The Florence daily times. [volume] (Florence, S.C.) 1894-1925, December 10, 1895, Image 1
RENCE DftILY TIMES
VOL. II.
FLORENCE, S. C.. TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10., 1895.
No. 108.
BOND ISSUE. ! The Constitution.
ANOTHER SALE LIKELY TO BE
MADE EARLY IN JANUARY.
But for the Bond Issues the Na
tional Treasury Would be Empty
—Exports of Cold Have Been Very
Heavy.
Washington, Dec. 9.—The state-
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xnent is made by persons who are
among those best qualified to judge
Jthat in the absence of legislation
to relieve the financial situation,
another bond issue is altogether
probable within the next few
months at the farthest. The pres
ent condition of the exchange
market, and the commercial situa
tion generally, it is said, point un
mistakably to further large with
drawals of gold, and without some
thing is done to prevent the usual
heavy exports during January and
February, which for the last two
years have forced the issue of
bonds to recoup the depleted gold
reserve, a similar situation will
confront the Treasury before the
new year is far advanced. The
available cash balance in the
Treasury to-day, including the
the reserve, is approximately $175,-
500,000, and as the government
has realized from its three bond
issues about ^182,000,000, it ap
pears that but for these issues the
government would now be without
one dollar in the Treasury, and in
addition would have outstanding
obligations amounting to about
$6,500,000. In the meantime the
excess of expenditures over receipts
amount to about $130,000,000.
The exports of gold during the
last four months have been as fol
lows: August, $16,667,000; Sep
tember, $17,424,000; October, $2,-
165,000; November, $16,000,000;
so far during December, $3,540,-
000; making r. total of $55,796,000.
So far this calendar year, the ex
ports of gold amounted to about
$95,000,000. In 1894 the exports
amounted to $101,819,924.
From the best information ob
tainable it is believed that the
present month will show a surplus
of at least $1,000,000, which will
leave the deficit for the fiscal year
to January 1, about $15,000,000.
It is expected that this amount
will not be materially increased
during the remaiirng months of
the fiscal year.
CUT IT OUT AND PRESERVE IT
FOR REFERENCE.
ARTICLE 2, SECTIONS c TO 9
(c) Up to January 1, 1898, all
male persons of voting age apply
ing for registration who can read
any section in this constitution
submitted to them by the registra
tion officer, or understand and ex
plain it when read to them by the
registration officer shall be enti
tled to register and become elect
ors. A separate record of all per
sons registered before January 1,
i 1898, sworn to by the registration
! officer shall be filed, one copy
| with the clerk of the court and one
| in the office of the Secretary of
State, on or before February 1,
1898, and such persons shall re
main during life qualified electors
unless disqualified by the other
provisions of this article. The
certificate of the clerk of court or
Secretary of State shall be suffi
cient evidence to establish the
right of said citizens to any subse
quent registration and the fran
chise under the limitations herein
imposed.
(d) Any person who shall apply
for registration after January 1st
1898, if otherwise ‘qualified, shall
be registered; provided, that he
can bcth read and write any sec
tion of this Constitution submit
ted to him by the registration of
ficer, or can show that he owns and
has paid all taxes collectible dur
ing the previous year on property
in this State assessed at $300 or
more.
(e) Managers of elections shall
require of every elector offering to
vote at any election, before allow
ing him to vote, proof of the pay
ment of all taxes, including poll
tax, assessed against him and col-
i leetible during the previous year.
■ The production of a certificate or
of the receipt of the officer author
ized to collect, such taxes shall be
conclusive proof of the payment
thereof.
(f) The general assembly shall
provide for issuing to such duly
registered elector a certificate of
registration and shall provide for
the renewal of such certificate
when lost, mutilated or destroyed,
if the applicant is still a qualified
elector under the provisions of
this Constitution, or if he has
been registered as provided in sub
section (c).
Sec. 5. Any person denied regis
tration shall have the right to ap
peal to the court of common pleas
or any-judge thereof, and thence
to the supreme court to determine
his right to vote u ider the limita
tions imposed in this article, and
on such appeal the hearing shall
bo denovo and the general assem
bly shall provide by liw for such
appeal and for the correction of
illegal and fraudulent registra
tion, voting and all other crimes
against the election laws.
Sec. 6. The following persons
are disqualified from being regis
tered or voting:
First. Persons convicted of
burglary, arson, obtaining goods
or money under false pretenses,
perjury, forgery, robbery, bribery,
adultery, bigamy, wife-beating,
housebreaking, receiving stolen
goods, breach of trust with fraud
ulent intent. fornication, sodomy,
incest, assault with intent to
ravish, miscegenation, larceny or
crimes against the election laws;
provided, that the pardon of the
governor shall remove such quali
fication.
Second. Persons who are idiots,
insane, paupers supported at the
public expense, and persons con
fined in any public prison.
Sec. 7. For the purpose of voting,
no person shall be deemed to have
gained or lost a residence by rea
son of his presence or absence
while employed in the service of
the United States, nor while enga
ged in the navigation of the waters
of this State, or of the United
States, or of the high seas, nor
while a student of any institution
of learning.
Sec. 8. The general assembly
shall provide by law for the regis
tration of all qualified electors and
shall prescribe the manner of hold
ing elections and of ascertaining
the result of the same; provided,
at the first registration under this
Constitution, and until the 1st of
January, 1898, the registration
shall be conducted by a board of
three discreet persons in each
county, to be appointed by the
governor, by and with the advice
and consent of th« senate For
the first registration to be provided
for under this Constitution, the
registration books shall be kept
open for at least six consecutive
weiks, and thereafter from time
to time at least one week in each
month, up to 30 days next prece
ding the first election to be held
under this Constitution. The reg
istration books shall be public re
cords open to the inspection of
any citizen at all times.
Pebo’e Mill Notea.
Miss Millie B. Hayes was in
Fair Bluff, N. C. last Tuesday.
Miss Neppie Scott is visiting
Miss Ella Harrelson, of Carmich
ael.
W. J. Ford and L. W. Temple
>vere in Marion last Thursday, on
business.
E. S. Miller and his mother are
visiting relatives at Darlington
this week.
Dr. W. A. Oliver and H. Mclver
Elvington took in the Atlanta ex
position last week.
Miss Louella Ford is visiting
friends in the Gaddy neighbor
hood.
Why “howdy do,” Mr. A ,
was very giau to see you a few
days ago, come again.
Quite a number of German ped
dlers have graced our streets oc
casionally for the past month.
Miss Mamie Ford, principal of
our school visited her parents at
Mullins last Saturday and Sunday.
Luther T. Ford, one of Florence’s
boss workmen, moved his family
to this place last Tuesday. We
give them a hearty welcome.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bryant’s in
fant son died last Wednesday
night. The bereaved parents have
the sympathy of the entire com
munity.
Great preparations are being
made for an immence tobacco crop
next year. Most of our farmers
are well pleased with the sales of
this year’s crop of tobacco.
W. G. Bullock came near being
fatally injured a few days ago by
falling from a wagon louled with
tobacco. When the mules com
menced running Mr. Bullock fell
off in front and both wheels of the
wagon passed over his body.
A voung lady of our town was
quietly meditating in a somewhat
isolated place one evening last
week and in iier quiet solitude was
disturbed by a low flutter of wings.
Instantly turning around she at
first observed nothing and had al
most concluded—it being just at
twilight—it was like Lord Byrou’s
riddle, “A whisper from heaven,”
but looking again observed a bird
sitting just over her head in a
broken pane in the window. She
cautiously crept to the window
and caught the “would be prize”
in her hands, carrying it carefully
in, soon found it to be nothing
more than a little long eared owl.