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An Extraordinary Migration
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
One of the greatest mysteries to scien-
lists, one for which there seems to be no
reasonable explanation, is that concerning
the migration of the lemming, or Norway
rat Instead of taking place once year,
these migrations occur once in every eleven
years. When the time comes for the ex
odus, the little animals journey westward
from Scandinavia, allowing nothing to stop
their movements, which virtually amount
to headlong flight. They swim the lakes
and rivers and climb the highest mountains
in incalculable numbers, devastating the
whole country through which they travel.
Naturalists attribute the movement to some
inherited memory of flight to escape an
expected cataclysm, but this seems some
what far fetched
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B9- Equal to any bicycle made -asa
Ra except Columbia. =asa

We ask experts to examine them. Maybe
! the above prices are more than you wish to
pay for wheel, if so we have a very good
! wheel that we are selling at the very low price
| of $500. This wheel is worth more than the
price we are asking forit and we are willing to
| have you bring an expert machinist with You to
examine it. We will abide by his decision. 1t is
made of weldless steel tubing. Connections
drop forgings and selected steel. Wheels, %
inches, with selected Washburn d Moon piano
wire spokes. Hubs, turned out of bar steel.
Bearings, turned from bar stock and drop
forged. Balls, large size. Crank, g. inches
round tapered, drop forged. Tread, Al
inches. Sprockets drop forged and detach
able rear. Everything frst-class. This is
what is termed cheap wheel, but a wheel
that is good wheel and that we are selling at
cheap price. Come and examine it and
bring an expert, whether you wish to buy or
not.
A. H. WENTz,
Jeweler and Optieian,
apr II Westminster, Nd.
TO THE PUBLIC
If you want
FIRE INSURANCE,
LIFE INSURANCE,
ACCIDENT INSURANCE,
WINDSTORM INSURANCE,
STEAM BOILER INSURANCE,
Give me a call
Lowest Rates. Best Stock Companies No
Assessments No Premium Notes.
Quick Cash Settlements.
JAMES E. SMITH,
General Insurance Agent
No. Court Street,
ap1 If Westminster, Nd.
NOTICE
This is to inform the public that l have
opened
NEW HARDWARE AND STOVE
STORE
IN NEW WINDSOR.
VIII carry a full line of
Shelf and Heavy HARDWARE,
Oils, Paints and Agricultural
Implements.
RSPAgent for EAGLE BICYCLES.
Asking for share of your patronage, re-
main yours respectfully,
apr3 If Il. S. BANKARD.
IF YOU WANT GOOD NORTH
Il ERIN or SOUTHERN HELP, Male
or Female. White or Colored, address
MARTIN 4 HUBBALL,
233 N. Frederick ST.,
,,ovQ 0,, RaltimoPa Md
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PLAIN FACTS. PLAIN PRICES.
We give you honest values in CLOTHING at just prices
SHARRER q GoRsUoH.

Before you place your orders elsewhere examine
splendid Wool Suits, andS
Our fine Custom Made Suits So S12 and $15
special values n Youths
Our Bargains in Chldrens Clothing;
of Pantalom
Our latest styles and perfect fitting Fancy Shirts;
Neckwear and Collars
Moeskm and Cottonade a bargain
Bicycle Suits Pants and Golf Hose
Made Pants
Our 25c and soc Working gloves, best offered
be convinced that have the Largest Best and Cheapest line of CLOTHING
and FURNISHING GOODS Westminster Remember have old clothing
O work off; everything this
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,JanI6 6m0s"
GPECIAL NOTICE.

SPECIAL NOTICE
Galvanized Fencing Wire at prices that have
never been known in the trade.
Lead and Oil so cheap that anyone can af-
ford to paint this season.
Ice is plenty. We have large stock of the
best make of Freezers and Refrigerators.
Don't you need Gasoline or Oil Stove for
summer cooking? We have them; they are
cheap.
Door and Window Screens of various styles
A full line of frst-c class Cooking Stoves and
Ranges, of long established reputation, at
reduced prices.
A call will soon convince you that the bot
tom has been completely knocked out of the
price of Nails.
Glass, Oils, Paints and Putty, Plastering,
Hair and Cement, and in fact everything in
the Building Hardware line can be found, as
well as low prices, at the old established stand
of
GILBERT & GEHR,
Corner Main and Liberty streets,
Westminster, Nd.
Plumbing, Heating, Spouting, Tin Roofing
is our specially. feb 20
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at 10 O'Clock, a. M, all that
house and lot situate on Penn Ax1s&
sylvania avenue, in the city of 81 sssAes&
Westminster, having frontage sss1 -
of 80 feet on said avenue and running back
to an alley, containing one-eighth of an
acre of land, more or less.
This property is improved by 2-story frame
weatherboarded house, containing four rooms,
with water, fruit, &C., and situate near the
West End School Building, and is worthy the
attention Of any one desiring a nice little
home.
g1Subject to the annual Ground Rent
of $1,000; payable upon the LIST day of May,
in each and every year.
RsS@If desired by the purchaser of the above
property, he can also purchase the property
in fee.
Terms of Sale.-Cash; or if desired, one
third cash on day of sale, one-third in six
months and the other remaining one third in
12months from day ofsale, the credit payments
to bear interest, and to be secured to the
satisfaction of the undersigned.
A deposit of $75 is required upon day OF
sale.
ANNIE R. ST0NER, formerly ANNIE r.
ROOP, Assignee Of Mortgage.
may29 is Geo. L. Stocksdale, Solicitor.
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u o. GRIMES,
LIE Successor to
L. O. GRIMES & CO., AT
THE PRINCIPAL DEPOT,
WESTMINSTER, MD.
Having succeeded to the business of the
late firm of E. 0. Grimes & Co., the under
signed solicits the patronage Of the firm S
former customers and the public generally.
has as complete a stock of
CHI OICE G r 0 c E r | + 5
as can be found in our city.
CHOICE TEAS, COFFEES, SYRUPS,
NEW ORLEANS MOLASSES, CANNED
GOODS OF ALL KINDS, CIGARS, To-
BACCO. &C.
The best grades of PATENT PROCESS
and FAMILY FLOUR constantly on hand at
bottom figures. viii pay the Highest Prices
for WHEAT, CORN. RYE, OATS, and all
kinds of Country Produce.
Agent for Latin & Rand's Blasting Pow
der, and Judson's Dynamite for stump blast
ing, &c. Farmers can be supplied with the
best quality of COTTON and FLAASEED
MEAL. HEAVY MIDDLINGS, BRAN, &c.
at lowest prices.
mar 26 +. Y. OhlmEo.
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THE WESTMINSTER STORE

THE WESTMINSTER STORE
andco of Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods Silks Vevet
Innings Ribbons Ct Gloves Hosiery and
ndSh Hats Gents Furnishings Clothing and Carpets
THE PLEASANT VALLEY STORE
Dry Goods, Notions Shoes Hats, Clothing, Carpets Hardware Wooden
ware nware Drugs Extracts and Groceries
Knkebka Gingams Chdns Vests Be Mems good
all wool Suits S. Good Jute Carpet 10c Rag Carpet
l4c Ingrans soc. Half wool ngran 35c and 40c
VALLEY STORE SPECI ASIeavy Tin Cups lc Beech
Pins Perforated Pie Plates Grey hamed 2uat
Coffee Pots matches boxes Good grade Dried
Pn pounds for 25c Good Brown Sugar
pound White Oil gallons for soc Best grade Ssa Binder
Standard Binder Irvine SIC pound Fine Light Sugar
Good medium Sugar Syrup poe gallon We want trade If
goods the right have influence then we Will get you
after July LIST will not redeem for furniture This
We going introduce
will be good for this departure Gomez and
let us tell about it.
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FRANK K. HERR.
PHAETONS, &c.

Special attention given to Repairing. All
orders promptly filed and work of every Kind
warranted.
aSg-Factory opposite the Montour House,
Main street, Westminster, Md. augS ly
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BALTIMORE, CHESAPEAKE &
h ATLANTIC RAILWAY co.

Water and Rail Routes to Ocean City and all points
nn the t'hcsap9ikc hay.
In effect May. III lsg7.
Ept HEALTH For ~ EAstEE
F0E faSiNr:sS.
rnexcellc facilities for botr passenger and freight
traffic.
Close connection with the trunk line railroads.
msuring convenience to the traveller, and quick
despatch OF all ireights.
Fifteen commudious and handsomely htten out
steamers. Comfortable Stale Rooms. Good Cuisine.
Polite attendance Schedule in effect Dec 30th, 1886.
steamers leave Piers :; /, ~ and Light Street
Wharf, Baltimore, follows:
Railway Diyision.-i.30 p. m. daily, except Satur-
day and Sunday; saturday only, 3 p m; for clai-
borne and stations to Ocean City. Returning
leave Ocean City $50 a. m. daily except Sunday,
arriving at Baltimore l2o p m -
sndaPT for Eason o%ord cambridge and an9
ings to Denton. Returning, leave Denton at u
m. daily except Saturday, Cambridge, 6 p. m;
Oxford, 700 p m; Easton, $50 p. m, arriving III
Baltimore at a. m
Wieomico River Line p. M, every Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday, for Wingate's Point,
Deals Island and landings to Salisbury Return
ing, leave Salisbury at Il m. every Monday,
Wednesday and Friday, arriving in Baltimore at 6
a. m.
Nanticoke River Lines p. m. every Monday,
Wednesday and Friday for Deals Island, and land,
ings to Seaford, Del. Returning, leave Seaford AT
u o'clock noon Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday,
arriving i'll Baltimore at a. M
Great Wicomico and Piankatank River Lines
.
leo River Dividing Indian and Dymers Creeks Little
Bay, Milford Haven and Piankatank River to Free
port. Returning, leave Freeport at a. N. every
Monday and Thursday, arriving in Baltimore at j
4 m
Steamers from South Street Pier
Pocomoke River Lines p. M, every Tuesday
and Friday for Crisield, Tangier Island, 0naneoek
and landings to Pocomoke City and Snow Hill.
Returning, leave Snow Hill at a. M, every Mon
day and Thursday arriving in Baltimore at a. M
Messongo River Lines p. m, Monday and
Thursday for Fords, Crisfeld, Coulbourns Creek,
Finneys, Onaneock, Chesceohessex, Hunting Greek
and Messongo, Hunting and Messongo Rivers. Re
turning leave Messongo at a. m, Wednesday and
saturday arriving at Baltimore am.
Oceohannock River Lines p. M, Wednesday
and Sunday for CrisieId, Pungoteague, Nandua
and Occohannock Rivers. Returning, leave Rues
$50 a. m, Tuesday and Friday; arriving at Balti-
more 5 a. m.
Tickets for sale on board steamers
RS-For full schedule, write or apply to
WILLARD THOMSON, General Manager
Mayo 2I South ST., Baltimore, Md.
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Having leased this well known Hotel, |
solicit the patronage of yourself and friends.
First.class accommodations and polite atten-
ton d. r. BURRELL.
novel II
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4 ssIGNEE OF MORTGAGEE'S
"A SALE
OF
HOUSE AND LOT,
In Uniontown, Carroll County, Nd.

By virtue of the power of sale contained in
mortgage from John T. Anders and wife TO
Ephraim Lindsay, dated November 5, 1886,
and recorded among the Real Estate Mort
gage Records of Carroll County in Liber
w. N. NJ, No. "a, folio 1913, &C., and duly
assigned by Laura Y. Lindsay and James H.
Billingslea, executors of Ephraim Lindsay,
deceased, to Georgia E. Franklin, and by her
assigned to the undersigned, will sell at pub
lie sale. on the premises. on
SATURDAY, 10Th DAY of JUNE, 1897,
at the hour of clock, p. M, all those two
adjoining parcels of land, parts Of tract of
laad called SOAK Orchard, containing
ONE HALF AN ACRE OF LAND,
more or less, being the land conveyed in said
mortgage, and which is more fully described
in deeds therein referred to. The improve
ments thereon consist of dou-
BILE two-story Weatherboarded
Dwelling, stable and other
SEkzaaezs necessary outbuildings. There
is pumpdnd well of good water on the prem
ises.
This property is situate in the West end of
Uniontown, Carroll county, Maryland, and
adjoins the property of Thomas Eckard and
the property now occupied by Thos. Mehring.
Terms of Sale.-0ne- third cash on day of
sale or on the ratification thereof, one-third
in six and the other one third in twelve months
from the day of sale; the credit payments to
be secured by the notes of the purchaser or
purchasers with approved security, bearing
interest from the day of sale, or all cash at
the option of the purchaser
JOHN MILTON REIFSNIDER,
Assignee of Mortgage.
may 90 is J. 7. Roop, Auctioneer.
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ROYAL BLUE LINE FOR NEW YORK AND PHIL
ADEI PHIA
All trains illuminated with Pintsch light
LEAVE CAMDEN STATION

LEAVE IAMDEN STATION,
Leave Mt. Royal Station minutes later.
For New York, Boston and the East week days,
q s. Dining Carr $50, 90 80 Dining Cara M II So
q A. Dining Carr As, (6 90 Dining Carr, D. m.
n Is night, Sleeping Car from Mt Royal station
open for passengers 10 90 p. M Sundays, q S. and
30 Dining Carr a. m, q 45 Dining Carr As, &c 90
Dining Car p m q - night, Sleeping Car, from
Mi. Royal Station, open for passengers 10 90 p m
For Atlantic City, l0t0 a, M, u So As p. NJ.
Sundays 45 p. N.
ter, week days, e 80 Dining Car 80 105Q stop
ping at Wilmington only, Dining Carr a. m,
II 80 q 40 Dining Car, stopping at Wilmington
only) IS. GOO Dining Carr 900 p m, Is night
Sundays, e So and 80 lining Carr. a. m, Il Is
Dining Car As. &c 90 Lining Carr 90 M, Is
night.
For local stations on Phila. DIV, week days
90 a. m, 90, o. IN. Sundays, s 30 m, s o.
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A SSIGNEE OF MORTGAGES
A SALE
LEASEHOLD PROPERTY,
In Westminster, Carroll county. Nd.

By virtue of the power contained in mort
gage from Martha F. Thompson and John
Thompson, her husband, to Upton Roop, dated
July Doth, 1888, and recorded among the Real
in Liber f. T. S., No. 10, folio AGO, &C., and
duly assigned to the undersigned, I will sell
at public sale, on the premises, on
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complete Foreign Dry Goods Silks Veves,
and Innings IAce Ribbons Cos Gloves Hosiery and
and Shoes Hats Gents Furnishings Clothing and Carpets
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Baggage called foI and checked from hotels and
residences by Union Transfer Co. ON orders left at
Ticket Offices:
n. W. COR. CALVERT AND BALTIMORE SITS,
29O ,. Broadway, Mt Royal Station or Camden
Station.
D. b. MARTIN, Gen. Passenger Agent
may y w. NJ. GREENE. Gen Managers
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LEAVE CAMDEN STATION.

For Frederick, 30 a m; 90 80 and 3 25 p. M
on Sunday, 8 IS a N. and 5 y p. m
For Winchester XT 30 q m X2 40, IA so D. m.
For Hagerstown, ~ 90 a. m: n 10, Hoop. m.
For Mt. Airy and Way Stations week days, 80
a. M; , 25, 80 II 10 p. III.
For Elicott City week days, 6 40, 30 II 30
a. m; / 20, 3 80, 4 30, % 6 30 ii 10 D. m Sunday
% a. m, ) ., G 30, II 10 p IN.
For Curtis Bay, week days, % a M Leave Cur
tbs Bay, week days, o. p IN.
Except Sunday. Sunday only. *Daily.
XEXprcsS train.
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SHARPER q GORSUCH,
may Opposite Catholic Church, WESTMINSTER, MD
HAVE TALK WITH


SMITH q REIFSNIDER
HOJSEo BARN They ESTIMATES
furnished FREE andn trouble to show you LUMBER
SHINGLES be beat Why them?
LUMBER SLATE always stock well as the CLEAN
Est BEST STOVE FURNACE and STEAMING GOALS
At the old Stand-NO 26 W. MAIN ST. WESTMINSTER, MD
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FOR WARRINGTON.

Nc. Royal Station, week days, x6 90, xT As, Ks 49,
xl0 Is a. m; Xl2 80, x2 "a x3 80 ks 49, x6 AZ, x7 AZ,
X9 %, X10 Is p IN. Sundays, x6 co. xs 45, xI0 Is
n. m, x2 "a, ks y, x6 Y, X9 50 xl0 Is p m
Camden Station, week days 90, xG 10, x6 %,
a. m, u TO- x1250 x2 40 2 So (x3 As IS.
minutesl "A 10, 05 Ks SO, IS, x7 co. x7 80
X IS, 9 Is, X10 10, IL 80 p. IN. Sunday, x6 %
6S5, 35, x9 90, xl0 30. xfO 45 a, m, 65. x2 40,
@ As, 45 minutes) 05, rs, X7 co. x7 30, 49,
Xl0 10, Xl0 80 and IL 30 p m.
For Annapolis, Mt. Royal Station, S As a. m, daily
y 9S p. m. Except Sunday. Camden Station, 7 20,
90 a.. m; u so and 10 p. m On Sunday, 9 90 a.
m. and o. p. IN.
ROY L. L
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baltimore & OHIO RAIL-
- ROAD.
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT MAY IA. 1887.

HOhEDul-E IN EFFECT MAY H. 1897.
For Chicago and Northwest, Mt Royal Station
-. 10 is a. H. 6 y p. m daily
Camden Station, 90, 10 10 n. m, 90 p. m
For Cincinnati st. Louis and Louisville Mt
Royal station, lois M, 224 p. m. 81 p m daily
camden Station, 10 As a. M, $40 p. m 10 10 p. m
For Pittsburgh and Cleveland Mt Royal Station
S 40 a. m, daily, AZ p. m Except Sunday.
Camden Station, 900 a m. and 100 p. m. daily.
FOR Columbus Toledo and Detroit, Mt. Royal
Station, 9J2 pm. Camden Station, 10 10 D. m
For New Orleans, Memphis, Birmingham, Chat
anooga, Knoxville, Bristol and Roanoke Mt Royal
Sleeping car, Baltimore to New Orleans and Wash
inSton to Memphis.
For Luray, Mt. Royal Station, 22i p. m daily.
Camden Station. 40 d m daily
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THE PLEASANT VALLEY STORE

Dry Goods Notions Shoes Hats Clothing Carpets Hardware Wooden
Tinwme, Agaeware Drugs. Extracts and Groceries
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Water ana Rail Routes to Ocean City and all points
The thcsaPeakc Ray
In effect May 7th. 1876.
Fpt; HEALTH Fol; y; sEASti;E.
FOR iJSiNl l-~.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-01-06
DEATH OF MRS. JONES.

The Columbia State of yesterday an
nounces the death Of Mrs. Annie Isabel
Jones, wife of the venerable Cadwalladel
Jones, which occurred at the residence OF
her daughter. Mrs. DR.. T. c. Robinson,
in Columbia, on Monday morning at
O'Clock. Mrs. Jones was 81 years of age.
"The deceased lady," continues the ac-
count in The State, twas granddaugh-
ter of JudgeIredell Of the supreme court
of the United States, who received bis
appointment from George Washington
and was the eldest daughter of Governor
James Iredell of North Carolina. She
first saw the light Of day at Edenton
NC.
"She leaves her aged husband, who Is
now bearing the weight of "a years, h
mourn her loss. Had she lived until TO-
day, she would have celebrated the 6lst
anniversary Of her wedding.
"She leaves nine children-Mrs. George
Irwin of Greensboro, Ala. Captain Ire
dell Jones Of Rock Hill, 8. c.; Cadwal,
lader Jones, Jr., of Greensboro, Ala.
Johnston Jones of Los Angeles, Cal. land
Captain Allen Jones, Colonel Willie
Jones, Pride Jones, Mrs. T. G. Robertson
and Mrs. Helen j. Coles, all of Columbia
She also leaves host Of grandchildren
and great grandchildren to mourn bel
lOss.D
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JONES NOT DIsHEARTENED. Sens

JONES NOT DIsHEARTENED.- -Sena-
tor Jones, chairman of the Democrat.
ic national committee, has written the
following letter, which speaks for it
self, to discouraged correspondent
II don't agree with; the gloomy
view you take of our efforts. We
polled a million more votes than
Cleveland did four years ago, when ne
was saia -te-have carried, the country
by landslide, ans this is certainly u
great dcoi, especially vixen we re-
member what the feeling of the party
was when the Chicago convention
met.
Another thing is a matter of de-
cided satisfaction to me, and that is
that We polled at least two-thirds OF
all the intelligent votes in this coun-
try. The large Republican vote en-
braced millions of Negroes and utter
ly unlettered foreigners, who have no
conception of the genius of our gov.
ernment, no appreciation of the obli-
cations of citizenship, and no idea of
economic questions. In this country
I believe that intelligence is bound to
win, and considering the fact that the
overwhelming majority of the intel
ligent men mere on our side in this
controversy, 1 see nothing to disheart-
en- the friends of Democracy"
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1ocA1. AFFAIRS,
INDEX no NEW.ApyERTIsEMENTs.

INDEX TO NEW
Mase Ferguson-Quotes standard granu-
lated sugar at l8 pounds for 81 and Is
prepared to supply you with pie peach
es, syrup peaches and Battle-Axe TO-
bacco. - =
J. j. Hunter-Announces reduction in
all lines and especially in clothing and
blankets. He has Just received large
stock of shoes, both leather and rubber.
Grist Cousins-Can furnish you with sta.
pie and fancy groceries, plows and
plowstocks and farming fixtures gener-
ally, 20 pounds of granulated sugar for
81 cash, five pounds of Ariosa coffee for
81, and two dozen lemons for 25 cents.
John G. Moss, Administrator Of the es.
tate of Julia T. Moss, deceased-Gives
notice that he has filed his final return
with the probate Judge, and on the 9Th
of February will apply for 8 discharge.
Louis Roth-Has on hand q choice lot of
fancy and family groceries which he
purposes to sell at the lowest possible
prices.
Sam M. & L. Geo. Grist-Talk to you
about the Mutual Reserve Fund Life
Association.
J. n. Miller, Cashier-Publishes report
of the condition of the Firs. National
Bank of Rock Hill on the 1st of Janua-
ry, 1897. au.. .r.
T. M. Dobson & Co.-Tell you about a
predicted cold wave and lets you know
how to break its force and quotes low
prices on number of useful articles.
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The DISPENSARY CONSTABULARY.

The proposition Of Representative c
D. r. Burns of Oconee, to do away witt
the dispensary constabulary, may no
meet with widespread approval; but W.
think that if the Oconee statesman will
try to have the law amended in impor
tant particulars, he will get not little
endorsement.
There is no doubt about the fact thai
the dispensary constabulary has heaped
upon itself a great deal of odium, and
the most surprising thing about the sit
uation is that there have not been some
radical changes before now. The only
way in which the matter can be reason.
ably accounted for, is that the people
generally have never given it sufficient
thought.
If the dispensary law is to remain on
the statute books, it must be enforced
There is no question as to that PROPOSE
ton but in the enforcement of this law,
it is had thing to give any man, or set OF
men, power of life and death, and that is
virtually what has been done in the case
of the dispensary constables.
When Governor Tillman found that
there was considerable opposition to the
dispensary law, or rather that men per-
sisted in violation of the law, he gath
cred the constables around him, armed
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reason that the Jail was too strongly

reason that the Jail was too strongly
guarded. ..
"A writer in Scribner's magazine
goes into the horrible details of the
treatment of Armenians by the Turks
in Constantinople. Here is an exam
pie: "One horrible occurrence took
place while I was crossing the bridge
about half.past 12 on Thursday. An
old gentleman, an Armenian, stood at
the ticket Office of the steamboat COM
pany, buying his ticket to 60 to the up
per Bosphorus. A policeman came up
and rather roughly searched his per-
son. The old gentleman naturally re-
monstrated with some warmth. The
policeman instantly knocked him
down. The poor old man picked him,
self up and the policeman knocked
him down again. Upon this Turk
ish army officer came out of coffee
shop and rebuked the policeman for
his brutality to the old man. TO
Justify himself the policeman declared
that the old man had cartridges in bis
pocket. Then someone yelled: "Kill
the Giaour!' In a moment a crowd
of ruffians sprang forward from no one
knows what lurking places, and in less
time than it takes to tell it they had
beaten out the old mans brains on the
planks in front of the steamer wharf.
Two small Armenian boys stood by,
paralyzed with terror at this sudden
exhibition of passions, Of which they
bad no idea. One of the bludgeon
men noticed them and shouted
"These also are Armenians !" In a
moment more the crying, pleading boys
bad been beaten to death before the
eyes of the officers and of the horror
stricken passengers who were waiting
for the steamer. But neither officers
nor police nor passengers had aught to
say to the murderers." ::