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The Time Was too Short. So Say the Corner's Jory on the Collision Near Charles* ton? Special to the Statt, Charleston, Feb 2-Tba eoroaer'a jury tret again thia morning to ioquire tato the eaose of tbe collision of trams .o the morning of Friday, January iii. AH of the testimony hat been OJO ?laded, and all tbat remains to be done is to ari ive at a verdict. Tbe jory mat and appointed a ccm siueeof three to go to Ss. Francia Xavier infirmary to take tba teatime ny io Engineers Neely tod Hall, as they ?ere not able to leave their beds. John I*. Neely, who waa running as engineer on train 37 the day of ?he collision.? waa sworn wheo be said : **I waa delayed at Bo wm sos. In passing train 78 at Otranto, tba first ?seermg point, I noticed my watch to how late 1 wat. ba?ante that was the regalar meeting point for tbat tritio. I was about ?mr and a half mi o ci tes late. I came over theo to the next meeting point, eight mile siding, and -looked.at my watch again, and I was jost a few seconds lat?. I would not have made the Ashley Junction oo time, would probably have been haifa m?nate Ute. The. vestibule train ts heated by steam, ?od wheo I shot off steam from boilers I looked ont down the track and it was very fojgy. I ran through a thick fog and passed the switch, bot oaa*t say how far I had patted it when I saw the approaching teats I remember reversing my le^er: bot can't say whether it caught in the ' quadrant or not. : Then the crash came. . . *! heard no alarm >a??oded by whit tie ; r received orders at Florence" giv? ing ita right of way over 78 and 52 to Ashley Jonction. The order we re? ceived meant we would not meet any . train we. would haye to atop for. It is a t>ond?ctor ID case he bas }^^?^^??*l?? get ia to a sidetrack without getting on the time of soother train to sand out a. flagman The^ird -*rs I received^at Florence did not limit **l could, under the rules anti ordsrs. pats eight mile siding before 7.19 o'clock Engineer Sd win Hall, of Cap: ai n Webb's train testified ts follows : *?Oo tbe morning cf the 21st Coo doctor Webb read mt. orders io the eooduc;oF Vroom before leaving Charlea ton, giving us.right of way to Ashley Jonction, as we were northbound "We consulted what we should do We concfaded if w? pasted As a ley Junction on time to gb to eight mile tiding, as me woold have aznpSe lime todo to. We left here on ?ime. and proceeded to Ashley Jooefion and passed there on time. That gave bs four mic otea to get into the siding "From here to Ashley Jun otto t: oo that morning was as olear as a* bell, no fog at all About half a mile beyond the Junction I could see a: drift of fog, hot can't say how deep it wat "I blew my whistle for Eight Mife sid tog, rod looked at my watch. It lacked 20 seconds of being 7 17. The .?gina was taut off, and the steam was ant working "Wheo I came out of the tog I saw 37 between meaod the twitch. I im? mediately applied the emergency brake and told the fireman to get off. Theo I jumped off from the right tide of the engine, and wat thrown in a diteh About the time I ttroek the ground the engines cams together with a erato. At ? lay on the ground 1 could bear ttoff going over mo and fairing around sae Then al! became quiet. * "While on the g mn no* I looked at my watch lt was 7 17 aad 40 seconds I waa very particular about looking at my watch I bad my senses I do ! not consider the schedule of trato 52 ?co close to make the Eight Mile tid i?e." ' The jory reconvened at 5 o'clock, aod arter a foll discussion of testimony brought to a verdict to-night io accord ar.ee with the facts coupled with the etatewjent that two minutes was oot snfficit ot time allowed for the ecnoee tion. -a>-???-^?^-^-- - - Prinee George of Greece, will be made governor of Crete. Col. B. 6 Watson, of Ridge Spriog. aod O, L Schumpert, Esq., of New? berry announced themselves candidates for Governor yesterday. Household Gooda. ' The tneient Greeks believed that the Pen ates wert tho gods who attended to the welfare aad prosperity of. the family. They were worshipped ar honaebold goda in every home. The household god of to-day ia Dr? King's Kew Discovery. Per consumption, cough?, tolda and for all affection! of Thront, Chest aad Langa it it invaluable. It has been tried for a quarter of a century and ia guaranteed to core, or money returned. No household should be witbont thia good angel. It ia pleasant to take and a safe and sore remed7 for old and yoang. Free trial bottle? ai J. P. W. Da Lorine's Drag Store. Regular aita 5 3c and St 2 A Horse Book Free. We have a nnmber of Dr. Kendall's "Treat? ise on the Borte," for distribution to subscrib? ers, as a premium to those who pay in ad vance. The book contains much valuable nformattons including descriptions o? disease? and remedies for same. We will bc glad to have oar subscribers call and get copies-fr?* ta all who pay np. Refused to Eili the Childs Bill A Genuine Surprise in tbe House of Representa Had a lightning bolt come from a ?lear ?ky, had black turned to white, bad winter turned to midsummer aod milk to water, all in the twinkling of an eye, those who wero present io the hall of tho boase of representatirea yes? terday ooald not have had genuine sur? prise nore dearly depicted noon their countenances than ooald be noted wheo the cai Hag of tbe roll on a motion to .trike oat. the en actio g words of Mr. Child's prohibition bill was completed. Tha shook WM sharp and sadden. The realisation that tao boase bid refased .to kill the bill and that the members had gone on reoord on the question of prohibition knacked oat many who thought they thoroughly understood the minds of the members of the boase as completely as if a dynamite bomb had exploded beneath their feet When toe vole was aonouooed the members glanced around in astonishment and the readiog of the loog bill that followed give time for the situation to be dis? cussed io undertones. Some took it to be an expression of dissatisfaction with the dispensary system of handling the liquor traffic ; others said that the pro bibi tion sentiment. had grown much stronger tbao they had dreamed of ; 8tH1 others ware of (the opinion that Mr. Childs' earnest peroration bad much to do with the rote. Mr. Pollock threw himself unto the breach with as amendment that served the purpose of delaying a vote on the bill until to-morrow evening. It is needless to remark tbat the house will probably be filled to its capacity at that time Tbere were practically oo other fea? tures of toe day The effort to get io ?She State fair appropriation on the third reading of the appropriation bil! failed as dits the effort to recommit Mr. Efird's fertilizer tax bili, which had passed the night before -Columbia Stare, Fab 4 Economy That Malms 1 I The redaction of the appropriation i for the Sooth Carolina college from the original estimate O? $34,000 sod the I committee's closely pared figaro of $25.000 to $20.000 is a reduction that cannot be defended oo soy ground of equity There "are members of the house of "representatives who avow their hostility to higher education by the State, yet grant what is asked by the other State colleges and make a signal exception of the Sooth Carolina college. It would be fairer to reduoe coi lege appropriations all along the Hoe lt would "be more manly to kill the Sooth Carolina oollege than to cripple it. If hostility to State-supported col? leges dominates the bouse it ought to have the courage1, of its convictions and crpe oat ail appropriations for higher educatioo. That would be con? sistent. That would save a sum worth something to the taxpayers. But to pass every other appropriation recom? mended for the colleges by the ways aod meaus committee and reduoe that of the South Carolina college by $5,000-a som inappreciable by the taxpayers, yet of vital consequence to the college ts not consistency, oor fairness, nor economy. No one cited an instan oe of extrava? gance oo the part of the college man? agement ; no one showed how tho in? stitution was to be run for less tbao $25,000 The cut was made, aod the college was left to endure it as best it might What if the oollege has a staff of professors whose work is worth in the market what they now get and cannot be had for lews-the idea of the majority of (he house apparently is that a professor is simply a professor ; that ene iostrootor under {bat name will teach as well soother. We can have professors at $600 a year jost as we can have supreme court j od ses at 3IOOO-bat what will be their product? If you plaot nubbins, O wi*? men of the boase, will yea gather pris-i ears ? The case goes' to the seo ate 00 ap? peal.-Colombia State The Lein Law. A strung effort bas been made in tbe legislature to repeal the lien law The opponents of the law hold that it leads lo extravagance on the part of the tenant and to extortion aud oppression on the part of the mer? chant They would therefore take away from the tenant the right to mortgage his crop before it is made and from the merchant tbe right to sell supplies on such security. Tbere ii little doubt that the lien law bas worked a great deal of mis? chief, or rather that it bas been the instrument of much mischief But it is bard to see what better means can be devised by which the poor man can have credit and the merchant can have security. For the legislature to declare, as the bill proposes, that all leins giveu on crops after a certain date shall be null and void, is to declare thai: the tenant is incapable of making a con? tract, and it seems to us that such legislation will impose a great hard? ship on the very class it is intended to benefit When will law makers learn tbat there are some things beyond the reach of legal enactment ! Men cannot be made economical by law, and in the management of his private affairs every man should be allowed to do aa he pleases, so long aa he does not interfere with another's rights That is the bent government which allows each indidoal to work ont his own destiny in his own way, and never attempts to do for him anything which he may be able to do for himself We have sometimes thought it would have been better for the country if there never had been a law to collect a debt With out any law, every debt would be a debt of honor, and public sentiment would probably enforce collections more effectually than all the laws in the statute boooks The ingenuity of the lawmaking power has been taxed since 1866 to frame laws for the benefit of the debtor class, and every time it bas made one such law it baa made the condition worse The standard of financial honor has been lowered, dishonesty baa been indirect? ly encouraged, and confidence be? tween man and man bas been almost destroyed in the operation of such laws. Every law, the tendency of which is to encourage a man to refuse to pay a just debt, is a law which en courages, auder another name, theft and robbery. Every man who has sense enough to make a crop has senne enough to make a contract, and a c ntract, once made should, under all ordinary cir? cumstances, be inviolable to both parties, even to the last garment and the last mouthful of bread There is no other standard .o? honor-Gaff? ney Ledger. SETTING READY Every expectant mother has a trying ordeal to face. If she does not of uncertainties ii Nature is not given proper assistance. | Mother's Friend is the best help yon can use at this time. It is a Imiment, and when" regularly ap? plied several months before baby comes, it makes the advent easy and nearly pain? less. It relieves and prevents 'nforning sickness." relaxes the overstrained mus? cles, relieves the distended feeling, short? ens labor, makes recovery rapid and cer? tain without any dangerous after-effects. Mother's Friend is good for only one purpose, viz.: to relieve motherhood of danger and pain. $1 dollar per bottle at all drug stores, or sent by mail on receipt of price. .... FRBK BOOKS, containing valuable informa? tion for women, will be sent to any addreaf upon application to THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta, Qa. NOTICE OF REGISTRATION. THE ST?TB OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SUMTER COUNTY. ornea or SUPERVISOR or FEGISTRATIOS, SUMTKB COUNTY. SUMTSR, S. C., May 1, 1897 Notice is hereby given that in accordance with an Act of the General Assembly, tbe booka for the registration of all lezaily quali? fied voters, and for the issuing of transfers, kc , will be open Ht the court house, between the hours of 3 o'clock a m., and 3 o'clock p - cu.. on the first Monday of each month, ?od for three successive day9, until thirty days before tibe oext general eiectioa. Minors who become of age dnriog that period of thirty days, shall be entitled to registration before the books are closed, l otherwise qualified. B. P. BURROWS, P?b l Supervisor of Registration. 189S. Chainless Columbia, g 125 Standard Columbia, $75 Models 1\k 8, Hartford, $50 Modelsjl? & 16, Vedett, $40 2d hand Columbias, $25 to $50 Satisfaction guaranteed on every wheel sold by me. D. JAS. WSNN, Dec 10 SUMTER. S. C. Land Surveying. HR, H D MOISE, will give prompt at teotion io calls for surveying and platting land Can be found at his office, next door to office of Lee and Moise, Sumter, S. C. Nov. 18. ARE YOU NEEDING AN IRON ? SAFE? HAVING BEEN APPOINTED GEN? ERAL AGENT for the Alpine Fire mid Burglar Proof Safe Company. I am prepared to ofter liberal terme to those who ?re ir? ne^d of a good safe For prices and terms address J. A. BENNO, M**b 24 Sumter. S. C. DRUftS AND Soda Water. Toilet Articles, Drugs and Patent Medicines. 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I ?rn in constant receipt of so many letters of enquiry about landa from Northern and Western partim, t at I may be abie to effect eales for tbosewbo will give me accu? rate detailed descriptions of what they bare. No charge will te made unless satisfactory sales are mide Descriptions most be such os CHU be guaranteed and must give : No of ?cres, location, character of land, proximity to railroads, post offices, rcbools, churches and to* os, kind of improvements. Communications strictly confidential when so desired. JAMES G GIBBES, State Land Agent, Nor 10. Colombia, S. C. OMo Ri?ei'&Charleston Railway Co ^^p^^ ^^^^^^^^^ Conjonctly yritb the Qnnt?i PornUiiD 9, fionwria Railroad Schedule in effect October 18, 1887. North bound S 0 ? G. Soutb boood. 7 10 a m LT Charleston Ar 8 00 p m 8 57 a m LT Branchville Ar 5 55 p m 10 25 am Lv KingSTille Ar 4 44 pm O. 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