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WHAT THE LAW IS. j t THE REGISTRATION ACT STATED c I I | c And <loft's Decision Explained. The I Negroes Co nplaln That They c Cannot Easily Comply 1 with it. i d . I I A dispatch from Columbia, says: e The registration laws were passed by o the legislature of South Carolina in t 1HS2. They provide for the registra- t tion of all voters by a supervisor of i registration, one of whom is appointed I for each county. All male citizens t who wish to vote and are not disquali- ]< lied bv reason of having been convic- t ted of crime, are required to register r with tliiu rirti??.?? .>( I - HI1? viuw?.i iiavit ii i iivo. jiKftwt n V/I K residence, occupations and ages. The j law as passed in 18S"2 required that c unless all who wore then twentv-ouo e years of age should register beforo the next general election they could . t not register thereafter, and became j f forever disqualified and that those be- 1 f coming of ago at any time alter tlio j passage of the registration law, who ? " did not register before tins general i election next alter becoming of age, J i would be forever barred from regis- ' t> tiering. j t The supervisor of registration would s issue to ttie voter a ecttiiieute of re- ' >i . 1 gist ration corresponding to tne entriea j j made upon Ida registration book, ! d authorizing him to cast his ballot at I 1 li,,. ,wvii,,,.r ... ii... -i;o4..;.o I I ? > I " tv? i.. | X which he lived. In case of ohaugo of j f residence or loss ofeert'lieatea certain i v method was proscribed for obtaining a j n new certificate. ' c When the voter wished to east his i t ballot on election day he had to present ; his certificate of registration to the j j managers of election at the precinct st ; h which he was registered, or without it | t he would not bo allowed to cast ljis I t ballot. : t The friends of the negroes claim ' t that this law bore most hard upon the i negroes, in that as they frequently changed their residence, or would j lose their certificates and fail to get , new ones, many of them were deprived j < of the right to vote. The state con- j t tended that the law applied to whites ! and blacks alike, and that the negro ' P would have to suffer for his own t negligenco or migratory habits. It was j t -i i.; i* v i . I t iimo i-imiucii iufli iuh ciays ouwnicu xuo ? oflice of the supervisor of registration t was open were too few to accommodate ' the numbers who wished to register. t The office was opened so many days in < each month preceding the election, i but was not opeued on the daj's ini- c mediately preceding the election. t This was claimed to be another de- j i feet in that voters would neglect to i t attempt to get registration certificates , f uutil the election was near at hand. It < was also claimed that there were f various devices whereby the white men J were registered that were denied the < negroes, and that the whole law was i aimed at the disfranchisement of the f uegro race. 1 Til3 AMENDMENT or 1S04. i 1 At the session of the legislature held in 1 December last the law of ISH'J was 1 somewhat amended nnd the following i was passed : Section 7. Any elector who shall havo ^ been entitled to register at the genera! regis- ' tration in the year of our Lord one thousand i i eight hundred eighty-two. or at nay time | ^ subsequent thereto, and who failed to regis- j t"r at su. h time as required by law. and who , shall male-application under oath, in accord- ; t an > with a printed form to be prepared by 1 ( the attorney general, setting forth in each | case the laet, to-wil: The full name, age, | occupation ami residence of tlu> applicant at i ' the time of said general regis)ration, or at 1 t any time thereafter whim the said applicant j ' became entitled to register, ami the place or | places of he. resiib nee Since t lie time wlcm ho ! became entitled to regis.er, which nflldnvit shall lie supported by the aflblavit of two reputable citizens who w 're eneh of the ago ol twenty-' ic* years on die thirtieth dnv of i Jan \ anno c.omini eighteen hundrcii an I i eighty-two, or at the time the said applicant 1 became out tiled ilierealter l<> rcgi> ter, <>r any { dec lor who ll.ls become a eifiven ,,f iliiu > t.it i>y m>>v"nic into tlx- >..iine, n<-.'oi'<ting to 1 ili.' -oiis) ilntion <>f f|i? state, iiiul who -hall i t make :i|i|ili<'iition miiler iaili staling tin-time ! j. ol lil- ni'iviii ' into I lie : ! aii-l his |?':? ? of i ri'-i'Si'ii'' i11 liviii'j in s? i'.<\ w'li'-h n|>? ( |i|i''iition slmll I"1 mi|i|?o. liv r!i*' aftldnvft f of two :*?'|n?t.itilo i-iti/.i'i; who . . II' ?w"ety? i t nr.'' years of .ige ill the !iini> 'inil { ln'"iinii' a resident of this mii -Ii an;>li- t . . .ml shall he allowed to register a- a voter iiiul to have i-.- cl *o him a eertilieate as a j ? duly i|i'alillo(l elertor i<i ilie manner ami form ! c now nrovidtxl l?y law ami i i'iitit!"il to vote I at said election loi tile delegate- to said eouv.'iitioa." As enn bo seen this law provides for tlic registration of all who were of age | in 1NS2 anil who failed to register, and of those who had become of age sitieo 1MSJ and who failed to register, The I friends of the negroes claimed that the 1 provisitiis of this act were too seveid for the in i'i'im's to com|ilv with, and thai it \ui.-i impossible for the negro to t fret two credible persons to swear i < where he tiinl lived since 1SSI2, as thu * negro probably eonhl not tell all the places himself. These wer.-the matters that were Wrought to the notice of fudge Go IT. l ji dai! 001 i's orctsiox. The decision of .fudge Golf was very i T voluminous and discussed the four- ! > teeiith and tifteenth ftinendinent to llio i constitution of the United States ' in their relations to the limitation of , suffrage, and the guarantee of sull'rngo j t hey gave to the colored voter. Coming f to the registration laws of South Cnro- i Una he said: "It in not the intention * it this time to state in detail the re [uirementa of and effect of each section if said registration law, but simply he result that I have reached after a larefnl scrutiny of thera all, aided as 1 lave been by the exhaustive analysu >f the same made by counsel. I find 10 warrant in the constitution for the ertificate required by the registration aw to be issued to the voter, the pioInction of which is required at the oils or his vote i3 to be rejes ted. This 9 not registration, which is simply tin ntering on the books or lists of voters, if the names of those qualified under he constitution to vote, but is un inldiionnl requirement to those mentioned u the organic law, not intended, aui constrained * to believe, o facilitate the full free and egnl expression of those entitled o exercise the right of sulVrugc. Such equirement is unreasonable, burdenome and harassing, and clearly it itnledes and abridges the lights of the oustitutionnl voters of the state to ast their ballots. *'I was nskeil. in ease nnv novtion of he said registration law should he ouuil invalid to climiuate the part ho onud, and decree that the remaining >art should stand. I have not been ,blo to make the separation, for f lind t all ho interwoven us to reud< r it imiraoticnble ho far as results are co'ierned, and I ennuot winnow where here is u<> grain. In hehnlt of those o treated, all interested in the welfare if their country and desirous of seeing ts laws enforced should protest in orler that public sentiment should no linger be dormant, but may by its aoivity rouse the community that has ong suffered by 8uob outrages to the enlization of their cause, ami to au pprociation of the results to be secur<1 by the abolishment of the system hat lias caused them." The reversal of Judge GofT's decision by the court of appeals leaves the aw as it was passed by the last legislaure, aud only those who have regisration certificates will be able to participate in the election of delegates to he constitutional convention. lie Rapped t lie Cold-lings. Gx-Goveruor Tillman, of South Carina, at the Memphis Silver Couvenion spoke as follows: "I shall open my remarks by congratulating von upon the representsivc character of this gathering. Some hree or four weeks ago there assent >led in this city a body culled to teael he southern people the meaning o sound money.' After putting in mo ion all the secret agencies and the us< >f their illimitable money and drum nirg up delegates from this ehnmbei )f commerce and that hank they as tembled to tell us what was the mean ug of 'sound money,' and after lmvim ;fce people of this city whose loam rom the banks nn.ke thom sitbservin; :o the banking interests turn out, thej incceeded in drnnimir.g up a l.argt gathering and they had the ic ".'ctarj if the treasury lu re to ti ll us t!io difference between sound money now am tonud money in 187S. Ami, God sum hem, by request of the president thej iad three cuckoos, who sold their birth 'ig'uts for the mess of pottage?tlirei jougressmen only, ami I saw in tin inper that there was not a solitary 'aviner in that party in this southland, iviutc mi1 propoi nun m'twcpn tno eg droitural interests kii<I the rest is sev mty-fivo Inrmors to t\v. lity-'ivo of nl itlier occupations. "What is sound money? Is it thai nonov which requires two pounds o otton, two bushels of wheat to got tin nunc quantity that it ?ti<l a few voari >ark? I claim tlint such a dollar ahut is a robber dollar of 'JOO cents, I'llo\ toll you about theoO-cent dollar, uot us fling into their tooth the 'J00 out dollar. There was some talk ii engross last winter by Mr. Carlisle, vho presented a bill of a linaneiu ioheme looking to the giving of soint neasnre of relief (that poor eongress, hat ]>itifnl democratic congress dii lave the saving grace to reject it, bul he scheme is still on foot) as promulgated bv the bankers' convention ii Baltimore that thoy shall have tin pre aback retired; that the silver corifloatos shall be retired; that the gov rnment shall retire from banking am hat they shall have the issuing of all in- paper money 01 in is eon utry, tun >u u goM standard at that." Di'iiiiindins SonictItlng to Kat. Twenty-four turn, In-ads of families a [Tubbard. Mieh., marched info Midland am sieged the court house, demanding some .hiiigtornt from the county ofll-ials. Tiny I iiii> * licit thirty families an; destitute am iiat t In* women ami children ara cry he,' fo . read. IIiil'hafl was settle I .to tin* year, ji>_-< ml the rneii datiii that tin" >,v re promise t 'ltiilaiid p.idv work, v.'it '? h is mil" I t< naterialr. '. Tin"* li ;\ plenty ' tan-t>arl Iild Wood piled lipid'- -',t\ III it tile/ olio jet a,train to run i? tin .:?r I '<> ban1 it out. Free Silver Kcpiihlh atis. AS Topekii, lias., a - ail was issued to |ead> tut repuhljeatis <.f Kaii.-n- who favor I lie f outage of silver to meet in that oity Juno l.'th. one week aft> r tlie siale convention o| In1 metallic I-'IIKU '. Tile object of |||e inert, tit; is t i take Mielt action as will insure tin miors.Ul: nit of the free coinage | . .|jey hytlll vpnhlicau party. One Itiillet l\lllc<)Tivo tlon. The prolan An/.iger civs that during ' Irlng drill on tlm Frudriciis Wiiheim-Plat: n Uerlin, a misdirected shot klllwd tw< oldiers, tm? bullet passing through both o hem : PALMETTO POINTERS! k ? | EVENTS ALB OVER THE STATE. The Wcntlier and the Crops. An Kn1 couraging Report. Dirootor Bauer has issued no en- . couraging crop report for the past j 1 week. He gives an interesting sum1 mury of the crop situation up to this j time. After reviewing the weather he j says: The condition of cotton has greatly im- j ^ I proved within the last two weeks, and is j j particularly flno iu the western portions of j , the State, whore stands are reported as tine i ; as ever seen." Tho plant is .small and eon- i : tlnues lousy in places. Fields that were not J j fertll Ixed show marked Inferiority. The eool ' t nights latterly have eliecked it-- growth [ somewhat, but not materially. Fields a>e well worked and gouorally ie.oj. About all ' j chopped to a stand. I There 13 nomarked ciiauxc iu the condi| tion of corn, which continues wry satisfne- | lory. It shows some improvement in color | , and lees in growth. A fairly ^ootl stand has j 1 boon obtained except wIi<t" damaged by cut I worms. It is very small for tin* season, and 1 its condition appears from the reports of 1 correspondents to In; <piite nnitorin over the . whole State. It is receiving its la,l plough- I in?? in the mor?? southern eon::'ic;, when; it | is bruinninit to t.asnrl. Stubble lands I?in:: i 1 planted in corn and peas J Wheat will so n he r. aly to harv -.st. Some ! has already been eut. The stand i- eentwal- i I v tliiti, but is beading very fail. ! I Oats are bclnji harvested w*t li a v-ry fa r j I yield, running from a full crop ?o about. 50 j | per eent of one. Spring <>a!s have iir.proved, . ' i but tli'-ir condition is exceedinyly variable, 1 ! dinerinjt tfcally in tlm ; ime portions of the , ! State, and even in the same counties. The ; avernice of nil reports would make it onieI wliat less than an average crop. j weilat pla sand reported i fair at others. Worms have appeared unusually early, and are proving trouble.* >uie. The tobacco culture has infe e.i li'ipcfiilliic.-s into the farmers, whothei tin crop proves renin ncrativn or not. It ice about all planted and it - eoudil ion sen orally very satisfactory. j Meloim Suive iieen ?loinpr poorly, hut lately 1 have advuiieed rapidly and are blossoming. Sweet potato draws senreein the np-e.emtry, and tho acreage will Ihj grvatly reduced | on this account. Elsewhere its cod it ion is | fair, and t lie crop is receiving about tbesanin 1 attention as in tenner \ears, i potatoes j | are yieliling a miierop fom the t oitst ?.ru?-k farms westward., i Sugarcane an I sorghum :iiv reported is i having a poor stand generally. A law acreage of peas being sown, both i as a -ifpara's.' crop ami on iln'sam hunt with j com. Early apples, picnic's, plums ami cherries I are ripening and are being marketed. Fruit j oxliibit"d for sale now is of inferior quality j except eherries, being evidently marketed I.e. ' . 'ore it was ripe, a praetn-j which cannot he i i ioo greatly condemned. Itlueber-jes and j I ulaekberries continue verv plentiful. ? f Confederate Flags. Two interesting and valuable Con5 I federate Hags liuve beeu.olneed vit'i J " ! the Secretary of Slate. One of the Magu , was used l?v the 3d battalion,S. C. V., " . nnu the other is a large battle llag.rid" i died with bullets, that was carried by ^ ? the 15th S. C. V. Tiiellag of tlie 15th I 1 rcgiineut was larger limn that of the i > battle ling of the 3d butt liioo. and on ' , one side has the coat of arms of the } i State and on the other the words, j ' i ''God and my country," log*.ther with " i the number of the regiment. Colli of > 1 i the Hags were ' saved on ine night of ; 5 j the evacuation of liiohuioud, Ya., i r | April 2, 1305, by I)r T. A. I.al'ar." , * j Tlie lings will be kept with others that , ; t have been turned over to tin; Stat.? for 1 5 safe keeping. r . ' s,>. , Mow Cotton Milis. Two charters for Cotton mills wore . i granted at Columbia. One to the l 1 1 American Spinii'i'g Company, of ' Greenville. Tim direoto'-n :i;j<I oliieers of tlm company are: Directors. O. H. Sampsou, !. 1? Morgmi, James L. 1 Orr, Jacob W J. II. Morgan, ' ! presidenta.nl treasurer; W. C. Pati lerson, secretary. A charter was also p.sued to tlio Colleton Cotton Mill. Tin* return i does not give tlie mimes of the oliieers | of the company. i -? *| To Creel a IJ i a I'oil on Mill. 5 The Roanoke l'.api.ls Power Com* , j puny hud nn important meeting at ! I Itieir works near Wehlon on Thursday, b | 1 he clireetoi'.s e\ pre;.seti t Iieui: el res : - , as highly pleased with the progress i 1 made so far, and dhi'iiascd .n itters j i looking to a stdl fe'ther development. I It is learned Pant tliey have about | perl'eeteil plans for ;ho largest cotton j 1 ' mil! in the State. The work is oer* ; I taisily heing pushed forward rapidly. 1 i More Time to Sell Liquor. The county dispensers will have tr. j get up earlier, as the establishments x t are to open earlier and allow the early | I bird to get his thi?k as well as to let j the State get in a little more money, j \f The following order lias been proI | mulgated: r To Pisii'Ml 't'td; 1 ho iS :ito )?o.i \l i?l ? nutfol luii i-nii -taint lou'i.'W nil I. -1 :i - ill ???iicli > I oiil tii" S .i!". until <illw>rwi.-i' nPili.TOil, to ' ! .i|.":i for in;--i'l .r h il'|m i .*? ?'" -!? k '111111' ? j nmi'itltiff nnd vninln o|ion till anil luHliix.it C 7 I'I'x'k i'l tin' i'\ ' 11i11" \ 'ii .. lu':vl>\ <>"t ' 11.*i' I t.i I'liiifiii:.: t1 . 1 until k ii ril.'iv i 1'iln" n . f. m. m v-.ai. < >111:11; n ; it. I>lsjit'iis:ii \ Soli .. j I iijmtctit>n?- brought about ?v the ?l|S|IITls.t''y In V.' luivt' ill'"] M'fVl'il (111 Unrrv .MiHit. Inmci M. i>rniih:i'.ii, ! ^ W. V. I >ll l<)?t) ami lii.-. -i'll, \V. ( '. ' ])itnl:i|>. TIht.' :ii s?-\i r.il rases on > flu* (lin'kct t" I'l- In;itiI in ill" invent term of llii' Court i!i relation to the dispensary law. 1 The City National Bunk, of Green| ville, capita! 8I00,0U0, wax authorized f to begin business. Absokuti llow (Jreat Now York Jliglit llaveTlecn Greater New York, according t? the experts, will easily take ran! ahoye Paris for population. Tin police census, just finished, show thus the city proper has 1,8-19,861 while Brooklyn and adjoining towui in Kings County have 995,276. Tin entire population of the new city? which includes, besides Kings Conn ty. Queens, Richmond, East. Chester West Chester and Pelliam?isestimat ed at 3,051.838 Jhiris, according ti the latest figures, hail 2,417,957 peo pie and London 4,221,431. Chicag will have to wake up acd annex mnri farms if she hopes to distanco he great Eastern rival. ?San Eranciscc Chronicle. Statistics About Natural Has. Investigations made in Ohio shoi that the weight of 100 cubit feet o 'natural gas may be sot down at 428 pounds; it is composed oi 1072 pound of hydrogen and 3215 pounds of eai bou ; requires for its perfect combustion 969 3-10 cubic feet of air, weigh ing 74,561 pounds; it makes iu burn ing 9648 pounds of steam and 11,78 pounds of carbonic acid, and produce 91,593 heat uuits when the steam l not condensed. -New York Advertisei Itrnndon, M. C. i have used 4 boxes of Totterinc, for Totte n my leel.of 12 years' standing. My nail arc thick and rotten, since using Toltcrin . hey are growing out now ami healthy. Pleas send me two nioro boxes to use in case i should show any sign of returning. C. Y li st. Sent by mail tor 50j. in stamps. J. 'J bliuptrine, Savannah, tin. Far Well People. Most medicines are for the sick. Porno cat be used with good effects by persons apparent iy well, occasional resort to Kipuns Tibule prevents attacks that result from disorders o the stomach aud liver. To preserve is better and cheaper than t< repair. Experience I.ends .11 any lloliirrx la Sn 1 'r<> Parker's Ginger Tonic*" because it isgooi !oi voids, pain and almost evert .vcakuess. After Dinnor. After the heartiest dinner a dose of Tynfh DysckpsIa rtKMKOY will remove all imp'.ea .nt feelings, aiid digestion, and huild up yoi health. As an after dinner drink it is jars pcrior to all other remedies, as it never disa points, and leaves an appetite tor the ne meal. For sale by Druggists. .MunufacUm by c'tiAs. O. Tvxr.tt, Atlanta, fin. i. S. Parker, Fredonla, N\ Y., snvs: "Sha not call tin you tor the >101 reward, for I 1> 1le v? I HI II s v .11 VI Til > lili* \>ii r'l. t" nii\ iv *" <-<tarrli. Was v?t>- bail." Write him tor pa. oculars Sola lty llruuirts, Tliovr l>i?i ; Cor??! ! i:ul ns they are, tliuueroorin w 11 reaijvi lioiu, au?l then you cm " aik ,vs you like. fur.* i< a wait t ful ' "o mil M"iii?-i n Mr \V I'lCKKilT. Van Siilen ami HJal. ivi'-., Urn *i. N*. V.. <) ;. '>. *!M. Mr.--. Win<lii\v'sSonthina Syrup for chihlrp i . ? ! Iiinv., softens tin- reduces inltxnum t ion. allays pain, uures wind colli'.'foe. a boltl Tn all Christian countrios the nnm I or ol females who attend the chtirclu t- Jar greater than that of the men. At the battle of Mowers at Nice n oue at first ventured to throw an Mower's into Queen Victoria's cm riage. An intimation was given to tli crowd by Colonel Biggo tlmt tli Queen would not object, and her ea: rmgo was soon tilled witii small bin gilds, several of which the Quue threw back with enjoyment. Foul breath is discourager of a feetion. it is a J&ft ways an indicatio l\ pof>r health <& "a<i digestion. T V ^>:! (' digestion A ?* tractable nluiovt n r ?Mj(l/ Cr ^unian ills. H i w^.'v'-^^X^r J* the starting poii ' v^Vv'Yiv' j^X; tj of many vcn Vv ions in a 1 a <1 i e ? \--r a,.Upon tin- health V ^45^" action of the digej tive organs, 111 . lood depends for its richness and puritj f digestion stops, poisonous matter a< cumulates and is forced into the bloc ?there is no place else for it to go. The had hveath is a danger signa ,or?k out for it! If you have it, < any other symptom of indigestioi take a bottle or two of Dr. Pierce Golden Medical Discovery. It wi straighten out the trouble, make voi blood pure and healthy and full of n triment for the tissue*. ^wjer ely Pure i. Sea Water tats Sloel. i When steel is exposed to tlio action c of sea water and the weather, it is said ? to corrode at the rate of nn inch iu 5 eighty-two years; nn inch of iron H nnder the fame conditions corrodes j in one hundred and ninety years. When exposed to fresh water and the weather, the periods nro one hundred f and seventy years for steel and six hundred and thirty years for iron.' o Completely immersed iu sea water,' the rates are: Steel, ouo hundred and1 thirty years; iron, threo hundred aud| a ten years ; and in fresh water, steel,] r nix hundred years, and iron, seven) ) hundred years. Iron piles corrode most near low-water ruaric; manno growths act ua a i>rotection.-?-Ncvr York Ledger. x I Crusade Against Slroct Cries. H C. H. Campbell, of tho London County Council, lias begun a crusade .. against street cries in the metropolis. He proposes that tho council shall regulate them, prohibiting tho crying ^ of wares where it can bo shown to be s a nuisance to residents. Shades of ' Charles LainbN Chicago Timos-Her. aid. | . ENJOYS \\[ Both the method r.nd results when p- .Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, n Liver and Bowels, cleanses the systorn effectually, dispels colds, headaches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is tho only remedy of its hind ever prou duccd, pleasing to tlie taste and acceptable to tbo stomach, prompt in ?. its action and truly beneficial in its i!' effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. ?* Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50 !i cent bottle3 by all leading druggists. Any reliable druggist who ? may not have it on baud will proy cure it promptly for any one who r" wishes to try it. Lo not accept any ie substitute. r* CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. .. 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