.....'-.......... ?1) " r c a.''-.-- --- . 7 45 p -" I nIa. .... -... 4 41 a 8 12) p 6 7% (i~iL~vile. 88W1 p4 59 a 8 369 7 20 a - inur...... ...............107 p 7 48 Noreross... ... , .... 1 4.2 p 827 a J.." ' : :44:4 (.'1 . 3 55 p 205 a 30 p 30 a ". . m. "'" p,. ma. "M' n100n. *a night. N..37 andl 8-Washington amt $)onthwestern Ve a (ule LimoItod. Thrcough Pullman sleepers be: wieeon New V'ork anid New Orlear a, via Wash lingtin, A clanta andI Montgomery, and also be tween. New Yomrk and Momisi, vhi, Washington, Atlata and liirmilngham. Dining ears. Nos. 35 and 30--United Stales Fast Mall. Pnli. man alcoping ears between Atlar ta, New Or. Y loans an d New York. Noms. 11 and 12. Pullman sleeping oar between Richinond, Dlanvillo aind Groonsbo 'o. W. 11. GIUCERN, J. M. CULl' Gon't Supt., Traffic M'r, WashIngton, D. C. ' Wast.Mdngt6n, D. r\ W- ii. RYDER, Snpe rintendent, Obarlote North Oaro4,na. W. A. TUICK, 8.11. HIARWICK, on'iPass. Ag't. Ass' GeO 1 as. A Washngtos D.. A 4