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Mr. TiUnum aaked Mr. Prince if he
MTEAtUM* OALL FORTH AMI-
MATED DEBATE.
f.—^
OWMtftuUoaal OoBT^itHMi Sp«Dd» Tw®
la the OoMldaratloa of Important
Columbia, Oet 3.—Special: In the
jMaA4wo dAja the Conatitutional Con
vention has had a great deal of discus-
«on, but it haa settled some very im
portant matters. There was a very
prompt and business like gofcfng to
work yesterday morning
There was a little debate oter a pew
articleproTidina:
Sec. 4. Hereafter no county lines
■hall be so established as to pass
through any incorporated city or town
•of this State.
^ Sec. 2. That innll cases where, ac
cording to county lines , as now estab
lished, any city or town in this State
■hall be situated partly in one county
and partly in another, or others, the
electors residing in such city or town,
J iualifled to rote at a general election
or State officers, shall, at an election
willing to hare capital to come
s of i
mom towns, mad nnnmtian
bly follow.
here under conditions of white slare-
ry. Mr. Prince replied in the negative
and declared that nb factory president
in the county that he came from dared
attempt to rule white people as slaves.
He recited what factories were dot
for the education of the children
in
would in
evitably foll<
Mr. W. D. Evan*—How could they
do it when all the buildings belong to
the franchise?
Mr. McGowan -tfou propose to
make it a cor^ration, *u*.
Mr. TUlman—By your argument
would elect the mill president
for taking the anti-dueling oath,
fr. Henderson spoke against
held for that purpose, determine in
which of said counties and said city or
town ahall be wholly located, and.
upon the result of such an election
being had an# duly certified, the re
spective couply lineeshall thereupon
o* deemed asMstablished so as to place
said city or Unvn in the county so '
cated. The general assembly shall
cany these provisions into effect by
suitable legisj atiihi ' ^—
Section 2 Was killed by a decisive
vote, and BecRpn 1 passed to » third
said that waa the kind of “oppression
it seemed they wanted to save *tnploy-
ees from. j
Mr- < ’1 avion opjKwrtl the amend
ment and Mr. Qurtfe favored It.
Mr. Gage thought that this conven
tion sWun not attempt to pass on
fact*. They were trying to do it, and
what was the result» Tne gentleman
from Edgefield declared that factory
hands were oppressed: the gentleman
from-Anderson said they were not; the
S ntleman from Spartanburg state*
it they were. Npw. the facta were
that none of them knew what they
were talking about; one of them was
a United States senator and noneoi’
them went into a factory more than
once a year.
Tillman—Do you know anything
about it?
Gage—No, I do not.
Tillman—Then why don’t you hush
>ing ther *
ad# ‘flAyor,
Johnstone, in alluding to Sena
tor Tillman’s reference to the legisla
ture, said it was shocking, pitiful, mis
■P _ erable that such an estimate pf the 1
Npw v the facta were] isiature of South (ii rot in a shon
held as had been
Gage—Because yodhave notlhushed
I won’t hush;
BllihgeS*, for the committee on
jurisprudence,iiibniitted the following
2 port and asked for its jmuJSuiate
option, whicl
{tee on jurisprudence
report that it has consid
ered a resolution- offered by Mr. Es
tridge, requiring that all the expenses
of the court of general sessions for
each county be paid by the State, "am
recommend that the same be referred
to the committee on finance and taxa
tion, and that this committee be dis
charged from the further considera
tion of the same.’’
The resolution was placed on the
calendar.
FACTORY TOWNS
Mr. D. S. Henderson called up the
report of the committee on municipa'
corporations on the sections recom
mitted to them. It read as follows:
The committee on municipal corpo
rations and police regulations, to whom
imitted Sections
was recommitted Sections 1 and 2 oi’
the article proposed by them, res
fully report that they have carefu
considered the same, and recom mem
that said sections as amended by the
convention do pass with the following
proviso to be added at the end of Sec
tion 2 : Provided, That nothing in Sec
tions 1 and 2 of this article be con
strued as prohibiting the general as
sembly from providing for the incor
poration of the manufacturing towns
of this State, under such restrictions
and regulations as shall protect the
rights of the citizens and prevent unr
just encroachments upon property.”
Mr. B. R Tillman offered this sub
stitute: “Provided, That a class to be
known as the manufacturing towns
shall be provided by the general as
‘ shall be '
sembly, and
incorporated
whenever the population of such a
i number 1,000
000^ under
community shal
such restrictions and regulations as
shall protect the rights of and prevent
unjust encroachment upon the prop
erty of the citizens. In such towns no
property qualifications shall be re-
? [wired to vote in municipal elections
or officers.”
This precipitated the debate of the
d*y.. Mr- Til (man explained his ob
ject in offering this amendment. The
manufacturimr towns were practically
owned by the company. As the law
stood the citizens—employees of the
mills—could not obtain a charter or
, have the town incorporated if the fac
tory presidents objected. If they pe
titioned for a charter against the wish
es of the bosses they would be told to
‘‘get out.” He wanted to put it in such
shape that when a factory town reach
ed a certain size it would be incorpo
rated.
Mr. Johnstone asked whether Mr.
Tillman would incorporate a town
against the will of its inhabitants.
Mr. Tillman—I want to force an in
corporation when the towns reach
1,(XX) inhabitants. If they have to
sign a petition to be incorporated they
will be ' “
told by the mill owners: “Sign
that and you must get out,” and you
know it.
„ Mr. Johnstone (with great empha
sis)—Mr. President, I arise to ask a
oouiteous question, and I hope I asked
it in a courteous manner, and I do
rtest against the kind of answer 1
ave received. The gentleman lias no
right to impute such knowledge or
motives to me or any one upon this
floor. I earnestly protest against it
Mr. Tillman—I meant no reflection,
and if anything I said was so con
strued 1 withdraw it.
Mr. Johnstone—I am very happy to
hear the gentleman make that decla
ration.
Mr. Prince, speaking for the facto
ries of Anderson and Greenville coun
ties, Mr.Prince asserted that'they
were the best governed communities
in f e State. Their schools were open
for nine, ten,and if they wanted them
they could have thetn for eleven
months in the year. This convention,
it seemed to him, was inclined to be
paternal. The other day they were
trying to protect the women, now
they wan tea to protect a certain class
of laborers.
Tillman—What kind of government
is that of the factory towns, if it is not
the most paternal? They are white
slaves, that’s what they are. ,
Mr. Prince—Those in my county
are manly citizens and they would
spurn the imputation that they were
ruled by any man. If there people are
not free ana independent I would like
some gentleman on the floor to say
■o.
Mr. Stanyarne Wilson—I never saw
a class of people living under such op
pression as the factory people of Spar
tanburg.
Mr. Prince -I was speaking of those
people in the factories of Anderson
ana Greenville, who would scorn to
be considered slates. I regret very
much to know that the same spin!
e spurt
does not prevail among those of Spar-
* •- friend.
tan burg, as indicated by my friem
|Ep
'rinoe then declared that if this
amendment was passed it would be the
death knell of factories in South Car-
Not because it would hare any
the government'Of there
it would frightendlf north-
It would not accomplish
dsekhig to do and would
And I won’t hush; These gentlemen
come here and try and stultify them
■elves by making statements of facts
when they are not informed and try to
of u». .They can’t do it.
Where, said Mr. Gage, is to be vest
ed the power to say when a town has
grown to be a factory town. There are
factories in many tqwns Leave it to
the legislature to arrange this matter
as provided in the committee’* repo'ri
ifthSg^niiewan frcir. Edgefield wii
that report he will see that it cov
ers the ground; he is a man of sense—
whatever his faults may be, he has
sense. Let the legislature settle it.
Tillman—That’s the sting. It pro
yides for a petition and they can’t pe
tition. The legislature has enough
corporation, lawyers in it to block it.
Mr. Gage—Then abolish the legisla
ture.
Mr. Gage went onto say that the
imputation of Mr.'Tillman hpon. the
members of the legislature wad un
worthy of him. He showed that for
theJast five years there had been an
average of twenty-five towns charteret
each year by the legislature.
Mr. W. H. Wilson offered an amend
ment to section 2 reading as follows
“All towns having 1,000 inhabitants
shall be incorporated. '
Senator .Tillman accepted that
amendment.
Mr. Stanyarne Wilson desired to
make his position clear in the matter
Perhaps tne gentleman who had spok
en about the freedom of the factory
employees had not seen as he haa,
factory presidents and superintendents
standing at the polls handing out tick
ets to their employees as tbey came
up, and if they did not vote them the
leaders would be turned off as a warn
ing. One of the main causes for the
large profits being made in the cotton
mills was the oppression of the factory
employees who received the least pos
si ble compensation.
Mr. Stplces offered an amendment to
make the towns of 500 inhabitants
come within the provisions of Mr.
Wilson’s amendment. It was declared
out of order, two amendments being
Mr. Haynesworth spoke against the
amendment. The people should have
local self-government, and the liabili
ties of municipalities should not be
forced upon communities without giv
ing the citizens a voice in the matter.
r. George D. Tillman took the
;loor and made an impressive speech
It had been said that the only thing
more timid than one million dollars
was two million dollars. It takes
money to build cotton factories; we
lave not got it. To get it we must go
north or to Europe. He regretted the
effort to incorporate .cotton factories
He was astonished at the position of
the gentleman from Spartanburg, the
county whose wealth had be$n so
wonderfully increased by these facto
ries. In the south we have but two
industries, growing cotton and manu
facturing it. Cotton factories are our
means of converting cheap cotton into
cloths instead of sending it to New
England and Old England. All cot
ton mill men coming south prefer to
ocate factorieson some waterpower in
the country rather than in a city
where any Tom, Dick and Harry raa
>e in a position to plunder them wit!
taxes. Why not incorporate two" or
throe adjoining rice plantations on the
coast, having 1,000 *nands! To incor-
>orate these factories would be a dead
ettcr. Cotton mill men would Con
trol the property. They go into the
business to make money, not to found
cities. If operatives are olfensive why
should they not be told to go. These
gentlemen ’ upon the floor who em-
doyed hands, he guaranteed, wished
o nave the privilege of telling them
to “go” if they were offensive.
A Voice—They do do it.
M*,.Tillman—Of course they do. -
The speaker then turned to the pro-
rosition to establish a bureau of labor,
with a labor commissioner. What
would that commissioner do, he asked,
except go among operatives and tell
them they were not being paid enough
and invite them to strike. Up tiorth
here were hundreds of tramp orators
who got good wages iust to go around
and stir up strife. These agitators do
nothing but harm.
Mr. Tillman hoped that the sections
carefully prepared W the committee
would he adopted. He moved to lay
all the amendments on the table. This
motion was withdrawn in order to per
mit further debate,
Mr. B. R. Tillman followed his
>rother. He said the legislature could
not be trusted to protect this class of
actory^emplojtees. The , influence of
he lobby with the paid attorneys on
the floor defeated the incorporation of
such towns. He would rather capital
stay awav than come here against the
of the citizen.
ioerty of the citizen. It was not pro
posed to overtax the factory; tneir
iroperty would be protected, but the
ibject of this was that when South
Carolina became the Massachusetts of
he south, and it was attempted to im-
jose upon these employees and drive
hem out, the employees would have
he power put here enabling them to
lx municipal government on those
towns.
Mr. Henderson renewed Mr. G. D.
Tillman’s motion to lay on the table
all amendments.
Mr. McGowan was permitted to
■peak. This was class legislation of
the rai * ‘
rankest sort. It would be inopera
ive according to the arguments of its
fiends, because if the mill men oon-
rol the hands now, they would eon-
rol them then, but a most serious fea
ture in the measure was that it would
and if he said
enaary. How about
so vote against
that?
the
Mr. McGowan—1 was using there
your argument. Do you believe it
would be well to have dispensaries in
these towns?
-r Mr. Tillman—Answer my question.
Mr. McGowan—I follow your plan,
i i -
Mr
motion.
Mr. Hutson hoped the amendment
would be adopted. We might as well
have a similar oath for murder or ahy
other crime. They were going too
much in to details.
Mr. Clayton wa« notan apologist for
dueling. He hoped the day was a long
way off when any man in Bouth Caro
lina would be. But this oath was such
that the pardon oflhe governor, while
removing the disabilities from the man
committmg arson or rape, and en
abling him to hold office, could not re
move it in this case. Thlr Irad beefl
and ask one in answer to one.
Mr. Tillman (from his seat)—No.
a phantom, intending to cure an evil,
and had resulted in making black
guards of gentlemen, and in causing-
the loss of more lives by assassinations
law.
8ut
Yeas
expressed on that
floor. If hf had suen an opinion of
that body it could not vive him an of
fice. If factories can debauch the leg
islature, let’s abolish the factories or
the legislature. If there exists the
power of debauchery let’s cut out the
cancer. ^
The factory officers bad told him
they did not wish him to be incorpo
rated because tbey 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 clstifiS thi
factory presidents violate it.
Mr. Tillman—Why are other towns
much smaller incorporated? /
Mr. Johnstone—If oth
it they e**' u. ijook at the expense oi
a municipal government; if they do
not wish it why thrust it upon them.
Mr. O. D. Tillman (from nis seat)
The cure is worse than the bite.
Mr. Johnstone, continuing- 2 “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
tleman from Edgefield admits that they
have never asked for it. He capnot
escape the predicament in which he
has placed himself. There are 50,<)00
factory people in South Carolina. Ho
charges that they are controlled by
employers.. If that is so, God help the
them.”
Mr. Henderson said he had examined
all the Constitutions cf State in this
Union, and was unable to And where
compulsory incorporation was legal
The question was then called, and
Mr. George D. 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 section 2, “except factory towns.”
Lost by the following vote: Yeas 59,
nays 73.
The section was then adopted
norted by the committee.
Mr. Henderson moved to strike out
section 7 as the judical committee
would cover the subject matter,
Adopted. —
Sections 16, 17 and 18, relating to
municipal elections, were stricken out
as the report of the committee on suf-
, rage would cover the subject matter
cpntained in them.
TIM ARTICLE ADOITED.
The article on municipal corporations
and police'regulations as amended was
then passed to a third reading.
The committee on education, or
rather, three sections of it, made three
different reports, differing as to some
mints, but all agreeing on the follow-
ng:. r A* constitutional tax of three
nuls; separate schools for whites and
>lacks; proper provision for the State
Jniyersity and Clemson College; pro-
libition of alLsectarian control orin-
Ihience in an^r institution supported
or aided by public money.
THE PER DIEM.
Upon assembling at 8 o'clock the ar-
icle on legislative department was
taken up. 'Die amendment of Mr. Gray
of Greenville to section 20, making pay
of members of the general assembly
.t;
es by
than were ever lost under duelin
The convention refused to stri!
- the oath by the following vote:
W, n*ys fr. ——... —
Mr. Stanyarne Wilson moved to
amend by making the oath applicable
to dueling in this State. He believed
it was only the intention to preserve
peace in this State and that gentlemen
were not concerned about what their
fellow-citizens did in other States.
Pew laws had so seriously affected the
manhood of our men as the anti-duel
ing law.
Mr. Sligh moved to table. Carried
by a vote of 85 to 52. Thg Tillman
brothers voted in the negative.
Mr. Byrd offered an amendment ex-
te officers and members of
e legislature. He made a speech on
the line that campaigners were subject
to insult, and because tfwj were
er towns wish | known to have their hands tied, bullies
'' “ sending challenge and holding them
up as cowards because they could not
J>e accepted. Laid on the table,
r 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 olflee. Laid on the
table by a vote of 67 to 60.
Jamefe Wigg moved to include in the
oath “or in a lynching beife,” so that a
lyncher would be debarred holding
office. The question was put and de
clared lost while Wigg was holding
the floor and callingjoit the president:
, Wigg—Mr. President, I have the
floor.
Mr. Talbert—Well, hold it
He Was finally 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
the vote by which thefmendment tothe
original section, offered by Mr. John
stone, was adopted. That amendment
inserted “any” instead of “one-eighths
or more,” so that m> intermarriage of
white persons with «ne of any negro
.blood _ »
Xr. Johnstone spoke earnestly
inst striking out his amendment,
e wanted Anglo-Saxon pure rule and
Anglo-Saxon pure blood supreme in
this State. He was opposed to any in
termixture, whether there was 1-16 or
1-32.
Mr. Sligh—Would you force a man
of l-16.or 1-32 to go back and raise up
I should think it. better to
as
re
) 4 instead of |3 per day was taken up.
•Mr. Sligh favored th<
favored the amendment,
n fact he preferred to have it f 5 a d
Mr. W. J. Montgomery was unable
to find in the Constitution of any State
where the per diem of legislators was
absolutely fixed. Would any man on
the floor engage now to pay a certain
ixed sum toan employee 10 or20years
lence?
Mr. Gray would rather vote $5 than
14. He luid been a legislator for four
/ears, and knew what the expenses
were in Columbia and ibcidental to
gettinghere.
Mr. Burn was as much of an econo
mist as any one, but the men who
came herb to represent the people
proper dignity
pressmen and State officers were paid
landsomely, but the effort was always
made to cut the nay of the representa
tives of the people.
Mr. Sligh nad been doing some figur-
mg- At, |2 a day the pay of the mem-
>er8 was $730 per annum ; at $3 per day
t was $1,095 ;at $4 per day, the amount
he wanted to pay the legislators, it
would come to $1,460; at $5 it came to
1,825 per year. Nbw the State officers
receive $1,900, and he thought it was
ittle enough to pay members of legis-
iture at the rate of $440 less than
State officers, when they had to work
larder.
Mr. W. D. Evans moved a substitute
hat it be left to the legislature, and
hat the pay of members should not
>e 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
The amendment was then adopted.
Mr. Bellinger then moved to lav the
whole section on the table, and leave
it to the legislature. Adopted end
clinched.
Section 25 was amended so that offi
cers of militia and hotaries public can
>e members of legislature, and strik-
ngout trial justices and judges of in-
erior courts as eligible to such elbc-
ion.
Mr. Sheppard moved to recur to sec
tion 8 to amend it by adding the .lol-
owing.
“Senators shall be so classified that
one-half of their number, as nearly as
Mracticable, shall be chosen every two
rears. Whenever the general assem-
>ly shall establish more than one
county at any section, it shall so pre
scribe the first term of the senators
‘ram such count!es-as to observe such
classification.” Adopted.
THE ANTI-DUELING OATH.
Mr. W. B. Wilson moved to strike
out that pvt of section 87 providing
pro|jpbiting the payment of salaries of
State officers after their death by ad-
THE FOURTH WEEK.
I CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.]
Smalls’ amend meat, which 1
... they adopt
ed the night previous after a lengthy
;d
debate by a 'vote of 103 to 22, am
which reads as follows:
“And that any white person who
■hall *nd cohabit with a negro or
mulatto pr person who shall have one-
eigth or ntore bf negro blood shall be
disqualified froin holding any office of
emulumMtt or trust in this State.”
The Question turned upon a motion
by Mr. Q. D. Tillrpan to reconsider
ding “and no pensions shall be granted
except for military service."
Section 27, on which a fight is ex
pected, was passed, and section 28
called up. ■»
A LiVELY DEBATE.
( The sections up to section 34_were
adopted at once. Section 34 read as
follows
The marriage of a white person with
a negro or mulatto or person who
shall have any negro blood, shall be
unlawful and void.
When it was called up, Gen. Smalls
startled the convention and created a
dignified stampede from the galleries
He offered the following as an amend
ment to follow after “void
»“And that any white person who
shall live and cohabit with-a negro or
mulatto or person who shall have one
eighth or more of-negco blood shall
be disquallified from holding any of
fice of emolument or trust in tnis St
raise up white families. Otherwise,
it seems to me, it would be unjust.
' Mr. Johnstone declared it would be
better by far to keep the man of all
ages in the negro ranks than to mon-
f ~ relizeTHe races. Tf you are going to
eep them separate, keep them separ
ate. If you are going to take down
the barrier, take it down.
After further discussion 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
ost, 93 to 33, as follows:
Yeas—Aldrich, Barker, Behre, Brice,
J. S.; Cunningham, Douglass, Evans.
W. D.; Farrow, Fraser, Gage, Gam
ble, Garris, Gary, Gilland,'Glenn, J.
L.; Gray, Jervey, Johnstone, Jorge,
Kennedy, E. J.; Klugh, Lee, Meares,
Peake, Ragsdale, Read, J. H.; Red-
fearn, Sligh, Stribling, Taylor, Till
man, G. D.; White, A. H.; White, S.
E.; Wilson, W. B.—33.
Nays—Alexander, Austin, Barry,
Barton. Bobo, Bowen, Bowman, Brea-
zeale, Buist, Burn, Byrd, Cantey, Car
ver, Clay top, Connor, Cooper, DeHay,
Dennis, Dent, Doyle, Dudley, Efird,
Ellerbe, Field, Fitch, Glenn, J. P.;
Gooding, Gunter, Hamel, Harris,
Harrison, Haynsworth, Hender
son, D. S.; Henderson, Wm.; Henry,
Hiers, Houser, Howell, Hutson Irby,
Johnson, T. E.; Jones, Wilie; Keitt,
Kennedy, J. W.; Lowman, McCalla.
McCaslan, McCown, McDermotte, Mc-
Kagen, McMakin, McWhite, Miller,
Mitchell, Montgomery, J. D.; Mont
gomery, W. J:; Moore, Morrison,
Nash, Nicholson, Oliver, Otla, Par
rott, Patterson, Perritte, Prince, Reed,
John, Rogers, Rosborough, Rowland,
Russell, Sheppard, Sloan, Smalls,
Smith, A. J.; Smith. Jeremiah; Smith,
It. F.; Smoak, Stackhouse, Stokes,
Talbert, Tillman, ; Timmerman,
YonKolnitz, Waters, Wells, Wharton,
Wigg, Wiggins, Wilson, Stanyarne.
Woodward—93. .
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 TAKE A RECESS.
i 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 length.
He hoped the gentlemen wduld vote
here to purify themselves: their wo
men were good and pure and he wanted
the men to be. He read census returns
showing the number ot mulattoes in
the South. He asked that they tfbuld
put a stop to this crime; he knew that
if womanr suffrage was allowed the
women would pass some such law to
purify the men.
Mr. Cooper of Colleton moved, to
amend Smalls’ amendment by striking
out the last 32 words relating to legit ;
imatizing the offspring of the alliances.
Mr. W. D. Evans moved to lay both
amendments on* the table. The vote
was very close, and if anything the
noes' seemed to make more noise,
but the motion was declared adopted.
Mr. B It. Tillman took the floor and
said be hud been accused of being an
arch 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. Smalls’ amendment, and
which had been declared tabled when
lu did^japt -believe it had been. He did
not^ftfnrte any unfair action on- the
part of the president. 1
Mr. Talbert fired up instantly. The
;r ijT" ^ Mr. Talbert urea up instantly. The
should be paid enough to enable them. ^ ote had been correctly stated, he said,
to live here with proper dignity. Con- n „,i qg Innrr aa Via wac in fViA ntaair Via
and as long as he was in the chair he
propsed 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
squabble.
As the-motion he bad made was out
of order, Mr. Tillman moved to recon
aider the vote by which Mu. Cooper’s
amendent whs tabled. This was car
ried.- ,
Mr. Timmerman moved to adjourn.
Losl.
Mr. Price spoke against the amend-
v r “ ’
ment. He believed it unconstitutional.
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 could be convicted
of living with a negro woman could
ever be elected to an office in this
Stater-"-"'-'
Gen. Smalls spoke in reply to Mr.
Lee.
Tom Miller also had something to
say- He evidently thought Mr. Tree's
proposition did not hold good and
that if this amendment was adopted.be
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’ amendments /
The ayes and nays were called, and
the motion was lost by a vote of 103
to 22 adjourned-
H»nge<t for Wife Murder.
Jersey Curv, N. J., Oct 3.—John
otherwise kho
* was executed ii
own as “Fish
Czech,
John,” Mkis executed in the county
jail in this city today for the murder
of his wife on June 3. Jealousy .was
was the motive of Czech’s crime.
B. R. Till
nig]
man offered the following:
Resolved, That when this conven
tion adjourns Friday, it stand ad
journed until Tuesday, October 15tli,
at 12 m. and that no pay be allowed
during the recess except mileage.
Mr. Tillman said that in offering
this resolution he wanted to state rea ;
sons prompting him. It is well known
that on Saturday all lawyers will ab
sent themselves with or without leave.
They have to go to attend salesday.
Ills their crop and it is their duty to
their clients. Then there are farmers
here whose business demands their
presence at home.
The question was put on the adop
tion of Mr. Tillman’s resolution. The
ayes and noes were called with this
result; J
Yeas—Austin, Barker, Barton, Ber-
8 r, Bobo, Bowen, Bowman, Breazealc,
ri ~
rice, J. S.; Buist, Burn, Byrd, Can
tey. Carver, Clayton,Connor, Cooper,
DeHay, Dennis, Doyle, Dudley, Eller
be, Evans, W. C.; Gamble, Garris,
Gary, Gooding, Graham, Gray, Har
ris, Harrison, Hay, Hay ns worth, Hen
derson, Wm.; Henry, Hiers, Howell,
Hutson. Irby, 'Johnstone, George;
Jones, Wilie, Keitt. Kennedy, J. W,;
Klugh, bowman, McCalla, McCaslan,
McCown, McDermotte,McGown, Mat
thews, Miller, Mitchell, Montgomery,
J. D.;’Moore, Morrison, Nathans,
Nicholson, Oliver, Parrott, Peake,
Perritte, • Ragsdale, Redfearn, Reed,
John; Rogers, Rowland, Sligh,Sloan,
Smalls, Smith, Jeremiah; Stackhouse,
Stribling, Taylor, Tillman, B. R.;
Tillman, G. D.; YonKolnitz, Wells,
Wharton, Whipper, Wigg, Wiggins,
Woodward—83..
Nays—Aldrich, Alexander, Barry,
Behf&, Cunningham, Douglass, Efird,
Farrow, Field, ritch, Flovd, Fraser,
Gage, Gilland, Glenn, J. L.; Glenn,
Jj P.; Gunter, Hamel. Henderson, D,
S.; Houser, Johnson,T. E. ;Xennedv,
E. J.; Lee, McKagen, McWhite,Nash,
Otts, Patterson, Prince, Rosborough,
Russell, Sheppard, Smith, R. F.;
Smoak, Stokes, Talbert, Timmerman,
White, A. H.; White, S. E.; Wilson,
Stanyarne—38.
DOWN TO BUSINESS.
The president stated that there were
sections of the Constituton to be read
a third time, and the clerk proceeded
to read those on amendments, im
peachments, miscellaneous matters,
municipal corporations . and police
regulations and the report of same
committee on ordiance proposed by
Mr. Farrow.
The first section on “miscellaneous
matters” was amended on motion of
Mr. Gray so that the State librarian
from the time of
such manufactures; provided that
euch ordioenoe 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 waa-more explicit than
the section adopted, which left it in
doubt ■■ to whether the exemption of
taxes should run from five years from
the adoption of the <Ponstitution, or
for five years frgg? the action taken by
the city or town council. The amend
ment was put and passed. .
Mr. Wilson moved to reconsider/
Mr. Ragsdale-made several
. The i
points. The members of this conven
tion should be credited with being men
and knowing what they were doing.
When they passed upon a question
S entl'emen should not think that a lit-
e eloquence could turn their votes and
those motions were simply wasting
time. He moved to lay the motion of
Mr. Wilson to reconsider on the table.
The motion was put and carried in
great confusion. A half a dozen mem
bers were upon the floor calling to the
president. Mr. Talbert declared the
question to be upon the adoption of the
whole section. A motion was made to
strike out section 8. He held it to be
out of order.
After five minutes of rapping, ex
plaining and restating the question as
ne saw it, Mr. Talbert said that while
he considered a motion by Mr. Wilson
to strike out section 8 not in orde
there being a diversity of opinion he
would leave it to the house to say
whether he should entertain Mr. Wil
son’s motion to strike out section 8
(the substitute offered by Mr. Patton
and accepted.) The ayes and nays
were ordelvd and the convention re
fused to a^ow Mr. Wilson to make
the motion by the following vote:
Yeas 61, nays 68. *
Mr. W.. D. Evans offered an amend
ment to postpone the operation of the
section for ten years. Lost.
Col. Sloan moved to strike out the
section abolishing the right of dower
inlands sold in the lifetime of the hus
band. • -
Mr. RogeTs opposed the motion as
did Messrs. Sligh and Aldrich. Messrs
Burn aad Garrett wanted the section
stricken out.
Pending the debate the Convention
adjourned.
ARB YOU A SUFFERER FROM IN
FLAMMATORY RHEUMATISM,?
Ashbvillk. N. C., Aug. 14, 1894.
Twelve years ago, I was a sufferer from
Inflammatory Rheumatism, and for five
years I was almost completely disabled, of
ten being confined to my bed for months at
a time. My whole system was permeated
with the disease, affecting different pirts
of my body. Medical treatment failed to
do me any good, and 1 tried different p o-
prietary medicines without any benefit. 1
was advised while in Durham to try Mrs.
Joe Ferson’s Remedy. I got dozen bot
tles, and when 1 was on the third bottle I
began to improve, and by the time 1 had
taken tiie 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.
‘ F. O. Box 383. L. BROWN.
Tie Cm of List Resort.’
Fliose who have failed to get cured
elsewhere pf the LIQUOR,
MORPHINE and the TO-
if'.- '
BACQj Habits and Nervous
Exhaustion, are invited tc
•••••••••••*••••••••••••••••
a
correspond with
THE KfEUY INSTITUTE,
and department clerks may be women
. R. Tillman though t the amend-
Mr. B
jnent unnecessary to accomplish the
object, but “let it gp through to pre
vent lawyers getting out an injunc
tion.”
“Here is the amendment as adopted:
“Provided,/That the provisions of
this Section shall not apply to the of
fices of State librarian and department
al clerks, to, either of Which offices a
woman, resident of the State two years
and has attained the age of. 21 years
shall be eligible.”
On motion of Mr. Patton, the sec
tions relating to exemption from taxa
tion was amended so as to read thus:
Section 8. Cities and towns may ex
empt from taxatiodr^y general or spe-
ial oixflpance, except for school pur
poses, manufactures established with
in their limits for five successive yean
(or Drawer 27)
COLUMBIA, S. C.
N. B .—The treatment is adminis
tered in South Carolina only at Co-
lumbia.
We can refer to ex-patients near
, v.
you- '
Delightful Results.
LETTER FROM JUDGE BALD
WIN, OF MADISON, GA.
Dr. W. Fills, Thomson, Ga.
Dear Sir:—After having sought in vain
for various remedies fpr the ills of teething
I tried your Carminative with most satis
factory and delightful results. .It is pleas
ant to take assuages pain and produces rest
without stupor. No parent should be with
out it during the tee'hing period who has
once tried it, for it is indeed a magic medi
cine for babies. Very respectfully,
JUDGE B. W- BALDWIN.
For sale by
THE MURRAY DRUG CO.,
Columbia, S. C.
U4m€dd
Am
In tbs l
to do so
concluded to mi
offers in bedroom
least one <
flee in the next i
r liberal
Its to aseare at
every port of-
days.
this adverttaemest carefully
and send at muse for me of oar spe
cial Offers.
Our great offer No t consists of one
Solid Oak Bedroom Sait with large
diflsser w»h 90x34 bevel mirror, one
large washstand with cam one 6 ft.
fl bedstead full width This suit of
furniture is worth In any furniture
store noflete than $35.00 Do not
suit for we atenre you It Is not, bbt a
large full size salt equal to anything
on the market ^
In order to start the sale of these
suites and to keep our men busy and
introduce our business in your neigh-
suite
borhood, we agree to ship one sail
only to each shipping point tat the
South fer $18.00 when the cash comes
with the order. This advertisement
will possibly appear twice in this pa
per, therefore tf you are Int
the suite will be shipped to you. If
it is not Jnst as represented you may
ad
return the suite at our expense and
your $15.00 will be refunded to you.
Our catalogue containing many illus
trations of rare bargains and houqe
furnishing goods will be sent to yon
upon application.
The suite above described Is a spe
cial bargain and does not appear in
the catalogue, therefore it Is useless
to write forllinstrationsof this suite,
and while you are delaying writing
someone else is getting the bargain.
umULj
We assure you that we will not
ship but one suite in your neighbor
hood at this price. After one suite
has been shipped in the neighbor
hood the price will go to at least
$30.00.
I* P. PADGETT,
848 Broad Street^ AUGUSTA, GA,
TJTF'Hj
FOR THE
LIVER
t
AND
s
FOR
DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION AND
ALL LIVER AND KIDNEY
TROUBLES.
Sold wholesale by
*
The MurrayDrug Co ,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Strawberry Plants
Aud in fact all kinds of plants can be
SET OUT
by using the
McSIIEKRY
AUTOMATIC
TRANSPLANTER.
A giTsl driver and two children are all
the force necessary to set from three to
five acres of plants In a day, and
EVERY PL A N'T IS
WATERED
at the time it Is set out, and some dry
soil is drawn around the plants so that
the ground wilt not bake. No waiting for'
rain. Bet out your plants when they are
ready.
Get -a machine aud plant for yeur
■naitthhorH You can earn enough In one
season to pay for the machine. Easy terms.
Bend for circulars, prices and testimonials.
SOUTHERN FARM IMPLEMENT CO.,
349 Meeting St, Charleston, 8. C
Mention this paper.
9>
[PIANOS
Monthly,
[ORGANS
* $2 Monthly:
tTHIMU' ll "• v TT ,:r '’ 1 pleasure *nd bene-'
r I 11 UN IY „ fi,, I'i .nn or Parlor Organ!
twill b» to Tour wife and cliildren, and liowlong^
|they have .wanted and waited.
DON'T WAIT TOO LONG.]
They-wont bo with you for:
ever, make them happy while J
you can.
kTHINk’ hnw very M-try yon can now]
* ■ llllvlx tiuy a aii|>er!) inxtntnient on our(
^installment plans, and pay .'or it almost without,
.missing the money.
—L - :
ACT QUICK
[Write for Midsummer Sale Bargain Sheet?
'3 0 0 Superb Instruments on easiest^
pterin- ever offered; , ..XOUH own pricej
.for CASH. Write for particulars.
'But BE OUIUK. Bargains rolling out?
kdaily. Strain a point and buy NOW.
LUDDCN & BATES,
SAVANNAH, Ca.
MACHINERY
* :
AT
FAC rOR v
i
PRICES.
Every Ginnery should be equipped with
lun "
School of Shorthand and Tolomohy.
_ . . AUOUHTA, GA. '
Itotaxt books mad. Actual bastes* frag 4sr of
the Thomas Elevating and 'Distributing
Machinery for handling, cleaning, gaining
mid packing cotton.
One single continuous lint flue and coa -
denser for a battery of two or more gins.
Revolving double box steam press, self-
picking No hands employed except to
put ties on bale. No belts. No puliies
No screws to give trouble. Saves laboi
and Insurance, Improves grade «f cotton
and makes morey. We offer also as ex-
tensive fine of cotton gins, presses, cane
mills corn mills and saw mlL
Also Talbott, Liddel, and Watertown
engines
Our Rice Haller, which prepares rice
ready for the table or market should be ffc.
every mill.
m
V. C. Badham, 1
GENERAL 1&1NT,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
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