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Cbe Si aieimuui air? $e?ibr?L W E DITE S D A Y JTTKS 1,1892. The Prohibition Convention. The Prohibition Conventsoa assembled in Colombia ou May 26ib, in the ball of the house of representatives, and was called to order by Thomas N. Berry, Chester. Re*. J. S. Moffett of Chester made tbe opening praver, which was a powerful petition that God should free Sooth Carolina from the power of the liquor demon. Mr. Joel Bntoson, Grand Chief of tbe 1.0. G. T. of Sooth Carolina, Sumter, wag made temporary chairman. L B. Haynes, Lexing ton, and H. B. Blakely, Lancaster, were made temporary secretaries. Tbe roll of Counties was then counted and each delegation handed Jup their names, mak ing eighty-nine delegates representing twenty three counties. Tbe delegates from Sumter were Joel E. Brunson, W M. Graham, C. M. Hurst, Sr., R. D. Cuttino, P. G. Bowman, Jr., D. W. Cottino and VV. H. Curtis. The temporary organization was made permanent, with the substitution of Mr C. A. Smith for Mr. Haynes as secretary, tbe latter being sick. - A motion to hare tbe procedings with closed doors, was tabled. The following resolutions were introduced and referred: By Rev. S. P. H. Elwell: Resolved, That a State Executive Commit* tee be appointed to arrange a campaign in the interest of prohibition, and that an executive committee be appointed for each Connty, wbose duties shall be to arrange public meetings in" each County, in which the'subject shall be discussed before tbe people; and further, to appoint suitable men to attend the Toting at each precinct, and sach other duties as they may regard necessary and pro per. By R. S. Galtoway: Resolved> That this convention heartily en dorse the action of the lower House of Con gress in votiog cn tbe 25th of May, 1882, to refuse an appropriation to the World's Pair unless the sale of whiskey on the Fairgrounds be prohibited. By J. K. McCain: Resolved, That this prohibition convention now assembled in the city of Columbia do earnestly request all Democratic voters Friendly to the cause of prohibition of the liquor traffic io our State to organize into dobs, to be known as prohibition clubs, the officers to be composed of a president, first, second and third vice presidents, secretary and treasurer, chaplain and executive com mittee of three members of tbe club, wbose doty it shall be to arrange for each subse quent meeting by the appointment of lecturers and speakers and the distribution of prohibition literature among tbe members and others, and to arrange for mass meetings when practicable; and that these meetings be held with open doors and conducted wi& a view of educating the public mind in the principles of temperance, and the inestimable Olessings that would come to the homes of all classes of our citizens by tbe prohibition of liquor traffic within the borders of our beloved State, and thus increase the roll of prohibi tion voters at every meeting of the club. By S. A Nettles ; Resolved,' That we request the Democratic State Executive Committee to place a separate box at the first primary election in which the question of prohibition may be voted on by tbe Democratic voters of this State, so as to arrive at tbe true sentiment of the people on this important question ; By S. M. Richardson ; Resolved, That it is the sense of this con vention that no nomination for State officers shall be made by this body ; and that we avoid as far as possible any expression of views upon any question which may be a matter of issue between tbe two parties into which the-D?mocratie party of this State is now divided, and confine onr deliberations strictly to.the question of State prohibition. ByJ.L.Sifly: Whereas we believe tbe time has fully come wheo the vital question of tbe prohibition of the manufacture and sale of spirit&ousliquors Should be brought squat eiy before the people of tbe State and the masses educated in the evils of the liquor traffic and tbe benefits accruing from its absolute prohibition : therefore. Resolved, That we the representatives of tbe Prohibitionists of South Carolina, in con vention assembled, do respectfully petition tbe State Democratic Executive Committee to grant as a part of their time in the appointing of tbe State campaign in which to advocate tbe principles of our cause. Resolved, That the president and secretary of this convention be charged with tbe presentation of this request before taid com mittee. Resolved^ That ws earnestly request tbe Ron. L. D. Childs to caotrass the State in the interest of prohibition. Committees on resolutions, platform, and ltd dress, baring beta appointed, tbe conven tion took a recess. At 9:30 the convention reassembled. Mr. W?won, from tbe committee on resolu tions, reported on tbe various resolutions which had been presented. Tbe committee reported favorably on Mr. Richardson's r?solution to place no prohibi tion candidates in the Seid. The adoption of this report was moved. This resolution was discussed at length by Mr. Bowman of Sumter, and Mr. WU-iams of A Hen dale., against, and by Mr. Richardson, Mr. Brooker, of Edgefield, Mr. Steadman, of Abbeville, Mr. Moffat, of Chester, and Mr. Moorman, in sapport of the resolution. The resolution was carried. Mr. Richardson's resolution that nothing be said about either Sbeppard or Tillman or their followers in this convention was re ported favorably and the favorable report adopted. Tbe committee reported favorably on Mr. Kettles's resolution providing for a box at each poll io which tbe Democratic voters could vote for or against prohibition. After discussion by Mr. Moffatt, and Mr. Hayoe in opposition, and Mr. Nettles, Mr. Chreitzberg and Mr. Richardson in support of the resolution, tie favorable report on Mr. Nettles's resolution for a box in each poll was ?dopted. Tbe committee reported unfavorably on all Of Mr. Stfley's resolutions, save tbe request to Hon. L. D. Childs to stomp the State for prohibition, and on that the report was fa vorable. Tbe report was adopted and by it Hon. L. D. Childs is requested to stump the State for prohibition. The committee's favorablo report on Mr. R. S. Galloway's resolution, commending Con gress for its legislation on the sale of liquor at the World's Fair, was adopted. Mr. El well's resolution for tbe appointment of State and Count/ executive committees was reported favorably and the report adopt ed. Hon. L. D. Childs arose to make an expla nation. He said that he felt the high comple ment of tbe resolution asking him to stump tbe State for prohibition. He wished to know bow often he would be called from his business, and what would be expected of bim? All knew that every throb of bis heart was for prohibition, and his every effort would be for tbe success of tbe cause. Oo motion of Mr. Brooker, the whole mat ter was referred to the State executive com mittee. Tbe following platform, reported by tbe committee on platform, wa3 unanimously adopted : We, tbe prohibitionists of South Carolina, in convention assembled, bow before Al mighty God, and acknowledged Him as the Guide and Ruler in all true government. 1. We are unalterably opposed to tbe liquor traffic, a traffic by wbicb at least $5,000,000 are annually taken from our already impover ished people to be squandered by the liquor dealer and gambler, by which our courts are kept occupied with criminal business, our jails filled with prisoners, our penitentiary with convicts, our poor houses with paupers and our asylums with lunatics; by which many of oar boys, after being educated, are unfitted for business and utterly ruined, and many of our girls degraded into servants of drunken husbands, wbile tbe parents suffer untold misery ; and by which oar civiliza tion is demoralized and tbe very Church of God hindered in its work ; in brief, a traffic against tbe intellectual, social, material, financial, moral, educational and religious interests of tbe people. We, therefore, earnestly favor and will work for tbe enact ment of such laws as will prohibit tbe manu- j failure and sale of intoxicating Kqoors for use as a beverage in our State. %. We cordially invite the cc-operation of all Democrats in this laudable effort for State prohibition, irrespective of their opinions on o.her issues a3 already made up in the State. The following address was submitted by the same committee : The Prohibitionists of South Carolina, in convention assembled, acknowledging Al mighty God as the soerve of all power in government, do hereby, in the name of God and humanity, issue to the people of Sooth Carolina this address. The liquor traffic, as now fosteted by governments, protected by laws entrenched by long usage and tolerated beyond the bounds of endurance, imposing enormous, avoidable and economic burdens upon individuals, families and the State: the mother cause of poverty, vice and crime; the nucleus for impurity, anarchy and death, is in either high or low license, which is unscriptural in principle and contrary to good government, and should be utterly prohibited by law. Therefore we appeal to tbe people who have the inalienable right of government and who have the right to be beard on all measures affecting them socially morally, financially and politically, but who have not heretofore fully exercised this right to this question, to come to our aid. We call upon all lovers ot righteous government in the State to ase every effort for the prohibition of this traffic in this State. We recommend that tbe people demand that all candidates for tbe House and Senate be placed on record upon this question and that no man shall receive tbe vote of the prohibitionists wbo refoses to announce his position on tbe question of prohibition. Several speeches were made on this ad dress, Mr. Moorman and others opposing its adoption on the ground that it stultified the action of tbe convention in its request for the box Hon. L D. Childs made a ringing speech 01 the subject and advocated the passage of the address. He said tbe time bad come when every candidate for tbe Legislature should openly proclaim bis position on prohibition Be was loudly applauded. Mr. Moorman opposed throttling of tbe best sentiments of the State. He was op posed to asking candidates if they were prohibitionists, and voting against them if they were not. Many true men in South Carolina would reply that they were opposed to prohibition, and yet, like gallant soldiers, they would obey tbe will of tbe people and pass a prohibition law if the people, by the one box, demanded it. He was opposed to relegating such men to the rear. Rev. G. M. Toison was opposed to tbe position of Mr. Moorman. Such men had defeated prohibition last year, and they will do it again. He said putting votes in tbe box was of no avail unless tbe members of tbe Legislature were elected directly on their sentiments in favor of prohibition. Rev. Mr. Cureitsberg said that the liquor interest would not vote in tbe one box, aod next winter they will say they have not expressed their opinion, aod would use this as a means of defeating prohibition. Many namby-pamby Democrats would be too afraid to express their views in tbe box. "Question" was called, and the chairman attempted to pot it. Mr. Nettles stood in tbe aisle and loudly demanded thr t he be allowed to speak before the question was put. Tbe chairman said be had already spoken several times already on tbe question. It was moved that be he given the privilege of speaking. He said that he had promised wnen before the State Democra tic Executive Committee that if tbe box were granted tbe only question that would be asked the candidates would be whether tney would vote for prohibition if they were elected to the Legislature. The address was adopted. Mr. Nettles moved to reconsider tbe motion requesting the Democratic Executive Commit tee to give one box io each poll. Tabled Mr. Nettles then said he could not longer remain with a party which was attempting to to break op bis party, tbe Democratic party, and he must withdraw from the convention He then withdrew, some of the delegates re marking ''Oh, pshaw 1" Mr. Toison moved tbe reconsideration of the motion that reconsideration of tbe motion passing the request for the "one box" be tabled. Mr. Childs spoke on this, saying that be had talked with Mr. Nettles and ascertained that when Mr. Nettles appeared before the Democratic Executive Committee, he pledged tbe convention to simply ask candidates if they would pass a prohibitory law if elected, aod tbe request was granted on this condition. The address said that no candidate should be voted for unless in favor of prohibition. The convention wrestled with this subject for a couple of hours. Speech after speech was made. Mr. El well said that if the con vention rescinded its action on tbe box ques tion, it would be in the position of having done nothing and be would have to with draw from tbe convention. He wanted tbe box for that put the prohibitionists in tbe position of working for measures and not for men ; he was opposed to tbe other plan for he would be unable to work tben as he would never turn his pulpit in'o a place tor. election eer.^ for any man, even for tbe cause of prohibition. The box plan enabled the preach ers to werk for the cause and not for men. Mr. Cbreitxberg said Mr. Nettles bad no right to make pledges aod therefore tbe con vention was not bound to stand by bis action. The discussion got very heated. Mr. El well made a way out of the difficulty by mov ing that tbe address be emended so that can didates be required not to pledge themselves in favor of prohibition, but to pledge that they will vote for prohibitory laws if tbe one box vote showed that the people of tbe State wanted prohibition. Mr. Chrietsberg moved that the box reso lution and tbe address be recommitted to the committees on resolutions aod platform to meet in joint session and .arrange the diffi culty. At 1 :58 the joint committee returned with its report, which was favorable on the Net tles resolution about "one box," and favor able on tbe address with the substitution of the following section for the last section or theladdress : We recommend that the people demand that all candidates for tbe House aod Senate place themselves on record c-n this question to tbe end that tbe prohibition rotes of tbe country may be intelligently cast. On the adoption of tbe report Mr. Nettles returned into tbe convention. Tbe convention tben went into tbe election of an executive commite^ witb the following result, each County naming its member, the committee being given privilege of securing members from Counties unrepresented : Abbeville, R. S Galloway ; Anderson, Dr. S. Landeu. Barnwell, J. L. Sifiey ; Berkeley, Peter Klintwortb ; Chester, T. N. Berry ; Clarendon, S. A. Nettles; Dariingtoo, G. T. Gresbam ; Florence, John McSween ; Hamp ton, Rev. W. H. Dowiing; Lancaster, Rev G. M. Toison; Laurens,.C. L. Pike; Lexing ton, P. E. Rowel! ; Marion, John C. Sellers ; Newberry, H. H. Blease; Orangeborg, L. W. Lorjea ; Edgefield, N W. Brooker ; Ricbland, L. D. Childs; Sparenburg, Dr. G. T. Walker ; Sumter, P. G. Bowman, Jr ; Union, W. A. Nicholson ; Williamsburg, B. Wallace Jones ; York, W. S. Creighton. It was decided that a quorum of tbe com mittee be five. After the convention adjourned tbe newly elected Executive Committee held a meeting. It organized by tbe election of L. D. Childs Colombia, chairman ; S. A. Nettles, Manning, secretary and treasurer. Tbe committee instructed the secretary to correspond with Prohibitionists in Counties unrepresented on the Executive Committee and secure members from them. I frequently meet on the way-side a bronzed and bearded man who is a Jolly farmer. There is a good deal of human nature and sound philosophy about him. The other day; he told me bow be got his farm plowed out one season, in good time. "I use two horses" he remarked "oo a one horse -farm. This enables me to give it more thorough tillage. I prefer plowing after a rain than just before it. One year my neighbors had all got behind and were running a vig orous campaign against grass. Tbey came to me for help, which I granted on condition that they would return it just after a rain. It was dry at that time. After tbe rain came there were twenty men and horses, io one day, on my farm. Everything was worked out nicely, aod I made double the quantity of truck per acre that aoy of them did.7' ?'Southern Cultivator. Cholera cootiooes its ravages in Ser inagur, one of the capitals of Cashmere, Iodia. The population of tbe city is 58.000 and the disease if it cootiooes will depopulate tbe place. Deaths are occurring at the rate of 500 daily. Speech Of John Gary Evanu in the Convention. Io the recent State Democratic Coo veotioo, Hod. Joho Gary K?aDs of Aikeo made a vigorous aod powerful speech. Col od el H ask ell's reply was published io foil several days alter the convention* bflt the paper io which It appeared did not publish Mr. Evans's speech. At tbe request of maoy read ers, The Register publishe*. Mr. EvaDs's speech io full, that the public may judge between these two. Mr. Evaoa said : Mr. President aod Gentlemen of the Cticveotioo : [ do oot rise to defend Honest Ben Tiliniao ; he needs no de fense at my hands. You koow him too well aod you koow his traducers. I desire simply to refute tbe statements of this so-called patriot, whom I have characterised before upon this floor as a political ass in a lion's skin. I bave been with him as a member of this House for fo?r years, aod of all the men of this State, be is tbe last that should endeavor to traduce aod fiiog mud at tbe people's government aod tbe peo* pie's rulers. He has endeavored to show to you tbe utter uselessness aud extravagance of our Phosphate Commis sion. At the last session of tbe Legis lature, upon the motion of this same gentleman, a committee was appointed to iovestigate the Phosphate Commis sion, aod he was made a member of the committee. After examining witness upon witness from all parts of the State, aod document upon document, to bis effort to find something for political capi tal, tbe committee reported, and here si's my friend Breaieale, its chairman, to bear me out, that from its examina tion, the wisdom of sustaining and maintaining the Commission was thoroughly shown, and that it had re sulted in vast good to the State. Mr. Haskell, or tbe committee, made a minority report, condemning every thing and everybody connected with the cote mision. So flagrant and unfounded was his report that, after speaking to it for nearly an boor, although there were nearly fifty aoti-Tillman members ol* the house, he was eoabled to carry but six votes, besides bis own, to sustaio him. Convicted by his own faction, need I reply further to this charge ? In reference to the phosphate litiga tion, be tells you that Til I m an me rely followed tbe advice of General Conuor, and yet wben I stated in reply to him on the floor of this house, upon his arraignment of Governor Tillman, that the Governor was merely carrying out the advice of almost every Attorney General tbe State had had since 1876, he denied that General Conuor bad advised it ; but the Governor had oot won the case at that time. They seek now to rob him of the honor that is due him, but you will not allow it. He accuses the Governor of raising taxes. You know that this is false. The Legislature alone can raise your taxes, aod this they have oot done ; but it is not due to the efforts of this man nor of his faction. His voice was never raised to cut off a single dollar of. what be tells you was extravagant and use'?ss expenditures in the Legislature. On the contrary, be voted and fought to swell the appropriation bill ; every dollar that was suggested for any pur pose by any legislator, and if it had not beeo for myself and others he would have succeeded in placing upon you nearly one hundred thousand dollars of useless expenditures. I told him then and I tell you now that he was willing to vote for any appropriation that would increase your taxes, simply to make a little political capital against this administration. Look at his position ; elected to the Legtsiasure, sworn to do his dnty to the whole people aod yet prostituting his officiai! character and position for the purpose of making a little campaign thunder to use against Governor Till man. It this honest? Was he not in duty bound to speak against such extra vagant and burdensome taxation, as he calls it, aod as an honest representative to vote against it? Yet the record shows that be voted for every dollar ard spoke for more, and yet these are your patriots whom you are invited to do it. Will you do it 1 [Cries of "No ! No "] Aod more than this, he attempted bo create useless offices by re-establishing a branch of the old Agricultural Department, which you by your votes bad abolished. I allude to the Fish Commission. He and ibis faction fought to create this office with a salary of $2 100, wben i had proved to them that the duties could be performed for $500 by Mr. Jones, our efficient*Fisb Commissioner. Mr. Jones now makes a most efficient officer, and Mr. Haskell has not tbe pleasure of accusing Gov ernor Tillman of creating a useless office, which he, Haskell, thought so necessary then and possibly so unneces sary now. We are accused of slandering the State and ruining her oredit. It is false and they know it. You, tbe honest farm * era and laborers of South Carolina and the men who support Tillman, have you done or said aught to impair our credit? Every utterance of Governor Tillman before and since his inaugural address has been to the effect that our credit, must be held sacred, and so it is. It is tbe utterances of these men and tbe slanderous editorials of their news papers, reprintiug in leaded lines unfounded reports from Wall street, that is the cause, if any from such reasons, of tbe decline of our bonds. We have heard recently of certain slanderous reports having been circu lated on Wall street for the purpose of impairing our credit. I a*k you who goes to Wall street? Is it the honest tax-payer, who works and stays at home ? No ; we know too well who? the boss editor aod the representatives of railroads have all been there recently. Let them answer for these slauders. What think you of a son who would fell his mother to the ground, drag her through the mud and slums, traduce and disgrace her good name for the purpose of gratifying his personal spite and ambition ? Such are these men who slander our State and its present government. They would gladly see their mother State ruined rather than see Governor Tillman, your Governor, reelected. We are accused of driving capital from the State, and why, forsooth ? Because we have endeavored to make banks and corporations pay their just proportion of 'the expenses of our government. They know that you have borne the burtben for years, groaning under them, while these institutions have cheated and swindled tbe State out of their just taxes. There is not a farm in South Carolioa that is not assessed higher io proportion to the amount of net income to tbe owner than any railroad or bank under the new assessment. [A delegate from Richtand here interrupted and asked, "How about the free pass ?"] Yes, I will come to that. Yo? Ate a pretty set to talk of free passes, when your champion here, selected by Joi to arraign Governor Ttllman, stands convicted upon the floor of this house not only of accepting free passes, but of distributing them to the members. Not on ly that, be attempted to defeat the Railroad Commission bill by deceiving the House in the interests of his road. [Haskell : ."That is false."] I will prove it and should fttap your face. [A voice : "He has one arm "] I would trot under any circumstances slap his face but I will state that it is not the first time his empty sleeve has protected him from a member of my family. I remember when I first came into this House as a member, a mere boy as I was characterised by the gentleman. 1 was attending a commit tee meeting and the railroad committee was io session near Us, having Under consideration the Railroad Commission bill. Mr. Haskell was present with his brother A. C. and Mr. Pat Calhoufl of Atlanta. Mr. A. C Haskell spoke against the bill as did Mr. Calboun and John C H. closed in a spee-h against it for tbe railroad. The next day the bill oame op for consideration and this man arose at his desk and asked "that the bill be con tinued for tbe reason that he had not read it and supposed the House had not. It was an important measure and he desired to inform himself before acting upon it." I could not submit to this imposition upon the House, young as I was, and I asked permission to ask the gentlemeu a question. He consented. I asked Lira if he had not made a speech against the bill before the railroad com mittee. He stated that he had. I then asked him if he generally spoke upon matters he knew nothing of. He could not reply and the House considered the bill. Such, my countrymen, are the tra ducers of honest Ben Tillmao, who now pose as patriots. I am sure that in August next a tidal wave of voters will sweep this country from the modotains to the seaboard and east this man back into Virginia where he now resides. Ben Tillman will be renomioated and re-elected in spite of the slanders of him and his followers ?Columbia Register. High Time to Call a Halt I?erhaps no president of a grand and free people ever found himself in a position similar to that occupied by Mr. Harrison when he was called upon to sign the Chinese exclusion act. The West demanded his signa ture to the discriminating immigra tion measure, and standing, as he does, at the doors of a convention in which he will need every delegate be can get, he had not the courage to exercise his power to veto. Mr. Harrison's act was at once obligatory and cowardly. The former, because of his desire to cater to the western interests, of which he is by no means certain, and the latter because of China's entire inability to retaliate. It is not the intention of the Watchman to approve of an influx of Chinamen with a consequent disaster te American labor, but if the immi gration question is to be touched at all why does not one party or the other step boldly forth and stop the awful tide of pauper foreigners, anar chists, nihilists and convicts, which is flooding our shores. The trans-Atlantic steamboat com patties are doing more injury to the country by their foreign advertise ments of "Cheap Transportation to America, the land Flowing with Milk and Honey" than all the Chinamen who would come over could do. And the exclusion bill sets forth the following clause, about the inoffen sive Mongolians: "They cannot live in this country without affecting it in a serious manner" yet its framer is every day reading of the serious affects which the influx of hordes of Hungarians, Italians, Russian Jews and representatives of other like na tionalities is having. Our country is affected and the sit nation is becoming alarming, but have we not a statesman who has the courage to lead the conflict against the force wbich is destroying every thing that is American ? The following extract from an ex change gives only an idea of the aw fulness of the situation : "The 'clannishness" of some of the gentle meii from across the seas?not Mon golians?is fairly well Illustrated, by the fact that in sections of Illinois, Wisconsin and other western states an effectual boycott has been put upon the English language. It is not allowed in the schools which the children attend, and a great foreign community is growing up in the heart of the country. Nor Is that the worst This anomalous condi tion of affairs is justified and approv ed by Pennsylvania newspapers which defend the exclusion of Mon golians on account of their "clannish* ness."?Bellefontc (Pa.,) Watchman. Where the Line was Drawn. My friend, Mrs. Mitchell, and I were going out to pay some calls. On reach ing her house I fouod she was not yet ready, and went up to her room at her invitation to wait there for her. As she was combing her hair I glanced out of the window and saw her young son climbing a tree and in a very precarious situation. I called Mrs. Mitchell's attention to this and she put her head out of the window and shrieked : "Henry, get down out of that tree immediately. You willl fall and break I your limbs." Her dutiful offspring looked at her as she stood there with bead projecting beyond the casement, and then yelled back : "Put your head in that window yo? old turkey buizard." I listened to this In horrified amaze ment, and waited to see what my friend would do about it, but, to my further scaridalifla?to?, she serenely went on combing her hair, and evidently was going to take no further notice of her so?'p rejoinder. So I blurted o?tl "Why, Allen Mitchell 1 l)o you allow your children to talk to you in that man tier ?" "Anna,'* she rejoined, turning upon me with great dignity, "my children know they can go just so far with me and no farther." - *-* ?? - It is a Axed and immotable law that to have good, sound health one xttusi bave pur?, rich and ttbiindant blood/ There is no shorter aor surer route than by a course of De Witt'sSarsBparilla, Ji S. Hughsou ? Co. BEPORT. State of M Ci SUMTER COUNTY. To his Honor, the Presiding Judge of the Court of Gener* &l Sessions to be held for the said County on the first Mon* day of June 1892. The undersigned, D. E. Keels. Treasurer of Sumter County, respectfully submits the following Report of the number, character and amount of claims for the fiscal year ending October 31st 1891, which have been audited, al lowed, and ordered to be paid by the School Commissioner for said County, and the Coun ty Commissioners for said County, and which have been paid by him, the said Trea surer:? No, of CertU To Wliom Paid. I ficate. 617?R W DuRant k Son, Road tools etc 51 31 50?John K Brown Services as County Corn missioner 26 3C 470?G F Epperson, Coal for Countv Treasurer 7 9C 696?Thomas 0 Sanders, Keeping bridges in repair as contract 100 00 389?Dr R B Forman, Services in post Mortem exa m i a n a tion at inquest 10 60 611?Mrs O H Moses, Rent for School Commissioners office 48 00 666?H C McLeod, Lumber and Bridge work 54 79 200?W P Singleton, Ser vices as constable 19 09 199? John T Hurst, Ser vices as constable 33 32 198?J L Beach, Services as constable 20 82 196?J L Gedding, Services as constable 16 66 983?J L Geddings Ser vices as constable 8 33 195?W R DuBose. Ser? vices as constable 33 32 194?W W Boyett, Ser vices as constable 20 82 193?L A Wheeler, Trial Justice Services as constable 24 99 192?Tyler Dixon, Servi ces as constable 16 66 185?C O Wheeler, Trial Justice salary 24 99 947?W A Nettles, Trial Justice affidavit in lunacy 1 00 239?W U Dixon, Ser vices for Trial Justice at riot etc 9 00 184?W A Nettles, Trial Justice, Salary 16 66 183?Robert E Carnes, Trial Justice, Salary 24 99 132?John M Miller, Salary as Trial Jus tice 24 99 181?W A Nettles, 8al< ary as Trial Justice 16 66 180?Mark Reynolds, Sal ary as Trial Justice 58 32 179?L L Fraser* Salary as Trial Justice 16 66 178?L L Fraser* Salary as Trial Justice 16 60 177-Thomas 8 Sumter, Salary as Trial Jus* ticc 20 82 171?E Scott Carson, Sheriff* Dieting pris oners etc and work for Trial Justices 252 5t 170?E Scott Carson, Sheriff, Dieting pris oners etc ami work for Trial Justices 215 45 169?E Scott Carson, Sheriff, Dieting pris oners etc and work lor Trial Justices 203 40 226?II L Darr & Co Advertising etc for County Commission ncrs and County Treasurer 00 225?H L Darr ? Co advertising for Coun ty Commissioners, County Auditor and Supervisor oi Regis* tration 26 60 9?Thos S Hair, Servi' ces as special consta ble 2 80 200? 11 M 1'lowden, Sum* moniog jury to in? quest 2 00 23??John T Green, Sch, Commissioner offico rent 11 il 992?John T Green, Sch, Commissioner office rent 6 55 2:>6?Dr J A Mood, mc?li? cal examination in lu* nacy 5 00 235?Mark Reynolds trial justice affidavit in lunacy 1 09 No. of Certi- To Wiom Paid. Amount ficate. 233?W S Reams, Dam age to horse on bridge on highway 11 11 232?James S Folk, Work on polling places 3 85 231?R W Bradham, Work on election boxes 6 00 230?R S Bclk, Work on polling places 1 25 229?A J Geddings, Ser vices as special con stable 2 40 227?D W AllSbrook, Ser vices as special con* stable 4 50 213?L L Fraser, Servi ces as Deputy Coro ner at inquest 10 00 210?L L Fraser, Servi ces Trial Justice hold ing Inquest 8 50 208--H Vaughn, Consta ble, Summoning Jury to inquest 2 00. 207?Dr ? F Darby, Post Mortem exami nition, Dissection etc at inquest 15 413 206?Dr W W Fraser, Post Mortem exami tion etc at inquest 10 15 205?Dr Archie China, Post mortem exami nation etc at irquest 10 00 203? C O Whaler, Trial Justice, Holding in quest for Coroner 8 50 204? A G Warren, Servi ces as Coroner hold ing inquest 12 97 202?E Scott Carson, Sheriff, S?vices as Sheriff in work lor Coroner 6 05 109-W II Yates, Sup plies for Jail work 1 95 108?W E Pearsali, Work on desk in Sheriff's office 1 67 107?J A Schwerin, Coal for office of County Commissioners 9 44 106?Charles II Jones, Glazing at Jail 1 66 104?T C Scaffe, Jail supplies and work on Jail 5 05 102? Charles H Jones, Work of Jail fence 27 77 101?W R Brown, Lum ber for Jail fence 20 56 99?J M Wingate, Iron work at Jail 33 33 98?Hampton Lewis, Work on office Pro bate Judge 2 20 48? R Callaghan, Cut ting tree from road 1 00 572?W S Chandler, Haul ing on road T 50 70?W S Chandler, Bridge work and lumber 6 83 69?C M W?dford, Bridge work 3 90 66?R E EcElvcen, Road and Bridge work li 11 64?T E Hinson, Bridge work and lumber 9 16 63?Samuel C Fox worth, Bridge work 6 55 62?E C L McCoyc, Bridge work 2 22 61?G W Brunsoflj Bridge work 2 22 60.?C O Wheeler, Bridge work 2 42 59?C ? Wheeler, Bridge work Scape Oer swamp 81 89 ?7-=-D H Bpykin, Bridge work and lumber 11 77 55?C S Britten, Bridge work 5 00 53?C L Tioda?c, Lum ber for bridges 3 16 52?J J Muidrow, Bridge work 8 71 50?W E Kolb, Bridge work 4 44 49? George W Stoke*, Bridge work 1 60 47?A D McCoy, Bridee work etc 2b* 26 46?W S Chandler1, Bridge work etc 6 66 45?S B Jenkins, Bridge work &c ?3 33 44?A D McCoy, Bridge work Ac 11 H 42? R E McElvecn, Bridge work 5 55 43? J S Booth, Bridge work 10 00 41?J S Booth, Bridge work 11 00 40?William t>urant, Road work 2 78 39?J P Wilson, Bridge work 8 88 38?William M Davis, Bridge work 4 44 37? Joseph P Richard son, Bridge work 4 44 36?Thomas D Du Boso, Bridge work 11 11 34?G W Branson, Bridge wotk 6 66 33- L D Winkles, Road work 6 66 32?J W Lowry, Work on causeway 71 66 31?William M Datte, Work on public road at Pocataligo swamp 46 00 30?J Z Tiadalc, Bridge work 88 88 29?S J White, Bridge work 3 33 28?W J Durant, Lum ber and work bridges I at Mu Id rows w llto.?f [ Certi- To Wurm Paid. Amount. ficaU. sfag 111 62 27?W R McCoy, Bridge work 2 75 26-~F 0 and W H Jefr ?ings. Work on bridges at Loring's mill ?8 75 : 24?J E Atkins, Bridge work &c 2 78 ! 23?Joseph P Richard' son, Road work 10 66 22?Wallace Sanders, Hauling lumber and Bridge work 4 62 21?J E Atkins, Bridge lumber 11 00 ! 20?D H Boykin, Bridge work 6 66 19?B D Mitchell Bridge lumber 1 36 i 77?D Rees Dorant, Feeding kc paupers at poor house 35 65 76?D Rees Rorant, Feeding Ac paupers at poor house 89 56 580?Dr J A Mood, Ser vices as physician to poor house and Jail 5 83 75?Dr J A Mood, Ser vices as physician to poor house and Jail 11 67 74?D Reese Durant, Feeding &c paupers at poor House 34 50 312?Richardson I Man ning. Services on Board of Equalisa tion 4 60 555? Peter Thomas, County Auditor, Ser vices as County Au ditor and office sup plies 52 31 559?Peter Thomas Ser vices as County Au ditor 42 66 462?R W Dorant & Son, Supplies for Jail repairs 16 00 307?J G White, Ser vices on Board of Equalization 3 50 557?B D Mitchell, Servi ces as County Com missioner 28 10 556? E F Burrows, Servi ces as County Com missioner 30 80 285?J Ryttenbcrg A Sons, Supplies to re pair Court House 86 436?T V Walsh, Probate Judge, Lunacy pro ceedings 4 cases 12 00 234?T V Walsh, Probate Judge, Lunacy pro ceedings 3 00 429?T V Walsh, Probate Judge, Lunacy pro ceedings 3 00 426?T V Walsh Probate Judge lunacy pro ceedings 300 445?W M Le n off, Bucket for office County Treasurer 75 309?WJ Andrews, Ser vices on Board of Equalization 3 90 306?R C Rem b e r t, Services on Board of Equalization 4 40 164? Walker, Evans, & Cogswell, Books Ac for Clerk of Court, ^>hcnft and County Commissioners 60 33 165? Walker, Evafns, ? Cogswell Books for Clerk of Court 64 00 168?Walker, Evans, A Cogswell, Supplies Ac for Probate Judge etc 6 8S 16??Walker, Evans, A Cogswell, Office Sup* plies for Clerk of C o urt, Pro bate Judge, County Com missioners and Coun ty Auditoi 34 71 166? Walker, Evans A Cogswell, Books Ac for County Treasurer, Probate Judge and Clerk of Court 42 89 305?Thomas V Walsh, Services as Clerk of County Commit sioners and sun* dries 35 50 883?A D Stnbbs, Servi ces as special consta ble 1 50 541?R M McFadd?n, Road work Ac 7 00 49S?E L Wingate, Bridge work 4 00 31 i?Samuel J Brown, Services on Board of Equalization 3 60 4SI?L W W Fraser, Ditching road etc 30 1? 486?James M Brogdon, Bridge work 12 00 210?Gaillard A Lenoir. Supplies for County Treasurer, Jail etc 1? 15 457? Dargan k Miller, Advertising for Cotinty Commissio ners and County Treasurer 90 93 458- H L Darr k Co, Advertise! ng and printing for County Commissioners and County Treasurer 73 50 149?Thomas D DnBose, Work at Poor House ?03 89 390-E Scott Carson, 0? of Certi- To Wkom Paid. AmoWtdt ficafe. Sheriff Services for Coroner at ingress ? 2 399?b Scott Carson*, Bhcrhf, IS?fnc?s' for Coroner at rmjnest J3 50 42T?# Scott a*80ftV Services as Sheriff conveying' fuuarfies etc and ice &r ase in court ?7 82 43??E Scott Carson Services* as Sheriff conveying fanatics to Asylum kc 43 GT 387?E Scott Car sott, Sheriff Services as Sheriff dueling pris* oners &c and Trial Justrce wort 156 71 38g^E Scott Carson, Shenff, Services as Sheriff dJetm*? prisa* ners *c and Trial Justice work im 3$ 385?E Scott Carsoff, Sheriff, Sertices 8d Sheriff dieting priso ners &c and Triai Justice work 188 16 384?E Scott Carson, Sheriff, Services at Sheriff dieting priso ners kc and Trial Justice work and court work 307* 383?E Scott Carson, Sheriff, Services as Sheriff dieting priso ners kc and Trial Justice work and court trork 110 45 382?E Scott Carson, Services as Sheriff dieting account and executing prisoners ISO 80 381?E Scott Carson, Services as Sheriff . dieting prisoners &g and Trial Justice work 315 30 456?N G Oste?n, Adver tising and printing for County Commis sioners SI 63 455?K G Osteen, Adver tising for Supervi sor of Registration and County Treas urers report 63 00 4?4-=N G Osteen, Adver tising and printing for Clerk of Court, County Auditor and Probate Judge 59 30 370? Luke B Owen, Ser vices as Court consta ble S 60 369?Henry Osborn, {Ser vices as Court con stable 7 50 360? J F Bradford, Ser vices as Conrt con stable 17 10 371? J D Graham, For Jury drawers 10 80 368?C R Watson, Servi ces as court constable 7 60 361? James H Watson? Services as court constable 21 10 3?9?B J Barwick, Ser vices as court consta ble 10 60 362? C It Jones, Servi* ces as court consta ble 21 10 363? J A Miller, Servi ces as court consta ble 16 60 364? James White, Servi ces as conrt Consta* ble 21 10 365? Harrison Withcr spoon, Services as court constable 12 00 366? John E Brown, Ser vices as court con* stable 3 00 367? J r White, Servi ces as court consta ble 1 80 277?J R Ditofl, Road work kc 11 67 424?E S Carson, Coal for Court House and County Commis* sioners ? 35 388?James D Graham, Services as Clerk of Court, June, term 1891 99 05 420?D Reese Durant, Digging graves and buring 2 culprits exc* cuted by Sheriff 6 55 145? D Rees Durant, At tention to sick pau* per found on road side, died at Poor House 5 55 146? D Rees Durant, Feeding paupers kc 35 65 91?D Reese Durant, Feeding iVc paupers at Poor House 41 40 89?D Reese Durant, Repairs to Mattres ses Ac for Poor House 1 60 88?D Reese Durant, Extra attention to sick paupers 8 00 87?Dr J A Mood, Phy sician to Poor House and Jail 17 50 86?D Reese Durant, Feeding etc paupers at Poor House 34 06 84?D Reese Durant, Feeding etc paupers at Poor House 36 65 82?D Reese Durant, Feeding etc paupers at Poor House 30 %% Condd ltd on ucjU pdg*.