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THE NEW CONSTITUTION. LCONTINUED FRO2; IA E ONE. j by law. He shal be elected by the qualified electors of the State for the term of two years and shall receive for his services such compensation as shall be fixed by law. Sec. 29. There shall be one soheitor for each circait. hvIo shall reside therein, to be elected by the qualitied electors of the circuit, who shall hold his office for the term of four years, and shall receive for his services such compensation as shall be lixed by law. In all cases when an attorney for the State of any circuit fails to attend and prosecute according to law, the court shall have power to appont an attor -ney pro tempore. In the tvent of the establishment of county courts the general assembly may provide for one solicitor for each county inl the place and instead of the circuit solicitor,and may prescribe his powers, duties and compensation. Sec. 30. The qualified electors of each county shall elect a siheritf and coroner, for the term of four years. and until their successoi-s are elected and qualified; hey shall reside ii their respective counties durii-z th-ir con tinuance in otice, be disqutliied for the office a secoud tits ii it should appear that they, or either of thei, are in default for mioneys collected by virtue of their resp(otive o1hc:s. Sec. 31. All writs and processes shall run and all prosecutions shall be con ducted in the name of the State of South Carolina; all writs shall be at tested by the cltrk of the court from which ther shall be issued: and all in dictments'shall corclude agaiust the peace and dignity of t ae Stat-. Sec. 32. The generdl a.sembly shall provide by law for the speey publica tion of the decision cf tie supreme court made uIder this C.,stiu ion. Sec. 33. Circuit courts and ai courts inferior thereto :!.d i: i.pal courts shall have the powe-. in their disere tion, to inpose s -.ue of labor upon highways, streets and otler public works upon persons by thetn sentenced to imprisonment. Sec. 34. All matters, civil and cri minal now pendug within the juris diction of any of the courts of this State shall continue therein until dis posed of according to law. ARTICLE VI. JURIS'UDENCE. Section 1. The geineral assembly shall-pass laws alowing ditftrences to be decided by arbitrators, to be appoint ed by the parties who may choose that mode of ajustment. Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the general assembly to pass laws for the change of venue in all cases, civil and criminal, over which thecircuit courts have original jurisdiction, upon a pro per showing, supported by aflidavit, that a fair and impartial trial cannot be had in the county where such ac tion of prosecution was commenced. The State shall have the same right to move for a change of venue that a de fendant has for such offences as the general assembly may prescribe. Un Iess a change of venue be had under the provisions of this article the defen dant shall be tried in the county where the offence was committed: Provided, however, That no change of venue shall be granted in criminal cases un til after a true bill has been found by the grand jury: And provided, fur ther, That if a change be ordered it sal11be to acounty in the same judi cial circuit. Sec. 3. Justice shailbe administered ina uniform mode of pleading without distinction between law and equity. Sec. 4. Every statute shall be a pub lic law, unless otherwise declared in the statute itself. Sec. 5. The gerneral assembly, at its first session after the adoption of this Constitution, shall provide for the appointment or election of a commis sioner, whose duty it shall be to col lect and revise all the general statute law of this State then of force as well as that which shall be passed from time to time, and to properly index and arrange the said statutes when so passed. And the said commissioner shall reduce into a systematic code the general statutes, including the code of civil procedure, with all the amend ments thereto, and shall, on the first day of the session for the year 1901 and at the end of every subsequent period of not more than 10 years, re port the result of his labors to the gen eral assembly, with such recommen dations and suggestions as to the ab ridgement and amendments as may be deemed necessary or proper. Said re port, wrhen ready to be made, shall be pited and a copy thereof laid upon tedesk of each member of both houses of the general assembly on the first day of the first session, but shall not takien up for consideration until the next session of said general assembly. The said code shall be declared by the general assemibly, in an act passed ac cording to the forms in this Constitu tion for the enactment of laws, to be the only general statutory law of the State; but no alterations or additions to any of the laws therein contained sall1 be made exce pt by bill passed un der the formalities heretofore prescrib ed for the passage of laws. Provision shall be made by law for tilling vacan cies, regulating the terms of office and the compensatioui of said commissioner not exceeding $.500 per annum, and imposing such other duties as may be desired. And the general assembly shall by commuittee inquire into the progress of his work at each session. Sec. 6. In the case of any prisoner lawfully in the charge, custody or control of any officer, State, county or municipal, being seized and taken from said officer through his negli gence, permission or connivance, by a mob or other unlawful assemblage of prsons, and at their hands suffering 'odiy violence or death, the said offi cer shall be deemed guilty of a misde mean6r, and, upon truce bill found, shall be deposed fr-om his office pend ing his trial, and upon conviction shall forfeit his offiee, and shall, un less pardoned by the governor, be ine ligible to hold any office of trust or profit within this State. It shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorney within whose circuit or county the of fense may be committed to forthwith institute a prosecution agains~t said of ficer, who shall be tried in such coun ty in the same circuit other than the one in which the offence was com mitted, as the attorney general may elect. The fees and mileage of all material witnesses, both for the State and for the defense, shall be paid by the State treasurer, in such manner as may be provided by law: Provid ed, In all cases of lynching when death ensues, the county where such lynching takes place shall, without regard to the conduct of the officers, be liable in exemplary damages of not less than $2,000 to the legal representa tives of the person lynched: Provid ed, further, T~-.t any county against which a judgment has been obtained for camages in any case of lynching shall have the right to recover the amount of said judgment from the parties en gaged in said lynching in any court of competent juntsdiction. ARTICLE VII. COUNTIES AND COUNTY G:ovENMENT. Section 1. The general ,assembly may establish new counties in the fol lowng anner: Whernever one-third of tne qualified electors within the area of each section of an old county proposed to be cut off to a new county shall petition the governor for the creation of a new county, setting forth the boundaries and showing compli ance with the requirements of this ar ticle, the governor shall order an elec tion, withing a reasonable time there after. by the qualified electors within the proposed area, in which election they shall vote "Yes" or "No" upon the question of creating said new coun tv: and at the same election the ques tion of a name and a county seat for such county shall be submitted to the electors. Sec. 2. If two-thirds of the qualified electors voting at such election shall vote "Yes" upon such questious, then the general assembly at the next see siou shall establish such new county: Provided, No section of the county proposed to be dismembered shall be thus CUt off without consent by a two-thirds vote of those voting in sue' ,section; and no county shall be formed without complyinz with all the condi tions imposed in this article. An elec tion upon the question of forming the same proposed new county shall not be held oftener than once in four years. S-c. 3. No new county hereafter formed shall contain less than one one hundred and twenty-fourth part of the whole number of inhabitants of the State nor shall it have less assessed taxable property than $1,500,000 as shown by the last- tax returns, nor shall it contain less area than 400 square miles. Sec. 4. No old county shall be re duced to less area ~than 500 square miles, to less assessed taxable property thau -2.000,000, nor to* a smaller population than 15,00 inhabitants Sec. 5. In the formation of new eour ies no old county shall be cut withia eight miles of its cotfrthouse building. Stc. 6. All new counties hereafter formed shall bear a just apportion ment of the valid indebtness of the old county or counties from which they have been formed. Sec. 7. The general assembly shall have the power to alter county lines at any timie. Provided, That before any existi.g county line is altered the question shall be first submitted to the qualitied electors of the territory pro posed to be taken from one county and givea to another, and shall have received two-thirds of the votes cast: Provided, further, That the change shall not reduce the county from which the territory is taken below the liHoits prescribed in sections 3, 4 and 5 of this article: Provided, That the proper proportion of the existing county indebtedness of the section so transfered shall be assumed by the county to which the territory is trans ferred. Sec. 8. No county seat shall be re moved except by a vote of two-thirds of the qualified electors of said county voting in an election held for that purpose, but such election shall not be held in any county oftener than once in five years. Sec. 9. Each county shall constitute one election district, and shall be a body politic and corporate. Sec. 10. The general assembly may provide for the consolidation of two or more existing counties if a majority of the qualified electors of such coun ties voting at an election held for that Durpose shall vote separately therefor, but such election shall not be held of tener than once in four years in the same counties. Sec. 11. Each of the several town .ships of this State, with names and boundaries as now established by law, shall constitute a body politic and cor porate, but this shall not prevent the general assembly from organizing other townships or changing the boun daries of those already eftablished; and the general assembly may pro vide such system of township govern ment as it shall think proper in any and all the counties, and may make special provision for municipal gov ernment and for the protection of chartered rights and powers of muni cipalities. Sec. 12. Until changed by the gen eral assembly, as allowed by this Con stitution the boundaries of the several counties shall remain as now estab lished, except that the boundaries of the county of Edgefield shall undergo such changes as are made necessary by the formation of a new county from a portion of Edgefield, to be known ~as Saluda, the boundaries of which are set forth in a Constitutional orinance. The election ordered in said ordiuance for the location of its county seat shall be held under the Constitution and laws now of force. And the general assembly shall pro vide for the assessment of property in the county of Saluda for the fiscal year beginning January 1st, 1896, and for the collection of said taxes when assessed. Sec. 13. The general assembly may at any time arrange the various coun ties 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. Sec.~ 14. Hereafter no county lines shall be so established as to pass through any incorporated city or town of this St-ate. ARTICLE VIII. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS AND POLICE REGULATIONS. Section 1. The general assembly shall provide by general laws for the organiz ition and classification of mu niipal corporations. The powers of each class. sh-11l be defined so that no such cor porations shall have any pow ers or be subject to any restrictions other than all corporations of the same class. Cities and towns now ex isting -under special charters may re organize under the general laws of the State, and when so reorganized their spe::ial charters shall cease and dtermine. Sec. 2. No city or town shall be or ganized without the consent of the majority of the electors residing and entitled by law to vote within the dis trict proposed to be incorporated ;such consent to be ascertained in the man ner and under such regulations as may be prescribed by law. Sec. 3. The general assembly shall restrict the powers of cities and towns to levy taxes and assessments, to bor row money and to contract debts, and no tax or assessment shall be levied or debt contracted except in pursuance of la w, for public purposes specified by law. Sec. 4. No law shall be passed by the general assembly granting the right to construct and operate a street or other rail way, telegraph, telephone or electric plant, or to erect a water or gas works for public use or to lay mains for any purpose, without first obtaining the consent of the local au thorities in control of the streets or public places proposed to be occupied for any such or like purposes. Sec. 5. Cities and towns may ac quire, by construction or purchase, and may operate water works systems and plants for furnishing lights, and may furnish water and lights to indi viduals, firms and private corpora tions for reasonable compensation: Provided, that no such construction or purchase shall be made except upon a majority vote of the electors in said cities or towns who are qualified to vote on the bonded indebtedness of said cities or towns. eities and towns in this State shall be vested with power to assess and collect I taxes for corporate purposes,said taxes to be uniform in respect to persons and property within the jurisdiction of the body composing the sanme; and all the property, except such as is ex eipt cy law, within the litnits of ci ties and towns shall be taxed for the payrnet of debts contracted under au thority of law. License or privileged taxes imposetd shal! be graduated so as to s-cure a just imposition of such tax upon the classes subject thereto. Sec. 7. No city or towna in this Sttte shall hereafter incur any boudt-d dbt which. including exististinz bonded iudebt dnrss. shall exc-ed 8 per cent Uu of the assessed value of the taxa ble prop-rty thierein. and no such debt shall be creatf-d without submit ting the question as to tb creation thereof to the qualiti-d electors of such city or town, as provided in this Constitution for such special elections; and uuless a majority of such electors voting on the question shall be in fa vor of creating such further bonded debt. none shall be created; Provided, that this section shall not be construed to prevent the issuing of certificates of indebtedness in anticipation of the col lection of taxes for amounts actually contained or to be contained in the taxes for the year when such certifi cates are issued and payable out of such taxes: And provided, further, that such cities and towns shall on the issuing of such bonds create a sinking fund for the redemption thereof at ma turity. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the issuing of bonds to an amount sufficient to refund bonded indebtedness existing at the time of the adoption of is Uonstitution. Sec. 8. Cities and towns may ex empt from taxation, by general or special orlinance, except for school purposes, manuffactories established within their limits for five successive years from the time of the establish 'ment of such manufactcries: Provid ed. that such ordinance shall be first ratified by a majority of such qualified electors of such city or town as shall vote at an election held for that pur pose. Sec. 9. No armed police force or rep--esentatives of a detective agency shall ever be brought into this State for the suppression of domestic vio lence; nor any other armed or unarm ed body of men be brought in for that purpose, except upon the application of the general assembly or of the exe cutive of this State (when the general assembly is not in session,) as provid ed in the Constitution of the United States. The general assembly shall provide proper penalties for the en forcement of the provisions of this section. Sec. 10. It shall be the duty of the general assembly to create boards of health wherever they may be neces sary, giving to them power and au thority to make such regulations as shall protect the health of the commu nity and abate nuisances. Sec. 11. In the exercise of the police power the general assembly shall have the right to prohibit the manufacture and sale and retail of alcoholic liquors or beverages within the State. The general assembly may license persons or corporations to manufacture and sell and retail alcoholic liquors or beverages within the State under such rules and restrictions as it deems pro per; or the general assembly may pro hibit the manufacture and sale and re tail of alcoholic liquors and beverages within the State, and may authorize and empower tLe State, county and municipal officers, all or either, under the authority and in the name of the State, to buy in any market and retail within the State liquors and beverages in such packages and quantities, under such rules and regulations, as it deems expedient: Provided, that no license shall be granted to sell alcoholic bev erages in less quantities than one-half pint, or to sell them between sundown and sunrise or to sell them to be drunk on t1iie premises: And provided, further, that the general assembly shall not delegate to any municipal corporation the power to issue license to sell the same Sec 12. All prize fighting is pr-ohib ited in this State, and the general as sembly shall provide by proper laws for the prevention and punishment of the same. (To BE CONTNtED.) Graveyard Ghouls. TopEKA, Kas., Dec. 11.-The recent revoltmne grave robberies in this city have aroused the people to the highest itch of indignation, and at 8 o'clock tonight a mob began forming in the streets, the avowed purpose being to burn the Kansas Medical College, in which, during the past three days, the bodies of two well known women have been found. Both bodies were stolen from their graves soon after burial. The police learned this afternoon that there was a movement on foot to as semble a mob to sack the institution, which is located at Twelfth and Tay lor streets. This evening the faculty of the college called upon the police for protection. The students were all sent home and a lrrge squad of police men were detailed to guard the college building. A detail of miliatiamen from Battery B of this city is stationed at their arsenal to prevent a capture of the arms stored there. Upon the request of the sheriff the Governor has ordered the infantry company at Lawrence to be ready to respond to a call at any moment. The men are now are now assembled at the station at Lawrence. While it is believed the precautions that have been taken will prevent any violent demonstration to aight, the men on the streets are loud it their threats. All of the A. 0. U. W. lodges met tonignt to denounce the outrage and demand a full investi gation to discover the ghouls. Yes terday, A.- N. Drake of North Topeka, whos'e wife died last week, discover.ed her grave had been robbed. The corpse was found at the Kansas Medi cal College. On Monday I. 0. Van Fleet, who had buried his wife but a few hours before, found her mutilated and disfigured remains on the dissect ing table at the college. This discov ery resulted in the arrest of S. A. Johnson, a student, who acts as jani tor for the institution. At S o'clock, P. H. Lillis identified the third body at the college as that of his mother, who died recently. These revelations were the cause of tonight's demonstra tion. Tralin Robbers Caught. FOnT SarITH, ARK., Dec 11.-On the night of October 6 the North bound train on the 'Frisco was held up by five masked men at Scanton Switch, 50 miles South of this city.- The rob bers went through the express and mail cars and made good their escape. This afternoon Postoflice Inspector Houck brought in fr-om the Choctaw Nation five men charged with robbery. They- are Tom Harris, Alias Adams; Alfred, Hugh and George Draper, brothers, and Slav Carver, Alia Jeff Caver. They are all desperadoes. Murder and Suicide. ST. Lotis, Dec. 11 .-A special firom Moulton, Ala., says that the dead and partly decomposed bodies of Henry Williams and wife were found in their home near there today. Will iams had crushed his wife's skull with an axe which lay beside the bodies and then shot himself with a pistol, which was still clutched in his hand. His intense jealousy of his wife is the suposd ause of the crime. OHIO'S GREATEST SON. Allen 0. Thurman has Breathed His Last. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 12.-Ex-Sen' ator Thurman died at his residence here at 1:30 this afternoon of the gen eral debility of old age, ending in col lapse. He had been dangerously ill only since yesterday morning. Since his fall about a iuonth ago, he had been apparently in his usual. health. but to the experienced eye of his phy sician it was plain that his power" were rapidly falling. Until yesterday mornin.4 he was able to sit up the greater part of the Lime and at times showed keen interest mn public affairs On his 82nd birthday, November 13 he was able to dictate a letter to the Thurman club of this city in reply to resolutions of sympathy with him in his sufferings resulting from the fall Yesterday morning he was sitting up in his library reading when he began to complain of feeling ill, and shortly grew so much worse that Dr. Wbitta ker. his physician, was called. He sa w that it was the beginning of the end and so informed the family. In the afternoon Judge Thurtan lost con:ciousness and never fully re covered it again. When Dr. Whitta ker called in the afternoon he found the patient apparently sinking and gave it as his opinion that he could not survive more than a few hours. Last night, however, he was better, but with the morning hours he began to sink, and when Dr. Whittaker called at 10 this morning he stated to Mr. Allen W. Thurman that death was a question of but a few ,;rs. Death came peacefully and painless ly. It seemed that he passed from sleep into death. At the bedside were Mrs. Gov. McCormick of New York and Allen W. Thurman and members .)f his family. His other child, Mary Thurman, is in California. Outside of the immediate family it was not known that Judge Thurman was dangerously ill until the an nouncement of his death came like a shock. There was universal expres sion of sorrow for Judge Thurman had been looked upon for years as the foremost citizen of Columbus, and soon the flags were at half mast upon all the city and State buildings. Allen Granbury Thurman was born in Lynchburg, Va., Nov. 33, 1S13. His father was a travelling preacher, and the education and career of young Thurman were entrusted to his uncle, '1Gov. Wm. Allen. his boyhood *and young manhood days being spent a Chillicothe, the home of Governor Allen. He studied law, with his un cle. was admitted to the bar, and in 1851 to 1856 he was a member of the supreme court of Ohio. Prior to this he had been a member of congress. In 186S he was elected .o the Unit ed States senate and served two full terms, retiring in 1881. While serv ing in this capacity he introduced and had passed the well-known Thurman Pacific railway bill. In 1888 he was nominated by the National Democrat ic conventson for Vice President on the ticket with Clevland, and was defeated with him. In 1844 he married Mary Dun of Kentucky, by whom he had three children, two daughters and a son. Mrs. Thurman died in 1891. MCKINLEYS TRIBUTE. CoLUMBUS. 0. Dec., 12.-the follow ing proclamation on the death of Allen G. Thurman was- made tonight by Governor McKinley: "Ohio has lost one of its noblest citi zens. Allen G. Thurman died at 1 o'clock today at his home in the city of Columbus, at the ripe age of 82. He was a statesman whose sturdy in tegrity and exalted abilities were re cognized, not only in his own State, but in every part of the United States. As a judge of the sunreme court of the State he was a learned and incorrupti ble interpreter of the ]aw. As United States senator he faithfully and with exceptional honor represented the State in the United States Senate. He was a distinguished party leader and stood in the front rank with the great men who were his cotatemporaries. After being the recipient of many honors at the hands of his party and his countrymen, he retired to private life with the universal respect and es teem of the citizens of the republic and the love of all who had the honor of knowing him. His illustrious ca reer is a conspicuous example of the possibilities of American citizenship and is worthy the study of the youth of our State. The people of Ohio, re gardless of party, will be mourners at his bier. Out of respect to his mem ory, it is hereby ordered that the flag be displayed at half mast over the State capitol until after obsequies. The State Militia. COLU.MBIA, Dec . 11.-Adjutant Gen eral Watts has issued his annual re port giving all th3 interesting figures as to the reorganized militia force of the State. The recapitulation is found in the statement showing the number of officers and enlisted men of the State volunteer troops and national guard "composing the militia of the State who passed a satisfactory inspec tion during the year," The statement shows that in the "State Volunteer Troops" proper there are 30 cavalry companies with 119 commissioned officers and 951 non commissioned officers and privates, making a total of 1,010; 2 artillery companies with S comtmissioned offi cers and 61 non-commissioned officers and privates, making a total of 69 men; 49 infantry companies with 192 commissioned officers and 1,802 non commissioned officers and privates, making a total of 1,994 men. In ihe State volunteer troops proper there are therefore 319 commissioned officers and 2,814 non-commissioned officers and privates, a total of 3,1:33 men. There are three naval militia com panies, the number of men not being given. In the national guard there are 11 companies with 38 commissioned ofii cers and 356 non-commissioned officers and privates, a total of 397 men. The total active militia force of the State, therefore, is 95 companies with 357 commissioned officers and 3,173 non-conimissioned officers and privates a total of 3.530 men. In addition to these troops there are on the reserve list 15 companies of in fantry and one cavalry company. The cavalry is divided into three regiments and two battalions, made up of 30 troops. The artillery force consists of the two batteries attached to the Fourth Brigade, and the three companies of the naval battalion. The infantry force is divided into six regiments, the largest having 11 com panies and the smallest six, and one being composed of the national guard: and three battalions the whole con sisting of 60 companies. General Watts has not yet gotten from the printer that portion of his report containing his general remarks as tothe condition and the future of the State troops. Lost in the North Sea. AMSTERDAM, Dec. 11.-An unknown threemasted Schooner has been lost off the island Ameland, in the north sea, four miles north of the coast of Triest, and everybody on board of the vessel mas rowned. WHAT THEY REALLY SAID, LCONT1N-ED FROM PAGE ONE.1 nust hunt natural alliances with those )eople whose interests are identical vith our own and identify ourselves rith them and endeavor to bring back he conditions that will give us a fair ,hance, so that our farmers can re -eive some compensation for their abor besides a bare existence. "But to carry out the thought which [have just touched. How many niil ions has the North invested - in the south? Coming here for their own ;elfish purposvs to get- larae returns For their investments, I would make III even guess that it does not exceed t4,000,000,O(. Thereof, when you alk about Northern capital and brains 3ioniig doxwn here.~I sav thatthey are >ul4 s-ndiog baick to us Southei-hcaoi al which they have taken from us as pnsiou tribute, and that we have not received in all as much as we have sent away: and I will elaborate that. further by adding that if at the close of the war there had been the quality there had been bE fore the war and the reasonable treatment of the Sotuheru people; it thfe iniquitous tarilf had not been contrived to rob the farmers; if all the monery had not been concen trated into the hands of a few na tional banks; if the war on silver had not come up by which Georgia has lost at least fifty or sixty or seveaty five millions in the last three years-I just say to 'ou that if we had nad equal showing with our Northern bretheren; if we. had had an opportun ity to keep our money at home-ivhat kind of an exposition coul.1 we have given? We are-not rshaned of what we have done and what we are doing. We glory in it. We stand up andsay to the world that we are the most glorious country on the face of the earth, and we prove it by these fixed facts and figures, and despite this pen sion robbery, this alien landlordship. this tariff robery, this financial de pletion-if we had a fair chance we could have an exposition in Atlanto that would have eclipsed the Chicago one. This may appear to some as buncombe; but the tribute we have paid as pension has been a mere bagatelle to what we have paid as tariff and financial tribute in -he way of interest and in other waysby which they have depleted our country for the benefit of national banks. It could be proven thaf with a reason able tariff and with a just distribution of the banking capital of this country the South would nave moved forw4rd more rapidly than any other section of the Union, because if we didn't have the country we have, what other section could have withstood this drain and to-day presented the evidence of progress, the building of railroads, the building of factories, the increase of wealth that we see around us? Who will deny it? All the gcod goes North ans stays there. It does not return to irrigate and beautify the South. They are enriching them selves at our expense, and when you go there and see their palaces and their wealth and their luxury, such as no Roman emperor ever dreamt of, re flect that it is not their country that produces it, but that it is the tribute which the South has paid for being conquored. (Applause.) It would be improper- this is not the occasion or the time-to follow out the thought in regard to the future policy of the counitry. That would be entrenching on politics, and politics, except inciden tally, should not intrude themselves on an occasion of this character. I will simply say to you, fellowt ?izens, come from what State you may, that which the negro problem in the Soutb, with the immigration problem in the North, with the great burden of igno rant and debased foreigners who are up there living in the very dregs of degredation and ignerance, and anar chism and communism, and all other isms that go to pull down the govern ment, that the time will come when the Southern farmers will be the sav ing salt that will keep this republic from toppling over and becoming a military despotism. Those Scuthern farmers and Sout' - ern merchants and bankers whose in terests are incidental-though some of those bankers don't seem to realize that the man who drives the plow is the man who runs this country, they have stayed in their banking houses: and read Northern subsidized newspa pers until thiey have come to believe that 'Wall Street knows all there is about finance and nobody cana teach them anything, and th~ey say- "Me, too." every timne the New York World' and Grover Cleveland grunts. If your Governor had not allnded to old Grover, I would not have said any: thing about him, and I am not going to say anything about him here, be cause I will have a better opportunity to use my pitchfork on him when I get to Washington.- (Applause.) But it does my soul good to hear yovr Gov ernor sa y that t wo little bobtail re formers from South Carolina have at tracted more attention and caused more applause than the President of the United States. It is at least a con firmation of the thought that "A prophet is not without honor except in his own country." I have this re alization. and I thank you-all of you -who have come from South Caroli na to do this honor to the Governor and myself. In regard to those call umnies which have been heaped upon me by such papers as the Atlanta Journal, Macon Telegraph and Savan nah Morning News, I wish to say that they hadve poured from me like water foauksback, because the people of South Carolina have in two elec tions put me in the Governor's oflice, and by an unexample t majority, and that l~ast year eyen~ after the Dispen sary Law was passed, they elected me t the United States senate by a vote of 12t to 21 in the General Assembly. Pardon me for this personal allusion. I know you want to get something to eat arid go and see the fair, so I will thank you for this meeting. Those of you who are going back to South Carolina will bear with you a better and happier recollection of this day if [ do not detain you any longer. We ay to the Governor of Georgia and the South all of the North and every where, give us a fair, chance and we will be ahead of anybody in the race af material progress. Thanking you a his Excellency for this opp.f umi v to meet you face to face, aun say hat I have to say, IZ will now close." (Long and continued applause,) Constables in Abbeville. AP.UEvILLE, Dec. 11.--Last night onstables Lafar, Cunningham and erry came up from Greenwood on business. They scented blind tiger-s between the hours of 11 and 12 and ound a coloredl woman they ask d to get them some whiskey. She igreed to try, so they gave her the oney to get it and also shadowed 1er. She went to one Bill Lomnax's 2ouse on lower Main street, where she souhit it. They took the whiskey, a&ed the place and returned to the ;quar'e. They then turned the whis ~ey over to the local police. This norning at 10 o'clock they procured a each warrant and, with Policeman 'ischer, made the r-aid-securing five Lnd a half gallons of corn whiskey. 'he mayor had Loinax before council ud lined him $25 for running a blind iger-which he paid. The constables re still here, but as yet no further DOES iT PAY' Some Answers to this Query Civen by i southern California N-wspaper Maii. There is a class of very good peopi who, perhaps because they did no start the K-eley Cure themselves worry their brains to find reasons wh3 people should not go to the Institute These folks say, for example, "It cost: too much -the price is exhorbitant." Now, let us lo:>k at this from twr points of view: First. from the sid< of the man who takes the cure, and s-coni1d. from that of those who owl and admiinister it. Is it worth the price to the- drunk ard ? Let us deal in facts. arid to tha end consider a fetv of the hundred of cases that have cone to the knowl edge of the writer hereof. Be it un derstood. however, before relatiri these iecidets, that it is not nect-ssar;, that whikty should make a gutter so of a man iml order to ruin hi mzertal ly, Dbybically, spiritually and finat cialiv. John Parkinson was born of a goo faciily and inherited a large fortun as well as a taste for drink. He hel prominent positions for thirty year During this whole term he drank t excess. He lost the fortune and foi feited one position after another, ut til at the end of forty five years, h physical system was utterly wrecket his mental faculties paralyzed. and b was practically without God or rt ligion. A more miserable man neve walked the streets, and yet people i the great hotel in which lie lived di not know that he drank at all. B took the Keeley Cure, and in twenti eight days walked out of the Institui with a sound mind dud a sound bodi and has for more than a year bee able to do twelve hours' work a da without feeling it. The treatmer costs $130. The thirty years of drun] enness cost, at the least calculatior $100,000. Was the treatrent wort the money ? Who can calculate, b side, the value of an immortal soul Is it worth only $121.99 ? If so, D Keeley's price was exhorbitant. The other day the question w. asked of one of the staunchest yotin business men in Southern Californit "Did it pay you to take the Keele Treatment ?" He said: "It's the chea est thing that ever came into t! world. It's the best investment I ev made. Look at this." He drew o1 his bank book with the return cheel and exhi'Dited eight' checks drawn 1 the order of saloon keepers, and date within five days of the time he entert the Keeley Institute. Tbey aggrega ed $125. The Keeley Treatment co him $132. and the 9125 represented 1: the checks was a showing of only Oz of the many sprees. Did it pay hir Does the fact that he is an activ manly business man, trusted by evei one whn knows him, count for not i Lg? Is the fact that he is to-day sincere and worthy rhember of tl church, that he:bears eandid and ou spoken testimony to what God, throup the Keeley Cure, has done for him, no value? The other day a Keeley gradua found on the corner of. the street poor fellow in a seventh hell of d spair. He said: "I worked all sur mer in the harvest field. I never lost day; and I came in town a short tin ago with $174 in my pocket. I inten ed to get me a room and live quiet: while taking a rest. I had not drar for months. I took a drink, and no every dollar is gone and I am bom less and penniless. ]I must go to wo> agairi, if by any chance I can get ai work to do." Would it have pa that man to take the Keeley Cur< Did that $174 do anybody any goot To these incidents- might be add< hundreds, vouched for by unquestio able testimony.-Los Angeles (Cal Times. rH E POLITICAL FUTURE. A Continuous. Series of Events for Near14 Year Ahead. CoLUMna. Dec. 12.-Some intere: inig times are ahead in this State at city for the next eight or ten monti or more. Although there has been continuous round of political matte since the Darlington war, there seen to be no prospect of things becomiL perfectly normal right away. All a: familiar with the camnpaiign which pr ceeded the calling of the Constitutio: al convention, and all are much mo: familiar with the events of the thre months' ses'ion of the conventic which has just been brought to a clos The next thing on the programn now is the annual session of the gel eral assiembly, which begins immec ately after the holidays, and is almoc certain to continue for two months< longer. It will -be the most interes ing session of recent years. It wi have to practically remake the iav of the State so as to make them col form to the new organic lawv. TI general la ws which it is'compelled1 enact will require the most careft preparation, anid a prolonged sessic is an absolute necessity. The city of Columbia hassome inte ests that will have to be looked afte before the legislature when it ge do wn to work, and the legislative cot mittee of the city council, apuointe by Mayor Sloan, expect to meet wit: in the next week or. two and get tne: matters in shape for presentatior One matter will look to the exa-nsio of the city limits, it is said. 1Ihis h: been talked of for some time, and meets with general favor. By the time the general assembl has completed its work, the Columbi municipal campaign will be on, th election taking place in the earl spring. No urobable candidate fC mayor against Mayor Sloan has ye been spoken of. There are a goc many aldermanic bees humming i certin bonnrets, however, and an ir terestinir skirmiish is anticipated. This over and the State campaig will open to run through the stumme up to the follo wing September. Iti pretty generally understood that Go' einor Evans is to be given Senate Irbv's place in the United States Set ate,~and will not be in the race fo governor again. As possible cand: dates for governor one hears mer: tioned the names of Senator Watso: of Edgetield, Congressman McLaurit W. D. Evans, A. H. Patterson an, George Johnstone. The camp tig will very likely be on different line from any of the preceding campaign since 1890. Numerous candidates ar being mentioned for the minor pos tions. Dr. Timmermani is talked ofa a possible candidate for State treasur er, with Col. John T. Sloan of thi city as his successor for lieutenan ooernor. There will doubtless be; Zretty race also for thie fourth plac on the sapreme court bench. Co] Robert Aldrich, Ira B. Jones and D S. Henderson are the most likely cau didates nowv. Tt is as yet too early however, to assume to make predic tions as to the uature or results of th< coming cam paign.-State. Thirtyv-Five Indictments. MEMnu~s, Tenn.. Dec. 11.-A. K Ward, the forger who was capturet md brought back to Memphis, after: sojourn in Honduras, was indictet ~hirt-five times today for forging v nanv notes. The amount of forged otes is over $80,000. Twenty morn uditments will be returned tis even g or tomor row. Ward has employ d good lawyers and will make a fight .n th lne a eneal denial. Proaresi of the South. VE~Nv naturally the South for a long while paid more attention to the pro dtictioni than Lo the imanufacture of culton. From 1801 to 1I9 the aver age price of cotton was 17 -nts a p:>und, and though the next ten vears witnessed low prices owing to over pr'oduction. and otner causes. the sta ple soon reasserted itself as king. and h eld supreme sway. The result was that the South outstripped all other Isections in material progress. "The: wonderful prosperity which cotton produstiona brought, says Mr. Ed ionds. of the Manufacturers' Record. hinds an apt illustration in the sini pie statement that, though the South iad only one-third of the country z p iopulation and one-fourth of its white popul tion, the assessed value of it . property, according to. the :eosus of. 186 , was 65 20d.00),000 out of a. tota: - of :12.000,000,000 for the en:ire coua t try, or 44 per cent." Since the war, production has also had chief atten Lion. But a few enterprising men be gan to manufacture. They were the L tirst to appreciate what is now a comn i oiuly accepted fact-viz., that every d where manufacturingis tending tc . the source of raw material. But litth o heed was given to their doing till tht 7- census of ISSO reported a number o cotton mills, with an aggregate capita. i amounting to $21,976,000, and having , 667,000 spindles. The growth of thu e industry has since then been rapid By 1890 there were 254 mills, with r 1,712,000 spindles, employing $61, n 124,000 capital. There is now every d uromise of another trebled indrease :e during the present decade. Five yearz passes, and the South has in mills now :e in operation, and those which will be ,- at work within sixty days, 3,000,000 n spindles. Add to this number S00.000 y for mills'under construction, and by it the end of the current crop year thu c- section will have 3,800,000 spindles in i, operation. It is interesting to know h that this is only 4 per cent. of thE e- numbe- of spindles in the world. ? though the Southern States produce G( r. per cent. of the world's cotton. It i easy to see that this industry is in its is infacv with us. But signal ability iu g cottoi manufacturing has been dem : onstrated. An extraordinarily good y supply of the best labor in ihe world p- -our native Anglo-Saxon population e -is at hand. There is an abundant ,r supply of the raw material; there is it coal, or water power, and there is cs everything else needed.. Mr. Ed o monds, in his valuable acidress at At d lanta, says: "The South's position is d impregnable. It has every possioie .t- advantage that can be asked fur st the production of cotton goods at the y lowest possible cost. Its advantage. ie for distribution are but little inferior L to those of the North, and whatever e, disadvantages it has in this way will y be eliminated under the general prog - ress which is being made. No one a can possibly any longer question the le South's future position in the cotton .t- manufacturing world. The rapid-de h velopment of the textile industry in of dustry in the South does not necessa, rily involve its decrease in New Eng te land or Great Britian. Even should a these hold their present business aud e- continue to operate as many spindles n- as they do to-day, the natural increase : a which the ever-growing demands of ie the world require must be met by the d- South. ly About the Size of It. ik Banker Benedict, Mr. Cleveland's W dearest friend, announces in an inter .e- view that he does not think Cleveland ek has any third term aspirations, but ky will not state positively that he would id refuse the honor were it thrust upon Shim. In commenting on the above i? the Spartanburg Herald says: "Mr. d Cleveland wishes and wilt take any n- thing he can get, but we have tou .) mucn faith in tne common sense and political foresight of the Democracy to think that it will take the suicidal step of attempting to foist upon the -Amern acan people as acandidate for president athe grotesque mistake who' now occu pies the W hite House and who is well beloved of the enemy in that he t wrecked his party and blasted his d party's hopes. With Cleveland as .a is candidate for president, the Democra a cy would be unable to carry a single s Southern Sto-te." The Herald sizes up s the situation exactly. As we said be' g fore the Democratic party is going to re be beaten anyhow, and we would like e- to see Mr. Cieveland lead the forlorn ~hope. At the end of the election he ce would have all the conceit knocked e out of him. eEE\Fired On the Train. shots.MIECE, Ky., Dec. 11.--Thirty teoswere fired upon a train load of SLouisville Republicans at this place s last night as they were returning from the inauguration of Governor. Brad ~ley. All the windows in the'last car 1of the long train which left Frankfort sat 7:30 p. in., were shot out and the bullets tore off a large quantity of splinters of woodwork in the coach. e There were several ladies in the coaca and the excitement intense. At the first vo ley everybody lay ht on the toor. Thie firing continued .rapidly. The train was just slowing up at Emi nence and in a moment it came to a r standstill. Three men were seen along the track, and as the train started up dagain ten more shots were fired through the windows. Fortunately only one person was hurt. One man's e neck was cut by the heavy pieces of elass that fle'.in all directions through t he cars. Many members of the Gar it field Club of Louisville were in the coah. t ws hre that Governor Bradlev broke off the joint debate with General Hardin because of the disorder of the Democrats present. e The attack on the train is believed by some persons to be the outcome of t this. __ _ _ _ _ _ _ d Half and Hair. a CHARLEsTON. Dec. 11.-The .comn . plete '.ut unofficial returns from the municipal election show that Smy th, the Democratic candidate was elected r mayor of Charleston for the .next s four years by a majority of 27S voties -The IDemocrats elected 12 out of 24 al r dermen, the other 12 being chosen. by - the A. P. A. This gives the Demo r crats the city by Mayor Smyt's cast . ing vote. The board of aldermen is ean excellent one and the coming coun cil is pledged to the commercial and industrial development of the city s a resources. _________ 1 . Grangers Want Free silver. s Lx~sixa, Mich., Dec. 11.-The re s port of the executive committee of the e State Grange, which was submitted to that body today, calls for the passage of a bill by congress providing for the - free and unlimited coinage of Ameri s can gold and silver, and placing an t import duty on foreign gold and sil a e. It attributes the business depres Ssion in all parts of the world to the de -monetization of silver in 1873, and the -special depression in this country to the unwise legislation and a mistaken financial policy. Armenia's Last (iasp. LoNDON, DIec. 11.-The following telegam from Constantinople dated December 6th and signed by a numi .ber of A rmenians in that city has reach I d London: "Armeifnia's is in lier last gasp. The work of extermination continue. Themiiassacred people num Sber 00.000. Half a millic-n survivors have taken ref uge in the forests and. Smountains, where they are feeding -Uapon herbs and roots. Hunger and -told have begun to ravage greatly. In the name of humaniyt and Chrnistiani . savey tr." KIN0 POWDER ALbsolutely Pure. A creani or tartar Daring powder. Eighest of all in leavening diength-La :est U nited Stats Government Food Re port. Royal Baking Powder Company, 106 Wall St.. N. Y. Crisp for Bimetalism. A FEw weeks ago Speaker Crisp made an address before the Georgia Legislature on the subjectof the res ) ration of silver to its proper place in our monetarr system. Mr. Crisp took the following positions 6n. thesubject: - ist. That the Derhocratic party was and had been' the friend ~of silver as primary money -at a ratio of 1 to 15. That since-the 'demonetization of sil ver in 1873 that every opportunity that the Democratic party has had to vote on the subject ha4tthe vote stood to over 100 inl favor to 2-~against the remonitization of silver. and that the only real dide'rence over'the subject in the pa-it has arisen'since.1S93. 2. That the demonitization of silver had made the demand for gold great er. and therefore dearer, and as the value of gold enhancei. it being the only priaiary money, ..products have decreased in value, and prices and wa es hav'e gone down lower and lower, and wili continue so as lng as gold is the only redf mptive o.r primary mon ey, because it is insufficient to meet the wants of money a'hiong our peo ole. 3d. That the scarcity of gold would make the.necessity for a, sale of bonds of the government to meet its obliga tions, which are payable in gold, and the continued necessity would involve the government in'a debt which was useless, and could be avoided by us ing silver as money. 4th. That the Astruction of silver as money was only beneficial to those who had fixed incomes and who were not dependent upon wages and agri culture for a living, an& thus the gold standard was made to subserve the in terest of the wealthier classes and com munities. The address was a good on -and coming from a statesman Vof Mr. Crisp's positiin and -chaiacter will be read with great inteiest everywhere. Mnrder Will Out.' PHILLIPSBURG, N. J., bec 11.-The body of the woman fou'nd on'. Marble Hill, two weeks ago, was exhuued to diy and was fully identified by .rela tives as that of Susan Ross, of TI.fki dere, a wealthy woman' who myster' ously disappeared from her home. Facts that have been brought to light by the authorities. show - that the wo man was robbed of a large sum of money which she always carried in the bossom of. her dress,'and was then drugged to death 3'ith arsenic to make it appear that she had committed sui cide. It is also thought that she was - ravished by her assaiIauts. Although the authorities have given the case much attention, there is little or no hope that' the -murderei~s will be ar rested. The Lord'si Prayer Prohibited.' ST. PAUL, Dec. 11.-Th. State su perintendent of publicainstruction re- , cently received an inquiry' whether or not the la w prohibited the opening of oublic schools with a reeltal of the Lord's prayer -and asking the advice of the superintendent whean one per son in the -dihtrict-objected-to the ser vice. Attorney General Childs to whom the matter was referred, holds that the service l in -violation of sec tion .16 of tue State: Copstitution, which provides .that no person shall be compelled to attend, erect, or sup port any place of worship. As the Constitution requires the people of the State to sup polit its'sclioois, a religings service at the opening of the school'is unconstitdtionaran'd cannot be main tained *fier-e there is angbjection. -'Charieston's Big D's.. .CDA.RLEsToN, :De c: 11.-Today was intended to.be; amid was, fhe great day of the fail festival,.w.hih is in progress 1iere. . The pieceide resistance of the~ programme was the --floral parade which was participatedt in-by all the leading society people of-'Charleston. The parade was .prvbably the hand somest thing of its kitid which has ev er been seen in the south. 'it was con ductsd by Mr. C. E. Cart of the Charleston hotel-and .3rs. Geo. Tren holmi, one of the leaders.of Charles ton society. There.. were nearly 300 entries and some of the vehicles were superbiy decomlated: Yhe Drizes given alone cost in thieiiei~hbiorh'bod of $500. The procession aropund the battery was witnessed by fulig 3J000-eople. Nasurow Escape. JACKSN'1L LE, Fa. -*De'. 11.--A special to the Times-Union 4from Key West Fla., s.xs: Yesterday about 2:30 p. m. smoke wa's dispovered issu' ~ ing frota the coal bunkeyrs next to the rnagazine on 'board th~e United States ship Cincinnatti. Tihe: bunkers had not been opened in three months and the fi r'e wias from soontaneous combus tion. When discovered the fire had so far progressed .as to. bare the walls between the bunkers a. .. the maga zine redhot. The woodeni casings in which the fiked amniunition was en closed had: been burn'd .away. As soon as .the alhrm.:as gifen every man was at his post and the magazine flooded anii the danger -was soon over. A few moments more-and the maga zine would have ex ploded, killing ev ery man on board and wrecking the hip ________ Burned His Wife to Peath. TORONTO, ONT., Dec. ..-Arthur A . Dicks, charged with' the murder of his wife in order -to get- an insurance of $19, 000 'on her life. was placed on trial to-day. Un March 20th the body of Mrs. Dicks was found almost en trely crenmated in the .cellar of the Dis house. which was mysteriously burned thec night before the family were .oiong to move .into. another house. Thie crowd claims .that the position of the body in the cellar war rants the theory that Dick's set fire to the house and cut o~l' any -means of his wife's escape by barricading the docns. The trial promises to be a long Duirant's Doom Decided. 8.AN FZN'I1Xcw, Decc. 11.-Judge Murphy this morning denied the ap pication for a writ of probable cause in the Durrant ease, and said he would sign the death warrant forth with. At the request of Ge'n. Dickson, however, he put the matter over util this after noon, but no longer. At the conclu sion of the proceedings. Ge'n. Dick inson stated that by an arrangement with the district attorney, the Minnie Williams case would be taken up early in Tannuay