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SEW COUSTY LAW. questions that have arisen PASSED UPON. The Attorney General Give* Some Opinion* Construing the Act. The matter of the elections for the formation of new countie* invo’ve* man) t" t ‘ ues w 11 '® 11 Are being con- gtautly presented in one form or another Every time the people pro- wed wi h one of th-ee elections cer tain (piestious as to the construction of the act governing the formation of ne w counties arise and the at'orney jenernl i« called upon to construe the law Here, for instance, are a number of legal question* pro; ouuded to ilie attorney general yesterday ny Mr. i HnKei', >nc olniii nnti. o a lame, atnue county committee. They are given together with the answers and #jh be of special interest to all con corned in the formation of new couu- tie*: Will ii be legal- for persons living wit I.in tne tioundarles of the proposed new hlmestone county to register December 7, it being one of the three days in each month required by law? Yes. Will it be legal to open the registra tion hooks on any day previous to the first Monday in each month? No. W ill a voter so registering be en titled to vote in the new county elec tions? No. Can a person be registered at the comity scat by another person if he will make oath that the person, or persons, he represents has all otiier legal qualifications? No It is necessary to have three boxes at each polling precinct? The law having required a two-thirds inajori. ty. will it require a two-third majori ty ns to name and place? No, one box; second, two-thirds on all questions. Would » failure of a two-third ma jority as to name or place invalidate the whole election? No. AS IMPORTANT OPINION. The attorney general has also ren dered the following opinion which will likewise be of special inierrst to new county people. Messrs. M, M. Tate and others. Managers of the new County Elec tion. Gaifney, 8. C Your telegram was received jnst as I was leaving Columbia and 1 delay ed answering until I could investi gate the question. I wired you my conclusion and now give you the rea sons iq on which it was based. beetion 3 of the act regulating the formation of the new counties pro vides that all person* entitled to vot« nnder the Constitution and laws of this State at general elections shall he entitled to vote at such elections. (See acts 1896.) It is evident that persons register ed tin December 7 are entitled to vote at general elections and that qualified them to vote at a new conn ty election. It is true that section 7 of the registration act provides that the registration books shall be closed .‘in day s before a special election. (Bee acts fdyfi, page 381) Hut 1 do not consider a new county election a special election within the meaning of that act. I understand tin- term “special elestion,” as used in this act, to mean a special election for officers or something of that sort, while a new county election Isa reg ular election pursuant to law. The general assembly conld hardly have contemplated closing the registra tion books in any county when a new county election fs to be hold 30 days before such election. Suce a course niight seriously interfere with the ri: btratlon of electors for the gen eral election following. But the reg istration act and the new county act heiug new, may not thoroughly har- monize; but I take the view that under them a person registered on December 7th and otherwise qualified to vote is entitled to vote in a new f ounty election held December 8th. There is another and more serious question that might prise and which 1 merely call to yonr attention with out expressing any opinion. You will observe that section 7 of the reg istration act requires the registration books to lie opened on the first Mon day in December, 1896, at the court house and kept open for three suc cessive days. This will include the very day on which your election has been ordered and may complicate matters. Yours very truly, Wtbi'iam A Barhkr, Attorney General. have a b.i„ g to whom she could pour out her soul in gratitud*. Bhe has beeu fres from famine and pestilence, free from the acourges that destroy humanity, and; while she had >read for her children and habitation* for her people. She has during th# .var created new temples of learning and has been Introduced to all the na- lious. She has entertained the children of all lande, and has seen the best pro ductions of the industry, the genius and the intelligence of ell peoples exhibited here within her borders. She has wit nessed a great step foward of all the forces that tend to elevate and enlight en mankind “Here for the first time in history has woman stood on an absolutely tndepen- menl basis in carrying out a great wark, and here in Illinois for the first time since man gazed at the sun, or appealed to a (iod, have the repre-entatives of all religions met and offered each other friendly hands and given respectful hearing, and from her precincts has gone forth this year a new gospel of toleration and co-operation, a new goa- pel of peace among men and happiness upon earth. Yes, with uncovered head and with her face toward the morning, Illinois will give thanks to the Ruler of the Universe for having placed her star In the brightest constel lation and given her a year big with fate and great in results, a year breath ing progress, glowing with inspiration and covered with glory, a year forever memorable in the annals of time." There were other responses to the newspaper’s circular—we really cannot at this momeut indentify the newspapar— hut none which approached this in elo quence, In feeling, in felcitioua express ion, ami ;n nobility of thought. In that competition of patriotic utterances Alt- geld scaled above the thrush. We do not believe that, either in 1893 or in any otiier year, a more beautiful, exalted, and reverant Thanksgiving was ever offered by mortal man. Altgeld haa probably been denounced more bitterly than any other person oc cupying an important official position in this country He has been branded as an anarchist, an encendiary, a breed er of sedition—every epithet that fear and hatred could prompt and ingenuity reduce to words has been showered up on him from the press, the pulpet and the rostrum. How far these denuncia tions were warranted we do not now propose to consider. We content our selves with saying that matiy of the leading men in Chicago, merchants, manufacturers, heads of great corpora tions and prominent members of the learned professions, have certified to their falsehood and injustice. Let that go. History will deal with Mr. Altgeld as a governor- We are discussing him today merely as a writer and a thinker. He has ocen defeated—overa-hlmingly defeated. Soon he will return to pri- vaie life, leaving his public record to the enlightened judgement of his fellow citizens and to the arbitrament of act. Hut we do not hesitata to say that, in our opinion, the man capable of such aentimeuts as we have quoted above— and they haye in them the unmlstakeble ring of sincerely—cannot be an anar chist, ennnet be a criminal, cannot be an enemy of society. That he may be a fanatic, an enthusiast, a dreamer of im possible things, we can imagine. That he might have conceived the Happy Valley of Hasselas, the Republic of Pla to, the community of St. Simon or Proudhon Is conceivable. Bat this man loves mankind, and prays for its happi ness and exaltation, feels with delights and sorrows with his fellow creatures. Nocrynic, tyrant, or cansplrator conld have uttered that glowing, that noble, that passionate apostrophe. !£T0HMe*WH8Ea ir*sampi*. iaano.Title"“■y fiwuZiSe For sale by DR J. A. BOYD and all drutrsist. ■ALTGEtD, THE ANARCHIST." Light t , rown on Hi* Caracter by a Thanksgiving Essay. Washington Post (Gold). Three years ago one of those newapa- pi i s which delights in sending circulars lo such pubic men as governors, sena- inrs, etc., sent • note to the chief execu- t:ic of each of the States in the Union, nuking: “Will give thanks this year, siid, if so, why?’' To this note .lohn P. Ahgeld, then governor of Illinois, re plied.as follows: Yes. Illinois will give thanks. 8he lias enjoyed so many blessings tills year, ma terial and spiritual, intellectual and moral; she has taken such a forward stride in sight of all the world, and has h en so loaded with honors ami crowned with success, and she is feeling si’ grate ful to all the earth, that if there were i n I'ml *1 <• wi uld i teali on# in order to Marvelous Result*. From a letter written by Rev. J. Qunderman, of Dimondale, Mich., we are permitted to make this extract: “I have no hesita tion in recommending Dr. King’s New Discovery, as the results were almost marvelous in tho case of my wife. While I was pastor of the Baptist Churcht a Rives Junction she was brought down with Pneumonia succeed ing La Grippe. Terrible parox ysms of coughing would last hours with Tittle interruption and it seemed as if she could not survive them. A friend re* commended Dr. King’s New Discovery; it was quick in is work and highly satisfactory in results.” Trial bottles free at Dr. J. A, Boyd’s and 0. B. Davis’ Drug Stores. The Dutch have a singular contri vance to cure laziueas. If a pauper ( who la able, refuses to work they put him in a cistern, and let in a sluice of water. It comes in just so fast that by briskly plying a pump, with which the cistern is furnished, he keeps himself from being drowned. Electric Bitters. Electric Bitters is a medicine suited for any season, but per haps more generally needed, when the languid exhausted feeling prevails, when the liver is torpid and sluggish and the need of a tonic and alterative is felt. A prompt use of this med • icine has often averted long and perhaps fatal billious fevers. No medicine will act more sure ly in counteracting and freeing the system from the malaral poison. Headache, Indigestion, Constipation, Dizziness yield to Electric Bitters. 50c. and $1 00 per bottle at J. A. Boyd’s aqd O. B. Davis’ Drug Stores. Now is the time for Gin House and Tornado Insurance. Best companies in the world, Mrs. Lucy M. Norment. LOOK AT THIS! OHt/K ACRES SUPERB TOBAC- lOOV CO land* for $;C0. This land is situated on Cedar Creek op posite Society Hill half mile from de pot of A. C Line. Apply not later than 1st January to JNO. M. WADDELL, 126, Edgewood Ave., Atlanta, 0&. The Only Exclusive Shoe Store In The County. rc represented In yonr locality and yoacanaecnr* OverooaUt and Trouaera to yoar ladlvidaal mearart at ertce* which altaply cannot bcaqnaM or jonr local latrcaaat tailor, 2TOOOS & UILLIHG Can mi ron how It leaeanhu north* lartaat tallortai catahUahacnt la the world to maka ymrnt clothe* la th* from tho aeot " “ ' cadet rnaooaat * * * * # * * * # # * * # + T DEALERS IH ALL GRADES OF BOOTS and SHOES -A-JNTID Gent’s Furnishing Goods. NOTICE. O N DECEMBER Slat AFTER date, I will file my final return as Administrator of the estate of T A. Gaudy, deceased, and apply to the Probate Court of Darlln for letten Dismiasor^. Nov26—tt county M. SMITH, Admin. I READ THIS. HAVE A FINE STOCK HOG _ for sale—he is a big bone, block Polen China hog, weighs 250 pounds, t ust two years old and not viciou*. i'or fu-ther Information call on tne at Antioch, S. C. or addreas me at Dovee- vllle, 8. U. K. A. BYRD. ■M. J. BYRO, PUBLIC SQUARE. The leading WHlUnnTffrPIffltirm house in the city. New Fall Gboods Just received and more to come. Sole agents for the world renowned mmm. v m. The only guaranteed Corset bn the market. THE “NEW IDEA" PATTERNS At the very low price of TEN CENTS EACH. If you will call at my store. I will be pleased to show you anything and quote prices. MRS. M. J. BYRD, Darlington, S. C. TAXNOTICE Treasurer’s Office, \ Darlington, B. O., Oct 6, ’M. / THE TREASURER’S BOOKS • will be opened at Darling ton C. H. on October 15th, 1896, for collection of State. County, Special, School and Poll Taxes for Darlington County tor the fiscal year commencing October 31et, 1895 and ending December 31st, 1896. The Treasurer will also be prepared to collect money for road tax. J. W. WOODHAM, Treasurer D. C. THE FARMERS WAREHOUSE. ♦ HARTSVILLE, S. C. * Will open for the SALE OF LEAF TOBACCO, A.TTGKCTST 18. 1800. Every Coireaienee Will Be Gives Farmers And Bayers. The management will be in the hands of first class tobacco men of long experience. WE SOUCIT YOUR PATRONAGE, AND PLBOHE YOU FAIR TREATMENT. a- VE TTS -A- TIRI-A Ij. CORRESPONDENCE WITH LEAF DEALERS DESIRED. THE FARMERS WAREHOUSE CO. J. B. NUTT, Manager. orM We are candidates not for office but for your Tobacco Trade! THE Planters’ Warehonse Will again be opened for the sale of yonr tobacco, AUGUST It* Having ar ranged with a large number of buyers who represent the largest markets in the world, the AMERICAN; TOBACCO CO. among the number, we are better prepared than ever to handle your tobacco. Mr. J. S. Walden, a warehouseman of ten years’ experience, - who is associated with Mr. B. F. Smoot this year, will al ways be on the floor to see that your to bacco brings the very highest market price. REMEMBER THE DAY, TUESDAY AUG. II and bring your tobacco to PLANTERS’ WAREHOUSE where a welcome awaits you. Smoot & Walden, IDctrlingrton, SL O. J. S. MHITE, HA.KfTS’VXXjULiE, S. C. WILL SELL ‘STOTT -Dry Gnods; “ “ , Hsts and Shoes- As low as they can be sold in this county. HE SELLS A —* 1 Crtctojwire, Mm, Timn, M M TOB-A.OOO -A.3STU OIGh^ItS AT BOTTOM PRICES. Call and see him while in Hartsville WHITE is always in a good humor and will do his best to please you and make yon feel good. HARWVILL* 9. O, Amg. Uth, 18M ARE YOU FOR CHEW made from the best Henry County Leaf. TRY Hickory the best 10c tobacc on the mar ket. Manufactured by Spencer : Bros, and SOLD BY Coggesball & Co. LAW CAKD8. R. L. DAiiGAN, Attorney & Counselor at Law. DABLINGTON, 8. C. SPECIALTIES: Real Estate, Corporation and Commer cial Law. Prctice in 3rd and 4thCircuits. 8eptl3’96 lyr. JOHN J. DARGAfi, ATTORNEY AT LAW. DARLINGTON C. Will practice ii State aid Federal ceirts. Office in Armory BaUdlng. - J. J. WARD, Attorney at Law, DARLINGTON, S.. C. Will Practice li the Cairts if the Fairth (ireait. n Mch5’96—lyr. , <*************4 11 * H I < m 4 Jewelry, Watches. Clocks te. ]; I have begun to buy my Fall atocH ■ 'Of clocks, watches jewelry, sllverj ! [ware, novelties he. I will be in po-]j aitiou to aell good* at very low pr < 'SUd GCARENTES EVERYTHING , [repreeuted. ' | Repairing of watchea, clocks sndj • 'jewelry done at reason able bat ! land work GUAREnrsno. ii 8. WOLFRAM, * Jeweler and Mlversmith, DA&LUTGTOJT, 8 C Gibson's Bruteh. > IS* Jtfir E. O. Woods. Robert Macfarl&n. WOODS & MACFARLAN. (Successors to Woods 4 Spain.) ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Darlington, 8. C. Offices over The Bank of Darlington. Janl0’90—lyr. R. W. Boyd. G. W. Brown BOYD Sl BROWN- dttorneyi and Oonmalors it Law Office in S. Marco building, op* posite Court House. DARLINGTON. S. C JanUOfi—lyr. T. H. Spain, H. T. Thompson SPAIN & THOMPSON, Attorneys at Lav, Darlington, - - - 8. C. Offices In Darlington Guards’ Armory building, first floor. Special attention giten to practice la the Probate Court. MehM’Vt—yr. W C HERAW and DARLINGTON Bailroad. In effect .Nov 15. 189 No. 63. SOUTH BOUND. Passenger train. (Daily except Sunday ) Leave Choraw 5 15 p m Cash's 5 28 p m Society Hill 5 43 p in Dove’s 6 02 p m Fl«yd’s 6 08 p m Arrive Darlington 6 23 p m Leave Darlington 6 27 p m Palmetto 6 40 p m Arrive Florence 6 55 p m No 60 NOBTH BOUND. Passenger train. (Daily except Sunday.) Leave Florence 8 55 a m Palmetto 9 15 a m uarlington 9 81 a m Floyd’s 9 45 a m Dove’s9 52am Society Hill ..1010 am Caah’s 10 25 a m Arrive Cheraw 10 40 a m No. 27. SOUTH BOUND. Freight train. (Daily except Sunday.) Leave Wad«sboro... 8 00pm Bennett’s 3 25pw Morven’s 8.40 p n, MoFarlan 4 00 p m Cheraw 4 50 p m Cash's 5 17pm Society HUl 5.48pm Dove’e 6 80 pm Floyd's 6.40 pm Darlington 7 80 p m Palmetto 8 00 p m Arrive Florence 8 95 p m No. 26.—NORTH BOUND. Freight train. (Daily except Sanday.) Leave Florence •••••• ••••••* ••••*••• 9 40am Palmetto..— 1000a m Darlington 10 40 n as MlOydl Wseecoo *»■■«« , , eeeeee 11 00 ft * eaaeeeaea aeeeeweeaees 1110 am Society Hill.... f. 1140 am Canh’s.. —1210 p m Cheraw 12 46 pm MeFarlan 1.96 p m Morvenh Beams***............ 9.00 p Arrive Wadeehosa,...., 2.26 p No -77 —Pnseehger, -Boa Leave Hartsville...... 7 00a a Anbnra 712 am Floydi...»i.............. >■ .7 86 a m Darlington.. .....9 4* a mi Palmetto 7 65 a m Arrive FloWace 810 a at No. 76—Passenger. (Sunday only.) Northbound. . Leave Florence . 0 00 a m Pahaetto ^.....— 9 Ram Darlington 9 Mam Floyd* 9 40 a m Auburn oiTT'nm Arrive HartevOie 1010a m NO. 95-MnCBD. [Daily except 11 > Sohday.] Southbound. Leave HartsvIHe Auburn Floyds..—;— Arrive Darlington NO. 94—GO AL FREIGHT | Dally '■ except Sunday.) North bound. Leave Darlington 015pm Floy*- 9 89pm Auburn p m Arrive Hartsville.— 19 05 p No. 61. PASSENGER. (Daily except Sunday.) Southbound sa^e Darlington Arrive Florence No. 62. PA88ENG8R. (Daily except Sunday.) Southbound. Leave Florence 8 35 p OB Palmetto— .....8 60 p m Arrive DarHagtoo. • • •#•*•••••••• .009 pm No. 61 «IU wait at Darlington Train No. 56—Dally except I Northbound. , Leave Rnmter 7 20 p m Oswego..— 7 97pm St. Chariss ——..JT 69 pm Elliott 809 pm Lamar ••Aeeeeweeaeweeeecseeee# 6 94 pin ' - Syracuse ..840pm Arrive Darlington 859 pm Leave Darlington — 0 10 p m Mont Clare 0 95 p m Robin's Neck - 9 99pm Mandevilie ...9 60 p m Bennettryilie.. ......... 100( pm Breeden's......... ....... 10(10pm Alice 1019 pm Newtonville ...1018 p 0 Arrive Gibson ION pm Train No. 67—Dally except Bnaday Southbound. Leave Gihaon 6 15 a m Newtonville 6 22 am Alice 9 98am Breedeu's 6 IS a m 1’ennettaville 6 41 a m Mandevilie' 6 56am Robin's Neck — 7 11 a m Mont Clare 7 94 a » Darlington* —7 69 a m Syracuse 8 19 a m 1 Jtmar 8 98am Elliott 8 45am St. Charles — 8 56 a m Oswego - 9 08 a m Arrive Sumter— —8 80 a m No. tt.—North Bound Local Freight. (Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays - Leave Sumter 9 50 a m Oswego 10 K a m Ht. Charles 1045 am Elliott’s - • 11 05 a m Lamar 1140 am Syracuse 12 05 p m Darlington 1 00 p m Mont Oare 1 *5 p m Robins Neck —2 00 p m Manderville - 2 80 p m Bennettsville 8 50 p m Breedens 4 86 p m Alice 4 25pm Newtonville ’ 5 00 p m Arrive Gibson 5 10 p m No. 21.—South Bonnd Local Freight. (Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays) Leave Gibson 9 40 a m Newtonville.— - 9 55am Alice 1010 am Beeden 1017 a m Bennettsville- H 16 a m Manderville ..— 1142 a m Robins Neck 12 10 pm Mont Clare 1285 pm Darlington 2 05 p m Syracuse 2 40 p m liimar. — 8 16 p m Eliott’s 8 56pm St. Charles 4 18 p m Oswego 4 55pm Arrive Sumter 5 20 p m NOTE.—Train No. 68 make* cloee connection for Columbia via Darling ton and Sumter, and for Charleston via Florence; and for ail points North- Train No. 62 makes close connection at Florence from Charleston and from all points North and at Darlington from Colombia. Pi • • • a m Le. Florence C 24 “ Kingstree Ar. Lanes 4 38 8 52 919 pm Le. Lanes 4 88 912 718 Ar. Charleston——. 6 95 1118 850 Trains going north. No.78 No42 NoJS • • # a m pm km Le. Charleston 455 410 700 Ar. Lanes 700 556 881 Le. Lanes 700 656 “ Kingstree 720 Ar. Florence... 890 790 * Daily, t Dally except Sunday. No. 52 runs through to Columbia via Central R. R. of S ! a (Sunday only.) 6 80am 6 45am 7 00 a m 715 a m 7 45am 8 00am 8151 ORTH EASTERN RAILROAD Dated Sept. 22 1806 Trains going sooth. No.85 No.23. No.58 COLUMBIA * LOAD. In effect Nov. tt.: noun nouns. W ILMINGTON, AUGUSTA RALRO. Leave Wilmington.. Leave Mariam— Arrive Florence Leave Florence........ Arrive Snmtee- Leave Sumter Arrive Columbia.. Leave Florence.... Arrive Sumter..... ••* eoeCee**** No. 8b. •8 99 pm 6 05pm 645pm *7 16 pm ***» 810pm 0 90pm No. 8L *8 29 am 4»am No. tt. •969am 10 66am Leave Oo.unxbix Arrive Snmter— il*v Leave Smnter Arrive Colombia-—... No. I m Lance 8 94 am. Manning 61 no iits no DUO. • No; 64. •9191 712 a i THU ?8ti ..tUatt N©/&" •5 09 p to 6 90pm Bb.n. Leave Sumter.... s- *6 90 p m Arrive Florence • 740pm •Daily, tDally eneept ffnnffay. Arrive FteMMo ; Leave FI LeAveMi Arrive Leave Columbia.. Arrive Sumter—- o 53 runs thi'ouMu no CntHeston Central Railroad, arriving Maa- g 6 85 p m Lan es 719 p 0 No via ning 6 85 p D Charleston 6 50 p 1 Train* on Conway Branch leave Chad bourn at 10 40 am, ar rive at Oonway 190 pm, retnrnfim *90 p rn, arrive Chad- leave Conway i bourn 4 55 p in, leave ChadboumO tt p m, arrive at Hub 6.00 p m. te- tumiag leave Hub 8 30 a m, arrive at Cbadbonrn 9 15 a m. ' atiy exeepi Snr Jay. Train# on C A D. R. R. leave Flor ence 865 am, 9 40 am, ondOttpil arrive Darlington A 28 am, 16 90 a m, and 0 Mpmt move DarUngfiptoMam, and 10 40 a m. arrive CherawiO 40 % and 1286 p m, leave Cheraw 1941 p m-, arrive Wadeshey Atttpm lo- turning, leaves Wadeeboro a 06 pm, arrive Chefaw 468 p es, leave Che* leave Partington Ttt^m . ttT pt m. Flofenueaia^ minutes or 57 and 99 Connection. No. 60 Wgl wait at Florence twohours for Boo. 79 and 54 eonneetion. No. SI win stale at Cheraw tt mlnateeanNo. 97 for points South of OharaW. - No 69 wRl waitat Fioreaeo i A • h Noe* 89 and 55 ounoeothm. and tt will stop on •' oas lor tPessenfrers ^OlOftod ChMYftW, ‘■1 will stop on signal at all'sterifttltt Mestgers.