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Cutting Off Constables. T?e Governor Makes a Big ; Reduction in the Force. - Governor Evans has returned to : the city and was at his office for the j greater part of the day yesterday, ; and was quite busy receiving callers, attending to correspondence, etc. i In talking with the newspaper men he said that he wished to announce that no applications for the positions of constables need be made, as there were no more to be appointed, and the number of those already ap . pointed was to be reduced as fast as possible, and four or five were cut j off yesterday Speaking of the enforcement of: the dispensary law the Governor said that there has beeu recently shown a I general effort on the part of the j cities and towns in the State to en- ! force the law, and only those who have not made any effort to enforce the law would have the provisions of the metropolitan police law applied to them. In regard to such towns he said : "They will have thirty days to pass ordinances for the en? forcement of the law and if they do not we will have to pass them.'' He said that Charleston, Columbia, Florence and a great many ? other towns had taken the necessary steps towards a better enforcement of the dispensary law, and the mayor of Greenville bad in an? interview with him told him that the city authorities of Greenville meant to enforce the law, and the railro^f . of the State had ail giveuh^- ^- assurance that they woulrj^ '?p?fate with him in his efforts to^^r?e it. He said farther that hereafter there would be bat one constable to a county, instead of about eight that have been heretofore employed, and that these would be placed in rural districts so that the country people would Jhave the "foreign" police about whom so much has been said, and the cities would have their domestic plice as usual He had i summoned the chief constable for consultation, and they were going to "knock out the blind tiger and particular attention would be paid to those counties bordering on North Carolina, from which liquor was being constantly run into the State, and those prohibition counties would be called on shortly to con? vict and punish the law .breakers Governor Evans, in reply to a question in reference to the seizures of the dispensary constable in Charleston of packages shipped by the First Presbyterian Church to the ThornweM Orphanage, said that he had been told that the seizure would not have been made but for the fact that the church people used whiskey barrels for their shipment, and if that was so the suspicions of the constables who made the seizures were very naturally aroused-The State. mau i - Kentucky's Disgrace. CINCINNATI, I>ecember 31.-The re? markable scene of a man begging and pleading for his life, claiming fear of lynching, was witnessed in Judge Buckwalter's Court to-day. The pri? soner was A. H. Hampton, alias Jack? son, a tall colored man Jndicfed in Marion County, Kentucky, for shoot? ing and wounding a farmer who accused him of robbing his orchard. Hampton fled to this city a?d was arrested this morning. W. W. Penn presented himself in Court with extradition papers, in which there was not a flaw. When Hampton was brought into Court his face assumed- a sickly hue and he trem? bled so violently that he could hardly assume a standing position. Stretching ont his long, gaunt arms to * the Judge he moaned: "Oh, Massa Judge, don' send me to Ken tacky. I aint ho coward, but dey wants to lynch me. Dats the way dey do down dah I seed em do it. ?8e got letters from my friends tellin me dey wud string me up Doan send me back, Judge, I'll have no chance." Judge Buekwalter asked Mr. Penn if he had heard of such threats. "Yes sir,, was the answer. Then the Court, with his finger pointed at the deputy sheriff, said: "Four months ago I sent on extradition ? papers a fugitive from justice into j Kentucky. He was Inyched soon j after he left the train. The authori? ties broke their word with this Court, j The State of Kentucky broke faith i with her sister State of Ohio in the ; protection of human life. I will not | send this man away from these ' Courts until I have a letter from your Governor and from the presiding Judge of your district that Hamp? ton's life will not be placed in jeopardly, and that he will be given a fair and impartial trial." A mur? mur of applause arose from the largo crowd present. Hampton was re? turned to jail. One li remark in Governor Flower's farewell address in Albany yesterday revealed a fact o which every citizen of the State eau take special pride. It was the announce? ment that the new administration will find the State entirely free from debt, and Governor Morton's warmest friends can wish him no better fortune than that be may be able to make the same announcement when he turns over bis high office to his successor. Kew York Herald. An Editor Loose. Three C's Road. "Progress" in Saturday's Post asks for facts for the information of the pub? lic in regard to the Three C's coming to Charleston. There is no probability of it doing so, oo proposition so far as we kDow to bring it here, aod probably never will be unless it comes from Charleston The Post wants to see the road brought here, wants to see the merchants of Charleston make advances to the new owners of this road, and do something to complete it sod bring it to Charleston. The $75,000 asked of Sumter is to bring the road that far on tue way. That amount will not com? plete it to Charleston, but it brings it a long way ; Dot near enough to stop, but near enough to exert ourselves a little more and bring it :o Charleston; near enough to interest others in the completion of the Hoe. That is the oDly proposition now open. Let Charles? ton make her proposition now to the road We unanimously agree that Charles? ton Deeds roads, and by tacit cousent we'agree to sit down aod watt until they come of their OWD accord There is little use to discuss what Sumter might do or wbat any other town might do if Charleston took the lead. Let as t?ke the lead and find out what they wi ii do -Charleston Post. China's Greatest Danger. Both the Chinese aod the Japanese goveromeots were, from the outset, averse to bavmg their war reported, and both most by this time be satisfied that their origioal plan of muzzling the press was the wiser one Either that or the supplying of reports written by diplo? matic agents of each government would have left them both in better odor than the news of torturing on one side aad massacring on the other has left them. While I was in Yokohama, on my outward journey, ? got a queer explana? tion of why the correspondents of Cbris teodom were waiting week after week in Tokyo, with desperate patience for some sort of permission or privilege to dc their dangerous work. It was a well ioformed Japanese who explained the cool reception that the correspondents met with. He asserted that while pro? gress had beneficed the higher classes of the Japanese, the great mass, saw in it only & source burdensome taxes, coupled with the surrender to Chinamen and Englishmen of the control of all the profitable commerce of the empire. To avert revolution and to distract popular I attention from the home grievances this ? war was waged on China. Tbe people I became enthusiastic fo* it, and peasants j vied with thc nobles io contributing to ; the war fund and in every expression of : patriotism. But while the Japanese were a warlike race, it had to be re? membered that they knew nothing of modern war. Their past fights under their feudal lords had been petty by : comparisoo with the contests of modern ! armies. Therefore, while the outcome j of the war was uncertain, the govern- ; ment feared the consequences of allow? ing the people to learn the fearful losses of life that might take place io engage- j ments with modern arms. It was possi? ble that thousands, even tens of thous? ands, of Japanese might be slain io a :\ single battle, and none could foresee the j consequences if such losses were reported to a people used only to the petty ! consequences of hand-to-hand battling. Therefore it was that the Japanese government opposed the free publication of news from the seat of war. It is fair to presume that, now that China is practically whipped, and is at her old g;ime of offering to settle with money, the Japanese no longer fear the publi? cation of the truth. Thc once-tottering goveromeot is intensely popular again, and could stand the loss of tens of thousands in battle. The danger nf revolution now faces China. The Tar? tar rule has lasted as long as dynasties are accustomed to cud ure in China, and thc effect of this historic fact on tbe superstitious minds of thc people is a^ bad for the govornment as defeat in this war-Julian Ralph, in Harpers WeeUy -- two .... -^mmm-~-- -? Typewriter Papvr of ul! kinds for salt- by i H. G. Osteen & Co. ; Thic is the way the editor feels wbet. he does up his sentiments in biank verses : "I would fly from city's rule and law '? -from its fashions aud its forms cut j lt>ose-aod go where tt.e Strawberry ; grows on straw, and the gooseberry grows on its goose ; where the catnip tree is climbed by the cat as she clutches for ber prey-the guileless and unsuspecting rat on tho ratan bu.-h v\ play : I will catch ni case the saffron cow and the cowlet in their glee : as they leap from bough to bough on the j top of a cowslip tree ; aDd list while the partridge drums his drum, and tfie woodchuck chocks his wood, and the j dog devours the dogwood plumb io the | primitive solitude. "Oh let rae drink from the moss grown pump, that, was hewn from the pumkin tree ! Eat mush and milk from a rural stump, from folly aod fashion free-new gathered mush from the mushroom vine, and milk from the milkweed sweet with pine apple from the pine. Aod then to the whitewashed dairy I'll torn, where the dairy maid hastening hies, ber ruddy and golden red butter to church from the milk of her butter flies; aDd I'll rise at morn with tbe earliest bird, to the fragrant barnyard pass, and Watch while the farmer turns his herd of grasshoppers out to grass - Johnston Monitor. Food for Nebraska. The Young Men's Business League Helping the Sufferers. CHARLESTON*, Jan. 4.- A special committee has been appointed by the Young Men's Business League of Charleston to collect and forward to the suffering people of Nebraska corn and other provisions The com? mittee would include contributions from all parts of the State for this purpose and will undertake to forward them to the proper destination. The plans of the committee for carrying out its charitable intentions wiil be announced in a few dave, and in the meantime contributions may be for? warded to Robert P. Evans, chair? man, in this city. The Monitor greatly regrets the suspension of the Colombia Evening Journal lt was a sprightly paper, edited with ability and deserved a better fate. Really if three evening papers can live in Augusta it. would seem to be a reflec? tion on Columbia that its only evening paper should beojjs wed to languish and die for want of a proper support. A Columbia merchant once said to the writer when soliciting an adverfisemeot for the Monitor. * I've been doing business here for forty years a ? every? body knows where I stay,'' and it is this "hack number'' character of her merchants, as a rule, which makes Columbia a black number among the progressive cities of the South. No city can expect tn thrive while her newspapers are languishing. Columbia should wake up, read the signs of the times, and strive to keep up with the procession S FOR CURES SCROFULA, BLOOD POISON. S THE CURES CANCER, ECZEMA, TETTER. BLOOD TAX KETURNS FOR 1894-95. OFFICEiOF COUNTY AUDITOR SUMTER COUNTY. SUMTER, S. C , Nov. 20, 1894. Returns of all personal property and Poll Taxes will be received at the following times and places. Mayesville. Tuesday, January 1. Reid's Mill, Wednesday, January 2. Mannville, Thursday, January 3. Smithville, Friday, January 4 Mechanic8ville, Saturday, January, 5. Kingman's Store, Monday, Jan? uary 7. Rembert's Store, Tuesday, J anuary, 8 Hagood, Wednesday, January 9. Stateburg, Thursday, January 10. Wedgefield, Friday, January ll. R. I. Manning's, Saturday, Jan? uary 12. J. M. Tindall's, Monday, f ** 14 Bishopville, Tuesday and Wednes day, January 15-16. Magnolia, Thursday, January 17. Lyncliburg, Friday, January 18. Concord, Saturday, January 19. I Johnston's Store, Monday, Jan-! uary, 21. Shiloh, Tuesday, Januarv 22. And at Auditor's office in City of j Sumter from January 23rd to Feb mary 20th, inclusive. The law requires that all persons owning property or in anywise baviDg charge of such I property, either as agent, husband, guardian, j trustee, executor, administrator, &c , return the SH me, nuder oath, to the Auditor, who i requests all persons to be prompt io making their returns and save the 50 per cent penalty ! which will be added to the property valua- ! tion of all persons who fail to make returns within the time prescribed by law. Tax-payers return what they own on the [ first dav ot January, 1S95. Assessors and Tax-payers will enter the , first given name of thu- tax-payer in tull, also make ? separate return for each Township i where the property is located, and also in j eacn and every eise the No of the School i District taust t o giv< n Every mi!- citizen, between '.he age of! twenty-one ?md ?fty years, on thc first day ' o! January, 1895. except these incapable of j earning ? support from being maimed or ? from other causes, shall be deemed taxable Polis. Ai! returns must roade ot. i>?- before the ; 20th day of February next. '> cannot take re- j .urns after that date and ail returns mude | Kiter the 20th day ot February, are sun- ; ject to a penalty off?1.! per cent. A. U. STUCKEY, j Auditor Sumter Cc...ty. Nov. 20, 1894. ! Lb 2 timing Out Sale, Wo Fake. Our entire stock of Dress Goods, Clothing, Cloaks and Blankets at actual Cost. We want to sell everything in this line before Christmas. So come and get our prices before buying. e ft Wi . We are util! in the lead with every? thing seasonable and at the lowest prices. Butter We have secured the exclusive sale, in this territory, of the products of one I of the best dairys io the butter region j of New York State aod can now sell j you the best butter ever brought to Sumter. We make no exception, aod the price is Only 30c. a Pound. Try it and you will be convinced. A beautiful lot of Fresh Fancv Candies Just received. Our candy department is one of our prides, aod we take a great deal of! pains with it. Another Pet Is the LE PANTO CIGAR, than I which there is nooe better in town. ! We have the exclusive sale. If you ? ladies want to give ao acceptable present to a gentleman you can find nothing that a smoker would like better than a . box of these cigars. In Conclusion. Wc are going to make greater efforts j than ever to get your family trade and keep it; and t uo so we know we have | to hustle, so hustlers we will be. i You will always fiod our stock of ! Family Groceries Full and complete, containing the deli- ; cacies as well as the substantials, and j they will only be of the First Quality. 5 TT fr Cotton Blight. j Tests made by the Alabama Experiment Station and elsewhere prove conclusively that Kainit Prevents cotton blight. Planters can prevent the immense loss caused annually by this disease. Send for our pamphlets. They are sent free. It will cost you nothing to read them, and they will save vou d?llars. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau Street, New York. AT PRIME COST. This is the Weather to remind every HAN AND BOY Who has a Dollar to invest in Clothing, that now is the time for him to do so, and as we are LARGELY OVERSTOCKED,' in this particular Line, which must be converted into Cash in order to pay for it, we propose to supply your wants at PRIME COST. This is no Sham Offer, and we very much regret the necessity of being forced to do so. Call and be convinced* We are also offering big inducements -- IN OUR Dress Goods Department. Those formerly sold at 50 c., now 33 1-3. " "25 c, " 16 2-3. Other Prices in Proportion. If you need a CLOAK or Pair of BLANKETS, it would be to your inter? est to see us before buying. A Rare Opportunity. CO Pairs of the celebrated E. P. Heed & Co's. Ladies' Fine Shoes that form? erly sold at,$2.50, $3, $3.50 ard $4 now at $2 pr. pair to close out. The quality and style of these goods is too well known to require any comment. Call early before the sizes are broken. Respectfully, O'Donnell & Co. Nov. 14 _ *.f. J?V WT IJeLORJIE, Agett. -DEALER IN Toilet Soaps, Perfumery and all Kinds ot Druggist's Sundries Usually Kept in a Fairst Class IDiruLg; Store. Tobacco, Snuff and Cigars, Garden Seeds, &c, also Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Glass Putty, ?fcc, Dye Stuffs. Physician's Prescriptions carefully compounded, and orders answered with care and dispatch. The public will find my stock of Medicines complete, warrarted genuine, and of best quality. Call and see for yourselves. Night Calls Promptly Attended To. OTTO F. WEITERS, WHOLESALE GROCER, AND LIQUOR DEALER, O F FICE A N D S A L ES RU ? M : 1S3 East Say, Charleston, S C Nov. 7 FOE SALE. npHAT TRACT ..! laud ir, Sumter Couuty, I S C.. contamine 20u acres, more i : [ess, and bounded as follows : North, by public road frota Cuy of Sumter to Cane Savannsvh ; East, by ?ands ot Jnb T. Baker South, bv : ?:>: <'! Cane Savannah ; West, by [anas of Jnu F. Gamble, a:..i of Miles ii. Plowden : same heine arable land aud now under cultivation. For terms applv io C. G MATTHEWS ? Ci Cotton Factors. Charleston. S. C. Liberal advances made on consignments of ? cotton. Sept. 19-3m. j THE SUMTER INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN. npHE TWENTY-SEVENTH COLLEGI ate year of the Institute will bf gin September ?Ith, 1S94. With its full corps of efficient teachers and high standard of schol? arship, it offers advantages for educating young ladies, equal to any College for wo? men in T ii is State. We intend that it shall grow in efficiency as it grows in years, ind thus command the continued f.nvor ot its patrons, and commend itself to the favor '">? all who have daughters to educate. Entire expenses for the year from $150 to $2 ? , For particulars apply to H. FRANK WILSON. President, July 5. Sumter, S. C. RICE, m Vii. IC ICE. We solicit consignments of KOUGH RICE IN ANY QUANTITY. All consignments milled and reship: e.ic: sold promptly. Rates moderate. \\ EST POINT MILLS Ci' . Sept 26. Charleston, S. C.