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BY CAPTAIN C
Copyright, 1894, by the J. B. Lipplncott Co.
CHAPTER XL
Nature never vouchsafed to wearied
man a lovelier day of rest than the still
Sunday on which Frank Armitage rode
slowly back from the station. The soft,
mellow tone of the church bell, tolling
the summons for morning service, floated
out from the brown tower and was
echoed back from the rocky cliff glisten*
ing in the August sunshine on the
northern bluff. Groups of villagers hung
about the steps of the little sanctuary
and gazed with mild curiosity at the arriving
parties from the cottages and the
hotel. The big red omnibus came up
with a load of worshipers, and farther
away, down the vista of the road, Armi
tage could see others on loot ana in car^
riages, all wending their way to church.
He was in no mood to meet them. The
story that he had been out pursuing a
tramp during the night was pretty thoroughly
circulated by this time, he felt
assured, and every one would connect
his early ride to the station, in some
way, with the adventure that the
grooms, hostlers, cooks and kitchen
maids had all been dilating upon ever
since daybreak. He dreaded to meet the
curious glances of the women and the
questions of the few men whom he had
* ? Jamaa no f/v
taken so iar into ms tuuuucuuc ao ^
ask about the mysterious person who
came over in the stage with them.
He reined up his horse, and then,
seeing a little pathway leading into the
thick wood to his right, he turned in
thither and followed it some 50 yards
among bordering treasures of coreopsis
v and golden rod and wild luxuriance of
vine and foliage. Dismounting in the
shade, he threw the reins over his arm
and let his horse crop the juicy grasses,
while he seated himself on a little
stomp and fell to thinking again. He
could hear the reverent voices of one or
two visitors strolling about among the
peaceful, flower decked graves behind
the little church and only a short stone's
throw away through the shrubbery. He
oould hear the low solemn voluntary of
the organ and presently the glad outburst
of young voices in the opening
hymn, but he knew that belated ones
would still be coming to church, and he
would not come forth from his covert
until all were out of the way. Then,
too, he was glad of a little longer time
to think. He did not want to tell the
colonel the result of his morning investigations.
To begin with, the watchman, the
driver and the two men whom he had
questioned were all of an opinion as to
the character of the stranger?"he was
a military man." The passengers described
his voice as that of a man of
education and social position; the driver f
and passengers declared his walk and (
carnage to be that of a soldier. He i
was taller, they said, than the tall, stalwart
Saxon captain, but by no means so
heavily built As to age, they could
not tell. His beard was black and curly
?no gray hairs. His movements were
quick and elastic, but his eyes were
hidden by those colored glasses, and his
forehead by the slouch of that broad
brimmed felt hat
At the station, while awaiting the
answer to his dispatch, Armitage had
questioned the agent as to whether any
man of that description had arrived by
the night train from the north. He had
seen none, he said, but there was Larsen
over at the postoffioe store, who
came down on that train. Perhaps he
* could tell. Oddly enough, Mr. Larsen
recalled just such a party?tall, slim,
dark, dark bearded, with blue glasses
and dark hat and clothes?but he was
bound for Lakeville, the station beyond,
and he remained in the car when he
/T.arconi ar.t. nff T.arsen remembered the
man well, because he sat in the rear
corner of the smoker and had nothing to
* say to anybody, but kept reading a
newspaper, and the way he came to take
note of him was that while standing
with two friends at that end of the car
they happened to be right around the
man. The Saturday evening train from
the city is always crowded with people
from the river towns who have been up
to market or the matinees, and even the
^ smoker was filled with standing men
until they got some 80 miles down. Larsen
wanted to light a fresh cigar and
offered one to each of his friends. Then
it was found they had no matches, aucl
one of them, who had been drinking a
little and felt jovial, turned to the dark
stranger and asked him for a light, and
? the man, without speaking, handed out
a little silver matchbox. It was just
then that the conductor came along, and
Larsen saw his ticket It was a "round
trip" to Lakeville. He was evidently
going there for a visit, and therefore,
said Larsen, he didn't get off at Sablon
station, which was six miles above.
But Armitage kuew better. It was
' evident that he had quietly slipped out
on the platform of the car after the regular
passengers had got out of the way
and let himself off into the darkness on
the side opposite the station. Thence
he had an open, unimpeded walk of a
few hundred yards until he reached the
t common, and then, when overtaken by
the hotel omnibus, he could jump aboard
and ride. There was only one road,
only one way over to the hotel, and he
mi
could not miss it. inuru was uu uuuut
now that, whoever he was, the night
visitor had come down on the evening
train from the city, and his return ticket
would indicate that he meant to go back
the way he came. It was half past 10
when that train arrived. It was nearly
midnight when the man appeared at the
cottage window. It was after 2 when
Armitage gave up the search and went
to bed. It was possible for the man to
have walked to Lakeville, six miles
south, and reached the station there
in abundant time to take the up train
which passed Sablon, without stopping,
a little before daybreak. If he took thai
\ train, and if he was Jerrold, he would
have been in the city before 7 and could
fer .
E_RANKS.
HARLES KING. ,
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o'clock, but (JOester s aispatcn snowed |
clearly that at 8:30?the hour for sign- t
ing the company moniing report?Mr. J
Jerrold was not at his post. Was he 4
still in the neighborhood and waiting
for the noon train? If so, could ho bo '
confronted on the cars and accused of
his crime? He looked at his watch. It
was nearly 11, and he must push on to
the hotel before that hour, report to the
colonel, then hasten back to the station.
He sprang to his feet and was just about
to mount when a vision of white and
scarlet came suddenly into view. There,
within 20 feet of him, making her
dainty way through the shrubbery from
the direction of the church, sunshine ^
and shadow alternately flitting across 01
her lovely face and form, Alice Renwick
stepped forth into the pathway, and n(
shading her eyes with her hand gazed ^
along the leafy lane toward the road,
as though expectant of another's coming.
Then, attracted by the beauty of
the goldenrod, she bent and busied her- 8,1
self with gathering in the yellow sprays.
Armitage, with one foot in the stirrup, J
stood stock still, half in surprise, half f?
stunned by a sudden and painful 'c
thought. Could it be that she was there I?1
in hopes of meeting?any one?
He retook his foot from the stirrup, ^
and relaxing the rein still stood gazing **
at her over his horse's back. That placid ef
quadruped, whose years had been spent
in these pleasant byways and were too *
many to warrant an exhibition of coltish rj
surprise, promptly lowered his head ?
and resumed his occupation of grass nibbling,
making a little crunching noise "T
.ttUw.V, Mica RoniricV miirtit Viavfi hflard.
but apparently did not She "was singing ni
very softly to herself: ^
"Daisy, tell my fortune, pray.
He lovos me not?he loves me."
And still Armitage stood and gazed,
while she, absorbed in her pleasant task,
still pulled and plucked at the golden- .
rod. In all his life no "vision of fair
women" had been to him so fair and
sacred and exquisite as this. Down to
the tip of her arched and slender foot ^
peeping from beneath the broidered hem
of her snowy skirt, she stood the lady ^
born and bred, and his eyes looked on
and worshiped her ? worshiped, yet
questioned, Why .came she here? Absorbed,
he released his hold on the rein,
and Dobbin, nothing loath,reached with ^
his long, lean neck for farther herbage
| and stepped in among the trees. Still ^
stood his negligent master, fascinated
in his study of the lovely, graceful girL ^
Again she raised her head and looked
northward along the winding, shaded ^
wood path. A few yards away were oth- J
er great clusters of the wild flowers she ^
loved, more sun kissed goldenrod, and,
with a little murmur of delight, gather- ^
ing her dainty skirts in one hand, she
| flitted up the pathway like an uncon- ?n
scious humming bird garnering the
6weets from every blossom. A little ^
farther on the pathway bent among the ^
trees, and she would be hidden from
his sight, but still he stood and studied ^
her every movement, drank in the soft,
cooing melody of her voice as she sang, ^
and then there came a sweet, solemn
strain from the brown, sunlit walls just
visible tnrougn tne trees, ana reverent ^
voices and the resonant chords of the
organ thrilled through the listening
woods the glorious anthem of the church g(
militant.
At the first notes she lifted up her
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queenly head and stood, listening and .
appreciative. Then he saw her rounded
throat swelling like a bird's, and the Sj
rich, full tones of her voice rang out .
through the welcoming sunshine, and j
the fluttering wrens, and red breasted
robins, and rival song queens, the brown ec
winged thrushes?even the impudent 01
shrieking jays?seemed to hush and lis- ^
ten. Dobbin, fairly astonished, lifted j
up his hollow eyed head and looked
amazodly at the white songstress whose
scarlet sash and neck ribbons gleamed ,
in such vivid contrast to the foliago !
about her. A wondering little "cottontail"
rabbit, shy and wild as a hawk,
came darting through the bushes into
the sunshiny patchwork on the path,
and then, uptilted and with quivering
ears and nostrils and wide staring eyes,
stood paralyzed with helpless amaze,
ignoring the tall man in gray as did the
singer herself. Richer, rounder, fuller c(
grew the uielody as, abandoning her- tl
self to the impulse of the sacred hour, ai
she joined with all her girlish heart in ci
the words of praise and thanksgiving? ti
in the glad and triumphant chorus of oi
the Te Deum. From beginning to end hi
she sang, now ringing and exultant, si
now soft and plaintive, following Ihe li
solemn words of the ritual?sweet and h<
low and suppliant in the petition, "We d;
therefore pray thee help thy servants tl
whom thou hast redeemed with thy hi
precious blood, " confident and exulting d<
in the declaration, "Thou art the king ai
of glory, O Christ!" and then rich with b<
fearless trust and faith in the thrilling ir
climax, "Let me never be confounded." ti
AniUU^U lIMt'ilUU clD V/uc 1U (? Mauvvk jr;
From the depth of her heart the girl j(
had joined her gloiinus voice to tin jt
chorus of praise and adoration, and new a
that all was stilled once more her he.ul g
had falleu forward on her bosom; her 0.
hands, laden with goldenrod, were ?
joined together. It seemed as though j.
she wero lost in prayer. R
And this was the girl, this tho pure, ^
God worshiping, God fearing woman, p
who for one black instant he had dared g]
to fancy had como here expectant of a (j
meeting with tho man whose aim had ?
i been frustrated but the night before! Ho ?
could have thrown himself at her feet ^
; and implored her pardon. He did step a
i forth, and then, hat in hand, baring his 6
i proud Saxon head as his forefathers r
i would have uncovered to tneir monarcn, _
[ he waited until she lifted up her eyes
and saw him and knew by the look in
; his frank face that ho had stood by, a
I mute listener to her unstudied devotions.
[ A lovely flush rose to her very temples,
I andher eyes drooped their pallid lids
yt0r":W
Armitage listened as onc in a trance.
atil tho long lashes swept the crimson
! her cheeks. !
"Have you been here, captain? I
3ver saw you," was her fluttering
lestion. i
"I rode in here on my way back from <
ie station, not caring to meet all tho
>od people going to church. I felt like |
x outcast"
"I, too, am a recreant today. It is
ie first time I have missed service in a
ng while. Mamma felt too unstrung ,
i come, and I had given up the idea,
it both she and Aunt Grace urged me.
was too late for the omnibus and
alked up, and then I would not go in
;cause service was begun, and I want1
to be home again before noon. I can- ,
it bear to be lato at church or to leave
until everything is over, but I can't
3 away from mother so long today,
aall we walk that way now?"
"In a minute. I must find my horse,
e is in here somewhere. Tell me how
te colonel is feeling and Mrs. Mayird."
"Both very nervous and worried,
lough I see nothing extraordinary in
ie adventure. We read of poor hungry
amps everywhere, and they rarely do 1
irm."
"I wonder a little at your venturing
are in the wood paths after what oclrred
last night"
"Why, Captain Armitage, no one
ould harm me here, so close to the
lurch. Indeed I never thought of
ich a thing until you mentioned it
id you discover anything about the
an?"
"Nothing definite, hut I must be at :
te station again to meet the up train
id have to see the colonel meantime. 1
st me find Dobbin, or whatever they
dl this venerable relic I'm riding, and
ten I'll escort you home."
But Dobbin had strayed deeper into
te wood. It was some minutes before
te captain could find and catch him.
be rich melody of sacred music was <
fain thrilling through the perfumod 1
oods, the glad sunshine was pouring
s warmth and blessing over all the
irth, glinting on bluff and brake and
ilisaded cliff, the birds were all singig
their rivaling psaltery, and nature i
emed pouring forth its homage to the i
n.nfn'r FVeRfirvpr nf all on this his
ily day, when Frank Armitage once i
ore reached the bowered lane where,
.irest, sweetest sight of all, his lady
ood waiting him. She turned to him i
; she heard the hoof beat on the turf (
id smiled.
"Can we wait and hear that hymn
trough?"
"Aye, sing it"
She looked suddenly in his face,
jiuething in the very tone in which <
> spoke startled her?something deep ,
more fervent, than she had ever
iard before?and the expression in the \
eady, deep blue eyes was another revatiou.
Alice Renwick had a woman's
ituitiou, and yet she had not known
lis man a day. The color again mount1
to her temples, and her eyes fell after
le quick glance.
"I heard you joining in the Te
eum," he urged.- "Sing once more,
love it. There, they are just begin*
ing again. Do you know the words?"
She nodded, then raised her head, and
it glad young voice caroled through
le listening woods:
"Huly, holy, bolyl All
Heaven's triumphant choir shall sing,
When the ransomed nations fall
At the footstool of their King.
Then shall saints and seraphim.
Hearts and voices, swell one hymn
Around the throne with full accord.
Holy, holy, holy Lord!"
There was silence when the musio
sased. She had turned her face toward
le church, and as the melody died
.vay in one prolonged, triumphant
lord she still stood in reverent atti*
tde, as though listening for the words
: benediction. He, too, was silent, but
is eyes were lixed on her. He was 80,
10 not 20 Ho had lived his soldier
fe wifeless; but, like other soldiers, his
jart had had its rubs and aches in the
ivs gone by. Years before ho had
lought lifo a black void when tbe girt
s fancied while yet he wore the acajmic
gray calmly told him she preferred
jother. Nor had the intervening years
Jen devoid of their occasional yearnigs
for a mate of his own in the isolaon
of the frontier, of the monotony of
arrison life, but flitting fancies had
ift no trace npon his strong heart The
jve of his life only dawned upon him
t this late day when he looked into her
lorious eyes, and his whole soul went
ut in passionate worship of the fair
irl whose presence made that sunlit
me a heaven. Were ho to live a thoumd
years, no scene on earth could rival
a his eyes the love haunted woodland
athway wherein, like forest queen, she
tood, the sunshine and leafy shadows
aneing over her graceful form, the
oldenrod enhancing her dark and
lowing beauty, the sacred influences of
he day throwing their mystic charm
bout her as though angels guardod and
hielded her from harm. His life had
cached its climax. His fate was soaled.
lis heart and soul were centered in one
weet girl, and all in one brief hour in
ho woodland lane at Sablou.
She could not fail to see the deep
motion in his eyes as at last she turned
o break the silence.
'"Shall wo go?" sho said sininlv.
J. U AO LALLl^f UUW *T IT W
main."
"You do not go to church very often
at Sibley, do you?"
"I have not heretofore, but you would
teach mo to worship." "You have
taught mo," ho muttered below his
breath as ho extended a hand to acsist
her down tho sloping bank toward the
avenue. She looked up qmcxiy once
more, pleased, yet shy, and shifted her
great bunch of goldenrod so that she
could lay her hand in his and lean upon
its steady strength down tho incline,
and so, hand in hand, with old Dobbin
ambling placidly behind, they passed
out from tho shaded pathway to tho
glow and radiance of tho sunlit road.
TO BE CONTINUED.
JttisccUiincmts Reading.
TUB NKW CONSTITUTION.
Some of the Mori Important. Changes an
Coinimrad With the Old.
The new constitution of South
Carolina, as adopted by the recent
convention, was published in full by
The News and Courier and Columbia
State of Thursday, the 5th instant.
The Register p lblished it in two installments;
one on Thursday and the
other on Frida; The instrument is
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quite lengtny, ana in view 01 ine xaci
that it has already been published in
full, and is easily obtainable by those
who may want it, for the small sum of
five ceuts a copy, The Enquirer does
not feel warranted in going to the
expense of its republication. We
think that a briff synopsis of some of
the more impor^tnl changes will prove
just as accepti^ble to a majority of
our readers, who would hardly care to
undertake the labor of reading it all
anyway: J
Article 1 is devoted to a declaration
of rights. The provisions of thig article
are about the same as in the old
constitution. Among other things, it
guarantees equality before the law,
uuiformity of taxation, the right of
trial by jury, liberty of the press, free
and opeu elections, the privileges of
the writ of habeas corpus, arid the
prohibition of corporal punishment
and imprisonment for debt except in
cases of fraud. :
Article 2 relates to the right of suffrage.
Nobody is to be allowed to
vote except male citizens of the State
and United States who are 21 years of
age and over. They must have resided
in the State two years, in the county
oiie year, andin the polling precinct
f'"*- krt TKn? rniict illcn VlOVTf*
IUU1 LLILUJLiJO. I utj Iiiuov uiuv iiM?v
paid, six months before an election,
any pel! tit*'*flu.r may have been due
and payable. Ministers and teachers
in active service are entitled to vote
after six months' residence, when otherwise
qualified. All voters must be
registered, and the principal other
requirements for the securing of a registration
certificate is ability to read
the constitution of the State or understand
it when it is read. This continues
of force until January 1, 1898.
After that time those who are not otherwise
disqualified will be required to
he able to read and write, or they must
pay taxes on property to the amount
of $300. All persons convicted of any
of the following crimes are disqualified
from being registered or voting: Burglary,
arson, obtaining goods or money
under false pretences, perjury, forgery,
robbery, bribery, adultery, bigamy,
wifebeating, housebreaking, receiving
3tolen goods, breach of trust with
fraudulent intent, fornication, sodomy,
incest, assault with intent to ravish,
miscegenation, larceny or crimes
against the election.
Article 3 relates to the legislative
department. This is to consist, as
heretofore, of house and senate. The
members of the house are to be elected
every second year and the members of
senate every fourth year. The house
is to consist of 124 members, divided
..mnnir thn ennuiips in nrnnortion to
XUIUIIg v..w WW ? J -I
population, and the senate is to consist
of one member from each county. The
time of holding the sessions of the
general assembly is fixed to begin on
the second Tuesday in January of each
year. For the first four sessions, there
is no limit as to the sittings. After that
time the members will not be entitled
to compensation for tnore than 40 days.
The general assembly is required to
enact a homestead law that will secure
to heads of families exemption from
attachment, levy and sale, real property
to the value of $1,000, and personal
property to the amount of $500.
In addition to this, those who are not
heads of families are to be entitled to
exemptions to the amount of $300 in
necessary wearing apparel and tools of
trade, etc. The marriage of a white
person to a person having more than
one-eighth Negro blood is null and
void, and no unmarried female who
lias not attained the age of 14 years,
shall legally assent to sexual intercourse.
The general assembly is not
allowed to enact local or special laws
in any case where a general law can
he made applicable. The general
assembly is required to limit the number
of acres of land that may be owned
by an alien, or corporations controlled
by aliens.
Article 4 relates to the executive.
It does not show any important
changes from the old article on the
subject. The governor's term of office
is to be two years, and he is to be elligible
to re-election. No person, however,
is elligible to the office of governor
who denies the existence of a Supreme
Being. The governor has the right to
grant reprieves, pardons and commutations,
and when he shall deem it desirable,
call extra sessions of the legislature.
There is no change in the
names or duties of the various heads of
departments provided for in the old
constitution.
Article 5 relates to the judicial department.
The judicial power of the
Stale is to be vested in a supreme
court, circuit courts of general sessions
aud common pleas, and such county,
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municipal auu omer cuuris ao mu legislature
may deem it desirable to establish.
No county court can be established
except on the consent of a
majority of the qualified voters of a
county ; and no court inferior to that
of the general sessions shall ever be
vested with jurisdiction to try cases of
murder, manslaughter, rape, arson,
burglary, bribery, or perjury.
The supreme court shull consist of a
chief justice and three associate justices,
all of whom shall serve for terms
of eight years. The concurrence of
three justices shall be required to reverse
the judgment of a court below.
Where the justices are equally divided,
the opinion of the court helow must
stand. In special cases, all the circuit
judges may he called in to act as associate
justices. An exception must be
made in the case of the judge who
originally tried the case under consideration.
If the full court is made up
of an even number, one of the circuit
judges, to he chosen by lot, must retire.
The circuit court system remains
unchanged. It is required that the
court of common pleas sit in each
county at least twice a year. The
judges of circuit courts must file their
decisions within GO days after the rising
of the respective courts, and the
supreme court justices must file their
decisions within GO days after hearing
an argument.
The court of probate is to remain as
now established in the county of
Charleston. In the other counties, the
duties of the office may be vested as
the general assembly may prescribe.
The governor has the right to appoint
as many magistrates as may be deemed
necessary. Each magistrate is to serve
two years, if not removed for cause,
and is to receive a stipulated salary in
lieu of all fees. Each one will have
the right to appoint a constable to
serve his writs and processes, and will
Imvp Jurisdiction 111 civil cases where
the amount in litigation does not ex[ceed
$100, and in criminal cases where
I the punishment is nQt more than 30
days imprisonment or $100 fine. In
criminal cases beyond their jurisdiction,
they shall have the power to hear testimony
and commit for trial, or release
on bond as the facts seem to justify,
except in cases involving capital punishment,
when they are required to
commit for trial. They shall also have
the power to bind over to keep the
peace for periods not longer than 12
months.
All persons charged with crime
shall have the right to demand and
obtain a trial by jury. In inferior
courts, the jury shall consist of not
less than six qualified voters. In the
circuit courts, the jury shall consist of
nAt loss than 12 men, ull of whom
must agree to a verdict. No criminal
case can be presented to the circuit
court, except on the agreement of 12
out of a panel of 18 grand jurors.
Judges have no right to charge juries
in regard to matters of fact. They
can only declare the law.
Clerks of the court are to be elected
as heretofore, and their duties remain
unchanged. They can, however, be
removed from office in such manner as
may be prescribed by law.
Provision is made for circuit soliciitors
the same as heretofore. It is
provided, however, that in the event
of the establishment of county courts,
there shall be elected a county solicitor
by the qualified voters of each county,
and these county solicitors shall perform
the duties that have heretofore
been performed by the district solicitors.
Sheriffs and coroners are to be elected
for four years each, and are to be
disqualified for election if it shall appear
that they, or either of them, are
in default of money collected by virtues
of their respective offices.
Article 0 relates to jurisprudence.
One of the most important provisions
relates to a change of venue. The
State has the same right to move for
a change of venue as a defendant.
There can he no motion for a change
of venue, however, until after there
has been a true bill by the grand jury,
and even then the change must be
made to some other county in the
same circuit.
The general assembly is required to
provide for a speedy and effective codification
of the laws.
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In case a prisoner is iyneneu wane
in the custody of any officer, the officer
is subject to prosecution for misdemeanor,
and the solicitor shall institute
proceedings at once. If the grand
jury returns a true bill, the officer shall
be suspended from office, and if he is
convicted, be shall ever after be inelligible
to hold any office of trust or
profit, unless pardoned by the governor.
Not only this, the legal representative
of an individual murdered by a mob,
shall be entitled to recover the sum of
$2,000 in exemplary damages from
ilie county in which the murder was
committed, and the county is allowed
lo recover the money, if it can, from
the persons who did the murder. Not
only this, the murderers are also liable
to criminal prosecution and such peualtiesas
may be prescribed bylaw.
Article 7 relates to counties and
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sliall lie reduced to less than 500square
miles nor less than $2,000,000 taxable
property. No new county can be
formed with less than 400 square miles
of area, taxable property to the amount
of $1,500,000 and population equal to
1124th of the population of the whole
Stale. Elections on the subject of
forming a uew county must be called
on a petition of not less than one-third
of the qualified electors in the area of
the proposed new county. If twothirds
of the voters of each section
voting in the election, vote for the
formation of the proposed new county,
then the new eouuty can be formed ;
but if two-thirds of the voters voting
in any of the se-.lions of which the
new county is to be composed fail to
vote for the new county, the section
failing to give the necessary two-thirds
vote, will not be a part of the proposed
new county. It is also provided
no old county shall he cut within
eight miles of its court house building,
nor its population reduced below
15,000. Townships are made bodies
politic and corporate, and provision is
made for the organization of a system
of township governments by the legislature.
Article 8 relates to municipal corporations.
The general assembly is
required to pass general laws for the
organization of municipal corporations,
and no town can be incorporated
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of its qualified voters. The power ol
cities and towns to levy and collect
taxes must be restricted by the general
assembly. The legislature has no
power to grant a frauchise to a corporation
to construct any kind of public
works in a town, without the consent
of the municipal authoritites. Towns
shall have the right to own their own
water, light and transportation plants,
etc., by purchase or construction, on
a majority vote of those qualified to
vote on such matters. All municipal
taxes and licenses must be just and
uniform. No city or town is allowed
to incur a bouded indebtedness in excess
of 8 per cent, of the value of its
taxable property, and under no circumstances
is it allowed to incur a
bonded indebtdness except on the consent
of a majority of its qualified electors.
With the consent of a majority
of its qualified electors, cities and towns
may exempt manufacturing enterprises
for a period of five years from their establishment.
The legislature is required
to pass laws prohibiting prize fighting.
The right to prohibit the manufacture
and sale of alcoholic liquors in
this State, is reserved to the legislature.
The legislature also has the power to
give this right to corporations, individuals,
counties, towns and cities, or the
State. It is provided, however, that
under no circumstances can liquors be
sold in quamties ot less man one nan
pint, and in sealed packages. They
can't be sold between suudown and
sunup, and they can't be drunk on the
premises. The legislature cannot delegate
to any municipal corporation the
power to license the sale of alcoholic
liquors.
Article, 9 relates to corporations
other than municipal, religious, penal,
educational or charitable. No charter
can be granted except under general
laws, or a two-thirds vote of the general
assembly. No common carrier or common'transmitter
shall make any contract
that shall relieve it from any legal
liability. All corporations doing business
in this State must maintain an
agent here upon whom processes may
be served. There shall be no discriminations
in charges for the same service
to different parties, except excursion
and commutation tickets are allowed
to be sold at special rates. No railroad
or express or telegraph company
is allowed to obtain possession or control
of another in this State by consolidation,
lease, purchase or otherwise.
The right to build or operate a railroad,
telegraph or express business in
this State, shall not be granted to any
foreign corporation, unless such foreign
corporation first be incorporated under
the general laws of this State. No
corporation shall issue stock or bonds
except for labor performed, or money
actually paid, and no fictitious values
shall be created. The general assembly
is required to enact laws to prevent
the organization of trusts or corporations.
All employes of corporations
are guaranteed the flillest right
to recover damages in case of injuries,
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contract that will exempt the corporations
for which they work from
responsibility. Stockholders of insolvent
corporations can only be held
liable for unpaid subscriptions to the
capital stock. Bank stockholders are
liable in double the amount of the face
value of their stock.
Article 10 relates to finance and
taxation. The most important feature
of the article is the fact that no county
or township can be authorized to increase
its bonded indebtedness for any
purpose, except to pay ordinary county
expenses, build public roads and
bridges, aud increase educational facilities.
The State debt cannot be increased
except on a vote of the people.
Article 11 relates to education. The
supervision of the public school system
is vested in the State superintendent
of education and a board of education
composed of the governor and not
more than seven other persons, to be
appointed by him every four years.
The legislature is charged with the duty
of making provisions for the election or
appointment, of all other schoSl officers.
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school officers must be provided for by
the general assembly out of other than
school funds. The general assembly is
required to provide a liberal system
for the education of all the children
between the ages of 6 and 21 years.
The counties must be divided into
special school districts, except that
graded school districts are not to be
iuterferred with. County boards of
commissioners are required to levy an
annual tax of 3 mills on the dollar for
school purposes, and, in addition, there
is to be levied on all polls between the
ages of 21 and 60 a tax of $1. In the
case of Confederate soldiers, the limit
of age ouly goes to 50. If during the
next three years the school fund
amounts to less than $3 per capita for
the enrollment, then the comptroller
general is required to make such additional
levy on the whole State as will
be necessary to supply deficiencies in
counties that do not come up to requirements.
After December 1, 1898,
the general assembly is required to
levy, in addition to what has already
been provided for, such tax as may be
necessary to bring the school fund up
to an amount that will guarantee the
operation of the schools for such terms
during the year as the general assembly
may think desirable. Separate
schools shall be provided for whites
and colored, and it shall be unlawful
for the childten of one race to attend
race. The legislature may provide for
, the various higher institutions as it
sees fit. It shall be unlawful to use
i the property of the State, or any politi
ical subdivision of it, in the maintenance
of any denominational institupion.
All of the State's profits from
the sale of alcoholic liquors, shall go .
to supplement taxes for school puc^'
i poses.
Article 12 relates to the penal and
, charitable institutions. It provides
that institutions for the care of the
blind, deaf and dumb and insane shall
' be fostered by the State. The counties
are required to provide for the
poor within their borders unable to
provide for themselves. Convicts sentenced
by any of the courts t/^Jiard
; labor may be worked on the public
roads of the State, or of the counties
from which they were sentenced. The
general assembly is authorized to establish
a reformatory for juvenile offenders.
All penitentiary convicts must
forever remain under the supervision
aud control of State officers.
Article 13 relates to the militia. All
able bodied males in the State, between
the ages of 18 and 45 years, except
i such as may be exempt for various reasons,
constitute the militia, and shall
he under command of an adjutant and
inspector general elected by the people.
The governor is commander-inchief,
and has the power to call out
i the militia when the safety of the State
or enforcement of laws demand. The
general assembly is empowered and
required to pass laws providing for
pensions for indigent Confederate soldiers
and sailors, and for their widows.
Articles 14 and 15 relate to eminent
domain and impeachments. They are
about the same as in the old constitution.
Article 16, relating to amendment
and revision, is also practically
the same as in the old instrument.
Article 17 relating to miscellaneous
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All offices in the State except librarian,
must be filled by males who are qualified
electors. The office of State librarian
may be filled by a woman provided
she is 21 years of age and has
been a resident of the State for two
years. Divorces from the bonds of
matrimony are prohibited. No one
who deuies the existence of a Supreme
Beiug is elligible for office under the
constitution. All loteries and advertisements
of lotteries are prohibited.
Any person holding an office of honor
or trust, who shall be convicted of gambling,
shall be deposed and forever afterward
disqualified from holding office.
Married women have the right
to hold property in their own name
and make contracts the same as if they
1 were unmarried. All laws Tn lorce """"
now, and not repugnant to this constition
continue of force until they are
repealed or expire of ther own limitation,
and the provisions of all laws inconsistent
with this constitution cease
on its adoption. This constitution
goes into effect on December 31, 1895.
All the provisions of the old constitution
not reenacted in the new one, are
repealed.
WHAT PRODUCES DEATH.
Some one says that few men die of
age. Almost all persons die of disappointment,
personal, mental, or
bodily toil, or accident. The passions
kill men sometimes even suddenly.
The common expression, "choked with
passion," has little exaggeration in it
for, even though not suddenly fatal,
strong passions shorten life. Strong
bodied men often die young?weak
men live longer than the strong, for the
strong use their strength, and the weak
have none to use. The latter take care
I of themselves, the former do not. As
, it is with the body, so it is with the
mind and temper. The strong are apt
i to break, or, like the candle, run; the
weak burn out.
The inferior animals, which live
temperate lives, have generally their
prescribed term of years. The horse
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about 20, the hog 10 or 12, the rabbit
8, the guinea pig 6 or 7. The
number all bear proportion to the
time the animal takes to grow its full
size. But man of all animals, is one
that seldom comes up to the average.
, He ought to live 100 years according
to the physiological law, for five times
20 are 100, but instead of that, be
scarcely reaches an average of four
times the growing period.
The reason is obvious?man is not
only the most irregular and most intemperate,
but the most laborious aud
hard working of animals. He is always
the most irritable of all animals,
and there is reason to believe, though
we caonot tell what animals secretly
feel, that, more than any other animal,
, man cherishes wrath to keep it warm,
and consumes himself with the fire of
his own reflections.
She Doesn't Know Why They
Laughed.?The word "hell" among
Germans is not looked upon with the
horror that it is among Americans, and
even the most cultured German would
not hesitate to use it any more than he
would the word "heaven." A young
lady who learned the English language
in her home in the old country and can
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the other day. A grate fire had _ '
been kindled and the room was uncomfortably
warm. There was a pause
in the conversation, when in a rather
loud tone of voice was heard the remark
in English, but with a pretty
Germen accent: "It is hot as hell in
this room." The electrifiedeuests sat
as if stuuned for a moment, &qd then,
as if by a prearranged signal albbroke
out in a laugh. Up to this date the
German girl doesn't know what the
laugh was all about. ' ' _ ^
i Dude?She is a pretty girl, and
is rich. Now the question is, has she
i got good sense ? Candid Chum?You
i can find that out very easy. Ask her
I to marry you and if she accepts, then
1 you can safely put her. down as a fool.