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CHAS W. BIRCHMORE PROP! 5| I ? Diligent Shall Rule." TERMS $1.50 a Ytai* In A loi^ggxms CAMDEN, KEHMW COUNTY s. c.. turstTav NOVEMBER^ irq-. CORPORATIONS IHjB CONVENTION OISCU8SE8 TH* / % ARTICLE THEREON. ? "? "? <*: v ; ' ' > ??$ ProvUlon* A New ' and ImporUat Cur?ru11y Uevle?f?4r>Wlt?t Wmm Said M ?Jtftr Columbia. Nov. 11 .-=Speoial : . lA^hefc the Co* veulion passed off from the subject of lynching and lynchers, it proceeded to the consideration of the artiole on corporations. Section 1 was adopted, as follows: . ? Section 1. The term corporation as . used in this article includes all asso ciations and 3?lnt stock companies having powers and privileges not pos sessed by individuals or partnerships and excludes municipal corporation si BBOTlbir.TWO. When section 3 was called up, Mr. *?' Gage said that section 86 in tft$ article . 4 on the legislative department cover ed the same matter m uclimoro fully and he moved to strike the section out. ? ' Mr. Johnstone said that this was the most important section in the Whole . articlo. Considerable objection was made to the motion and it was withdrawn by " Mr. Gage. The seotionwas then adopted as fol lows: Section 2. No charter of incorDora tion shall be granted, ohanged' or .fended by speoial law except in the ft. tca^ .pf such charitable, penal or re 1 formatory corporation h as may be un der the control of the State, or may be moVlded for in this Constitution; but the legislature shall provide by gener for changing or amending existing charters and Tor the organi sation of all corporations hereafter to . be created, a|ijtiMijwwh law so passed y Jewell as all charters riOw existing or hereafter created, shall be subject to future repeal or alteration. ' A V , : ^?O^QN THIIK15. i. Wh^^ection 3 was taken up, Mr. orth moved to strikeout the id telephonV" Telephone did not frimsmit messages, es moved to table the amend the convention refused to worths amendment was by a vote of to 87. >kes then amended it by plac the word 4 'companies' ron the le the words "and other trans oompan|e%"; or Tillman m ? , moved to amend by t&& end of the section the - "on.pBenator.Till - <,? getting a^enadopt^te * m com ng it from ^ mon law liability and taxation. Fending discussion of this amend ment, the Convention, on motion of Dr. Stoke#, totok * recess till 5:80, p. n\. . -y* /?> ?Jj? ' i( % m At the. afternoon session section 4. was discussed at some length, but, on motion of Dr. Stokes; was passed over till to-morrow. ; .'?Section 3 was then recurred to, and Dr. ' Stokes offered the following sub stitute, to be printed in the journal: Sec. 8. All railroads and roadways, . ,capals and, other, waterways used in . , , whole b* inpartby corporation for the transportation of persons or freight for hire and public highways, all railroad express, sleeping car, canal and other corporations engaged in transporta tion for hire and all telegrapu and v othjer cqporations engaged in the busi L". .n(MM of transmitting intelligence for hiife are common carriers on their re , speotive lines of business and are sub< iect to liability and taxation as suoh. It shall be unlawful for any suoh cor poration to make any contract reliev ing it of its common law liability. Mr. Lee then sent up the following amendment thereto, which was alto ordered to be printed in the journal : , f ( Add "or permitting the same The section was then passed over till today. I , 8BOTION FtVB Was amended on motion of Dr. Stokes, and passed in the following shape : Sec. 6. No discrimination in charges or facilities for transportation for tne same class of freight or passengers within this State for the transmission of intelligence, or coming from or go ing to any other State, shall be made by any railroad or other transportation or transmission company between places or persons and no railroad or transportation oompany shall charge a higher rate per ton per mile to any * station, landing or port in the State, for the transportation qf any class of freight, than the said company or cor poration charges on the same class of ? freight to. My station or landing or portof this Stale. Persons and prop erty transported over any railroad, or by any other transportation company or coporatlon, shall be delivered at any station, landing or port at charges > ttoot exoeeding the charges for the i transportation of persons and proper ' ty of the same class, in the same di rection, to any more distant station, landing or p6rt. Excursion and com- | mutation tickets may be issued at spe cial rates. ;; j HKOTION SIX was then called tftp, and Dr. Stokes of fered this substitute: Sec. 6. Any xailroad or any other transportation corporation, and any p': telegraph or other transmitting corpo ration organized under the laws of ihis State shall have the right to connect its roads or lines at the State line With ? those in other States, and shall have the right to intersect with or erots any . Other railroad, street railway, trans or discrimi fOHOWs: other trans no telegraph company, or the managers of any such corporation, shall consolidate the stock, property or franchises of such . corporation with, or lease or purchase the works or franchisee of, or in ai way control, any other railroad other transportation company and 1 telegraph of other, transmitting ct pany owning or having under its.* trol a parallel or competing line; and the question whether railroads or oth er transportation companies or tele graph or other transmitting companies are parallel or oompeting lines shall, when demanded by the party com plainant^ be decided by a jury as In other civil causes. SUCTION KIOHT. Section 8 was called up, and Mr, J. L. Glenn offered toamend by insert ing after the word "State" on line sbc, the words . "unless the railroad so op erated or leased is owned by a corpora tion chartered by the laws of the State." Mr. W. B. Wilson then moved to table amendment, after stating his reasons therefor. . Mr. Glenn-t-My position is not as he would have you believe. If a corpo ration owning or leasing a railroad , under the decisions of our courts that I corporation cau be sued and held ?re sponsible. . Mr. Henderson? Suppose the corpo- , ration in this State is insolvent and| you wish to reach the outside compa ny? Mr. Glenn? All judgments come be fore bonds and mortgages and I have , no idea whatever of throwing those oases in the United States courts. Mr. Johnstone? I would not for a, moment soek to throttle the rai Loads of this Sitate, but I am opposod- to' them becoming the masters or our peo fiie, and I agree with#tde gentleman rom York that we should force them to take out^ charters in this Stato so that they will be amenable to our laws. Mr, Prince said he could see no rea son for this measure. Mr. Johnstone then spoke again and said that there were really only two constitutional principles involved in | the whole article. Ono was the sec tion embodying the statueof 1841. He wanted to know why they wanted to take the cases to the United States courts. Mr. Prince answered that it \yis to ; let a railroad get justice in a country | where the jury was not influenced by the local plaintiff. j Mr. Jonnstone said that the other [ day Mr. Paince was an earnest sup porter of local self government. Mr. Prince? In criminal matters, whioh are very different indeed. Mr. Johnstone was heartily with the gentleman from York. They should not think that he was a vulga rian opponent to either corporations or capital. There was quite a tilt be tween Messrs. Johnstone and Prince about the United States courts- - Mr. W. B. Wilson once more spoke very earnestly on the same line. If they passed this matter they would prevent any such corporation coming in in the future. It will restore old ri got them into line again em^tomestic corporations., 1 Til/fetm? Suppose y0u do vmimK in in the &turC> > Mr. Haynsworth made a fev^ re marks and then Mr. Prince's mption to table the section was voted down. Mr. Glenn's amendment was thenj tablMi r \ Senator Tillman offered to amend by inserting after the word "operated'1 on line three the words "or is now be ing operated in the State" which wad ?ggfefhUo. ... The section was then adopted as fol lows Section 8. The general assembly shall not grant to any foreign corpo- , ration or association a license to build | operate or lease any railroad in^his State ; but in all cases where a railroad! is to be built or operated or is now be- 1 ing operated in the State and the same shall be partly in this State and partly in another State, or in other States, the owners or projectors thereof shall first become incorporated under the laws of this State; nor shall any foreign corporation or association lease or op erate any railroad in this State unless the railroad so operated or leased is owned by a corporation chartered by the laws of this r.tate, or purchase the same, or any interest therein. Con solidation of any railroad lines and corporations in tnis State with others shall bo allowed only where the con solidated company shall become a< domestic corporation of this state. No general or special law shall eyor be' passed for the benefit of any foreign corporation operating a railroad under an existing license of this state or un-1 der any existing lease ; and no grant of any right or privilege, and no ex emption from any burden, shall be made to any suoh foreign corporation except upon the oonuition that the owners or stockholders thereof shall first organizo a corporation in this State under the laws thereof, and shall; thereafter operate and manage thej same and the business thereof under said domestic charter. ' HROTION NINK. Mr. Stokes moved the addition of the; following: Section 0. Nothing prohibited, by this State shall be permitted to be done: by any ooporation or company or per-; son or persons, either for its or tneir own benefit or otherwise, by its or! their holding or controlling in its or their own name or otherwise or on the name of any other person or persons or other ooporation or company whomsoever, a majority of the capital stock or of bonds having voting power, of any railroad or transportation com pany or corporation created bv or ex*, isting under the laws of this State, or doing business within this State. He withdrew this in order to make it Motion 20. . I Section 9 was taken up and the word "special" was put in before the word "charter" in the first line, on motion of Mr. Stanyarne Wilson. Mr. Oliver offered the following to go at the end of the section : I The general assembly shall provide for the section of a State bank exam iner, and define the duties and powers of such office. Said officer shall re ceive such compensation as may be , fixed by law. Mr. Oliver related the dangers of banking sohemes being operated with out such a provision. He made hto first speech before the convention and m?d* a most favorable impression. Dr. Smith of Barnwell .thought the Idea was * good one . His little town had lost ftn,000 in a wildcat soheme about which it could got no informa tion. um ? % . > Mr. George Johnstone ?uggested that the State did not have sufficient banks to k<*>p a 4 'bank examiner" em ployed. Mr. K. D. Loo wanted some further restrictions thrown around the office. The amendment was agreed to and the whole section was then adopted in the following shape : Section ?. The general assembly ?hall have no power to grant anvspe oial charter for banking purpose^ but corporations or associations may be formed for such purposes under the general laws, with such privileges, gmere and limitations not inoonsis* nt with this Constitution as it may 'deem proper. The general assembly shall provide for the eleotion of a State bank examiner, and define the duties and poweis of such office. Said office shall reoeive such compensation as may be fixed by law. section ten . ^ fl Was slightly amended, and was passed in the following shape; Sec. 10. Stock or bonds shall not be issued by fcny corporation save' for ?ly received or subscribld, and^alfticU .oious increase of stock or indebted ness shall be void. SECTION ELEVEN. Section 11 was thenoalled up, Dr. Stokes explaining the meaning Qf the section, which he said was to allow minority representation in voting. This had been found in a good many constitutions. The section was adopted in the following shape: Boo. 11. The general assembly shall provide by law for the eleotion of di rectors, trustees or managers of all corporations by the cumulative Elan ; that is to say, so that oach stock older shall be allowed to cast, in per son or by proxy, as many votes as the number of shares he Owns multiplied by the number of directors, trustees or managers to be elected, the same to be cast for any one candidate or to be distributed among two or more candi dates. SECTION TWELVE Sec. 12. Corporations shall not en gage in any business except that spe cifically authorized by their charter or neoessarily incident thereto. 8H0TI0N THIRTEEN was adopted as reported by tho oom- j mitteo as follows: Sec. 18. The general assembly shall j enact laws to prevent all trusts, com binations, contracts and agreements inimical to the public welfare and to J prevent abuses, unjust discrimination and extortion in all charges of trans porting and transmitting oompanies, and shall pass laws for the supervision andjregulation of such companies, by commission or otherwise and shall pro vide adequate penalties, to the extent, if necessary for that purpose, of forfeit ure of their franchises. ^ SECTION FOURTEEN, v ^ Mr. Breazeale moved to strikeout sec tion 14. Lost yeas <54; na y* > Dr. Stokes offered soli amendments, which being adopted* Motion passed in the following shat tion 14 . A commission is hem: ?t, tote knows H commission, wh\oh; nombers tlie^MHklbe elected] e expiration of tlMfcerms of thef ant railroad , commission, who are] by continued in office for the tjpijins fpr whioh they were elected, aw until otherwise provided by law, the I commissioners shall nave the e powers and jurisdiction, perform | same duties and receive the same pensation as arid now oonferred, iribed and allotted by law to the 1 railroad commissioners, ogthe consideration of section rhe Convention, on motion $f Camel, adjourned. SECTION FIFTHKN Umbia, Nov. 12.-? Special: The ntion got promptly to work ling? rssuming theconsidera le article on coporations. landing question was the mo Mr. Fitoh of Oharleston to t section 15, which read as ( Co Oon this tion Th tion strike follow Sectio corpora tJon doing business in any this rights and reme jury suffered by him from 15. Every employee of an State si i sill have t(ie dies for ii the act orjomission of suoh. corpon or its eUii>loyees ay arq, allowed by law | # mission of suoh corporation to other1 fcersons not employees. "And when de( to an em represents hay e the are allowe tives of oth or agreemel made by an1 benefit of and void. enshses from "any injury yee the legal or personal ve of such employee shall ? rights and remedies as by law to suoh repreeenta ir persons. Any contract t, expressed or implic employee to waive the | lis section shall -be null HUBHTITUTK. outset Mr. W. B. Wil the following substitute | At the ver son offered for section 1 Sectidn 15 J Any employee of railroad corporation snail have any the samo rights a*id remedies from any in >y him from the aots or suffered omissions of employees as other persons j injury results superior agon son having the; reot the sevvi< and also when the negligence gaged in anotl from that of tl fellow servant or one engi ofWortr. yee injured ;oH character or ! lohai eni ery, wayl or fenoeto an thereby, e*< ongineers 1 unsafe cars o e rated by the from any in J legator person rights and _ law tosuolireprese persons.' Any oon express or implied, ployee to wait* the tion shall be null section shall not prive any employ or his legal or per?_ of any right he now the land. The general tonem1 the remedies herein any other oases of em ?OMfe DEB Mr. .. Ragsdito said mend matters by manifestly unju* to both the orlgthal a corporations or its are allowed by law to ot employees, when the rom the negligenoe of a an offioer or of a per right to oontrol or di s of a party injured, be injury results from a fellow servant en r department of labor \ party, injured, or of a another train of oars, bout a different piece ledge by suoh emplo he defect or unsafe n of any machin oos shall be no de for injury ?an sod to oonduotOrs or of dangerous or s, voluntarily op hen death ensue* employees, the r feeof the .11 have the same as are allowed by tativesof the other t or agreement, made by any em benefit of this sec nd void and this oonstruedto de of a corporation tative the law of SS may extend vided for to oyees. m could not _ provisions was opposed the ru statute. expected wit- a). could claim against a ?errant b*d ad wr. Theyoould or a servant, ex &noy-njpmethi ug wd* The rale as a extended as far i iras putting too fcuSsgr equate! not deft oept in thateoi to ne?l as it wx much c superior. xar. nenaeraon asK?a?rt uates,as a member of the oommitt^ "way he, had presented a report thai He admitted to be purely legislature In nearly all par tioulars. Vs. Mr. Stanyarne Wilson theft argued that it was simply to put the employ es on the same plane as passengers, Mr. IX B. Henderson n ov<;d to in definitely postpone the whole. Lost yeas 52, nays 08. Mr. Henderson moved to strike out the last sentenoe to th6 substitute read ing "The general assembly may ex- , tend the remedies herein provided for | to any other olass of employees." Mr. Otts moved to table) this amend ment, which was done. \ 1 Mr. Ragsdale said the substitute was | less objeotionable than the original and should pass for th^t'rj Mr. J. L. Glenn moved the words "or one enj ate piece of worlc." tabled. on motion of , ? ? . The substitute of M*. W. B, /Wilson was then adopted attd clinched on motion of Dr. Stokes. 1 y Section sixteen was then taken up " moved to! 'article" and Mr. Stanyarne Wilso. strike out all after the wo on the third line. Mr. W. B. Wilson said nothing which they oould OonBtitulon that would ? capital away from the 8 It was throwing an unnec in the way of the mate& upon which the State was inar . The amendment was ad then the section went thro shape: Section 16. All existing 6. grants of oorporate franoh whioh organizations have faith takeh place at the this Constitution shall the provisions of this ar_ The portion of the secthw out read as follows : -.M I 1 'And all such charters un? organisations shall not in g< take place and business be within one year from the this Constitution shall th no validity." Section seventeen was fallows i Section 17. The general shiul never remit the forfeit fraachfue of any oorpoi chartered, nor alter nor oharter thereof, nor pass u. or especial law for the bene corporation, except upon tion that such corporation after hold its charter anu , subject to the provisions of L stitutiont and the reception corporation of any provision such laws, or the taking of an; or advant^e from the same conclusively held an a such corporation to ho aftd franchise under the this article. ? Akotio vt waimo sm. This section fixed the 11a'.. _ stockholders at the amount 0 ?hares. Mr, Stanyame Wilson to add "and five per oent, addil Mr. Ira B. .Tones .thought the ire was . in this frighten as this, block >ted and I in this snouid be left to the general assembly. Mr. George Johnstone said he could give them the history of this act known as the "5 per cent, act." They , had adopted this act because the radi cal rag required it. The gentleman from SparUiuburg speaks of creditors. The,creditcfn inquire into the credit of the person to whom they are extend ing it Can't the individual inquire into the condition of the corporation ? wwui/ uiey can. Yesterday wo incorporated a provision for a public examiner to inquire into the condition of the corporations. That is the very best method to oontrol the corporation. Others should be considered. Look at the orphans and widows and women of your land; almost invariably their scant/ earnings are invested in these corporations, because they can act be oome active bgents in business. And here it* is sought by the gentleman from Spartanburg to have the invest ors. responsible^ almost entirely re the bantawa,nt to bo relieved o? th* responsibility? It is a sound tru^H fund, and they ought to be liable for something more than their stock. "' If thoy get in a shaky oondition tlie Stockholders are th'o first who know anything about it. What considera tion does the depositor receive for de positing his money t Very rarely anything. These stockholders are the owners of the bank, and if they tike a man's money and lend it they should be responsible for it. ' Dr. Timnierman? As a rule banks don't do business on the money of the depositors. They do it on the capital stock, and when we undertake to say that stockholders shall be responsible we virtually drive out banks. No nian of sense would put his money in a bank if this prevailed. Mr. Stanyarne Wilson offered the following as a substitute for the whole matter : Section 18. Debts of corporations shall be secured by such individual liability of the stockholders and other means as may be prescribed by law. ? f f?*. Wilson spoke in favor of his substitute. - Mr. W. J. Montgomery thought no stockholder would take stock in a{ bank if this provision was in force. He was in favor of Mr. Stanyarne Wil son's amendment. We could not tell What restrictions would have to be I 8 Uced upon banking institutions in ie future. They were doing as much for the State today as any one thing in the State. Every one would ac knowledge that the establishment of local banks had been the means of do ing away with the ruinous commission business, enabling the farmers to run on a cash basis. Mr, Montgomery said he was always in favor of regulating so as to control corporations, Dut he did not wish to pass measures to choke them off. At the banquet last night there was much talk about the iuturo prosperity of the State, thefy should not now try to keep such institutions out of the State. Tt was a part of the history of South "" rolina that, without a bank examin there were fewer failures of banks South Carolina than "anywhere else, other point was that tnese institu R are not making more than a rea bio rate of interest on their money vestment. If they made less money people would not go in them at all. > people were afraid of taking stock wnicn there was any considerable bility. This puts every corporation nd we ought to have more of them >n Its good behavior, and puts ney hi a shape that the taxgather e Convention at this juncture took ets antil 7:30 p. m. t the night session section IB was 'n taken up, the pending question *Mr. Wilson's substitute. fi Stokes moved to table the Wil sub.Uitute- -which was done, ere was then further debate, by s. Henderson. Stokes, Johnstone, and J <co. Smith moved to lay Mr. W. B, 's amendment on the table, but drew to allow Mr. W. B. Wll speak. : Gfage was just saying the ques ' Id Seen beclouded by injecting A**e matter of the probability or banking system being rees , when the. Stokes interrupted previous question was then Mr. Johnstone first offering dmcnti 18. Every stockholder in a mmrr.' ? [OONTINUBO ON PAG* FOUB.l PUBLIC EDUCATION. ~ THE CONVENTION TAKES UP THAT IMPORTANT MATTER. A Lengthy ami Interesting DltcuMlon of the Artlolo ua Submitted by the Commit- , tee. Columbia, Nov. 13.? The conven tion this morning commenced the consideration of the article entitled "Education. v Thfe first section weut through without debate, in the follow ing form: Section 1. The supervision of pub lic instruction shall bo vested in a state superintendent of education, who shall be elected for a term of two years by the qualified electors of the StaA in such manner and at such tyii* the other State officers are powers, duties and oompaa je defined by th Si - m-' p"m ? ? SECTION THRKB. { hen section 3 was called up, Mr. won offered the following sub ?. which was adopted : )tlon 3. The salaries of the State %nd county school officials and com pensation of county treasurers for col lecting and disbursing school moneys shall not be paid out of the school funds, but shall be otherwise provided for by the general assembly. SECTION FOUR was, after a brief discussion, passed over for the present. 8EOTION FIVE was taken up, reading as follows . Section 5. The general assembly shall provide for a liberal system of free public schools for all children be tween the ages of 6 and 21 years, not mentally disabled, and for the divis ion of counties into school districts. Mr.Itagsdale moved to strike out on lines 2 and 3 the words "not men tall v disabled." Mr. Patterson thought the conven tion was on section 6 and sent up a substitute which he withdrew. Mr. Itagsdale amendment was adopt ed. Senator Tillman then offered to amend by inserting after the words "school districts" on line 3, the words "as nearly square as practicable, not to exceed 49, nor be less than 1C square miles in area; provided, that in cities of 10,000 inhabitants and over the limit shall not apply. Senator Tillman spoke in favor of the amendment. There was further debato by Messrs. Rogers, Otts, Perritto. Smitn, T. E. Johnson, Hamel and Woodward. Mr. Breazoalo then offored tho fol lowing amendment to the amendment. Provided : That school districts may bo established with a loss area than 16 squaro miles in which thoro is located an incorporated city or town which has erected school buildings for free school purposes by tho issuance of bond?j or by taxation, or by donation by citizens, thereof who may desiro to do so. Tho further consideration of section 5 was continued till tho night sossion. HFX/riON HIX. This seotion, as reportod. was then takon up. Mr. Mitchell, tho chairman of tho committee, mwloa strong spooch ex plaining tho features of tho plan em bodied in tho section. Ho thon, by permission, offered tho sootion as amendod by his committee, as follows : Sec. G. Tho oxisting county boards of commissioners of tho sevoral coun tios; and tho county school commis sioner hereafter be vested with tho samo or similar powers and duties, shall levy an annual tax of .'J mills on tho dollar upon all taxable property in their rosp^ctivo counties; which tax shall 1)0 collected at tho same time and by the samo officers as tho othor taxos for tho samo year and shall l>o held in the county treasury of tho respoctive counties and tho county school com mission or shall apportion tho said fund among the school districts of his oounty in proportion to tho respective number of pupils enrolled in tho pub lic schools and notify tho trustees of tho respoctlvo school districts theroof, who snail expend and disburso ?'*o samo as the general assembly u\?' ' di reot. Three trustees for oaely .?ool dis trict shall bo solectod in such mann r and for such terms as tho general & sembly may determine. There shall be assessod on all taxa ble polls in the State betwoon tho ages of 21 and 60 years an annual tax of $1 on each poll, tho proceeds of which tax shall no expended for school pur pcjes in the several school district* in which it is collected. Whenever dur ing the three next ....yiw w amiuuf om and the poll tax shall not yield amount equal to $3 per capita of the number of children enrolled in the public schools of each oounty for the scholastic year ending October 31 ,1895, as it appears in the report of the state superintendent of education for said scholastic year, the comptroller gen eral shall for the aforesaid three next 1 ensuing years on the first day of eac of said years levy suoh an anu on the taxable property of th^j he may determine ? rnaW?> nn ???<?*? ?VHMPOTDlie existing county bo&H of commissioners of the several coun ties, or such officer or officers as may hereaftor be vested with the same or similar powors and duties shall levy an annual tax of 3 mills on the dollar upon all the taxable property in their respective counties; which tax shall be collected at the same time and by the same officers as the other taxes for the same year, and shall be held in the county treasuries of the respective counties to be apportioned among the school districts or the counties in pro portion to the respective number of pupilp enrolled in the public schools thereof. Sec. 8. The general assembly shall make provision for the assessment and collection of an annual tax of $1 on each male inhabitant in the State bo tween the ages of 21 and 60 years who is able to perform ordinary manual labor, the proceeds of which tax shall be expended for school purposes in the several school districts in which it is collected, and the general assembly shall define the penalties, fines and forfeitures to be imposed for the non payment of this tax. Sec. 8. In addition to tho taxes here inafter required to be levied and col lected, the general assembly shall make provision for the levy and col lection of an additional tax of 1 mill on the dollar on all of tho taxable property of the State, which tax shall do loviod, collected and paid into tho State troasury in tho same manner as are other taxes, and which tax shall be expended in public school educa tion among the schools of tho sovoral counties of tho State according to tho discretion of the State board of control under such regulations as tho gonoral assembly may prescribe. Mr. Hutson? If you adopt that sys I torn why don't you abolish tho wholo [county system and lot this apply to roads and bridges as well, and abolish tho office of county treasurer. Mr. Kennody ? I havo no objection to that. It was tho law up to 6H. Mr. Hutson ? I think you have said that that system was a poor one. Mr. Kennedy ? As to schools, it was a very good 6no as to ovorything olse. A.ro you going to havo ono rule for higher education and another as to primary? Mr. Watson moved to tablo Mr. Kennedy's substitute. Motion adopted ? yeas 90, nays 2G . Pending tno consideration of Mr. Patterson s substitute, tho convention adjourned. TlIK DEBATE CONTINUED. COLUMHIA, Nov. 14. ? Special: The Convention lost no timo in resuming debate on tho educational articlo. Mr. Patterson's amnndmnnt to limit tlio additional lovy which tho legisla ture should bo authorized to irifuco to one-half mill was adopted. Mr. Patterson then spoke in favor of his substitute. lie reviewed tho condition of the State's educational in teresta and demanded that she should So forward and not backward. He said lero should be a flxod lovy of throo milla for the common schools. I Hoconoludod: "I hope thin con vention will not go back on the peo ple by refusing to give them a throe mill tax and trna supplementary fund as well. The proaent system is a stench in the nostrils of the Btate. I f we do not increase thia levy and raise more funds, .1 will bo sorry for our peoplo . They are not af raid of a raise . They are In favor of It, if it la necessa ry. Let us go forward and provide that all profits from the penitentiary : all fines. fArteits. escheats, etc., should go into the publto school fund. If we cannot maintain our common schools I am willing to blot out the higher schools. Hut I am willing to main tad a them if we 6juq, You kmI * P^^^duoationiaJ qua! 6 P??Plo will ? K?7iu6 ** ?du<*tion for ? they oaa rote." M?J ?*Bd??0a of Aik JafiS? w v?PA^T^?5lN'tt BPBsxrrr resumed on Mr. Ragsdale S" Sfnendm ent to reduce the constitutional tax, as reported by the committee from three mills to two. Mr. Talbert favored the two-mill tax in a most earnest spoech. "Men are liable to make cheap taxes one of these campaign issues. It aught not to bo so Qxed that any man can undermine the system of education. There is no telling who may come here in the futuro to legislate for you. There are always some people who kick up Harry about anything you do and confuse matters perhaps, and they may mix up matters to a great extent . The rich mon often have control over the poorer ones and may influence them not to issue special taxes. He wanted to support 3 mills and would support 4 if anybody offered it. He was in the fight for the great masses. For higher education there was appro Sriateu $190,000, and when you go ack and toll them you have given the poor people the pitiful sum of 2 mills they will justly protest against such a condition." Ho was questioned a little by Mr. Ragsdalo and ho replied to each ques tion. Mr. Howell's time was extended for 10 minutes and ho, continuing, said that ho wished to plead with the con vention for tho education of the masses. Mr. Guntor said as the only one on tho committoo who opposed tno three mill tax, ho felt it his duty to express to tho convontion his roason. The peo ple wero crying out undor excessive taxation. In his county they werelrf' favor of tho two-mill tax if the ^hite pooplo could got the bonoflt of it. Was it right, that tho wliito poople shoul# pay tho tax to educato tho negro? ij was not right. Cry after cry had been raised against fraud. They should put it at "not loss than two mills," and loavo tho rest to tho people. The\ woro proposing to put tho liquor prof its into this fund. A HUfcSTITUTK. Mr. Ira I'. Jones offered a substitute requiring tho General Assembly to au thorize and direct tho proper ofllcers of each county to lovy tho annual tax of throe mills for tho support of the common schools. Mr. Jones spoko in favor of the amendment. Senator Tillman spoko in opposi tion . Governor ICvans resigning the chair temporarily to Vico- President Jones, spoko warmly and at length in favor of tho Jones amendment, lie thought a tax lovy was strlotlv In tho domain of legislation, and snould be left td> tho discretion of tho legislature. Mr. Mitchell closed tho debate on tho Jones arnondmont, making a strong spoech against it. Tho vote was then taken on a mo tion to tablo tho Jones amondment. Yeas H2, nays 41. Ho the 'amendment leaving tho school tax to tho legisla ture, was killed. Noxt oamo tho motion to table Mr. Ragsdalo's arnondmont. Yoas 70, nays 47. Bo the proposition to nut tho con stitutional tax at two mills was also killod. Tho Convention then adjourned. THW POLL TAX. CoLUMiitA, Nov. 1 r>.? Special : Tho Hession of tho Convention today was consumed in discussing the poll tax . First camo tho proposition jp make the tax two dollars. This was voted down. Then it was proposed to make the figure $t.r>(). This too was defeated. Bo the tax is to remain at one dollar. Homo discussion was also Had ,6b tho age at which citizens should cease to pay tho tax. It was finally fixed at sixty years.