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.HE PEO J O4 VOL 5.---NO. 49. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 5. THE NEW STATE OONSTITUT] A SUMMARY OF ITS PROVISI( Some of the More important Chai as Compared With the Old 4 stitution. The now constitution of South C lina, as adopted by th6 recent con tion Is quite a lengthy document, woul' occupy too much space in columns, so that a brief synopsis ' the more important changes will pi just as acceptable to a majority of readers, who would scarcely underi to reatytho entire constitution. l synopsis has been carefully prep by the Yor v ille Enquirer, and g all the cha ges and modification our organic law : Article I is devoted to a declara of rights. The provisions of this a cle are about, the same as in the constitution. Among other thing guarantees equaility before the uniformity < I taxation, the rigL trial by jury, liherty of the press, and open elections, the privilege the writ of habeas co.rpus, and the hibition of corporal puniilisment Imprisonment for debt xecept in e of fraud. Article 2 relates to tho right of frage. Nobody is to be allowet vote except. male citizens of the St and United States who are 21 year ago and over. They must have re ed in the State two years, in the c ty one year, and in the polling preci four months. They must also h; paid, six months before an electi any poll tax that may havo been i and payable. Ministers and teach in active service are entitled to % after six month's residence. w otherwise qualified. All voters n: be registered, and the principal ot requirements for the securing o registration certificate is ability read the constitution of the State understand it when it is read. T continues of force until January 1898. After that time those who not otherwise disqalalified will be quired to be able to read and write they must pay taxes on property to amount of $300. All persons convic of any of the following crimes disqualified from being registered voting : Burglary, arson, obtain goods or money under false preten perjury, forgery, robbery, bribc adultery, bigamy, wifebeating, hot breaking, receivitig stolen go( breach of tru4t with fraudulent int fornication, sodomy, incest, assa with intent to ravish, nliseegonat larceny or crimes against the electi Article 3 relates to the legislat department. This is to consist, bretofore, of house and senate. " members of the house a're to bo elce every second year and the memil of Senate every fourth year. r house is to consist .of 124 memb< divided among the counties in prol tion to population, and the Senate u consist of one member from each cc ty. The time of holding tho sessi of the General Assembly is fixed begin on the second Tuesday in Janu of each year. For the first i sessions, there is no limit as to sittings. After that time the m bers will not be entitled to compor tion for more than. 40 (lays. General Assembly is required to on a homestead law that will secure heads of families exemption i attachment, levy and sale, real perty to the value of $1,000, and 1 sonal property to the amount of $i In addition to this, those who are heads of families are to be entitle< exemptions to the amount of $300 necessary wearing apparel and tool trade, etc. The marriage of a wl person to a person having more t one-ceighth Negro blood is null , void, and no unmarried female has not attained the age of 14 yet shall legally assent to sexual in1 course. The General Assembly Is allowed to enact local or special l1 In any case where a general law be made app~licable. The Gen< Assembly is required to imit number of acres of land that may owned by an alien, or corporationsc trebled by aliens. Article 4 relates to the exocut It does not show any import changes from the old article on subject. The governor's term of of Is to be two years, and he is to be gible to re-election. No person, h ever, is eligible to the ollice of go' nor who dlenies the existence Supreme Bei ng. 'rhe governor the right to grant reprieves, pard and commutations, andl when he al dfeem it desirablo, call extra sessi of the legislaturoe. There is no chat In the names or duties of the vari heads of departments p~rovidecd fo the old constitution. Article 5 i-elates to the judicial partment. The judicial powVer of State Is to be vested in a Supri Court, Circuit Courts of general sions and common plons1, anid s county, municIpal and other court the Legislature may deem it desir: to establish. No county court car established except on the conseni 'a majority of the qualified voters county ; and no court inferior to of the general sessions shall ever vested with jurisdiction to try case murder, mansl augh1tor, i-ape, ari burglary, bribery, or perjury. The Supreme Cour-t shall consis a chief jtustico and threo associate tices, all of whom shall serve for tc of eIght years. The concur-rene three justices shall be requir-ed to verse the judgment of a cour-t bel Where the justices are equ divided, the opinion of the court be must stand. In special cases, all circuit judges may be called In tc as associate justices. An excep must be made In the ease of the ju who originally tried the case ur consideration. If the full court made up of an even number, one of circuit judges, to be oh ' en by must retire. The Circut Court syt rem unchanged. It Is requi that court of common lelas i county at least twice ~r. judges of Circuit Cour-ts l3 e ti decisIons 'within 60 days I the lng of the respective co4 and supreme court justices mfile t) decisions within 60 days iter hea1 an argument. The court of probate Is to remal Dzow established in the county Charleston. In the other couni ON. as ohe General Assembly may pro oribo. WS. The governor has the right to a point as many magistrates as may I doomed necessary. Each magistra is to serve two years, if not remove "o"~ for cause, and is to receive a stipulate salary in lieu of all fees. Eaeh or aro- will have the right to appoint a cot ven- stable to servo his writs and procOssea and and will have jurisdiction in civil cast our where the amount in litigation dot vita not exceed $100, and in criminal cast 'ove where the punishment is not mor our than 30 days imprisonmont or $10 lake line. In criminal cases beyond. thei ['his jurisdiction, they shall have the powe 6red to hear testimony and commit fu ives trial, or release on bond as the fact in sCm to justify, except in cases in volving capital punishment, whe tion they are required to commit for tria Irti- They shall also have the power t old bind over to keep the peaco for period s, it, not longer than 12 months. 4%w, All persons charged with crim of shall have the right to demand an fre obtain a trial by jury. In inferic i of courts, the jury shall consist of no pro- less than six qualified voters. In th and Circuit Courts, the jury shall consis ses of not less than 12 men, all of whon must agree to a verdict. No crimina suf- case can be presented to the Circui I to Court, except on the agreement of 1 ate out of a panel of 18 grand jurora s of |Judges havo no right to charge jurie sid- in regard to mattere of fact. The un- can only declare the law. not Clerks of the court are to be clocte Aive as heretofore, and their duties romai on unchanged. They can, however, b l removed from ollco in such manner a rs inay be prescribed by law. otc Provision is madb for circuit solici ben tors the same as herotofore. It i ust provided, however, that in the even her of the establishment of County Courts f a there shall be elected a county solici to tor by the qualified voters of eacl or county, and these county solicitor 'his shall perform the duties that hav< 1 heretofore been performed by the dis ar trict solicitors. le- Sheriffs and coroners are to be elect or ed for four years each, and are to b( the disqualiced- for election if it shall ap ted pear that they, or either of them, ar< are in default of money collected by virtue: or of.their respective olices. iug Article 6 relates to jurisprudence ,08, One of the most important provision try- relates to a change of venue. The Ise' State has the same right to move foi ids, a change of venue as a defendant nt, There can be no motion-for a chang< ,ult of venue, however, until after ther< on, has been a true bill by the grand jury on. and even th.en the change must bc ,ive made to some other county in the samnt as circuit. eho The General Assembly is require ted to provide for a speedy and effectiv ers codification of the laws. ['he In case a prisoner is lynched whil< rs, in the custody of any officer, the office or- is subject to prosecution for misdo to meanor, and ,tle solicitor shall in un- stituto proceedings at once. If th< ons grand jury returns a true bill, th< tb the officer shall be suspended fron ary oflice, and if he is convicted, he shal our over after be ineligible to hold an; the ollice of trust or profit, unless pardonec i- by the governor. Not only this, the isa- legal representative of an individua he murdered by a mob, shall be entitlec act to recover the sum of $2,000 in exem to plary damages from the county it om which the murder was committed, ani oro- the county is allowed to recover thi >cr- money, if it can, from the persons wh< 00. did the murder. Not only this, th( not murderers are also liable to crimina I to prosecution and such penalties as ma; in bo prescribed by law. B of Article 7 relates to counties an kite county governments. No old count3 ian shall be reduced to less than 500 squar nd miles nor less than $2,000,000 taxabhl vho property. No new county can be mrs, formed with loss than 400 square mile: ber- of area, taxable property to tne amoun not of $1,500,000 andl population equal t< L~ws 1-124th of the p:>puti'oni of the whol< can State. Elections on the subject o wral forming a new county must be calloci the onl a petition of not loss than one-thir< be of the qjualitiod electors in the area o on- the proposed new county. If two thirds of the voters of each sectioi ive. voting in the election, vot~e for th anit formation of the propo-ed new coiunty the then the new county can be formedo lice buIt if two-thirds of the voters votint eli- in aniy of the sections of which th ow- neOw county is to be complosed fail mer- vot for the now county, the sectiol f a filing to give the netessary two has thirds vote, will not b)e a part of th ens hpoposed~ new county. It is also prto mail vidend that in the formation of net 01n$ counties, no old( connity shall be cu uge within eight miles of its court hous 01us building, nor its population reduce r~ in below 15,000. Townships are mad b)odies politic and corporate, and pre de- vision is made for the organization c the a system of townshipl governments bi ime theo legislature. ses- Article 8 relates to municipal eel uch p)(rationis. The General Assembly I s its requircd to pass general laws for thi Lble organization of mnunici pal corporatiom~ ibe and no town can 1)0 Incorporate< of except with the consent of a mnajorit if a of its qultililed voters. The ipower c hat etties andi towns to levy and collet bo taxes must b)0 restrictoed by the Geners s of Assemibly. The Legislature has n son, power to grant a franchise to a corpc ration to construct any kind of p~ubli I of works in a town, without the conson jus-, of the municipal authorities. Town rmns shall have the right to own their' ow 3 of water, light and transportation plant re- etc., b~y purchase or co(ntruction, o lowV. aL ma~ijority vote of those qualilled t ally vote on such matters. All municips lo w taxes and licenses must be just an the uniform. No city or tbwn is allowed t act incur a b~ondled indebtedness in excom tion of 8 por1 cout. of th'o value of its ta> dge able property,-and'utnder no circu ii idr stances is it allowed to Incur a bonde is Indebtedness excepit on the consent< the a majority of its qualified olectorm lot, With the consent. of a majority of it qualified electors.|cities and'towns ma ins 0xmt mnanu facturing enterprises f0 the poiodof five years from their estal ach lishmuent. The Legislature is require The to pass lawa prohibiting prize fig hting teir Trho right to prohibit the manu factur ris- and sale of alcoholic liquors in thi the State, is reserved to the Legislatur< icir The Legislature also has the power t 'ng give this right to coporations, indivit uals, counties, towns and cities, or th n as State. It is provided, however, the of under no circumstances can liquors b les. sold in quantities of less than- one ha ited pint, and in sealed pakae.- h a- can't be sold between sundown and bl sunup, and they can't be drunk on the to p- promises. The Legislature cannot fie l delegate to any municipal corporation to o the power to license the sale of alco- an d holic liquors. wc d Article 9 relates to corporations other no o than municipal, roligious, penal, edu- tu I- cational or charitable. No charter can re i, be granted except under general laws, tic s or a two-thirds vote of the Generat As- co a sembly. No common carrier or con- on s mon tranemitter shall make any con- go a tract that shall rolieve it from any A: ) legal liability. All corporations doing tic r business in this Stato must maintain rej r an agent hero uVon whom Processes r way be served. 'T here shall be no di. s criminations in charges for the samo service to different parties, except W a excursion land 'commutation, tickets are allowed to be sold at, special rates. u No railroad or express or telegraph 'Fll , company is allowed to obtain posses sion or control of another in this State L by consolidation, lease, purchase or Yet 1 otherwiso. The right to build or oper- "I , ate a 'railroad, telegraph or express Y1' t business in this State, shall not be Pl L granted to any foreign corporation, ha t unicas such foreign cor)oration first p 'i be incorporated under the general laws of this State. No corporation thc I shall Issue stocks or bonds except for thhe 2 labor performed, or money actually s paid, and no fiutitious values shall be Iar B created. The General Assembly is re- Th quired to enact laws to prevent the 00 organization of trusts or corporations. I AlI employes of corporations are guar- las I anteed the fullest right to recover 3 damages in case of injuries, and they I i are not allowed to make any contract b1its that will exempt the corporations for "I which they work from rcsponsibility. the i Stockholders of insolvent corporations Th 6 can only be held liable for unpaid sub- }18 scriptions to the capital stock. Bank lh( stockholders are liable in double the get amount of the face value of their stock. the Article 10 relates to finance and out taxation. The most important feature Oro of the article is the fact that no county 1 or township can be authorized to in- usu crease its bonded indebtedness for any the purpose, except to pay ordinary county exe expenses, build public roads and hot) bridges, and increase educational facil- wit ities. The State debt cannot bo in- likc creased except on a vote of the people, tire Article 11 relates to education. The 1 supervision of the public school system Car is vested in the State superintendent cro of education and a board of education frui composed of the governor and not an more than seven other pers-ms, to be briI appointed by him every four years. ma The Legislature is charged with the cro duty of making provisions for the elec- . tion or appointmentl of all other school Hlnt ollcers. The salaries of all State and ter I county school oflicers must be provided s for by the General Assembly out of Th other thanschool funds. The Gonoral Of Assembly is required to provide a tl liberal system for the education of all usu the children between the ages of 6 anel beg 21 years. The counties must be divid- . ed into special school districts, except un that graded schoit districts are not trii to be ointerfered with. County boards of commissioners are required to levy an annual tax of :3 mills on the dollar for school purposes, and, in addition, there is to he levied on all polls be- u tween the ages of 21 and 60 a tax of $1. . In the case of Confederate soldiers, cid the limit of age only goes to 50. [f during the next three years the school -o fund amounts to loss than $3 por capita Vi for the enrollment, then the comptrol ler general is required to make such additional levy on the whole State as will be necessary to supply deficiencies in counties that do not come up to re quirements. After December 1, 1898, an I the General Assembly is required to On evy, in addition to what has already On heen provided for, such tax as may be necessary to bring the school fund up to an atmount that wvill guarantee thear operation of the schools for such terms I luring the year as the General Assem-th ely may thin.< desirable. Separate scnools shall be provided for whites n a ]nd colored, and it shall he u nlawfu fatItll for the children of one race to attentiP school with the children of the otnerir race. The Logislature may protvide tbu for the various h igher- i nstitutions as it s-e fit. it shall be unlawful t use o the property of the State. or anty pol it- ~~ ical subdivision of it, in the mainht' ntance of anly denoiinational i n-oit,ut tien. All of the State's profits fromt the sale of alcoholic Iliquaors, shall g,~ to supplement, taxes for school pu A\rticle 12 Irelates to the penal an-l charitable i nst,itLutions. It providle., that institutions for the card of t.he bl ind, deaf and dumb111 andi instme shall ble fostored by thle State. The coun- 11 ties arc reLqulir'ed to p~rovide for the 6- ' Ipoor within their borders unaible to st', provide for themsolves. Convicts son- Liht -tLenced by any of the courts to hard Sti labor' may be workedl on the publ)1ic Mrt roads of the State, or of the counities on (reon which they wore sentoncedl. The [ti -oineral Assembly is authorized to es- itt) tablish a reformatory for juvenile or- of fenders. All penitentIary convicts~ ar must forover reomain uinder the super01- llai vision and control of State olcers. IVO ~ Article 13 relates to the militia. All M able bodied males In the State. between .Mi tthe ages of 18 and 45 yoar.4, excep)t lou 1such as may beooxcmplt for various rca- shl sons, constitto the militia, and shall er -be undiier commatnd of an adIjutant and anfl inspector general elected by the peco- str tplo. The governor is commuandori-in- tl)h chief, and has the power to call out spi rthe militia when the safety of the th: State or enforcement of laws domand. shi The General Assembly Is empower-ed W > and required to pass laws providing 'E" Ifor pensions for indigent Confederate the( Isoldiers and sailors, and for their up > widows. ArtIcles 141 and 15 relate to eminent - domain and impoalchmont'. Theiy are -i -abotut the same as in th( old constitu Ition. Article 16, relal~ing to amend-(I fmont and revIsion, is also practicallyfa the same as in the old instruimnent,. 1 Article 1'7 relating to miscellaneous a matters, makes several new provisions. rAll ollicos in the State except librarian, -must be filleod by males who are quail Ifled electors. The ofllce of State libra- a . ran may be filleod by a woman p~ro- o 0 vided she is 21 years of age and has been a resident of the State for two w .years. Divorces from the bonds of d > matrimony are prohibited. No one who denies the existence of a Supreme Being is eligible for oflice under the pr tconstitution. All lotteries and ad vor- I0' tisomnonts of lotteries are prohibited. to f ,y person holding an ofice of honor an 7.trust, who shall be convicted of ganm- lo: Ing, shall be deposed and forever a ward disqualifled from holding c e. Married women have the rigi hold property in their own nan d make contracts the same as if the ire unmarriod. All !aws in fort w, and not repugant to this const 'ion continue of force until they at .oaled or expire of their own limiti n, and the provisions of all laws it Isistent with this constitution ceat its adoption. This constitutio 3s into effeot on Decomber 31, 189 I the provisions of the old constiti n not re-enacted in the now one, ar >oalod. THIE RIECOltD OF A YEiAll. atSouth Carolina Has ItalseI o ler Furans-Largo Yields anti Gooi ,rices. -State. 'his has been an abundant harves Lr in South Carolina and the farmor y be said to have been blessed. Tho 6r was in stIranigi contrast. with thi ceding one, particularly as price re been so much butter for farn ducts. )uring the year just closed, whil< oicial figures are not yet at hand estimate by competent authorit) that the corn crop has been thi ost ever harvested in this State a total crop is estimated at 20,000, bushels. The averago yield por e has been 15 bushels, against 12 ye-r. The largest previous corr p was about 17,000,000 bushels. L, is stim1lateLd also that the Statt furnished to the markets of tl Od this year 6:38,118 bales of cotton average bale being -450 pounds 3 acreage in cotton during the yeal closing is estimated at 1,957,000. 3 prices paid for the crop are pr.tty orally known. It is thought thai average price por pound will work to be almost 6 cents for the entirc P. esides all this grain crops were un ally fine the past year, and so wat tobacco crop, the latter bringing ellont prices. Again the smoke ses of thie State have been illed h sulliciont hog and hominy and products, it is said, to feed the en State for two years. may be added, also that South olina has never had a bettor fruil , year than this hs been. The t was of an unusu'ally tine quality there was an abundance of it, iging good pricos in the northern 'kets. rhis is true also of the melor o taking things all i, all South Caro. ends the present year in a far bet condition than she has ended an ),o year for half a decade or more. re is every reason why the matsse the people should be able to pa' ir taxes now and then have an un ally harpy Christmas, and ther in the new year with hopeful faces Iuring the pastyear also South Caro % has made great progress on indus I lilies. 1ANASSAS AN) APPOMATmTOx.-Th nassas (Va.) Journal tti&Y that tin )I ic sale of the McLean estate bring! >ur mind the most singular co-in ence we recall in our reading of his Y : 'he first meeting of the Army of th< AomIac and the Army of Nort.herti -ginia took place at Blackburn *d, July 18, 1861, and brought on Lh< t pitched battle of the war. At 1H n. of that, day lleauregard took uj headquarters at the McLean House I Ohere McIDowell attacked him witl eavy force of infantry and artillery the 9th of April, 1865. after 1,3i 7s of almost constant fighting. ti n manders of these two arm ies, Gran I Lee, met at the Mn' Iaeani IH ouse am pomau&L Lox and drew upl tue t ermiti ( Ssurrender. \V hen Bleauregar'd evaceuatedi Ab sas, Major' McLean removed hi: iily to iFauqier. As the tide o war rolled ai airoiindt thmemi lhe no ved for' Lihe s'con tfi ime to I Alnenc g aiind thiere i n 180:3, the inuaior rt ned oine day arid toid thiem he~ wool ye them thiis time w herei the sinuw ,he battle "' would never m erich then re'" They r entLed Lh be brjick h olise a IhomattLoCx, wy hihiL~ has become is ic, mand Limva- di w h ich allI the stratig the w'ar c~ionverg,-d, and armum ich it, so sui~dnly cuilm~iliaedh. Ami t b appenedill, asM Matjor MI b 4'an fre nuiy said, that, the wvar began o Thiwo of thei miost, it'iteresting id in New Yoirk are Mr is. Jiyssi' tnt, iife of the great Northern lead and Mrts. Je'Terson Dav is, wife Priesident of the Confeder'at Les, says the New Or'leanis Il'icayune s. Griant owns a magnihicenit biom the fashionable West Sidoe, nea31 rer'sidec P'ark. T1he hallIs, par'lor' IIi liraries are file w1( vith reminrder the disti nguished general. Ther' battle pictnuros hung with tattore. (s. buists in bronze and marble an' riderfuli gifts fr'om all sor'ts of peolc s. D~av is lives with her1 dlaughter as \V innIc D~avis, In one of the fashi able hotels in 5th Avenue. IHer m'recoives with old-fashioned Souith I hospitality the flower of Norther' I Southern chmival ry. It, seem mnge that these two women. whoni war lelt in such widely difleern meres, one the wife of the conquuteror otheor tihe wife of the conq(1uter'ed mld( como11 after long years frm Lh ast and the South to Iivye in Net rk. Strangest 'if all Is the ftact thu my are warm p)ersonal friends an nid much of their time togetheri. '-Iev. John 'Jasper Is as firmly eoi ced as ever' that tihe sunO mlovc mid the earth andl that the cart, Isn't move at all. Ie preachod hi uoums " sun-do-move " sermon to ai lience of two hundred white fol Mount Zion Church, Itichmond, Va t Sun rdaiy, and was more than ovc irnful toward the scientists and oni atic in his ar'guments for the literi septanco of Bliblical texts bearin the point. " When you rises an en you sots down, don't you move n how could the sun rise andl g wn 'thout movin' ?" he ar'gues. -Mr'. Quay has Introduced a 1b1 >vidin g for postal savings banks, a vinig deposits from 10 cents to $1 be made at all money order offic< d allowIng interest on all deposi is thani $500 f- THE STATE'S LEGAL BATTLES It TIlE ATTOIRNIY GENERUAL'S A e NUAL IMEPOlRT. o A Year of R'xtraordinary Litigatiou i. The iteglitiration antid ispoisa .0 Cases Consumne Much Tine. Tho unnual report of Attorney Ge o- oral Barber contains some interestit e information as to the large number n very important cases the departme j. has had to deal with during the pia I year. It is (ulto a remarkable ft e that notwithstanding the eighty cas handled, which Is a very much larg number than usual, an1d the fact th most of them were of a very importa character, the Attorney General mak recommendation that oni two fees f outside assistance be paid. These a the fees of General AluCrady aIL George S. Mower, Esq., who we called to assist in the registrati( cases. Attorney General larber gives 3 brief sta',oment of all the cases arsi during the yOUr anLI the statts of tLI still pending on appeals to tho high courts is fully and muost perspicuous explained. A good proportion of the eigh cases have not been fInally a.Ijud ient ed as yet. In concluding his report, Attorn< General 13arber says : "I3y law the Attornoy Goneral Is r quired to give advice to all Sta ollicers. During the present year tl new scheme of county government e tablished by the Gonoal Assomb] went into operation. In consequence the change, wIich had to he mad suddonly, and the apparent inconsi tencies between the new act and th old acts under which the county go, ernment wits admin istered by the ol county commissioners, the now ollicer elected under the law eXperience great difliculty ndaeinbarrassmont t its construction. " Numerous inquiries from nearL Overy county in the State wore mad by tat.. -At'orney General as to th Proper interpreatlon o the law. Po the purpose of aiding the now olicc, elected in the discharge of thi duties and to produce unilornity in it execution, an exposition of the act w: propared and sent to each county su pervisor in the State. The views o this ollico were generally adopted an the new scheme has been pu , inl su cessfully oper'ation and is now workin well. " The disponsary act, approved 3d < January, A. D. 1894, went into opera tion immediately after its approva in some of its features it was mor stringent than the other acts on thi subject, and it has been vigorourly an persistently assailed during the yea in both the State and United State Courts. " Its constitutionality was assaile in the United States coiirts on variot -grounds. Numerous actions for dan ages have been brought on the lia side against constables for the seizur of liquors in which damages wor claimed. These were based principa ly u or 1- 1 nds that the act Is , .ood.ico, -. onnist-i 0t iog.f UniedEtlksigd the acts of Congresi relating to interstate commerce, an that it establishes a monopoly in th liquor trallic in restraint of trade. " In equity, sui's Itavo also boon itn stituted -praying iijunction to ro strain the Si tables and otho ofileers from 9 - importe( into the State iso and fo searches, for such a tihe residences 4. Judg Simonton, in thL Donal vs. .1. M. Scott aI, '10d a i)juntlCtliO restrai,. c 1 stables fron seizinj into the State for pw. ,vhic I- still of f-. An . hj ttken fr'omil hi' decree' prom, Cojurt of ti,,, IUnited St atli., hidh i now pendting, aind which, ' Wlh, adji d ic~a e, wvil: settle thlot qut1~ion of th ighft, olf a ciiti,'I tio impoitrt, within th State folos Iii own use. Another su in equity, instituitedl by .lamnes 1)unh11 v, .John1 Giary l'vatns'and( th er' meni ber s of tia- State~ bo~arti or coniitril, Lan others, is still penidinog in the-Circu Courit. "In this 'action theo dlispensary a't i r.~ounds(. The hill cliarie.. that, it, Iconsti tattions o1 the iJntal Stat~es ant the State. "As will be seena fromn a roeort< t he cases. a gre nat may co t nmpt, pr< ('''dings weret inst it uted hoforc Vih (Jnited Suiteas Ci:rcuit Courit to) puiis -ceonst,ablle.-Il hw violations1 of the orith a (If injunctiotn gr'atd~ by J1udge Simo11I - toni. When 'i these A o-c hceard , Ju ad j f C. II. Sinraonton explainied the ord: -3 and held that where 'onistatbles ante -from facts, or in foreneos of fact: showing the liquor wats inttended bo i r sale and not for personal use, in mnai e ig seizures they woul d he justi lied i a tlhir action. I n the ntueos casei baut three contstiables were adjudg< in conte-npt for disobedience of the oI Ider. Thliis rul ig deterred~ mianty it poriters fromt bining lIiqt~uors with] the State, undler theO guise of imnpontir themn for personaitl use, whlenm they we Sreally trintlcdd for salo, andit entabbI - the State conistables to exer'ciso a wi 1 d inerution ini mtaking seizures, tand1 a this waty violations of the dispensai law have been materially checked. t " In soime of the towns and cities ,the State there has been stubborn o ,position and resistance to the law. '0 has been dlificult In lain caises to s cure convictions by juries, niotably SCharleston. In this city It b~ecant necessary to resort to contemplt pr" coed(ings to reach ofronders and1 make a motion for a change of vomi of easos pending bofore the grandi jail in cons5'lequece of faIlure to lind ' tri "It has req1uired a great deal Stime of the Attorney General and ti n Assistanit during the pre'sent year sdefend these numerous actions atrisli untder the dilspensary law. r"During the present fIscal year t Sregistration and election laws of Sou Carolina woero also attiacked In t' courts. F'our actions were instituited test their constitutionality, one In t State court and three in the Unit 0States Court. An ecminent cItizen the State filed a petition In the Str Il Supreme Court praying for an order I- injunction to restrain the proper Str 0 ollcors from issuing warrants for t is salary of the supervisor of regi strati es and paying them, on the ground il the law allowingy the alary wa n and void. The thr United States Court wI N- the equity side of the sQ persons on their own b6b' other jrsonS of Afrie' k- larly situated, to I ry clared unconstit" grounds and tG . n- vote. A constil 19 been called by I of and the osteins 'It actions was to st assombling, at et every way possi V8 " These euits 0or tanco to the at been dispose(d o. t ing in the Su1 (s United States. Or .6 As bt'fore U re ward McG rady, id lion. George S. r.1 render~ed va..Iluabb)I in and theili servie by your honoraihl a them atdequ1at. cc Ig " These are th so havo atided this o i eity of the impi y heard inl fih! colr 1" nconcl ulsioll, -y 1mo0ilunt. of litiga' t- State has been il past yealr is liipr y All f tile litic partm~iient , some1i.~ (>4onstiied durii 0 $1-10.31. 0 A ppeided 1to 3- repollt are tlt y of the stver >f With tabuilat e ber anld Cl1 5- posed of (3 sur prisi, . of ease L, Srary li s a n IS0U Aio 0 8 -81, the The tihe N b) ca i t Iieinds and nieig filmian1 will doubtles I IV .-IOrabLe attenltionl from 1,1 0 .8 of the Congressional set, fl 0 .,U Is curiosity to sC and ieet, ti aln who could defeat by suen a Iair majority the courtly and Over popiII Gen. Butler. Senator Til lan says I i does not Caro for social d isti fiction, b a prefers to limit his visits to his perse al friends and associates. Senator irl . also 1111(is 111mr pliasuo i in his o apartets, 111r01nded 1y IL gr-Oup r )olitical frien)ids. than 10 c00ou1ld di from tile most tristocratic social frui tion. Unlike Gen. I ll ptilon ho dos n seem to a)prklecli1tl3i th ilprPtalnce (lItivating the social side1 of Washill ton. The livst u( ition of the Congression Directory is ol With biograitit1 -,ket.ches (if now imembers of tbue pri ent, Congres,. As thereae ou 1,0W fce's inl both Lhe I IM18 ls nl Sei1 the Direc'tory is nIow be ingl stud( ie'd wi unu~~sul diligenice by tuos--,3 whol desi to becomelt hett.ep 1aeg1uniin ted w ath 1. The34. inreOtcr3Iing.. I41t1(a (rtilreo ,t t sketebe1s0 lies iln the fact, th1 at tLhe 03 prop3I'tie bly ,1,11 'ConigressnIien tile lso C, anitliI llencei youI get, an3 'sti (l o (f what,11 CO Ih (Iani LhinkIs oif iinlst Th 'Iltw 3. .-(3( LIers3 in the South Call s.I. -present4 i .1 ves I'io btt, Stoks ( a 3 W Ilsl. Thle otlihor mi01nberst (If t, aLst, Congre' i to 1. tand.31 for theo proL A1gzu.1. I I, 1SI7 ; r~i3. vi'd 3111 1i3n'14i r. George (Galphin a :,1 linhany, inI I . 1iIamLe(ount~y ; quait, schoolt3 in July13, 18 Sto jolin tile Canbl derate armliy, but, V r. stric3ken with Ia severe4 3IiIness, wi (I caused434 the loss of is 1oL(' 11, 34.an kr iml anf inIvalid for .s 'ars; follow r farnming as5 aL pursuit and11 toodk no act . part iln polties ill he b gani the agi n tWIln in 188(1 for indulstr ial andu techii educa~ltionl, wh ich clina 4-ed3 in (j es31tab)hislshent of the4. Comlsonl Agr'ic .tural and1 Mechan ical Col lege., at. C a manlfd for educationa(I~l re.form broiadora ginto a4 dlemalnd for otl ber chianges SStalte affa1irsl, and31 h30 was 1 put, forwi 1by the farmolrs 11s aL ca1ndidate for G. ern~'Ior' ini 181)1); after an exciting a n heated can11vass? ho recelvved tihe nlomi .LionI inI the( Domi-raiw*tic Convention a VOt~o of 270 to 511 for his opponent, in wals elected in November followli I). tis was8 his (lest politicli oillco, and Its ro electeod in 1.892 b)yIanloverwho3 c. inlg vote ; his term as5 Go'.ernor3' a sIgnlalize'd by the passage1~( of the disi> IC satry law for the conitrol of the l iq .* trahille by the1( Stato and by thle est a I ish mont of anoI(ther col loge, the M e throp Normal an ld I ndustrial Cell yfor Women, at Rock 1Hill, an1 Inst e tion which bldds fair to lead all sim schls in the( South ; entered1 the r' if for the Senate against G3en. Butler, o the two canvassed the State, county W county, with the result that T1ilhi wasi elected as8 a Decmocrat hy the C oral Assembly by a~voto of 1311 to 21 o Butler. His term of service will exl Lih March 3i, 1901." ie "William Elliott, (If IHoaulfort, to b)orn in Iieaufor't, S. C3, Sep~tembe iio 1838; was educated at. Beau fort Lid le, H-arvard University and the 1 of versity of Viarginia ; was admittot to the LBar at Charleston in April, 11 of entered the Con federate service to served1 as an officer throughout the he in 18(161 was elected a member of on South Carolina Loegislaturo and In at dant of Beaufort; was a dologat< ill the Natinal Tamoeratn cnvnnt ..4LUl'4 *.u ' Wetr C. io Ieorgalization lha. udndrtakon, he would direct that proceedings be instituted to see , the charter was annulled, and that combination was not effected. said that he has already advised t' tSecrotary of State not to record aUy W railroad reorganization or Chartor pa le pers until they worO referrod to the 1 A 1.torney GeaUneral's ofice. If the case of the reorganization of tie Port Royal And Western Carolina liRoad could not ,u reached by the now constitution he isaid that there was no doubt in his )y mind that it was a catso that was fully F covered by the existing statuto law. Goverior lViltS says that the people v- of the StatU hlave repeatedly expreossd' Llimselves against, the consolidation of computing lines, and that ho ex of pt!('S to H(10 (V0ry fragment, of law ox SialusLed inl trying to defeat the ox pectUd cnsollsol idlatilon. a As to the Port .oyal and Augusta a caso Governor vians in confident as to L1 finid NesulIt, and he th inks that the " l''ederal courts Will sustain the State acourts in thbu matter. I Ic is somic t~hvht isappifn ted that, the case re should haveo taken this long to reach a hie fin al settlemaenit, as it, hats beon in the nuallIs of the~ court, for over two years. G (overnor lMvans says that the owners - SOf railIroands may ats welf realiz~o that it ,tlerec is no neelod for thoim to try and gobbiu u p "' comnpetaing linies, and hat, the State will in conformity w.it~h n thre law 5 do everythinlg it (can1 to pre- *hi veit, an suchnoli da 1)4~i iitins. rish he --The appo~JIl~ in~ent, of ,1 udge Ru fus niew st nit, 1~coknamtr to the Supreme Court of the United States is said to havo moro thant ordinar-y significance. While it m- generally conceded thait fromt a ju JI Iia stumandpo it, the selection of si LI .itr 'oek hamx is adlmirable aond is or coilII endead by the legal fratorn ity' liho toughIiout the coun try, it, said by Ill, those wh occup01 Jy closeolpersonal 0 rol ra tions with the P resident that ho in ch LIInded .1 odge I.'cckhiam's appointment ept to he his con tribuntion to a gon ui no -ed peace coniferentce in New York politics. ive It is also wh! isp~ered around Adilnis t- tration circles that, the ['residont will ical eerfullI aid ini aniy goneral move ,bo emient, 0 ing to the harmonizing of [I- --i is atnnou ncd that a mtintn of .e thme AmIterican Cotton Growers' iro iteetivo Association will bo hold in id.ianiiary, when the results of investi Lvd gattions by theiprsident, Mr. Hqetor n D. Daho, of Alabama, will 1he made a- known, and it will beshownt that there uywas greoat red uction in aoroago during tn the year 189)5, whIch is just coming to li a ls, and that the diminution of macreage together with the worms god m- ufavrabl sesonsin omeportions Vwas of the cotton groping regIon of the Unt Iiitedl States lowered the yield rlatrgoly compared with the previous bcrop and aivanced prices to a figure ~m-which actually afforded the producer oeniough profit from hIs labor to pay for far suplie ls for the next crop. ace and -Governor Evans says that ho .has by been overrun with correspondence nan relative to now counties. Ther'e id no (In- use to send him petitions, papers or for anything else on the matter of Inew >ire counties. He says that the Cordtitu-. lIon provYIdes that all elections for new wa cour.tios shall be hold by the qtualifled r'3, electors under the new ConstItlIon, 3d and that as there has not yet been .any Jnj. registration under tho new regulaions( 1to that it will be impossible to- do any-' mi ; thing until after there has been 'ateg- ' and isttration. var; - --..... .. ... the -One of the most courlous Inven ten- tions on exhibition at the, MeIchatzies' s to I1 alr, in Bopton, Ie an augur that bores Ions a square hole.