The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 22, 1895, Image 2
Under Which Flair?
Fair Elections or Fraud and
Intimidation ?
Gov. Evans Issues an Address.
The feature of yesterdav was the
issuing of the following address to
the people of the State in regard to
Judge Goff's decision. It is a racy
document to say the l^ant :
Fellow citizens : In 1805, after the
most bloody struggle for principle in
the history of the world, South Car?
olinians laid down their arms and ac?
cepted in good faith the results of the
war. The State was put under mar?
tial law, and under the reconstruction
acts the ignorant slaves, whose fet?
ters had just been broken, manipu?
lated by carpetbaggers from the four
quarters of the earth, were placed in
entire control of our State govern
meot. After a farce of an election
for delegates to a constitutional con- I
veution, the Constitution which has:
been our organic law since ?868, was
adopted at the dictate of Gen Canby.
The conditions which followed and
the results of placing ignorance and
vice in control of the government are
known of all men This condition
lasted until 1876, when the oppres
sion anti misgovernment had render?
ed our people so desperate that with
one impulse they asserted their man?
hood and overthrew the despotism of
the carpetbaggers and resumed con?
trol of the State's affairs.
While the constitutionality of the
reconstruction act was never ques?
tioned by us because we were pow?
erless to resist, the question of State
sovereignty within the limits pre?
scribed in the Constitution, in accord?
ance with Southern interpretation,
has since been affirmed by repeated
decisions of the Supreme Court of
the United States. That court even
asserted that the States had never
been out of the Union, thereby indi?
rectly declaring invalid the acts of
Congress re-admitting them after re?
construction. The right of a State
to manage aud direct its internal
affairs without national interference
is recognized throughout the union,
and it is no peculiar or special claim
on the part of South Carolina to exer?
cise that right so long as her State
officers aud her General Assembly
obey the Constitution of the United
States and the laws of Congress.
This is so well recognized that I do
not propose to discuss it further ; but
feel that we can safely rely upon the
integrity and patriotism of the sn
pieine judges to reaffirm and main?
tain it
The people of South Carolina have
always been law-abiding and respect
the Constitution and courts of the
United States, but when the judges
of those courts wantonly invade and
trample under foot the recognized
rights of our people, guaranteed by
the Federal Constitution, they have
a right to assert themselves and main?
tain their sovereignty and independ
euee. This they have ever done and
will continue to do, and will resist
with all the means within their power
usurpation and tyranny of partisan
politicians in high places, who di*
grace the judicial ermine. We can?
not, nor have we the desire to, resort
to arms to resist his unjust decree,
but we can and will exert the united
efforts of, liberty-loving people to
thwart the conspirators who are plot?
ting to overthrow our civilization
In this struggle we confidently rely
on the sympathy and moral support
of all lovers of good government and
State's rights throughout the Union.
The sovereignty of the States, within
their proper spheres, is as dear to
Massachusetts and Ohio as it is to
South Carolina, and the principle can?
not be struck down here without re?
ceiving a mortal blow elsewhere.
It is unfortunate that the passions
and prejudices excited by the war in
regard to the negro should influence
the opinions and feelings of judges in
dealing with this vital principle, but
it will follow inevitably that if this
principle is once destroyed this coun?
try will be convulsed with a revolu?
tion for the restoration of the liberties
of white men, that will far eclipse
that other fatal struggie for the eman?
cipation of the blacks.
The restoration ot white supre?
macy in 1876 placed in office and in
leadership of the affairs of the State
Wade Hampton as Governor, and
afterwards as United States Senator,
and M C. Butler, United States
Senator. Charles II. Simonton chair?
man of the judiciary committee and
leader of the House of Representa?
tives, later district and circuit judge
of the United States Court, and John
C. Sheppard, Speaker of tue House
<>f" Representatives, Lieutenant Gov?
ernor and afterwards Governor In
18SL'( under the leadership cf these
men. the Legislature passed the laws
known as '"The Election und Resris
tration Acts," designed to preserve
white supremacy and a white man's
government. The laws worked
admirably and up to this proceeding,
nc? complaint has ever been heard of
their injustice, oppression or criminal?
ity. The citizen who dared raise
his voice against them was denounced
as as enemy of his State. Those who
were too young to hold office and
take part in 6uch affairs were taught
to respect these men as patriots and
their handiwork as the palladium of
our liberties. This regime, becom
! ing arrogant and distasiefui ti? a rna
jo;ity of our people and repugnant
in their policy to our institutions,
, was overthrown, and the people in
I 1S90 by the election ol B. R. Tillman
! as Governor, declared that it was not
j their intention to create an oligarchy,
I when in 1S76 they threw off the yoke
; of the negro and the carpet-bag
I ger. Two appeals have heeu made
i to reverse this verdict of the sover?
eign people, but it has been sustain?
ed each time with vehement deterrni
nation. The Reform movement had
j nothing to do with the election and
; registration laws. We receive them
as a legacy from the administration
of J 892 We have upheld them as
the acts of the people, and as con?
stitutional means of self-preservation
j Some of these men who are responsi
! ble for and who have enjoyed the
benefits and honors of office under
these laws have turned upon their
j State since their retirement By an
j appeal to one of the bitterest ene
? mies of Southern civilization-a
politician who disgraces the judicial
ermine of the United States Court and
masquerades as a judge-they have
succeeded in having the registration
law declared unconstitutional, null
and void The chief argument made
before him was the defamation of
your State, and insult, if insult
could come from such source, to
your State officers Under this de?
cree the doors have been thrown
open and the ballot again placed in
the hands of every man, white or
black, of the age of 21 years The
abase and slander heaped upon the
State by the counsel for the plaintiffs
waR only surpassed by that of the
judge in his document styled a de?
cree in equity. But the pity of it,
the humiliation, and the shame of it
is yet to be told Beside this Jef?
fries on the bench sat an old man,
whose head was grey, who had
fought on the field of battle for
State's rights, who had been Speaker
of ?he House of Representatives of
South Carolina, and in whose hand
writing part of your registration laws
exist in our archives ; there he sat
wearing alike the judical ermine,
hearing his State defamed, his com?
rades in arms denounced as Rebels,
and his own handiwork adjudged a
crime. If the law was a crime, was
was he not the criminal ? Should his
head have not been bent and his eyes
moist with tears of humiliation ? Alas
they were not ! With a Mephisto?
phelean grin on bis wrinkled face ne
nodded assent to the most infamous
document ever emanating from a
court in equity, while the black aud?
ience exclaimed: "A Daniel has
come to judgment, yes, a Daniel."
The ex-Seuator who has been holding
caucuses in Columbia a? private
houses, having the ear of the court
and "holding the foot of the chan?
cellor, returned to his home, feeling
that his movements had not been
detected ; but the responsibility shall
rest where it belongs Let the peo?
ple not blame the poor, lean and
hungry counsel, who are barking
merely for a bone, but visit the sin
upon the heads of the arch conspira- j
tors
A crisis confronts us, an issue has
been thrust upon us without our will
or consent at a time when peace was I
hovering over the State South Caro?
lina is enjoying an era of industrial
improvement; factories are being built
in greater number than elsewhere in
the South. The credit of the State
ranks higher than ever in its history,
our bonds not being purchasable at a
premium of less than 10 per ceut.
The march of progress is about to be
stopped ; the black pall of negro
domination hovers over us ;
we must meet the issue like
South Carolinians. There are
only two flags, the white and the
black. Under which will you enlist ?
The one, the white peaceful flag of
Anglo-Saxon civilization and pro?
gress ; the other, the black flag of
the debased and ignorant African,
with the white traitors, who are ?
seeking to marshal the negroes, in
order to regain political power It
is fortunate that the issue comes at
this time, when a constitution is to
be made, guaranteeing white supre?
macy once and forever. The con?
stitutional convention must be con?
trolled by white men, not white men
with black hearts, not negroes. The
world must be shown that we are
capable of governing ourselves and
that constitution or no constitution,
law or no law, court or no court, the
intelligent white men of South Caro?
lina intend to govern her. Let the
man who undertakes to lead the
ignorant blacks against you suffer as
he did in 1876, and remember that
eternal vilgilance is the price of
liberty. 1 will not call the Legisla?
ture together. They could do uoth
ing. An appeal will be taken to the
Supreme Court of the United States,
but under the red tape and techni
calities surrounding it a decision
cannot be had ??J time to affect the
election of delegates. It must be a
free open figiil 1 appeal to the
sovereign people of South Carolina,
the wisest and safest and purest
tribunal to protect their homes and
liberties They have never failed to
respond to duty The government
ol' the people must and shall be per?
petuated, and we are ready to lead
the fight under thc white man's flag
Your obedient servant,
JOHN' GARV EVANS,
Governor.
Nicaragua has paid thc $75,000
indemnity to England.
The Primary Again
i The Irby Com minee Has
Hard Night's Work.
--?
i The [roy S'ate executive c?nnoii
: met in Columbia la>t ni^hr to cousi
I the new condition of affairs created
the rendition of Judge G iff's d?cis
j nullifying the registration laws of
j State It va? a meeting in which pr
; ticallv ail the Reform leaders in
i State were deeply ii..crested This \
! amply shown by the fecr that :i:iri
j the morning nearly every leader on i
j Reform aide from almost ev-jry cut
[ in the State arrived in the ?:ity O'
j half of them were not members of t
j committee The capitol's eorridi
I were filled with people waiting to ku
j what the result would be. It fl
; deemed advisable by the members
the committee tbut the meeting ?hoi
be held with closed doors
The committee was Dot called to <
der until 9 p. m.
Senator Irby announced that he h
promised Mrs. Neblett that, she shou
have a hearing before the com mitt
on the matter of woman's suffrage. (
motion Messrs Donaldson, Watson ai
McvSweeney were appointed a comm
tee to wait on Mrs. Nf;ble;t, and t
ladies with her, aod invite her to a
pear before the committee, telling h
the committee would cordially recei
them.
Mr. W D. Evans made a motin
wbi<m was adopted, that an invirati*
b* extended to S maror Till nan ar
Governor Evans to meet with the coi
mittee. A special committee, consis
ing of Messrs. Evans, Lyles and Jo
d*a, was appointed to wair- on the
dignitaries The report was seot ba<
that Tillman and Evans were engagt
at a meeting of the board of truste
of the Winthrop College, bat would 1
glad to come out at any time if the
counsel wa9 particularly oeeded
At this juocture Mrs. Neblett a]
peared before the committee, accnmp<
nied by Mrs. V C. Badham, presider
of the local Equal Rights Associator.
and Misses Feaster and Rion of tb
local association, and made a brief ac
dress. She said that, so far as sh
knew, it wau an entirely new thing fe
a woman to appear before the executiv
committee, but that she hoped that
would be the herald of a glorious da
when the women of South Carolin
should take part io the serious businer;
of the Sta?.e The women offer them
selves to you, and want you to do wit
us as is best for you to use us. The
have the interest of the State as mac
at stake as any one. They have ts
stake their property, their husband
and their children and the honor c
the State. We are willing and aoxiou
to beip the State in if? dire distress
and believe that we can do so. Mrs
Neblett, with this brief talk, bid th
committee adieu. What she bad to sa;
was received with applause. She sail
that the women offered themselves t
the men in this cri?is to do with theo
as they saw best. When the ladic
entered the committee rose to 'receiv
them
IBBY OX THE "CBISIS."
Senator Irby then said that as chair
man of the committee he would saj
that it was uot necessary for him t<
state now the reasons that induced bin
to call the committee together ; that a
the beginning of this session, that wonk
probably last long io the Dight, th?
Democracy was confronted with th?
greatest crisis of its existence ie Souci
Carolina. The strength of our posi
tion. as well as its weaknesses, shoulc
not be discussed in public, and I, there
fore, take the liberty of suggesting tba:
some member of the committee make ?
motion that this committee meet witt
dosed doors.
Mr. W. D. Evans moved that the
j meeting be held in secret, and it was
carried.
Chairman Irby then stated that he
had taken the liberty of inviting Col.
Robert Aldrich, as well as tbe Attor?
ney General, to advise with bim on
the legal phases of the situation, and
he had also taken the liberty of alsG
inviting them to the session of the com?
mittee. Upon motion this was approv?
ed, aod Messrs. McGowan and Jones
were appointed on a committee to in?
vite th??m.
Upon the invitation of county chair?
men to atte?d the meetiog, Mr Henry
! of Chester attended,
j The roll call showed that all of the
i member3 of the committee excepting
j those from Beaufort, Berkeley, Cbes
i terfield, Georgetown and York were
i present, as follows:
Abbeville-J. Y. Jones,
j Aiken-W. M. Jordan.
Anderson-J. P. Glenn.
? Barnwell-S. G. Mayfield.
Charleston--?. H. GadsdeD. .
Chester-T. J. Cunningham.
Clarendon-J T. Davis.
Colletoo-A. E. Williams.
Darlington-J. A Parrott.
Edgefiold-'li. li Watson.
Fairfield-T. W. Traylor.
Florence-il. M. McCowa.
Greenville-I. W. ( I ray.
Hampton - M. B. MeSweency.
Horry-J. P. Derbam.
Kershaw-V. J. Jvirklaud
Lancaster-Ira B. Jones.
Laurens-J L. M. lr hy.
L^xingtoo-C. M. Erird.
Mariou-J. D. Montgomery
Marlboro-W D. Evans.
Newberry-J. A. Sligh.
i Ocouec-W. J Stribliog.
Orangeburg-0. ii. Lowman.
Pickens-T C. Robinson.
, Richland-Wilie Jones.
Sumter-D. E Keels.
Spartauburg-^i^j^?j0,
I [Jnton-A C Ly les.
j Williamsburg-? Fi Wii iam
j Member National Executive Co
j fee-M. L. Don?' on, Groe:
j s. c.
Ar *2:3'J Relock this mo?nin?
committee adjourned, and aifhou
j representative nf The Stuff, lie jr.
; complete discussion - WK ich was
j most muddled characfer-)nlv tb
' suit can be given in ibis edition
The following ohV .> bj ?tan
Wilson were adopted :
A pri(j)ary election is hereby on
? to be held in every c ?unty ic this
I on the 30th day of July next at v
I every white voter io this State hha
entitled to vote, who shall make pi
to the managers conducting thc
tioo that he will support the nom
of such election on the day of the
tion to be held ou the third Tuesda
August for delegates to the Stale i
stitun.ioal convention.
Each county executive comm
shall appoint three managers and
clerk to hold such election, two ot'
managers shall be Reformers and
manager and the clerk shall be <
servafives or vice versa The ]
shall be opened from 8 a. m. t
p m.
Each candidate for the Constituti
convention shall at least ten days
fore the said primary election tile
pledge with the chairman or secrr
j of the County Democratic Execu
I Committee chat he will aidde by the
j suit of the dec:ion and support
nominees of the party, and un vote
any candidate who has failed Co <
such pledge shall be counted.
To prevent the single popping of t
didates no vote for delegates shali
couotpd which does ao? contain
names (*f delegates who have signed
pledge of th? same number as thc ni
ber of delegates to which said ccuur
entitled under the a :i, calling the e
veutioa.
The second primary shall be held
August 13th, if uecessary, according
the rulos of the party, and the sa
managers shall serve.
AU existing ruies of this commit
heretofore adopted are hereby reaffir
ed, when not inconsistent wich the to
going.
The counties of Horry aod Lexit
ton, having already acted under i
previous resolution of tbi? comm itt
arc exempted from the operatiou
these resolutions, unless they sh
hereafter determine to act in accor
ance therewith.
The following, offered by Mr. J ord
was also adopted
..The State Democratic executi
committee, recognizing the fact th
there are factional differences existii
tu the Democratic party, earnestly su
ge3t to the Democrats of the State
igoore such factional differences in ti
election of delegates to the Constit
tional convention, and let each ctin(
date stand ou his merits."
There was plem,- of discussion atti
! meeting of the co;, J .ni tee. Despite ti
fact that it was i. id with closed doo
J the newspaper me ; occupied very goi
j positions of v&uuge and had uv trot
I ble in listening to ia<t entire argumei
: from beginning tuend. The first poi
I tion of the night was devoted to a ion
discussion as to the force and effect <
Goff's decision insofar as it affected ti
Constitutional Convention acc. Th
was one occasiou when every uno di
not think the same way, and tbe prc
ceediugs soon resolved themselves int
a big fight as to whether or not tb
committee should insist upon the Go?
ernor'e calling an extra session ot th
Legislature.
The committee after fully discusioj
the situation in this regard decided tba
it was best to hear from Governo
Evans himself, aod get the counsel o
Senator Tillman. W. D. Evans wa?
sent out for them and they came in
Evans made a stirring speech, taking tbi
position directly contrary to that take?
by Irby. If he could see how the Leg
islature could do anything he would
call them together. He thought the
people had tho sovereign right to sa)
that they would have a Constitutional
Convention. They had said taey wanted
it and it must be held. If the Legisla?
ture simply fixed the date that was
enough. Anything that might be done
by the General Assembly would, ii
knocked out by the courts, have no
effect on the holding of the convention.
There was no way for tbe State to get
the matter into the Supreme Court in
time to have a decision. Again, if the
Legislature made a new registration
provision, it could be taken into the
court aud bung up till the time for the
holding of the convention had expired
and the convention would fall by limi?
tation.
Senator Irby remarked that they
wanted the convention held, but they
wanted it held under ?. registration to
avoid a "blood and guts" campaign,
which would have to come otherwise.
He also remarked that there was plen?
ty of time for thc discussion as to what
plan the Legislature could best adopt ;
! they could pass au act that the United
,' States authorities would nut dare
touch.
Mr. Fiuley asked the Governor it be
did not think chat an election held
without any registration would be an
election by a mob. Evans could nut
: seo it that way.
j Irby (to Governor Kvaus)-Then do
i L understand you to say you won't call
thc Legislature ii tins committee u.^ks
i
you to do so ?
j Evans-No, I have said nothing of
the kind. When the request is uKiUo
of me, I will give it my consider
ation.
Senator Tillman was the next speak- '
er of uoie. He regarded the situation !
as it was as thc very best, anet argued !
aloog fha same liuo 5.?? Governor K
He >:?:.! rhat if they mad? any at!
to lor?ate -;n this question the U
States {) .\\TI coula corn** along
knock them out again Ile had
ar>iuif. t ) say about the neeessii
unanimity among rho white p
f r 'ho present.
He went oo to sneak of th-?' n
quenee- (jr any other course and
there would bc a "blood and gu's"
paij:o and there iv.HI id simply
"heil broke loose in Georgia'' wir!?
d?;v?l taki??' the hindmost. Me
moreover that if Goff weiit any fu
in this matter he for one would a
care ope:i rebel Uno: If they went a
and obeyed Goff's order, no one c
come and say a fair ejection was
heid. The hest thing to d?, in his i
ion, wa:. to thoroughly organize
party and put good men to ware
the negro aud the enemy. Ile be
ed that this was one supreme issue
would level ail factional differences,
all ?be white people would ailv ti
stives with each other and forget
the tiijie beins all factional differer]
The purpose was to hold a white m
convention.
Mr. E?rd bad a good deal to say
support of the position taken by C
eruor Evans and Senator Tillman,
said if a square white mao's priu
was given they would Sod everytl
ail ri'iht. There were very few ?
like Dargan and Gonzales.
c
Attorney General Barber, when c
ed upon to give his views, frankly e
vd that he iiad not studied up the qi
tina of the effects of such a dec?s
He had. been devotiug his time to
study cf the matter of the jurisdici
of the Federal court. He thought i
an e.ection held under the convoui
act would he valid, but would not
positively
Governor Evans said this convent
had to be held; he was bound by
iia?h of office to see that it was h
and he proposed to do so.
Evajs also held that if part of
oooveutiou act was repealed the wb
wou.d be repealed.
There was an effort to take a rec
till 10 o'clock this morning, but
failed.
A stroog effort waa then made to ?
poiut a sub-committee, with power
ask the governor to call the Legis
ture, if it saw fit. Evans promp
squelched this effort. Irby said i
committee did not propose to diet;
to the Governor, but they had appeal
to him as tbe chief executive of I
State to. provide the means where
they cou'd hold a square and hon
election.
The extra session matter than see
ed to die of its own weight, Senat
Irby calling the attention of the coi
mittee back to the starting point a
asking, amid a roar of laugher,
there were "any further remarks."
Mr. Mcsweeney made the simple a
uouneemeut tbat Hampton coun
would, send ouly white men to the co
vention Several other aonouocemen
jf cbi? character were made.
Mr Wilsou ?hen introduced the re
oluticns given above There was lc
of discussion as to who should be ?
lowed to vote in the proposed primar
Tillman wanted it to read simply *'evei
white mao qualified to participate und
the rules of the Demociatic party.
Others wanted it open to all whi
men who would take the oath to suj
port .he nominees. Some again waotc
to include the colored Democrats, bi
many others wished to leave the negi
clear out of the question, to prevei
any one saying they were appealing I
the negro.
The discussion became general alon
this Ilise and was finally settled as stat
ed above io the resolution.
Mr. Finley wanted to know why tb
committee could not allow its previou
action, providing for a primary or :
convention io the option of the peopl
of the county, to stand. He thought i
would be difficult for them to get th?
Conservatives into a primary, for the^
would go io believing they would b<
ruled out.
The idea of exempting certain coun?
ties was theo discussed, Irby expressing
himself a? wishing to have the resolu?
tion as general as a statute. An effort
to tuive Chester included in the exemp?
tion clause failed. Some just herc
spoke along the line that they should
make it as easy as possible for the
white people to get together. Tbe mo?
tion to exempt Marion and Horry coun?
ties was then presented and a motion
to h.y this on the table was carried by
a good vote, nineteen votiog to lay on
the table.
Then Mr. Jordan offered his resolu?
tion given above, and it was adopted.
He made quite a speech saying that
there was an earnest desire for the
white people to get together; for white
men to control the convention ; that it
was a white man's fight and not a fac?
tional fight, and the lines between the
factions were now simply imaginary.
The State, May 16.
It Did the Business.
Mr. J. H. Cobb; publisher-pf"the Slirror.
at fJroctoa, X. V., says: "For nearly two
years the jfirror has been publishing the
advertisements of Chamberlain's Remedies,
A few days ago the writer was suffering iron:
?i bowe) trouble and resorte.1 to an o M rem?
edy which did not provo efficacious ; finally
he tried Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy and two doses did the
business, chocking it completely. Kor s?le
by L>r. A. J. China.
H. G. ?steea & Co., mako a specialty of i
paper, and now have the finest and most
complete selection of paper ever i: Sumter j
They sell more paper for the same money than 1
can be bought elsewhere. Store on Liberty j
street next to the Watchman and Southron
office.
Typewriter supplies at H. G. Osteen &
Co's., Liberty street. I
Winthrop Faculty.
The Board of Trustees Makes
Many Selections,
The board of trustee? of the State In?
dustrial and Winthrop Iv?.Tnial College,
After remaining isession f?r the last
;?VO -.jays, last evening practically com?
pleted their w.a-k. and now the faculty
of the institution has been selected as
fir a* ir i? possible at the present time.
There arc sevenl other places to be
[ Siled, but the hoard nave take:t no a??
rien a? yet looking to the elections. It
way deemed advisable to fill most of
the positions at rbis time, and at some
future date fill the others
Including previous eiec'ions and thos
! held v-.-sterday, the following is the Its
of the members cf tbe faculty:
President-D. B. Johnson, Co'.um
bia.
Professor of pedagogic^, ethics and
ovschology-E. P. Moses, Raleigh,
j is7 C.
I Profpssor of English and history
1 James P. Kinard, Newberry.
Professor of mathematic" and physics
: -W E Breazeale, Anderson,
Matron-Mrs. F. T, Simpson, Rop
j ers.
Housekeeper-Mrs. Ada O'Brien,
: Allendale.
Cooking de artment-Miss Sarah ?VI.
! Wilson, Yonkers, N. Y.
Dressmaking department-Miss Lucy
; Daiert, Philadelphia
i Assistant tn ? mathematics-Miss .
i Mary J. Pope, Greenville
j Instrumentai music-Miss Ailie M.
i Yost, Staunton, Ya.
: Vocal music-Miss M M. Souther,
1 Massachusetts.
J Stenography and typewriting-Miss
I E it. Hughes, Charleston
CLemistry and biology-Miss M. W.
Woodrow, Columbia.
Art-Miss Ella McD. Alford,
Marion.
Assistant in English-Miss Lee
Wicker, Abbeville.
The Dispensary Appeal.
Attorney General Barber is Off
For Washington.
I The dispensary case now is on its
way to the United States Supreme
Court, and although it is a little unu?
sual to predict decisions of a court, a
good many are of toe opinion that
Judge Simonton's decision will be sus?
tained.
Attorney General Barber has been
waiting for several days for the proper
papers to come up from Charleston in
the case of Constable Beach, now in jail
for contempt of court and disobeying
Judge Simonton's order of injunction.
The papers came up yesterday and the
Attorney General at once left for Wash?
ington to make application for a writ
of habeas corpus, by which means it is
proposed to'briug the entire case up for
a final bearing and determination.
There is scarcely a doubt that the writ
will be issued as a matter of course,
and then there will be a day fixed for
the hearing of the case in full. It is
the purpose of the State to ask for as
early a hearing as possible, aod the
hope is that the case can be disposed of
within the next twenty days,
j The progress of the case is being ,
watched with the keenest interest all
over the Union, for upon the decision of
the highest oonrt in the land, it is
thought, will rest the future of the dis?
pensary system is this country. The
fight before the Unitsd States Supreme
Court will doubtless be a hard one io ?
every sense of the word.
All bQok9 used in the classes of tbe Sumter
Institute and the Graded School, at Whole?
sale Prices at H. 6. Osteen & Co's., nest to
the Watchman and Southron office, Liberty
Street.
Mr. H. T. Avery
Lovejoy, Georgia.
Spring Medicine
Koo?'s Sarsaparilla is Just Right
" I am happy to state ? act I am convinced <
Hood's sarsaparilla is the best? medicine
that I hare ever taken. I*ist spring I
was 'completely worn out. I
?Sad Ko Strength
to do anything. The least work I did
fatigued ::u very mach. I also came
very near Jo ::ng che . ighi of one of my
eyes. I bellin taking Hood's Sarsapa?
rilla, and ! .>al th, str ?ngth, appetite and
clear; eyesight were rc-: or od to me. I
jj.? .. : : fl. . ra ' c ? a rsa~
? l-"<s?s^<& parilla .
have t a : c a ot her ?* *
tr?.n ? ic i n e ?, br: & '. fe.-* *t
* -re ''. od's Sarsaparilla a ta ir trial,
x a:.i . evinced it superior to all
o; hers, rhe good ii did :: e is inexpress?
ible.*' i:. r. AVERY, Lovejoy, Georgia.
'lo? P:!*s a'"C purely vegetable, ami do
r?. : pcrge, pain ox gripe, i-.o? J by all druggists.