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THE UNION TIMES. UNION, S. <\ A CI? \ OAKKKY sTIIJS < i:i) CHAKI.KSTON. * lljc-a Wifo anil (ir?uvn Children iiut j Claims to t?c 17, Mtilrrs Srliool iiiul 1 < . ct . Kick lit;; .. * i < hur'.eston's colored society is very much worked ui> over the unties of i i one William Davis, a man uhout ~>3 I ( years of age, who is now- attending the ] Morri* street public school iu the guise J of a M'hoolhoy. Diivit jg well known among the col- : ( ?red people, 1 ?nt tlmy do not gi *o him ! it vi ry enviable refutation. He is ' i bluck in color- so very black that liia : 1 wife compared him to a pot on a cook- . 1 ing stove, in speaking to a rcpro&eiita- [ \ tive of the Columbia State. j H<> '< a well-ilevelopeil man, but he ; I has never done a stroke of real work in j 1 his life, lie admits this. With his 1 hand- crossed on his hroadchest, a pe- I culiar Mi-leer of his eyes and an idiotic : I grin, but withal a highly u? sinned air ' i ot dignity and self-conceit, ho says , j that his hands were not made for work. ' I It is - r. 1 that th palms of his ban.Is \ are a ' iek as bis countenance, and, I as his wife says. "Lord knows they are i black enough. " !t:n is i linsy nerasies ivtend far be- I yotoi !i ; us nil appeiiraiiee. It is | i saiit ti at die peculiar, liloated and | i irnta' I.u>k ol Ins '.ace is produced by a tir ,i. ilv application of tur !; peiitme w d i u'c. ,1 in, the virtue of j willed e is at a 1 iss in ? \plaili. i >a\ is | is 1 i ?> 1 I I f I I I l Mi tllllf l"?? ? <-? ? yor.tb. ' 1c el'.ii is to bi 5 7 years old, . but !' .let IKVMillllt for tilt' iH'.'f t itilt i lie ! v - ml v.. '1 or >wn children by >t wo". . . with whom In' formeiy lived ?t < >r;.i.. "Intro or sonowhere ? No in tin- i.'.t rior ot tin- -'t 11 Il<> fancies , thnt i;o .?:. tim'vo nr:y mortal soul love him. !i i ti bou ts of his captivating . .% > :u this direction, and from whn: iv.a t o believed, it does a; jioar that I.t i. i.-st'sst s a sj? 11 or iti" mi rie : art. do wears i?v a loadstone or a root, an I tin- colored people are afraid to lo him in the eve for tour >*>f some bodiK h..rt:i ' avis is a voodoo iloetor. ami the people of hi- race say that his hoodoo ! powers are extensive and certainly j dangerous. Davis linn an ofliou at til 1 | l'.ast liny. The walla of the otlioe are , covered with herbs and root", and as oue enters the room his eyes set upon a motto reading, "in God We Trust," which is pronounced to be a burlosnuc or n mockery of religiou, for Davis is not fond of attending divine services. Seated on a chair with legs crossed,and anat-sunied air and sardonic grin,showing his blue gums and false teeth, he ' receives those patients who are not , afraid of him. lie awaits his profes j siouiii c illera in his present garb ?a i small <ip. a bicyclist's it nee trousers and stockings. When lie is called upon : to tell of the future, for ho claims ' to In a fortune teller, he dons a long black gown. Marie Davis the wife of the voo?! io doctor, is an honest, faithful uud leu.1-working servant. When she j married Davis, about si\ years ago, ' she did not know his character, anil she has lived to regret it. Davis deserted her some time ago, much to her happi: < >?, she says, for her life with hill, was a torture. She is especially solicitn>',-i lor the safety of the teachers at the - diool. I t alone the pupils, "she says that I'rincipul llill is not aware Dim-' character. She says that by the ; ..wer of th<? foot which Davis ear- \ rus tin* pupils will !> si ,er> ly puu- i idled ami the teachers aud even Mr Hill w:!l !o I'l -ir positions, an I tlu-y i w: 11 \ei kilo a the cause of it. Davis has gained the greater part of his notoriety since ho was admitted into public school a few weeks ago. I p to that time he wore a mustache and full beard, and whs attired in man's elotliiug. He awoko one morning to tind himself possessed of the fancy to graduate from the public schools and then to take a courso or two at the South Carolina Medical College. He wants to he a full Hedged doctor and ho swears by the root that Ins ambition will be attained. Dads' life at school is not a happy one. The children know him, aud it i* not tmiiith alone tliHt hi! receives during tho day, hut ofl'iii brickbats. WlitTi the school is dismissed he has to shuttle. Tho mob lights upon kun, and as he values his life, ho is forced to bring his assumed useful sprightl'.ness into full |>l*y or suffer tho consequences. TLe children refuse to drink from a cup after him unless it is washed. They foar his spell aud will hsve nothing to do with him. Davis apes tho school-boy to perfection. He has his mouth full of nil possible childish sayings and is ever ready with a flimsy excuse. He was caned a few days ago for having failed iu his reading, the only lesson he had ,? cl..l . ii.. *.... i i?? I W . n?#n ti (f-imtlY HIKI Wt'lll oil iihi | '. a-. ii 1 i. it h.- 11a-1 i)t ni it;:tiatcal : t a > ii.nii mo. 11 !c, Tffipor niakos or mars more !inp|>lno>s tlisin any othiM* <|iialily. How much f iitluonoo t lioro is in ono of i ln?so 1 t. i-hoornil. wiio|i-s,,i'ic i *>1) f i . ( >?, wln-'lj iirithor inntroiil>!a< w!.ihov ?1?> not oxist, nor moot tlnnn hi-." way wh?Mi : r.ov ili'' Wln iv oil), s i .lit inolitjoil ' ? fr.-t po'-vi iiiy ;:i ninv an I i' i ;.' i ?:np.?iv ! i **r>i i i:. < ' ' ' .'! m ! Ii, i ! N WlfJCBH NVOI.YKS A CONSTITUTIONAL QIMSTION. I'lio Siiprcuir Court Interpret* tho StTlion liclallvo to :t Circuit Judge ('liiirxltiK I In' .lury us to Kvlilcuvp lit a Cast*. The Supremo Court, in reuileriupf a .lecittion in a case that euiuo before it it the April term, passed upon a koction of tho new Constitution, thus rendering the limiiug of more tlmu lentil interest. The question involved was relativo to circuit judges charging * jury. The discisiou whs iu the case >f 1']. R. Xorrin, xs executor, respondent, against A. J. Cliukscales et al. appellants. This action for claim and delivery was brought by .Tauo Estello Clinkscales to recover from the defendants ertain personal property covered by a mortgage, of which sho was the assignee. After thocommcncement of the suit, the plaintitr died, and her lather and xeeutor, K. 11. Norris, was substituted is plaintitr. The case was heard before Judge Carlo and a jury at the Jaunt ry term >f court, Is Mi, at Abbeville, and the jury ;'o ind for ho plaiutitl. The defendants nppealeil to the Supreme L'ourt from the ruliugs and decision of tile circuit judge ami from the decision if tile jury on ten exceptions. l'ho supreme Conit at the April term heard ;he e .se and on live of the exceptions reve.'sed the decision of the circuit L'ourt and ordered a new* trial. One of tin* exceptions involved the soiistilutioi.al ipu stiou of charging the jury, the ju : h tviug 1 'stated the testimony" notv.i h tandiug such Jpuwer is deiueil him bv the Constitution of ItWii. i'lie < 'enstituSi'Mi of iSiiS declares: "J.idgis shall not Large jurit s in re -peet to matters of /act, but may -late the testimony ami declare the law I'ii-* (' nstitutiou of ls:;.-? says; "dmlgt s shall n >t cargo juries iu rei to matters of laet, 1 ut shall ?lecla : th. law." 1 in tiist clause in both instances is the same, but the second clause has been changed in two important particulars. T. riuission to "state the testimony" has been omitted. The per mission to ''declare the law" 1ms boou changed into n mandate. lustead of being "Judges inuy declare the law," it hns been made mandatory by declaring, "Judges shall declare tho law." The Supreme Court, iu rendering a decision on this constitutional question, has this to say in regard to it: "Until the adoption of tho Constitution of lStiK, under the common law and the practice of the courts of this State, our circuit judges had the power to charge juries upon the evidence as well as upon tho law. After the cass was cloned oil both sides tho judge suiiiund it up to the jury. In this summing up ?the old name applied to a judge's charge, and tho name still used in the English courts?it was customary to state to the jury the issues involved, to explain the law applicable to the case, and to recapitulate the testimony so as to refresh the minds of the jurats sn 1 enable them to apply tho law t?> tho testimony ami to pass intelligently upon it. It was competent for lho jadgo to give the jury his opinion upon the facts as well us upon the law, provided ho did uol actually take the decision of tho cast Iroin the jury, but left it to them tc find a verdict according to their own opinions. This was the practice foi many years throughout all the States, and it still obtains i:i the Icdera courts. Unt tins power to common! on the testimony has at various timef hihI in various decrees hcon abridgei in the respective States by coustitu [ tional or statutory limitations. Nc j effort has been made, however, ho fui ns wo nre aware, by Cotigressiona legislation to deprive the judges of tin Federal courts of this power which thi States piece-mcul have taken from tin judges of the State courts. "Thero is no doubt this power luu been greatly abused. Not unfrequenth judges evinced partisanship in theii charges and moulded verdicts to theii wills; and as frequently juries shirkei responsibilities and reudilv adopted tin opinion of the judge, finding their ver ilict as he dirtied." "It was to put a stop to this, and t< secure the constitutional right of trie, by jury, and not by u judge, that thi various limitations on this commoi law power were imposod by coubtitu tions or by statutes.'' The Supremo court on tho omissioi of tho clause that judges may "stab tho testimony" savs: "This right ha been taken away from tho circui judges l>y tho change mudo in aectioi lib in the Constitution of lH'.io, tho per mission to 'state tho testimony' havini been left out, and, wo must hold, in tentionally left out. It was manifestly the intention of the trainers of th Constitution of lS'.to to deprive judge of the right to statu the testimony it charging juries and to take from then jail the p.?\ver which tl: it | hrase ha been held ? ? imply. Section _! ? as i now stands, thus further abridges th right and limit-* the | ower of jud ;es ii charging juries whieh they formerly e\i reised under the eommoii law, am which, as we liuve seen, lun- nlread, a en abridged and limit* <1 I y th e. etion in tho ( uotiti.tion o Jmj ^ # "i; si.ils to reason th ! in t!.i:i, J . en takt n fr* m tho judges* v. :t. i .tr i t' in* 1 in.iony, < \o? tii 1 r? ' ? ?iJ?- 11 ft;IllOUV 1!? th CtlArgl'B. I ' "V, ,-, therefore, conclude, and hoid J thut, us it v.ould l?i! impossible to de- ! | dure tlit) law applicable to a case on ! trial without connecting the legal priu- ( ; ciplch involved with somcstuteof facts, J actual or hypothetical, it wa? the in, tention of the fruuicrs of the new Constitution, in amending section 20, urti- , do 4, that the triul judge iu charging the law ot the case should lay before I the jury that law as applicable to a I supposed stuto of facts; but that in ao | doing ho should carefully avoid rei pcutiug the evidence on the facta at ia sue, making no statement of the testi- ( inouy cither in whole or iu purl. I "We are clearly of the opinion that ' nnder section 20, as it now rcadB, a 1 ; judge muy. iu (.lecturing the law uppii- > ! cable to tiio case, baoo that law upon , hypothetical findings of fact by the ^ jury, and instruct the jury that if they ; believe so-and-so from the evidence 1 I they liuvo heard, then such-and-siieh J will lie the legal result. In doing so, ; j if he bo careful not to repeat any of | | the testimony, nor to intimate direct- i ly or iudireetly what is in evidence, lie 4 will lie chargeable neither with stating j the testimony nor charging iu respect j to matters of fact." This decision was rendered by Jndgo I Beuet, acting for Associate Justice , 1 Gary who wu.? disqualified tor his re- t I lation to the ease. The opiuioii was . ! eouenrred in l?v all the other judges { of theSupreuie Court. ? This section has previously been de- ? ' cided the same way by circuit judges, : but this is the tirst decision of the Su- ? j preme Court oti it. This iH also the j ! tirst tune .Judge Karlo has been re; "versed in a decision. v Til K l? 11 Alt M AGISTS. | ( Annual Meeting In Columbia on I i November 11. j -j The State Pharmaceutical Associa- ! tion will hold its annual session in this 7 city on November 11. During the meeting the State Board of pharmacy 1 will hold examinations and applicants 1 for license should appear before them, i The president, of the association is Dr. O. P. Thomas, and lie is partieu- j ? larly desirous that there shall be a full j meeting, as ninny matter# of interest ; to the profession will come up for dis- I I cussiun. Besides this it will be in the 1 1 way of recreation for the members, for | at that time Fair festivities will be in j i full blast. Vniong other entertain*:; :;t a ban- ^ 1 quit will be served ' members of the j association during the session of the I association. Dr. Thomas has issued the following ! circular: i C'oi.i muia, S. C., Oct. 20, ISOfi. Dv.au Sm:?You ure especially iu- ^ vited to attend the annual meeting of , the Pharmaceutical Association of South Carolina, to bo held in Columbia. Wednesduv. Xnv. lltli. lS'.lti. We desiro all druggists doing busi- | ness, whether members of the association or not, to attend this meeting;and to this end wo submit a few of the many reasons why you should corho. 1st. It will be profitable to you. lid. A day's recreation is what von need. 3d. Your presence and advice is | wanted. I 4th. Columbia can bo easily reached ' from every section of the State. oth. .Reasonable railroad rates are | offered, and hotel accommodations are ' ample. tith. Prominent men will read papers j for discussion, and interesting bubjects will bo brought up. 7th. Ofiicera of the association and a L | member of the State Board ot Pliarm( aov will he elected. 3th. The State Pair being held from I | the 9th to the 14th iust. otTers many i attractions for visiting druggists to Co, j lumbia during this meeting. , j 9th. A banquet will be given for your entertainment and the officers of . \ the Association will welcome you. HUh. The Board of Pharmacy will [ j hold their examinations during the day, and you can witness how they are i 1 conducted. I j The members of the Association are . | anxious to meet their fellow druggists, j and trust that you will note the above . , reasons, and strain a point to take a j : (lay *?1V fri?ni business to come, making ; this the largest and most representa? tive, us well as the most successful j i meeting of the druggists ever held in I the history of tho Association in South j Carolina. ^ Your prompt response to the above will greatly facilitate us in making arr rangements for our banquet. I Hopiug to recoivo a favorable reply, 0 Yours fraternally, O. E. Thomas, President. } J. A. 13arbot, j Secretary. " An Ant's Dwelling. 1 One of the strangest members of the vegetable kingdom and one which of late years has become quite common I as a greenhouse plant is the inyrme0 eodia tuberosa. The plant was first * sent to Europe jo isn |?y Dr. Collingwood from Malaeea. Its stem is tuberII oils anj everywhere covered with thorns. In Its native country every ^ plant is constantly inhabited by thousands of ants of the great family of ^ inyrtniea. and it is on that account that the plant was given its scientific name of myi'ii'eeodia The ants pierce the II | ' , tulnTo'i . * < ! .< a all directions and a. the do: - thus fol'.ned with an 8 ' cement ttini is of surprising dura* ' i l' 'it\ . In fact, it is so st/orig tbat when 0 a b:\if: 'i ;.| if dies ii will rot away. 11 lei . i:: !.o cein. til galleries intact. the v .. i. i .... . i > " i in j i11i n* :s111<?*:ir.iin*?? m :i \ ' <">*: .!!.i i';i:i ;;;< (! sjmtIiih'II of SCIl' I.i Iltiiig f'hang asked in London if '' .1 irnin offered to lilm by *lio 1 :?:.: t Kalhond would carry li 'i ?!i to Vancouver without o '' ' I: i- t ii to one tn.at none of o (>! ! i?>ll 111 1:1. 1 OUMERLJf REPORT l)K TUB DISPKNSAItY KXAMIXINO COM M ITT ICE. \ Slsnlfirriil li(lf(lri,iu,(< to the ICccent Investij?ntion of the Scandals iiikI the Kntnre?The Figure* as to the IlllHllU'ls. The It'Kiflativcoxawiniug committee, ! 'liarged with the inspiration nud ex- j iminatioii of the Iwok* and alluirH of ;ke State dispensary has completed its . vnrlf mi/1 iuan.ul 41? l~~a - Mwva armiiv\? lid I U|'\'l b IUI IUU IUDV ' piarter. The reference therein made j ;o the dispeusary scandals anil the in- I relitigation thereof is significant. ! Here is tho quarterly report: To I [in I'rcclhncy John (iarjt Evans, \ Governor of South Carolina: Sir?We herewith submit our report 1 >f our examiuntiou of the books and ; inaueial transactions of the State dis lensary for tho quarter ending Sept. J 10th, 189(5. 151r. T. S. Price of the committee, I vas present at the taking of the stock >:i the 510th day of September, and tersoually assisted in the sumo. Tho committee Las carefully exmiiucd the books and financial transactions of the dispensary. We find tho assets and liabilities, iccordiug to these books, to be as ollows: Quarterly statement quarter ending September 5ll). 1 Sit* : ASSRTS. ^asli in State Treasury. 92,(547 12 daobiuery aud otlice lixt'rs 2,8(12 IT L'euins, wagons 1,294 19 supplies (iuveutory) 12,7551 02 ilercliandise at State dispeusnry (iuveutory).... 88,098 52 Juexpired itisurauce 782 (111 Vrsonal accounts, tax paid aud ex-d'spcusers' deficiencies 1 1, 108 514; tlcivhaudise iu hands of Co. dispensers iuvoie.> price . . $221,5517 11 iCSK States profit u.ld.-d ut time of shipment (50,090 01 i'ulue ol it nove merchandise uf cost prices 105,22(5 451 Total assets $379,0552 S." ^ LYrso..al arcouuts duo by state $ ns,r>7L r>3 , [xonvrnl inI 192,493 SI! School fund 73,805 00 Sot uecroed profit for quartor passed to credit of Statu Kohool fuuil. 54,099 45 Total liabilities {>379,032 85 StateDieut of profit ami loss for quarter mdiug Sept. 30, 1890: ritOKITS. Contrabauil $ 3,400.10 j ltobutes 9,422.59 Profits from beer dispensaries 9,077.20 Permit fees from whiskey distilleries 9.00 Gross profits on merchandise sales 144.087.90 Total gross profits .... $107,207.51 r.ossr.s. Breakage and leakage $ 200.15 Constabulary 13,980.24 Freight and express 18,072.38 Labor 3,070.49 Expenses, request books, postage, stationery, salaries, etc 5,712.87 Insurance 900.01 License 125.0( Supplies 47,808.38 | Total expcu. for quarter. $ 89,938.4" Not profits on shipments for the quarter 77,329.0(1 Total ?107,207.51 Cash statement quarter ending Sept. 30, 1890: KECK I ITS. Cash in Slato Trousury June S 50,110. July 71,138.41 August 08,709.0V | September 123, "70.02 Total icceipts for qua- ?or.$313,670.21 1'isur itsKM KN va July disbursements $ 70,791.50 August disbursomuntH . ... 4 J,905.55 September uisburement. .. 9?,023.01 Disbursements for q'rter..$220,723.12 Cash in Stato Treasury Sept. 30 91\ 947.12 8313,070.24 During this quarter ti ore arose Homo trouble in reforeneo to the dispensary management. An invettigitiou was instituted by tho board of cwutrol, this committee being present. In our final report to you, which wi'1 be transmitted to the legislature we vi?l give this investigation our spocial attention. We hog leave to acknowledge the assistance that Imn been rendered us by Mr. Scruggs, the clerk of the board of control, whose books are kept with great aecurucv and clearness. Respectfully submitted, T. S. BIIICE, <5. W. CAISIUH, Krancis II WrsToy, lo-L'islutive < oiiimittc. A Ni'.v York bu-itu'S' n in re-advod ilc- ot lier day a clu-ok dra \\ n <>m i lie I'll It day of tl i Mm- Ii for s?Iml as lie is the 11::: nth child in his family ho \':sh I i. without a moiic'tit's hesitaIJoini I,-villi V. Y. i heal, now handle 1 'U'"\ I a'."."J. OU'-V :-.t .1 itia'.'UUJUt, OrKXIXC Ol< COliOKIOIX OIJiKfiK Over -l.'JO StudnitH Kiirollt'tl?From M.iuy Sout !icrn Stat oh. The Orangeburg correspondent ??l the Columbia State sends that journal the fuliowiug nt'cmibt of tl?H ope mug of tbo colored college at tlmt place last Wednesday: Thin baa been u rod letter duy tu tbo history of tbo Colored Normal, Industrial, Agricultural and Mocbauical College of Sout'i Caroliua, or the Btuto Colored college. Tbo auBouncciucut was made iu August (but tbo college would opeu in all its departments on this day, but the weal sanguine friend of the iubtitution did not dream that their effort* would bavo been croxvuad with ho great a niiccess; for ?>u July 21th there was riot a tingle foot of lumber on tbo ground witb which to build and today 400 ami more are enrolled. Every class iu the collegiate department also those ol the normal and college preparatory, with eight classos in the model school or English de artmeut er? organized; All of the industrial departments, in eluding the agricultural, ar-? equipped and have bceu matriculating students ior mo niHi mree mourns. Jtlouce any young man or woman coming hero euu got, in addition to a literary training, any of the following trades : Sewiug, drossmaking uud millinery, cooking and domestic economy, carpoutry aiul woodwork, bricklaying aud plastering, architectural, mechanical drawing aud puintinp, iron working and machinery, housekeeping, farming, upholstering aud cahiucl-making, saddlery, harness-making ami shoemaking, saw-u?illiug and manufacture of hard and soft lumber, typewriting, printing brass baud music, orchestra aud tailoring. At 10 o'clock the trustees, faculty aud students convened in the chapel. The devotional exercises were conducted by l>r. I'almcr, after which the president addressed the body, reviewing the history of the struggle foi the school, making assurances for the future and pledges lor its support and continuance the two races of the State in a united phalanx. At the close of his speech Major J. Walker Floyd, of Kershaw: Hon. Arthur Kibler, of Newberry; Dr. Idowmnu and Hon. ('. I). Kortjohu, of Oraugeburg, made littingaud eloquent nddrc-sis. The ce.nui.iu was enlivened with iustrumentul music by Miss Howeuu K. Andrews, professor of instrumental and vocal music, and the siuging was grand, glorious and soulstirriug. 1 uiuucuiButu uuiv iruiii neariy every county in the State; tour are from Georgia, ami by tho last of this week Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Koutucky aud other Southern States will bo represented. Correspondence of the faculty shows that members of tho lato Constitutional convention, tho State legislature, circuit judges, solicitors aud State ollicors have ull been at work to Bcen-ie students from their rospectative localities. Can any one wonder at tho largo attendance on tho opening day when tho best white people of tho State have been working for the school? All of the daily and weekly papers of tho State, for the last live mouths, have rendered great aid ami support to the institution. Tho StHte canvasser, l)r. \V. lb A. Palmer, left no stouo unturned to arouse and enthuse the colored people in the interest of the school, and thsyhavo uuitodly responded to his eall from every portion of the Sla'c. At the close of the escre s >a the 4150 students, with the president aud faculty. formed in lino and paraded the principle streets of Oringehnrg. ft was an imposing and {."-and spectacle. AFTER MR. THOMAS. The Mutter of tlie Fertilizer Kales in This Slate. Tn view of the coiniug hearing on the question of fertilizer rates in this Stute, the following from the oflieial orgun of the State Alliance \vi!i be of interest: "Commissioner Thomas, in a labored attempt to defend his uwarruuted opposition to the just reduction in the fertilizer fieight rates hud year by the railroad commission, seeks to draw into the controversy not only Manager Duncan of tho Allianco exchange, but Tho Cotton Plant as well. This paper pleads guilty, with a good deal of pleasure, to endorsing this reduction, and while we linvo no meaus of knowing Manager Duncan's views upon tho matter, we take it for granted that ho favors it, as it is manifestly to the interest of tho fnrmeis, for whom ho has been faithfully working. We do know, however, that ho would not be iufliinced in taking such a position because, as Mr. Thomas says, "ho sold $(50,1)00 worth of fortili/.ers a yoar." Mr. Thomas should know, if he does not, that Mr. Duncan in selling this fertilizer, simply acts as the agent of tho Allianco of the State, and that tho only interest ho can have in the matter is subserving tho interest of tho farmers of this State. "Mr. Thomas was eleoted upon the Itailroad Commission as a Iioformor, and while 110 ono oxpocts him to reduco rates upon any commodity in tho faeo of justice and right, he is certainly expected to second tho efforts of the other members toward correcting rates discriminating against tho farmer. Wo cannot understand tho persistence with which he has carried on this tight in 1 ho board, and his en dorsement of the action of tho railroad." in disregarding a legally given order of our State Commission and forcing the mutter into the courts. "Mr. Thomas* argument that this reduction is not of advantago to tho < _ a. . r. 11 : r. _ . A iiirm r is umi imiihi iwiim j??r iir^uincut, I u.nl its jusliro is host iliiffii'li el liv com! parison with the charges /or similar servirn in adjoining States, "Mr. Thomas, in all reaped, the fanners of this Statu urn waiting for vv?>1113 Ixtter reason tJiaM you have ftivyu thorn," pirn suit NOTES. WIN ANT PAYS Ul?. I. rand Jury Find* Severn I Important True Pills. Tlio cast* of E. L. Wiriant, the "chief cook ami botlle-wusher" of the fraudulent ami now dolunct "Citizens' Fire Insurance Company, of Columbia, S. C.,'T who was iudicted for fraudulent representation of facts in securing a charter from tho Secretary of State for said company, was called for trial in the Court of General Sessions for Richland county, at Columbia, Tuesday of lust week. I>v advice of Lis couusol. Col. John T. Sloan, Winant pleaded guilty, whereupon Judge Buchanan, tempering mere; with justice, imposed upon tho culpril a fine of $100, with the alternative ol six months' imprisouuient in tho peuiteutiary. Winant, who appeared to be quito "flush," immediately pulled a "wad" from his pocket, paid hia tine to tho clerk of court and obtained hit discharge. This occurred about iu the afteruoou aud half uu houi biter tho notorioua iuHiirauce fakir, whoso exploits iu Columbia have been fully detailed in these columns, was speeding Northward over the Southern Railway at the late ol forty miles an hour. Tho case was sc . quietly managed that but few people j outside of the court house kuew any( thing about the proceedings until after .? | Wily Winant was well out of reach ol I legal process, and so tho greater uum ! ber oChis creditors will simply have to ! charge up their bills ugaiust him tc j prolitaud loss account. During tho day tho grand jury re turned true bills in tho cases against I ex-Dispenser T. A. Scott for violation j of Dispensary law aud breach of trust, I aiul ex-olork W. A. Cart ledge for ( forgery, aud also in tho oases agaunt It, J. MeCnrley and A. T. MeCuirb, ! for breach of trust and ohtniuiiit. ' money under false prctensca. The ac? I sion of the grand jury iu the ease < . I Mr. MeCauts occasioned no little sur! prise, inasmuch as the Magistrate who : held the preliminary hearing fully e\! out rated .Mr. McCants and dismissed j the proceedings iu his raise, i The Secretary of State has issued a i co omission to the lbtris Mountain I l.iunl Co., of (Jrcenville. It propons , to build a railroad through (ireeuville | to l'aris Mountain ami to develop I the property. Capital stock, ?10,(I0(', ! divided into 10!) shares. The corpora! tors are all of (Ireeuville. ?Dispensers Warned. Tho State Hoard of Control has is I it... t 11 : -i i ?>ut*u iliu iuiimviii|{ circular: Tn (.'itiiiifij />is/? n.srrs: At n recent meeting of the State Hoard of Control their attention was called to the fact that Homo C ouuty Dispensers nro ignoring that section of the Dispensary law requiring a request l*o signed by applicants for liquors. This is to ad monish you that you must enforce the law under which you hold oflice, and I any neglect on your purt to see that I each purchaser signs a request before / purchasing, or should you sell to ineberatCB or minors, will bo considered sullicient cause for your nummary removal from ollico and this Hoard will act accordingly. Respectfully, Wii.i.i 1: Jones, Chairman. S. \V. Scnroos, Clerk. ? The Wire Ties, i The expert from the factory which makes cho wire ties that the Alliance exchange has been selling, after making a trip to Charleston and investigating the cause of the troublo with the cotton compresses in that city, lias returned to the fuctnrv 1T.? -> Ithat bo was pleasantly received and thinks the whole trouble can bo easily settled by a slight cliauge in tho ties used. One of, the compress men told him ho would rather bundle the wire tie, if it were only a little more pliable. . f The twelfth annual conference of church workers among tho colored pcoplo of tho United States was held in Charleston last week. Rev. II. C. Bishop, rector of St. Phillip's church, New York, delivered the opening ser inou. - -< *The legislative examining committee line not yet completed the inspection of tho books and affairs of tho State Dispensary. The committee isatill at work, but expects to get out the report for the last quarter at an eurly date. ? ? Y'onng Earnest Huzeltine, who speculated in tho funds of tho Lancas ter bank was sent up for twenty-one months, lias been received at tho peni* tentiarv. Ho has been assigned to the commissary department. ???< ? The conntnblo of Magistrate Allen, of Hidgoville, who was shot by John Baxter, lias died of his wounds. Baxter has not been captured us yet. Tho Palmer-Buckuer electoral ticket has been completed by Mr. Nat Gist being put on it from tho Third Congressional District. V Kx-Senator M. C. llutler Iirh been admitted to practico boforo tho Sujiromo Court of tho United StfttoH. Mrs. Ilendrickx (proudly walking out of tho sowing room) Well. I'erry, how do you like my bloomers? Mr. liendrioks <Hi. they do very well; but, <loar me. how much older than usual they make .sou look." on the following day a neat package, intended for the faraway heathen, was forwarded from the. llctidri"!.^ home. I'leveland I.ead'.V. ? ' Hit' . erporls in Sejitr-mbM', and i-Iti ; with ptcirili'T, of . ' . ""!! 1 i'-'iI el- and provisions, "v i hour s (or tli<> siuuu ' i '.o ill y? ;vr, 4