The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 25, 1895, Image 1
CONVENTION
REASSEMBLES.
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ABSOLUTIONS OF RBSP?OT TO
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The Memory of a Deoeased Blothbor,
?br. J. O. Byrd, of Flor^be.
( ^The Constitutional convention reas
aemblod Tuesday pursuant to the re*
?olutioif providing for the recess. The
?convention was oalled to order a little
"Carlier'than wsuhI. But there was no
working day ahead of the convention,
'?f k* bt>dy>had jiwt gotten through with
tile routiuo preliminaries, when atten
fi_ ?_ tipn was oalled to the death of Dr. J.
O* Byrd, one of tba members of tho
convention, and the convention at
once adjourned ty>r tj?e day "out of re
apectjo his uiemory after ^passing r?
fMUttone in regard to tbo sad occur
rence.
"When the convention was called to
order, tho proceedings of the day were
opeued with prayer by the Rev. Mr,
Aha ay. There were exadfty 65 mem*
bars in their geate when the body was
rapped to order, but in a short time
- mcrc^oRnje in and before tho sudden
^djoiu unieut oamo, 83 out of the 100
^nembers were in the hall.
Mr. MbOoivn roso and stated that
tt'vras his sa&^rijNty to inform the con
vention of raj* Jch^^ of one of the
members of the Florence delegation,
Dr. ?T. O. Byrd, which occurred dur
ing the rccetfs. Ho then sent up the
following preamble and resolutions,
which were proiaptly adopted:
Whereas, it has pleased the All Wise
Ruler and president of theAsonvention
omnipotent to remove from our midst
our friend and co-laborcr in the work
of this convention, O. Byrd,
-del^g?t? from conntyr nnd,"
> re cognizing aafv appreciating his in
domHabta. energy, sterling worth and
KfiaBor in the effort to secure
jflfcent results ? r good Consiitiv
iifln?thereiortf, be it resolved, :
Resolved, That in the death of Dr.
, James O. Byrd,"' who departed this life
suddenly ou tho aHeruoon of the 18th
* inst. , at his homo in TimmonsviUe, 8.
C., this convention has sustained a se
rious ^>sa and the State is deprived of
a valuable citizcn a ud able legislator.
Second. That we, his friends, while
submissively bo.wingjto the will of Him,
will cherish his metnory and mourn 1hh
departure, our loss,, and sympathize
with- his family. .
Third. ' a at a page of the proceed
ings of tins convention he dedicated to
his memory.
Fourth". That a copy of the forego
in# preamblo and resolutions be suit
ably engraved under tho supervision
of the clerk of this convention and
' gixca the delegation from Florence,
coUnty .to* be by them transmitter to hia
?wife and family. -As a further mtfrk
of 'respect in honor of hia memory, "'I
movu that this convention do now ad
journ and that an hour on Thursday.^
tuo 22 d, at 11 o'clock a. m. be set
~i impart for "the consideration of the
above resolution. -
When the^ resolutions were passed
^ the .conV^n tiou Rtyod adjourned.
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odad,
f HR, WOK 1)8 ? ^KORO BLOOD. -
Thep Cause Considerable Debate-^A
ytte*olullbii of TUlman Dofented.
Y_Oii" W inrflcitlftyi ? tiifi t ?xr+i fcy-fOUltfa
I ae&<?iou of the Constitutional Conven-'
tion wrangled -over three honrs on
. . aeveral .iimall ainendm^pits. of several
i- sections of Die legislative articles "$ela
y , ting to the abolisUingjof special lvgi?
r Iatiohtbr fife incorporation of cities,
towns, etc. Senator Tdlman presented
" ^ Section providing that tho Legisla- ,
tnr/f should, in the year 1898, submit
to the .people the question of holding
a'contfitutioual convention And like
wise dvery twentieth year thereafter,
allowing if majority vote to call the
V convention. It was voted down by a
votd of 65 to 47. Before the recess,
? . the convention adopted a seotion pro
A fii biting the inter-marriage of a white
person having any negro blood what
ever. The matter was re-opened and
?Z Jndjre Frazer offered tp further amend
by adding -the words * 'to maintain the
status of many families in this State
tainted with negro blood." Some
-itrong speeches were made and finally,
i o section with the amendment was
committed to the committee. George
Til)man made a * powerful speech
yn^intaining that instead of thephraso
*'a?y negro blood" tho" words' "ono
?igluh negro blood" should be used.
The convention took t\p the legisla
tive article and completed it save two
important sections, the discussion of
one of which . will consnme nearly an
?ntire sew* ion. The article on penal
and charitable institutions was also
practically completed. .
riLLMAN s?Ml ?HEPPABD D*?ATB
* rH? Voavutloa Sprat Tfcur?d?f, to
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j-lot ? bom??W?d tar. 8*?
lUlnn and Oov?n?or Shepptrd
-tlp| tpeeohM op too Mb'
vbct* wm of ? higher of*#*
tbtd#t*t<? thu* tat: At
U bj ? vote of 82 to U, tl?
?trait out dl tbr
tb?? ction
> t??? ction jtrtpyrtM,
infWMift
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fiViVI ^WPf,'
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further debate oa the homestead sec
tiou. Many email amvndtneuu
considered and acted ou It is im- I
pcssibjfr ae yet to give any Idea as bow
th$t homestead provision will go
tbibugh- t'* will go through nil light,
however.
j Senator Tillm?uK near the eud ot
the eftaaion, got the door and stated
that the votes UKen duriug tb? day
| had ihown that at "least oue-fourth of
the "people's representatives" were
not in attendance upon the oonvon
I tiQtt. Those men wore all drawing
their pay (row tlio State, and <were
? doi#g nothing, whilo those here were
j bearing the responsibility of acting on
j vital natters. He moved that all
leaves ?<>! absence be resoiuded and j
that all the absentees be notified to j
return at onoe unless they could pro* j
duce phjaician's certificates that they j
were ill. This was adopted and the
.clerk was instructed to notify the ab
sentees immediately .
The article on jurisprudence was
presented at a late hour.
The chairman of the oommittee In?
dividually presented the -.following,
antidynoh law eectiou: "Section 6.
tu the oase of any prisoner lawfully in
theoharge, ouetody or oontrol of any
officer, State, county or munioipat,
buiug seized and taken from jaid offi
cers by force or strategy, by a mob or
other unlawful asHemblage of pexaons, i
^and *t their hauds Buffering hddil.y !
violence or death, the aaid officer bhull !
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, ;
and upon a true bill fouud shall bo de- |
posed from hiB office pending hid trial, j
nd upon his conviction hUull iotieit '
bis office and unless pardoned by the \
Governor shall bo ineligible to hold !
any offioe of trust or profit within this '
State. It shall be the duly of tUe '
prosecuting attorney^ within whose dm- j
triot or conn, ty* the offem?o may be
committed, to forthwith institute a
prosecution against aaid officer, who
shall be indicted und tried in such
ctjunty, other than the one in which
tho offetice was committed, as the At
torney-General^ may elect. The fee*
and diileage 91 all material witnesses
both for the Stat*) apd for the deleus*
shall be paid by the State Treasurer in
such manner ats may bo provided by
law." u - ?
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FOR AN INCOME TAX.
The Section Regarding Taxation Dis
cussed anil Amended.
On Friday, the 2.6th day ot' tho con
stitutional convention, tho article on
penal and charitable institutions pass
ed its tlyrd reading oftor the killiug
of the. aeetion providing for a board
of public charities. The following sec
tion of the article on finance and taxa
tion was Adopted after o long discus
sion and~after eeveral amendments had
beeo pi\t in :
The General Aaaembly shall provide
bj law for a uniform and equal rate
of. assessment and taxation, and shall
prescribe euch regulations as shall se
cure a just valuution for taxation of
'all property, reaj^pereona^andppsse*
' saVy, exoe?Vnrf^sfetld mining Olaimp, .
the proceeds of .which alone shall be
tox*d,and Wo ?uoh ~ prqper ty a* nJay
be exempted Dy'law for municipal edu
cation, literary/ scientific, religious or
charitable purposes; provided, how
ever, that' the General Assembly may
impose a capitation tax on auph domes
tic animals as from their nature and
habit# are destructive of ot^fr prop
General Assembly/ may provide for a~{
graduated tax on incomes and* may
provide for graduated lioensee on oo
cttpations and- business." '
An effort by Senator Tillman to pro
vide for a 81 poll tax1 on every dog ip
the State, the proceeds to bn devoted
to the achool fund, after a rich debate,
wee killed by a vote of 102 to 20. An
effort to impose a municipal tax on the
capital etodk of all banks in the State
failed.
The night aesaion of the constitu
tional contention waa a long and tedi
ous one. The convention still dtplt !
with the report of the committee otI
finance and taxation and it took Several J
hour* to adopt the two sections. Tho
^irat seotion fixes ae a minimum Mr tho !
bonded debt of any counjy, township,
otty or town 8 per cent, of the assessed !
value of all the taxable property there- ?
iu. The most important action taken
to-night waa to paas a section prohibit
ing a county or township from levying
? tax or iattuing bonds to aid in tho
building of < new railroads Or lor any j
Other pnrpoae eave educational and or
dinary State and tfounty purposes. ?
A resolution wqe adopted aleoOfclt
State bonda ahould not be iaaued for a ;
period of leae than 20 yeara or more
than 40 yeara.
The convention, atyer voting aeveral
tifnee to limit tho speeches from this
time on to 10 minutee each, aavo on j
the discussion of the enffkage article, '
finally refined to pat on mi y limit 4
a* all. { " -?
fHB TWEWTY-SEVKNTM 8E88IOX. i
Depsrtarent pf add Bssdi
Omf . ?
Saturday'a aeeaion of the Cbnstitn* <
tiooal convention, so fai M making
headway wflh the farming of the Cou -
alltntlou ia oooceroed waa of leaa mo- j
MeetlSlB M7 day's work since the
convention reconvened, but there were ;
aome inter eating fights and lively 4e-_
bate* The debate om the 4n?tter'of |
the ttiM State bonds should be *1
lowndjo rna waa particularly inter eat- j
lag, and thai on Mr. MoM* ban's ordi- 1
1 nance to establish n department of
xMriraaAiotMby ?aa anitskv^j. In
Hktmonlmg the womHIm omi'
?
tU/d
One of l ho most important amend
ments w?h one that provides that nb
county, township of. municipal prop
erty, uulr*s used exclusively lor pub
no puTpotH'5 unci 4,?st for revenue,"
blmlf be exempt from taxation. This
watt adopted with the qi^stiou about
the Columbia city lull* property in
vu>w and the * ft eot is that the city will
have to pny taxes ou h?r city hall if
she reuts her opera house or any of
her stores. '1 n? amendment allotted
the night proviou^-to allow Stt^bonda
to run not less than twenty nor more
thau forty years was reconsidered and
after a long debate the mibimum
proviso was stricken out. /
There were lively timea^vheu Mr.
MoMahan'rt ordinimc^-furovidiug for
the establishment of a department of
roads and forestry was taken up and
discussed. The convention was in*
cliued to carry it through, but finally
killed it.
All aerhools, colleges, institutions of
learning, charitable institutions such
as asylums, ctff., the profits from
which do not go to private gain were
exelnptcd from taxation.
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THK*NK\V COUNTY QUESTIO N.
An Amendment. Proposed to the Suf?
fvugo Section Makes a State War
ou Municipal Control.
In the constitutional convention
Monday, the 28th day, the article on
county and county government whs
token up. It cauo into the conven
tion in minority and majority form.
The first is under consideration. The
section providing for tbo formation of
new counties, with smaller areas, whs
undcP discussion all . da^.1 Mr.
Sheppard moved to limit the total
number of counties to 50. Senator
Tillman wanted 62 and Ge6rge D.
Tillman, of the committoe, wants to
oleavo out all restrictions except as to
aoreage limitation.
Mr. George D. Tillman was iri the
niiiUl of an elaborate argument when
the hour for recess arrived.-, Th,fe de
bate on the new county question wob
continued at the evening session until
after It o'clock, when a vote on Sena
tor Tillman's nmendmcnt to limit the
whole number of counties iu the Stat^
to 02 was voted down, 90 memb^ftf'
voting % against him. Elaborate attru
mcnts were mado by Gebrge D. Till
man, Senator Tillman, George John
stone and W. C. McGowan.
The suffrage committeo met in the
afternoon alhl made some changes in
| the article reported to the convention.
} The 1'ir e>t section now reads: "AU
I elcclioiiH l?y tho people shall be by
t ballot and the elections shall never be
I, held or tlur ballots counted in secret."
Another change nllows "minister^*
formerly reading "ministers />6f
u the gospel'-' and "teachers of p*ib
lie schools" to vote, if otherwis.
qualified. Another importaut amend
ment makes section Yfr read thuH
- " Electors in inTrtiieipal fdectiom
ahull powiew all the qnalifloation*
herein prescribed, and the General
Assombly fcliall provide for a/SpacisI
^registration of voters for each munici
pal flection, provided the governo'
shidl -appoint mnnicipal registratioi
officers." Thfc last. clause of this mean
a declaration of war on municipal eel)
. euiiiruL ? *?- ? . -T_- _ i. -
CAROLINA IN ATLANTA.
A Warm Welcome to the Preat of the
State by tlae' South Carolina
''"Society.
wlnty, Vnamhem of the Routt)
Carolina Press Association wore ex
tended a reception by the 8outh Caro
rfna Socjety_fif. Atlftpy^JJbLiiriday night,
and notable addresses ware made by
President Calhoun, of the South
Carolina ?focirfty; President Aull, of
the Press Association; Thoa.'B. Cobb,
Col. J. A. Floyt, J. G. Garlington,
Judge Wilkes, tfol, Franz Melchers,
Col, James G. Bacon* Eb. Williams,
Commissioner Roche and others. The
welcomo was hearty, and punch and
eloquence flowed- unrestrainedly for
two hours.
THIS KtliLINOOFAfOSELEY.
Tho Crime Plxed Upon Tom Peterson
Brother of the N?Kro Lynched at
Denmark. L>
A special to the State from Green
wood says: The coroner's jury h*\
found a verdiot in the oaee of the kitt,
ing of Constable Moseley and the pm
port of it was proclaimed to a larg
crowd on the square by Foreman C. A
C. Wafter, fixing tho crime on To*
Peters, alias Tom Peterson, a brotln
of the person lynched at Denmark '
Peterson has confessed to the killhn
and while the jury bad a volume of in
formation and evidence, nothing *?
given out nntil the fonr toagroes a
rested were safely landed in Abbevili
jail, being taken there by a squad o
^militia,
NO EXTORTION 1* ATLANTA,
P/eeident Coll let of the Kxposltjpnfe
?um ? Card to the Public/
On Friday President Collier of th^Cottoi
States Exposition* at Atlanta, furnished th
.?allowing card about the charges of ex^oi
jionsjED* Incomplete condition of the exp?
tfitlon for tba. press: ? V :
"Unfounded rumers have been o)reulat?<
to -the effect that the Cotton States and In
curnational expotfniou la not oomplete. >
Joe? it my duty to make aa official an<riu
thorttaUve announcement that the expos.
tfc>n ta complete and ready fori the eloeef
scrutiny. The reports thai extortion is be
in* practiced upon frtoftor* and charge# |
-?erased are untrue. Seasonable prices an
-. h*f?ed la erery iostaoce.
ptgoed) CouL-if, President,"
A. Yortville writer any a: Daring th.
pest few weeks, u4 (Mgioniag aboo
: the line tkattbe new eotfton erop com1
tt??f?oed to be merkeled, .there ba
. '7^ -m. "
GOVERNMENTS
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ROADlMrUOVKMKNTANAI^BD.
Mr. Nt<*n?oe's Address to !*? Hoad
Congre?5i
Tbo following add r ess delivered I be
fore the recent South Carolina K<>?d
Cougrena held in Columbia by Mr.
Fiauk Nierusee, gives eouio intsreht
ing information in r^ard to roadeof
the i?U *nd oottt?iue>me 8ugge?tioni
as to tho improvemeut of the roads
of tho present period that seemed to
strike tho oouveutiOn favorably;
"From tho rime of Moses thoro have been
royal roads. Kirsl tho Egyptians,
tha Israelites and then the Greek* callud
Shelr lines uf travel that w?re uot uaed lor
;C" K'srrss s&i 3"-.\
Str?wereuot the best of the "
It was reserved lor a coniiuerol ?i City,
age, to build tho ftrst paved roads. lhe Bo
nfnAa followed tho example ot tho Lartna
Sssr 8?f? v
uaU>
srt" !~-,jsir?K
oalzadadel-dlablo u t
wS built bv tho Cartbagonians, and th*
sswwsrs? ijv;
most anolent lloman m>ad outside ?* ^j1 *
fgsasrxix ~"rT,fe:i
ami tad actoastto Alpa ? B?f '
w? traveled 1 by ?ta jWj- V.r
K?" roaJs tW eomptawd. ?">?
tho roaus i u f qoramun
hVa auccessors to do than to oaro for tho
roads already conatruetefl. Qfhto BueceMor^
Traian wan the moat zealous, as Is shown
various luseri otious, in preserving the public
ElS?nd' in con,l.ueUu? others. fH.a
example was followed by ot >?* ? deellu
EirHSa^s
Kt?o "rnibinry lll8.n.w"y,"'vlM 1 "' Tb/btt ??
?SHr4f#s?i
ESPttjTtSlSSS&S jj^-sfJS
sss>-.
?Kv- Uo^iw hv tho irovernmant and partly
S.H==' sp& A
tt?.Tho*mJSf " roUMst"^ M SSSj
problems, that 6tr^y and potoat
have been ouo ot the^i sroja j ?? v
contributions oev,iwj ^
orad the success or th? ~nwi * ?tho
Prle|t?? "Stl-lburion of wealth See tho key
ensuing dutriDu?o?" WOnder?ul financial
""tob. ntony tbo roada are alao under
g?'f?ESg'?n?<r"b? turnplk. ?*???? {$<
abolished. Tn y j1i-|lWftys upon the
??" ^"'Tl Jwteb ?Dd l" manned by
ttoPr bifbway ?w?W0r SSomffo" wjoif",
K3S^rs3.ro?
by the road W^Tn?Lrc? Vid In t>o
action Is in 'b? S 1 K0t,etles davflted to
several BUtos thsr? are feoucu r|1 thca0
road ??Pi?^?;rtnS^reS^Se <l?y when tho
intarastad should hasten^" ^ joine<l
different P*j^? _aLt *$W?h ways, inn-ead of
by ?^? t ^!C.* ^tw^n sloughs of
roads that rtQgt There ts
mud and almo?l t~l-- J'" qJ goutji Carolina
no reason wb y t a,u who roads laaooditlou
should not h*** harp . b y Jn tb0
to compare f*T0?Wytw# jow country
Onltod .. \?' Jd la tbow
the - ground w lev -?.aii and good
l?"2r Th? WdJl aid Dort^n. lK.rtio?
'Ts.rfoitis^'^
upon cut roads and (hen ro?M ^ chW(>
but*, -oat ducablo
one.
opro Yemen t a* a:e Uid *eai|a#w4j ??.
ite and ?*tlon ar? botb garner ? by
Uxj blghiraye open to faU traasporta
riMJf ItM y?*r; VtOpGTtf totdUDMd:
?i fanner* are dacourajred to Viake
islaaae ee!f-eu?tafc>iatf, II not largely
rofltabfo, The Aertafta time and
r? rarj (npoftaat Jteene Is kwentng
L?&anducil oa. Tba uxiinmnlw ol
InKm, aleo ?Mtl7 bea?MI?l. :
rrwP irrinliellnM* UMaM the
riMa aiMM aad tfce mmm mm of'J
rii tho uui vocally doplorablo condition *.?!
I lis publlo highwaya uad lawr u *y?t04U
which will provldo for ihelt imnutuuc i m
provemeut uudoi tho control of t iio statu
S^ov eminent. Tito legislature should ap?
itofltt a commissioner of highway*, who in
turn Khon I I hit ^ it Itlrt 1 u> vy tt r (W h?kvt th-#
nu^on !sui.s from e.t h Comity oud tho con
victs should bo made t<-> work upon t iio roads
-s^LLho count v from which they wore con
victed. Tim road question Is u??w
fully agitated by most ol the States and mauy
|?W UOW constructing roads of thQ beat
^V?^?mluiou. Tho lUxiu. Kiaio Jersey,
w h lahTSjJio t h i unlike tnVtflTST of oVtr Swue,
expondttviw-tsflloii road Improvements tho
(turn' ol #9i,ClJ(i.03. Iu tbo State of Now
York it has uoou proposed to raise tho ourn
of ?iQ,Md,000 by a tiiato loan, payable ii\J
i7 yea "a at u low rato of interest and dovotWr
H?o flntiro sum to tho Improvement of Ufo
rtovmty. roads. It would bo attfllcloutt^Con
, itrtict an averygo of 60 miles of wnendld
|/foada lu every couuty of the 8tofc?nu?l tho
/ entire assessment upon a farin^Jt tho valuo
of $10,000 would bo less tlumk'2.
"Our adjoining Sta^; North Carolina,
has made excellent progress iu puollo road
Improvement nud Wus now gome as lino
roads a# will ho fou/d anywhere. Tho first
Important atop w<Urto secure from tho Stato
legislature aulh/Jty to levy a road tax ol
from 1 to 20 mlllj/ou a f 100 worth of taxable
valuation. The/>rate at preepnt levied la
about 15 m 1 1 Id. f hieb yields silmo $!1G,000 a
I year. Next tro passage was secured by law,
f authorizing tl J> county oommlsslouor to take
! i hurge of all /ouvlcta sentenced by tho city
and county </>mt*, tho punishment for.fnany >
| offenses behag a Hue or so many days work i
I on the public road a, It Is thu belief in this 1
J' country that this I* tho bent possible dis
position that can bo made of the convicts, as
i they are not then brought Into dii*ot oom
! petition with honest, free labor, while thelp I
j work Inures to tho direct bouoflt of tho puby
i ut\ Tho work of building, reconstructing
j and repairing streets and roads la Moeklen
| burg is now iu progress in threw depart
ments. ,
j " irat, lu tho cjty of Charlotte, under tho i
? directum of tbo oity oounoil, by tho mayor, i
' city xhuineer and supervisor of streets. The
work isypald for out of tho city treasury.
"'Second, tlfo county at largo, under tbo j
direction of/the county comjuUwloner, a !
board of flv$ Mooted lAinualiy oy a vote of
' ail the magistrates lu tho county, by tho j
i county engineer and tho superintendent of !
I tho convict camp. <^llalf tho proceeds of tho
road tax is disbursed bv this board,
j " 'Each towuship, through Its board of
trustees, expends for local work In road
' building, one-half tho proceeds of the road
j tux raised within the township. Tho cost
! of feeding, clothing and guarding couvtcta
during the first five months of lbft.1 amount*
ed to 20W cents per day, tho avorago nuin
I ber cared for being 91 per month; during
t)i?5 iirst uifHr-iVtOltths of AO H\6i'ftgo
,pf 00 convicts moved 86,247 cubic yards of
eart h on the roads aud crushed and placed
7,381 lineal yards (four and h half wlW) "f
macadam 18 feet wide.' I quote largely
from different Htate and government reports
and Mr. D. A. Tompkins on rouda in Meck
lenburg county, N. C.
"WfWt is most Imperatively needed is to
educate^Jio people uud espeolally those who
aro placed In cnurgo of tho roads how to
proceed and that road making and repairing
is tin art und trmlo that needs careful Btudy
and euro to successfully carry out, and tho
sooner tho Idea and practize that any ouo
who can haul a load of mud or eod from
wlicre tho <}iteh ought to be and dump it into
tho road, is a fit person for road repairing la
abandoned, tho better. At tho outset, an en
gineer shouhf bo not only consulted, but ein*
ployed, because he has made a study of roaiL
building under all possible conditions an J
hence is able to not only advise you what/o
do, but Ofton what is equally important,
what nit to do."
SEVEN HUNDRED HOMELESS,
An IivnciHllury Eire Daatroya 220
Houses in Alglcra?Ii089 $400,000.
A Are broko out In Alglors a suberV of Now
Orleans nt 2 o'clock Sunday morning nod
continued to burn until 9 o'olock, when It
was got under control because very little
also wu* left to buru. Two hundred and
twenty houses were burned in all. The tiro
was confined utmost entirely to the residence
portion of tho town, tho owners of which nto
people in moderate circumstances.
The insurance is said to be very light and
the loss is thoreforo aiinostrtotul.
It fa estimated that tho loss is fully ?400,
000, but it will uu several days before It can
be accurately stated.
The lire orbfnatad In on Itailfiii'a COQ
feutionery and fruit store, and everything
seems to proved was incendiary.
A subscription for the roilof nftho home*
lcsa people who number about 70U, has been
stalked u ud hog tifiio liberally pen ponded to.
TnO public school building ha<a been thrown
0}>en to them a^id matiy. be ve found . shelter I
there \ (
Algiers, though'sitnated on tho west side
< f tho river, is a part of tho municipality of.
New Orleans, huvlng been Incorporated as
the * Ifth district una Fifteenth ward on tho
13.h of March, 1870.
' Tho fire w ? the most disastrous that over
visited the city In the numoer of buildings
burned, no less than 14 blocks having boon
swept clean away. The flro was eon lined to
residences, not a storo In tho busmuas por
tion of the town being among thn number
destroyed,/ One general store was burned,
i that of Patrick Hirtnott. Ills loss of stock
j and building wni amount to ?15,000; nearly
i fhdy insured. Tho property ot tu? South
| orn Paoilic Railroad was not* Injured, as tho
I lire did not get near tbelr buildings. Among
' tho principal losses tho eonrt houso heads ]
? llio list, I'l'Vas aeotlt ?40,000. Dr. RiieVV i
residence and furniture, valued at ?:j6,000; j
! insured lor two-third's. Statu Senator Turn- >
i bull, pf Jefferson parish, house and lurid- j
j tufe, $16,000, aud City Councilman lianas, [
i 815.000. hou.se and (urniture, both nearly^
eov^ved with insurance.
Tiro subscription for the relief oi the w?f- j
I fcrois by tho flro amounts so far to BJ-JfUG. ;
i 50, oi which amount the city of New Or- j
i leans subscribes ?5,000, Mayor Fiuputri.'u j
j ?800 .and Thomas Piculer, owner of the :
j Oauul at root ferry, ?i>00. ?
A careful estimate makes tho number of )
buildings destroyed of ali'kinds about 280. i
M 8t.?f th<a>? wero small wooden structures .
and.bifrned like match wood.
Tho ^pss by breakage and otherwise dam
age to household eflfocta cannot be estimated.
Tho scene fa altfiost Indesorlbable. Tile* j
of nmoulderlag. ruin#, gauot chlmuoy*,
masses of household eflrecjs piled indiscrimi
nately. here and tbero In roadway and on
levee crest, men and women gazing with
heavy he{irts.on the smouldering bribers that
marlOho.epot tbey once called homo? such
was^tgiers on MOnday. ,
THE PKIZK-FIOIIf OFF, 1
The Representatives of Corbett knd ;
Fitnlmmoni Could Not Oct .To
gether op to Date.
A special from Rot Springs, Ark., s?yss
The Corbett-Fitwimmons fight ha* been de
clared off by the Florida Athletic Club.
Corbett and Brady were willing, to postpone
the fight to November 11th, hut Julian, as
y*itzi- liaisons' reproeenUtlve, was not and the
' club thaa declared the match off. The ne
gotiations ware brief and not in the best
torn per. Each aide charged the other with
ou attempt cither to get tbo better of ther
bargain 6r to kill tho fight altogether.
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? ? A illi'lljaw Ti?fW
The village of BireraHU, XM., * mmII I
as
?? s j* ? ? ? cr w ?
PALMETTO
PENCILLIHGSJ
IM I UI SI INO KKOM ALL i
OVKK TIIE HTAIti.
prosperous York County,
Wo believo that York bounty ia In a
bettor condition to-ilay than ebo han
boon in bi-foro at any tune eiuoo the
war. While it may bo true that the
cotton crop will ahow up lenfe than half
of an average, it waa made with agrt-at
ileal Ickm otpnuHo than any previous
crop, a ml whilo during fortun years it
ha# takeu auywhero {totu 60 to 90 p#r
cent, of all that. wa? nnMe to pay for
a plies, thin your the auppliea have
ufnade at home, uuil fro'U CO to 00
per cent, of all that has been produced
repromiuta prolita. ? Yorkviilo Eu
quiror.
LAW Ol^ TUN LAWLESS.
Win. Uiako, fuller LI to Scntenee,
TakttuProm Court and Hanged.
At HamuAtfi, Wm, Blako, Sr., Jason
Blake, Prnwo Graves and William j
Frasitr werfc fonvioted Thursday evun< ;
ing oF the murder of Mr. Raymond !
Meares ou (ho 9th of August lubt.
Wm. BUIce, Sr., was recommended tu
tho mercy of tho court, and hi* nent
euW> was life imprisonment. The
other throe wi-ro sentenced to bo
?hanged ou tho 7th of -December next.
After tho prisuffbrs were, sentenced
it was evident Uyit thero was dissatis
faction it tho jufcy'e reoommondation
tavmercy of Win. Blake, Sr.,audsoino
persons wero heard to Hay that Blako
would nover reaoii tho penitentiary.
Tho couvieted persons, us soon as court
adjourned, about half-past 7 p. m.,
were h.mdcutied and taken out of tho
court room. On their way to tho jail,
tho sheriff and his constables wero
ovorpowered by a number of men,
and Wm. Blake, Sr., and William
Frasior, who wero hondoull'ed together;*
were Forced from the custody of the
constables and takon off into the
woods. Tho handcuffs wore unlocked
in some way and Frasier wKs retuiuod
to tho custody of tho jailor. Tho
erow^y -numbering about fifty men,
proceeded <to u dense pieeo of woods
abb nt oue-imw Kiilo thu courL
hoiiHo and hung Wm. Blake, Sr., with
a plow line, to the limb of a large
pi no tjtfe. Several shots were tired
into his body and the crowd dispersed.
The coroner's jury returned a ver
/diet that Wtn. Blake, Sr., came to his
/death at tho bauds 'of parties uuknown
} to tho jury. '
CAKOMN^S CROW N OF GLORY.
Tli? Girls State Colit'KO at Rook Hill
Opeue<J?
Tuentlay marked a gi oat day in tho
history oi Itouk Hill and of tbo Statu.
In tho morniug, amid applause, Gov
s ernor Evana, iu behalf of the board of
trustees, formally delivered to Presb
dent Johnson and tho faculty-itha
building and pupils of tho Wiuthrop
Norninl and Industrial* Uyllego and
bado them VGod. speed."
Tho exorcises wer* opened by the
Bingjng of "Praiso God, from- whom
ull ^Ujessings Flow," led by Prolfv.
Brown on ttio piano, all tho audience
joining. After thin, the Rev. HoB.
Moselv read Psalm GV, and prayer
wna offered by tbo Rev. Alexander
Splint. Then tbo audience waa fa?
* VoTed with a fliiperb retiditlou ol
Faure's Sau?a-Muria, Jiy:Mra. Brown,
wife of Piof.VBrown^ Tho other num
; bi*ro of. the musical progratnwwworo a
piuuo^dtfet overture, Zatapa, by Her*
old^Tlns waa giveu by Miss Waddell
fiud Prof Brown. The third number
waa MrUidfBii'Cautu," u vocal solo by
Miss Soutlu*k Lrtct of all oamo tho
Hinging of "Tho Coronation."
'these mu6ical performances were
interspersed through the programme
of thg morning. The exeroieea were
o'oojft by the benediction pronounce^
by tho Rov. (}eorgo T. Harmon.
Gov. Evans, Senator Tillman and
Mr. YV. J. Roddy, were the principal
speaker a.
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HIGH PRICKS IN DARLINGTON. /
Cotton ih-inKR <> Cents and Tobacco*
*10 to 80 Cents. ?
It was hi?h water maik for cotton
and tobacco at Darliugton last week,
[/both iu price unjJ quantity. Several
hundred bales of cotton wore Hold in
one day, 0 Cent's being tho highest
prico paid. AI>out thirty-live thous
and pounds of tobacco were Bold,
prices ranging from 10 to 30 cents per
jioiiuiI, ti iid HO cents per pound on the
tegular market. No "break." This
il>t w us splendid iu every respect, and
\^ill gu to Atlanta.
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South Carolina and Ohio.
South C'iroliua is the only JHate of
the Union which refuses to givwlivoroe
on nny grounds whatsoever? and in
this regard her record, when compared
with that of other far more wealthy
nnd progressive Stiitof, is particularly
bmbt. Here iiV Ghio, forjastaao^
6,516 suitis for divorce w dm Uguu
"TTurTuglhe year ending September 1,
and of theto 2,497 were granted,
a;;niufet 070,' which w?r? refused th*
r- maimler of the oaa<*a aiill rexnatuiog
untried.? Cincinnati SoUth-West
the Vlftlbla aoPPlv.
The total vUJble supply of aotton lor the
worM ?? 7MU4M U?lv*. of
i.mI' ? are American, Agataat 2,704, JM bako
And 2,315.25# bale# r**pecU*?ly la#t yaar.
Ifoo?lpt? of cotton (hfo wtofc-ftt su Interior
town* 231.674 bale*. Rjceipta Iroji tM
plantations 315,096 balds. Crop fa fltffet
l,Ma,477W*.
TI1IC HILL OK mourn.
J'ho w hole of tbu Hill of Rights wa?
ndoptod at tho night session Wedne?*
day with tho c&Cu4>tlou ol tllutWdttoS
on tn?l by jury, which was passed to
uwuit tho judiciary report, th?i seotioun
on clootious, which wur? over
by a vote, and tho scction whjph pro
vides us to lines ftud bail, which has iu
it tliut "tho power to punish for con
tempt shall not in .any oaso oxt?'nd to
to imprisonment iintho State Peuiton
tiary," was passed oyer by ^e<juest 01
Mr." Mower, who bud tho repoK^jn
ohurgo as ohairttwn of the sub-oowmifc'--.
tec that reported tho proposed ai tioUv
Tho article na adopted, with only
three suction? loft pending, i?.
follows: t
Section 1. Alt polUioal-powsra are vested
it. a ud dwlvod from the people only. There-. ,
fore, t hoy have the right at all times to mod
tfy their 'form of government whoa the pub- \\
llo good demands. ? . , ...
Section 2. All powers not herein dolegated;
r o reserved to tho poo le; nor ?h*U . tho
enumeration of certain rights herotn be eon- ^
atrued l>> deny $r dUpurago others retained
by tho people./ ? '""v .
8 ?ctloii 3. ^presentation lu the Houee ot ,
ll pros mtntlws shall bo apportioned aceor- v
dinjj'to population. ?
Boot ion 4. The Goneral Assembly ought
frequently to assemble for the redrew 0"
grievance* and for waking, new laws 89 the
oominon good may require. ^
Soot ion 5. The G^oral Assembly shall
make no law respecting an ostebliahment ??
rellglouer prohibiting tho free oxorolsether?
of or aorldging tho freedom of speech or of
the press or tho right of the people jpeaoe?"
bly to assemble and to; petition the Oovftn
ment. or uny depftrtdlent thereof, for\- red-t
ress <>f Krluvancej. ?+* ? ?
Soot lun 0. Tho privileges and lAninni
Hop of citizens of this State and of th? united
States, under this Constitution, shall not be
abridged, uor shall any person.be deprive^,
of llfo, liberty or property without due proV
cess of lnw, nor shall uuy porsou be denied
tho equal protection of tne laws.
Section 7. All property subject to taxa- .
tlon shall ho taxed In proportion to Ita value.4
Soctlou 8. No tax subsidy, charge^ impost
tax or duties nhull be established, fixed, laid
or levied under any protoxt whatsoever
without the cousoul of tho people or their
representatives lawfully assembled.
Section H. No bill of ettetnder, ?xpost -
fu.to law Jin pairing tho obligation of con
tracts, nnf law grnutlugany title of nobility
or hereditary emblement .shad be passed and
i no conviction shallVwork corruption of
i blood or for !eli uro ot Estate*
Sootlou 11. Tho right of *uffrag?as reou- :
luted tn this Coustltutlou'shall be protoctedr
by hi wb icKulptitfg elootlonsurtd prohibiting, *
under adequate penalties, all undue Influ
ence from power, bribery, tumult- or irapro*
pOr conduct. .. . .
Section 14. Temporary absence from tho
State 'shall not forfeit a residence once ob
tained. '? '
tr-nrrion rorrno powur oriiTSponding tbd
laws or tho execution ol the luws shall only
bo exercised by the General Assembly or by
itn authority In plirtloulur cases expressly
provided fofty It,
s-i. tiuii 1C. In tho Government of this
Slnto, the Legislative, executive and Judicial .
povvors of tho Government; shall be forever,
Crated and distinct from ea<.'b other, and
no persojii or itersyns exorcising the functions
? ?l ono of said depart tiiyuU njhall assume or
litiohiirgo.tlio dutlw orSrriy otber. i
Section 18. All Ooiirtsshi^ll be public, and
every person shall tiuve speedy remedy thefCi' ;"
in fo'r wrongs sustalued.
Si, "?Hon i!). Tho right of the people to be
soour? in their persons, houaes, papers end
niToots against unreasonable searches and
set '.urcs shall not ba violated and no tfarriWrtf
duall Issue but upon probuble^eee euptKrrt?T'"
cd by outh or ufflrmatl6nt and parUcularly. -
descrlbluK the place to be aearoned and twv
person or thliiK to be soloed; V .'J-ZKh
2t. fn ntl criminat
the licensed shall enjoy the right to tk
uud public trial by aa impartluf * ?
bo fully Informed or the nature
rtro -itwrnsntfotr to'r'fttrcoilWWl
wltueKs Hgulnst him ? to have
process for obtaining witnesses
and to bo fully heard in b(s dOfi._,_ ?
?edf or by his counsel or by both.
S^u*.tion 22, Excessive bail shall apt b? re
quired nor exoesslve floes linpoeed, nororthrt ?
uor^MHisual punlsbmenta lufliet?d, nor shall
wltih'HSCS be Unreasonably detaiaed, Oor.
no real puulshmeet shall not be
Tho power to punish for contempt shait aor
fit any eaie extend lo DRpmppB^HH
8tS'X'/l^iJl^PtAl^per?oaaj>ifaaii befqry oi&y,
vlotlou be oaliaole by suffli'ieut eurMMM*
cept for cupfqii offenow, wpwi U?a pr00< 4?~"
ovllent or the presumption graat.
Suction 24. In all ludietmeaia or pro MH&jb.
tions for libel the truth of aUeNnd Ultel may
be given In evldeut-o and iholttty Shall he
the Judges of the law and the tacts.
Section 2w Treason against . th? State
shall consist alone iu ievyiiur war or
ing aid and comfort o. eoer*'"^ "
State. No pereon shall b? ? _ .
treason except upon testimony 'ol
-two witnesses to the same overt aet,
eon fessiou In opeu Court*
S ection 26. The privilege of tlul
hnl corpus shall not 0? SUSpSid?d lialMf
wh<*n in case of Inxurreeiion, Nbiritloa W'tt'
vaxlon, the pubilo safety may reqvlr? U. /
S ?-tion 27. No person shall b? imprt?oaT
od/orydetji^except In oases of fraud, t H- '
n 28\ The right of trial by)a#ystu|k
_ U _ ^ -(irr
be preserved inviolate. , .
Section 29/ A well regulated ibflltla-MlSr
oe^?usnry to the security of a fr?? RtMtfi tae
right^jf the people to keep and bear ana*
shall not ho infringed. As in time* ot pn^a?
annle? are duim?wUs to IfBerty", they sball
uot b& maintained THtbout ooa???^ of tlf|n^,f
General Axsembly. The military power of
tho State hIiiiM always be held in subordfni?\v.
tlon to tho civil authority and b? governed
by It. No soldier bhall In time of peaoo h? ~
quartered In anv house Wlt.tout oonseat of
the ownor nor Iq time of;*ar? hot la maooer .
to bo p ?s?oribed by la*. . ,
b'V.Uoii 30. No person shall fft any eaty* "
be 6i/t>Ject to martial law Ot to ?ny pains or
^ftenaitiw by vlttue of that law ?w
employed In tho arnjy and aaey of I
states and exoeptthe militia io actual I ,
but t?y tho suthprity of th? General A??*
bly. ? /C
b??etIon 32. All navigabl? ..
forovor rcunln pubilo highways, fro?, to
eltf/.vns of theStato arttl Uhited State?, wl
tax, 4a>fwst er-tell imposed/ ttfrtTf
toll; ImpoB/or wbArfage shall ^ritt|
deman?M!R)Wrec0iT0<t from th? or
au^moreh^Kliso or e^rmoiodRy"
theshoref rir ny wharf erected <
io or ovfl thd waters o? any aa-T
un'9^?M??jebe
tlon shall.be t?k?nr _
to bo mandatory si?4
merely directory, exeept where
mad? directory or perm Istory by
*rwt. . - .