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vL. X MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NVMBER 27. FOUR DOLLARS A PAY. UCH THE PRESENT PAV OF THE DELEGATES. le Convention. After a Very Lively De bate, Fixes the Per Diem Since the 15th f October. COLUqBIL, Nov. 19. -Special: To ight's session of the convention was -te of the liveliest. The debate arose %J the ordinance the first section of nhich reads as follows: Section 1. That the following sums, if so much be necessary, be and the 'Ame are hereby appropriated to pay ! te expenses of the Constitutional convention from the 10th day of Sep ;i-mber, 1895, to the close of the ses ,ion (except the time of the recess taken 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 $ and an additional per diem of $2 ron the 15th day of October, 1895, to the end of the session; for the pay of S. W. Vanc:, secretary of the con vention, $60L': for the pay of P. L. Melton, assistant secretary of the con vention, $4 per day ; for the pay of H. R. Flaunigan, second assistant secre tary, $3 per day; for the pay of J. T. Gantt, journal clerk, $3 per day,.and $3 per day for indexing after adjourn ment, not to exceed 20 days, such number of days as are absolutely nec essary, to be certified by the secretary o' the convention; for the pay of D. H. Whitherspoon, bill clerk, $3 per day; for the pay of A. H. Dagnall, readino clerk, $3 per day; for the pay of E. . Jenkins, postal clerk, $2 per day; for the pay of A. M. Jolly, door keeper, $2.50 per day; for the pay of Joseph Witherspoon, assistant door keeper, $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, Bel ton Drafts Caughman, J. W. McCal la. U. R. Brooks, Jr., pages of the constitutional convention, each $1.50 per day; for the pay of W. W. Lazen berry, West Oliphant, Damon Canty, Council Cross, James Adamson and Aaron Owens, laborers, each $1.50 per day; for the pay of W. Boyd Evans, clerk of the judiciary committee, $2 per day; for the pay of Benjamin W. Crouch, clerk of the suffrage commit tee, $2 per day; for the pay of Levi David, clerk of the educational com inittee, $2 per day; for the pay of A. R. Harmon, clerk of the executive committee, $2 per day; for the pay of J. W. Wessinger, clerk of the legisla tive committee, $2 per day;for the pay of R. L. Freeman, clerk of the com mittee 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. WTownsend, clerk of the committee on miscellaneous matters, $2 per 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 sergeant ams,-t3 per day; for the pay of ehanlain of the convention, $100. Mr. Nicholson moved to fix the per diem at $2.00 from the beginning to the end 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 leg islature to try to fix the amount of their pay was resented by the people by his county. He wanted to see the d~elegates paid enough to live on at least. Mr. Connor-We were under a mor 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. Do we want to be legal burg lars 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.) Mr. Klugh--We have been told that this ordinance would have to go to the l-egislature, and get its approval before the State officers would dare to pay out an y money. Mr. Tillman-I will call the gentle man's attention to the fact that when the appropriation for the Georgia con vention ran out Bob Tooms gave his individual check for $20,000 to run it on to complete its work, and had to wait until the 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 to say that it was a shame that we should serve for $2, when t.hey 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 favor of the $2 amendment, and Mr. Sligh 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. WV.; Burn, Carver, Clayton, Cooper, De Hay, Dent, Derham, Doyle, Dudley, Fitch, Gage, Gamble, Garris, Good ing, Graham, Harrison. Hay, Hemp hill, Henry, Hutson, Jervey, John son, Klugbh, McCalla, Mc~aslan, Mc Gowman, McKagen, McMahan, Mc Makin, Mitchell, Montgomery, J, D.; Montgomery, W. J.; Moore, Murray, Parler, Parrott, Patton, Read, J. H.; Readfern, Rogers, Roseborough, Row land, Scarborough. Singletary, Sligh, Smith, A. J.; Smith, 'V. C., Smoak, Stackhouse, Stribbling, Taylor, von, Kolitz -Water. Waters, Wells Wh.rton. Vhipper. White. A. .:J White, S. E.: Woodward-G. Navs-President John Gary Evans, Ashe, Atkinson, Austin. Bowen, B-reazeale. Buist. Connor. Douglass, Efird. Estridze. Field. Gary. Glenn. J. P.: Grav.'lamel. Harris. lender son. 1). '.: Houser. Johnstone, George: Jones, Wilie: Keitt. Meares, Mower, Nicholson, Otis, Peake, Prince Raisdalp. Russell. Shuler. Sloan, Smith, I. F.: Sullivan. Tilhuan. B. R.: Tillman. G. D.: Timmerman. Wiggins, Wilson. Stanyarne: Wink ler.-42. So the proposition to make the pay $2 all through was killed. Several parties were announced among them the followinV: Mr. Bradham. who wo ld have vot ed "no." with Mr. J. P. K. Bryan. who would have voted "aye." Mr. Stokes voting "no," with Mr. Dennis voting aye. Mr. Bates voting no,- with Mr. Bellinger voting "aye. Mr. W. D. Evans voting "no," with Mr. Jeremiah Smith voting "aye." Mr. Jones voting "no." with Mr. J. L. Glenn voting "aye." Mr. Lowman voting "no," with Mr. M. P. Howell voting "aye" Mr. Floyd voting "no," with Mr. Oliver voting "ave." Mr. Barker voting "no, with Mr. J. W. Kennedy voting "ave. Mr. Lee ~voting "no," with Mr. Nash voting "ave." Mr. Sheppard voting "no," with Mr. Miller voting "aye." Mr. Talbert voting "no," with Mr. William Henderson voting "aye" Mr. R. B. Watson voting "no," with Mr. Perritte voting "aye." Mr. PIaterson voting "no, with Mr. Farrow votino "ave." Mr. Havnswort& voting 'no," with Mr. Wigg v-ting "aye." Mr. McWhitc voting "no." with Mr. Gilland voting "aye." Mr. McCowan voting "no,- with Mr. Morrison voting "aye." Mr. Ragsdale moved to paIy the pages $2. 00. Adopted. His motion to pay the postal clerk 4,00 was ta bled. Mr. Smalls moved to pay laborers $2.00. Ado ted. Mr. W. D. Evans moved to pay each chaplain $100. Adopted. Mr. W. B. Wilson proposed $2.50 for the assistant door keeper. Adopted. Mr. Smoak then otfered the follow ing, which was greeted with a roar of laughter and he withdrew it: After the word session on line 8 in sert: "Provided, nothing herein con tained shall be construed to enforce the acceptance of this per diem on the part of those having conscientious scruples about acceptino the same." About this time Mr. 'ficholson sent the following to the press stand: "As the convention has voted its members $4 per day from the 15th Oct., 1S95, I agree to turn over to the Columbia hospital all of my pay in ex cess of $2 from above date till the close of this session." Mr. Ragsdale again tried to get the pay of the postal clerk increased and he roll was called on the motion to take it up from the table. The vote resulted-yeas 70, noes 52. and that amendmont was beforo 1-ho house. After a few words by Mr. Mears the amendment was adopted. Mr. Johnson offered to amend by raising Doorkeeper Jolly's pay from $2 to $3 a day. On motion of Mr. Talbert the clerk's pay was raised to $S00. Mr. Austin moved to make the read ing clerk's salary $4 a day, and, by a vote of 65 to 66, it was adopted. Mr. George J ohnstone moved that they turn over the entire $30,000 to the employes and adjourn. It was voted down amid laug'ater. Mr. Stanyarne Wilson moved to in crease the pay of the second assistant secretary, the journal clerk and the bill clerk to $4 a day, Tabled. Mr. George Johnstone moved to re commit the whole thing to the com mittee. He said that they were here under a solemn obligation to the peo ple not to act as they were acting.,- He begged them to pause. and consider carefully what they were doing. He pleaded with them to stop where they were. There had been pratically a unanimous increase all along the line. The committee's recommendations had been pratically doubled. They were treading on the toe of the poor tax payer. They had hesitated as to com mon schools' appropriation, yet they were here grabbing like mad men. The legislature had been postponed and .a protracted session would be a necessi ty, and it would be a heavy expense. Last year our people staggered under the weight of the hard times-cotton at 4 cents-and in spite of the reason ably advantageous prices we are get ting for our products, it will take us three years to recuperate. Mr.~ Talbert seconded this measure, and everything they had done tonig'ht. They had come here under an imnplied contract to take only $2 a day. Mr. Cooper asked him if he had not advocated the incr"-ase of the sere tary's salary to $S00. H e said he had done so. Mr. McGowan said 'he was tired of trotting up the hill and coming down again. He had voted for $4 at first and he thought he was right. The president said that if the report stood as amended the total amount of the convention's cost would foot up something over $53,000. This started the landslide, to which attention was direcP d by Mr. Johnstone's speech. Mr. Stanyarne Wilson opposed the increase, as did also Mr. Watson. Mr. McCalla came here understand ing that he would get $4 a day, but he was willing to do anything and ac cet the committee's report, or recoin mit it if that would better things. Mr. Stanyarne Wilson asked Mr. Johnstone to withdraw the motion to recommit to allow him to submit a substitute leaving the pay at $2 a day. ,Great confusion prevailed at this time. Mr. Gage said he had voted for $1 a day, but there was nothing like "the cohesive power of public plunder," and seeing the way things were going; he was willing to do almost anything to stop it. He was disgusted, and said he would be willing to take $2. There was great confusion now, Mr. McGowan, Mr. Fitch and others de manding the floor as the vote was about to be taken to recommit. Fin ally the roll call was ordered and the vote was taken resulting in a refusal to recommit by the following vote: Yeas--Messrs. John Gary Evans, Alexander, Ashie, Atkinson, Barton, Bowen, Brice, J. S.; Connor, D~oug lass Etird, Estridge, Evans, W. D.: Field, Floyd, Gage. Glenn, J. L.: Glenn, J. P., Gray, Hamel. Harrison, Hemphill, Henderson. D. S.: Houser, J ohnstone, r'.eorge; Keitt, McCalla, Meares, Mitchell, Mower, Nicholson, ntts, Pattersn, usell, Shnier, Sloan, SnitI, 11 F.;Talbert. Tillman, B. R.; Tillmon, G. D.: Timmerman, Wat son. Wiggins. Wilson, Stanyarne-42. Navs--Messrs. Austin, Barry, Be hre, Bobo, Bowman, Brice. T. W.: Buist, Burn, Carver. Clayton, Cooper. DeHay, Dennis, Dudley, Fitch, Gam ble, Garris, Gary, Gilland. Graham, Harris, Hay, Henry, Howell, Hutson. Jervey. Johnson, T. E.: Kennedy. E. J.: Kennedy, J. W.: Klugb, Lee, Mc Caslan, Mcown. McGowan,, McKa gen. McMahan, MeMakin, McWhite, Miller, Montgomery, J. D.: Mont gomery, W. J.; Moore, Murray, Oliver Parrott, Parler, Patton,:Prince, Rags dale, Read, J. H.: Redfearn. Rogers, Rosborough. Rowland, Scarborough, Singletary, Sligh, Smalls, Smith, A. J.; Smith, W. C.; Smoak, Stribling, Taylor, von Kolnitz, Waters, Wells, Whipper. White, A. H.; White. S, E.; Wilson. W. B.; Woodward--72. Mr. Stanyarne Wilson then sent up his amendment to make the per diem $2, and Mr. McGowan sent one which which was section 1 as reported, with one word changed--the date. Then a motion to adjourn was made by Senator Tillman and he insisted on the roll call amid the confusion. Pres ident Evans had the greatest trouble in bringing the house to order suffi ciently to have the roll called. The house refused to adjourn by a vote of 25 to 91. Senator Tillman, at this juncture. rose and said that he had been reliably infornied that the majority of the con vention had come here pledged to vote for this $4 per diem. Therefore, if they wanted to commit political sui cide, let them go ahead. I bow to the will of the convention. Mr Fitch said in the same spirit he hoped that those who had made the amendments would take the proper steps to kill them and let the commit tee's report go through. Mr. Nilson's amendment was then called up and Mr. McGowan insisted on his substitute. There was a bad parliamentary tangle, and amid the grenktest confusion President Evans did his best to unravel it, while the members wrangled and wrangled. Finally the vote was taken directly on a motion to table Mr. Wilson's amendment to make it $2 a day. The amendment was tabled by the follow ing vote: Yeas--Barry, Barton, Behre, Bobo, Bowen, Brice, J. S ; Brice, T. W.; Burn, Cantey, Carver, Clayton, Coop er, DeHay, Dudley. Fitch, Gage, Gam ble, Garris, Gilland, Graham, Harris, Hay, Iemphill, Henry, Hutson, Jer vey. Johnson, T. E.: Kennedy, E. J. , Klugh, McCalla, McCaslan, McGow an, McKagen, McMahan,- MeMakin, Mitchell, Montgomery, J. D.; Mont gomery, W. J.; Moore, Oliver, Parler, Parrott, Read, J. H.; Redfearn, Rog ers, Rosborough, Rowland, Scarbor ough, Singletary, Sligh, Smalls, Smith A. J.: Smith, R. F.; Smith, W. C.; Smoak, Stribling, Taylor, vonKolnitz, Waters, Wells, Whipper, White, A. H.; White, S. E.; Wilson, W. B.; Woodward -64. Nays-President John Gary Evans, Alexaader, Atkinson, Austin, Bow man, Connor, Douglass, Efird, Field, Floyd, Gray. Hamel, Henderson, D. S.; Iouser, Johnstone, George; Keitt; Kennedy, J. W.: McWhite, Meares, Mower, Nicholson, Otts, Patterson, Russell, Shuler, Sloan, Talbert, Till man, B. R. Tillman, G. D.; Watson, Wiogins, Wilson, Stanyarne-39. 'r. McGowan's substitute, which was the report of the committee mere ly changing the date from Oct. 15 to Det. 16, was then called up. It pro vided for $4 a day. Mr. Nicholson then offered the same amendments that he had offered to the matter at the start. Mr. Cooper moved to table them. This was done. The McGowan substitute was .then dopted without trouble. It was ex ctly the same as the section of the ommittee's report given above, save hat it read "Oct. 16,"'instead of "Oct. 5." At 11 :30 the contvention adjourned. The Bessonette Cotton Bale. A man of the name of Bessonette, f Tenwple, Texas, has invented a pro :ess of compressing cotton, which, it s estimated, will save to the south 32,000,00 anuually. Imagine, if you please, a cotton bale so dense and so well covered that a fire may be built pon it without causing calculable :amage; also imagine a bale so packed as to occupy much less room than an :rdinary compressed bale, yet not need any ties to keep it in shape. Im agine further a bale which contains no moisture, no air and nothing but cot ton, so compact as to be like a block f hard wood into which nails can be driven the same as it were wood. The cotton, according to the Besso ette process. is ginned into bats,. wound on iron spindles, pressed down pon the spindle by a revolving cylin der with any requie pressure, and hen wrapped with cotton duck, some thing after the style of the wrapping f a cigar. Cotton duck cups are placed over the ends of the cylinder of :otton, after the spindle is withdrawn and strands of wire passed around the eds of the cylinder hold the cups in place. No iron bands are used, as the way the cotton batting is wound on the spindle retains the full force of the :ompressage. The duck is to protect the outside of the cylinder of cotton from dirt. -Tuscaloosa (Cal.) Times. DrownedI in a Water Pail. Savassau, November 21.-A little egro child was drowned here yester day afternoon in three quarts of wa ter. The child was about two years old. The mother was at work in the ard.- She had left her little one asleep in the bed, exp)ecting it to re main until she would return. Otn the Ioor by the bed was an ordinary wa terbucket, containing about three quarts of soap-sud. The little one awoke and fell out of the bed, land ing on its head in the bucket. When the mother returned to the room she found her child quite dead, the baby having drowned before the mother reached it. The parents of the child are Isaac and Amelia Washington, worthy colored people.-Atlanta Journal. Killed Her Drunken Hlusband. CENTER, Ala., Nov. 22.-W. II. Walker, a prominent planter fifty years old, while on a violent spree, went home and threatened to kill his wife and child. The womon snatched up her child and her husband's pistol and lied to her sister's home half a mile away. As Mrs. Walker entered the door of her sisters house, her hius band attempted to seize her, when she shot him dead. RaumI Levy does not see how a poli tician who starts poor can make $,00,00 in office honestly. There are a good many other people like CO1IN6 TO THE CLOSE. ARRANGEMENTS OF THE CONVEN TION TO HASTEN ITS WORK. I The usines1s Mapped Out and Apportion ed--Three Sessions Heid Daily-1an: Important Matters Settled. COLuMhIA, Nov. 20.-Special: Th< first matter up this morning was , communication from Mr. Mayfield the State Superintendent of Education saying that he had made arrange ments for the members to go to Atlari ta at $2.50 each-either from Colui bia or from Rock Hill. Mr. Efard said he was opposed t( going to Atlanta, but he would mov< that the convention go there in body-this in order to test the ques tion. After a little debate Mr. Lowmar moved to lay Mr. Efird's motion or the table, and withdrew it; but Mr. Johnstone immediately renewed it. Senator Tillman wanted to offer ar amendment, but the demand for the ayes and noes having been made, il was out of order. The vote resulted ayes 9.8, nays 36. So the conventior decided not to go to Atlanta. Senator Tillman then offered the following resolution: Resolved, That Messrs. Stanyarn< Wilson, W. D. Evans and Georg< Johnstone be, and they are hereby ap pointed a steering committee to ar range for completing the work of thi convention, so that it-may be engross ed if practicable by Tuesday next, anc that a recess be taken until Monday. the second day of December. Mr. Coeper moved that the name, of B. R. Tillman and R. B. Watsoi be added to the commission. M:. Winkler moved to lay th< amendment on the table, and the con vention on division voted, ayes 65 nays 63. The vote was then taken on the mo tion to table Senator Tillman's amend ment, and it resulted as follows:Yeas, 63, nays 70. The motion was then adjopted -yea 74, nays 55. Mr. W. D. Evans then offered thE following: The sessions of the convention shall be as follows. after today: Meet at 9:3( a. m., adjourn at 2 p. m.; meet at 4 p. m : adjourn at 6 p. m.; meet at 7:30. adjourn at will. Mr. Efird had this referred to the steerin committee. Mr. onnor then offered the follow ing substitute: Resolved, That the session of this convention from now until the ad journment of same, be as follows: Convene at 9 a. m., recede at 1 p. m., convene at 3 p. in., recede at 5 p. in. convene at 7:30 p. m. THE ARTICLE ON COUNTIES then came up for its third reading. Some amendments were brought up, as indicated below. Mr. Talbert, when section 2 was called, offered the following to go at the end of the section: Add to the end of the section 2: "In all elections for the. formation of new counties, the constitution and law, now regulating and controlling elec tions in this State shall remain in force until the laws regulating the same under the new constitution shall become operative." After some discussion the amend ment was tabled. When section 3 came up, Mr. WV. B. Wilson moved to amend by adding the following: Provided, that a new county, which shall embrace within its limits the city of Rock Hill,mnay be'formned with an area of not less than 300 square miles, and having a population of not less than 15,000 inhabitants, and prop. erly assessed for taxation at not less than $2,500,000, and cutting into any established county- not nearer than eight miles to any established court house; and the city or town selected as the county seat of such new county shall defray the expenses of building a county courthourse and jafl. After some debate the amendment was lost-yesas 49, nays 67. When'section 5 was called up, Mr. Hamnel moved to strike .out the word -"seat," at the end of the section and insert "county court house building." Mr. Patterson said the way it read now, the line could not come nearer than the limits of the county seat. That was near enough. He moved to table, but withdrew temporarily. Mr. George Johnstone said the term as used meant the starting point. He wanted to prevent litigation: He thought the amendment shouldl pass. M~r. Gary said that this meant that the new counties were trying to get a mile or two nearer within their lines. He wanted to say county seat "as now established)" Mr. Prince said that any court would decide that the term meant court house. He was a 10-mile limit man. Senator Tillmnan said he was sorry to see this old fight come up again; he wanted to-see it settled by votes and not talk. - -- Mr. McGowan then -oifered a. sub stitute to say "court house building" and "'10" miles. lie thought this was honest and fair and just. Senator Tillmnan-Why don't 'you say nine,and be -reasonale-allow the average limits to any town. You are after .tghtingr over the light we have already fought out. You are thresh ing old straw. Let's-vote. - Mr. McGowan said that it would not hurt neither the Greenwood or Honea Path county schemes, and explained why. Mr. McGowan's amendment was then killed-yeas 44, nays 75. A motion to substitute nine for eight miles, as the distance fr-om any new county seat to the old was killed. Mr. H~owell's amendment was then adopted When section 12 was called up, Scn ator Tillman otfered this amendment, which wvas adopted: Add to section 12: The election or dered in said ordinance for the loca tion of its county seat shall be held under the Constitution and laws now of force, and the general assembly shall provide for the assessment oi property in the county of Saluda for the year beginning January L, 1896 and for the collection of said taxes when assessed. Section 12 as it stood recad as foi lows: Section 12. Until changed by thle general assembly as allowed by thib Constitution, the boundaries of the several counties shall remain as then are now established, except that the boundaries of the county of Edgefiek. shall undergo such changes as art made necessary by the formation o a new county from a portion of Edge field to be known a aluda ti boundaries of which are set forth in a Constitutional ordinance. Senator Tillman also offered the following, to be known as section 13, which-'was also adopted: Section -13. Ttie general assembly may at any time arrange the various counties into judicial circuits and into congressional districts including the county of Saluda, as. it may deem wise and proper. and may establish or alter the location of voting precincts in any county. The whole article was then given its third reading and sent to the com inittee on style and revision. Mr. McGowans ordinance fixing 16; as the "age of consent" of women was then called up. The age was fix ed at 14, and in this shape the ordi nance was adopted. THE "STEERIN; SCHEME. The report of the steering committee was adopted as follows: 1. The convention shall each day convene at 9 :30 a. m., recede from business at 2 p. m., and continue in session till 6 o'clock p. im.; again re cede till 7:30 and then continue in ses sion'until adjournment for the day is had. 2. The time of the convention for the present week is assigned as fol lows: (i, For this evening. Nov. 20, to the report, of county and county government, No. 29, one hour if so much be necessary. To the report of the committee on legislative depart ment, No. 10, the remainder of the evening. (b) For Nov. 21-To the report of the committee on finance and taxa tion, No. 12, two hours if so much be necessary. To the rep )rt of the com mittee on judicial department, No. 42, the remainder of the day and the ivhole of No'V. 22 if so much be neces sary. Cc) At the conclusion of the last named report, to the report of the committee on declaration of rights, No. 34, two hours if so much be nec essary. Then to the third reading of the report of committee on contingent accounts, No. 58, one hour if so much be necessary; then to the third read ing of report of committee on juris prudence, No. 46. one hour if so much be necessary; then to the third read ing of report of committee on corpo rations, No. 30, one hour if so much be necessary; then to the report of committee on finance and taxation, No. 50, and to each of the several or dinances, Nos. 48, 57 and 59, in the order named, one hour if so much be necessary. 3. The assignment of time for Mon day and Tuesday of next week will be announced Saturday next. 4. Each of the p'yriods assigned to the several reports and ordinances will be distributed by the committee amongst the variou.s amendments to be proposed as they may arise during the progress cf the cebate, whereupon sucli portion of time so fixed shall be equally divided between and be at the disposal of the mover of the amendment and the chairman of the committee reporting the article of or dinan::e. - DOWN TO HARD WORK. CoUMBA, Nov. 21.-Special: The Convention promptly settled down to hard work this moring. Mr. Sligh moved to amend the home stead section so that, after the home stead should have been laid off it could not be waived or mortgaged or other wise defeated. Mr. Sligh spoke earnestly in favor of the amendment. Mr. Gage offered the following sub stitute for the amendmient: Add to the close of section 29-"-Pro vided further, After a homestead in lands has been claimed, set aside and 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 up wards, and are members of the family, such consent to be expressed in writing on the deed. Mr. Gage argued for this amend ment. There were several other speeches on each side. President Evans left the chair and supported the amendment-urging1 that the homestead of the wife and children should always be sacred. After further discussion Mr. Gage withdrew his amendment; and Mr. Sligh's was adopted by a vote of 72 to 66. Mr. Sligh then otfered the following< amendment: - Strike out on fourth line all after 1 the word "estate" down to the word 1 " provided" on 7 and insert: "To the I value of $1,000 or so much thereof as I the property is worth if its value is< less than $1,000, with the yearly pro ducts thereof and e very head of a fami- I ly 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] thereof as the property is worth if its valu~e is less than $500." Mr. Sligh said this was 7.he matter I that was voted down when the section was up before. He thought it was a< matter that should be put in. The roll was called for on a direct vote on the subject. The roll was I about to be called when the call was< withdrawn and the amendment was I adopted viva voce. -1 An 'amendment was adopted. to put the exemption of personalty on thei same footing as that of real estate, as, to the iight to sell, mnortgage, etc. Mr. Fitch offered the fol~owing: 1 Amend section 29 by adding: "Pro-< vided further, that any person not the < head of a family shall be entited to a like exemption as prov-ided for the head of a family, in all necessary wearing appeaiel and personal proper- 1 ty not to exceed iu value the sum of 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. The amendment was adopted. The homestead article was thien adopted as a whole. OTUER PROCEEDINGS At thle afternoon session the negro blood section was adopted as reported by- the commiittee--reading: "The nmarriage of a white person with a ne gro or mulatto, or person who shall have one-eighith or more negro blood, shall b~e unlawful. and void. M1any efrorts were made to amend to have it read "any negro blood," but failed. Mr. McMahian introduced and the convention adopted a section designed to protect the waste lands of the State from being taken up by foreigners and corporations composed of foreigners. When the convention took its 6 o'clock recess it had completed the ar ticle on the Legislative department and sent it to a third reading. -Tonight a long session was held. An effort was made to have the steer ing committee done away with for the next few days. It was voted down. The article on finance and taxation was taken up ind went to its third 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. An ordinance was also presented authorizing the appropriation of $60, )00, if so much be necessary, to defray the expenses of the convention, and permitting the State treasurer to bor row whatever he might need, the Leg islature being required to make pro vision for its payment. The article on judicial department was next taken up and the fight of the night was on the section relating to the composition of the supreme court. The committee had recommended four justices. An amendment was offered by Mr. Ragsdale to leave the court as it now is, with three justices. After a long debate Mr. Ragsdale's amendment was killed by a vote of 75 to 49. The convention adjourned at a late bour without taking further action on the matter. Twenty-eight members have filed a protest against the action of the con vention in turning the business over to a steering committee. JUDICIAL DEPARTMNT. CoLU3IBIA, Nov. 22.-Special: The Donvention today discussed the sec ions bearing on the judicial depart ment. The terra of the justices of the upreme Court was fixed at eight years, and they are to be four in num ber, elected by the Legislature. For the decision of constitutional luestions there is to be a special court :omposed of all the judges of the Su preme and the Circuit court. The term of the circuit judges was ixed at four years. INGERSOLL ON ALCOHOL. & Wonderful Piece of Word Painting by the Great Agnostic. The following wonderful piece of ord painting has been frequently published, says the Chicago Tribune, but we reprint it at the request of everal readers who desire a complete ,opy. Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll, [n addressing a jury in a casse which involved the manufacture of alcohol, made the folllowing terrible arraign ment of the demon: "I am aware that there is a preju lice against any man who manufac tures alcohol. I believe that from he time it issues from the coiled and Doisonous worm in the distillery until t empties into the jaws of death, dis onor and crime, it demoralizes every body that toucbes it, from its source :o where it ends. I do not believe inybody can contemplate the object without being prejudiced against the iquor crime. All we have to do, gentlemen, is to think of the wrecks n either bank of the stream of death, Af the suicides, of the insanito, of the ignorance, of the destitution, of the ittle children tugging at the faded nd withered breast of weeping and lesparing mothers, of wives asking or bread, of the men of genius it has recked, the men struggling with im iginary serpents, produced by this evilish thing; ard when you think of ;he jails, of the almshouses, of the asy Lums, of the prisons, of the scaffolds 1pon either bank, I do not wonder ~hat every thoughtful man is prejudic d against this damnmned stutf called lcohol. Intemplerance cuts down outh in its vigor, manhood in its trength, old age in its weakness. It yreaks the father's heart, bereaves the loting mother, extinguishes natural dection, erases conjugal love, blots >ut filial attachment, blights parental iopes, brings downy mourning 'age'in orrow to the grav6. It produces veakness, not strength ; -sickness, not iealth; death, not life ..[t ,mak-es wivis vidow; children orphe'ns; fathers iends; and all~of them paupers and >eggars. It feeds rheum atism, invites :holera, idiports pestilen ce and em >races consumption. It ' covers the and with idleness, ,misery, crime. It ills your jails, supplies- your-.alms Louses, and demand s your. asylums. t engenders controversies,. fosters tuarrels andscherishes riots. It crowds rour penitentiaries'and furnishesevic ims for your-.scaffolds. It is the~life loodof-the gambler, the element-of he burglar, thespropfor the highway nan and .support of the midnight in endiary. It co'untenances the - liar, espects the thief, esteems the blas >emer. It violates obligation, rev~ rences fraud and honors infamy. It efames benevolence, hates love, corns'virtue and slanders innocence. t incitesithe father~ to butcherhel.pless ffspring, helps-the -husband to massa re his wife~and'tho;child to.grind the >aricidal ax. It bua-ns up men, con umes women, -detests life, curses.God, Lespises heaven. It suborns witness s, nurses perjury,Jdefiles the jury box nd stains judicial crime. It degrades he citizens, debasis legislator, dishon rs the statesman-and disarms'the pa riot. It brings shame, not ' honor; nisery, no-t-safety; .,despair, not hope; nisery. not happiness. - and with the nalevolence of a. fiend i tcalmly sur-I eys its frightful~desolation and unsat ated havoc. It~poisons fcdicity, kills eace, ruins morals, blights confi lence, slays reputations, and wipes ut national honor, then curses the vorld.and':laughs at its ruin. [t does Ll that and more. It murders the oul. It is the . sum of all villanies, he father of all crimes, the mother of dl abominations, the devil's best riend and'.God's wor-st enemy." MurdIer is Wife? As l~AND, Ky., Nov. 21.-The dead ody of Mrs. James Dewitt was found n the wood, six miles beyond Gray on last night with a shawl tied tightly round her throat and face, and marks f choking and beating lainly visible. he disappeared last Thursday even ing, after visiting her husband at his boarding house near her mther's home. The couple have been living apart for some time. Her husband as isted in the search for her and was with the pariy that found the body. Just before the discovery he complained of having a chH1 and shook so, that the search was delayed for some time. Dewitt has been arrested charged with the murder. He protests his inno ence and claims his wife committed suicide. Excitement is intense, and if ie is held for the crime he may be lynched. JAMEs Ancrum Simons. a promin ent lawyer of Charleston has been presented by the grand jury for get ting away with $5.Qt00 of his client's money TO THE CONFEDERATE VETERANS. An Important Circular in negard to a Confederate History. To the United Confederate Veterans of South Carolina: Fellow Comrades: The flattering en dorsement the convention of United Confederate Veterans in Columbia gave the plan suggested and published in various papers, for collecting the facts and data pertaining to the history of the South Carolina troops during the war, prompts me to explain my reason for not wishing to wait for the legislature to make an apprcpriation to carry on that work. To ask the State to appropriate mon ey to be expended in an enterprise i which, perhaps, many of its citizens feel no interest, and less pride, is only giving ground for obstructionists and croakers to oppose it and pour cold water upon it. I have no doubt (and I shudder at the thought) that there are men in this State today who might be of some service in this work, who would rather see the records that brave men and women have made for themselves and their State during that eventful struggle destroyed or hid for ever from mortal sight, rather than to have them preserved as history to be read and revered by loyal and patriot ic generations yet unborn. The men of our State who in 1861 to 1865 immortalized the name of Lee, Jackson, Beauregard, Hill,Longstreet. Stuart, Hampton, Butler. Evans, Gary, Jenkins and many others, are not "deadbeats" knocking at the door of the State treasury, claiming something that is not due them. The work be fore us is a labor of love. Let the sur vivors of the different regiments, bat talions and batteries, select their ablest and most energetic comrade who will go to work at once and gather up every obtainable incident worthy of note, pertaining to his command, or any individual soldier (dead or alive) connected with it, and let it be written down for the use of the State historian, whose c.uty it will be to put it in book form. If this work is done thoroughly and properly, the State authorities will see at once a bonanza in procur ing the publication of these records and will willingly pay those who have labored so faithfully in getting them up. I verily believe it will realize a suffi ciency from the sale of the book (after paving all expenses incurred in its pulication) a sum sufficient to bestow a bounty upon every disabled Confed erate soldier in the State without one cent of expense to the taxpayers. When the legislature is asked to raise money to procure the publica tion of this history, some people will begin to cry out: "It's a money ma chine, gotten up, by the old soldiers and their allies to deplete the State treasury or live at the expense of the taxpayers." Gentlemen, .the men who saved the reputation of the State in its darkest days, are not going to do any such thing; neither do they intend that their enemies shall write their history for them-mark that. We have a perfect right to meet in convention, with open doors, as we have done, and recount the deeds and recall the memories of the past, with out being guilty of any disloyalty to the general overnment. The war is over.- The fla of the nation is our flag. The soldiers of both armies, north and south, can no~w meet and exchange courtesies, and in the most pleasant and dispassionate manner, recount the incidents of the past, the needs of the present and the hopes of the future, without discord or embar rassment whatever. Let every old soldier who fought on the side of the South remember that his name will soon be forgotten and his deeds perish with the cause he held so dear unless he bestirs himself to the duty before him. If he is an uneducated main who can't write, let him call to his assist ance some one who will write for him. In this he will find some men willing endfready to give him assistance then thie noble women of our State. Ofthereisi~no reason why a single incidentiremembered by an old soldier should not be incorporated in the liistory if-it is worth preserving at all. 'There are $lenty of publishing hous es .-in -our State, and many men throughout-our country that would be glad to get ,thepublication of these records, arid will pay a handsome roy alty for that'privilege. So let us be up and doing;*there is not a moment to lose. No- loyal son of South Carolina can distrust his mother State, and he may rest assured that if he does his duty faithfully he will recompense himself forit. A history gotten up to maintain the truth is of incalcably more value than one made mainly for the money, the State might agree to pay for it. Let us work to the hearts of the people rather than their pockets for a true -history. Hoping all papers friandly to our coarse, will copy this letter, I am your fraternally, JAMES L. STRAIN. Adjt. Camp Giles. U. C. V. Union, S. C. The United States senate. It is not probable that the federal senate will be reorganized at the open ing of the next session of Congress. No party is in control of that body and reorganization can be effected only by the co-operation of the Re pubhicans and Populists. The Senate now contains 42 Republicans, 39 Dem ocrats. 4 Populists and 2 non-descripts. The latter are Jones and Stewart, the Nevada senators. It is impossible to classify them except as silver senators. Both were regular Republicans until a few years ago, but they now repre sent a Populist state and stand for nothing but the idea of free and un limited silver coinage. Even if they should go into the Republican caucus it will number but 44, just exactly half the Senate, and would still be short one vote in any effort to reorganize the senate. There has been some talk of a combination between the Republi cans and Populists for the purpose of reorganizing the senate, but some of the most influential Republican sena tors are opposed to any such scheme. When the senators from Utah are ad mi.:ted the Republicans will probably reorganize the Senate, but hardly be fore. Uinrned in a D)istllnery. WINSToN, N. C., Nov. 22.-Thomas Mabe, with his two sons, were burned fatally last night by a lire which de stroyed their brandy distillery near Danbury, in Stokes county. The fire originated from the singlings and backings boiling over and catching fire. The burning Iluid ran on the two sons, who were asleep on the tloor. The house was locked up and the father and sons were unable to get JUVENILE JESSE JAMES. FOUR BOYS CAUSE A WRECK ON THE N. Y. CENTRAL. Removed Spikes and Flshplates From Two Rails--Many Persons Killed and Injured. The Young Misereants Captured. ROME, N. Y., Nov. 1.-Thedeliber ate wrecking of the fast mail train No. 6, eastbound on the New York Central railroad, was accomplished about three miles west of this city at 4:20 this morning. The wreckers had broken open the company's tool house nearby and obtained a wrench and .rowbar, with which all the spikes and fishplates from the two -opposite rails on the shoutherly track had been re moved. The two released rails were left in their places on the track. As. the train, comprising four mail cars and three sleeping cars, came along at the rate of about 40 miles an hour, the locomotive left the track, bounded over the ties and fell sidewise into a ditch 12 feet deep on the south side of the track. The first two mail cars shot over the engine, the first car land ing fuly 75 feet from the point where the engine left the track. The second and third mail cars came together in "V" shape and the wrecked engine lay in the open space between them. Un der the second mail car, pinned down by a pair of trucks and stone dead, was found Engineer Hager. The rourth mail car was toppled part way :ver. The first two sleepers were part ly turned over and the last one re mained on the tracks. Strange to say the two loose rails had not been thrown from the roadbed, the last car remaining upon them. There were 50 passengers in the three sleepers and not one of them was hurt. The pas iengers were taken east on another train shortly after the accident. The killed and wounded in the smashup are: Nathan N. Hager, engineer, Albany, killed; Robert Elliott, or Bond, from Syracus . a tramp, died after being removed from the wreck; E. Reardon, Herkimer mail clerk, head and body .ut and bruised; J. E. Lavine, New York, mail clerk, upper arm bruised and sprained; F. N. Pad lock. Syracuse, mail clerk. arm cut; 0. W. Sackett, Herkimen, mail clerk, arm cut and bruised; M. J. McCarthy, Buffalo, porter, mail car, head cut and bruised; R. B. Peck, Syracuse, mail clerk, head cut and bruised; Con luctor Charles R. Reynolds, Albany, injured in the chest; John R. Macy, tramp, Syracuse, right foot smashed and amputated-he is at the Rome bospital; C. Wagner, Albany, fire man, head cut. The body of Engi aeer Hager is in charge of Undertaker 3rton of this city. The tools with which the spikes were pulled were found on the track after the wreck. One week ago, last Bnday night, a fishplate wasloosened ear the point where this morning's accident occurred. Several trains passed over the place in safety. The matter was discovered by trackwalker the following morning and a watch was kept there each night till last night. Three young fellows, aged 18 to 19 years have been arrested for wrecking ,he train. They are J. Watso Hil Ireth of New York; Fred Br: and Eerbert Plato of Rome, Hildreth has nade a co seon implicating the >therC sdn Theodore Hibbard, who as not been apprehended. Their ob ject was robbery. The arrests were nade by Detective Latham of the New ~Tork Central and Policeman Keating >fRome. They found Hildreth's hat with his name in it in the bushes near the wreck. Upon confronting him he weakened and told who his accom plices were and their object. Twenty-two p%'ngers were taken >ut of the windcws on the first sleeper ,he Inca. All (of the mail and sleep ng cars were Eighted with pintch gas mnd no fire wvas set in the wreck: young Hildreth is said to be the son >f a wealthy lawyer in New York. Pheodore Hibbard, the last of the four :rain wreckers, was captured at 3 p. n. and is nor in the e-ustody with the >thers. A r-'llow covered history of he exploits of the Jame~s boys was ound in one of Bristols's pockets. In addition to the four boys arrest d for wrecking the Central mail train tear this city this morning, Joseph W.ilkes, 18 years of age, has been ar -ested as a witness. It is said that he was taken into the confidence of the >thers when they were planning the wreck, but that he refused to go with hem when they went to commit the leed. Confession have been made by all the other boys of their guilt. One of the boys confessed that they 1ad woods near the railroad track, and he was taken there this evening .o locate them, but on account of dark 1ess the spot could not be found. Phere is no evidence that others be sides those apprehended were concern id in the plot. Coroner Nock began an inquest on the bodies of Engineer Elager and the tramp Robert Bond,who were killed, but the inquest was not :ompleted this evening. Lewis Harris of this city this after ioon found a black cloth mask in the voods near the scene of the wreck. No More Bonds. A Washington letter says not an ther bond will be issued by the ad ninistration, until the Republican Jongress has an opportunity to extri ~ate the Treasury from the embarrass nent into which it was forced by re utblican legislation. This can be ac ~epted as absolutely authentic, even ;hould the demand for gold become nuch greater than it has been for the Last few days. It may not be true chat Republicans are trying to force mnother bond issue before Congress rneets, but it is true that they would be glad to see one.-a big one-as it ro.uld at the same time relieve them ,f the responsibility of providing for he needs of the Treasury and furnish hem' with a new peg upon which to ib.ag fresh abuse of the administration. tt is not a subject for smiles, but it wvould not be strange if President 3leveland indulges mn a few grim smiles as he pens that portion of his :nessage to Congress calling attention :o the needs of the Treasury. If such language were permissible in so digni lied a document as a President's mes sage, he might be imagined as writing: "Your party put the Treasury in a hole; now the country expects you to it least lend a helping hand towards pulling it out.' OF the forty-four- State Governors in the United States thirty-nine are avowed believers in religion, twenty nine are trofessed Christians, most of them are'regularattendants at 'worship, and a vast majority are contributors tho the nxene ofreligions work.