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HnUNDALD.3 P t'slishted Tri-W eekly -BY r4ew,, -and - Herald - Co TE$3[, IN ADVANCE : .ad Y.ar. - - - - s3.ec -ix Meafths,- - ---1., k W..D. DOUGi.S-, ~ DAYiS Witors. JA1S.t. DA&TS, ADT RTIFTNG RATES, CASH: ure dollar a squre for the first inser au and fifty cents for each subsequeni nserrion Special rates for contract ad rertLsers. trriage and death noticesfree. Regular rates enarged for obituaries. Orde;s for Job Work solicited. WINNSBORO, S. C. Saturday August 16. ; : 181( FOR GOVERNOR : JOHN BR ATTON dls AUest Co1ventION. Th Augast Couvention was ealle4 b. the Executive Committee for tb -purpose of deciding whether delegate tq the September Convention shouli be elected by primary or by conven tiws and for the purpose of decidin; -;tagaestiou alone. Under this cal the delegates to the Convention wer elected by the Democracy of the State When the Democracy elected dele - gates to the August Convention, 1 the absence of expressed instruction to the contrary, those delegates had in authority to do any thing more thai decide the question of primary or. ni primary, and, therefore, the action o: the convention in electing a new Exe eutire Committee and in adopting i new constitution is beyond its dele gated powers, and, therefore, null an( oi4 s. fdr as the Democratic party i _ ceerned. There can be no questioi the fact that the majority of th egptious were not given authorit, b their principal, the County Demo rec es, as agents to elect a new Executive Committee, for in very fev f the counties was anything saii aboAt 4ging anything more than t< 4ecide the question of primary, ani when the delegations were elected br the dilerent counties under the cal of the State Executive Committee, thq presumption is that no greater poweri were intended to be conferred thai wrere contemplated in the call. So Col, Hoyt and his committee arn still at the head of the Democratic party and the constitution remains as it was, .Se ConTenli n was decided) a Tillwan Convenioni:, and it is not surprising that his delegation fron Fairfield were given seats in :he Con vention. The- Agbt made by Mr. Songlaes was a strong one, and the supporters.of Gien, tratton owe himn debt of gratitude, Might made right .a3 the convention, and his conclusive seasoniags fell on deaf ears. The wmain qestion, however, which so seriously a&ccts the party organization in I"airfield has noct been settled. Se far as the county organization is con cr.rned1 it zemains in tatu que. WE bold to this view: 1. ikoause thme State Convention did not, as a re- na&ater of fact,'pass on the legality of the respective organiza tions in thsis cnu.ty--didn't even un dertake to do so. Thzi. was net within the scope of the issues mtade up for the decision. of the aov.ention-the sole i3sue was: whicia delegation should be seated and not who was and had a right to be the County Chairman of Fairtield County. 3. Since the nature and kind 02 N econstitutlion each county shall adopt is left solely to the Democracy of thE t Krebpective countiest- and the County Executive Committee, before th:e or ganizatin of a count,y convention, is the last court of resort, the Sta'e Con. veunin is wi- hoot juriadiction in a question of.inter pretation of the Coun t y Constitution, nor could it hare had urnisdictionm ini decidingr who is thE >unty Chairman. It cqnld no more: ~ve undertaken to do this than the preme Court of the United States 11 undertake to construe the State etsution after our State Supremne foahad done so. * .-jn%y one of the many acts of the reg?alar Count y Convention was called in queotiona, and in so questioning the legality of said act, to wit, the elec tion of'delegate', the issue was noi wh>i was tL.e head of the party. A 4. While the decision of the State * Convention may have incidentlally ex pressed its preference tor the Lyles committee, yet it had no right to de so; for it was not the issue to be de cided and was nothing more than ati arbiter dictum amid not binding upori any one. 5. The case, ir it be true that a caa cas previously decided it, was niairly heard and outrageously decided. Thea case was pre judged by a packed c"n vention. It was a foregone conlu I lion before the committee on creden tis was eYen appoinmted, and, we - believe, before the Convetion was <temporarily organized. If there was no wore potent reason the dictum o: the Conven:ion would not be and must not be binding. Capt. Gaillard is still thme Demnocratic County Chairman and lhe mnust re - nam Eo. Highest of all in Leavening Power. - ontitutiona1 QuestIon5s. The Constitution of the State Dcm ocratic party provides that in every election precinct there shall be one or la more Democratic ,-lubs. It declares fr in Article 4 that the clubs in each ut coun'y shall be held t)gether and operate ander the control of a County Executive Committee. Article 5 dirtcts that County Dtm ocratic co-ventios ,.hall be composed ci] of "one delegate for every club and an cr additional delegate for every twenty- _ five enrolled members." Sc I The county con-titution gives the w e Ex'cutive Committee the power to s require the roll vt each club to be- ru I filed with the Execn:ive Committee a - certain number of days before the fir i convention. I The conclusions to be drawn from li, e these sections are as follows: fo The right of Democrats to form - clubs is inherent. Doubts may exist m I as to the propriety of sub-dividing S clubs, but there can be none as to the gi > constitutional right of sub.divisian. "2 1 There can -be but one county organi- f > zation. All the clubs in the -county A E shall be held togtether and controlled - by a county executive committee. t There cannot be two committees or "1 - two county chairmen. The number Tl i of delegates in the county convention 3 is fixed by a plain and simple law TI I which every one can understand. The only troub!e that cans arise is as to the r facts ns to the number of legally en - roiled members belonging to each club. To provide for this each club is re r quired to file its club roll with the I executive committee (or its clerk) so w that the number of delegates to which st, it is entitle: can be ascertained. fe This is the fairest proviiiou that ia 1 could be made. Otherwise clubs or might be tempted to elect more dele- in gates than they are justly entitled to, fa Iby decidintg all doubts in. th'eir own c favor. In the .recent Sumuter Convent- bc tion it was claimed, and. not denied, er that the delegates present represented ia nominal membership of 3,600,I whereas the real strengthr of the county Im is very 'much less. The Abbeville Ito coum f club votes on a nominal menm- th bershrip of 3,700, whereas the largest primary vote ever cast was about 2,800. Other instancs might be cited is to show the necessity for somre accn- Sc rate examination of club rolls and ad- p justment of club stren'gth. 'Who shall n decide this question? Plainly notthe B: convention itself. f It is true that analogy leads to the conclusion that the convention shall be til "judge of the election, qualification co and returns of its members," but tl~ analogy gives no warrant for it to fix its ow n members or apportion its own a delegates among the 'everali clubs, en Tis apportionmlent is abrays fixed by m some outside authority. Some State gla constitutions fix absolutely the quota all of each county in the Legislature. is Others provide for periodical reappor- re tiounent, always to take effect at the ~ ekdeion succeedig the aprine,in be order to prevent members from meet- ca ing together and apportioning the Cr seats among themselves. So, the Uni- hf ted States Constitution provides that m: one Congress shall wuake the appor- be tionmetnt and canrry it into effect, he which shall not apply until the next i succeeding Congrese. What would be eg the consequence it, after ihie present an census, every State would take upon ati itself to assume what its represenation c ought to be anid elect tmembers to Con- otl gress? In a close contest between by Republi:aus and Democrats we can ma well imagine each State stretching its pr representation to the temo.st justifiable ac limit and trustmng to luck to imake a : combine in Washington to keep ini in power. This would Le chaos. 'The do analogy holds perfectly. No cotnty conventiont where party feeling runs high can safely be allowed to fix its own membership. Trhis mus be as certained in advance and the clubs must adhere to the apportioanmeunt. s i They are operated "under the control 11 of the executive commtittee." That in committee therefore is the proper body ai to make the apportionment. The qualification anid election of th members is a different thin altogether, c6 and by analogy should be left to the Bi convention. That is, there can be no contest in convention as to the unum- Di ber of delegates from a club, but there can be a decision by the convention whether a certain member ia duly [ qualified or was properly elected. e The fact that the County Executive in< omttee appointed a sub-commit tee ci obohparties, and this subi-comnmitteec: made a unanimous report, i-hows that~ foi -the committee was acting fairly and I. squarely and in the inlteret of peace and right. Its act.ion was the pr-oper thing, and the County Chairman wasta strictly in the line of duty in iuling ._ that the report of the committee must be received. B1 Bucklen's Arniac Salve. T HE BEs'r SALVE in the World tor CuL., Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt t 1heumi, Yever Sores, Te~ttr,Cheppedt Ilands, Chiltblains. Corns, and ailt Skin Eruptions, and pOst tively CUres Piles, c:n at "y reqrired. i is guaranteed to give perfect, s C isfaction, a. r money refunded. Price 23 c 3atS pem I box. For sale by Me'.s !rice & ing J. S. Gov't Report, Aug. -7,889, Baking Powder ELY PURE MUST GEN. HAMPTON GO? (lewberry Observer.) Macaulay sa3 s that the most popcj e song ever sung in England -one at stii red the hearts of the people >m Scotland to Gravesend-was an icouth doggerel running: "And must Trelawney die? And must Trelawney die? Then forty thousand Englishmen thall know the reason why." We are reminded of this by two rcnmstances: Ist. It was the war y of IIampton in 1876 which sent a rill through every Democratic heart "1 intenul to be the Governor of >ath Carolina or know the reason [iy"? and 2ndly, the demand is made at the old hero shall be turned out the United States Senate to make ow for bome aspiring politician. "Whom the gods would destroy they at make mad". These politicians e reckoning without the people, for ep down in the heart of South Caro ians there is an abiding reverence r t? e deliverer of '76. hint General Hampton go? Then are than forty thousand Carolinians ill know the reason why. The following clipped from a Geor a paper is applicable here: hove him aside! IIe has had his day, a has worked for his paity till old and id his money all spent, and he's now in the way. Shove him aJide! Vhat matters it now that he always was true, iat he never yet failed when work was to do; icre are stronger men now just rising to view, Shove him aside! WHERE IS THE ALLIANCE? (Greenville Yeics.] As we nuderstand the declared pur ,se of the Farmers' Alliance in poli s it is to furnish an organization by tich the farmers of the county can tnd together, help each other and de ud each other's interests. The Alli ce maintains at Washington a legis ire representative, a newspaper gan and other expensive machinery tended to convey the wishes of the rmers to Congress. There appears to be an organized nspiracy among the Republicans ini th houses against the Southern farm and the Southern people generally. The compound lard bill, intended to event the use of cotton seed oil in ed and thereby to close an important rket for the Southern farmer's cot m seed isabeing rigorously pushed.: The one'agricUl.ural prodtfet put on: a tree list is sugar, which is grownm ly in the South, in this country. Among the few tariff rates reduced that on rice, which'is grown in the uth. We doumot have, ask ur need tarifi oduction on cot ton, so they conLa t reach our greatest staple directly. it, besides trying to close the market Scotton seed, they add to the bur,ien ':otton as much as possible by put ig a tariff tax of 103 per cent. on the. is that bind the bales, adding, ac rding to our calculation. 90 cents t, a cost of every bale the Southern -mer ships. There is no excuse for is. No cotton ties are made in this untry. No Americans wor ktmen are ployed in making them. The ties ust be had and to import them at the tes fixed ini the new bill will add 'gely to the government revenues, hough the bill in which the increase provided is intended to reduce the renue. The change is tdirect, undis ised, wanton attempt to puoish and reecute the Southern farmer because is prospering in spite of R.epubli a hate and spite and votes the Demo itic ticket for the protection of his e, family and property. l'he force bill now beingr pressed by: my of the Republican leaders wilti ar on the Southern farmer more. avily than on any other class. It isi tended to rob him of his represen-1 ion in Congress. Its inevitable! -ect will be to deamorilize his labor1 ci subject him to the mamny danger. ending a disturbed con dition of the tantry. ['he 'sub-treasury bill and all the ier schemes and purposes unnounced1 the Alliance are in theefuture. The~ ittera of which we speak are in the! msent. They are before Congress w and are being pushed toward en: tmnent every hour. [f the Alliance inachinerv at Wash) rton cani do anything and intends to anything for the Southern farmer has abundant work at its hand to be-a s on. !lis Electric Bitter'. kon Tsremedy is becoming so welt nw LI so popular as to need no special men-1 n. All who have used Electric Bitters *g the same song of praise.-A purer dicine does not exist and it is guaran ~d to do all that is claimed. Electric dters will cure all diseases of the Liver ii Kidneys, wvill remove Pimples, Bloils, It Rheum and other affections caused byl pure blood.-Will drive Malaria from~ system and prevent as well as cure alt] lrial fevers.-For cure of Headache, nstipation and Indigestion try Electric tters-Entire satisfaction guaranteed, or mney refunded.-Price 50 cts. and $1 per ttle at McMaster, Drtce & Ketchin's ug Store. For Over Fifty Years 1s. WINSLow's SOOTHING SY)U7 has m usedl for over fifty years by ix iRlions mothers for their children whileteeth , with Perfect success 1t sootges the id, softens the gums, allays all pain, ~es wind colie, and is the best remedy Diarrhea. It will relieve the porlit sufferer immediately. Sold byDrug ts in every part of the world. Twenty' ecents a bottle. Be sure and ask for 5-s Winsi ow's Soothing Syrup." and :e no other kind. 5-26tx1y L. D. HOLLER, [TLDER AND CONTRACTOR and Manufacturer of WINNSBORO,. S. C. W"Plans and specifications for d wel s, factories and store-houses futnished eaonaehlaes.ai0.. Paine I1l~ yInstitute, AN ERSON, S. C, NE3 SESSON BEGIN$ SEPTE31 ber 17. 1iteautifuf and he.althy loea tion. Full coijs c.mlwtri-t instructors. Terms r .-naie. Apply for italogue. CON JOON B. P A"rIICK, 8-12tx2w Principal. AT COLUMBIA, S. C. Graduate courae. Under-gradnatecourses for degrees-3 litera'ry and 6 scientific. Also shorter and elective comi ses. Profes sional courses in Law, Pharmacy, Veteri very Science, and Pedagogics. Nine well equipped laboratories. 4 shops and model room; new infirmary. Tuition fee, $40 per session; other fees, $20 (including infirnary fee, coveting medical attendance, medicines, etc.). Table board. $10 to $12.W per month. Rooms rent free. Total expenses, incud ing fuel, lights, :wshing, books, etc , about $180. Tuition fee remitted to student; certify ing their inability to pay it. Session opens fir,t Tuesday in October. Entrance examinations held the preceding week. J. M, MopRYDE, President. 7--;9txti11Oct150 Ers e Co1lege, DUE WEST, S. C. OPENS OCTOBER 6th. frIIS INSTITUTION ENTERS UPON 1 its Fifty-second year. The regular College curriculum is adhered to. The University system is not attempkd. There are five Professors and a Tutor. The total expenses for nine months need not exceed $165. The moral and religious influences of the Institution are most wholesome. Far further information apply for cata logue to W. M. GRIER, President, 7-13td Due West. S C. oueW t FeMale College. LOCATED in one of the n:ost healthful towns in the Piedmont, country. Community noted for its refine ent and good morals. Progressive and ex nsenced teachers in every depar:ment. Excellent advantages are fforded a' low rates. En. rolled last year 182 pupils. Next session begins on Monday, Gth Octob tr. Send tor catalo?ue at once. ca.a M. BONNER, Principal, I. E, BONNER, Vice-Priucipal. Due West, Abbeville Co., S. C. 7-26tliliO0t DAVIDSON COLLEGE, MEChLENBURG COUNTY, N. C. SEPTENBER 11, 1890, to JUNE 11, 1891. THlE N[ASTER'S COURSE, THE BACHELOR'S COURSE, THE SCIENCE COURSE, ECLECTIC COURSES. '.USINESS COURSES. Studies in Englishgin Science, and in the Bible are given due prmnence. For a td ress the President, RE V.. 19AtInER, D, D., L. D). 7-29td EACEINSTITUTE, R A LEIG H, N. C. 'lIBE 54th Sear of this old school, its Il,ch I year at Raleigh, beisSpebr3 1890. Eighteen officersand teachers. Thor ough. Complete. G.ood Fare. Terms moderate. 'I he best is always the cheap est. Send for catalogue. !JAS. DIN WIDDIE, M. A., of University of Virginia, Principal. 7-24tf OLETIhNDSPNGS8! iHE Mcason er 1890 has fully Lopened at thisjustly celebrated health and pleasure resort. The curative properties of these waters, The Wite oat leii illpr aud Chalybeate, have been fully attested by eminent phy sicians and others. The hotel accommodations are good, and no eff art will be spared by the pr->prietors to give satisfactio. Hot and Cold Sulphur Baths. Telegraph, mail and express facilities in hoteL String Band engaged for entire season. Amusements of different kinds provided Close onections made at Charlotte and Lincolnton, N. C., and Blacksburg, S. C. For iinformation, terms, etc., apply to WILKINSON & FORE, PROPRIETORS, 7-7tfShelby, N. C. SPARITANBURG C0,,S.C. 3PHIS FAMOUS RESORT WILL DE Jopen to visitorslrom MAY 1 TO OCTOBER 15. It is accessible from Spaitaburg by a Daily Hack Line, making good connection with all trains. Telephone in operation to Spartanburg and Da'ly Mail. A Safe, Pleasant and Effective 3Kemedy for all diseases of thel Kidneys, Liver, Stomach and .Skin. It acts onthe Bowels, Cleanses the System. and regulates the * .iver, and is a Specific formIo,t FEXALE DISOBDERL. SIMPSON & S[IPSON, Props., 7-17tf Glenn Spriiigs, S..C. DENTISTRY. n. Jr nnDATTEBALM, Dn D. S S e M BARBEB WEIE 0FO Q ECIG JUSTREEVD J. F. later & Co1 LISTEN ! D F Ioueehearo "ED SHOT FLY PAPERT (I know you have heard of tanglefoot Ddeyo eex her o"MAGIC MOTH (know you hae eIof camphor.) But-You cn get either of the ahavwe if' tofAe latter kraga!t iture, a few suc annoyace and give oua good night' Akfor either at th e I)rug Store of W. E. AIKEN. THE FAIRFIELD Ledor'eme.onthly inta!'m(".t due first Tuesday of each month. Savings Department. Deo wih i nterest will bt alU- 1 inar rly ande he aordinary savings bank ruls nd eglaton. M. BEATY, 6-10 Secretary and Treasurer. F. H. M1cMASTEEK A T T 0 R N E Y - A T- L A W, COLUMBIA, s.. All legal business attended to promaptl1 . MONEY TO LOAN 0*e"*far'"o"'*"ti a""'' McDONALDI&DOUGLASS, 7-4xyNos. 3 and. Lw iRange CENTER 'I ABLE BARGAINS! iE I IAVE PLACED ON OUR CEN fERITABLE THIS WEEK SOME WONDERFUL JOBS. COME AND LOOK, 2 Pairs Ladies' Kid Button Philadelphia Shoes, worth $3.oo a pair, for $1-50 o Pairs Children's Opera Slippers, worth 75c. and $i.oo, for soc. o Pairs Gents' Hand-made Shoes, worth $5.00, for $2.50 6 Pairs Gents' Russet $4.oo Shoes for $2.50. SMoMasler, Brie & Kstoh. a 7 E? BOUGHiT A ND WILL CAR ILY k LI GElt STrO..K Tilt-A FALL 1 than ever in e, ery department, andt e.s)ecilly would we e al attentiop. oour - SHOE DEPARTMENT In commerce as in other things all gain wisdon by experience; tinbt ie auccessful take advantage of every item, however sm di, that com b3 turned ato profit, and never defer until to-morrow what should be done to-day. Act ag up to these rules, we not only placed our fall o-ders for shoes, --ut have dready received a portion of them. We are firm believers in the practice of ielling good shoes, and while we have very low priced ones, even they have ;ood wearing qualities. And as we buy for c.LsH only, and' have at tat S3 er cent less incidental expenses than houses doing businels in citie we cain - dfford to sell for less profit, and do so sell in all lines which we .carry. The Ooet A our shoes.are bought direct from the fact ies thiftf dS 'nes' c.mse iently we get inside prices. CLOTHING AND HATS We will carry the largest stock we ever carried in the a've departmen Reapectfully, MACAULAY &'TURNER. MIN-NE-LA-TA R SPRITGS MOUNTAIN VIEW HOTEL, AND- (01TAGE& ELEVATION 2,000 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVFL ,OW RATES. SUPERIOR ACCOMI[ODAT[ONS. GOJD FJai& PINE A[. All amusements. andTgreatest variety of M[NEI&A1. WATERi. Sen 1 for Circa lhts and terms. - JOHNIF. W. TMOMAS 7-14 Al-Healing,"Gaston County, North Carolina. ~E Y-RK RAKET STORE. Lo Prices ofw $6 I8t For or_ 1O BETTER TIME FOR THE PURCHASE OF SUN HER GOODS THAN THE PRESENT. Dress Prints at 5c. and 61c. Dress Worsted at 8c. and 25c. Figured L"twn at 5c. 100 p:.irs Ladies' Button and Lace Shoes at $1.00. 100 pairs Men's Balmoral Shoes at $1.00 and $1.00. LPlow Shoes at $1.00. GREA REDUCTION IN FRUL1T JARS. One Quart Mason'a Improved Jars at $1.00 per dozen. One-half Gallon Mason'snImproved Jars at $1.,c5 par dozen. Rubbers toJars at 15j. perdozen. Come and we will convince von that we are in the lead. H. LANDECKER, AiCOTTON STRIKE "lo, Boss-1I'Iwork io more, 'less / 101 tk jhoir Cott@i 01 JONES 5-TonCotton Seale -o NTCHEAPEST BUT BEST. For terms ades 0ISOF BINGIIITOIN, INGHAITON, N. Y7.