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WINNSBORO, S. 0. Tuesday, April 30, : 1878. R. MEANS DAVIS, nDITOS. JXO 0. IYNOLDS, AssOCIATS EDITOR. Tus STATE PREss AssociATIoN had a very interesting meeting in Charleston last week. Capt. F. W. Dawson was elected president of the associatio'n for the ensuing year. This is a deserved compliment to the leading journalist of the State. The following additional officers Were elected f Vice-presidents, R. B. Rhett, Jou nal of Commerce T. B. Crews, Luronsvillo Herald ; D, J. Carter, Lancaster Ledger W. J. McKerral, Marion Star ; Jas. T. Bacon, Edgefield Advertiser ; recording secretary, A, A. Gilbert., Pee Dee Watchman ; correspond ing secretary, E. B. Murray, Ander son Jou'nat ; treasurer, T. F. Grenneker, Newborry herald, A Suggestion. The following ticket has been pro' posed by a correspondent of the Spartanburg Spartanburg Spartan : For governor, Wade Hampton ; for lieutenant-goverhor, W, W. Harlee, of Marion 3 for adjutant and inspector general, Col. Alfred Rhett, of Charleston ; for treasur er, General John Bratton, of Fair field ; for comptroller-general, Col. I. G. Melcissick, of Union'; For sec rotary of State, Col. R. M. Sims ; for superintendent of education, Col. E. M. Boykin, of Camden. As a whole, we prefer the present ticket. County Organization. As the subordinate clubs are all reorganizing under the new consti tution, a few words on this subject may not be out of place. The con stitution was prepared by the County Committee, and the subordi nate clubs sent delegates to Winns boro to ratify it, with or without amendments. The action of that convention was final. It is not necessary for the subordinate clubs to ratify the constitution again. They have adopted it through their1 delegates already. Once adopted, it can be amended only by a con vention, and by two-thirds of the clubs. The clubs must organize under the constitution as it is. 'We have not heard of any dissatisfac tion; but there appears to be some misapprehension about the question of ratification. No further ratifica tion is necessary. Each subordinate club will or ganize under its own constitution, subject onl-y to the articles pre scribed by the County Constitution, 'which are given elsewhere. It is unnecessary to explain the bearing of most of these articles. We call attention to Article VII. on representation, as it is not clear. 't'he intolition is, first, that no new elub shall be organized with less than twenty-five mecmbers, but this provisioni does not apply to- those clubs already existing ; secondly, that every club, as a club, shall send one delegate, just as each eounty,. large or small, elen4ts a senator. Besides this, each club shall send delegates according to membership, on:e delegate for every twenty-five members. The practi - cal working is. that every club ef twenty-five and less. than fifty members'sends two- delegates ; one having between fifty and seventy-. five members, three delegates ; one having between seventy-five and a hundred members, four delegates, and so on. Clubs will please bear this in mind, so as to have full representation in' any convention that may be called. Matters of detail must be arrang., ed by the subordinate clubs them selves. The County Club contented itself with lyrescribing a pledge for every voter at the primary eleetion, and left to each club to fix the terms of admission to membership. We would suggest that no member be admitted except upon a two-. thirds vote of the club. The time has passed when it' was necessary to go around drumming up recruits for the party. It is much safer to proceed sl6wly-- -ad"-- ave.. a smaller club of zealous members than an unwieldy body of luke" warm members, or worse. It will be found that as the campaign pro ceeds the people will warm up, and the ranks will bo filled without difficulty. Upon the question of membership the welfare of the party depends. Once in a club every one has a right to vote at the primaries, and its the success of Democracy depends on the noinina tions made, none but tried Demo crats should hiave a voice in thom. There is said to have boon a time in Charleston politics, several years ago, when Bowen's negroes captured and controlled the Demo cratic primaries. To provent a recurrence of this at the recent primaries, only those who voted for Hampton or who would have done so, had the law pormitted them, were considered Denocrats. - This shows the necessity of exercising caution in this matter. Good Democrats will abide a nomina, tion. Parties who opposed Iamp ton in 1876 would be the very onc: to bolt if dissatisfied. It would not be a bad idea to to. enact the old Eighth Article. With these suggestions we dismiss the subject for the present.. AoTES -F0oM W1A,S1IN0T'X. St'rr i2up t-ho Old Election Frauds. Florida Stolen from Tilden--Damalr ing Confessions- -What Shall Wo do About it ? WASINOTON, April 26, 1878.--It is now reasonably certain that Blair's Maryland resolutions to try Hayes' title in the Courts, were only part of a wide scheme looking to the full investigation of the ciruimm stances of the election. 13--n Butler, it is certain, had, and has hi:3 agents in Florida and Louisiana, making secret but diligent inquiry into the events of last fall and winter. So had the fr:ends of Mr. Tilden. So, it is said, hald Mr. Conkling. The great confidenen of Mr. Blair, hererofore imentione:d in this correspondencu, that his reso lution would be promptly acted on in the Senate and the House, arose from the fact that he expected damaging exposures of Republican fraud in those tvo States. Thise exposures are at hand, so far as Florida was expected to produce them, and will no doubt be forth - coming from Louisiana. MeLin, of the Florida Board of Canvassers, has gone so far as to say that the result of the Presidential vote in Florida, as declared by his Board, was not the same it wvould have b)een if there had not beeni an out, sidoe Republican pressure upon the Board. T1hat means that the ldi cal politicians who visited the State declared the result, and not the propel' offieers. HeI satys furthler that since the State wvas given to Hayes 110 has discovered other frauds, b)esides those lie conifesses to havihatd a knowledge of at the time the Board made its dlecis ion. Dennis. the ruling spirit in the cunty where the greatest frauds were commnnittedl, makes full confession. Now it is a plain and simp)le question,, and one not to be con fused with any other, whether or' not it will be tihe duty of Congress, if it is made certain that the vote of Florida belonged to Mr. Tilden, to p)rovide a way by which lie can Secure the ollico now held by Mr'. Hayes. The law creating thle Electoral Comnmisision provided, in) general terms,. for the preser'vation of the rights- of t.he two p)arties, no nmatter what the dlecision of the Commission should be. Will Con gress give effect to that provision ? While it seems to me thli should in some wvay be0 done, I am free to say there is little prospect of it at pres.. ent. Besides this truly great subject, there have been other matters of interest of late. Th'Ie voting of $7.292,000 for "river' arnd harbor' imp)rovements" b)y the House, if endorsed by the Senate, marks thle beginning of a new era in our syste.n of government. Two mnilions of tile money wouldl unquestionably do all thle wvork provided for whlich is of general interest to tihe country. The other five and one-.quarter nillIions are simply so much monet to be thrown by the Federal government into remote sectionsa of the country. While the measure'is not strictly the work of Democrats, it originated in a Democratic House, aind tile party will be held responsible for it. WVe shall have to wn.it b)ut a little time and to read what is wvritten and to hear what is said, an~d I have no donbt the House Democrats who voted for this undemocratic thing, will be hear tily sorry and ashlamed. At a priners' festival lately the following toast was offered : "WVo. man--Second to the- p'ress ini the dissemnation of news. T1n. CONSTITUTION. The following is an official copy, of the Constitution of the Dono oratic party of Fairfield, adopted by the County Convention oh the 30th of March, 1878 JOIIN IR1ATTON, County Chairman. 11. MEANs DAVIS, Secretary. Constitution of the Democratic Party of Fairfield. AnT. I. Thero shall bo one or ] more Democratic clubs orgnnized in each township, each of which clubs shall havo a distinct title, the " Democratic Club," and shall elect a president, one or mloro vico-I)residents, a secretary and treasurer ; and shall have the fol lowing working committees of not less than three members each, viz : A committee on registration, an execntivo committee, and such other ( comnuittees as to each club may seem expedient. Alr. II. The meetings of the clubs should be frequent after the 1 opening of the canvas ; and some menl)er of the club or invited s:peakcor should deliver an address at each meeting, if practicable. AR'r. III. The president shall have power to call extra meetings of the clubs-the quorin at all meetings to be fixed by tie consti tution of the several township clubs. AR"r. IV. The clubs in this county shall be held together and shall operate under the coitrol of a r County Executive Committee, which shall consist of on.e member from ch:tc of the local clubs, to be cli osen by the respective clubs. The execu - tive committee, when elected, hhall , c alP iuit its Own officers, except ihe < ch:i imn, and fill all V.:eieancies whieb iay arise when the coulvcu - Lion is not iii sessiol The tenure of office of the executive committee I shall be unltil the next general camI paign, unless sooner removed or suspended by the county convention. The present County Executive Coin mnittee shall Contillie in ollice until the first meeting of the Couuty Convention under this org.miz ition. AuR. V. The County .CUv ntion slhdl be con'p :sed of dciegates elected by the several local clubs one delegate for every club of not less than twenty--five enrolled ineim bers, and ono additional dlegate for every twenty-five members. r Providced, That the minni of 1 m1emhbership hcrein prescribed shall not bo held tv :j to any cla) now organized. Awtr. VI. The Coun y Chalirln:. mm shall be elected by the County Con- I vontion at its fih st mnceting under! ri this Constitution, and he shill hold t office for two years and until his , successor shall have beenm ole.- ted.t An's. VII. Tfhe County Chairnnnn shall be e.o of/leio clir .manl of thIl< County Exee:iiivo Conumtt.ee, and pre(sidenIt of all County Conventions. lie shall have power to call a C on vention whenever ill is juldgmenti it may be adlvisable, and shall muake such calli whenever requested so to do by the County Executive Coim mittec. Aiwr. VIIL. Upon the assembling of the County Convention, it shall be called to or'der by time County Chair'man, and shall elect, from among its members a secretar'y, and if it see p)roperI, (1n assistant secro tary. '[h11 Conventionm shall prioceed to the business for' which it was called, and, wvhen the same is tr'ansacted, sh all adjourn sine dlie. AR. IX. Tihe system of pr'immar'y elections by ballot is hereby pro scribedi as the mode of nominating candidhatesu for' county oficees, and for the Ge-ner'al Assembly. Theli said eletions shall ho conduicted unider' rules and re?gulationls to 1)e fixed by the County Executive Comn miittee. Awe. X.rrTheoeecion ofdelegatos inl anid by the~ County Convention. At such elections a majority of the meimber's voting shall be sufficient for' a choice. Anl. XL A dquor'Ium of the CountyI Convention shall consist of twenty members exclusive of thle Ch:imuan, wvho shmall not vote excep)t inl casesRof ai tie, wheni he( shmall hiave the casting vote. IAaT. XII. Thlis constitution may be alten d or unmended by at vote of at matjority of the dully elected mrm b)ers of any Coumnty Convention. Pr'oo ided, '1lhat no "such aimiend(1 m(nts shall be of for'co unless rati fled by two-thirds of all the local club s. PEN CI LS. A lot of glood soft Cedar Ponile, for saeat the Drug Store, at 25 cents prdznor two for frve eents. -ALSO OANTZ'S Sea-Foam Yeast Powdeors,at 85 1 centa per box, or three boxes for $1.00. 4 I have for sale, o st Powder of my own, at60 cents pier >, or 5 oonta per ounlcO by thel idmg1eor ce(S. -march 9 PUREST, OLDEST -AN D Finost Lipuorz M: r-Wl 0 y Th WJT --O -- )JWN TO HARD PAN PRICES. -ALL PLAIN DRINKS TO Ten Cents a Drink. -o----. INCINNATI AND COLUMBIA LARGER BEER O FIVE CENTS A GLASS, -AT THE MORNING STAR SALOON --AND THE CENTENNIAL BAR, -Y F. W. HABEi;ICHT, pril 26- Potpriet4)r'. LEATI ER ! LEATHER ! ; haVe onl loald i full stock of Sole, liarness, Up pe. liusset. Kipt andl altskin Leather, which we will sell very heap. HIDES! HIDES! llighest nmr;et prico p aid for hides. hititg thtei to us, ap:it 2; J. F. -tcM ASl EI & CO. 'PRIN HiAS 0 , -AND-. XIow ityle Goods --H.X E-. TUSTr fl tVID, including, all t.it itiv, Itos of the siuoaasl. ilf the Winns -oru ]ry Gools, Faney Goods nid Millinery Bazaar. 31S. 110AG wishe,; to return her -in la i;cth 1. hcr frirnl-i ait(L the publiu uiet"rill. fo1r the li,ast patrairuge, soliie ig at continuatlnc of the aie. She will nult"avor a:; htert'tofore inl is determ,ined r2 pilease the umost fiastial ions. 31Iiinri'v and F'an.cV (aod<s Stock is Ine E wers. Feat hers, Illusions11, NcL'k 'is, liill.in g, L in en arnI Lacue Se(Its, land iehiefi , Corsets, (loves, lut.tonis, :e., k e. --4- --- hecon I 'ofI of'' Spring (iicoes,11 ailso a1 nice ella"e Iac-ii jt WIas hi l'olains andi oth nicegs (laeial an<l Triminin .Calnd A lairge lot of Aln's, Lad'iesn' and 1hiId r'eni's Shoes, Ghents-' r nid Bouys' Fur .nd Stranw IJits, ine andu cour' ;c. A chIoic( lot of F"a miy (Groeiis, Can.. li es, (akes.'Ii 1 \lcerel. TobaccoL'( Cigas (erosene0 Oil, Unriid w are, V' outl enw~arxe, [linwiarie, Cr'ockery', &cl. A quan1t ity of Lumbiler for salo low for A NAT1IONA L STIA NDARDI. W/ebser's Unabaidged. iM00 Enlgraings. 1810O Pages Quarto, 0.000 W.ordcs rand MeanIn 's not, In other DiCTlIONAltl I'.. 20O1I'1'1!lgeS LOIOIT(I FIInfes, A V10o1e EIhI'ry Ill {pif(.'4~ 13'il.bi An il 1111 -. 'ublished by (1. & (I. MRIIIitIAM, Sprionfel I Massachiusettj. -WATOILY INDOiISED BY--.. N.ot 1ev. Ge'orge P. M4a rat FIi-(ireenae llalleck , ohni (1. WVhittier* itul iis choat e, l1. Corieritige, Smat., Htorace Mannm More thani Iirty ('ollege Presidents, 1.nd( the4 best Amerlania andi I(urIopean ScIhlrs. Contailns one'-tiith morec 11,atter than any thier, the anller type gIving inuch more on ai Conlialnls S000 flust-rations, nearly three times' is mal.ny aIs any1 oh her letioanary. [ S'' LOOK at 111 three picttares of a hiuIP' mI pV(n 1int ,---theise atonec illutstrate 1t.he mecan. aig c1 more thani 100i Words ftad termsin far beItter -han tihey (eit1 1he (iindt in words.) Mor'e L.han o003 io pie IIs hiave been placed in) lie public1 schools or 114e Unitred StateOs. ltCCOmmefndelt(I by a.t Statl C 51uper'intejnnt of wht and more thani 50 (olleg' Fresid1ent.a H ats about,I to,0)0 words and1( ineaings not in thor lItionaries. Embodies about 100 years of literary labor, is overal years later than and other large Die Ion'tr ay. The salte of WVebster's Dlotlonaries is 20 tImes is great, as t,he sale of any other series of Die tonairies. "August.4 1877. Thle Dlctiarv itsed in the oli'dn en1 Printing Omece is Webster's Un Is it,not rightly claimed that Weobster is FHIE NA TIO N AL A. D nD. WEEKLY LDITION, rs i ILt'FhED'E?ERY WE1'NESI)AY LZ' W INNSB0R0, S. 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