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-*L 'f CRIMINALS. j Judges Cannot Com-i . mit Thom IV I IIVIIII HE LAW INTERPRETED, j l^lruction of Statutes l?y As-' kistant Attorney General. Oil*-1 t'Vfcfc Judges May Commit Them do' Asylum. r, 'Jo. Assistant Attorney Geiu-i i! IJ. P.* '1 wi sond has, iit rti'. ioq.es: of Dr ?). Y>'. ISahcoch, Sup. initor.deht of thei' .ao Llv-pi'.".: lor tin \ i>si-: ,ih,'-x : t. ! tie , :on, 6lll{'ial! r, that whet* a oart.y nasi IjCl'i '*? itj II. it' i U J- /. ')-! ti.'U ehaigo oi crmirv (.. Pit ?to, ?J iidgu ha8 no rij.i.i to commit the prisoner U> t i(t.-a:;o ;..ni. ! 118 le : t?*r ? ? i > . . *'.?; < > i\ i\iadB u follows: I> ur S:.-. Y.'U!* c./iii.autuca-1 ti'in in win . ., *, "i an <!ire.v:? . hy ihe lioar. 01 io'-^nisj t :?*.< your opHih ill tin u.: ttor! the juro-siietioii r> jn f ^- of J 1 ? t *'} . . si c ii txl.ir ! indictm-at f??r ' avrused of j i crime,v has !>. a r-- . ved and] ^ I. . I: <i > : a . ... Y i i ia ?|lit -.. .- i. " V n cases should !! - ? ' .* .? * : ol the t.'uv.iit .Jit ,?'s ... K; Can proper;y h > < < i 1 Jnsriital." The statu V <>J i 1, - hale > ' lor j u ri U j i. judges to cnii; a ; r oerft h Ho?piti! ti ' 1 , h certain p: rj.i.v t - .it ? ? ;? : vi th. Section 1 7n? o' the v;>ed . Statutes of lSUn also previa : "Any judgo ol tin* <'trout. Court is suit Inn ized !o send to'he Asylum ev. ry person charged with the corn mi mom ,.f .Uiv erim-1 N nal ollense who shall, upon tl.ei pa: h>r t demands of Mature. Kvery spring i tho system is thoroughly over-j hauled?there is a general house cleaning goiug on within. I lie j impurities that, have l>een accum::'atiug for a year must bo got i rid of, and the system rc:i<> eil and prepared for the siege summer. Unless Nature is as- d in this task, the strain on system is too severe, and a 'own is the result. Some sunpiy this !ino, uiul as n result they are ne by an enervating, defeeling, their energies roPl^itito fails, and they are iy disabled for a season. . vbody just now needs a tonic, 1 a Swift's Specific c e e for diaa/i The OlUUIl ib logically llio best tonic 011 tho market. Tho general health needs building up, lienco a tonic is needed that is entirely harmless. S. S. S. is purely vegetable, and is tho only bio d remedy that is guaranteed to contain no potash, mercury, or other harmful mineral ingredient. is Nature's remedy, 1>< ingmado fn>m roots a'nd herbs authored from Nature's great. Hton house. It thoroughly cleanses the blood of all impurities, tones up the goneral health, renews the uppetito v and imparls new lift and vigor to tho entiro system. Dangerous typhoid fevor and 6ther pruvniojit i BummnP seldom attack a person \vlu>s? ystom is thoroughly 4 r y \ " ' ' - ' trial before him, prove to bo non compos mentis; and the said jud^e is authorized to make all j, n? oessary orders to carry into effect this power. Where the personMb'sent is-not a pauper, he shall " be supported out ?>f his own f estate, according td the regulations to he proscribed by the court, as on a writ doluuatico in-11 quirendo.'* r "It shall l>e duty of the regent 1' to admit as subjects of the insti- j tutton, all idiots, lunatics, and op , llepties, being citizens *?f this . State, according to the following , regulations and subject to the , following conditions; that is to J' say : , "1. All persons who shall be j f und lunatics or idiots by icqni ' c ri. ton front the I'rohato or Cir- a c.tiit Courts, or on trials in the Circuit where the Court shall |.; rder sueh admission." The Supremo ' curt of this .. j t bis held in the case of Wn vs. Hnise), 10 8. C.. 82, in eon** i truing this section, that 5V:1 t* , and Circuit Courts have concur , ; rent jurisdiction. W' t ire i furrtfi of com uri j : U tic.u, the rule is, the c? nrt first . quiring jurisdiction r- n ain'mr it to the nvclu.sio? ? f' the other', court. , When a person crime nd cmumittr ' 1 " a ma>.* ' istrnto to jail ! "- trial in 11 * Court oj tl'ivv.il S ' tea? court than, acquires jurisdiction, H and the IV'i (. tin;-; it. xorc.i v i> c un-urr t iuris" '< tn. In addition to thi&ySi vtion ITS'* \ \pre >si\\ 'jives to the CircuitN Judge the p. t'? - 't to the : j \sylutii persons in accu e*; , i. 'rune when u; ?>r <1 " y ar: ] proyed to be tioi con: p s mentis. It would seem th? n th*t the | Probate -Judge won id !? r.t: i ' > ' ! ^ po.vr to si ml sue i p> isons to j the State Hospital for the I mane.!' If ho has jurisdiction t?? declare |i such insane according to law.tlien 11 clearly he would not have the | power to send them without the . authority of ^ Circuit dud go. Very respectfully yours. L (Sinned) O. 1*. Townsknu, Assistant Attorney (ieneral. I have been alllicted with rheu- l matism for fourteen years and \ nothing seemed to uivo any re- I lief. 1 was able to bo around all thoti mV, but constantly aufferincr. I bad tried everything I could hear of and at last was told to try Chamberlain's Pain Balm, which ' I did, and was immediately relieved and in a short time cured. \ 1 am happy to sav that it has not since returned.?Josh. F.imiar, Cermantown, Pal. For pale by J. F. Mackey & Co., and B. (1. Hough tfc Co., Lancaster, S. C. (1 FREE RURAL MAILS. t, System to he Tested in Congressman Stoke's District. n 'i c! (Special to The ItafflHter > j, Washington, March 21.?Con ? pressman Stokes lias completed ! t I) arrangements at the 1'ostolTiee i. Department tor extension of rural 1 free delivery of mail in his < 1 is - <1 triet in .South Carolina. Natural 'r ly, ho feels some elation over,*' this, as he was largely instrument 1 al in procuring increased facili j n ties for the rural district when ; ^ the Appropriation hill was pond | ing lust week. His argument on v the hill in general, and especially on the free delivery then, was ? considered by his friends as strong 1 and convincing. ;?, (Jfnigrcsstuan Stoke's district i> j perhaps one of the happiest se- i !. lections for a tt of the syti in. i Though it has about 180,000 pop ulation. it is almost wholly a rural community, there being' only three IYtv-i lential olTiees it. its limits, and they of the third ciass n is none too well sup ' plied with oven the poor 1'acili ties afforded l>v four class post- !1 offices and star routes, there he injj only 18?5 post offices within its limits. j i Fdurutf Yojfr IIowm'U With C'udcurrt*. I Candy /lathnrtle, r-in* constipation fom\ < r. V*c,aS5c. It C. 0. C. fail, drugtfiHU* rtluntl mokc>. I I I > - 1 r LMEKH A'S GREAT CHARITY. Hie is Saving Thousands of Cubans From Starving by Her Contributions. .ouis ICIopHi'li In N. T. WorlO. 11 abulia, March 22.?The American relief work in Cuba is in nost excellent condition. Heretoore the utter inadequacy of snpilies from American sources 11 ado operations on a large satisactory scale impossible. Today hero is enough afloat for thirty lays' requireramis. < >11 the arrival of the next urgo, duo Thursday, every known out re " t it lit ion will imniedidefy '* provisioned for ten days, ind two hundred thousand men :n women will be sustained by Ytnenea A prariical sympathy, lending; an oliicial statement oi ictual needs thereafter. Then the American relief will >e ai< far rcnciiin,: as i; is pos.-i'??{: i. . !;e i;. 1. ui-r ami t<?1 f1: mi c :i:> and consular 'l. i c ! i y n;e within hp-o day i.'lly confirm the gren mmIIv accept?-i! views as to the Magnitude and intensity of the twiui dost it nt ion. C iii-ul Met birr d Civas;. pi: . heretofore inoroduous. now report- fifteen thouatul dentitute in his consulnij listrict and believes it will be \ O; SO. i'oniorrow on Kstrclla street o open ;i < -.it rai ,il ion lor I lie ".-I' of 1 j.OOO destitute in II." ; ; -dsn a diet kitchen i'oi 2. KM) -doU in San Lazario street. The liakeries in I {abulia and he surburbs an? to in in jr into ll'l llll ill) 1 III. l! .11- V. . Iv-i.il 'I !... if in a nutshell is licit lure :iro ii<l-~?.0()0 reeoneont rados ii IO-J towns and villages. Three nitidred tons ot eornmeal and iffy tons of baifon weekly can v.vh them all. They look to \moriea as tlicironlv hope and ;lc -< its people for tlio jjooil already done. When Americans die they say Vter will not wait lor them to cnock at the heavenly fiate, but vill open it wide before they mock. THE WONDERS OF SCIENCE. J N<; TnduiJbKS AND CONSUMPTION CAN IIKCUKKl). in Finineiit New York Chemist and Scientist Makes a Free Offer to Our Headers. The distinguished New York cliem t. T. A. Sloc.uin, iliMiionstratinir liis iscovery of n reliable and absrilute ure for Consumption (Pulmonary 'uberculosis] ami all brone.hinl, hroat, I it i> tT and ehest diseases, stuborn roughs, catarrhal affections, genral decline and weakness, loss ??f esh, and all condilions of wasting way, will send Til KKKJFKKK HOT'I.F.S (all different) of bis New Disovery to any alllicted reader of the InrKitekisk writing for them. His "New ."scientific Treatment" has tired thoiisands permanently by its iinely use, and he considers it a simile professional duty to suffering iumanity to donate a trial of his mallible cure. Science daily develops new woners, and this great chemist, patiently x peri men t i ng for years, has prod need esults as bcneilcial to humanity as an be claimed by any modern genius. I is assert ion t hat lung troubles and onsuiiipt ion are euratile in any clinate is proven by "heartfelt letters of gratitude," filed in his American and Curopean labratories in thousands mm those cured in all parts of the vorld. Medical experts concede that bronbial, chc-l and lung troubles h ad to 'oiisiimpt ion, w hich, uninterrupted, iipan- -> and crrtnin death. dimply v. i-it lo T. Sloeuin, M. C., s pine street, New York, giving m-t i'i?ami f\j?ri' address, and I lit* r<*?' ni"(!ii i11 will ln> promptly sent. ;ii!i"r<T Mould ?:>!,c in-tnnt advanage of hi- generous propn*it inn. 1'lea-e tell tho hi i- that you saw ii? MilVr in the lv\ i i.i i:i*k. MAGIC CATARRH CURB. i Ki;s ?a ?(.1 ?s. i- ;i nil ? u.n ami old sores : J A No I hi* K\< 1)11!I'.CTION S l-'itr Klisli CiM*. apply to 111! \ : . i I 'or ( tlarrli, lal.f plurli uid liiiufl ip tlii No-1 three linn s pi day Sold by J. F. CIIEIGHTON, ilcalh Spring, S. C. 'KICK, ^T> Cents. To Curfl Counttput Ion Korovrr, Tal r (" isp.-i : i ts ('andv Cotiiaruc lOo or ?Xc. it C. C. C. tod to cure, rufLpid uiouoy. i' I. ' ? \ ' * ! AN OPEN To MOI WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE C EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE \YG " PITGHEI.i'3 C A3TORI 7, DR. SAMUPITCHER, was the d f;.n , of "PITCH that has b-vnr, .. docs now bear thefac-simil i igt ail re rf < This is the original 4 PITCHER'S | used in the homtte . f. he lloihel j years. LOOK GfAREEULLY ct the kind h '.oe ' ' and Tub si per. Ko ' ccpt Tie . . . \ 1 . . .. . { : President. March , ! DO POt ' I . a cut (bcc, gl-otll .1. kiH'Sl, ^ ; ' . . X <.) _ .1 i . - .. . .. } ^ < r i? 4* " ? | 4 , r _ .< 1?oaO ? "Ji.i. The Kind That i;! THl ccr? rA'J.t COMPANY, 7 7 MUl j i SHAVE LATELY ; , A K R AIM &ED to hanilli' tli" celebrate<l Farraml ?v Yatey < >K<; A X : thi> make , wit h l he famous Bridgeport Organ puts mo iii position to offer two ; of tlio best, make of organs in < America. A strong guarantee 1 goes with every one of tlieui no I ! matter which make you desire, 1 and every organ is fully tested ' before leaving the factory. Sold , on the installment plan and pay- | merit for same comes easy. I fully appreciate the price of cot- I ton (made some myself), still ' there's no excuse for not having ' an elegant organ in your home, ' as my prices and terms are sure ] to tit you. ? DON'T FORGET the elegant Weser Piano; it is 1 the STANDARD OF KXCKI.- 1 LKNCK. Furnished in all styles j of cases and sold on easy terms. | Yours truly, R. J. HERNDON, Yorkvillc, S. C. Krorvbody Says Ho. Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most wonderful medical discov irv of the ago, pleas- , ant and refreshing to the taste, uei gently ' and positively on kidneys, liver and bowels, cleansing tho entire system, dispel colds, euro headache, fever, habitual constipation and biliousness. Please buy and try a box of C. C. C. to-day; 10, 25, 50 cents, bold and I guaranteed to cure by ull druygists. ' | Ol'EMMi OF REGISTRATION ' IKIIIIA j VJ-OTM K IS IIKKKIIY (ilVKX tlmt -Li in accordance with the Art of ' j ls'.iti providing for tIk* registration of j electors, the hooks of registration will | he opened on the lirst Monday of each ' {month at the Court House, for the I registration of electors entitled to j registration under the Constitution, j and kept open for tiiree successive days in each month until thirty days ( before the general election in ls;is. Electors who registered on or before. , Hip 1st of .lanuary, lsns, are not ri ijiiired to register Offlce hours : from a. in. to ;t | W. (r. A. l'oktk' Stipr. of IJeg. for l.aneaster Co1 j Lancaster, c. II. S, Feb. I i Caveat*. ?r Arnt businc. JOma 0?TI S?nJ we ru. trcrwtafroi J Srutl nioi itlou. We r.<. {charge. Ojr 1 J A f-AMPMLfT, {cost of sauic in i 4 neat trie. Aii.tr t iC.A.SPc * OTP. PATKNT Owe i. V I w ' , Up Y "HERS. OURTS OUR Ricy .'' KO i% 0 ASTO. A," Ab OUR Tk/u. 0/ Hyannti d:'-r CASTORIA," the 0 1 caijtoria;' >v? o! An.' \7v?. ?/ <> - -V ? ~w J w" -n.:2 ziT,:;:??!' ay:d si r _ 11 /' ?; ' K " , -/ *- C'.vC Hb' i t ifClii. v i _ a1 '..id by n.cce offer Oil it), til 73, Bough 1 '-li'x k L r\ ti OK * ' " .. . >> ..?** v2> U ^ Jf S ?s V{ ' T* XxCvViii^ -J eT3r i'aiiecl You. iTrii'.'.T f. - V* YOH ' CiTYMOf i!a IV WILL PAY SlOO FOR ANY L?f V aukneM In Man They Trei i-'atl lo Cure. Ati Omaha Company pir.ces foi'tit time before tho public e .?i vatcnV uknt for the cure of Lost ViiiilityOje tnd^i-iexuul Weakness, unci Ltostortou <.t Lilo" Force in old and young men. 'A'o aorn-ont French remedy; contains no L-'hosphorons or other harmful drugs It is 1 \\ (iXDKim i Tnriru?*??.?? Ml'c< is ?positive in its euro All readers, ivhn are sitlTerim; from a weakness that blights thoir life, causing that mental and ; \y nl llTering peculiar u> L:>st* Ahti> tlOUl 1. should writo to the STATE M RDIJC "O.Ml'AN V, Omulut, Noli., and they w send you ab?o! itoly PURE, n vnjtinli [Mipor on tlie.se disea*??. and positi\ e pre<. jf lion' truly mau11 ai. tabatmknt. Tin lu-ls of met), who huvo lost nil hope p m o, uro being restored by them to a root condition. / This Maoicai. Tkeatmbnt may bo ta nt homo under their directions, or they \ |?nv railroad faro nud hotel bills to all w prefer to go thoro for treatment, if7 + rail to cure. Thcv are perfectly re!1, havo no Free Prescriptions, Free' ? Free Sample, or C. O. I). fal:e y in . P-\?OtOOtt capita], and gnnranteo to euro i- very case they treat or refund every dollar; r>?- tlioir churgen may be deposited i$ ? bank to bo paid to thern v. hen u cure .1? ! i'octed. Writo them today. Ohio River and Charleston Railw rMIMK TAI'.f.Wol the Ohio Rivfct 1. Charleston Railway Comj .onjunotly will) the South Carol. Georgia Railroad. Schedulo ifi October l^th nokth T~ HOINU I i Lvc 7.10 A.V y 57 lO.-.'O 1 ' 1-4*05 ' I 05 " 1.45 i:? 4T