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t emberr) trn1] AB~~ST~LISHED 1865. NEWBERRY, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1892. PRICE $1.50 A YEAR A HARBINGER OF rEACE. The State Democratic Executive Com mittee Recommends an Oath of Feal ty, and that the Differences of the Last Campaign be Ignored. [Special toews and Courier.] COLMMIA, Jauuary 5.-The State Democratic executive committee met to-night at 8 o'clock. The temper of the most prominent delegates before the meeting was that the committee had no prescriptive right to determine who could or could not vote at an election of the Democra tic party. The opinion was held that the State Democratie Convention was the political legislative department, and that the committee is as much bound by the laws of the Convention as the individual voter. It was further held that the question of the qualifica tion of voters is a matter to be settled by each county convention, and in the first instance by the various Democra *c clubs. For instance, at the coming May conventions to elect delegates to a convention to choose delegates to the National Democratic Convention the question can be settled as to whether the delegates to such county conven tions were elected by "white Demo erats," this phrase being taken from 'the State Constitution. The committee on credentials at each county conven vention can determine from the club rolls whether delegates were chosen in accordance with this sole qualification laid down in the State Constitution. The committeemen whose opinions are here given substantially were op posed to the committee assuming to make or organize laws for the exclu sion of any class of voters. Their pre ference was in accordance with the views expressed by Senator Irby as chairman of the committee, which were published in The News and Cou rier in December last, -and in which this whole question was first giyen to the public. He then stated that he was disposed to throw no obstacle in the way of a consolidation of all the Democrats in the State, with special reference to those who voted against the Tillman ticket in 1890. The committee assembled at 11.45. The result of its action with reference to voting qualifications for 1892 is con tained in the following, resolution, which passed: Resolved, That it is the sense of this committee that all: white Democrats whoehall first present themselves for membershlp'to afy~si-Uordinate . o cratic cihb, or who' shall offer to vote at any primary election to be held by the Democratic party, shall first take the following oath: "That he is a Democrat and will support the nomi nee of the Democratic party nominated at said election." Resolved further, That all candidates for any office in the Democratic pri mary elections shall pledge themselves to abide the result of the Democratic primaries, the candidates for State offi cers to the State executive committee, the candidates for county~offices to the county executive committee respective ly. And resolved further, That it is the sense of this commit tee that in the in terest of peace and a united Democracy no Democrat shall be excluded in said primary because of diflerences auring the last State election. THE SUMTER CASE BEFORE THE COM MITTEE. -The Sumter contest also came up and was settled.by the committee seat ing Mr. H. R. -Thomas', representing that faction of-the Demrocracy of which Mr. D. E. Keels is county chairman, by a vote of 20 to 5, the negative votes being J. C. Haskell, Ira B. Jones, of Lancaster; 0. U. Jordan, of Aiken; D. E. Finley, of York, and D. A. J. Sul livan, of Charleston. The question was disposed of by a committee of . ree, consisting of J. W. Gray,of Greenville; Neal, of Andersm, and J. D. Mont gomery, of Marn>n. The report was unanimous to the effect that prior to the September Con vention of 1890 there was no organ iza tion of the Democracy of Sumter Coun ty; that subsequently thereto the State . executive committee instructed P. P. Gaillard to reorganize the county De mocracy, which instructions were dis regarded by Mr. Ingraham's faction, and on the other hand Mr. Thomas' faction did attem'pt to comply with the orders of the committee in that they held a meeting. ordered a primary, and nominated MJr. Thomas as a mem ber of the State committee; that in the primary so ordered it wa.s developed that the Thomas faction had a majority of the voters of the county. On these grounds the sub-cotnmiittee reported in favor Thomas. m argued his own case. at the first convention nothing was done other elegates to the August y;way of compromising as' represented on that r the election 'he Con .The next conven Mr. Gaillard, who ich convention Mr. efused to take part, parate building and ently, sending their Convention. Mr. nied that Gaillard ocall that conven homias faction had ave been declared ention. Failing to acts of the Gail 1. That he, In-1 ture of that con othe seat. n behalf of Mr. n to the effect difficulty andl Hughson committee and Keels com zaittee should each appoint a :man, those two to select a third, order a primary and leave the settlement of the question to the people. This reso lution was referred to the above sub committee with the resultstated. Mr. Thomas' argument covered the whole ground and history of the campaign of 1890. RULES FOR THE PRIMARIES. Messrs Ira B. Jones and Dr. Pope were appointed a committee to draft rules and regulations to govern the primary elections to be recommended to the county conventions for adoption. The chairman was instructed to issue a call for a State Convention to elect delegates to the National Convention, the Convention to be held on the 3d Tuesday in May. A QUESTION OF TASTE. The question which produced most argument in committee was an r.,- end ment to the resolutions above offered by Mr. Jones, of Lancaster, that in the interest of peace and harmony all Democrats be permitted to participate in the Democratic primaries. Thiis amendment. which was finally adopted was opposed by Col. Haskell, Mr. Dun can, Mr. Stanland and Mr. Sullivan. Col. Haskell said that it was equiva lent to offering a pardon to those who opposed Tillman, and that it would be considered as and resented as an insult. In the course of his speech he said that there was no man in the State more opposed to the action of Gen. A. C. Haskell in 1890 than he was, or who labored harder to prsvent it. While he considered the course of the Till man peop.le as irregular in method, yet when the August Convention passed withcut a fight against them on this ground, and when the nominations were made in September he considered that the time for opposition had passed. Col. Duncan said that, in his opinion, the victors could be magnanimous, and that it were best to leave out the amendment. That a large faction of respectable and intelligent men in Union had voted against the nominees; that when be took the stump he had to fight his friends and members of his family. He would oppose it and vote against it. The negative vote was four-Haskell, Stanland, Sullivan and Duncan. One of the last resolutions passed was the following: That the represen tation in the next Democratic Conven tin be bi---the members of the Gen.eral Asqembly, and that the repre entation based upon the House of Representatives be upon the apportion ment under the Act of the last Legisla ture. The following committee members were present to-night: Abbeville, A. W. Jones; Aiken, 0. C. Jordan; Ander son, W. A. Neal; Barnwell, N. H. Stansell; Berkeley, T. W. Stanland; Charleston, D. A. J. Sullivan; Claren don, M. C. Galluchat; Darlington, John M. Waddell; Greenville, J. WV. Gray; Kershaw, T. J. Kirkland; Lan easter, Ira B, Jones; Lexington, F. C. Caughman; Laurens, J. L. M1, Irby; Nfarion, J. D. Montgomery; Newberry, Sampson Pope; Richland, Wilie Jones; Union, D. P. Duncan; Williams burg;, T. C. Willoughby; York, D. E. Findley; State at large. John C. Has kell. One of the members of the commit tee, and who is high up in the councils 4> the party, said that there would be no further differences of opinion be tween the Alliance and the movement, and that the "goose was hanging bigh." Mr. N. H. Stansell, the sergeant-at arms of the House, gave an elegant supper to-night to Senator Irby, Spea ker Jones, Dr. Pope, Mr. iBates, Gen. Gray, Mr. Neal and Mr. Caughman. M. F. T. INiCENDIARISM IN LAURENs. a Diabolical Attempt to Burn a Boarding, Bouse. [Speci'al to the State.] L AUR ENS, Jan. 8. -Incendiaries set fire to Mrs. Richardson's boarding bouse, near the corner of Harper and Laurens streets, at 120o'clock last night, but a boarder discovered the flames before they had made much headway, and they were extinguished without Enuch damage. The incendiaries went under the ouse and saturated the timbers with ;erosene. The oil can be smelt on the imbers now. A beer bottle contain ng kerosene was found on the spot, md inmates of the house say thbat the lining roon ,under which the flames were kindled, was filled with smoke mnd the odor of burning oil. There were eighteen boarders in the house, tome of whom had not gone to bed. In this case the evidences of incendi trism are unmistakable, and, in con iideration of the early hour; it was a emarkably bold attempt. Our people are distressed at the fra ~ue: cy of the fires, e ' a feeling of ~eeral uneasiness prev.ls. The Milk Turned Sour. I will not tell you her name, but one >f the neighbors says that during her rief visit the other day milk turned our. Her countenance looks a yard ong. She sighs perpetually. The ~loud on her brow is deep. If beateu >ut thin, I believe it would cover the ky. Her voice is doleful, mud her eyes show no radiance. Her vrinkles are numberless. She is a orry picture, and ail because she is he victim of one of those complainits ommnon to women. Her system is eranged. She needs a course of self reatmient with Dr. Pierce's Favorite Irescription. This will eradicate thor ughly thlose exeruciati ng periodicail ains andi functional weaknesses in ident to her sex, and at the same imie build up and invigorate 'rer whole ystem by its healtb-imparting in.flu .THE PARTY CONSTITUTION Adopted at the September Convention 1890-The Executive Committee Elected for Two Years. Below we copy from from The Her ald and News of September 18, 1890 the constitution of the Democrati< party adopted by the September con vention of that year, and also the Stat( Ecutive Comiwittee elected at th( same iime. The New Constitution. Article 1. There shall be one or morf Democratic clubs organized in each township or ward, each of which clubi shall have a distinct title-"The -- Democratic Club,"-and shall elect a president, one or more vice presidents, a recording and corresponding secre tary. and a treasurer; and shall hav4 the following working committees, oJ not less than three members each, viz A committee on registration, an execu tive committee, and such other com mittees as to each club may seem ex pedient. Article II. The meetings of the clubE should be frequent after the opening ol the canvass, and some member of tht club or invited speaker deliver an ad dress at each meeting, if practicable. Article III. The president shall havE power to call an extra meeting of thE club, and one-fourth of the members ol the club shall constitute a quorurmfor the transaction of business. Article IV. The clubs in each county shall be held together and operated under the control of a county executive committee, which shall consist of one member from each club to be nomi nated by the respective clubs and elected by the County Convention, but these powers to the said executive com mittee do not carry with them the power to pass upou the election of members to the County Convention or their qualification to sit as members, for this power belongs to the mambers of the convention through the appoint ment and action of a committee on credentials, whose report shall be acted upon as to the members of the conven tion may seem proper. The executive committee, when elected, shall appoint its owa officers and fill all vacancies which may arise when the convention is not in session. The tenure of office of the executive committee shall be until the first Monday in May of each election year, at which time the county convention shall be called together to -reorganize the party. Every Presiden tial election year these county conven tions in May shall elect delegates to a State Convention called for the pur pose of electing delegates to the Na tional Democratic Convention and to elect the members of the National Democratic executive committee from this State ; and such State Convention shall exercise no other power. This State Convention shall be called by the State executive commit-ee to meet every Presidential election year on the third Wednesday in May, and the State Democratic Nominating Conven tion shall be called by thbe State Dem ocratic executive committee to meet on the third Wednesday i n September of each election year. Article V. County Democratic con ventions shall be composed of delegates elected- by the several local cluhs, one delegate for every twenty-five members and one delegate for a majority fraction thereof, witha the right to each county convention to enlarge or diminish the representation according to circum stances. The county conventions shall be called together by the chairman of the r-sspective executive committees under such rules, not inconsistent with this constitution, as each county may adopt, and when assembled shall be called to order by the chairman of the executive committee, and the conven tion shall proceed to nominate and elect from among its members a presi dent, one er more vice presidents, a secretary and treasurer. The clubs re cognized by'the respective county con ventions which sent delegates to the State Convention which met on the 13th day of Augtust, 1890, shall be recognized as the only legal clubs: Provided, however, that any county convention may permit the formation of a new club or clubs by a two-thirds vote of its members: Provided further, that in all cities with a population of 5,000 and over there may be two club. in each ward ; they shall be organ ized in obedience to this constitution as are the clubs elsewhere in this State, and in organizing said clubs they shall have representation in the County Con ventions respectively, as said conven tions shall declare in accordance with the provisions of this constitution. Article VL. The State Nominating Convention for the nomination of Governor, Lieutenant Governor and other State offices in 1892 and there after, and for electors for President and Vice President in the same year aud every Presidential year thereafter, shall be composed of delegates from each county In the numerical proportion to which sucb county is entitled in both branches of the General Assembly, said delegates are to be chosen by primary elections to be held on the last Tues day in August of each election year, the delegates to be elected to receive a majority of the votes cast. At this electiou ontiy white Democrats shall be allowed to vote, except that negroes who votedl for Gen;. Hampton in 18-6 anld who voted the Democratic ticket cotinuosly eiuee may be allowed to voe. The club rolls of the party shall constitute the registry list and shall be open to inspection by any metmber of the party, -and the election under this elause s inlhi he held and regulated under the Act of the General Assemnbly of the Sate, annpoedl)ecember 22 1SSS, and any subsequent Acts of the Legislature of this State. Second primaries, when necessary, shall be held two weeks later. Article VII. The officers of the State Convention shall be a president, one vice president from each Congressional district, two secretaries and a treasurer. Article VIII. The State executive committee shall be composed of one member from each county, to be se lected by the respebtive deleg:ttions and elected by the convention. When elected said executive committee shall choose its own officers, shall rmeet at the call of the chairman or any five members, at such times and places as he or they may appoint. The member of the National Democratic executive committee from South Carolina shall be elected by the May State Conven tion in 1892 and every four years there after, and when elected shall be ex officio a member of the State executive committee. Vacancies on said State executive committee by death, resigna tion or otherwise shall be filled by the respective county executive con mittees. The Stateexecutive cowmittee is charged with the execution and di rection of the policy of the party in the State subject to this constitution, the principles declared in the platform of principles and such instructions by resolution or otherwise as the State Convention may from time to time adopt, and shall continue in office for two years from the time of election or until the assembling of the State Nom inating Convention, which meets in September of each election year. If any vacancy occurs on the State ticket, or for electors, by death, removal or other cause, the committee shall- have power to fill:the vacancy by a majority vote of the whole committee. Article IX. When the State Coiven tion assembles it shall be called to order by the chairman of the State executive committee, a temporary president shall be nominated and elected by the con vention, and after its organization the convention shall proceed immediately to the election of permanent officers and to the transaction of business. When the business has been concluded it shall adjourn sine die. Article X. There shall be a primary election in each Congresslonal district in this State on the last Tuesday in August, * 1892, and every two years thereafter, to nominate candidates for Congress, to be conducted and managed as hereinbefore provided in the elec tion of delegates Ln ,"vS.4 wa - tion The vote to be received, tabulated and announced by the State executive committee, to the chairman, of whom the result is to be transmitted by the respective county chairmen by the first Tuesday in September 1892, and every two years thereafter. The election for solicitors of the different circuits shall be by primary, subject to the same rules and regulations, and to be announced in the same way as before set forth for Congressmen. Article XI. Before the election in 1892, and each election year thereafter, the State Democratic executive corm mittee shalla'issue a call to all candi dates for State offices to address the people of the different counties, of the State, fixing the dates. for the meet ings and also inviting the candidates for Congress and for solicitor in their respective districts and circuits to be present and address the people. At such meetings only the candidates abovc set forth shall be allowed to speak. Article XII. It shall be the duty of each county executive committee to appoint meetings in their respective counties to be addressed by the candi dates for the General Assembly, and for the different countyl offices, all of whom, including trial justices, shall be elected by primary on the last Tuesday in August of each election year under the same rules and regulations herein before provided. Article XIIIL Each County delega tion to any State Convention shall have power to fill any vacancy therein. Article XiV. This constitution may be amended and altered only by the State Nominating Convention which meets In September or each election year. Article XV. Any County failing or refusing to organize under the provi sions of this Constitution shall not have representation in the State Democratic Convention. A bbeville-J. E. Todd. Aiken-O. C. Jordan. Barnwell-G. Duncan Bellinger. Beaufort-James S. Reid. Berkeley-T. WV. Stanland. Ch arleston-D. A. J. Sullivan. Chester-A. G. Brice. Chesterfield-W. C. Mcf'reigh t. Clarendon-M. C. Galluchat. Colleton-A. E. Williams. Darlington-T. E. Early. Edgefield-H. H. Townes. Fairfield-0. WV. Buchanan. Florence-R. WV. McCown. Georgetown-J. Harleston Reed. Greenville-J. WV. Gray. Hampton-A. M. Youmans. Kershaw-J. R. Goodall. Lancaster-Ira B. Jones. Laurens-John L. M. Irby. LexIngton-H. A. Meetze. Marion-J. D. Montgomery. Marlboro-J. B. Green. New berry--S. Pope. Oconee-S. Y. Stribbling. Orangeburg-0. R. Lowman. Pickens-J. K. Kirkley. Ricebland-Wilie Jones. Spartanburg-S. T. D. Lancaster. Surter-D. E. Keels. Union-G. D. Pea ke. WXilliamsburg-A. H. WVilliams. York-R. -T. Riggins. Immediately after its organization* the committee held a meeting and elected J. L. M. Irby chairman, G. Duncan Bellinger secreta':y and Wi ie Jones traser.r BLOWS FOR THE BLOWER. Colonel Keitt Begins to Review rilman Caustlc Comment on What was Said and What has been Done. [From the Greenville News.] The condition of the people is deplo rable and is rapidly growing worse. On one side we are threatened with finan cial disaster. On the other demagogues in their greed for office are "blowing" the flames of sectional and factional bate. Inteiligent and virtuous men alone can save us. No heed should be given to unclean men-they are the lepers of society and bring disaster and ruin. Five years ago B. R. Tillman made his appearance before the pu6lic as the advocate of an agricultural and me chanical college, which was necessary to place the farmers on an equality with other classes and on the road to pros perity. The farmers met in convention in Columbia in April, 1886, under his leadership for the purpose of taking steps to establish such a college. Till man declared he wanted no office-that all he desired was to be a trustee of such an institution. The writer was a member of the convention and was in full sympathy with the movement, as be always has been and is with every thing looking to the advancement of the agricultural interest. The conven tion had not adjourned thirty days before the press of the State announced as a fact Tillman bad sold out the farmers' movement to Dawson. When the State convention met in tbe summer Tillman held a caucus of the farmers' movement delegates and tried to get them to vote for Sheppard, a lawyer, Dawson's candidate against Richardson, a farmer. As Tillman had been taking delight in abusing lawyers his course was conclusive with many that what the press stated was true that he had sold us out to Dawson. The writer lost confidence in him and reluctantly consented in 1890 to support him. He did not do so until he was assured Till'nau was an allianceman and after he heard him speak at New berry, where, among other things, he made the following pledges, not one of which he has kept. He said: "If you elect me governor the first message I send to the legislature I will ask them to reduce the salaries of all the State officers." Earle said: "But you will be elected and they can't reduce yours." Tillman replied: "I don't care if they do." Did he send that message to the igisiattre? . Wby -not" was he "blowing." He said "fellow citizens you know nothing about your State government. You have been ruled by aristocrats since the days of the Lords Proprietors. If you elect me governor, I will ask the Legislature to print ten thousand copies of the Comptroller-General's re port and I will send them all over the State, and you will then know what is being done." Did he make this re quest? No. What excuse has he for failing to do so? Was he:'blowing?" He said, "Fellow citizens, if you elect me governor I will save you $100,000." Was he blowing? How now stand matters? Instead of saving the State $100,000 he has lost the State the first year of his administration near $1,000, 000. He has put us on the down gr-ade. Matters are serious, and under his ad ministration they are growing worse very fast. By his bad management of the phosphate interest the estimate is, he will have lost the State $168,000 on royalty at the end of the fiscal year, March, '92. When he went into office the bonds of the State were at a pre mium of about 5 per cent. Now they are worth only 93 cents on the dollar. By their depreciat.ion he has lost the State about $700,000. The public debt, amounting to millions of dollars,is due next year and will have to be paid or refunded. Georgia refunded her debt at 3 per cent. and ours ought to be re funded for the same or less. The signs are a Tillman administration can not refund it except at a high interest, if at all. Capitalists have no con fidence in an administrat)on headed by a man who recently said, "I did a great deal of blowing last summer. 1 don't recol lect all I said." Blowers never inspire confidence in anybody. When t'uie Legislature, realizing the scarcity of -.noney and the straits to which the people are reduced, ex tended the time for the payment of taxes to the 20th of February, Tillman refused to approve it. He is in a soft place. He has feathered his nest and cares not a stiver.now for the people, only for their votes. He saw very differently when he had no gioves. In the campaign of 1S90 Tillman de nounced all who received free passes n the railroads as bribe takers andl said they were "tamed." He must have been "blowing." It is alleged that he rode on free pass No.1I and the rail roads and express companies car red everything free for him and he has not denied it. By his silence he pleads guilty. The legislature fixed him on the free pass business. He has to pay now like other people when he rides on the cars ; hence his abause of the mnem ers of the legislature in his speech a few nights ago at.Laurens. He is mad. He calls for a legislature of henchmen to execute his orders. As the ex cutive, if he can he will seize all the powers of the o'ther departments of the government and use them for his own benefit. He aspires to be a Palatine. Popuh-r government with such men in office can not long survive. In his speech at Laurens, opening his cam paign for this year in villification and abuse, he surpassed even what he said in 1590 wl.en he swung round the circle. Then he was plain B. R. Tillman. Now Farmers of the State what do yot think of our governor wbom we elected I own I am ashamed I voted for hin and will never do it agaia. He ha. deceived us intentionally and badly and has proven himself to be a fraud Tillman, realizing he bas not mad( good a single pledge he gave us during the campaign of 1890, that he brought great pecuniary loss upon the State, that his administration has been a failure and the people feel and kno% it, is now trying to fasten the blame or the legislature. Farmers, merchants, business men. citizens, all, let us come together. Le1 all of our efforts be for the commor good and general welfare. Our once proud old State sorely needs the servi ces of every good and loyal citizen i1 our Christian civilization and homei are redeemed and saved from the vile. Let every one do his duty to God and his couutry. Banish all personal pre ferences. Let every community bx closely scanned and men, clean, capa ble and loyal to principle alone, b selected and elected to office. Elecl them whether they want the office oi not, and tell them they must serve. Ij this is done all will be well-the Stat will be redeemed and saved, %.he peoplc again united and happy and Tillmar quietly laid away with eight following his political corpse to its last resting place-six pall bearers and two mour ners, Irby and Shell, Bespectfully, ELLISON S. KEITT. Better and Better. "Better than grandeur, better thar gold, Better than rank a thousand fold, Is a healthy body, a mind at ease, And simple .pleasures that alway please." To get and keep a healthy body, us( Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery a remedy designed to not only cure al diseases of the throat, lungs and chest but keep the body in a Lhoroughl healthy condition. It eradicates al impurities from the blood, and over comes Indigestion and Dyspepsia Blotches, Pimples. and eruptions dis appear, under its use, and your mind can be "at ease" a; to your health. WILLIAMs WON'T EMIGRATE. He Will Stick to Greenville and th "Newe"--A Victim of "Fakes." [Editorial in Greenville -News.] The editor of the Greenville New, does not know on what fact, if any the report of bis purpose to go back t< Virginia in a short time is based, oi whil usative, if any; there "-s" spreading that report. He is, however under obligation to the author of it The State and the Spartanburg Heral print the rumor and add commenti which are more than kind. The editoi of the News has read these with muel the same pleasant feeling that a mat must have in re-ding a particular3 flattering obituary notice of himsel: while he is yet alive. He takes thi opportunity to express his cordia thanks to his co-laborers who hay spoken so warmly of him. * * In justice to all concerned, it is wel to say that neither Colonel Hoyt noi Mr. Williams knows anything of th< suggested arrangement. They havy never considered or discussed anything of the kind. Mr. Williams has had n< proposition from any Ricnmond news paper and has not made application t< any and has no present purpose o going away from Greenville. For per sonal reas,ons he does intend at somn time in the future to return to Virgi nia, where he was born, and a state ment by him to that effect may havy been misunderstood and have caused the story above given. He has muel work to do, however, before he can be gin to think of removal. It may b ten years, or longer, even. The next devg!opment regarding th< editor of the News will be awaited b: him with keen interest. Some months ago he was announced as a candidat< for Congress; he was next astonished to learn that he had become a menta and physical wreck from the use o: liquor and opium; from way out ir Oklahoma Territory he received in quires concerning his experience a Dwight, whither he was reported t< have been sent as a chronic inebriate now he learns that he has a job whici he had no knowledge of and is about t< emigrate contrary -to his own purposes There is a good deal of fun in all this and it does no special harm, but it i just as well to have the facts known. The Proper Method. [Greenville Daily News.] The best way in the world to makt hard times is to sit still, say they ar4 hard, depress everybody and chit every movement in tbe direction o: enterprise. A good method of chasing hard times away is to get a move or us, cultivate confidence in our future and keep things going. How to Get Thin. 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THE COLUMBIA CLUB WINS. The Supreme Court Decides That no Muni cipal License Can be Charged for the "Distribution" of Liquor Among the Members. [Register, 8th.] The Columbia Club has won and the city of Columbia has lost. The Supreme Court decided the much talked of Club case adversely to the city yesterday, and in the future the Club can furnish their members with liquors of all descriptions without paying toll to the city treasury. Justice McGowan rendered the opin ion, which was concurred in by Chief Justice McIver. Justice Pope did not hear the evidence. The principal points in the decision are aq follows: "The question, whether social clubs, which raise the money by contribu tions and then distribute refreshments among ite - wn members, are liable to a license tax for retailing spirituous li quors, has been considered by many of the courts of the country, both in En gland and America. The cases seem not to be in accord. We have exam ined many of them in the hope of be ng able to reconcile them, but have found it impossible to do so. We think, however, that much of the seeming conflict arises from two causes; When the alleged club as a matter of fact izi not bona fide what it purports to be, but is a mere device to 'evade the law against retailing without a license. In all such cases, of course, they are lia ble. And, second, from the difference in the terms of the various acts upon the subject, each court construing for itself the laws and regulations of its own State. "In the case before us the difficulty first above indicated is not in our way, for it has been considered and formally found that the Columbia Club is a bona fide social organization for the uses and purposes declared in its char ter. "The question then is whether under our laws, properly construed, the City Council of Columbia had the right to rcquirt the Columbia Club to take out a license of $200 for the year 1891, and to pay a fine of $20 for not having done so? "There are two kinds of licenses," the Judge continues, one known as a 'business license', and the other as a 'liquo 'icense.' With the first the case has nothing to do, as it is conceded that the club is not engaged in any "We have only to do, then, with the liquor license, and it seems that all the different provisions of our law upon the subject are collected in Chapter 4 of the General Statutes. "Section 1736 provides that all cities and towns shall have power to grant licenses for the sale of spirituous liquors to keepers of drinking saloons and eat ing houses, apart from taverns. "Section 174.5 provides, among other things, that the persons engaged in re tailing liquors must expose their li cense to public view, and the liquors shall be sold in a room fronting a pub lic street, without curtains or other de vice to pre'vent the public from having a full view of what is transpiring with in. "Now, considering these provisions together, what construction should be placed on them? They are penal in their nature and should be strictly con strued. Is it not perfectly manifest that, by the terma used, the Legisla ture did not intend to embrace social organizations, such as the Columbia Club, but, on the contrary, the true intent and meaning of all these provis ions was to include only 'the keepers of drinking saloons.'" With reference to the city ordinance, passed December 22, 1890, requiring clubs to pay the regular license, the opiLuon holds that the ordinance must be construed in subordination to the general law on the subject. The court holds that distributing li quors among its members does not con stitute a sale by the club. Many cases were cited in support of the opinion.. THE GIRLS' COLLEGE. Organization of Board Completed.-Btds to be Invited for its Locations. (Special to News and Courier.] COLUMBIA January 6.-The trustees of the South Carolina Industrial and Winthrop Normal College met again this morning and transacted a large amount of business. Dr. A. H. Fuller and A. H. Patterson appeared to-day and qualified. The temporary organization as affected yesterday was continued until a perman ent organization can be had and rules and regulations adopted. Mr. Mayfield, Dr. Joynes and Mr. IBraezeale were appointed a committee to prepare such rules and laws. Mr. Patterson offered the fillowing resolution, which was adopted: Resolved, That after the visitation and inspection of the Winthrop Nor mal College made this day the board desires to place on record its seens of the efficient work and excellent condi tion of the Winthrop Training School under its present management, and its acknowledgment of its valuable gift to the State on behalf the former trustees as an important facbor in the future of the Industrial and Normal College. Resolved, That a copy of this resolu tion be communicated to the chairman of the former board. The committee appointed to recom. mend measures concerning the pro perty and temporary management of the Woman's College reported the fol loin resolinsn: Resolved, That the president and other officers of the late Winthrop Training School be, and are hereby, requsted to act as such in their respec tive positions and at the same salaries as in the Winthrop Training School until the close of the present session. Resolved, That an executive com mittee of two, of which the president of the Winthrop Training School shall act as-chairman, be appointed to super intend the ordinary business of the Winthrop Normal College till the close of the present session. Resolved, That the executive cVjn mittee be authorized to accept and re ceipt for all moneys and other proper ty of the late Winthrop Training School, as tendered by its board of trustees and now by Act of the Legis lature, the property of the State Indus trial and Woman's Normal College. Resolved, That this executive com mittee be further authorized to employ till the close of the present session an~ additional teacher at a -salary not to exceed $60 a month. Dr. Joynes and State Superintendent Mayfield were appointed as this execu tive committee, Prof. Johnson being chairman. Mr. Buist offered the following, which was adopted: Resolved, That as soon -as practicable after the fical selection of the College site and the election of the additional trustees, as provided by the Act of the Legislature, the board do proceed to the election of a president, whose term of office shall begin at such time as may then be determined by the board. The committee on advertisement reported: "That in pursuance of Lhe Act of the Legislature notice is hereby given that the board of trustees of the South Caro lina Industrial and Women's Normal College will meet in the Executive chamber on Mareh 9, 1892, at 10 A. M. "The Act provides that the board of trustees shall see that the bids for the location of the institution are fully se cured, and shall give thirty days' notice in three newspapers published in the State before finally iocatingsaid institution. "It also provides (Section 8) that for the purposes of the Act the authorities of any county or city or town may appropriate from their funds money to secure the location of this institution, and may hold an election to take the - sense of the qualifed *voters upon sub scription or no subscription of a defi nite sum to be paid in money or bonds, and if a majority rof vote for subescrition Orities shall have power . nge good the sub scription in money or bonds which they may issue, etc. "All bids must be sent to the chair man of the board and be in such shape that upon acceptance by the trustees. they shall constiute a binding contract, upon which the money can be realized as needed. "B. R. Tillmlar. Chm'n Board Trus tees. "W. D. Mayfield, Secretary." The terms of the trustees were deter mined by lot at follows: Dr. Fuller and Mr. Breazeale, two years: Dr. Joynes, A. H. Patterson, four years; D). W. McLaurin, W. N. Elder and Mr. Buist, six years each. On motion of D)r. Joynes theexistins rules for filling vacancies in the Win throp Training School were mainta ined. The board then adjourned to meet on March 9, 1892, unless sooner con vened by the chairman. The trustees made a visit to the Win throp Training School (the late) this morning. During the course of the inspection Governor Tillman, Mr. Breazeale and Mr. Patterson made short and pleasant addresses to the teachers and yozing ladies. BELIl W7OR RUssIANS. President Harrison sends a Meseage to Con gress on the Snbject. WASHINGTON, January 5.-President Harrison to-day sent to Congress the following message touching the efforts to relieve the distress of the famine sufferers in Russia. It was referred to the committee cn naval affairs,ifor ac tion on the recommendation contained therein: To the Senate irAd House of Represeni tatives. The famine prevailing in some of the provinces of Rrssia is so severe a wide -id as to have at ' sym .,.hy and interest o,f/ large nu ber of our liberal and favored peop In some of the great grain States of the West mov already bee i "zedt and mne or the relief of t ig Russian families, and the has been such as to justify the\le that a ship's cargo can very so ei delivered at the seaboard through b generous co-operation of the transpo~r tation lines. It is most appropriate that a people . whose store-houses have been so lavish ly filled with all the fruits of earth by the gracious favor of God should mani fest their gratitude by large gifts to Hi~ suffering children in other flids. / The secretary of the navy ha~no-d steam vessel at his disposal thaVcould be used for the transportation of tl supplies, and 1 therefore recomme9d that he be authorized to charter a adit able vessel to receive them, ifasuffi cient amount should oe offered, and to send them, under the charge of a naval officer. to such Russian port as may b most convenient for ready distribution to those most in need. BEJmIN HAnniSOs.j