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k?HK SUMTER WATC?M???, Established Apf?l. IS50.
Consolidated Aug. 2, 1881.1
"Be Just and Fear not-Let a!? the Ends thon Aims't at. be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's "
SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1893.
11
THE TKCE SOCTHKON, Established June, 1366
New Series-Vol. Xii. No. SS.
Published 67017 Wednesday,
BT
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
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THE SINOS BS NATIONAL BASK,
O?1 SUMTER.
STATS, CITY ANO COUNTY DSPOSI
TORY, SC.M TSR, S. C.
Faid up Capital.$75,WO OS
Surplus Fund.11,500 Ot)
Transacts a General Banking Business.
C^ref?! stfm?ion given t<? collections.
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT?
Deposits of $1 and upwards received. In?
terest allowed at the rile ot' 4 per cent, per
annuli. Payable quarterly, on first days of
January. Apn!, Jul) and-October.
R. M. WALLACE,
President.
L. S. CA sues,
Aug. 7 Cashier._
NEW LUMBER YARD,
IBEG TO INFORM MY FRIENDS AND
th? public generally that my Saw Mili
located on the C. S & N R. E.. just back of
toy residence, is now in full operation, and I
am prepared to furnish all grades of Yellow
t*ine Lumber from unbied tiinoer, at prices
according to grades
Yard accessible on North side of residence.
J. B ROACH.
Fob 18_
NEW
MARBLE WORKS.
COMMANDER & RICHARDSON,
LIBERTY STREET. S?ll TER, S. C.
WE HAVE FORMED A CO-PARTNERSHIP
For the purpose Cf Working Marble
and Granite, manufacturing
Monmants, TI??M. Etc.,
Andi doir-g a General Business in that line.
A complete work-shop has been fitted up on
LIBERTY STREET, NEAR POST OFFICE
And we are now ready to execute with
promptness all orders co-signed ta us. Satis?
faction guaranteed Obtain our otice before
placing an order elsewhere.
W H. COMMANDER,
G. E. RICHARDSON.
June 16
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-FULL ASSORTMENT
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-FC LL LINE
Purest Dugs ?t Meals,
CALL ON
J. S. HU6HS9N & CO.,
Monaghan Block. MAIN STREET,
Fe>> 8. SUMTER. S. C.
Libertv Street Next to P. O.
SPECIAL ATTENTION
Given to Compounding Prescriptions
If you want
A FIRST-CLASS EASY-RI DING
Road Cart,
AT A REASONABLE PRICE,
GET A
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Wholesale Agents, Charleston, S> C.
FERTILIZERS ?
FERTILIZERS ! FERTILIZERS !
Haring bought largely, FOK CASH, a full as?
sortment of,
Fertilizers, ?c??s aM ofter Mm
We are prepared to fill orders foi
such at low 6gure3 and on reasonable
term*..
C. VY?LBERN & CO.,
Wholes*!*- Grocers,
171 an4 173 East Bav,
Nov. 19._Charleston. S. C j
NOTICE.
THE SUPERVISOR OF REGISTRA?
TION wiM be in his office on Salejday of
each mon'b, for the purpose of issuing: certifi?
cates of Registration to all persons who h?ve
become twenty-one years of age since the last
G-neral election Also transfers to those who
have changed place of residence.
W. S. JAMES.
Supervisor of Registration. ?
Dec. 7. 3-t.
JOS. F. RH A M E. WM. C. DAVIS.
RH A ME & DAVIS.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Manning, S. C,
Attend to business ?n any part of th j
State. Practice ia U. S. Coarta.
Sept. 21-x.
_?WT DICK, D.D. S.
Office over Bogin's New Store,
INTRAKCS OS MAIN STItEK?
SUMTER, S. C.
Office Hours.-9 to 1;30; 2:30 to 5.
Sept 8
Bi E. ALYA
DENTIST.
Office
OVER BROWNS & PURDY'S STORE.
Entrance on Maio Street,
Between Browns & Purdy and Duraai & Son
OFFICE HOURS:
9 to 1.30 ; 2 to 5 o'clock,
Sura4er, i>. G , A-pril 23.
Office and Milis at Junction of W. (
H. A. HOYT,
MAIN STREET,
SUMTER. S. C.
Gold and Silver Watches,!
FINE DIAMONDS.
Clocks, Jewelry, Spectacles,
MERIDEN BRITANIA SILVERWARE, &c
REPAIRING A SPECIALTY.
Feb 1_!
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ESTABLISHED 1806.
j
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LANCASTER INSURANCE CO.
Capital represented, $75,000,000.
Feb. 13
?TT?77 W??T?RS, i
WHOLESALE
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Nov. 7 o_
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-AND
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Office and Salesrooms, 10 and 12 Hayne St.
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Jan 25 o
WILLIAM KENNEDY
Fashionable Barber.
MAIN STREET,
??ext door to Karie k Purdy's Law Office.
SUMTER, S. C.
IDESIRE TO INFORM the citizens of
Sumter and vicinity that I have opened |
business on my own acron J tat the above old j
stand, ?nd that with competent and politt ?
assistants, I will be p'ieaftod to serve them ic j
any branch of my business in the best styli '
of the art.
Gire rue St call.
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Oct. 19.
VALUABLE
Suburban Property
For Sale.
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all necessary outbuildings-30 acres
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S?MT?ft, S C.
CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY.
Transacts a general Batiking business.
Also hP3
k Savings Bank Department.
Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received,
interest calculated at the rate of 4 per cent,
oer annum, payable quarterly.
W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH,
W. F. RHAMB, President.
Cashier.
Aug 21.
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Contractor and Builder,
Sumter, S, C,
DEALER IN
Rough and Planed Lumber, Doors, Blinds,
Sash, Laths,
i
Cypress Shingles,
Lim?, Glass and General Building Supplies.
Mill Werk
of all kinds made to order, such as
MANTLES,
DOOR AND WINDOW FRAMES,
STORE FRONTS,
MOULDINGS AND TURNED WORK,
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
1ft A, ar.d C. S. & N R. Rs.
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P. S.-We do also a Gene?
ral Fire Insurance Business,
and represent the
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
of New York,
the largest >n the world.
Aug. 17.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
ROBERT T* CARR,
Desires to inform the public that he is fully
equipped and prepared to do
ROOFING, PLUMBIN6/ R'?fWRINS PUMPSj
and anything usually done in a first-class
plumbing and tinning shop.
SETTING FANCY WOOD A>7D MARBLE
M A NTL ES, TILE H EA HT H S,
FACINGS AND CRATES
Makes a specialty of putting in Electric
Bells, Annunciators, Speaking tubes, &c.
R?*ST. T. CA R?t.
Shop at J. B. Carr's Mill.
Communications left at Walsn & Co.'s Shoe
Store or through post o$ce will recei7t?
prom?.?t attention. Oct 2d-o
THE
Sumter Institute.
THE tSSTITFTE has opened its sessions
under very a;?spicious circumstances.
'1 ne boarding department is well appointed
and the rooms ?te rapidly filling up. Those
desiring rooms >hould apply at an early day
The Art room has beer!1 enlarged and refitted,
affording ample light, ?r.d all necessary facili?
ties for gond work.
Special lessons in Painting and Drawing,
each $15 a'term; in I?ook-keeping, Steno?
graphy, Typewriting ard Penmanship, each
$10 a term; Instrumental and Vocal Music
euee $20 a term, with $3 for use of instupjent
for practice. Elocution S7.50 a term.
Students will be received for any of these
special courses at any time during the year,
and we soltcit patronage of the young ladies
of the city not regularly entered in thc school.
For further informaron apulv to
ll. FRANK WILSON,
President.
II. IS. WIIILDO,
WEST END CALHOUN ST.,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
General Agrpt for South Caroiiaa,
RELAY BICYCLES.
Self-bealing or other Pneumatic Tyre?.
PRICES $110.00 and $125.00.
Exclusive agencies given at unoccupied points
Correspondence c^olici ted.
Feb. 15-v.
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THE COLUMBIA
PHOTOGRAPH ARTIST,
Offers Special Inducement to alli
who have never had a good picture. I
Old pictures copied and enlarged.
Nov IG-i
A Noted Carolinian.
j Charleston, S. C., April H.-The
! funeral of the late Judge Magrath
j took place at the Scotch church at 4
i o'clock p. tn. All the bells in the
i city were tolled during the Services
i and the church wa? thronged. The
j services were" especially touching,
j Judge Magrath leaves ? family of
i four children. They are Judge A. G.
! Magr?th, Jr., Mr: \V. T. Magrath and
j Mrs. VV. T. Darby of Charleston, and
j Mrs. Dr. W. A. Baker, of Atlante.
1 Dr. and Mrs. Baker, of Atlanta, were
here in attendance upon the fi?ner?l
exercises.
Thc Charleston News and Courier
gives this interesting sketch of Gover
nor Magrath :
Andrew Gordon Magrath wa* bern in
Charleston, February 8, 1813". He
was of Irish descent, his father having
been engaged ia the Irish' rebellicu
of 179S, for which he was arrested, but,
escaping,fled to this country, and, hav?
ing engaged in bu.-iness as a merchant
died at an advanced age in this city.
The early education of young Magrath
was received at Bishop England's
school, where he remained until 1827.
i when he entered the South Carolina
i college, and was graduated thence with
I high honors in 1831, the Ilev. James
? 1J. Tbornwell, the distinguished Pres
? byterian divine, being one of his class
j mates. Ile studied law under the late
! James L Petigru, and in \S3'2 entered
I the law school at Harvard university,
j graduating thence uuder the direction
\ of Judge Story.
j Admitted to the bar in 1835, he at
. once commenced the practice of his pro
i fession in Charleston under the most
i favorable auspices ile was elected to
i the state legislature as a member from
j Charleston in 18-10 and re-elected in
! 1842, and at the expiration of that term
; withdrew from active political life and
! devoted all his energies to his profes
I sion In 1850, when separate state
j action was urged by a large party in
j the state, he was conspicuous among
j those who opposed and defeated it. lu
! the convention called for the consider?
ation ofthat question be was elected
! and eat as a member from Charleston,
j In the discussion of the excitiug politi
! cal questions of the day he contributed
; many articles to the press iu
j opposition to squatter sovereignty in the
I territories and the rights of tt-e !
i . . . '
j tia ve-hold tug states in newly-acquired
j tenitory cf the United Srates.
j In tho pre>idential contest between
; Taylor aui Cass he sided with that por
j tion of the democratic party in the state
j which supported Zachary Tsylor. In j
I 185G he was elect.d a delegate to
represent the state at 'arge tn the demo
; eratic convention at Cincinnati for
! tho nomination of a candidate for the
? presidency, but before thc meeting of
? the couveirtiou he was appointed in
I April of that year, by President Pierce, j
j district judge of the state of South j
: Carolina aud thereupon resigned his '
place in the convention. At the time j
j of his promotion to the bench he was in j
: the enjoyment of a very lucrative prac- j
j tice iu his profession,and during h?s ten- |
j ure of this judicial of?ce raised by his
: efforts the United States courts in the
; state of South Carolina to a positiou of
i high distinction
Ile coutinued on tho bench until
j November, 18(50, when the election of
! Abraham Lincoln produced everywhere
! in the slave-holding states the greatest
. excitement Judge Magrath, yielding
j to his sense of obligation due to his
? state, and recognizing its rights in thc j
; great contingency which had been thus .
j brought about, immediately ses-t rn hi- !
; resignation to President Buchanan on I
I November 7:h of trrst year. In his j
? letter of resignation to the president ?
j Ire wrote : ('Should that conflict ari.^e I !
I wo**ld not hesitate in my conduct. I
' shall devote mv best energies to sustain
I the state of South Carolina in Whatever
j position she may resolve to occupy in
j this crisis. The execution of my pur
! pose in this respect might be productive
I of some embarrassment to you if you
were not aware of it untri the omer- j
gef?cy arose. In anticipation, there?
fore, of that occasion I resign now iuto
your hands as judge of the United States
i for the state of South Carolina..
At the opening of the court Judge
. Magrath delivered the final decree in a !
... i
j case then pending and inquired of the j
i grand jury if they had any presenttr-enrs j
j to make. In reply the foreman, Mr. j
j R. N. Gourdin, said : '"The verdict of
j the northern section of the country i
! announced to the countrv through
j the ballot box has t swept, away j
j the last hope for the permanence ami ;
j stability of the federal government :? the !
I vast and solemn issues which have been j
: ?OTSfed upon us involve tho existence of j
? tho government. In these extraoniin- .
! ary circumstances thc g ra ntl jury :
1 respectfully declines to proceed with
tl;<ir presentments " Thereupon the
Judge, addressed them as f'>li<>\7>. :
"The business of 'he term has been
j disposed of, f . ? under ordinsjy j
; circumstances it would be my rfcity to
dismiss you. In the p ?lineal history
I of thc Utiit'-.i States.an ev-nt has hap?
pened of omi imus import to the fifteen
j t?lave holding states The state of
. which we are citizens has alwavs been ?
! understood to have deliberately fixed irs .
j purpose whenever that event should !
j happen. Feeling an assurance of what '.
! will be the action of the state I confider
it my duty to prepare rooney its wishes.
That pr?parai iori is made by the n sig- ;
nation of the office I have held. F"r thc
j last time I have as judge of the United 1
I St:itr.s administered the laws of tho j
j United States within the !imi:s of South j
Carolina. \\ iiiio thus acting in oho- !
diencc to a sense of duty I cannot be ?
??ii iii rent, to the emotions i? n.u^t ?
produce. That department of theil
govern m e?t, which ? believe ha? mai
tained tis integrity and preserved ?
purity, has been upended. So far
I am concerned the temple of jusfi
raided under the ccrnstirurion of t!
United States is now closed If
shall never again be opened ? thar
God that its doors have been clos<
before its altar bas been desecrated wil
sacrifices to tyranny. We are aboi
to sever our relations with others b
cause they have bruten their co veo ai
with u^. Let us not break the covenai
we have made with each other.
The manner and act were chuall
impressive and affecting as Judp
Magrath divested himself of the judici;
robe, which he had worn withaccep
ance, fidelity and honor to claim tr;
independent position and privileges cf
citizen of South Carolina, Elctjuei
addresses were made to the bench b
the officers of the court and the rb em bei
of the bar, and a cordial tribute born
to the uniform courtesy, promptituc
and strict impartiality which ha
distinguished Judge Magrath's judici;
career: In the evening a meeting <
ihe most influential men of the cit
was held at the Charleston hotel, an
t ii once a procession of fully 2,000 pe(
pie. accompanied by a band of music
marched to his private residence an
in response to enthusiastic crbeefiu
were addressed by the judge.
The news of his resignation, whic
was fellowed by other United State
officers, was received with acclamation
throughout the state, and Georgia, xii
salutes and illuminations everywhei
testified the hearty approval with whic
his course was view. None of th
vacated offices were filled by the Unite
States government. A feeling of th
mest intense excitement prevaile
among all classes. An immense gathet
ing of thc people took place at th
institute hall, and Judge Magrath, th'
Hon. W. F. Colcock and James Conne
who had filled the place of distric
attorney and who had resigned his plac
subsequently to achieve a reputation si
honorable in the army of the confederati
states, and afterward in the councils o
the states, were appointed to go ti
Columbia and represent the feelings ant
opinions of ?he people of Charleston.
The resignation of Judge Magrati
was then and will ever be regarded ai
prominent among those events wbicl
determined the relation of the ?-tate ti
the government of the Uuited States
and was the first overt act and irre
vocable steps to its secession from th<
union. Immediately after his resigna
tion he was elected by a large majority
at the head of the ticket as delegate tc
the convention which passed the ordi
nance of secession, and while still c
member of that body was selected bj
Governor Pickens as a leading membei
of his cabinet.
x\s scon as the confederate govern
ment W3S established he was appointed
one of the judges for the confederate
states for Sonth Carolina. In the exer?
cise of the duties of his o nice he waf
called upon to decide many questions
of public law, among which was thal
of the right of thc confederate states to
confiscate the property of its alieu ene
nies; decisions of piise law with refer?
ence to belligerent vessels bearing com?
missions of the confederate states, and
other important questions. ?fe re?
tained the otfice until November 1SG4
when at the meeting of the legislature
of that year he was elected governor o?
Scwh Carolina.
Governor Magrath" was inaugurated
on the 20th of December, 186-i; the
oath of otfice was administered by the
Bon. Vf. I). Porter, when president cf
the senate. The newspapers of the
d-jy refer to it- as "a gala daj. * *
* S brennan was ignored and a sense
of temporary obliviou of ih-e wasting
army hr commands and of the' horrible
deeds they perpetrated indulged in al
mo.-t universally. * * * From an
early hour throngs of the fair ses
poured- into th* statehouse by all the
avenues of the city. * * * The
new governor was to bc inaugurated.''
The inaugural address of Cyovc'rnor
Magrath was a calm and eloquent vindi?
cation of his state and an appeal to the
people to bc ?rm anti undismayed amid
.he rer-?r?e-; t!*<it had come upon fhe:n.
During the tenure of Governor Mag
rath of the gubernatorial c?5ee, the
state passed through a period of the
greatest and most fearful depression it
has ever experienced. The treasury
bankrupt., the state invaded, thc people
improveris?d and discouraged; helpless
in the present, hopeless in tbs future.
Prior to Sherman's occupation of Col?
umbia all the state archives possible
were removed and the remainder des
t roved. Governor Magrath, leaving
the capital the same morning that it
was occupied by the federal troops, re?
turned to it to Did the Garden Ci?y
a Se?p of smouldering ruins.
At the fall of the confederacy in
April, 1863, he was arrested by order
of the government of the United States
and confined at Fort Pulaski Know?
ing that his' arrest was ordered, and'
hopeless of the cantes? Governor Mag
rath on thc 2?J cf May, ISi??, to tho
people of South' Carolina published his
last cfircial co mm un ten ti on. After
referring to ihr1 ord rs Which charged
him with d! .Joya*! i fy to tin; Un tied1
States, having committed sundry and
divers ac'* <>f treason against the
same ami forbidding obedience to lum
as the governor of the state, he said :
"I can-not, under all th-."! circum?
stances which surround V'U expose
you '<.> the consettunices which will be
produced becau-c < \ anv < ;?-irt on my
part- fruitless :i not mis^i Hit-vous as ir
must be-to exercise th??<e functions"'!
which you in your confidence have
committed to rsc. Nor am 1 willing
that, without such consequences to
you while in the executive chair
of thc state I shall be held forth
to the world charged wilh crime with?
out the most positive declaration that j
I am ready lo meet and repel it wher?
ever and by whomsoever made, in that !
peculiar condition of our affairs which
is now exposed to great peril, that my j
duty, whether considered with regard to I
myself, a- yur executive, or to von as a '
penplo whose welfare is dear to tuc, is
at, ot:::e plain and impera ive. I will
not introduce within ibis ?-fate discord
r?r contention, and will not allow my?
self to furnish the occasion by which a
single atom nf suffering can be added to
that load which uow weighs so heavily '
upon you. I will not give opportunity ?
for conflict between the government of
the state and the government of the
United States. The fanerions, there?
fore, of the executive are suspended by
nie from this day. * * * What
ever, therefore, may be the feelings
which belong to me as a man or a ci ri
Sen, in a case like this where conviction
precedes the hearing arid the sentence
comes before the trial t feel that rt be?
comes me to be mindful of the consider?
ations which involve your peace and
affect your welfare, I have said to you
before-I say to you now-the war is
over; hostilities have ceased and it is
your duty to forbear opposition which
is hopeless, contest which is unavailing,
and reconcile yourselves that submis?
sion which the government of the Unit?
ed States can impose and you cannot
resist. * * * In thus suspending
the active exercise of the duties of my \
office. I do so with the most earnest
wi.-, h that your sufferings may soon
find mitigation and relief; that yc*u
may retrieve the waste and loss of
property which you have endured in
the progress of the war, and th'-it you
may experience those blessings, intel?
lectual, social and moral, which under
the favor of God were the great ends
which I desired to accomplish. To
have succeeded in these would have ,
secured to me a reward, the richest and
only inheritance which I could have
left to roy children. With regard to
myself, so* far aS I am affected by the
charges^ihich are made against me,
I am r?^pto answer to them, or to
any of them. At any tirire or place,
when or where my presence ma* be
desired or required for investigation, ?
shall be there, if uotified thereof, with
the least possible delay. Whatever I
have said I believed to be true ; what?
ever \ have done I believed to be right
And with this consciousness of th?
rectitude of my purpfSe and the integ?
rity of my conduct, I shall nof avoid,
delay or binder the closest scrutiny that
can be devised.;;
Bis companions io prison were Judge
Campbell, formerly of the supreme
court, the Hon. li. M. T. Hunter, the
the Hon. D. L. Yule, Governor Alli?
son of Florida, Coveroor Clark of Mis?
sissippi, the Hon. George A. Trenholm
and General Hugh R. Mercer of Geor?
gia. The state convention which met
in September, 1865, under the direc?
tion of President Johnson, made a
?tro?g- appeal to the president for his
release, but it was not until the latter
end of December o'f that year That he
was liberated on his parole.
Released from imprisonment he re
returned tc Charleston, where he re?
sumed the practice of iavr, and soon re?
established himself in a sGc'cessful and
lucrative practice. Among those ex?
cepted from the right to hold office, his
disabilities not removed, bc did not
take any active part in politics, brit his >
opiurons were not withheld, and they
constantly inculcated the wisdom of feat
liberal and conservative temper which
has recently been adopted, and the hap?
py results cf which are now so much
felt and wicely acknowledged.
From the commencement o* r^be ca?
reer Judge Magrath commanded a high
position and large practice at the bar
and few men attained to such distin
guished professional eminence. There ?
has been scarcely an important case
while he was at the bar during the last
thirty years in which he did not take a
prcmrnent part. When elevated to the
bench of the Uuited States court in
South Carolina was in great disfavor;
but little business was transacted rn it, ;
parties resoling almost exclusively to
the state courts Bis abilities and
close attention to the duties of the o?be
at once commanded the entire cool?
den ce* of the bar, and in consequence
of it the bu-iness of the court rapidly
increased to large proportions and con?
tinued ft) increase during his occupation
of the bench, li ls somewhat remark?
able that from thc adoption of the con?
stitution of the United State's to the
time when Judge Magrath was appoint?
ed to the bench no term had ever been
held in the western district of the state.
Within a few months after his appoint?
ment Judge Magrath opened the court
at Greenville, with the power of a cir ?
cuit as well as a district court, and the
terms ot that co crt have since been !
regularlv he;d.
While no one was mor? hired by hi?
eontempoarbs, Judge Magrath was
exceedingly popular with the younger
members of the bar i!i-s genial social
qualities endeared him to a host of
friends, while hi's *reat public services
have won for him the warm respect and
confidence cf the people of hi:' r.'ative
state.
? Long Time Between Drinks.
No law that 5erces the Governor of
Sotrth Carolina to return the compliment
of tho Governor of North Carolina by
taking bitters in half Hilt or five ?alluu
ves>els a'ffd sneaking around" the comer '
to absorb I hem i* a ?aw that any self- j
respecting South Carolinian is bound to i
respect. - Chicago Inter 0.?ean
Just because South Carolina is goir.r
to ehang-e ifs excise policy next summer
"The Philadelphia Telegraph* ' assumes
that when July comes the (i-ov-emor of
North Carolina will cease from making J
the familiar observation to bib" brother
Governor of the Palmetto State. We i
fancy thar, ''The TVlegrapi}" is mis
taken. In th-e language of the declar?
ation of independence, prudence xviii
dictate that eustoms long established i
should no: be changed for light and !
transient causes --New York Tribune !
Gov. Tili man has taken hold of the '
law energetically and declares his pur?
pose to h ive its terms respected. With ?
his1 customary extra 'legal methods,
and with the condition of weicty pre?
vailing iu South Carolina, he may suc?
ceed itt enforcing it in a degree. I>ut
Considering the complex nature of the
law a*n? tho bitter hostilty it will
accuse, it- is more likely to lead
to indiscriminate evasions thar to
lessening li .nor drinking. - Philadel?
phia Press.
The liquor law in South Carolina by
which all alcoholic drinks will be s. ld
only I v the stare af.er Julv I, is a
radical r-xperiment i i state socialism.
The law has been declared to be c? tl s t i - >
rutioual and Governor nil man is now
preparing to carry out its provisions
Barroms are to be established in all ;
sections of tho state, and the omh:? |
including the stock of beverages, are
to be purchased nut of a legislative
appropriation, for that purpose. The
object of the new law is additional
public revenue and a stricter conir)! of
i be liquor traffic. It is net hard to see
that such a system is liable to the
gravest, abuses. In the hands of schem?
ing politicians and that is where they
will ultimately land-the barrooms
would become agencies of political and
social corruption more demoralizing
even than they are under private own?
ership.-New York Pres3.
Spiritual fte relations.
On last F iday night five citizens of j
this county met at a neighbor'* house
and began the discussion of politics
The subject was started by mentioning
tbs feet that almost every farmer in that
section had received notice from tbe
Auditor that the township board fer j
that township had increased the assess- j
ment rf their real estate. The p3rry
consisted of three Tiilmanites, one Con j
servative and a son cf the Conservative, j
The Conservative gentleman remarked ''
that it was very heavy cu the people to
pay the increased taxes r?i?ch less the
taxes cn the increased assessment, and I
that the people would suffer until a |
change in the State administration took
place. This was denied by the Till
manite gentleman and one of them be?
ing a great believer ia the "spirit rap
pings'' proposed to prove by that pro?
cess that the present administration was
thc best that has ever been. So gath?
ering around a small table and all plac?
ing their bands on it one of the believers
in Governor Tillman said to.the spirits
that if Governor Tiliman w?s a good j
Governor to make the table rap. Silence j
r-Mgnei sup-erne. The eonserva'ive j
member of the party then said: ''If Gov?
ernor Tillman is a bad Governor rap. J
Immediately the table raised up and
rapped. Another one of the 1*1:1 m au
gentlemen who has been a great believ?
er in " spirit. rappings,; wanted to try
his ?rand and be said to the spirits
that "if there was any good at ?ll in
Governor Ti?man to make tbe table
rap." I/eathlike stillness was the re?
sponse. The Conservative now took a
second turn and {asked the spirits to
make the table rap if Governor Tillman
was the worst Governor the State ever
had. Again the table refused to move.
The request was somewhat modified and
the Conservative said: "If Governor
Tillman is the worst Governor the
State has ever had except Scott, Moses
and Chamberlain, rap. The Tillman
men were rather startled when the
uble begin to rs2 and then went down.
Elated with tbs revelations the "spir?
its" were making the Conservative
gentleman coucluded to venture a little
further ar i a>ked the "spirits" to make
the table rap if Sheppard would have
mads a better Governor than Tillman.
The "spirits'' complied with the request
and the table rappr/i. "Make it rap
three times'' said one of the Tillman
men. ' Rap twice more" said the con?
servative and immediately in succes?
sion the table rapped twice. Becoming
continued that the "spirits'-" were
"agin" Governor Tillman they brought j
the rappings of the spirits to a close
One geutleman p're?eot had aiways j
been a great believer in ?pirits, so much |
so that it is said he often communed j
with them about some departed friend,
thc changes in the weather and in fact j
almost everything he wished to know. :
Thc story as related above is vouched
for by the conservative gentleman
present and he stated that it was an j
actual occurrence and would not be j
denied by at y of the gentlemen. Bc ;
stated however that he had no faith in
the "revelations" but that it was very |
am ssin g. -Pi ctears-Se ojin el.
Crinoline-Not Yet.
We are indebted to the correspondent
of thc Times in Paris, whose happy
function it is to furnisi? arti>t:c . news
about artistic toilettes to readers (of the j
correspondent's sex?) for authoritative j
information that the reign of crinoline j
is not yet. This cheerful intelligence !
comes from two very high sources, one !
: the supreme French dressmaker of his
time, and1 the, otti2r an Englishman of
equally undcubtiog supremacy. It is
characteristic of their respective races,
perhaps, that the Englishman says that
crinoline will not be used, and cites .he
decisive fact that "twelve"-note the
proud exactness of this numeral, not a
dozen, ncr any vague expression of
number, but precisely twelve-''roya!
ptrsonages'' whom he has had the hon?
or to wait upon for instructions as to^
their wardrobes hare not mentioned j
crinoline. On the other hand, the j
Frenchman says with equal pride ae.d
authotitv, but of a different kind, that i
crinoline shall not be used. He wiil
not permit it. Has he not giveu his j
precious time and his invaluable talents j
gradually and firmly to lead the daugh- I
tors of Kve tc" a style of wearing apparel '?
which, if not so Simple as that of their j
ereat ancestress, shall at least not con- :
fuse and pervert the noble lines of
beauty inherited from bet? And shall j
he now. in the hour of his triumph, j
when fe ninine charms to thc remotest ?
ends of tS- earth enjoy the aid and
enhancement of his art. submit to j
see them subjected to this hideous and ;
monstrous d<lium--"t called crinoline? :
Thousands of thunelers and names of a!!"
m ? n" o able things! ?fum?is !firm?is.
B ?til of wh:eh assurances wo accept .'
with profound relief. If royalty, in- i
he:?r.e.i or earned, forbids crinoline, the
common-sense of our republican j
women rn av be ?eft free to reject it. ;
F.>r the moment we breathe more casilv. i
- -Harper's Weekly.
int following :s the game law oi this :
S ate . --it shall not be lawful for anv
person in this State, between the I-tj
day of April and the Ut day of Xovcm- j
b r in any year hereafter, to catch, kill, i
or injure, or to pursue wirb such inten-, j
or io s?;l or expose for sale, any wild ?
turkey, partridge, quail, woodcock or j
pheasant ;*or between the l*t day of I
March and the 1st dav of August, any j
dove, orai.y time during the year, to
catch, kill, or injure, or to pursue with \
intent, to kill by firelight, any of the j
birds named in this section. Any per ;
son so doing shall be deemed gu:!iv of ',
a ?it!sa< mean.':-, and Upon C0HV;o>* );J
thereof, shall be fiucd not more than j
?20. or bc^imptisoncd oot mere th?o !
hts f y. d yji. ' '"- *
Close up the Saloons !
CHARLESTON", April 5.-The lawj-?rsj
of the L'o'uor Dealers' Association
Have rendered an opinion, in which,
they sa}% ; etibstaiitiWHy, that "The
liquor traffic is not ? legitimate busi-.
ness. In every eily anti State in the
.Union the business is subject tti leg?
islative enactment find police regula?
tion, and against that there; is ncth-.
ing to do. We advise the j?quo?;.
dealeis of the State not to spend five
cents in resisting the law." - .
The opinion .say?, as to testing the
question of the c nstitutionajjty of
the statute on the point of Federal,
prohibition of discrimination: ''We
advise that proper proceedings be.
taken to tost that question, but that,
ponding such proceedings and the
determination thereof, the provisions
of the act oe carefully observed.;
Some one who has license to ?b\\
liquor for the whole year will irave to
make tire test case "' ? -
The opinion, w?iie?? is signed,. bj*f.
Simons and Smythe, aiid Mitchell
and Smith, and J. N. Nathans and
Joseph II. Earle, was read at a me?t-.
ins; of the committee tonight. No.
definite action was . taken, ,but the.
matter wiil be considered later -The
State.
Bx Goverr^r franklin ?V
Moses.
Hon John B Goodrich, a lawyer
from Boston, was on a visit to Charles?
ton not long ago, and to a reporter
of The News and Cornier he gave
some information about Franklin
Moses, the notorious scapegrace or
this State, which* may prove inter?
esting to gorrie of orir feeders i
"Mr. Goodrich said that Several
years ago he was ?eut for by the
Sherri? who told him he had a queer
case, a man up for obtaining money
on false pretences, but who did not
seem to be a very bad fellotf after,
all, but. only a frran in ?rot?n?e jfrh'ci,
had yielded to temptation His client
proved to be Franklin J. Moses. It.
was a clear case, and Moses, by his1
advice pleaded guilty, and Mr.
Goodrich made an appeal to thejadg?
for clemency and sf HgFrt sentence.*
But the judge di<t not take &r. Ooodj
rich's view of the case, and ?:e ?en*
Moses to the peniteniary for three,
years. When Mos^s had set ved cut
his time G odrich felt sorry for him/
paid his board for awhile and enrr
ployed him as a clerk in his office.
The imprisonment had proved a bless-j
ino; in disguise, for it had cured
. . TT
Moses of the opium habit. Ile got
a place in Winthrop, a suburb of.
Boston ingratiated himself with, the
people and obtained from some qf \h?
business men of the place money
enough to start a local paper, and is.
now making his living in that way and
is highly respected by his neighbors
and fellow tovrnsder:."
- '"Pi. . I I) ??? " -=- *
The Dear People Will Pay iv:
. i -.- i
The fee of J. Randolph Tucker in.
the ail road case is $2,000. Goverr
nor Tillman has paid him $500 out of
his contingent fund, and will have to
pay the balance, $1,500, from th?
same. Irby told Attorney ?e??rar|
Townsend and Ira Jones tUat: $J$3
were afraid to tell Tillman that they,
knew all along that they could not
win the case.-Drat; ge bu ig Enter?
prise.
Secretaries Carlisle and Greshaa?.
have made so.me discoveries which go
to show that the late Secretary of State,.
Mr. John W. Foster who resigned to gb
as a specia? "agent"' of the Government
on the Behring cea Commission, ran the.
thing on a pretty grand scale ao?. .tqo^k
excellent care of Siinsel*. l'he ?f^)0,
000 appropriated to defray the expenses
of the commission was entrusted to him
for. disbursement and he made the
allowances for com missioners^, at?
torneys, clerks, fb. Alt bongil the
commission has been absentbut a little,
over a month, over one half the. sam
: appropriated has already be.en drawn.?
? Qi this,Mr. Foster, as.special "agent, j
j Sas dr: w t on his ov^n account $2.000.
j The three counsel for the Government,
were allowed $10,000 each in a lump(
sum, with r>t?r mission-' to. dra^. ,an,
; unlimited amount for expenses incident
; to their duties. The two arbitrators^
[Justice Harlan and Senator Morgan,
j were handed $10,000 each, out of which,,
j they will haye ; to^ pay their own,
i expenses. Mr. J. Stanley Brown, who
j is a clerk, or something, receives j?
: dav, and other subordinates in propor?
tion, while Elijah Halford, who was
Private Secretary to President Harrison,;,
and was appointed by him .Payn^^e'r
ia the army, with the rank of Majorfi
was made disbursing ofi^cer, with a..
salary of 015 a day in addition to his^
regular salary as Paymaster, in the
anny, all of which shows that Mr. Joox
W. bester, ex-Secretary of State, 9
knows how ?o take care of himself and_
of his friends at the expense of the peo-,
pie. Secretary Carlise will stcjs M a j o,r.
1 lal ford's $15 a day grab,, zip Tn tfc?.
meantime Secretary thresh ?tn will probe
this business and -see if some of the
other g rab bps g can't be checked.
The cry n Virginia is "grow l?s?"
tobacco" and it will prove about as effect-^
ual as thc cry further south, "plant less"
cotton " _ .
Klcctrie Kiters.
Th:$ remo K is becoming so *e!L Tz:'-r? wt;
sn i ' ^T?nr ^ in need no ???via.t mention. AH .
Y?Ki have a*ed Kieotric Du? rr> f?itjf the satce.
sbngot praise. .A pnrer .lith:e ifrc* not ex\
ist anil it is guaran i?ed t.. do ai! rbnr is claim-,
?d.. Klecttic l?it?er? xviii curt ?ti dise.iscsof tb?,
liver and kidneys, will remove pimple?, boils,
salt rheum and other affection* cause?! by im
? ;:r<. Ldood. Will drive Malaria trom tile sys
tem and prevent as well as euro all malarial fe?
vers. F*?r cure ot headache, constipation ard*
indigestion try K?ectric Bitters -entire .-!>T??*-.
faction g? a ra to ced. or money refunded: Pnce*5
?0 cents and $1 per b?u?e at J. F. W. Hy?:
Lynne's dtu<: store. 5
BucWwn'ef.iv?ica Salv?.,
The ?sst Salve ia the world for Cuts, Bruises
Sores. Vicers. Salt H*heum. l'erer Sores, Tetter,
Cbapped Jttari S? Chilblains, Corns and all
Skin KruptVons. anc positively cures Piles, or
no pay required.- It is guaranteed to give per?,
fort satisfaction, or *uoncy refunded. , Prica..
25cents per box- For saie by J. F. W. De
Lorme,
IF TOVR HACK
Or you nro all wom out, rea" ly good fornoOh
inc. il is general debi.tty. 't*ry
j*marys mos hiiTEKS* >
. twill cure vou. cleanse yo?: ?iver, and git*
. *. a good apperits._