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"V; " The Press and Banner. BY HUGH WILSON. arbetiixe, H. V. CATTD ttfkTT \T)si \ HAY L'Ul/ll I'UJUL/iUik.' n ji'ajlx. SUCH THE PRESENT PAV OF THE DELEGATES. The Convention, Alter a Very Lively Debate, Fixe*the Per Dlera Since the 15th of October. < Columbia, Nov. 19. ?Special: Tonight's session of the convention was one of the liveliest. The debate arose on the ordinance the lirst section of which reads as follows: Section 1. That the following sums, if so much be necessary, be and the same are hereby appropriated to pay the expenses of the Constitutional convention from the 10th day of Sep lember, 1895, to the close of the session (except the time of the recess laken from the 4th day of October, 1895, to the 15th day of October, 1895) to the close of the session, as follows: For the per diem of the members at ?2 and an additional per diem of $2 from the 15th day of October, 1895, to ihe end of the session; for the pay of S. W. Vance, secretary of the contention, $600; for the pay of P. L. Melton, assistant secretary of the convention, $4 per day; for the pay of H. R. Flannigan, second assistant secretary, |S per day; for the pay of J. T. Gantt, journal clerk. $3 per day, and $3 per day for indexing after adjournment, not to exceed 20 days, such number of days as are absolutely necessary, to be certified by the secretary * 11 ? *? ai? r> 0> me COO VtJXlUUIi i iur iuc yay ui xj. H. Whitherspoon, bill clerk, $3 per day; for the pay of A. H. Dagnall, reading clerk, $3 per day; for the pay of E. P. Jenkins, postal clerk, $2 per > day; for the pay of A, M. Jolly, doorkeeper, $2.50 per day; for the pay of Joseph Witherspoon, assistant doorkeeper, $2 per day; for the pay of W. J. Shelton, gallery doorkeeper, $2 per day; for the pay of Glenn Smith, James Robinson, J. B. Hughes. Belton Drafts Caughman, J. W. McCalla, U. R Brooks, Jr., pages of the constitutional convention, each $1.50 , per day; for the pay of W. W. Lazenberry, West Olipnant, Damon Canty, Council Cross, James Adamson and Aaron Owens, laborers, each $1.50 per davr for the Dav of W. Boyd Evans, clerk of the judiciary committee, $2 per day; for the pay of Benjamin W. Crouch, clerk of the suffrage committee, $2 per day; for the pay of Levi David, clerk "of the educational committee, $2 per day; for the pay of A. R. Harmon, clerk of the executive committed, $2 per day; for the pay of J. W. Wessinger, clerk of the legislative committee, $2 per day ;for the pay of R. L. Freeman, clerk of the committee on finance and taxation, $2 per day; for the pay of G. P. Smith, clerk of the committee on declaration of rights, $2 per day; for the pay of E. W Townsend, clerk of the committee on miscellaneous matters, $2per day; for the pay of B. H. Charles, clerk of the committee on counties and county government, $2 per day; for the pay of W. H. Yeldell, chief clerk of the engrossing department, $3 per day; for the pay of N. H. Stansell sergeantat-arms, $3 per day; for the pay of chaplain of tne convention, $100. Mr. Nicholson moved to fix the per diem (it $2.00 from the beginning to , the ena of the session. Mr. Fitch opposed this amendment. Mr. D. S. Henderson said that every man's vote must be according to his conscience. The legislature called this body together and it fixed the pay. He felt bound to take that and no more. Mr. Cooper?Didn't the people call the convention? Isn't the legislature under us; aren't we supreme? Hr. Henderson's position was that the delegates went into the canvass with the understanding to take $2 a day. They were therefore bound. Mr. Burn said that this matter had been done by the legislature, and he was there when it was done, laboring under a burning sense of wrong. (Laughter.) He said that for the legislature to try to fix the amount of their pay was resented by the people by his county. He wanted to see the delegates paid enough to live on at least. rVvntiA* WattTAMt a mrip. iULl \ZVUUV1 ? ? V IT ViV UUUVl V* al contract to take $2 a day when we came here. If we are not satisfied with $2 we had better resign and go home. Dp we want to be legal burglars and legally burglarize the State? Mr. Cooper?Didn't we put ourselves under an implied contract to stay here till this thine was finished? Mr. Connor?He can resign if he wants to. Mr. Fitch?Would you give your extra $2 to a charitable institution? Mr. Connor?Have you any poor kin? (Laughter.) M*. Klugh?We have been told that this ordinance would have to go to the legislature, and get its approval before the State officers would dare to pay out any money. Mr. Tillman?I will call the gentleman's attention to the fact that when the appropriation for the Georgia convention ran out Bob Tooms gave his individual check for $20,000 to run it on to complete its work, and had tc wait until tbe legislature reimbursed him. A voice?Bob Toombs is dead, though. Senator Tillman?The contract was in going before the people after it had fixed it at $2, and running for the po sition of delegate. Mr. Klugh?I haven't had a man in my county to say that I should serve for $2: but I have had members tc say that it was a shame that we should serve for $2, when they got $4. That was a piece of political buncombe when the legislature fixed it at$2. Dr. Smith moved to amend, but the amendment was not in order. Mr. Barton moved to strike out the word "two," on line 7, and insert "one," so as to make it read one addi tonal dollar. Mr. Geo. Johnstone spoke in favoi of the $2 amendment, and Mr. Sligt in opposition. The vote was then taken on the mo tion to table Mr. Nicholson's amend ment?resulting as follows: Yeas?Barry, Barton, Behre, Bobo Brice, J. S.; Brice, T. W.; Burn Carver, Clayton, Cooper, De Hay, Dent, Derham, Doyle, Dudley Fitch, Gage, Gamble, Garris, Good ing, Graham, Harrison. Hay, Hemp hill, Henry, Hulson, Jervey, John son, Klugh, McCalla, McCaslan, Mc Gowman, McKagen, McMahan, Mc Makin, Mitchell, Montgomery, J. D. . 4 Montgomery, W. J.; Moore, Mi Parler, Parrott, Patton, Read, c Readfero, Rogers, Roseborough, land, Scarborough. Singletary, ! Smith, A. J.; Smith, W. C., Si Stackhouse, Stribbliner, Taylor. Kolnitz, Water, Waters, Wharton, Whipper. White, / White, S. E.; Woodward?(57. Nays?President John Gary E Ashe, Atkinson, Austin, B< Brea/.e'ale, Buist. Connor, Dou Efird, Estridge, Field, Gary, G J. P.; Gray, Hamel, Harris, H< son. D. S.; Houser, ^ John George; Jones, Wilie; Keitt, M Mower, Nicholson, Otts, Peake, 1 Ragsdale, Russell, Shuler, ? Smith, R. F.: Sullivan, Tillmi R.; Tillman, G. D.; Timmei Wiggins, Wilson, Stanyarne; ler.?42. So the proposition to make th? $2 all througli w;is killed. Several parties were announ among thein the following: Mr. Bradham, who would hav ed "no," with Mr. J. P. K. B who would have voted "aye." Mr Stokes voting "no*" wit Dennis voting "aye." Mr. Bates voting "no," wit) Bellinger voting "aye." Mr. W. D. Evans voting with Mr. Jeremiah Smith \ "aye." Mr. Jones voting "no." wit! J. L. Glenn voting "aye." Mr. Lowman voting "no," wit M. P. Howell voting "aye." Mr. Floyd voting "no," witl Oliver voting "aye/" Mr. Barker voting "no, with J W. Kennedy voting "aye." Mr. Lee voting "no," with Nash voting "aye." Mr. Sheppard voting "no," Mr. Miller voting "aye." Mr. Talbert voting "no," wit] William Henderson voting "aye Mr. R. B. Watson voting orifh Mr Perritte voting: "aye." Mr. Patterson voting "no," Mr. Farrow voting "aye." Mr. Haynsworth voting "no," Mr. "VVieg voting "aye." Mr. McWhite voting "no." wit Gilland voting "aye." Mr. McCowan voting "no," Mr. Morrison voting "aye." Mr. Ragsdale moved to pa\ pages ?2.00. Adopted. His m to pay the postal clerk $3.00 wj bled. Mr. Smalls moved to pay lat $2-00. Adopted. Mr. W. D. Evans moved t each chaplain $100. Adopted. Mr. W. B. Wilson proposed for the assistant door keeper. Adc Mr. Smoak then offered the fc ing, which was greeted with a r< laughter and he withdrew it: After the word session on line sert: "Provided, nothing hereii tained shall be construed to er the acceptance of this per diem c part of those having consciei scruples about accepting the sann About this time Mr. Nicholsor the following to the press stand: "As the convention has vot< members $4 per day from the Oct., 1895, I agree to turn over 1 Columbia hospital all of my pay i cess of $2 from above date til close of this session." Mr. Ragsdale again tried to ge pay of the postal clerk increase* the roll was called on the moti take it up from the table. The resulted?yeas 70, noes 52, and amendment was before the 1: After a few words bi Mr. Mear amendment was ad^)ted. Mr. Johnson offered to amei raising Doorkeeper Jolly's pay $2 to $3 a day. On motion of Mr. Talber clerk's pay was raised to $800. Mr. Austin moved to make the ing clerk's salary $4 a day, and, vote of 65 to 66, it was adopted. Mr. George Johnstone moved they turn over the entire $30,fl the employes and adjourn, f.I voted down amid laughter. Mr. Stanyarne Wilson moved crease the pay of the second ass secretary, the journal clerk an bill clerk to $4 a day. Tabled. Mr. George Johnstone moved commit the whole thing to the mittee. He said that they were under a solemn obligation to th( pie not to act as they were actinj begged them to pause and coi carefully what they were doing, pleaded with them to stop wher* were. There had been praties unanimous increase all along thi The committee's recommendatioi been pratically doubled. They treading on the toe of the pooi payer. They had hesitated as tc mon schools' appropriation, ye were here grabbing like mad men legislature had been postponed protracted session would be a n< i ty, and it would be a heavy ex] Last year our people staggered the weight of the hard times?< at 4 cents?and in spite of the n ably Advantageous prices we ai ting for our products, it will ta , three years to recuperate, i Mr. Talbert seconded this me i and everything they had done toi They haa come here under an in contract to take only $2 a day. Mr. Cooper asked him if hie hj i advocated the increase of the tary's salary to $800. ? He said he had done so. ; Mr. McGowan said he was tir > trotting up the hill and coming 1 again. He had voted for $4 a and he thought he was right. , The president said that if the stood as amended the total amo i the convention's cost would fo I something over $53,000. This s the landslide, to which attentio direct'd by Mr. Johnstone's spee l Mr. Slanyarne Wilson oppos s increase, as did also Mr. Watson > Mr. McCalla came here under > ing that he would get $4 a day, 1 , was willing to do anything ai s cept the committee's report, or x mit it if that would better thing ! Mr. Stanyarne Wilson aske< Johnstone to withdraw the mot ? recommit to allow him to sub t substitute leaving the pay at $2 Great confusion prevailed at thL Mr. Gage said he had voted fc r day, but there was nothing like l cohesive power of public plu ""'I eoai n iV?n ytto tt fViinfTC WPTA auu Y?aj nuixigw ** v - he was -willing to do almost an; - to stop it. He was disgusted, ar he would be willing to take $2. , There was great confusion ikv McGowan, Mr. Fitch and othe manding the floor as the vot< about to be taken to recommit, ally the roll call was ordered a vote was taken resulting in a 1 to recommit by the following v< Yeas--Messrs. John Gary 1 Alexander, Ashe, Atkinson, B jBowen, Brice, J. S.; Connor, ' ' "A .; , . : irrav, lass Efird, Estridge, Evans, W. D.; f. H.; Field, Floyd. Gage. Glenn, J. L.; Row- Glenn, J. P.. Gray, Hamel. Harrison, Sligh, Hemphill, Henderson, D. S.; Houser, A moak, Johnstone, George; Keitt, McCalla, von- Meares, Mitchell, Mower, Nicholson, Vells, Otts, Patterson, Russell, Shuler, Sloan, i. H.; Smith, R. F.; Talbert. Tillman, B. R.; T Tillmon, G. D.; Timmerman, WatIvans, son, Wiggins, Wilson, Stanyarne?i2. Dwen, Nays?Messrs. Austin, Barry, Beglass, hre, Bobo, Bowman, Brice, T. W.; rlenn, Buist, Burn, Carver, Clayton, Cooper, fi snder- DeHay, Dennis, Dudley, Fitch, Gam- c< stone, bier, Garris, Gary, Gilland, Graham, tl eares, Harris, Hay, Henry, Howell, Hutson, si )rinf.ft .Tftrvev. Jonnson, T. E.; Kennedy, E. h Sloan, J.; Kennedy, J. W.; Klugh, Lee, Mc- ts in, B. Caslan, McCown, McGowan,, McKa- b: man, gen, McMahan, McMakin, McWhite, JVink- Miller, Montgomery, J. D.; Mont- g, gomery, W. J.; Moore, Murray, Oliver ti e pay Parrott, Parler, Patton,'Prince, Rags- b, dale, Read, J. H.; Redfearn, Rogers, ti ced? Rosborough, Rowland, Scarborough, Singletary, Sligh, Smalls, Smith, A. ^ e vot- J.; Smith, W. C.; Smoak, Stribling, ^ ryan, Taylor, von Kolnite, Waters, Wells, t Whipper, White, A. H.; White, S, E.; a h Mr. Wilson, W. B.; Woodward?72. Mr. Stanyarne Wilson then sent up i Mr. his amendment to make the per diem ^ $2, and Mr. McGowan sent one which a, ,4no," which was section 1 as reported, with j* oting one word changed?the date. Then a motion to adjourn was made f( i Mr. by Senator Tillman and he insisted on the roll call amid the confusion. Pres- -y h Mr. ident Evans had the greatest trouble j( in bringing the house to order suffii Mr. ciently to nave the roll called. The ^ house refused to adjourn by a vote of .. dr. J. 25 to 91. J Senator Tillman, at this juncture, tl Mr. rose and said that he had been reliably ti informed that the majority of the con with vention had come Here pieagea 10 o: vote for this $4 per diem. Therefore, fo h. Mr. if they wanted to commit political sui>" cide, let them go ahead. I bow to the ai "no," will of the convention. y, Mr. Fitch said in the same spirit ho n with Jboped that those who had made the amendments would take the proper ti with steps to kill them and let the commit- a tee s report go through. 6J h Mr. Mr. vVilson's amendment was then called up and Mr. McGk>wan insisted. 7< with on his substitute. There was a bad parliamentary tangle, and amid the f? t the greatest confusion President Evans lotion aid his best to unravel it, while the fo is ta- members wrangled and wrangled. a. Finally the vote was taken directly k )orers on a motion to table Mr. Wilson s a, amendment to make it $2 a day. The 0 pay amendment was tabled by the follow- st ing vote: $2.50 Yeas?Barry, Barton, Behre. Bobo, ir >pted. Bowen, Brice, J. S.; Brice, T. W.; >llow- Burn, Cantey, Carver, Clayton, Coop- a >ar of er, DeHay, Dudley, Fitch, Gage, Gam- j< ble, Garris, Gilland, Graham, Harris, C 8 in- Hay, Hemphill, Henry, Hutson. Jer- a 1 con- vey, Johnson, T. E.: Kennedy, E. J.; a iforce Klugh, McCalla, McCaslan, McGow n the an, McKagen, McMahan, McMakin, itious Mitchell, Montgomery, J. D.; Mont- a e." gomery, W. J.; Moore, Oliver, Parler, ?! i sent Parrott, Read, J. H.; Redfearn, Rogers, Rosborough( Rowland, Scarbor-.i rtno-ii SincrlftfArv SKcrh Smalls. Smith ,i 5U 1LO ~?O ? 1 ' - , , 15th A. J.; Smith, K. F.; Smith, W. C.; to the Smoak, Stribling, Taylor, vonKolnitz, i in ex- Waters, Wells, Whxpper, White, A. I the H.; White. S. E.; Wilson, W. B.; Woodward?64. ^ t the Nays?President John Gary Evans, * i and Alexander, Atkinson, Austin, Bowion to man, Connor, Douglass, Eflrd, Field, ^ vote Flovd, Gray. Hamel, Henderson, D. I that S.; Houser, Johnstone^George; Keitt; touse. Kennedy, J. W.: McWhite, Meares, s the Mower, Nicholson, Otts, Patterson, -n Russell, Shuler, Sloan, Talbert, Tillnd by man, B. R.; Tillman, G. D.; Watson, from Wiggins, Wilson, Stanyarne?39. i Mr. McGowan's substitute, which t was the report of the committee mere- .. lv changing the date from Oct. 15 t? _ pgjyj. Oct 16, was then called up. It pro- i _ vided for $4 a day. J y Mr. Nicholson then offered the ft same amendments that he had offered qq to the matter at the start. , ^ i ttto q Mr. Cooper moved to table them. r t was This was done. ? to jn. The McGowan substitute- was then . istant adopted without trouble. It was ext^e actly the same as the section of the committee's report given above, save x? that it read "Oct. 16." instead of "Oct. com" 15*" 1 kere At 11:30 the convention adjourned. <. i peo- The Besaonette Cotton B^lc. il He A man of the name of Bessonette, 1S^He temple, Texas, has invented a pro- jj 3 they 0633 compressing cotton, which, it i illy a is estimated, will save to the south 11 3 line. $32,000,000 anuually. Imagine, if is had you please, a cotton bale so dense and a were so well covered that a fire may be built v r tax- upon it without causing calculable tl i com- damage; also imagine a bale so packed t they as to occupy much less room tnan an tl The ordinary compressed bale, yet not n and a need any ties to keep it in shape. Im- E 3cessi- agine further a bale which contains no ei pense. moisture, no air and nothing but cotunder ton, so compact as to be like a block ^ sotton of hard wood into which nails can c< ?ason- be driven the same as it were wood, n e get- The cotton, according to the Bessoke us nette process, is ginned into bats, U wound on iron spindles, pressed down ^ asure, upon the spindle by a revolving cylin- n night, der with any required pressure, and ciplied 'hen wrapped with cotton duck, some- si thing after the style of the wrapping a id not of a cigar. Cotton duck cups are h secre- placed over the ends of the cylinder of cotton, alter the spinaie is witnarawn bi and strands of wire passed around the a ed of ends of the cylinder hold the cups in a down place. No iron bands are used, as the a t first way the cotton batting is wound on ii the spindle retains the full force of the report compressage. The duck is to protect h unt of the outside of the cylinder of cotton P ot up from dirt.?Tuscaloosa (CaL) Times, vs Drowned In a Water Pall. ^ st savannah, November 21.?A little ed the negro child was drowned here yester- e: day afternoon in three quarts of wa- n ter. The child was about two years but he old. The mother was at work in the a id ac- yar(i. She had left her little one ecom- asieep in the bed, expecting it to re- a main until she would return. On the v u Mr. iioor by the bed was an ordinary wa-lonto terbueket, containing about three ? ,mjt a quarts of soap-sud. The little one ^ a day. awoke and fell out of the bed, land- u ti6' is? on ^ 0 >r4?. , a When the mother returned to 8 'the the room she found her child P nder, quite dead, the baby having 1 going drowned before the mother reached it. a pthing The parents of the child are Isaac and Y id said Amelia Washington, worthy colored people.?Atlanta Journal. iv, Mr. ? rs de- The effect of the decision of Judge g e was Earle recently in the dispensary cases C Fin- appealed from the mayor is that the s nd the man who takes money to go off and a refusal buy whiskey for another is not the b 3te: messenger of the other, but in the s Svans, eves of the law is really the seller of n larton, the whiskey and subject to the penal- a Doug- ties of the law. 'r':' " ' '' r\;'t COMING TO THE CLOSE. RRANGEMENTS OF THE CONVE TION TO HASTEN ITS WORK. he liuHincw* Mapped Out and Apportli ed?Three 8eoRlonH Ileid Dally?Ma Important Matters Settled. Columbia, Nov. 20.?Special: T rst matter up this morning was Dmmunication from Mr. May fie] ie State Superintendent of Educatio lying that he had made arrang lents for the members to go to Atla i at $2.50 each?ehher from Colu] ia or from Rock Hill. Mr. Efird 3aid he "was opposed oing to Atlanta, but he would mo lat the convention go there ir ody?this in order to test the qui on. * " - IfAAl- J-1 1. T Auer a lime aeuaie iui. uunun loved to lay Mr. Efird's motion < le table, and withdrew it; but M ohnstone immediately renewed enator Tillman wanted to offer i mendment, but the demand for 1 pes and noes having been made, as out of order. The vote resulted pes 98, nays 36. So the conventi* ecided not to go to Atlanta. Senator Tillman then offered t )llowing resolution : Resolved, That Messrs. Stanyar. Wilson, W. D. Evans and Geor ohnstone be, and they are hereby a Dinted a steering committee to f inge for completing the work of tl invention, so that it mav be engroi 1 if practicable by Tuesday next, ai lat a recess be taken until Monda le second day of December. Mr. Coeper moved that the nam f B. R. Tillman and R. B. Wats< 9 added to the commission. Ma Winkler moved to lay t oaendment on the table, and the co ention on division voted, ayes 6 ays 63. The vote was then taken on the n on to table Senator Tillman's amer tent, and it resulted as follows: Yej J, nays 70. The motion was then adopted?ye I, nays 55. Mr. W. D. Evans then offered tl >llowing: The sessions of the convention shi s as follows after today: Meet at 9: m-, adjourn at 2 p. m.; meet at 4 i ; adjourn at 6 p. m.; meet at 7 :J ijourn at will. N Mr- Efird had this referred to t eering committee. Mr. Connor then offered the folio ig substitute: Resolved, That the session of tl invention from now until the a mrnment of same, be as follow tonvene at 9 a. m., recede at 1 p. n >nvene ^3 p. m., recede at 5 p. n )nvene at 7:30 p. m. THE ARTICLE ON COUNTIES ien came up for its third readin ome amendments were brought u 3 indicated below. Mr. Talbert, when section 2 w died, offered the following to go le end of the section: Add to the end of the section 2: " 11 elections for the formation of n< aunties, the constitution and la1 ow regulating and controlling elf ons in this State shall remain mv?o iinfil t.Vio laws rftjml&tinc t ime under the new constitution she ecome operative." After some discussion the amen lent was tabled. When section 3 came up, Mr. W. Wilson moved to amend by addii le following: Provided, that a new county, whi lall embrace within its limits t ty of Rock Hill, may be formed wi a area of not less than 300 squa liles, and having a population of n sss than 15,000 inhabitants, and pre :ly assessed for taxation at not 1< lan $2,500,000, and cutting into ai itablished county not nearer thj ight miles to any established cou ouse; and the city or town select 3 the county seat of such new coun lall defray the expenses of buildii county courthouse and jail. After some deb&te the amendme ras lost?yeas 49, nays 67. When section 5 was called up, Id [amel moved to strike out the wo seat." at the end/of the section a: isert "county court house building Mr. Patterson said the way it re ow, the line could not come neai ran the liroita of the county set hat was near enough. He moved ible, but withdrew temporarily. Mr. George Johnstone said the tei 3 used meant the starting point. ] ranted to prevent litigation: ] lought the amendment should pa; Mr. Gary said that this meant tt le new counties were trying to gel lile or two nefirer within tneir lm< fe wanted to say county seat "as n( stablished." Mr. Prince said that any cot rould decide that the term mea Durt house._ He was a 10-mile lin lan. Senator Tillman said he was sor > see this old fight come up again; ranted to see it settled by votes a ot talk. Mr. McGowan then offered a si iitute to say "court house buildin nd "10" miles. He thought this w onest and fair and just. Senator Tillman?Why don't y ly nine, and be reasonable?allow t verage limits to any town. You s fter fighting over the fight we ha lreadv fought out. You are thres ag old straw. I^et's vote. Mr. McGowan isaid that it would r urt neither the Greenwood or Hon ath. county schemes, and explain rhy. Mr. McGowan's amendment \* len killed?yeas 44. nays 75. A motion to substitute nine i ight miles, as the distance from a: ew county seat to the old was kille Mr. Howell's amendment was th dopted When section 12 was called up, & tor Tillman offered this amendmei rhich was adopted: Add to section 12: The election < ered in said ordinance for the lo< ion of its county seat shall be h( ndfir thfi innnstitiitinn and laws n< f force, and the general assemt hall provide for the assessment iroperty in the county of Saluda 1 he year beginning January 1, 18! nd for the collection of said ta? rhen assessed. Section 12 as it stood read as f ows: Section 12. Until changed by I ;eneral assembly as allowed by tl Constitution, the boundaries of t everal counties shall remain as th re now established, except that t oundaries of the county of Edgefit hall undergo such changes as i nade necessary by the formation , new county from a portion of Edj Leld, to be known as Saluda, t / .* t .* v.' ;?-. -- i boundaries of which are set forth in a Constitutional ordinance. 8enator Tillman also offered the N- following, to be known as section 13, which was also adopted: Section 13. The general assembly may at any time arrange the various m" counties into judicial circuits and into ,ny congressional districts including the county of Saluda, as, it may deem wise and proper, and may estaolish or he alter the location of voting precincts : a in any county. [d The whole article was then given n.' its third reading and sent to the com- i re- mittee on style and revision. 1 ,'n-: Mr. McGowan's ordinance fixing 16, n- as the "age of consent" of women ; was then called up. The age was fix- : to ed at 14, and in this shape the ordi- : TTA I nance was adopted. i'a the "steering" scheme, js- The report of the steering committee was adopted as follows: in 1. The convention shall each day :>n convene at 9:30 a. m., recede from [r. business at 2 p. m., and continue in it' session till 6 o'clock p. m.; again rein cede till 7:30 afld then continue in seshe sion until adjournment for the daj is it had. ? 2. The time of the convention for j jn the present week is assigned as follows : he (a) For this evening, Nov. 20, to the report, of county and county ne government, No. 29, one hour if so ge much be necessary. To the report of tp- the committee on legislative departir ment, No. 10, the remainder of the lis evening. ss- (b) For Nov. 21?To the report of id the committee on finance and taxayf tion, No. 12, two hours if so much be necessary. To the report of the comes mittee on judicial department, No. j 3n 42, the remainder of the day and the whole of Nov. 22 if so much be neceshe sary. ,n- (c) At the conclusion of tjie last 15; named report, to the report of the 1 committee on declaration of rights, lo- No. 34, two hours if so much be necLd essary. Then to the third reading of 13 UlQ re pun ui oummiticc uu wuuuguuu accounts, No. 58, one hour if so much as be necessary; then to the third reading of report of committee on jurishe prudence, No. 46. one hour if so much be necessary; then to the third readill ing of report of committee on corpo30 rations, No. 30, one hour if so much j p. be necessary; then to the report of }0, committee on finance and taxation, j No. 50, and to each of the several orhe dinanees, Nos. 48, 57 and 59, in the order named, one hour if so much be w- necessary. 3. The assignment of time for Moniis day and Tuesday of next week will be Ld- announced Saturday next. rS: 4. Each of the periods assigned to ; ! the several reports and ordinances i'' will be distributed by the committee amongst the various- amendments to be proposed as they may arise during the progress of the debate, whereupon '? such portion of time so fixed shall be P> equally divided between and be at ! the disposal of the mover of the .is j i?j ~ umeuuuieut auu uio uuou niau ui ui? * committee reporting the article of ordinanse. ia down to hard work. ^ Columbia, Nov. 21.?Special: The ' Convention promptly settled down to j * hard work this morning. be Mr. Sligh moved to amend the homestead section so that, after the homestead should have been laid off it could not be waived or mortgaged or otherwise defeated. ? g Mr. Sligh spoke earnestly in favor * of the amendment. ? Mr. Gage offered the following subl stitute for the amendment: ke Add to the close of section 29?"Proxu vided further, After a homestead in re lands has been claimed, set aside and -i recorded, it shall not be mortgaged or ' conveyed, except by consent of those persons for whose benefit it was claimed and who are 21 years of age ^ and upwards, and are members of the pj. family, such consent to be expressed ^ in writing on the deed. Mr fjftcft argued for this amend ^ ment. There were several other g speeches on each side. _+ President Evans left the chair and supported the amendment?urging r that the homestead of the wife ana j children should always be sacred, _j After further discussion Mr. Gage rwithdrew his amendment; and Mr. 'j Sligh's was adopted by a vote of 72 to 66. Mr. Sligh then offered the following ^ amendment: Strike out on fourth line all after the word "estate" down to the word ? "provided" on 7and insert: "To the r value of $1,000 or so much thereof as the property is worth if its value is x less than $1,000, with the yearly prol ducts thereof and every helad of a family residing in this State, whether en' titled to a homestead exemption in lands or not, personal property to the . value of the sum of $500 or so much t thereof as the property is worth if its i. value is less than $500." Mr. Sligh said this was the matter that was voted down when the section was up before. He thought it was a j matter that should be put in. The roll was called for on a direct v vote on the subject. The roll was n about to be called when the call was ? withdrawn and the amendment was adopted viva voce. An amendment was adopted, to put v the exemption of personalty on the ^ same footing as that of real estate, as "v i_ :_li 1 p IU Liio ri^ub IU ouii, mv/ji igaKc, CIA^. 'i Mr. Fitch offered the following: Amend section 29 by adding: "Prot vided further, that any person not the head of a family shall oe entited to a j like exemption as provided for the head of a family, in all necessary wearing appearel and personal property not to exceed in value the sum of or $300." n Mr. Fitch explained his amendment and urged its adoption in a forcible ' ^ speech. It was to enable the artisan to carry on his ordinary trade. j,n. The amendment was "adopted. The homestead article * was then ' adopted as a whole. r>r. OTHER PROCEEDINGS. :a- At tlie afternoon session the negro jld blood section was adopted as reported 3w by the committee?reading: "The >ly marriage of a white person with a neof gro or mulatto, or person who shall 'or have one-eighth or more negro blood, 30. shall be unlawful and void.'' ces Many efforts were made to amend to have it read :,any negro blood," but ol- failed. Mr. McMahan introduced and the he convention adopted a section designed tiis to protect the waste lands of the State he from being taken up by foreigners and ey corporations composed of foreigners, he When the convention took its 0 ild o'clock recess it had completed the arire ticle on the Legislative department of and sent it to a third reading. !*e- Tonight a lonfr session was held, lie An effort was made to have the steer -o - : : t ' r" W ' ing committee done away with for the next few days. It was voted down. The article on finance and taxation was taken up and went to its third f< reading. There was a determined effort to get in a provision to allow the Legislature to authorize any county or township ^ to tax itself to aid railroads, as hereto- : fore, but it it was voted down. An ordinance was presented provid- ' ing for the payment of the interest on the public debt due on January 1. j aj. An ordinance was also presented authorizing the appropriation of $60,f q, 000, if so much be necessary, to defray the expenses of the convention, and 4. permitting the State treasurer to borrow whatever he might need, the Leg- n( islature being required to make pro- cr vision for its payment. ^ The article on judicial department 01 was next taken up and the fight of the m night was on the section relating to je the composition of the supreme court ^ The committee had recommended a, four justices. tl: An amendment was offered by Mr. Jc Ragsdale to leave the court as it now 0, is, with three justices. Hi A tt- 1 If. D^^oIa'd xvi i*cr a lung ucuaic iui , xvagouoiu a ^ amendment was killed by a vote of Bv 75 to 49. ? iB The convention adjourned at a late tt hour without taking further action on ai the matter. ?? Twenty-eight members have filed a j* protest against the action of the con- 4] vention in turning the business over ^ to a steering committee. w judicial department. fc Columbia, Nov. 22.?Special: The 0i Convention today discussed the sec- k tions bearing on the judicial depart- m ment. The term of the justices of the $ Supreme Court was fixed at eight tl vears, and they are to be four in num- K ber, elected by the Legislature. 5( For the decision of constitutional n, questions there is to be a special court K composed of all the judges of the Su- tr preme and the Circuit court fc The term of the circuit judges was ^ fixed at four years. Cruelly Murdered by Spanish Soldiers. q. Tampa, Fla., November 21.?Col- ^ onel Fernando Fegueredo, the Cuban g leader, of this city, is in receipt of a ^ letter from Havana, giving details of y atrocities which were committed by fo. Spaniards in Matanzas province. <j< Colonel Melino, who commands a q Spanish regiment, recently en- a] countered the advance guard of g Gomez's army in Matanzas, and was a] defeated While soldiers under Meli- m no were in retreat, they met a group ^ of women and children near a little ^ town called Cayopino. As the sol- ^ diers passed, one of the women made ^ a sneering remark about the Spaniards, jj. The remark was overheard by the m soldiers ana so enraged them that ni they butchered everyone of the wo- q men and children. There were ten women and about a dozen children in w the group. The letter says that the aj Spaniards after shooting down their g, victims, stabbed them with bayonets, n( inflicting the most horrible wounds. ^ One baby was kiiled at its mother's p, breast, and the bullet that passed ? the mother. Colonel lielino made no ^ report of the butchery, but it happen- n ed that two of the women murdered were wives of the Spaniards engaged yi in the sawmill business in Matanzas. ^ When they learned how their loved ^ ones had beeen slaughtered they sent g DeCampos information of the horrible n affair and demanded that Colonel 0| Melino be punished. It is stated that ^ DeCampos has ordered that Melino be je courtmartialed and it is thought the ^ butchers will .be sentenced to death, -j as the massacre is condemned as bitter- 0 ly by Spaniards as by Cubans. Lynched for Bfarder. ( '' Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 21.? ? /-II 1? TT 3 " \jimrica jjluxu, e> ucgru yyuu uiuiuucu ~ Jasper Kelly, a young farmer near Harriman, a few weeks ago, and who 0 confessed to the crime yesterday was ^ taken from the jail at Wartburg, the jj county seat of Morgan county, and a lynched at midnight last night A ^ mob of two hundred masked men gath- 0 ered at a point three miles from the rj j\il and marched in fours to the prison. ^ 2 demand was made on Jailer Lang- n ley to "open up." This he refused to 0 do and tne door was broken open ^ with a sledge hammer, When the f( mob was on the inside the jailer was placed under the point of pistols and w guns and finally gave up the keys. n The negro was taken from his cell and -y a rope placed around his neck. He ? was dragged to an oak tree one hun- ^ dred yards distant where he was 0 swung up. Afterwards he was cut ^ down and dragged to another tree and y hung up again. A card was pinned 4 on his breast commanding that the a body should not be removed. Burned In a Distillery. ^ Winston, N. C., Nov. 22.?Thomas *( Mabe, with his two sons, were burned n fntnllir last, niorht. hv a fire which da- m stroyed their brandy distillery near Danbury, in Stokes county. The fire ^ originated from the shielings and ftl backings boiling over ana catching g fire. The burning fluid ran on the ^ two sons, who were asleep on the 0( floor. The house was locked up and the father and sons were unable to get ? ?ut- : * Killed Her Dranken Husband. Center, Ala., Nov. 22.?W. H. Walker, a prominent planter fifty years old, while on a violent spree, b< went home and threatened to kill his ii wife and child. The womon snatched s< up her child and her husband's pistol ai and fled to her sister's home half a ol mile away. As Mrs. Walker entered S the door of her sister's house, her hus- ii band attempted to seize her, when she b shot him dead. h ??????^ q. The following appeared recently in 8j the Cotton Plant on the editorial page ^ as an advertisement: "How to Spec- ^ ulate Successfully in Wheat, Cotton j,, and Stocks." Mailed free. Send us ^ your name and address. & p Co.. Bankers and Brokers. No. 00, Broadway, New York." This little " reading notice contains mightv bad Sl advice, and we advise the readers of jf the Cotton Plant to let it alone. j Ex-Congressman Holman, of Indiana, who thoroughly knows the Democratic party of nis State, says In- ^ diana Democrats have never seriously n considered that there was any probabil- q ity of President Cleveland again be- ^ coming a candidate, and they do not j relieve it has been seriously consider- jg ed anywhere else. Mr. Holman ^ thinks that if no mistake is made in the * National ticket Indiana will go Democratic next year. y Rabbi Levy does not see how a poli- o! tician who starts poor can make h $1,000,000 in office honestly. There a< are a good many other people like ol Rabbi Levy. d< JUVENILE JESSE JAMES, DUR BOYS CAUSE A WRECK ON THE N. Y. CENTRAL. j" emoved Spikes and Fishplate* From Two Balls?Many Persons Killed and Injured, rhe Young Miscreants Captured. Rome, N. Y., Nov. 19.?Thedeliber- ?. e wrecking of the fast mail train, o. 6, eastbound on the New York antral railroad, was accomplished ?ut three miles west of this city at 20 this morning. The wreckers n&d 'oken open the company's tool house jarby and obtained a wrench and owDar, with which ail the spikes and ihplates from the two opposite rails 1 the shoutherly track had been reoved. The two released rails were ft in their places on the track. As ie train, comprising four mail cars id three sleeping cars, came along at ie rate of about 40 miles an hour, the icomotive left the track, bounded rer the ties and fell sidewise into a tch 12 feet deep on the south side of ie track. The first two mail can iot over the engine, the first car landig fuly 75 feet from the point where te engine left tke track. The second id third mail cars came together in V" shape and the wrecked engine lay i the open space between them. TJnir the second mail car, pinned down f a pair of trucks and stone dead, as found Engineer Hager. The urth mail car was toppled part way /er. The first two sleepers were partr turned over and the last one reamed on the tracks. Strange to say ie two loose rails had not been i irown from the roadbed, the last car jmaining upon them. There wore ) passengers in the three sleepers and ot one of them was hurt The pasmgers were taken east on another ain shortly after the accident The 111a/) ortrl ulavv? ?MAV4 Tfvuuugu Ui UiU OUittOUUp re: Nathan N. Hager, engineer, Albany, # illed; Robert Elliott or Bond, from yracuse, a tramp, aied after being imoved from the wrecks E. Eeardon, [erkimer mail clerk, head and body it and bruised; J. E. La vine, New ork, mail clerk, upper arm < raised and sprained: B\ N. Fadack, Syracuse, mail clerk, arm cut;.. . W. Sackett, Herkimen, mail clerk, m cut and bruised; M. J. McCarthy, uffalo, , porter, mail car, head cut id bruised; R. B. Peck, Syracuse, tail clerk, head cut and bruised; Con- \ uctor Charles R. Reynolds, Albany, ijured, in the chest; John R Macy, amp, Syracuse, right foot smashed id amputated?he is at the Rome ospital; C. Warner, Albany, fireian, head cut. The body of Engieer Hager is in charge of Undertaker rton of this city. The tools with which the spikes ere pulled were found on the track iter the wreck. One week ago, last unday night, a fishplate was loosened ear the point where this 'morning's jcident occurred. Several trains assed over the place in'safcty.; The latter was discovered by trackwalker le following morning and a - watch as kept there each night till last ight. .< Three young fellows, aged 18 to 19 ears have been arrested for-wrecking ie train. They are J. Watson Hit reth of New York; Fred Bristol and [erbert Plato of Rome, Hildreth has Lade a confession implicating the ther two and Theodore Hibbard,-who as not been apprehended. 'Tfceir ob>ct was robbery. The arrpsts /were lade by Detective Latham# the. New - n ?j r?_i: x. ? uuk v^uirai. auu i ivcauiig fBome. > i They found Hildreth's hat'^with his ame in it in the bushes'near the rock. Upon confronting;*hihi he weakened and told who ^iaiaccomlices were and their object^^'?!;; Twenty-two passengers were taken ?t of the windows on the fli^sleeper le Inca. All of the mail atfd faleepig cars were lighted with^pjinfch'gaa nd no fire was set in Qietwreck: roung Hildreth is said to ibeithe1- son f a wealthy lawyer in Newi<|York. 'heodore Hibbard, the lastfcfftfye four rain wreckers, was captuited$at ^3 p. 1. and is now in the custody .with the thers. A yellow covered oh^tory of le exploits of the Jameswjj^was jund in one of Bristols's pocketa. In addition to the four Jaoys'^TestI for wrecking the Central?miil (train ear this city this mornipg,^Joseph Wilkes, 18 years of age, has been arjsted as a witness. It is said'that he ras taken into the confidence'ofthe there when they were planning the rreck, but that he refused to go with iem when they went to commit the eed. Confession have been made by II the other boys of their guilt One of the boys confessed that they ad woods near the' railroad- track, ad he was taken there this evening ) locate them, but on account of darkess the spot could not be found. here is no evidence that others bedes those apprehended were concern1 in the plot. Coroner Noclq began a inquest on the bodies of Engineer [ager and the tramp Bobert Bona, who ere killed, but the inquest wta not jmpleted this evening. Lewis Harris of this city this1 afteroon found a black cloth mask in the oods near the scene of the wreck. Murder His Wife? Ashland, Ky., Nov. 21.?The dead ody of Mrs. James Dewitt was found i the wood, six miles beyond Grav>n last night with a shawl tied tightly round her throat and facet and marks f choking and beatingjplainly visible, he disappeared last Thursday evenlg, after visiting her husband at his aarding house near her mother's ome. The couple have been living; part for some time. Her husband assted in the search for her and was with le party that found the body. Just afore the discovery he complained of aving a chill and shook so, that the >arch was delayed for some time, ewitt has been arrested charged with le murder. He protests his innosnce and claims his wife committed xicide. Excitement is intense, and he is held for the crime he may be mched. The Democrats of New York last eek elected James C. Matthews, a egro, as Judge of the Recorder's ourt in Albany. The office carries ith it powers of a Supreme Court udge, and the New York Herald says it the highest judicial office ever neld y a negro in this country. The president and Secretary of far Lamont have changed the name f Sandy Hook to Fort Hancock, in onor of General Hancock. This :tion is taken on the recommendation F General Miles, commander of the apartment of the east. / , -v : *