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To Reduce Our Represen tation. The Galveston News, which bolted Bryan's nomination and supported McKinley, has been arguing that be cause of the small vote cast in South Carolina and Mississippi under the restrictions of their new Constitu tions, the representation of these State? in congress and the electoral college be reduced more than one half. The manner in which the proposition has been received by so called Democratic papers at the north has a meaning too great to be ig nored by the people of the btates at tacked. WTien the New York Sun. the pa per that, invented the "No Force Bill ; No Negro Domination" issue of 1392, lends its aid to this move ment, not even its apostaey from Democracy in the late campaign can detract from the significance of the change. The Sun speaks of the south as "the eleven old secessionist States." "notorious for fraudulent electiou practices." The vote, it says, is "shamefully small," "scan dalous, injurious and dangerous." and "gives^he old Southern Confed ercy an unfair advantage, or "by means of it they take an unfair advan tage of the honest States " The state of things in South Carolina and Mississippi, it says, "requires ade quate remedial measures," and it seems to endorse the Texas paper's plan of reducing their representa tion. Tbe New York World, in com menting on the same article, appears also to endorse it, and demands "a system of majority representation that has uot so many dangerous im perfections and lapses " These are but samples of the argu ment of gold papers all over the north. The Chicago Times-Herald, whose owner is very close to McKin ley, says : "Men who hold confidential rela tions with the President-elect believe the coming administration will mark the enactment of a new election law ; not a. 'force bill/ but a comprehensive ' statute designed to prevent a recur rence of such election frauds as those i which have cursed a number of southern and bcrder States during I the past national campaigns " ' We hope that these things will set our people, and especially the mem bers of the legislature, to thinking. The loss of four congressmen and electors in this State and five in Mis sissippi would not seriously impair , our essentially local interests, but when it is remembered that it might in a close election give the house and the presidency to the plutocracy and perpetuale gold standard, high tariff and trusts, the reasons why we shonld, if possible, prevent such ac tion* are as plain as the motives of| ?he gold press in suggesting it. The be&fc reply that South Carolina can make to this impending attack? \ indeed, the only practical one?is to pass such registration and election laws ae will assure the country of the good faith and integrity of our peo ple in carrying out the provisions of j the Constitution Against an educa tional and property qualification such as the Constitution prescribes for vot ing in elections henceforth, there will be little ou'cry. ?So successful at tack can made upon the State by reason of such limitations. But what the country needs to be assured of ?p that the registrations and elee-1 tione are fair and in consonance with ? the spirit of the basic law. South Carolina could poll 150.000 votes without jeopardsing the rule of the whites If the geueral assem bly at its app oaching session will enact an Australian ballot law and place safeguards about ?i?e registra tion offices and the polls, tho move ment to reduce the State's represen tatiou will have wo excuse and will fail Again we urge the imp?t tance of such action ?The State. The State Board of Control. The S^ate board cf control met la*! nignr. Col Jones and Messrs. Nichol son and D >utbit were the only members present. It ha* been fully expected all along that the present temporary com missioner would be continued in office Qiiu! the l-gislatare aee-'s in January. At?-r a 0:?c3e*i<>0 of the situation last night ib?? board decided upon this course au?l retained Col Gastos io his preseut temporary p-sition. Tbe board gase out a note nf warn ing last oigh? to the holders of tbe tourit-t hotel privi! ges in Ch?riesfoo. Com meats have been frequently made as to how these privileges were bt-ing misused and the talk has finally reached the board The following reeolutii-u shows its position on this question : "Whereas it has come to the atten tion of this board through tbe pie?e':t ment of the grand jury of Coarle-ron county that tbe hotels of the cay of Charleston that have * been granted tourist hotel dispensary privileges have been abusing said privileges ; therefore, be it '.?Resolved, That unless said hotel dispensers refrain from selling oo Sun day and confine their sales to boDa fide guests said privileges will bs revoked." ?State. After bearing sotce friends continually praising Chamcerlairrs Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, Curtis Fleck, of Ana heim, California, purchased a bottle of it for his own use and ?3 now as enthusiastic over its wonderful work as anyone can be. The 25 and 50 cent sizes for sale by Dr. . J. China. TO CHANGE THE NAME. The Plan to Change The "U. C. V." to The "C. S. A." Last July in Richmond at the re ? union of the Confederate veterans the body, upon the presentation of a me morial from Camp 435, of Augusta, Ga. suggesting that the name of the organi zation be changed from the ' United Confederate Veterans" to that of the "Confederate Survivors7 Association," so that the beloved 'C S. A " can be used and perpetuated, instructed the adjutant general by resolution to send the memorial to all camps in the organi zation with the request that they act upon the matter before the next con vention of the veterans, which will be, held iu Nashville. Tenu., on May 7, 8 and 9 next. J The Augusta camp maintains that the original reason for adopting the name ''United Confederate Veterans" has ; now ceased to exist. It was for the prevention of confusing the general or ganizations of survivors then known as associations They maintain that tbe term "U. C "V." has no history and no preoious memories of tbe past attached to it. Should dead comrades come to life they would not recognize the present insignia. But the "C S A 99 would ever be recognized and re garded with affection. The "C. S AV meaning is too well known to need a word as to its appropriateness. It stands first to the Confederate States of-. America and then for the Confederate States army. Why not let the few who remain of that army have the name they love so dearly ? In sucha light was the matter presented. * Now as time is flying the Augusta fcaoip has once more begun to push tbe matter and is writing letters to the va rious oamps asking them to act upon tbe suggestion. Such a letter has been received ^ere and camp Hampton will doubtless* pass upon the suggestion at its next meeting. The oiher camps in this State will likely pass upon the mat ter of the proposed chaoge in tbc next month.? Columbia State. The Dry Goods Situation. New York, Dec i ?Tbe Journal of Commerce and Commercial r.ulie tin in its review of tbc we?-;fc of the dry gooods market, says : The course of tbe general market during the past week has brought nothing in the way of encouragement to sellers. Abnormally mild weather has been a solid factor in tbe situation of a decidely unfavorable cooditioo. It has interfered with the distribution of seasonable merchandise and has caused buyers \,i all directions to proceed more or less cautiously. There are many agents so well sold up that they will not listen to any sugges tion or coccessioo to buyers, but there are others not so well situated, who berate about turning down business, and of such instances buyers natura'ly ; enough make tbe most in chopping around the market. The. course of the cotton market has n?>t been helpful, nor has the print cinto market, despite large sales, shown any greater strength than before In the woolen and worst ed goods d:vsision a qaisr week has been recorded tbroushout, with, how ever, a generally steady roue prevail ing. ? ? - ? - wmwi Had Whiskey in His House - Prosecuted for It. A decidedly remarkable dispensary osse was argued before the Supreme Court yesterday. It. was su appeal in the case agaiost Anderson Chart?in of Oeonee county who was convicted of violation of the di>per^ary law. All tbe testimony went to show *hit in his absence his house had been searched by constables and two gallons and a half of wbisk y in a jug aeized It did not bey he State liquor com missioner's ce> r.ficate which the law requires shall be attached to all pack ages of whiskey and for this reason alone, it was seized and he indicted for having it in his housf There is not even a charge of seiiing liquor. Yet under these circumstances the a?an was convicted. According to this verdie* it simply weans that a man is guii'y who has whiskey in his home for pei sonai use ? The decision in tbe appeal will have j far reaching effects if rendered sgainst I the appellant. It will mean that any person who has an unlabelled bottle or jug of whiskey is liable to be arrei-ted \ by som s constable and found guilty of violating the dispensary act. The de cision in the oaae will not be made for sometime ?The State A special to the State from Broyles, S C , says : Another shoot ing afiray occurred among th? ne groes employed by Messrs. Watkins & Hardaway, in building the dam at ; Portman ehoals, Tuesday afternoon j about 2 o'clock A negro boy about ! 15 years old named Terry, from An gusta, and one woman were badly ! wounded. The shooting was done j with a rifle, in the hands of one of the negro women. The boy was shot through the head, and a puddle of brains oozed out of the wound. He will die The woman is also shot in the head, but it is thought she will recover. It is impossible to ascertain the cause of the brutal deed or the names of the other ne groes engaged in it The woman who did the shooting fled at once, ! and so far has baflled the posse in pursuit. While not in any way re sponsible for the conduct of their hands, Mr Watkins, who personally supervises this job, greatly deplores the occurrence. A Legislative Fight. Something Further About tbe Salem Scheme. Promoters of new counties are fast learniog that forming one on paper and one in reality are two entirely different things. the first plaee, after the in tricacies cf pquare miles, total popula tion and the value of taxable property are overcome, there is an end of the county on paper; but. h is when tbe con sent of voters is to be obtained that, the real trouble begins. Sufh has been tbe experience of tbe ill-fated county of Salem Whether or not the name has been tbe great drawback is uncertain, but there are a good many superati tuous people who think so. A Salem | has never aod never will flourish in j this country they declare. And, as if ! carrying out this prophecy there are new developments which point to a bot fight io the legislature before Salem county will be firmly established. Assistant Attorney General Town send was back in bis office yesterday, after a trip the previous day to the seat of trouble, in Darlington, he said, at two precincts th? managers had thrown out 72 "No" votes on account cf their defacement. At one box 40 votes had j been counted out, aod 32 at the other, When the county board of commission ers came to pass upon the vote, these 72 "No" votes were oiunred, changing the result of th? election in that county. With the votes thrown out, Darlington had given a two thirds majority for the new county of Salem, but with tbem counted io. the majority, was lacking. The votes were defaced ?i many differ ent ways. The ballot had ?bree propo sitions to vote either '"Yes" or "No" oc; for the new county, name aod county seat. Instead of writing "No" after each one, many of the opponents scratohed them out and wrote at the top of the ballot. "Nc^'others bad "No" j on tbeir ballots in as many as 20 placea and still athers had "No" written to ; enormous letters lengthwise the ba?lot. ? There were a- dozen and one styles which were not in accord with tbe law. but which tbe board of canvassers counted as legal votes Mr H. Uowper Patron has prepared ? an appeal fo the legislature against, i these votes being counted, as they are j in strict violation of the law Assistant Attorney General Town- ! Rend has doce the same on hehaif of j Darlington county.? The State. ? ? ? ? ?II The school system in many nans of Beaufort County, says the New South is a farce and a waste of qjoih y and . it adds : ''There are pei sons holding cer j ficate.i to teach who couldn't read a prgf ! in the primer if their lives depended upon ii and who canno; pronounce cor rectly the coinmonest and simple*! wo:de of their mother tongue. This c;!as? of alleged teachers dare not even j attempt to write a simp)" application for j a school, but are compelled to get some I ne else to write ir. for them. The whole sham would at once be exposed if any one of this class were requited to write a sentence or spell a few wards orally of the simplest kiod. We have no hesitation in saying that it would be far better for all parties concerned to close some of the schools now open ed altogether rather than have tbem dc gisded by i be class of ignoramuses that pretend to teach the rupiis that are under their charge. It. is not only a waste of money, bur it does po.-itive harm to the children " As the ' ig noramuses" are paid by the county or the Sfare for their .work it is evident that ?he system is a fraud as well as ?a farce. It calls for investigation. Pos sibly it is not coofined to B?aufort County. ??^-. .-<?? Cost of the Trial of the Col leton Lynchers. The Aiken Recorder has this to say about the cost of the recent trial o? the Colleton lynchers : "As an item of information it may be interesting; to our readers to learn what the trial of the Colleton County lynchers cost this county. We can give the information which was ob tained from the county commission er's office The case was on the criminal docket for the )une and October terms. At the June term a large number of witnesses were brought up from Colleton to Aiken, but the trial did not take place. The expense at this time footed up about ?600. At the October term the trial came off and the cost foots up $900.20?-making a tolal of about ?1,500 which the county of Colleton ovvee to Aiken This lynching bee has proven quite expensive to the taxpayers of Colleton The $1,500 paid out by Aiken in only a part of the cost that Colleton has to pay " -?? ??- - ? - At an Armenian meeting in the East End of London the other night. Mr. Benn relieved its seriousness by the relation of an incident at once gro tesque and pathetic, sav s Tit-Bits At a Salvation Army meeting recently, he said, a fervent Salvationist prayed, with all the intensity of bis faith, that God would -'break the Sultan's heart," with a view, of course, to the conver si?n of the barbarous Abdul. The prayer was interrupted by an addition al petition from one of the devout com pany, aod it ran thus : "Oh, God ? break his neck." Writing pap*r in pound packagee, plain and ruled, price and quality not duplicated elsewhere. H. G. Us teen & Co. I Colony of Settlers for Ab beyille County. Governor elect Ellerbek planto re duce the taxes of the Slate by indue ing emigrants to settle here, utilizing the large surplus of land, it appears is to be carried out. The fi ?st move along this line has just been made and it is likely to bear fruit iti the near feature The scheme adopted is one that others will do weil to emulate A few settlements in South Caiolina such as that made at Fitz gener?ld, Ga . it is conceded on every side,-will go very far to make South Carolina one of the leading of the Southern States The first step is taken by the Hart man Colony company of South Caro lina, the corporators of which are Julius Hartman of Atlanta, Ga. and Carl Stroever of Wbeaten, De Page county, 111 They secured their com mission from the secretary of state yesterday. They purpose to have their settlement at Dresden in Abbe ville county The capital stock is to be $35,0U0, divided into 350 shares at ?100 each Already the proposed new town of Dresden is being laid off In the declaration the corpora tors eay : "The business the cor porators propose to do is to secure settlers, to obtain, own, sell, iease and rent real estate, personal pro perty, to erect, operate, rent, lease houses, factories, waterworks, to operate mines, lay out towns, to en gage in fanning and stock raising, and in transportation, to do a general trading business and to do such other things as may be incidental to or necessary or desirable for the sue cessful development of colonies "? The State. At a recent meeting of ci-izena of the upp;-r part of Marion c-'umy, who ire in favor of the proposed ne cum fy o< Dillon, plans were submitted for t.h? Cji?^, lieuse and jail buildings, which an; to be built for the "new county" bv citizens of the town of D?i ?en and vi;:inty. The aichi'ec? who was r.-ie^Cit at ihe meeting, said th.-: Court Houso could be. built lor $6 500 and the jail for gl,500. A number of gentlemen wi i enfer into a bond guaranteeing the ?rection ?f. the oeoes?ary public b u i i d : ^ ?-. Ju>t bereit .ay be interesting to uo'e ihar. ?me of ih'? most prominent and centervo tive lawyers in Eastern South Carolina -ays such a born? could nor be collected by law if the pavmeftt (?bould bt? rear ed The pe'itK-n praying for the elec tion on the npw county question is now j beine; circulated and wiil probably be j in the Governor's bands in a -hort time, i If the new county is established it wii! i be the smallest in ihn Sfati; in r.opula- ' tico, with Mar;.),-; County <? very cio? second, each having vo-.y i it i 6 more than fifteen thec-and people Both counties will be smong ?he poorest in the Sta e. in oint of taxable : property. Diilion bounty bein? ( xoeed- ? ed in poverty by only two oouruie?* and ; Marion by otiiy three. U?der these circo m-ta ces taxpayers arc fearful that ; a division of the county wi'il n-fult in j a lar^e increase of taxes, and -there ; are not many propio who are wtl?ng to ! increase this burden ft>r ail time to come without being able to reduce their ex- [ p-nst'8 correspondingly in some other j way. ' Don'i he persuaded into buying liniments without rtpu^atioo or merit?Chamberlain's Pain BaUd costs no mort*, und its merits nave been proven t?y a test of mmy years. Such letters a? tbe following, frani I G Bagley, I Huer?eme, Cu!, aie constantly beine te-j eeiv-ri ; "Tbe >>(.*t remedy tor pu io I b?ve j ever used is Charaberh'itVa Pain B.-om, and ? 1 say so after bavins used it in my f>;roiiy for | several years " It eures rheumatism, lame back, enrama and swel ing>?. For sale b_v Dr A J. Ch'na. Made and Merit Maintains theconSdenc? ! oi the people in Hood's Sarsaparilla. if s j medicine cures you when sick ; if ir. maker j wonderful cures everywhere,then bevor.c \ all question that medicine possesses merit j That is just the truth about Hood's Sar- ! saparilla. We know it possesses .merit ? because it cures, not once or twice or a ! hundred times, but in tho usancs and thousands of cases. We know it cures, i absolutely, permanently, when ali others I fail to do any good whatever. We repeat Sarsaparilia Is the best ?in fact the One True Blood Purifier. ! ?. D*11 cure nausea, indigestion, licOu S HlllS biliousness. 25cents. m X w L. iJou^ias 1 $200 SHOE J?Ste lllp ; .~? .. ? fe' j?Z?ST S? WCHLB. .4V JL $5.00 SHOE SOR $3.00. iBa ?; ?* ^. ) ?t is stylish, enrabie and per?ect-fit??ns:, qoafit?e: /. " absolutely necessary make a finished snoe. Tit. I v#?>) cost of mamtiactcring allows a smaller profit to dealer* : than any shoe sold at $3.00. Tre ?Belinone and "Pointed W/^ -" \ Tee'* (shown in cuts) will be yi?kr- <r"- "^^?^F-:~.\ Naders this season, tttt any Ve make W^?^-. ^ ;'3^|;"V;-~\ other styfe desired may be also $2*50 and lIBi&ite. r^0tM^r?\ obtained from our agents. $2 shoes for men and $2.50, c, $2.00 and $i.75 for boys. The full line for sale by "* We use only the best C.iif. Russia Calf (all colors), French Patent Calf, Prenci: Enamel, ici Kid, ere., craded to corre spond with prices of the shoes. If dealer cannot supply you, mite W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. Catalogue Pees. me ? ? J. Rettenberg & Sons, il il i no! umilio! Gunning! STR?CTLY HIGH GRADE. The Best is the Cheapest. There is none better than the. GUNNING Finest in Finish. Best in quality of material and work manship* Style tmequa?ec?. Tool Stee? Bearings* Seamless Stee? Tubings Perfect in every detail. We are "GUNNING" for you. Send for Catalogue. Join S?wlna Machine S Bicycle Go. LG1N, ILLINOIS. mi Iii HOT Fine Clothing, Common Medium Clothing, ng. I think I can say without any exaggeration that I have one of the best stocks of CLOTHING, HATS AND FURNISHING GOODS, For Men, Boys and Children that has ever been brought to Sumter. If you want a real cheap suit you can get it. If you want a medium price suit, I have hundreds for you to select from. If you want a fine, tailor-made, perfect fitting suit, you will find a good assortment of the most popular fabrics made up in Cambridge, Princeton and Oxford Sacks and the latest style Cutaways. No other house will show you a larger or better selected stock. No other house will sell you cheaper, and no one wil 1 appreciate your patronage more than, Yours truly, e THE CLOTHIER Sumter, S. C. bave got the wagon jeu want and il My Prices are Eight, I rt present some of the best wagon manufacturers in the United States and Can Compete with any Lealer the South iu price and quality. Call and examine ay stock for yourself and b..' your own judge. Talk is ch?ar and so are wagons now. Office at Epperson's Livery Stables. GEO. F EPPERSON