The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 07, 1892, Image 1

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- fi e IBI8Mtt:K& WATCHMAN, Established April, 18 50. " Be Just and Fear not?Let all the Ends thou Aims't at. be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's" TES TR?iS S?UTU??*, Ketablfclied J&ne, \ * C?asolidate Aug. 2, 1881.1 SUMTER, S. c. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1892. Sew Series?Vol. x1l So. 1?>? C?e. ??a&gfflaa ani? S?ti?k'sa. ..- Published 07 7 Wednosday, - . G-. OSTE3EN, SUMTKR, S. 0. TKRM8 ? fwQ Dol?&rs p?r annum?in advanoe. iovssTisK?iNTa. Otte ? (pi are, first insertion.$1 00 f vety subsequent insertion. 50 Coutracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. AlLeommnnications which subserve private ter?ts- wilLhe ^arged^or-^s ad vert? lenien ts. Ob|taaws agid ?ijMt?es ?f-reepoct wi? be charged f?r. TBE SATIOSAL BiSSs oT OF SCUTER. STATS, city and cu?nty DEPOSI ti > ; to?y, scmtbr; s.- c. Paid up C*pital . , . . . $75,000 00 Sarph????1? f *igt. Il,t00 00 ^stosacte-a ?eeera#B*lik^?; Business. Careful attention given to collections." savings DEPARTMENT. Deposits of?1 and upwards received. In terest alio wed at the rate of 4 per cent, per aanam. Payable quarterly, on first days of January, April, July and October. ? r. M. WALLACE, President. L. S. Cassos, A ug. 7 Cashier.. W?WM _ SIBBER, -?rn? Jn?> #unty*>d^^itory. Transacts a genera! Banking business. Aleones -V' A Savings Bank Department. Deposits, of $1.00 and upwards received. Interest calculated at the fate of 4 per cent, per annum, payable quarterly. ~W| P: fe- ??aynsworth, ~" jHWife ? ? President, Aug 21. DENTIST. O?ce over BROWNS & P?RDY'S STORE. _^t/'* - Bacr&aceoa Main Street, Between Browns & Purdy and Durant & Son. OFFICE HOURS: :. - ? 9 to 1.30;: 1 to o'clock. Samter, S. C . April 29. V 0. W. DICK, D. D. S. -c ? O?ce over Bogin;s New Store, IKTRASGS OH M a ls stskkt ?^5i >? ^SmiTBR,-S. C. ?ffieeHonrs.?9 to I;30 ; 2:30 to 5. Sei* ? _._ ;y>|?W ?TWBER TARD. ?BBG TO INFORM MY FRIENDS AXD ^tba public generally that my Saw Mill located on the C. S & . R. R./just back of my residence, is now in fall operation, and I a? prepared to furnish all grades of Yellow Pifce Lues ber from ?o-Wed timber, at prices according to grades. Yard accessible on North side of residence. J. b. roach. Feo 18. ? ? peaaesEss-s??s-s-r-as i5pw COMMANDER & RICHARDSON, LIBERTY STREET, SU M TER, S. G. we HAVE FORMED A CO-PARTNERSHIP For the purpose of working Marble and Granite, manufacturing Ints, M?m, Etc., And doing a (renerai Business in that line, . ?complete Wjork-sbop hss^heen Sued 41p on p.pmTYS??rRjsr, .tear post office Aqjfifepe ara.jia% readjF to ej??TOt<fe_with \ promptness all orders consigned to us. Satis faction guaranteed. Obtain our price before r piacr?z an order elsewhere. - *w. H. COMMANDER, G. E. RICHARDSON. June 16 6?ME6DCK CITY MARKET W. J. JDAWSEY, Proprietor Having made arrangements with reliable dealers in this State and Vir ginia for a regular supply of the best | BEEF CATTLE AND MUTTON by the car load. I will be able to offer the choicest quality of meals to be bad, and solicit the trade of City and County. I can sell Wholesale or Retail as cheap or cheaper than any. other parties in the market. Especial attention will be given to : ORDERS FROM. THE COUNTRY I { ( and meats will be sold in large or email qa ant i ties at small profits. Special arrangements will be made with housekeepers. Give me a call, W. J. DA WS E Y. NEXT to post office, sumter, s. c Aug. 3. TO BENT. EITH SR OR BOTH BUILDINGS, fur Dished or not, oppos:te the a. c. L. pas senger depot. Lunch coaster, sad 2 Soda Water aparitacea and Milk Shake attach menu Cail os or edd rese, CURTIS HOUSE. * G. 3. ?surtis, Proprietors, Sueater, S.c^ a: d< al ti et gl s en fo ar of Si DEALER US j Bicyles and Sundries.; 4 (jA?tt t>R K?SPALLMENT. Highest of all in Leavening Pc ABSOLU INSURE YOUR GINS ? jj -IN THE Assurance 4hmpany, OF LONDON, THE LARGEST COMPANY IN THE WORLD That takes fire risks on Gins. For particulars, etc., apply to ALTAMONT M?SES, AGENT. P. S.?We do also a Gene ral Fire Insurance Business, and represent the of New York,, the largest in the world. Aug. . TAX NOTICE/ THE TREASURER OF S?MTER C0?N ty gives notice that his books will be >pen from the Fifteenth Day of October, 1392, to the Fifteenth Day of December, 1892, for the collection of Taxes for the fiscal rear commencing November 1st, 1S91, in Sumter County. The following are the rates per ceo turn of ;he levy : 1. For State purposes?four and one-naif niHs on every dollar of the value of al? taxa ?le property. 2. For County purposes?-two and three ourth mills on eve-v dollar'of the value of til taxable property. 3. For the support of public schools?-two niiis on every dollar of such vnlue. 4. One dollar on each taxable pell, (to wit, >etween the ages of 21 and 50 ye i.) . Mayesville, two mills extra levy for chool purposes in the town of ?}?esville. . Swimming Pens, two mills extra levy or ?chool purposes in the township. 7. Bishopvtlle, four mills extra levy for ch?ol purposes iu School Bist. No. 20.' 8. ??echanicsville, tyro wills extra levy for "c-hbcl purposes in*the township, 9. Providence, two mills extra levy for I chool purposes iu the township. ?0. Sn-mter, No i, (out of city) two milis xtra levy fur school purposes in the township. ? il. Concord, two mills extra levy for' ctool purposes in the township. ?2. For build:ag county jnil?one mill ! XT ra tevy. D. E. KEEL?, Sept. 7. Treasurer. Just Received A BIG STOCK OF Ca?gateos Fine Extracts OR THE HANDERCHIEF, SUPERIOR TOILET SOAP. J. S. H?GHS?N & CO., Monsphan Block. MAIN STREET, June 22. SUMTER, S. C. ' ????????? ?TeffsTiBfAf To curt constipation purgisjr the bow- ^? ^ elsshould beavcided;it\veakcustheir m power of motion^ A gentle aperient ?g j "^effect is only required. Tutts Tiny I Elver Pills arc prepared with special jp? [ ^ views to tho peru?anent cure of ^?y CCSTIVENESS and HEADACHE. H They are mild and remain in tho sys- ? ; tern until they art on the liver, causo ? -. a natural flow of bfio and their tonic ! properties impart power to the bow els to remove unhealthy accumula- | cation.-. Good appetite and digestiong+ y result from the use of these litt?eplllet. f? Price, 23c Office, 39 Park Place, N. Y, Til 8 um ter institute HE INSTITUTE bap opened its sessions under very auspicious circumstances. '. he boarding depart men is weil aw>oi te i 1 id the rooms are rapidly filling up. Those j r-siring rooms shouid apply nt hu early dny. he Art r:<ora has been en Urged and refitted, j fording ample light, and all necessary facili es for good work. Special lessons in Painting and Drawing, ! i?h $15 a tprm ; in Book-keeping, Steno- j rapby, Typewriting ard Penmanship, each 10 a term; Instrumental and V'orai Musici ice $20 a term, with $3 for us.- of ins*ument j r practice. Elocution $7.00 a term. Studeol3 will be received lor any of thesv ; lefiiai ooorses at any time during tiie vear, id we-solicit patronage of the young ladies ? " the city not regularly entered m the school. ( For further information apply to H. FRANK WILSON, Provident, j JOSEPH F. 11H?ME, j ATTORNEY AT LAW. Manning, S. C, Attends to business in any part of the. ate. Practices in U. S. Courts. Sept. 21? . ^EIGHT'SHOTEL~ ! COLUMBIA, S. G. -0 HHiS NEW AND ELEGANT HOCSE ? with all modern improvements.is now en for tbe reception of guests. 6. L. WRIGHT 4c SON, Proprie tore. wer.?Latest U. S. Gov't Report THY PURE This is "The" Bill of ?MM Synopsis of The Measure Agreed on By Leading Prohibitionists The following is a syoospis of the prohibition bill agreed on by the leading prohibitionists and introduced Nov. 28. Se ction I provides that the ai an ulce rare, sale, barter or exchange, or the keeping cr offering for sale, gift, ""barter trade, or exchange as a beverage, within this State of any liquors, or any compound or mixtures thereof shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of from $20 to ?1,000 and imprisonment iu the county jail for from one month to one year for each offence; and for the second and every successive offence the j party shall be guilty of a felony and b3 put in the penitentiary for from one year to two years. Section 3 provides that within ten days after the approval of the act, with the advice and consent of the senate, the Governor shall appoint a commis sioner, known by him to be a total abstainer, who shall purchase all intox j icants for lawful sale, and furnish the I same to th? permit holders to be sold by them for medicinal mechnical, j scientific and sacramental purpose, said commissioner to hold office for two years. Full provision is made for boud, cost of liquor, resignation, ect. Section 4 provides that the Governor shall notify the county commissioners ! of the name and place of business of the commissioner, ? Section 5 provides that if any permit holder shall purchase liquor from any other person than the commissioner, or snail adulterate, the liquors he shall for feit to the county from $20 to ?100 and costs. : Section G provides tha'c the commis sioner shall keep a record of names, liquors aud pi ices and report ibe same to the Governor every Octob'?.?, to be by the latter laid before the legislsture. Seetwn 7 provides that al! permits j shall be procured from the county corn ; niisMoners at any meeting, and-.- shall"^ j continue in force one year. Persons I applying for renewals must show to ! trie satisfaction of Iho county coeimis sioners that th^y have during the pre [ceding year complied ?klh the provis ions of the act. Parties may appeal ? "and resist the same. .Section 8 provides tl:i notice of appli cation fcr permit be published once a week tor three weeks, the last of which shall be fn m ton to twenty day** before the meeting. Section 9 provides that applications for permits shall be sworn to aud provides that the applicants shall show that they are not addicted to the use of intoxicante, etc, Section 10? provides that applicants shall give bond in the penal sum of ?1, 000 for truly observing the liquor laws and paying fines for violating them, and- will not. sell .iquors at a ebarge exceeding 30 per cent, of the cost. Full provision is made for suit on the bond. Section 11 provides that all appli cations shall be signed by one-third of the free-hold voters of the town, city or ward, and they shall certify to various stringent requirements. Provision is made for argument and procedure at meeting of the caualy boards. The form of application is given. Permits shall be deemed trus's as a matter of confidence and may be revoked at any time. The applicant shall pay all costs of presenting his case to the board. fee of one dollar shall be taxed for the filing o? the petition and one dollar for entering the order of the county commissioners approving the bond, aud witnesses shall be entitled j . to mileage and per diem as in other cases in the court of common pleas. Full provision is made for the man ner in which liquor shall be transported from the State commissioner to the per mit holder ] c Before delivering any intoxicating j liquor to any person a request must he j ! presented to the permit holder giving dare and the age and residence of the |. signer for whom the liquor is required, ; quantify aud kind of liquor and for what 1 use it is desired, and that neither the i * applicant nur the person for whose use ? it is requested habitually uses intoxi- j c cants as a beverage. The permit holder f c may refuse the request unless he per- j J eonally knows the applicatit aud that he j ' is telling the truth. j r Requests for liquor shall be made j upon blank* furnished by the cousiy i auditors. The permit holder shall make j ^ return thereof to the auditor under ; penalty for failure to comply. Permit j holders shall make returns of all liquor ! lo the auditor. A permit holder may j employ i:Ot more than two clerks to sell ? liquors. ? . Licenced druggists and manufacturers 1 r. of proprietory medicines are authorized j u to purchase of permit holders liquors j n for the purpose of compounding medi- j D cines that can not be used as a beverage, j e They shall make a return of all liquors ! w bo purchased to the auditor. ; t| AH liquor tines shall he paid into ; h the county treasury, one half to be w used in prosecutions for violation of the ' ,, liquor law a Applicants who mak?? false state- ., ments in then- requests f<:r 1 quor shall C( be fined from ?100 to $500 and costs (). and he imprisoned from one to six w months. Falst; oaths made by permit holders a shall be punishable as perjury. Provision is made to prevent all rj social clubs from dispensing liquors, ? All places where liquors are sold in , fo, violation of this act shall be deemed public nuisances, and certain officers f, are directed to abate them and publicly >j burn all bar room paraphernalia and bring the offenders to trial. The attor- j noy general or any citizen may main- fee j tain fcotiou the B?.me of the State j to alati the ime. Fall provision is j made for ail legal steps io this direc ! ti on. Any trial justice, solicitor, etc., shall ! do his doty iu the premises or sball for I feit ?100. ! No person shall knowingly bring into the S'ate any liquors in violation of the prov?noos of this act under pen alty of ?500 and costs and imprison ment for one year In default of pay ment he shall suffer an additional punishment of oue year. The Much Missing Witness. Another good beginning of reform is promised.in the bill introduced by Representative Moses, providing stringent regulation for the contin uance of cases in the Circuit Courts, beyond the term, on account of the absence of alleged "material" witnesses, and for proceeding with the trial in all cases where the oppos ing parly admits that such witnesses, if present would testify to the facts as set forth iu the motion for con tinuance. It occasionally happens, no doubt, that the testimony of a material wit ness really cannot be chained for use at the trial of a case, but it is also true that too many cases are postpon ed on this ground without sufficient canee The absent witness's testimony is not always so material as it is declared to be, perhaps a mote or less material witness sometimes absent himself with the knowledge and at the suggestion o? the patty who plead his absence as a pretext for continuance. Most members of the Bar, we are sure, know a few, such iti-tance, and have had occasion to suspect the existence of others, and there is a widespread impression on the part of the pnblic that they are far from being infrequent. And it may be remaiked in passing, as a fact tending to confirm this impres sion, that the worse the case of the moving party appears in the general view, the greater certainty there is always that a material witness will he absent when the day of trial arrives, and that the point which could be proved by him if present will be found to be one that cannot be proved by any other person. : Whether a satisfactory reform in lliis matter can readily be effected we~aj=? not^epared to say, but Mr. Moses's iyill lo6k9 ?n the right direc tion, and no harm can well result from giving it a trial. Our belief is ?ist if the iaw were so changed as to provide that no case should he postp >ud on account of the absence of any witness, or of the- testimony of any witness, except in extraordi nary cricumstancos, such witness or testimony would seldom be missing at the trial. Let the absence of the material testimony he at the ri<k )f trie party interested in producing it, and it would be produced iu nine sases out of ten; and the Court can orovide for the tenth case. The present rule is too lax,, at any rate, and operates to encourage ?elays and defeat the administration )f justice. A change in the way of larrowing its scope and ready applica tion will be an rmprovenient. ? News and Courier Charleston in the Black Dis trict. Mr J. Beltou VvVson, of Anderson bounty, has introduced a bill in the Legislature to divide the State into even Congressional districts. The loes of the districts as now constituted ire to be changed so as to place Charles on in the black district aud to seffre rate it as far as po>sible from all political sal sympathy with the rest of the State. Fbte appears to be the main, in fact he only, purpose of Mr Watson's >ill, although it is proper, to note haf Mr Watson says that the hill was landed to him by Mr Yelde!!, of Kdge ield, chairman of the ways and means ommittee, who had been asked to intro luee ir. by a "member from Orange rjrg,*' but had dec-lined to do so Who bo "member from Orangebarg" is we lo Q'.-t kuow nor does it matter particu arly at this time; but we wish to ?r?test against the passage of a mea arc so evidently designed to injure "barleston and so full of political mis ?bief for the State at large. The bill provides that the 7th dis rict shall consist of the counties of Seaafort, Georgetown and Charleston, he township of Collins, Adorns Run, Mover, Fraser, Lowndes and Black Collcton County, and Christ Church nd St John's Coller?n in Berkeley youuty. The new first district will onsist of Oran^eburg and Lexington nanties, (now io the Charleston dis rict,) the parts of Colleton and Berke y counties not to be included in the ;ew 7th district and the county of Wil amsburg. By the Watson bill, or. moro orrectly speaking, the bill of "a mein er from Orangi burg," the population f the new 7th district would be: in ojtnd numbers 146.000. ?ith a colored tsjority of about 75.?0?. It would lace Charleston, with its greot com- S( icrcial interests, its national ioipor- I ()' meo as a seaport city, its mariufac- j '(' jring and industr a! enterprises at the j e lercy of an overwhelming colored lajority. If Mr Watson, or "a mem er froai "Orangeburg,M and the Gen ral Assembly think that this would be iso or just or necessary legislation iry should go ahead and pass the ill, 15at we would like to ask them hat they expect to make by if; whether j r not, in their opinion, i-i it patriotic r prudent to deliberately legislate ! w gainst the bot interests of the chief |" un mereiai city of the Stati; whether r not they should seek to injure a hole people and see! ion for the pur u.-e of mollifying the political sores of defeated candidate for office? What Charleston asks, and it has the | fa gbt to expect, is that Charleston's j t'1 later?a I and politicai welfare sh;tl! not ? C? e sacrificed for purposes of individual *:l ?venge or to make a political holiday ? e' ir "a member from Orangeburg."? : rt ews and Goui ier. j 111 Massachusetts Kepublieaus will cou- ; le st the election of Gov. ltuss.dl. i^lc c( tli i r;i The Seventh District. The decision of the Board of Slate Canvassers in the matter of the Con gressional election in the Seventh Dis trict was a great surprise to both Dem ocrats and Republicans, and will not be endorsed by the white people ?of the territory ?ff eted by the decision. The ! returns as sent up to the State Board j gave Geo. Moise a large majority, and under the circumstances it would have been better to have awarded him the certificate. The fact that the State Board is composed entirely of men who belong to a different faction of the Dem ocratic parry from that to which Gen Moise belongs will make many think that the decision was brought about by political prejudice. We do not believe this ourself, but there are many who do, and nothing can convince them to the contray. According to our lights, we tbiok Moise should have been given the certificate, and the State Board should have so decided. They should not have gone behind what the County Board had done, as they were right on the ground and had no doubt fully inves tigated all tfie facts before they rendered [ their decision while the State Board only hail some of the facs before them It seems to us that the State Board j went a little out of its way to unseat a Democrat and seat a Republican from 'he Seventh Congressional District.? Times aud Democrat. A Republican Congressman. The decision of the S*ate Board of election giving the certificate of ?lec tion to Murray, the negro Republican, who ran against Gen. Moise, io the Ith Congressional District, was a surprise ;o nearly everybody. Believing that the County Boards had good legal reasons for throwing out ;he votes cast for Murray in several of he black counties, it was confidently ;xpected that their action would be sustained and Gen. Moise declared elected. It is trae that many were aware ;bat the sympathies of the Administra ron or Tillman faction were against jlen. Moise, if not positively in favor of Murray, and for that reason Moise's ;hances were lessened. Still, few bought that ths opposition felt toward Jen. Moise would be great enough to oflaeDce the decision of the board, rhis may not have been the case, but be action of the board leaves them open o suspicion at least. We hope that hey may be able to show clearly, when he contest comes up before Congress, vhere it will very likely go, that no uch feeling existed. We know some >f the board and believe that they acted 1,9 they thought honest and right. In advocating the cause of the Demo :rat, Gen. Moise, we do cot feel that ve are upholding fraud. If we did we vould not support his claim ; but >elieving that the question inv^ived is legal one, and that the case must tand or fall on its merits before the aw, we hop? the final decision will ustain the first result, and set aside the udgment of the State board, and seat xen. Moise ?Oraogeburg Enterprise. The mffo qot It. The Observer remarked a week ago hat there would be no uegro in the >&d Congress. Since then the State ioard of Canvassers has declared the lection in the 7th district in favor of -lurray, Republican negro, agaiust ?ren. ?. W Moise Democrat. Geu. M^ise is a Conservative. Is there anjt^er negro iu tlx* wood .ile? Gen. Moise will make a contest be jre Gongress for the seat.?JNewberry )bserver. . The State B.>ard of Canvassers have ecided that Murray, the negro Repub ican, is elected to Congress from the aventi! District, over Gen. E. W. loise Democrat, by 40 majority. This j truly remarkable. They say that bere are some facts connected-with this ecision not yet giveu the public The [. iCt. that Gen Moise was a conservativo the late primary could not have had ny influence in reaching this decision, "? presume. Gen Moise will contest le seat before Congress.?Nows and lerald. The board of State canvassers have card the protest of Murray again.-*, loise, and have deckled that Murray 7as elected. Their decision is a dece of political ledgerdemain that. v\\[ expose itself in the political bere fter. The law for the conduct of lections iu this Statt; is familiar to ?e people, and the manner in which ; was not complied with in the late lection in the Seventh Congression I district for a member of Congress, 5 known to every one who can read, :o or hear. That the law was totally isregarded i:i several respects, i:i onducttng the election, was >o plain r shown in the contest before the oard of State canvassers, that their ecision nt f?tvor of Murray is sor rise to the public. It is regarded tl s a most flagrant outrage on the peo ? e It; of the Seventh Congressional si is*riet particularly, ami of the State j h enerally, in depriving them of the I !1 ?i vices ol Gen. Moise as a member | ?' Congress, to which positiua he was | o' gally elected. IVe say legally | o ec.te.t1, because it was shown by j g ?m potent e\ idence before the board, I b i?i he received a majority of the a gnl votes cast ; but the board si mured the illegality of enough ofjp ?e voti s cast fir Murray to give him j majority over Moise. in this ? Mini v. for instance, at Sal ter V box, ! i; - t ?e election was held without any j S tiling around the polling place, ? 15 hieb the law directs shall be affixed, j m 'hen the commissioners of election j m r this county met to tabulate the j $ >te, and this non-compliance with d< ic law was brought to their alleu- i m on, they very properly obeyed the j t! ?ndales of the law and did not tabu- | d te the vote east for congress-man iu j tat box. The board of Statt: I) luvassers in the lace of tins plain si ct, which the commissioners of h. ection in thi* county felt bound to h< cognize as tendering; the votes cast the Sailer's box illegal, decided ot at the votes were legal. In Berke- ? y county the ballots were not the ic ngth required by law, and they weie . ? I thrown out by the commissioners of I that county, b*rt the Stai e board ? recognized them as legal j The question, and the only one j which should have been considered ! by the board was, whether Morse or I ? Murray received a majority o? the legal votes cast in the Seventh i Congressional district for a member ! of Congress. How the board arrived ! at the conclusion that Murray re ceived a majority of the legal votes cast, with the law and the evidence both against such a conclusion is past understanding.?-Kingstree Record. South Carolina Sends a Negro to Congress. The State Board of Canvassers have declared Murray, negro, elected to Congress over General Moise, white, from the Seventh District. As we understand, it was not denied that the negro received a majority of the votes. The contest was made against the ne gro and in favor of the white man, because some of the ballots were trree-sixteenths of an inch less than the size prescribed by law. Otherwise, as we understand it., tbe ballot was correct in every particular. The board did right iu not lending itself to such tricks as would oust a political opponent upon the merest pretext, or excuse ?Press and Banner. "We regard the actiou of the board as meaning the advancement of two policie.-; the first, the procurement of support for the Tulmanites among the negro Republicans of tbe State two years hence, in tbe event of a split in white vote and second, the elimination of Consci yative influence from Wash ington in order to advance the chances of Tiliraanite control of the Federal patrouage. The second reason is the immediate one for the performance of the board; the first is an incidental throwing of 'anchor to windward.' Upon the point of patronage we said last Monday: ''It is known that Governor Tillman and Senator Irby have earnestly desired that no Conservative be elected to Con gress?not only upon ordinary factional grounds, but because they have consid ered that each Conservative Congress man would embarrass them in the pro curement -of the Federal patronage They expect to make their demand for this patrouage upon the ground that they have a large majority of the con gressional delegation.' 5j? ?fc < ?fc * "What we foretold has come to pass. Governor Tiilman's henchmen in dSlcc prefer a black Republican to a Conservative Democrat. Tbey have turned over the wide ioterests? of the Seventh district tc gross incompetence. They have nullified the State law and 3-iunted precedeut. They have raised the back flag of extermination agaiost \ rhe genuiue Democrat of the State. "No quarter to Conservatives!" That is the cry."?Colombia State. The decision of the State board was greatly disappointing to us, for tve had hoped that they would find ground suiaoient to base the claim cf Moise?8 election, and then if a con test was to be made thai it would some from the Republican nominee. Fhe result of the election in the seventh district is a warning to the people of the entire State. It clearly shows that every man should go to [he poils on election day and do his iuty, and if they fail to do so they must accept the responsibility of the results. In the defeat of'Geeeral Mo!se the Democracy loses the services in the lity-third congress of a man who would have done a noble service for jis parly and the country generally, ind by Iiis matchless oratory would lave placed a glittering star in South Carolina's diadem of fame.?Manning rimes. The State board cf canvassers last Saturday di-eided the Congressional ?iection contest from the 7th district )y awarding the certificate of election o the Republican negro, Geo W. \Iurray. There are mauy who do coi : esitate to say that if Gen. Moise, the democratic candidate, had been ao out- j c ir.d-out Tillinanite he would havejc ecured the certificate. Murray's ? f naiority, according to the report of I 1 he canvassers, was only forty. To each this conclusion the board admitted | ?' he returns from a precinct in Beau- I a ort county that had been rejected by ? e he county board ?Anderson Journal. \ 8 j (_ it The State canvassing hoard has given | ho certificate ?f election to Murray [a ver Moise by a majority of only 40 \ f otes. Docs any one suppose tint if ? h he Tillmanire candidate Hrvwood had oceived more votes toan Moise, the oard would have declared Murray j , lecteur Not much?the ballots o. legal sirs which wore cast for Murray ; roul i !::ivc all been thrown our. and j a lie Tiilmamte board would have claim- j tl ii that they were in defy bound to > VT rick to the letter of the law and would j ave given their candidate the benfit of ,a Il technicalties. After reading that littoriar in the Register the I ther ?la wa I on k ed for no j rher result than that Murray would be j ?ven the certificate. Some people | ecome monstrous fair, broad-minded m nd patriotic all of a sudden through ? \). :!f interest aud spite ?Chcraw Re- j ie" ortcr. Li si or "The vote cast by the Conservatives j Suuter and other towns in the i si evento District." says the Columbia i ti .."?ister, 4 shows that they Were far ? ! ore anxious to prevent Governor Till- ; ? au's nomination than to elect Gen. c< loi>e to Congress." There is vast ?al more truth than poetry iu this sf.'.te- 2' ent. There is no disguising the fact b: i?t the Conservatives failed to do their i uty at. the polls on election day, not X ily in Sutnter but throughout the 7. 'istrict. Our Sumte,- correspondent ;i iys that Moise's vote in that city should ; be ive been twice what it was and what bi 5 had the right to expect it would be. '2' ut the failure of the Democrats to vo'e 51 i the 8?h of November did not justify ie State board of canvassers in viol?t- j ig the law on the 29.h of November, j M -News aud Courier. or ! The Essence of Tillmanism j As Tillmanism grows older its cloven j foot grows longer and blacker. The j S-'ate Board of Canvassers?which is, of course, composed of Tilimauires?ha< counted in George W. Murray, a col ored Republican, as Congessmac-eiect j from the Seventh Congressional Dis trict ovar Gen. E. W. Moise, a white Democrat. And this, notwithstanding the declaration of the Federal Elec tion Commissioners in the several coun ties composing the district that Moise was elected by 2,000 majority. Irr order to figure out a small m?j>r ity for Murray, it is said, the Can vassing Board went from county to county and picked oat a su?icient number of illegal ballots here and there to foot up the necessary amount. The action of the board of canvass ers has created quite a surprise all over the State aud has called for some very severe critcisms.?Florence Mes senger The State board of election com missioners has given G W. Murray, the Republican candidate for con gress, certificate of election from the 7th congressional district. According to the figures of the board, Murray re- j cieved 4,995 votes, and Moise 4955. | According to tiie returns of the ie- !? spective county boards of couvassers. Moise was elected by a big majority, but the Stale board finds that a great many votes had wrongfully been thrown out on the ground of illegality. They declared enough of these votes legal to change the result and give the election to Murray. Of course every white rr.an iu the State would have rather seen Moise go to congress, but all justice-loving ci:izons will no doubt sustain the State board in its ac tion- The Seventh or "Black" dis trict is overwhelmingly Republican, and the idea of a white Democrat car rying it is simply preposterous. The district belongs to the negroes, and in giving it to them the State board no doubt acted legally and moral ly right.?Yoikville Eubuirec. - Murray, colored, gets the certificate jf election from the 7th District in this State. Moise don't belong to the right sit of fish,?Laarens. Advertiser. The Governor s Attack on t?c- Judiciary. As in his former message, his Excel ency makes ao onslaught on the udiciary, and if his address has any effect on the public mind it caunot do otherwise than bring a co-ordinate )ranch of the Government into public so n temp?. Whatever the sins of the Court may lave been, they have uttered nothing igainst the Governor or Legislativo Drancli of the Government, which iould savor of one naif the venom for .vhich the Governor's messages have Deen characterized ?Press and Banner - rn q.?c - Grossly Inconsistent. The Tillmanites insist that no man .vho opposed Tiiiman iu the primaries ?hall have any voice or place in the iffiirs of State although he supported rillman aiter his nomination. Yet bey contend that they are entitled to jave the federal oSoes under Grover Cleveland, although they not only )pposed his nomination but vilified and ibused him in the mo-t outrageous nancer.?Newberry Observer. Another Scheme to Deceive. The Farmers' Alliance under the nanipuiation and leadership of th? me u the past was very fruitful in new ?chemes and expedients. We have had jccasion of:en to criticise and puncture , erne of these visionary, bottomless, io- c angible, wild schemes that promised ? cally co redress and only helped de-11 signing men to bamboozle and get a sup )ort or more. There is a new scheme >eicg broached. It may be wise or iSherwise?practical or impracticable; ime will show, ft is this: to abolish til middlemen ic selling cotton. The ixchaoges are to be wiped out. The armers are to go into railroad building :t once and sell their products to the otton pjiils and transport it over their iwn railroads. This scheme strikes us 0 be very like in magnitude, in absurd ly, in impossibilities to the Govern-j(_ cent ownership of railroads, etc.* and [ ending money at 2 per cent, on perish ble stuff. What next will the dream rs star'.? The Philadelphia Record ays that the ''middleman is not a lux- | h ry of the cotton trade, but a necesity. } Ie is ao essential cog iu the economic J [. lachicery; and it is the same with the j $ otton exchanges. The Alliance scheme ! ? 1 a pleasing chimera, and no more. ? t, liven the possibility of its organization, w.>u!d inevitably tumble to ruin of s own Weight, and leave the hapless it mere in worse plight than ever.7' We sincerely hope for the goo! of I ^ il that the farmers will not allow j f( lemsclves to be decieved farther by j e ild-cat 'ans that promise no good to j (} icm iu the end whatever the m~npu- : h tors and in venters of them may s:'.y. j burnt child ought to dread fire.? I filraington Messenger. j ;r The Cotton Isa'C Here, j . _ I tt New Orleans, December 1.? The]0 ovemeut ot the cotton crop, a* given j f Secretary Hester, of the New Or aos Cot? KxchaDge, issued to-day, | j? tows thst the amount brought into j ght for Noveoiber is 1,500,000 bales. For the first ti::.e in that month j nee 1SS5 the deficiency in the quan- j pe ty of the marker, which at the ciose Oktober was !>7?' 202 bales compared | j'. it h last y< ur aud 160,997 bales U, xnoared with the year before w3s in- i ci: eos d up ?o last ni^ht to 1 MA.- !' )5 bales under the former, 675,351 j* to s under ?he latter. i b? Compared with tha three months to us ovember 30, inclusive? in ISSi). the !J Mil 322 crop year, the deficit is! io 492 bales. The total number of ?les brought into signt ourtng Govern- ? a? ?r is 1,478,200 bales, against 1 919,- cb ?"2 for November, 1891, and 1,017,- JJ L7 tor November, 1800. ? D: Hurrah 1 Ttte official vote shows j ; ontana to be Democratic; A Demo- j atic U. S. Senatoria, certain?a gain, f < - :- ir The Port Royal Railnte?. GovernorB.il. Tillmao baa sent a> strong message to the South Carolina: legislature in reference to tbe P?rt> Rjyal railroad. The governor charges^ that the Central railroad has poeaeesictt; of the property against the public policy of the eta's, and for the sole parp?se" of destroying its usefulness as"a potent'* factor in the upholding of Port ?oyal; [fe claims that there has been ?. misuse or rather an abuse of the intent which the state had in chartering tbe corporation, and that it has been dsed to the iubiry and not to tfce benefit o& the iioest port oft the South Atlantic. Governor Tollman's . special message1 is an able one. The ruling of the United - States* court in tbe case of the Central railroad ?taking it out of tbe hands of the majority stockholders ani placing if iri} control of the minority, for their protec tion as well as for protection of tbe: corporation?might aot be followed1 precisely io the case of the Port Royal' railroad, but that it is not inauaged inr sach a way as to develop" P?rt RoyaP* and the road itself to its fallest earning capacity are fact's patent to those wnc* are at ail familiar with the man atee men of the property while in the hands of* the Central. That the Central has n? authority t?* lease tbe road seems to be admitted: It* has no .utbority in its own charter? ani tbe Constitution of oar . state' es?-" pyess?y probibks the legislature "from' authorizing any corporation to bay share*? jr stock in any other corporations' in his state, or ersewhere, -whrch may nave the effect or he intended to have' .he effect to defeat or lessen competition' ? their respective businesses, or en-* courage monopoly, and ali such- coo-* :racts are declared to" fee illegal- ancfc a.'* " . Jc Thatthe Central has-ct?ngf? to^nper? ite the Port Royal rail road,either as own* ?r or lessee, admits of doubt. That it has not operated the road for developing Port Royal will scarcely be asserted", - o view of the >etr?gression" of tbat* maguiftcent port. Port Royal has been* h a moribund condition siace the . rail-' road fell into the hand* of the Gen-' trai. Its compress was sold amd^moved iway. Its grain elevator allowed t<? rot down. Its steam skips t? Balti more,-* Philadelphia and New York exist only in memory; and Port Royal has simply vegetated s?r)?e its only railroad felr into the hards of the Centrar. Governor TillaramV rlh^ations* against the Central's control of tbe" Port Royal railroad seems to us to be unanswerable. lie says : No more per-* linent illustration of such a transaction jan be forni>hed" than that of tbe Cen tral railroad itself. A corporation foreign to. the state of Ge?rgia?the" West Point Terminal company". ?obtained control of the majority 3f the Central railroad slock. It oseS its power, operating as it did, a compet ing line to the detriment of the Central. Relief was sought by tbe Central md its stockholders in. the. .United States court, andihat court wrested tfrer [Central from soeh control, declaring' it illegal. The Centrar railroad, there-" "ore, cannot complain if we seek the' ame relief for the Port Royal railroad ?ompany and stop in South . C&tofina what was stopped in Greo'rgra m fesf >wn behalf. We are wnSJent that there is a great "ature in store for Port Royal, and that "ature wi.i begin on the very day that he Port Royal railroad falls into bandi hat will work for ics develop'netrt.? \ugasta Chronicle. Bright for Port RoyaL Columbia, S. 0 , Nov. S& ?Governo* i man's messagelcon?ernrog the botf?? ng up of the Port Royal road by reason ?f the Georgia Central controlling ?tus* tirring up things. Todav he received; he following telegram from KaDsa?' "Kansas City and the great West ends its hearty congratulations for our efforts to open the harbor of Port loyal, the natural outlet for the Soatb :nd West. A. M. Jarvis. Gol D. B. iJycf cf Augusta fs here; md held a conference with the Go vern ir on this sutjacr. It appears that the uiaorlty stockholders cf the Port Royal cad have obtained material sappor? rom a rich Western syndicate of whom )o\ Dyer is one. . "~x This syedtca'te purchased a?? tbe* Ceystone properties at Port Royal from: he- AppL-toc.s and now they are* o-operatip.g with the minority slock oidors of whom Mr. Pat Calhoan and I j P. Branch arcai the head. There' ? evv "y indication that they will be* op parted by the state as they have iven assurances that their intention IS' i e.r?y out the purpose for which the Dad tvas chartered, that fs to make i?t ? ompetfo? line to the Central of Georgi* od develop, Port Royal Maj. Gao ab 1 was here rn the inter ;t of the Central road bat. he re tar a ed ulay. It is said that he was not at alt :>coura?ed at the prospects. iJiaj'v/.Wm .* iary is her: represeu'ing the Pat Cal o?a people. By' the Ciueus arrangement 6 ?embers cut. of Ti ) control'legislation, his is a govern meut of the rine, by ?o riiiii. for the riag.? Neirberfj" bserver. Pilt-s iif peoj-.ie b h ve pi its, but De Witt'ff ftch \\ -z-'\ Salv? wi*.; cure ihvur. J. S.* ughson & Co. 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