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VERY LIVELY DISCUSSION ICONTWDKD FRO* PACIB ON*,] trol them then,*touta most serious fea ture in the measure was that it would enable dispensaries to be established in those towns, aod ruination would in* eritably follow. Mr. W. D. Evans? How oould they do it when all the buildings belong to the franchise? Mr- McGowan ? You propose to make it a corporation, sir. Mr. Tillman? By your argument they would eleot the mill president mayor, and if he said so vote against the dispensary. How about that? Mr. McGowan? I was using there your argument Do you believe it would be well to have dispensaries in these towns? Mr. Tillman? Answer my question. Mr. MoGowan? I follow your plan, and ask one in answer to one. Mr. Tillman (from his seat) ? No. Mr. Johnstone, in alluding to Sena tor Tillman's reference to the legisla ture. said it was shocking, pitiful, mis erable that such an estimate of the leg islature of South Carolina should be held as had been expressed on that floor. If he had such an opinion of that body it oould not give him an of fice. If factories can debauch the leg islature, let's abolish the factories or the legislature. If there exists the nower of debauchery let's cut out the <ftncer. The factory officers bad told him they did not wish him to be incorpo rated because they did not wish whis key put upon them . The principle of local self-government will be violated by this amendment by the gentleman of Edgefield as much as he claims the factory presidents violate it. Mr. Tillman? Why are other towns much smaller incorporated ? Mr. Johnstone? If other towns wish it they get it. Look at the expense of a municipal government ; if they do { not wish it why thrust it upon them. Mr. G. D. Tillman (from nis seat) ? The cure is worse than the bite. Mr. Johnstone, continuing ? "Ex cept the imperious will of the gentle man from Edgefield, there is no evi dence that these people wish to be in corporated." ? , Mr. Tillman? Except that all other | towns have it and except that they have not got it . Mr . Johnstone ? Except that the gen- 1 tleman from Edgefield admits that they r have never asked for it. He cannot escape tim. predicament in which he has placed nimself. There are 50,000 factory people in South Carolina. He charge* that they are controlled by employers. If that is so, God help the ? rest. I deny the imputation upon them." Mr. Henderson said he had examined all the Constitutions of State in this Union, and was unable to find where compulsory incorporaUoi)- wca legal. The qucsUerrAvas then called, and Tillman's motion to lay all amendments on the table was car ried by a vote of 93 to 44. Mr. ?W. B. Wilson moved to strike out section 2. Lost. Mr. Stanyarne Wilson moved to add to seotlon 2, "except factory towns." Lost by the following vote : Yeas 59, nays 78. The section w*s then adopted as jfeported by the committee. ? Mr. Henderson moved to strike out section 7 as the judical committee would cover the subject matter. Sections 16, 17 and 18, relating to municipal eleotions, were stricken out as the report of the committee on suf frage would cover the subjeot matter contained in them. THE ARTICLE ADOPTED. pp Ity and Olemson College ; pro ion of all sectarian control or in fluence in any institution supported or aided by public money. THE PER DIEM. Upon'assembling at 8 o'clook the ar ticle on legislative department was taken up. The amendment of Mr. Gray of Greenville to section 20, making pay of members of the general assembly $4 instead* of $8 per day was taken up. Mr. Sligh favored the amendment. In faot he preferred to have it $8 a day. , Mr. W. J. Montgomery was unable to find in the Constitution of any State where the per diem of legislators was absolutely fixed. Woula any man on the floor engage now to pay a certain fixed sum toan employee 10 or 20 years henoef Mr. Gray Would rather vote $K than $4. He had been a legislator for four years, and. knew what the expenses were in Columbia and incidental to getting here. Mr. Burn was as muoh.of an econo mist as any one, but the men who came here to represent the people should be paid enough to enable them to live here with proper dignity. Con gressmen and State officers were paid handsomely, but the effort was always made to out the pay of the representa tives of the people. Mr. Sligh had been doing some figur ing. At |2 a day the pay of the mem bers was $730 per annum \ at 13 per day it was $1,095; at $4 per day, the amount he wanted to pay the legislators, it would oome to $1,460; at $f> it came to $1,885 per year. Now the State officers roceive $1,000, and he thought it was little enough to pay members of legis lature at the rate of $440 less than State officers, when they had to work ? harder. Mr. W. D. Evans moved a substitute . that it be left to the legislature, and that the pay of members should not be reduced below $4 per diem. Mr, Barton spoke in favor of cutting down salaries. ? Mr. Sligh moved to lay Mr. Evans* amendment on the table. Lost. u The amendment was then adopted. Mr. Bellinger then moved to lay the whol* section on the table, and leave 1 Adopted and ^mended so that offi totaries public oan ilature, and strik and judges of in ible to such elec iSppard moved to recur to see ?m?nd 5 by adding the M ahull be ?o clamiffed thai Mr number, as nearly as dl be fihosen every Iwo general assem m<*e ' of the senators As to observe suoh for murder or any r were going too lot an apologist for the day was along . - mm ?? i ?>. ? ? ? ~. way off when any man la South Caro lina would be. But this oath was such that the pardon of the governor, while removing the disabilities from the man committing arson or rape, and en abling him to hold offioe. could not re move it in tbia case. This had been a phantom, intending to cure an evil, and had resulted in making black guards of gentlemen, and in oausing the loss of more lives by assassinations than were ever lost under dueling law. The convention refused to strike out the oath by the following vote: Yeas 59, nays 77. Mr. Stanyarne Wilson moved to amend by making the oath applicable to dueling in this State. He believed it was only the intention to pseserve peace in this State and that gentlemen were not concerned about what their fellow-citizens did in other States. Few laws had so seriously affected the manhood of our men as the anti-duel ing law. Mr. Bligh moved to table. Carried by a vote of 85 to 52. The Tillman brothers voted in the negative. Mr. Byrd offered an amendment ex cepting Btate officers ?nd members of the legislature. He made a speech on the line that campaigners were subject to insult, and because they were known to have their kandstied, bullies sending challenge and holding them up as cowards because they could not I be accepted. Laid on the table. Mr. Jervey moved to change the form of the oath so that the officer would only swear that he will not en gage in a duel as principal or second during his term of office. Laid on the table by a vote of 67 to 60. James Wigg moved to include in the oath "or in a lynching bee," so that a lyncher would be debarred holding, office. The question was put and de clared lost while Wigg was holding the floor and calling on the president: Wigg ? Mr. President, I nave the floor. Mr. Talbert? Well, hold it He was Anally recognized and Wigg made a good speech on the line indi cated by his amendment. The vote was again taken and his amendment tabled. Mr. Johnstone amended the section rohibiting the payment of salaries of tate officers after their death by ad* dipg "and no pensions Bhall be granted except for military service." Section 27, on which a flght is ex pected, was passed, and section 28 called up. A LIVELY DEBATE. The sections up to section 34 wore adopted at ouoe . Section 34 read as follown: The marrixge of a white person with a negro or mulatto or person who shall nave any negro blood, shall be unlawful &nd void. When it was called up, Gen. Smalls startl^ 'the convention and created a digirined stampede from the galleries. He offered the following as an amend ment to follow after "void." 'And that any white person who shall live tmd cohabit with a negro or mulatto oi* person who shall have one eighth or more of n^gro blood shall be disquallified from boldiag of fice of emolument or trust in mid State, and the offspring from any such liv ing or cohabitation shall bear the name of the father and shall be entitled to inherit and acquire property the same as if they were legitimate." ' Smalls spoke to the subject at lengthi Ho hoped the gentlemen would vote here to purify themselves: their wo men were good and pure ana he wanted the men to be. He read census returns showing the number of mulattoes in the South . He asked that they would Sut a stop to this crime; he knew that ' woman suffrage was allowed the women would p** some such law to .purify ' Mr'< -?MR mXj* ut tho motion was declared adopted. Mr. B B. Tillman took the floor and said he had been accused of being an aroh enemy of the negro, but he want ed justice, and he was now going to show himself their friend. He renew ed the amendment of Mr. Cooper made to Mr. Smalls1 amendment, and whioh had been declared tabled when ha did not believe it had been. He did not impute any unfair action on the I part of the president. Mr. Talbert fired up instantly. The vote had been correctly stated, he said, and as long as he was in the chair he nropsed to state it without assistance from the floor. Mr. Tillman reiterated that he had not desired to impute unfairness, and said he did not wish to get into a squabble. As the motion he had made was out of order, Mr. Tillman moved to recon sider the vote by which Mr. Cooper's amend ent was tabled. This was car ried. Mr. Timmerman moved to adjourn. Lost. Mr. Price spoke against the amend ment. He bolieved it unconstitutional. How could they deprive a man of priv ileges for having illegitimate colored ohudren, when they did not do so when the illegitimate children were ! white? It brought in the question of race? drew the color line. Mr. Lee was opposed to the amend ment. It was entirely out of place ' here. No man who oould be convicted of living with a negro woman could ever be elected to an office in this State. Gen . Smalls spoke in reply to Mr. Leo. Tom Miller also had somothing to say. He evidently thought Mr. Lee's proposition did ; hot hold good and that if this amendment was adopted he , guaranteed to furnish valuable evi dence which would bar many men in high places. Mr. W. D. Evans moved to table Mr. Cooper's amendment to Mr. Smalls* amendment. The ayes and nays were called, and the, motion was lost by a vote or 103 to 22 adjourned. A (JURATION .OF TALK. When the Convention reassembled this morning Mr. Sheppard, of the committee on rules, reported a provis ion as to pairs. It was adopted. Mr. Patterson moved to limit speeches to ten minutes eaoh, except by oonsent 'of the Convention. This motion brought out a long discussion. Mr. Miller wanted to have more time than that on the suffrage ques tion. Mr. Wigg moved to amend by ex cepting the suffrage article. M t. Johnstone said they were not all able to condense remarks as Mr. Patr I terson : they did not want to make a Constitution by machinery. Mr. Patterson deolared that some of them were being ruined by staying here, avid If they did not limit speech making they would be here a month table the adopted Gir's time m,Mmj uoMwnawi. on requ at the pleasure of the Convention. Afl TO MILfQAOK. I The legislative report was taken up and MrrisHgh offered the following in lieu of section 20 stricken out on Wed blyii^irS^ivw cwitslbrevei^mffe I of travel in goiug and returning Jfepmfl the place where the sessions of th# legislature are held, and no general assembly shall have the power to in crease the per diean of its own mem bers, and members of the general as sembly, whe^D convened, shall reoeive the same compensation as is fixed by law for the regular session and no other. SECTION THIRTY-FOUR. J The seotion over which there was something of a sensation on Wednes day night, caused by the Smalls reso lution, was then called up. Mr. Aldrioh moved to strike out seo tion 34. Why was it necessary to name one crime and not name all! Was the crime mentioned more hein ous than murder, manslaughter, etc. f They had done a wrong to put that seo tion in there, and they could not pass and stand before the world -without passing something else. (Supposed reference to the Smalls amendment Mr. Johnson, afteraspeeoh in which declared that God Almighty, declared the speaker never joinecr together the African and the Anglo-Saxon. He moved to lay all amendments on the table. Mr. Tillman attempted to get the floor. Mr. B. R. Tillman believed that if an indiscreet act had been oommitted, the gentleman from Barnwell (Mr. Aldrich) was responsible for it in try ing to obliterate section 34. The ques tion was here ; should we not meat it like men? Whether the committee was wise in bringing in the section he would not say. If we pass a law mak ing it unlawful for intermarriage ot the races, we cannot in common jus tice refuse to punish a white man for /lebauching a negro woman. He of fered this amendment and substitute, the amendment to follow section 34: "And the parties to such marriage, upon conviction, shall be punished as the general assembly may prescribe." Section 35. Any white person who shall live and cohabit with a negro or mulatto, or person who shall have any negro blood, shall be guilty of a mis demeanor, and shall oe punished as the general assembly may prescribe . We dare not, said Mr. Tillman, pub lish it broadcast that after this ques tion has come up we are afraid to act upon it. Mr. Johnstone declared that his mo tion was pending, and Mr. Tillman's amendment was out of order. It was so held. Mr . Tillman said that the question having been presented here, it should be acted on. Alluding to the senti ment at the north, he declared that we knew nothing about it down here. They looked upon the intermarriage of races as natural, and he supposed we would be forced to shake them up there in this matter. Public sentiment was indicated when the last census for New York State showed that 1,800 white women were drives of negro men. He had seen white girls waiters in Massachusetts under orders of a negro head waiter. He had seen ? a sad sight? a pretty girl, evidently with gentle blood in her veins, but who had oecome poor, married to a ne^ro, and with two mulatto children. He cited these things to show our ignorance of northern sentiment. Mr. Tillman then moved to lay all pending amendments on the table. This was carried with little opposition by a viva voce vote, the convention not seeming to realize that they thus disposed of the Cooper amendment to Smalls' amendment, vhiclithey adopt ed the night previous after a lengthy debate by a vote of 103 to 22, ana which toads as follows: "And that any white person who shall live and cohabit with a negro or tie wanted Anglo-Saxon pure rule and Anglo-Saxon pure blood supreme in this State. * He was onposed to any in termixture, whether there was 1-16 or 1-32.' Mr. Sligh? Would you force a man of 1-16 or 1-82 to go back and raise up negroes. I should think it better to raise up white families. ' Otherwise, it seems to me, it would be unjuBt. Mr. Johnstone declared it would bo better by far to keep the man of all ages in the negro ranks than to mon grelize the races. If you are going to keep them separate, keep them separ ate. If you are going to take down the barrier, take it down. After further disoussion the motion to table Mr. B . R. Tillman's amend ment, reading "and the parties to such marriages shall be punished as the general assembly may prescribe," was lost, 93 to 88, as follows : Yeas? Aldrich, Barker, Behre.Brico, J. S. ; Cunningham, Douglaes, Evans, W. D. ; Farrow, Fraser, Gage, Gam ble, Garris, Gary, Gilland, Glenn, J. I L. ; Gray, Jervey, Johnstone, Jorge, Konnedy, E. J. ; Klugh, Lee, Meares, P6ake, Ragsdale, Head, J. II. ; Red fearn, Sligh, Stribling, Taylor, Till man, G. D. ; White, A. II. ; White, S. E. ; Wilson. W. B.? 83. Nays ? Alexander, Austin, Barry, Barton, Bobo, Bowen, Iiowman, Brea zealo. Buist, Burn, Byrd, Cc.ntey, Car ver, Clayton, Connor, Cooper, DeHay, Donnis, Dent, Doyle, Dudley, Eflrd, Ellerbe, Field, Fitoh, Glenn, J. P.; Gooding, Gunter, llamel, Harris, Harrison, Haynsworth, Hender son, D. S. ; Henderson, Wm. ; Henry, Hiers, Houser, Howell, Hutson, Irby, Johnson, T. E. : Jones, Wilie: Kent, Kennedy, J. W. ; Lowman, McCalla. MoOaslan, McCown, McDermotte, Mo Kagen, MoMakin, MoWhite, Miller, Mitchell, Montgomery, J. D. ; Mont gomery, W. J. ; Moore, Morrison, Nash, Nicholson, Oliver. Otts, Par rott, Patterson (Perrit to, Prince, Reed, John, Rogers, Rosborough, Rowland, Russell, Sheppard, Sloan, Smalls, Smith, A . J. ; Smith. Jeremiah ; Smith, R. F. ; Smoak, Staokhouse, Stokes, Talbert, Tillman, B. R. ; Timmerman, VonKolnitz, Waters, Wells, Wharton, Wig^ Wilson, Stanyarne. There was some further talk about the matter. Mr. Tillman withdrew his substitute. Mr. Henderson's amendment was laid on the table and Section 34 final ly adopted. TO TAKR A RBORflS. At the night session Mr. B. R. Till man offered the following neve whose business demands their presence hi home. The question was put on the adop Uon of Mr. Tillman's resolution. The ad noes were called with this Yea?-~ Austin, Barker, Barton, Ber DeHay, thews, Miller, Mitohel , &?i Perritte, Kagsdale, Redfe John ; Roger#, Ro wlaiW, ?] _ Bmalle, Smith, Jeremiah; Sta<& house, ~ lor, Tillman, rUB. R** t VonKolnitlflWells, iggintf Stribling, Tay Tillman, G. D. Wharton, Whipper, Wigg, Woodwsurd? 88. y Naye ? Aldrich, Alexander, Barry, Behre, Cunningham, Doug* Farrow, Field, Fitoh, Flo Gage, Gilland, Glenn, J, ^ J. P. : Gunter, Hamel> Hen 8. ; Houser, Johnson, T. E> K. J. : Lee, McKagen, Mo" Otts, Patterson, Prinoe, Russell, Sheppard. B: Smoak, Stoko?, T albert, Whito, A. fl, ; While, 8. K. Stanya^ne ? 38. DOWN TO BUBINICSSjt ,, The president stated that there were sections of the Constituton to be read a third time, and fhe clerk prooeeded to read those on> : amendments, im peachments, miscellane municipal corporations regulations and the committee on ordiaft Mr. Farrow. _ The section matters" was amend Mr. Gray so that thj^jState and department olei Mr. B.R. Tillman thought the i ment unnecessary to accorn object, but "let it go througl vent lawyers getting out an injuno tion." . . * - J W?: . ' 'Here is the amendment as adopted : "Provided, That tie provisions of this Section shall not apply toithe of fices of State librarian nd depaittment al clerks, to either of whicn offices a woman, resident of thdfitate twp years and has attained the a? of 2l\ years shall be eligible." V. On motion of Mr. Pat), tions relating to exemptioi tion was amended so as to\reatl thus : Section 8. Cities and towiis n!|ay ex empt from taxation by gene?al or spe cial ordinance, except for scVoh>1 pur poses, manufactures establish^ with in their limits for five successive years from the time of the establishment of such manufactures; provided that such ordinance shall first be ratified by a majority of such qualified voters of such city or town as shall vote at an election held for that purpose." Mr. Patton spoke to his amendment, saying that it was more explioil than J the section adopted, which left! it in doubt as to whether the exemption of taxes should run from five yeartj from the adoption of the Constitution, or for five years from the action taken by the city or town council. The amend ment was put and passed. ^ Mr. Wilson moved to reconsidek points, 'fhe members of thisoohven tion should be credited with bein? men and knowing what they were doing. When they passed upon a ^bueetion gentlemen should not think Wat a lit tle eloquence could turn their j/otes and these motions were simpl time. He moved to lay " Mr. Wilson to reconsidei The motion was put i great confusion; bars wer? upon president Mr, questions be wholeaec r 'Mrlkeoul out Of. ~.esa^r he considered a ?>,?? to strike out wtton there being a diversity would leave it to.ihe whether he shoula en' son's motion to strike v (the substitute offered by and accepted.) The aye* were ordered and the coxiwuu fused to alllow Mr. Wilson to the motion by the following ?% Yeas 61, nays 68. Mr. W . D. Evans offered an ajn nnent to postpone the operation d: 1 section for ten years. Lost. , Col. Bloan moved to strike out t section abolishing the right of do inlands sold in the lifetime of the * band. 4 6 , Mr. Kogers opposed the motion) as did Messrs . Bligh and Aldrich. Met Burn a ad Garrett wanted the section strioken out. 'v'_ M Pending the debate the Oonventi adjourned. id the le >r I I Blank's Majority. Atlanta, Oot. 8. ?The official returns I show that Major J. O. 0. Black, Dem ocrat, defeats Thomas E. Watson. Poji ulist, for Oapgress in the tenth district by a majority* of 1,641. The electioilj yesterday was one of the quietest ever held in Georgia, a striking contrast bA the one held just eleven months agon At that time three men were killed ih, the streets of Augusta and petty rows occurred throughout the several coun ties. Watson olaimed that the ele<H tion was unfair, and Black, in defer ence to Watson's views, resigned. TWei special race of yesterday was honest in! every sense. New laws were respect ed in most counties and the majority for Black shows that the distnot ft Democratic in a clean ballot. Watson lost in most of the counties from hlef vote of 1894, and over a hundred vtftes, in MoDuflle, his own county. Took Thirteen Thoniianfl. t Mount Vkrnon, Ind., Oct. 8.~It[ has boen learned thai jAlbert Wade.i assistant cashier of the IM National bank, who disappeared Monday, took with him $7,000 in gold and $6,000 in, silver and paper bolonging to the'' bank's depositors. Jhe experts exam ining Wade's books are not ready to report. Wade has not been heard of, since he left the Louisville and Nash' ville tram at Nashville. Tenn., Mon day evening. It is thought he has gone to relatives in Fort Worth, Tex. The fact that Wade was a poker play er and lost iarge sums in that manner caused great surprise when it became known yesterday. Wade's bondsmen will make his shortage good. ' Itlown Into Ktornlty. . Bavannaii, Oot. 8.? A special to the Morning News from Way cross says: Henry Carpenter, a Plant .system en Eineor, and three negroes were killed y a boiler explosion early this morn ing at a sawmill near Alexandervillo on the West Ooast Line of the Plant system. Carpenter was asleep noar his engine, while the train was waiting for orders to leave the sawmill. The large sawmill hoilec exploded and Carpen ter's head was blown off. It*r?nt Storm In Or?M Itrlttan. London, Oct. & ? Much additional wreckage has been washed ashore in the vicinity of Xlfracombe, on the North coa^t of Devonshire, and it is thought that several vessels founder ed in the Bristol Channel during th6 recent gale. This would make the > number of craftof various desorinltaULt; lo*t over fifty, and may increase the loss of life, nftfl , ? timated at only twenty^ftt(V!^^^^^| Highctt of all in Le*mung Power.- -Latest U. S. Gov't Report Rp^i ? V 4BMWIDV PURE THE SUFFRAGE PLAN. REPORTED BY COMMITTEE TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. ?* Strbifent Regulations for the KxetolM of the Kleotlye Franchise? Full Text of the ^ Vn , PropoMd Provisions. Columbia, Ootober 2.? Special : The long expected report of the committee on suffrage was made to the Constitu tional Convention this afternoon. Fol lowing is the full text of the proposed *&fe: Sec. 1. All elections by the people shall be by ballot. Sec. 2. Every qualified elector shall be eligible to any olllce to be voted for unless disqualified by age. But no person shall hold two offices of honor or profit at the same time exoept offi cers in the militia and notaries public. Seo. 8. Every male citizen of the United States, 21 years of afro and up wards, not laboring under the disabil ities named in this Constitution, and possessing the qualifications required By it, shall be a legal elector. Seo. 4. The qualifications for suff rage shall be as follows: . a. Residence in the State for two years, in the county one year, in the election district in which the elector offers to voto four months, and the payment of a poll tax six months be fore an^r election: Provided, however, that ministers of the gospel in charge of an organized church shall be enti tled to vote after six months resi dence in the State, if otherwise quali fied. b. Kegistration which shall provide for the enrollment of every elector once in 10 years. c. The person applying for registra tion must be able to read and write any section of the Constitution, or must show that he owns and pays tax es on $300 Worth of property in this State: ProvidedyThat at the first reg istration under this Constitution and up to January 1, 1?)8, all male per Bons of voting age \ho can road a olause in this Constitution or under stand and explain it *bon read to them by the registration Mjicer shall be entitled to register and be6*nn0 elec tors. A separate record of all literate persons thus registered, sworn by the registration ollice'r, shall be uVa, one copy with the clerk of court arai one in the ollice of the secretary or stato, on or before January 1, 1898, and such person shall remain during life qualified electors, unless disquali fied by the provisions of Section 6 of this article. The certificate of the clerk of the court or secretary of stato shall be sullicient evidence to establish the right of said class of citizens to registration and the franchise. d. Any person who shall apply for registration after January 1, 1898, if other wiso qualified, may bo registered : Provided, That lie can both read and write any section of this Constitution oroan show that ho owns and ha paid iaxes during the previous year on property in this State assessed, at $300 or more. e. Managers of election shall require | I of every elector oifering to vole ' tny election, before allowing 1 " rote, proof of7the payment of all; sludlfti led under uie provisions of this itntion, if he heul been registered ffeprovided in sub-section 'to.', | ""'SOo. 5. Any person denied registra tion shall have the right to appeal to Any and all courts of this State to de termine the question under the limita tions imposed in this article, and the general assembly shall provide by law for the correction of illegal or fraudu lent registration and the punishment of the same. Sec. 6. The following persons are disqualified from being registered or voting: First. Persons convicted of burgla ry, theft, arson, obtaining goods or money under false pretenses, perjury, forgery, robbery, bribery, adultry, em bezzlement, bigamy, or crimes against^ the election laws ; Provided. That tH/ 1 1 pardon of the governor shall remc^0 ?uoh '^qualification. / S ntf. Persons who are itMs, in sane, paupers supported at th> pubtic expense, and persons conflr^ in any public prison. Seo. 7. For the purpowbf voting no person shall be deemed "> bavo gained or lost a residence Q reason of his absence while eran^yed in the service of the United nor while en gaged in the navigation of the wator of tnis State, yf of the United States, or of the hl<b seas. Seo. 8^ The general assembly shall provide for the registration of all qual ified eleotors, and shall prescribe the manner of holding elections and of ascertaining the results of the same : Provided, That each of the two parties oasting the highest number of votes at the preceding election shall have rep resentation on the board of managers at each precinct, and on the board of oounty canvassers in each count v. , Bee.' 9, The several counties in the ?State shall be divided into oleotion dis tricts, with One preoinct in eacn of the game at which alone the voter regis tered for that precinct can cast his pallot: Provided, That a voter may bo transferred from one olection district JO another. *? fBec. 10. The general assembly shall provide by law for the holding of par fy primary elections and punishing jifaud at the samo. Bee. 11. (The registration books shall olpfte at least 80 days before an elec tion. after whioh transfers and regis tration shall not, l>o legal, except as to jkJwoiis coming of age in the interim. Sec. 12. Electors in municipal elec tions shall possess al 1 tho qualifications hoijein prescribed. fifeo. 18. At any special election in incorporated cities and towns of this Stow for the purpose of bonding the or for the raising revenue'all wnt owners of property in said I and towns of the assessed valuo !00 who are qualified electors un his Constitution shftll alone bo led to vote. At such election the shall produce a receipt for all county, State an 1 mtinicipal for evious year as evidonco of his to Vote. 1 14.- Electors shall in all cases pt treason, felony, or a breaeh of ptaoe be privileged from arrest on tfday? of eleotion luring their at teriflaUoe at the polls and going to and itolmrning therefrom. SEc. 1ft. No power, civil or military, it any time Interfero to prevent right of snf Mnrfl?r. J., Oct. 8.? John known as "Fish ited in the county today for the murder 5n "June 8. Jealousy was 'ire of Oieoh'n crime. NEGROES TO THE NORTH. Colored Delegates la the Convention Air Their Views on BuffTkgf. Columbia, S. C., Sept. 30.? Five of the six negro delegates to the South Carolina constitutional convention, which proposes to disfranchise the blacks, have joined in the following address to the North, through the World : To the Editor of the World : The seventh constitutional conven tion called in South Carolina is in ses sion. It has been called for tho pur pose of dealing with the negro prob lem. Those who have advocated its assembling have been explicit in their declaration of tho purposes to be ac complished?the disfranchisement of the negro and the elimination of him entirely, not from a participation in elections, for belies not since 1886 had any sliow at all in any of the elections held in the State, but of the possi bility of the negro uniting with the conservative Democratic taction and thus oust from place and power those now in control of the government. The chief obstacle in tho way of ac complishing wnat is desired is the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amend ments to the Federal Constitution . This difficulty removed, there will be plain sailing. The Hon. Benjamin iiyan Tillman, who is tho head and front of the movement, has not been at all politic or hypocritical as to his intentious. He has said that his object is to disfran chise as many negroos as ho possibly can without disfranchising a single white man except for crime. In the State, according to the census of tho United States, taken in 1890, there were: Negroes over twenty-ono years of age, 132,949; whites over twenty one years of age. 102,567 ; negro majority, 30,292. Of these there are illiterate, 58,086 negroes and 13,242 whites. Now it wiH plainly bo seen thata purely educational qualification, honestly administered would give the whites 89,415 and the negroes 74,851 votes; white majority, 14,564 votes. But the nut for Tillman to crack is how ho can disfranchise tho negro without difranchising the 13,242 illiterate whites, whose votes would bo lost entirely to his faction should the conservative element nominate aud "^ote an independent ticket. The high el*> vote his faction has ever beenablo to toll in round numbers is 60,000, and t?A Conservatives 35,000. If Till man's Kction. t^'-.-el'ore^ should loso 13,242 voh*, it would leave n'lir. only 46,758 votes, and the Conservatives 35,000 votes, and Tillman's majority over tho Conservatives woald be only 11.758 votes. X J It^will readily \>seen that the 74, 351 negro votes or\, n y considerable part of them unitiugwrith the Con servatives would maKv^that faction master of the situation? what Tillman wants to has thus far hypnotized ... both factions, with the --- "White supremacy," which" shaken in their faccs on evj casion, and which he is shrews tDknpvrb&s th? same effect i >?? ev/n' irBlrWU ascendancy all the great offlc la^ajoriTy pTaliThe helB by white men, and no P ever through^ of making it a nee ' ^?Tern" ment. Tho suffrage plan? w? hav0 , been informed, asa?ep)'S>on by the j committee, is as foltov * Evepy male .citizen twenty-one j 8 ?f a&e wll? has not been convi, ot crime> and is not an idiot or r *,nmatc of a prison a charitable inp*7^on> . wbo can read a section of J-e, Constitution to the satisfaction '* . ?^cers of election, or who cp exPlam said section when read toh;n t? satisfaction of said officer* or wll? pays taxes on $500 wort' of tbe real property ; or who can sat,J<y the election officers that he has p^d all taxes due to the State, and i no shall be duly registered according -o law, shall bo entitled to vote. r,very ono or tneso provisions, as simple and just as they appear, when read by the uninititated are freighted with fraud, corruption and prostitu tion of the suffrage. For?tho officers of election are the solo judges of the qualification of the eleotors, and can at their will make the negro vote or the white vote as large or as small as they choose. Kvery one of these innocent little "ors" is the instrument of and con tains infinite possibilities of fraud, and in the hands of election officers, all of whom are members of one party and of the same faction, aro construed to mean one thing to ono Net of voters and anotherihing to another sot when they offer to register. As Mr. Creelman has explained in his dispatches, the registration officer and his board will have the solo power to mako voters in South Carolina, as the Supremo Court of tho State has do cidod that thoro is no appeal to any court of law from the acta of election officers. In short, tho convention has beenjcalled to legal izo the frauds which have been perpetrated upon tho elec tive franchise in this state since 1870. No ono can tell or estimate what tho vote will bo, and that question can be answered only by tho election officers. Roiibkt Smalm, Thomas E. Millkk, Jameh E. Wioo, It. I). Andkfihon, Ihaiaii Krki>. Republican memborsof the Constitu tional Convention. Columbia, S. C., Sopt. 30. A l?t Montyl VrlKlit. At the meeting of the Virginia Med ical Society at Wythoville, Dr. Hunter McGuiro read a report upon seventeen oporative cases of chronic or relapsing appendicitis, with one doath. In his remarks commenting upon tho roport, I)r. McGuiro said ho wa? oonvincod that this operation should not bo jfor formed so quickly as is rccommondod by most surgeons. 1 lo said in al 1 cases he had over operated upon, and they wore many, ho had never found a sin Kle grape, cherry, or tomato seed, and e wan glad to mention this fact to pot tho lay mind at case. Dr. James Herbert Claiborno, of Petersburg, stated that in a practice of forty-five years he had soon but twelve cases of appendicitis, and not ono was operated upon or died. He is old-fash ioned enough to believe in leeches and poultices. To show this dread of ap pendioitis in the lay mind, ho cited the oaso of a patient to whom he was callod, and who was positive that he had the d isoaso. The doctor, however, succeedod in quieting him by assuring him that appendicitis did not occur on the left side. Dr. Moore said that he was decided in opposition to hurried operations in cases ot appendicitis. Ho advocated going slowly. An II oueal Cuufrulun. Col. Bobluvt*m>ll recently delivered i a speech, at Peoria. Ills., and after I discussing' war and i's results, I said : "And let ine tell you here, today ? 1 am somewhat older than I used to be: I have a little philosophy now that 1 had not at the 9 o'clock in the morning portion of my life? and I do not blame anybody. I do not blame the South; I do not blame the Condfederate sol diers. Sho? the South ? was the fruit of conditions. She was born to circum stances stronger than herself, and, do you know, according to my philosophy, which is not quite orthodox (laughter), every man and woman in the world is what conditions have inado them. So let us have some sense- Tne South said. "We will not submit, this is not a nation, but a partnership of States." I am willing to go so far as to admit that the South expressed the original idea of the Government." In commenting on the above the Augusta Charonicle says "this utter ance comes opportunely after the Ver mont governor's declaration that his people wpuld teach their children that the South was wrong in the war be tween the States. If thff South fought for "the original idea of our Govern ment, as Col. Ingersoll says, she was historically, morally, politically and eternally right, and, by parity of reasoning, the North was wrong. So the Governor of Ver mont proposes to teach the chil dren of his State falsehood for historic truth. We are persuaded that this Governor never criticallv read the Constitution of the United States, the articles of Union, the basis of indepen dence of Great Britain and similar documents. We are inclined to be lieve this more surely because, in 1803, Hon. James H. Hammond, who hail been a Senator of tho United States, from South Carolina, declared that, in his opinion, many of the Senators from Northern States were even at that day ignorant on this subject. Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, Profes sor Bledsoo, and the author of "The Republic of Republics," have so con summately demonstrated the justifica tion of the South that no man can ever successfully answer them. Had Jef ferson Davis been tried, Charles O'Conor and other eminent lawyers would have proved the South's case. No one knew this better than Chief Justice Chase, and the potential auj thorities of the North were prudent in releasing Mr. Davis without trial. We advise the Governor of Vermont and the intelligent young men of that State to study the South s side of the controversy and make a just decision. They will probably do nothing of the kind and so abido in ignorance which may or may not be blissful, in the long run. The one prime security of a small commonwealth liko Vermont, in the Union, in the sovereignty of the> States, within the Constitutional orbit of local self Government. Some day they may discover that this is true,-aml it may not bo in the distant f y j\s wither. ^^CeJ^the expediency of secession or t^9^auom of a war for its mainten ance, that. is. another question. But the South was, in principle, eternally right, and her chilt'.ren will be so taught, because it is the traUi. ARK YOU A SUFFERER FROM IN ^FLAUMA TO R Y K4.EU M A.T1S M ? A-Uff. 14, 1894. a sufferer from Inflammatory Rheumatism, and for five years 1 was a'most completely disabled, of ten being confined to my bed for month* at a time. My whole system was permeated with the disease, affecting different p* rts of my body. Medical troatmont failed to do me any good, and 1 tried different p o prlotary medicines without any benefit. 1 was advised while In Durham to try Mrs. jOe Person's Remedy. 1 got dozen bot tles, and when 1 was on tlio third bottle 1 began to Improve, and by the time 1 had tab en tho six bottles I was entirely cured, and have never had any return of the dis ease since. I believe It to be a specific for Inflammatory Rheumatism. P. O. IK>x 385. L. BROWN. ''Tie Court of Last Resort.'' Thoso who have failed to get cured olse where of the LIQUOR, MORPHINE and the TO I3ACCO Habits and Nervous Exhaustion, are invited to correspond with THE KEELEY INSTITUTE. (or Drawer 27) COLUMBIA, K. O. N. B. -The treatment is adminis tered in Houth Carolina only at (Jo lumbia Wo can refer to ex patients near you. MACHINERY FAG rORv PRICES. > very Ginnery should be equipped with the Thomas Klevating and DIstrllnitliiK Machinery for handling, cleaning, glitnlnu and packing cotton. One single OMitlnuotH Mot fluo and <m#i denser for a battery of two or more glim. Revolving double box steam press, self paoklng. No hands employed except to nut ties on bale. No l>elts. No pullles No screws to give trouble. Haves lalnn an4 inmirance, Improves grade of cotton and mnk?s money. We offer also an ox tensive line of cotton nins. Drosses, cano mills corn mills and saw mtils Also Talbott, Mddoi, and Watertown engines. Our Rice Holler, which prepares rlco ready for the table or market should bo In evefy Mill. V. O. Badham, OKNKKAL AOBNT, COLUM1UA, 8. C. -a rv AgHBVILliss, N. O., Twelve jears ago, I was We desire lo Invroduow our Furni ture busing Into every oommunlty Id the fcouthnni 5?tates, and la order l' to do uo lu tlw quickest time hav?^ concluded tii ? ?he soiue ver* liberal* offei# lu bednioui nults Lo <*~curw mi least one customer at every post of flee lu the uexl sixty days. t'leaee re?d thlx adveitlsomoHt carefully and Bend at unco (or oue of our spe cl&l offers. Oar gieat offer No. 1 oonslstsof one (Solid Oak Bedroom Suit with large dresser with 30x24 bevel mirror, one large washstand with case one 6 ft 6 bedstead full width This suit of furniture la worth la any furniture store not lees than 935.00 Do not think for onoe that It Is a little eheap suit for we assure you It Is not, bat a larxe full size suit equal to anything on the market. In order to start the Bale of theee suites and to keep our men busy and Introduce our business In your neigh borhood, we agree to ship one suite only to each shipping point in the fcouth fer 910.00 when the cash comes with the order. This advertisement will po68lblv appear twloe In this pa per, therefore if you are Interested out this out and send wlth910?OOand the suite will be shipped to you. If It Is not Just as represented you mar return the suite at our expense and your 916.00 will be refunded to you. Our catalogue containing many Illus trations of rare bargains and house furnishing goods will be sent to jou upon application. The suite above dosoribed Is a spe cial bargain and does not appear In the catalogue, therefore It is useless to write for Illustrations of this suite, and while you are delaying writing someone else is getting the bargain. Wo assure you that we will not rhlp but one suite in your neighbor* hood at this price. After one suite bas been shipped in the neighbor hood the prloe will go to at least 930.00. l, r. padgktt, 840 Broad Street, AUGUSTA., OA. I_.X fe fcOR TxfE LIVER AND KicLiieys FOR DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION AND ALL LIVER AND KIDNEY TROUBLES. Sold wholesale by The Murray Drug Go.( COLUMBIA, S. 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No parent should be with out It during the tee hlng porlod who has onoe tried It, for It Is Indeed a magic medi cine for babies. Very respectf ully, JUDGE H. W. BALDWIN. For sale by THE MURRAY DRUO CO.u Columbia, B. C. PIANOS 4f> Monthly ORGANS $2 Monthly TM INk' '"nv j rwxl U?n?v I I 1 1 1 > IV in ^ f),,,, piHtm or I'nrlor Or^an will l>? t<> y< nr wife nnrl ohllilren, find how long tliry havf wAiitnl hikI wnitod. DO W T WAIT TOO LONG. They wnnt lio with you for nvnr. irmUfl I Worn happy while you cnn. TIIINk" v,'ry n*>w i I iimiv i >11 y n Miipirii iiiRfrmnoiit on onr InAtnllmont |ilnnn. iiwl |>'iy for It nlmoftt without tnUfilun llto moiii y. ACT QUICK *? Write for Midsummer Sale Bargain Shftet 300? iiporl> Inatr imicntH on t<M iim i'vit oft'crtMl ; VOlIlt own nrlro for CASII. Wflto for pnrtlfiulnm. icut r.i: oinOK. iiitrKiiliiK rolllnamit <lully. Ktrnlii n point find buy NOW. LUDDEN & BATES, SAVANNAH, Qa. psBonsrxPM Awl) ?f B^hool of Rhorthind itid TtlorrADhf. k?u? ^ twrzii tun*. ?ILV