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OONST) TUTIONAL CONVENTION. [CONTINUFlm FROM 1.IR1ST1 PAO-H THEl RIGHT 01' SU.#IFJR1AGE. Tio Plan IntrodtaceI by sonator Till man as Clairmnua or tihe Sutrrage Comitee. Section 1. All olections by t00 peoVle shall bo by ballot. Sec. 2. lIveir (jualilled elector shall be eligible to any ollice to be voted for. unless disqualiletd by ace. lut no lier son shall hold two oIlices of honor or rofit at the samo time except ollicers .n the mlilitial or notaries public. See. 3. Every m1alo citi.en of tho lnited States, 21 yeis of age and up wards, not laboring uunder the disabili ties named in this constitution, and posses.i ng t-he qualitiintions required by it. shall he a legal elector. See. -1. The qulilications for suif rage shall he a follows: a. lI..bidence in the State for two years, in the couinty one year, in) the 'election district in which t.he elector otfors to vote four mon th1s, aild t h paymnent of t poll tax six lloliths he fore any electioni : I'ro videid. however., that miilisters of tlt Gosiol in charge of an1 or-ganlizd .1-che ,Ihall he enl titled to vOtO a fter six no in t hs res i dence in Hit State, it other'rwie uali fied. h). lIeg-istration) which phrllovide for the einrollmen t of overy elector once in it *vears. c. The pe r.;on apityin g for registria tioll IuIst, he abtle to read anrd write Iny deetioln of tie constittiotil or must, lihow hilat e htw ns nItitd pitpys taxes oil $300 wor'ith of Irot) 'i. 1 inl this State : Provided. Tla at, the first registea Lion uInlder thi ct'l-'itltion and uip to tanuary I, aI! Iiale persons of voting age wi enn rea ta cllusO in tlii- cm.titution iirilerstand and ex lhilin it wlin L I tAr ;.liii by tie reg istrat ioni 1'0'h-r shll be eititled to regi.,itr antd b(I''eiicme Clectors. A sopa rate record of al11 illiterate persons thvur regitred, swrni to Iy the regis tr'ation itli" r, shll h11 lie filed, one coipy with the tierk of o'uirt anld oneo inl the 011iCe of the secrettry of state, oIt or tfore I.au t . ts , and such porl sons sl rein duiririg life qjlLiiie(d elcettors, tinle-s <iial ied by thbe pro vis~iion of eetionl ' 1f th is article. The cert ii('entL' (If I le clirk of the coI t or se.cretary ov3f stei shaltl be suillicienit eVidIlnce, tit e ablish tlh right of tsuid i otH f cri'i.n to registration a l the franch-ii.e. d. .\nY personii) who shall apply for registration after .lanuary I, ' IsIS, if ott ierwie qualiflied, aitay be registered: I'OVitieid, 'In i t I- can both read and write ally etion of ilis (I-,titutill 0' (A l w Iht lie myni' and has paid taxes d-rig tre previols yellr on rop erty in this State' as,-essed It $00 or inti'e. e. .\lana er' ( of 'lie tioll shall re itire of eve'i l-tor tferl inig to vote ILL ally e-l'ttion. bettime allowinrg hi) to votv, proof of tI h paylient, of all taxes, in eldn oltax. asese aais himi for Itt- e previous yearL.. 1. i'-1st 'atiMIn Cer i tiC11,ct, w hen lost sat 1 Ill' I en)weit if tie applicanit. is quiit lild uIILe the 'gi :woiin'of ti n, it 11t1 i -. or ii t he ha.if t hI r I i - tioerls i pried i n L ub-1 t'ii 1 . " ei.~ it. s A iln y o sionl deniedvil heisra tion i shll nave te rigt hao al to any td all o of thistt1. tolle ite qusi der the hmita . iors t.i corcill olite ofiga ot ir lad leti eirto a ndriis ietlss thej unishmt no Soc.t, heil.i fo'l lwil g3lrst avi dsqculid Csii li from"heing ieitered i voting: rli' ii'iis'ofvtigi ist. Il'ersons onvite of ti b i'Lsutlr 8t~(.i ttheft In ob tin goods'5 n o tolL underseals rtneprjrfre~ probbeyi bribery i'~-aiter, embel Itqll meilnhtrO bigamyI~ or t c ris against of 11 eletio lawsi:t lrlofde Thato thi'pm doust of tie igenor uhall hr' ovf 't'elc isthelinientioinslcto 1111 l~ il'sae iuiers uonted hard thf pulfi expenst (f oindy persons Vlontiine in ean, Sec'. 7t. ''r thevera Cr pos es votilln ortat 11 5 tIrisidened by~ reton th is snei wilioe mp'lyed' il 1,he1 seric t in 11 tte naigionI Iio thet waters ofeg th' tate,'l of theil l~'nt 11 taes t hI tin Sect. 8. ( The genrail atssemly shal11 provid for Jthe~ egistation hoof alhqal ifiedr' t lctos and t~shl)l' plr ecionh manter'tvI ofi hialng lectond stlndo a ce~ rang/ 321ithe esltseof'te sam - -is iiiv iden'Thaealio tile itoparitie at' 1,he t prceingy speci shactlo inavn t'iepri'~en itie onte townd of thin aersn at eac prlcIinet,. ofbndin th< h'oadii ofW cuntif ennaser' in ented See. 9.ti he c(~il1le eeer lcoris tindth tat~ olit tc shall iln be diie noetind ticvte. wit onpeintinich ofetel h Vthc 8ame1a1 wh'docih al'ec to!' v11ta egs baltin.' i'rteided, mTtnavter may' the transferred1 fromI'11 one1~iC (lcion isriiet to aoter. See. 1. 'iCThe' genhallassnmbly shall Oxpvieay la foronyeoroldinoacf parf pimarlty.r eletion adpuising frat t'aict the ie.tl otl o ll SeC. 1. The reistraciil Ook shliarl, 511ose1 at tleastill :indatofore to ovton thal ni'ot el excrcsepft i'gs tof esun comigeo gi h itrm NOc MI. I'sltors in(muiipl ee hei poerihed.8111iw Ol13 Sec. 1:t.lt any scguil cPcetion iin corhorted ilgties and twn ofthis tate forvetire purosu o' bondga-h timeor tfor tmhe ristirvnuehall addiead townheseon the0 assessed theu mofi'i$geof whoaeqaited pelers wither nthis cositutipron havinaloneeigthe shll~' priodce reitforl taxesy couity, Snate oadmic ipa foroh th pelace be prvilegedfo hart thei othepdiyg sfocilectionegduring their1at reuing t~jherefrom. tiy Se .1.N p wr'ii o iiay Mr. Aldrich movod to strike out tho entire section and indefinitoly post- i pono all amendmeints to it. He said I that the convention had already wasted a great deal of time discussing questions that had no place in the cou- 1 stitution. This, among others, is a ( matter purely for statutory regulation. I Is miscegenation more heinous than i 1ay other crimo ? If you regulato ono I Lrine in the constitution why not all Y t There is no public demand for this I elime to be especially considered now. 1 Mr. Wigg (colored) agreed that this matter had no place in the constitu- t Lion, but it was wrong in the first i place to bring this section in as an I insult to the colored pe0pie of the I State, and he was glad t hat It had ,omto homo to roost to the white peo- I le. lie went on to s.y that while visiting Chicago he had seen a fine 1 :quiippago (rive bky on the streets with wo liveried whitt) mon on the box. E n it sat a white woman and by her I ido a negro us black as the ace of -pades. This did not horrify anybody ti(d was an overy day occurrence in che North and West. He wvent on to 1 -ay that the sentiment of love was I placed in man by God Almighty, and I if a white man inarried a negro woman I Lio man dared to put them asunder. I Mr. Johnstone said that the real I pu rpose of the amendment olfored by 4 he Beiaufort delegates was to alluw I egroes to marry white women and to < 2OIpel this white convent-ion to grant their amenudmont or put them in an I .mibarrassing I)osition. He for one was not in favor, positively and om phatically, of being driven into any - uch p)ositionl. MIr. Smalls denied that any such Lhing was ever intended. le was as much opposed to intormarriage as any ian. Mr. -Johnstone continuing said that God Almighty never intended the mIrriage of a white man and an Afri V11, ind he moved to lay all amend ImefntS to the section Onl tile table. Tom Miller said that ie was pier feetly willing to koop tile races apart as fatr as ilmariiago relation is Con cornled. lie never' wanted suih a thing. Mr. Johnstone, in order to avoid the possible sulppoitioni that lie was mak ing an exception, Withdre w his motion to tabule so as to allow Senator Tillman to speak, although he thought the subject had been sutliciently discussed. Mr. 1B. L. Tillman believed that if an indiscreet act had been Committed, the gentleman from larnwell (Mr. Alirich) was responsible for it in try ing to o)bliterate sectioi 311. The ques tion was here ; should we not meet It like mien? W bthelr the committee was wise in bringing In the section lie would not say. If we pass a law mak iug it unilaw ful for intorllariage of the races, we cannot in common justico refuse to punish a whito 1111an for do baulChing a niegro woman. ilo oifTod this amlldillent and substitute, tle aimnldient to follow section 34 :"A And tho parties 10 suchl marriage, upon convict-ion, shall be punlished as the general assellibly llay prescribe." " Section .i5. Ally white persol who hall live an1d i ohiabit, with a negro Or mu1liattil, or per'soln who shall have any iI.gro 1l011d, shall I be guiilty Of a Imiis dettilennior, and shall be4 punished as the genmeral as.-embly may prescribe." Wk. dare not., said Nin'. Tillnman, pub li sh it broadcast that after this q115s tioll hia; iolie u1P we are afraid to act 1pon1 it. l . .1h nstonle d'cllared that his mio tiitn wa's llendinir, and Mr. TIillmnan's amtimen~l(mt was 0111, of order. It was t soI held. \Ilr. Sl igil, as5 chu amn, hie~ld that all aniend Iints Lii the comtn flto't I' Sectionl wa's lilt, (of order :' that, section '11 referredl onliy to miarriages : all ,L anoiildmenIts dleling wvitlh otimer than y' the notier Iing. stlati' were niot por't1inents - SI lih.lThat, acetioni had been copiedi 1' alinustL ~ exactlyv from the NIississippi) - ioisitLim,mma, ex cept that, iln that, conl Sliliit in iniarri age with por'sons of more1 than1i 10 ndIegro0 blood wais prio -hlibited. ile could, lie saId, give I" reasonIs form thiis of a scientific chlarna Lir. but it, wouldIi take too long. lr Tilhuanm said that the quebtion: > havd ing' b1e presen I~(~~ted hlere, it shouldi b le ated (in. A llding to t~he senlti - men t ait, thle Norlthl, ho1 declarIedl tlmat we knew nlothling aboulit it down here. Th''iey looikeid upon0 the i ntermatrringe of1 ractes as5 naitulral, and hei suppIosod we wolld hbe forceil to shako them uI Lhlere inl this malttor. I 'ubliIc scnt~l Imment, was indlicatedl whlen the last - Cnsus for New Yor'k Stato showed tha~t 1 ,:l00 wh'ite women~l were wives ofI - negro men.il. l111had soeon wvhi to girls -a waters, in NI assachi uissetts under oruer's of a negro hiead waiter. I lo hed seen -a sadu sigh t-a pretty girl, evidentl3 with gentle blood in her veins, butl wvho hmad becomne poor1, mlarried Lt) a negro, and(1i witim two mlulatto ch)I ilren. lie cited those thlinigs to show (sil ignorance of Norther'n senti mont.. Air. 'Tl'llman thlen nmoveid to 1lay all peuniIng aimenments on time table. Tihiis was carr'iied wIth little oppoisitionl by a viva voce vote, the conovention not, seein~ Ig toi real izoA that tholy thmus dIisp)osed of the Coopier amenmi ent131 , to .'uma~lls' aimondmenit, wiIch they adop~lt oil tho niight, previ'iouls atfter' a lengthiy debate by3 a vote oIf 103 to 22, and which reads ans follows :' "And that any13 whit piersoni who shall live and cohlabit with ia negro or' mullatto ior person whol shall have onme-e1 ihthi ori mfor'e of negro blood $shal1 be d is qualifled from hold(1inrg any otlco of ()mlunlllint i) trust in thlis Stmatr." TIhie quelstioni turnied upon01 a miotioni by Mr I. G. ID. TiiIIian to consider tile vote by which the amendmint Li) tile or'igimnal section, ofoed~ by Ni r. Johin stone, wa~s adlopteid. That amenld men~lt inser'ted '" anmy " instead of "' on0 eihthi or' miorO," so that nio inter' tmarrtinlg of white persons with (on1 of any negro blood is permiittod. Nira. John IIstone spoke earnestly against striking out his aniendmaent. ie wanted A nglo-Saxon pure rule anid A nglo axonm p)uro blood( supr1emfe in thmi sStato. Ile was opposed0 to any ini tcermixture, whether there wvas 1-16 or 1.32. Nir'. Sligh--Would you force a man of I -li or 1--32 to go back and raise ump negr'oes? i should thirnk It better to raise up white fmamilies. Otherwise, it seems to ime, it would be unjust. Alr. .Johnstone declared It would be boetter' by far to keep the uman of all ages in the negro tanks than to mon grolize~ tihe races. if you amre going to keel) them separate, keeop them sepa rate. If you aire going to take down the bar'rier,. take it down. Ile spoke dramaticaliy oIf a man with 1-8 negro blood in him, asking a white girl in imairriage, wvhich hem' parents could not proevent if she was of legal age, and then their horror' upon1 fInding their first ierandhild with (lark skin and kinky hair. Mr. Smnalls was sorry hie had been the cause of so much disturbance. But bo was more than ever anxious that 'he section should pass as amended by Senator' Tilman. ie wanted no in termarriage in the Sttte. He had seen sever'al such marriages here, and in every. instance the woman was one who had been east out lby her own race. He had known many such mar Plagos elsewhere andla but very few nstancos woro they honest marriages -that the women were not good or tonest. and that the negro was none or .ny botter. There was no danger if intermarriages in this State ; no ionest negro woman would become a vhite man's wife, and vice versa. Ile ntroduced the resolution in order to five his people some protection ; to kelp them in escaping an evil they had >en suffering under for a hundred ,ears. If lie should go out upon the troots this evening and inbult a white voman, in the morning his body would )o hanging as a sign on the avenue. 3ut if the same treatment was ac :orded the whites for advances to the 1gro the convention would have to Ldjourn sino die without finishing its York. A member objected to personal allu ions by General Smalls, and the Beau ort statesman replied that lie was not )ersonal to the innocent. Mr. Barker agreed that the matter iad no placo here, but it having been rought up, it should be acted upon. Jo agreed with Mr. Johnstono in be loving the intormarriage of persons, Ohen either contained any mixed >lood, should be prohibited. He would >o unworthy of the teaching of his .hildhood if he entertained any misor tble prejudice to the negro. But the itestion here is the roligion of race. I f we are justified in adopting v ieas ire of thu sort., it can only be done upon that princliple. We cannot entor into the question of fractional qualilica Lion. We can only be justilied in his ory by our determination to maintain mn absolute division of the two races. The moment wo depart from that we are gone ; it will stand before the world without justification. if 1-16 why not 1-8. if 1-8 why not 1-4 ? No, fir ; not 1-16 or 1-32 or one drop other than puro Anglo-Saxon blood. What other barriors can we erect against the evasion of the ideas become pro valent at the North, that those with negro blood may be upon social equ ality ? Tlie motion to lay on tho table a motion to reconsiderMr. Johnstono' iotion was then put and lost. The amendment to section 24 offered by Mr. B. It. Tillman woro again pre sented. Mr. G. 1). Tillman objected to the amendment Its b-ing purely legislative -the matter was al realy provided for. NIr. B. R. 'illiman explained that the section only prohibited intermarrying, providing lie pun ishient. Ile propos O(d to prOVidO a iutnishmtient. Mr. G. 1). Tillima held that the pro poIsed amdme110Cnt committed a blunder of half the proposition sulbiitted on this floor in attetoting to mako laws that should be passed by the legisla tiir0o. Mr. 1B. It. Tillman said the eyes o the world are on tho convention ; they could not, atford to Pass this matteo overt without recogniizing their respon sibilitie. M- . . 'Pillian contendled that th section in the coimittoo's report wva pIt, thbore to providO agatilnit, a tim 10 when t politicnal eartlhquale night pit those in power who favored interniar riages. Nr. B. It. Tilhuan - -Lts pu t a little dynamite into it. Mr. - .lolstone-0 h. no iore dyna t ito. Mr. 'T'illmn-That am-hendinctit o yours striking ouL 1-8 negro blood eon tains more dynamite than any othe thintg otfored here, and you will tnd i out. it cults off people w ho have negr blood, but w ho for one cause or aniothe had gotton~ into good society. MI t. John1 tstonte andti M t. liarker maii tai ned that thtis was not rotroactiv ;yi ontly eleted what is to coime. Mr i. TIillIman ad mittted that siue would be its oefoot,, and spoke to hi atmendimentt. lie samid there wore fai ics living it the State niow, mtovingi society, whIo have negro blood in thtei veinis and youi woult d cast a cloud ove~ them. M illoer :"May you live long to to NiMr. Barkoicr poinited out that the sue tion referred only to the future. Senaitor TIillm1an id :( " I f we at niot IPhinarisees of Ph'larisees or showin the tmtrest shatm of mtor-al Ity, wve shoul adopt the amendments. We, woul make a mlista~ke, if in faice of taun thamt. have been thrtown at us, weoshoul dhodge the issue, and to say you wi leave it to the Legislature you simpi dlodge.~ the issue." Mir. ileonderson said1 thitt he was sa ishied that thme sectiomn wouIld not b)0 r troacetive. Th'iore ix now a law on tl1 imattur. MI r. .Johnstone said that, he had vott ini then logislatutre to tmke miscegon; tion a criumo aund would vote for again, and lie for onie was not actitng shuzun, but we are here to deal in p~ril cipiles and not, legislative iattet's ar lie woutld now vote against putting thi amenid ment in the constitutioti, biicaut it was a tmatter for the Loegislaturme. Mlaj. B~arker sid that after eonside ing tine qu iestion further he aduit to that it would htave a retroactive olfoe butt ntevertlboless Ite wotuld stand b~y tI sectitn, itt might be unitfor-tunatte thu somte peole mtiig ht, in the futurio, bt this law, bo prevented from mnarryini int a w hiteo family, but symtpathy fi them fails btefore hiis desire to purpeti ateo the puirity of the race. Sonator 'Tillhuan said that he kite no) such peooplo persontally, but ht kne that thmere were such lIn the State, wil were gtood -Conifoderato soldliers, wvh had muarriedl into whiteo families an were r'ecel ved in good society. HI thoutghtt no law that, would be retroad tive should be paLssed. Mr. G. D). Tillmautn asked wvhure p)rol erty r-ighte would be utected. Mhajt Barker said no. Mr. .Johnstonoe, continuing, said thi lie was unalterably oppJosodI to hiavin this logislation putt in the constitutior because of theo taunts and seers hurlo at the members of the contvenition. Mr. Fitch was In favor of no half ou~ provision on the qjuestioni. lHo favore SnorTillmnan's amnond ment. A motion having been made to tambi Senator Tillmnan's amendment, a vet was finally taken, by ayes and noes, ani the convtention rofiused to table by vote of 95~ to 33. Yeas: Aidricht, Barker, Behiro, .J. 6 Brice, Cunniingham, Douglass, W Eyann, Farrow, Fraser, Gago, Gainbie Garris, Gary, Gilland, J1 L Glenr Gray. Jervoy, George Johinstono, E , Kennedy, Kiuigh, Leo, Meares, Peake Raigsdale, J H [Read, Reodfoarn, Slighi Stribling. Tay lor, G 1) Tillman, A E. White, S E~ White, W B Wilson--33. Nays: Alexander, Austin, Barry Barton, Bobo, Boe, Bowman, T1 V firiee, Buist, Burn, Byrd, Cantey, Car vor, Clayton, Connor, D)eHay, DennIs Dent, Doyle, Dudley, Efird, Ellerbo Field, Fitch, J1 P Glenn, Gooding, Gra ha, Gunter, IHamel, Harris, Hlarrison Haynsworth, D S Henderson, Wmn Hon derson, Henry, Hoern, Heuser, Howell Hiutson, Irby, T E Johnmson, Wilk Jones, K~eltt, J Wi Kennedy, Lowman McCalla, McCaslan, McCown McDer mette, McKagen, MeMakin. NdoWh Ito Miller, Mitchell, J D Montgomery W .T Montomary, Moore,. Monrton, Nash, Nicholson, Oliver, Parrott Pat- here. T torson, Porritto, Prince, I H W4ed, east-boui Rogers, Rosborou gIt, Rowland, Rus- Stop h, soll, Sheppard. Soan, Smalls, A J duQtor ox Smith, Jeremiah Smith, R F Smith, a mean j Smoak, Stackhoube, Stokes, Talbert, B such a pl R Tilliman, Tinmerman, VonKolnitz, In trul Waters, Wells, Wharton, Wigg, Wig- dicated a gins, Stanyarne Wilson, Woodward. a little el -93. beside 0i Mr. Wigg said that while thanking hind it ti; Senator Tillman for is words in behalf Not even of tile negro, but ht would have to ao- that any cuso hin, of crawlishing, because lie spot. A didn't favor tie original amendmont of billow3 disfranchising a white man who co- overhead habits with a negro. lie appealed to In the i thon to stand to the rack and vote for jecting r that amendmrent,. and here Mr. l'rinco said that he was tired of ground w the insolence of automatii mouths and Strange moved the previous question. The eyes-ten Tillman amendment was then adopted. at hin in Mr. B. It. Tillman withdrew what he brushed I had offered as Section 35, saying that left a br there was already a law on the subject 1pon his and it was surplusage. hands at Mr. Henderson wanted to reconsider funny fa the vote whereby Mr. Tillman's am- Then ondment was passed in order to in- awful t( troduce an amendment to Section 34 which th providing that nothing in the section ch'id crit shall invalidate any marriage entered left her u)on, or affect the offspring or prevent stel)l)ed their niarriago with a white person. Neithe I Mr. Miller hold that the amendment around % made invidious distinction. A man and lie with negro blood in his voins who tried to )assed as a white mnan was provided down ag for. but nothing was said about those hands, at men with the same aiount of negro ilg was c blood in them who stilled pIssed as feet with negroes. Away Mr. litrker ioved to lay the amend- most tim ment of Mr. i-endorson on the table, told binm which was agreed to. was appI found a ( to a stih G;RIATER l1A|E I|AIl N) MAN AllAN I'S." souket of .__. front o Dragging itself westward across fingersnoe the dreary plan1s of Utah, the over- Picking land train, fromt a vantage omint in the vrote Iu sky, looked like a small horsehair snake crawling over the carth's sur face. The earth -almost the air-was SO white with the heat of the Sumnamer? sun. All was vastness, immensity, silence, lorioliness: above, the [lawless With blue: below, those seemingly illimit- around able plains of reddish yellow,~streaked undliis (101 with alkali white, that swam itack and kissed hi forth before the eyes in parallel lines the smoh until far oil they ,nelted into a long, and 11ig low stretch of shivering light, the was comi mocking water i i rage at the baso of sing of I tihe mountain range hundreds of miles away. I",nCompi atnssed withiin that an horizon there was noth ingr of life ex- ad t ce w t Within tlat desultory moving lie dug train. hlw Stocked in-the emigrrant or thirdi thunder class car of the train was a crowd of I tired, miserable and dirty people. is ear's They looked out listlessly it thbe I an )assing lanrdseape, or stu)idly at each g other, or twrstvd themse lves into all heart d sorts of uncomfortable positions on beat w i the hard wOodeni seats in vain elforts stopped to secure a little sleep. Perhaps the St'U mo0ist Lin lrepo(se'sslig of them all was i I dar'k- featu r'ed. roughly-dressed man. he tte lIBsido him wac a very little girl in a As the blu dress, Ilis lowering, repellant w ard, e face had a scowl upon it which sug- protrude gested tire eenvict or the desporado, gol-(em but, hite was nither. The scowl and Iand look the unconscious sneer about his ugly the Chi mouth wore born simply of a long and the c thoroughly fr'uitless struggle with mis- Pr'wr fortuno. porter 1 - Alhouh prtty itwas easily to be pae Alsenthoug thett, girl was is clhild, before Li Sire was the solitary r'ay ofsunshine in black r irr that raiil way steerage. l'veni the and joi chull fnces of thre people in the ear1 took yearn -on an expir'essiorc of tenderness whern wtco t they looked at her, for she had ceered 0' ma~ thern dLuring the last tlbree weary dlays dreterm b Swith her joyous laughter and merr'iy nevr a ply. Just now sihe waslL ly'ingip l asel in -on thre br'east of tire ill-favored looking cu'nrs, ki i mrarr, onhe chubby1) hand pr'essed agrainst li r his rourgh, unishavienr cheek. It was Iirt 1 r uninecessary to ask if the child had a handea miothrer . The.01 t LI She wars a momentous factor in aIazd mighty pr'oblcrm to thre mnanr~ whose ~gaz~d .ar'm was about, hri arid whose krrit a'n smf brows anrd troubled [ace showed how ti~be lila o harrd it, was Iho studied it. A crazy len g letter had comic to him across the con d tinent,. and lie had left, the tornmrnts grour.dl ul of New Yor'k to tr'y arid r'each tho riot,. T1 ,s goldeni land of Galifor'nia. l1e had ---modo~ dl star'ted with hiard(ly sulliciernt money ar~r~t ii to take himself and~ ch ild more thar nild, a yIhalf the (distanice, brut, lie had a conl- on co fused sor't, of air idea that Ihe would in ho u -(some way r'eh Iris dlestirnatiori. 13t- I ~. ter it, wvas, at all events, than to r'e- 4rid loo o rmairr in the noisome Hlestetr streeT, dlen, onea whrere, wvithiouit wor'k, or tlro priospecct no'hadr: (1 of airy, his little sumt of mroriey would .i's tr e, soon be gone. wrutat it, '.he station to which his scanty t a purs~e had enabled himi to buy a ticket tiiin i- for himseLf arrd child had been passed more d hours before. rand lie was wonting frmt e how soon t~re conductor of tho tr'ai~logn 0 wouldl discover the shameless irmposr- oing tion he was piracticinig upon01 thre rall- glO -way companitiy. lie b~d riot mutch mte in d lornger' to wait, for p~resenitlyV the auto- times h t,, r'at, o f tire trai n, in aL hurrrcd passageo. ow e throutghr the earI, stoppe)d siudenily be-:.rn t for'e him and~ glanced at the ceck in AISt his hat. .i Ar, n g "' lidllo Whre are yoitu ig ?'' ni'ardh mr The mian hooked up itn what was ir- .t i- tended as aL hurtble, r'espoetful, and cinL im piiteouts appleal, but Lhis LipL rrled up nado fn by over his teeth, like that, of a hrar'ried l tt'a av dog. He could riot help it. 11ts v'oice idd 0 was mild enough though, as ho said :ialvorit( o "TI rmging to, Cal ifornia sir. w itlh L'raiins v d my little gir'l." ofl uChI e T1he mran's looks seenmed to ir'ritato ablo i ,the trot-too-eveon temper of the r'ailIway .3as un ollicor i "You ar'e, oh ? Well, w r'syoutr Afte ,r ticket for the rest of thre way ?" ieoi "if you woulId please let me go end ,t, thrrourghr tire train with mny little gitrl," b replliedl tire tufor'tuniato orre, falter- teit s inl,"I think I could r'aIse the u o Lmoney." awy "' Go thiroutgh tire tt'ain ? Not mtuch. San Lha' tThird-class ptassenagers stay in this car'. You get oil at, the next stationr," said How 0 the conductor in a1 voice of filerce warr o ing as ho paisse~d on. N. i.:. w. a Th'Ie man 10o1ked( desp~ai r'n uly aron d , dl alt hiis fellow passengers. ''inre was ID 11 a glirmmering of spmpaIthiy and pirty aricles for himr in some of their woe-bnogone of farn:n .faces, butt tlbore was little monrey ~ in i ) their pockets, evern if they desir'ed to help him. have ai lin about an hout' the condutie r carre (IitIe I i nto Ine cari agalir arnd gave thiei.iI heli gi'enai ropt a vicious pull1. Tinue engrire r'- ho i spendod with I~wo shor't w hiistaos, and gr'adually tire train slaickerned its speed iuird d and stopped. life Lhal '"Come, now, you get off here," see piOSS cried tire condutuor, roughly ;'" we'reiuita behind tIme alr'eady, arid you want, to 1unt n hur'ry up about it."In8 Again the thranr's lip erild in air $10( for' urgly way, but lie made no answer, percent, except to gather up 3 few paper na ej i bundles of bread and mneat~Det.hue seat befoire him. Then, taking his "hild meC cari in his arms, he followed the con mw'- blaick at tor to the latformn and stepped off tri a fancy ti'ain. Before it wars under way again, Jiineed however, a humane brakeman on thne: last step called out to himn: tAlIJiCed "Say, partner, ther ain't noth in' aiid eI xc as well not, 1 proposeo him he -buipm calkand one of our neigh. bor'. t hat w Id natch it, and so bor's that wou match it, and so have soile stook o iis own-'a prop osition quickly acce ted, and from that, time with owner hip came a quickened interest in al the work of the farm, but particular in com foit of the animals in winter a. d to increase productiveness (f the i . d in sunmer that he could have sufh cient to feed them as he liked, through the winter. As they grew up lie broke theni to drive, and fron the time they were' four till now they or their represen tatives (purchased by proceeds of their sale) have made the major part of the working team of my farm, so that what was given him as a privilege brought profit to myself as well. As they became merchtan table, they were his to sell when he chose, and the money obtained his to use-in vest again or put in bank as he saw fit-generally kept invested in cattle as most proitable. Once or twice I have lent him money to buy a par ticularly promising pair before he thought his others were quite fitted for the market, and by thus trading lie has acquired the habit of judging "points" ili cattle that some men many years his senior would be glad to possess. As lie grew older I told him he might have the last two win ters of his minority to himself, if lie would help me summers. As a result, I have had a good team nearly all the time since '87 to use; it and my tlher Ieat st-ock has been nmore cairefully tended, and now at his majority lie has snug in the bank for savings, $500-$300 from his steers and trades, $200 from his two winters' work-not a lai'ge sum surely, but. along with ita knowledge of stock, how to feed muid care for it to have it thrive ; habits of observa tion of methods of raising erops to best adv-ulitage; self-reliance is to times of chanmging (selling and buiy ing) that otherwise might have taken some years after his majority to ac quire. For, unfortimately, too much paternalism in private Ps in national affairs does not contribute to inde pendence but dependence of the citi zen to his and the nation's loss. Coming years will not bring any more thorough enjoyment. probably than was often his at the end of the day's'work with his first pair, when lie would say, "Old N ig, you're tired, I know ; but you must carry ine home, and when we get there I will take good care of you." Suiting action to the word, and inounted on his back, lie would ride to the barn s where, instead of neglect and a dirty Heart Disease Kills Suddenily; bunt never* withou~lt waning s l) yrnp torns),u as~t OH a"n 1, weta k or I tiungry SpellI s, I rreguIa r or Inlte'rmtl tet'i. PulIse, I' luttering or i'apijjt att 14)n of I he lI tarl, L 'hokinug 4ensa1 thions, Shlortuness of nrleathI, swellin~g of Fett and Anikies, u3te. Dr. Miles' Hieart~ Cure, Cures Hleart Disease. Mr Go.L. 7 )>, f heGo.L.smt Mrnteo., Loisill, iywrt Fb 6 18 ): "For' albotayera a t erriblesuf forer frm heart t roublec, whieh got, Ho bad I wast obl iged to sit, up It) bed( to get, my breathi. I had to iihandon buinessll5 andi cou)hi hatrdlly cra wi aru'nd 1. My frientd, Nirt. Juliu 104(. V'oght, one0 of ou)r iQleaintg phIarmai cists, atsked mo14 t) try Drx. NI tles' Hleart.4 Curo. I1a e 111111u4d iil more thanu aI bottle when'! the paltia ceased't f andi pal~lpIta1. 4)(tio enrely trouble since0, and11 toda:y I am0 atiending to binIIs) as5 regularlT'y as) ever!.'' Sold by dru'tggist s everyw hero. nook on Miles Medical Co., Elkchari, Ind(. Dr. Miles' Imedies Itextore llealth. C1 . It 34you 11 will 1 n ttu 25t, in) wet w.ill send~ you)4 ptpajl i one set, putt (4 41i Hivrtspoons guarted114 to be lev pla4 3 iite otn w.hitell metal, and44 not to tarishi. Sold for $1 per t.~ AIso our1 g stores04. baby)4 1'n ing1Jes, mtintgs, earI j)ets, shadlEes, sow wing mahlines4, ceok e4very3 pet~Von wilt compfliest withs the aboltve ad41vertisteent we' will give aI re hate1 ofi on414 doh111r oni thle tir'st order1 sent to) ) u 44amo1unt lng to ir $ 1 ir mor >rv 1dt the or'der' is )etl ithin' IJdays froml thtm 144 order'l forl spoons~li h.i's rec eie. Monel4y re(fu tnt i any- 144 lthing 14411 iitrepresenteIl. I ~ll A d(* SL. F. Padgett, A ugrnata - 040 g...n, stall, a 8 i ten ile Cso with cattle,, dedareftll groorMug and a nice bed stall Waited for .thei-thrift the resuIt. ABOU TPEWS, PULPirs, &o ue isthros of a church should bethere suit of study-to Comnbine the aftii te.e ment with convenience and com rtist ele. Pulpit can be of -special deigi; . Pews should e Of a tia once comfortable and attractive. Al il t be ofco mrtbe rial, best workmanship and d mate make all the latest designs. Write to uW. RUOUSTU LkUM13waR 0C,* YS of the meakerp" AGST s (EATERRN SYSTUSL) PIEDMONT AIR LINE. OWN1IMNSRD 8CI1EDUu oF PASHCNO.Rn TRAINS. Ver. f'stn'l Nort.h bound No.38 No 3U No.121Nn.18 Jn., 28th, 185.1 Daily Daily Daily X'xSun y Atlanntactimo.1_2.00m 9.00 - '7.0 -a .5 p Atinnta K time 1.00 p 1000 p 8.6j al 5-3h p Norcross ...... ...... 10.40 1) 9.83 a 0.26 p uo . . . . . 11.13 I0.t: at 7.02 p Uninosville.. 2.26 D 11.43 p 1 .35 a 7.33 p Luft, 1............12.05 a 10.58 a 8.01 p 'ry....... ......12.32 a 11.22 a 8.26 p ...Ary. ......... 1230 a 11.25 a 8.30 p 11o coa .. .. ........ 1.04 a 11.60 a.. ..... Wesitimster........ 1.43 a 12.24 p ....... 'neen ........ ........ 2.02 a 12.41 p....... 0.. m..al..... .. 4.45 p 2.36 a 1.20 p........ G r envillo.... 627 p 3.29 a 2.14 p ........ 1Sp1 trtanburg.. 6.18 p 4.2ei a 3.19 p... . a..n.y.-.............05 a 4.10 p ........ 1tackurg... 7.05 p 5.22 a 4.30 p ........ .Ilg sMouit' ........ 6.45 a 6.00 ........ (astonia ............. 6.08 a r5.2 1 ........ Ar. Charlotto. .... 8.20 p 6.60 a 6.2) p. Ar. l%nville ...... 12.00 a 11.40 p 11.p... ... Ar. Richmond .... 8.00 a 4.40 p 6.00 a. Ar. Wnshington.. 6.42 a 8.30 p. "5althn'e P.11.11. 8.05 a 11.2 5 "'l iladolphia.. 10.15 a 3.O a . Now York..... 12.53 n 6.20 a ....... VeR. f'tm-i Southbouard. No.37 No. No.11 N. 7 Daily Daily Daily 'EXSun Lv New York P.R.R 4.30 p 12.15 n "Piladelophia .. 6.55p6 .26 6ii~~t . .66 p. 7.20 a ........ ..... lialthnore..... 9.20 p1) U.42 a ............ o Washington... 10.43 ) 11.17 a ............ Richmond..... 12.05 a 12.65 p 12.05 aIl. Danville....... 5.50 a 6.10 p 7.(5 a. " Charlotto...... 9.35 a I1.00 p 12.20 p. Gastonia ...... ....... 1135 p 106 p ........ " ing'sMount'n ...... . . . ... 1.32 p, ......, Blacksburg.. 10.47 a 12.13 a' 2.00 p. Gaffnoys...... ... .... 12.216 a 2.18 p. Sprtanburg.. 11.37 a 1.00 al 3.05 p. " rcenvile..... 12.28 1) 1.62 al 4.10 1 .... ... " Contral........ 1.16 p 2.4) a 6.45 ........ Smwean...............3.02 a 6.8 p ........ Westiminster.. ........ 6.23 .. Toccoa........ ........ 3.64 a 6.66 p........ blount Airy... ....... 7.35 p 6.30 a Cornelia....... ............7.8 p 6.36 a Lula..... ..... ....... .1.47 a 8.01 1) 7.U2 a " Gainosville.... 3.31 p 6.04 it .'.7 p 7..3 a " Huford... ... . 9.00 p 7.50 a Noreross...... ...... 9.3s p1 8.27 a Ar Atlanta E time, 4.55 p 6.25 a 10.30 pi 9.30 a Ar Atlanta C tiio 3.&5 1 5.25 a 0.33p.20_a "A" a. m'. "P."1 p. m. ''." noon "N." night. NoB.37 and 38-Washington and Southwestorn Vestibuled Linited.Through Pullman Sleepers between Now York and Now Orleans, via Wash ington, Atlanta and Montgomery, and also be tween New York and Memphis, via Washing- 5 ton, Atlanta and Dlirminghtam. Dining Cars. Nos, 85 and 30 United States Fast Mail, Pull man Sleoping Cars between Atlanta, Mont gomery and New York. Nos. 11 and 12. Pullman Sleeping Car bet ween Richmond, Danville and G reensboro. W. A. TURK, S. H1. HA RD W1CK, Gen'l Pass. Ag't. Ass't General Pass Ag's WksuHoTON. D. 0. ATLANTA,GA.~ W. B. RYDEOR. Superintendent, Ohariotta, North Carolina W. H GREIRN. J. M1. CULP, Gen't Supt., Traffio Mn'gS LOWmUIIwPA n B Washinetoa D.O SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO. (EASTERN SYSTEM.) Condensed Schedule in Effo July 38th. 1895. Trains run by 75th Meridian 'rime. STATIONS D iaily INo.11. Lv dharleston....... ............... 7.20 a in "Columbia...............11 10 anm "Prosperity.-'.... ................. --4 p m' Ar Newerry........ .....12.3- p111 Ar. Ciinton . ... dRx Sun)...............2.135 p in "Laurons... (Ex Sun)..I...- 8.10 p It a Ninety-Six-...................... 1.37p in "Greenwood.......................1 1.57pm " hodges ........................217pm " Albbeville......................... &o p m f ijelton ._...........,. .. ....3.10' p m "Anderson.......... ............... 0 p m) " Senoea ......... .. .0g y S'TATiIONS- Daily No. 12. Lv. Greenville---..-- ... ........ ....: .10.15 am Piedmnt...--........... .. 10.47 am T.Anblerlio..... .. ..........1 11 i .... d.......... ....... . ......... '228 pm GIrenwood. -.--.............. 25 pm "Ninoty-Six ............... .8p .____nton _Ex _un)-... _--._........|1.10 am a Nowherry.-- .--.................. 2.0jui' Pros.. p.r.ty....................... 2.22 pm A; Couba......,.......... 3.665pm Ch rlstn--..---..--...... 600pm lietween Columbia and Ashev1l1e. Daily. IDaily. ||al~~l No. 1 . N o. 13. __SATINS__o.14._No16 00 5ainitv~hiaton Ar' 8i.00pmi lil0amn 5.66 a ml l2.I0pm".. .. Alston.. ." 3.00pm1 2.45'ami 8.51 a mn 1.i0pmn" . .Santuo....." I.Wipm 11l.48ami 7.28 a m 1 .3Opm'". .Union.. 1.05pmi1.33pm 7.42 a 1m 1.'3pm' 4 ..Jonesville. " 12.40pm~ I1.10pm 7.6 a in 2 '7pm " . Pacolot.. .. " 12.23pmn I1 04pm 8.20 t atm 3.10pmLv Snart' b gA r II..18am 10.30pm 1000 am 5_.80pmjAr sevi lieLv '.0am63 Trains leave Spartanburg, A. and 0. division, northbound. 4.26 a. mn., 3.19 p. in., 6.18 p. in., (Ve. tibuiud Limitedl; Southtbound, 1.00 a.m..,3.05 p. a., 11.37 a. in., (Vestibuled Limited). Trainis loave Greenville, A. and C. Divisiom, nor th boundl, 3.29.a.m.,2. 14 pm., and 5.27pmn.,(Ves libuled LimIted); southbound, 1.512a. in., 4.40 p. in.. i2.28 p. mn., (Vestibilod Limited). TPralin lnave Seneca, A. and C. Divisiion, north bound. 2.02 a. mn. and 12.41 p. ma.; southbound, 3 a. mn. and 8.08 p.m m PUILLMAN SERVIOE. Trains 15 and 18 between Asheville and 00 lumbia make oonnection at Columbia with P". 0. & P.. trains 86 and 88, and carry through.. Pul;ana sleeping oars between Asheville and Ptuliman Palace Bleeping Cars on Trains 86 .and 38, 37 and 38, on A. and 0. DIvision. W. A. TURK,. 8. H. H ARDWIOC, Gen. Pan. AgI. Ai't Gen. Pas. Agt. IBa. Sys. W. Hf. GRF.EN. ..M. CULJ.P. (G rn'l Superintendent. Trafio Mgs. Washingtinn D. C' his is only a flag station. The ad'Il be along in a few hours. and board her. The con that traln'll let you on. It's ihame to put that kid off in ace !" &h, little about the place In railway station. Tbero was osed sentry-box-looking affair to track, and fifty yards be o remains of an old dug-out. a trail showed where it was human being had visited the id round was the dreary waste ' plains and the burning sun 'ear of the sentry-box its pro oof had cast a little shade, the man sat down upon the ith his child still in his arms. things, for him, came to his re. The little one looked up a puzzled way, and ho hastily ils hand across his face and uad smudge of railway soot cheek. She clapped her d laughed with glee at his e. thirst came to them-that rturing, unreasoning thirst a desert alone can give. The l for water, and the father in the scanty shade and out into the glaring sun. u the sky nor In the parched as there a drop of moisture, knew it. lio returni d and u'onfort her, and then he sat ain. buried his face in his id tried to think. The even oming on when he rose to his a now resolve. far olf in the west a thin, al perceptible streak of Fmoke that the east-bound train 'oaching. Near the track he litly shred of a flag hanging ,k, and he placed it in the the upright post standing in the houso. Nervously his imibled in his pockets until he the stuip of a lead pencil. Lu) Ia piCC of oasteboard, he on it, in great rough letters: E ON IK TA KH 'TIS ('lIILD. 4U4. HAS NO I'RAnNTS. string he placed the placard the neck of the little girl. le, he took her in his arms, r again and again, pointed to c, that was becomina blacker er, and told her that water tng. When the rails began to lie approach of tile coming placed her neat the track, ran and hid himself hehind out. Porom his hiding place .1 out and eagerly watched the tile the rattle and clamor and of the train grew louder in On it camne with a rush and L flow past the station in a wind and dust. The man's led within him, and then it Idly again. The train had several hundred yards past 3n and was coming back to the >x. The engineer had seen red llag. long train rolled slowly back arious and inquiring heads (I from the car windows. The >lazoned conductor stepped off ed about him in wonder. Not 'al moments did he discover 3. Immediately there was a 6bout it. A white-jacketed ame out of a Pullman car and . wooden step on the ground t. He was followed by a lady ,who descended from the car ied the throng. A pair' of ., cager, beseeching eyes it all fr'om the dug-out. To in hiding it seemed that the nation of his child's fate would reached. Finally he saw the black take the child in her ss It and re-enter the car' with passengers scr-amnbled( back car's, the conductor waved his d the ti-ain moved on. the father' camne forth and niingly at the departing train at it until it hecame smaller iller--until it became a dot in us--until it vanished--and he was alone. r'utched himself on the baked that night to sleep, but could wVo little stars in the fiumanent ,t little streis very near' togeth inded him of the eyes of hiL nd he triedl to fix his thoughts and11( of hoer. but it was vain - I not forget his thirst. err-ible sun rose the next (lay ted upon hium as its victim. i~e tedl to ('at somne of the Ibrioad savedl, but the~ dry crumbs were to his htro-tt. O'ie thing only 't'e t' do - 40 follow the track inhabited station was i-cached. t be lifty miles-it, might be mit there was no ealvation away e railroad. arted ofY bravely enough, his eyes ixedl on the ever'-r'ecod ut where the glistening rails ho far' per'spective. Bunt some is gaze wandered even furthet' et-c it surely suemed that blue 'ces wore bathing their' feot in II waters. on when resting for awhile, he he rattle of an approachIng t'ain. 110p) swelledl up with as8 ho stood on the track and antic motions to stop) the train. iinmen merely laughed at him. not know lhe hand employed the t'ruse of tramps. it'rei ght !et e not for- the accommodation gentr'y. Nor- was it a supp~os o that a wayfarer' in thle desert pt'ovided with food or drink, y should he be there'? this his progr'ess was very Jn the tirtd (day he camne to of his jo~urneym. lie may have liriouts or' lhe may have been inc. A traiin sto1pped for- him k him onl boar'd. This they (d0 when they kill a man. noisco Argonaut. ne Boy Was Kept on a Farm. ofi en we see in thie papersI' on " llow~ to keep the sons8 er's oil t he far'nt,'' 1nd mtally lev ale wiiden by those wh'lo 0 sonls, antd often by those' nacquainfhted'( with farm r'e 1n(s. 1 shoul1 d like to tell New Entgland~ 1b0y wats in o becomec intter'ested ini farm perh'laps other'l far-tmrs mauty ibilities for their sonts for' benefit. 7. my boy was given at blirth his namite, which I put at (; interest for him. When 1he it years old1 he liked to help a for tihe cattle, and one cer calf he had takent quite for. As I at that time was of a few dollars which I in to raise by selling the calf, ept for that I could keep it