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Lee County Certificates ; Cannot be Use< Attorney General Hellinge Gives His Opinion in tbe Matter. The legal right to Tote of the cit zens of the Lee county section Susater county who hold registtatic certificates issued by the commiesio ere of Lee county being io dispot we telegraphed Senator Maonin yesterday to obtain a written opinio . from the Attorney General on th question. The following is the opii ion of Attorney General Bellinger : ' ' "".*~* .' ' COLUMBIA, & C , Jan. 31, 1899. Hon. R. I Manning, Senate Chan ber: Sir : Your no e requesting "a wri ten opinion of thc Attorney Genen as to the right to Tote in Lee Coo nt of residents holding registration cei tiScates issued by the Supervisors c Registration of Lee County. " Under the Constitution of 189c registration "is made a prerequisite c voting in any and ali elections, bc does not in expressed words seem t require the production, at the time c Toting, by the Toter ef tbs registra : 4 tion certificate. It seems to be si len as to tbe mode by which the mao V;.' agers of election are to be satisfier that the party offering to vete ba been dn y registered. The Act c 1896, the kst OD the subject, and th one enacted to carry ont and m ak effective sc much of the Constitntioi of 1895 as relates to the right of sui frase, requires in Section 9, <page 32 that, "After the first day of Januar A. D , 1898, they (managers of elec tica) shall require of any electo offering to Tote at an election, befor ; !v allowing bim to Tote, in addition t< ; T the production of a registration cer tificate, proof of payment of taxes' &c. Inasmuch as the exercise of wha seems clearly to be the right of th Legislature-namely, to prescribe the manner in which the proof o registration should made, does not ii any way conflict with the Constitu tioc, nor add any borden to the Totei in attempting to exercise bis right ai such, there is no reason to doubt that it is absolutely essential for one presenting himself at the polis tc submit bis registration certificate tc the managers, before he can lawfully be permitted to Tote. In order for a registration ce rt i fi cate to be effective, it must heve been issued by one properly holding the office of supervisor of registra tion for the county in which the certificate was issued. The question then naturally arises, were the com missioners, so called, appointed by the goTernor for the county of Lee, in any sense, officers of the law, as contemplated by the constitution and statutes. A supervisor of registra tion is, both by the words of the statute and, by the clearest implica tion, in the purview of the constitu tion, a connty officer. The supreme court having declared nnconstitotion al and void, the act creating Lee county, then it necessarily follows that there can be oo connty officers for said so-called county, and inas much as the attempt on the part of the legislature to form the county was ultra Tires and declared of none e3ect, then the status remains the same at the present time as if no attempt had ever been made to form the county and to clothe any of its citizens with the powers and duties mentioned in the act. That being the case, the certificates issued by the so-called supervisors for Lee connty are of ao higher authority, or entitled to no more recognition, tbac if issued and signed by other private individuals. Bot, while this is true, any citizen of the county of Sumter, who has ia bis possession, or can produce on the day of election, a certificate of regis tration issoed by tbe supervisors of registration for the county of Sumter, at any time since the adoption of the constitution of 1895, is legally en titled to vote, provided'he has not disqualified himself in some of the other particulars prescribed in the constitution Although, one may nave been duly registered as a ci ti zen of Sumter county, yet if he can not produce the certificate given to him at the time of registering, or renewed at some subsequent period in the manner provided by law, theo for the purpose of the election, he is disqualified as an elector. While the apparent wrong done to the citizens of that section of the county, known as Lee county, is great, and it is apparent that no foresight on the part of the citizens could have averted H ; nevertheless, the constitution is plain and manda tory in all of its requirements as to the qualification of voters. And it, as weil as the act passed to carry it imo effect, has provided no remedy which can now be applied for the relief of those who do not hold the certificates of the daly appointed supervisors of Sumter county. Respectfully, G. Duncan Bellinger, 4ttorney General. The GoYernor's Sickness. He is Suffering From an Attack of Catarrhal Bron chitis. Governor Eilerbe. bas been sick for some time, and on Monday night he was some worse aod again yesterday morniog. The seriousness of hts sick ness was doubtless exaggerated io the rumors which were started, bot his friends were at one time rather uneasy regarding the outcome. Yesterday afternoon the governor seemed better, though his strength is not very great. He has bad several hemorrhages during the past week, and this was thought, to be a bad in dicatioo. Drs. Babcock and Taylor, who are atteediog him, held a coo saltation last oightand about ll o'clock gave out a statement to the effect that Governor Eilerbe is not dangerously ill. The case is diagnosed as catarrhal bronchitis. Oo all sides expressions of sympathy for the governor in his sickness were heard from everyone, irrespective of po litical classifications.-The State. UWM i i mmmt Cotton Prices and Specula tion. New York, Jan. 27.-Speculation in cotton continued to show unabated force ; indeed tbe volume of to-day's busicess was eveo greater than that of yesterday. Ooly eeliiog for the pur pose of eeeuring profits prevented a more marked advance than that actual ly recorded, which at the utmost strength of the market was a matter of 10 points. Tb opeoing call was characterized by intense excitement and great activ ity, caused by strong cables and bullish pointers from ali directions with prioes 3 to 7 points higher. Following the cs li there was a further advance of 2 to 8 points, with occasional reaction ary intervals under liquidation of long contracts. As a rule orders were for buying cot ton whether from Liverpool, Wall street, New Orleans, Fall River or other leading points. Private cables said that the Koglisb ootton trade showed genuine alarm in consequence of the upward movement io prices on this side of the water aod the broaden ing teodcocy of speculative competi tion. Local sentiment also generally favored tbe idea that, notwithstanding the advance of ^3, already secured in' ootton since the advance set io, the general outlook remains as bullish as ever, especially io view of the small receipts, reports of a backward planta tion work and the small purchases of fertilizers Weather in the south was generally agaiost field work, being very cold ac cordiog to to-day's weather map. The fact tba; tbe Liverpool stock of ootton shows a gain of nearly 100,000 bales oo the week made no particular impression here io view of the apparent decrease of ! 85.000 baies in the amount afloat. The feaiore of the cables was tbe indication of a stroog demand from English and continental spinner. The market olos ed steady at net advaooed of 2 to 5 points. Futures closed steady ; January, 6 ll; February 6 13; Amil 6 16; May 619; June 6 20. July 6 22: August 6 24 ; September 6 09 ; Octo ber 6.06 ; November 6.09 ; December Pisgah. Happenings. Firm work is slowly commencing. Sooa the guaco trade will be io foll blast and the poor stock will catch it. Some of my neigh bors think to farm withont it would be their financial death. The smell grain will now rapidly grow under the warm sunshine and showers. The legislature seems to be fall of senti ment. What right bas it to be voting the people's money away on a costly sword for Victor Bine? Has he done any more than his duty? Why not reward the private soi diers who have done their doty? Verily, the country seem3 to be going mad aooot Dewey and other lesser lights. Rose Howard, a colored girl, who lives on Mr. J. E. DoPre's place, accidentally shot Sam Reynolds, a colored mao, this morning in the back with a pistol. The wound is not considered dangerous. She said she did not know it was loaded and playfully pointed it at him when it went cff. Others present corroborate what she says. Simon Fields, a colored man, who lives near here had bis house burnt last night, and Wade Porter, a colored man, had his daughter, aboot 14 yea , burnt up cit. and Field's daughter, about the same age, is so badly born that she is cot expected to lire. The girls in trying to get out of the room became saffbcated, and the roof fell ia on Porter's daughter. Her bones were raked op this morning.. Fields' daughter got out more dead than alive. The origin of the fire was from the chimney.. It was a doable pen house, and Fields waa sleeping in one end aod the girls in the other. It caught on the girls' side. The sympathy of our entire peo* pie is with tbeao unfortunates io their sore distress. Several people about here are quite happy. They have got a lien. Possibly they will be quite lean at the close of the year. I am indebted to Senator J. L. McLaurin for the memorial addresses on the life and character of Joseph H. Earle, March 29-April 23, 1893. I woold like lo quote from it, bat Senator Earle is so well known to ns that it would add nothing to our knowledge of bim. The addresses are i ne. and do credit to the speakers. Pisgah, Jan. 0. Survey Nearly Completed. Camden, Jan. 31.-The surveyors who are surveying the Camden e tea sion of the Wil son and Summerton railroad have nearly completed the survey and are within one or two miles of Camden. A two or three weeks' course of Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine will so Regulate the Excretionary Functions that they will ope rate without any aid whatever. The Life Preserver which bas carrieu many ladies safely over the daogerou* sea "Change of Life" is Simmons Squaw Vine Wine or Tablets, Sweethearts, Boast Turkey and Love Letters. The fourteenth dsy of February has been sanctified to Mr. Valentine. In olden times his principal mission in life seems to have boen love letters, trysts, sweet hearts and other weighty matters of such im port Avons Bard declares that even down in bis time the little birds still continued to select that day to choose their mates. In those days birds were something of free lances in the lists of love, bird etiquette re quiring each feathered gentleman to sigh to "bis mistress' eyebrow" but for one season only, while the lady bird frequently com menced even before the season was over to cast ber eyes aboot for another spouse for the coming year. Hence io our time we frequent ly bear ladies exclaim "Uh, that I bad the wings of a dove." And there are several of ns who probably never knew to what she was adverting. Aprospos of birds, on Mon day night, the thirteenth of February (St. Valentine's era), at the Ducker & Bu tman ball in this city the Daughters io Israel, Cir cle No. 1, will give for the benefit of their guild, a novel, interesting and quaint enter tainment, in which love letters and roast chicken, sweethearts, and oysters, bows and arrows, aod breast of turkey, will be indis criminately mixed np. Remember the main point -that is to oay, the date and the place-f February the thirteenth (St. Valentine's eve) at the Ducker & Buitmftn ball at 8 o'clock. To Sweeten the Breath, Brighten the Eye, Clear the Complexion and Insure the natural Bloom of Health, use Dr. M. A.^Simmona Liver Medicine. Masonic Election. The following officers of Claremont Lodge, No. 64, A. F. M. were elected at the regular meeting oo Thursday night to serve for the presen" year : W. M.-B. J. Rhame. S. W.-Bartow Walsh. J. W.-L. J. Perrott. Trea.3 -H. Rytteoberg. Secretary -H. C. Moses. S. D -L. Lyons. J. D.-G L. Bicker. Tiier-A. D. Moses. Hon. Robt. E. Carnes Will Not be a Candidate. Editor Item : While I appreciate the intended kindness of my friends in offeriog me the position as Representative of Salter Count? to fill the vacancy, yet I must positively decline the j honor, a3 ray whole heart bas beeo and ia j still wrapped up in our own county of Lep, j and I can not so soon as thia transfer my I affection. We hope to see some good man in the field whom we will support- provided, we are allowed to vote on registration certi ! ficates issued to us by the Commissioners of ! Lee County, which to my mind is very clear j that weean not legally do, ae the Supreme I Court has decided that the whole act is noll j and void, and it follows that everything done ! under the said act is illegal. Respectfolly, R E. CA KN KS . I Bisbopville, Jan. 30, 1899. EAGAN IS GUILTY. Washington, Jan 28-Gen Eagan was found guilty by the courtmartiai last night. Ile will be dismissed from the army The judgment cf the court is that he is guilty on both charges. He is found guilty of the crime of making a breach of discipline, good order and decency without a shadow of palliation or excuse. The sentence is dismissal from the army, and no recommendation to mercy is made The verdict has not yet been offi cially announced, but the foregoing is 03 good authority Geo. Eagan is completely broken down toda^. He had hoped until the last ---.i^^ A Scandal in the Wind. Special to the News and Courier. Columbia, Jan 29.-Gov Ellerbe was able to be up to day and is improving. He has had a severe attack of grip. Some developments are expected in State matters soon, relative to one of the departments Those mating inquiries prefer to say nothing until a thorough inquiry is made to substantiate or negative ia sinuation8. Death of Bev. Samuel M. Green. The Greenville correspondent of The State, writing under date of Jan. 28th, says : The Rev. Samuel M. Green, one of the oldest Methodist preachers in the State, died laet night at his residence in the outskirts of the city. Mr. Green was in the' 79th year of his age, and for eight or ten years he has been partially paralysed, but be was a ooo stant visitor to the city ia bis carriage, attended by bis faithful wife. He was a native of Samter county, and was a traveling preacher io bis earlier years, which brought him to Greenville as preacher in charge, wheo be married Miss Tnrpin of this city, after which he became a local preacher and has re mained herc ever since. He was a brother of tbe late Judge John T. Green of Sumter, who was a candidate for governor in the campaign of 1S74. Mr Green's father was a Methodist preacher. Shot in the Leg. Mr. Dnrbam Ives, of Spring Hill, accident ally soot himself in the leg on Sunday night, January 22d, bot the wonnd was not serions. Constipation prevents the body from rid ding itself of waste matter. De Witt's Lit tle Early Risers will remove the tronble and cnre Sick Headache, Bi! io asa ess, Inactive Liver and clear the Complexion. Small, sogar coated, don't gripe or canse nausea. Hogh8on-Ligon Co. CABBAGE PLANTS. |7*0R SALE, CABBAGE PLANTS, now Jj ready for shipment. Wake6e!d and Succession, the hardiest, largest, earliest and best varieties. Prices f. o. b. here i,000 to 5,000 $1.50, 5,000 to 10,000 $1 25, over 10,000 $1. They are grown in the open air and will stand severe cold. Address NORMAN H. BLITCH, Jan ll Miggeit, S C' THE County Board of Control will meet on February 25, 1899, in tbe City of Sumter, S. C., in their office, and will at tbat time elect a Dispenser for tbe City of Sumter, S C. Applications must be on file twenty (20) days before day of election. By order of the Board, H C. CUTTING, Clerk. Feb. 1, 18S9. HOME ENTERTAINMENT Is so largely a matter of mnsic that there is very little entertainment at home without a Piano. Have solid merit, as attested by the high praise of everyone who has bought a Stieff Piano for the past fifty years. Call and examine our etock or write for Il lustrated Catalogue. OHAS. M. SHEFF, BALTIMORE 9 North Liberty St. WASHINGTON 521 11TH ST. N. W. THE BANK OF SUMTER, SUMTER, S. C. City and County Depository Transacts a general Banking business, a[8o bas A Saviigs Bank Department, Deposits of 1 and upw&rds received. In terest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum. Payable quarterly, on first daysof January, April, Julr and October. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, W. F. RHAMS, Cashier. President. Jan 13. LANDS WANTED. PERSONS WITH LANDS FOR SALE are requested to put them in my hands tor pale. I am in constant receipt of so many letters of enquiry about lands from Northern eiod Western parties, that I may be able.to effect sales for those who will give me accu rate detailed descriptions of what they bare. No charge w til be made unless satisfactory sales are mude. Descriptions must be such ] as can be guaranteed and must give: ! No. of acres, location, character cf laud, i ! proximity to railroads, post offices, schools, I j churches and towns, kind of improverxeots. j I Communications strictly confident, when BO desired. JAMES G. GIBBES, State Land Agent, j Nov. 10. Co'umbia, SC j Ryttenberg's Grand 9131106 Whats left of our winter goods mnst be sold. These prices will do it, don't you think? 25 Cheviot Suits, assorted patterns and sizes-what's left of our entire $12 50 line, all to go at $8.99 10 Cheviot Suits, assorted patterns and sizes, balance of our 16 line, your choice fe $11.75. All of our shorts and stouts and extra sizes at cost. When we say cost we mean cost, T e balance of Overcoats at cost-prices range from $2 to 12.75. If you are in need of ar y youths' or children's Clothing, see us before purchasing, we will save you money. Prices as low as on Men's Clothing. A few single suits of fine all-wool Underwear at less than cost. Scrivens Patent Elastic Seam Drawers, best quality 75c. Special Sale of White Quilts. A good chance for housekeepers to lay in a supply. Every price a special-69c, 98c, $1.25, 1.48, $2.65, $3.68. Odds and ends of Ladies' black Hose, none cheaper than '40c, some as high as 60c, all to go at 33c-not ali sizes of these goods. Ooe iot of Children's black Hose, sizes 7 to 8$, 30c and 40c goods-lo close this lot 23c . r. All oor Kid Gloves, black, tans and white-all dollar gloves-specfal 93c Balance cf onr Ladies' Capes, only a handfol of this season's goods left. Any of them at New York cost. Bear in mind, we mean this season's goods, not those left from any other year. Balance of oar '9*? model Cloaks, at 25c on the dollar New York cost. Ladies' Knit Skirts. Here's a knocker for yon. Buy to-day and keep till next season if ne cessary. 30c 'Skirt's for 20c 40c Skirts for 27c 60c Skirts for 40c 75c Skirts for 50c A few ready to wear black Serge and Brilliantine Skirts, if yoor size is here take it at cost, cheap enough at the price, don't yon think ? SHOES We have jost placed al! of oar 'broken lots' of Men and Ladies' Shoes on onr bargain table, if we have your size yon can boy them cheap. We put Good Luck Perfection Circlets on all Shoes sold by us. Come Early and Get First Choice. E. PLURIBUS DUUM. Oatmeal Buckwheat 3*c per pound, 3c per pound. J. HYTTENBE THE COLUMBIAN CYCLOPEDIA, 35 Vofomes 7,500 IUustra ons 28,600 Paces, Complete and Up to Date. The largest Amertcan Cyclopedia. Includes an Unabridged Dictionary. Prononc es ail Titles. Information Right Down to Date. Vol mes of Handy Size. . Yon can keep Up to the Times by adding Famishes the Largest and Latest Maps. an Annual euch year. 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TNTIL FF THER NOTICE, I will bei J ot my office for the transaction of offi- j cit* 1 busioess only OD Tuesday? and Wednes days of each week aDd on Sales days. Spe cial appointments for other riavs must be arranged for. W. H. INGRAM, NOT. 16, 1898.-tf Master. ARE YOI) NEEDIN8 AN IRON SAFE? HAVING BEEN APPOINTED GEN ERAL AGENT for ibe Alpine Fire and Burglar Proof Safe Company. am' prepared to offer liberal terms to those vrho are in need of a good safe. For prices and terms address J. A. RENNO] M h 24 Sumter, S. C Rice! Rice! Ricer Consignments of Rough Rice solicit e. Prompt mining and return of proceeds or accourt eales. Highest market price paid for good Rice "Carolina Rice Meal" or "Floor,"' the cheapest and best stock food on the market, or sale at low figures. WEST POINT MILL CO., Charleston, S. C. Oct. 19-2m DENTIST. office OVSR SJORE OF SUMTKR DS7 GOODS COMMST Entrnuce on Main Street, Between Dry Goods Co. and Durant & Son OFFICE HOURS: 9 to 1.30 ; 2 to 5 o'clock. April 29.