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A Frinary Ordered. That is the Abtion of. the State Democratic CoM mittee. Jily 3001 tle paay and All White Dettocrais to be Allowed to IartIeIlPtC1e-MvIel Talk of an, Extra gsiofl Bolt the qiStIlon Dropped. The DOmocratic Executive Con Iittee met in the Secrotary of Stato's office at 9 o'clock, a full imemlnborship boing presont. This being one of the most important meetings in its history groat in terest was taken in its delibera tionls. As mattors of so much moment. woro involved, it was thought best to discuss the political situation N. ith closed doors. Before this was done, Senator Irby ssitd that at. Mrs. Noblett's request 'h had promised to give her a. hear.img betoro the full com mitto. Ile ap))ointed Messrs. Donaldson, Watson and McSwvo ny to inform Mrs. Nehlett, and the friends with her that they would ho cordially :cceived by the committo. Mrs. Iehlett, Mrs. Bladhmliil and Misses Rion and Feaster oitered the room, vhile the com mit tee rose. Senator Irby introduced Mrs. Neblett., w-ho spoko inl suibstaie as follows: 'Mr. Chairman and gentlem n of the Conmnittoe, I aiml pleasied to appear before you. Never before in the h istory of the State hIaive women appeared before the Dem ocratic Executivo Committee, an(] I hope it is tho horald of the glo rious day for South Caroliii wvien womon take part in the Soriou3s business of State. The woimien now offor themselves to you to do as best you may for us and( your solves. Women have tho welfare of the State at heart as much as men. They have as much at stake. They have at stake their property, their chil dren and the honor of the State. Thime womii art a::x ious aind wilhinig ti, help inl this time of dire distress." Mrs. Neblott and her friends then retired, amidst applauso. The following mnemibers were present: Abbeville, .1. Y. JIonas ; Aikeni WY. M. Jordan; Anderson, J1. P (Glen n; Barnwoll, 8. G. Na y field Ber~Ik(ley, 1H. II. Sweeney ; Chester J. 'T. Cuninmghiam; Cliiaendon, J. TI. Davis ; Coleton, A. E. Wil Edgefieldl, R. JB. Watson ; Fair field, TP. W. Traylor ; 1"loren ce, R. M. McCown,. (A.eenville, J1. W. Gray H ampton, M. b. MIcSwee n-y; IHarry, J1. P. Du)rhiami; 1K r shaw, T.J. 1Kirklanid; Lancaster, Ira B. J1ones; Laur meis, .J. L. M. I rby; Lex mgton, C. M. E I rd; Marion, J. D). Montgomery ; Marl boro, WV. 1D. Evans; Newborrf, . A. Sligh ; Oconeo, WV. J. Stribling ; Orangoburg, O. R. Lowmnan i Pick. ens, T1. 0. Robinson ; Richland WVillie Jones5; Sumter, D. E. Keels Spartanburg, IN. L. Burnsidoe [Union, A. C. Lyles; Williamsburg A. H1. Wihiamns. Senmatfor Irby~ stated that it wauI not necessary to state the roasomi why he saw fit to call the comminit. teo togother. The session would probab~ly last long into the night, The Democracy was now confronk ed by the gravest crisis of its oxis. tence in South Carolhna. Th( strength of our position, as wol as its weaknesses, should not bh d iscussed in public, lie suggeste, that some committeeman make mnoti .n that the committee mee with closed doors. Mr. W. D. Evans moved tha the sossions be held in socret which was carriod. Senator Irby stated that on no count of the law points involvoi he had taken the library to gol colonel Robt. Adrich and the at. torney General to consult with him, and he suggested that they be invited to sit with the commit tee, which suggestion was adopted. He further suggested that if any County Chairmen wore prosent that they also be invited to be present. Solicitor H-onry of Chester was the only one in the room, and ho was~ asked to remain. Mr. W. D. Elvans moved tha Senaator T1ilman and Governo: Evans be invited to attend tha session of the committoe. Messrs. Lyles, W. D. Evans am Sturgis were appointed to inforn giem of the action taken. The ~pied that they were engage 4C14 . with the Vinth'rop Trustees, but if their services weve needed they would con.e. The doors wore then closed and the deliberations be gun. One of tho gravest questions be fore the conimittee was whether it was necessary to call an extra ses sion of the Logislature. There was considerable difference of opinion on the subject and the do bate was long and exhaustivo. As far as could be learned Col. Rob ert:Aldrich advocated the extra ses sion in order that it should enact some oloction law that was valid and thus removo any logal cloud that might hang around tho acts of the convontion. Some member thought that in asking for an oxtra session it might be a reflection on Govornor Evans, who was opposod to it. It was do torinined to ask the Governor in. Ie stated to the committee that he did not soo the neceossity of an extra session. His plan was to go on and hold the convontion and allow overybody the righ to voto. It thought that. any law that might bo passed would ho contest od in the court and thero was a possibility of a fatal (elay to the Coivenl tion. He said lowever, that he way open to argument and if the nlecessit y was shown to him he would call the extra session to (lay. Senator Irby asked whether it would not be better to have the session and provide for any ques tions of legality that inight ariso as to the acts of the convention. le behlived something of the kind should be done. Mr. Stanyarne Wilson was of the opinion that tle Legislaturo could not help out iatters. Goll' had declared the registratioA part of the convention Ac unoonstitu tional, but that did not affect the Convention itself. Senator Tillman did not favor calling the Legishture. Ie thought the best plal was to thoroughly arouse tlie% members of the party and keep t0eil oii the watCi f41 liizger foos as Nell as whit" ones. The bI est thiing to d) was to order a prinary aud coivincle the Con survatives Imat. it was gilit to be a straight, fair, squiar e election and thus do) away with discord an d dissension, and allay the feeling of anita.oniism aimonlg the people. lie wasfl opposl(d to stirring upl polit i t'al hleat by thie pange~ of new lawvs. A\lio .t any r'esist ration law coniIhi be knoc ke~i up) 'Ir eriipph-I, in reasonl or without it. G iv' a vat ive's to coe 'I''with us, and1( withi a ib-itd lhrin'Iious front1 w) could wmI. Some one sked hiim whalmt if thie Coisosai Iv's did liot ('om14 lin, to) whichi the Senia 1'ord pied thou w mnight as well preparo to fighit and miainitaini white supremacy and our hleritagte at all hazards, and( IinCi den tally romarked that in that caso the same thing that is properly .supposed1 to break loose in Georgia , would bo upon usI. ;it was prloposed by a membier ; hat. a comm ilitto o0(f seven h o api , poinited to 'onIsuilt with the Gov eirnor and( if' the emer~igency aro~se to request. him t~o callI an extra sesssion. [f the disagreedl th11en the whole comit)li tee wo ul meiiiet. Thliis met with1 Seniatoir 1rby 's I'n dlorsent, bult (Govern'or' Evans thing. HeI was tile Governor of the whole State, and( while hcIe w'ould naitulllIy seek ad vice from the Doemocratie committee, still I he would act as he thougt host andI~ R he could s0e no gocod ini a sub-comn L mittoo. Thei( qulestion wasi1 then dr1opped, when Ml r. Stanyarno Wil t son1 inltroducedl resolut ions appoin-. ,tinlg ai prnnarlhiy for' July 30lth, at which all wite D emocrats quali.. fled to voto,'whio will pledlge them i selves to suppor01t thle nbominees and will go to the poll1s, will be al lowed to particip~ate. An effort to p~revent negro Democrats to vote was rejected. The following is the p~rovision for a p)rimnary: A primary of the Democracy is ordered in this State on the 30th day of July niext, at which every white voter iln this State shall be entitled to vote, who shall make pledge to the managers conducting the election that he will support the nominees of such election on the day of the election to be hold on the third Tuesday in August for delegates to the State constitution al convention. I Each county executive committee i shall appoint three managers and 'one clerk to hold such election, I two of the managrers shall be Re. formers and one manager and th4 clerk shall be Conservatives or viin versa. The polls shall be openec from 8 a. ni. to 4 p. i. Each candidate for the Consti. tutional Convention shall at leaslt ten days before the said primarv election file his pledge with the Chairman or Secretary of the County Democratic Executive Committoo that ho will abide the result of tho election and support tho nominee of the party, and no vote for any candidate who has failed: to sign such pledge shall be counted. To provent the singlo popping of candidato no voto for delegates shall be counted which does not contain the names of delegates who have signed the pledge of the samo number as the number of (dlolgalttes to which said County is 1)ntitled under the Act calling the To second primary shall be iold onl August 13th, if necessary .ccordinig to the rules of the party, m11d the samo managers shall sorv 3. All existing rules of this comn im i ttee herotofore adol)ted aro horoby reaffirned, when not incon sistenit witi the forogoing. The counitties of 11orry and Lox ington havinhg al ready acted iiedor the previous resolutions of this coulniii ittee lr(, (xeipted fr<m tho ol)olition) of theso resolutions un less they shial I herea fter dotormuino to act iii accordance therewith. On motion of Mr. Jordan of Aiken the following was ado)tod: The Stato Democrat ic Executive Committee recognizing the fact that there are factional diflerencos existing In the Democratic )arty eariest ly suggests to the Domoerats of the Stato to ig noro.such factional difforences in the election of dolegates to the Constitutional Convention and let each candidate stand on his mer its. The comm itteo adjouined at 2:15 a. m.-Columbia Register. WI'I'IIOU'T AUTHoIIr. Cleasi' NIaowing of Ilow buoff Orcr stleppbed lIEN Po0wers. 'hie decision of In ited States Jirctuit .Judge Nathan GotY in the southI CanrA ina election case is nost1 extraordinary, and is politi s'al rathler tha n judicial. Tfhe gist of' it is that the registration laws oef t.h St aut e, the gecoral Act of ISN. :mde the. special Act of last )'eerner , provid ing for an elec tien ofie delegates to a constitution I le convent Ii e n. are u nconsti tut ion il. Fore a V muited States Court laca only mean that they coni tiet with some1( provision or. re iiremnon t of thme F"eeral IConstitu tion, and1( the only paruts of that ini trummet twith wh ich ther can confict are the 1-1th aned 15th amen(tdnlt-nts. Th'le former pro libi)its any State trom making ocr en forcineg any law "whiich shall abIridlge thie privileges or' immnuni ties oft citizens of the U.nited States,"' and the latter declares that " the right of citizenis of the .'n ited States to vote shall not he (denied or aberidged by the t'nitedl States or by any State otn account of racoe, co lo or 0 pri(''ous 'ondIi tioni of servitude. Tlhe actionm of the State, sC) far as Federal (Courts can take cognmi zuniee of it. is embilodited ini its (Con st ituetti antd liaws. and1( not. ini thme miisconmdnet. of its ollicor's itaply ing thIem. Th'Ie suffirage pirovis ion s of thle SouthI Caroldin a con sti htto, aidopted unider tht( lIeconi striuctiont Acts int 1868, are not ini confl11ict.W twit tho amiendmien ts, the raitiflictntion) of whmich wais made a cOndl ietn of read mittintg thIo Stato to reprosen tat ion iln Congress. Tp1~hlegistrationi Acts make no discrimmti otn anmng ci tizonis On accoiurt of race, color or previous conditioni of ser'vitudle, and if they abridge) thle privilegos atnd imtmu initics of ci tizonms, it is onily as those are abridged by all State registra tion laws. They provide for the registration of voters at cortain times prior to elections, alnd for suibseqjuent additions and correc tionis to the lists of qualified vo ters, and they require over~y voter' to have a certificate of his regis tration as evidence of his rights to vote. This might bo a hardship and may put b~urdensomne require ments upon the exercise of the right of suffrigo, hut it does not abridge that right, .for it takes it away from no citizen, and it pre vents no citizen from exercising it by complying with tile conditions, which are the same for all. The burden of the complaint TeacCep's Co1ur9X). WV. \W. F. B inTr Ieditor. EXPERINNCE OUT OF SCIIOOL. [ich is said of tho valuo of ex tonco. If a young girl, fresh n college or the normal school, :8 an appointmont, tho rosponso oat invariably is, "sho lack s 3rienco." If a woman with y years' oxperionce, or even , seeks a transfer, hor caso is utely moro hoploss,-"she taught too long." tat whoro that idoal line bo ml no oxperionceo and too much do not provoso to answor, but it is entiroly safo to say,- Cir c toachers woakon thoir oxpo 30 in tho schoolroom with t.0oo 3 exporience with the best lifo f the schoolroom. O)no neeld igh oxporionco to ho prfectly Lmo thorein, but not onough > at homo nowhere elso. 10 of the groat advances in orn education is to untoacher teacher by ridding hilm of the tity of a PurOly toxt-book viedge garb. Wo have forced to teach a little of litorature a little of nature. It remains nd a way to teach a little of does an nature. pire thI TiE PUBLIc sCo11001. So fane, may bo true, too, that the im- the I s for progress is derived from "'an w great thinkers rather th an [1 A the many who think no more 111 I they can help. But it is not. truo on that account that prac I progress must be coincident I popular education, and that. popular spirit of aggressive ad e0 is much more thoroughly 'esonted in the lower schools a in the higher. It was in the >.ols and gymnasiums of 'r-I )y, for instance, rather than in universities, that the great ,ment originated which gave he German )eople parliamen institutions. Il thkmiscountrv samilo haw of progress call ho stantly seen in operation. (o ncel i tistitut ions of igher ning as we neod balance and ervatismn. We need them for full flowering of genius and tho development and equip t of special talent. But more that, we need the best pri y instruction for all the chil-i , and means of allowing the tular mind and the popular rtition to express theomselve's. 3 is the object of the coninmon >Ohl.-Fromi the Now York lId. EARIN WITn THlE PUIrit.-Irv the actor, says : "If you -vant isplay grief, you must feel in od to weep." Be that as it , ho who would have children nu must 1)0 inclinedl to learnt slf. Few weaknesses (of thme >ol atro so serious as lor' a teach C try to "dirive" i nto t ho chilId' : knowledge that ho fe*els that imsel f knows perfectly. There o idleaI teachitng except that in) 211 the teacher feols that lho is n ing sonmethming from that samou >n. Pupil and teacher must so narners together to mauko th a k a success. One reason tha t e teachers onljoy teachii ing then iphlicat ion tabl)e and other ex- - th gs is b)ecaus() they have al- it ly learned these for themselves. a glaring professional (dofeet Dk to teach thoso facts and ~ossos through which the teach 'll learn little, if anything. nIoFESSOn B. A. HITNSnALE, Uni- .JUT ity of Michigan : History is main channel through which experience of the past is tranms ted to us. To ask, thorefore, .. thor it iSa worthi while to study ory is to ask whether it is wvor th e to defer to tho experience of. race. H-istory has great guid- - o value for met , and also trains I i' mental faculties. 'Thoso con- a iratons showv that it should h~ ipy more room in tho schools n at p)resent. It should be in- F luced the first year, and contin-Mc to' the last one. Tfhe child's ~orical tuition sh ould( b.'gin i b the tale or story, and ad v aniceo > by stop) until it reaches the tore forms of the subject. IN. hENaY SAmIN, I~mwa : The t superintendent .ehould be a A a of the 1)001)1, a leader of his k, an earnest friend of the 3hers, ~ gith the educational os of his State behind him. should be felt in all parts of State ; his name should be a mohold word, and in every oolhouse in the Stato ho should n factor. J that officers intrustod with the ex ecution of tho Stato laws did, in t one way or auothor, nako discrim inations, and thlat the practioal effect was to deprivo many colored citizens of the right to vote. What actually appeared was that N very many of thon havo failed to per registor and voto under those laws, fro and thoro is no doubt that the in- soel tention of the logislation was to ali restrict tho actual voting of no- oxp groes. But tho nogligenco of citi- fort zons or tho doroliction of Stato of- less flcors in tho administration of itifl State laws cannot of themselvoa has givo Uiiitod States Courts jurisdic- J" tion to Intorfore, if the actual laws two( do not conflict with iiational au- is I thority and aro beyond tho pur- this view of its judiciary. Whon Judgo som Golf says that cortificatos of rogis- rioni tration cannot be ro(uirod undor litti Stato laws ho goos very far. It out would be as coipotont for any Fed- 0nol oral Judge to say that evidence of at hi the payment of poll tax cannot be) to b( required, or that any requirement 0 of a registration law which rosults mod 1)ractically iii diminisling the vote the is to bo taken as ovidoneo of sant abridgement of the right to vote, kno then overy (ualification of the Iimi sulYrago in a Stato and every re- and strictivo requiroment of a regis- to fi tration law can he set asido by hun Federal Courts. The docisioi of Judge Goff is a reversion to the theory and policy of the reconstruction days. Nogro pei a suiTrage was very unwisely thrust fr o 111)011 South Carolina and othero Southern States. with what disas trous consequniices may bo road less tica in the paper on the history of the . last quarter of a contury in tho the current number of Scribner's Mag azine. No State could live long van under the condition of tig rs p lugtha thero describod, and the strugglo sell of that Commnionwealth to freo itself is a ma tter of history. The State cainiot Curtail negro stu fl'age as such ii its Coistitultion or in t t its laws. It cannot bar out ignor 11 C n 111d inclapacity fromli its gov- tle 011111ent. except, by indireot ion. With a maojorit of its citizens, nl4'groS3. uilost 7 igniorant, it illsists u poin "whi i u supreilacy" Its 11otes .~ ~ ~ c1: 'an I on sary to self-Oi*(oovati, and n SoMilo ay it is bound to socutre it. for 'no' TIherie is nothing in thlis direfuil situation wh ich will make consti tuationail any provision in the; Con- diia stitultionl or the laws of South Car olinadnigth ih to vo(te oin account of color, or' abridging the'.h pri vi leges and i mimlit ies cf citii- sh zons of tho Unittad States. Noi ther is there anyt hling in it to au thorize a Federal .Judgo to go 1)0- L~ yonid the provisions of its Consti- ing, tut ion and its statutes, and invade to (1 a domiain belonging exclusiv'ely to cilin St ato jurisdiction, however much ma of traga) anid of wrong, from the lear JudgE!'s political point of view, hini theiro may ho in that domain. scli Tlhe mnomlent that is done, the bar- 01' t rior is broken down that guards ho the sovereignty of the Stae s of he 11 tile Unnion, and the encroachimon t is n of cenitral iz('d por wvill have no whi fixed l im itat ion. T1he authorities lear of South Carolinia shouild move less with de~lboration anid discroetioni, be bult thiey~ cannot leave this matter wor whi(re it. is. They should make som no unneiIce.ssarIy de0lay ill getting a miiul h igh e adjindiention thani the (10- act cisioni of a plartisan .Judge from roat W~est \'irginlii.--F'romn The Now It i: Yor'k Timiies. to s The Daily SpaunIsh Vic'tory Rie- prol ported!4. or v was sev'ire lightir g in the noigh- 1 h)orhlood oif Jolioetto, near.1 Gutntania- ven m11. The enigagemenit lasted from tho 5 o'(l1o(k ini the morning unitil 5 theO o'clock ini the after'noon and re- mit sulted in a brilli'mit victory for w'h the Spanlish troops. A detach- hiisi mont of 4100 soidhiers attacked and wvii defonted 2,000 inlsurgonts led b~y the Gomues, the two Macoos, Rabi and an Chartagona. til ----. --sid<( All supervisors of registration occ will bo instructed to perform the tha duties of their office on the first tro Mondlay ini June. Groen, of Rich- n lannii county, hlavin~g been enjoined his by nam~lo, will be arrostod for con- wit templt. liaboeas corpus p)roced- stol ings will then be instituted and am thus a test of Goff's injunction will be made. Attorney General Barber has ma gone to Washington to commflienc o habeas corpus proceedings for the. tea release of Constable Beach, who for wvas arrested for contempt of court H-e in violating Judge Simnonton's dis- the pen sary injunction. hot When properly used one good ecu opnomtniy wil last a lifotimne. be OES THIS' CAT( -THE EOPLE'S JO CONSIDERING CIRCULATION OUI RATES ARE CHEAPER THAN IN THE UP COUNI culation 1,000. DVERTISE! You B18iness. JUDICIOUS A FOUNTA WAGON LOAD MONEY not necessarily imply content and hap s on the part ot its possessor. It is nioney that gives us pleasure, but tho ,s that money will buy. me people spend money foolishly, an(l they find enjoyment in doing it., but leasure is moro fancied than real. 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