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Hie Ippspgff,. * VOL. 2. ABBEVILLE, S. C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1885. NO. 15. 1 ^ _ _ Fall and Winter ^188^= R. M. HADDON & CO., II* V11 h the Indies to inspect their Line of PATTERNS, HATS, BONNETS, RIBBONS, FEATHERS', BIRDS, FLOWERS, RUFFLINGS, SILKS, SATINS, COMBINATION SUITS, KM BR01DERIKS, DRGSS PATTERNS, CIRCULARS, NEW MARKETS, WRAPS, SHORT WRAPS. and all the novelties of the season. HBRSDAY 24th SEPTEMBERT. R. M. HADl)OX< & CO. Wc have many Novelties to show our friends this season, that thry will not find iu aar other House in this section. X L.AIA V MjVIVI 1 in all colors and prices. v j Black and colored Cashmeres ink al,l,. grades with trimming to match. Cloaks. New Markets, Circulars ?fcc., in groat * variety. ? 1 We have added to our stock a bennti- * ful line or Ladies, Misses and Chil- * drens shoes. Very Respectfully, t BELL & GALPHIN. , Sept. 10,1885. tf , 132 ( Notice ' :* ( To Debtors and Creditors. ] ALL Persons having demandR against * the Katate of William Buchnn<> i an deceased, arc requested to present f them at Judge Lyon's office on or be- , fore the 4th day of December, 1885. All persona indebted to said estate nre 1 requested to make payment on or before 1 that day. ( MHS.'S. F. BUCHANAN, , Administrator. ] For Sale. I OFFER for sale, b? it'ttr figures, on Pa'.eiay mJnly, the following pr< verty: t . 1 Five-hnrso power Upright Engine. ' I 1 Farqnhar Thresher. , C Tb# above property, (a con?id?rod in good condition, and may be bought vary loir by up- I plying to the undersigned at tho Mxmbnokb , ?free. JA8. 8. PERBIN. May e, 1884-tf 68 1 jjttll early It you wish me most acsirume fraods, many lines in our stock ennnot be duplicated on less than twenty-five per cent., advance. Goods ar<>adranciup, but as lontr as our st~ck lasts will sell at old prices. Don't fail to call and see us, \vc have some . real bargains to offer in the latest novelties. R. M. HADD0N & Co. September 10, ft 131 FALL OPENING. 1885. ALL ?ro respectfully invited to invited to itiRppct oar stock of MILLINERY On the 24th September We have now on sale a mngnificient display of MILLIXE11Y, NOVELTIES, HATS, VELVETS, 11 IK 11 O XS *PC. and a complete line of general millinery. We would also call j'our attention to our stock of DRESS GOODS. PLAID STRIPES, AXD PLAIN , WORSTEDS, BROCADE!* and PLAIN SILK V E L VETS, * BROCADED AND"r*r t f\T *rt*r LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS. | f The Prohibition question is about to i come to a cricis in the General Assembly. There are committees here to-night i from Barnwell, Chester, Anderson, Sumter and Greenville. In the 'first | three counties the petitioners ask the repeal of the prohibition law. In | Greenville they ask that the Legislature refuse to pass a prohibition law. A , concurrent resolution has been intro- , duccd in the Senate, and will probably | pass that body to-morrow, referring all those bills to a joint committee of the , two houses with a view of seeing ] whether soinethinc can't- be dono to make a uniform law which will be ac- j ceptable to both parties. If all these bills | are to be passed upon separately there < will not be much chance for any other , legislation. j The House spent the whole day discussing the bill to repeal the law regulating the hiring out of convicts and the bijl requiring the agricultural bureau and the Penitentiary to pay all the mon- 1 eys collected by them into the treasury. Both bills were passed. The Senate cleared its Calendar of third-rending bills, but made little other progress. The bill to abolish the department of agriculture was killed by common consent. The juil and municipal convict labor bill was, after amendment, postponed, and the forfeited land bill passed with nremonitions of defeat on its final reading. < The Senate resolved to stop the in- ^ troduction of bills, except from standing * committees, after Friday. * senate. Columbia, S. C., December, 8. 1885. a The Senate to-day did a good deal of 'vork. A large number of bills passed \ their final reading. Among these measures was the joint resolution providing e for a constitutional amendment enabling the Legislature to adopt the Federal g census for the apportionment of represention. The vote was?.yeas 26. nays, j. 3. The bill to incorporate the town of v Cainhoy was the only one defeated on g ii third reading. Senators Buists and 0 Smytlie united in saying that they t Tound that the bill would give the con- ^ ?i... - ??-- *-- * li tn vii me iun u iu tuu uegrouH nna jleave the liquor question in their hands. t Of second-reading bills none were ^ passed. The following were defeated p on unfavoroble reports; Bills in regard t( Lo peremptory challenges; to prohibit the standing aside of jurors ; to abolish ^ the agricultural department. As to the p latter, Senator Moody, its author, inov- H ?d the adoption of the unfavorable ro- ^ Jort. lie slid that the House bill to y cgulute the disbursement of funds by u he department answered liis purpose. There was opposition to the bill to a efunu to Daniel Hey ward, surety for W. F. Oolcock, ante-bellum collector of s ;he Port of Charleston, the n.mnnnt of ^ ' ? V, :ustoms collections paid by him to the ^ State .after its secession in 1860, and af- c, ,er the war recoved from him by the ^ United States Government. Senator a L?eitner attacked it on the ground main- 0 y that all of us had gone into the war md lost,, and that an exception should Cl iot be made. Senators Smythe, Euile, ^ IToumans and Moore, of Hampton, made ^ itrong speeches in favor of passing the tj iill, an the circumstances were pecul- cj nr, and as the action of Mr. Colcoek w lad been performed in obedience to the c jehest of the State through its Secestion Convention. It passed by a vote f? >f 18 to ii. n The first special order was the House >ill to utililize the labor of jail and muni- b sipal convicts. The bill had previously e j'een freely debuted. Senator Earlo's intendment providing for guards for the p sotivicts was adoptad by a vote of 10 to L2. Sehator Woodward tndved to kill b he bill; A debate followed in which e senator Buist opposed the bill. He k 'eared its effect in Charleston and .bought that in that city convicts should h lot be brought into competition with tho c soor laboring men. lie predicted that the bill would break the?tate unless ju- p liciously carried. If the bill prevailed c no would ask that Charleston be ex Mupted from its provisions. Sonntor ftl Earle fought bard for thy bill. Finally, by a vote of 10 to 12 it was made the ^ special order for Friday. tl The bill in relation to forfeited lands tl was also a spocial order. Senator Pat* r< terson proposed and carried several s; tmendmendmenta improving it. It was p Anally passed by a large majority, - with tl the understanding that the main fight ? ' V ; i i gainst it would be mnrte on the third t reading. It is by no means sure of sue- e cess. ' a Senator Srnythe's resolution barring tl out all bills after Friday next, exccpt d those introduced by standing commit- tl tees, was adopted. v Among the bills introduced were the c' following: ^ By Senator Youmans, bill to exempt manufacturers of native wines in Barn- r< well County from the operations of tlie ^ prohibition law. " By Senator Moore, of Anderson, con- c< lurrent resolution to refer all petitions 1,1 before the Legislature on the subject of 1 Prohibition to a joint committee composed of the judiciary committees of w the Senate and House, and that such a committee take into consideration the idvisability of a general law on the sub- m ject of liquor licenses., di at house. . hi Columbia, S. 0., December 8. 1885. Thft ITmiCP not i<r\ tvnrL- 1 ?.?? "wn\ jn uuiuii y ai U! 10 o'clock tliis morning and managed to st *et a considerable quantity of routine 01 work out of the way. P* Tlie first special order of the dajr was he usual perennial trial justice amend- di nent bill, which enme up in the shape )f a bill to authorize the appointment llt if two additional trial justices in Lau- re ens. Col. Simonton the chairman of th .he judiciary committee* had it made re he special order so as to make it an nr >mnihus bill, and requested members 'a vho desired additional trial justices to ki >e ready with their requests when the H mi cuine up. i lie following are the : ban gets effected by the bill : H Laurens, two additional justices, one tr it the Courthouse and one at Waterloo. 2^Abboville, one additional in Due be iVost township, outside the town. ol Pickens, eight trial justices altogeth- pc r. bj Georgetown, one additional justice at pc School District No. 9, upper Waccamaw. th Next in order the bill to repeal the in Let prohibiting the leasing out of con- S{ icts was reached, there was some de- Oi ultory discussion of the bill and a flood su i amendments, but these were all vo- co ed down, the sentiment of the House to ?eing evidently in favor of the bill. In cil act there ran scarcely be any doubt of lit he necessity of repealing the law in th uestion. Unless this is done, an ap- ile ropriation of $100,000 will be needed ca o support the convicts. ex Mr. McCrady moved to amend the ve ill so as to virtually kill it, and sup- sic orted liis motion with an earnest lej peech, beseeching the House not to go in ack upon its humane action of last inj ear for any consideration of retrench- lit lent. ce Mr. Folk, of Edgefield, opposed the ta< mendmcndmcnt. de Mr. Lyles, of Richland. said that the on entiments of the gentleman from wt lhares'.on (Mr. McCrady) were shared bil y every one. and the committee had th arefully considered the matter. Tbis in ill gave protection to the convicts, but bo t the same time permitted their hiring an ut. Ca Other gentlemen followed, and in the fai onrse of the argument it was claimed hi! lat the mortality amnnir onnvi?to D .~v^. ) the Penitentiary was greater than in \&\ le convict camps, owing to the insuffi- ho lency of the accommodations and the th ant of proper clothing, and it was tin [aimed, therefore, that the passage of ha lis bill and the repealing of the Act of pu ist year would be a simple act of hu- 1 lanity. wa Mr. Brawley said he voted for the sel ill last year in the hope that it would ffWct a remedy for a very grievous At rrong, but the Act had not accom- ni( lished its purpose. So Mr. McCrady's amendment was ta- vit led?years, 97, nays 8. Messrs. Fick- in n, McCrady, Davis, Simonton, Macus- nh dr and Mikell voted no. ro Mr. Davis offered an amendment pro? set ibiting the corporal punishmont of the p]< onvicts uy the conrtactors. m< Mr. Leo moved to amend this by a pa rovision prohibiting the infliction of ha orporal punishment by any one. ba Mr. Wilson moved to lay both a < mendmenU on the table. Adopted. all Mr. Haskell, who had been out of eci lie House, and who had returned after b? ho last vote, then moved to strike oat 1 lie enacting clause of tho bill, which cei snowed the discussion. Mr. Haskell do poke long and earnestly against the jot assago of the bilT: After some furtier discussion the motion to strike oat ras tabled?yeaa 86, naya 19. After ke wo hours' discussion the bill was passd, with an amendment providing that ny contractor violating the laws for lie protection of convicts shall be weined guilty of a misdemeanor, and iat in all such prosecutions any conict who has been mis-treated shall be > nsidered a competent witness for the 1 tate. i The. next bill taken up was that 1 jquiring tho agricultural bureau and < te directors of the penitentiary to pay c lto the State treasury all moneys ? jllected by them, and to draw on r ioncys without an y appropriations. > here was considerable discussion, c tiring which it was brought out that J hile no imputation was intended upon i Elicers in question it was an abnormal ? .ate of affairs that so large a sum of 10'iey, about .$150,000, should be r sbursed without legislative supervision a id control. It was urged on the otli^r i' md by the agriculturalists that the r ill would be a death bio'*" to the 1 ureau of agriculture. The motion to t rike out the enacting words was p rerwhelmingly defeated, and ihe bill d tsBed to its third reading. t The rest of the da)' was consumed in u sens sing Dr. Pope's bill to cut down u wyor's fees. . One prominent lawyer u tempted to amend it, but Dr. Pope li nieinbering how the lawyers amended a ie snme bill out of existence last year, c fused all amendments, and triumph- J itly carried his bill through, all the c wyers voting with him. It will be n lied in the Senate perhaps. The tl ouso then adjourned till 7. 30. P. M. u There was full attendance in the o ouso to-night despite the opposing at- e actions of the Bar Association and the ti ethodist Conference. The session was ti ;ld for the purpose of attempting to a i?ar the Calendar. The bill to provide ti insiona for Confederate soldiers, which i< r the way only provides for the ap- ti ointment of pension agents, was killed, p e three one-armed Confederate soldiers 7 the House Messrs. Haskell, Smith of C tartanburg and Brawley, opposing it ^ motion of Mr. Brawley, however, a si bstitutc wss passed directing the II mptoller ganeral of the State to report tl the next Legislature the names of all o lizens who are disabled from earning a n 'ing by reason of woumls received in T e late war. Having passed this the a conomics," who had intended to hold a b ucus to-night, at which they promised r< plode a dotndshell, and who were pre- tl nted from doing so by the night ses- cl >n, moved an adjournment for the r.l- s< ;ed reason that a good many lawyers w the House wanted to attend the meet- ai ? of the Bar Association, but the c< jusc voted the motion down and pro- A oded to attack its Calendar. The at- nn ;k halted very early over a bill to pay tl fendants' witnesses in criminal caseB e: e dollar u day. There was a long and ei ;arisonie debate <vhich ended in the ci II being killed. The "economics" is en made nnnthor nttpmnt tn ilinnm tV order to enable them to explode their pi mbshell, but this was voted down gi d another attack was made on the c< lend.tr. This resulted > in another fr lure, the House coming to a halt on a is >1 in reference to transcripts of judg- e: snta of Trial Justice Couits. The Si vyors in the House consumed half an lj ur or more in discussing this and cl cn indefinitely postponed it At this in ne, 10 o'clock, the House adjourned, tl ving passed four public bills of no je blic interest. p< The "economics," who had been ac liting patiently for this availed themIves of the opportunity. Dr. Pope g| ?ved that Mr. Mclver take the chair.' th tout thirty or forty members remained ar >st of thein for motives of curiosity fl mebody moved that Dr. Pope bo in- gj ed to state the object of the meeting, w other words to explode the bomb- i.< ell. Dr. Pope asked somebody else co explode tho bombshell, but nobody p( ?ming willing to do this Dr. Pope ex- pt >ded it himself. He said that the jn :eting was called, to reduce salaries 20 th r cent, all around. He was willing, to 0Q ve his roduced. Dr. Smith, of Spartan- ac rg, tncn onerea a resoiuuon directing ha lommittee to prepare a bill reducing hi salaries, Legislative, judicial and ex- w utive, 20 per cent. This was the frj mbshell. 8e The relolution proposing a 20 per ti< nt. reduction all around was voted m wn. The economic caucus then ud- pa irned. fe vi Best flelfadieating corset on the mar* in t at Smithy 6 Son's.' ac v '1 >'Vi hvv.. "rv' HIUHTS OF THE ItAILROADS. in Important Decision by the State Supreme Court. [From tho News and Courier.] The decision of the Supreme Court endered to-night in the case of the Coumbia nnd Greenville Railroad Conyjaly against W. H. Gibbes, treasurer of Richland County, is a very important )ne, as it affirms the constitutionality >f the law, making the railroad compares contribute to the support of the ailroad commission. The decision is T...i? \r 1 : . Iiivvcn vjr ? Iiujic iHWUttUII, JUKI IS con:urred in by Chief Justice Simpson, fudge Mclyer dissents, but states that ichasnotjiad time to give fully his ;ronndsof dissent. The Columbia and Greenville Raiload in Jwiying taxes to the defendant s treasurer of Richland County paid fs proportion of the expenses of the ailroad commission assessed under the Let of appropriation approved Decemicr 24, 1884. The item was paid under rotest and this action was brought uner Section 268 of the General Statutes o recover on the ground that the Act ,nder which the sum was collected was nconstitutional. The defendant, Treasrer Gibbes, answered d >nying that the ' iw was unconstitutional or that the 11.. l r_.i? _ . I11UUIII mis l Hfgllll V JUIU ? I'llllglUllJ' ollected. The case was heard beforo I udge Witherspoon who, after hearing ounsel for the railroad and the attor- ! ey general for the defendant, said J bat he must conclude that the assess- I lent under Section 1,453 of the Gen- ' ral Statutes is the imposition of an i xtra or additional tax. which iinposi- i on was illegal and unjust and in viola- I on of the Constitution, in Sections 23 i nd 36 of Article I and Section 1 of Arcle IX. The assessment, in his opin- 1 >n, was a tax. Under the charge of i he Judge there was a verdict for the 1 laintiff, and the defendant appealed. I he case was heard by the Supreme i ourt at the April term. < In the- view of the SuDreme Court the . ingle question is whether the Act of 1 B79, under and by authority of which i le appropriation was made, is binding I n the plaintiff corporation, or wholly 1 u!I and void, being unconstitutional. I he Supreme Court, on a previous oc- I lsion, declared that a statute could not >1 e pronounced void on the ground of ?pu,?naney to the Constitution, unless le repugnancy be clear and the conlusion that it exists is inevitable. It ^ jcms to the Court that the question is 1 hether the plaintiff corporation hud f ny vested right of which the exaction ^ iinplained of was an infringement. 11 corporations are artificial bodies, ' lurely creatures of the State, and as ' le State may or may not call them into f xistence so she may limit their exist- * nee and mould and form them in pre- ( se accordance with her view of what * right or politic. A corporation is 1 lerefore purely statutory. It has no r hysical existence. The State may * rant franchises in such a manner as to ( >nfcr Tested rights and exclude herself * om afterwards abridging them by leg- 1 lation, but such grant must be clear, I iplicit and unconditional. If the c tate in creating a corporation express- c ' reserves the right to amend the larter generally, or in any particular idicated, and such charter is accepted, 8 tat corporation may not afterwards ob- ^ ct to the exercise of Chat reserved 11 >wer subject to which the charter was c scepted. 0 A certificate from the secretary of Late shows that on November 22, 1880, ie Greenville Koad was reorganized ^ ia rormea into a new corpocation. p hore wait on the Statute Book of the Ato at that time a general law?part of ? hich is called the General Railroad e *w?dcclairing that every railroad >mpany should contribute its just pro- I >rtion towards the payment of the exmses of the railroad commission then b existence. Whether an exaction by e State upon a corporation is or is not c institutional muat depehd on the charter of the rights with which the State ? is endowed the corporations. If it j is been invested with no rights of hich the exaction would be an in- c inowmant. thn Pnnrt dnaa nnt D ? ?* -V | e how it could be oalled unconstitu>nal any more than the provisions in jj ost railroad charters that tho com- c my at its own expense shall erect n nces, cattle?giiards &cM &o, In this * ow, thore being no previous decision ? the United States touching this ex- n t point, the Court reverses the judg- 8 mont of the lower court and dismisses the complaint of the plaintiff corpora* tion. A The decision shows that in four'%^? States at least the railroads pay the ex- . penses of railroad commissioners. ] This is a hasty and unofficial abridg- I ment of a long decision, which reached H this Bureau late to-night. From the Mountains to the Sea. J Two weeks ago the corporators of the ' jH Greenville & Port Royal Railroad Com- ^ pany, chartered by the Gertctfal Assembly, several years, met and organized at Ninety-Six, Abbeville Count^, and |l resolved to build a narrow gusge road from Greenville to Johnstoti, Edgefield County, on the C. C. & A. R. R.? En ugh money was reported as subscribed to complete the grading between those two points and larger subscriptions will be made, as some township.s along the lino will vote' honds amounting to fivo per cent, of the value of their land property to aid its construction. From Johnston a seaboard connection will be sought. Two routes arc proposed, one between the two Edistos to Orangeburg, the other through this county directly to Charleston or Savannah. This route throngh our county is the nearest and most natural. One or the other will be built and that route will be chosen which will give the roost substantial aid and comfort. If the Orungeburg people outbid and win, our towns along the South Carolina Railway will lose a large part of tbeir most proftable trade, but if our people come up ^ manfully it will give them competitive freight rates and develep a magnificent lection. Talk don't build railroads. What do our Johntovrn, Wiliiston, Blackville, Bamberg, Buford'a Bridge ind Three Mile friends have, to say? Prominent citizens of Blackville, BuFord's Bridge and Rivers Bridge assure ' as that their sections will give generously. Col. I. L. Tobin is sore that (Ulendale, Robertville and Lawtonville will do their full part towards extendngitto Hnrnnnnh. The road cau be built, hurting none and helping all. if :hose most interested will strike while :he iron is hot. The cost of construction and equipment will not exceed (>8,000 per mile. A A. Sensation in Texas. \ . The Mutual Sjlf-Endowment and Benevolent Association of America vith head quarters in this city anddivi* jior, offices at Greenville, S C., and San Francisco, C;ilM has suspended payment. Three garnishments have been issued lerc by member of association one for ho recovery .no amount of dues and issessmcnts paid and the other two for ;he collection of mature coupoms. No . >ne has been made wealthy by the failire but huudreds of poor have been nade poorer. Jolien Field the post' n aster here, is president of tthe ftfwociik 'jk ion. The organization has collected >ver $1,000,000 and now has $14,000 on tand. Loss of confidance:on the part of he members caused th$ stoppage of tho >aymont of assesments and this in return \ ^ taused the suspension of payment on the :oupons. - " . 7v?rVjL' - . J. R. Hughe*, or Abbeville, who wu entenced to pay a fine of $400 and to ?e confined in the Richland jail for ten nonths for selling liquor without a lienae, witl be discharged to-morrow upn the expiration of his imprisonment* -News and Courier. A large lot of 4-4 uFrnit of the Loom" : -'w. >lack homespun check at Bell He GaV . bin's. Just arrived another car load of tfess rust proof red oats at White Brothrs. Ladies Jerseys very cheap at' White Irothera, See Bell <fc Galphip's black cashmere erore buying a nice black dress. Dress flannels in all color* just re* eived at Bell & Galphin'a. , ,__3 _ 1- VJu u usi received snowier iqf Ol 35 i hash mere, in all Color* ft 36 cents. tee it before buying a colored dross. tell A Galphin. Cornels, Corsets, Corsets, from 85 ents to the very best si Bell Gal Xmss Goods 1 Xmss Goods t! DmH til to see our Xmss goods before buyig elsewhere. They sro beautiful and heap, consisting of ladies aod.geutfeten's toilet sets, ordor and miieir* sis, cologne bottUs, picture frames, pin ushions, sachel bays,, mirrors, &*4y oxes end various other articles to* ' '% umerous to mention. Oiw os a caBf'' ipoed & Neuflfor.