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{ Consolidated Aug. 2, 1881.1 STJMTER, S. C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1882._Sew Series?Yol. I. go. 31.
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CHERAW AND DARLINGTON AND CHERAW
AND SALISBURY RAILROADS.
PRESIDENT'S OFFICE,
Sociftt Hill. S. C, May 23, 1SS1.
Otf AND AFTER THIS D^TE, TRAINS
on these Roads will run as follows,?every
except Sunday.
Leave Wadesboro.-. S 40 a m
Leave Bennett's. 9 00 a m
Lea7e Morren. 9 15am
Leave McFarlan ...~. 9 35am
Leave Cberaw.... 10 15 a m
Leave Society Hill_. 10 50 a ni
Leave Darlington. 11 35 a m
Arrive at Florence.<. 12 10 p in
up.
Leave Florence. 12 10 p m
Leave Darlington........ 1; 20 p m
Leave ?oeiet? Hill ?. 2 10pm
Arrive at Cbera?r. 2 50 p m
Arrive at Wadesboro. 4 15 p m
The freight train will les?e Florence at 6 30 A
M every day except Sunday; making the round
trip to Cheraw every day, and to Wadesboro as
often as may be necessary?keeping out of the
way of passesger train.
_B D TQWNSBND. President.
TermaOMFT
Direct Importation.
PERUVIAN GUANO,
Direct from the Agent of the Peruvian Gov
ernment.
fish guano,
6@8 per cent. Ammonia.
N07A SCOTIA LAND PLASTER.
South Carolina Ground Phosphate,
Fine Ground and High Grade.
For sale bv
HERMAN BULWIMLE,
KERR'S WHARF,
CHARLESTON, S. <7.
Jan 17 3m
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Address, WALSH & WRIGHT,
jan24-td Augusta, Ga.
pavilion hotel,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
npHIS POPULAR AND CENTRALLY
I located HOTEL having beeL entirely
renovated during the past Summer is now
ready for the reception of the traveling public
Popular prices $2 aod 2.50 per day.
Special rates for Commercial Travelers.
E. T. GAILLARD,
Oct 25 Proprietor.
THE AI2TAR HOUSE,
COKNKR OF
Yanderhorst and King Sts
HAVING BEEN LEASED BY
jVEiss Heriot,
(Formerly of 190 Meeting-St.,)
IS NOW OPEN for the accommodation of
Boarders. Parties visiting Charleston vri;!
?cd this H<">use conveniently situated for busi
ness, and directly on the line of Street Railway.
Terms, per day, from $1 25 to SI 50.
" month, from $25 CO to $30 00,
according to location of rooms?fire extra.
Feb IS
hilber?hWse7
284 King Street* next to Masonic Tem
ple, Charleston, S. C.
Rates $1.50 per day, reduced rates by the
week or month, According to location of
rooms.
This house, so well and favorably known
as being a strictly first-class boarding house,
is centrally located, accessible to wholesale
and retail stores, theatres; and places of in
terest, and especially desirable for business
men or families visiting the city; nothing be
ing neglected to make its guests comfortable.
Ask for carriage at depot.?Respectfully
MRS. B. H1LBERS Proprietress
Sept 20?1881.
THE GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL
COLUMBIA, S. 0.
HAVING renewed my ^ease of "The Grand
Central Hotel" for a term of years, I
beg leave to inform the Public that the House
has been thoroughly re la.uted, aud is now
furnished with new and improved Black
Walnut Furniture, Wire Spring Beds with
best Hair Mattresses, Velvet and Brussels
Carpets. Electric Annunciators connect with
every room, and the Hotel is connected
through tbe Columbia Telephonic Exchange
with every prominent place of business
throughout the City. These advantages, with
competent attendants, warrant me in assuring
the traveling Public as good accommodations
as the Sonth can afford.
JOHN T. WILLEY, Proprietor.
Sept 20 _ 3m
columbia hotel
R. K LOWKAN'CE, Proprietor
COLUMBIA, X. C.
Table, Rooms and Servants First-class. {
RATES REASONABLE.
Sept 20?3m
RUBBER STAFFS
NAME Si'AMPS FOR MARKING CLOTHING
with indelliole ink, or for printing visiting
card?, and
STAMPS OF ANY KIND
**ali ob 0. P. OSIEEN,
At the ?. Lehman and Southron 0?ce.
WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND
AUGUSTA R. R.
ON aDd after Jan. 1st, 1SS2, the following
schedule will be run on this Road :
night express and mail train. (Dally )
(Nos. 47 West and 4S East.)
Leave Wilmington.10 15 p m
Arrive at Florence. 2 20 am
Leave Florence. 2 50 a m
Leave Sumter. 4 20 a m
Arrive at Columbia. 6 111 a m
Leave Columbia.10 00 p m
Leave Suuiter.12 OS a m
Arrive at Florence........... 1 34 * m
Ltave Florence. . ! 52 a m
Arrive at WilmiDgton. 6 20 i ui
This Train steps only at Brinkley's, White
ville, Flemington, Fair Blulf, Marion, Florence,
Timmonsvillo. Mayesyille, Sumter, Camden
Junction and Eastover.
through freight train.
Daily, except Sundays.
Leave Florence... -.1140 p iu
Leave Sumter. 2 2S a m
Arrive at Columbia....-.-. 5 30 a m
Leave Columbia.5 00 p m
Leave Sumter......8 20 p ra
Arrive at Florence.-11 10 p m
local freight?(Daiiy except Sunday.)
Leave Florence. 6 00 a m
Arrive at Sumter. 10 55 a m
Leave Sumter.11 40 a m
Arrive at Columbia. 4 00 p m
Leave Columbia. 7 00 a m
Arrive at Sumter.11 15 a m
Leave Sumter.-.12 15 p m
Arrive at Iiorence. 5 10 p m
A. POPE, G. P. A.
JOHN F. DIVINE. General Sup't.
Columbia and Greenville Rail Road,
PASSENGER DEPARTMENT,
Columbia, S. C August 31. 1SSI.
ON AND AFTER THURSDAY, September
1st, 13SI, Passenger Trains will run as
herewith indicated, upon this road and its
branches?Daily except Sundays :
No. 42 Up Passengor.
Leave Columbia (A).11 20 a m
Leave Alston._...12 26 p m
Leave Newberry. 1 2* p m
Leave IloJecs. 3 52 p m
Laave Be':Cu.. 5 05 p m
Arrive at Greenville...?. 6 27 p m
No. 43 Down Passenger.
Leave Greenville at.~.10 33 a m
Leave Beiron.II 57 a ni
Leave llodprs. 1 12 p ro
Leave Newberry. 3 47 p m.
Leave Alston.... 4 46 p m
Arrive at Columbia (F). 5 50 y m
Spartanburg, Umax & Columbia R. R.
No. 42 Up Passenger.
Leave Alston.12 40 p m
Leave Spartanburg, S U & C Depot (B) 4 03 p m
Arrive Spartanburg RiD Depot (E) 4 12 p m
No. 43 Down Passenger.
Leave Spartanburg RAD Depot (II) 12 43 p m
Leav? Spartanburg S U & C Depot (G) 107pm
Leave Union. 2 36 p in
Arrive at Alston. 4 36 p m
Laukkss Rail Road.
Leave Newberry.?. 3 55 p m
Arrive at Laurens C. II. . 6 45 p m
Leave Laurens C II. 8 30 a m
Arrive at Newberry.11 30 a m
Abbeville Branch.
Leave Hodges. 3 56 p tn
Arrive at Abbeville. 4 46 p m
Leave Abbeville.12 15 pm
Arrive at Hodges. I 05 p m
Blue Ridge R. R. & Anderson Branch.
Leave Bel ton. 5 08 p in
Leave Anderson.? 5 41 pm
L?:ave Pendleton. 6 20 p in
Leave Senaca (C) ~. 7 20 p m
Arrive at Walhalla. 7 45 p uj
Leave Walhalla. 9 23 a in
Leave Seneca (D).<. 9 54 a in
Leave Pendleton....10 30 a m
Leave Anderson..-.. ........11 12 a in j
Arrive at Belton..11 43 a m
On and after above date through cirs will be
run between Columbia and llendersonville with"
out change.
Connections.
A?With South Carolina Rail Road from
Charleston; with Wilmington Columbia & Au
gusta R R from Wilmington and all points north
thereof: with Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta
Rail Road from Charlotte aud points north
thereof.
B?With Asheville & Spartanburg Rail Road
for points in Western N. C.
C?With A. ?fc C. Div. R & h. R. R. for all
points Soatb and West.
D?With A- A C. Div. R. & D. R. R. from At
lanta and beyond.
E?With A <fc C Div. R. <fc D. R. R for all
points South and West.
F?With South Carolina Rail Road for Char
leston j with Wilmington, Columbia tfc Augusta j
Rail Road for Wilmington and the North ; wbb
Charlotte, Columbia <fc Augusta Rail Road fot
Charlotte and the North.
G?With Asheville & Spartanburg Rail 3oad
from Hendersonville.
H?With A. A C. Div. R. Jb D. R. R. from
Chartott-> ?fc beyond.
Standard time used is Washington, D. C-,
which is filteeu minutes faster than Cvluu-bia.
J. W. FRY, Su: :r.
A. POPE. General Passenger Agent.
Auc-ust 20. I$81. -f.
South Carolina Railway Co,
COMMENCING FEBRUARY 13th, 1882.
Passenger Trains on Camden Branch will
ruu as follows, until further notice:
east to columbia.
Leave Camden.. 7 40 am
Leave Camden Junction... 9 50 a m
Arrive at Columbia.12 13 p m
west from columbia?daily except sundays
Leave Columbia._ 4 05 a ra.;. 4 15 p m
Arrive Camden Junction, 12 il p rn... 6 00 p m
Arrive at Camden... 2 15 p tu... 7 13 p m
east to charleston an"l> augusta.
Leavo Camden.. 3 00 p m
Lenve Cannier: June'. 4 19 p m
Arrive at Charleston. 9 00 p m
Arrive at Augusta. 7 35 a in
west from charleston and al'gpsta.
Leave Charleston. 7 45 a m
Leave Augusta. 4 45 p hi
Arrive Camden .June'.12 01 p m
Arrive at Camden. 2 15 p m
connections.
Columbia and Greenville Railroad both ways,
for nil points on that Road and on the Spar
tanburg. Union and Columbia and Spartanburg
and Ashville Railroads, also with the Char
lotte. Columbia and Augusta Railroad to and
from all points North by trains leaving Camden
at 7 40 a m, ami arriving at 7 15 pm.
Connections made at Aug'isra, t* all points
*Vest. aud South; also at Charleston with
Steamers for New York and Florida?on Wed
nesdays and Saturdays.
Trains on Camden Bnir.ch run daily except
Sunday. On main line. Columbia and Augusta
Divisions, trains r -n daily. Pud man 0:irs are
run between Charleston and Washington, on
trains arriving at Columbia 12:13 and depart
ing at 4:15 P. M. Local sleepers between
Charleston, Columbia and Augusta
On Saturdays ROUND TKI?? TICKETS are
sold to and from all Stations at one first class
f;ire for the round trip ?tickets being g>.od till
Monday noon, to return. Excursion tickets
good for 10 days are regularly on sale to and
from ail stations at 6 centi per mile for round
trip.
THROUGH TICKETS to all points, can be
purchased by applying to James Jones, Agent
at Camden. D. C. ALLEN,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent.
JOHN B. PECK, General Manager.
Chi./ePton, S. C.
NORTH-EASTERN R. R. CO.
SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE,
NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD CO.
Charleston, S. C, Jan. 23, 1882.
Od and after this d::te the following Sche
dule will be run, Suudays included :
Leave Char'~$ton. Arrive Florence.
8 00 a. m.12 55 p. m.
4 40 p. M. 2 00 A M.
8 15 p. m.1 30 a. m.
Leave Florence. Arrive Charleston.
2 40 a. m.6 50 a. m.
11 35 a. m.4 35 p. m.
12 10 a. m.9 20 a. m.
Train leaving Florence at 2 40 a. m. will
stoo for way passengers.
J. F. DIVINE, Gen'l Supt
P. T CLSAPOR, Gen'l. Ticket Agent.
T?BERT HOUGH & SONS,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN '
Brandiss, fines ail fMiss,
44 ?otUk-Slreet, Baltimore, Md.
December 9
THE SPIRIT IDEAL.
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(Posthumous poem attributed to Edgar A.
Poe. This poem was not published until
many years after Mr. Poe's death. It is writ
ten in the style of his "Raven," which fact
will be readily recognized by all admirers of
his poetry.)
From the throne of life eternal,
From the home of love supernal,
Where angel feet make music over all the
starry floor,
Mortals, I have come to meet you,
Come with words of peace to greet you,
And to tell you of tbe glory that is mine
forevermore.
Once before T found a mortal
Waiting a', the heavenly portal?
Waiting but to catch some echo from that
ever opening door,
Then I seized his quickened being,
And through all his inward seeming,
Caused my burning inspiration in a fiery
flood to ponr 1
Now I come more meekly human,
With the weak lips of a woman
Touched with fire from off the altar, not with
burning as of yore,
But in holy love ascending,
With her chastened being blending,
I would fill your souls with music from the
bright celestial shore.
As one heart yearns for another,
As a child turns to its mother,
From the golden gates of glory turn I to the
earth once more,
Where I drained the cup of sadness,
Where my soul was stung to madness,
And life's bitter burning billows swept my
burdened being o'er.
Here the harpies and tbe ravens,
Human vampires, sordid cravens,
Preyed upon my soul and substance till I
writhed with angnish sore.
Life and I seemed then mismated,
For I felt accursed and fated,
Like a restless, wrathful spirit wandering on
the Stygian shore.
Tortued by a nameless yearning,
Like a frost-fire freezing, burning,
Did the purple pulsing life-tide through its
fevered channels pour.
Till the "golden bowl," life's token?
Into shining shards was broken,
And my chafed and chafing spirit leaped
from out its prison door.
But while living, striving, dying,
Never did my soul cease crying,
"Ye who guide the fates and furies, give, oh 1
give me, I implore !
From the myriad hosts of nations,
From the countless constellations,
One pure spirit that can love me?one that I,
too, can adore!"
Through this fervent aspiration.
Found my fainting soul salvation.
For from out its blackened tire-crypts did my
quickened spirit soar;
And my beautiful ideal?
Not too saintly to be real?
Burst more brightly on my vision than the
fancy-formed Lenore.
'Mid the surging seas she found me,
With the billows breaking round me,
And my saddened sinking spirit in her arms
of love npbore,
Like a lone one weak and weary,
Wandering in the midnight dreary,
On her sinless, saintly bosom, brought me to |
the heavenly shore.
Like the breath of blossoms blending,
Like tbe prayers of saints ascending,
Like the rainbow's seven-lined glory blend
our souls forevermore.
Earthly love and lust enslaved me,
But divinest love hath saved me,
And I know now first and only how to love
and to adore.
0 my mortal friends and brothers,
We are each and all another's !
And the soul that gives most freely from its
treasure bath the more.
Would you loose your life you find it j
And in giving love, you bind it,
Like an amulet of safety to your heart j
forevermore.
President Arthur's Romance.
[Washington Cor. Boston Advertiser.]
When a young lawer, unknown to j
fame, Chester Arthur happened to at-;
tend service at the old Church of St. j
John's in this city. There he heard
for the first time the rich soprano
voice of Ella Herudon, as the notes < f
the " Venite" rang through the shab
by old church. She was the daughter
of a naval officer, who had won dis
tinction in the Mexican war and com
manded an exploring expedition up
the Amazon. But his crowning deed of
valor was upon the ill-starred steamer
Central America, that foundered near
Havana with several hundred pas
sengers and more than a million in
gold. By his heroic efforts, about
half of the passengers were saved, and
faithful to his trust, the gallant cap
tain went down with his ship, which
he refused to desert. The echo of
the sweet voice still lingered with
Mr. Arthur, and soon after her great ;
sorrow he sought the acquaintance of
the fatherless girl, and she became
his wife. Now every Sunday, on
foot and unattended, President Ar- j
thur finds his way to the dingy little
church, and sits in the pew where
the beautiful Lady Madison worship
ed so long ago. Perhaps, amid the {
"Venite" to day he hears "the sound j
of a voice that i*6 still"?the voice of j
one whose portrait hangs in his cham-1
ber. Amid the pressure of State
duties, it is said, the President never
forgets the daily tribute of flowers to I
the memory of this lady, who, had *
she lived, would have graced the \
White House. j
About 10 o'clock last Monday even- j
ing a lady living on First avenue, v
Wood River, Cal., wus followed hon; j
from Main street by what sbe took
to be a large Newfoundland dog. Ar- :
riving home she paused at the door to j
open it, but it was seme time before she
succeeded. During this delay the ani- |
mal got quite close 10 her, and as be !
seemed harmless the lady called him in. j
Her surprise may be imagined when on j
striking a light, she saw a huge bald- j
faced bear looking at her, showing his I
teeth as, if grinning at her mistake ; j
more dead than alive, tbe lady opened
the door, and gathering her skirts as j
women sometimes do, began "shooing" j
the bear. IVuin, as if appreciating the j
gravity of the situation, hurried out, j
whereupon i\he frightened lady fell inlo '
a chair yund did not recoyer her VM^M
enceJ^f mind for at least fiftBQnm^?
whA/he ran to a neighbor's^!
THE ELECTION BILL.
full text of its more important pro- I
visions.
The following are the more impor
tant provisions of the Election Bill,
as finally passed by both Houses of
the General Assembly.
Section 1. All male citizens of the
United States, of the age of twenty
one years and upwards, not laboring
under f.h.9 disabilities of the Constitu
tion, without distinction of race or
color or former condition, who shall |
have been a resident of the State for
One year, and in the county in which
he offers to vote for sixty days next
preceediag any general election,
shall be entitled to vote: Provided,
That no person, while kept in any
almshouse or asylum, or of unsound
mind, or confined in any public pris
on, or shall have been convicted of
treason, murder, robbery of the goods
or chattels of another with or without
violence, whether taken from the per
son or otherwise, or of duelling, shall
be allowed to vote.
^ec. 2. All electors of the State
shall be registered as hereinafter pro
vided, and no person shall be allowed
to vote at any election hereafter to be
held unless registered as herein re
quired.
Sec. 3. On or before the first day
of March next, and on or before the
same day in every second year there
after, the Governor shall appoint, by
and with the advice and consent of
the Senate, if in session, and if not in
session, subject to the approval of
the Senate at its next session,
and subject to removal by the
Governor, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate, one com
petent and discreet person in each
counfy, who shall be a qualified voter
thereof, and who shall hold his office
at the county seat, who shall be
known as the supervisor of registra
tion of such county, and whose duty
it shall be to supervise the registration
of the electors of such county as here
in specified. The said supervisor of
registration shall keep a record of his
official acts and proceedings. The
term of his office shall be for two years
from the date of his appointment, who
shall continue in office until their suc
cessors are appointed and qualified,
and he shall not be eligible to any
other office during the term for which
he if appointed.
The Governor shall have authority
to appoint an assistant supervisor in
case of the inability of the supervisor
to act, who, when so appointed, shall
have all the powers aud be charged
with the duties of the supervisor, and
shall receive five dollars per diem
when actually employed. The Gov
ernor shall also appoint two assistant
supervisors of electiou who 6hall
serve without compensation?who
shall sit with the supervior in all cases
where the supervisor shall refuse to
register the applicant.
Sec 4. The Secretary of State shall,
by the 1st of March, Anno Domini
1882, cause a sufficient number of
registration books and blanks to be
prepared, Su that there shall be two
of the said books for each precinct in
each county, which books shall be
ruled in columns, with proper head
ings, so as to indicate the name, age,
occupation and place of residence of
each elector, with a separate column
to the right side of the page for all
such entries a6 may be necessary.
Sec. 5. After the approval of this
Act, the supervisor of registration, in
the months of May and June nexc,
shall make a full and complete regis
tration of all qualified voters in the
following manner: Lie shall give
three weeks' notice of the times
and places of registration by advertis
ing in one or more county papei'3, or
by posting in a public place in each
voting preciuct where no paper is
published in the county. The time
for registration shall not be less than
three days at each registration pre
cinct. Immediately after closing the
registration at the precincts, he shall
open his books at the county seat, to
correct errors in registration, and to
register such electors as failed to reg
ister at their respective precincts, and 1
who shall then and there present
themselves for that purpose, enter
ing the names of such voters in
his book for their proper precincts.
At the conclusion of the registra- :
tion hereinbefore provided for the
supervisor of registration shall re
vise the list; and in case it be made
to appear to his satisfaction that there
is a qualified voter in a preciuct who
has failed to register, he may, upon
such evidence as he may think neces- ;
sary in his discretion, permit the
name of such voter to be placed on
said list, and to issue a certificate :
therefor. That for the purpose of
registration, each township as now
laid out and defined be, and is hereby,
declared a registration precinct, and
in those counties in which there are
no such townships, that the parish as
formerly known and defined be. and
is hereby, declared such precinct", and
in the cities of Colmbia and Charles
ton each ward shall be a registration
precinct.
Sec. 6. When the said registration
shall 'nave been completed, the books
shall be closed, and not reopened for
registration, except for the purposes
and as hereinafter mentioned, until
after the next general election for
Late officers. After the said nex
genetal election the 6aid books shall
be reopened for registration of such
persons a^ shall thereafter become
eu'itied to register on the first Mon
day in each month, to ::nd until the
first Monday in July inclusive preced
ing the follow5 g general election,
upon which lu.u, uaevjd day the same
shall be closed and not reopened for
registration of such electors on the
days above mentioned, until the first
day of July preceding a general elec
tion when the same shall be closed as
aforesaid until the said general elec
tion shall have taken place.
^ec 7. Each elector in the State
shall be rcnuir.d, at the time adcer
for his precinct as hereinbefore
d, to appear before the super
registration at tl place ad
and make oath before the
8or, which oath the said |
supervisor, is hereby authorized and :
required to administer, that the facts i
then and there to be stated by him as !
to his name, age, occupation, and i
place of residence, and duration of {
residence in county and State, are '
true, and thereupon the said supervi
Bor shall enter the name, age, occu-1
pation and place of residence of the
elector in the appropriate column in
his registration book. lie shall make j
and keep a list of the contested appli- j
cations for registration which he re- j
jects, and report the same for hear- j
ing before the assistant supervisors
heretofore required.
Sec. 8. The supervisor of regis
tiation shall determine as to the legal
qualigcations of any applicant for reg
istration by summary process, requir
ing oath, evidence, or both, if he
deem proper, subject to revision by
the assistant supervisors and himself
in all cases where he has refused to
register the applicant. From the de
cision of the supervisors of registra
tion any applicant who is rejected
shall have the right to a review there
of by the circuit courts, provided he
give notice iu writing to the super
visor of such review and the ground
thereof, within five days after the
rejection, and institute his procedings
within ten days after the filing of such
notice.
Sec. 9. Any person coming of age
and becoming qualified as an elector,
may appear before the supervisor of
registration on any day on which the
books are opened as aforsaid, and
take oath as to his age and qualifica
tions as hereinbefore provided, and
if the supervisor find him qualified,
he shall enter his name upon the re
gistration book of the precinct where
in he resides. Such person shall
have the right of appeal as aforesaid,
in case the supervisor shall not find him
qualified : Provided, That in case a
person shall not be of age to qualify
him as an elector on the day of the
closing of the books of registration
before any general election, but shall
be of such age as will qualify him as
such elector before the said general
election, and shall appear before the
supervisor of registration and take
oath thereunto, and the supervisor
shall find him qualified, he shall enter
his name upon the registration book
as aforesaid.
Sec 10. Each elector registered as
aforesaid shall thereupon be furnished
by the supervisor with a certificate
which shall contain a statement of his
age, occupation and place of resi
dence, as entered in the said regis
tration book, and which certificate
shall be signed by the said supervisor,
and no person shall be allowed to
vote at any other precinct than the
one for which he is registered, nor
unless he produces a id exhibits to
the raauagers of elections such certi*
cfiate: Provided, In case there shall
be no election precinct within an}7
township or parish, the supervisor
shall designate in the certificate at
which of tbe neighboring precincts
the elector shall vote ; and in case
there be more than one precinct in
any towship or parish, the supervisor
shall likewise designate in the certifi
cate at which of the said precincts the
elector shall vote. The certificate of
registration shall be of the following
form :
Registration Certificate Number
-County,-Township, Elec
tion Precinct-. Tbe bearer,
-is a qualified voter in the
above precinct and resides at-,
in- Township or Parish, and
is-years of age aud entitled to
vote at said precinct.
Registered on the-day of
-,A. D. 188?
Supervisor of Registration.
Sec. 11. That every elector shall
have the right to a renewal of his
certificate without fee or charge,
when the same becomes defaced by
time or accident, upon his surrender
ing such certificate, so defaced, to
the supervisor of registration.
Sec. 12. In case of the removal of
an elector from one residence to
another in the same precinct such
elector shall notify the supervisor of
registration, and shall surrender his
certificate of registration, to the said I
supervisor of registration who shall |
enter the fact upon the registration |
book, and shall give such elector
a new certificate in accordance with
such change of residence.
Sec. 13. In case of the removal of
an elector from one precinct to anoth
er precinct in the same county, such
elector shall notify the supervisor of
registration, and shall surrender his
certificate of registration to the said
supervisor of registration, who shall,
by the said elector, enter the fact
upon the proper registration book and
shall give such elector a new certifi
cate for the precinct into which he
has removed.
Sec. 14. In the case of the remov
al of an elector from one county to
another, such elector shall notify the
supervisor of registration of the j
county wherein he is registered, i
and shali surrender his certificate
of registration; and the said su
pervisor of registration shall there-1
upon enter the fact of such re- j
moval upon the registration book
as aforesaid, and shall give such
elector a certificate of transfer to
the county to which such elector
shall have removed, upon the presen
tation of which the supervisor of reg
istration for such county shall cause
such elector to be registered in tho
" I
precinct of sr."h county to which he ;
slu'll have removed ai d shall furuish i
such elector with a certilicatc as here- j
inbelore provided
Sec. 15. No elector removing from j
one residence, precinct, or county to ;
another shall be allowed to register!
or vote without a transfer of registra- j
tiou as above provided.
Sec. 16. Tin; supervisor of regis-j
tration shall, immediately preceding j
each election, revise the registration |
of electors and mark oil* the names;
of such electors as have died aid;
such as have removed from one j
residence precinct, or county to j
another, without notiyfying him and j
obtaining a certificate of transfer as 1
hereinbefore provided.
Sec. IT. At each and every elec- j
tion the supervisor of registration |
shall furnish the rua'iagers of election
with one of :he registration books for
each precinct for the care and custo
dy of which the mznagers receiving,
the same shall be responsible, which
they shall return to the supervisor
of registration within three days
after the close of election ; and no
elector shall be allowed to vote whose
name is not registered as hereinbe
fore provided.
Sec. 18. The supervisors of reg
istration shall receive for their com
pensation in the County of Charles
ton one thousand dollars, and in each
other county in this State five hun
dred dollars. The compensation of
the supervisors after the present year
to be fixed by the General Assembly.
* 5jt * * * *
Sec 24. The polls shall be open at
such voting places as shall be desig
nated at 7 o'clock in the forenoon,
and close at 6 e'clock in the afternoon
of the day of election, and shall be
kepf open during these hours with
out intermission or adjournment ; and
the managers shall administer to each
person offering to vote an oath that
he is qualified to vote at this election,
according to the Constitution of tin's
State and that he has not voted dur
ing this election.
J-C 5jC dfc 5}C 5fc 5-C
Sec 27. All barrooms, saloons and
other places for the sale of liquors by
retail shall be closed at six o'clock of
the evening preceding the day of
such election, and remain ciosed un
til six o'clock in the morning of the
day thereafter, and during the time
aforesaid aud the sale of intoxicating
liquors is prohibited. Any person
duly convicted before a competent
court of a violation of this section
shall be punished by a fine not ex
ceeding fifty dollars, or by imprison
ment not exceding six months, or by
both such fine and imprisonment in
the discretion of the court.
Sec 28. The voting shall be by
ballot, which ballot shall be of plain
white paper of two and a half inches
wide by five inches long, clear and
even cut without ornament, designa
tion, mutilation, symbol or mark of
any kind whatsoever, except the
name or names of the person or per
sons intended to be chosen, which
name or names and office or offices
shall be written or printed, or part
ly written or partly printed there
on in black ink ; andsuch ballot
shall be folded so as to conceal
the name or names thereon, and
so folded shall he deposited in a box
to be constructed, kept and dis
posed of as hereafter provided : and
no ballot of any other description
found in any election box shall be
counted.
Sec 29. There shall be separate
and distinct ballots for the following
officers, to wit: 1, Governor and
Lieutenant Governor; 2, other Stale
officers; 3, Circuit Solicitors ; 4, State
Senators ; 5, Members of the House
of Representatives; 6, County offi
cers ; 7, Representatives in Congress;
8, Presidential Electors; on which
shall be the names of the person or
persons voted for as sucli officers,
icspectively, and the office for which
they are voted: Provided, That
whenever a vote is to be taken on
any special question or questions, a
box shall be provided and properly
hbelled for that purpose, and the bal
lots therefor shall be deposited
therein.
Sec 30. The Commissioners of
election shall provide for each elec
tion precinct a sufficient number of
boxes to meet the requirements of the
foregoing section. An opening shall
be made in the lid of each box not
larger than sufficient for a single bal
lot to bo inserted therein at one time,
through which each ballot received
proper to be placed in such box shall
be inserted by the person voting, and
by no other. Each box shall be pro
vided with a sufficient lock, and each
box shall be publicly opened and in
spected; to show that it is empty and
secure, and locked just before the
opening of the poll and the keys re
turned to the managers, and shall not
be opened during the election. Each
box shall be labelled in plain and
distinct Roman letters, with the
office or ofiicers voted for, and the
managers, on the demand of the
voter, shall be required to read to
him the names on the boxes, and
no vote for any office other than that
for which such box shall be designat
ed and labelled shall be counted. At
each precinct a space or enclosure,
such as the managers of election shall
deem fit and sufficient, shall be railed
off or otherwise provided, with an
opening at one end or side for the en
trance ol the voter, and an opening
at the other for Ins exit, as a polling
place in which to hold the election
for the State, circuit and county offi
ces. A similar but separate and dis
tinct space or enclosure shall be rail
ed off or otherwise provided as a poll
ing place for the election of Congress
men, and Presidential electors, at
such distance fiom the polling place
fo? Slate officers as the Commission
ers of election for each county shall
determine and appoint for each elec
tion preciuct. But one voter shall be
allowed to enter any polling place at
a time, and no one except the mana
gers shall be allowed tu speak to the
voter while in the polling place Cast
ing his vole.
Once upon a time a women died,
and, as the moerners were carrying
her to the grave, they tripped against
a stump and let the coffin fail. She re
vived, having been only in a deep
trance. Two years after she really
died., and as they were carrying her
down the same road and neared the
same slump, the disconsolate widow
er sobbed: "Steady, boys! Steady
there ! Be very, very careful!
New Jersey is trying to claim Noah
because he was a New-ark man. Yes,
but you kuow, he looked out of his
Ark-an-saw land. Give the South a
fair chance in this thing.
Is your father a Chrislain V7 said
a gentle"1 an to a littie boy on one
occasion, "Yes sir," said the little
boy ; "but I don't think he has work
ed at it lately."
Lynch's River.
i -
Keport of the Survey by the tJ. S. Engineer.
Uxite? States Engineer Office,
Norfolk, Ya., Jan 17, 1881.
General: The river and harbor acf
j of June 14, 1880, provided for an ex
| amination or survey of Lynch's Hirer,
j South Carolina. The execution of this
; ^ork having been assigned me by
your letter of t he 17th of June last, I
placed the Sold work in the hands of
Mr. J. P Darling, assist?.: i er.gineer;
* * * and tracings, seven in num
; ber, from the original maps, together
! with his report, are respectfully trans
mitted herewith.
Lynch's Run is a tributary to the
I Great Pee Dee River, emptying into
the latter from tbe west, at a point
about 30 miles above the confluence
of the two Pee Dees.
The stream drains an e^-jeedingly
fertile section of country. The pro
ducts are mainly shipped by rail, the
shipments by river being confined al
most exclusively to timber iu the
form of rafts
Mr. Darling in his report gives a
detailed description of t he river, and
points out the difficulties to be over
come in order to make the river a
navigable s^eam. The river is ex
ceedingly tortuous, shall'.; tv, and nar
row, and to attempt to improve it for
even light-draught steamboats navi
gation would involve an immense ex
penditure of money. At one point
near the mouth the river is but 20
feet in width, and at other points or.!y
1 foot of water can be found, with a
bottom of compact sand generally,
and at one point cf solid rock.
At present a light-draught skiff can
not navigate the river without fre
quently stopping to haul over ob
structions.
The removal of the worst obstruc
tions, .'tich as sunken logs, snags, fal
len trees, &c , would no. doubt
increase to a great extent the lumber
trade upon tbe river, and steamers
might be induced to navigate the
stream during the "flash-water''
months of the year; but beyond the
removal of said obstructions I cannot
properly recommend any other plan
of improvement.
To remove the snags, logs, fallen
and overhanging trees upon the river,
the uumber of each in Mr. Darling's
estimate being b}Taciual count, would
require the expenditure of about
$45,000. This amount, if appropri
ated, could be profitably expended
during a single fiscal year. * * *
Lynch's Riveris in the collection district of
Georgetown, South Carolina.
I am, general, very respectfully,
vour obedient servant,
CHAS. B. PHILLIPS,
Captain of Engineers.
One Girl Murders Another.
The Story of the Arkansas Beauties and
Their Feud.
The case of Miss Sarah Stokes,
which was set for trial in the Circuit
Court ofClark County, at Arkadelphia,
during the latter part of January, has
just been continued until the July
term of the court. The continuance
was asked by the counsel for the pros
ecution, who alleged that they were
unable to procure the attendance of a
number of important witnesses. The
case has attracted general attention.
The defendant is Sarah Stokes, a
beautiful girl of 17. Tbe tragedy oc
curred near Mineral Springs in How
ard County, last November. At the
time Miss Stokes was living with her
father, a substantial citizen and plau
ter of the county named. His wife
had been dead a number of years and
his daughter Sarah had had charge of
the family, which consists of several
boys and girls, all younger than her
self. The plantation of Stokes almosi
joins that belonging to a gentleman
named Stevens, who had several
daughters. Betweeu the eldest of
these and Miss Stokes a rivalry sprang
up, growing out of their claims to per
sonal peauty. The girls soon became
bitter enemies. There were some who
held that Miss Stokes was the most
beautiful of the two, and others who
asserted that Miss Stevens carried off
the palm.
On the morning of the tragedy Miss
Stokes became terribly incensed upon
hearing that Miss Steven9 had made
remarks of anything but a compli
mentary nature to her beauty or char
acter, and mounting a horse, she
started out to find Miss Stevens. She
was accompanied by her married sis
ter, Mrs. Elizabeth Shelton. The wo
men rode rapidly to Mineral Spring*.,
and visited all the stores in the vil
lage, but without finding Miss Ste
vens. The latter, it is stated, was ap
prised of Miss Stokes' approach, and,
dreading a violent meeting, kept out
of her way. Miss Stokes and her sis
ter then rode directly to the Stevens
plantation, and upon being told that
Miss Stevens had not returned, Miss
Stokes expressed her opinion of the
absent girl in emphatic terms. This
brought out MaKuda Stevens, a 14
year old sister of Miss Stokes' rival,
j The girl warmly defended her sister
and soon became engaged in a furious
dispute with Miss Stokes. At length,
stung to the quick by Miss Stokes'
bitter words, Mai in da dashed impul
sively forward, when Miss Slokes
spiang from her horse and plunged a
long, kcon-bladcd knife into, the bosom
of the advancing girl. With a wild
scream Miss Stevens fell on the
j grouud, the blood gushing from the
I wound and dyeing the clothing ofher
I assailant. She lived only a short time,
j At the inquest a rock was found con
! vulsively clasped in the right hand cf
th'^ dead girl.
Both Miss Stokes and Mrs. Shelton
were arrested and lodged in jail.. Sub-1
sequent!}* they were released on bail,
and are now at liberty. The grand j
jury found a true bill against Miss
Stokes for deliberate murder and j
against Mrs. Shelton as accessory,
i The defense and prosecution are rep-1
' resented by able counselk but it is j
i believed the case will never go to tviU.
j Since the murder the Stokes and Ste
vens families have become friends,
I and arc said to be doing everything
j in their power to save Miss Stokes
from the consequences of her crime,
j The young lady herself is reported to
' be almost a mental wreck.
The Population of tfco State.
The following table shows the total
population of the State, by Counties,
in 1880, 1870 and i860, accordng to
the United States Census:
Counties. i860. 1870. I860.
Abbeville. 40,815 31,129 32,385
Aiken.28,112 . _
Anderson. 33,612 24,049 22,873
Barn well. 39,8*7 35,724 30,743
Beaufort. 30,17S 34,359 40,053
Charleston.102.800 88,863 70,100
Chester..... 24.153 18,805 18,122
Chesterfield. 16.345 10.584 Ij.334
Clarendon. 19, ISO 14.033 Ui.j95
ColletOD. 36:38S 25,410 43.916
Darlington. 34.485 26,243 2C.?61
Edgefield. 4?',844 42-186 3PS37
Faufield. 27,765 19.888 22,111
Georgetown. 19,613 16.161 T1.3C5
Greenville. 37,4?0 22,262 21.892
Hamr'on. 18,741 _ ......
rtorry. 15,574 10,721 7,962
Kershaw. 21,538 11^754 13.086
Lancaster. 16.903 12,087 11,797
Laurens. 29,444 22,536 23.858
Leiin-tcn. 18,564 12,988 15,579
Marion. 34,107 22.160 21,190
Marlboro'. 20,f93 11,814 12.434
Newberrv. 26.497 20.775 20^879
Oconee..".. 36,256 l?l533 ......
Or?n<rebarg. 41.395 16,865 24,896
Pickens. 14,389 i 0,269 19,639
Richland. 28.573 23.025 18,307
Spartanburg. 40,409 25,784 26.919
Sumter. 37,037 25,268 23,859
Uoiou. 24,080 19,248 19,635
Willianjsburg. 24,110 15,489 15,489
York. 30,713 24,286 21,502
Total.995,577 705,606 703,708
A California man took a screwdriver
from his pocket at the burial of hU son,
and removed the silver handles from
the coffin.
A widow at Lafayette, Ind , receives
$1,700 as her back pension, though she
was a wife for a day only, having mar
ried him while be was dying.
Calvin J. Cowl es, of Charlotte, N,
ft, offers lands in Wilkes, and Alexan
der counties to the Jewish refugees from
Russia expected at Philadelphia.
The colored people of Jersey City
held a mass meeting to express their
their sympathy with the presecuted
Jews of Russia.
Mrs. Spragoe has gained her point
and the divorce has been granted.
She gets the three daughters and tbe
son remains with the father. This is a
sad case.
Three thousand children of deceased
wives* sisters are presently to assemble
at Exeter Hali, London, and clamor
for the repeal of tbe law which makes
them illegitimate.
The officers of the Lutherao church
at Columbia, Ind., locked out the pas
tor. He took an axe from a neighbor*
ing wood pile, chopped down the door
and held services as usual.
Charles S. Jackson, assistant post
master at Orangeburg committed sui
cide MoDday by blowing his brains-out.
He bad been gambling, and failing to
raise a stake, shot John 1). Armstrong?
a young white man, through tbe cheeky
and then killed himself. He was a.
bright mulatto, about nineteen years
old.
Mrs. Stewart was alone and "".a; rmed
when two tramps took forcible posses
sion of her house, aL New Vineyard, Me.
While they were eating and drinking
in the kitchen, she whittled a stick into
the shape of a pistol, blackened k with
soot, and then made a fierce onslaught
oo the rascals, who tied precipitately.
Tbe Presse Medicate Beige describes
two united children, born in 1877 at
Lancona, Italy, and lately exhibited at
Vienna. Each has a well-formed head
perfect arms, and a separate thorax,
with perfect viscera but they unite at
the sixth rib. and there is but one ab
domen, and one right and left leg.
Each has power over the corr.^s; .?ding
leg only. Thus Baptistecom<r .:;ds the
right leg, and Jacob the left. Each
child has its own emotions, and cue will
laugh while the other cries.
A friend describes to us a remarks-*
ble scene witnessed by him at a relig
ious meeting on Wbidby Island, W. T.
A member <of the church, while pray
iug, called upon God to strike him dead
if a certain statement made by him in
the strongest and most unequivocal
manner vas not literally and exactly
true. He had barely uttered the last
word when he fell dead. Coming as
this did in the church and upon a lead*
ing member the effect upon the congre
gation can only be imagined.
Eiias De Puy is 95 years of age and
stiil able to walk eight miles a day over
rough hills. He lives near Lackawack*
in Ulster County, New York, io a
country sparsely settled, on rough farm
ing lands Re is in exeelWot health,,
yet not a follower of temperance princt*.
pies, for he believed in the old Butch
custom of taking gin 'straight/ and has
chewed all his life the rankest and stror.g*
est tobacco. He has had five \vives and
eight children. His eldest son is 70 and
gray-haired, while his youngest son was
born after he was 85 years old. He
was 60. years of age when he married
iiis last wife, while she was 19. A re*,
markable thing about Mr. He Puy is
that he is cutting a new set of teeth*
Nine new teeth have already made their
appearance, His eyesight is excellent,,
a?d be reads almost continually. He
is the most remarkably preserved mar*
in the State.
San Francisco, Fe* 21.?Aboafc
noon yesterday a pretty youag woman,
Mary E Hiiiis. applied ai the County
Clerk's office f r a carriage license per.*
nutting her io marry G< orge C. Got-,
tung. who only two hours before had
been sentenced to serve a term of tea
Years in the State Prison at San Quen
tin for for tic murder of his wife.
About the same time Justice Pennie
was called oat of uis Court room to go*
to the County Jail to perform the mar
riage ceremoay and half an hour later
the jail door was opened in answer to %
knock to admit, on a permit from the*
sheriff. "Judge Pennie, Mr. Gottung
(a brother of the groom) and MUft
Mary E Willis." The trio weretakea
to the reception room, where thoy ex*,
pressed a desire to see George C. Got*
tung and explained the d^eci of their
visit. Cell No 25-, wherein Gottuog
was confined, was openned and the par*
ty proceeded to. cel. No. 1, where Jus??
tice Pennie united the eonpl*, tbe only
witness preseut bei;>g the groom*s hroth*
er. After an hour's conversation the
newlymade wife and her bjother-in-lsw
left the Jail and Gottung was looked
up in his cell.